Chapter 1 The Strongest Blade Dancer

In a small peaceful unnamed village, there's a boy who's playing inside the jungle.
He's still 6 years old, he is also very energetic for kids his age.
His parents told him to not play for too far, but he's at his rebellion stage, he didn't care of his parent's warning and kept on playing far from the village.

Since he is still just a little kid, of course he would get lost in the jungle.
He tried to find a way out but it seems like he's only getting even further into the jungle.

"Where am I...?"

He is starting to get worried.
He remembered what his parents said back then to not play for too far.
The sky is also already dark, his parents must be very worried of him now.
He need to get back soon.

So he ran, ran without a precise direction due to his anxious feelings.
The mosquitoes and the weeds are getting in his way.
He waved around his hand to prevent the mosquitoes from getting closer to him.
But the mosquitoes are too many that he ended up running without looking at where he's running to.

When he realized it, he's already at the edge of a cliff that's around 50 feet height, a dead end.
If he fell from this height, he will probably dead.
He turned back to get another route, then...

"*Growl...*"

A wild tiger is behind him, it seemed like the tiger's chasing him when he ran toward the cliff.
The boy's feet trembled.
He never felt this kind of horror before, even as a kid, he knew that he will die very soon.
The tiger slowly approach him.
The tiger's growl is getting stronger and more often.

"Don't... Don't come here..."

He picked up a stone and he threw it to the tiger.
But a kid's strength is very not enough to scare a tiger.
The tiger kept on approaching until he is in its range of killing.
The boy's eyes are widened in terror.

"GRRRR...!"

The tiger leapt to hold him on the ground so that it can incapacitate him.
The boy who flinched raise both of his hand in a protective manner.

"Wuuuaaah!?"

The tiger bit his hand.
The tiger used enough power so that it will not fall from the cliff, but the boy's too weak to handle the force of its leap, so the boy was pushed backward...
And fell from the cliff with the tiger being dragged with him together.

"WAAAAAAAA!"

Only the scream of the boy that was heard.
The scream ended with a crashing sound.
They've fell to the ground.

Thanks to the tiger for being his landing pillow, the boy didn't get too much injury, only a few scratches, but the tiger who fell to the ground first didn't make it, of course.
The boy's hand stung from the injury of being bitten by the tiger.
He saw a cave near the place he fell.
He decided to get inside to have a rest.

His blood kept on dripping.
If his wound didn't get treated, he might lose consciousness due to blood loss.
He walked unsteadily to the deepest part of the cave.
And then, he found a light.
A gentle light shining from the deepest part of the cave.

"Thank goodness... Someone's here..."

The boy walked unsteadily and finally he reached the light's source.
It's a small chamber.
The boy look around the chamber weakly, but he can't find anyone.
Only a single rock sword, stabbed into a rock.
The rock's emanating a bright light.
He approached the sword.

"A sword...?"

He must take the sword so that he can protect himself from beasts like that tiger from before, his natural instict told him that.
He slowly hold the sword's handle.
But the rock sword suddenly emanates a bright light.
It seemed to warn him.

"I... Must get back to my village..."

Keeping that thought in mind, he pulled the sword.
But the sword didn't move an inch.
He is still too weak to pull out the sword.
Not to mention that he's injured.

"Please... I must get back to my village... My parents are waiting..."

"So that was your wish for the contract?"

A voice, a very calm voice.
The boy heard the voice and he nodded.
He can't hold for long, he will lose his consciousness very soon and die of blood loss.
He doesn't even care what was that contract meant.

"Yes... I only want to go home..."

"... Understood."

The rock which hold the sword shattered.
The next moment, the rock sword also shattered, revealing the white, beautifully shaped sword.
The sword gave a holy feeling.
It's handle is silver colored.
The blade's pure white with a little yellow colored ornament.
The boy's hand is experiencing a burning feeling.

"WAAAAAA!?"

