I carried my belongings to the east wing and tried to locate room 3 but while I was walking through the hallways of the dormitory, I felt as if every girl in my vicinity was glaring at me while others quickly ran away as I walked past them but I guess that is to be expected since most of them probably never seen a guy the same age as them before. After searching for around 10 minutes, I finally found my room that I will be residing in for the rest of the time.
I inserted the key Kasumi gave me earlier and entered the room with the expectation of seeing an empty room but what I saw could be considered a cliched scene. There was a girl clad in only her underwear seemingly getting dressed. Her underwear was pure white with matching white lace which looked nothing less than expensive. While it looked fairly simple in design, it complemented her small frame and elegant aura rather nicely. It looked like she was in the midst of wearing her black garters when I entered the room. I directed my gaze upwards and noticed a familiar looking face as the owner of that exquisite underwear. While her hair was currently untied, I could not forget that iconic light blue hair with that childlike appearance. No doubt she was the one I bumped into this morning and probably also the one who spread those greatly exaggerated rumors of me.
After realizing who this girl was and the fact that she was too shocked to even react, I decided to be the gentleman and make the first move.
“I apologize for this intrusion Shiho-san. However, I would like to inform you that this is my room before you accuse me of trespassing or attempting to peep at you.” I apologized in my most sincere tone and bowed a perfect 90 degrees.
“You..you.. bastard! Not only have you defiled me once this morning but dare to defile me again.” Shiho angrily glared at me still clad in just her underwear while covering her abdominal area for some reason.
“In the name of the Sasaki family, I will castrate you with my own hands.”
“Wait… this is clearly a misunderstanding.” I tried to reason but the next thing I knew, Shiho’s aura started to grow stronger.
“CUT THROUGH THE STARRY SKIES, LUNARIS!” Shiho shouted as a gigantic blue and purple scythe materialized in her hands. The scythe was almost double her size yet Shiho wielded it like it weighed nothing.
“This must be her tetra weapon and since she’s rank 2 she probably has a strong regalia ability.” I thought to myself as I could feel her energy rising but before I could think on what to do next, the huge scythe was swung down on me which I dodged backwards by reflex.
“You may have dodged that but try dodging this. STARRY IMPLOSION.” Shiho exclaimed which was followed by a glowing yellow sphere appearing from the tip of the scythe. The sphere must be related to her ability but I had no time to think about it as I could sense it’s growing energy that looked like it was going to explode.
“Wait, if this amount of energy is released, half the school would be blown up. I didn’t want to use so much of my ability just on my first day but I guess I have no choice this time.” I decided hastily and proceeded to materialize my kusari-kama.
“Kuzunoha-style Kusari-Kama Third technique, SOUNDLESS WIND DOME.” I used the tips of my kusari-kama to generate a dome made of wind that was capable of absorbing everything inside. The sphere that was about to implode quickly lost its energy and disappeared. After defusing the situation, I breathed a sigh of relief and turned to reprimand Shiho for doing something so dangerous.
“Theres no way! I thought only the other top rankers would be able to stop my attacks but you seemed to do it so easily. I don’t accept this, there’s no way I would lose to anyone on the pride of the Sasaki name especially not to some male.” I thought she would be thankful to me for saving half the school population but instead I somehow just made her more pissed off.
When I wanted to speak up to try to defuse the misunderstanding for a third time today, Emiri and Kasumi appeared behind us seemingly from thin air.
“I can’t believe you Onii chan! Are you trying to destroy half the school on your first day?” Shiho questioned aggressively.
“Wait how is this my fault? I was the one that prevented half the school from being destroyed in the first place.” I explained in an attempt to clear my name and the negative image Kasumi had of me.
“He’s right, I apologize Kasumi-senpai and Emiri-senpai for my rash actions that placed everyone in jeopardy.” Shiho answered calmly while bowing her head to show her remorse which was a complete 180 from her a few seconds ago.
“I didn’t think you had such a responsible side, you are actually pretty cute when you aren’t trying to kill me.” I said jokingly to Shiho in an attempt to lighten the mood but she glared at me menacingly.
“President, this male has defiled me twice today, who’s to say he won’t be a threat to the rest of the students if he stays here. Permission to engage in a Fafnir showdown with him.” Shiho asked Emiri but before she could reply Kasumi interrupted them.
“Rejected. Unofficial Showdowns are banned between students for a reason as they are dangerous and serve no useful purpose.”
“But Vice President...” Shiho retorted.
