Chivalry of a Failed Knight: Volume 3 [Parts 1 to 4] by Riku Misora

Author:Riku Misora
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 2: Okutama’s Monster

In the heart of Shinjuku, amid the towering skyscrapers, was the International Mage-Knight Federation’s Japan branch. It was a respectably tall thirty-story building. Sitting in the office on the top floor was Kurogane Itsuki, the head of the Japan branch. He was on the phone, and his brow wrinkled as he listened to the person on the other end of the line.

“I see. So Shizuku lost,” he said with a long sigh that echoed through the dark room. Though it was late at night, none of the lights were on inside.

“She was up against the Thunderbolt. It was an unfortunate matchup.”

“That’s Nangou-sensei’s favorite disciple, right?”

“Yes, sir. Shizuku-san was unlucky, that’s all. If it wasn’t for that ridiculous new policy the director instituted, she would have without a doubt been chosen as one of Hagun’s representatives.”

Itsuki nodded silently. He also believed that Director Shinguuji Kurono’s new policy was absurd. It was a blatant refutation of everything he stood for.

“What about Ikki?”

“He’s maintaining his win streak thus far. It’s depressing to think how far Hagun’s students must have fallen that a Rank F like him can beat them.”

“Does it look like he’ll be chosen as one of the representatives?”

“As much as it pains me to say so, I think he will. He’s already defeated the Crimson Princess, as well as the third-best student in the school, Runner’s High. At this rate, unless he’s matched up against either Thunderbolt or Scharlach Frau, his entry into the Seven Stars Battle Festival is all but guaranteed.”

“That cannot be allowed,” Itsuki said in a voice as cold as ice. Ikki needed to be stopped from entering the Seven Stars Battle Festival no matter what it took.

“Y-You’re absolutely right, sir!”

“Is there nothing you can do to stop this?”

“Could you not use your authority as branch head to strip him of his student knight status?”

“If I could, I would have done that ages ago. But it’s the main branch that manages a Blazer’s knight status. Only Whitebeard has the authority to remove someone from the Mage-Knight and student knight registers. I can send a request, but there’s no guarantee it will be approved. Especially if there’s no valid reason to strip someone of their status.”

Last year, Itsuki had made the Hunter provoke Ikki in an attempt to create a valid pretext for stripping Ikki of his student knight status. But Ikki had refused to fight back, foiling his plan. Though the Hunter had nearly killed Ikki, because Ikki understood that self-protection of any kind could be twisted into an intent to fight back, he had refused to even dodge Kirihara’s arrows. As a result, the most Itsuki had managed to do was force Ikki to repeat a year. It wasn’t an expulsion, which would have been enough to get Ikki’s student knight status revoked, but Itsuki had hoped that it would cause Ikki to be ostracized by the other students and eventually lead him to drop out.

Itsuki himself didn’t possess the authority to expel Ikki. The most he could hope to do was convince the people who did to do so for him.

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