His hand burns, it's too hot for him to endure, but the burning sensation only lasts for awhile.
The next thing he saw was...
An emblem was formed on his right hand.
A Bluish-silver colored emblem.

"... This..."

The boy's wound slowly regenerated.
His consciousness is also coming back to him.
He looked at the white sword he's holding.
He touched the blade and felt its cold steel sensation.

"Did you heal me...?"

Even a kid like him understood, that his wound is healing because of the sword's holy power.
The sword's emanating a gentle light, it gave the boy enough warmth, so that he fell asleep.

The boy woke up the next morning.

He doesn't understand why he's not on his bed.
He looked around the cave.
And then he remembered, that he got lost in a jungle and fell from the cliff.
If he didn't found this cave who knows what might happen to him.

He scanned the ground, but the sword that saved his life last night wasn't here.
He wondered that was he just dreaming about the sword.
Then, a girl come into the chamber.
The boy looked at her.

She looked around 9 years old.
She has a long silver hair.
Her eyes are gentle blue colored.
She wears a pair of black knee socks.
But she is naked.

"W-Who are you? And... Why are you naked?"

The girl tilted her head as he gave him various kind of fruits that who knows where did she picked it up.

"I'm not naked, I'm wearing these knee socks."

Since the boy's still very young he isn't really embarrassed by the view, but it's a common sense that you need to wear something rather than walking around naked.

"However, you still need to wear at least something..."

The boy take off his shirt and lend it to the girl.
The girl tilted her head again but she still wears it.
Her body's quite small, so just wearing the boy's cloth is enough to cover her important areas.
The boy took one of those fruits.

"Thank you for saving me, but what's your name?"
The boy bite the apple and crunch on it.

"Human's tongue can't spell out my name... So just call me 'Est'."

"Est?"

The boy spelled out the name, no matter what you think about it, that's quite a weird name.
So the boy asked her again out of curiosity.

"Est, just what are you exactly? I have a feeling you're not a human."

"Correct, I'm a spirit."

Spirit.

Spirits are existences that possessed divine powers that came from the Astral Zero through the Astral Gate, only a very pure shrine maiden that can form a contract with a spirit and to control a spirit and used it for her own benefits. The spirits can appear in two types, a lump of divine power; mass-less and without form, and the other one is The Pure Form; where a part or all of the part of its existence is summoned in a certain form.

The shrine maidens who've formed a contract with a spirit will receive an emblem as the prove of their contract, which later being called 'The Elementalist'.

That's a common knowledge for every single person in human world.
However, the boy's kind of confused, why he, a boy, can form a contract with a spirit?

"I've introduced myself, now may I know your name?"
Est asked the boy in return.

"Oh, my bad, my name is Kazehaya Kamito."
Kamito scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Kazehaya... Kamito..."
Est leaned to him on all four.

"What is it, Est?"
Kamito didn't feel embarrassed since he thought that males and females are the same.

"I think... I might like you."

But this topic will surely make him embarrassed.
His face turned red.

"W-What do you mean?"

"Exactly like what I said."
Est said with a straight face.
Kamito wondered if she didn't have any emotion.

Kamito's blushing as Est leaned even closer.

Can't take the embarrassment any longer he stood up.
Est is looking at him in confusion.

"I-I need to get back to my village! My parents must be very worried already!"

"Okay, let's go."
Est nodded readily.

Kamito's still wondering why he can make a contract with a spirit, if he still remembered it right, to form a contract he needed to chant an incantation, but Est just form a contract with him without chanting any incantation. He wondered why is that possible.

"Kamito, don't go over there, it's dangerous. Follow me."
Est warned Kamito when he's heading to the jungle.
Kamito thought that Est might know the way back home followed her.
It's true, Est really know where is his home.

"How did you know the way to my home, Est?"

