ACT 13 - The Amethyst Pair

Seirei Gensouki 13 - Tsui no Murasaki Zuishou (精霊幻想記 13 - 対の紫水晶) are the 13th installment of the Seigensou light novel series, it follow the story after the battle with the Beltram army in the border, the reunion of the sisters, the jealousy of the hero, and kidnapping of the sisters.

Summary
Haruto Amakawa captures Charles Arbor and takes Alfred Emarl prisoner. The group and their prisoners along with Rui as escort cross the border into Galwark. Rui and Kouta have a serious conversation and part ways. Lieselotte, Duke Huguenot, Hiroaki and others were gathered there. Flora and Christina reunite. Jealous, Hiroaki challenges Haruto to a duel. Hiroaki loses. After returning to Rodania, Christina and Flora are kidnapped by Lucius' men and Celia is attacked by Reis.

Prologue: After Battle
After capturing Charles Rio drags him until where he fought against Alfred, he asks then about everyone’s condition, Celia says she is fine while using healing magic in Ouphia’s stomach, Ouphia says she’s almost fine too, Cristina begins to heal too Celia’s cheek that is beginning to swell due to Charles punch after saying to Rio that Vanessa is still unconscious, Rio puts a magic sealing collar on Charles who laughs like he lost his mind, as he orders Sara, Alma, Kota and Rei to gather the defeated knight's equipments and puts two magic power sealing collar on Alfred thinking that he may be able to use his magic power even wearing when wearing one collar, he goes to where Rui is and after he awakens and carries him to where Kota is.

Chapter 1: Crossing the Border
Kota begins to talk with Rui about why he escaped the castle, about how he felt really inferior to Rui because Akane, Kota’s childhood friend, became Rui’s girlfriend and he liked her too, how he was better than him at everything at school, how he ended hating him because of that but he kept treating him like a friend despite all of that while realizing his feelings for Akane, Kota apologizes for all of that and makes up with Rui, then Rei and Rio join the conversation, Rui greets Rei and asks him about their different hair colors, Rio says he can’t talk in detail about that and changes the topic to the prisoners’ treatment, Cristina and Rio explains to Rui that they can’t take him as a prisoner of war due to his status as a hero but they will take Alfred and Charles, Rui offers to talk with the commander and telling him to let Rio's group go.

The conversation changes now to how they will move, Vanessa will pull Charles’ and Alfred’s chains and Rio will carry Ouphia who wasn’t fully recovered yet, the group now walk through a corridor between the soldiers to the commander, Rui says to the commander that they were defeated and order the soldiers to stand down and to open a path for Rio's group to the other side of the frontier, Rui says to Alfred that he will explain everything to the people in the capital and he will try to not let them ask for anyone’s head due to this incident, Rui accompanies the group until they get out of the soldier's encirclement while saying his farewell at the same time to Kota and Rei, then he talks a little more with Rio.

Rui asks him to keep an eye in Kota and Rei and to help them as much as possible within his reach, he then says again to Rio that he was serious about wanting to be his friend because in the other world aside from Satsuki he wasn’t able to get close to anyone else, that he doesn’t want to fight against him seriously again because he thinks even with his extra lives they will never be enough, if the opportunity comes he wants to fight by his side next time, Rio says to Rui that he doesn’t want to fight against him again either specially from a long distance, they shake hands and promise to help each other out if the time comes and the other is in trouble, before saying their farewell to each other.

Rio’s group walks a little more until they arrive to the fortress that marks the beginning of Galarc's territory they ask the soldiers to open the doors as a precaution against Beltram's army, when the doors opened they see Lizelotte, Flora, Hiroaki, Roana and Huguenot.

Chapter 2: Reunion
After Cristina and Flora hug each other for some time, they order some soldiers to take Alfred and Charles to the dungeons and take everyone to meet in a room asking Rio and Cristina about the army that gathered near the border and why  they were together in such a place.

