Hello everyone, my name is septorex101. This will be my second attempt at writing fanfiction, but the first one I put legitimate effort into. This is an idea i've had floating around in my head for the longest time, and decided to finally make it a reality. I will not say something like "this is gonna be the greatest story ever" or "this is solely my idea and no-one else's", because frankly, someone else has probably had this idea before me that I just haven't seen. Anyways, without further ado, I give you The Mercenary of Zero.
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"Oh god fucking dammit…."
Alex groaned as he slowly stood up. He stands at 6'2", has lightly tanned skin from days in the sun, and hazel eyes. His face is lightly dusted with facial hair, consisting of a sole patch and a faint mustache. His dirty blonde hair was currently splayed about haphazardly. Smoke surrounded him and clouded his lungs, forcing him to release a quick cough. Suddenly, he heard voices.
"Oh, le zéro l'a encore fait. Hé, c'est une personne? Je pense que le zéro a peut-être tué quelqu'un!"
'Ah Christ… I recognize that language anywhere. My least favorite… french.' Alex thought to himself.
As soon as Alex was able to identify the language, he quickly grabbed his browning pistol and kept it as his side. The smoke continued to clear until he was finally able to identify the french-men as… children? Well, baring the middle aged man with what looked like a walking stick. Even still, Alex had to be very careful.
"Identifiez-vous! Si je ne reçois pas de réponse directe, quelqu'un va être blessé!" Alex shouted as he raised the gun.
This shout seemed to shock everyone into silence. The middle aged looking man seemed to compose himself.
"Je vous assure, monsieur et moi, les étudiants ne vous veulent aucun mal. Je suis professeur Jean Colbert, enseignant à l'académie de magie Tristain. De votre position, vous semblez être un soldat quelconque. Ai-je raison?"
Quick A.N.: gonna stop speaking in french for the sake of my sanity. I hope we have established that he knows french.
At hearing this, Alex took a full look around, actually taking in the sights instead of just a glimpse, and realized how shocked and fearful the students look. Seeing this he realized that this was a non-combat zone, and holstered his pistol.
"Um… E-Excuse me sir, bu- but… *ahem* I have summoned you, therefore you must obey me!" Alex looked towards the voice and saw a short pinkette behind him. He noticed how she seemed timid at first but gained confidence partly through.
"Summoned? So you are the one that has brought me here..?" Alex questioned. His hair seemed to shadow his eyes, giving them the impression that he was angry.
"Now sir, please don't be angry. We can't control what familiars are summoned, it is purely based on what the universe dictates to be the best possible familiar for a person." Colbert said quickly, noticing the expression on Alex's face.
"Angry? Why the hell would I be angry? This is amazing!" Alex suddenly exclaimed surprising everyone. "You took me out of a world where all I knew was battle and war. Add in the fact that when I hear the word 'Summon' it leads me to believe magic is real in this world! How could I not be excited?" Alex revealed, shocking all of the students, and causing Colbert to raise an eyebrow.
"Sir, are you saying that magic doesn't exist in your world?" Colbert asked, not so much in shock, but more out of genuine curiosity. Alex only smirked.
"Yes, that is exactly what i'm saying. My world only knows of magic through myths and legend. Also, please don't address me as sir, my name is Alex. Alex Pake." This seemed to shock all the students even further as this man - this soldier - seemed to have a plethora of weapons yet claimed that magic didn't exist where he came from. Alex continued, turning back to the pink haired girl. "Now, you said that you are the one who brought me here, and for that, I am forever in your debt. What do I need to do to finish this so-called ritual?" he asked the girl. The girl blushed heavily at seeing this handsome man so readily hand himself over to her and proclaim his debt to her. With a blush on her face, she got on with the final step of the ritual.
"I need you kneel down here for a s-second…" Alex noticed how she seemed to blush heavily at this, but chose to ignore it in favor of doing as she had asked. What he did not expect was for her to suddenly plant her lips on his own.
'Cherries…' He half consciously noted as his head seemed to reel from the fact that he was kissed by an admittedly cute girl, even if she was a bit short, coming in at 5 feet flat. She then made a quick speech.
"I, Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière, command you, to become my familiar." She said, almost seeming like she was in a trance. Once she had finished, Alex had vaguely noticed a tingling sensation on the back of his right hand. However, Alex grunted when he felt that tingling turn into a sharp, piercing burn. He had been shot and stabbed, but nothing compared to this horrible burning in his right hand. Before he lost consciousness due to the pain, he noticed what seemed to be symbols etching themselves into his hand, and could hear garbled cries of concern for him coming from the pink haired girl. Finally, he saw only black.
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Well, holy hell that was an awesome feeling. It feels so good to finally put this story onto paper and get it posted. This story WILL be a harem, and as for the members, let's start with the ones who will be in the harem for sure: Siesta, Louise, and Henrietta. As for the people I am unsure about, here's who I was thinking, but am currently having to debate with myself on: Kirche, Tabitha, and Sheffield. As for people who WILL NOT be in the harem, we won't be seeing any of Louise's sisters, her mother, Tabitha's mother, Montmorency, Tiffania, or Siesta's cousin Jessica. You may wonder why I bring up Louise's and Tabitha's mothers, but trust me, I've seen some people who love to see those ships. This harem isn't meant to be super large, as that would make this story absolutely impossible to keep up with. I'll probably set the max at 5, so yeah. As for Tiffania, she's gonna end up with one of the elf characters. Anyways, that about wraps up the first chapter. This is septorex101, signing off.