Chapter 6
"We have arrived, Master Kamito!" Lily happily said with a smile on her face.
"Onii-sama! I can finally see you again." Muir exclaimed with a smile.
Since both Muir and Lily got on the move the moment they received the letter, it only took one day to arrive at Areishia Spirit Academy. Not only that, but their training in the Instructional School not only did improve their skills as an elementalist, the training also improved their physical capabilities, making their bodies much stronger.
"Say Lily, what's with that house over there." Muir pointed at a house near the entrance of the academy.
"Don't know, but... I feel a familiar presence coming from that house." Lily exclaimed then narrowed her eyes, starting feeling suspicious about the house. The house being right near the entrance of the academy just made her more suspicious.
"Hey, who are you two?" A voice came from the entrance of the academy. When Muir and Lily turned around they found a girl with blue hair tied in a ponytail wearing the Areishia Spirit Academy uniform with some armor over it.
"Oh, hi there. My name is Lily Flame." The elfim said then bowed.
"And my name is Muir Alenstarl." Muir followed Lily's example.
Ellis narrowed her eyes when she saw that Lily is an elfim. 'An elfim, here?' She couldn't picture why an elfim would be here, but she decided to question the girl another time. Ellis was suspicious about Lily being an elfim because most elfim hate humans, and that made her suspicious.
"My name is Ellis Fahrengart. Now, I would like to know what you two are doing here?" Ellis questioned the girls.
"We came here because we received a letter from someone." Lily said with an emotionless face.
"Yeah!" Muir happily said.
"Then, may I see the letter to confirm what you just said now?" Ellis said with a serious tone.
"I am sorry, but the letter contains some strictly secret information which no one aside from us should know about." Lily stated, still maintaining her emotionless face.
'Secret information, about what?'
"Sorry, but I cannot let you pass if you do not show me the letter." Ellis stated, she then put her hands at her side.
"Oh, then should we pass by force, onee-chan?" Muir said with a evilish grin on her face. If that wasn't enough, she also had murderous intent in her eyes.
"Fights are prohibited outside the arena." Ellis simply stated with a shaky voice, the murderous intent from the smaller girl made her feel fear.
"Muir calm down, we don't need to resort to this." Lily put her hand on Muir's shoulder to calm her down, it seemed to work. When the murderous intent dissapeared from Muir's eyes, Ellis seemed to calm down.
Lily turned her head to look at Ellis. "Sorry for that. Also we cannot show you the letter, Master will surely be angry if we do that."
"And who is that Master you speak of?" Ellis questioned the elfim girl. Fate decided to answer Ellis.
Kamito opened the door to find Ellis and two familiar figures. Muir and Lily turned to the sound of the door opening, then widened their eyes after seeing Kamito standing in the doorway.
"Master Kamito!" Lily said then kneeled before Kamito.
"Onii-samaaaaaaa!" Muir ran at Kamito then hugged him.
Ellis stood there shocked. 'Master Kamito, onii-sama? Whaaa!?'
Kamito patted Muir on the head. "Nice to see you arrived Muir, Lily. Oh, and Lily, no need for formalities."
"As you wish Master Kamito." Lily said then got up on her feet.
"And don't call me Master Kamito, it's a bit strange..." Kamito started scratching the back of his head.
"Of course, then I will call you Kamito-sama." Lily said with a blush on her face.
"Ah, much better." Kamito then averted his eyes to look at Ellis, she was pretty shocked for some reason. 'Oh well... she saw Lily kneel before me. That must have been pretty strange.'
"Ellis, what are you doing here?" Kamito questioned the shocked Ellis.
"Ugh, uh... I came here to wake you up, but it seems that you have already woken up." Ellis stuttered, still feeling strange after seeing the elfim girl kneel before Kamito, and the small girl calling Kamito onii-sama.
"So, I see you came Muir, Lily." Kamito said then started to walk towards Lily, when he got closer he pulled her into a hug and said. "Welcome back, and thanks for coming." Lily blushed after suddenly being hugged by Kamito, she returned the hug.
"KAMITO, you pervert! How can you suddenly hug a girl!" Ellis yelled then drew her sword from the sheath at her side, she felt angry after seeing this 'inadequate act'.
"Onee-chan, did you just insult my onii-sama." Ellis adverted her gaze to the girl known as Muir Alenstarl. Ellis then started shaking and took a step back after seeing the murderous intent coming from the girl.
'That murderous intent...'