Cristina explains to everyone that after the evening party she escaped the royal capital with the help of Celia's father and she was forced to hide in his secret basement because of Charles' forces following her until Creia, but there she met Rio that helped her to escape from Creia and escorted her until Galwarc's border, Hiroaki asks why Rio knew about a secret basement, Celia then reveals her identity and says that she guided Rio to the secret basement, everyone is surprised of seeing Celia, Hiroaki asks what Roana and Flora meant by Celia-sensei because of how young she looks, they explain to him, that Celia was their teacher at school and she is 21, Hiroaki screams; "Are you kidding me!? She is older than me? making her a real legal loli."

While all the non-japanese wonders what a legal loli is, Liselotte is exasperated because Hiroaki's comment didin't match the mood and feels offensive yet he lets the explanation slide and changes the topic, Liselotte then reminisce being at Celia's wedding and heard about the kdnapping and she thinks that it might be Rio, while looking at Rio, Rio admits to be the kidnapper and then Cristina says the false story they prepared in advance about Celia's kidnapping being something she ordered to not let the Arbor house to get more influence and to make them lose power, then she talks a little about their travel and that Arbor's army was prepared to find her and take her back to Beltram's capital, that there wasn't any intention of intruding Galarc's territory, lastly they explain that it was Rio who alone defeated Alfred and Rui in a 2 versus 1 match after that capture Charles and Alfred and to repel the army of 5,000 just standing before them while letting out his bloodlust, everyone is speechless after hearing such a tale more epic than what their common sense tells them that a human is capable off.

Liselotte tries to say masaka but stops it at the first syllable it seems to her already everything is possible no matter how absurd if Rio does it, everyone is even more speechless, Hiroaki asks for more details of Rio fighting 5,000 knights and Cristina explains that they didn't dare to attack Rio, that watching himmfight Rui and Alfred they understood that winning was impossible, Hiroaki doesn't believe and asks why the commander didn't order the soldiers to gang on Rio even if some of them will die, surely he would have done so, Cristina says that there isn't really any soldier who would attack knowing that it would be a hopeless fight except for the crazy ones, that she knows her story is absurd and she doesn't expect anyone present there to understand, pointing out its the kind of tale where seeing is believing it.

They begin to talk about how Charles was able to think of a plan as crazy as that, Cristina explains that it seems that the actual idea came from Reis a diplomat from the Proxia empire, Huguenot asks if it was the same Reis who saved Lucius during his encounter with Rio in Amande, Rio confirms it and Cristina asks what was his relationship with Lucius, Rio says that Lucius killed his mother, Cristina apologizes for asking something insensitive while the other girls began to look at Rio when he said that, after they decide to interrogate Charles and Alfred when they arrive to Amande and end the talk there.

Chapter 3: Jealousy
The meeting with Rio's and Cristina's group and the explanation about why they were there together and the army near the national border have just ended and they're deciding who sleeps in which room, Cristina asks to be in the same room with Flora to talk with her about a lot of things later, Roana, Hiroaki and Huguenot ask for a room near theirs, and Sara, Ouphia, Alma and Celia in a room for four with Rio's room near theirs, when they're going to their rooms Celia decides to stay with Aria a little longer for the friends to have a little of talk for the first time on a while, Liselotte asks Rio to come to her room.

Hiroaki, was convinced in his head that Liselotte left from Galarc's capital without giving him a marriage proposal because she was busy with her duties, and went to her house in Amande to give her a chance of saying him her feelings face to face, didn't like this, because when he was in Galtuuk everytime he said that he was a hero and that he was bored every noble girl near would go instantly to entertain him, he tried bragging this to Sara's group, they ignored him and asked Chloe who was surprised and didn't understood well what Hiroaki just tried to do and just guide them to their room already, they said to Rio that they wanted him to come to their room after their talk with Liselotte is over and leave, Hiroki was left there looking like an idiot, Cosette laughs at him where nobody notices while Natalie calls him idiot in a low voice, Rio says to Celia to enjoy his meeting with Aria after a long time, everyone is surprised and curious about how Rio called Celia without honorifics, then he follows after Liselotte for talking with her.

