The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 31: Former Spirit Contracted
Kaizo stood still at that spot with a frozen expression.
"Don't tell me, it's him...."
What was in front of him was a girl, who was very familiar to Kaizo. He gave the boy, who had closed his heart into a cold cage, a warm light.
"Allen?" Kaizo muttered in a hazy voice.
"It's been a while, Kaizo."
The girl, wearing a dark color dress, smiled mischievously. That was amazing. However, the appearance was the same as back then, three years ago. That pretty face, without a doubt, belonged to the girl, whom Kaizo knew.
Dark spirits, Alicia. The contracted spirit of the Strongest Sword Style Holder, Rei Assar.
"Alicia, i...."
Kaizo extended his hand and he planned to approach the girl. However, his legs, as if sewn into that place, could not move. Despite that, the girl he had been continuously looking for for the past three years, was right in front of him.
Something is strange. His elementalist intuition told him that. He smiled like that. Something appeared in the girl's hand, there was an ominous black cloud.
"I want to see you, Kaizo. But...." The girl floated the black cloud up to the altar in the middle and threw it there.
"Let's leave a hug for the next chance. Look, when the kid wakes up."
When the black wisp turned into mist in the air, it surrounded the holy stone pillar on the altar. The stone pillar was brought from the imperial capital and inside was a sealed military spirit.
"Alicia, what are you doing?" Kaizo muttered, and at that moment, suddenly the ground shook violently.
"What!?"
"Ah, it seems like he's awake."
"Allen?"
"Kaizo, careful! He gave me that crazy spirit!" Victoria shouted at the dazed boy.
"What!?"
At that moment, a roar that shook the ground resounded. The stone pillar shrouded in black fog cracked. From the tear on the stone pillar, a gigantic human hand appeared.
('Gaebolg El Kanaf' became a raging mad spirit!?)
Surprised, he turned around. Alicia giggles. That somewhat evil smile was something Kaizo had never seen.
"Goodbye, Kaizo. Let's meet again."
"Alicia, what's going on!? What are you...."
"Because that's what you want."
Kaizo's face froze and shouted, "Wait, please wait, Alicia!"
"I've been waiting for you for three years."
"Allen...."
Alicia smiled once more and disappeared into the empty space and became a black fog. Kaizo dropped both of his hands like he was exhausted and stood still and dumbfounded. He doesn't understand what's been going on.
(Alicia gave Victoria that crazy spirit?)
He can't believe it. No, he didn't want to believe it. However, the girl's appearance belonged to the dark spirit that she definitely kept looking for.
His former spirit contracted him. The girl shows Kaizo, who lost her human heart, her first warm light. If the girl changed, it would be her fault.
(It's my fault, I've turned it into something different.)
The Sword Style Festival three years ago. Kaizo, who came out victorious as Rei Assar, tries to have a wish that humans never wanted to grant.
For that reason, he decided to lose it. He believes he will live somewhere. The pain from the spirit seal engraved on his left hand whispered.
He'll come back to life. He can still atone for his crimes. By no means, they met again in such a way, it was something he never thought of.
"Alicia, is this my punishment?"
If that was the case, it was too cruel. As the strength of his entire body was pulled out and he was about to collapse, his knees touched the ground. He was plunged into darkness.
Even Victoria's voice calling out to Kaizo only sounded involuntarily. Again, the ground shook violently. Passing through the Gate that opened in the empty space, Gaebolg El Kanaf tried to appear.
The walls of the arena collapsed due to the tremors and a large amount of debris flowed down on Kaizo's head. Just before his body was about to disintegrate back then, Kaizo's head was wrapped around by a whip.
"Goh!" Kaizo was dragged violently on the ground and he made a sound of pain.
Soon after, a large amount of debris fell on where Kaizo was. There was a rumbling sound. Clouds of dust flying in the air. If he had stayed silent, he would have died.
"Idiot! Wh-what are you doing!"
On top of her head, Victoria took a frightening pose and shouted. "Hey, do you want to die? Or do you want to turn into ashes?"
"No, not those two choices, guah!"
"Hmm, if you can reply, you're fine, right!" Victoria strangled Kaizo's head with her whip and with a jolt, brought her face closer.
It was at a very close distance as if the tip of their nose was touching. His ruby-colored pupils, filled with a strong will, were in front of his eyes. Nevertheless at such a time, Kaizo was reflexively surprised.
"Hm, what? What's up?"
Seemingly realizing that her face was too close, Victoria's cheeks flushed red and she slightly loosened her whip.
"That's, I don't seem too interested, but for once, listen."
"W-what?"
"That girl just now, how is she related to you?"
"He's...." Kaizo averted her gaze from Victoria's clear eyes and replied, "He is my contracted spirit."
"Spirit?"
Kaizo silently nodded and clenched his left hand. "It's my fault. It's my fault, that's why he...." Thinking about it made Kaizo sink into the dark abyss once again.
"Continue?!" The cold Victorian voice pulled him back.
"Eh?"
"I said so what?!"
Victoria stood upright, with both hands on her waist and ponytail hair over her shoulders. Until a while ago, he was very depressed. Now, above all, there was a glorious and beautiful red flame.
"No, it's because of me...." Kaizo was surprised and became dumbfounded.
"Didn't you just promise me that 'I'll be your contracted spirit'?! Please take responsibility for your own words!" Victoria yelled and hit Kaizo on the back with her whip.
Without a second thought, Kaizo stood up and shouted, "Oh! Wh-what are you doing! Do you want to whip people to death?!"
Victoria suddenly smiled and said, "Dead person? What if I die once? Look, look at that."
"Aah?"
Kaizo turned his face away. From the Gate in empty space, a bluish-white light flashed, and Gaebolg El Kanaf crawled out. The battle grade military spirit, whose seal had been opened, was over ten meters in overall length.
Gaebolg El Kanaf roared. With just that roar, half of the audience seats were blown away. It seemed that the audience had already fled, but there were still many citizens outside the arena.
From the giant empty hole in the wall, the state of the square could be observed. Everyone shouted and jostled, while fleeing. In response to the sudden appearance of Gaebolg El Kanaf, the main squares and streets were filled with chaos and agonizing cries.
Placing his hands on the shattered arena wall, Gaebolg El Kanaf slowly walked out. With each step, the ground trembled as if an earthquake had occurred. How it would be, if such a thing were to enter the city was clear enough.
"Waiting for help from the academy is useless. They'll be late. Only the two of us have to do this."
"Ah, that's right."
However, Kaizo still had not recovered from his shock. Even Rune Nyx, whom he held tightly, lost that cold and clear light.
An elemental aero would show its true value according to the elementalist's divine power and mental state.
...
*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.