Watch your sister's sword closely.
Someday, you will also carry the will of the Empire and stand before us, Ellis.
Yes, Grandfather!
Who is she?
Ren Ashbell.
An elementaler with no affiliation.
So she's not affiliated with any country or organization?
She's supposedly age thirteen, just like you.
The same age as me, and she's in the Blade Dance?
I wonder if I'll be able to catch up to my older sister someday...
Sister!
Ren Ashbell!
Blade Dance of the Elementalers
Episode 9
Covenant of the Wind
It's always a pain when there's someone sleeping next to me.
Hm?
What are you putting in there?!
Crushed roasted newt.
Don't put that in there!
We used it commonly at the Parliament.
Supposedly, it works as an aphrodisiac.
An aphrodisiac?!
All I have to do is add this, and Kamito might just lose all restraint, truly become
the Demon Lord of the Bedroom, and come attack me at night.
Wh-What's his deal, anyway?!
I'm totally not letting that pervert do what he wants.
He's turning to cinders. Total cinders!
But, wouldn't it be nice if Kamito had his way with us every once in a while?
Well, yeah, but—
No!
What if he ends up getting sick because you put some weird stuff in there?!
We have a fight today.
And you're planning on having him eat those cinders of yours?
Shut up!
What are you two doing?
Kamito?!
Kamito-kun?!
What are you doing so early in the morning?
Well...
Right.
Chocolate.
Chocolate?
It's almost the Festival of Valentia.
Hm?
You haven't heard of it?
It's to commemorate Valentia Sal Deluca, the spirit princess
that serves the fire spirit king,
where you give baked treats to your spirits, after cooking them with purifying fire.
Oh, the thing where you give chocolate to your crush?
But, there aren't any guys at this school.
Duh! This chocolate is for our friends!
Friends...
You have friends?
Of course I do!
You know, Scarlet...
and... um, the shadow spirit that lives in the school courtyard.
Uh, sorry for asking.
Anyway...
I made this, so eat up.
I'm supposed to eat this?
I want you to tell me how it tastes.
You thought it meant something else?
No, not that...
Kamito-kun, ignore those cinders,
and have some of my chocolate.
Kamito!
Kamito-kun!
Wait!
Kamito, I made some chocolate, too.
E-Est...
"Eat me"?
Huh?!
Just what are you teaching your contracted spirits to do?!
You pervert!
Lewd beast!
Uh, so you like this kind of thing, Kamito-kun?
Wait, you've got it all wrong!
Kamito, lick my chocolate off.
What?!
If you don't hurry, it'll all melt.
Kamito Kazehaya!
I-I got a noise complaint about your room, and...
How indecent!
Wait, Ellis!
I'm totally not into this!
Unsightly, Kamito Kazehaya!
Stop it, Ellis!
I thought you were better than this!
Wait, this is—
No questions!
I'm turning you into paella!
How is the boy fending?
It's only a few more weeks until the Blade Dance,
and they still haven't gotten all their members.
The little sister of the Calamity Queen,
and the second crown princess who lost her right to be the spirit princess.
Quite the collection of people.
Kamito Kazehaya... just who is he?
That aside,
what was it you wanted to report?
Well, I've gotten information that
the Murders merchants have infiltrated the academic city.
The Blade Dance is closing in,
so I believe they're trying to sell the students cursed seals.
How bothersome.
Order the Knights to strengthen their security.
Yes, ma'am.
Also, one last thing...
Hm?
Velsaria Eva will be returning.
She took care of those demon-level spirits in a few weeks, and by herself, at that.
She really is good.
There's no question she'll be the top of the
three teams that will be able to enter the tournament.
We'll see about that.
They're coming.
Right.
Three in the front, huh?
The other two should be in the forest somewhere.
They're...
I'll take care of them.
You take care of the guys in the forest.
Will you be all right?
You know I'm better than that.
I'll take care of them in thirty seconds.
Let's go, Scarlet!
We can't get close now!
One of them is this way.
Crap!
You let your guard down, Male Elementaler.
You increased the power of the sound blade,
and reflected it, huh?