"When we formed a contract I gained access to your memory, so I only need to collect those memories and mix it up with my memories to get a map in my mind."
Spirits are awesome.
That's what Kamito's thinking, without her he might be lost again.
It took them 10 hours of walking.
The sky's already dark, but they're not too far from Kamito's village.

"I see it! That's my village!"

Just when Kamito's about to ran toward the village, Est caught his hand.
It seems like she's asking him to wait.

"What happened, Est?"

"... The village is..."

Kamito focused his view on the village.
There are many people lying on the ground.
There are so many blood there.
Kamito's terrified.

"J-Just what happened...?"

"Kamito, use me."

"Use... You?"

Est nodded and she closed her eyes.
The next instant, her body shone and turned into the pure white sword he saw back then in the chamber. Kamito realized, that Est is asking him to fight.
He's afraid, but he need to see his parents.

"DAD! MOM!"

Kamito's running around the village.
Everything's destroyed.
He wondered just what's happening.
And then, he reached his used to be home.
The house's destroyed, only lump of woods that are left.
He can see a person being flattened by the house.

"DAD!"

The person moved, a bit.
He look at Kamito.

"Kamito... My son..."

"DAD! Are you okay!?"
Kamito desperately slashed the woods to free his father from the lump of woods.
But his father stopped him.

"Kamito... It's too late... Just run... They might be still here..."

"Who are they, dad?!"
Kamito's tears are flowing.
He can't bear to see his parents died.

"I don't know... But just... Run..."
His father died.
He fell on his knees.

"Dad...?"

The next moment, he can hear footsteps behind him.
He looked behind and someone he doesn't know, a man in black is there.

"There's a survivor... I think I will take you with me, kid."

"Who are you!? Are you the one who did all of this!?"
Kamito glared at him with tears still flowing from his eyes.
He held Est and pointed it toward the man.

"... Spirit user?"
The man in black was surprised.
But then, he laughed.

"Fufufu, I see... So that's the case. You will have to come with me, kid."
The man in black approach him.

"Who would want to come with you!"
Kamito swing Est toward the man in black, but he's way too weak to fight an adult.
The man in black avoided it and hit his abdomen.

"G-Guahh..."
Kamito fell unconscious.

The man in black carry him on his shoulder.
"Fufufu... The descendant of Demon King Solomon... I never thought I will meet him here."

-4 Years Later-

"Kamito, are you okay?"
Est is sitting beside Kamito, who's sitting on his bed.

"I never felt anything better than talking with you, Est. Without you, I might've lost my heart long time ago. This place is really a hell."
Kamito's taken to Instructional School.
A institution which train chosen children to be a skillful assassin.
However, they seemed to train Kamito harder than anyone else.

"We need to think of a way to get out of this place."
Est said with her usual emotionless face.

"That's right, I will wait until I'm strong enough to get out of this place."
Kamito clench his fists.
He still have to settle a score with the man in black who he suspected as the one who destroyed his village.

"Oh, so here you are."
A girl in black.
She's a very beautiful girl, she looked around 15 years old.
Her name is Restia.
She's a darkness spirit.

"What do you want, Restia?"
Kamito said in a cold tone.

"How cold of you, I'm just coming to pay you a visit."
Restia sulks.

"Kamito doesn't need a visit from someone he will kill, so go away, Darkness Spirit."
Est glared at her.
It's unusual to see Est show her emotion.

"Fufufu, It's fine isn't it? It's not like he will be able to kill me with his current power."
Restia sat on Kamito's lap.
Est who saw the scene pushed her so that she fell and sat next to him.

"Don't touch Kamito."
Est hissed.

"My, how possessive, fufufu."
Restia giggles.

Kamito doesn't know what should he do with these two girls.
Est is his contracted spirit, while Restia is a darkness spirit that he must kill by the Instructional School's order so that he can be freed.

"Look, Restia. I don't think you need to always pay me a visit every 3 hours once, right?"

