(Normal Point of View)
One morning, inside the office of Old Osmond, the headmaster is currently signing a document for the royal count and stamps his seal of approval onto it before he rolls the paper up by a wave of his staff and return it to the royal count, who fixed a satisfied look on his face. The count checks on the document for the confirmation and puts it away into his satchel once he had a good look on it.
"We appreciate the academy's understanding and cooperation," the royal count to the Old Osmond with a smile on his face.
"We have no other choice if it's a direct order from the royal palace," the headmaster replied.
"Since that's done, please excuse me…" the aristocrat politely bows before he turns around and heads to the door. As the door opens, Miss Lougueville was bowing at him near the doorway, which caught his attention for a moment.
"Would you like to join me for dinner, Miss Lougueville?" he offered to the secretary while his eyes are fixed on her assets.
She noticed his glance and managed to cover it up with her cape before she replied back with a smile on her face. "It would be my honor, Count Mott," she politely replied.
"Hmm… I'll be looking forward to it," Count Mott replied with anticipation before he left from the Old Osmond's office.
As soon as he left, her sincere expression changes into bad mood due to his earlier actions as she enters back into Old Osmond's office to resume her work, by placing the books onto the shelves.
It is then she began to ask, "So, what impossibility did the royal palace force on us today?"
"They only came to warn us about a thief," he replied, which gains her attention.
"A thief?"
"It seems like there has been uproar recently, all due to a mage thief named Forquet of the Crumbling Earth, who has been stealing valuables only from aristocrats.
"Forquet of the Crumbling Earth?"
"That's right. We are holding the 'Staff of Destruction' for safekeeping at the request of the royal palace," he further explains as she uses her wand to put the book at the highest rack.
"The 'Staff of Destruction'? The name of the weapon is already dangerous enough to be heard…" she added with a smile on her face.
"I don't know how skilled of a mage is this Forquet of the Crumbling Earth really is, but our treasure vault is a special one as it has layers of spells cast by a Square mage. And as the matter of fact, they're worrying too much."
While she was putting away the books, Old Osmond uses this opportunity by waved his wand around and started to lift the hand paper weight on his desk with a pointed finger with his magic. He levitates it towards the back of the unsuspecting Miss Lougueville's back and slides the finger up her back. Due to this, the action causes her to drop her books from her hands.
Old Osmond seems entertained for a bit as he lets out a few chuckles of his own… until he noticed the paper weight was in her hand, ready to be thrown at him.
"Wa-wa-wait! Wait!" as much as he tried to beg, in the end, the toss that she made landed right on the forehead of the headmaster before she storms off from his room, surprising Saigo who was about to enter the headmaster's room.
"What's her business anyways?" Saigo asked in confusion before he looked at Old Osmond, who was knocked out from the throw and there was also a red mark on his head. "I guess I can see why… but, I better not hesitate and just go tell him about this matter…"
When he enters the room, Old Osmond rubbed his forehead while putting the paper weight onto the table.
"That must have been hurt…" Saigo said with a sweatdrop, gaining the attention of the headmaster.
"Ah, Louise's familiar. What can I do for you?" he asked.
"Just call me Saigo. There's something we need to discuss… about the last night incident…" he began to speak.
Old Osmond raises his eyebrow in confusion before using the staff to close the door behind Saigo and gave him a serious glance.
"I'm all ears…"
Meanwhile, in a nearby lake outside of the Academy, the Merman Phantom gets on the dry land before reverting to his civilian form, feeling angry about the sudden appearance of the Wizard.
"That no good magic user! How in the world would he know about this place?! And where exactly am I at this point?! Why I can't sense Medusa-sama and Phoenix-sama at this world?!"
As much as he complaint over the matter with the sudden arrival of the unknown world, one thing does he knows is that he is all alone. Without any orders from the higher ups, a smirk appears on his face as he is in charge of his own actions, wanted to do his own destruction as he pleases. It is then he remembered something the Wizard spoke last night.
*flashback*
"Even I don't believe it myself, but since this world has so many magic users, it's my duty to protect them, whether you like it or not!"
*end of flashback*
"So, in this world, most of the people here are Gates, huh?" he began to analyze the data he received before he came to a conclusion. "If that's the case, this should be an easy picking for me to expand my clan and take over this world! Yes, that would be my goal from now on!"
It is then the Phantom heard a carriage was heading right past him as it hid among the bushes and saw a royal count taking his time sipping some wine from his glass, while being escorted by his knights to make his way back to his place it morphs back into its Phantom Form.
"And what better way to start things off with that Gate?" he said as he has set his goal before start following the carriage silently by the river.
(The voice is narrated by Siesta)
The magical rings, the Wizard Rings
(The magic circle appears as the four rings floats out from it.)
Wielded by a peasant with gifted talents
(An image of a hand appears as the Flame ring slides into his left middle finger and the Driver On ring slides onto his right middle finger.)
Will he help me… and become my hope?
(The figure, Nozomi Saigo, who was hovering right between the magic circle and makes a glance towards the viewers as a quick flash of Wizard can be seen.)
(Cue in Life is SHOW TIME!)
(Maji ka?! Maji de?! Maji da! Show Time~!) The montage starts with Kamen Rider Wizard twirls around a few times with a magic circle on a background and he opens up a magic circle to the sky, letting the Wyvern Phantom soar the sky, above the academy and it spews out flames to make the title appears and the Wyvern flew away from the screen to shift to the next screen.
(Maru de tsuki to taiyou) At the backstage of the magic theatre, Saigo was resting his head on the table as his arms covers his face while his hand grips hard onto his sleeves as a quick montage shows the solar eclipse and the purple cracks on his arms that resembles scales.
(kasanaru toki no shougeki!) Louise was walking all alone at the corridor of the academy as Siesta is serving another student their food as both of them stopped and looks up at the sky to see the solar eclipse is happening.
(Dare datte kiseki wo shinjitemitai) During this time, Saigo was trying to take Louise's hand, but they kept passing though each other and froze in place as the background shatters away into pieces.
(Kitto hitsuyou~ fukaketsu no) Kirche was doing her usual dating with other boys and they passed by Tabitha, who was walking while reading her book on her hands.
(ENAJII~ kokoro tame) Guiche was trying to seduce another girl from the academy, only to realize the furious Montmorency behind him, leaving him sweatdrop.
(Yume to yosou ii ima de uragitte kureru mono~) A quick montage on other characters in order such as Forquet the Crumbling Earth with a huge golem at the background, Old Osmond with the "Staff of Destruction", Jessica and her father, Scarron in a pub, Princess Henrietta with Prince Wales on the background of the lake, Wardes wielding his sword-wand and his air dragon by his side, Cromwell with an evil smile with the Ring of Andavari and it switches to Saigo preparing his henshin stance and placing the Flame Ring onto his belt and his body glows radiantly.
