Chapter 15 - Rinslet Astertina von Crissfade

On the fourth day of the tournament…

"— Here comes, the champion, Shiro Kuroyami with his sword, <>! "

Kuroyami had his second match in the afternoon. As the referee declared, Kuroyami walked into the arena's field. He wears his usual clothes but this time, he doesn't wear any glove in his hand. The white spirit seal carved at his right hand shines brightly. He raised his hand and a white hawk suddenly flew towards him.

— O Light of the Seven Sky,

— I Summon Upon Thy,

— Draw an Arc of Light and Pierce the Heaven,

— Now, appear before me,

— Divine Blade <>!

As he declared, the hawk gave off dazzling brilliance and turned into <>. Thia has two forms, a gun sword, and a hawk.

"— Then, here comes, his opponent is from the Azeshin Kingdom, Kanon Grega. He is a knight, who has fought many Demon Genestia during the wars."

Kanon begins to enter the arena. He is a tall man, wearing armor with a blue shirt. He got a sword on his waist.

"— His sword, the <>! " the referee shouted.

<> is a long one-handed sword. Its color was blue and white. He pulled the <> out of its sheath. The audience was amazed by his sword.

"The match will begin now, be prepared! "

Hotaru and Ryuji's father were sitting in the audience. Both of their faces looked worried.

"I hope they were alright, " Hotaru sighs.

Ryuji's father, who saw Hotaru sighed, answered him.

"Don't worry, I'm sure that they will succeed. "

3 hours earlier…

"Wait...are you sure? " Hotaru asked.

"Yes, " Ryuji answered with a serious face.

They were chatting in the King Crissfade mansion's living room. Of course, King Crissfade and the others were also there. Ryuji was trying to explain the idea that he had.

"But, isn't it a bit risky to go there alone? " King Crissfade asked him.

"Nope, Riss and Luna will come too, " answered him.

They were trying to save Luna's little sister, Rinslet, who was kidnapped by Kuroyami 3 weeks ago. Suddenly, King Aershield spoke.

"King Crissfade, you don't have to worry. I believe that Ryuji and the others can save Rinslet. Don't you miss her? "

"Yes, I do. But… "

He was worried if his daughter was not there.

"I also believe that she was there, and they will definitely save her. Don't you see how strong Ryuji was? Darling? "

King Crissfade turns behind. It was his wife, Astertina von Fahrengart.

"Yes, but how are you going to get there? There must be a barrier or tight security, " King Crissfade asked.

"Then, there is no problem if we use the gate, " he answered.

"Gate? Is it some kind of magic? " King Crissfade asked.

Gate, a magic that allows the user to travel to almost any previously seen location.

"Yes, it is. It allows the user to travel to almost any previously seen location. "

King Aershield suddenly spoke to them.

"It is magic that Ryuji created himself. "

All of them were shocked. Ryuji created it? How?

"— How did you? "they were stunned.

"Well, we could put that aside. This might be a good chance to know what he was planning with the Light Elemental Lord contracted spirit, " said Forster.

"When will you go there? " the queens ask Ryuji.

"During Kuroyami's second match in the afternoon. When he was fighting, it could buy us some time to save her, "

King Crissfade suddenly walked towards Ryuji.

"Ryuji, thank you for helping us, " said King Crissfade.

"Your welcome, I just want to help to save Rinslet, for Luna's sake, that's all. "

Luna was amazed by Ryuji's words. In those past 11 years, she has been fighting alone, using the <>. Believing that with <> in his hand, she could do anything. But, she can't save her little sister. In order to save her, she needs a comrade who could save Rinslet with her.

"— 3, 2, 1. "

"— Start! "

As soon as the referee shouted, Kanon began to make a move. He grasps his sword, runs towards Kuroyami with immense speed.

"— A Thousand Blades of Wind​, Come Forth, <>! "

<>, countless wind blades slash at the enemy.

The wind blades fly toward Kuroyami. He didn't move a bit from there. Instead, he kicked the ground and jumped high, switching the <> to gun mode, and attacked them.

"— Divine Blade Blessed by the Heaven, Command Thou to Summon the Divine light, Comes, <>! "

He begins to shoot multiple shots at Kanon's attack. In less than 5 seconds, Kanon's countless wind blades were destroyed. But, it didn't end there, he also shot multiple shots at Kanon and landed on the ground.

"— Water Come, Spiral Shield, <>! "

<>, creates a wall of water that can block or dissipate attacks.

