Welp, I'm back from my vacation and finished the third chapter of my fic.

About this chapter, this was a pain in the ass to write and I've been thinking about making it longer until I've decided not to do so since it will take up my remaining time left in preparing for the upcoming exams after my vacation. But hey, at least I've updated this rather than abandoning it.

Anyway, why am I holding you guys up in your reading?

Disclaimer: If I own Familiar of Zero, then it will have less titties and random shit and I would have written it without thinking about how much fan service I'll be giving and concentrate on writing likeable characters and plot.


"So, Jean..." Osmond looked at the balding professor, "This Sagasso Trentwood, is he a member of any noble family that is currently present in Halkeginia?" he asked while taking out a smoking pipe and loaded it with tobacco, "Is there any family that bears this strange emblem?" he checked the strange sketch of an eagle that carries a sabre and a book on its talons that Colbert managed to create.

"I've never seen it, Headmaster Osmond..." Colbert sighed and answered him, "I'd like to ask him if he's a noble of some sort and whose family does he belong to." he said while rubbing his head, "I shouldn't have let him become Miss Valliere's familiar immediately and have him restrained for questioning." his face is filled with guilt, "But I don't know what she might do if her familiar was taken away from her after using the familiar summoning spell for many times. She kept on trying for four and a half hours, not listening to her classmate's discouraging comments until she summoned the strange, young man who might be a noble."

The headmaster stroked his beard as he blew smoke rings and thinks of what Louise managed to summon. The pink haired mage managed to summon a powerful familiar after four and a half hours of failure. It's quite strange as well when Louise's straight records of failed spells and destroyed properties are broken in Professor Chevreuse's class when she transmuted a coal into a magical gemstone that can store memories.

"I've also scanned the Gandalfr's magical power yesterday..." Osmond perked up and looked at Colbert, "The results are interesting..."

"Oh?"

"The spell told me that his power is way above us... No, beyond our level and grasp..." Colbert cupped his chin; "If he ended up with Lifdrasir or Miodaitnir, his powers might have boosted up to the point that a simple spells that he could cast might devastate 1/6 of Tristania without any trouble." the headmaster nearly dropped his pipe when he heard his colleague's revelation, "But then he acquired Gandalfr instead..."

"I suppose that acquiring the runes of Gandalfr is good, correct?" Osmond is relieved when he saw Colbert nod in confirmation.

"The runes seem to be suppressing something within him. It didn't affect his personality at all but it instead went for his magical properties. I don't know what they are but as long as the runes of Gandalfr stay, he's not a danger to anyone... I think." Colbert looked unsure when he said that the recently summoned familiar was not a danger.

"You think?" Osmond raised his brow at the bald professor, "Are there other problems that the rune might give us in the near future?"

"Well, the runes that prevent him from using his powerful magic could temporarily break if he's in a severe emotional concentration." the balding professor took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose, "In other words, he has to be too angry for his own good to let loose his most powerful spells."

Osmond leaned back from his seat and took a deep breath. Knowing that they are housing a being who is capable of destroying towns if enraged or blissful, Osmond took a mental note to never let the palace have him. Not only that, he'll also have to protect Louise if in case that they decided to use her to force him to work for them. Today was quite hectic for the two instructors; they begin to wonder if this could get any worse.

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"Sagasso... May I ask you something?" Louise looked at her familiar, who is now putting back his cloak and turban in place. Many students have dispersed and few remained to gaze upon the childlike iron golem that still stood by near the broken Valkyries, "Is that mask of yours truly a gift from your son?"

"Well, eldest son to be precise. He gave it to me 70 years ago as a birthday present. The fact that that man whore's construct ruined my son's gift got me wishing that I could to slam his face on his precious Valkyries and stick his sword up on a place where the sun never shines." Sagasso crudely answered her question as he picked up the half of his mask that is lying at the feet of Aegis.

"70 years ago? How old are you?" curiosity overtook Louise and made her ask it until she realized something. "Are you lying?" she looked at him in a suspicious manner.

"I'm not. I may look young, but I've lived for a hundred and ten years." honesty was all that Louise could hear from his voice.

"No... That's impossible... Why don't you look so... old?" she asked once more, poking some part of his face, "How could you look so young despite having those ridiculous years of living?"

