Arnest Flaming

Arnest Flaming (アーネスト·フレイミング Ānesuto Fureimingu) is the main female protagonist of the manga Eiyū Kyōshitsu and the top student of Rosewood Academy, a member and the eldest daughter of the House of Flaming.

Appearance
Arnest is an attractive, young female with red eyes and long, vermilion hair that extends up to the middle of her back, usually tied from the back with only two bangs left hanging from the side of her face. 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 was almost always seen flustered around Blade.

History
At the age of 6, a young Arnest, curious as she was had somehow got a key which leads to the room the cursed sword Asmodeus was sealed away. Merely approaching the sword, Arnest was instantly consumed by it's curse, which changed her hair color from black to red (vermilion more precisely). 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.

Plot
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 student's casual chattering when she was stopped by Claire, a lower grade student who tells her about a change in schedule.

Arnest is then easily infuriated when Claire speak 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 but 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 which Blade easily evades to her surprise, 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 explains Blade's situation and asks Arnest to help him in his daily school life after revealing that he's the new president of the academy. 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 more.

She then appears in class angered while keeping an eye over Blade who tells Leonard that she's his 5th friend, she glared at the two males then approaches them, towering over Blade and telling him that it's time for the next class, training class and 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, which Arnest responded to saying it's twice as tough but falsely corrects it to 3 times. Blade then destroys the armor along with the school's magical barrier to her disbelief.

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, she 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 saying 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 is also dangerous, saying that they should just slay him. Arnest responds that she won't allow the demon to do as it pleases.



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 seen next in the school's cafeteria in her own table 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 as they continue chatting, she tells him that she's avoided by the other students but Blade wasn't paying attention, inviting Claire and Jessica over who refuse which further annoys Arnest. Blade asks her with a sympathetic expression if she's being bullied which she denies, telling him that he's awfully casual, talking to her after what he did, peeping on her in the bath, dragging the other students' attention to them however, she quickly calms down.

Arnest proceeds to admit Blade's skill and power, struggling to say that he's easily the top of the Top-Grade, apologizing 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 which caused her to stutter, Blade confirms her question saying if they weren't they wouldn't be eating together and that he's very grateful for her. Continuing to say 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, 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, deciding that she doesn't and prepares to eat from her plate when Arnest stops his hand, saying that she changed her mind before going back to her room.

She tackles the owl in her room, 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 when a student walks in on her flustered, taking the documents and quickly storming out of Arnest's room yelling.

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 defeats several students along with Sophie with very minor injuries however, she was heavily fatigued as proven by Blade.

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. It's 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.

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."

Trivia

 * She seems to have a disliking to the House of Flaming, even though she is it's head.