Vitae, his elemental waffe is a sword.
If we keep our distance, he won't be able to counterattack.
In that case...
Est!
Sorry, I'm good with a dagger, too.
That took a while.
You're seven seconds late.
Your flame spirit can't make it past my Adamantine.
It can't be...
It's true you have resistances to fire,
but it looks like he couldn't stand up to direct strikes.
There wasn't water here before...
Fianna!
What are you doing!?
Damn it...
Where's the elementaler?!
Don't touch me there...
Take this!
Let go of Fianna!
A water spirit...
Couldn't be a worse match.
Claire!
Let me down, now!
Fine! Fine!
Let go!
Thou, the master swordsman knight which serves the King of Man,
I compel thee to follow our contract of blood,
become the sword that protects me,
and appear before me now!
That's checkmate.
Looks like that's it...
We've won three battles in a row now.
All thanks to my wonderful leadership.
Who haven't we fought yet?
We'll probably be up against the third-ranked team, which is Ellis'.
But, Ellis' team still has two girls that haven't fully recovered yet, right?
Well, if Ellis' teams can't participate, then we'll be against the second team,
or Velsaria in first...
Honestly, I'm not too happy about that idea.
Velsaria?
A knight of the Fahrengart Dukery,
the strongest elementaler at the school,
who goes by the alias of "The Silent Fortress."
Hm?
Fahrengart... That's...
Anyway, let's get some lunch and have a victory party.
That's a good idea, even from you, Fianna.
It's not lunchtime yet.
Elementalers don't get fat.
We use all that energy during battle, after all.
So, all those nutrients that are supposed to go to your breasts
are going to your contracted spirit instead, huh?
I feel bad for you.
Huh?
Hey, Scarlet...
Have you been burning the fat in my boobs?
Hey, wait!
I know how Scarlet feels...
Hm?
Kamito, I'm hungry.
You did work hard, Est.
You can have whatever you want.
He's so sweet to Est...
You seem like you're having lots of fun, sister of the Calamity Queen.
You don't even have the right to be at this school.
Do you even know what your sister did to the Empire?
What was that?
Calm down, Claire.
If you try to have a duel now, we won't be able to enter the Blade Dance.
They're purposely trying to provoke you because they lost.
Your sister committed all of those crimes.
Kind of makes you wonder just what goes through your head.
Hey, knock it off.
How uncouth of our upperclassmen.
We are all proud nobles of the Empire.
It's only proper to settle quarrels through a duel.
Rinslet!
Or perhaps backwater nobles like you have not been
properly instructed in that regard?
What was that?!
Doing that here?! Are you serious?!
Too slow.
So fast...
You struck first, which means this was in self-defense.
If you're planning on battling the Ice Devil Rinslet, I will gladly accept.
We won't forget this!
That was a prudent decision.
Rinslet...
You don't owe me a thing.
I hate nobles with no pride like them.
Claire...
You should just ignore them.
I didn't care.
Stuff like that happens all the time.
Ahem.
So, I heard you were going to have a victory celebration.
Yeah.
How about having food at a nice restaurant in the academic city for once?
We don't have that much money.
I'll treat you all.
It wouldn't be much for the Laurenfrost family.
Claire Rouge, Your Highness, the spirit there.
No need to be so reserved.
No, it's fine.
Wh-Why?
I don't want you to pay for us.
Why are you trying to accompany us to our victory party?
Well...
The Miss would like to eat with all of you.
Carol!
What are you saying?
Come on, you!
Oh. Why not just say that from the beginning?
Is it okay?
I'm not going to be that hard on you.
We never had a party for the mission the other day, either.
Yeah.
Come with us, Rinslet.
Kamito...
I want to have a parfait.
Yeah, I did promise you, huh?
Yeah, but could you wait for a little bit?
For what?
I have to take extra classes for general ed.
I can't believe it.
How are you failing such a simple course?
Oh, well.
It might be a bit of a late lunch,
but let's meet up at two.
She's taking classes, too?
