The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 66: Kaguya Ritual
POV: Tiana Von
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Four years ago. That day, the girl's heart was completely broken. Beaten by overwhelming fear and a feeling of helplessness, he became unable to use his spirit.
To become a great Queen like Monica Lionstein, the girl was cut off from her dreams. He had lost his role model figure and lost the spirit he loved.
His parents, even his sister, and even all the women in the palace ignored him because they quickly changed their attitude.
The girl's attitude, which was too strict with herself and others, seemed to have stirred up hostility before she realized it. Therefore, the moment the fact that he lost his power was known, all became that no one would care about him.
Before he knew it, it seemed like the girl closed her heart to everything. Without opening his heart to anyone, without showing any interest, he had secluded himself within the castle.
However, it was three years ago, when the girl met him. A person who had held the title of 'Strongest Sword Style Holder', who advanced through the Sword Style Festival with incredible strength.
The girl became engrossed with her sword technique that destroyed everything. He felt his sword style had changed something. Again, he was given the strength to stand.
(Kaizo, the real reason I came to this academy, is because I feel understood now about something.)
As long as he was alone, he would not notice it. Things like «Wish» being achieved due to the Sword Style Festival might really not matter to him.
Only with him, whom he admired. With the boys from that day on, it was possible that he would want to fight together. Stand with him by his side.
(Kaizo, you have said that I am your partner.)
Even when he knew that he could not use his contracted spirit, he said that.
(In addition, Victoria Blade, she has also come into contact with me without being any different.)
Four years ago, when he stood up against the Queen of Disaster, he was alone. However, now, he had a comrade that he had to protect.
Holding the iron ribbed fan in both of her hands, Tiana Von Eldant danced gracefully like 'Kaguya'.
"Pull it over, you're all spirits. Release the anger from the body that binds it, and dance wildly with me!"
She is the second ranked princess maiden of the Queen's only training institution on the continent, «Divine Ritual Obsession». 'The 'Kaguya' she was doing was not a battle support dance that strengthened spirits.
Hearing the conversation Kaizo and Noah could hear from the other side of the wall, he knew it intuitively.
Kaizo had conveyed the things he could do as a ritual expert of 'Kaguya'. If Noah Alnest's spirit was considered to be only a sealed spirit, it would be easy.
Closing his eyes, he stomped his feet like time kept walking and moved vigorously with a current-like movement. It was the perfect dance move they trained at «Divine Ritual Obsession» before they learned the words.
"The sixth ritual of the 'Kaguya' ritual, the Spirit Feast Ritual, I will dedicate it here!"
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POV: Kirigaya Kaizo
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"Guah! Brengs*k, what are you doing to me?!"
Suddenly, Noah Alnest's body twisted and fell to the ground. His two arms were twisted in the opposite orientation, and the seal of his entire body flickered violently.
"Your sealed spirit is on a rampage. They react to Tiana's special ritual, Princess Kaguya's dance."
Kaizo slowly stood up with the Nyx Rune in his hand.
"What was that?!"
"Listen, your body that houses sealed spirits is something like a temple that deifies many spirits." He shrugged his shoulders as he told her.
“In addition, they are definitely not contracted spirits bound by a bond. Because of the power of those gems, they were only sealed spirits that were forced to obey. There's no way they're not affected by outside interference, like the effects of Tiana's dedicated Kaguya."
"Guuh! Shit, gaaa!" Noah shouted, facing towards Tiana, who was performing the Kaguya ritual in the actual temple, and releasing the spirit. Five spirits of various attributes became entangled, and rushed in a writhing manner.
Victoria, who was standing at the door, gathered and dropped them with her Fire Whip.
"I'm sorry, but something like a spirit losing control can't even be an opponent to me."
"Guaah!"
With the freedom of his body being stolen by the raging sealed spirits, Noah's body convulsed violently.
"I'll take you under our watch. And, we'll ask you to talk about the incident on the strategic-class (Phoenix) military spirit."
Kaizo approaches him to catch him, but he suddenly senses that something familiar is coming.
"That would be troublesome, Kaizo."
From the empty space, the voice of a girl who could clearly be heard. In front of Kaizo, who stopped his legs spontaneously, a thick darkness appeared. It was a pleasant voice, which he would never forget.
Soon, the darkness born from void space transformed into a beautiful girl.
"Noah is a valuable experimental body. It would be troublesome for me if you were to take him arbitrarily."
"Alicia," Kaizo groaned like he was squeezing it from inside his throat.
She is her former contracted spirit, her beautiful appearance, which has not changed at all from three years ago. Despite that, Kaizo sees that Alicia has changed a lot.
"You, you are the spirit of darkness from that day on!"
The girl sweetly waved her hand at Victoria, who was shocked and shouted.
"For a long time no see, Princess Salamander."
"Alicia, is that you, who are trying to unleash a strategic-class (Phoenix) military spirit?"
Kaizo has a hunch. A premonition that he was behind the scenes about this incident. There is a fact that Noah Alnest knows Kaizo's true identity from him.
And then, there was the spirit of darkness that held a ritual in the temple above the ground. Above all, the throbbing of the spirit seal, which was engraved on his left hand, told him of his presence.
The beautiful dark spirit made a lonely smile and nodded, "That's right. It's my mission to release the spirits that sleep here."
"Why did you do that?"
"Because that's his wish. That's all."
"Him?"
"Kaizo, you'll finally meet him. But not now. You're not awake yet."
"Alicia, i...."
At that moment, Noah, who had fallen to the ground, roared, "Side, the spirit of darkness. I haven't lost!"
"Relax. I've said it, no, you can't even beat him now."
"Shut up, I, am the one who will replace the Demon King! Defeated him like this, I won't accept it!"
"You're not the Demon King. You're not even an elementalist, you just fail." The dark spirit girl said in a cold tone.
"After all, the one who will replace the Demon King is,"
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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.