Author Notes
Hey there, got done with the newest chapter for Zero's Sails. (My shortened version of the tittle). So I gotta say, I'm surprise by how much love one single chapter got from all of you! Really I thank you for reading, favoring, following and reviewing the story. It made me filled with joy and pride.
I would've loved to have gotten a chapter much earlier but my computer is dying and had to received assistance from one of my friend's laptop and my mom's tablet in order to finish this up. I'll miss that computer, it was one that was given to me in my last few days were I enjoyed Christmas like a child.
Anyway! Onto answering reviews.
Suzunaan: Don't worry about it all is forgiven!
Mega1987: You have no idea! Though we'll have to find out won't we?
Guest: I know Francis isn't a pirate. But Nasuverse Francis has been acknowledged to at the least have pirate-like qualities and she herself likes to screw with her Masters by teasing them. She acted like that and will continue to act like that to screw with Louise.
MaxHD2490: I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Aburg76: Thanks!
blarg7865: Yep, English is not my native language but I'm really trying to get those pesky error to not escape my notice.
Anubis9 lord of death: Yep, I'm aware. Already thoughts of the possibilities!
For the rest of the reviews, thank you all and I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'll try to keep this up.
So sorry for any grammar mistake and enjoy the show.
Darkness surrounded Louise like a warm blanket.
Her body floated in the darkness. Louise clenched her fingers, but nothing happened. She moved her legs, but nothing happened. She tried to blink, but nothing happened. It was something so surreal and so frightening, the feel of one's body to be so out of one's control. She had no idea what happened with her and why she was in such a…void.
"Come…, Mis…I a..."
Those were…those were words. It was without a doubt that those had been words that had echoed through the dark void. Yet, those words sounded so far away. Her ears tried to pick them up, but it was too hard.
It was as if something had pushed them back.
Yes, it wasn't that the words had been hard to hear, but that the words had been denied with such conviction that it had caught her off guard. Why would such words be censored like that? It was surprising and—
Something tugged on her right arm and interrupted her thoughts, it was as if a hand had grabbed the sleeve of her shirt and pulled. It had startled her, but she put no effort to fight against the pull. Light poured through the darkness and…
Louise's eyelids snapped opened.
Her vision was blurred and unfocused, her eyes tried to adjust to the new source of light. While her eyes tried to focus past the bleariness, she felt her face against something hard. Her body was slouched forward, her rear sat against something of similar material like the one her face rested on and her arms hung freely beside her. The limbs felt cramp. After her eyesight was fully restored she found that she had rested on a wooden table.
It had been one of the most uncomfortable things she had felt in her life.
Sound filtered into her hears. The noise of metal cups has they were thrown on the floor or on tables violently. Another noise of glass has it shattered apart and splashed its liquid contents. There were also the harsh and unorganized footsteps that filled every inch of the area around her. It grated on her ears, never before had she heard so much noise clutter this much.
But what made the situation worse…it was that song. A group of people sang some kind of 'song', and Louise hesitated to call it that. To her it was just a jumbled mess of words that were spit out without any sort of rhyme or elegance to it. It was horrendous.
Whoever had the gall to have sung such a thing, needed to be thrown away into a cell for such a crime.
She forced her arms up on the table, pushed herself up, winced at the pain in her cramped arms and looked around. She saw a clutter of people, commoners she quickly realized, by the way they dressed and their mannerism. She also noted that she was in a dark, barely lit bar. This was the class of bar that was messy and filled with filth. She winced at that.
She looked toward her left and froze.
Before her was a man, a man filled with so much hair that she may have confused him with a monstrous creature. The brown hair reached everywhere, curled, dirty and long, from back to front. The beard was massive and unrefined. His face could almost not be seen, his big rounded eyes and square shape nose the only noticeable features.
The man noticed her look, turned towards her and gave her a toothy grin. Several of his teeth were missing.
"Oh! The little Noble woke up!" The man shouted with child-like excitement.
Louise did the only sensible thing in this kind of situation.
"…..aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH—!"
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Darkness surrounded Louise like a warm blanket.
Her body floated in the pitch darkness. She had no idea what happened with her and why she was in such a…void.
"Come no…, Miss Vallièr..…I am a….."
Those were words…words that she had heard before. But, where had she heard them from? They sounded so distant, that feeling of denial was still present. It increased more and more as she thought about those words. It was as if she was afraid of what that sentence meant.
Preposterous! A Noble like her, afraid of a simple sentence!? That was completely ridiculous!
'Moh…?'
Once again Louise felt herself be tugged away, she did not fight it. Her body was dragged away, light poured into the dark void and her eyes snapped opened.
Like the last time she had awakened, her face was against hard wood of a table…no, she noticed has her eyes cleared the blurriness that it was the bars counter. Her arms were thrown forward on the counter, her body slouched on the stool and with whatever exposed skin in contact with the wood felt sticky.
Her nostril picked up the smell that had washed over the wood, it was commoner's alcohol. It had a strong and disgusting smell, it was so unlike the rich and sweet smell of a Noble's wine. Truly how could commoners drink this kind of stuff? Those drinks smelled like urine, it almost made her hurled.
Louise lifted her head up, an expression of disgust clear on her face.
"Ugh…what is th—!?" Louise tried to display her disgust, but had stopped when someone had slammed a big, scratch, dented metal cup down on the counter. The wooden counter shook violently, it made Louise jumped in fright. The strawberry-blonde Noble composed herself quickly, her pride did not allowed for such lapse of control.
"Oy! Francis! That Noble girl you brought woke up! Again!" A rude and loud male voice called out. Louise winced at the loud shout, irritation flood in her. To refer to a N
oble in such a way was quite insulting. And what was up with that 'again'?
Louise's eyes narrowed down into a glare as she turned right and gave the one who had talked her full attention.
There was a man and a woman and they were completely monstrous in their appearance. The man had his hand on that dented metal cup, his hair looked exactly like a mane of a lion. The man had a massive grin on his face, so massive that it showed his teeth in full. Teeth that was incredibly yellow and enormous! The woman had short hair, drank that disgusting drink from her cup, looked at her, put down the cup and let out a big wet blenched. She felt some spit hit her square on the face.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAH!" Louise screamed at top of her lungs, her eyes wide as plates. She fell backward out of her stool, her back hit the floor and her vision blackened.
"Oy! She's going down again!" A female voice called out rather loudly.
"What!? Geez, this the third time…!" Another female voice said in amusement, that voice was familiar to her…familiar…no, she had no time for thoughts as she fully fell to the embrace of unconsciousness.
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Darkness surrounded Louise like a warm blanket.
Louise had no idea what…no…she had an idea of why she had been sent back into this dark void. She had freaked out by what was out the dark void and had fallen unconscious. By now the memories had filtered in.
