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"Wake up, stupid familiar!"

It was already morning.

After the agreement between Louise and Jack, the both of them decided to go to sleep or at least that's what they intended. The evil genius, as was evident, was reluctant to sleep in the pile of straw that Louise had placed next to her bed. He had said that the next ruler of the world couldn't do something so shameful. Louise, on the other hand, despite deciding that she would give Jack some freedom, still considered unacceptable to let him sleep with her. A discussion started. And a bunch of punches made it finish a minute later. Before going to sleep, Louise had told Jack to wake up early because she had classes in the morning. This, as was evident, ended up being a bad idea.

Jack woke up immediately upon hearing Louise's scream. Alarmed, he stood up and started looking from one side to the other. Apparently, he had temporarily forgotten everything that had happened yesterday. The evil genius required a few seconds to remember everything or at least the most important things. It was the next moment that it happened that he asked the most obvious question.

"What the hell is wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me? I told you yesterday to wake me up early and thanks to your laziness I'm about to be late."

Jack then remembered that Louise had indeed given him that indication. He was about to reply but after seeing Louise's angry face, he put that idea aside. He didn't want to receive another beating like the one from the last night.

"Fine, my fault."

"At least you admit it. Anyway, I don't have time to take you to the place where I summoned you, so you'll have to go on your own."

"And how am I supposed to do that?"

"Just ask someone. I'll meet you when my classes are over, so you better hurry up."

Once she said that, Louise pulled Jack out of his room. After a few seconds, he began to knock the door loudly.

"Wait, what about breakfast?"

"There isn't breakfast for the familiar who disobeys his master."

"That's it, midget. It's time to set a limit. For your sake, you better open the door right now and tell me the place where I can have some breakfast."

There was a silence that lasted for approximately fifteen seconds. After that time, the door opened slowly. Jack, believing that he had achieved what he wanted, showed a smile full of confidence. However, upon seeing the expression of Louise, he knew that he had been completely wrong.

"Are you still here?! You have ten seconds to get out of here! Otherwise!"

The tone of her voice made it quite clear. Jack didn't think twice before running away from the place, leaving behind a Louise who was clenching her fist.

"That girl is crazy." He said as he ran away.

In his haste, Jack didn't even think about where he was going. Just after almost five minutes, he realized that he had been running aimlessly. Slowly he slowed down his pace until the point where he stopped completely. Finally, he took a few seconds to catch his breath.

"Now, where the hell should I go?"

Again there was the problem of not knowing the place where he had been summoned. He could ask someone, but there wasn't any person in sight. And even if there were someone near, he wouldn't ask. Because of his pride, he believed he could find the site for himself.

"Anyway, I'll just get out of this castle and walk until I find the remains of my machine. How hard can it be?"

After he decided that, Jack started walking.

I wonder what can do those Shen Gong Wus.

Louise was already in class. She hadn't had the time to eat breakfast but at least she was able to arrive in time to the classroom. Normally, she would be paying attention to the lesson because, despite her innumerable failures, she continued to put a lot of effort into her studies. However, that class was different because her mind didn't stop circulating the possibilities that the Wus had brought to her. She wasn't only intrigued but also impatient.

I wonder if he already found the place.

"Why is this place so huge?"

Jack had been walking for about an hour. For someone normal, that time wouldn't be exaggerated but Jack wasn't exactly an athletic person. Being dependent entirely on his technology, his physical condition was considerably below average. After an hour of walking, he felt like he could barely stand.

"Wait a minute... Have I been in this place before?"

Even if the answer to that question was a no, he couldn't know that. The corridors of the academy were very similar to each other and since he hadn't paid enough attention to notice the differences, he thought he had been walking in circles.

Frustrated, Jack walked to the nearest window to get some fresh air.

"I need to find the exit and then..."

Instantly, the young redhead lowered his head. He remembered that leaving the building would just be the beginning. After that, he still had to find the place I was looking for. Without knowing how much time that would take, an air of depression began to invade him. An air that barely lasted a moment because an idea that came to his mind improved his mood in an instant.

