The Mitsurugi household was given the important task of guarding the demon gate by the emperor. Mitsurugi Sora, who was the heir of the family, was called on to take the trial ceremony at the age of thirteen. It’s a trial that he must overcome in order to learn the phantom blade style that was pa.s.sed down the Mitsurugi household from generation to generation. The other seven pupils of the same age have all pa.s.sed. Now only Sora remained. His father, brother, fiancee, and brothers and sisters in arms were all watching over him, as Sora’s trial ceremony solemnly began&h.e.l.lip;