The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 87: Knight & Student Controversy
"Uh, Kaizo, I-that's the sandwich I made for you, you know." Eve puffed her cheeks with a mutter, "Hmph".
"Ah, Nyx is so funny"
"I want to feed him too!"
"Eat my sandwiches, eat my sandwiches too!"
The three Knight girls gave Nyx food one after another.
"As I thought he was great enough to be adored by humans."
"No, he's actually fed like an animal, you know?"
"Fuh," Immediately, Nyx yawned beautifully, and threw herself into Kaizo's lap.
When he thought that he would instantly make a sweet slumbering breath, his body turned into particles of light, disappearing into empty space and returning to its original sword form.
"Ah, she turned back into a sword," one of the girls muttered, seemingly disappointed.
As Kaizo placed Nyx back into the sword belt on her waist, she shrugged her shoulders in despair, "She ate everything she could eat and went to sleep."
Nyx, who was detached from her Astral Spirit body, was different from other contracted spirits, normally she would spend most of the day in a sleeping state. Once he fell into this state, he would not wake up.
After that, he ate a sandwich as time passed quietly. The topics raised were about endless lectures and books they had read recently.
The Knight girls looked tensely talking to Kaizo, but a moment later, they gradually opened their hearts.However, Eve put on a face as if she was unhappy for some reason.
(However.).
There was something Kaizo suddenly noticed while the girls were talking.
"Even though you guys are in the Knights, aren't you all normal girls?"
"Did?"
The faces of the three of them were slightly reddened at the same time.
"Erm, ga-normal girls? Wh-what, you mean?"
"Err, I must have thought you'd all be like Eve."
"Kaizo, what do you mean by that?" Eve poutfully glared at him.
"Err, more assertive, or rather, capable or whatever it is."
"It used to be like that. After all, people like us will be dismissed." One of the three girls muttered.
"Yes, that was the time when Miss Lucia was captain."
"He suppressed everything with strength, to be honest the atmosphere in the academy wasn't good."
The other two also nodded their heads together. Since they were the members who joined after Eve was sworn in as captain, they seemed dissatisfied with the way former captain Lucia did things.
"Will no one oppose Lucia?"
The ones attending the academy were mostly the daughters of extremely arrogant nobles. If they were suppressed by such power, there would definitely be many people who were against it.
"Of course, there is. Some people too." Eve cut the conversation.
"However, even the most superior upperclassman is not a threat to big brother. In the end, the reason big brother resigned from the captain's duties was due to pressure from influential nobles."
"The "people, who rebelled against Lucia to the end were roughly those from the Crow Class. Especially the Hell Salamander, Victoria Blade, even the Knights at that time seemed to have burned their hands."
"Well, but Victoria Blade's still a troubled kid right now."
"I understand."
The confrontation between Victoria and the Knights seemed to be something from before Eve was sworn in as captain. Suddenly, Victoria's face from yesterday appeared in Kaizo's mind.
(Is he still angry?)
Listening to the current conversation, Kaizo also reconsidered that his explanation was not enough. Since there was such a disagreement, it was only natural that he would get angry after hearing Kaizo join the Knights.
Actually he was thinking of looking into his room in the morning, but he was so busy with the Knight's work that he couldn't meet him.
Just at that moment thinking that, a familiar shadow was seen at the temple of his eyes.
Something passed near his field of vision. Kaizo blinked and squinted. It was the main street of the city that could be seen from the park. A small red lizard was seen among the dense road commotion.
(Is that a Salamander?)
The salamander skilfully passed through the traffic jam, like it was walking somewhere. Victoria was not seen beside him.
(What did he do?)
Then, as if noticing Kaizo's gaze, Salamander immediately stopped and turned towards him. After which, it immediately disappeared into the bottleneck.
(Did it tell me to follow it?)
"What's up, Kaizo?"
"I'm sorry, I remember there was a little business I had to do. I'll be right back."
Chasing after the tail of the Salamander that disappeared among the hustle and bustle, Kaizo ran.
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POV: The Victoria Blade
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"Come here, Salamander, where are you going?!" Victoria ruffled her red ponytail hair, and was furious.
As they walked into the city, he ended up being separated from Salamander, and before he knew it, he got lost in the back alley.
Victoria, who usually did not go to Academy City, was barely used to the area. Also, Salamander seemed to have not returned to the Astral Spirit yet, so she could not even call out to him.
There was no sign of anyone in the back alley. The Holy Valentine Festival seems to be starting in the square, everyone has gathered there.
"What's up with this, aaah." Victoria nervously looked around her, seemingly in anxiety.
Of course, villains and the like were no match for Victoria, an elementalist. Nevertheless, he somehow ended up feeling uncomfortable.
"That guy too, he's not coming back at all!" Victoria angrily made a sound with her whip.
To begin with, the reason Victoria went to the city was to find Kaizo. He had waited all night yesterday, but Kaizo did not return in the end.
"What's? Despite the fact that I will forgive you if you honestly apologize."
Victoria also thought little of the part where she banished Kaizo without hearing the story completely.
She absolutely could not forgive him for being in Eve's room, but still, without saying anything, she planned to let it end with her almost half on fire.
(Only once, just once, I will forgive him for swinging his tail at Eve, regardless of the social status of his slave spirit. I'm very tolerant, almost like a saint.)
Combing her red hair quickly, Victoria took out a small pouch from her uniform pocket. It was a beautiful pouch rolled up with a yellow ribbon.
Inside was handmade chocolate. Due to practicing it a few times, he was finally able to make something that was not ashes. And it feels, maybe it's better not to say.
"Ji-if she obediently apologizes, I will give her this as a gift. This is the most gift. It has nothing to do with things like the Holy Valentine's Festival." Victoria muttered alone.
"Grr?"
"Goddessa!" Victoria jumped in shock.
When he turned around in a daze, Salamander tilted her head to the side near his feet. "A-ah, don't scare me! God, you got lost the minute we got here."
The one who got lost was Victoria, but she didn't admit it. At that moment, the running footsteps got closer and closer from the other side of the alley.
"Victoria!"
Victoria turned around, and the one who appeared from the corner of the alley was Kaizo. He was very breathless, like he had been running for some time.
"Ka-Kaizo! Why are you here?"
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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.