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Tristanian Academy Of Magic

"What did you two do while you were gone?!" Louise asked the pair as they made their way to Vestri Court, the boy and the knight shared the same confident and slightly excited smirk with the rest of the group right behind them.

The two disappeared from their sights, despite not having a clue; they gave searching for them a shot but they were unable to find even a small sign of either of them, leaving the girls with no choice other than to wait for the two to appear.

They did return shortly right before the duel was set to start, Siesta rushing to her brother to hug him, her worry not lowering any bit in the near future, this was strongly contrasted by her brother's wide and bright smile as if he was saying "I got this, everything will go just fine.", it only made her think that her brother has gone crazy.

When they all reached Vestri Court, they saw a large crowd of students, all of them excited to watch what was said to be a duel, though they all knew that this fight was going to be nothing but one sided, they really were not expecting the servant boy to even come at all, making them all the more surprised when they saw him marching with an air of certainty around him.

Guiche laughed at the arrogant boy, he was almost able to feel sorry for the boy being the scapegoat of his escape, he was not going to disappoint the crowd if the boy was willing to go through with it.

"With a smile as large as that, I am certain that you did not go here to apologize for the heinous crime you have committed against me! Very well, if a fight is what you came for then I shall not disappoint!" Guiche said with much dramatic motions before swinging his rose-wand to conjure a sword on the ground.

"And since it seems that you came unarmed, I feel that it is within my good will to give my opponent a weapon, fighting a servant is one thing but battling with an unarmed man is unthinkable!"

"Do not worry, my lord," Silav said sarcastically. "I came prepared, so you can feel free to go all out on me. I wouldn't want to disappoint either."

"Very well," Guiche said as he dissolved the sword back into the soil. "It shall be you loss servant."

While the two were talking, with Louise, Siesta and the crowd watching intensely, Gurguit decided to spoil what was to come for the blue and red pair.

Tabitha was dumb-founded but was able to not show it, Kirche had the more outward reaction, going as far as to start a bet amongst the crowd, with only her and Tabitha placing their money on the servant.

Thinking that Tabitha was only following Kirche's lead, somebody asked Kirche why she went for the servant instead of the clearly superior Guiche. "I just like rooting for the underdog." She almost felt guilty that she was cheating the poor, unknowing students out of their money.

Louise and Siesta were also curious as to why they thought the boy had any chance of winning.

"Just watch what happens, all I'll say is that a lot has happened In the last two hours." Kirche said making the two even more confused as Gurguit lets out a chuckle.

"Before we start this duel, I ask you my lord, do you deem it fit that we lay down some ground rules before we begin?" He asked making the blond inwardly smack himself for forgetting such an important part of the duel.

"O-Of course!" He stuttered. "Well, the duel shall continue until one of us is unable to fight anymore. We shall be fighting with however method we want. Are my terms agreeable servant?"

"It is my lord, shall we dance then?" Silav's smirk grew wider as he took a fighting stance, moving his body lower to the ground, the crowd collectively moved back, giving the two a wider space to fight in.

"We shall!" Guiche declared, swinging his rose-wand forwards once more, creating a hollowed armor being with a blunt spear from the dirt of the courtyard. "I am Guiche De Gramont, son of the great general Gramont, my runic name is The Bronze. Shall I have the honor of knowing the name of my opponent?" Servant or not, Guiche had to respect anybody who fights even when it is clear that they were outmatched.

"Silav of Tarbes my lord, I do not have any title as of yet, but a give me a good few minutes and you shall be calling me the boy who humiliated the son of the great general Gramont." He mocked and insulted Guiche at the same time, receiving a laugh from his target.

"I don't think so... Your opponent as of this moment is my Valkyrie, if you can't handle that then you clearly are not able to best me. Valkyrie, move onwards and crush this peasant!" The Valkyrie moved fast as it thrusts its spear onto the boy's body.

Siesta looked away, expecting to see her brother to be hurt. A loud ringing sound filled the court yard as metal slammed against one another.

The maid girl looked back and gasped, seeing his brother holding a fetter to block the spear. The crowd stood amazed as the boy took the spear from the Valkyrie's grasp and used it to pierce through its hollow body.

"It seems that I am able to best you lord Guiche." Silav taunted as he discarded the spear and started to spin the fetter round and round.

Guiche's face twisted with slight irritation as he made the spear dissolve and made as much Valkyries as he was able to.

A whole squad of seven floating hollow metallic beings stood in front of Guiche, each holding a different kind of weapon.

"Don't get cocky servant! You got lucky." Guiche taunted back, clearly depleted of energy. "Onwards to victory!" He commanded as all of his constructs charged at the boy's direction.