"The reason why I still have this face without looking like a wrinkled prune is because of the advancement of my world's medical sciences. Many discoveries were made and thanks to that, humans are doing great in our world. An average human from my world can live for two and a half centuries by the way." he explained in a low voice about his world and the wonders of it, "Though there's a possibility that a human could live for a millennia."

"You can live for that long?!" Louise's eyes widened and nearly shouted out had her familiar not cover her mouth, "Mmmmph?"

"How about we continue this discussion somewhere else where no one might eavesdrop on us?" Sagasso looked around and saw a few students, staring at them as of now, "I suggest that we go into an empty classroom or a secluded area outside the academy, all right?"

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Few minutes later, the pinkette and her familiar is now inside an unused classroom that holds many items with heavy damages on them. Chairs, tables, jars, desks, specimen display jars, and many more are bearing marks that make Louise look away from them. Sagasso clicked his tongue and tut on the room that they have hastily picked as their meeting area.

"You know, repairing these materials would have been a lot easier and cheaper than replacing them all the time..." Sagasso examined a chair with a huge hole on its backrest, "These things look expensive... Who could have done such damage to these beautiful things?" he added as his fingers traced one chair that is masterly crafted.

"It was an accident..." Louise growled as her fists curled.

"Eh?"

"I could have done it so well if they weren't breaking my concentration..." her teeth gritted as she looked at the ground, "Stupid Germanian broad. Stupid blonde fop and his curly haired harpy..." the urge to chuckle at Louise's display of contempt on her peers was strong within Sagasso.

"I'm here to explain about something important about myself with you in private. Not listen to you, cursing your peers who insulted you." the pinkette's attention is immediately caught by her familiar, "Now, take a seat on any place that you want to sit to and let us begin our question and answer." he added before sitting on top of a teacher's desk that is not ridden with holes.

"Sagasso, before you were summoned by me..." Louise fidgeted uncomfortably from the chair that she found which is still fully repaired, "What were you doing back then?"

"Well... I was planning to have a reunion with my family after 10 years." he answered in an honest tone, causing Louise to get more uncomfortable and feel guilty, "Did you even wonder why I was insulting almost everything that I saw and nearly killed man whore in the process?"

"You said that you were frustrated..." knots began to form deep within Louise, "I thought that you were some random bystander with nothing to do who was summoned by me but..."

"But you summoned a family man who was supposed to be back at his home, relaxing with his children and grandchildren. Thanks for doing that, by the way. I'm really happy about the fact that I am here." Sagasso said in a sarcastic and embittered tone, "You must be really proud about the fact that you summoned someone who will be your eternal servant and marked him as a sign of ownership." he took off one of his gloves and showed her the runes that were etched on his right hand, "I'd never thought that this world's mages needed familiars as well to do their bidding and hold their hands while they tremble in the great canyons of the world of magic. I mean, I've accomplished a lot without summoning a familiar myself, like most of the accomplished mages from my world done same as well without a familiar."

"What? How could your world's mages even do without a familiar?!" she asked while wearing a shocked expression on her face.

"Mages in my world are doing great without a familiar. I mean, why would we get a fettered and underpowered creature when we could simply make a deal with them and form an alliance or a partnership without carving some sort of a weakening rune on their flesh?" Louise looked confused when her familiar claimed that familiar binding weakens the targetted familiar.

"Wait, are you saying that our ritual might create a weakened familiar?" Sagasso nodded at the pinkette's query, "But you were so strong back then! You even destroyed that fop's Valkyrie with your staff!"

"Well I don't know of the familiar binding ritual's processes and its details but there is a chance that I'm not as strong as you think I am. Who knows what these blasted runes are doing to my body and mind right now just to make me bow my head to your will." he angrily looked at his runed hand.

"Ooof!" Siesta's voice is heard outside, followed by the sound of stumbling and tripping.

"Shhh... Quiet down, maid..." Kirche's voice hushed Siesta, "They might hear us."

Sorry. But anyone who is not brain dead could still hear you from here.

Sagasso stood up from where he is and calmly made his way towards the door. The two voices did not hear the sound of silence as they continue on their small tirade. Louise also followed suit to see what her familiar might do to them once he opens the door and catch the eavesdropper. When Sagasso opened the door, the red headed Germanian could have hit the floor face first had Sagasso not acted quickly and caught her with his arms. Behind Kirche, Tabitha is still reading a book, showing little care to whatever is happening around her and Siesta, who looks at him with a frown on her face. The cloaked familiar sighed in resignation while Louise became indignant to the maid, the blunette, and her rival's eavesdropping.

