Volume 1 Chapter 5 (1/2)

(Sigh, I have totally gottentroublesome)

While walking on the stone pavehed quite the number of times today In front of his eyes was the culprit with her red twintailed hair swaying about

As before he had an empty stomach, he had lost his house and to make matters worse that was the outcome from a duel by fellow elementalists

No matter what the circumstances, this is beyond misfortune It has to be none other than the Dusk Witch's curse

”Unh, are you gru? How unmanly!”

Claire turned around and snapped her fingers

”My house”

”U”

Karoaned with his eyes half-opened Claire averted her eyes to look far away

”Pyromaniac Criminal”

”I I get it! I also feel a little bad!”

She blushed and pouted her lips It seemed she was at least aware of her crime

As it was the right hed

”Oh boy, the homeless me will have to sleep out in the Spirit Forest”

”Sleeping at night in the Spirit Forest is seriously a suicidal act But it can't be helped, after all, my house has been completely burnt down”

Kamito dropped his shoulders unnaturally for Claire to see

Claire gnawed her lips And then, she tip-toed—

And stared into Kamito's eyes, motionlessly

Her face was near Kahtly tickled by the scent of a girl

”Okay then II'll compensate you, properly!”

”Compensate?”

Kamito's face somehoitched with a bad premonition

— Kaht to the front of the female dormitory of the Raven class

Although it was called a dorant mansion akin to the residences of upper aristocrats

”Eh, what's this?”

”For a while, I'll allow you to freeload in rateful”

”Huh?”

What did she suddenly propose, this high-class lady

”After all, if I left you outside, Rinslet would co And because you are my slave spirit, it is natural for me, the elementalist, to take care of you”

Claire infor her empty chest

”No, that's not it you are still a girl of age and I , did you not consider that?”

”DDo you plan to do so to me?”

Claire glared Kamito shook his head horizontally

”Scarlet will stand watch If you try to do socinders”

”Isn't it a violation of the dor the female dormitory”

”It's alright, because you will be treated as my contracted spirit The same as Scarlet”

”That is coht”

Ka with her hair irritatedly and thrust her finger

”Ahh, come on, do you want to stay? Or do you want to turn into cinders? Which?”

” Why are there only those two choices?”

Kanation

Claire's room was on the second floor of the aristocrat residence-like female dormitory

”Don't make too much noise, because the dormitory secretary is super scary”

”YYespardon my intrusion”

For Claire, who is ideally pictured as arrogant, to be afraid of the dorot piqued a little

While thinking of that, he timidly stepped into the room

No irl

In addition, she was an outstandingly, pitifully beautiful girl; even Kamito could not help but admit that

As expected, when he entered the roorew tense

”—Flame, illuminate”

Claire recited the spirit ic and the room was lit up

Claire's room was—

In senseless disorder

There was a collapsed e number of books Clothes were left crumpled, plush toys and small items and so on, were scattered here and there till there was no place left to stand

It did not look like a rooh-class lady

”You should at least do so”

”UUsually, Scarlet does the cleaning Coet in”

Claire kicked Ka him to the middle of the room

”Ouchgood grief, you actually use such a powerful fire spirit to clean the room, if the elementalists across the world hear about it, they'll all cry you know”

”Hmm, Scarlet is different from you, she is clever you know She also burns the trash”

”Ahh, I see It is good as long as it's convenient”

As soon as they were arguing, a hell cat, cladded in flaether and tidy upIndeed, there seemed to be a place where the wastepaper was incinerated

”Are you fine with just that?”

If that fire spirit of Claire grew, it could on type

What a sorrowful sight? Was it beingthe room?

”Thank you, Scarlet Good girl”

Suri suri[1] Nade nade[2]

Meow Meow

”Are you a cat!?”

Ka happily

(That proud spirit has been completely tamed)

Well, if one was gently stroked like that by Claire, whose outward appearance at least was that of a beautiful girl, it was understandable to be completely attached

For now, since there was no place to stand, Ka

A long ti him hard, housework became his forte

He started carrying the books that were in a huge pile at his feet to put aside at a corner of the room

Then, he caught sight of the titles written on the books' front cover

'The Count And The Naughty Princess', 'Tease Me More, Master!', 'The Princess Abducted By Pirates' Indeed these are what teenage girls like There were ten-odd such roers

”Hmm, so you like this kind of stuff That was a little unexpected”

”D Don't look!”

Bofun

The pillow, Claire threw, landed a direct hit on Kamito's face, and he toppled over and was squashed by the books

”If you don't want anyone to look, you should have tidied up I feel that it's no big deal to like such novels”

”SShut up, itit's not like I like them!Err, yea, I borrowed them from a friend, so I have no choice but to read them!”

”Hmm, I see You borrowed fourteen volumes worth of novels that you do not like”

”SShut up!!”

Poka poka poka[3]

Claire got partially teary and hit Ka embarrassed

Kaed his shoulders and placed his hand on the floor to stand up

And, just then, that hand came in contact with—

(Hn?)

A cloth that was somewhat nice to touch

Was it silk? It was soft, silky and very nice to touch

Unintentionally, he grabbed it At its edges, white flutters were attached to it

(—, white flutters!?)