Memories of how she waited for her turn in the summoning ritual, the jeers, the laughter and finally of…
"Come now, Miss Vallière…I am a…"
Yes, those words, they echoed within her once more. The fire of denial burn even brighter as the sentence was nearly complete. She knew that if she heard the finished sentence then she would lose something. What was it that she could've possibly lost? She didn't know, but she had no intention to lose just because of some words!
And yet…
And yet at the end she had realized that no matter how much she had tried to deny it, the words had already been burn into her. Even if she did not accept it, they were things that she had heard loud and clear. Words that had a impacted her so strongly…
"…I am a pirate."
Louise eyes snapped opened.
The usual blurriness was not present, so her eyes were focused and ready. But what had met her gaze had been two meaty mounds of white creamy flesh, they were soft and bountiful. Louise recognized them as breast.
'Big and well-rounded breast…' Louise thought bitterly, a swell of jealousy burn deep within her. She realized that she was on the lap of this woman, her face nearly buried into her cleavage.
The smell of flesh, sweat and alcohol registered into her nostril. The breast rose up and down in an animated manner as the woman shouted and laugh toward someone. She blinked a couple of times at that, her eyes traveled up. She looked up from the valley of the woman's breast, to her neck where she noted the brown choker collar, to the red collar from the vest and toward the woman's face. Reddish-brown eyes locked with blue ones.
Louise took noticed of the woman's features, her full pink lips, the shocking crimson pink hair and that horrible scar that rang across her face. This was the one she had summoned, the one who had claim titles such as 'Temeroso el Draque' or 'Rider'…the pirate.
"Yooooou!" Louise screamed, she brought her arms forward, pushed against the crimson pink hair woman's chest and jumped back. The small of her back hit the edge of the table behind her, the furniture stumbled back, the objects on it fell off. Bottles, cups full of drinks, chips and cards fell.
Louise hissed in pain, her hands moved back and rubbed her back. The men who were around the table jumped back, startled by the strawberry-blonde girl's reaction. They were disappointed as the game they had played had been interrupted.
"What the hell!? That damn girl just ruined my chances of winn—!" One of the men, he held cards in his right hand complained loudly.
"Shut up! You wanna get into trouble idiot!? She's a Noble! So shut up!" Another man whispered harshly as he looked at Louise in fright. Many people around the man nodded in agreement.
"…what!?" The man who had complained questioned loudly much to the dismay of the others.
Louise tried to soothe the pain in her back, looked around and noticed that she was surrounded by men and women who stared at her with barely hidden annoyance or fear. She realized that they were commoners, all of them. She frowned, this wasn't the time to show weakness. Before all of them, a show of superiority had to be taken.
She stood straight, her posture exuded confidence, a clear show of who was superior. She looked around with hard eyes and finally settled on the woman that she had summoned…the pirate. Said woman smoked from a long pipe calmly, her slender fingers held onto the item with casual ease. There was a smile on her pink lips.
"You…what have you done with me pirate!?" Louise questioned loudly, anger clear on her voice. Her arms crossed, chest pushed out, head tilted back. The pirate woman just chuckled happily.
"Hey there, about time you got up Master! I thought you were going to miss the entire party!" Rider said joyfully, she had ignored the question completely as she released a puffed of smoke with a grin on her face.
"What are yo—!? About time!? Party!? Answer me familiar! Where have you taken me!? Do you plan to ransom me for money you pirate!?" Louise questioned, her yells were loud and filled with fury. Though in the inside she was in a panicked state, her hand retreated back, it inched toward her long black stockings, were she kept her wand.
If need be, she was prepared to show the might of a Noble.
"Ha! Geez Master, you got some wild imagination there. And besides why would I ransom away my own crew!? That just seems insanely stupid! No, I just took you to some town I found after you knocked yourself out. Anyway it's time to celebrate!"
"What…? Knock myself out?" Louise asked incredulously, then she scoffed. "Don't make me laugh pirate! You…you must have caught me by surprised—! And…and then you took me here, waiting for your dirty and vile companions to take me away! Ha! As if you could fool me, I'm no naïve little girl! So I shall say this only once. My name is Louise Françoise de la Baume le Blanc de la Vallière and I demand you take me back to the Tristain Academy of Magic at once! If you comply then your punishment may be lessen"
"Did she just…? Did she just say Vallière?" A male voice asked, surprise and hint of smugness evident on the voice.
Louise turned around and saw man who sat by a table near to where she and Rider were. Even Louise would have to admit that the man could've been handsome, if not for the unkempt blue air that spilled everywhere, the untrimmed beard and the fact that he was surrounded by eight disgusting men who almost looked as if they had not taken a bath in days. She cringed at that.
"Silence commoner. This is a matter that does not concern you, now be quiet while I speak to my…familiar…" Louise the last bit in disdain, the Noble girl then turned to look at the crimson pink hair woman. She missed as the blue hair man growled under his breath, reached for something in his pockets, but stopped halfway.
"Commoner, huh? You should consider yourself lucky that Miss Francis there didn't let you out of her grasp and for all the commoners here you bitch…otherwise you wouldn't be so high and mighty…" The blue hair mumbled to himself.
Louise crossed her arms, frowned and glared at the pirate woman.
"As for you…familiar…I do not appreciate such lies, so you shall be punish for them later on, just as you will be punish for the transgression of taking me to such a place to…'celebrate'…as you put it, against my will! So take me back to the Academy at once! I shall set up a suitable punishment for someone like you."
Rider raised an eyebrow at those words, amused by them and let out a snort.
Louise took that reaction as a slight against her and was about to say something else, but faster than she could react, the pirate woman's hand reached for her and grabbed her white button-up shirt by the scruff of her neck pulled her toward the scarred face woman.
"Eep—!" Louise squeaked in surprised, the fact that she had not stopped her unruly familiar's action caused her face to turn red from embarrassment and anger.
"Come now Miss Vallière, take a breather, relax! Why are you getting your panties all in a bunch? Here take this!" Rider then stretch forward toward the table, grabbed a cup filled with booze and handed it towards Louise in an abrupt manner. The young girl grabbed the cup awkwardly, surprise on her face and irritation burned in her as the cup spilled its content on her white shirt. "Have a drink! Eat up! Come on Master, let's celebrate your summoning! Now how about we officially get this feast started!? Let's go you idiots! Fixed up that table! I got more money to waste and more booze to drink!"
Louise looked at Rider with disgust and contempt. Her anger at her cloth being stained because of the pirate woman went beyond anything she had ever felt. Rider ignored this as she let out a loud bark of laughter and motioned for the men to right the table. They did so with nervous gazes toward Louise, but they were to overwhelm by the pirate woman to disobey her.
"Y-Y-You…" Louise growled, her disbelief as to how disastrous this woman was just caught her completely off guard. She looked down at her stained shirt, glowered at it, her grasp tightened over the cup in her hands and noted something that was not present on her body. "W-Where is my cloak!? Familiar, where is my cloak!?"
