"I will wait for you even if it takes a hundred years."— Jiro Horikoshi, The Wind Rises

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  He was so close to defeating that man.

  "He won't escape," Roy said calmly.

  "Secret Art: Ice Archery."

  A magnifit iaterialized in his hand.

  Ri's eyes lit up at the sight of the bow.

  Roy loosed an arrow, and it flew towards Jio, who felt a chill run down his spine.

  "Mirror Spirit, ma!"

  A shiny silver mirror appeared before him.

  But the ice arrow split into tless smaller arrows, scattering towards him.

  Crash!

  The mirror shattered instantly.

  The arrows pierced Jio's body, pinning him to the ground.

  "Amazing!" Ri excimed, thrilled by the dispy of archery.

  Fianna and the others also looked at Roy with admiration.

  "Haha, it was nothing," Roy said modestly, though he couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfa.

  ...

  Meanwhile, on another hilltop, a girl's hood was blown back by the wind, revealing her golden hair.

  She had delicate features and a petite figure.

  She wore the uniform of another academy and had a rge ribbon tied around her chest.

  This was Muir Alenstarl, a subordinate of Rubia Elstein.

  She had bee here by Rubia to retrieve the Strategic-Css Elemental.

  But before she could act, the Elemental had been sin.

  She had withe man effortlessly kill the Strategic-Css Elemental and then make its corpse disappear.

  His power was terrifying.

  She had decided to order Jio to retreat.

  But they hadn't been able to escape.

  Muir g Roy, her eyes filled with a mix of curiosity and apprehension, then vanished.

  Roy had sensed her prese chose not to pursue her.

  After all, Rubia's subordinates were also his targets.

  "Alright, now that the mission is plete, let's head back," Roy announced with a smile.

  Cire and the others nodded, exhausted from the battle.

  They had also sustained some minor injuries and o return for treatment.

  But as they walked, they noticed Fianna gging behind, her head lowered.

  "Fianna, what's wrong? We're leaving," Cire said, looking at her curiously.

  After this battle, they had e to accept Fianna as one of their own.

  Fianna had been a great help during the fight.

  Although Cire was still puzzled by Fianna's refusal to use her tracted spirit, she didn't dwell on it.

  Fianna looked up with a sigh. She had decided to fess.

  "I'll tell you now, since you'll find out eventually anyway."

  "...?" Cire, Ellis, and Ri exged fused gnces.

  Roy, however, uood what Fianna was about to say.

  Fianna's expression turned serious. "The reason I don't use my spirit in battle is because... four years ago, I lost my ability to summon my tracted spirit..."

  Fianna was the sed princess of the Ordesia Empire, once sidered a potential didate to bee aal Princess, sed only to Rubia Elstein.

  But she had abdicated her position and been stripped of her royal status.

  This was because she could no longer summon her tracted spirit.

  "Aal Princess didate who 't summon her spirit... of course I'm not qualified," Fianna said with a self-depreg ugh.

  Aal Spirit tractor who couldn't summon their spirit was no different from an ordinary person.

  It wasn't unon for aalist to suddenly lose their ability to summon their spirit.

  It could be due to various reasons, such as physical defilement, breaking a tractual oath, or even psychological trauma.

  In Fianna's case, it was the tter.

  The trauma stemmed from the i four years ago when Rubia Elstein, the Camity Queen, rebelled.

  Fianna, like Rubia, rincess Shrine Maiden didate.

  Wheried to stop Rubia, she was easily defeated.

  This had caused her immense psychological trauma, severing her e with her tracted spirit.

  Cire and the others finally uood why Fianna refused to summon her spirit.

  But they still had questions.

  "But how did you pass the academy entrance exam? There's a practical test, isn't there?"

  "I used Greyworth's special privileges to pass," Fianna admitted.

  She had been at the academy for a while now. It was impossible for her secret to remain hidden forever.

  But with Headmaster Greyworth's prote, she hadn't been exposed.

  "I see."

  "But why gh all this trouble to attend this academy?"

  "Because..." Fianna g Roy, then said with a sly smile, "I wao find my prince charming."

  Cire and Ri frowned, gring at her.

  Fianna giggled.

  "Just kidding! I came here to win the Bde Dand have my wish tain my spirit pranted."

  For aalist, nothing was more devastating than losing their tracted spirit.

  Cire, Ellis, and Ri believed her.

  "Well, I've told you my secret..." Fianna cleared her throat. "So, do you need aalist who 't summon her spirit?"

  She looked at Roy and Cire with a hint of sadness in her eyes, despite her pyful tone.

  Cire noticed that Fianna's fingers were trembling slightly.

  After a moment of sideration, she turo Roy.

  "Don't look at me. You decide," Roy said with a shrug. "But if Fianna regain her spirit powers, she'll be a valuable asset."

  Cire thought about it. Fianna was irong.

  She was the sed-best student at the Diviual Institute, and her ritual dances were incredibly useful.

  Even without her tracted spirit, she was a valuable teammate.

  "Fianna already saved us. She's one of us now," Ellis decred.

  ...

  ...