(3! 2! 1! Show Time!) Guiche and Montmorency counts 3 with their fingers, Kirche and Tabitha does the 2 with their finger while Tabitha still reading her book and at 1, Louise casts a spell, which only ends up in explosion.
(Magic time~! trick janai!) Saigo changes into Kamen Rider Wizard and he spins around while showing his Flame Ring on his left hand.
(Mahou wo hero hanpa nee zo [Mahaluto Hallelujah!]) Three PlaMonsters, a golden Kitsune (fox), indigo Roc/Rukh and green Hydra, floats away from Wizard as he cast a spell to make some fireworks behind him.
(Kioku no roots moguri-konde) In a fast forward montage, Kirche tried to hug Wizard in Flame Style but he immediately entered the magic circle and he accidentally splashes the water that he skids onto Montmorency in Water Styles. Another magic circle appears above his head and he immediately jumps high to change into Hurricane Styles as Tabitha was riding her dragon.
(Kibou wo tsukui dasou~) When he passed through the magic circle on the ground, he transformed again into Land Styles, creating a crater that makes Guiche ended up sits on his butt. Louise extends her hand as Saigo manages to grab her hand.
(Show Time!) Professor Colbert, Siesta and Princess Henrietta shouted "Show Time!" with smile on their faces.
(Life is Show Time! tobikkiri no) Saigo rides on his Wyvern, with Louise at his side as both of them soar to the sky.
(Unmei DORAIVU mucha shitemo [Mahaluto Hallelujah!]) He wears the Cross Ring on Louise's finger, where he just smiles at her while she blushes a little bit.
(Kinou, kyou, ashita, mirai) He got pulled back by Kirche as she wanted to hug him, followed by Siesta.
(Subete no namida wo~) Both of them tried to pull him to their side, only to have Louise getting angry with her horse whip on her hands, making him gulp.
(Show Time!) Derflinger appears out of nowhere while shouting "Show Time!"
(Houseki ni kaette yaru ze) All of the shattered pieces are formed back as one and three other Styles are entering his Flame Style.
(Maji ka?! Maji de?! Maji da! Show Time~!) The montage ends with Guiche and Montmorency showing the Land and Water Ring respectively on their finger, Tabitha looks at the screen while showing the Hurricane Ring that she wears, Kirche shows the Flame Ring on her and Louise readied with her wand in her hand and Saito showing the Driver On Ring with a confident smile on their faces.
Disclaimer: I do not own both Kamen Rider Wizard and Familiar of Zero. All credits goes to respective owners.)
Trick No.4: A Magician in the Liquid Armor
(Saigo's Point of View)
I was pretty much relaxing under the full moon with my i-Pod in my disposal. Okay, you guys might ask where in the world would I get this stuff out of nowhere, right? For your information, whenever I feel like I'm bored, I'm always brought this nifty gadget along with me all the time to calm my head down if either I was in the middle of the argument with my uncle or even when I watched my uncle does his things while I'm a part of his audience, watching his thing that he does best. I haven't noticed it during the time I've brought here because of Louise's summoning, which at that time, I was panic to find my way home. And luckily for me, it's still at 50%, enough for me to have my own entertainment for the time being until I found my way out of this place.
That is… if there is one.
And that girl… man, she sure loves to boss me around whenever she finds it fit for the time being… she even told me to wash the silk that she includes it in her dirty laundry and if it wasn't for my Water Styles to do this kind of work, I can pretty much seeing holes all over her silky clothing for not being 'gently and carefully'.
Now that I think about it, I know that telling the whole thing that happened last night was a right thing to do as those Phantoms could be targeting any of these students if they fell into its trap…
*earlier morning*
"Phantoms?" the headmaster said in confusion after I explained the whole thing about the matter.
"Yeah, Phantoms and I'm not talking about the ones that would haunt the kids in the middle of the night under the shadows. I'm talking about the ones that will lead them to despair and being reborn as a Phantom." I elaborate the details.
"Saigo, as far as I concern, there isn't any of these 'Phantoms' or any kind of attack outside the academy, other than the students' familiars and of course… your master's lack of magic," he said while he coughs up a bit before he continues. "I assure you that if there are any threats entering this academy, we will know about the threat immediately."
"But not these guys… they can disguise as a human easily and will do anything to put those kids to despair, even up to the point of trying to kill them, just to scare them off. What's more, if these things grew in number… I don't think there would be any people would populate in this world left…"
Old Osmond took a while to think all of this new data he receives before he stood up from his chair and look outside of his window. "Very well. I will consider this matter while keep a good eyes on these things you have mention and you don't have to worry about the mess that you've made. Our staffs would clean up the mess and return it back to normal and those students won't even noticed any of it. Even if they did, they would probably think Miss Vallière was practicing her magic again…"
"Yeah, I already experience it firsthand… right in my face…" I added with a sweatdrop before I walk out from the room and when I opened the door, Miss Lougueville was waiting outside of the door the whole time. I just hope she doesn't overhear our conversation earlier.
*end of flashback*
I guess that's pretty much it for the time being. Rukh-chan and Kit-chan haven't returned just yet from their scouting for that Phantom which got away from my view. One thing that still puzzles me… just how in the world would that thing even get here in the first place? Does it somehow found the green portal and enters it by accident, just like me?
Magic could be scary sometimes… and that's a fact.
'Well, might as well bring back her washed silk and hit the hay on my bed… I don't want to get another nag from that girl…' I thought to myself as I turned off my i-Pod for a moment—
"Saigo-san?"
Did someone call my name? When I turn around to know who calls out my name—
"Eh?! Siesta-chan?!" I was shocked to see her right behind me but for how long? She must have been here for quite a while when I pondered about the earlier situation with Old Osmond.
"I'm sorry, did I scare you?" she apologized as she asked me, "I did call your name a few times and I thought that you were asleep on the grass all alone. I was just about to wake you up so that you don't really get yourself a cold."
Is it really that long? Man, I really need to aware my surroundings from time to time…
"Oh, it's okay. I was just taking a little bit of a nap, that's all…" I replied back to her while placing my i-Pod wrapped with my earphones, back into my pocket and stood up while facing her with a smile on my face. "Is something the matter?"
"Saigo-san, I was wondering, where are you come from?" she asked.
"Hm… if you really wanted to know…" I replied while looking at the double moon at the sky, "…all I can say is that I'm from a very faraway place, not even from this world. That's what I know for sure… somewhere really far." I told her as I close my eyes to let the soft wind blew at my face, calming me down for a while… until she broke the silence.
