Arnest Flaming

Arnest Flaming (アーネスト·フレイミング Ānesuto Fureimingu) is the main heroine of the manga Eiyū Kyōshitsu, the eldest daughter and the next head of the House of Flaming. She is also the top student of Rosewood Academy and the current wielder of the demon sword Asmodeus.

Appearance
Arnest is an attractive, young female with red eyes and long, vermilion hair that extends up to the middle of her back. Before her liberation from the demon sword's curse, Arnest usually tied her hair from the back, pointing upwards with only two bangs left hanging from the side of her face. However, after liberating from the sword's curse, she abandoned the former hairstyle and began leaving her hair down. Before acquiring Asmodeus, Arnest had black hair which the sword's curse caused it's color to change.

She's usually seen wearing her school uniform, which consists of a white shirt covered by a light pink coat with buffed shoulders, a short skirt with black stockings and furry, white, winter boots with a black tongue. She also wears a belt around her waist to hold her cursed sword, Asmodeus.

Personality
Arnest is a strict and ferocious individual who holds great love and respect for her Academy, usually snapping immediately when anyone disrespects it in front of her. She also holds great dislike to her reputation and house and is always seen getting infuriated when others rank her above them, especially when they describe themselves as Commoners

Even though she could be described as scary sometimes, she does possess a gentle side, as shown with the owl delivering her house's message, and could be described as a person of moral, accepting to be killed if the sword's murderous nature surfaces and possesses her again.

Arnest also gets embarrassed easily, showing a rather unusual face when Blade calls her his "friend" and she didn't seem as confident as she usually is while her entire face was flushed. Since that moment and onward, she is almost always seen flustered around Blade.

History
At the age of 6, a young Arnest, curious as she was, stole her father's keys in order to check the room where the cursed sword Asmodeus was sealed away. Merely holding the sword, Arnest was instantly consumed by its curse, which changed her hair color from black to red (vermilion more precisely) which rarely happens, the very first head of the house being the only other one with the same occurrence. Consumed by the sword's murderous nature, Arnest went berserk and killed some of the residents of the House of Flaming before she passed out, waking up a while later in bed.

Transfer Student Arc
An owl enters Arnest's room, awaking her from her sleep. The owl turns out to be carrying a message from the House of Flaming which she throws away almost instantly before taking a shower and dressing up to head out to school. She is greeted to school by the students' casual chattering when a lower grade student, Claire stops her and tells her about a change in schedule.

Arnest is then utterly infuriated when Claire speaks highly of her and calls herself a commoner and scolds her for that, saying that just because she is a member of the House of Flaming does not mean she is higher than anyone else. She visits the restroom and washes her face, murmuring her thoughts when Asmodeus manifests behind her. However, he is quickly sealed away again and as she was exiting the restroom, she was greeted by Blade at the door, startling her.

Blade insists to stand in her way to the point where she couldn't hold in any longer and attempts to punch him with all her power. To her surprise, Blade easily evades the attack, making her question this mysterious guy when they were interrupted by the King who Arnest recognizes and immediately kneels before amidst the students exclamations, introducing herself as the eldest daughter of the House of Flaming. The King then reveals that he's the new president of the academy. explains Blade's situation and asks Arnest to help him in his daily school life. Blade offers a handshake but is turned down by Arnest who scolds him instead, only to be cut off by his odd goal which only angers her even further.

She then appears in class angered while keeping an eye over Blade who tells Leonard that she's his 5th friend, and after glaring at the two males she approaches them, towering over Blade and telling him that it's time for the next class, training class. Arnest escorts him to the training grounds where she cancels the class, saying that she will test Blade's abilities instead.

She gives him a sword and tells him to cut down a magical armor made of Mithril and Obsidian Alloy. If he fails to cut it he will have to withdraw the school and leave, thinking by doing this she'd be able to expose his true colors. Blade asks how many times is this magical armor tougher than a normal iron armor, to which Arnest responds by falsely saying it's twice as tough before correcting it to 3 times. Blade then destroys the armor along with the school's magical barrier, much to her disbelief.

