The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 241: A Small Accident
«Fenrir» is a high-level spirit that Aura contracted on her sixth birthday. He drew a magic square on the wall like Victoria and chanted a spirit-language summoning ritual.
* ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᚨ ᚱᛇ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖᚦ *
"Oh frozen beast with ice teeth, merciless forest hunter."
*ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛗ ᛞ ᛟᚹᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛗ ᛚᛜ ᛞ ᛟᛜ ᛟ ᛈ ᛋ ᛏᛒ *
"Now is the time to abide by the blood contract, hurry to my side as instructed!"
A «Spirit Seal» representing «Ice» appears on the back of his right hand. And a fierce cold wind swarmed through the stairs and a huge white wolf appeared out of thin air.
"That's amazing!" Victoria's ruby eyes widened in admiration.
"Fufuu, great, right?"
"Deproof!"
Aura's down.
"In-she's not cute or anything like that. Fenrir is a fierce white wolf!"
"Quun..." Fenrir cried sadly for being called unfunny by his master.
"That's not true. She's so cute." Victoria touched Fenrir's feather and Aura brandished her finger and returned her contracted spirit to «Astral Spirit».
"Don't just touch it as you like!"
"God..."
"Well, let's go."
"Tu-wait!"
Victoria also sent Salamander back and rushed after Aura. The two continued down the endless stairs.
"It's quite long. Is there a basis?"
"Aura, isn't it time to go back."
"Stop calling me Aura!"
"Y-yes, sorry, Aura."
"Haaa, whatever!" Aura sighed, surprised.
Finally, the ladder ended and both arrived at «Sealed Library». It was a large room with a high ceiling.
The air feels cold following the atmosphere in the room. Victoria held the firelight aloft, showing many high bookshelves.
"So this is the famous sealed library."
"Yes, an incredible number of books!"
It seemed like this was also Victoria's first time setting foot here so she couldn't hide her excitement. Indeed, the bookshelves were filled with books that seemed to have a history to them.
"I wonder if this is about ritual." Aura slowly took one of them.
As soon as he blew the dust on the cover and opened it, he shouted, "Kyaa! Wh-what's this?!" With a dead red face, he threw the book.
"W-what's up!"
"A-there's a picture of holding hands with a man!"
"Hands-hands!?"
Victoria timidly flipped the book with a doubtful expression.
"Fuaaa, yes-this one's got them, hand in hand!"
"W-what, irreverence!"
The two shouted "kyaa, kyaa."
To the sheltered noble princesses, it was too stimulating. Aura closed the book rudely and said, "This is a book for adults! Let's find another book!"
"Y-yes, that's right!"
The two flushed as they exchanged nods.
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Tens of minutes later, Aura piled the books she had picked up from the shelf onto the floor.
"Well, it's good to come. It's an amazing collection."
For some reason, he read books with old leather covers that had elaborate characters. He didn't really understand the contents, but he had just collected every book that had outstanding binding and looked difficult.
Taking one of the books from the pile, Victoria spoke in surprise, "Aura, can you read a book written in tongues?"
Aura held her lips together. She had received an education for gifted children since she was a child, but as expected, she still could not decode the tongues.
"Can you read it?"
"Yes, just a little bit. My sister taught me." Victoria nodded.
Aura instantly puffed her cheeks as if displeased and she pulled Victoria's cheek.
"How arrogant are you!"
"Fuaa, Aura, it's painful!"
"What's wrong?" While questioning her, Aura let go of Victoria's cheek.
"Y-yes, there was something. I feel creepy."
"Cold?" Aura furrowed her brows. The underground library was cool, but not to the point of shivering.
"Come on, please don't scare me!"
"But I'm right..."
"Yeah!?" Aura shouted without thinking of a gust of cold air from somewhere.
"aura?"
"I, it's okay, it's just a draft."
"But no draft until now." Victoria whispered that, sounded worried and started looking around uneasily. Just like a frightened little animal.
(Gosh, how else.) Aura shrugged her shoulders slightly and held Victoria's shivering hand.
"Silent. I'm right here."
"L-yes..."
It seemed like he had calmed down when his hands stopped trembling.
"Hand Aura warm. It's like brother's hand."
"W-what are you saying! I'm a cold ice demon!" Aura's face turned red and she averted her gaze.
"Anyway, this is..."
The sound of wind blowing gradually grew stronger. The books on the ground fluttered and the skirts of their clothes fluttered.
(What really happened?)
"It seems like a good idea to go back." Aura muttered, and just then also a terrifying voice echoed within the basement.
"Who's the one who's been disrupting my sleep."
"Yeah!"
"W-what!?"
"Who is the one who has disturbed my sleep!"
This time, a louder sound from afar shook the row of bookshelves.
"Fuaaa!?"
The two pressed against each other and grimaced.
"Aura, those books!" Victoria pointed to the ground and shouted. It was one of the books that Aura had brought. The courtyard opened by the wind gave off a bluish-white light.
"Could there be «Sealed Spirit» sealed inside the book!?"
"What did you say!?"
«Sealed Spirit», it is a general term for spirits sealed into magical items as a result of their ferocity. It was an existence that the Spirit Contractor feared the most with little experience.
"Such dangerous things are in the book, kyaaa!"
A lot of dust fell from the ceiling due to the rumbling of the room. Then, a magic light box formed around the book.
"Who has disturbed my sleep!"
A gigantic ice figure appeared amidst the dazzling light. It was a dragon, no, it was a huge lizard made from ice. Of course, there was no way it was a natural living being. It was a spirit, and it was extremely powerful.
"Guard salamander..." Victoria muttered with a trembling voice.
"You know what that is?"
"I read it in a book. It was an extremely ferocious ice beast spirit."
Aura gulped spit by Victoria's words. The giant ice beast that had emerged from the library square miraculously glanced at the two with its red eyes.
"So you two are my offerings."
Waving his long tongue, slowly moving towards them. It seemed to be able to understand human language, but it didn't seem like the kind to talk to.
(There's no way but to do it!)
Aura decided on herself and quickly chanted a summoning.
*ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛟ ᛈ ᛋ ᚢ ᚱ ᚠᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᚱ ᚹ *
"According to my orders, go ahead, magic ice spirit «Fenrir»!"
In an instant, a white wolf appeared out of thin air. With a sharp roar, he attacked the ice monster.
"I, I did!"
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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.