Kanon uses <> to block the <> and make a counterattack.

"— Ice Entangle, Freezing Curse, <>! "

<>, used to freezes the ground beneath the target's feet, immobilizing them.

Kuroyami didn't have time to dodge Kanon's attack and his whole body was frozen by Kanon's attack.

Meanwhile…

"Um, Ryuji, before we go, can I ask you a weird question? " asked Luna.

"Sure, what is it? " he answered.

Luna was suddenly silent.

"What if...your fate has already been set? "

"If it wasn't a big deal, I wouldn't stress about it. But, if I didn't like it, I'd change it. "

"You think you can change fate? " Luna was stunned.

"Sure, it's simple. All I'd have to do is destroy it. "

said him while pointing his index finger at Luna.

Ryuji smiled while patting Luna's head.

"I'll destroy that fate of yours, so don't worry. "

Luna was fixed on Ryuji's black eyes. What he said was totally cool!

"— That's enough for both of you, can we focus on the main mission? " said Rissa angrily.

"— Yeah, here we go. "

Ryuji activates the gate to Kuroyami's mansion. It appears like a door with purple color. Ryuji walked through the gate and saw that he was in the living room. He makes sure that no one is there before Luna and Rissa walk through the gate.

"So this is Kuroyami's mansion…" Luna mutters.

Kuroyami's mansion living room was the same as King Aershield and King Crissfade living room. They slowly walked at the stair and saw guards that were guarding the stair.

(— <>.)

Ryuji froze both of the guards so that they were unable to move. Luna was shocked when she saw Ryuji froze them without chanting the spell.

"— Hey Rissa, how can he freeze them without chanting the spells? " Luna whispered to her

"— Actually, I also didn't understand. "

Ryuji suddenly spoke and told them that the stairs were clear.

"Okay, let's go, "

The three of them quickly run upstairs and find that there are 4 guards that are guarding a door.

"— That must be it, where he hides your little sister, " said Ryuji.

"Rinslet…" Luna muttered.

Suddenly, Rissa spoke.

"— Can you let me handle those four? " she asked.

Ryuji nodded signifying she can handle those 4 guards.

Rissa quickly runs to where the guards were standing and quickly attacks them.

"— <>! "

<>, release raging dark-purple lightning, used by Rissa to attack the enemy. One who is hit by it, will definitely faint.

All 4 guards deploy barriers when Rissa attacks them. She jumped high, landed behind them and, attacked them again with <>. This time she succeeded and they fainted when suddenly hit by Rissa's <>.

"All of them have been knocked out, " said her.

Ryuji walked to Rissa and praised her.

"Good job, Riss, " said Ryuji while patting Rissa's head.

Luna makes a jealous face behind them

"Jeez Ryuji, you spoiled her too much, " said her while making a jealousy face.

"— Ehhh? "

"— I think here is where he locks your little sister, " said Rissa to Luna.

Ryuji tried to open the door but it was locked.

"No good, it was locked from the inside, " said him.

"Ryuji, can you try to freeze the door? " asked Luna.

Ryuji then followed what Luna said. He froze the door until it completely froze.

"Okay, now you're gonna hit the door hard. "

"— Eh?! But… "

"Just do it! " said her.

Ryuji then punched the door multiple times until it cracked. At the last punch, he put all his might and punch the door. The door finally broke and opened. They were shocked when they saw what was inside the room.

Ice that froze Kuroyami slowly cracked. It then shattered to pieces after Kuroyami broke it. He then ran towards Kanon with immense speed and changed the <> to sword mode. He swung his sword at Kanon and their sword clashed with each other.

"You're not bad, " said Kuroyami.

Kanon smiled.

"Of course I am, " Kanon answered him.

"Then, let's see if you can dodge this attack, " said Kuroyami.

While saying it, Kuroyami increases his speed. Kanon can't see Kuroyami's movements well because his speed was faster. Kuroyami suddenly stands behind Kanon and slashes him on his back. His armor broke due to Kuroyami slashed.

"— You! "

The <> shines brightly as Kanon uses the chant.

"— A Thousand Blades of Wind​, Come Forth, <>!"

He shot the countless blades at Kuroyami in close-range. Believing that Kuroyami is unable to cut them in time. But, it was all beyond his expectation. Kuroyami cut it with a single slash and the countless blades were destroyed.

"— It's end here. "

Kuroyami hit Kanon's stomach with all his might and Kanon was thrown backward and hit the arena's wall due to Kuroyami's hit. The sword, <>, that he holds detached from his hands and poke to the ground.