"It's alright, Kamito. Don't mind me, and have fun with that holy spirit over there."
Restia formed a naughty smile as she take a peek at Est.
Est was glaring at her.

"Then Kamito, it's been 3 years since you tried to kill me, isn't it?"
Restia changed the topic.

"Yes, and I still haven't figured any way to kill you."
Kamito replied her coldly.

"Don't need to be so cold, Kamito. I'm coming here because I'm offering you a deal."
Restia smiled mischievously.

"Don't hear her, Kamito. It must be something weird."
Est said as she kept her emotionless eyes and hugged Kamito's right arm.

"Fufufu, don't worry, the deal is very simple..."
Kamito's eyes widened.

Later, they managed to get out of the Instructional School.
After they destroyed everything inside.

-6 Years Later-

"That old hag... Just what is she thinking now?"
Kamito looked at the letter that has the first-rank emblem seal on it.
Inside his head, 2 voices can be heard.

"I think she planned to do something funny again, Kamito. Just like 3 years ago."
"No, Holy spirit. She must be planning to do something naughty with him, Kamito's a cute boy after all, fufufu~"

"Shut up, Restia... But I'm starting to think there's a possibility of that happening, too... *Sigh*"
Kamito's walking around the forest, he got lost because the forest spirits are telling him the wrong direction, even though Est already warned him but he still trust the forest spirits.
That's his own fault.

"We're going to take years to reach the Areishia Spirit Academy like this."
Est said in her usual emotionless tone.

"I'm sorry, okay? Uhh..."
He frowned but then he heard something.
It sounded like a splash of water.

So he get to the source of voice and...

*Splash*
A beautiful girl.
A girl with a dazzling pretty face.
Her long wet red hair is fluttering.

"Kamito, pervert."
Est sulks.

"He's a Demon King of the Night after all like what you said, Est."
Restia approved.

"Shut up!"
"Eh?"
Kamito unconsciously blurted out the words that the girl noticed him.
Kamito quickly spin his mind to think of an excuse.

"Hmm... This is truly an accident, but since I've seen you like this, I must sincerely apologize."
Kamito politely apologized even though it's even better for him to just run away when the girl's still stunned in place.

The next words coming from his mouth is-
"But don't worry, I'm a healthy boy, I don't have any interest with a body of a kid."

"Kamito."
Est sulks again.

"Fufufu, then you like my body, Kamito?"
Restia teased him.

Kamito swore that he will punish Restia later.
But the red girl crouched in the water.
He wondered if he did anything wrong.

"Sixteen-"

"What?"

"I'm SIXTEEN!"

Kamito's dumbfounded.
"What!? Impossible! A sixteen years old with such a pitiful chest-"
He quickly covered his mouth but it's too late.

"Fufufu... Fufufu... How dare you..."
The girl laughed in a scary way.
Things will surely get ugly.

"I won't help you, Kamito."
Est sulked.

"Rest in peace, Kamito~ She's an Elementalist."
Restia giggles.

"What!? W-Wait!"
Kamito's trying to calm her down.
But she recited the summoning spell of her spirit already.

Guardian of the crimson blaze, keeper of undying hearth!

Now's the time to abide by the blood contract, come forth and do my bidding!

She was engulfed in a searing flames and from inside, a flame whip can be seen in her hand, an Elemental Waffe. Spirits are very difficult to control, but this girl's able to summon the spirit in a highly-optimized elemental waffe.

"It seems like that's a flame spirit."
Restia said in an interested tone.
But she didn't show any will to help Kamito.

Hey, I will be dead if you guys didn't help me!
Kamito thought as he watched the red girl swinging the whip on the water's surface which immediately produced steam due to the intense heat of the fire whip.

"You've got some guts, pervert... To peek at me when I, Claire Rouge, am taking my bath!"
Her face was red either because of embarrassment or anger.

"Wa-Wait! Like I said, it's an accident!"
Kamito tried to convince her which only results in even worse outcome.