"Um, Saigo-san?"
"Yes?"
Without hesitation, she suddenly bowed down in front of me, leaving me surprised and confused at the same time. "Uh… Siesta-chan?"
"Saigo-san, thank you very much."
"Eh? For what? Why did you do that all of the sudden?" I asked her as she faced me with a smile on her face.
"You never complain about anything, and you fight against aristocrats with your own powers even though you're just a peasant like us. Because of that, you have given me a lot of courage. Thanks to you, I can keep working hard from now on."
To be honest, the first part of her words was completely wrong. I do complain a lot when I first came here and Siesta-chan wasn't there to witness it when we first met. But the other one was true, as I stood up on those guys and show them how REAL magic does. Because of my actions, I gain the title 'Our Sword' from other guys that I knew. One thing for sure, I've left my first impression in this world and that's all it takes to be an instant famous magician-in-training.
"Well… I don't know what to say, Siesta-chan. Thanks!" I perked up while rubbing the back of my head because of her sincere comment.
"I should make my leave now. Have a good night, Saigo-san," she said as she bows politely before walks away.
For some reason that I don't know, her expression seems a bit different from usual. I don't know why, but instinct tells me so…
"Something doesn't seem right. I wonder why she looks a little bit down before she left?" I muttered to myself as I went back to Louise's room and call it a day.
Just as I was about to reach her room, I heard a creak opens up on my right and to my surprise, it was Kirche… in her sleeping garment.
"Hi~, Saigo-san," she said it seductively.
Man, this is one bullet that I really need to dodge… "H-hey there! Listen, I really need to go back to her room so that I can get up early for tomorrow. So… c'ya!" I immediately hasten my pace towards her room until she began to speak up.
"Say, about the sword that I bought at the other day." I immediately stopped my pace for a bit while looking at her.
"What about it? Didn't I already make my choice last night?"
"I know that, but I don't have a use for it, and since I bought it anyway, I might as well give it to you," she offered to me, which makes me think twice. With that sword, maybe I can use it for my material to conjure out my WizarSwordGun but I don't know about its durability since gold is meant to be used as a decoration rather than a fighting tool.
"Well… I do need a weapon in my disposal after all…" I pondered for a bit before she wrapped her arm onto mine and pulls me towards her room she purposely yanked my arm really close to her breasts.
"Why don't we talk inside?" she proposed.
"The sooner I get that sword, the faster I can get out of here…" I told her as both of us enter her room and I sat on her bed, waiting for her to get the golden sword for me.
A few minutes later, she handed me the golden sword and sits next to me. I took the sword out from its sheath and examine it closely. Let me just say this, despite the sword looks shiny, I can't see any purpose of it to be used as a fighting tool. But still, having a material for conjuring out my WizarSwordGun would be okay…
"Well, to be honest here, this sword is kinda bit sparkly for me to use it and it would be such a waste if this sword breaks in half. But, either way, I could somehow find its usefulness… but with Louise kept nagging me about it…"
"You don't have to worry about Vallière. I give you this sword as a token of my love~!" she said while didn't leave her glance on me, which peaks my curiosity for a moment.
"Say, mind if I ask you something?"
"Sure, go ahead."
"I was just wondering… why did you choose me? I mean, you got a lot of guys who kept worshipping you like a goddess but still being able to date them all…" I began to ask her, which she turns to me and began to replied with a happy tone.
"If you really must know, you have a lot of things that they don't have. And because of that, you're incomparable to them~." She said as she tried to get closer to me.
"For example…?" I raised my eyebrow while continue to ask her about it.
"Let's see…" she ponders for a bit while looking up for a moment, "…your armor was something I haven't seen before, like the words and gestures that shows how poorly you were brought up, your lousy appearance, and how your hygiene isn't so great."
…..there was a moment of silence, accompanied by the sound of the cricket entering in this room…
Okay, I can understand the first part was true about my armor appearance was something else, but she doesn't have to bring that all up while saying those like it was nothing! Compared to Siesta-chan, I think she's just go straight to the point without thinking the consequences of how others really feel.
I immediately stood up from her bed and make my way to take my things back to Louise's room. "I better head out now…" I stated with a stern face, which leaves her confused for a moment.
"Wait, did I say something to bother you?" she asked before I took a few steps back and handed the golden sword back to her.
"Other than the first part of your words, everything you said!" I pointed out the obvious before going back to get the laundry on the table and head towards the door.
"W-wait a minute!" she shouted at me while running towards the door, blocking my way while holding a box on her hands, which looks like a treasure chest from an RPG games that I've used to see… only smaller. "If that's the case, then…" she placed the box onto the basin and start searching for an item in it.
"What are you doing?" I asked her.
"What about this?" she said as she took out a ring from its place and shows it to me.
"A ring?" I asked.
"It isn't just any ring, this is a talisman ring. It's a really rare one," she offered.
"I don't want to… I got a lot of them already in my disposal at this time…" I reminded her, which she immediately puts the ring back and takes out another one from the box.
"Then, what about this? It's a pair of earrings made from tree-eating bird's blood!"
"Are you treating me like a girl now, just because I use rings?" I said in an annoyed tone before she began to change items from inside the box and shows it to me.
"Then, how about this?" she took it out and shows a book that was wrapped in leather with a lock on it. "This book is our heirloom and I was wondering you might want it!"
"Look, as much tempting as the offer, I don't want stuffs for the time being as I already have them for now…" I told her as I made my way towards the door. I kindly pushes her aside so that I could go to the door and get out from her room peacefully… that is, until she pounced on my back and pinned me down onto the floor.
"H-hey! Why are you-?!"
"I won't let you go…" she said in a seductive tone as I tried to escape it once again. I have the Connect Ring in my hand but I can't seem to reach for my belt as her weight causes me to lay flat on the ground. It is then she hugs close to my back and began to say something, "The Hunter of Love, von Zerbst's blood is getting hot."
"Hunter?" I asked in confusion.
"The harder the prey is to hunt, the more I get turned on," she explains while she kept snuggling on my back, which makes me harder to resist about her figure.
It is then I heard the sound of the door opens up, to see Louise and boy, does she have that dissatisfied look on her face…
"Louise!" I said her name as Kirche slowly stood up and face her casually.
"Hmph, what an overused way of entry…" she said as she crossed her arms.
"We're going back to our room, you dog!" she commanded me with her shouting, which I stood up immediately after that.
"Will you please stop calling me that?!" I tried to retaliate before head out from Kirche's room. And I got a funny feeling that Kirche isn't going to give up like that…
At this point, I was kneeling down while getting a lecture from her about my actions.