“I’ll allow it under my authority as student council president.” Emiri finally spoke up.
“But Emiri…” Kasumi said in shock at how Emiri was so easily convinced.
“I want to see his abilities up close. Shiho can be considered to be one of the top 10 Regalia’s in the country and while she wasn’t serious, that blast of hers still carried a large amount of energy and he just neutralized it without any effort. If he’s as strong as he seems, it wouldn’t hurt seeing what else he can do since he is going to be on our side from now on. Furthermore, classes ended early today since all the teachers and the principal had to go off to Primrose Academy for some important meeting which means that the rest of the students get a free show as well teehee.” Emiri explained with a serious tone.
While I was slightly annoyed that my opinion wasn’t taken into account, this was the first time I have seen that cheeky pipsqueak so serious ignoring the last thing she said so I decided to just go along with it despite me not liking to fight against my supposed future fellow schoolmates.
Afterwards, Shiho got dressed and we met at the school’s arena to have our showdown. The arena was filled with students who were all Fafnirs that were interested in this fight since such Regalia Showdowns were apparently illegal. The arena was quite large which I assumed was catered to students with all sorts of abilities. I was waiting in one side of the arena while Shiho arrived in the other side now wearing her school uniform. I was thinking of a way to end this peacefully and without using my ability if possible but before I could come up with an answer, a loud female voice came from the speakers.
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“Hey everyone!!, this is your student council president Emiri and I will be the announcer for this Regalia Showdown between our current rank 2 Sasaki Shiho and our new and only male Fafnir whose abilities are still currently unknown.”
Upon hearing the announcement, I accepted the fact that it was too late to escape and decided to do my best not to stand out and end this quickly.
“Both fighters, materialize your weapons! Remember that killing is not allowed okay? Everything else is legal.” As the announcement came, Shiho immediately sprang into action and materialized her huge scythe once again. I then materialized my Kusari Kama and took a fighting stance while thinking of how the power of student council president is being controlled by some kid.
“I will not allow you to disgrace me further with your presence, get ready because I will castrate you with my own 2 hands.” Shiho shouted across the arena.
“3,2,1, LETS GO AHEAD!!” The announcement came and Shiho immediately disappeared.
Next thing I knew, she had blinked right in front of me and directed her scythe in a downwards slash. I used my Kusari Kama to parry her blow but it felt so heavy that I was unable to completely block it which made me fly backwards quite a distance. She then used her scythe to deploy golden spheres on the floor around me.
“There it is! The Starry Phantasm has started laying down her signature traps.” Emiri who was also acting as an announcer broadcasted.
“STARRY IMPLOSION!” The stars that surrounded me all imploded which led to a large burst of light that blinded the whole arena.
“I didn’t think Shiho-san would try so hard in this match. To think that she would immediately use her stars so early on.” Kasumi said to the 2 blonde girls around her.
“She must really respect this guy’s abilities if she’s using her Regalia abilities so early on.” The blonde girl with twin tails replied.
“Yea, her abilities can take out a large majority of Fafnirs by itself not to mention that she is currently only fighting one person.” The blonde girl with a side tail added.
While that move did catch me slightly off guard, I had already seen it before so I knew what to expect but I guess she must have been holding back earlier as the energy released now was far greater. Fortunately, I used my Kusari Kama to dissipate the energy released to the surrounding ground which left a dent in it but at least I didn’t have to use my ability.
“You perverted bastard! Are you not taking me seriously! Am I not good enough for you to use your ability!” Shiho shouted at me.
“No, I have my own reasons but do know that I can assure you that I am taking this fight as seriously as you are.” I replied while trying to regain my balance from her previous attack.
“Fine then, I will force you to use your ability then.”
I then noticed that surrounding my feet were about a dozen golden spheres that were bigger than any I had seen before.
“BURST INTO BLOOM, SIGDRAFIA!!!” The spheres then formed into the shape of a lotus which then spun around rapidly while releasing energy which formed a golden spiral. There was no way anyone would be able to escape as the spiral motion constantly drew things in and didn’t let anything escape.
“That should do it. I didn’t think I would get so agitated that I would use one of my secret trap moves against him. But that move used up almost all of my energy so I can’t use my ability for a while. Shiho thought to herself.
When the energy dissipated, Kazuha laid there motionlessly with visible wounds on his whole body. As Shiho was walking up to perform the final blow, a loud thud could be heard and part of the ceiling of the battle arena collapsed.
