Misora Chivalry of a Failed Knight: Volume 4

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-7183-4718-2
Verlag: J-Novel Club
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 4, 250 Seiten

Reihe: Chivalry of a Failed Knight

Ikki and his friends are at a joint training camp with Kyomon Academy to prepare for the Seven Stars Battle Festival. But while they're away, mysterious assailants suddenly attack Hagun. They claim to be part of a group known as Akatsuki, and their strength is overwhelming.

As everyone races back to confront them, something catches them off guard-they've been betrayed. To make matters worse, Ikki ends up confronting the world's strongest Blazer. Will he be able to survive the encounter?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Misora, Riku

Weitere Mitwirkende

Won

Ningen

Leseproben

She unleashed all the power she’d stored in Lævateinn, and the flames swirling around it formed into the shape of a dragon. The flaming serpent opened its jaws wide and bore down on Touka. Touka sidestepped slightly to avoid the blazing fangs, but the dragon changed course to match her.

Stella’s Dragon Fang was more than just a blast of fire shaped like a dragon. The fiery dragon it created would chase her foe until it finally had them in its red-hot maw. Because she could control the mana that comprised the dragon, it was impossible to shake it off.

There was only one recourse Touka had against this dragon, and that was to destroy it with her own Noble Art. Dragon Fang was powerful enough to destroy anything caught in its mouth, so nothing less than Touka’s Thunderbolt would be enough for her to destroy it. And so, Touka quickly dropped back into her stance.

“Thunderbolt!”

She unleashed her strongest attack against the dragon without hesitation. She had no other choice, after all. And that was exactly what Stella had been waiting for.

The moment Touka used Thunderbolt, Stella leaped forward. As powerful as the technique was, it left Touka vulnerable for a moment right after she used it, and Stella hoped to take advantage of that. This was her opportunity to end the match. She reached her opponent in less than a second thanks to her godlike speed, then swung Lævateinn down with all her might, certain that Touka couldn’t defend against her attack.

“Wha—”

And yet, a second before Stella’s blade made contact, Touka did something completely unexpected.

Using the propulsion of her swing, Touka indeed spun in a circle and launched a second attack, this one aimed at Stella. She had seen through Stella’s plan and prepared accordingly, purposely unleashing her Thunderbolt to lure Stella into committing to a decisive attack. And Stella had fallen for it. Narukami made contact with Stella’s stomach, cutting through her.

“Ngh.”

As both Stella’s and Touka’s blades were in phantom form, Stella wasn’t physically hurt, but she was drained of all her stamina and dropped to one knee. As she did so, Touka placed Narukami against her neck, indicating that the battle was over.

“I didn’t know you already had ways to deal with feints like that,” Stella said, frowning.

“That’s because it’s the first time I’ve used that technique in an actual battle. You’re not wrong for trying to take advantage of your opponent’s weaknesses, but just remember, when it comes to the national level, most Blazers are capable of using their own weaknesses to lay traps for their foes. You can be certain that last year’s Seven Stars Sovereign, Moroboshi-san, is capable of doing that too. If you want to make it to the top, you’ll need to get better at reading your opponent,” Touka explained. “You’ve still got a long way to go, Stella-san,” she added with a smile.

Stella could only groan in frustration, unable to say anything in return.

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“Well, it looks like the Crimson Princess lost.”

“Aww, come on.”

Two girls sighed in unison as they watched Stella and Touka’s battle from a distance. Both of them wore yellow armbands that said “Newspaper Club.” They were members of Bunkyoku’s newspaper club who had come here to collect information on Hagun’s and Kyomon’s representatives.

These training camps presented schools with the rare opportunity to have their students learn about rival schools’ strongest Blazers. Every school’s newspaper club sent at least a few members to each training camp. The two girls from Bunkyoku had come all the way from Kyushu to learn more about the knight everyone was talking about: Stella Vermillion.

“Man, what a letdown.”

“It would have made for a good article if she’d been able to beat the Thunderbolt.”

“Yeah, who wants to read an article titled ‘Turns Out the Crimson Princess Was Weak All Along!’?”

They shook their heads in disappointment. They’d wanted to write articles about Stella’s upset victory since an article about her losing wouldn’t be nearly as interesting. Meanwhile, Kusakabe Kagami, who was also wearing a yellow newspaper club armband and watching the battle from a slightly different vantage point, shot the two girls an exasperated look.