  "Although I don't like her, she's not a bad teammate," Ri admitted, despite her usual disdain for Fianna.

  Cire remained silent, seemingly lost in thought.

  Fianna looked downcast.

  Roy approached Cire and whispered in her ear, "Let me tell you a secret about Fianna..."

  "What?" Cire blushed, her cheeks warming from his closeness.

  "She's actually using padding!"

  "Really?" Cire g Fianna's chest, then nodded. "Fianna, you be our teammate. After all, we're both members of the 'ft-chested alliance'!"

  Fianna, initially pleased by Cire's acceptance, bristled at the "ft-chested" ent.

  "Don't pare me to you! I'm much more... endowed!" she retorted, puffing out her chest.

  "Hmph! It's just padding!" Cire scoffed.

  "Really? Really?" Ri's eyes sparkled with excitement.

  Her bust was the rgest among them, aside from Fianna's.

  If Fianna was using padding, then she undoubtedly had the rgest... assets.

  "As a Knight, I would never resort to such deception," Ellis decred, blushing slightly.

  "S-So? I'm using padding. What's wrong with that?" Fianed, crossing her arms defensively.

  "So you're just a ft-chested girl after all!" Cire sneered.

  "Who are you calling ft-chested?! I'm much bigger than you!"

  "What did you say?!"

  Seeing them about to start anument, Roy gently pressed their heads down.

  "Alright, that's enough. We should head back. Don't you have injuries to treat?"

  The girls realized he was right.

  They had all sustained some injuries during the battle.

  Especially the poison from Jio's attack, which was quite potent.

  They nodded and prepared to leave.

  But Roy stopped them.

  "Wait, stay still."

  The girls looked at him in fusion.

  Roy smirked and snapped his fingers.

  A blue magic circle enveloped them.

  In the instant, they vanished.

  They reappeared in Roy's vil at Areishia Spirit Academy.

  Roy had used his teleportation magic to return them instantly, instead of the day-long jour had takeo get there.

  "...?!" The girls were dumbfounded.

  They looked around, reizing their surroundings.

  "Wele back, Roy-onii-!" Alid Koneko greeted him excitedly.

  Their voices drew the irls from the vil.

  "Asia, Shizuka, e ahem!" Roy instructed.

  "Okay!"

  "What happened? You're all injured! But thankfully, it's not serious," Asia said with , usiwilight Healing to heal Ellis.

  Shizuka, in her usual g manner, pulled Cire into a hug and began healing her.

  Cire, however, struggled to escape. She wasn't fortable with Shizuka's... embrace.

  Shizuka's ample bosom was suffog her.

  Roy, sipping the tea Akeno had prepared, watched them with amusement.

  Their injuries were minor, and they were soon healed.

  "Roy, what was that earlier?" Cire finally asked.

  "Just a teleportation spell," Roy replied casually.

  "Teleportation?"

  They knew about teleportation magic. They used it to travel to the Elemental Spirit World for team battles.

  But they had never seen aeleport such a long distance so effortlessly.

  The academy was a day's journey away from Gedonelune.

  Yet, they had returned in the blink of an eye.

  It was incredible!

  They looked at Roy with admiration.

  "You're all tired. Go a," Roy said with a smile, patting Cire's head.

  "Okay..."

  The girls nodded a.

  "Roy, you're quite good at deceiving little girls, aren't you? You've already won them over in just a few days," Rias ented, her voice ced with jealousy.

  "Haha, what I say? There are so many talented girls here. And Rias 't take them all, so I had to step in," Roy replied with a shrug.

  Rias fumed. She also wao recruit more servants, but she didn't have unlimited Evil Pieces like Roy.

  "That's such a scumbag thing to say," Mitered, chewing on a lollipop.

  "Well, we're already on his pirate ship," Chelsea added with a sigh, also enjoying a lollipop.

  "Ahem." Roy cleared his throat, hearing their whispers.

  'I'll have to punish Chelsea ter,' he thought.

  She transform into anything... perhaps we try some new positions.

  ...

  "Kurome, I brought you a gift from my trip," Roy suddenly said to Kurome.

  "A gift?" Kurome, who was enjoying some snacks with Akame, tilted her head curiously.

  "It's a giant snake called Jandr. It's over a kilometer long" Roy expined.

  After killing the Strategic-Css Elemental, he had stored its corpse, intending to let Kurome trol it with her Teigu.

  "Really?" Kurome's eyes sparkled with excitement.

  "Of course. Your Yatsufusa should be able to trol it."

  "Yay! I love you, Onii-!" Kurome cheered, hugging Roy tightly.

  "Roy really spoils Kurome, doesn't he?" Leone ented with a sigh.

  ...

  The m, Roy summoned Fianna.

  "Roy, why did you call me so early? Are we going to do something naughty?" Fianna asked with a pyful wink, her cheeks flushed.

  Roy flicked her forehead lightly.

  "Ow..." Fianna clutched her head dramatically.

  "I called you here to ask if you want tain your ability to summon your tracted spirit."

  "Eh?" Fianna's eyes widened in surprise.

  "Do you have a way?" she asked hopefully.

  "We try," Roy replied with a smile.

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