The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 38: Correction of Errors
"Your ass!"
Victoria was putting cream bread in her mouth. It was an unusual sight for him, who took it as a belief that nobles were always graceful.
"Don't eat too much, you'll get fat." Kaizo glared with half-opened eyes and Victoria hit the table in frustration.
"But, but, urgggh!"
"Victoria. That's my sandwich." Nyx protested calmly.
They were in the cafe salon inside the academy. From the open terrace, soft sunlight shone. The three of them were sitting at a round table by the window and had lunch rather late.
Inside the bamboo basket, which was located right in the middle of that table, there was a pile of jam, melons, sausages, and various other types of bread. Each student can use the cafe and on top of that the freshly baked bread is free. Coffee and black tea also have free refills.
There was also a restaurant in the academy, but it therefore charged a fee equivalent to a high-class restaurant in the imperial capital, both Kaizo, who was not even a noble, nor Victoria, either, whose wealth and territory were confiscated, he could not afford it.
"Our team ranks are down again!" Victoria lay limp on the table and groaned.
"You know how else. We're matched to a superior team."
"That may be true, but in terms of strength, we are clearly better than them." Victoria bit her lip.
Although they were at a disadvantage in numbers, he seemed unable to accept defeat from a lower ranked opponent.
It was certain that as elementalists they were superior. The reason they lose is their inability to properly coordinate with each other.
Victoria overestimated her strength and chased her enemy too far, and Kaizo could not count on her in such a dire situation either.
'It's impossible to win with just a queen pawn,' in other words their situation was like that.
"Although it's not the time to stumble now,"
There was a reason Victoria was impatient to the point that she was eating bread.
The rules of the Sword Style Festival held in two months were different from the individual battles three years ago, if they did not form a team of five people, they would not be able to take part in it.
Moreover, only the top three teams decided by the inter-school competition could participate from the Sizuan Princess Academy. Kaizo, who started attending school some time ago, has no achievements that can raise his rank.
To improve it, one must win a formal training match like the one that happened this morning or complete the task given by the academy. However, he did not do both.
Defeating a giant spirit the other day, dueling with the captain of the Hybrid Knight, Eve Veilmist or even fighting a raging demon spirit, it was all an informal battle and did not reflect rank.
On the other hand, Victoria, who should have loomed above the others and was superior as an elementalist. It surprisingly had the lowest results in class. There may be only one reason for that. That's because he's doing every mission alone.
He fails when he tries a mission that a team is supposed to complete and he is defeated when he challenges the upperclassman alone in a championship game.
As long as he did such a thing, no matter how strong he was, there was no way his rank could rise. There's a reason Victoria was isolated from the other academies.
【 Monica Lionstein 】
Four years ago, when she had the position of Queen serving the Elemental Lord of Fire, she betrayed her, disappeared, and brought an unprecedented great calamity to the empire.
Therefore others began to call her the Queen of Disaster. As her younger sister, Victoria was viewed with contempt and fear by most of the academy's students.
Victoria's reason for participating in the Sword Style Festival was to restore the Lionstein surname and above all, to find out the truth about her older sister Monica Lionstein.
"It's not the time to stumble now." Bloody emotions filled Victoria's rant.
“For now, we also have to find colleagues quickly. I understood it during the game this morning. If we remain as we are now, not only will we not be able to win the Sword Style Festival, but it will not even be at the top. The top three ranks required for participation."
Originally, he had only come to the academy due to Aidenwyth's request, but now he clearly had a reason to regain his strength from three years ago. Alicia's Dark Spirit, her contracted ex-spirit.
That reason was to bring him back with his own hands. The girl who, for the first time, brings light to the life of Kaizo, previously shrouded in darkness.
And also the girl who gave the crazy spirit to Victoria who was heartbroken and tried to make a giant spirit go crazy in the middle of the city. He meets her again, but she is very different from the one Kaizo once knew.
"What really happened to him?"
So, for the sake of knowing that, he really had to meet the participation requirements for the Sword Style Festival.
"Kaizo, what's wrong? Your face is so serious,"
"Have you forgotten to put sugar in your coffee?"
Victoria and Nyx looked at her face with worried looks.
"No, sorry, it's just...."
"Concidentally, is this about your former contracted spirit?"
He's very sharp at times like this. Kaizo quickly averted his gaze from the ruby pupils peering into his own eyes.
"Well, okay. But tell me everything if you want."
Victoria didn't try to dig any deeper. Despite his arrogance, there were times when he showed consideration.
"Oh, I get it." Kaizo.
"Ah, everybody, lunch?" A cool, but elegant voice sounded.
Kaizo. And there he saw a beautiful, platinum blonde and elegant girl standing up.
His appearance was a noble princess. Her milk whites were smooth as silk and her emerald eyes locked a dim light within. The way he combed his hair to the side with one hand on his side looked really good.
【 Aura Neidfrost 】
He attended Crow Class, just like Kaizo and was a rival of Victoria. Because of his rivalry with Victoria, he tried to make Kaizo his servant.
She was a disruptive princess. Right next to him was the servant who was always with him.
"Fufuu, it smells really good." A girl dressed in maid uniform. He had a gentle smile on his lips as he stood there.
She was wearing a long skirt with many neat frills. Her hair was cut into a short bob and she had a beautiful white fringe on her head.
She is Aura's personal servant, 【 Lesley 】.
Kaizo did not know why there was a maid in the academy, but she was the only one he saw here. So, it was definitely an exception made for the Neidfrost family.
"Why did you come here, Aura?" Victoria swallowed her bread and stared intently at the blonde.
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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.