"It's true, I won't have to walk."

Using his heli-bot, Jack would be able to perform an aerial search, which wouldn't be that difficult. That managed to relieve him of what he imagined would be a torment. After giving a breath, Jack began to walk again.

"Well, let's continue. The only thing I need now..."

Jack slowed his pace.

"Is look for..."

And then stopped.

"An exit."

The evil genius was in complete silence. At last, he had realized the most obvious. For several seconds, Jack wondered why he hadn't just left the castle through a window. After all, since he could fly, he didn't need to find the exit. Refusing to call himself a fool for not noticing the most obvious, he decided to completely forget about it. Then, he went to the nearest window and stood in position to exit through it. However, before he could do it, he felt someone grabbed him by the waist.

"Don't jump!" Exclaimed someone with obvious concern.

"What the hell?!"

Upon turning, Jack noticed how a black-haired girl in a maid outfit was holding him.

"Who the hell are you?"

The maid ignored his question since there was only one thing she could think of at that moment.

"Even if you think things are bad, dying isn't the solution."

Jack tried to free himself. However, the girl was tenacious and her grip strong enough to don't let him go. After a minute of struggle, he finally lost his patience and activated his heli-bot. At the next moment, Jack passed through the window and ascended to the sky. As was evident, the maid ended going with him.

"What's...?"

After realizing what was happening, the maid not only began to scream but also put much more force in her grab. Jack, due to the strong grip, began to have trouble breathing. His survival instinct, which was one of the few things he could brag about, helped him act in the best way. The both of them began to descend and once the girl's feet touched the ground, she proceeded to calm down. Jack, on the other hand, put his hands on the ground and tried to catch his breath.

"Are you okay?" The girl asked after approaching Jack.

"Okay? Are you asking me if I'm okay? It was perfectly fine before you came! What's your problem?!"

She, after meditating for a few seconds, realized what had happened and the mistake she had made.

"You're Miss Valliere's familiar, right?"

"Yeah, and?"

"I thought that because you were summoned you as a familiar you were depressed and was going to jump out the window to... you know."

Jack just looked at her.

"I'm sorry, maybe I hurried to make assumptions, but I never thought you could..."

At that moment, the girl recalled what happened.

"Wait a minute, how did you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Fly. According to the rumors, you were a commoner. Did Miss Valliere summon a noble?"

After looking at her for a moment, Jack gave a long sigh. Then, the blades of his heli-bot began to spin again and made him elevate a few centimeters.

"It's my Heli-bot. It was a gift and it's what allows me to fly."

"I've never seen that kind of magic"

"It's not magic." Jack replied. "Now, if you don't have anything else to say, then go away, I'm very busy. I have a place to find."

"If it's a place within the limits of the academy maybe I could help you. It's the least I can do for the mistake I made."

Jack, who had already turned around to retire, stopped. Certainly, his ego was an impediment at times to ask for help, but he had a considerably favorable situation in which he wouldn't have to ask for it but only accept it.

"Well then, I, Jack Spicer, will be generous and accept your offer."

I can't wait more.

Even if one couldn't believe it, Jack wasn't the only person who planned to go to the summoning place that morning. Unlike the others who were present at that time, there was a certain person who was very interested in everything that appeared with Jack after his summoning. It was normal since Colbert was really attracted to that kind of things.

The previous day he had fulfilled his duties as a teacher until de sundown and during the night he had dedicated himself to investigate Jack's runes, something that also had attracted his attention. That investigation led him to make a discovery that he had to inform Osmond. However, his curiosity ended up being stronger. His first class of the day was over and he had a couple of free hours, so before meeting the director, Colbert decided to examine more closely the strange objects

Maybe I should take everything to my lab.

Colbert only needed to go around a small group of trees and then he would be able to satisfy his curiosity.

That way I could...

The professor's thoughts were interrupted. To his great surprise, there was already someone examining everything that was in the place where the summoning of the familiars happened. In fact, that person wasn't only examining the different objects but also, as far as the teacher could deduce, was repairing them.