"Calm down Muir, almost every girl here may think I'm a pervert. You need to get used to it, okay?" Kamito disengaged from the hug with Lily and put his hand on Muir's shoulder to calm her down.
"Sure, onii-sama." Muir said with a smile. The heavy air couldn't be felt anymore, this made Ellis regain her composure.
"If you came here, then that means you will join my team for the Blade Dance, right?" Kamito said to the two girls. Ellis raised an eyebrow after hearing Kamito say Blade Dance.
"Yes, Kamito-sama. We are happy to fight by your side again." Lily happily said, her lips forming into a smile.
"As Lily said. But why do you need us for the Blade Dance, onii sama? You can win the Blade Dance alone." Muir said with a puzzled face. Ellis was shocked at that response. She knew that Kamito was strong, but to win the Blade Dance alone? That surely must have been a joke.
"This Blade Dance requires to have a team of five in order to participate. And I don't want to use my full power." Kamito stated.
'Why would Kamito hide his power?' Ellis didn't understand why Kamito won't use his full power. 'Wait a second, then that means that at the arena that wasn't his full power!?' Ellis slowly widened her eyes after that though came into her mind. 'Who are you Kazehaya Kamito? Or rather, what are you...'
"We understand. But we still need two more members Kamito-sama." Lily stated with a raised eyebrow.
"Actually, Fianna Ray Ordesia also transfered and joined the team. We just need one more member and the team is complete." Kamito explained to the two girls.
'Fianna the transfer student!?' Ellis thought.
"Fianna!? That's nice!" Both of the girls exclaimed at the same time.
"Wait a second, you know Fianna!?" Kamito was shocked that the girls knew Fianna. He told them about how he saved Fianna years ago, but he didn't expect the girls knowing Fianna.
"Yeah, we met her in a forest. She was being chased by a Dryad and I saved her." Lily explained to the shocked Kamito.
"Heh, exactly like I met her." Kamito said.
-Flashback(Two Years Ago)-
It was night, the moon was shining and the sky was coated in stars. There was a campfire in a forest, two figures could be seen standing there.
"Another day in a forest..." Muir frowned. She sat down near the campfire after some intense training with Lily in the vicinity.
"Still better than the Instructional School rooms." Lily stated.
"Yeah, I guess your right." Muir seemed to agree to that statement.
...
Fianna was running through a forest, she was trying to get away from a Dryad. She suddenly sliped and fell down to the ground. She tried to get up to her feet, but she couldn't, all that running made her exhausted. She followed the Dryad's every movement as it got closer.
"This is the end, huh? I'm sorry... Kamito-kun." Fianna said to herself then closed her eyes, waiting for the Dryad's hit. But nothing did hit her, she heard the sound of arrows being fired. Not knowing what is happening, she decided to open her eyes. When she opened her eyes, she found a girl with jade-green hair and what looked like pointy ears.
'An elfim!?' Fianna didn't know why an elfim would be here in this forest, but she was more shocked that the elfim girl was actually helping her.
"Take this!" Lily started firing poisonous arrows from her Elemental Waffe, the Dryad started to run after sensing the powerful enemy. The Dryad managed to survive the rain of poisoned arrows and retreated deep into the forest.
Lily turned to look at the girl who was being chased by that Dryad. "Are you okay?" Lily asked the girl and extended her hand to help her get up.
"Yeah, I'm okay." The girl gave a small nod then accepted Lily's helping hand.
"What's your name?" Lily asked the girl.
"Fianna Ray Ordesia. And, thanks for saving me." Lily was shocked after hearing that name. 'Lost Queen!? But what is she doing in a forest like this...'
"No problem. By the way, my name is Lily Flame." The elfim girl said.
"Nice to meet you Lily, and thanks once again for saving me." Fianna smiled at the elfim girl.
"Sure, like I said, no problem. Anyway, what are you doing in a forest like this at night?" Lily didn't know why the Lost Queen would be running around in a forest at night. She knew about her condition of not having the pathway to her spirit connected, her title came from that after all.
"I was taking a walk, then got lost." Fianna said.
"Heh, just like Master Kamito said." Lily muttered to herself, but Fianna picked the name Kamito from her muttering.
"Kamito? Don't tell me... You know Kamito!?" Fianna was shocked that Lily knew about Kamito.
"Of course, I'l explain to you once we get to the campfire." Lily said then started walking in the direction of the campfire.
"Hey, wait!" Fianna started following Lily to the campfire. After arriving at the campfire, Fianna found a girl with gray hair tied up in twintails standing near the campfire.