Later that day, she storms to her dorm, furious about earlier and decides to take a shower to cool herself down, thinking back of what happened only to be interrupted by Blade who appears from the bathroom's window. Arnest quickly covers herself, calling him a pervert and a peeping criminal before attacking him with her cursed sword, which Blade easily stops with his bare hands and asks her about it, telling her that this sword is cursed. She questions how he knew and he responds by saying that he's encountered many items like it before, making it easy for him to recognize a cursed item like that just by looking. She denies it and asks him to leave before she kicks him out of the shower when Asmodeus appears again and tells her that Blade is interesting but also dangerous, saying that they should just slay him. Arnest responds that she won't allow the demon to do as it pleases.



Asmodeus Arc
The following day, Arnest remembered her past while training, telling herself to concentrate when she notices Blade correcting a student's swordplay which annoys her greatly. She is next seen in the school's cafeteria in her own table to which everyone refuses to sit at. Blade carrying too many dishes places them on the table and nonchalantly takes a seat to Arnest's confusion. She sarcastically comments that he's enjoying his school life and, as they continue chatting, tells him that she's avoided by the other students. Blade however wasn't paying attention to her, inviting Claire and Jessica over who refuse which further annoys Arnest. Blade asks her with a sympathetic expression if she's being bullied but she quickly denies it, telling him that he's awfully casual, talking to her after what he did, peeping on her in the bath, dragging thus the other students' attention to them before eventually calming down.

Arnest proceeds to admit Blade's skill and power, struggling to say that he's easily the top of the Top-Grade and apologe for accusing him of cheating his way into the academy. Blade ignorantly inquired if she really said that which she confirms. Blade tells her that whatever she's apologizing for is something he's already forgotten, meaning he doesn't really care about it that much so she needn't worry about it since they're friends. Arnest is surprised by his response, causing her to stutter and Blade proceeds to confirm her question, saying if they weren't, they wouldn't be eating together and that he's very grateful for her. He then continues by saying that he was worried about not making friends in the academy but when Arnest became his very first friend, he was able to open himself up to the rest of the class, and ultimately thanking her for helping him. Arnest stands up and walks away while Blade asks where she's going and if she doesn't want the rest of her food. Deducing that she doesn't, Blade prepares to eat from her plate when Arnest stops his hand, saying that she changed her mind before going back to her room.

Now inside her room, she tackles the owl, holding it tightly, and asks what to do, fancying over Blade calling her his "friend" saying that he's her first friend and wondering how she should interact with the latter the next day. Suddenly a student walks in on her flustered, taking the documents and quickly storming out of Arnest's room yelling, something that made the female blush even more.

Power and Abilities
As the top student of the academy, Arnest is said to be powerful enough to outmatch a professor. This is proven in the tournament when she defeated several students along with Sophitia Femto, sustaining only very minor injuries. However, it was later proven by Blade that she was actually heavily fatigued.

Also as a member of the House of Flaming, Arnest has an iron will which she developed to resist the demon sword's curse and keep it in check.

Equipment and Weapons
Arnest's main weapon is the cursed sword Asmodeus, which has been passed down through generations of the House of Flaming.

Asmodeus originally belonged to the first head of the House of Flaming. It was since then passed down through generations of the house until it was Arnest's turn to possess it. Its curse is so powerful, the former heads of the House had to develop a strong, unbreakable resolve to make sure it does not consume them.

With Asmodeus, Arnest is seemingly undefeatable for her own league. It can generate massive black energy balls that are capable of severely damaging the person used upon.

Trivia

 * Araki has shown his original designs for Arnest, Blade, Sophitia and Kufurin early before he started the light novel. The sketches showed Arnest and the rest of the main characters along with their structure including age, body types and heights.
 * In a recent popularity poll made by Araki, Arnest was voted by the fans as the second most popular heroine in the series with 15 points.

Quotes

 * (To Claire): "Would you please stop addressing me as"-sama"? You and I are students in the same school are we not? We maybe of different grades, but as we are both students, my standing should not be any higher than yours!"
 * (To Claire): "Calling yourself a commoner and acting so frivolously... Doesn't that make you stop and think? You're an embarrassment to this school."
 * (To Blade): "This school is not a place that admits halfhearted, irresponsible and unmotivated people!"
 * (To Asmodeus): "Silence! I won't let you do as you please."