I don't own Chrome Shelled Regios, this is a fanfiction only.

If there was anything in my life that always remained true it was that my life was never peaceful. My name is Layfon Alseif and some might consider me lucky and some others might consider me cursed. I was born in one of the strongest of the roaming cities, the city of Glendan. I was born and as soon as I was I had my parents taken from me by the enemy that I would spend most time of my life fighting against, it was a beast born from what people would say was the worst nightmares of mankind. The beasts are called contaminods.

The city of Glendan was a city that actively searched for contaminods and so fighting them became the most well-respected job one could have in the city. I was lucky that I was born with an almost natural instinct when it came to combat. As my adoptive father, Derk Saiharden used to joke I only needed to see a kei technique once and I would learn it.

Growing up with him I had many years of training but somehow I could never abandon the orphanage I spent the first five years of my life. I always tried to make extra money so I could donate it to the orphanage. Glendan had a very different physiology of life than you might have heard. The strong fight to survive and the weak die.

This physiology also meant that the royal family would never provide support for the orphanage and so it fell to people like me to provide the place with the funds to keep running. Leerin was the girl that through most of my childhood was both my friend and sister.

As I began fighting in underground arena fights my money situation became more stable with time. Since I was only a kid I became quite the attraction to the people betting and most importantly the people fighting in the arena pits. They figured a brat my age would be easy pickings, they never realized how wrong they were until they were about to lose their lives. These fights were no sporting match it was combat to the death.

As I began fighting more and more strong opponents I was able to constantly pick up techniques from them and as soon as I could incorporate them into my fighting style I killed my opponent in short working order. At the age of eight years, I was the undisputed champion of the underground arena pits. Since nobody bothered fighting me, I had to change jobs as it were.

I spent two whole years as a scouting mercenary, and let me tell you I was happy to be invited to take part of the Heaven Blade qualification tournament. Being a merc sounds fun sure, but the jobs they had me do were boring and the pay was nothing great.

I was able to win the tournament at the age of ten and I was awarded my Heaven Blade which was a rather nice sword, that is if you can get past the constant whispering and the limitless hunger of my blade for combat. The blade was sentient or so mine was and she for a lack of a better term was always asking me when we would fight a contaminoid.

Two years and I had formed sort of a brother like a relationship with several of the other Heaven Blade wielders, I unconsciously continued to learn their techniques and since the twelve Heaven Blades were in charge of killing the most dangerous of contaminoids it was not boring or badly paid.

During the following qualification tournament, I met someone I would never forget, and never forgive.

That is where my story begins and the most miserable day of my life. I live in the orphanage still even though I was adopted and my father is by far a great teacher, trainer and role model. I guess you can tell I am a little bit proud of the man that accepted me as his son. I could never abandon the orphanage since I know the kids always either need a hand with something or need someone to defend them.

I just finished repairing the boiler when he showed up scaring the poor kids playing outside. Gahard always a brute of a guy that never failed to scare the poor kids. "Gahard how many times do I have to tell you not to come here? If you want to see met me you can set an appointment in the Blade mission office."

The guy looked more like a thug than a guy who practices military arts, "Funny you should mention the Heaven Blades, you might not know this but I used to be a major fan of your underground arena fights. The way you killed those guys was simply awesome to see. Actually, I brought some of the pictures I took. You wouldn't mind signing one for fan now would you Layfon? Or you prefer I call you Wolfstein?"

I told the kids the boiler was fixed but they could go and help Leerin with making lunch. The poor kids were happy to get away from the big scary guy. As soon as I knew they were far away from the door I glared at Garhard. Told him to follow me to a nearby cemetery for privacy sake.

I could feel his smug grin on his face as we headed into the graveyard. "Ok, you can drop the friendly act and tell me what you really want to tell me." Gahard was laughing really hard as I said that.

"Honest Layfon I just wanted to show you a couple of my favorite pictures and get your autograph. There really is no need for you to be so defensive." He threw at me an envelope with the pictures. I had to admit they were pictures of me fighting in the underground arena alright, but they been doctored to make it look like I used my Heaven Blade.

I glared at his smiling face when he knew I had a suspicion what he planned to do with these pictures. "Can't get one over you can I Wolfstein, can I? You guess right. I am your opponent in the Heaven Blade Qualification Tournament. Now we both know that it is a major crime to use a Heaven Blade in an underground arena fight. So here is the deal. When we fight you are going to pretend to fight, but in reality, you will let me win. I get your position with the Heaven Blade wielders and I will not make those photos public. I get my rightful position and you get to live and go back to live in that shithole you call an orphanage. Now am I not a nice guy?"

I was madder than when a pervert tried to sneak in the women's public sauna. I been a Heaven Blade for little over a decade, and these pictures were clearly doctored because I would never use that sword for anything other than killing mature contaminoids. "Those pictures are doctored, good job but still fake. Why do you want to be a Heaven Blade so much that you resort to blackmail?"

He smiled a smile that spoke loud and clear how much of a pervert he really was, "Simply because the women that are Heaven Blade wielders are some of the hottest babes in the city. I take your position among them and with my skill I will be rocking those honeys every single night. Who knows I might be able to seduce the Queen and then I will be your King!"

I used external ballistic kei and burned the envelope with the pictures to ashes. I walked over to him glaring at him. "You could just insult me all you wanted and I wouldn't make much of a scene. I got no problem with you insulting me. But you insulted my fellow Heaven Blade wielders who to me they are practically my brothers and sisters, then you made a fatal mistake of insulting the Queen. I will tell you right now my answer to your offer. Bend over and shove up where the sun doesn't shine. In the tournament you as much and insult them again and you will not leave the arena alive."