"Muir, this girl here is Fianna Ray Ordesia." Lily pointed at Fianna who was some steps behind.
"You don't mean... The girl who onii-sama saved at the Blade Dance!?" Muir stood there staring at Fianna with widened eyes.
"Yep, the girl who Master Kamito saved three years ago!" Lily exclaimed with a smile.
"Eh, why do you call Kamito, Master Kamito? And onii-sama!?" Fianna asked Lily and Muir. She was very shocked at Muir calling Kamito onii-sama. 'Maybe she is his sister or something?'
"I will tell the story later. Now come and sit near the fire, you must be cold." Lily said after seeing the shocked look on Fianna's face, then motioned for Fianna to come sit near the campfire.
"Uh, sure..." The still shocked Fianna walked near the campfire and sat on the ground, she was still exhausted after running away from that Dryad.
"Oh, Fianna?"
"Yeah?" Fianna raised an eyebrow after Muir started speaking to her.
"I am Muir Alenstarl, Kamito's younger sister!" Muir happily said with a smile on her face.
"If you are his sister, how come your family names are different!?" Fianna was very confused now.
"Don't worry, I will explain everything." Lily joined in the conversation.
"Please do."
Lily started to explain everything to Fianna, absolutely everything. The Instructional School, the team they had there, how the life was there, everything. Fianna was shocked that Kamito was an assassin, a master assassin even. She came to know why Muir calls Kamito onii-sama, and the fact that Muir is not an elementalist and uses a cursed armament seal with the name Jester's Vice.
"Why are you telling me so much information about yourselves?" Fianna didn't know why the girls she just met explained literally everything about them and their connection to Kamito.
"Well, Master Kamito trusts you. That's why."
"If you say so..." Fianna just stood there trying to register everything that has been told to her.
"Oh, I remember now." Lily exclaimed.
"What?" Fianna asked surprised at Lily's outburst.
"Want to join me and Muir on our training and travels?"
"Can I?" Fianna was very surprised that Lily is inviting her to join her little team of sorts.
"Sure, maybe you would reconnect the pathway to your contracted spirit."
"Yeah, maybe..." Fianna's lips formed into a small smile after hearing that she may be able to reconnect the pathway to her contracted spirit.
-Flashback End-
"Oh, want to come inside? We have much to discuss, I mean, I didn't see you girls in three years!" Kamito said with a smile on his face.
"Sure onii-sama!" Muir instantly agreed.
"By the way, how is Lady Restia doing, Kamito-sama?" Lily asked Kamito.
"No need for formalities, and I'm doing fine, I just woke up..." A voice came from the doorway of the house. Restia was standing there with just underwear, dark purple underwear to be exact...
"Ohhhhhh, onii-samaaaaaa, what did you do last night?" Muir grinned at Kamito, waiting for an explanation.
'Eh, what.'
"Kamito-sama, I would love to know too."
'Lily too?'
"KAMITO, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" Ellis asked with a very scary voice.
"Eh, well... You see... Nevermind, see you later Ellis!" Kamito grabbed Muir and Lily's hands then pulled them inside the house then closed the door, not wanting anything to do with an angry Ellis.
"KAMITO!" Ellis shouted, no response came from the house. Ellis then walked away thinking about what Kamito could have done with the Darkness Spirit.
...
After everyone sat at the table. Muir decided to start speaking.
"Onii-samaaa, you still didn't tell me what you did last night." Muir had a very big grin on her face.
"Eh? Can't we talk about anything else?" Kamito tried to dodge that question.
"Kamito-sama, explain yourself."
"Even you Lily..." Kamito sighed, he had no choice but to say what he did last night.
"Fufu. Come on Kamito, say it!" Restia was laughing at the sight of Kamito being very panicked.
"Seriously!?" Kamito didn't know what to say anymore.
If that wasn't enough, someone pulled Kamito's hand. When Kamito turned around, he saw Est, wearing the Areishia Spirit Academy uniform, which was a little large for her.
"Kamito, what are they talking about?" Est tilted her head to the side.
"Well... That's... I'm done, someone kill me!" Kamito couldn't take it anymore and decided to use The Act of Mental Oblivion.
"Oh well, I'm sure Kamito will wake up after a few minutes. Anyway, how have you girls been?" Restia sighed at what Kamito did then decided to start a conversation with the girls.
(After few minutes of conversation)
"Ugh, uh... What?" Kamito found himself in a chair. 'How did I get here?' After some seconds of searching through his mind, he remembered why he used The Act of Mental Oblivion.
