Ikki had just came back from his matinal training, jogging till he reached the door of his dorm, the place he had called home for the past year. Used with being with no roommate, he didn't notice the second name that was put beside his own, by door.

It was the very first day of class, after a long summer break full of training and a failed academical year.

He'd just take a shower and rush to his student activities, except that, as he opened the door, the first thing he noticed was a pair of boots. He didn't had any boots. The dorm was illuminated only by the early sunlight of next room's open window, but what really blinded the young male was the view.

A very pretty, crimson haired girl was standing in front of him. That alone was surprising, for he didn't had any roommate, but what really made his eyes widen and pupils dilatate was the fact this girl was half naked, dressed only in her underwear, bra and above the knee socks. They were all black, contrasting her pale skin.

The unknown girl was about to yell when Ikki raised his hand in between them, finally looking away. "Hold on", and she did give him a little chance to speak as she tried to cover herself with her own hands, "I already know what you're going to say", he continued, "I'm not going to pretend I didn't see what I just saw... SO HOW'S THIS", suddenly, he began to strip his own sweaty shirt off, "WE BOTH GET NAKED! AND WE'LL CALL IT EVEN".

He finally looked back at her to see a blushing, confused expression right before the loudest scream he ever heard alongside with a slap hard enough to leave a mark on his face.

What happened next was a mess and, as expected, he got called in the school's director's office, which he ran to as soon as getting his uniform on.

"As you already know", the middle aged woman behind the desk started to speak, "the Hagun Academy has one of the best track records among all the chivalry schools in Japan", the director Kurono kept her cigarette in her mouth as she spoke without any trouble in her smoke nor in her words, "At the prestigious Seven Sword Star Festival, where the strongest students knights compete, aspiring Magical Knights from our school have won for almost every year. Unfourtunally, in the past few years, we haven't had such good results", the woman wore a black suit and her hair held up, her voice was uniform during her whole speech, "I accepted the post of director to rebuild the school", she finally looked at the young student in front of her "and on day one, I have to deal with something as such as a misconduct of yours, Kurogane?".

Ikki gave an awkward smile, passing his hand on his spiky raven hair to distract his embarrassment "I-I know... Just an accident, though".

"Kurogane, you peeked on a girl with her clothes off then proceed on taking your own clothes off, you call that an accident?!", the principal was nearly smiling.

"Well, I mean- maybe 50/50 I was just trying to be a gentleman..." he mumbled trying to explain himself a little better.

"So, you were just being a gentleman?" Kurono was really trying not to laugh.

"Well- yea, I'm not, like, a creep or anything", he could hear his words sounding guilty although he wasn't.

"That's good to hear", the woman held a cigarette on her right hand and snapped the fingers of the left one, "now let's see you be a gentleman".

With that sign, a girl walked in her office. Ikki could tell quickly, by her extraordinary crimson hair color that it was the same girl from before, except now she was fully dressed in the female uniform of the Academy. When she closed the door, looking shy and angry, and turned on them, he recognized just who she was exactly: Stella Vermillion, or better, princess Stella Vermillion, known as "Crimson Princess", the daughter of another country's Emperor.

"Stella Vermillion", Ikki had bent himself in front of her, in the traditional Japanese manner of apologizing, "I- I ah- I'm sorry that I surprised you earlier", he could feel her glares of despise, "I swear I didn't do it on purpose. I accept full responsibility. I'll take whatever punishment you see fit".

Looking down at him, the princess simply asked what his name was and after Ikki responded, she simply said in a nonchalant voice "how noble of you, Ikki. There's no need for us to turn this into an international incident. Considering your apology, I'll show you my mercy".

"Thank you".

"You may now throw yourself upon your sword".

The sentence the princess said with a smile really cracked the room they were all in. Ikki thought he must have misheard it "that's a… Joke, isn't it?".

NOTE: ritual suicide by disembowelment done by Samurai to retain their honor in death after committing a serious offense.

Her smile despaired "if I were joking, I wouldn't compromise this much.

"So, your best compromise is for me to kill myself?" his voice went louder as he tried to put reason in her pink head.

"Whatever punished I decided or so you said!", she kept insisting in this madness.

"It's a figure of speech! And it was an accident! I'm supposed to pay with my life for such a little thing?".

She gasped loudly feeling anger building up upon the inconsideration by this unknown boy.

"I mean, I just saw you on your underwear! Now what? I must disembowel myself?" he tried keeping his usual politeness, but it was hard in this unpredictable situation. At least his voice has gone back to its normal volume.

However, the princess' rage was on another level now, as crisp flames surging out of nowhere started to burst around Stella, her hair was floating with the sudden hot wind around her whole body.

"Bye now". Neither of the young students noticed their director getting up and leaving the room till she said those two words, but Ikki was the only one to call the authority to come back.

"Prepare yourself", Stella's voice was deep in fury now and her flames kept getting bigger and wilder by each step she gave towards Ikki Kurogame, "you disrespectful, pervert, rude, commoner… I will turn you into ashes all by myself". Never before he saw such combination of power and beauty the lady in front of him was showing and despite the anger directed towards him, Ikki was only snapped out of his trance by the sudden fire alarm sound inside the office.

"Wait, Stella! Calm down!" he screamed, walking away slowly till his back touched the director's table.

"You snuck into my room and defiled me with your eyes… How dare you?". Clearly, she wasn't listening.

"Defiled?", he barely looked at her!

"I saw the look in your eyes as you were staring at me… You're not sorry! You liked it and you're just mocking me!" how did dared this peasant deliberately do something so perverted and lying about taking responsibility?

"Y-yes, I saw you! B-but it's…" he kept mumbling as she stopped to give him his last words, which he couldn't find any that could not sound perverted or disrespectful in any way, so he sod it and yelled "Because I never seen someone so beautiful!".

That surely surprised her. Boiling steam was leaving her body instead of flames as the water from the fire alarm finally set off above the two students.

Stella was truly caught off guard and her previous rage was soon enough turned into embarrassment, as she kept playing with her fingers in the awkwardness she felt "y-you know, it's very rude to tell a princess that she's beautiful so abruptly, I-I mean, there are rules…".

He couldn't believe all of this was happening and put his fingers in between his eyes.

"W-what is it?" she shyly asked.

"Earlier you said your room, but it's actually my room".

That just triggered her anger back "if you think you're being funny", but she was stopped by the door opening and the principal's innocent smile "oh and by the way, you two are becoming roommates! Starting today".