He immediately recognized the young man as the familiar who Louise had summoned the previous day. Besides, he wasn't alone. A maid was also there, looking very closely at what the red-haired boy was doing. From the gaze of the girl, the professor knew that she didn't understand what Jack was doing but her curiosity didn't allow her to look away.

Jack, on the other hand, was completely focused on repairing his Jack-Bots. Certainly, in his backpack he had all the tools he needed to repair them, but they were the most basic tools he had. The evil genius had to conform with he had at that moment. Even so, he was sure that he could repair his Jack-Bots, which conditions weren't as bad as he thought at the beginning.

"Finally, I finished the first one." Announced Jack.

After saying that, Jack activated his robot. Immediately after, the Jack-Bot elevated a couple of meters into the air. Both Siesta and Colbert couldn't hide the astonishment in their faces. The professor was totally intrigued by what he had just seen and his desire to examine what Jack brought with him only increased. Siesta's interest wasn't far behind either. The maid curiosity had increased since Jack mentioned that what happened wasn't magic.

"Very well, your first order will be to find me something to eat." Jack indicated his robot. "Today I couldn't have breakfast, so..."

"Excuse me." Siesta interrupted. "If you wish, I can bring you something to eat."

"For real?" Jack asked with a more friendly tone in his voice.

"In return, could you tell me later how you managed to make that ... thing fly without using magic?"

"I doubt you will be able to understand it but if that's what you want."

Jack, unable to bear the hunger anymore, turned to see the robot he had just repaired.

"Take her so she can come back faster."

Wasting no time, the Jack-Bot grabbed Siesta lifted her to the sky. Already in the air, Siesta told the robot where they should go and without further delay, they both left Jack alone.

That loneliness, however, barely lasted a few seconds because the teacher who had just witnessed all that what happened approached the young genius to be able to ask him a few questions. Jack, distracted repairing another of his robots, didn't notice the professor, who coughed to get Jack's attention without frightening him. Regrettably, Jack, who hadn't paid attention to his surroundings, was shocked anyway by the sudden noise. Seconds later, he turned to see the teacher who had stood next to him.

"Who are you?" Jack asked, annoyed by the sudden appearance. "And what the hell do you want?"

Colbert, who had met students with even worse personalities and also was impatient to satisfy his curiosity, he didn't pay attention to Jack's bad attitude.

"I'm the teacher who was present at the moment that Miss Louise summoned you. I came here because I'm interested in examining all these objects that appeared with you."

He was there, too?

"A few moments ago I saw how you finished repairing one of these... things, so if it's possible I would like you to tell me what exactly all those things are."

The evil genius looked at the professor for a moment. Certainly, he wouldn't lose absolutely anything if he decided to answer his questions, except for some of his time, evidently. However, Jack wasn't the kind of person who was willing to help selflessly and since Colbert had been present during his summoning, he thought it was appropriate to ask him some questions in exchange.

"Yes, I don't have problems at all but first I would like to know a couple of things."

"I guess it's fair." Colbert answered instantly.

"First, according to what that midget told me, yesterday I appeared next to everything you see here. In addition, there were also other objects scattered on the floor, isn't it?"

Midget? Is he talking about Miss Valliere? If so, she certainly summoned a familiar who will be difficult to deal with.

"That's right."

"She also told me that all those objects had risen through the air and then flew in different directions. Did you happen to see the exact directions they went to?"

"Unfortunately, they were too many to be able to keep track each of them."

That was expected.

"However, there were two that went to a similar direction and I managed to keep track to before they went too far.

Jack got up immediately after hearing those words.

"Can you describe those objects? And more importantly, where did they go?" Asked the young man while holding the professor's shoulders.

"Are those objects related to all of these things scattered on the ground?"

From what Colbert had been able to observe, Jack didn't show a great reaction even after repairing one of his Jack-Bot. A flying device was already reason for the teacher to be surprised and yet Jack didn't give much importance to the matter. Therefore, Colbert couldn't help but be intrigued by those objects that the young man in front of him showed so much interest in obtaining.

