Akane decided this battle would be hers alone, and she launched herself directly toward Midori despite the older fighter's change in tactics. She dodged Gakutenou when it lunged at her, then corrected her flight path to meet Midori head on. Akane then screamed in rage and lifted her tonfa above her head, causing Midori to hold her staff horizontally and raise it toward Akane. When the Otome swooped down and slashed with both tonfa, they were blocked by Midori's steady hold.
Akane growled through her teeth and pushed with all of her might to make Midori give way. She became so obsessed with this venture that she soon forgot about her second enemy on the battlefield. She was reminded only when she felt the shining blade on Gakutenou's head impale her from behind.
Midori lowered her weapon and slowly stepped backward after Akane cried out in agony. When the defeated Meister dropped her tonfa and began disappearing into a vapor of emerald-colored particles, Midori sneered and took her halberd into both hands.
"This is for my clan!"
Midori beheaded Akane's limp body with a single cut. Midori's trophy disappeared along with the rest of her opponent's remains, but it didn't matter. She had received justice.
In Windbloom's Castle, the members of Schwarz were taken by shock when Nagi suddenly screamed out in pain and quickly disintegrated in the same display as his Otome. Akane's failure had cost the cult their final chance for victory, as they could no longer use Mjolnir without the Archduke's authorization.
Windbloom was soon invaded by the few supporters that remained of the late Queen Mashiro. They were led by Midori, and their victory was swift after Schwarz lost most of their morale with the deaths of their leader and their only Otome. The dangerous Mjolnir weapon was destroyed in the attack, and the cult that had built it permanently dissolved. Midori and her followers restored the world its original state, and Garderobe Academy was eventually reopened in a severely limited form.
When the War of the Five Columns ended, history regarded Akane as nothing but the warrior-whore of the despicable Archduke Nagi Dai Artai.
THE END.