After a few days, at the Ordesia Imperial Palace.
There was a beautiful girl with long purple hair and eyes of the same color, her fair skin as pure as snow, surrounded by an elegant and deceptive aura.
"Finally, I've found you, Ren Ashbell," murmured the beautiful and elegant girl with a clearly excited smile. "But I didn't expect to find you at the Areishia Spirit Academy, where that rude man who rejected our engagement resides."
Indeed, this beautiful girl was none other than Fianna Ray Ordesia, the second princess of the Ordesia Empire, the girl whom Akira rejected for engagement.
For some time now, news of Kazehaya Kamito's defeat in military spirit had spread, prompting Fianna to go to the Areishia Spirit Academy to meet her first love and make the man who rejected her engagement regret his decision.
"Your Highness, the carriage heading to the Areishia Spirit Academy is ready," said one of the servants respectfully, bowing towards Fianna.
"I see... Let's go," Fianna said, reigning in her excitement as her heart raced at the thought of seeing her first love after more than three years.
Soon, a fast carriage departed from the Ordesia Imperial Palace towards the Areishia Spirit Academy, carrying within it the second princess, Fianna Ray Ordesia.
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Areishia Spirit Academy.
"Are you serious about what you're saying?" Greyworth asked incredulously, unable to believe what she had just heard.
"I'm dead serious," Akira said with seriousness, no hint of jest or hesitation on his face.
"Although I know you're crazy, I didn't expect you to be this crazy," Greyworth sighed, rubbing her temples with a tired expression.
"Well, well, no need for all this fuss, as this works in our favor. We won't have to participate in the Blade Dance to achieve our goal," Rubia said with a smile, clearly pleased that she wouldn't have to deal with anything as bothersome as the Blade Dance.
"It's just a possibility. Even if Ren Ashdoll is revived, there's no guarantee of her ability to transport us to the Elemental Lords' realm," Akira said indifferently, rising as there were many things he needed to do to revive Ren Ashdoll. "By the way, I'll use the cave sealed with Est for the rituals, so I'll rely on you to keep the others away from the place."
"We'll leave it to you, Gray-chan," Rubia said playfully, following after Arata as she would be responsible for creating the barrier with Est.
"Damn you, you rascal," Greyworth could only mutter under her breath as the coverage of what Arata was trying to do was giving her a headache even before she began working.
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Seal Cave.
"I'll rely on you all to prevent magical and spiritual energy from leaking outside the barrier," Akira smiled at Est and Rubia, who were responsible for the barrier.
"Leave it to us," both Rubia and Est said seriously, knowing there was no room for error in such matters.
"And you too, Restia, as I rely on you to help me revive your mother," Akira said seriously, as Restia was a copy of Ren Ashdoll, and with her help, the chances of reviving Ren Ashdoll would be much greater.
"I understand," Restia nodded seriously, drawing her hand and crafting a magical circle using her blood and Blood Stone as the base for the magical circle.
"That's good. Now, step back and merge your spiritual power with my magic power," Akira said, advancing towards the crystal coffin surrounded by the magical circle and Blood Stone, placing a pure block of dark spiritual energy, which was a fragment of Ren Ashdoll's will, and began using Resurrection as outlined in Holy Magic.
As for Ren Ashdoll's body, that wasn't a problem, as she would be revived in a Gigai made of pure spiritual power, allowing her to rebuild her body as she desired.
"And now, let's begin..." Akira muttered, and an astonishing magical force emanated from his body as the center, and he quickly began to control it to perform the Resurrection ritual.
Fortunately, with the barrier created by Rubia and Est with their full power, there was no leakage of the overwhelming magical force in the cave.
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Areishia Spirit Academy, Kamito and Claire's residence.
"Arrgghh!!" At this moment, a painful scream echoed, emanating from Kamito, who was surrounded by a black spiritual power like mud.
Kamito wasn't just in pain, but also his contracted spirit, as part of Ren Ashdoll's will, was being absorbed by the original to complete the resurrection process successfully.
As for Kamito, his ability to contract with spirits was his connection to the Demon King's power, which was Ren Ashdoll's power granted for Demon Kings in hopes of defeating the Elemental Lords.
But now, with her being revived, there was no chance for her spirit not to respond, and there was no need to leave her power with just a human.
As for his will fragment, it was automatically absorbed by his spirit, unlike Restia, where this fragment was not fully independent.
"Kamito!!" At this moment, Claire noticed the anomaly in Kamito, and quickly rushed to help him.
"What's happening to you, Kamito?!" Claire screamed in concern, trying to touch Kamito, but she was sent flying by the black spiritual energy.
"Don't come near, Claire!!" Kamito yelled, gritting his teeth and forcing himself to shout upon seeing Claire trying to rush towards him again.
"What's wrong with you, Kamito?!" asked Kamito's contracted spirit, Rai, in concern, as he felt his spiritual and magical power disappearing, as well as his own energy paths slowly being destroyed and turning into black spiritual energy.
"It seems that time has come, Kamito," Rai, Kamito's contracted spirit, said calmly, as her body slowly crumbled and also turned into black spiritual power.
"What do you mean, time has come, Rai?" Kamito asked anxiously, feeling a worry that couldn't be explained upon hearing Rai's words.
"Mother is about to return to life, and we, the fragments of her will, will be swallowed by Mother, as there's no use for us to remain once Mother is revived," Rai said, destroying more than 70% of her body already. "And you too, will lose your power as male elementalists, and you'll be just a normal human without the ability to retire with spirits."
"No!!" Kamito shouted, tears in his eyes, and tried to grab Rai, but unfortunately, his hand couldn't reach her, as it was impossible for him to reach her, and his body was literally crumbling from the inside.
"Goodbye, Kamito..." Rai said with a beautiful smile, tears streaming from her eyes. "I was happy to know you and to become your contracted spirit."
"Rai!!" Kamito screamed, trying to grasp Rai again, but he could only grasp empty air as the black spiritual energy quickly disappeared as fast as it appeared, as if it was some sort of illusion.
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" ... " - At this moment, Claire stared at Kamito in disbelief, as before her eyes, she witnessed Kamito's spiritual power recede and disappear, causing him to lose his qualifications as a male elementalist, becoming just a human.
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