"Yesterday I asked the servants to don't clean this place because I had a special interest in all these objects."

"What does that have to do with...?"

"I had the intention of taking all this to my laboratory to be able to make an analysis. Since you don't have another place to leave these things I think it's the most convenient thing to do is take everything to my laboratory. Then, we'll be able to talk about this with more calm."

It was because Colbert had met students worse than Jack that he knew how to deal with him, at least partially. He needed something that Jack considered valuable and if he answered all his questions, he wouldn't have a way to negotiate.

"Fine."

Did he really accept so easily?

Colbert thought that Jack would show a little more reluctance. However, there was something he didn't considerate, the curiosity of the evil genius. Jack couldn't help but be intrigued when he heard Colbert mention a lab. In fact, he began to consider the option that maybe he had judged that world too quickly and that Halkeginia wasn't as backward as he thought at first.

This isn't what I expected.

Unfortunately for Jack, his expectations, despite being low, weren't met.

By the time Siesta returned, Jack had managed to repair two more Jack-Bots. She, however, couldn't stay. Lunch preparations would begin soon and it was her responsibility to be present. After telling Jack that she would be back, Siesta proceeded to retire and the evil genius didn't waste time to begin to eat. Colbert, on the other hand, with the help of the three Jack-Bots that had been repaired, began to transport the remains of the machine and the other robots to the laboratory.

Jack took his time to finish eating. In fact, he took enough time for Colbert and the three Jack-Bots to finish transporting everything. One of his robots returned, evidently, to guide him to the laboratory. The trip didn't take more than a few minutes.

The outward appearance gave Jack a bad feeling because more than a laboratory the building seemed more like an old shed. Once he entered, however, his biggest impression came. It was certainly a laboratory but not one as he expected. On the many shelves were bottles, tubes, and jars full of unknown liquids. There were also two booksellers full of books, as well as a variety of animals in cages.

As Jack inspected his surroundings, Colbert was making some space to accommodate the things he had just brought. The place was small, so that wasn't a simple task. Then, suddenly, something caught Jack's attention. It wasn't something really impressive but interesting enough to cause in him a slightly curious.

"Well, I think this must be... what are you doing?!" Colbert exclaimed.

After ordering everything in his laboratory, the professor turned around to talk to Jack. However, upon he did it, he could see how the young man had disarmed a large part of a device that he had been fervently working on for a time, which, in theory, would work on oil. When he noticed that the red-haired boy didn't pay attention to him, the teacher approached to try to stop him but that ended up being unnecessary since Jack put the device on a table after a couple of seconds more.

What did he do?

His invention had changed drastically. Once it was finished, supposedly a puppet with the shape of a snake would appear. However, what Jack had done was give it the shape of a real and tiny snake. After the evil young man pressed the head of the machine, the snake began to move slowly.

"Well, let's finish with this." Jack said without much interest for what he had just done. "Where did those objects go?"

Colbert was speechless. He imagined that he would need a few more weeks to be able to make his invention work properly. And even so, Jack didn't only finished his invention but also apparently improved it in just a moment. What he found even more surprising was that it took him only a few seconds to understand his device.

Unless…

Although there was also another option, that Jack knew his invention function from the beginning as if it were something completely basic for him. He didn't consider that unlikely since what he had seen of him supported that possibility very well.

"Are you listening to me, ancient?"

"Y-Yes."

Colbert took a few more seconds to assimilate what had just happened.

"Before I answer you, I would like you to tell me how you did these...

The teacher stopped to point to the robots that were floating in the middle of his laboratory.

"Jack-Bots." Jack completed.

"Yes, how did you do those Jack-Bots?"

The red-haired boy gave a long sigh.

"I'll tell you the same thing I told to that maid. Even if I explained it to you, probably you wouldn't understand it."

"Is it something so complicated to understand?"

Jack paused briefly. Then, suddenly, a certain idea formed in his mind. After that, he took a couple of steps and grabbed the snake he had just made.