"A spirit takes on two forms during summoning,
a mass-less, shapeless form made up of spiritual energy,
and a purified form that calls forth a portion of that spirit's being..."
A spirit takes on two forms...
Hey, Ellis.
Are you trying to kill me, or something?
Don't stand behind me!
You want to get turned into chicken pilaf?
You're taking make-up classes, too?
I only failed because I'm busy with my work as a knight.
I didn't even ask you that.
Ahem.
Kamito Kazehaya...
Hm?
I'm sorry about this morning.
I heard what happened from Claire and the others.
I misunderstood what was going on.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Actually, if you hadn't come when you did,
I think things could have gotten pretty bad.
They were making Festival of Valentia chocolates, huh?
Are you making some, too?
You've got to be kidding!
I would never waste time on something like that when I could be helping the school!
"The base form is primarily used as a reservoir when casting magic."
The base form is...
"The elemental waffe is an extremely efficient use of a spirit's purified form."
An extremely efficient use—
Hey.
Don't bug me.
Are you memorizing the entire book?
You've got a problem with that?
No wonder you're failing.
I'll teach you the important parts.
I did take some pretty good notes.
What's wrong?
No, nothing.
Look here.
And here...
R-Right.
I see.
Y-You're good at teaching.
Really?
T-Tutor me again, sometime.
Your explanations are really easy to understand.
Sure. No problem.
Do you have something to do after the lesson?
Something to do?
I mean...
I-I want you to tutor me.
Well, I have something to do, but how about in the garden at five?
Sure, not a problem.
I have to get ready, too.
Get ready?
N-No, it's nothing!
It'll be fun.
Okay, everyone's here.
We're starting the lesson.
Cursed seals are artificial spirit seals that don't just seal spirits,
but can forcefully draw out their power,
and provide them new elemental types. They have a lot of uses.
At the current time...
Sylphid got a message this morning stating that people are
illegally selling cursed seals in the academic city.
I see...
This is way different than the grim atmosphere at the capital.
That's because it's the Festival of Valentia tomorrow.
It's a bit different from a ceremony with maidens celebrating the spirits.
You know it's close to the first day of the Blade Dance.
Oh, that might be it.
Have you gone to see the Blade Dance before?
No, I just heard that, is all.
It's not like you'd know, anyway.
Hey, Fianna.
Kamito, I want to eat a parfait right now.
Yeah, get whatever you want.
I'm happy, Kamito.
Everyone, his other hand is open.
His hand...
I'm not a child.
I see.
Then, I guess I'll get him first.
What's wrong, Claire?
It's nothing.
Let's go.
I'm hungry.
What's with her?
It's her birthday tomorrow.
Tomorrow's her birthday?
Yes, I remembered it because it's the same day as the Festival of Valentia.
She acts like nothing's going on, but...
Rinslet, you're a good person.
W-What are you saying?
I...
It's nice eating at a commoner's restaurant every once in a while.
It's my first time in a place like this.
Is there some etiquette I should know?
I'm not sure. This pear tart sounds pretty good.
The peach mousse, too...
Can I have all of this, Kamito?
No, I'm not sure about everything...
You promised.
You said I could have whatever I want today.
You promised.
Fine.
I promised.
Kamito... I'm so happy I contracted with you.
You're so silly, Est.
He babies her...
Here you are.
Our famous big parfait.
Who ordered this?
It wasn't me.
Kamito promised me I could get anything.
Yeah, but...
You promised.
Yeah, I guess I did promise.
Hm?
What is it?
I just saw Ellis...
Ellis?
You care that much about Ellis, huh?
What do you mean?
Ellis is on a rival team!
Also, you...
You're my slave spirit!
Keep smiling like that, and I'll turn you to cinders!
They sound interesting...
Huh?!
Don't even try to say anything!
Also, that red-haired girl might just work.
Why won't you say anything?!
I've only gotten one at that school so far.
I just have to be patient...
for a kitten I'd like.
Preview
A power strong enough that fire-cat
girl of yours won't even be a problem.
I'm your maid now.
Sylphid
Did my thighs feel nice, Onii-chan?