Preface: Reisen Udongein Inaba is a character that has been through much development, from Imperishable Night, through to Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom, Urban Legend in Limbo, and Antimony of Common Flowers. For clarification, Reisen, in this story is from Scarlet Weather Rhapsody.
Segment 1: Prologue
Another morning comes again for Louise. The warm morning rays broke through the curtains to rouse the young lady. She woke up slowly, then sat up from the grand, large, and comfortable canopy bed.
She slowly stepped to the rooms mirror while slowly preparing herself for the school day ahead, while still slightly groggy from sleep.
She grabbed a brush from one of the cabinets that the mirror was on and brushed her slightly messy long strawberry blonde hair. She was still in her sleepwear and her eyes still weren't fully open.
A little later, open-eyed, she fetched her school clothes. A white blouse, a gray pleated skirt, black thigh-high socks, and a black cloak that now decorated her as a second year at the academy.
Putting on the blouse and later she tucked it in after pulling up her skirt and then fastened her cape on.
Now, almost ready she pulled up her socks, and slipped her feet into the black mary janes. The summoning ritual will be soon…
The most important ritual, for the second-years of the Tristain Academy of Magic. Louise studied the details.
Failure would mean expulsion from the school and whatever you summoned must be familiar. To attempt to do the ritual more than once was heresy.
I hope, that I might get a powerful familiar. Then after all of these years… I'll show them what a Vallière truly is! Those slightly sullened thoughts still held the passion she carried into school.
She has to be tough like her mother, she wouldn't be a blemish on the Vallière. Failure wasn't in her mind.
Fastening her cape and then stowing away her wand, the young lady Vallière left her room to the mornings classes.
Mostly classes were with her old teachers from her first-year. Most of the teachers didn't spare the young Vallière any attention.
As a result the classes had all gone by rather calmly. She'd mostly keep to herself studiously writing down note in her book with quill and ink.
Ignoring the jibes of her classmate, with some mild retorts directed to that red-headed breast-monster from Germania.
Often she'd just tell the teachers who would stop the teasing of the other nobles. She never rose her hand to answer a question. Only when called would she ever raise her voice.
Despite understanding much of the material. There was very little she could do with the knowledge of magic she received, despite being able to use the power.
As a result if she ever received any sort of attention, her peers would quickly tease her.
When the Vallière stepped into the room for her next class. She sat down a row away from the windows by herself on the edge of the row and prepared herself for the next lecture as the class filled in.
A new teacher, she'd hadn't been introduced to any new faces despite her start as a second-year today.
"Everyone, congratulations on making it to your second year. I am Mrs. Chevreuse, and I have been appointed to the Tristein Institute of Magic for the year.
My element is earth, and I am also known as Chevreuse the Red Moon. I will be teaching you earth-based magic for the next year." She went on.
"Now, everyone, what are the four major elements of magic?" A young man with fine features rose to answer.
"Ah-hah!" Crossing his right arm to his left. His rose hand in hand. "The four elements are Fire, Water, Air, and Earth!"
The teacher gave a polite nod. "Correct, could I have your name?"
"Also known as the Brass, I am Guiche de Grammont!" Then he brought the rose to rest, held in his mouth. "Please remember me."
Spoken with a slight swish of his hair. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Grammont." Chevreuse politely replied.
The Red Moon continued on the lecture while Louise quietly took notes. The teacher pulled out three gray stones placing them on the desk for a demonstration.
Pulled out own brass wand and held it above the stones. "Rel in Yan." With the chant, the stones glowed, and changed into gold colored stones.
"Is that gold?!" The red head quickly asked excitedly.
"No, it's brass." Her excitement was quenched. "Is that it?" The red head questioned quietly.
"I'll have someone try it now." Chevreuse looked over the class for a student. At random she stopped on the strawberry blonde that was by herself in towards the back.
"All right, you. You, over there." The teacher made her choice clear. Gasps and surprise came from other members of Louise's class. "Who are you?"
"Louise." She replied loudly enough to be heard by the teacher over the silent class. She stood up. "Louise de la vallière." Clearly spoken, she agreed to demonstrate.
A blonde haired, chubby boy. Malicorne, rose his hand. "Um, ma'am?" A bit stress of made its way into the young man's voice.