Hiroaki is annoyed at Rio walking next to Liselotte, thinking he has to be walking by her side just for showing off to him, he grumbles in his head about how he has a different cute woman with him every time he meets Rio, about how except Cristina and Vanessa all the girls with him seem to be his women, Huguenot realizes Hiroaki’s change of mood and signals Roana to do something about it, Roana calls out to Hiroaki while hugging his arm close to her breast for calling his attention, she then says to him to go to their rooms already, he accepts and invites Cristina too to drink tea with him Flora and Roana but she says that before that she needs to talk with Hugenot about several things while thinking that Hiroaki seems to be as troublesome as she suspected since she met him at the evening party and that somethings needs to be done about that.

Hiroaki in his head is comparing the differences in atmosphere and presence between Flora and Cristina, he thinks he likes how Cristina gives the sensation of being a flower with spines but he dislikes how she gave priority to Huguenot about him despite saying that it’s fine on the surface, he decides that he will wait a little more before deciding if she is the type of girl that reads the air or not, Natalie guides Cristina and Huguenot to another room while Cosette guides Hiroaki, Flora and Roana, Hiroaki begins to look at Cosette’s back while thinking how he can get maids as a bonus that comes with Liselottle making her a target even more appealing, Celia stays with Aria in the room that they used for their conversation right now.

Liselotte guides Rio to her room, Rio ponders if it is really fine to enter the room of a young noble alone and without any maid, he thinks that not entering may be the same as not answering the trust that Liselotte placed on him and enters, Rio sits next to a table while Liselotte makes tea for the two, Rio asks her how she makes tea, and Liselotte answers that makes them from time to time if she’s alone and that it may not be as tasty as how Rio makes his, Rio says he really wants to try the tea made by her and Liselotte says to him to not raise the pressure, when the tea is ready she sits with Rio.

Liselotte asks Rio what he wanted to say to her before, Rio says to her that he has a message from Satsuki for her, that they have to set a meeting somehow for when they will be able to eat japanese food together, they begin to discuss about who will come, where to celebrate it and when. They agree to two of them, Miharu and Satsuki have to be present, Liselotte wants Latifa to come too so she can finally meet her, she wants Aisia and Celia to be there because she wasn’t able to thank them for their help on the day of Amande’s battle and she’s fine with Sara, Ouphia and Alma coming too if they want to, that Satsuki must be curious too about what kind of friends Miharu made in this world.

Rio explains to Liselotte how it’s a little difficult for Laifa to meet with nobles due to certain circumstances of hers, that she specially doesn’t want to get involved with a certain noble from Beltram's kingdom, Liselotte says that she will make arrangements for her name and appearance to not be leaked to anyone outside of them, he explains to Liselotte too how he took Satsuki out of the castle a cuple of times during the evening party and that she already knows everyone else, Liselotte asked Rio how he did it and he said that he flew in the sky, Liselotte is surprised but she believes it, she asks now why did he told this to her, Rio says that because it would feel bad to make her the only left without knowing the truth and making everyone else lie to her, she says thanks while a little embarrassed, now she offers her house as a venue for the reunion, Rio says that it’s impossible to carry Satsuki between her house and the royal castle fast enough for the people there to not realize her absence, Liselotte says that she will bring Satsuki to her house after properly asking for permission and asks Rio when must the reunion be held, Rio says that in a month at the latest.

Liselotte asks him now if he needs help for transporting everyone and everything he needs for preparing the japanese food in her house, Rio explains the time space cache to her and says that it’s unnecessary, he then gives her some bottles of the liquor he made and some chocolates made by Miharu, Liselotte is thinking how is it that Rio has so many different things, people would kill for like the magic tool that changes the hair color, the demon sword and now this, lastly Liselotte asks Rio about Kota’s and Rei’s personality for deciding if telling them or not if she’s a reincarnator, in the end she decides to not tell them by now, she explains to Rio too how she and Aria faked a book with her knowledge from earth by making it look ancient and use it as her excuse in case someone unreliable discovers her secret, then she sees Rio of until the room’s door where Chloe and Cosette were waiting.

Liselotte says to Chloe to guide Rio to his room, when she is left alone with Cosette she begins to complain about not being the one guiding Rio, she begins to asks Liselotte about her conversation with Rio, why did they need to be alone in her room with him and if she is aiming to Rio too, Liselotte says that she doesn’t remember doing something that says that she favors Rio, Cosette says that inviting a man alone to her room is already something that says that she favors that man, Liselotte says it isn’t like that while wondering embarrassed if she really gives that impression to Rio and what does he think about it, then she goes back to her room until the dinner time.