"To stay in the air they use an anti-gravity system. As I said, you wouldn't understand it. However, to move faster or to travel long distances they use a different technology."

The young genius showed the snake to Colbert.

"If you almost were able to build an engine, then I guess you have possibilities."

The professor, instead of being offended, was somewhat confused. Especially for a certain word Jack mentioned.

"An engine?"

"Yes, an engine. Didn't you know the name of what you wanted to build?"

"Actually... I haven't thought in a name yet. I was planning to give it one after I finished it."

Jack's eyes opened slightly.

"Wait a minute. When you say you were planning to give it a name..."

Jack paused briefly to think for a moment.

I see...

He didn't need to meditate much more. Jack realized that in the world where he had arrived at the engine hadn't been invented yet. That helped him slightly to understand the technological level of Halkeginia. In addition, it also improved slightly his opinion about Colbert. After all, between built something that already existed and literally thought the concept from scratch, was a big difference. Finally, another idea came to his mind.

"Forget what I said before. Well, not everything. Leaving the anti-gravity system aside, I think you'll be able to handle the rest. However, since it won't be a simple explanation, I think it won't be a fair trade if you only tell me the direction where the Shen Gong Wus went to."

"Shen Gong Wus?"

"That's the name of those objects that I mentioned before. Anyway, there's something else I would like to have."

"Something else?"

"You said you teach in this place, right?"

"Correct."

"And I guess that's why they gave you permission to use this part of the academy as a laboratory, right?"

Once again, Colbert nodded.

"I was planning to build a lair sooner or later. However, considering the pact I did with that midget who invoked me, the best thing to do is build it near the academy."

Jack wasn't as stupid as one might think. Years and years of failures had given to him some experience and he was aware that it wasn't a good idea to make his lair at the academy without some kind of permission. He thought about trying to get that permission through Louise but he figured it could take a long time. However, the possibility of accelerating the process had been presented to him.

"Do you understand what I'm saying?"

Colbert didn't take more than a few seconds to decide. Jack's words, despite being full of greed, did nothing but increase the interest of the teacher. Jack would use the space that was assigned to Colbert's lab to build a lair. And it wasn't going to be a simple lair but one that surely would be full of artifacts that would undoubtedly fascinate the professor. However, before accepting, there was something he wanted to be sure of.

"I'll have access to that lair, right?"

"I don't have problems sharing the place as long as you don't touch my things without my permission. Although of course, first, we have to make this place a little bigger."

That was enough to convince him. Being able to see such incredible devices was enough privilege for the teacher to accept the deal. Jack repaired his robots in minutes, so he couldn't imagine what he could accomplish if he works for days. Evidently, it was also beneficial to keep an eye on the young genius since from his experience, Colbert was fully aware that Jack was plotting something else.

"We have a deal." Colbert proclaimed.

The professor extended his hand so that Jack could shake it, which he did only a couple of seconds later.

Perfect. Thought Jack.

He had already secured a place to work in peace. If someone questioned what he was building, he could always turn to Colbert to try to justify himself. The construction of his lair wouldn't be immediate. He needed to repair several Jack-Bots to get materials to make the construction.

There really was a lot to do. As for the machine that was destroyed, he planned to use its remains to make a small refinery. After getting more processed materials he would fabricate a Shen Gong Wu detector, build more Jack-Bots, means of transport and something to help him understand what had happened to the Mantis Flip Coin. The road was going to be tedious but that didn't discourage him. The doors opened slowly and he thought that it would only be a matter of time to achieve world domination.


I was taking a break. Yeah, that. It's not because I was lazy and didn't feel like translating this chapter. That didn't happen, okay?

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Ok, that's what happened. Anyway...

1. Well, a slight deviation from the canon. Also, seems like everything goes just as Jack wants, at least for now. He's Jack so it's a matter of time to something bad happens to him.

2. I really hope the pacing isn't too fast. I want this fic to be simple enough to have time to write it.

3. Now I just need to translate on more chapter and then begin to update both the Spanish and English version at the same time.

4. Thanks for the favs and follow, as always.

Thanks for reading.