Misora Chivalry of a Failed Knight: Volume 8

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-7183-4726-7
Verlag: J-Novel Club
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten

Reihe: Chivalry of a Failed Knight: Volume 8

With Shizuku crucified in Amane's waiting room, the final match of the quarterfinals ends before it can even begin. Then, while Ikki grapples with how to deal with Amane's Nameless Glory, the Crimson Princess and the Gale Emperor duke it out in the duel of the century. But when Ikki's semifinal match finally starts, Amane claims that he's willing to forfeit! How will Ikki respond?! And will he be able to keep his promise to Stella to fight her in the finals?!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Misora, Riku

Weitere Mitwirkende

Won

Ningen

Leseproben

The day Ikki had left the Kurogane house, Shizuku had sworn to herself that she’d do whatever it took to protect him. Her sad smile was gone, replaced with a look of ironclad determination. The boundless love she had for Ikki was supported by a resolve that was truly unbreakable. She looked up at Alisuin.

“I can’t guarantee my surprise attack will succeed if I’m on my own, though,” she said. “Alice, will you lend me your strength?”

Shizuku knew the risks she was asking Alisuin to take for her sake. It was entirely possible her friend would get expelled along with her. She could only make that request because she trusted Alisuin wholeheartedly. And Alisuin couldn’t help but want to live up to that trust.

“Very well, I’ll help.”

“Thank you,” Shizuku said.

Alisuin smiled wryly to herself. If she were a good friend, she’d stop Shizuku. Regardless of whether Shizuku’s surprise attack succeeded, she’d end up penalized. Moreover, Stella was sure to be livid with her for messing up the tournament. But Alisuin knew just how deep and strong Shizuku’s love for Ikki was. She knew that nothing she said would change Shizuku’s mind. In fact, she doubted that even Ikki himself would be able to dissuade the girl. Someone truly dangerous was trying to mess with her beloved brother, and she couldn’t simply turn a blind eye to it. Alisuin knew that if she refused to help, Shizuku would still try to attack Amane on her own.

Since there was no stopping her, Alisuin at least wanted to be with her. When Alisuin had broken away from Rebellion, she’d vowed to stay by Shizuku’s side for as long as Shizuku wanted.

That evening, the two of them made their move. The plan was quite simple: Alisuin would use her Shadow Walk to take them past security and into Amane’s waiting room. The moment they exited the shadows, Shizuku would rain ice spears down on a defenseless Amane.

Everything went perfectly smoothly, and Shizuku was able to launch her sneak attack. Countless ice spears skewered Amane, and there was a loud thump as his body slammed into the far wall and slid to the ground. Blood dripped from the numerous gashes on his head and limbs, pooling on the cold concrete floor beneath him.

“I won’t apologize,” Shizuku said, looking down at Amane’s battered body. In truth, she didn’t like attacking defenseless people. No matter who her opponent was, she preferred to fight them on a fair stage. But it was Amane who’d refused to fight fair first and was using his power outside of the ring to ensure his victories, so there was no need for her to show him any mercy. “Blame yourself for picking the wrong person to mess with.”

Though Shizuku had avoided killing Amane outright, his wounds were severe. His head injuries especially would take quite some time to heal, even with the help of a capsule. He wouldn’t be able to fight in the semifinals despite getting his win by default.

Shizuku was confident she’d removed the threat to her brother. Unfortunately, she was up against Bad Luck, the boy who could move heaven and earth to get his way.

“Aha ha ha ha ha ha! I see, so that was your plan!”

“What?!”

To Shizuku’s immense surprise, Amane got to his feet. He was smiling, even though he had icicles sticking out of his limbs and even his skull. It was the same twisted, evil smile he’d given Ikki before.

“Man, what a surprise! It’s true that if you go out of your way to break the rules, Nameless Glory won’t activate to stop you since it’ll get me a win by default. That’s the one of the only ways to catch me off guard. But I honestly didn’t think you’d do something this radical! It’s so underhanded, I can’t believe you’re actually related to Ikki-kun!”

“No way...”

“How are you able to get up with those injuries?”

Shizuku and Alisuin were understandably shaken. Meanwhile, Amane grabbed the icicle stuck in his skull and pulled it out like it was nothing.

