[Summoning Contract Detected]
[ Contract Holder: Aria Ryuka ]
Initializing System...
[ Dragon Armament System Activated ]
[ Summon Rank: ??? ]
[ Classification: Dragon-level entity ]
Seiya could hear the voice of the system in his mind while he held Aria like... well, like a princess in his arms. He looked at her, noticing her silver hair, her blue eyes, her small proud nose, and lips shaped like a heart. His heart beat a little faster for a moment before he looked around him.
Aria looked at the young man holding her. She had not fully understood what had happened, but she could feel the connection with the black-haired young man holding her. She knew he was her summon. She could feel her mana connecting with his through the pact that had been formed.
Just that single strike he had delivered had used a large amount of her mana to be executed. Normally summons could only use a portion of what the master allowed them to use, but her summon did not seem to have that limitation.
" You... " she spoke in a softer voice.
Seiya looked at her with a small smile.
" I don't really understand what is going on, but you are the one who called me, right? My name is Seiya, Akira Seiya. "
' He even has a name. '
" Thank you for appearing, Seiya. You can put me down now. "
He did so, placing her back on the ground. She could still feel the firm grip his arms had on her body as he released her.
" Miss Aria. " the professor spoke. " Control your summon. We will continue the summoning ritual once I verify the rank of this... of your summon. "
The professor raised his hand toward Seiya, who felt something approaching him.
[ Unrecognized mana is attempting to invade your body. ]
[ Allow / Deny ]
Seiya smiled and waved his hand to the side. The professor's mana aimed at him was cut off, and the recoil of that mana bounced back toward the professor, who felt a sharp pain in his hand.
" That... "
He showed an irritated expression for a moment before returning to normal while writing something in his notebook.
" Human summon, Rank F. Next. "
Without ceremony, it seemed that the professor was not much of a fan of the princess.
" Hoho... Princess, it seems you are quite hated here, aren't you? " Seiya said while looking at the gazes of the classmates around them, though he could not care less about it. " Don't worry. I'm here now. "
He looked forward without focusing on anything specific and could still see the system screen from earlier.
' That man would not be able to see my rank anyway, not even I can... '
Even so, he was surprisingly calm about the entire situation.
During the teleportation to this new world, Seiya had received partial knowledge about the world he had been summoned to, along with a few pieces of information about the princess who was now his contractor. It was something meant to prevent monsters from attacking their masters and was also part of the contract.
" Professor, I request permission to leave today's class. " Aria said politely.
The professor simply waved his hand as if telling her to leave already.
She then pulled Seiya by the hand and led him to another area of the academy. After walking for some time, she sat down on a bench in a more isolated part of the school where few students passed by, then calmly looked at the young man beside her.
" You... where are you from, Seiya? "
" Not hard to answer. I was doing some shopping one moment, and the next I appeared in front of you. "
He looked into her eyes while giving a slight smile.
" I'm from another world. "
She opened her mouth for a moment and then closed it while thinking about what she had just heard. Unlike summons, masters did not gain basic knowledge about what they had summoned.
" You... I need your power. Can you help me? "
Seiya shrugged.
" I'm already here, princess. What else could I do? And besides, I'm angry at your classmates... so if I beat a few of them it would be good for me too. "
He looked around before approaching Aria, placing a hand under her chin and slowly leaning closer.
" And after all... you summoned me. So I guess I'm yours now, princess. "
Aria could feel the warmth and breath of Seiya, and her face quickly turned red after hearing the young man's words.
Then suddenly
SLAP!
Seiya took a few steps back while laughing loudly. His face hurt from the slap, but he somehow felt he deserved it.
" S... Seiya. I have many enemies, and even within my family there are people trying to kill me. "
He nodded.
" I remember you saying something about conquering the world while you were summoning me. "
Seiya shrugged.
" Then let's do that. After all, apparently I'm the strongest dragon you summoned... even if I used to be human. "
He looked at his hand, opening and closing it. Walking toward the wall, he threw a quick punch.
The air moved, and the wall cracked from the impact.
Seiya looked at his hand again as he opened and closed it.
" If everyone is against you, then I'm with you. "
Seiya sat beside Aria and let out a long sigh. He had not eaten yet, but he no longer felt hungry, as if something was feeding him.
Looking at the princess again, he focused his eyes more.
He could see a connection between them, something like her mana constantly flowing into him.
' So that's how it works. I'm using her mana to sustain myself. '
" Princess, I want to test something. "
" What would that be?... We are still inside the academy... that punch was already pushing it. "
" Cut the mana you are sending to me. It seems like you're sweating a lot because of me. "
" What do you mean? If I stop you will disappear and I will have to summon you again! And yes... you consume a lot of mana... Fortunately I have royal blood, so I have more mana than most mages. "
" Just try. "
Aria sighed and closed her eyes, focusing on cutting the mana connection with Seiya. She was not cutting the contract itself. Normally when they cut the mana like that it was to cancel the summon.
The mana between the two slowly decreased until... nothing.
[ Mana connection with Host severed. Beginning mana extraction from atmosphere. ]
[ Mana Breathing E acquired ]
This happened the moment the mana stopped flowing from her to him.
Aria opened her eyes and saw Seiya still sitting beside her with a smile.
" Just like I thought. I'm apparently a very incredible dragon. "
" How is that possible? "
Seiya shrugged.
" I don't know. But it works. "
However, he felt somewhat strange. His body returned to its previous sensation.
Seiya looked at his hand, opening and closing it, then stood up again and walked toward the wall that still had the mark of his punch.
" No Seiya! "
He pulled his arm back and then launched another punch at the wall with force.
PAH!
A groan of pain came from Seiya as he crouched down holding the hand that had struck the wall.
Then he looked at Mana Breathing E and opened its description.
[ While Mana Breathing E is active, the user's physical capabilities will scale according to the level of the Mana Breathing skill. ]