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Renobe ZERO'S FAMILIAR
The Kingdom of Magic
Chapter 1: I am a Familiar
"Who are you?" The girl asked, as if she had stepped out of the blue sky behind her, gazing intently at Saito's face. Dressed in a white blouse under a black vest and gray trousers under a black raincoat, she bent down and seemed to be puzzled, peering into Saito's face.
I absolutely didn't like what I saw in this guy. He's kind of preoccupied and totally fucked up. That's why he came into my portal to summon a familiar. On the stage, created by light pink hair and skin so white that it seemed transparent, the main role was played by gray eyes.
Saito was lying on his back on the ground. He raised his head and looked around. A lot of people with black cloaks draped over their shoulders looked at him in surprise. Well, my classmates are shocked. Not only did this spell not work properly for me, but the commoner also fell out.
A plain covered with dense grass stretched around. In the distance, a huge castle built of stone could be seen. Well, the Tristain school of magic simply amazes uninitiated people.
The boy lay down on the grass again and said:
"Who... I am Hiraga Saito."
"Where are you from, commoner?" The teenagers gathered around, dressed in the same uniform as this girl, were holding some objects that looked like sticks in their hands.
I've been trying to find out more about this asshole who poked his nose into the portal. I've been sleeping in the body of Louise le Valliere for five years now. Initially, we lived in a body together, but at some point after another magical catastrophe, which the girl was capable of, I live in Louise's body alone. And I have full control of my body. Unfortunately, I only have my combat and alchemy skills left. Oh well. I managed to transform back into a dragon at least two years ago. Because of the magically active body, because when I was Shepard, I still couldn't do it, even though my body underwent a transformation after Torfan.
The guy was lying on the grass in silence, looking at us in shock.
"Louise, after summoning a commoner with the Summon Helper spell, what are you going to do?" someone asked, and everyone except me, who was staring intently at Saito's face, laughed...
"I was just a little bit wrong!" I shouted in a graceful voice that penetrated everywhere like the ringing of a bell.
"You keep saying that you made a mistake, don't you?"
"That's why she's Louisa the Nootie! Someone said, and the crowd burst out laughing." Yes, my name is Louise now. And what. Damn, the name Jane was fine with me. I still couldn't remember my name as a dragon hunter.
"Mr. Colbert!" I exclaimed.
The crowd parted, and a middle-aged man appeared. Saito was amused. After all, the man had too unusual an appearance for a modern person. The idiot still didn't understand where he was or in what sense.
My mentor was holding a large wooden staff in his hand and was wrapped in a robe as black as night. Saito decided to keep a low profile until he realized the true state of things.
I couldn't stop talking in desperation. "Let me try again!", "Well, please! Well, maybe there will be a cat at least this time?!" I said, waving my arms noisily.
"What do you want? Miss Valliere."
"Here! Please allow me to make the call once more! I won't make a mistake this time." And all this freaking Emptiness. The chaotic little girl. I was unlucky with the summoner.
The man in the black robe, who was called Mr. Colbert, shook his head:
"It is forbidden. Miss Valliere."
"Why is that?! He's just a commoner."
"That's the custom. When you are transferred to the second year of study, you summon a familiar. That's exactly what's happening today. We're all here to summon our familiars."
"So what? You know that I have all the magic through my ass." That's why the other magicians treated me quite leniently. It's a good thing I have magical abilities at all, otherwise my father actually thought that my mother had been out with her guardsman.
"Based on the appearance of a familiar, you will be assigned future qualities and, in addition, a special training program that you will follow. You cannot change a once-summoned familiar. After all, the Familiar's Spring Summoning is a sacred ritual. Regardless of whether you like it or not, there's nothing you can do about him becoming your familiar."
"However! I've never heard of a commoner becoming a familiar!"
As soon as I said that, there was laughter all around again. I glowered at the crowd. Nevertheless, the laughter did not stop. Yeah, it's been a long time since I've been in the face of my classmates. Although it didn't look serious, a girl in armor and with two blades against a sorcerer. Although the same Gish took a lot from me at first, until he calmed down.
Saito realized that he was in an extremely difficult situation.
