Volume 1 (Light Novel)

First published in Japan on September 7, 2018, this is the 1st volume of the Reign of the Seven Spellblades light novel series.

Original Japanese Synopsis
A MAGICAL BATTLE FANTASY OVER THE SPELLBLADE OF FATE!

Spring—.

Once again, new students are coming to Kimberly Magic Academy this year, wearing black robes alongside a white cane and cane-sword strapped to their waists. With both pride and his mission in his chest, the young children mages are greeted by a parade of cherry blossoms in full bloom and magical creatures; in the hustle and bustle, Oliver, while interacting with the freshman around him, notices a girl: a samurai girl with a Japanese sword at her waist. The story of the two magic swords is about to begin.

Official Yen Press Synopsis
FROM A CLASH OF SWORDS, AN UNSHAKABLE BOND

Springtime at Kimberly Magic Academy brings a new batch of first-year students, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as they begin their journey to become full-fledged mages. Among these newcomers are Oliver Horn, a studious boy equally skilled with the wand and the blade, and Nanao Hibiya, a strong-willed samurai girl from the distant nation of Yamatsu. The wheels of fate bring these two souls together at Kimberly, where they become both comrades and rivals in equal measure. However, lurking within the academy's halls are countless dangers and dark secrets guaranteed to threaten not only their friendship-but their very lives...

Prologue
On a certain moonless night, a woman was being attacked by six mages. A giant claw moved out of the blackness to snuff out her life but she easily fended off the claw with the two athames in her hands; the second she tried to go on the offensive, a black mist threatened to engulf her and she moved away on instinct, however, she was unable to fully escape and the mist touched her shoulder. Immediately afterwards, a triple-incantation fire spell was launched at her and she easily blocked it but just then, a tumor began growing on her shoulder. Without hesitation, she cut it away before the massive earthly hands of a golem threatened to squash her flat; she easily dealt with that as well. Suddenly, she was locked in place by a mysterious power and assaulted by a giant fist, however, she did not just simply take the hit: she severed the giant arm from its main body. Just when all hope was lost, she was saved by another girl. She thanked the girl but was then stabbed in the back; with her dying breath, she mutters, "Emmy...?" The other girl professes her love for her and swears that no one else will have even a single sliver of her soul.