"I don't want to hear any excuse! Turn into cinders!"
She swing the whip in a horizontal line, Kamito quickly crouched to avoid the whip.
The whip that just swiped past a tree cleanly cut the tree into 2, due to the very fast movement of the whip, the fire didn't have enough time to incinerate the tree.

Even though she's only using one hand to swing the whip because the other hand's covering her body, she still managed to control the whip properly.
The girl who's named Claire Rouge kept on swinging while Kamito's running to avoid the attacks.
"Don't run, pervert! I can't hit you!"

"Don't ask the impossible! Also, I'm not a pervert! By the way-"
Kamito stopped and pointed at her.

"What!?"

"You need to cover it properly, the gap between your fingers aren't able to hide them completely."

"Eh?"

She looked at her own body and turned red in a second.
"K-KYAAAAAAAAH!"

She blushed deeply and screaming in a cute voice.
She quickly hid her chest with both of her hands and crouched down in the pool.

"This is bad."
Restia said. Est who's sulking didn't say anything.

"That idiot!"
Kamito run toward her.

She had let go the flame whip and lost control of it.
The whip severed the trees behind her cleanly.

Slowly, the huge trees crashed down toward her.
Claire who's closing her eyes in embarrassment didn't notice danger coming from her back.

"Damn... Please make it in time!"
Kamito kicked off the ground and grabbed Claire's shoulders.

"Eh!?"
Claire's eyes widened.
Her red pupils dilated widely.

Kamito ignored her outburst and pushed her down into the water forcefully.
The moment her hand touched the water, a gust of steam rose and the flame whip disappeared.

*CRASH! DUUUUUN!*

The sound of the trees falling was deafening and it created large water columns.
Absorbing the heat of the flame, the pond turned warm as the water that was splashed turned into a small rain.

"It seems like I make it..."
Kamito sighed.
Claire who's staring at him from below can't say anything.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"
Kamito asked her.

She shook her head, Kamito helped her stand and he averted his view.
Since Claire's still naked.

"Um... Thank you..."

"You're welcome, but please wear something first."

"Eh? K-Kyaaaah!"

She hurriedly got out of the water and she head towards the bushes.
Restia giggles as she watched the girl from Kamito's mind.

"She's quite innocent."
Restia giggles again.

"All of the shrine maidens that form a contract with spirits are innocent, Restia."
Kamito sighed as he got out of the water.

"She's back."
Finally Est talked.

Kamito turn around, there stood Claire with her Areishia's uniform.
Which looked cute on her.

"Th-Thank you for saving me... I think you're not really a pervert after all..."
Kamito thanked the Gods that the misunderstanding's finally over.

"It's fine, by the way my name is Kazehaya Kamito, nice to meet you... Claire, if I'm not wrong?"

"Yes, my name is Claire Rouge, but I'm still curious, what are you doing here? This land should be prohibiting men from coming in, are you a skillful spy!?"

Woah, where did that came from!?
Kamito thought for himself.

"No, I'm being called by the old ha- I mean Greyworth, Look."
Kamito showed her the envelope that has the first-rank emblem seal on it.
If she's really an Areishia Spirit Academy's student, she should know that this seal is real.

"Is that... The first-rank emblem seal of the Empire!? This is really the real one... It also seems to be autenthic... But why did the headmistress called a man here?"

"How should I know... You need to ask the old hag herself."
Kamito unconsciously blurted out an impolite words.

"O-Old hag!? That's so rude!"
Claire scolded him.

The Dusk Witch, Greyworth Ciel Mais.
Is a greatly respected individual by the princess maidens who aimed to become the Spirit-Knights. She is also said to be very popular in the Ordesia Empire and also as popular as Ren Ashbell who's known as the candidate of the strongest Blade Dancer. She retired from the most elite force of knights, 'The Numbers' a decade ago and is still being the feared spirit knight until now.

