Chivalry of a Failed Knight Vol. 2

“It’s not enough,” Shizuku sighed as she looked upon her custom-made ice rink. She’d thought there might have been at least some challenge in fighting fifty people at once, but they weren’t even worth talking about. Was Hagun really so lacking? The way things were, Shizuku would never be able to destress. “But at least you won’t disappoint me.”

Shizuku looked down at her student handbook. On the display was an email that showed the name of her next opponent. That name belonged to the frontrunner for the year’s selection battles, a semi-finalist at the previous year’s Seven Stars Battle Festival.

“Shizuku Kurogane, for your fourteenth selection battle, your opponent will be Touka Toudou of class 3-3.”

Finally, her lips wordlessly spoke as a bewitching grin crept across her face.

She had grown tired of holding back against every enemy, taking great pains not to hurt them too badly while also securing victory. It was about time for her to fight someone she could go all-out against. She had waited so long for such an opportunity.

Maybe I got this itch from Big Brother.

Ideally, she would have been up against Stella, but there wasn’t anything especially wrong with Toudou. Shizuku was finally able to fight an enemy so strong that she could unleash all she had, yet still perhaps lose to.

At last.

At last, she could fight with all she had.

At last, she could destroy with all she had.

“Heehee. Ahahaha!”

Though her surroundings were below the freezing point, heat boiled up ceaselessly within her. Why should she try to stop an ever-growing flame? Instead, Shizuku surrendered herself to the blaze, laughing joyously as if to greet the coming battle with a song.