"What in Founder's name are you three doing?! How dare you listen to our important conversation?!" she barked at them.

"Well..." Kirche, who is still in Sagasso's arms, put a finger on her lips in a seductive fashion, "I was going to invite my masked prince to come along with me into my room and have a little victory celebration after defeating the foolish Gramont." she said in a cheery tone, "But then, you decided to take your familiar in your storage room of failures and seduce him~." she mischievously added, making Louise turn red like the Germanian's hair.

"Then we heard the part about Mister Trentwood being a family man..." Siesta looked sad when she gazed on Sagasso, "He was torn apart from his family that he was supposed to meet after ten years..." her voice is heavy with sadness and anger, "Now he is being forced to serve a noble... despite the fact that he's also a noble-."

"Crap... Stop! Don't tell them!" Sagasso's call for her to stop speaking came too late. He really didn't want them to know that he is a noble unless Louise grows an even bigger ego. Louise and Kirche looked shock at the fact that the familiar is a nobleman.

"Oh no... Oh no! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I should have just kept my mouth shut! I shouldn't have said those words!" the maid continuously bowed and apologized.

"Well too late about that. Miss Louise, Miss Zerbst, and Miss Tabitha now know my civilian rank." he sighed as he prompts Kirche to stand on her own.

"I knew it! You really are a noble from the start, my masked prince!" Kirche wrapped her arms on his waist, to Sagasso's chagrin.

"Oh Founder, what have I done... I summoned a noble and turned him into my familiar..." Louise is now showing her regrets about the day that she summoned him, "Sagasso, please tell me where your family estate is. I'll immediately arrange a transport and escort for your safe return. I'll also accept whatever reprisals that they will lash out." the cloaked familiar didn't know what he could express as of now at Louise's show of stupidity. She still does not believe that he is from another dimension.

"Miss Louise, I'm not a dweller of this backwater dimension. And if my home country, Mana Kingdoma, exists in this world..." the mention of Sagasso's home country confused the girls who are listening to him, "Then I would have sent some form of a message to them, requesting for a transport to come and pick me up."

"Mana Kingdoma, what is that? Is it a kingdom far away from here?" Siesta innocently asked.

"Mana Kingdoma is a kingdom of mages and magic users. Many mage aspirants go there to study and become a great mage." the fact that there is a country where only mages live shocked everyone inside the room, "Then again; magic is a part of our basic education system in Agarrassia. And education is mandatory from where I come from. Everyone is required to attend, be it noble or commoner."

"Teaching magic to commoners? But that's heretical!" Louise indignantly blurted out, "Your people are going against the laws that the Founder wrote in stone a long time ago!" at this point, Sagasso never thought that he'll also find hatred in the world where he is standing, "And I thought that Germanians are barbaric upstarts."

"Louise Francoise de Blanc de la Valliere..." the cloaked familiar's barely hidden hatred can be felt by people around him, "This world of yours... is more barbaric than anything else that I've ever came across with. Magic is not something that only a handful of idiotic, pea brained, close-minded, pot eared, snobbish, and know-nothing hillbillies like you could simply manipulate just because some pathetic flesh-and-bones of a fool decided that it is only for you to use." never had the pinkette felt weak-kneed in all her life. Kirche, Tabitha, and Siesta never knew how true hatred felt like until the day Sagasso told his master off, "So you better shut your damned mouth about my home country, my people, or my home world unless you want to die getting stabbed with a blunt and rusted fork." his mouth then switched from an angry snarl to smile, a very sweet smile, "Got it?"

In response, everyone nodded in unison. Insulting the country of a patriotic noble is the best way to get the hateful side of a person out without any trouble. They definitely know that Sagasso love and proud of his home and he's more than ready to kill someone who dares to insult it.

"Mister Trentwood..." Siesta spoke once more, breaking the silence, "What did you mean by civilian rank?" she asked meekly, not wanting Sagasso's hate to be diverted to her.

"Civilian rank is a title that is given to those who are not involved in politics, military, or internal affairs. Just like magic, civilian rank is indiscriminate." Sagasso explained in a lighter mood, "If I'm back at my home, I'd be a civilian rank citizen of Mana Kingdoma."