However, to Kamito, she's nothing but a nightmare.
Everytime someone mentioned Ren Ashbell, he will shivers when he reminded of what Greyworth have done to him. Yes, he's the Ren Ashbell herself. Due to Greyworth's influence, he need to crossdress to participate in the blade dance 3 years ago. The winner of the Blade Dance will be able to grant 1 wish from the Elemental Lords, but...
When he's about to head toward the Astral Zero, an accident occured and he's sent back to the human world. The cause is still unknown until now and only Kamito knew about this incident. Everyone in the world thought that he had granted his wish but actually it's not.

"Putting that aside, what are you doing here, Claire?"
Kamito tried to change the topic.

"I'm doing a 'Purification Ritual'."

Purification Ritual is a ritual to cleanse both body and mind.
It's used when the shrine maidens will perform a spirit contract.

"Purification Ritual? You already have a spirit, right?"

"You won't understand, Scarlet is an irreplaceable friend, but I need more power than that."
Claire's eyes are determined.

"If you want to go to the Areishia Academy, it will take 2 hours by walking from here."

"What!? That far away!?"

"You'd better follow this girl, Kamito. You will only get lost again if you go by your own."
Est suggested.

"Fufufu, but it's more fun if he's lost again, right?"
Restia giggles.

Kamito sighed and he follow Claire to where she will do a spirit contract.

"Why are you following me?"

"I will get lost again if I go alone after all."

"... Suit yourself."

As they walk, Kamito look at the surroundings.
Kamito felt like he's familiar with the surroundings.
Wait, this place...

"... It's the place where I used to be sealed, Kamito."
Est said it out.

If that so, then Claire's going there for nothing.
So Kamito's trying to stop her.

"Hey, Claire... I think you'd better head back."

"If you don't want to go just leave me alone, I will not stop after coming this far."

Kamito sighed.
He will just follow her after all.
Since he can't just say that the spirit inside that cave was already contracted with him.

Fire, illuminate the way.

From Claire's palm, a small fire appeared.
The insides of the cave became brighter.
They walk inside the cave together.

"... Kamito, I can feel something bad's ahead."
Est warned him.

"I can feel it too, I think you need to stop her now, Kamito."
Restia also warned him.

Kamito also felt that the air current's different than before.
"Claire, there's nothing inside, let's head back."
"You're so noisy! Just shut up and leave if you're scared!"

This is bad, Claire won't hear anything else if she's like this...
Just when Kamito's getting even more worried, they've reached the chamber.
However, like what Kamito said, nothing's inside.
Except the lump of rocks where Est used to be at.

"There's nothing inside? Impossible! There used to be a sealed spirit here!"
Claire can't believe her eyes.
She head toward the lump of rocks.

"Claire, there's nothing here."
"Shut up!"
She still tried to find something from the lump of rock.
But... Suddenly behind her...
An Astral Gate opened.

"Astral Gate?! Why at a place like this-!"
Restia's surprised by the sudden appearance of the Astral Gate.

Claire who's searching something noticed that something's wrong so she turn around.
There's an Astral Gate behind her.

"W-Why an Astral Gate is..."

"-!"

Probably due to his natural instict, Kamito ran and hugged Claire to get out of the Gate.
Just when Kamito managed to get her out of the gate, a very huge jaw appeared from the gate trying to devour Claire.
If Claire's still there she would be dead by now.

"I-Impossible!"
Kamito yelled.

From inside of the gate, appeared a big dark spirit.
Its skin is all black.
The aura it emanates is also very deadly.
It's the Demon Spirit.
The wild and ferocious spirit that shouldn't be messed with.

"Demon spirit... Huh?"
Claire stood up slowly.

"Stop, Claire! You didn't intend to form a contract with it did you?!"
Kamito tried to stop her since he can't possibly reveal his true identity as Ren Ashbell, the strongest blade dancer 3 years ago.

