Misora Chivalry of a Failed Knight: Volume 5

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-7183-4720-5
Verlag: J-Novel Club
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 5, 250 Seiten

Reihe: Chivalry of a Failed Knight

At long last, Ikki has made it to the Seven Stars Battle Festival. Akatsuki seems to be maneuvering in the background, and Stella still hasn't arrived in Osaka, where the tournament is being held, but Ikki is nevertheless excited for his upcoming matches. His meeting with his first opponent, Seven Stars Sovereign Morobishi Yuudai, only strengthens his resolve to give these battles his all. Before the tournament can even start, though, he finds himself embroiled in Akatsuki's machinations, and he has to fight his brother, Kurogane Ouma. Will he be able to make it to the tournament safely?!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Misora, Riku

Weitere Mitwirkende

Won

Ningen

Leseproben

Chapter 1: The Top Knights

A line of empty buildings dotted the reclaimed land along the bay on the outskirts of Osaka. Back when the city was undergoing rapid development, as many apartments as possible had been built on whatever land had been available. Unfortunately, when all was said and done, supply had outstripped demand, and all of the brand-new buildings had sat unused.

Today, however, this normally abandoned part of the town was bustling with activity. Stalls lined the streets, and people from all over Japan crowded the district. The reason this area had become so busy was that in two days, the Seven Stars Battle Festival would be held in the large Bay Dome that had been built in this ghost town of a district.

The Seven Stars Battle Festival was easily the most popular event in Japan, surpassing even professional King of Knights league tournaments in popularity. Tickets had sold out instantly, and all of the inns and hotels in the city hosting the event found themselves with no vacancies. And this year, the Seven Stars Battle Festival was garnering even more attention than normal thanks to the Akatsuki Academy incident. Tons of people had flocked to Osaka early in the hopes of getting hotel rooms before they were all booked up.

It wasn’t just the fans who’d arrived in Osaka early, of course. All of the Blazers who’d be participating had also gathered and were resting in the athlete dorms the city had provided them. Naturally, that included Kurogane Ikki, Hagun’s team captain and the man who’d been entrusted with the school flag.

“Hmm, this really doesn’t suit me,” Ikki muttered as he looked at himself in the antique full-length mirror in his luxuriously furnished hotel room. He wasn’t wearing his usual school uniform. Instead, he was wearing a navy blue tailcoat, a similarly navy blue bowtie, brand-new leather boots, and dress pants.

Needless to say, this wasn’t the type of outfit he’d be wearing if he didn’t have to. The Seven Stars Battle Festival Management Committee was holding a dinner party for the Blazers who’d be participating in the tournament, and Ikki had picked this out as his attire for the event. Thankfully, the Management Committee had given him an entire closet of formal clothes to choose from. Putting those clothes on had been quite a hassle, though.

Even so, he couldn’t get used to wearing something so fancy, and it felt off on him.

Ikki ran his fingers through his hair, trying to make his usually spiky hair lie flat. Once he was done, he looked at himself in the mirror again.

“Well, this looks a better, at—”

Before he could finish his sentence, his hair sprang back up. It clearly wasn’t interested in cooperating.

“My hair’s as stubborn as I am,” he muttered, smiling to himself. Then, sighing, he took off the tailcoat.

He’d picked a tailcoat because he figured that was the most formal one could get, but it suited him so badly that he just couldn’t bring himself to keep wearing it. After looking over a few different outfits, he finally settled on one.

“This is probably my best bet...” he said, picking up a light gray three-piece suit. It was the most bland choice possible, but he didn’t have the fashion sense to bring out his individuality anyway. Also, there wasn’t much time left until the party started.

As he briskly changed into the suit, he heard a knock on his door.

“Onii-sama, can I come in?”

It was his little sister, Kurogane Shizuku. She’d probably come to check on him because he was taking so long.

Ikki checked himself over in the mirror, making sure he was at least presentable enough to let Shizuku in. He hadn’t finished buttoning up his white shirt yet, so his chest and abs were visible, but he’d at least gotten his pants on right. Enough of his body was exposed that he would’ve been embarrassed to let most girls in, but considering Shizuku was his sister, he figured it’d be fine.

“Yeah, go ahead. Sorry, I’m almost done getting ready,” he said.