In response, Silav threw the fetter he was swinging at the one at the center, the one that had Guiche behind it.

The Valkyrie staggered backwards at the rest raised their weapons on the boy. Silav jumped on the falling Vakyrie before leaping forwards to Guiche's position, taking out another fetter to throw at the blond.

In panic, Guiche took some of his inner mana to create a barrier of dirt in front of him to block the incoming weapon.

"Not a problem!" The boy shouted, still in the air, his hands moved in front of him, his fingers hugging each other tightly with his index fingers pointing at Guiche through the wall.


"What am I supposed to do in the span of two hours?!" The boy asked the man as the stood on top of one of the academy's towers.

"Give me your hand." Gurguit said as he sat on the edge of the tower.

Silav did as he was told, curious of what the man could possibly do.

The servant boy felt a jolt of energy fill his hand as the man took it into his rough ones.

"I knew it." Gurguit said. "Tell me, do you have any talent in magic?"

"No, why do you ask?" Silav asked with a tilt of the head. "The difference between commoners and nobles is that they can do magic and we can't." He decided to add in, thinking that the man forgot one of the most common known facts in the world.

"You see, I am not from here. From where I came from, everyone has the capacity and the ability to do magic, sure some were more able than the others but it did not determine our place in the world, at least not from birth." Gurguit explained.

The boy was simply amazed. A world where commoners can create all sorts of miracles with just a few words and a flick of a wrist. It was almost like one of his old fever dreams.

"And this place is no different; the difference is that your mages chant spells in a method that, in all respects, is inferior to ours. And you, young man, are filled to the brim with dormant magical energy." He said as he pointed a finger at the boy.

It was all too much for the boy; he was mind-blown by such a big revelation.

"D-Does that mean that y-you're going to teach me magic?" The boy asked hopefully.

The man answered with a smile.


"Nothing you throw at me is going through my wall servant!" Guiche taunted as he heard the fetter bounce harmlessly off his wall.

"Blazing Bullet!" The boy screamed as the wind grew restless, in front of his fingers was a small orb of intense light, the air around him became hotter as the orb became bigger. Once the orb was large enough it retracted its size making its light grow brighter, he sent it flying towards Guiche, his hands being pushed back as if he fired an actual gun.

Guiche saw that the entire courtyard were filled with surprised gasps and widened eyes, being unable to see the boy, he literally did not see the magic orb of fire coming. It went through his impromptu wall of dirt.

Before he knew it, his shoulder was pierced by the orb, making him release all of his constructs just so save as much energy as possible.

"Guiche!" "Lord Guiche! He heard Montmorency and Katie shout respectively.

He didn't even expect Montmorency to come, despite experiencing the worst pain he has ever been given, he smiled, tears forming in his eyes. He honestly felt regret and guilt fill his entire being.

The boy landed in front of Guiche as Montmorency rushed to his side to hold his hand.

"S-Stop this! G-Guiche is clearly unable to continue this nonsense, you already won! Just go away!" Montmorency shouted at the boy with tear filled eyes.

"Of course, then as the victor of this duel, it is within my rights to demand something from you." Silav said as he looked at Guiche straight in the eye.

"Father always said that I was going to get mine someday if I continued what I did..." He said solemnly. "Very well then, what is it that you demand from me Silav?"

Silav smiled, a noble referring to a commoner by name was a sign of respect.

"I have one and only one demand from you." The boy said as Guiche got ready to part with everything he had.

"Apologize to my big sister."

The whole courtyard was dumbfounded at such a light demand.

"W-What?" Guiche asked, confused out of his mind.

"You made her cry, so apologize to her right now." He commanded the blond making Guiche smile.

"Of course, making any lady cry is a crime. Can she come forwards so I can apologize to her? I am unable to move at the moment." He said motioning at the wound on his shoulder.

Montmorency took some of her emergency provision out of her pockets to heal Guiche.

"This should make it better; it is water from Ragdorian Lake with some of the water spirit mixed in it. You should be grateful I would waste such a precious thing on someone like you." Montmorency said with a slight blush.

"I'm sorry Montmorency, I know that what I did to you is difficult to forget but I hope that you find that at the very least you are able to forgive me." Guiche said as he cupped his fellow blond's cheek before darting his eyes on someone else.

"I must apologize to you as well dear Katie, I know that I used you for my own amusement so I must beg for your forgiveness."

The first year girl was still angry at first but couldn't find the energy to stay mad at a wounded man.

"J-Just please don't do it on anybody else, you really hurt me you know?" Katie said sadly.

Guiche nodded and he moved to stand up despite Montmorency's warnings.

He saw one of the school maids move from the crowd, her face burning red.