"I've told you so many times and you still follow her in! You're incredibly dumb!" she said in an annoyed tone.
"Look, like I said before, it was just a misunderstanding! She did offer me that golden sword but I wasn't expecting her to do those kinds of unexpected moves on me! She even bribed me with accessories that she has, only to keep me inside that room longer!" I tried to explain to her, as she doesn't seem like paying to it at all…
"You said that you were fine with that sword!" she pointed out at Derflinger.
"It's true, but if I conjured that sword out, I don't know if that one will disintegrate after that… that's why I was thinking of getting that golden sword first to safety measures…"
"Heh, even so, that's just a decoration and nothing else! It won't do any good for ya'! And as the matter of fact, whatever this conjuring stuff that you said was true, I know that I won't be able to break down into dust anytime soon! I'm a Sentinent Sword, for crying out loud!" Derflinger told me about it.
"And because of that, a familiar that is so easily lured by the bait needs to be punished," she said in a stern voice as she walks towards the drawer and opens it up to pick up something that I really don't like… a horsewhip.
"Wait a minute! Hold on just a minute!" I pleaded to her but it doesn't seems like she's going to cool down anytime soon…
"You stupid dog!" she yells out as loud as she can and started to whip me hard, especially around my arms. Damn, she sure knows how to use that thing! While in the middle of the frenzy, I manage to grab one of her hand that holds her whip while I slide in a ring onto her finger with much trouble but eventually did it as she tries to pull back her arm from my grip to continue the lashing.
"What are you doing, you stupid dog?!" she argued.
"I'm sorry about this, Louise, but you gave me no choice…" I told her before placing her hand onto my belt to activate it.
= Surī~pu! (Sleep!) …Pureezu! =
After that declaration, she manages to get her arm off from my grip and glared at me for a moment… until the Sleep Ring takes effect and her whole body began to wobble for a bit, she began to yawn and her eyes are getting heavy.
"W-what's… happening… to… m-e…" before she could finish her words, she lets go of her whip and start to timber down like a log, but I managed to catch her in my arms before her face hits the floor.
"Well, look on the upside, at least I don't have to get whipped around my arms again, and my master sleeps soundly…" I added before placing her into her bed and calls in for the night. The only thing I should be thinking about tomorrow is how am I going to avoid her next assault on me…
(The next morning, Normal Point of View)
As the morning bell was heard throughout the whole academy, Siesta was looking at the tower where Saigo was slept with sadness in her eyes, while carrying her luggage in her casual clothing. She wanted to tell him the truth about last night's matter when she had the chance but words didn't came out her mouth and in the end, she didn't told him at all.
"Miss Siesta, the carriage is ready," the man spoke to her, getting her attention back to the current situation.
"Ah, right!" she said while walking towards the carriage that was prepared outside of the academy. Before she enters in, she looked at the same tower one last time while muttering the name that she knew…
"Saigo-san, thank you for everything…" those are the last words before she enters in and the carriage made its way towards its destination.
(An hour later, Saigo's Point of View)
"Starting today, you will wait outside with other familiars," she commanded me while she crossed her arms and with that angry look on her face. Luckily for me, she doesn't seem to remember about last night's knock out magic that I've applied on her, but to think that she'll stop me from entering her class after just a few days of adapting at this life and to learn about how magic applies in this place…
"Eh? What makes you say that?" I asked.
"It's simple. It's all because of you keep writing those notes of yours with weird writings on the paper, and not to mention that you always kept asking for more on others, rather than me. That really embarrasses me, for sure!" she pointed out.
"What? You took that joke from last time seriously? Come on, all of those are just notes for me to study and to understand how things work around here…" I complain.
"Anyways, be sure to behave until the class ends," she told me as she placed her hands on her hips and glared at me. "Do you understand?"
I let out a sigh, eventually just have to let the flow going and replied back to her with a simple nod.
"I just hope there's something for me to do for the time being…" I asked myself before I walk towards a tree and sits under it, resting. You know, this is one of those rare times where I actually getting a rest from all of the things that has happened lately, and I'm glad she told me to do so. This place may lack of technology from my world, but when I'm here, I felt peace and for once, I'm not complaining about it.
"Maybe I should just lay back, listen to my i-Pod until she wakes me up…" I began to mutter myself before—
*GROWL*
"—or maybe I should eat something before doing those things…" I added. I simply took out my Connect Ring and placed it onto my belt to activate it.
= Konekuto! …Pureezu! =
A magic circle appears next to me and I extended my hand through it, getting something from the other side of the portal I created earlier. I wonder if Marteau had prepared a big doughnut for me?
When I took out my hand from the portal, my hand has grabbed a doughnut, plain sugar no less… my kind of tea… or doughnut in this case. Just when I thought I'm going to get my first bite on it, out of nowhere, something snatched my doughnut in the air…
…and it's an owl… seriously, who teaches an animal to take someone else's food?
"Hey, give me back my doughnut!" I shouted as I stood up in split second. Feeling annoyed from it, I immediately took out another ring from my pocket and switched the Connect Ring with another one. This one has a picture of a dragon with a few twists on its body. I placed it on my belt to activate it.
= Ikkusutendo! (Extend) …Pureezu! =
With a magic circle appears right in front of me, I simply thrust my hand through it and my whole right arm was stretched to such length, even as far as the owl that was flying away with my meal. Just when I thought I managed to get back what I lost, the owl lets go of its talons, which causes me to miss the chance of getting it back, before the doughnut enters into the mouth of the lizard, Flame. It seems enjoyed by the meal before my hand retracted to its original length.
"Well, so much for having some snack…" I muttered and before I knew it, I was swarmed by a group of animals in an instant, practically wanting to get some more snacks that I might have at this time.
"You have got to be kidding me…" I cursed myself as I tried to get away from these guys before they might even pinned me down for the count… and I'm not letting it happen to me anytime soon.
After I managed to get out from their grasp, I simply walked alone at the hallway while trying to forget about the earlier incident involving my doughnut and those familiars.
"Seriously, when I thought I could take a break from this kind of stuff, I didn't expect THIS to happen… I can't just stay at a place like that! I might as well go to her class and learned more about magic in this world…" I simply muttered to myself before a pat was hit hard on my back, making me stumble a few times. My fist clenches for a bit to hit that someone when I was in a bad mood—
"Yo! Our Sword!"
Eh? That tone? When I turn around, I saw Marteau with his casual smile on his face as he noticed my clenched fist.
"Having a bad day again, Our Sword?" he asked before I let go of my tension and replied him with my usual tone.
"Yeah, and not to mention the doughnut that you've made for me has taken away by those familiars…" I muttered while looking away, which leaves the man laughs for a bit and kept his usual smile on his face.
