The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 210: Imperial Princess Secret Exercises
"That probably comes from her childhood when she had to often keep sister Monica who used to always be chronically ill in bed."
"I understand."
(Well, that's not surprising. I also knew that Victoria was a kind-hearted child even though she was less honest.)
"By the way, weren't you childhood friends with Victoria, Aura?"
"Well, even though we used to play together when we were younger. N-however, we only share an inseparable destiny that has intersected for a long time."
"Did you two fight a lot when you were kids?"
"No. In the past, he was whiny and shy."
Kaizo pressed his finger against his temple, "I can't imagine it at all."
"She started to change after Monica's incident." Aura explained while directing her gaze towards the bucket.
"Monica Lionstein."
«Calamity Queen» who betrayed the Elemental Lord of Fire and disappeared without a trace. Victoria hopes through her «Hope» Sword Style Festival to discover the truth of what happened four years ago. Also, there was the question of where her sister had disappeared.
"The girl actually suffered a lot of things." Kaizo muttered to himself while looking at the reflection of the moon in the river.
In the middle of washing the dishes, Aura suddenly let out a funny shout, "Uwah!"
"What's going on!?"
"Well, ah! Water ro-spirit, she's getting into my shirt!"
"What!?" Kaizo's eyes widened in surprise. That rubber-like elastic water spirit crawled Aura's arm, wriggling into her uniform.
"Well, so amused, ah!"
Inside the wet uniform, the water spirits rotated randomly. It didn't seem to hurt, but just tried to be friendly with Aura.
"She seems to like you."
"That's enough, Kaizo, stop staring and help me, uwah!" Aura pleaded to Kaizo with tears in her eyes.
"Well, I understand!"
(Oh yes, in a situation like this it must be difficult for him to try to control the spirit.) Kaizo frantically reached out and tried to grab the writhing spirit.
"O-okay, I caught him!"
As Kaizo felt something soft at her fingertips, Aura made a sweet-sounding scream, "Mmm, uwah!"
The water spirit wriggled in Kaizo's hands, going in all directions.
"Seriously, stop moving randomly!"
"Fuah, Ka-Kaizo, that's not it!"
Instantly, the water spirit leaped out from Aura's chest. Then bouncing on the ground, he fled towards the river.
"Huh, bad spirit." Kaizo shrugged his shoulders wryly. Then he immediately saw a serious problem.
(Hmm? What am I holding in my hand?)
"Mmm, uh!"
"Sorry!" Kaizo finally realized what he was holding and frantically withdrew his hand.
"I-I didn't do it on purpose, really, uwah!"
Something ice-cold flew past Kaizo's neck.
(Ice earth?!)
A cold wind blew towards Kaizo who felt his skin was going to freeze.
"Chu-fufuu. Kaizo, have you prepared yourself?" Smiling, Aura directed her ice magic bow towards the middle of Kaizo's eyebrows.
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Under the moonlit forest, Tiana stood alone. Given the sword-style fight against «Four Dewa» this morning, Tiana could only sigh.
(I need to get stronger. I don't want to be everyone's burden anymore.)
If his current condition persisted, he was not worthy of participating in sword style with his teammates. Tiana felt compelled by such anxiety.
(Today's indecision will never be repeated a second time. There was no reason other than the fact that I would not allow myself to make the same mistake!)
Tiana mentally shook her head to clear her mind, then reached for the ground with both hands. His face did not show his usual calmness.
*ᚠ ᚢ ᚱ ᚲ ᚷ ᚠᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ ᚹᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛁᚠ ᚨ ᚲ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛗ ᛜ ᛟ ᛈ ᛋ ᛏᛒ ᛖᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱᚲ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᛜ ᛞ ᛟ*
"You, servant of the king of the sons of men, knight and swordsman! With the old blood contract, be the sword that protects me, come forward and do my bidding!"
Tiana silently exhaled and earnestly chanted a ritual to summon her Contracted Spirit.
Immediately, a knight spirit figure appeared in the magic circle that was drawn on the ground. Bathed in moonlight, the silver-white armor shone brightly. The knight lowered his head as if serving a queen.
The knight spirit, «Deus El Machina», is of course a very powerful spirit. However, in order to make full use of the spirit power, it is necessary to release the spirit in the form of «Elemental Aero».
(If only I could use «Elemental Aero»!)
If only he could release the elemental aero that surpassed «Seraphim Feathers» from the imperial princess «Four Dewa», Xuan Sin Luina, then Tiana would be able to contribute more to the team's combat potential.
Tiana rounded her resolve, closing her eyes to perform the chanting of the elemental release of aero. However, he was already in a state of exhaustion. Even so, he continued.
* ᛋ ᛏᛒ ᛖᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱᚲ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱᚲ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᛜ ᛞ ᛟ*
"You will be my sword, you will be my shield, with infinite looming light, purifying and driving away those who belong to darkness!"
The knight spirit armor shone as it disappeared into particles of light in the air. Tiana could feel an astonishing heat enveloping her outstretched fingertips while a sharp pain crawled all over her body.
"Ouch! Uh!"
Despite the pain that changed her face, Tiana continued to grit her teeth and persevered. At this moment, something shaped like a sword instantly appeared in his hand.
(Success!?)
As Tiana felt the excitement in her heart, the sound of broken glass could be heard in the next second as the light sword in her hand broke into pieces.
"Well!"
Tiana was blown away by the shockwave and slammed violently onto the ground.
"Oh!" Tiana frowned in pain. Looking down to check her hands, she found her hands full of severe burns.
"Why, why?!" Tiana hit the ground with her bloody fist.
"If this continues, I am not worthy of fighting together with everyone!"
Suddenly, a rustling sound rang out from the quivering bushes behind him. Tiana looked back in surprise.
"Gosh, I know you're acting a little weird, so that's what's going on."
"Victoria?"
Victoria stared at him from behind.
"Why are you here?"
"I was planning to bring you a potion to reduce fatigue, but seeing you leave the tent, I felt weird so I followed."
"I'm confused by what you're trying to do. So it turns out you forced the release of «Elemental Aero». Do you realize how dangerous that is?"
Victoria rushed up to him and spoke with a serious expression, "«Elemental Aero» is not something that can be trained to be used overnight. Forcibly trying to use a spirit to your liking will not work because the elemental aero should be the optimal equipment realized after the contracted spirit has fully opened its heart to the Spirit Contractor."
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*Connected.....
*Note: This story is fictitious. If there is a similarity in the name of the character, the scene, or the story, it is a mere coincidence and there is no element of intentionality.