mahoutokoro is known to have the smallest student body of the eleven great magical schools, but what if there was a reason for that, what if there was a second school in japan, an elite school that only allowed the best and the brightest, kōkai acad...
twelve year old haruto ishikawa, cadet-captain of the destroyer niizuki, his adjutant cadet was in his fourth year of the academy, his adjutant eighth year cadet yamasaka, was being informed she'd be in command of the niizuki as he would be absent, do to the forging of his spectral blade
the process was incredibly magically taxing, as summoning and bonding to a sword spirit was an exceptionally difficult task, and to find an appropriete spirit one must completely empty their magical reserves
"call out my name, and i shall be born, i am........." a voice said, as the sword
"descend, tsukihime" i chanted
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"so this is the ishikawa heir's spectral blade, it is impressive" the instructor said, i was breathing heavily
"thank you, sensei" i said
"you may go, cadet, return to your ship" the instructor said, i nodded gratefully, as i left
arriving at port where the niizuki was moored, cadet yamasaka alongside two other cadets were waiting the other two grabbed their captain and held him up
"you really need a reijū" she said
"i know, i do not see you volunteering" i said, she didn't say anything more as she led the way to my office on the niizuki, wherein i sat down in a high back chair, the room was quite large thanks to extension charms, most rooms were
"dismissed" i said to the two guards, who saluted their captain, bowed, then left
"i have been gone for the last three weeks so i assume the ship is in shambles" i said, she snorted
"of course not, taisa, i have kept everything and everyone to your standards" she said
"have you found someone, that would replace you as my adjutant next year" i asked
"i have not, but i am still searching there is a potential candidate" she said
"oh" i asked
"a fifth year cadet, she seems to show quite a bit of promise, she is like how you were during your first year" she said
"i see, name" i asked
"cadet sugiyama sayuri" she said, i paused a small smile formed on my face
"a beautiful name" i said
"indeed, sir, are you interested" he asked
"perhaps, but i trust your judgement, though i must ask would she even be willing, i personally didn't care at the time, experience was experience and i trusted my own training to get me through, she may have different reasons for being a shut-in" i said
"indeed sir, i will make certain" she said
a few days later, cadet sugiyama walked up to the cadet-captain
"would you explain why your officers are checking me out" sugiyama asked, sounding annoyed
"my current adjutant is searching for a replacement, she is graduating next year, but i will speak to her, my apologies for bothering you cadet" i said with a small respectful bow, she paused
"i did not think they would be so brazen about it" the cadet said
"yes i need to beat subtlety into my officers, they haven't done anything improper have they" i asked
"they have not, but my instructors have told me that others were looking through my files, and that perturbed me, now that i know the reason why it is fine, is she simply looking to replace herself as your adjutant" the cadet asked
"to my knowledge, yes, why" i asked
"i am a reijū" she replied, my eyebrow raised
"no wonder she was trying to catch my attention with you" i said, as i rubbed my head, i bowed
"excuse me i need to have words with my current adjutant" i said
"do you not wish to claim me" she said surprised
"i informed my crew that i would search for my reiju, personally, i need to fine two you see, as i am to also claim and wield the ancestral blade of my clan, as well as my own sword" i said, cadet sugiyama nodded her understanding
"you are the heir to the ishikawa-clan" she said, as if the fact i needed two was well known
"yes" i said
"i will become your first" she said, i blinked
"are you sure" i asked, she nodded
"i am honored, would you mind, if i went through your file first, i need to see which blade would be better bonded to you" i said
"of course" she said, i nodded, and returned to my ship, as i did so i called my adjutant to my office
"were you intending to tell me this girl you were scouting was a reijū" i asked, she flinched
"i apologize, captain, i know you wished to find them yourself" she said
"that is problem number one, problem number two, do you idiots know what subtlety is" i asked
"sir" she asked
"the girl, confronted me complaining about being spied on by my men, do you know how embarrassing that was" i said, she blanched
"my apologies, taisa i will have words with them" she said, i nodded
"be sure that you do, now i want that girls files on my desk, within the hour" i said