"Oh, that thing? I sold it." Rider said off handedly, her attention focused back on the table that had been put into place and the people around who sat back ready to resume their game.
"You…WHAT!?" The metal cup fell off Louise's hands at that.
"Hm, of course…it was a simple business deal that had to be made! A rather smart merchant on my way here told me of a fine trade that would be very great and beneficial! Humph, how could I say no to that man? And how did I not notice the way that cloak of yours was woven and made by some very fine fibers!? It was a smart and rather fair trade, a great sum of coins for the cape. And what a mighty sum of coins those were!" Rider said with a grin, as she picked up a bag out of her coat. It was empty.
"Y-Y-You…you…" Louise growled in fury as she watched the woman shake the bag in amusement.
"Then I found this bar. And hey, with all that coin I got, what better way to spend them but with booze and food! And even better way was to buy drinks for everyone here! What a great way to enjoy yourself with the blabbering rants of a drunk! Ha—hahahaha!" Rider said with laughter in her voice, it was obvious that she had enjoyed every instance since she had gotten the money.
Louise on the hand was not. To know that something that signified her position in nobility had been thrown away for a couple of coins and for them to be wasted in drinks made her furious.
"You…I…I…" Louise tried to get the words to come out, but they didn't come out. Her body shook in rage.
Rider noticed this, tilted her head and smirk in amusement.
Louise barely restraint anger broke after she saw that.
"It hasn't even been a day…and I hate you. I hate you so much! You damn pirate! You've been nothing but a pain to me and my pride! You stupid pirate! Stupid, stupid, stupid pirate! All I wanted was a powerful familiar! A familiar like a dragon or a griffin! But all I got was a commoner! No! It's something even worse than a commoner! All I got is some dirty scoundrel that should be locked in the darkest, deepest cell imaginable!" Louise breathed heavily, her face red, throat sore and sweat poured through her face. She had let the dam broke and had poured out her anger towards the woman before her. Her pride as a Noble be damn.
"You done?" Rider asked, with a raised brow. She took up a cup filled with booze and took a drink. "What a social moron I have for a Master. All that bitching and moaning, sheesh, you really are little girl."
When those words left the pirate woman's lips, Louise saw nothing but red.
"Grrr—! Gih! Go away! Go Away! Go Away! GO AWAY—!" Louise eyes teared as she screamed with all her might, poured everything she had into those words. Her left hand suddenly glowed red and flashed abruptly. It illuminated the room and caught everyone's attention.
Louise looked down, confusion clear on her face. She brought her left hand up, lips parted slightly, she saw the three marks engraved into her hand, the very same marks that had appeared when she had sealed the contract with the source of her ire, that pink hair pirate woman.
What made her blink in confusion was that one of the marks had dimmed down to the point that it had disappeared.
Footsteps brought her attention away from her hand and toward the back of the red vest that her…familiar…wore. The crimson pink hair woman walked away from her. Her confusion was replaced with anger once more.
"Where do you think you're going pirate!? We're not done here!" Louise yelled out in anger. Rider just kept on working.
"I'm going away, little girl. Just like you order me to." Rider said casually, no hint of anger or bitterness on her voice. She reached for a nearby table and took a bottle filled with alcohol as she made her way to the exit.
"What…? Why are you obeying me now...?" Louise asked in confusion and irritation. "Don't think that I will forgive you for something like this!"
"Sheesh, what a dumb Master I got." Rider lamented to herself, this made Louise bristled in anger. "You just gave me an order with a Command Seal, a pretty stupid one, but an order it was anyway. Aye, not like I can disobey it."
"You know what these things are…?" Louise asked, but never received her answer as the bar's door slammed itself shut. Louise jumped in surprised, blinked a couple of times and looked at the exit with irritation. That stupid woman, she only obey her command when it suited her and it had happened when she had a lapse in control. She truly despised that pirate.
Still she seemed to have some idea of what these things were…no...no! That woman just bluffed her way to make an escape. How could she have allowed that pirate to fool her like that!? Even if it was for a second, it was still a sting to her pride.
She looked around, her reddish-brown scanned the bar around her. All the commoners looked at the scene in shock or with nervous eyes. She stood straight, chest forward, showed her superiority and scolded them.
"Back to your business commoners, a Noble's activity's does not concern you." She said in a hard tone, it made some of the people around to bow their heads and continue with their activities. Louise nodded in satisfaction and walked away, she needed to find her unruly familiar and prepare to punish her.
Louise remained ignorant to the malicious eyes that followed her all the way until she disappeared.
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Louise had made it out of the bar, the door behind her slammed shut, it made her jumped slightly. She looked back at the door with a glare. Well, now she knew that her unruly familiar hadn't slammed the door shut like some petulant child, which still would not excuse the pirate woman from all the punishment she would receive.
Louise stepped forward, noted how dark the streets were, looked up and grew annoyed. It was night, up above hung the two moons. She stared at the night sky with an annoyed face. How shameful, she had missed classes because of the foolish actions of that pirate woman.
"Pirat—familiar! Come back here now!" Louise ordered, she made sure to use the word 'familiar' now outside the bar rather than use 'pirate'. After all, she did not know if some Noble was taking a nightly stroll. Still, she berated herself for the mistake she had made in the bar. To reveal the nature of her familiar with commoners present was embarrassing.
It was a lapse of control that she would not make again.
Louise looked left and right but found no sign of the woman who had caused her so many problems. She took notice that there were a couple of commoners that were either drunk or walked around with whatever business they had to do. There were very few, it signified to just how late it was and how dangerous it was to be out here by herself.
Louise stood straight, proud and her aura dominating, she was a Noble. No matter what actions the commoners took, they would never lay a hand on her thanks to her magic…even though…she wasn't all that good at it.
Still, the effect she had looked for had been ruined without her cloak around her shoulders. She decided to walked forward with haste, find her familiar and get back at the Academy.
And anyway, how hard is to find a drunken pirate?
A couple of minutes later revealed just how hard it was. She had search up and down, but had not found a single scrap of the woman. It was almost as if she had decided to disappear.
As if she had decided to…go away.
"When I find that pirate I'll punish her until she is set straight…" Louise grumbled under her breath, she glared around with hard eyes and stomped her foot down in frustration. Her anger swelled up quickly.
She noticed some of the commoners around had darted away quickly as they looked off to the sides. Louise tilted her head in confusion, one eye slightly squinted at the strange actions of the commoners, but decided to shrug. It was not her business what they did or what strange games they played.
"Hmm, having some problems there, Miss Vallière?" A male voice asked in a smug and amused tone. Louise turned around and saw the same blue hair man from the bar, the one she had silence walked towards her with his eight companions. The eight men held swords on their waist, some of them brandished them in an intimidating manner. Their ugly leers and impotent glares directed at Louise. They all walked up to her in an arrogant manner, as if they could do as they pleased.