"It's a tradition. Miss Valliere. Exceptions are not allowed. He..." Colbert pointed at Saito "An ordinary commoner, it seems, but since he is called, he must become your familiar. At all times and throughout the world, there are no examples where a person has become a familiar, however, the rules of the Familiar's Spring Summoning ceremony in this case are more weighty than all other rules. He won't be able to avoid becoming your familiar. Enter into a contract.
"Such a fucker..." my shoulders immediately slumped. "I was hoping at least for a cat or a toad."
"So now, continue the ceremony."
"what? With him?" I still couldn't believe the injustice of the world, even though I should have gotten used to it in five years.
"Exactly. Hurry up. The next lesson has already started, hasn't it? How much time do you think you spent on the draft? Over and over again, making mistakes over and over again, you were eventually able to make the call. Listen, make a deal faster!"
"That's right, that's right!" there were shouts from the crowd. "We're already late as long as we can delay."
Feeling awkward, I stared at Saito's face.
"Hey," I called out to Saito gloomily.
"Yes?"
"You, be grateful to me. Because in your entire life, nothing will happen that a noblewoman will do for you now."
I closed my eyes, resigned to the fact that the whole class was staring at us. Damn, kissing him in front of everyone now. His concern is clearly going to skyrocket. And it's not just him, Guiche might start hitting on him again.
I waved the small wand in my hand in front of Saito's face.
"My name is Louise Francoise Le Blanche de La Valliere," I said my Tristan name. "A pentagram that controls the five elements. Give this person a blessing and make him my familiar."
I began to chant the words of the spell loudly. She lightly touched Saito's forehead with her wand. Then she slowly brought her lips closer.
"Wh-what are you doing?!"
"Listen, just don't move." I said wearily, sounding annoyed.
The guy's face came closer.
"Wait, that's me, being mentally prepared and everything else..." The boy was fussing. His face twitched.
"That's it! Didn't I tell you not to move!"
I firmly grabbed Saito's chin with my left hand. And she pulled him to her.
"what?"
"mm"...
My lips connected with Saito's.
The touch of my soft lips made Saito even more confused.
Saito lay there, unable to move. Damn, not only am I kissing an incomprehensible commoner in front of everyone, I'm also lying on the grass. Well, my clothes are enchanted against dirt.
I pulled away from his lips.
"It's finished."
"I'm the one who's confused. Not you at all! To suddenly pounce with kisses!" However, I was completely oblivious to Saito.
It was as if the kiss had never happened. He surrendered to me, if it weren't for the tradition of kissing a familiar before signing a contract, nothing would have broken off for the guy.
"You've made countless mistakes with the Summon a Henchman spell, but you've managed to accurately execute the Contract with a Henchman spell", Colbert said with visible joy on his face.
"She managed to conclude a contract because her partner is a commoner."
"If he turned out to be a high-level mystical animal, she would not have been able to conclude any contract."
Several students laughed and said similar phrases.
I scowled at them. So I won't sell any more potions to you two. Buy from licensed alchemists for a high price in the city.
They sell my potions there, too, by the way, but I'm usually too lazy to go to the city. I have a few regular customers at the academy and a bunch of random ones who urgently need to: "Well, you can make us a potion, it's urgent... Well, Luisa."
"Don't make a fool of me! After all, I do everything right from time to time!" What's most unpleasant is that the dragon charms that relate to void magic here are working fine for me, but the elemental magic is full of seams.
"Exactly that `from time to time'. Louise-Zeriza," A girl with beautiful curly hair and freckles on her face spoke mockingly.
"Mr. Colbert! Montmorency Wet insulted me!"
"Who are you calling `Wet'?! I am Montmorency the Fragrant!" Come on, darling, finally challenge me to a duel. I'll add another light right now.
"There were stories that you used to pee in bed when you were a kid, weren't there? `Wet' suits you better!"
"How dare you say that?! Louise is a Zero! Although you yourself are zero!"
"Well, finally challenge me to a duel, Wet!"
"Go to the forest, I won't fight with you, crazy warrior. I'm a witch, not a warrior, unlike you.
"Hey, listen up! Nobles should respect each other." The middle-aged magician Colbert calmed the two quarreling. Damn, I was hoping she'd challenge me to a duel. After the next chopped-up body of a magician in the infirmary, they simply forbade me to challenge the first students to a duel. And the royal chancellery looks askance at ordinary fights between nobles.
