"Whatever you want to do doesn't have to be work. You should just live however you want to."— Arataka Reigen, Mob Psycho 100

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  Hearing his encement, Ellis blushed, a surge of energy c through her.

  "You're right! We won't lose!" she decred with renewed determination.

  "But what do we do? The on fire is too intense. We 't get close," Fianna said, her brow furrowed in worry.

  "We have o resort. Create an opening for us," Cire said, her eyes fixed on the Dreadnought.

  "Will it work?" Ellis asked, stepping forward to protect them.

  "I don't know, but... we have to try," Cire replied.

  Just then...

  "Cire! I 't hold on any longer!" Fianna cried out.

  Geios, the Knight Spirit, who had been shielding them from the relentless barrage, finally faltered and colpsed.

  Its form dissolved into particles of light.

  Cire seized the opportunity and charged forward.

  This was their only ce, while Velsaria was momentarily distracted by Geios's defeat.

  Ellis also dashed towards Velsaria from the other side.

  Velsaria hesitated, unsure who tet first.

  She decided to focus her fire on Cire.

  Taking out the leader first was a logical strategy.

  But Cire had anticipated this.

  "Scarlet!" she called out.

  Scarlet transformed from her whip form bato her cat form and darted through the hail of projectiles, leaping towards Velsaria.

  "Useless!" Velsaria roared, swatting the fire cat away with her mecha arm.

  She then turned her ons towards Scarlet.

  Although she noticed Cire approag as well, she didn't see her as a threat without her Elemental Waffe.

  Cire reached Velsaria and touched the armor on her leg.

  Then, she unleashed the spirit magic she had been ting while charging.

  "O icy soul, bear wito my rage and sorrow! Blood Sonata!"

  This magic caused vibrations withiarget's body, geing intense heat.

  However, it required direct tact to activate, making it difficult to use in bat.

  "How foolish. Your puny spirit magi't damage my Dreadnought's armor," Velsaria sneered.

  She swung her arm, knog Cire away.

  Just then...

  "Ice Shot!"

  Ri's arrow struck the spot on the armor where Cire had touched.

  "I told you it was useless... What?!" Velsaria's eyes widened in shock.

  "It seems... it wasirely useless," Cire said, wiping the blood from her lips.

  "Destru through rapid temperature ge... so that was your pn!"

  "It's a basic tactic when you have both a Fme Elementalist and an Ice Elementalist on your team."

  This was Cire's trump card.

  Although the ces of success were slim, they had mao create a cra the armor.

  "...!"

  Crack... Crack... The cracks spread.

  And then...

  Ellis, riding a gust of wind, charged forward with her Windashnce.

  Her attack was swift and powerful.

  The spear pierced through the damaged armor and struck Velsaria in the chest.

  "Damn it! Ellis!" Velsaria cried out in arm.

  "O winds of disaster, roar!"

  With her spear embedded in Velsaria's chest, Ellis unleashed a powerful gust of wind.

  The wind tore through the weakened armor, shattering it into pieces.

  Velsaria was thrown into the air, then crashed to the ground.

  "Huff... huff... huff..." Ellis colpsed, exhausted.

  "Did we... win...?" Velsaria y on the ground, seemingly unscious.

  "I..."

  "Eh?"

  No, she wasn't unscious yet.

  Her body started to vulse violently.

  "I... 't... lose..."

  "What?" Cire frowned.

  Then, an unbelievable se unfolded before their eyes.

  The shattered fragments of the Elemental Waffe...

  began to transform!

  "Onee-sama...?" Ellis whispered, her eyes wide with shock.

  "AAAAAGH!" Velsaria's scream echoed through the forest.

  "What is that?!" Ri excimed.

  The students watg the mat the s were in an uproar.

  Velsaria's Elemental Waffe was taking on a grotesque form.

  Bck armor enveloped her body, resembling a skeletal knight.

  Divine power seeped from the gaps in the armor like mist, glowing faintly.

  The visible divine power indicated that something was terribly wrong.

  "It's a cursed seal!" Roy expined.

  "Onee-sama impnted a cursed seal?!" Ellis gasped.

  Why would her sister, the stro Elementalist in the academy, resort to such a dangerous method?

  The bight roared.

  Velsaria's four teammates, sensing the danger, rushed towards her.

  They were the former Sylphid Knights she had recruited.

  They had been hiding until now, likely following Velsaria's orders.

  But...

  The bight swatted them away with a swing of its arm.

  Blood spttered.

  A deep gash appeared on one of the Knight's bodies.

  "...?!" Everyone was stunned.

  A physical injury caused by a spirit's direct attack meant that the Elementalist had lost trol of their tracted spirit.

  An arm bred, signaling the suspension of the match.

  "Cire, e back!" Roy called out.

  "Roy, what's wrong with her?" Cire asked, rushing to his side.

  "Her spirit is going berserk because of the cursed seal," Roy expined.

  "I see. But what do we do now?" Ri asked, looking at the remains of the Dreadnought.

  Bck mist, like seendrils, crept towards them from the bight.

  The firls were exhausted and had little divine power left.

  "I'll hahis," Roy decred, stepping forward.

  He reached out with his hand.

  "Est!"

  "Yes, Master!"

  The white spirit seal on his arm glowed, a materialized as the Demon Sying Sword.

  Roy effortlessly cut down the approag tendrils, then pced a hand on Ellis's head.