Cristina and Huguenot entered a room and after preparing tea for them Natalie left them alone, Huguenot is celebrating in his head Charles’ and Alfred’s capture, he begins to compare the pros and cons of having Cristina as Restoration’s leader, he laments how she isn’t someone thats easy to use as he pleases like Flora but that that has its own demerits too but he’s decides to try and lead her decisions in the best direction for him as much as he can when Natalie leaves, Huguenot praises Cristina for capturing Charles and Alfred, Cristina says that that it’s Rio’s achievement, Huguenot insists saying that it was Cristina who got his cooperation, Cristina says now that Rio and his friends won’t cooperate with them anymore, that they just helped her this time because of Celia, and says to Huguenot to give up on them, that as long as Celia stays with them he won’t be their enemy but that if someone tries to use Celia in anyway for tying him to Restoration he will become their enemy so he has to make sure that no one makes a stupid move and does something undesirable, that if they insistingly try to invite Rio to Restoration it will have the opposite effect too, she then asks about any important event that happened before she joined Restoration, Huguenot informs her of the engagement between Flora and Hiroaki and that he already announced it to François, Cristina begins to lament in her head that she didn’t make it in time for stopping the bad things and the loads fall over to Flora while Huguenot wears a sarcastic smile saying he was able to do things his way.

Celia and Aria begin to drink the tea that Aria prepared for the two and talk between them, Aria says she is relieved now that she knows that Celia is safe, she asks to Celia about her relationship with Haruto, Celia denies in a fluster to have that kind of relationship with him and asks Aria if she found a boyfriend herself, Aria says that she didn’t and they begin to sigh together.

Hiroaki is now seated in a sofa seated with Flora and Roana in each side of him, he’s very close to Roana while flirting with her while Flora is a little distanced from the two, Hiroaki  notices that Flora wasn't joining the conversation and he asked why, Flora made the mistake of honestly saying that she was worried about the things that happened Rio and Cristina during their travel, this was the end for Hiroaki's patience, then he began to think that Haruto is calling the attention much more than the heroes and that he needs to lower his evaluation someway or another.

Even though he came all the way to Amande to see Liselotte why does she prefer to be with Haruto, and just the two to make it worse, I wanted to get closer to the other girls too, damn Haruto, is he showing off, coming with a different group of cute girls everytime, Cristina too, even though I invited her personally she didn't come, it seems that there was several important things to talk with Huguenot, and there will more chances to talk with her from now on, or is she a girl that can't read the mood too?

In the middle of his grumblings he begins to think in a duel with Rio, but just how can I win, because Hiroaki saw Rio fighting he knows he's strong even if he doesn't like it, he properly won in close combat to Satsuki and Takahisa, but those two didn't use their magics, the bow bastard too, he just lost because he made the mistake of entering that bastard's range, yes it was just that, if I make it a long distance fight his swordcraft will be useless, he then goes to look for Rio.

Rio is in front of his room and receives the key from Chloe, then he asks her where is the girls’ room, he knocks their door and Sara lets him in, when Rio enters the girls tell him that after arriving to Amande they will separate from Rio and go back to the rock house because they believe that if they go to Rodania they won’t be able to avoid the invitations of every nobles there, Rio understands and says that it’s fine, that they already helped him more than enough even to the point of getting hurt, Ouphia says her wound is healed already and that he doesn’t need to worry about it, Sara says that if she hadn’t taken Rio’s martial arts lessons they wouldn’t have won against the mercenaries without using spirit arts, Alma says too that they wouldn’t be able to win against Alfred while pretending that the spirit arts came from their weapons, Rio says that at that time it’s fine to fight seriously, that protecting the existence of the spirit arts while important, protecting themselves takes priority, that he doesn’t want to see them wounded again, they thank him a little embarrassed while commenting how seeing Rio so angered wasn’t typical of him but that he looked cool at that time and four years ago when he killed that wyvern for Latifa’s sake and Rio says to them to stop jesting while a little embarrassed.