"Ahh! Aaaaaaaaa!" The boy jumped up involuntarily. "It's hot!"
I spoke in a tone of irritation:
"It's over now. Wait, that's it. It's just the Familiar's Runes that are being engraved."
"Don't engrave anything! Why are you mocking my body?!"
"You got into the portal yourself, you idiot. Do you think it's acceptable for a commoner to talk to a noble like that?"
However, the burning only lasted a few seconds. Then his body calmed down again.
"Oh..."
Colbert approached Saito, who had fallen to his knees, and checked the back of his left hand. Previously unseen writings were intertwined there. To be more precise, is it writing? A never-before-seen drawing resembling a writhing snake.
"Unusual runes," said the middle-aged man. Saito persisted in thinking that we were just pretending to be magicians. "Okay, everyone's going back to the auditorium."
Colbert turned on his heel and took off into the air. I looked at the teacher with envy, and with a sigh, I put my wand away, I'll have to run damn, or walk, this elemental magic has given up on me. Anyway, I can't do anything because of the emptiness. All of my spells work as combat spells. That's also why they're afraid to duel with me, because they know that I can use something as simple as a combat spell.
Saito stared at it with his mouth agape. All the other students from our group also took to the air at the same time.
Saito was looking for the cables. I was looking for a mobile crane. However, the surrounding area was too open. There was no visible equipment for performing tricks and tricky tricks anywhere. The guy sat with his mouth open and stared at my flying classmates.
The entire floating group flew like feathers straight towards the castle-like building made of stone.
"Louise, you walk. I'm afraid of you when you let out your wings. There's nothing to scare people."
"She won't even be able to perform a Levitation spell correctly, let alone a Flight spell." Montmorency, you'll definitely run into me when the teachers aren't looking. You've been pushing yourself for half a year now, but I don't have the patience for steel.
"This commoner is very suitable for you as a familiar!"
"You'd think your toad was much better, Nels."
Laughing at me, my classmates flew away. Well, let them laugh, I remember the most talkative ones, and I'll do nasty things to them quietly. Why is Kirche just arguing with me instead of running into me? Because I got it in my freshman year. Sometimes I even ask her to help me heat the bath water. At least the servants wash their clothes. Although she only heats the tub for a couple of passes with a stick, it's still fiery.
The only ones left were Saito and me.
As soon as we were left alone, I sighed.
Turning to the boy, I shouted in a loud voice:
"Who are you anyway?! Horny asshole, what do you mean, you want to make out with that chick again?!"
`Is she reading my mind?!' The boy thought dumbfounded.
"At least explain something!"
"Horror, I don't know which wilderness you came from, but I'll explain everything to you."
"The wilderness? It's a wilderness all around. Tokyo is not such a backwater like here!"
"Tokyo? So, which country is it? Did you even come from Earth?"
"Japan. Well, yes, the Earth."
"It's fucking simple. Is she around here or something? So, what's the year of our Lord?" Well, maybe it's not that bad, and the Reapers aren't here.
"2006. You're kidding! And why are they flying in the air?! You saw it too, didn't you?! They flew! Those people!"
However, I remained completely unperturbed.
— In this world, flying mages and ships are the order of the day. The Albion continent is floating in the air.
"Magicians? What the fuck is this place?!" Saito shouted, grabbing my shoulders.
"The continent of Halgenia. The State of Tristain! So this is the famous Tristain Academy of Magic!"
"The Academy of Magic?"
"I am a second-year student, Louise de La Valliere. The third daughter of the Duke of Le Valliere. And from this day on, I am your mistress. Remember!"
The strength left Saito's body.
Because he had a terrible, nasty feeling.
"Well... Louise.
"What else?"
"Was I really called?"
"Didn't I tell you? Countless times. I've already got my teeth full. Accept it already. Because I'll accept it too. Eh, why is my familiar such a jerk with neither combat skills nor magical abilities? It would be great if it was something more stylish and cool. Dragon. Or a griffin. Or Manticore. Or at least an eagle. Or an owl. I was counting on the cat at all. A warm, fluffy cat. Their world is not far away.
"Dragon or griffin— what do you mean?"
"Oh, if one of them could become my familiar, that would be great. That's what I mean. But that's not going to happen anymore."
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