"I think it's better not to…" He continued, then the redhead stood up.
"It's dangerous!" She exclaimed arms supporting her as she stood at her desk. "If Louise is going to do it, I'll do it instead!"
Louise pouted, in frustration, and in embarrassment. Soon the emotions quickly melded into to anger as the Vallière gritted her teeth at the Germanians brazen interruption.
"Dangerous? How can alchemy be dangerous?" Chevreuse inquired calmly. "I'll do it! Please let me do it!" The young lady asserted herself with the declaration.
The class was stunned silent again. "Well said." The earth teacher nodded as Louise stepped to front of the class.
Then several students took cover and scooted away from the center of the class. One blue-haired girl stepped out.
"Louise, stop it!" The redhead gave one more attempt to stop the demonstration by Louise.
"Quiet. You're ruining my concentration." The strawberry blonde turned back to the redhead. Who now sat back down.
Louise now looked back at the stones on the table with her wand ready in hand.
The earth teacher instructed. "Think hard about the metal that you want to this into." Louise nodded.
Held her wand above the three stone. "Rel In Yan." Three stones shone brighter than the stones before as the young mage focused her attention and will on the stones. Light even made its way out of the rooms windows.
While this going on in the classes, in the academies central tower peace and boredom ate away at an older man.
"Another year has started with no particular problems." A wizened elder man mused from behind his desk.
"Yes, there's nothing better." His secretary replied curtly to this old man's musings. He continued on.
"As the institute's principal, I can wish for nothing more." He declared with some joy before he brought up his ornate, ceramic smoking pipe to his lips.
His secretary waved her silver wand and the pipe levitated from his hands. A puff of smoke came from his lips with a small sigh of word. "Dear me." He sat up.
"Taking care of your health is part of my job as secretary, Old Osman." The lady stated. The pipe came to rest on a small stack of papers on her desk, as she wrote on another piece of paper.
"Are you going to take away of this old man's very few pleasures, Miss Longueville." Osman walked towards Longueville. Feeling her up from behind.
"Please stop touching my buttocks." Came the request from the lady's lips while she continued focusing on her work.
The old man tottered about and muttered on about yesterday. "Please also stop acting senile when you're caught in a bad situation!"
Longueville stated. Though his rambling of yesterday brought a different memory to the Old Osman's attention.
"Come to think of it, tomorrow is the familiar summoning ritual for the second-year students!" The headmaster attempting to deflect away from the situation. "Damn old geezer." Longueville commented to herself.
The old man's own familiar jumped off of her chair.
"The familiar is a lifelong servant and friend, as well one's eyes and ears." He held his arm down, during his ramblings, to the floor for mouse to climb up to his shoulder.
"My familiar, Motsognir… " The mouse, motsognir jumps down to his masters held out hand and looks up to him "It's been a long journey together with you."
Old Osman, presented the mouse a present from his sleeve. A small nut with shell. The rat chattered excitedly. "Chuchu!"
The old man understood. "Oh, I see, white! White as snow!" Longueville blushed in embarrassment. Now a bit angry.
Osman went on. "I think Miss Longueville would look better in black than in white." The secretary came up behind him. "Don't you think so?" The remark from old Osman just caused her more anger.
"Old Osman, if you do it again, I will report it to the royal family!" Osman turned around declaring. "Fool!
Do you think I could would have this job if I was afraid of the royal family! That prudishness is also why you haven't been able to get married yet!"
The comments shocked the secretary who started kicking around the old man. "Ouch… I'm sorry, I won't do it again, really, forgive me…"
An explosion shook the school. "That was…" Old Osman knew. "I believe it's her again." Longueville said aloud. "You mean the third daughter of the Vallière family?"
Back in the classroom dust and debris clouded the air of damaged room. The teacher's desk had been entirely destroyed and the chulkboard had been knocked off of the wall partially.
The windows had been destroyed and student were now just coming out of cover.
Louise stood at the front of the class, her uniform damaged from the explosion. "This is what I feared!" The Germanian declared coming out from behind her desk.
"It looks like I screwed up a little bit." Louise said nonchalantly while wiping herself a bit with a cloth to remove some dust. "What?!" The redhead said exasperated.