"Shut up, I need a strong spirit, so that..."
Claire didn't finish her words.
She began to recite the summoning spell.

Guardian of the crimson blaze, keeper of undying hearth!

Now's the time to abide by the blood contract, come forth and do my bidding!

"Let's begin the hunt, Scarlet!"
The flames that engulfed Claire subsided, then-
A hell cat appeared from the flames.

"Scarlet, huh... It's been a long time."
Restia seemed to know that flame spirit.

"It's a spirit that carries a true name."
Est added.

Kamito doesn't understand what are they talking, so he just watch Claire fights the Demon Spirit. Claire's blade dance will begin.

"Scarlet! Bite it!"
Scarlet's burning teeth sunk its teeth at the Demon Spirit.

"Good! Now taste this, Fireballs!"
Claire cast a rain of fireballs on the Demon Spirit.
The Demon Spirit roared.

"Scarlet, spin!"
Scarlet run in a circle motion and flames starts to rose from it.
It creates a wall of fire engulfing the Demon Spirit.

"So beautiful."
Restia exclaimed.

Kamito's captivated by the flames and Claire's blade dance.
But, the Demon Spirit will not lose with only that kind of ability...
Just when Kamito thought of that, the Demon Spirit charged out of the flames and rams on Claire with its body.

"Kyaaah!?"
Claire flew backward.

"Claire!"
Kamito run towards her.
But the Demon Spirit, not wasting a moment, jumped toward Claire while opening its huge mouth full of sharp teeth.

Time moves slowly.
Kamito will never able to reach Claire in time.
Claire's also still stunned as the Demon Spirit approached her.

"A-Ah..."
Just when Claire's about to get eaten, Scarlet rams on the Demon Spirit, sending it flying toward the wrong direction.

"Scarlet!"

Claire's happy that Scarlet saved her, but...
The Demon Spirit, opened another mouth from its body, devouring Scarlet who's really close to its body.

"SCARLET!"
Claire screamed its name.
Scarlet who've lost its divine power, vanished and returns to the Astral Zero.

Claire's stunned.
She can't move at all.
"Claire! Hey, Claire!"

Kamito shook her body, but she didn't move at all.

"Tsk...!"
Kamito clicked his tongue.
The Demon Spirit's looking at them even though it has no eyes.

"It's too late to run, Kamito."
Est said to him.

"Can't be helped... It seems like it's our turn, Holy Spirit."
Restia sighed.

Kamito really doesn't want anyone to know his secret but he really has no choice.

-Dispassionate Queen of Steel, the sacred sword that destroys evil!

-Now form a sword of steel and be the power in my hand!

"Yes, Kamito. I am your sword, your wish is my command."
Est said in her cute voice.

-O Darkness, devour the flames to become my strength!

"Fufufu, your wish is my command, Kamito."
Restia giggles cutely.

"Don't copy my words, darkness spirit."
Est was annoyed.

And then, the pure white sword on his right hand and the darkness sword on his left hand.
Kamito charged the Demon Spirit.
Claire who's watching the scene is dumbfounded.

"Demon Slayer... And Vorpal Sword... It can't be..."
Claire's amazed by the view in front of her.
She knew, it's the two swords held by the strongest Blade Dancer, Ren Ashbell.

"HUOOOOO...!"
Kamito kicked off the ground and perform a lightning quick strike.

"Absolute Blade Arts – First Form, Purple Lightning - Dual!"

The Demon Spirit was hit and vanquished in one hit.
The power of two legendary swords are not something to be underestimated after all.

"Kamito... Are you..."

"*Sigh*... Claire, can I have a request from you since I saved your life?"

"W-What is it?"

"Please keep my identity as Ren Ashbell a secret, I beg you!"

The first day he came to Areishia Spirit Academy, his identity is unavoidably exposed.
Just how will his day be from now on?
Now that someone knew that he's that Ren Ashbell?

Chapter 1 The Strongest Blade Dancer End