She snorted at that, a commoner should know never to walk or act in such a way in front of a Noble.
"Commoner I shall no repeat myself, go back to your business. This is a Noble affair. Such things do not concern commoners." Louise said plainly, turned around and walked away.
"Oh…? Well Miss Vallière, I believe that such affairs do in fact concern us." The blue hair man said with gritted teeth, his anger clear.
Louise eyes widened at those words, she heard the hostility and reacted fast. She turned back to the blue hair man and his friends, reached for her wand hidden in her stockings and brought it up. She pointed the wand at them and glared hard.
"That is enough out of you commoner! Stand back, as a Noble I will render whatever punishment suits best if you decide to stand forward! This is your final warning, turn around and go away. I have more important things to take care off than to deal with some foolish commoner like you." Louise said seriously, ready to cast any necessary spell at them to put them in their place.
The blue hair man palmed his face, his shoulder shook and a high-pitched noise left his lips.
"Gihihihihihihih—hahaaaha!" The blue hair man laughed loudly, his friends behind him laugh as well, though it was forced as if they themselves did not understand the joke. Neither did Louise, who grew more and more angry at them.
"Do you believe this is a joke commoner!?" Louise growled out.
The blue hair man continued his laughter, pulled out a wand and pointed it at her. The man held a smirk on his face as he looked down on Louise.
"—hahahahaha! Ha, a joke? Of course not! I'm deadly serious…and you Miss Vallière should tremble in fear before me." The blue hair man said in complete smugness.
"You would dare believe you could fool a Noble, commoner? Do not think that just because you brandished a piece of wood and make idle threats you will intimidate me. I had given you a chance, but now you shall pay the repercussions."
The blue hair man smirk, his eyes shone with hatred as he waved his wand casually. Louise looked unimpressed at the action, she was ready to call him a fool once more when she felt a great amount of cold water crash into her back.
Louise was down on the floor, soaked wet and shocked. She looked up at the blue hair man, the water that had crashed into her had now turned into a liquid orb that rested on top the tip of his wand, he looked smug and grinned dangerously.
"Oops, it would seem that this isn't just some piece of wood as you believed it to be Miss Vallière." The man said arrogantly. Louise looked at him in surprised.
"You are…you are a noble…?" Louise asked, as her reddish-brown eyes had shrank down when she stared up at the man.
"Hahahahaha! Of course I am! My name is Degaré and my runic name is 'the whip'. Yes, I believe you may call me Degaré the Whip." The blue hair man, Degaré, said with a grin. Louise stared up at him from the floor, shocked and a bit of fear had crept up in her. Had she just insulted a Noble? Had she made a mistake in her anger? Or was it…
"You're no Noble!" Louise exclaimed abruptly. "A noble's pride would never allow for one to dress themselves in such dirty and poor cloths! Nor would one even lower themselves to taste such low quality and disgusting beverages!"
"What?" Degaré asked, his smirk dropped as he heard this.
"Did you not hear what I said, pretender? You are no Noble, just someone living a farce. Someone like you cannot possibly be of nobility…no, you are a noble who has been disowned!"
Degaré's face twisted into a snarl after that declaration.
"How very smart of you Miss Vallière…as expected of a daughter from the Vallière." Louise just scoffed at flattery and glared at the man.
"What do you want?" The strawberry blonde hair girl asked, she lifted herself up, her forearms balanced her body. But her white shirt was stained by the dirt underneath her, much to her annoyance.
The man's lips twisted into an ugly grin.
"What I want…? Is it not obvious? What I want is you, my one ticket toward my rightful place once more in nobility!"
"…" Louise just raised an eyebrow at the man's declaration. Was this man for real, this was his plan?
"Yes, I shall have you be my hostage. And I will demand from your father and mother everything necessary to make me take my rightful place in nobility."
"As if! That foolish plan of yours will never succeed!" Louise snapped. The blue hair man, just growled in anger at that.
"Oh but it will…unless your parents wish to see themselves with one dead daughter." Degaré declared with a bitter smirk, his eyes narrowed in hatred.
"I've been spending my time getting drunk with all of those 'disgusting beverages' as you like to call them and always waking up to see the bottom of the bottle. Do you think that for someone like me such thing was meant to be my way of life? No! I am so supposed to be surrounded by all the riches of life! And yet…ha…hahahahahaha! Anyway…imagine my surprise when I see this big breasted woman come into this bar in this cesspool with a noble thrown over her shoulder."
Louise glared hard at the mention of her unruly familiar, embarrassment filled her when she was told at how she had been treated. Truly, that pirate woman had such an uncouth behavior. Why did she get someone like her as her familiar!?
"It was such easy pickings. All I and my boys here had to do was beat her up and I would have my meal ticket. It was simple. But that woman just had to buy for everyone there drinks, it made her quite popular and everyone friendly." Degaré said as he looked off to the side with a smirk. "And I must admit, I did stay my hand for that reason. What a magnificent piece of specimen, so brash and straightforward. I would not mind having my way with her once I've achieved my nobility."
"You are disgusting…"
"It doesn't matter…you are here now, defenseless and beaten." Degaré said with a vicious smirk.
"Don't think I'll let you get away with this!" Louise growled.
"As if you had a choice! Get her boys!" Degaré ordered with a casual flicker. The men obey, they unsheathed their swords and ran towards her. Louise got up quickly, teeth gritted and pointed her wand at them.
"Fireball!" Louise chanted and an explosion went off by a nearby building. The men stopped their charge and looked at the direction of the blast. Pieces of the building fell off from the explosion.
"What the…?" Degaré said in surprised, he had not expected that.
"Fireball!" Louise chanted once more, her wand aimed at Degaré. The man tensed but the explosion happened off to the side and it was smaller this time, weaker. The man looked to where the blast had happened, it was by the floor and there was a small scorched mark there. He then back at Louise.
"…ha…hahahahahahahaahaha! What is that!? Is that supposed to be a fire spell!? Hahaha! Just a failure! You can't even aim your supposed spells! Come on boys, first one to bring her to me gets to be my right hand man when I become a Noble!"
This…she didn't want this damn it! She just wanted to become a great mage. She wanted to stop being a failure. The summon ritual was supposed to be it, and even though she had been glad that she had managed to summon something, the fact that it was a pirate, a criminal and something that could put in jeopardy the safety of her country had put her on edge with her familiar. But now she…
Gunshots fires were heard. The noise stopped everyone's movement.
Louise opened her eyes and there she saw a red coat and crimson pink hair fluttered casually in the wind. It was her familiar, the pirate. She had landed with the soles of her black boots, knees parted, upper body slouched forward and both arms by her sides as she held two flintlocks.
In front of the pirate woman was a line of bullet holes, eight holes had been formed. It was a barrier between the men and Louise.
