The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 43: Special Mission Rank-S
"As he said. As long as you pass through the gates of this academy, no matter what social status the princess maidens have, there is no special treatment. Even a princess, a male elementalist, or the sister of the Disaster Queen."
"That's it, I'm an ex-daughter, but it's nice to meet you, Kirigaya Kaizo." Tiana smiled and took the side of her skirt with her fingertips, then bowed elegantly.
"A-Ah, nice to meet you." Kaizo stood up and his expression froze.
"Is there a problem?"
"No, nothing." While scratching his face, Kaizo threw away his face.
Tiana tilted her head to the side and looked at Kaizo's gaze earlier.
"Yes!"
It seemed like she realized that what she was holding was not a party dress, but a short uniform skirt. Her mature black underwear, woven with rope, was firmly etched in Kaizo's retina.
"Ka-Kaizo, pervert." The former princess's face reddened as she muttered in embarrassment.
"I'm, I'm sorry."
"You two, don't flirt and act friendly in front of my eyes. It's so obnoxious." Aidenwyth glared at Kaizo, with her eyes filled with bloodlust.
"Sorry. And why did you call me?"
(About what this witch will do no one knows. It may not be just to introduce accepted students. And also, to introduce the imperial princess to me, what is she planning?)
As if she was reading Kaizo's emotions, the witch raised her glasses looking sullen, "It's regrettable, even though I deliberately prepared a special mission for your sake, you don't appreciate it."
"A special mission?"
"That's right. It's nice that I have a mission I want to entrust to her, so I want your team to accompany her as her bodyguard."
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A search mission. Together with the official matches with fellow academy students, it was the system that supported the academy's ranking system.
A given quest can set a variety of goals, from Kaguya dance to sword style, rampaging spirit suppression, excavation, and sealed spirit investigation to the conquest of the straying elementalists.
By completing missions that are divided into several ranks depending on the level of danger, the students of the academy can improve their team rankings just as they do by winning official matches.
"By the way, the difficulty level of this mission is S rank."
"Rank S?" Without thinking, Kaizo asked back.
An S rank quest mission was the highest difficulty level quest in the academy rankings. And the points gained from this mission are very enough to make it to the top 10.
Depending on the number of ranking points one could obtain was incredible, but it was a dangerous quest that could even result in death, depending on the situation. It is not even possible to register with the current Kaizo rank.
"Are you preparing these things behind the scenes?"
"You sound bad. I said I didn't practice special treatment. It just means that the ones suitable for this mission are Tiana and you. If you don't agree, then I'll spread the news to the other team."
That's not a bad deal. Instead, looking at the current Kaizo team, it was a boon. Until the opening of the Sword Style Festival, it was only two months away. No, the final test to determine the top three participating teams would take place early.
With their current speed, they were unlikely to make it through regular official match and quest missions. Aidenwyth was somehow determined to get Kaizo to participate in the Sword Style Festival.
But as one might expect, it was impossible to force the imperial representative through the power of the Academy's principal. Hence, he obtained an S rank mission, which was of a high level of danger, and his completion bonus was also very high.
(If we can complete this mission, it will be very profitable. Huh huh? I'm not happy to move in line with Aidenwyth's expectations, am I? But.).
If it was a quest to keep an important person, he had the experience of doing such a thing several times in the past. Of course, it was much better than steadily raising the rankings between schools through official matches.
"I understand. Explain the details of the mission."
"That's a new thing called spirit." Reply Aidenwyth smiled and said, "Do you know Nano Mine City?"
"Nano? Well, I guess I know his name. It was a city with a mine that was abandoned decades ago."
The Nano Mine City. It used to be a city with a large spirit crystal mining grounds, but, during the second Vinral war, the deposits of spirit crystals had been depleted.
It then became a city with a completely abandoned mine. It must be a ghost town full of ruins at this time and this time.
"There have been frequent strange earthquakes at the mine recently. I want you to go over there and investigate."
"Investigating an earthquake?"
If it is because the spirit is angry or is in a rampage, it can be appeased with the Kaguya ritual. Depending on the situation, there were also cases where the conqueror unit of the spirit knight was formed. As a relatively typical mission it is, but that should not be possible.
"Stop joking. Why is an ordinary earthquake investigation mission an S-rank search?"
He did not think that such a level of danger would be involved if it was just an ordinary earth spirit investigation. Compared to the risk of the search mission, the set rank seemed too high.
"You don't believe as usual, can't you trust my good intentions?"
"Can I trust him? You never lie. However, you also never told the truth."
"Hmm, well, it's like that." Aidenwyth smiled and shrugged with resignation.
"In that mine, it seems that a strategic-grade military spirit, sealed by the old Eldant Knight, is sleeping there."
"Strategic-class military spirit!?" Kaizo spontaneously groaned.
Tiana beside him also gasped in shock. A strategic grade military spirit, it could not compare to the giant spirit that went crazy in Academy City the other day.
Due to his overwhelming strength, it was impossible for one to control him. In the end, it could only be controlled by the Kaguya ritual performed by several hundred elementalists, it was definitely a weapon of mass destruction.
At the end of the second Vinral war, the continental nations signed a treaty, and the seven corpses were supposed to have sealed and disposed of such spirits, but that did not rule out reuse.
"Don't tell me, what caused the earthquake was the military spirit of that strategic class?"
"Worst of all, it's just a possibility. I want to entrust you with this investigation. If your investigation confirms that the seal has been removed,"
"I'll do the sealing ritual back with «Ritual Kaguya»." Tiana calmly opened her mouth to speak.
"That's right. To you who are former Queen candidates, this mission is perfect for you."
"I see, that's why you called this princess."
The Queens, who serve the Five Great Elemental Lords, are experts in the «Kaguya» Ritual that calms the spirit.
They did not receive any special martial arts training, and as a result they were not suitable for combat, but all forms of ritual had been incorporated into their bodies since they were little.
In the entire academy, there was only one former student of the academy, Queen, a rare user of special skills.
This mission could only be completed with him, and given that it had something to do with the strategic-class military spirit, it might also be appropriate to assign it as an S-rank mission.
(The requirements are not bad. However, there is one more thing I should ask.)
"But, is Tiana okay with this, with her guard is me?"
If it was just about guarding him, there should be a more competent elementalist. Like Eve Veilmist.
If it was him, whose sense of responsibility was strong and who also had abilities, there would be no shortage of him being a guard. There was no benefit for the princess to choose Kaizo, who was male, as her bodyguard.
If Aidenwyth grouped her according to her wishes, ignoring Tiana's wishes, she planned to reject this deal. However, Tiana agreed.
"Of course, I'll count on you, Kaizo."
"Did Aidenwyth threaten you to join me?"
"No, after all, I'm the one who nominated you."
"Is that so?"
"Yes. Traveling with the only male elementalist in the world, isn't that nice?" Tiana linked her fingers with Kaizo's hand and stared with her eyes turned upside down.
Peering into his clear black pupils, Kaizo spontaneously felt shocked.
"Hmm, aren't you popular?" Aidenwyth said looking displeased, and handed over the document with the mission key points written on it.
"If you intend to take on this mission, then sign it here. This shouldn't be a bad deal for you."
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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.