Now Aisia materializes next to Rio and asks if everyone is fine, she says that Latifa and Miharu were worried about them because of the battle in the frontier, they explain to Aisia that everyone is healthy and ask her what happened with the soldiers after they left, Aisia says that they went to the closest fortified city, they say to Aisia that Sara, Ouphia and Alma will go back to the rock house tomorrow, Aisia says that then from tomorrow on she will be Celia’s escort, Aisia goes back to the rock house and now the girls ask Rio about his conversation with Liselotte, he explains them how they made an appointment to meet in her house and eat together, they want to go to but in the end they won't do it because they think, if they do make an exception with their rule of not meeting human nobles it will be difficult in the future to reject such preposition, after little more talk Hiroaki enters the room and challenges Rio to a duel with the excuse of needing the help of a rival strong enough for testing his powers, Flora says to Rio that it is fine to refuse because it’s something very unreasonable from them, that they didn’t even informed Cristina, Hiroaki curses Flora in his head for saying unnecessary things, Rio realizing that all of this is just Hiroaki’s whim decides to accept because he wanted to gather information too about how powerful a hero is, but he puts as condition that Cristina has to agree to this and to set the time and place for the duel herself.

Later, after the dinner, Cristina asks Rio to come alone to a room with just her and Flora, she asks Rio if he accepted the duel because he really wanted or because it was difficult to refuse to Hiroaki’s petition due to him being a hero, Rio says he isn’t doing this due to obligation and asks Cristina if there is a problem with them having a duel, and he will reject the offer if there is, Cristina denies it and begins to explain how she already understood fully what kind of troublesome personality Hiroaki has, Rio asks if he must lose the duel, Cristina denies it and says that it’s the opposite, that she wants to correct Hiroaki’s personality already and because of that she needs Rio to win against him, that it’s something embarrassing to have to asks something like this to Rio but she doesn't have anyone else to rely on for this, Rio accepts Cristina’s request and leaves.

When left alone with just Flora she talks with her too, Flora asks Cristina how was Rio from during the travel, Cristina says he was someone incredible, and asks Flora who is Rio for her, after pausing a moment Flora answers that he is her savior, Cristina asks her what does she want to do for him then, Flora says with a sad face that she can’t do anything for him, Cristina says her that that is fine too, that if she can do nothing for him it would be better to not do anything instead of causing him troubles forcing herself do something in return, Cristina thinks now that Flora probably discovered Rio’s identity too and for the same reason than her, she says to her too that now she's engaged and that she can’t pay so much attention to another man, she thinks that a sister like her doesn’t want to say this to Flora even if it’s the right thing as a princess, she thinks too that part of the reason of Hiroaki’s displeasure is that he realizes Flora’s true feelings, she says now to Flora that she can talk to her if there’s something worrying her, Flora says that Cristina is incredible for being aware of her surroundings and percieving the people around her, Cristina says that she isn’t that great, that she just became good at observing people, that the only one she really understands and cares about is Flora.

Chapter 4: Yamata No Orochi
The next morning the magic ship taking all the group to Amande makes a little stop in a lake near Amande for the duel, the audiences are Celia, Sara, Ouphia, Alma, Lizelotte, Cristina, Flora, Roana, Huguenot and Lizelotte's maids.

Hiroaki and Rio are standing in a plain a little away of everyone with Aria that will be the referee between the two, Aria is making sure they understand the rules, then Hiroaki says that he wants to add one more rule, he says that it is in consideration for Rio, he says that he wants Rio to be allowed to run to some safe spot if during the fight he considers receiving his attacks too dangerous but that if he does it it's his defeat, Rio accepts the new rule, and while they're taking a 100 m distance before the beginning of the fight Aria is thinking that by Hiroaki's words he may be thinking in launching some full-scale attack since the beginning, that the scale off this battle may be fairly big because it will be a fight between the hunter and the beast.

Hiroaki just at beginning of the duel makes the five-headed water dragon appear convinced that Rio would just run away from it after finally understanding the real power of a hero, that the girls would stop liking him when he shows them his shameful appearance running away from him, Sara's group comments he created a big event really fast, Cristina doesn't like to see that Hiroaki can do this much, she thinks that her petition to Rio of crushing his pride may be more difficult than she thought.