With his face twitching, he stared at his hand

Kaarment attached with fine laces

Surprisingly, it was a rather mature silk panty

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead

”Hn, what are you doing?”

”Owaa!?”

Kaot flustered and stuffed it into his pocket

—, as he going to do stuffing it in!

(What a! Doesn't this make me a real pervert?!)

”What? Why are you so shocked?”

Claire frowned and drew her face near with suspicion

”NNo, it's nothing!”

Ka his head Was there a topic he could distract her with? He looked around then he realized

”ByBy the way, about this room, don't you have a roommate?”

Even if this was a dormitory of the acade for one person to be living in it

With the roory?

Speaking of which, was it good to take in a guy without even getting permission from her roommate?

Thereupon, Claire tightly bit her lips and looked doards

”I don't nobody wants to be in the same room as someone like me”

”? Don't tell le elementalist partner?”

”WWho needs things like partners As long as I have a strong spirit, I, alone, ah”

Claire folded her hands and declared so; she looked like she was pretending to be tough with all her ht

(Why is it so?)

This person sure had a hard personality but, as an elementalist, her ability was top class

He thought with such ability, she could ignore any team, however

”But without gathering 5 people, you can't enter into the Blade Dance”

”I I'll ather up just that number of people”

Claire averted her line of sight aardly

It seemed like she did not want to touch on this topic

”IgIgnoring that, you are hungry, right?”

Claire cleared her throat forcefully

”Hn, Ah your long-awaited soup, which you blissfully received, recked”

It was a certain solared scornfully at Claire

”Hmm, it can't be helped Today, I'll specially feed—treat you”

”Did you say feed? Did you say that?”

”It was your i out that table”

While sighing, Kamito took out the table

Claire started lining up a large amount of canned food, taken from the shelves

Canned tuna Yakitori Salted cod Vegetables boiled in soy sauce Beef stewetc

Kamito was dumbfounded and looked down on the pyramid of cans Canned foods were preserved foods that soldiers carry with theh-class young lady attending the academy

”WWhy is it nothing but canned food? It is definitely bad for the body, you know”

”What a foolish question, it's because I like canned food”

”No, nojust canned food is just—”

”What, it's no problem, after all I like theive them to you”

Claire embraced the mountain of canned food with a sullen face That face of hers was subtly red

With that, he got it

Aha That's right

”You can't cook, right?”

After directly pointing it out, Claire stiffened her back

”ThThThThat's not it!”

”That reaction revealed it all Even if the mouth lies, the body is honest”

”DDon't speak so lewdly, idiot!”

”To misinterpret a very normal speech, I think that you're the lewd one You read toolady”

”Uuuuu!”

Tears flowed out faintly from her red eyes, Claire bit down on her molars

He's done it He had teased her a little too much

(What should I say, I unintentionally ridiculed her)

The result of going overboard was frightening Kaized

”SSorry It was my bad I said a little bit too much”

Claire was groaning Like a wild animal of the feline family

”SSuch a glare how about, to make it up to you, I'll make dinner?”

With that, Claire, with her bristled hair, opened her eyes

”You can cook?”

”Well, it's pretty s?”

”Such things are at the shared space at the front of the dormitory”

”Okay, if I arranged things a little, even these canned foods will beco like a cuisine As for the fire—”

”Scarlet”

Claire snapped her fingers and Scarlet breathed out a small fire ball

The fire ball drifted lightly in the air and stayed still on top of Kamito's hand

”This is convenient”

”I know!”

—And with that, after a few minutes

In the roo fried resounded

Spinach, bacon and sliced garlic were fried with butter

Next to the frying pan, there was pasta just enough for two, boiling in a pot

”If I recall right, she said she likes it al dente”

He chewed one piece of pasta to check

”Hn, this is just right Claire, where are the cutlery—”

He put down the frying pan and turned around There was no one in the room

”Eh? Where is she?”

He looked around the room restlessly

The hell cat, lying down near his feet, purred and reached out its forelimb

Once the fire was extinguished, he looked at the front of its forelimb—

From the other side of the door in the room, a faint water sound could be heard

”Oh, she's showering”

The shower installed in the room was a type of spirit device, which used the power of the water spirit

To be clean in both mind and body at any time was—the ironclad rule of elementalists

Kaain—

( Shower!?)

He turned around again

(WWhy is she so thoughtlessly defenseless at such a vital moment!)

Kamito sed his saliva

Saaaaaaa—

Once he are of it, the sound of running water, which resounded in the roo

Even if she has a child-like chest, she is still a sixteen year old girl

Furthermore, her face, without flattery, was cute Extremely cute

Her chest was quite a shame but nevertheless, it was there

Suddenly, therevived

Her beautifully nude body, with red hair clinging to it

That properly elastic sensation his hand touched

(Waaa, don't recall it, me!)

He shook his head, shaking off his worldly desires

At that moment

”Kyaaa!”

He heard a shriek from the bathroom

Kamito was taken aback and came to his senses

( A scream?)

Perhaps she lost control of the water spirit, causing cold water to come out

(No, an ele the spirit device—)

”Nooooooooo!”