"So, you consider yourself as a part of the commoner's rank?" Tabitha broke her silence. Louise looked aghast when Tabitha asked the question, "Curious indeed... A noble who considers himself as a commoner..."

"Indeed... This is the first time seen a noble who doesn't mark himself as a nobleman." the Germanian covered her mouth while blushing, "To think that a fairytale noble like you could still exist."

"Fairytale noble?" Sagasso looked baffled and amused when Kirche called him that, "Am I to be compared to a Prince Charming or a Handsome Knight with the most pleasing personalities?" he chuckled for a while, "Did you not saw what I did to that man-whore, Miss Zerbst? I'm not a fairytale noble at all if I'm the type who kills people who already surrendered." he said with an amused grin.

"Well you're willing to protect all of the women from people like him, Masked Prince." Kirche objected flirtatiously, "I'm not the type who likes traitorous men like him who flirts with as many women as possible and deceive them into thinking that he is faithful to each and every one of them."

"You stood up for me when he tried to take his frustrations out on me. No noble here has ever done that for a commoner without asking for something in return." Siesta's cheeks turned a bit pink, "It's like as if you were a prince who came out from nowhere just to protect a lowly maiden from an evil count and..." the maid continues to blabber about her fantasies.

You two are too complacent for your own good... Sagasso blinked and sighed at them.

"Look, you can't just simply trust a man who is clearly not from this world and can use powers that you all deem as otherworldly. Let alone a man like myself who can kill without even hesitating." the cloaked familiar crossed his arms, "I might be dangerous and a monster in a guise of a man. Calling me with such flowery title like fairytale noble is... weird." he sighed before looking at Louise, who is still shocked at being the receiving end of his displeasure, "What's wrong, Miss Louise? Cat got your tongue?"

"No! Cats can never get a tongue of a noble! They're nothing but animals!" the pinkette jolted back and became very attentive. Her sudden response caused Sagasso to laugh at her, "What's the matter?" she asked in a confused manner.

"I am quite amused when you took one of the oldest sayings from my world too seriously." he said while holding his sides, "I suppose that you also have skeletons in your closet as well, right?"

"Wha-wha-wha-wha-what?!" everyone looked shocked when Louise's familiar said that, "I do not have such things inside my wardrobe! There's no such thing!" she said in a flustered manner as Sagasso continues to laugh.

"I suppose..." he then composed himself, "Quite a shame that you don't understand the sayings from my world. They're really fun to use. Especially if people takes them too seriously." he smirked at them.

"You..." the pinkette fumed at the embarrassment that she went through.

"Yes, me..." Sagasso answered back, "Hmmm... It seems that I'll be having tea time with the Dreamhares." he took his arms out, uncovered a part of his wrist that is covered by his sleeve, and looked at his watch, "I would invite Miss Louise in tea time but they still hate you for the insult that you carelessly slipped off from your mouth. So, would you like to join me in a tea party, Miss Siesta?" he looked at Siesta, who is both surprised and happy.

"Wait! Why did you invite a commoner rather than a noble?" Louise, mustering her pride as a noble, spoke indignantly, "And I assume that she still has work to do for the rest of the day!"

"Well... I'm free for the afternoon." the maid corrected her, much to the pinkette's disappointment, "I was planning to take a rest until I saw Miss Zerbst and Miss Tabitha following you two."

Kirche and Tabitha looked at each other, then to Sagasso. Just like every other noble, he should have either invited his master or maybe them rather than the maid. They never thought that there was a noble who is not above mingling with a commoner. Louise is now dumbstruck when Sagasso took Siesta's hand and led her out of the room. The pinkette wanted to scream out of rage until she saw something dropped from her familiar's cloak. It was the same crystal that she managed to create in Professor Chevreuse's class, a memory diamond. But the diamond looked different, for its taking a strange pink hue.

"Isn't that the same gemstone that you transmuted a while ago?" the Germanian looked at the gemstone that was on the ground, "Hmmm... Why does it look so different?" she picked up the gemstone from the ground.

Kirche's eyes suddenly widened when her hands touched the surface of the gem. Her body quivered while holding the memory gem. Louise and Tabitha looked at her suspiciously, thinking that she might have lost it.

"Cute..." the redhead muttered.

"What?" Tabitha's best reaction was a rather blank reaction.

"Those two look so cute..." she said it out loud, alarming the two for her sudden mental breakdown.

