The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 74: Class Brother Provocation
"What, Victoria, do you also want to be patted?"
"Ah, no one said it like that, stupid!"
Kaizo placed her other hand on Victoria's head, and she made a rather funny sound.
After patting his head, he became docile almost like a cat being caressed in his throat.
(I-It's a little funny,)
Kaizo was also subconsciously surprised at the unexpected weak point of the little girl.
"Mmm, Kaizo, aren't you going to pat me?" Holding her index finger in her mouth, Tiana muttered like loneliness.
"Hmm, looks like you're having fun. Sister of the Queen of Disaster."
A cold voice sounded from behind. They turned back to the source of the sound they heard.
"Despite that, the reality is that you don't have things like qualifications to be in this academy."
"Do you understand what your brother did to the empire?"
It was the upperclassman from the match some time ago. Both of them, adamantine elementalists and mirror demon elementalists.
"What are you saying?!"
Kaizo grabbed and stopped Victoria's arm, which was furious.
"Victoria, relax. Don't be easily swayed by their provocation."
"But my brother is insulted!"
"If you cause a dueling commotion here, our participation in the Sword Style Festival will also be in danger." Kaizo whispered, and Victoria actually bit her lip, looking frustrated.
If they received punishment for the dueling commotion, the rank they had painstakingly raised would be drastically reduced. The two of them in front of him also knew that and deliberately provoked Victoria.
(Both,)
Even so, not even Kaizo could remain calm. It was only for a moment, but Kaizo did not miss Victoria's injured expression.
The matter regarding her sister, Monica Lionstein, had become a huge emotional wound for her.
"It's really sickening. To the sister of a criminal, who did that much to bravely attend the academy, what makes your nerves,"
"Hey, you're better," Kaizo tried to complain.
At that moment, elegant footsteps rang out in the corridor, and a graceful voice rang out, "Hmm, what a shame, senior. We, the students of the academy, are imperial nobles with pride. If you have a pretext, it's courtesy to finish it off with an official duel."
Her luxurious platinum blonde hair fluttered. He had the behavior of a nobleman that was very neat to the tip of his finger.
"aura?"
"Yes,"
Someone, who was slowly walking from the other side of the corridor, was a beautiful blonde-haired girl filled with elegance. She is the eldest daughter with a lineage from the esteemed Neidfrost family, and also a rival of Victoria.
She is «Aura Neidfrost»
His emerald green pupils, which hid a faint brilliance, fearlessly glared at the two upperclassmen. "Or maybe, rural nobles like you seniors, don't even have that much pride?"
"What was that!?"
Provoked, one of the angry upperclassmen summoned his adamantine spirit.
(Danger!)
Kaizo rushed forward to try to protect Aura, but that seemed unnecessary.
"You're slow."
"What!?" The upperclassman distorted his face in shock.
Aura's demonic ice bow was of course aimed at the spot between her eyebrows. It was the elemental aero of the high level demon ice spirit «Fenrir's», Freezing Arrow.
"The ones who move first are you seniors. Therefore, this is proper self-defense. Even so, it seems like I'm the one who moves faster than you guys."
"Silly, you released your elemental aero in an instant!?"
The upperclassman stiffened as his goal remained pinned between his eyebrows. To be honest, the speed of the release just now astonished Kaizo.
"It is wiser for you to give up. It's faster for me to release my arrow, or perhaps, you plan to compete with my ice demon here?"
"You'll remember this." Looking frustrated, the two upperclassmen said in disdain and looked at Victoria before finally running.
"Hmm, wise judgment." Aura proudly combed her hair, and maintained her elemental aero bow.
"Aura, you,"
"Oh, this isn't something you feel indebted to, Victoria Blade. I really hate nobles who don't have such pride."
"I-It's not like I feel indebted or anything like that!"
"Victoria, don't be bothered by people like that."
"I-I don't, that kind of thing is normal." Victoria rubbed her eyes, and quickly turned around.
"imm?"
"E-Err, I just heard something about the victory party." His face is a little red.
His appearance where he was cold, suddenly changed, and he linked his fingers timidly, as his line of sight wandered about in a completely unsettled manner.
"What, are you listening to our conversation?"
"That's a coincidence, it's just that it entered my ears by chance!" Aura shook her head and denied.
"Although you're having a victory party, since this is you, you're going to have it in the academy's dining room, right?"
"Hn, yeah." Kaizo articulated poorly and nodded.
Kaizo was not even a noble, and Victorian estates and property were also confiscated. Tiana was an ex-daughter, but by the time she decided to enter the academy, she practically did not obtain an inheritance.
That does not mean that they are short on money, but they do not have the advantage to waste it.
"How about having lunch at an upscale restaurant in Academy Small-Town once in a while?"
"Err, we don't have one," Kaizo staggered in his words.
"Hmm, to finish it, I'll offer it. This is a small expenditure for my Neidfrost family. Victoria Blade, Your Majesty, and the spirits there, there's no need to hold back." Aura combed her platinum blonde hair.
"No"
"I refuse."
However, Victoria and Tiana mercilessly rejected him.
"Why?!"
"Because I don't want to owe you anything."
"By the way, why did Aura come to the victory party of Team Salamander?"
"That's it, err, you know...."
Aura became teary-eyed at the merciless reply by the two princesses. There was no more part of his courage than that.
"In other words, Miss wants to eat with everyone."
Lesley's maid suddenly appeared from somewhere.
"Lesley!? W-What are you saying? I was just," Being bright red, Aura hit Lesley's shoulder. It was a good interpretation as usual.
"What, if that's the case, all you have to do is say it at the beginning." Victoria shrugged her shoulders as she was shocked.
"Eh? It's okay, if I come together too?"
"I don't do such spiteful things. It's a good time, because Kaizo was hospitalized for his injuries, we didn't celebrate the completion of the mission the other day. You're coming too."
"Yeah!" Aura's face shone in an instant.
"Kaizo, I want to eat parfait."
His sleeves were pulled by Nyx, and Kaizo nodded, "Ah, now that you mention it, I promised you a while ago."
"Well, putting aside the high-end restaurants, it might also be good to eat in Academy City."
They always had lunch at the salon cafe with the bread to their fullest, as it was troublesome to obtain an exit permit specifically, there was hardly any time they went outside the academy.
Trying to go to Small-Town Academy once in a while is because maybe it is a good mood change.
"Then it's decided. I'll go get permission to exit the academy now."
"Ah, wait." Kaizo called Victoria, who was walking away, to stop.
"What?"
"I have additional classes for basic subjects after this."
"Huh? Don't tell me you failed the basic lesson?"
"Sorry." Kaizo nodded, desperate.
"I can't believe it. Why did you fail in college so easily?"
"Gee!"
He can't answer back. First of all, Kaizo, who is from «Instructional» School, has so far not received any education on systematic spirit subjects, so if he can't help it, he won't be able to help himself.
On the other hand, Victoria's lesson result was unexpectedly top class even in the Academy. If only with the results, he was a very accomplished student. A superior troubled child is something that is often said about him.
"You know how else. Well then, we'll wait until Kaizo's extra class ends. It'll be a little late lunch, but is it okay if we meet in front of the main gate at two o'clock?"
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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.