“Excuse me,” Shizuku said softly, opening the door and walking into the room. “Onii-sama, we’re all ready to go, so...”

When she looked at Ikki, she trailed off and came to a halt. Her jade-green eyes were open wide in surprise. Ikki cocked his head to one side, wondering what had gotten into Shizuku, but then he got a good look at her clothes, and that occupied his thoughts instead.

Shizuku had opted to wear a jet-black dress for the party. The bustier was lined with intricate lace arrayed in flower patterns. The dress also had a deep neckline, revealing Shizuku’s shoulders. Her porcelain skin contrasted beautifully with the black cloth.

Normally, such a mature dress wouldn’t have fit Shizuku’s more childlike appearance, but she’d applied subtle makeup to make her appear more adult. Ikki had no doubt that it was Alisuin Nagi who’d chosen this outfit and done Shizuku’s makeup. He was stunned by how much his little sister now looked like an elegant, refined lady.

“You look great, Shizuku. Sorry I can’t think of a more poetic way of complimenting you.”

“Hawawa.”

Shizuku blushed to the tips of her ears and fell backward, blood spurting from her nostrils.

“Sh-Shizuku?!”

“Oh my!”

Alisuin, who’d been waiting outside the room, rushed forward and grabbed Shizuku before she hit the ground. She then took a handkerchief out of her pocket and dabbed away Shizuku’s nosebleed before the blood could ruin her dress.

“Wh-What’s wrong, Shizuku?! Are you all right?!”

Ikki ran over to her, but that proved to be a mistake.

“Awawawawa!”

As he got closer, Shizuku’s face got redder, and Alisuin’s handkerchief got bloodier. Shizuku was in love with her brother romantically, so this reaction was hardly surprising. After all, Ikki had complimented her looks while half naked, and everyone, man or woman, looked the hottest in that state. Unfortunately, Ikki had failed to realize the effect his appearance was having on Shizuku.

“Get back, Ikki! Close up your shirt!”

Alisuin, on the other hand, had immediately figured out what was going on, and she held out a hand to hold Ikki back.

“Huh? Why?!”

“Just do it! Or Shizuku’s dress will end up covered in blood!”

“O-Okay!”

Ikki still didn’t get what he’d done wrong, but he nevertheless hurriedly buttoned up his shirt. Once he was fully covered, Shizuku managed to calm down a little.

“Hah, hah... My apologies for showing you such an unseemly sight, Onii-sama. But it’s partly your fault for looking so sexy earlier...”

“I-I’m not sure I get what you mean, but sorry. I was having trouble figuring out what I should wear.”

“Do you not like your current outfit? I think it looks wonderful, personally.”

“R-Really? I feel like a kid trying to look more mature than I really am.”

“Don’t worry, you look great. Thanks to your toned body and wide shoulders, even a basic suit looks splendid on you,” Alisuin said with a smile.

For her part, Alisuin looked like a cabaret club host in her perfectly tailored suit.

In truth, Ikki didn’t feel convinced by Alisuin’s praise after seeing how well she wore a suit.

Ikki pointed at Alisuin’s suit and asked, “Are you going to the party too, Alice?”

“No,” Alisuin answered, shaking her head. “I’m no longer taking part in the Seven Stars Battle Festival. But I going with Kagamin to the other party that’s open to the press.”

“You’ve practically become Kusakabe-san’s assistant at this point,” Shizuku pointed out.

“I owe her more than I can hope to repay. This is the least I can do,” Alisuin replied with a shrug of her shoulders.

Back when she’d been working as Akatsuki’s spy, she’d knocked Kagami out and locked her up at the training camp. In an attempt to make amends, she was helping Kagami out with her newspaper club work—though Ikki was certain Kagami had asked Alisuin to be her assistant as a show of kindness rather than because she actually wanted Alisuin to atone.

During the assault on Hagun, the members of Akatsuki had kept their Devices in phantom form. Prime Minister Tsukikage Bakuga hadn’t wanted to harm fellow citizens of Japan, but even if the students who’d been defeated hadn’t been physically hurt, the attack had still traumatized many of them. The Hagure sisters had lost the will to fight and dropped out of the tournament, while Toudou Touka and Misogi Utakata were still comatose after having been hit by the Gale...