Kazehaya Kamito

Japanese name:	カゼハヤ・カミト
Nickname:	Ren Ashbell

The world's only known male elementalist. Have dark hair and eyes and about 16 years old at the start of the story. He forms an incomplete contract with the sealed sword spirit, Est, while responding to a summons from the director of Areishia Spirit Academy.

Before being summoned to the Academy he was raised as an elite assassin by the Institutional School where he was conditioned to become an emotionless shell in order to make him a more controllable (and disposable) tool. However, his life changed after meeting the spirit, Restia. She taught him about the world outside of the school, and, in the process, rekindled his emotions. The Institutional School was attacked and destroyed by a rampant fire spirit which allowed him to escape, along with the sealed artifact (a special ring that belonged to the first Demon King) imprisoning Restia. An encounter with Greyworth, before she became the director of the Academy, further changed his life. She taught him various sword skills including special techniques effective against specific types of opponents e.g. demon spirits, multiple enemies, lone elementalists etc. He specializes in two sword fighting and tires more quickly when fighting with only one hand. The assassin skills and astonishing agility Kamito learned at the Instructional School coupled with the sword skills taught by Greyworth make him a fearsome sword fighter.

Three years before the events of the novel Kamito participated in the Blade Dance in drag under the name Ren Ashbell and won the title of the Strongest Blade Dancer. He wore a wig and an outfit (for girls) from what is believed to be his homeland as his disguise. He is constantly reminded of this embarrassing episode in his life as many girls admire Ren Ashbell for not only her skills but also because it was apparent that she was fighting for another. Since Ren Ashbell is such a prominent role model to many of the maidens at the Academy, Kamito tries to avoid using his better-known techniques to avoid revealing that everyone's favorite idol is really a boy, usually unsuccessfully. His attempts at subterfuge are aided by the fact that, as Ren, he wielded Restia (as a black sword) with his left hand (now covered with a glove), and he now wields Est (a white sword) with his right hand. Fianna discovered his secret during the previous Blade Dance and now uses this knowledge to occasionally blackmail, tease, and even cover for him. For some reason, with the exception of Ellis' older adopted sister, Velsaria Eva Fahrengart, no one has noticed that his eyes are the same as those of Ren Ashbell.

Kamito has two contract spirits. His first contract spirit is Restia, a Darkness spirit, whose Elemental Waffe form is the Vorpal Sword (The sword that pierces truth) with the special ability of destructive lightning. The contract symbol for her is on the back of the left hand and was formed when she kissed him right before the Instruction School sealed her up in the ring. Kamito won the Blade Dance using Restia but is unable to recall how he was separated from her as his memories from that time are unclear. Restia has been acting independently from Kamito for the past three years since they separated, the contract seal remains and will burn whenever she is nearby. Although she can detect his location, he doesn't seem to be able to detect hers. His second contract spirit is Terminus Est (The demon slayer). Her contract symbol looks like two crossed swords and appeared on the back of his right hand. This later changes to a sword crossed with a crescent moon. He initially enters the current Blade Dance to be reunited with Restia, and then later to have Est become a True Holy Sword instead of a cursed Demon Blade.

It's unknown what magic or abilities he received from being contracted with Restia, but his contract with Est allows him to: conjure blade weapons (he rarely uses this ability, probably because the conjured swords are always inferior to a waffe), have a body as durable as steel, and vastly increased regeneration/recovery. Due to the large divine power consumption required to use either of his sword spirits coupled with the extreme physical exertion required of his stronger moves Kamito is unable to fight at peak levels for extended periods of time. Although his body is naturally able to recover faster than normal, even without a contract, Kamito is also naturally resistant to Holy spells, which unfortunately includes healing spells.

Kamito's life at the Academy is rather taxing. The girls' feelings for him, which, coupled with wildly exaggerated rumors and misconceptions about him, often gets him into situations that he doesn't quite understand and results in those girls who catch him 'red handed' punishing him using magic. Despite the fact he never instigates any of these incidents, he is always the only one deemed responsible for them. The result of these hijinks is that Kamito becomes known as the 'Demon King of the Night' (and eventually daylight and noon). The irony of the situation is that if Kamito had actually done even a fraction of the perverted stuff he's rumored to, neither he or the girls he 'soiled' would be pure enough to use their contracted Spirits. Despite this inconsistency, the rumors about him are considered fact by numerous Intelligence agencies including the Draconian Empire who first wanted to castrate him to protect innocent maidens, and then later changed their minds to wanting to seduce him, with the hope that the resulting children would inherit his abilities.

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