Malicorne now commented. "What part of this is a little?" Guiche, who had ran out of the just before the explosion ran back into to get a jab in.
"Your success rate to date has been zero!" She hadn't had any success with magic. "Louise the Zero!" The germanian brought up the byname she had earned as a result.
Louise finished removing dust from her face before then looked down at her feet.
Miss Chevreuse, was unconscious.
Louise came out of the headmaster's office her eyes shut and began to make her way back the tower. Down the candle lit stairs she met a couple of her peers a few steps down from her.
"Hey, how was it?" The Germanian's voice opened her eyes. "Another trip to detention?"
The Germanian teased. "Or are you finally expelled? Just kidding!" Besides the redhead a blonde with ringlets laughed at the thought. Her blue-haired friend didn't participate.
Louise continued down the stairs. Past the two laughing young ladies. "I'm not being punished."
She calmly stated. "Why not?" The redheaded germanian asked surprised.
"They said it was partially the teacher's fault for making me do it after all the students tried to stop her." The Pinkette explained while calmly stepping further down the towers steps.
This explanation caused the blonde and redhead to continue laughing. "I just wasn't doing my best today." The vallière dismissed the failure.
"You're always having a bad day!" The Germanian continued jeering at Louise's failures. " You can't even get a real byname, Louise the Zero!"
Louise was slightly aggravated at that name. "Shut up!" She demanded.
"Tomorrow will be a sight!" The Germanian shut her eyes in a amused thought. "What kind of familiar will you be summoning up?"
Louise looked back up the Germanian with an ardor and determination she hadn't seen from the pinked hair girl before.
"As far as summoning spells, I'm confident in summon servant, if nothing else!" The two formally mocking her are shocked by tone from the usually quiet girl.
"Just you watch!" Louise continues, "I'll conjure up a familiar so divine, beautiful, and powerful, that it will be better than anything any of you can conjure up!" Before continuing down the steps.
"Hey, what do you think, Tabitha?" The Germanian quietly inquired to her quiet, bespeckled blue haired friend. "I don't know." Was the reply.
Leter, the young Germanian lady thought on and just dismissed Louise's claim as empty bluster.
In her room that night Louise puts on her sleepwear for the night before throwing herself onto the bed. She pondered over the word's she so ardently said to her rival.
Hugging a pillow the words echoed, I'm confident in summon servant, if nothing else!
Louise buried her face in the pillow. "I wish I hadn't said that…" She said to herself with some woe, some fear. Before later falling asleep.
So came the day of the summoning, all of the second-year students gathered in the courtyard out in front of central tower. Students volunteered to summon their lifetime familiar.
Most of the students were excited and quickly went to chant the ritual.
Louise however was bit back from the bulk of the group and sized-up the competition. She did say she would summon the most divine, beautiful, and powerful familiar.
One of her male classmates summoned a bugbear, a floating eyeball. Guiche with his summon, shook the earth.
A mole burrowed out of the ground. Making him its master.
There's nothing too spectacular yet. Thought Louise, the Germanian's blonde ringlet friend then summoned a small frog or toad. It certainly fits her. She counted that as a small victory.
Other students summons more mundane or just unusual familiar.
Cats, birds, and dogs were common. There were also snakes and other small animals.
Then came Tabitha. With her summon a dragon appeared in the courtyard.
A dragon!? Dragons weren't common, and this one appeared quite tame.
How can I beat a dragon? Louise really regretted her choice of words with the Redhead yesterday.
Said, Germanian eventually came forth and summoned a rare flame salamander. Louise shrunk back for a bit.
Ah, I won't be beat! She wouldn't use the usual incantation for the summoning. The Vallière would improvise her own chant.
"At the end, you obtained quite the familiar there, Miss Zerbst." The older teacher overseeing the ritual commented to the Zerbst.
"It fits my byname, Kirche the Fever." She calmly replied.
"Now, was that everyone?" The older teacher commented.
"No, we still have Miss Vallière to go." Louise came to attention from the back of crowd.
A slight pout from the Zerbst small jibe even now.
"Louise the Zero!" "What will she summon?" "There's no way she can summon anything!" "We'll just have another explosion nothing else!" Jeers and heckles came from her peers.
