Stella Vermillion, the second princess of the Vermillion Empire, will be visiting Japan today.
She was accepted at Hagun Academy, the chivalry in Tokyo, with the highest score of all time,
and she's been said to be the strongest and a gifted knight.
Oh, here she comes!
Crimson Princess, that's Princess Stella!
Princess Stella Vermillion arrived in Japan
Your Highness. Tell us about your enthusiasm for the study abroad.
Some people think that life is unfair.
Because they say what you were given at first will decide where you can end up.
Welcome. Stella Vermillion.
Director. Thank you for having me.
The gifted and the ungifted.
It certainly is an absolute hierarchy that is decided the moment you're born.
Those without the gift cannot beat the ones with the gift.
They must also give up whatever they want to become.
But does it really have to be that way?
Are you frustrated, kid?
To the fact that you're the weakest one?
If so, hold on to that feeling.
That's proof that you haven't give up yet...
...on yourself.
Note: Meaning Iron Meteorite.
Come to me, Intetsu!
Blazers: a special being who can manifest one's own soul as armor
and control superpowers with one's magical power.
Blazers who are approved by the international organization are called Magical Knights.
I, Ikki Kurogane, am an aspiring Magical Knight.
Wait.
I know what you want to say.
I won't even make an excuse saying I didn't see what I saw.
So...
How about I take my clothes off and we call it even?
N-NO!!!
The Worst One I
As you know, this Hagun Academy has one of the best track records among all the chivalry schools in Japan.
At the Seven Star Battle Festival, which decides the strongest student knight,
our school representatives have won almost every year.
4th Place 5th Place
But lately, in the past few years, we haven't had good results.
4th Place 6th Place
I took up the post of director to rebuild the school.
But just then, you've done such a misconduct, didn't you, Kurogane?
W-well, that was a very unfortunate accident, wasn't it?
Peaking at a girl changing her clothes is bad enough, but you took off your own clothes as well.
You call this an accident?
I thought it was fifty-fifty, and also a very gentleman-like idea, at the moment.
You were being a gentleman, in a certain way.
I don't mean a kinky gentleman, you know.
Then like a gentleman, you should take a responsibility for yourself.
Stella Vermillion-san.
I'm sorry. I swear what I did earlier wasn't on purpose.
But it's true that I surprised you.
As a man, I will take responsibility.
Boil me, fry me, do whatever you wanna do.
What's your name?
Ikki Kurogane.
You're manly.
To be honest, I thought I'd make this an international issue,
but in light of your spirit, I will respond generously.
Thank you.
Note: Ritual suicide by disembowelment done by Samurai to retain their honor in death after committing a serious offense.
I'll forgive you if you commit hara-kiri.
Well, you're joking, aren't you?
If I were joking, I wouldn't compromise this much.
So your best compromise is self-disembowelment?!
You told me to do whatever I wanna do.
It was just a figure of speech. And it was an accident to begin with!
Huh?
I can't pay with my life for such a little thing!
Little thing?!
I just saw you in your underwear!
I mean, hara-kiri for just seeing some underwear?
Oh... Oh?
See ya.
Wait! Director?!
Be prepared. Creepy, perverted and rude...
I will turn an all-bad commoner like you into ashes myself!
Wait, Stella-san! Calm down!
You snuck into my room, and defiled my skin.
How dare you!
Defiled?!
You looked at me naked with an indecent look in your eyes!
Like you were licking it and mocking it, you were staring at me!
It's true I saw you, but that was, well...
Because you were so beautiful I couldn't take my eyes off of you!
Wha?
W-w-w-what are you saying?
Telling an unmarried woman she's beautiful so easily...
That's why commoners are...
What?
Well, earlier, you said "your room."
But that's my room.
Wh--? Are you still--?
Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, but starting today you two are roommates.
Kurogane
Vermillion
You see?
I have a question.
Students on the same level become roommates, right?
Then why is Stella in the same room with me? She's Rank A and I'm flunked.
Huh? You failed?
Yeah. I'm Rank F.
And the only superpower I can use is the minimum enhancement of my physical abilities,
and the amount of my magical power is only one tenth of the average.
Other ability scores are also all at the lowest level, and the nickname he got is "The Worst One."
Literally, he's the weakest man in this academy.
The Worst One.
And this is exactly the answer to your question.
There's no one else who's as inferior as Kurogane.
And there's no one else who's as superior as Vermillion.