"If that is the case, why don't you come to my kitchen and filled your stomach up?" he offered. That's not a bad idea. I was getting hungry before my snack was taken away.
At the kitchen, I was taking a bite on the bread which was dipped in the stew that he made. Although there isn't any doughnut for now, I don't mind since the food he made really fills up my stomach and stimulates my taste bud.
"Thank you for treating me with food all the time, Marteau." I thank him.
"You don't have to worry about it. It's the aristocrats' leftovers, anyways," he told me as I continued to take a bite on it.
As I looked around, I don't see Siesta anywhere. Usually, she'll come here to pick up some food and we had a few chat together whenever we had the time and I enjoyed her company. And I still don't get it regarding to her sudden thanks last night. I wonder what's up with that? I better try asking him about this matter… "By the way, where's Siesta?"
"Hm?" he said while raising his eyebrow.
"Could she be working at this time? Her job isn't to cook but to serve the meal to the people, right? Is that the reason why she's isn't here?" I asked him.
"You didn't hear it from Siesta?" he told me.
"About what?"
"That she quits from her duty…"
"Eh?! She's quitting her duty? How come?" I was shocked to hear that from him.
"Yeah, it was all out of the blue and she had to go to serve Count Mott. She left early this morning on a carriage," he further explains, which leaves me quite a shock. No wonder she was a bit hesitate and not to mention have that sad look on her face.
"But… why now? Why too sudden to do so?"
"In the end, peasants have no other choice but to listen to aristocrats," he further explains before he walks to the other direction. "Well, I better get back to work!"
"Siesta-chan… why did you keep quiet about the matter? If it's something important, she should've told me about it 'cause I'm your friend and we should help out for those who is in need… that's what Tetzu-san told me…" I said while looking at the stew. Why aristocrats always act high and mighty over the people who is in need… that question bugs me the most.
(Evening)
While I was cleaning up her room's window, I asked Louise about this Count Mott. She was surprised by my sudden question at first, but since she knew that I'm still unfamiliar about this world, she might as well told me about it while she was combing her hair.
"Count Mott is an imperial messenger, so he occasionally comes to the academy. He's always bossy, and I don't like him," she explains to me, which I agree with her on the last part.
"But I don't get it. Why would Siesta-chan go to that aristocrat's house?" I asked while drying up the rag that was used for cleaning the window.
"If you want to know, partner, I can tell you! When an aristocrat appoints a young maid by name, it usually means she is to become his concubine! You don't even know that?" Derflinger explains, causing me to have a shock on that matter.
"A concubine?! How am I supposed to know THAT?!" I was exploded regarding the matter as I shifted my attention to Louise. "I-Is that even possible?!"
"I have heard things like that too. There are many types of aristocrats, after all…" she explains to me as my grip began to tighten once again. As I looked upon the sunset, I could only think of the fate of the girl that I knew first…
"Siesta-chan…" to make things worse, both Kit-chan and Rukh-chan returned to me as they landed on both of my hands.
"Any luck?" I asked them, which the only reply I get from both of them were a screech, which indicates they didn't find that runaway Phantom. I pulled out the rings on both of the PlaMonsters before wearing the rings and placed it onto my belt.
= Rokku~! …Pureezu! =
= Kitsune! …Pureezu! =
"There you go!" I re-inserted the said rings back to them to refill their mana before the two continue their search for the Phantom.
It is then I started to walk towards the door, leaving Louise surprise for a bit, "Where are you going?"
"I'm gonna go and dry this rag for a moment. And maybe I'll take a breather…" I told her before I exited the room and continue to walk to the stairs. Time to get some info…
As I made my way to the hall, I can see Momo-chan and Guiche are dating again near the fountain. And it doesn't seem like he's learning his lesson yet. Might as well go to him and get some info…
"It's fabulous. A broach made of mithril." Momo-chan was happy about it, as Guiche kept his usual coolness.
"Don't you think it would look good on you, Montmorency?"
"Are you trying to make me forgive you for the recent events with this?" she asked him while giving him a glare of her own as he continued to kept his cool.
"Please, you don't believe that vulgar familiar's—" before I let him insulted me, I walk towards his direction, surprising him for a bit while looking at him with a smirk on my face.
"Well, EXCUSE ME for being so vulgar, Guiche…" I mocked him while placing my hands on my hips.
"Saigo!" He suddenly stood up and tries to confront me with his shocked expression, "Do you intend to disturb a man's love again?"
"Oh man, not this shenanigan again…" I said with a face palm before I looked at him straight on his eyes. "Look, I don't want to interrupt you or anything, but there's something that I want to ask you about… mind helping me out for a bit?"
"Eh?" he was confused for a bit before he continues, "If I helped you with this, will you stay out of my business?"
"Only if you didn't cheat on another girl, yeah…"
"If that's the case…" he said before he flicks his hair, "…what can I do for you?"
"I want to know Count Mott's place. Do you have any idea how to get there?" I asked him bluntly, which surprises him for a bit.
"To Count Mott's estate? I know where it is…"
"Hold that thought!" I said while taking out another ring from my pocket and this time, it's another one of my PlaMonsters. I simply slide it onto my right middle finger and placed it onto my belt for activation.
= Hai~dora! (Hydra) …Pureezu! =
One more tray of assorted pieces of plastic model appeared right in front of me and it put itself together in order to take a shape of a five-headed dragon with wings and no claws or feet; just one long body like a snake. And boy, was the two of them surprised after seeing it alive once I've placed the ring onto its chest, to activate it.
*screech*
"W-what is that thing?!" Guiche was surprised by the fact a plastic model of my PlaMonster is alive at this time.
"Oh? This is MY familiar. Alrighty then, can you tell Hydra-kun the directions of that place?" I told him while holding Hydra-kun on my hand. After all of that, he just simply told the direction to get to that aristocrat's estate without missing any details at all.
I walked outside of the gates of the academy, looking at the direction where Hydra-kun was flying.
"I guess I should follow Hydra-kun for now. I can worry about the missing Phantom later…" I said to myself before I took out my Connect Ring and slide it onto my belt.
= Konekuto! …Pureezu! =
A magic circle opens up as I stretched my hand inside and pulls out my very own ride of Kawasaki Ninja ZX-7R, my favorite ride that I would like to dubbed "The Crimson Claw". With black body color on it with red flame vinyl, along with gold highlights on the flame, and the front of the motor was my insignia of Wizard, this is one ride that will never be turned into dust.
I started the motor running, revved it up a few times before dashing it forward, following the path of Hydra-kun went on the uneven surface of the road, but don't worry, my ride can handle it.
