Sepakai (GXG) (GIRLXGIRL) (GL)

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Chapter 11: Royal Academy
Section 8: Battle on the Bridge Part 2
“Now, release the bonds of this world!!”

Plumseed-san already proved with her magic that fire is an effective weapon against the slimes. In that case, there’s something I can do too.

“The Goddess Illya overwrites reason as commanded by Iris Calvafon!”

I’ve been learning the basics of magic from Grandpa Ferdinand since I was young. So I know how to picture the flow of magic power and how to alter that stream.

I set my lips upon my ruby, pouring magic power into the ring through my kiss. And so my ring instantly transformed into a grimoire.

“Absolute law established in the name of the Almighty. Long forgotten tower perched atop the solitary island of a distant sea. Princess of Life who illuminates the world, spread your wings to the summit!!”

Their numbers had been reduced, but there were still a few cavalry fish that remained, and all of them turned their attention towards me. They were hungry after a long winter, and so now that fresh prey had finally shown itself with the advent of spring, they charged forward to ensure it would not get away.

However with their reduced numbers and sporadic attacks, it was impossible for them to get past the twenty barriers I had set up. Whether they were throwing their spears or their own bodies, it was all repelled by my magic circles.

“W-What is this……. Magic, shields?”

“Oi, don’t move from that spot. And shut your mouth. Iris will protect you.”

Lapris cut Plumseed-san off before she could cast another spell, letting me continue my aria uninterrupted.

“Subjugate those who would disrupt the peace with your sweltering flames! Grant us the divine protection of rekindled ash!!”

As I continued to recite the words that swam across the grimoire’s pages, a brilliant second sun began to form overtop our heads.

“My life, my name as a step, come forward…….Phoenix!!”

At the call of her name, Phoenix’s temporarily tiny body morphed into something with the solemn grace worthy of a princess. Elegant and refined, she calmly hovered up in the air, waiting for my command.

So I turned my eyes downwards and pointed my finger.

“……Iris Calvafon commands my winged one. Reduce it to embers.”

The target was the exceptionally large water slime. It was an especially greedy specimen, having already swallowed dozens of boxes of food and was still making its way over to the next carriage.

Phoenix’s cry shook the air as she spread out her wings. Waves of heat reached us all the way down here, toasting the surface of our skin.

The massive water slime also noticed the intense heat and switched its focus away from the carriage. The top of the slime began to swirl and open up like a flower in bloom before several ivy-like tentacles shot out from the top in an attempt to snatch Phoenix out from the air.

But the heat wore away at the tentacles as they extended farther and farther into the air, thinning them out more and more as the liquid they were made up of evaporated away. Ultimately, what was left burned up, reduced to white charcoal before crumbling away in the wind.

Victory between Phoenix and the slime was decided the moment the battle began.

Phoenix swooped down, finishing the fight as soon as her sharp claws broke through the slime’s outer membrane. The burning hot scales around her legs protected her from harm as the radiating flames burned away the acid in the blink of the eye.