That's why.
--So irresponsible... --B-b-but what if some mistake happens?
Oh? What kind of mistake?
W-well, that's...
There are other male and female students who are paired up.
If you don't like it, you can quit.
Okay. But...
If we're going to live in the same room, I have three conditions.
What?
Don't talk to me.
Don't open your eyes.
Don't breathe.
That Ikki would probably die.
If you can keep to the rules, then you can live in front of the room.
And I'm not even allowed inside the room!
What, you can't do it?
No, I can't. At least let me breathe!
I don't wanna! You're thinking about smelling me, aren't you, pervert?!
Then I'll breathe with my mouth!
No! You're thinking about tasting the air I exhaled, aren't you, pervert?!
I didn't think of that!
If you don't like it, then quit the school!
You're not making sense!
Well calm down, both of you.
Chivalry is about deciding your own destiny with your sword.
Isn't it?
Are you saying we should let our abilities speak?
Yes. You can do a mock battle, and whoever wins gets to decide the rules in your room.
Yeah, that's fair and good.
We should do that, Stella.
What? You're a failed knight of Rank F, aren't you?
Excuse me for being so blunt, but there's no way you can beat me who's Rank A...
With a battle, you never know the result until we actually do it, and I'm working somewhat hard, so...
Alright. I'll do it, that match.
But if that's the case, it's not the rules of the room that's on the table anymore.
What?
The loser will obey the winner for the rest of his life!
And no matter how humiliating, he must become the servant who follows orders like a dog!
You might be taking it a little too far.
You...
You got that?!
Y-yes...
It's settled then.
I'll leave those to you.
An hour from now, we'll begin a mock battle at the Fourth Training Field!
Seriously...
Why do I have to do this?
"I'm working somewhat hard," he says.
Stella, stop now. You don't have to become a knight, if you have to go through this.
No, Mother.
A little nation like ours needs a strong Magical Knight.
I promise I'll be able to control this power.
To get there...
To get there, I don't care how hard I have to work...
I'll crush you. Ikki Kurogane.
The Fourth Training Field East Gate
Look. It's the Crimson Princess.
A princess and a genius.
It must be nice having an easy life.
But why is someone like her...?
Yeah, the mock battle?
With the Worst One, above all.
I was surprised you accepted.
She's someone I have to beat eventually.
Beat her, huh? She's strong, you know?
I have to win at the Seven Star Fight Festival.
Because if I win, I can graduate even though my ability score is low.
That's what you said.
And she's sure to be there at the Fight Festival.
It's just a matter of soon or later.
I made it!
I came to turn in an application, and I get to see this.
I must be lucky!
She's here!
Hi Stella-san. Are you ready?
I heard your rumor.
You didn't have a high enough ability score so you couldn't even take the classes on actual fighting.
Maybe it'd be better for you if you stopped trying to become a Magical Knight.
Maybe so.
But I have no intention of quitting this match.
Are you one of those people who says hard work can beat even the talented?
just like the others...
At least I'd like to believe that.
D-damn it!
Even though I worked so hard, I can't beat the one with the talent?
As if I don't work hard...
What?
Nothing.
Let's begin. Director.
We'll now begin the mock battle.
As you know, a mock battle is a fight where you don't give physical damage,
but drain the other person's physical strength.
Your device should be deployed in phantom form.
Come to me, Intetsu.
Serve me, Laevatein!
Let's go ahead!
Good judgment. My Dragon Breath fire is 3,000 degrees Celsius!
If you take it straight on, you'd be in big trouble!
Oh no.
Just what I thought.
I can't believe you, Ku-chan.
You need to tell me these things.
Either way, you'll detect it and manage to get here.
That's true.
But you didn't see this coming, did you?
I didn't think the talented knight Stella Vermillion would do this...
What's this?
He's fending it off...
You're pretty good at running away.
I'm barely doing it. The sword technique you've been toning up...
I feel it. You're not just talented.
You worked extremely hard.
You have a very sharp eye.
But my sword technique isn't so easy to see through!
No, I've already seen through it.
My technique! How do you...?
No way... Did he steal it during this match?
Since long ago, no one would teach me anything, so I get really skilled at this kind of thing!
When you trace back the branches and leaves and reach the truth, you'll be able to understand everything.
And you can overcome!
This is my sword technique.
Played Steal.
Huh! You've seen through it? Then I'm gonna make a fake move.
