The Asterisk War, Vol. 1: Encounter with a Fiery Princess by Miyazaki Yuu

Author:Miyazaki, Yuu
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen Press
Published: 2016-08-29T16:00:00+00:00

“There. All done.” Claudia gently released Ayato’s right hand, having applied ointment and bandages to his burns. “But are you sure you won’t go to the campus infirmary? They’ll be able to treat you more properly.”

“No, this is just fine. Thank you.” Ayato made a fist and there was hardly any pain. It did sting a little, but that was only to be expected.

“All right, if you say so…”

Ayato and Claudia were once again in the student council room. She had practically dragged him in here to bandage him up, since he had burned his hand grabbing the Ser Veresta.

They sat side by side on the sofa. For some reason she was leaning in very close, which flustered him, but he asked her something that had been on his mind. “Is it really okay for me to use it?”

After that commotion, the Ser Veresta was officially placed into Ayato’s care. The registration process would take two or three more days, though, and the sword was not in his possession yet.

“No one would object to a ninety-seven percent compatibility rating. Would you prefer something other than the Ser Veresta?”

“No—it’s the sword my sister might have used, so I was curious about it. It’s just that, well…”

“Is it about Mr. MacPhail?”

Ayato nodded, remembering Lester’s inordinately frustrated look when they left. “I just feel bad that I kind of ended up taking the sword away from him.”

“That’s simply the way things go. Competition is the very nature of this city. Which is not to say that there’s no place for friendship and cooperation, but one has to accept it when someone else comes out on top.”

“I hope Lester sees it that way, too.” Ever since their first meeting, Ayato had the feeling that the other student didn’t think too well of him.

“Did something happen between the two of you?”

“Well, technically, it was with him and Julis, not me…” Ayato explained the exchange between Lester and Julis from the previous afternoon.

“Ah… Mr. MacPhail’s obsession with Julis is well known.”

“I can’t do anything about it if Lester has a grudge against me,” said Ayato. “But with what happened to Julis yesterday—I don’t want it to cause more trouble for her.”

“Do you think that Mr. MacPhail is the one who attacked Julis?”

Ayato smiled awkwardly at the probing question. “I didn’t say that… Sure, the guy who attacked Julis yesterday was as big as Lester, but it’s not fair to treat him like a suspect just based on that.”

“But wouldn’t you agree that he has the motive? It’s a widely known fact that he harbors less than friendly feelings toward her after losing to her repeatedly.”

“That’s why I think it’s not him. Lester doesn’t exactly have a grudge against Julis—he just wants to beat her or maybe just get her to admit that he’s strong. So there’s no point in him sneaking around sniping at her. I think that when the time comes, he wants to challenge her head-on, in front of plenty of witnesses.”

“Then why do

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