“The hell was that?” Shiho exclaimed as she looked up towards the ceiling. There stood a huge red dragon-like Exceed baring its huge white fangs at the students in the arena. As most of the students were Fafnirs, they probably did not have any prior experience with such a powerful Exceed that was no less of a Category A or maybe even a Category S. The Exceed did not attack recklessly as it was probably searching for its prey.
It is said that for some reason, Exceeds of Category A and above have this tendency to seek out a mate from a female Fafnir to lay their eggs in them so as to reproduce. While the exact reasoning is still unknown, researchers attributed this phenomenon to the Exceed blood flowing through the crystals that give Fafnirs and Regalias their abilities.
“EVERYONE EVACUATE TO THE MAIN SCHOOL BUILDING.” Emiri shouted over the announcement system. Majority of the students fled instantly at her command as they too understood that normal Fafnirs are unable to even come close to such a powerful Exceed. With all the teachers gone, Emiri took command of the situation immediately as she was the next highest chain of command as the student council president.
“How did such a powerful beast get by undetected by the island’s detection system.” Kasumi questioned as she materialized a bow.
“It probably isn’t alone so there are probably other Exceeds present that are somehow jamming the island’s alarm systems.” The blonde girl with twin tails answered.
“Kasumi, come with me to protect the students in case of any further attacks. Mayu, Miyu go search the island for the rest of the Exceeds and exterminate them.” Emiri ordered over the announcement system.
The dragon scanned the area and finally locked on to an exhausted Shiho who it probably chose as its mate which could be seen through her crystal glowing with a bright purple hue. It then landed on the floor which shook the earth. It slowly made its way towards Shiho who was at that point too drained to even move which led to her legs giving way.
“Emiri, what about Shiho. Are we just going to let her get sacrificed? I won’t allow it, let me stay here and fight it.” Kasumi questioned.
“Don’t worry, we have another Regalia here to fight that beast. He hasn’t used his ability the whole fight and if my hunch is correct, he should be stronger than all of us so he is the best bet we have to protect Shiho.” Emiri reasoned as she materialized a giant crimson claw on one of her hands. She swung her claw downwards which made something like a portal where she dispatched the respective Regalias to their assigned duties.
“I leave that beast and Shiho to you, Kazuha. Try not to die.” Emiri said as she vanished into the portal as well.
The dragon finally reached Shiho and picked her up from the ground. But that dragon’s slow movements gave me enough time to recover from the wounds Shiho gave me. I stood up and equipped my Kusari-Kama and took an offensive stance while releasing energy from my body to build up power for my strike.
“My my, it seems my senses have gotten dull as I got hit by a bigger portion of that attack then I wanted to. I came here to escape my old life of hunting Exceeds but I guess it managed to catch up to me.”
Shiho’s POV
When the dragon appeared, I could feel my Fafnir crystal burn and emit a bright purple light. This feeling was unknown to me but I assumed that it meant that it had chosen me as its mate. Just by its aura, it would easily be a category A and above. While I beaten a category A before, that was when I was full of energy and had some help. This time, I just exhausted all energy on this battle that I can’t even stand properly. The surrounding sounds of the students fleeing were just white noise to me at this point as I slowly accepted my fate.
As it landed and approached me, I was terrified of what it would do to me as I have only heard stories of Exceeds using Fafnirs to reproduce which meant that I was about to be raped. It slowly picked me up which made the crystal burn even hotter which confirmed my theory of me being chosen as its mate. For some unexplained reason, I suddenly thought of the guy I just battled and wished that he would come to my aid even though it was almost impossible after I had just tried to kill him.
The dragon used one of his sharp claws to slash my clothes cleanly. My uniform was split in half, even my white lace bra and panties were sliced off and torn to shreds which made them no longer serve their original intended purpose. With the majority of my clothes torn, my privates were exposed to the cool air and at that point I had already accepted my fate to be a sacrifice but I can’t help but make one final call for help.
“Someone save me…” I called out with whatever remains of energy I had left as the dragon Exceed was about to reach for my ovaries in order to forcefully implant its eggs within me to use as a host to procreate more Exceeds.
“Kuzunoha style Kusari-Kama Secret technique, HOWLING GALE CRUSHER!!!” A voice called out.
The arm of the dragon that was holding onto me was sliced off the dragon by a destructive blast of wind. I looked up and saw that the man I just tried to castrate a few minutes ago had just used his ability for the first time since the battle started.