Your swordsmanship is looking sluggish.
No way!
That swordplay, it's not like you. This twisted attack was a fatal error.
Is this it?
Could a Rank A...?
No, look!
It doesn't look good. To win like this.
You knew that Intetsu couldn't hurt you.
And you still chose a sword battle.
Yes. So that I could beat you with my sword skill, and let everyone know that I'm not just a gifted person.
But I'll admit. This battle...
The reason I was able to win, was certainly thanks to my magic ability.
So with the greatest due respect,
I will defeat you.
It's true that I don't have the gift to be a Magical Knight.
--Pierce the blue sky, the flame of purgatory. --But I can't retire from this fight. The vow that makes me who I am...
--Pierce the blue sky, the flame of purgatory.
...and doesn't allow me to leave this place.
That's why I thought about it.
What I need to do in order for the weakest to beat the strongest.
--Burn it all! --What I need to do in order for the weakest to beat the strongest.
--Calusaritio Salamander! --What I need to do in order for the weakest to beat the strongest.
--Calusaritio Salamander! --And I've come to this...
Note: Meaning "Single Stroke of Hell."
Itto Shura!
What was that?
He's gotten faster? And his magical power is getting stronger?
Not getting stronger.
I'm just using it with all I've got without inhibition!
But still!
Concentrating all the living energy into one minute and squeeze it all out.
That's the Noble Art that I created.
With my strongest I will heat your strongest!
In order for a mediocre man to defeat a genius, he has to become a demon.
That's it! The winner is Ikki Kurogane!
Wow. It's gonna be so exciting to see the selection match this year.
Vermillion. How are you feeling?
I had forgotten it for a long time...
This is how it feels to lose.
How about him?
To consume everything in one minute. A big move you can only do once a day.
That's what he used. He's a lot more wasted than you are.
But it's not life-threatening.
Director. What is this about?
What do you mean?
Don't play dumb.
It doesn't make sense that a man like him is Rank F.
Ranks are only based on your ability as a Blazer.
Your actual fighting ability...
meaning your swordplay and physical movements are not subject to evaluation.
Currently, there's just not a system that can evaluate Kurogane.
But! Failing him?
There are a lot of complicated situations.
Or maybe I should say it's a simple and classic situation.
One thing I can say, though, is that he was unfairly taking his opportunities time after time,
yet he still believed in himself and never stopped trying to improve.
That's the kind of man he is.
Vermillion. I asked you this morning, "Why did you want to study abroad?"
When I was in my country, I couldn't strive to excel.
Because they trapped me in this box called "genius."
For starters, you can try your hardest to follow Kurogane's steps.
I'm sure it won't be a waste of your time.
So this is the back of a man...
Ah?
Th-this isn't good!
W-well, right, if I do this... Oops?
N-no! I'm unmarried, and also a princess.
It's disgraceful...
But he saw me in my underwear.
So it's just even, right?
This is the body of a man...
Wow! Such strong energy!
Wh-what's happening to me?
Well, that'd be my question.
Stella-san, what are you doing?
Hagun Academy Student Dormitory
There. It's done.
Th-thanks.
I'm glad it wasn't a bad injury.
I'm sorry.
Huh?
I despised the people who put me in a certain box, yet I put you in a certain box.
I never tried to look at who you really are.
If I did, I wouldn't have lost it like that.
I completely lost it, Ikki.
I see. So you'll be...
...my servant, right?
Huh?
The loser will obey the winner for the rest of their life, right?
Well, th-that was, um... a figure of speech...
You'll do what I say, right?
About anything.
A-a-anything?! Not anything! No!
I see. The royal Vermillion family can't even keep the promise they made.
Who said they don't?!
Okay! I'll be your servant or dog or whatever you want!
Make me do whatever!
Make me fulfill your sexual orders!
Pervert! Fool!
I hate you!
What?!
Then this is an order, Stella-san.
Be my roommate.
Huh?
I want to be closer to you.
C-close... How dare you say such a thing to an unmarried princess?
Really, you're so insensitive.
Or I guess you don't want to be roommates with a man.
In that case, maybe we should go talk to the Director once again...
No... I don't....
What? So you do?
Let me be clear, but only because this is an order!
I have no desire at all to be close to you!
Let's make this work, Stella-san.
Stella.
Huh?
If you don't call me that, I won't try to make this work.
Then, let's make this work, Stella.
If you insist on it.
The Worst One II