The men had stopped their charge and looked in shock, Degaré's jaw dropped as the woman had come from out of nowhere and had shot an impossible amount of bullets with her weapons. The woman righted herself, got to her feet and looked at the men.
"By God…I leave you alone for a couple of minutes and you already got a mob of men after you? Color me impress…though I can't tell it was accidental or intentional." The woman, Rider, turned to Louise with a smirk on her face. "Though, if I were to bet, I would say it was accidental. Aye, an accidental mishap made by you."
"You…!" Degaré was shocked by her arrival.
"F-Familiar…? Why? I thought you went away when…" Louise trailed off as she looked in surprise at the woman.
"What? You thought that I would go away because of that Command Spell order? Well aye, I did." Rider affirmed with a firm nod.
"Huh!?"
"Hmm, what do you expect little girl? A half-assed order like that can be pretty easy to play with and twist around. I just took a walk around town. I just thought that you needed some room to breathed, some drinks to relax. Though, I never took you for the flirtier type." Rider teased, her smirked grew bigger.
"You idiot! Why are making jokes at times like this!?"
"You're such a loud little spitfire you know? Still, with a mouth like that you would make a fine crew member in my sails!" Rider said with a massive smirk. Louise turned deep red at the innuendo.
"W-W-W-What!? Louise screamed out, embarrassment and outrage burned deep in her. "Y-Y-You—why would you say things like that!? I-I-I-I—!"
"Ho~? What's with the sudden embarrassment?"
"I would never do something like that to a bunch of stinking pirates!? You pervert!"
"Huh!? What the hell are you blabbering about there? I'm just complementing those lungs of yours. Sheesh, what a troublesome Master I got." Rider said with amusement, she shook her head and gave Louise a smirk.
"Oh…" Louise suddenly deflated at that, still, she remained irritated.
"Well, well, well…" Both females turned toward the source of the voice, Degaré. The man took some steps forward as his friends backpedal and stood in front of him. "Miss Francis, I didn't think you would be coming around after receiving such verbal abuse from this…little Noble. What brings you back?"
"Hmm? What, are you stupid? I'm a Servant summoned by that little girl over there. It's pretty obvious that I have to protect her." Rider explained, she shrugged her shoulders and shook her head.
Degaré grew annoyed at her words, he had not expected that remarked at all, angry breaths escaped him until he calmed down and gave the woman a pleasant smile.
"Summoned you say…well I guess those rumors were true, you know. About the daughter of the Valliere being a total failure in magic." Louise flinched at the words. "Ha—hahahahaaha! After her little show earlier I could understand…but now this? Seriously, she summoned a commoner as a familiar? Hah! I bet your father and mother had just sent this woman to masquerade as your familiar, didn't they? They probably didn't want to deal with a failure like you, if you couldn't even manage the summoning! Hi—hahaha!"
"You…" Louise growled, her eyes narrowed, fist clenched tightly and her body shook. Anger filled her at those words.
"I must wonder why your parents haven't thrown you out already, you, who apparently can't even make a fireball!" The man said with a cruel smirk, this stopped Louise as she stared at the man in shock. "Or have they already done such a thing? Oh, don't tell me that I did all of this for nothing!"
At that Degaré started laughing like maniac. Louise stared at him, bit her lip and shook in anger. Tears had built up in her eyes, but she had willed herself to keep them at bay. For Louise, this day was the worse. An unusual summoning, a pirate as a familiar and now this man here who couldn't keep his mouth shut.
"Oy!" Rider called out. The sound of the woman's voice made everyone turned towards her. Degaré stopped his laughter and looked at her in annoyance.
"What? Oh, don't tell you feel sorry for that spoiled brat over there!? That's just pathetic!" The Blue hair man snarled. The crimson pink hair woman just shook her head in exasperation.
"No, not at all. I really can't feel any pity to a kid with an ego like hers. Who knows, maybe a couple of stupid shouting will get her to sharpen up a bit. Because, sheesh, she sure acts like a moron at times." Rider said casually, she waved her right hand as she talked. She had not even bothered to soften her words. Louise gritted her teeth at that, if she ever got out of this situation...she was going to whip that pirate good!
"But…" Rider continued with a smirk on her face. "That doesn't mean I'm letting some random man who she just picked off the streets start teasing her or tormenting her. That little girl over there is my rascal! Part of my crew! And as her Captain, I ain't allowing anyone to start messing with my crew. And anyway, the only one who gets to bully her is me!"
The last bit the pirate woman said it with a smirk, her posture rigid, her trigger fingers tightened ever so slightly as she took a step forward. Her voiced carried a clear edge of danger. Louise looked baffled, shocked at the defensive words from the one she had summoned and even more shocked at how she had made it seem like an insult at the same time.
The blue hair man clicked his tongue in annoyance.
"Alright Miss Francis, I see how it is…but I would like to give you a chance to reconsider. You see, you're an incredibly beautiful woman and, well, of course there is that scar…but it is not something that would bother me. My time as a…disowned Noble…" Degaré said in distaste that bit. "I have come to appreciate such, rugged features. And hey, that's nothing that cannot be covered with a little make up for public appearances!"
"Oh…" Rider hummed in amusement, the back of her right hand rested on her hip as she leaned back slightly. The posture showed as if she was interested, but her face held nothing but amusement. Degaré took the posture as a sign to continue.
"Just think about it! Money, a castle! The most delicious and exquisite of foods! Power! All that can be yours if you simply step aside and become mine." Degaré said with a big smile. Rider hummed, looked down and nodded as if fascinated.
"That seems like a very good trade, the girl for all of that? Not bad…" Rider said with a dry voice as she continued to nod. Louise looked at her in shock and fright, would the pirate betray her for the promise of riches?
"Very good! Now go, my friends! Go and bring Miss Valliere to me." Degaré said with a smirk, in his mind the riches and power already within his grasp.
"But…"
"Huh—!?" Degaré froze as Rider continued.
"I'll have to refuse. You see, while I love gold and all that promise for food…the fact that'll be stuck inside some room not doing anything doesn't interest me. Still, it is rather sad…I wouldn't mind getting ravaged all night long by a good looking lad like you. But in the end, I am the ever sailing 'El Draque'!
"You damn—!" Degaré growled in anger at how things had change, his companions shifted slightly and got ready to fight.
"Master! What should I do with these idiots!? Let me hear your orders!" Rider asked, a feral smirk on her face. Her arms were brought forward, her weapons aimed at her enemies.
Louise looked surprise at how things had turned out, her mind had still not comprehended what had occurred. Her anger from earlier had dissipated mostly by now, but it still left her in a daze. Surprised had become more of a prominent emotion as of now, she had yet to be able to wrapped her mind over the pirate's behavior. Why had she defended her? Why had she refused the promise of money? What did she want!?
But…why ask her what to do now? Hadn't that woman just ignored her or done whatever she wanted? Hadn't she only obeyed her when she had use that mark on her left hand? That 'Command Seal'? Why did she want orders now? What did it mean? But more importantly was…
Why she felt compelled to give out her order to this damn pirate?