"Oh, welcome back Kamito." Restia said with a smile.
"Sure." Kamito sighed and made a small nod. He then remembered that Lily and Muir still have to enroll at the academy. 'If we go now, we have time to get to class to.'
"Lily, Muir, we need to go see that old hag so both of you can enroll here."
"Yeah, your right." Lily noded.
"Tch, that Witch..." Muir hesitantly noded. Kamito had no idea why Muir hates the Greyworth.
'Maybe the teasing?' Kamito wondered, but droped the thought because from what he remembers Muir and Lily didn't meet the Dusk Witch in person.
...
Kamito with the modified Vorpal Sword sheated at his side was walking with Muir and Lily in the academy's halls. Muir was at Kamito's right side and Lily was on the left side of Kamito. The group was getting stares from all the students they passed by. Kamito was feeling uneasy, the reason might be because he doesn't like being the center of attention thanks to what happened when he was crossdressed/disguised as Ren Ashbell.
"An elfim!?" "What!?" "And she is with the male elementalist!"
Kamito was getting annoyed by all the stares and whispers around him. He was being close to yell at all the girls and tell them to shut up, but it didn't happen.
Lily also didn't like being the center of attention, because of that she sped up her pace a little bit. Muir was very close to almost kill every girl who was insulting Lily and her precious onii-sama, but it eventualy didn't happen as they arrived at the Headmistress's office.
Kamito knocked on the door, just to hear Greyworth's voice telling him to come in. He opened the door and walked in, being followed by Muir and Lily.
"I see your precious comrades have arrived." Greyworth stoped writhing on some papers and looked at the three elementalists who walked inside, or rather two elementalists.
"Yeah. Now, will you let them enroll here?" Kamito asked, he has a serious expression on his face.
Greyworth smiled. "Of course." She then put some papers on the desk and motioned the two girls to come. The two girls signed the papers then changed into the Areishia Spirit Academy uniforms, in the side-room of course.
"You two will be in Raven Class with the lad. Don't do anything that might end up destroying the academy." Greyworth shot a deadly stare at Muir when she said the last part. It seems Greyworth knew about Muir's Jester's Vice and what it does to spirits.
"And you two will be staying in the visitor's room." Muir and Lily noded.
The group left Greyworth's office and started walking towards Raven Class. While walking towards Raven Class it was the same atmosphere as before, but a little bit more intense... 'Maybe because Muir and Lily enrolled here?' Kamito was having this thought, it seemed to get confirmed by some girls whispering.
"Those girls enrolled here too!?" "No way..." "What!?"
They arrived at the door leading into the classroom named Raven Class. Kamito opened the door and walked in, followed by Muir and Lily. The atmosphere was the same as in the halls, all the girls started staring at Muir and Lily then whisper among themselves. The atmosphere died down when the teacher, Freya Grandol entered the classroom. The teacher slammed the thick book she was carrying on the table, completely silencing the class.
"You two," The teacher pointed at Muir and Lily. "introduce yourselves." Then motioned for them to come in front of the class.
"My name is Lily Flame, I hope we can all get along." She then bowed in front of the class to finish the introduction. Even if she was an assassin raised by the Instructional School she still had manners.
"I am Muir Alenstarl, onii-sama's younger sister!" She happily exclaimed. This made the class confused. After a few seconds the whole class started staring at Kamito.
'Energetic as ever...' Kamito thought, he was really hoping to not get into trouble because of Muir or Lily, that didn't seem to be the case as Claire raised from her seat and pointed at Muir with a shocked look on her face.
"How can you be Kamito's younger sister when your family names are different? That doesn't make any sense!" Kamito sighed after hearing what Claire said, he really didn't want to explain. Because if it were for him to be explaining, it would reveal some of his past, and he really didn't want that. He could also lie, but he didn't want to tell complete lies, if it were a half-lie then he could comply, but still.
Muir looked at Kamito and saw him move his head to the side. Muir got the message, it meant to disengage from the conversation.
"That doesn't concern you." Muir said then made her way to an empty table, Lily also followed.
"Hey, that's not a good answer!" Claire snaped at Muir, but she just looked away.
"Claire," The whole class flinched after seeing Kamito get a little bit angry. "as my little sister said. My, or my friends personal lives don't concern you." He had murderous intent in his eyes, it was even more powerful than Muir's, but Claire didn't know that. But it still carved fear into her soul. Claire sat down and crossed her arms.
'Does she really need to get angry everytime it's something about me?' Kamito wondered to himself then sighed.
'Fufu.' Restia just laughed.