With herself ready to summon. She didn't let it visibly faze her. Now Kirche joined in. "After all that boasting, you'll summon something more amazing than this little guy, right Louise?"
"Of course!" She replies to her rival then starts. "Please… My servant, that exists somewhere in this universe!" The class was confused by her choice of incarnation.
"What's with that spell?" The blonde friend of Kirche questioned to herself.
"Well, it's original." Guiche responded.
Continued her chant, Louise continued, "My divine, beautiful, and powerful familiar! I wish and assert from the bottom of my heart… Answer my guidance!"
With a wave of her wand an explosion occurred kicking up a bit of dust.
Crossing an unimaginable distance the spell searched for a divine, beautiful, and powerful familiar.
The stand of magic interwoven with space, traveled much faster than even light.
A suitable familiar was found and a portal appeared to retrieve them.
The Hakurei border was easily bypassed by the empowered ritual spell.
This caused a gap youkais own familiar to perk up a bit, then dismiss an oddity that had seemingly penetrated the border without causing any damage. As nothing than just a product of her imagination.
After all no spell could be powerful enough to just pass through without doing some form of permanent damage to the boundary around Gensokyo and outside world.
In Gensokyo Reisen was busy through walking through the bamboo. "Another day where nothing happened."
The undergrowth was bit rough, however the rabbit was used to walking through rough terrain.
She'd finished her tasks today without any issue. She noted a strange patch of ground.
"Tewi." She decided to hop over the pitfall. She landed just on the edge of the hole.
Reisen knew Tewi would likely extend it to sides if she tried walking around. So across the pit would be the best option.
The only problem being is she didn't expect the distance across to be so long. The camouflage over the pit collapsed into it. Leaving a giant hole behind her.
The moon rabbit stumbled backwards a bit. Balance balance! Focusing on keeping herself upright and out of the pit she stumbled forwards into a previously unseen green portal.
"Eh?" The sensation was like sticking one's arm through water with strong surface tension.
Instinctively she tried pulling the her arm out. Then she felt herself being pulled in. "Tewi!"
She called out the culprits name. If it weren't for Tewi's stupid tricks Reisen wouldn't be stuck in this situation.
The moon rabbit made a mental note to get back at the earth rabbit when she got back. Not knowing exactly how long she'd be gone for.
Not saying she didn't resist the pull. Reisen dug her heels in and nearly won the tug of war, before one final pull from the portal threw her from her feet in through the dark void within.
With that portal vanished and with it, any trace that outside magic had ever made it across the Hakurei border.
It felt like an instant. Reisen could feel herself falling some distance. Out of instanct the rabbit uprighted herself against gravity and prepared to land.
With a bit of her own magic she blunted the landing somewhat.
Segment 2: The Summon
The dust was still clearing from the explosion.
"Just as expected…" A male commented while coughing. A male student had been knocked over by the explosions force.
Guiche too was having difficulties, coughing. "Are you all right, Montmorency?" The dust had cleared enough for him to the blonde girl, friend of kirche, knocked off of her feet.
Montmorency, didn't give a reply as she was stunned in silence. "Something wrong?" The second-year girl pointed forwards.
Louise herself was surprised and had to more closely investigate just what she had summoned.
Directly ahead of them. Louise had knelt down to examine her new familiar. Reisen removed the arm covering her face and eyes from the dust.
"This is my divine, beautiful, and powerful servant?" The young lady had questioned to herself quietly enough.
"What are you?" Asked the girl intently. Behind her was an azure blue sky. Clearly, the bamboo forest was now a long distance away.
Where am I now. Reisen questioned to herself. That portal had surely taken her somewhere.
The girl looked similar to Reisens own age, yet by actual age they're many years apart. Reisen took inventory of this girls clothes. She surely had brought her here
A block clock partially covering, a white blouse, that was tucked into a gray pleated skirt.
She knelt down, inspected and was astonished by the moon rabbits face. It was as unblemished as nobles own. She reached to touch the rabbit ears.
A gesture gently intercepted by the moon rabbit's hand.
Looking down from her familiars face Louise noticed the moon rabbits hair. Which was longer than her own. Rather notable as her own hair ran down to her mid back.