“Who can say? Even I’m not sure. But you know, there was one case of a man who managed to drive himself to the hospital with a knife stuck in his skull before, and I’ve heard of people surviving after being shot in the head. In other words, it’s not impossible to feel fine after a brain injury. And as you know, I’m luckier than most people.”

“Tch!”

In that instant, Alisuin threw one of her daggers behind Amane, using her Shadow Bind Noble Art to hold him in place.

“Shizuku!”

She grabbed Shizuku’s hand and prepared to run. As someone who’d carried out countless assassinations, she was certain they’d executed their plan perfectly. Amane had undoubtedly been taken by surprise and suffered a significant amount of damage. But while the process had gone smoothly, the results were not what they’d desired. There was nothing more they could do. If Amane was able to turn even that perfect surprise attack in his favor, they wouldn’t be able to hurt him any further.

Alisuin’s assassin’s intuition was completely correct. But it was already too late. She gasped in surprise as there was a burst of static noise and the lights in the room shut off. The power to turn coincidences into inevitabilities had caused the wires to loosen and the bulbs to degrade at exactly the moment Amane needed them to. With the light gone, there was no shadow either, meaning Shadow Bind was no longer effective.

Despite knowing that they were in danger, Alisuin was too late to react.

“Gah!”

Countless cross-shaped blades flew through the darkness and pierced her. She instantly fell unconscious, sinking to the floor in a pool of her own blood.

“Alice!”

“Why are you in such a hurry to leave? You only just got here,” Amane said, summoning a few more cross-shaped blades between his fingers. These were his Device, Azure. “I don’t blame you, honestly. If anything, I’m impressed. Your love for Ikki-kun really is something else, Shizuku-chan. I never knew someone could love another person so deeply. I love Ikki-kun too, but nowhere near as much as you. Which is why I’ll give you one chance.”

“What?”

“For one minute, I’ll keep wishing that no one finds out about this commotion. I’m sure you get what that means. You have one minute to make wish come true!”

“Don’t get cocky, you brat!”

From the start, Shizuku had had no intention of running. Even if Amane hadn’t put that bait in front of her, she would have kept fighting. She summoned her Device, Yoishigure, and wrapped it in a blade of pressurized water. She’d cut him down in close quarters, and this time, she’d make sure he was out of commission. But the moment she raised her foot to step forward, her vision blurred.

“Huh?!”

Alisuin’s blood had pooled around her feet in such a way that she’d slipped immediately upon shifting her center of gravity.

“Ngh!”

She shot out a hand to break her fall and immediately jumped back to her feet. She tried to charge Amane again, only for her right leg to end up kicking her left calf, causing her to trip again.

“Agh!”

“Aha ha ha ha ha! You must have some pretty bad luck to trip up twice in a row. Or maybe...I’m just lucky.”

Chuckling, Amane slowly closed the distance between him and Shizuku. Shizuku leaped to her feet again, but instead of trying to run forward like last time, she backstepped away.

“Water Prison Bubble!”

Denying the worrying possibility that had popped into her head, Shizuku kept her distance and tried a ranged attack. Fine-tuned mana control was her specialty, and she’d fired three Water Prison Bubbles at Amane to ensure that at least one of them would cover his head and start suffocating him. And yet, all three of them floated harmlessly past him and broke against the wall.

“Ngh!”

“It’s rare for you to miss at this range, Shizuku-chan,” Amane said, his grin widening.

This was the third time Shizuku had messed up. Counting the failed surprise attack, that actually made it the fourth time. She was certain now that the fault didn’t lie with her.

“So Nameless Glory can cause other people to make mistakes as well.”

“Who knows? The only thing I’m thinking is, ‘I want to win this game.’ I have no idea how it’s making that happen. But you know what they say: Even a chess grandmaster makes blunders. Humans are fallible creatures. No matter how hard you’ve trained, there’s always a possibility you’ll mess up. That’s true for every action we take, even something as simple as walking one step forward. Every now and then, someone twists their ankle or stumbles on a pebble. And the more complicated the action, the easier it is to mess up. Managing the trajectories for your spells requires a lot of complex calculations, doesn’t it?”

“Rgh...”

The more Shizuku learned about Amane’s ability, the more overpowered it seemed. If he could make her mess up, then it was too dangerous to even attempt using Azure Reincarnation.