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I've never seen two cute boys in my life! One of them bears the skin tone of my countrymen, though he has the same raven coloured hair like the maid, he's wearing a light armour above his simple tunic that covers his lithe upper chest and shoulder with a large sword strapped on his back. There's also a boy who has this same semblance as my masked prince, though more on the cute side rather than the beautiful side. He's wearing round glasses, a striped scarf, and a weathered robe. On their side are two large backpacks and a rucksack. These two must be preparing camp here.

"Sagasso, you know that we could just spend our night in a nearby city, right?" oh my... Did that raven haired boy called that robed cutie Sagasso? "Not that I'm complaining on your frugality. But shouldn't we at least treat ourselves with something nice like a soft bed or something?"

"But the outdoor's much better than the indoors, Grey!" Strange, when did my voice become less seductive? "Stop worrying too much about the outdoors being a dangerous place to sleep out. At least we could see the stars above us and breathe the freshest air that the nature provides to us!" Hmmmm... I'd rather agree with the cute swordsman's reasoning.

"Sorry but we're penny pinching, Grey. Just because we have money doesn't mean that we could spend it all the time." I definitely know that my masked prince is a frugal prince, "Besides, the city nearby is an Olympic sponsor."

"Crap... why didn't you say so?" I'm guessing that this Olympic sponsor is a bad news. "I forgot about that. I really hate it when I'm forced to answer questions and show some documents to prove my identity as a traveller passing by; doubled if the one asking me is an equivalent of a Church Inquisitor."

Huh? Did I just hear a loud roar? Looks like Sagasso dear and his friend, Grey are taking out their weapons. Wait, my fists are bandaged... Why am I preparing to fight? Why do I feel the draft getting stronger every second?

"MEAT..." I want to scream... I really want to scream right now.

I have never seen such an abomination like that in my entire life! It looks like it was cut down and sewn so many times! It's also huge! Not only does it have oversized arms and undersized legs, it also has extra limbs sticking out from the back and its abdomen. Its face... I can't describe it... Its teeth are jutting out from its loose mouth. The nose of this thing is nothing more but two slits on its pudgy face. And its eyes... they were nearly popping out. It also holds an oversized cleaver that is still coated with fresh blood and gore on its right, and a severed leg with high heels worn on its foot on its left. No... is this thing a cannibal?

"FRESH MEAT..." this thing's terrible voice should have brought fear to anyone... Even I would feel nothing but terror when I'm in front of this monster.

"So... shall we kill this thing first before setting up camp?" but the raven haired Germanian doesn't have any sign of fear on its face. Why is he smiling? Shouldn't they be running away from it?!

"That thing looks dangerous..." please dispel them of their notion that they could kill that thing. Please dispel them of such-, "Which makes it more fun to take down as well!" no... No... Nononononononono! Why isn't she afraid as well?! "... I blame the both of you for influencing me to become a battle-seeking girl..." ... if this situation was not like this, I'd be laughing at this right now.

Then all of the sudden, it ran towards us. Brandishing its cleaver and throwing the leg aside. It sprayed a foul smelling drool on us as it screams and tries to touch us. I managed to step away from its attacking path along with Sagasso with grace while the raven haired swordsman got himself locked in the grasps of the left hand of that thing. That thing threw him hard on the ground and raised his cleaver, ready to cut him down. I don't want to see this but my eyes refuses to close and forces me to watch it. But to my surprise:

"Mage Missiles: Fire Element!" the raven swordsman raised its free arm and shot five fire balls without a wand at its head and neck. Impossible, is he a mage?! It felt the damage that Grey inflicted and backed away from its supposed-to-be victim. "Mage Missiles: Fire Element!" he fired five more volleys of fire balls on its face to distance him from that abomination.

"GWOOOOOH... PAIN... HURTS..." the thing covered its hand while the raven swordsman continues to fire magical projectiles until it's far away from him.

When there is enough distance between them, my masked prince and I joined in and fired magical projectiles that are made of wind and earth. It was not a surprise to me that my Sagasso is an Earth mage, though what makes me wonder is that I'm not firing any fire element spells like the raven swordsman. I'm only firing wind element magical missiles as of now, which is not my element. But the effects are showing now, for the beast's free arm is now rendered unusable and its body bears the injuries that were inflicted by me, my masked prince, and the raven swordsman.