...
It was lunch break, Ellis was heading towards Greyworth's office. She knocked on the door just to hear the Headmistress say. "Come in." Ellis opened the door, got infront of the headmistress's desk and slamed her hands on the desk.
"Headmistress! Why did those two new girls have to enroll this late in the year!?"
"Because the lad wanted them to enroll here. I just complied with his request." Greyworth replied with a calm voice.
"Kamito? But why!? From all we know those girls could be weak!"
"Oh Ellis, you could test them and see for yourself how 'weak' they are." Greyworth put accent on the word weak, making Ellis confused.
"If they are weak, then why accept them here!? This is a school for elite elementalists."
"Those girls are so weak that they can kill every student here in the blink of an eye. Except Kamito and myself, I think..." Ellis was shocked at what the Headmistress just said. She paled out after hearing the word kill. 'K-Kill!?'
Ellis put a calm and composed face. "I highly doubt they are that powerful, Headmistress. I don't think that even Kamito can do that."
"That's true, the lad can't destroy the academy." Ellis let out a sigh of relief after hearing that the Headmistress was probably joking. "He can probably destroy the whole city and the academy." Ellis paled out.
"Don't put much thought into it, it's just a theory." Greyworth said. 'That lad can probably destroy the world...'
"Is it true that those girls came here just to join Kamito's team for the Blade Dance?"
"That is true Ellis. But I don't even know why Kamito would need a team, he can probably win by himself." Greyworth put a hand on her chin and began to think why Kamito doesn't go alone, she then realized it was the rules. If it wasn't required having a team of five, Kamito would surely go alone.
Ellis was shocked after hearing that. "What!?" Ellis calmed herself. "What about Kamito not using his full power for the Blade Dance?"
Greyworth raised and eyebrow. "Mhmm... Probably three yea-" The Headmistress coughed at almost saying Kamito's greatest secret. "I mean, probably something from his past."
Ellis raised an eyebrow after seeing the Headmistress cough. 'Maybe she was about to say one of Kamito's secrets. Though the word three surely is suspicious...'
"Is that so?"
If it was Claire instead of Ellis, she would have her suspicions about Kamito being Ren Ashbell confirmed. Thankfully, it wasn't Claire.
"Ellis are you really that interested in the lad?" Greyworth asked with a smirk on her face.
Ellis blushed. "Eh, uh... Me? No, absolutely not!" Ellis left the room, her face red as a tomato.
"Fufu." Greyworth laughed at Ellis's behaviour.
...
Classes were over. Kamito, Lily and Muir were heading towards Kamito's house. From what Kamito remembers, Fianna would come later. When they got closer, they saw a figure in front of Kamito's house, it was Ellis. When Ellis saw Kamito and his group nearing her position, she decided to step infront of Kamito.
"I'm sorry about me getting angry before and doubting your teammates." Ellis bowed in front of the group.
'When did she doubt my teammates?' Kamito stoped wondering and accepted her apology, the girls also accepted the apology. Ellis left after the group accepted her apology.
Once the group entered the house, they decided to sit at the table and wait for Fianna. Fianna arrived pretty fast, she entered the house without even knocking.
"Fianna!" Muir and Lily said at the same time, a smile forming on her faces.
"Hey Muir, Lily. Didn't see you in a while." Fianna said, a smile also forming on her face.
"I will prepare dinner." The girls noded, Kamito then left for the kitchen. Restia remained talking with the girls.
"I see you girls joined the team." Fianna said with a smile.
"Of course." Muir and Lily noded.
"But we need one more member..." Fianna wondered about who would be the last member for the team.
"I'm sure Kamito-sama will find someone." Muir agreed with Lily.
...
Everything had gone smoothly, the girls left when it got night. Kamito was laying on the bed with Restia. They just finished a steamy make-out session.
"We just need one more member, Kamito."
"Yeah, I don't know who should be the last member though." Kamito started thinking.
"I'm sure you wont pick any girls from the academy, right?"
Kamito raised an eyebrow. "Probably not, but I will if we don't have any other choice..."
"Don't think do deeply into the situation. Anyway, you should get some rest. Tommorow is the first match."
"I can probably win, even if I'm tired. But you are right, I still need rest." Kamito closed his eyes and rapidly fell asleep with Restia.
Author's note: This chapter is a bit longer than the others, probably has 4k words or something. Anyway, the next chapter will contain Kamito's team first match, the mission in Mine Town Gado, Jio Inzagi the brat and probably much more. That is all for now, bye.