"I'm coming for you, Siesta-chan… just hang in there!"
(Normal Point of View)
At cafeteria, the students were having a dinner and among them, Louise doesn't seem to be pleased about the matter.
"He's not coming back for dinner?" she said it angrily while looking down at the untouched food on the ground as Kirche came by with a trolley of food on it.
"A-re? Where is Saigo?" Kirche asked her.
Louise turns around and saw Kirche asking her… until she noticed the food on her trolley. "What's that?"
"Oh, this? I always feel bad for the poor food he always gets, including that plain sugar doughnut he always eat. And so I thought, I should give him mine instead." Kirche suggested with a smile on her face, clearly trying to woo over him and at the same time, trying to annoy her rival.
Louise seems displeased about the matter as she confronts Kirche with her usual angry look on her face, "So, you're trying to lure him away with food this time? Don't feed my familiar without my permission!" Louise warned her.
"Even if I wanted to give it to him, he's not here… where did he go?" Kirche seems concern about the matter as she tries to look around, while Louise crossed her arms and tries to understand the situation.
"Hm, he said that he wants to hang a rag, and then taking a breather at outside… and hasn't come back since… where could he be wasting time?" Louise said to her, which caught Guiche's attention for a moment.
"Come to think of it, he came to me as he was asking for directions to Count Mott's estate." Guiche fills in the details, which surprises Louise.
"Did you say Count Mott?!"
"Did he get sick of Louise and go to another aristocrat's care? But, I've never heard of a familiar changing its master…" Kirche teased her for a bit.
"Well, that's Louise's familiar…" Guiche follows along.
"Hm, that's right." Kirche added.
"Of course, I don't think Count Mott, who serves the royal palace, would ever use someone like him…" Guiche concluded before Louise began to head towards another direction with a unsatisfied look on her face.
"Louise?" Kirche tries to call her but Louise didn't listened as she made her way towards somewhere.
(Return to Saigo's)
As soon as I stopped my bike to where Hydra-kun leads me, I mounted off from it before looking upon the place. Damn, that's one huge mansion, kinda reminds me of Buckingham palace, since it nearly gives off a similar flare. If that wasn't the case, I might even trying to compare to one anime which it also shows a large mansion, complete with a forest and the unlucky blue-haired butler who has a large amount of debt to be paid… whatever that supposed to mean…
"I'm here, huh?" I muttered to myself before Hydra-kun floats right in front of my face before it disappears from my sight, leaving a ring on my palm. "Thanks for the help, buddy…"
And before I could mount off from my bike, a guard was rushing towards my direction and began to ask me for it. "Who are you?"
"Yo! Mind if I can see Count Mott? I have an urgent business to ask of him." I tried to ask and if that fails, I always have my trusty Connect Ring I can use to make my way in.
"Hm… very well. Come with me," the guard guided me to his mansion, with accompany of another guard to make sure that I'm in under control.
As we made our way in, I was amazed to see the inside of this place. The surrounding of this place is beautiful, with some self-portraits of him and the big chandelier on top which brightens up the whole room and also makes it an eye-catching piece indeed. For some reason, the other guard that was accompanying me gives me a glare, which kinda annoying… I wonder what is up with his problem. Or better yet, how come his presence is familiar somehow? I can't tell…
By closer inspection, it seems like his appearance was consists of a flat hair with one of those curly thin moustache and eyebrow, wearing blue noble's class suit with red lining at the middle, buttoned by yellow strings(?) and wearing black pants with black leather shoes and white socks. He had a red mantle on his shoulder and one of those frilly collars on his neck, standing mighty with his cane. So, this is the guy named Count Mott, huh?
When we reaches his room, the guard knocks his door while the other one aims his spear at my back. Oh come on, I didn't do anything stupid… yet.
"What is it?" a voice was heard from the inside. That must be him.
"A man named Saigo wishes to meet with you, sir!" the guard informed him.
"Saigo? I've never heard such a name before." He replied back. Of course he haven't heard such name before… both he and I haven't met at all…
"But he said he has urgent business to do with you…" the guard informed him once again and there was a silence after that. I dunno what's up with that but eventually…
"Let him in."
The guard opens the door and I entered in while being accompanied by two guards. At this time, he was sitting while crossing his legs and he seems like he wasn't satisfied about something.
"What could a peasant want to discuss with me?" he asked me with an annoyed tone, as I replied back with simple, blunt tone.
"I want Siesta-chan to return back to the academy."
The count just chuckles of the matter before his face became stiff once again, "What a foolish thing." He stood up from where he seats and pointed his finger at the direction of the door. "Leave! You should be honored that I even allowed a peasant to meet with me!"
He still have no idea who's he talking with but for the time being, I better bear with it and continue to plead him… or is it to pleased him by acting like a desperate person, in this case… I can make my comeback later on if this plan fails…
"Please, if you would send Siesta back to the academy, I'd do anything!" I began to make my move.
He turns around while looking at me with confusion. "What is your relationship with Siesta?"
"Hm…" I crossed my arms while thinking about the matter. "A co-worker should be sufficed for the time being… even though we work at different places…"
"Hmph, you're just an employee of the academy."
At least I've caught his interest, for now. But there's one thing I would like to confirm, regarding the matter where Louise and Derflinger stated earlier evening. "I heard that when an aristocrat appoints a maid by her name, is she like a concubine to that aristocrat?"
"Huh… Siesta is an official maid of Mott Estate. It's a master's freedom to do what he pleases with them," he replied as he combs his curly moustache, which really ticks me off at this point.
"Damn you…" I growled on the matter as he kept his smirk on his face.
"So what if I am? It's a great honor for a nameless peasant to serve a well-known aristocrat such as myself," he boasted at me, which I've reached my limit and it's time for a limit break.
"Why you little—!" I began to step forward, only to have two guards to stop me from getting closer to him. "Doing whatever you want, knowing Siesta can't fight back! You aristocrats are all the lowest scum that I've ever met!"
"Damn you! How dare you insult an aristocrat when you're a peasant?!" he was pissed off as he reaches for his staff, while I took a step back and took out Driver On Ring on one finger and the Flame Ring on the other. "Stand still!"
"Let me show YOU how it's done!" I challenged him. Before I could even place my Driver On ring onto my belt, the door suddenly opens up as Siesta rushes in and begged for his mercy.
"Siesta-chan?!" I was surprised by her action as she kneels down in front of him, pleaded for me to be pardoned from my punishment. Oh come on, Siesta-chan, don't you know that I can take care of myself?! I won't beat him THAT badly… and what kind of maid suit are you wearing?
"Count, please forgive for this man's insolence."