She did look an awful lot like Silav, if it they wore the same attire, he would be sure that he would mistake the two for one another.

Guiche moved in front of the maid before kneeling in front of her, making the already blushing maid burn redder.

"P-Please d-don't-" The maid tried to make him stand back up.

"No, I must do this, I must beg for your forgiveness dear…"

"Siesta, my name is Siesta. I forgive you already so please stand back up, this is so embarrassing." The maid said, finishing his sentence.

"Thank you. Though I must ask one thing though." Guiche said as he turned to the victor of the duel. "You were both born from commoners correct?"

"Of course, both of our parents are hardworking villagers at Tarbes." Silav answered with a beaming smile.

"Then how were you able to cast magic?" Guiche may have realized it too late but he knew that the object that hit him was conjured from magic.

"Well, you can turn to him for all of your questions." The servant boy said as he pointed at somewhere in the crowd.

All of the eyes on the courtyard turned to a man known as the Zero's familiar, and Tabitha having a chat.

Noticing what was happening; Tabitha lightly smacked the man with her staff and motioned him to look around.

Gurguit noticed that everyone's attention was on him as well, he turned to Louise to ask what this was all about.

"They're wondering how you managed to grant the servant the ability to cast a spell you dolt!" Louise grumpily pointed out, irritated to see that even a servant had more magical prowess than her.

Gurguit scratched the back of his head before straightening himself, making everyone in the courtyard go silent to listen what he was about to say.

"It's…" Everybody slightly quivered in anticipation. "…a secret!" He said with a finger on his mouth and a smile.

The entire courtyard groaned, annoyed with the fact that they were excited for nothing.

"Is there anywhere we can eat? I'm quite hungry." The man asked Louise.

Louise was about to reprimand him before her own stomach stopped her.

Kirche took a moment off of her money collecting time to laugh at the pinkette.

"We shall go to the Alviss Hall then; surely they can serve something that can fill us up." She said, deflating in defeat.

"Let us be on our way then!" Her familiar said as he led the way to the dining hall.

"You don't even know where it is!" Louise quipped as he followed them, with Tabitha right behind her.

"H-Hey, wait a moment, you can't just leave me here!" Kirche said, just getting done with collecting all of her and Tabitha's money before running to follow.

"It looks like Zero's life is starting to look up." Montmorency commented as Guiche nodded in agreement before passing out. "D-Don't pass out on me you idiot! Do you know how heavy you are!? I don't even know why I put up with you!"

The crowd started dispersing as Katie and Silav laughed at the two blonds.

"Let's get back to our quarters too big sis." He said as he walked towards their rooms.

"W-What?! We still have work to do, don't you dare go back there!" Siesta reprimanded as she chased after her younger brother making him laugh.

The young boy's laughing was cut short by him fainting to the ground, making her older sister rush faster to his side.

"T-The fight must have took a lot of energy from him..." Siesta said to herself. "I guess I can forgive you spending one day off from work to rest. You owe me for this one Silav."

Siesta took the smaller boy and carried him to their room.


"Well, that was certainly interesting." Old Osmond said as he stroked his beard.

He and Professor Colbert were watching the entirety of the duel with their magic glass ball, they were supposed to interfere should the duel go too far.

"Interesting? That's barely able to describe what just happened! Do you know how much has been changed because of that?! A commoner has just defeated a mage without a using a focus! This could flip everything we know about the world and magic, the capital has to hear of this!" Colbert said as he moved to get some ink and a paper.

"No, the crown must not know of any of this. That would result in a lot of things, none of them would be any good for anybody so please do not tell them of this Professor Port." Osmond said as he blocked the man with his staff.

Colbert pondered this for a moment and realized some of the things that could happen. Making the man's face twist in horror.

"Exactly, should the students tell anybody of this it wouldn't be a problem, they'll just dismiss it as some rumor." Osmond said with complete confidence in his words.

"Though, the servant is not what interests me the most." He added.

"He's not? What could be more interesting than a servant that is able to cast magic without a focus?! That would mean the boy has the magical capability to match any of us in a fight." Colbert reasoned.

"Why none other than the man that taught the boy of course." He said as he looked back on the looking glass.

The red haired man as he walked with his multi colored companions, all of them smiling and chatting happily.

"I wonder... What else is this man capable of?" Osmond said as he took a sip of his pipe.


AND THAT'S WHERE WE END THIS!

I don't have much to say other than to complain about the fight scene.

To be honest, I really found it lacking but I may or may not improve on it as I look back at this, as I am currently writing this after spending my night playing some video games.

I am also cut off from the internet so I may or may not have written chapter four by the time I post this on the site.

So once again, thanks for reading, please leave a review and peace out!