The beast, now bearing some harsh burn wounds suddenly roared at us with great intensity. For some reason, we suddenly stopped firing magical missiles. When I looked at Sagasso, I've never seen him look so pale. Grey drew out his blade, which a cross of a falchion and a claymore, from his back and got ready to attack.

"Feena, protect Sagasso while I dance with Mr. Huge, Smelly, Ugly here." his grip on his blade got tighter and his sights are directed towards the thing. "Damn it... I never thought that this guy can use that technique. Whoever made this thing actually covered its base when fighting a mage. To think that it can actually use a sealing screech..."

"MEAT!" it charged once more, brandishing its cleaver and looked at us with a hungry expression. Grey charged as well, with his sword in hand and courage in his eyes. Is he planning to fight that thing without his magic?

Apparently, my masked prince's companion is strong... very strong. He's holding down a ten foot, pudgy abomination with a sword, ignoring its terrible presence. I backed away, along with Sagasso, to a safer location to recover from the so-called sealing screech of that monster. By the time we made it to a safe position, the raven swordsman was thrown back by getting hit by its cleaver's blunt side. Ewww... I think that Grey will be having a long bath after this... there's blood all over his clothes and face.

My masked prince drew his sword out from his side, readying himself to attack in case the monster sets its eyes on him. But then the monster looked at me with its popped out eyes and burnt and bloated face. It began to salivate, which is completely disturbing. It wanted to eat me... It wanted to taste my body... and it's not in a sexual sense. I might be frozen by such thought, but that's just me. The body of this war freak of a woman wanted to get into a quarrel with that thing. I can see and hear her knuckles crack. This wind user wanted to fight it...

With her bare hands nonetheless.

"Feena, don't come any closer to that thing. That thing's more to it than just screaming and cleaving." my masked prince warns her while the thing readies itself to make a dash towards us.

I don't like this at all, that thing's sizing the both of us... it wants us to make a mistake before it cuts us down and cannibalizes our bodies. It may not be as smart as a human, but it has enough intelligence to be able to play mind games at us.

"HUNGRY!" the thing's terrifying voice shouted its battle cry before running towards me. Brimir's balls... I'm not ready for this kind of a fight.

"Let's do this!" damn it! Listen to my masked prince, you fool! Don't just charge into the field! Don't... oh Brimir's balls... I'm getting closer and closer to that thing!

"MEAT!" that thing is going to chop me in half, and it's this entirely the girl's fault. This is...

"Hup, missed me, sucker!" that insane bitch, she just dodged its fatal attack by sidestepping and attacked its legs with her own legs, causing that thing to tumble down. She quickly backed away when the thing was about to crash down on her... is this girl using some sort of an enhancement spell to make her body stronger and faster?

"Zerbst... Let go..." A voice... But whose voice is it? It sounds so distorted and garbled. Where are you? Are you watching this as well?

"MEAT!" the beast screeched while it planted its hand on the ground and pushed its body up, "HUNGRY! MEAT! NOW!" this thing wants to eat us no matter what. Oh Brimir... what manner of creature is this and why did you allow it to walk along with us?

We have to move... We have to move! That thing is about to throttle us! No... No... This isn't happening... Why are you shaking in fear?! You attacked that thing without any hesitation... and now you're trembling like a little girl?! The distance between us and that thing is getting closer and closer! Work legs! Take us out of here, damn you... Being eaten by an abomination isn't part of my lists of dying... I'd rather die on the hands of my beloved masked prince than be slaughtered and consumed by a monster! No... Stop closing your eyes! We have to move! Please don't do this!

"Feena!" then my world felt like I was being pulled down to the ground from my arm. My masked prince saved me... "Crap- AAAAARGH!" but the exchange was his body, getting nearly cleaved into two by that thing. My masked prince's blood found its way on my strange, white outfit that has a black belt on its waist.

"SAGASSO, NO!" I hear Feena and Grey's voice cry out the name of their friend, who is now lying at my feet, convulsing and dying while the thing raises its weapon on the fallen.

I then hear a loud explosion from nowhere, which the two ignored since they are concentrating on either saving Sagasso and killing the thing that heavily injured him. My body snapped back in action and shielded the masked prince's body with a strange wind spell while the raven swordsman jumped at the thing's back and started stabbing it randomly from its head and shoulders while throwing fire balls.