They even shared similar heights, not counting the rabbit ears.
A human. Reisen lied supine on the ground, she knew that magic has pulled herself away. Her red eyes met the humans reddish-brown eyes.
The humans mental wavelength is on the short end and steadily set. Her mindset slightly matches the warm strawberry blonde hair.
The facial features weren't those of Gensokyo, so this human must be a westerner. Some features however reminded her of Gensokyo so perhaps this human's not entirely western.
She must be have brought me here. She looks like she's in some type of strange uniform…
The moon rabbit sits up in wariza. She recollects the odd portal that had brought her here the magic had surely deposited her to this grassy green field.
The Vallière's interest in her familiar only grew, as she spotted the rabbit's tail that stuck out from the blue skirt that Reisen wore.
A crowd of people were curiously examining her, though the western castle caught the rabbits attention more. The design was entirely foreign to her.
This really must be someplace western. I'll need to ask. The others must be in the same group as her to share similar uniform…
To answer that question, Reisen looks around to the strawberry blonde girl. She answers. "I am a moon rabbit."
The strawberry blonde tilts her head at the odd response, the summoning ritual isn't supposed to summon familiars from Halkeginias moons. A moon rabbit. I don't think she's lying…
This familiar was truly something extraordinary. I might need to ask her which moon later.
Murmurs came from the crowd. Then the Louise continued with another question. "What is your name?" So many questions. I'll need to a bit information myself.
Kirche who had goaded Louise hadn't actually spoken.
Reisen replies "Reisen Udongein Inaba. Now, could you tell me your name?"
"Louise Françoise Le blanc de La Vallière. Reisen Udon-udongein, Inaba?"
What a strange name. To Vallière it almost seemed like a nobles name. Just a petty one.
At this point the crowd parted, revealing a middle-aged man. Ah, that must be a leader of this congregation. Reisen assumed.
The moon rabbit eyed the wizard as he eyed her back, his hand carries a large wooden staff, obviously a wand for his magic with black robes covering him mostly.
I am sure that this place must be for off from Gensokyo and even the moon. There wasn't any chatter across the psychic network she could usually come in contact with.
The wizard seems to be pretty laid back judging from his long mental wavelengths. The rest of these humans seem to be so varied with their wavelengths as well… I should just play along and see where this goes without causing trouble.
"Louise, finish the summoning ritual. The familiar you've summoned seems to be safe."
Summoning ritual, I am going to be that human girls familiar. Reisen's mind thought the possibilities.
She looks back at Louise who's still staring at her with curiously. What will she do?
"Hey, Reisen." Louise addressed Reisen.
"Yes?"
"I am going to finish the ritual. Please stay still." Reisen watches, as the final steps of the ritual unfold, now unsure if she should just go along with this act.
She waved around the wooden wand in her hand.
"My name is Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière. Pentagon of the Five Elemental Powers; bless this humble being and make her my familiar."
She repeated those words words over and over, for the magic spell, and touched Reisen's forehead with the wand. Her lips then slowly draw closer with back at Louise's side.
This is when I can break away from this. If I do, I'll end possibly incurring the wrath of those human wizards.
While Reisen is in thought Louise draws closer to finishing the ritual.
Not only will anger this human, I'll anger them all. I can figure out a route to return to Gensokyo and Eientei return later.
"Mmm…"
Louise's lips touched Reisen's.
So this ritual is done. What an odd way to finish a summoning ritual. The touch of her soft lips langered just for a moment.
To a lunarian and a pet as Reisen previously was, a kiss didn't have much worth.
Louise removed her lips. "It is done."
Her face is all red. I wonder why that is. Maybe she didn't finish the ritual correctly.
"Master, how will I address you?" This moon rabbit had been in service of others before, and proper address was one thing that all of her masters would make sure she had.
That quickly snapped Louise back to attention. "Just like that familiar." So she is that type. I should at least be able to get on her good side easily.
"You failed so many times, but you succeeded with 'summon familiar' and 'contract familiar' in one try." Colbert chimed in happily.
Louise stood up in the courtyard followed by Reisen. She failed?
"Yeah it's just because she's summoned only a weak familiar." One young man said.