"Beat them…" Louise whispered, head low, her confusion had sapped out most of her energy. Rider snorted in front of her.
"I can't hear you!?" Rider goaded with a smirk.
"Beat them." Louise said louder, her head rose a tiny bit higher.
"What was that!? You're going to have to speak louder!"
"I said beat them down to the damn ground you stupid pirate!" Louise screamed with all her might, eyes wide and filled with rage.
"Understood, Master." Rider said, her voice dry, but her feral smirk still present.
Degaré growled at the display.
"You—! Boys beat that woman down and show her where she belongs!" Degaré ordered with a growl. The eight companions roar and ran towards them.
Rider just chuckled at the men, released a breath, her right foot pressed against the earth and…
Charged forward like a bullet.
A red and pink blur passed through seven of the men and crashed shoulder-first into the stomach of the man in the back. The man's jaw dropped, eyes grew wide, pupils rolled to the back of his head and he let out a soundless scream as the wind was knocked out of him. The flew man back a neck-breaking speed, nearly collided against Degaré, landed on the floor and skidded on the floor until he hit some crates on the back.
The blue hair mage had an expression of shock on his face, he turned back slowly, his eyes focused on his unconscious underling. Sweat poured out of him when he turned abruptly to look at the pirate woman. His other underlings stared at the woman in shock as well and backed away from her slowly.
Louise blinked several times, her previous anger had resided back in place for bafflement. Her jaw had dropped, her eyes wide.
Rider on the hand…
"Let's go—!" The crimson pink hair woman roared, jumped up, pulled her knees up to her chest and delivered a drop kick to the man who stood the closest to her. Her black boots made contact with the man's chest, the sound of ribs as they cracked made everyone cringe and the man was sent to the floor, he slid back roughly as he let out a pained cry.
Rider flipped in midair and landed between two men, the two looked shock, roar and raised up their blades to cut her down. But the woman moved at inhuman speeds and spread her arms wide. Her left hand which held the flintlock rested beside the ear of the man to her left. The same with her right hand, her weapon rested against his ear. The speed and the contact with the cool metal made them stopped in surprise.
Rider just smiled.
The two flintlocks went off and the men scream as their eardrums shattered. They fell down to the grown with their hands on their damaged ears, their screams echoed through the empty streets.
"Wha…?" Louise looked amaze at the scene, was this how pirates fought? Were they this fast?
"Four down!" Rider proclaimed her knees bended and shot forward toward the man on her left. He screamed, back pedaled, closed his eyes and raised his arms to defend himself. Rider came too stopped in front of him, the man trebled, opened his eyes and looked at her blue ones in surprise. He then felt something hard poke at his thigh, he looked down and saw the woman's flintlock ready to fire.
"Wai—!" He did not get to finished his plea as Rider fired, the bullet went cleanly through. The man screamed and held onto his injured thigh.
Rider spun the flintlock in her right hand, it came to a stop as she blew away the smoke. The cocky smirk on her face never dropped once. She turned toward the three men that remained, her right gun rested against her shoulder while the other remained ready at her sides. She leaned back casually.
The three men looked at her in fear.
"G-G-Giiiiiiiih—!" One them screamed, then all of them ran away.
They ran at Louise, she fell on her bottom as fear that they targeted her to hold her as a shield overcame her. She pulled her arms in defense and closed her eyes, her teeth bare in anger. But the footsteps didn't stop, they continued beyond her. Louise opened her eyes and saw them as they ran like cowards. She blinked and missed as three bullets flew above her head and hit the three escapees.
"Aah—!?" Louise gasped as the men suddenly tumbled down on the floor injured. She looked back and saw Rider with both flintlocks pointed forward, the barrel exuded smoke from the recent shots.
"One left and then we'll finish our business here…" Rider muttered to herself as she turned toward the last remaining enemy in the area. The blue hair mage, breathed heavily, sweat poured out him, his cloth became stained with it as he glared at the woman in fear and apprehension.
"How could a woman…?"
The man trailed off in bewilderment. She gave the man a cocky grin, raised her right arm and pointed her flintlock toward the water mage. The man's eyes went wide, his stumbled to get a firm grip on his wand as he tried to prepare a spell. He let out a squeal when the woman pressed the trigger tighter and a shot went off.
The orb of water that rested on the tip of the wand moved in a spiral manner, shaped itself into a circular shield that protected Degaré's body, upper to mid-thigh. The water mage's expression of shock fright shifted slightly into a more relax one, his body still tense and wand pointed forward to keep the shield up.
The bullet soared through the air, impacted the water shield, which caused into bust violently. Degaré let out a frightful squeal, jumped back and fell on his rear. He breathed in a fast manner, he looked over his body and realize that he held not injuries. He looked back at his water shield, which remained up and with its main purpose accomplished.
The water shield was distorted, no longer did it held that circular form and looked as if it would fall at any given moment. The bullet from Rider's flintlock was embedded on the shield, it had pushed the water back, but it had been stopped. The water mage let out a loud laugh at that.
"Ha—hahaha! Yes, yes, yes! I…I'll give you praise for taking out those stupid followers of mine with such ease…b-b-but against a mage!? Against a Noble you don't stand a chance—!"
"Ho~? That's actually quite good! Aye, you had me worry there for a second! I thought all that prick waggling was all for show!" Rider mocked as she shot forward.
Degaré let out a loud screech of anger, he waved his wand carelessly and the water shield before him rushed toward his wand. The water gathered around the wand, thinned out and elongated itself to resemble a whip.
"Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! DIE—!"
The mage screamed repeatedly as he swiped his wand left and right violently, the water-like whip thrashed about recklessly. The pirate woman's left eyebrow rose as she sidestep the first swiped, then another and another and another and another.
She dodged each blow casually, arms by her side, her eyes focus on her enemy's. The blue hair man screeched more in outrage as his attack failed, beads of sweat rolled of him from his attacks and from the fear that rose up within him.
The pirate dodged another swipe, the water whip hit the ground with enough force to shatter it, pieces of debris flew up. Rider smiled at that, twirled away in a showy fashion as another water tendril was about to hit her square in the face, raised her arms up and shot four times at the whip. The water whip burst, the water floated slowly down to the ground, much to the shock of Degaré.
"Wide open—!" Rider roared and proceeded with her charge.
"Giiiiiiiiih—!" The water mage backed away as Rider approached him, made a hasty chant and waved his wand forward. The water that floated in midair sharpen up like blades, fourteen of them, and flew toward Rider.
The pirate woman sidestep one, jumped, did a front flip and landed, completely unscathed. She placed a foot down and—
"Gaah—!" The surprised shout of Louise caught Rider off-guard. The woman turned around, noted that the sharpen water blades flew toward Louise who had fallen down on her rear in shock, the girl raised up her left arm protectively, lowered her head and closed her eyes. As fast as the pirate woman could go, she raised her flintlocks, fired as she ran towards Louise.