Rio doesn't move an inch, Hiroaki thinks you aren't running Haruto-san, he makes one of the heads to shoot water at Rio but fails to shoot, because he understood that shot wouldn't touch him as Rio hasn't moved yet, Hiroaki thinks, you aren't running yet Haruto-san, he makes all the heads attack Rio at the same time, while watching all the heads approach Rio and still he doesn't move yet he wonders, is he is just an idiot or can he tank the hit? As expected from the black knight.

Because of Hiroaki's attack everyone lose sight of Rio, Flora thinks that maybe Hiroaki's attack defeated him and they have to go help him urgently or he may die, Sara tells her that such attack will never be able to touch Rio, after that he appears unharmed next to Hiroaki, warning him than an attack that makes you lose sight of your opponent will just create a lot of fatal openings.

Hiroaki is scared of seeing Rio there, they begin to exchange sword attacks but he can't go through Rio's defence that just parries all his slashes with one hand, Rio begins to provoke him, someone that just relies on strength and speed will never reach him. Are you saying my swordcraft is bad. No, what you're doing isn't swormanship, Rio just stays like that for some minutes, receiving easily Hiroaki's attacks without countering them to make him realize how useless he is in close combat.

In the audience Huguenot is surprised of how perfectly Rio handles Hiroaki and how bad he's at fighting, Liselotte thinks that Hiroaki is just too weak for being Rio's opponent, that this way he won't be able to make any excuses if he gets defeated, she wonders why Rio is prolonging the fight, as that doesnt seem to suit his style, she wonders if Cristina asked him to do so the previous night when she asked her to borrow a room to talk with Rio, she thinks that Huguenot doesn't seem to know it would happen this way, but she isn't sure because Cristina and Huguenot aren't the type to show it on their faces.

The action changes to Rio goading Hiroaki to fight with all he can muster by saying "again, hero-sama, last night you said me that you were worried about not being able to control your power well at certain times if you don't test it against someone strong you will not get an answer so I accepted that request, feel free to show that power whenever you want."

Hiroaki is pissed and he raises the degree of body strengthening and moves his sword faster and stronger than before, Rio just receives his attacks without countering again to show him how useless it is again, Hiroaki raises the body strengthening further, Rio that didn't need to raise his body strengthening says to Hiroaki he is really easy to fight with because his attacks are very simple, without faints, or pace changes, he isn't mixing in magic either, Rio begins to advise Hiroaki and that pisses him off, but he begins to do a little like Rio told him to do and to mix magic with his attacks, Huguenot sees this and he wonders if Hiroaki is improving, Sara says to him that Hiroaki is improving because Rio is leading him to do so.

Hiroaki keeps slashing at Rio while mixing some water attacks in between, but none of those touches Rio, he separates from Rio to try again the multi-headed dragon water attack because he feels this time it will be better than before, this time the water dragon has seven heads and each of them is bigger than before, they're moving better than before too, Hiroaki sees that and gets completely carried away.

Rio thinks that Hiroaki is a troublesome person, far from losing his pride it becoming more stubborn, he decides that he needs to end the fight now, because if he prolongs the fight more and lets Hiroaki become stronger than where he is at, he is going to use his own big attacks for winning, Rio runs to where Hiroaki is from the front while dodging Hiroaki's attacks, when he's near Hiroaki he throws a little wind to the water Hiroaki is controlling to use the water spray as a smokescream, when Hiroaki can't see, Rio puts himself behind him and put his sword in his neck, duel ends.

Rio was going just to wait there with his sword in Hiroaki's neck until Aria comes near them and declares him the winner, he notices the shock of the defeat made Hiroaki lose control of his magic and two dragon heads are going the audiences way, he says to Hiroaki to stop his magic but he doesn't react so he begins to run there to protect the audience, he destroys one dragon head and Ouphia the another one.

