Chapter 13

Happiness' Form is the thirteenth chapter of the Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuutan manga.

Summary
Misunderstanding Ikki's words of mimicking Kaito as an issue, Ayase almost gets angry at Ikki, until Ikki points out the issues of the gender. He specifically explains about the difference of the male and female and how mimicking Kaito is dampening Ayase who is a female due to their different bodily function.

Ikki then suggests a posture correction but still ask for Ayase's permission as correcting that posture would undoubtedly remove Kaito's swordsmanship from Ayase. Ayase remembering a past event, agrees to the change in poster and accepts Ikki's proposal, claiming that she needs to become stronger. Ikki then immediately starts to correct Ayase's posture much to Ayase's shock and embarrassment due to having Ikki touching her.

Ikki then notices how embarrassed Ayase is apologizing to her for his rudeness which Ayase retorts back saying that Ikki's hand reminds her of Kaito and she loves boys that can devote themselves to something before realizing her the potential misunderstanding her statement could cause. Apologizing to Ikki, Ayase almost breaks the new stance as Ikki grabs her and tells her to concentrate.

The two then starts training with the new stance that Ikki corrected, with Ayase noticing the increase in response speed, Ayase becomes surprised over how much her response speed has improve, and being extremely pleased with her astonishing improvement due to Ikki's teaching. Ayase then thanks Ikki for helping her get over the issue she was facing for two years, as Ikki becomes glad that he met someone similar to him and even helped her off her problem.

Meanwhile, Stella jealously looks on as Shizuku insults her with Nagi telling Stella that she's on a different level than Ikki, thus there's nothing for Ikki to teach her, which Stella admits and wonders if she's narrow minded for being jealous. Stella then ask Shizuku if she's okay with Ikki teaching Ayase. Shizuku merely replies that Ikki is just teaching Ayase swordsmanship. She proceeds to tell Stella that her love for Ikki isn't a simple monopolization but a wish for Ikki to be genuinely happy even if that partner is not her.

Shizuku, however, immediately retorts back that she believes no one can accomplish that aside from her while noting that most students in the school aren't strong enough while Stella is too skilled to receive lessons from Ikki as opposed to Ayase which she is thankful to Ayase for. Stella then claims that Shizuku is very mature despite being small as they start to argue again with Nagi looking on smiling.

Back in her room, Stella ponders on Shizuku's words and starts hallucinating over a non-existing problem before saying she wishes to kiss Ikki.

Characters

 * Ayase Ayatsuji
 * Ikki Kurogane
 * Stella Vermillion
 * Shizuku Kurogane
 * Nagi Arisuin