Chapter 1: You Are My Contracted Spirit Part 1 In a quiet forest where the sun's rays shine through the leaves*Splash—* -the sound of water resounded through the trees. Kamito opened his mouth wide in shock and stood stock still. There was a girl. In front of his eyes was a naked girl. On top of that, he thought, she was a cute girl. She had large eyes with ruby pupils and lustrously moist cherry-red lips. Her white skin was as smooth as milk and dazzling. Her beautifully slender legs disappeared below the water surface. However, what caught his eyes more than anything was her blazingly crimson red hair that clung to her gorgeous, porcelain-like body. However, she was naked. Stark naked. "..." Kamito felt a cold sweat begin to form on his back. Not good. Naked is not good. ......Speaking of which, he ought to run away. The rational part of his brain was certainly telling him to run. However, his body wouldn't move. It was as if he was enchanted. The scene was just too surreal. The girl—
Her moist and beautiful eyes blinked as she looked at the intruder who had appeared quite suddenly. Her expression was blank. It seemed like she had yet to fully grasp the situation. She had not even covered her small, developing breasts yet. *Tick.* A water droplet fell from the young girl's bangs. With that sound, Kamito finally regained his senses. "Ah— Err...," Kamito stumbled over his words. He tore his gaze from the naked girl who was still standing motionlessly.
"I guess I should say...this is a huge accident, ok? It is definitely an unfortunate accident for the both of us..." At this time, the boy made two fatal errors: The first was that he started to stumble through making excuses. The best choice for him, of course, was to take advantage of the fact that the girl was dazed and run away immediately. And the other error was— "Even though this is an accident, I have seen you like this. I must apologize." Up to this point, he was still fine, but then he continued... "However, don't worry. I am a healthy boy, but I don't have that kind of interest." Looking at the young girl's developing chest, he said— "I have no interest in the naked body of a kid." He stepped on a gigantic landmine. An icy silence fell. The girl slowly raised her arm, red hair coiling around its length.
Her shoulders shook slightly. It wasn't because she was cold, however, Kamito was oblivious to that fact.
"Sixteen—" The girl's delicate lips mumbling something, and Kamito lifted his eyebrows. "I-I-I am sixteen!!!" The instant she yelled this, the young girl's red hair stood on end. "Huuh!?" Kamito opened his eyes wide in surprise, "Sixteen!? For real? A sixteen year-old with such a pitiful chest—" He quickly covered his mouth. It was already too late. "Unforgivable," the young girl said in a low, cold voice, "D-Definitely unforgivable......you-you-you peeping demon, pervert, lewd beast!" "You're quite knowledgeable to know words like lewd beast," Kamito replied as he narrowed his eyes. At this time, he noticed that the trees were making a low, whisper-like rustle.
Is that the wind? he mused, No, that'sGuardian of the crimson blaze, keeper of the undying hearth!Now is the time to abide by our blood contract; come forth and do my bidding! From the young girl's lips sprang an incantation in the language of the Spirits. At that instant, accompanied by the sound of air rushing into a vacuum, a whip of flames manifested in the hand of the girl. An Elementalist! Kamito realized as he stared at the girl. An Elementalist controls something that exists from a different dimension apart from this world; a place called «Astral Zero». Elementalists were princess-maidens, girls who have made contracts with the spirits living in that other place.