Chapter 5: Now to Rodania
After the duel’s end the magic ship arrives to Amande and everyone goes to Liselotte’s house, Charles’ and Alfred’s interrogation begins, Charles finally admits having made a secret pact with Reis about how to deal with Proxia’s attack to Beltram’s north region, now Rio tries to get information about Lucius from them, Charles gets really nervous hearing the name Lucius, it seems his family was somehow involved in the fall of Lucius’ house but there weren’t any details about it, Alfred who was acquainted with Lucius at the time when both were candidates to the king’s sword says that Lucius’ case was lizard’s tail cut, that a group of families more powerful than his made his house fall to not let his house overtake theirs, he talks about Lucius’ personality being already to his personality now back then but they don’t have any information about Lucius’ whereabouts.

Huguenot and Liselotte take Charles to another room and continue interrogating him together and Alfred is left alone with Cristina and Rio, they talk about why was Alfred helping Charles, the same conversation than in the WN, Rio guesses that Alfred wasn’t really sure about the meaning of the king’s orders due to them being vague and confusing and he is being caught in a tight spot due to some kind of threat to his family, Cristina sees Alfred’s reaction and thinks Rio must be right.

A little later Sara, Ouphia and Alma leave Liselotte’s house to go back to the rock house while Rio, Celia, Cristina, Flora, Vanessa, Kota, Rei, Lizelotte, Huguenot and Roana see them off, seeing them go Huguenot begins to think about how dangerous Rio could be if he is antagonized. Rio himself is already powerful enough, Aisia is supposed to be as strong as him, then there are even more strong people gathering around him like Sara, Ouphia and Alma. He has a good relationship with Liselotte, Satsuki and King François of Galwarc, so a bad move on him may result in having all of them as enemies. He’s thinking now that Cristina’s decision about how to deal with the relationship between him and Hiroaki and to keep a safe distance with Rio may come from her looking in to the future, but he still decides to try to make him connected to Restoration one way or another. Everyone sleeps in Liselotte’s house that night for going to Rodania tomorrow.

The next morning, Restoration’s magic ship lands in Rodania, where Cristina is welcomed by the rest of the nobles from Restoration. That evening there’s party for welcoming Cristina (really similar to the WN). On one side, all the nobles greet Cristina and Celia. They ask how Cristina met with Celia who has been missing since her kidnapping at the wedding in the capital. On the other side, Rio surrounded of girls trying to make a pass on him by Huguenot’s orders. In a corner away from the crowds, Rei and Kota were enjoying the food when two nobles with their daughters approach them and talk for a while.

After the party Rio and Celia drink tea together for a while in Rio’s room, Aisia joins the conversation and they begin to talk about how Aisia will be Celia’s escort while Rio goes to the Proxia empire and how Rio wants Celia to receive in his instead the house that Cristina wants to give to Rio, Celia refuses strongly and says that she will rent a room for Rio after making a proper contract, Rio now gives to Celia the money that they didn’t use during the travel from the money that Celia’s father gave him + some extra added by Rio, Celia promises herself to check with her father later how much money he gave to Rio and to return this to Rio someday, now Rio gives to her the magic tool that amplifies the magic’s strength and that has stored Rio’s magic power for Aisia’s use in case of emergency, now Aisia asks why Rio stopped using honorifics with Celia, Rio explains that because it was impossible to call her sensei in front of Cristina’s group, Aisia smiles a little hearing the explanation and now Rio says her to keep watch around Celia’s room that night.

Chapter 6: Brief Time Holiday
The next morning, Rio and Celia are guided to the house that will be given to Rio in Rodania, Celia moves in that day and Rio by Celia’s insistence moves in too a day later, two days later Kota and Rei visit Rio and Celia for asking them for advice, Kota says them that he intends to become an adventurer and Rei says that he got himself a girlfriend and asks them for advice about to treat a girl of another world when she becomes your lover. Four days later Rio visits Cristina and Flora and says to them he will leave Rodania today, Cristina gives him a brooch with her crest for using it as a pass when he comes again to the city, she tells him to visit them if he can when he comes back to the city but depending on the date they won’t be in Rodania because they still have to go to talk with François about the army that appeared near the border, after a little more of talk Rio leaves.