  "Don't worry, Ellis. I'll bring your sister back," he said with a reassuring smile.

  "I believe you," Ellis replied, blushing.

  ...

  ...

  Cire, seeing Roy patting Ellis's head, pouted.

  "Roy, I want head pats too!" a childish voice demanded. It was Est.

  "Sure, once you take care of that idiot, you have all the head pats you want," Roy chuckled, looking at the Demon Sying Sword.

  "Roy spoils Est too much," Fianna grumbled, her voice ced with jealousy.

  The irls also seemed envious.

  Roy smirked.

  He walked towards Velsaria.

  tless bck tendrils shed out at him, but he effortlessly cut them down.

  "RAAGH!" Velsaria roared in frustration.

  She charged towards Roy, her Dreadnought now a monstrous bight.

  Roy wao show Velsaria the futility of relying oernal power, so he didn't defeat her immediately.

  He allowed her to attack with her full strength.

  The Dreadnought's massive arms smmed towards him, but Roy effortlessly blocked them with his sword.

  Seeitacks iive, Velsaria retreated and aimed all her ons at him.

  BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

  The fortress unleashed its full firepower.

  Roy was engulfed in a sea of explosions.

  The attack could devastate an area hundreds of meters wide.

  Its power was parable to a High-Css Devil's attack, but it was nothing pared to his Supreme Teigu.

  Cire and the asped but didn't act rashly.

  The students watg the s were also worried.

  "Will Roy-san be alright?"

  "Hmph! The Night Demon King is the stro. He won't be defeated."

  "That woman is crazy!"

  "Why aren't the instructors stopping Velsaria-senpai?"

  ...

  pared to the students' , Rias and the others were calm.

  They knew such attacks were nothing to Roy.

  ...

  A gust of wind suddenly swept through the battlefield, dispelling the smoke and dust.

  Roy stood there unharmed, a calm smile on his face.

  Velsaria roared in anger.

  Just then, the Dreadnought underwent an ued transformation.

  Its wrists shifted and elongated, f a massive spear.

  No, it was more like a giant battering ram.

  "Roy, watch out! My sister's specialty is spearmanship!" Ellis warned.

  Even Ellis's spearmanship had been taught by Velsaria. It was her most powerful on.

  Velsaria charged, her fortress wielding the massive spear.

  tless spear attacks rained down on Roy.

  But no matter how ferocious her attacks were, they were iive.

  Roy effortlessly blocked every strike without even moving from his spot.

  Cire and the others were awestruck by his power.

  "It's time to end this," Roy decred with a smirk.

  He vanished in a fsh, reappearing before Velsaria.

  The Sword pierced through Dreadnought, its silver light shining brightly.

  The Dreadnought shattered.

  "Velsaria, it's time to wake up. Your sister admires you, you know," Roy said softly, holding the weakened Velsaria in his arms.

  Velsaria's beautiful face emerged from the shattered bck armor.

  "You're... that man!" she murmured, staring at Roy's star-like eyes.

  Her heart, burdened by the cursed seal, skipped a beat.

  Her cheeks flushed.

  She averted her gaze.

  "Velsaria, I uand your desire for strength, but res to such dangerous methods was reckless," Roy chided gently.

  "You have great potential. With the right opportunities, you definitely overe your limitations."

  Velsaria's eyes lit up.

  "Indeed... I wao bee stronger... to defeat that person..." she mumbled, referring to the masked girl with crimson hair who had defeated her in the previous Bde Dance.

  "Please teach me how to bee stronger," she pleaded, clutg Roy's clothes.

  "No problem," Roy agreed with a smile.

  Just then, Rias and the others arrived.

  "Rias, I'll leave her to you," Roy said.

  "Okay." Rias nodded with a smile.

  She was quite pleased with Velsaria.

  Velsaria was already close to High-Css Devil level.

  Once she became a Devil, it wouldn't be long before she surpassed that level.

  And Roy had corrected her misguided pursuit of power. She would make an excellent Rook.

  Velsaria's expression fell as she saw Roy handing her over to someone else.

  Roy noticed her rea and reassured her. "Don't worry, I'll help you bee stronger. I promise."

  Velsaria smiled, then lost sciousness.

  Her body had been ravaged by the cursed seal.

  Although Roy had used Est to remove the seal on her heart, the accumuted curse had suddeed, destroying her spirit veins.

  It would take her years to recover as aalist.

  But if she became a Devil, her injuries would heal instantly, and the curse would be pletely eradicated.

  "Roy, will Onee-sama be alright?" Ellis asked, worried.

  "Don't worry. You'll see your beloved sister tomorrow," Roy assured her, patting Ellis's head.

  "Roy, thank you for saving my sister."

  "It was nothing."

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  A few days ter, Team Scarlet held a celebration to orate their victory and qualification for the Bde Dance.

  Havied Velsaria's team, they were now firmly in first pce.

  Velsaria, after being Rias's Rook, was now the leader of the sed-raeam.

  And the third-raeam was "Ultimate Fsh," led by Lux.

  These three teams would represent the Empire in the Bde Dance.

  The ship to the Elemental Spirit World would depart in a week.

  The celebration was held at Roy's vil.

  The spacious dining room was filled with all sorts of delicacies.

  Cakes, chocotes, fruits, pastries...

  Velsaria and her four teammates were also present.

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