Thirteen bullets flew from her flintlocks at impossible speed and directions, each of the bullets hit their marks and protected the strawberry blonde Noble. The last water blade near Louise, but Rider outpaced it and swiped it away with her left flintlock. Rider skidded to a stop in front of Louise.
"Head's up little girl!" Rider called out as she looked down on Louise. The girl looked up, surprise clear on her face and turned to Rider in shock.
"How are you—?"
"Haahahahahahaaha—! Y-Y-You idiot! You just turned your back on me and let me get my bearings!? How idiotic can you be!? Just for that you two will die—!" The voice of the blue hair man shouted, it caught the attention of the two females as they saw that he had ran furthered back and had gathered more water. The water was by his feet and slowly rose until it completely covered his body.
"Sheesh, you still got some fight left in you, don't you?" Rider asked, right hand rested on her hip as she looked at the man.
"Hahahahaaha—! You're not going to win! You'll never win against Degaré the Whip! I'll beat the two of you down and do with you as I please!"
Louise cringe at those words, that man was truly a disgrace for Noble's everywhere. She thanked whomever had disowned such pathetic trash. Rider chuckled, the sound caught her attention.
"Now you want to keep us around and do as you please with us? What the whole killing us bit? Come now lad, decide what you want already!" Rider goaded with a smirk.
"AAAAAAAAAAH! You…you…you—!" Degaré's words didn't even come out right as he turned red from rage. The water around him went to his wand, thinned out and elongated into a large and thick whip. The whip was a thick as normal human torso and quite a few meters long.
The man raised his armed up, the large whip follow, water dripped down on the floor. It passed the roof of a two story building by the side. The man showed a manic grin.
"…!" Louise looked in shocked at that.
"Ho~!" Rider just looked amused, she moved fast and grabbed Louise. She holstered the girl under her right arm, ignored the surprised yelp that the young Noble made and looked back the water whip with a smirk.
Degaré crashed the whip down, it destroyed the floor in front of him and the spot where Louise and Rider were. Smoke and debris flew up. The water whip suddenly dissolved into a puddle on the long, snake like broken floor. The blue air man, breathed heavily, exhausted.
"T-Take…take that, you bitch…" The mage gloated between heavy breaths. He had put every he had into that attack, he had lost control and had put every bit of his rage into the water spell. A grin appeared on his face, his plan may had fail, but the object of his annoyance had been removed.
The sound of a scream of surprise, fright and outrage from behind him made the blue hair mage eyes go wide. He turned and looked in shock.
The pirate woman landed on the floor with cat like grace, knees slightly bend, but her heels feet planted down on the floor. Louise looked scared out of her mind, teeth grinded against each other, they tremble much like the rest of her body and she held down onto dear life on the chest area of the red vest that the scarred woman wore.
The man realized that the woman had jumped over his attack or him, whichever it was, it should've been impossible for a commoner to do such a thing.
Degaré's lips parted to say something but he had not time to utter even a single word. The woman shifted slightly to him, with her free hand she pointed her flintlock and shot two bullets. Unlike the other shots those two bullets seemed to carry more power.
The two bullets hit their mark, one went through the center of the man's thigh and the other went by the sides of the left thigh. Blood splattered and colored the ground red. The blue hair froze with a pitiful expression, looked down at his injured body and…
"A-A-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
The man howled in pained at such volume that it speared through the night sky.
Degaré fell down on his knees, his body shook, tears ran down his eyes. The wand slipped out of his hands as he desperately touched his injured thighs. Another high pitched screamed escaped him until fell down on his back and pass out.
Louise looked at the man with a raised brow, whatever feelings of intimidation she had felt for the man had disappeared with that pathetic show right there. The pirate woman on the other hand had just let out an impressed whistle.
"Not a bad screamed there, that lad there got one hell of an impressive lung if you ask me. Would've been nice to have someone like him back in my crew. We would know anytime my ship got attack!"
Louise turned to the pirate with an exasperated expression.
"Put me down."
"Hmm…?" Rider looked down at Louise for a moment, then lowered herself slightly to let the girl stand on the ground by herself. Louise dusted herself and looked around at all the defeated foes.
"That…that was rather impressive pir—familiar." Louise complimented distractedly, but had forced herself to call the woman familiar. Even though the woman would still receive her punishment and she was still annoyed at her mere presence, the woman at the very least deserved to be acknowledged as her summon for the rescue the woman had pulled off.
"Impressive? I'll say that was just disappointing! Sheesh, and here I was, expecting a little bit more from that lad…"
"Do not start getting arrogant pirat—familiar! Simply because you defeated some disowned Noble does not mean you will have the same result with a proper Noble!" Louise chided the woman harshly with a heavy glare on her face.
Rider just waved her hand dismissively and returned her weapons back into her coat. Louise never noticed how the weapon disappeared into small blue particles.
"Yeah, well I was still a little bit thrilled. Having that man talked about trying to screw me to his heart content got me a little excited to see how strong he was. Aye, all prick measurement, but no brain on how to use it. Am right?" Rider asked Louise with her arms crossed under her breast.
"You are a disgusting pig…" The distaste was clear on Louise's voice.
"Ha! I prefer being a pig than a skinny little rascal like you!" Rider mocked, her eyes close, wide grin on her face as she rustle Louise's strawberry blonde's hair.
"Wh—what—!? How dar—hey stop it! Stop it!" Louise shouted as she shoved the woman's arms back and stepped away from her. The young Noble's face was red from embarrassment. Rider just laughed more.
A few minutes passed, Louise stared at the defeated men while Rider stood by her. The woman pulled out that long smoking pipe that she had back at the bar and smoked from it. Louise tilted her head in wonder, where the heck had she pulled out the pipe?
"So now, what?" Rider asked Louise, a puff of smoke escaped her lips.
"Now you and I will head back to the Academy, where I shall report of this event."
"Lead on the way my little crew girl." Rider said with a smirk. Louise bristled at the remark.
"I'm not part of your crew, pira—familiar!"
"Ho~? As your Servant little girl, you are already a crew member for 'El Temeroso El Draque'! And it's only fitting as I am a captain!"
"You still are rambling trash!? How about you shut up and keep silent! You're ruining the moment! I can't believe that for a second I actually thought you looked coo—!" Louise suddenly snapped her mouth shut, but the damaged had been done already.
"Oooh? You thought that I was cool, huh? As expected, that's a praise worthy of a crewmember! For a reward, how about drinks? There on me!" Rider teased with a smirk. Louise fumed at that.
"How many times do I have to tell you!? I'm not part of any crew! Especially yours, pirate!" Louise shouted, whatever points the woman had gather with Louise had dropped back to zero. The two remained silent and after a moment she turned to Rider with narrowed eyes. "I would say you belong to me."