"Faux... Let go... Let go, NOW!" another loud explosion is heard from nowhere. But I can't focus on it right now. I'm next to my dying masked prince and fighting for our survival. My mind cannot shift its attention on other things as of this moment. "Tabit... staff!"

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Tabitha and Louise are trying to remove the hands of Kirche from the memory diamond by force. Magic seems to have not worked since there is a staff that has its head completely obliterated. The blunette got even more worried when her companion started mumbling about an abomination and a group of crazed people who are lead by Louise's familiar.

"Stop, please! Sagasso, don't attack him up close and personal! Abandon the fight while you still can!" Kirche's blank eyes started to tear up and her face showed a horrified look in her face.

Louise suddenly perked up when she heard Sagasso's name. Now she knows that the memory diamond that the Germanian is holding belongs to her familiar. And right now, she's getting a firsthand experience of terrible things that her familiar have seen or done. Though she considers the busty Germanian as her rival, she did not wish to see her getting broken by the gemstone that is meant to store precious memories that a person have. Meanwhile, Tabitha is getting desperate as she continues to try and pry off the terrible stone from her best friend's hand. She did not want to see her friend slowly breaking down thanks to the memories that Louise's familiar have.

Then, salvation came in the form of a balding professor named Colbert. He opened the door and entered the room with a smile in his face. When he saw the pinkette and the blunette holding the arms of Kirche, he said to them:

"Miss Valliere, Headmaster Osmond would-..."

"Professor Colbert, help us! We need to remove the gemstone that Zerbst holds before her mind gets broken!" Louise frantically interrupted her teacher's statement. She knows that that was disrespectful, but she is getting desperate right now.

"Let go..." Tabitha gritted her teeth as she focused her meagre strength to try and remove the terrible stone that holds her friend in its thrall, "Let go, Kirche."

"Wha?" Colbert hurriedly went up to them and checked the gemstone that Kirche is holding. Her grip towards it was like a vice, it won't be easy to remove it. He also saw Tabitha's broken staff on the floor; "I guess that normal retrieval spells will not work, eh?" he took out his wand and raised it on the air, "I'm going to heat the diamond enough to force Kirche to let go of it. You two will continue to pull her arms off of the diamond as well."

"No! No! Stop! You're bleeding too much already! Don't go back to the fight and let your friends handle it!" Kirche half-shouted this time, causing panic to the people inside.

"Do it quickly before she loses her mind, Professor!" Louise panicked while Tabitha is beginning to lose her cool exterior and was slowly replaced with a determined look in her face. She did not want to see her friend like this. She did not wish for her to be broken down by a gem that only stores memories of others.

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Please... don't try to stand up, Sagasso... You have a huge wound on your chest. Please don't stand up! Just stay down and let Grey take care of this. Why didn't you tell him that that thing is way out of your league?! Let me tend on you while your friend take cares of that abomination. The steel of Grey's sword clashed against the steel of the bloody cleaver that is adorned with human skulls many times and backed away from it. Whenever that thing tries to attack me while I treat Sagasso, I always use some sort of a wind spell that has the power of a triangle level mage and the raven swordsman would cleave a part of his protruding limbs. Right now, all he has left is a single pair of both his oversized arms and stubby legs.

I wanted to let loose of my contents since blood flows freely from every stumps where that abomination's extra limbs were supposed to be, the stab wounds that my masked prince's companion inflicted, and those hideous burn wounds that were inflicted on its upper body. But I couldn't do that. Right now, even if I'm not in control of this body, I have to treat Sagasso's wounded body. A part of the area where he was slashed mercilessly when he was suddenly rushed by that thing is turning into light purple.

Oh gods... was that weapon of that monster poisoned as well?! I have to stop this infection before it gets worse was the only thing that my voice continuously rambled while opening a rucksack that is actually filled with medical supplies that I have never seen in my entire life.

"Erk... Damn this thing... Fall already, you walking piece of turd!" I can tell that the raven haired swordsman is beginning to lose his patience. He's starting to be less stylish and more brutal and efficient in his attacks, always going for the throat to try and cut its head off. Unfortunately, the fat zombie keeps on throwing him back on its opposite side.

"Kirche, snap out of it!" wait... Where did that voice come from? It sounds so familiar...

"MEAT... MEAT... MEAT..." oh no... That thing is rushing towards us after it threw Grey too far for them! No... I must do something!