“Sheesh, are all of Bunkyoku’s journalists blind or something?” she muttered quietly.

“It certainly seems like it. They’re so concerned with seeing the result they want to see that they’re not paying attention to the things they actually should be. They’re a disgrace to journalists everywhere.”

Alisuin Nagi, who was standing next to Kagami, said with a shake of her head. The two of them had seen Stella fight enough times to know that Stella definitely hadn’t lost because she was weak. Honestly, anyone with even basic observational skills would have been able to figure that much out.

“Man, that was a crazy battle,” someone said as they walked over to Kagami. “We coulda made a killing if we’d charged people to come see it.”

“Hagun’s lineup is quite something this year, Kusakabe,” the person walking with them added.

The pair, one a boy and the other a girl, shook their heads in amazement. Kagami smiled at them.

“I didn’t know you were here too, Yagokoro-san, Komiyama-san.”

“Of course we’re here. No self-respecting journalist would miss out on a match between the Crimson Princess and the Thunderbolt.”

“Exactly.”

As Kagami was talking, she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned to look at Alisuin, who asked, “Who are your friends, Kagamin?”

At that, Kagami remembered this was Alisuin’s first time meeting these two.

“My bad, I forgot to introduce them. The lively girl here is Yagokoro-san from Bukyoku Academy’s newspaper club. And this guy here is Donrou’s newspaper club’s Komiyama-san.”

“It’s nice to meet you, Alisuin-san,” Komiyama said.

“Sup?” Yagokoro said.

“I see, so you’re all journalists.”

“Yep. As you can see, we’re wearing the same yellow armbands.”

Alisuin nodded in understanding as Komiyama held out his arm.

Yagokoro sidled up to Alisuin and said, “Man, I’ve heard the rumors but you’re even hotter in person. You could be an idol if you wanted.”

“Yagokoro, you’re being rude.”

Komiyama elbowed Yagokoro to get her to stop peering at Alisuin’s face. But Alisuin didn’t seem to mind at all. She smiled and said, “Aha ha, it’s fine. Besides, girls love being complimented.”

“‘G-Girls’?” Komiyama sputtered, confused.

“Oh, yeah, that’s Alice-chan for you. It’s nothing to worry about, Komiyama-san,” Kagami said cheerfully.

“I-I’ll try not to.”

“Wait, you didn’t know about Nagi-san, Komi-yan? What kinda journalist doesn’t do their research?”

“Urk. Look, I didn’t think it was important to research her fetishes, okay?”

Kagami thought.

Journalists naturally had preferences about what they liked to look into. Yagokoro and Kagami were more interested in Blazers’ personalities and histories than their abilities. They also exaggerated a fair amount in their articles. Komiyama, on the other hand, reported the truth as he saw it and was much more interested in the fighting prowess of the competing Blazers. Thus, it was only natural that he hadn’t looked into what kind of person Alisuin was.

“But shouldn’t you be out training too, Nagi-san? You’re one of Hagun’s representatives, aren’tcha?” Yagokoro asked.

“I only made it in because I was lucky enough to avoid getting matched up against any strong opponents. To be honest, I’m not that interested in the Seven Stars Battle Festival. My apologies to those who lost to me, but I’m really just here to help my roommate out with anything she might need. That’s why I’m here taking it easy.”

“Just lucky, eh? It takes more than luck to win twenty battles in a row, no matter what you say.”

“I’m afraid that’s really all there is to it.”

“Well, it’s your choice how much you care about the Seven Stars Battle Festival,” Komiyama interjected. “Besides, having all sorts of reps here will make reporting on it more interesting.”

“My, what a thoughtful gentleman.” Alisuin gave Komiyama a suggestive look.

“I-I’m straight, okay?” Komiyama stammered, backing away.

Kagami looked at the two reporters and asked, “By the way, Yagokoro-san, Komiyama-san, what did you make of the match?”

“The one between the Crimson Princess and the Thunderbolt?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, if I had to sum it up, they’re insanely strong.”

“Which one is?”

“Both of them, obviously.”

Upon hearing that, Kagami smiled. Unlike the two girls from Bukyoku, Yagokoro and Komiyama had properly understood how impressive the earlier match had been.

“The Crimson...