"Huh?"
"What's wrong familiar, all those disgusting drinks dampened your ears? I said that you belong to me! I'm not part of your crew! You're part of mine! You're my crewmember! I'm your captain! Can you understand that!? You're mine!" Louise panted as she glared at Rider. Rider just laugh.
"Ha—! I see, I see. Okay then, I'll let you take on the helm then Master. Even a Captain must let go of her helm every once in a while. So where to Captain?"
"Humph, I already told you, back to the academy. Where I shall find a suitable punishment for you…familiar." Louise walked off.
"Hmm, of course. Such a ruthless little girl I have." Rider said as she followed her Master.
"Don't call me little girl! I'm sixteen!"
"Who would've thought? With such temper one would take you for a spoiled babe."
"Enough."
"Though that temper will make serve you well when you become a Captain."
"Silence!"
"And with those lungs! Everyone in your command will be set straight!"
"Stay silent!"
"HO~! What do you know? With a little bit off work here and there and you letting loose that splinter up your arse…you'll become just like me! Though you still need a lot of work for that."
"SHUT UP!"
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Colbert was irritated and worry.
The morning sun had just poked its head out of the far horizon and continued its longs trenched up to the top of the sky. And it hadn't been that long since he had been told that one of his students, Louise hadn't entered the Academy since yesterday.
How could anyone not notice one of the Academy students not being present was beyond him, yet once he had heard this he had trek forward alongside another teacher, Chevreuse, who was willing to help in this endeavor.
"How could this happen?" Colbert asked himself distractedly.
"Tell me Mr. Colbert, when was the last time you had seen Miss Valliere?" Chevreuse asked the man beside her.
"Hmm…oh, that was after she had performed the summoning. After she had completed the summoning I had the students returned back to proceed with their classes…" The balding man answered.
"Still Mister Colbert, it is weird that you had not noticed one of your students missing."
"Huh…that was because we had performed levitation Miss Chevreuse…" Colbert answer sheepishly, a strained smile on his face as he scratched the back of his head.
"I do not get it? What as the levitation spell got to do with Miss Valliere's disappearance?"
"She cannot perform the spell…"
"Oh…oh that is very troubling!"
At that the two remained silent as they made their way toward the Academy's main gates. Once there, the two walked over to where the horses were. Chevreuse looked off toward the greens plains that surrounded the Academy and noted two figures far away. One of them wore the school attire sans the cloak, which made it harder for her to distinguish who it could be.
"Mr. Colbert, it seems we have company."
"What…?" Colbert turned to where the other teacher looked and saw the two figures. He recognized the woman's crimson pink hair and red vest immediately, to have a flintlock shove onto one's face made for an impression that lasted for a while. "It is Miss Valliere and her familiar…thank goodness."
"Familiar…?" Chevreuse question went unanswered as Colbert walked toward the two.
The balding man noticed quickly that the familiar was carrying Louise on her arms, though Louise didn't looked all that happy by that. He stopped and waited for the two to reach him, Chevreuse stood behind him, most likely curious over the events.
Louise's eyes glared at her familiar's face, with said familiar mostly ignored as she took noticed of him and walked towards him. Louise then looked toward him as well, grew red and started too scrambled away from her familiars grasp until she fell face first on the floor.
"…ugh…" Louise groaned, got to her feet somewhat unsteadily and looked at him with wide and worry eyes. "Professor Colbert…uh, what are you doing here?"
"To look for you Miss Valliere, after all you did not enter the Academy yesterday. Now may I know where you have been?" Colbert questioned, his staff planted firmly on the ground as he looked down Louise.
The strawberry blonde hair girl wilted under the stare, turned to look at her familiar with a harsh glare, which the familiar answered with an amused smiled. Louise turned back to looked at him with an embarrassed looked and then slumped down dejectedly.
Colbert sighed, he could tell that this would be quite the fascinating morning.
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"This is all your fault you pirate…familiar…Rider…whatever…" Louise mumbled in a tired manner. Her eyes barely opened, mouth opened slightly, face buried on the bosom of the pirate she had summoned. The two had just entered Louise's room.
After she had retold everything to both professor's, Professor Colbert chided her for not being able to keep her familiar in check and told her to take the day off to rest. Even though both professor had been disappointed in her inability to keep her familiar in check, they had grown sympathetic and interested on the part where she had been attacked.
Louise noted how the two professors looked at the pirate with impressed eyes. Not that the woman deserved it, with her being a pirate…
Well maybe a little, she did kind of saved her.
"Aye, but you'll have to agree that it was great! A little bit of adventure is not bad for a little girl like you, hmm?" Rider said loudly and rudely.
"Shut up and throw on my bed…I want to sleep…" Louise said tiredly, at that moment she was thrown violently on the bed. She let out a small squeak, anger coursed through, but once she bounced off the soft and comfortable mattress she just let it go and let herself lay on the bed.
"There you go…nice bed and all, so where's my bunk little girl? I'm a little tire…" Rider said, a little uncertain over that. It was as if she was confused by that fact, but she continued on her normal voice. "I need to snore and rest myself for the next adventure."
"Floor…" Louise gestured down, turned her back on the woman and closed her eyes.
"Huh? That's a little harsh." Louise heard the pirate say, amusement clear on her voice.
"Don't care…"
After there was silence, a few seconds passed and Louise felt herself slipped away into unconsciousness. Before she could fully slip away, she felt her mattress dip down as another person got on the bed. Louise felt herself being pushed slightly more into the bed as the woman beside her got comfortable.
Louise was annoyed by that, but she was also tired. She just chalked that up into her long list of reasons as to why punish her unruly familiar.
"Hmm, this is a pretty good bed you got here. And you wanted to keep all to yourself? Sheesh, how cruel of you."
After there was another lapse of silence. Louise could hear the soft breaths of the woman she had summoned behind. She turned toward the pirate and looked at her face. The woman's blue eyes looked down at her in questioned.
"Pir—familiar, you given me titles like 'Temeroso el Draque' or 'Rider'…but you have yet to give me your name."
"Hmm…you're right, I just thought you would recognized it with my title of 'El Draque'. Aye, could be that you botched the summoning and got me here by accident, or this summoning isn't one that I'm used to…" Rider mumbled to herself, her hands rested behind her head as she stared up at the ceiling.
"Familiar, stopped speaking nonsense. Name, now."
"Sheesh, alright, alright. How very forceful! The name's Francis Drake, and don't you forget it."
"Francis…Drake…" Louise repeated, the name rolled of her tongue in a more comfortable manner than it was to call her Rider or pirate. She then turned around and closed her eyes.
"Well, Francis when I wake up you very prepare yourself. Because I will whip you for all the slights and troubles you have caused me." With those words said, Louise let herself fall to sleep.
The last thing she heard was the amused laugh of Francis Drake.
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