Light Novel Volume 14

Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuutan Light Novel 14 is the fourteenth installment of the Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry light novel series, written by Riku Misora and illustrated by Won. It was released in April 2018.

Summary
"Desperados striking each other!"

''"Yaksha Princess", you are the same as me. A monster hiding under human skin!" ''

''As Ikki and Stella each advancing forward in their battle, the battle between two Desperados, "Yaksha Princess" Nene Saikyou and "Haboob" Naseem, is also getting more intense. It is a battle between both strong people that give everything they have in order to force the other admit defeat while acknowledging each other's abilities. While in the middle of it, Nene remembers her encounter once before with her most worthy rival "World Clock" Kurono Takizawa who she sharpened herself with during the KOK League. Meanwhile, the battle in which Stella and the others are within the "Puppet King's" range has also entered a new phase.''

''Each past and memory is becoming clear. The 14th volume where their decision and resolve as knights are tested, and are above the line between life and death!''

Chapters
Intermission: Sorrow Rain

The scene takes place during a rainy night years ago. Nene is waiting in the middle of a street without an umbrella, and then Kurono arrives while under an umbrella. Nene says that she heard from Nangou that Kurono is finally getting married and congratulates Kurono. Though Nene is genuinely congratulating Kurono, her eyes are filled with anger. She then says that she doesn’t understand why Kurono has to retire from the KOK A-League because of that. The next match will be between Nene and Kurono, and Nene is looking forward to settle the score they were unable to fulfill during the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival. Nene asks if Kurono has become afraid and Kurono says yes. Nene then angrily grabs the collar of Kurono’s suit and asks her why even though she’s Kurono Takizawa the “World Clock” and ranked 3rd in the world. Kurono drops her umbrella during that moment and explains while looking down. She says that she’s not afraid of Nene or herself. After the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival, they heard from Nangou and Ryouma that someday they will surpass the limit of their soul. While she was forging herself in order to settle her score with Nene, she saw an image of herself just one step away from passing through a door. She understood that passing through the door will enable her to overcome the fate given to her and it was necessary in order to fight Nene. It was also the same thing Nene saw when she was forging herself for her rematch with Kurono. However, while she was about to pass through that door Kurono heard the voice of her lover Takumi from behind. She realized that achieving “Brute Soul” won’t guarantee if she will remain human and if meeting Takumi was her fate as a person then she doesn’t want to throw it away, including her future as Takumi’s wife. Kurono explains while caressing her lower abdomen. She then says this is her limit and she can’t move forward anymore, and so she decided to retire from the KOK. Nene realizes even though Kurono feels guilty, she doesn’t regret her decision. Nene protests, saying that Kurono’s wish of becoming Takumi’s woman must be a mistake because they had so much fun when they fought in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival. Kurono agrees that giving all of her life to defeat her opponent was fun and felt really ecstatic. However, Kurono can no longer fight like that because she has found something more important than her life and pride. As shown in a pic, Kurono apologizes while bowing her head which causes Nene to have a pain look on her face and tells Kurono to stop because she doesn’t want to look down on her like this. Knowing their paths will never cross again causes tears from Nene’s eyes to flow together with the rain. The next day, Kurono officially announces her retirement from the KOK.

Chapter 19: Showdown between Demonic Beings

In the present, the representative battle between the terrorists representing Cradleland and the team representing Vermillion is leaning towards in favor of Vermillion. 4 people on Vermillion’s side are still standing while only 2 people on Cradleland’s side are left. However, it is still far from over since Cradleland’s side still has their main forces which consists of Or-Gaule who is capable of putting an entire country under his control and Naseem Al-Salem who possesses power that has destroyed many countries. While Iris Ascarid is facing Or-Gaule, Nene is facing Naseem. Nene and Naseem remain at the same place where Naseem released his Noble Art that blew everyone else far away during the beginning of the battle. After they released “Jibakujin” and “Mictlan · Tormenta”, Nene then uses “Kokutou · Yatagarasu”. Her Device “Beniiro Ageha” is a pair of iron fans and a gravity blade is formed on the closed fans with the appearance of a black light that is over 3 meters long. Nene makes an elegant dance movement that is similar to a Noh dance while swinging her sword towards Naseem. Nene’s fighting style is combat dance, which is a combination of her mastery of dance movements and the swordsmanship she learned from Nangou. Her sword dance only uses her senses and doesn’t require thought intervention to deliver a series of fast attacks like Ouma’s “Amatsukaze”. But unlike “Amatsukaze”, Nene’s fast movements don’t require fixed patterns and so it should be impossible for her opponent to read them. If Edelweiss’ sword technique is said to be the pinnacle of techniques, then the combination of Nene’s rare battle sense and aesthetic sense can be considered the pinnacle of talents. There shouldn’t be a way to sever this sword dance. Nene launches slashes towards Naseem but they are all intercepted by jabs from Naseem’s left hand that is protected by his gauntlet-shaped Device “Toxcatl”. Even though Nene has a reputation of being superior at close combat even in the A-League, she maintains the length of her gravity blade to deliver slashes from a certain distance. It is because she’s being cautious of Naseem’s right fist that can deliver his finishing move “Dead End Blow”. Naseem’s right fist which has destroyed a number of countries and killed a lot of people is even capable of crushing Nene’s “Hadou Tensei” in just one hit, so it’s natural that Nene doesn’t want to get close to him.

As Nene tries to maintain distance, Naseem tries to get close to her. Naseem’s advancing speed is faster than Nene’s retreating speed so eventually he will caught up to her. Once Naseem is close to her, Nene adjusts the reach of her gravity blade and parries the barrage of Naseem’s jabs. The difference in their body height makes it easier for Nene to narrow down the trajectory of Naseem’s incoming jabs which are aiming at her head. Nene then uses her gravity magic to create a spatial distortion in order to twist the trajectory of Naseem’s jab and so he pulls back his left fist. But during that moment, Nene bends her body very low to attack Naseem’s ankle with her gravity blade. Naseem’s boxing style fighting has a weakness of leaving his lower body nearly unprotected. Nene’s attack should be unavoidable, but Naseem is able to stop the incoming blade by stomping on it. Naseem then uses his finishing move “Dead End Blow”, which his right fist is powered by his drying ability. He launches “Dead End Blow” in a form of uppercut that targets Nene’s chin, but Nene let goes of her stomped Device in order to dodge his attack. Nene then creates a distance from Naseem and gets her Device back in her hand using gravitational pull. They both end up back where they started, but Naseem is convinced that he’s the superior one in this battle.

(end of preview)

Chapter 20: Memory that Can't be Casted Away

Chapter 21: Unpermitted Wish

Characters

 * Stella Vermillion
 * Ikki Kurogane
 * Or-Gaule
 * Nene Saikyo
 * Naseem Al-Salem
 * Kurono Shinguuji