Aisia guides Rio to the rock house where he talks to Latifa about Liselotte’s invitation to her house, Latifa says that she wants to go, then everyone goes to the house’s living room, there Latifa asks Rio why he doesn’t use honorifics anymore with Celia, Rio says again that he couldn’t call Celia as sensei in front of Cristina, Latifa now says that it gives the sensation that they’re closer to each other now, that because Rio never used honorifics with her she can’t feel that and she’s envious, now she says that the others are envious too and that they want Rio to stop using the honorifics with them too, the girls doesn’t confirm or deny but look slightly embarrassed, Miharu’s face gets really red while she wonders in her head why for her being called just Miharu feels different from being called Mii-chan.

Rio changes the topic now to duke Huguenot being the most likely the one who ordered Latifa to kill Rio, that if Latifa wants to see Celia in the future to avoid completely the contact with him may be impossible, he asks her too if she will use an alias during her visit to Lizelotte’s house, Latifa says she won’t hide her name from Lizelotte and that she will everything to her in the future, Rio stays three weeks in the rock house and then goes to Lizelotte’s house for the reunion that happens in the first drama CD, three or four days later he goes with the girls on the picnic from the second part of the second drama CD, lastly another three four days later he goes to Proxia’s capital.

Interlude: Consultation
Proxia’s castle, at the same time that Rio arrived to Rodania, Lucius’ subordinates are informing him of his defeat while scared and surprised because of his change in appearance, when Lucius hears that Reis fought against Rio he is really angered and gets out running and looking for him.

Reis and Nidor are talking when Lucius arrives screaming that Rio is his prey and why did Reis fought against him when interfering with him is supposed to be forbidden, Reis puts some excuse and begins to talk about Rio’s power level, he says that he thought that Rio’s level would great hero one thousand years ago, but now he thinks his level awakened hero and if handled wrongly he may reach the transcends, he promise to Lucius that he will have a chance of killing Rio but he will have to do as he says by the moment, Lucius goes back with his subordinates and says them to prepare all teleport magic tools that they were given until now.

Chapter 7: Darkness of Proxia Imperial Castle
Rio arrives to Proxia’s capital, at night he sneaks in the castle through a hole in the barrier covering it, he explores the castle for some time until he is attacked by Nidoll in a place that looks similar to a coliseum, Nidoll uses a great black sword that shoots black flames and Rio uses two daggers, at the beginning Rio parries all of Nidoll's attacks and hits Nidoll with his three or four times by each time that Nidoll swings his sword, but due to the toughness of Nidoll’s clothes he can’t cut his body, after dodging a coup of masses of dark flames Rio counterattacks Nidor’s flames with ice spirit arts, when Nidor loses sight of Rio he puts a dagger in his neck and asks him about Lucius’ location, Nidoll says to Rio to go to visit prince Duran in the Paladia kingdom if he wants some clue about Lucius, then Rio runs away from the castle.

Chapter 8: Whereabouts of Amethyst
Three days later, Cristina and Flora went together to visit king François to explain him about the army that appeared near the border, and apologising for the troubles it caused to his country, because gathering ones army near a national border can be considered an act of aggression, and now they're drinking the tea with just the two and Vanessa as their guardian in their room in the magic boat in their way back to Rodania.

They talk about several things, they're happy because they can at least go back to Rodania and put an end to the whole Charles mess, they talk about make a holiday the next day and about inviting Hiroaki and Roana too, because since he lost against Rio he went back almost completely to being a hikikomori that doesn't leave his room, only letting Roana in and when he goes out he talks mostly to Roana.

Arain, Lucci and Ven enter the room to kidnap them by Lucious' orders, first they defeat Vanessa, but just after that they received Cristina's magic, they endured it thanks to their demon swords and play dead until Lucci sees a chance of putting the magic sealing collar on Cristina's neck and captures her, then Cristina ask them why are they kidnapping them and Lucci answers that their boss wants them pull a certain person's feet for him, Cristina tells them what a bad taste and after that they teleport Cristina and Flora to forest in Paladia Kingdom with a magic tool, then they escape with another magic tool to not be noticed by Reis and finally Hiroaki heard the noise enters the room running but only to find Vanessa unconscious on the ground with a knife on her stomach.

Epilogue
A few hours later, Celia is walking towards Cristina's office for greeting her and Flora after their return, Aisia materializes next to her saying that she feels a strange presence, then Reis appears before the two.