"No! If I leave this kind of peasant alone, Jour de Mott's name will be shamed! Therefore, you should move away, Siesta!" he commanded her but she didn't budge a muscle.
"Yeah, just let me let loose on this perverted geezer!" I told her.
"I can't!" she replied, making him surprise for a moment. "Please, Count Mott. I will accept any form of punishment for freeing this man."
"Hey, you can't be serious, right, Siesta-chan?!" I asked her, which he ponders a bit before he has come to a conclusion.
"Saigo, was it? You said you would do anything, didn't you? Can your words be truthful?" he asked me.
"And if I am?" I asked him since I'm still a bit pissed as he makes his way towards the bookshelves and took out a book out from it.
"It's my hobby to collect books. Among the books that I've read, there's this one book that I seek; one that I sought to read for a long time."
"A book?" I said in confusion.
"It's a book that some mage summoned from somewhere by accident during some experiment. And according to my information, there's a family in Germania has it as their heirloom. And their daughter is in the academy right now," he further explains.
"Germania?" Where did I've heard that before?
"I don't know if a peasant like you would know her, but she's from Zerbst," he informed me, which there it hits me hard…
…Kirche Zerbst… and I think I got a pretty good idea what kind of book that he mentioned. If I'm not mistaken, it could be the one that she tried to bribe me to stay in her room for a little bit longer so that she would use all of that time she has to seduce me and become like her plaything, which it is not my cup of tea. Of all names I could think off, why it has to be her?
I think I'm entering a mine zone right now…
"If you want Siesta back, you must bring her heirloom to me." That's the words that he promised me as I slowly make my way towards my ride… which the guards around there are kept watching it like it was something new. They tried to poke it with their spears, only to have me blocked them from chipping off the paintwork.
"Geez, can't they do anything better than poking by bike?"
Just before I started my motorcycle to run again, I heard a neigh from afar and soon enough, it was Louise that was heading my way, and as always, she had that unsatisfied look on her face.
"Louise…" I muttered.
"What were you thinking? And what is that thing you're riding?"
"Oh this? This is my ride. What's up?" I casually asked her.
"Let's just go back to the academy right now!" she yelled at me, as I took out my getaway ring and placed it onto my belt.
= Konekuto! …Pureezu! =
A magic circle appeared right in front of us as I continued to talk to her. "Let's get through that portal. It's a shortcut to get back there…"
(Normal Point of View)
Meanwhile, one of the guards in front of Count Mott's door ponders the situation as it kept his disguise for the time being.
"So… the maid that I tried to put her to despair is there, huh? And not to mention that man went after the book where he sought to read it, as if his life depends on it… how interesting… I can kill two birds with one stone. This couldn't get any better than this…" the guard smirked as a mirage of the Merman Phantom can be seen on his face.
(Saigo's Point of View)
Back at her room, I dressed her up for her to prepare her sleeping time. In no time at all, I kinda already used to this kinds of stuff, even though it might be embarrassing at first…
"Geez, I can't understand why would Siesta-chan would stop me from getting my hands on him…" I slightly annoyed by that fact.
"He's a high ranked person in the royal palace. You can't compare him to Guiche," she told me, which piques my curiosity.
"If you wanted to compare to him about his magic stuff, I'm still WAY higher than him…" I told her, which she just ignores that fact. "Anyways, we can't just left Siesta-chan over that place. Don't you have sympathy for her?"
"Of course I feel bad for her, but we can't do anything about it…" she said before she gets onto her bed, getting ready to go to sleep.
"How come you just say that casually as if it was nothing?" I asked her.
"Whatever you tried to do, you have to give up on her. Do you understand?" she warned me.
"*sigh* Fine…" I pretend to nod at her before she puts out the fire and sleep well. After a while, she finally dozed off to fantasy world as I stood up and looked at her. "Sorry about this… there are times where I have to break the rules…" I casually walk out from her room, leaving behind Derflinger before closing the door quietly as I made my way towards the one room that I declared the War Zone…
Kirche's room… meep.
"Okay, just calm down, Saigo… you only need the book and that's just it. Any funny ideas from her trying to get to you, you just run away from her. Always have a backup plan if things gone wrong…" I encouraged myself before I knocked her door and she simply opens it with a confused look on her face.
"Ara, Saigo-san? What can I do for you?"
"There's something that I want from you…" I said to her before I entered in, courtesy of her invitation.
"What would like to ask me for?" she asked as she sits down on her bed in a sexy position, trying to seduce me. Why does she make things harder for me to focus on my mission at this time?
"You see… can I borrow your book for the time being?" I bluntly asked.
"My heirloom? Oh, sure!" she replied back as she swings her wand a few times before a click can be heard from her treasure chest and there, it floats out her book towards her and holds it at her hand.
"I don't have any interest in reading books like Tabitha, hence the reason why I never opened the lock."
"And the reason why they gave you that book is… why exactly?"
"They forced it on me as a bridal item, since that it can make males a bit horny, if I'm not mistaken,,," she replied. I guess this book must be really precious to her family… and that sounds a bit dangerous, don't you think so?
"I guess I get the gist of it why he practically begs for it…" I muttered under my breath.
"And besides, I don't need this thing to begin with… don't you agree?" she said as she lies down on her bed, just to seduce me.
"Look, can I have it for the time being?" I asked her and this time, I'm a bit annoyed as the time goes by, anything can happened to her…
"I can give it to you…" she said while handing her book to me. But, as soon as I tried to grabbed it, she suddenly hugs me and gave me that sultry look on her face, "…but you have to date me first to earn it. Come on, please?"
Okay, that's it. I had enough of this matter. I simply took a step back and released myself from her grip before I gave her a good scolding.
"You…why all of the aristocrats are always act like a scum?!" I said in annoyance before heading towards her table and grabbed her golden sword to bring along with me.
"Saigo!" she tried to call my name, which I only slams the door and headed my way out without looking back.
Along the way, Tabitha seems to walk out from her room and looked at me with her usual face.
"Saigo, going somewhere?" she asked.
"Got business to take care of…" I simply walked passed by her before reaching at the end of the hall. With the golden sword on my back, and the getaway ring on my finger, time to execute plan B.
= Konekuto! …Pureezu! =
"Seriously, why is it that most of the things that I've ever done in this world must be done by myself…" I muttered before enters the magic circle, transporting from the academy to the main hall of the mansion.
And right on cue, Count Mott was around the area, with Siesta-chan next to him as well.
"Saigo-san!" she called my name, which surprises Count Mott.
"How did you get in here undetected?!" he asked me.
