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VOLUME 1 CHAPTER 1 : THE DUNCE

The divine beast that governs fire The immortal bird had slept for about 11 years

War

In that kind of pleasant weather, Akito alking inside the forest alone

“Fuu, I shouldn’t walk too far ”

After he wipe his sith the sleeve of his uniform, he stretch myself

While walking inside the forest that looks cal this

A lot of spirits live here This place is called “Spirit Forest”

“Spirit Forest” is a big forest, spreading from behind Element Academy, the school he attends

The characteristic of this forest is that a lot of spirit lives there, wild boars and birds can be seen a lot too

It can be said that it’s natural The spirits live in harmony with the world, many of them live here, because of that, of course, the environment will be wonderful

However, the spirits who live in this forest aren’t only this kind of wonderful spirit Aerous spirits specialize in combat live here too Of course, there are some that indiscriminately attacked people

When you encounter that kind of dangerous spirits, run away i is not an option

Because while he is an existence that can be said as a spirit user, he doesn’t have any contracted spirit Without the power of spirit, there is no way he will be able to fight the spirit

Then, why is he walking in this kind of place alone? Of course, question like that comes to mind The answer is simple

(Now then… The spirit lake is just a bit further)

He thinks while he bustles in the shade of trees

His aim is the beautiful lake inside “Spirit Forest”, “Spirit Lake” In there it is said that there are spirits that is relatively easy to communicate

Most of the students, make a short trip there tothe contract after co with the spirit But last year, he wasn’t able to make any contract with those spirits

Because of that, he spent a year without using a spirit at the academy, and trained his body But, no ainst spirit is not possible without spirit

Thanks to that, he is the lowest ranked person in the academy He was immediately branded as “The Dunce”, he was very frustrated

But this year, somehow he is promoted to a sophomore, and tomorrow the juniors will enter the acadeood place even if it’s only a little to the juniors, in order to make a contract with a spirit here this year, thus that’s the reason why he is walking inside the forest

“Oh… here we are”

When he passes through the forest, a beautiful lake is there Inside the forest, in the this space where there are no trees, here is the spirit lake If you look into the vicinity, there are a lot of cute spirits Right away, he turns to the spirit near him and smiles That spirit is surprised and stiffen its body for a moment, but immediately approaches him timidly

Until the spirit comes by itself, He won’t approach it forcefully That’s the basic of the ironclad rule when co at it,and waiting for it to come

“Kyuru?”

Finally, the spirit draws close to his foot and then he hold the spirit in his aret scared

“Let’s see… Water element spirit Rank D And it’s cute!”

“Kyururu? Kyururu?”

When he hold it while s, the spirit turn its eyes while cried cutely It definitely has lovely eyes It’s like a blue kitten

By the way, the rank he just said is the rank of the spirit The criteria for evaluation are not known, but it’s said to be its combat capabilities

The existing rank starts fro the highest rank S, it’s already on the level of state weapon

Then the rank of the spirit is said to be related to the growth of the contractor, it is said that it will rise as they grow together Actually the spirits that live here are mostly rank D, but there are upperclass rank A too

Of course, ranks for contractor also exist However the rank of the contractor have various evaluation criteria, resulting the overall rank By the way, now Akito is

Spirit Magic : Unusable

Spirit Armament : Undeployable

Martial Arts : A

Spirit Magic Amount : Unmeasurable (Estimated more than A)

Contracted Spirit : None

Overall Evaluation : E (Proximity Type)

It’s like that Spiritcontracted spirit, of course he can’t use it Spirit arenuinely co with the spirits

It’s said that he has a higher aic than most people, but it can’t be measured because he doesn’t have any contracted spirit Thanks to the martial arts he earnestly polished, he was able to somehow stopped his rank at E

For hi Even if it’s a F-ranked spirit is okay, It’s a situation where He has to make a contract even if He has to kneel…

“Hey, you Won’t you make a contract with me?”

“Kyu? Kyuru!”

“Seriously! Are you sure?”

When He asked if it’s okay or not, the water spirit in reed with a nod After that if he can make a contract, he can also use the power of spirit

“O, Ok! I will do it, alright?”

“Kyuru!”

After he saw the water spirit nodded again, he decided to be ready Then he held up his left hand towards the water spirit, He chanted the incantation of the contract ceremony that is used in a spirit contract

— Protecting the beautiful water, O water spirit which nurtures the source of life! Now, answer ht, that power ———

However, his incantation didn’t continue until the end An intense light suddenly surged froht hand, he stopped the incantation

“Kyu… Kyuru!?”

Afraid of the light, the water spirit ran away Then, The many spirits inside the lake also hid themselves

“What is that… jeez!”

Akito slaround with his fist, and looked at the back of his right hand irritatedly

It was engraved there A

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Element Academy It has produced excellent spirit users It’s a school not only for a few numbers of spirit users In class 2-E of that Academy There is Akito in the class commonly known as the lowest class

“Haa…”

Resting his chin on his hand on the table, he lets out a sigh He recalled … about the event at “Spirit Lake” yesterday

(If only this thing isn’t here…)

Still resting his chin on his hand, he looks at his right hand that is laying on top of the table When he realized it, he already had this contract seal Nowith the spirits, this thing always got in the way

(I… wonder when I can make a contract with spirits…)

I quit thinking about it because a sharp pain goes through my head I conclude that, no matter how much I think about it I won’t understand

Because I don’t have anything to do, I daydrea to the outside Akito’s seat is especially pleasant as it’s by theFrom here, school’s battlefield can be seen well

I reh not even one month have passed since then)

I overcame the teachers that asked me to withdraw from the tournament, I re When I realized it, I was gritting my teeth