I walked away from the place and punched a hole in a nearby ruined building causing the building to collapse, that is when I saw Leerin look at me a bit worried. "I guess you heard that you always had such good ears Leerin. Don't worry I will not throw the fight. I will never let that guy soil the Heaven Blades."

She still was worried, "I guess I will have to keep an eye on the kids then, he looks like the kind of guy that would try to hurt the kids once his little scheme fails to get even on you. Layfon why don't you tell the Queen? She could put that guy away in prison. It is a high crime to try to blackmail a Heaven Blade."

I smiled as she said that, I was very lucky to have a friend like her. "I don't need to make our Queen worry about me needlessly. If he needs to resort to this he must not be that strong. I will take care of this, there is no need to worry anyone."

She tried hard to smile and make it look like I was not causing her to worry but I knew her too well to be so easily fooled. She told me the other kids were waiting for me to return to eat lunch with us. "You know Leerin you sometimes treat those kids as if they were our kids and we were their parents." She began to walk away to hide her face from me. I guess I made her blush, too bad she hid her face, she looks absolutely adorable when she blushes.

The day of the tournament came and the big ape did manage to get to the finals as expected by him. I hated the fact that he fought using the same style as my good friend and Heaven Blade. I knowing this knew the exact weaknesses and tactics he would use.

He had not given up using dirty tricks, he had one more just in case I didn't throw the fight. I had an idea he would try something that stupid. As the fight began I evaded every single one of his attacks like it was nothing, "Looks like you will not take my kind deal, well here is another deal in my gauntlet there is a detonator and if you don't let me win, the section where your little girlfriend is will blow up."

This was beyond stupid, it was treason. The section she was seated was the place where the Queen and my fellow Heaven Blades were watching. She was invited to sit on that seat as a guest of honor and a favor to me.

I could not take the chance of him trying to kill her majesty or Leerin. I used one of my most aggressive stances and cut his arm off knowing full well this was more than likely where the trigger of the bomb would be since it was his dominant hand. The minute I did the Queen sent the arena guards to stop me as I was getting ready to chop his head off.

The Queen canceled the tournament and ordered the guards to take Gahard to the hospital and me to the throne room to receive my punishment. I knew what I did was the right thing, and I did see the detonator in the hand as it fell on the ground after I cut his hand off.

"Layfon, why did you do that?" I looked at her and I told her exactly what the vile bastard had told me, including his little bit of blackmail. "I may look young and beautiful Layfon but I am wise enough not to be so easily seduced. You can relax there was no bomb where I, your fellow Heaven Blades or Leerin was seated. It was all a last effort bluff."

I told her I saw the detonator so I had to cut off his hand before he could press it. She smiled and thanked me for caring so much for the safety of my comrades and herself. "That maybe a just cause Layfon, but I imagine you wanted to kill him for his act of treason against me. You always were one of my most loyal Heaven Blades. This makes my next decision most painful. Wolfstein stands and be ready to receive my judgement."

I stood at attention waiting to hear what I feared she would say. "Wolfstein you are hereby removed from the Heaven Blades, your weapon taken from you and are to be exiled immediately from our city. For your years of service, you shall be sent to the Academic City of Zuellni. You shall have a basic scholarship to try and learn a profession so that you may earn a living. The orphanage shall be taken care off by the Saiharden family as your father has informed me."

I was beyond hurt by her words, "Your Majesty I did nothing that was not expected off me. I admit that I did participate in underground arena fights but that was before I became a Heaven Blade and only to provide for the orphans. Why am I being exiled?"

She looked quite sad as she walked near me, "Layfon you were ready to end his life, and I agree that it was the right thing to do under those circumstances. However, the other people in the city will be afraid of you. They will think of you as dangerous as a contaminoid. We can't have the people think of the Heaven Blades as if they were as dangerous as the contaminoids. I am sorry but don't go thinking I or your fellow Heaven Blades are ashamed of you. Think of it as a sacrifice you have to make and know that I will always consider you a Heaven Blade even if you don't have your blade with you."

As I was given a change of clothes, a ticket to the roaming bus that would take me to the Academic City, I saw Leerin and some of my brethren with her. Savaris looked absolutely pissed, "Layfon this is pure bullshit he should be thrown in a nearby incinerator and you should stay with us, who am I going to give me a good challenge when we fight those contaminoids. Life will be too boring without you!"

Linsten was as call as ever or at least that how he looks to me. "Her majesty did as she knew she had to do. I know that she didn't do this lightly. Remember to always watch you're surrounding a spider is only safe in his web. Go but know I am proud of you, my little spider, and I am proud to have you as my student. Don't think we will leave you empty handed either."

Savaris handed him a black Dite and smiled. "These are my old practice gauntlets. You know enough of my family style to use them. Don't let those brats in the egghead city push you around." Lintens gave me a practice Dite that I used to learn my web techniques.

Leerin gave me a hug and a kiss on my cheek. "I don't care what the people in the city think, I don't want you to go." I saw the roaming bus come near us and I hugged her and as I boarded the bus I told her not to worry and be sure take care of the kids.

The bus departed and as they became smaller and smaller I couldn't help but feel sad, the sadness was so much that I simply couldn't even cry. "If only I knew the bastard was bluffing I could have knocked him out, but I was sure there was a bomb there."