With blood coming out from his mouth and head, Kanon still didn't give up and tried to stand.

"— Don't push yourself if you can't, " said Kuroyami to him.

"— I'm not pushing myself without reason! " he replied.

With all of his power and energy left, he takes the <> and charges forward with immense speed, beginning to make an attack.

"— Wind Blow, Be Whirl Up Cyclone, <>! "

<>, used to create a whirlwind around a target.

The <> that surrounded Kuroyami was too fast until he couldn't focus on Kanon. This time, Kanon takes this chance to attack Kuroyami from the back. He gets in the <> and scratches a deep wound on Kuroyami's back.

What frightened him was when he left a deep scratch on Kuroyami's back, it healed on its own in less than a second. It was not Healing Magic or Dark Magic, it instead was an unknown magic power.

"— Are you sure you're a human? " Kanon was stunned.

"Who knows? " Kuroyami answered him.

At the same time...

They were stunned when they saw what was in the room. It was a little girl who was lying on the ground with her hands and feet tied with ropes. His mouth was covered with tape.

"Rinslet! " Luna shouted.

She was Luna's little sister who was laying on the ground. Rinslet has the same hair color as Luna. She was wearing a white regular dress. Luna quickly rushed to Rinslet. She tried to wake her little sister many times but failed.

"— Let me handle this, " Ryuji said to her.

(— Healing magic.)

Ryuji heals Rinslet power and energy so that she could awaken. After a few seconds, Rinslet slowly opened her eyes. Her eyes were gold, the same as her sister's.

"— Big sister? " Rinslet mutters.

"— Thank god, you're okay! " said her while hugging Rinslet.

Luna was happy when his little sister was already conscious. His little sister's consciousness has left her in tears.

"— Big sister, is that really you? " asked Rinslet.

"Yes, " Luna answered her.

"But how did you— "

"— It's all thanks to Ryuji's help. "

Rinslet looks at Ryuji, who was standing beside her. Suddenly, Rissa spoke.

"Well, we're glad that there's nothing bad happening to you. "

"Big sister, who are they? " Rinslet asked.

"They were my comrades, Ryuji and Rissa, " she answered.

Rinslet stunned for a moment. She remembered that Luna was always talking to her about Ryuji.

"So you're Ryuji, Big sister always talk about you— "

Rinslet didn't get to finish her words, her mouth was covered by Luna's hand.

"— There is nothing! She is always running her mouth. "

Ryuji was surprised. He didn't know that Luna was always talking to her about him. Well, it might because they are childhood friends.

"— Okay, time to go home, " said Ryuji.

When Ryuji was about to open the gate, they were suddenly attacked. The attack was some kind of explosion magic.

"— Who was that? Come out now! " said him.

The room was filled with smoke due to the explosion. Suddenly, a shadow of a human started to come out from the smoke. A man with a black long coat with a white sword. It looks like <>, could it be…

"— Kuroyami?! " Ryuji stunned

Kuroyami makes an angry face.

"— So you have chosen to fight, Ryuji, " said Kuroyami.

Ryuji was stunned, at this time, Kuroyami should be fighting with his opponent, Kanon Grega, who is said to be the strongest and undefeated knight in the Azeshin Kingdom. From what he heard about Kanon from Forster, he has been fighting many Demon Genestia during the wars.

Does that mean Kanon has been defeated? He should last longer than what Ryuji expected.

"— I know that you all would take this chance to save her during my match. But I will take her back! "

Kuroyami begins to run towards Ryuji and attacks him with <>.

"— You're not allowed to touch him, " said Rissa while blocking Kuroyami's attack.

"— Hurry, take them home first! "

"Alright! " Ryuji replied.

Ryuji opens the gate to the King Crissfade mansion. Luna helps Rinslet to walk through the gate.

"— Not so fast! "

Kuroyami pushed Rissa hard until she hit the wall. Suddenly, a mysterious dark power comes out from Kuroyami's hand and pierces Ryuji's stomach. A lot of blood came out from his stomach.

"— No!!! <>! "

Rissa attacked Kuroyami with <> and Kuroyami slashed it with <>. His slash doesn't make any effect and the raging dark-purple lightning struck him instead.

Rissa rushed to Ryuji and helped him to stand. She quickly runs through the gate and as she runs through it, the gate automatically closes.

"— Just you wait, Ryuji, " said Kuroyami with a face full of anger.