"If she was a powerful, The Zero wouldn't have been able to make a contract." Do magicians here only summon familiars in proportion to their ability? Also the Zero?
"I am sure my familiar is powerful!" The Vallière quickly retorted the young man's claim.
That made Reisen feel a bit happier with her master. The moon rabbit did detest at being called weak by some random human.
Reisen felt a burning sensation. I was hot but not the worst thing she'd felt. She looked down at her hand as it began to glow.
"Master, what is this I'm feeling? It feels like searing pain?" Reisen felt a bit light-headed from the sensation. "It's just the rune of familiar being burned onto you."
So this will brand me as this girls familiar. The light cleared and the runes made themselves clear. Reisen looked at them closely then put the hand back down.
Colbert appeared a bit interested at the runes that had placed themselves on Reisen's left hand. "Could I examine those runes, Miss Reisen?" He made the request.
"Nope." The moon rabbit denied the request. Louise looked at her for an explanation.
"Master and sir, I don't feel too well. Could I please have a place to rest?" I don't feel like being examined yet by anyone. If his reaction is this apparent it's probably best to hide them.
Just a sigh from Mr. Colbert's lips. The gentleman wouldn't press the moon rabbit. "Very well, miss Vallière. Take your servant to your room and make sure she's in fine health for tomorrow.
The moon rabbit's ruse was working now, it was in her master's hands. Reisen did say that was burning. I also don't know how painful it is to receive the familiar runes.
After a bit of thought and Reisen's hand was grabbed Louise led her out of the courtyard.
The courtyard was still for a moment. The moon rabbit had captivated them all with her sudden, unexpected appearance.
Soon the young men and ladies in the crowd started up the rumors.
Walking the halls and up the stairs of the school building Louise continued to gather up what she could learn just by looking at Reisen.
The Moon Rabbit, as she called herself, shared Louise's height. Upright, they stood at eye-level with each other.
Her familiar calls herself a moon rabbit. What even is a moon rabbit? She looks human.
The only thing not human about her is those rabbit ears and rabbit tail. Aside from those musing Louise had many questions for Reisen.
Failure, they also called her the zero. Reisen's thoughts were on what she'd heard while she was back in the courtyard.
"Master?" Reisen broke the silence. Louise looked at her servant who was now walking besides her rather behind her. "Thank you for calling me strong. I had a question."
"A servant should always thankful of their master." The young master declared. "Go ahead and ask."
"Where am I?" The moon rabbit asked the question that interested her the most.
To the Vallière the question was very understable. A servant from the moon wouldn't know anything about the world… this would take some time to explain.
"Let's return you to my room first, servant. When I return later in the evening, I will explain everything.I will need to return to my classes when I drop you off!"
The pinkette tried her best to appear to be an authority to her new servant, Reisen saw through this easily though.
"Very well, master." The moon rabbit had 3 previous masters before her. The Hime sisters exuded authority. The ability to command moon rabbits to a degree, despite their gentle nature.
Eirin, held a different authority. The sort elders carried.
Louise held none of those.
Hm. Maybe I can enjoy some time for myself for once. The moon rabbit made plans to slack off.
Then she stretched out a bit. Vallière noticed how at ease her familiar seemed. It was a bit of a welcome change to her consistently active peers.
Louise then arrived at her room and ushered her familiar in. Before stepping in Reisen removed shoes and left them at the door.
Confused by her familiar's action Louise picks the shoes up and carries them into her room before leaving them at her clothes cabinets.
Segment 3: The New Vertical.
"Alright, familiar, don't make a mess, I'll be back in the afternoon!" Was what Reisen's new master had said.
She didn't have much of anything to do though. So glanced out from the window of her masters room. Looking up towards the sky. The sun shone over the campus. She also discovered her masters room was about three stories up.
Reisen looked back down at her left hand. Looking at the runes she began to craft ideas.
There's probably something with this spell. From what Reisen had seen, all sort of animals had been summoned. They all shared similar wavelengths with their masters.
The moon rabbit laid out on her masters bed. Glancing down at the bedding on the floor of grain and cloth.
I can talk my way out of any issues that human girl may with me using this bed. So comfortable~
Despite not fainting from the pain of the rune branding she felt a bit tired. So now would be rest. Later she would learn.
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