I raised my hand and tried to summon the same wind spell that knocked this creature back. Chanting as fast and properly as possible while a disgusting, patchwork zombie approaches us and keeping Sagasso alive wasn't an easy feat. I saw my bandaged arms tremble as my chanting continues. Grey tries to run towards us, hoping that it was not too late. Founder; please give his legs your strength.

"Zerbst, let go of it, you faux Succubus!" another familiar voice is heard in the middle of nowhere. What's going on? Why aren't they taking notice of it?

My hands feel hot... very hot... It's like as if my hands are holding a handful of burning coal. Then my vision blurred for the first time. Why am I seeing that zombie having a full crown of long, wavy, pink hair? Why is it that Sagasso's turning bald and wearing round glasses? And why is Grey's skin turning pale by the second? Aaaargh... my hands hurt!

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"Aaaaaack!" Kirche's hands finally relinquished its hold on the gemstone, much to the three's relief. Her hands may have received some burns, but at least she was not anymore losing her mind thanks to the gem. "What happened here? Why do my fingers hurt?"

"Oh thank Brimir, you're okay Kirche!" Louise sighed as she saw her rival come back to her senses and a small smile starting to form on her face, "... not like I'm worried about you anyway, faux Succubus." she turned her back and tried to hide her smile.

"Miss Zerbst, what happened to you while you were holding that cursed stone?" the professor took out a black handkerchief from his pocket, "I'm taking this stone with me..." using the cloth, Colbert picked up the memory diamond from the ground and bundled it before putting it inside his pocket, "Miss Valliere, I'd like you and Mister Trentwood to come to the Headmaster Osmond's Office." he said before leaving the room, "He'd like to speak with you and him about what happened this morning."

Louise paled a bit when the bald professor told her that she is being called into the headmaster's office.

"Oh and the Duke and the Duchess Valliere and General Gramont will be here as well to confirm what transpired in the duel. The information about your familiar defeating and nearly killing the General's son seems to have spread faster than we have thought." the professor's sighing can be heard outside the room after saying that, "Brimir, I hope that the General will not take this too personally..."

I'm doomed... the pinkette's legs gave away and found herself on the ground, shaking and shivering on the possibilities of her getting dragged back to her home.


Short Skit:

"Mister Trentwood, you lived for a century right?" Siesta asked the masked familiar as they walk the hallway.

"Well, that's a yes. Why did you ask that?" he answered, "Are you uncomfortable with it?"

"Not really... You said that you have children and grandchildren right?" at first she looked at Sagasso while blushing heavily. Her mouth quivered at first, but she decided to gulp her fears and asked, "Howmanychildrendidyouhave?" but she asked in an incredibly quick way.

"Whoa, slow down Siesta. Care to repeat your question?" Sagasso stopped in the middle of the hallway and turned around to face the maid.

"How many children did you have, Mister Trentwood?" taking the advice, the maid asked Sagasso.

"Well..." the masked familiar is glad that she couldn't see his blush forming on his cheeks, "Me and my wife uh... managed to have a lot of children..." he stuttered.

"Really? Could you give me the specific numbers? And how you two did it to make them?" summoning her courage, she dared to ask the forbidden question, causing Sagasso to flinch.

"Eeep..." he couldn't believe that Siesta was this daring. He doesn't know what should he say to her to prevent corrupting her. Little did he know, Siesta is already as corrupted as the faux Succubus named Kirche, "I... uh... have fifteen children, nine girls and six boys. Ten of them are married and managed to give me... uh... twenty five grandchildren..." he is definitely relieved that his mask is great at hiding his embarrassment, "And why should I tell you my closet fetishes? Aren't you too young to ask that kind of question..." at first he sounded angry when he asked his last questions, until he realized that he said something that caused the maid to mysteriously bleed from her nose, "Ignore my last statements..."

"Closet fetishes..." Siesta's mind is now in an another world where a handsome masked prince named Sagasso Trentwood is wearing a risque leather uniform and saying vulgar words while ravishing a certain maid whose limbs are tied on the bed post and roleplaying as a maid getting raped, "Ah... ah... No... not there... please..."

Note to self... Never talk about my love life in front of Siesta... nor give her a clue about what I can do in the sack... Sagasso watched as the maid unconsciously act out her darkest desires... in the middle of the corridor.