"I got my own tricks up on my sleeve. That, and a magician never reveals his secrets to others…" I told him before he steps down from the stairs and confronting me with the guards rushing in just in time… well, all but one over there that keeps a good lookout near Siesta-chan, for safety reason, I guess.
"Did you bring the item that I requested before?"
"Sorry… it seems like I have to go to Plan B."
"Plan B?"
"Yeah, beat the living out of you and saved her from your clutches…" I warned him as the guards began to protect their master from harm.
"I've never heard such a foolish peasant before and you have to remember this, no aristocrat would ever give a away their treasures to a peasant. I was expecting more of you, but it seems like you've come here unprepared. How boring…"
"No, YOU have to remember something good! People's lives can't be treated as a property and due to that, you've taken away their hope. And because of that… I'm going to save Siesta…" I said while drawing out the golden sword and stab it onto the ground.
"So, you've drawn it…" he said with a smirk.
"Saigo-san! Don't! If you draw out your sword on him, you will be sentenced to death, regardless of your status!" she warned me, as I was already prepared for the worst.
He raised his staff and pointed at my direction as well as introducing himself properly. "My mage name is Mott of the Wave, a Triangle mage."
"Your rank doesn't matter to me…"
= Doraibā On! …Pureezu! =
"…because I'm gonna enjoy this moment…" I said to him before I took out a sapphire demimonde-cut ring that resembles a tear by instinct and wears it on my finger and shifts the Hand Author on my left.
= Shabadoobi Touch to Henshin~, Shabadoobi Touch to Henshin~ =
"Henshin…" I declared while flipping the goggles on the ring before placing it onto my WizarDriver.
= Wō~tā! (Water!) …Pureezu! =
I raised my left hand up and a blue magic circle which was formed by water appears above my head as it slowly went down to do my transformation.
= SUI~, SUI~, SUI~, SUI~~ =
After the transformation was done, I am now donned in the same black trench coat and black bodysuit with a minor changes. I have a tear-shaped helmet while having 4 large jewels on my trench coat with two small ones at the middle, 2 large ones and a small one on each side, my wristband and ankle was also blue in color with silver linings on it and inside my trench coat, it is colored blue instead of red.
Ladies and gentlemen… Kamen Rider Wizard Water Styles has entered the stage.
(Insert full song: Mystic Liquid by Kamen Rider Girls)
"Remember this, Jour de Mott! Life… is SHOW TIME!" I warned him while doing my trademark post.
"W-what?! What's the meaning of this?!" Count Mott and his guards were surprised by my sudden transformation as Siesta was surprised about the matter either.
"Saigo-san…" Siesta-chan said in a low tone.
"Saa… I-KU-ZE!" I said before grabbing the sword on the ground that I stabbed earlier and throws it at the sky, as I immediately slide on a Connect Ring, switching the Hand Author to the left before placing it onto my belt.
= Konekuto! …Pureezu! =
In an instant, the sword enters in and changes into my WizarSwordGun and landed on my left hand, preparing myself for a battle ahead of me.
Two soldiers start rushing in and began to swing their spears onto my direction as I tried to block them with my own sword. Due to the effect of Water, I may have weaker attack than Flame Styles, but I'm still faster than it as I also got a few tricks on my sleeve. I push the spear to one side while kicking them down due to the fact they are just humans and not Phantoms… that can be bothersome since I don't want to kill them.
One of the soldiers tries to swing his spear at me a few times in a vertical, horizontal and diagonal slashes a few times, which I blocked and evaded it at the same time as I close in our distance and gave him an elbow on his helmet and a back elbow on his chest, knocking him down. Seeing the opportunity, the one that was already fell down pounced at me, grabbing me in a Full Nelson hold before I gave him a back head attack and does the Judo take down on him while rolling along on him at the same time before I stood up from where I tumble and take a look on Siesta's face.
'Don't worry… I'll bring you back to the academy and keep your hope alive, Siesta-chan…' I thought to myself as she has placed her hope on me.
"For a man in strange armor, you sure know how to fight…" Count praised me as eight more of them enters the fray and surrounded me while pointing their spears at me, which leaves a smirk on his face. I tried to make a walk past among them but they seem to use their spears to kept me in place as I received a few slashes from the sneak attack, damaging my armor for a bit. After a while, I eventually stood still from my position, causing them to be on guard, just in case I tried to move again "Any last words?"
"Yeah…" I replied before putting on a ring which has the picture of dragon with drips of water on its wings. Shifting my Hand Author twice, I placed it onto my belt to activate it.
= Rikiddo! (Liquid) …Pureezu! =
"…your head is mine…" I told him before all eight of them stabs me in a different direction simultaneously.
"Saigo-san!" she cried out for my name.
Much to their surprise and Siesta-chan's, when they tried to stab me, instead of pierced through my flesh, it went passed through me as my whole body is now consists of liquid and nothing else. While they still have a surprised look on their faces, I immediately turned myself into a blob of water and start swirling around their heads. In a rapid manner, their heads are getting closer to each other before I splashed high to the sky, causing their heads to collide with each other and knocked them unconscious due to water on their faces and lack of oxygen, just enough to make them out cold. I landed onto the ground, at the center of the circle where they have fainted and regains my physical form, glaring at him while holding my WizarSwordGun – Sword Mode on my hand. I still have no idea why that one guard kept guarding Siesta-chan without doing anything… but that's not the whole point at this time.
"You're a mage as well?! But I know you're not as strong as I am!" he said before he waved his wand at the nearby vase, deliberately tumbles it down and causing the water to be poured out. In an instant, a big stream of water shoots out from that small puddle and he redirects it onto my direction, causing me to block it with the flat side of the WizarSwordGun. Just as I expected from cheap sword, a crack can be heard at the blade of it before the stream of water ended.
"Tch, at this rate, I can't even do a Strike on him…" I cursed to myself before I threw the broken WizarSwordGun away from my grasp to the side as he prepares another attack.
"Throwing your sword away would not change anything! I can also do things like this!" he yelled at me before he conjures a few blobs of water floating to the sky before he changes it into an ice of spiky water, much to my annoyance.
"I don't plan on giving up just yet!" I yelled at him while took out two rings. One is my getaway ring but I put the ring that has a picture of a dragon with a shield as its body onto my finger before shifting it twice and placed it.
= Difendo! (Defend!) …Pureezu! =
Right on cue, as the spikes dashes towards my direction in high speed, a veil of water pours down to block those attacks, much to his surprise.
"W-what?!" he said in a surprise tone as I pushed the veil towards his direction, only to have him having a hard time trying to divert it to another direction.
While he was busy doing so, I switched the ring with my Connect Ring, shifting it twice once again before placing it onto my belt.
= Konekuto! …Pureezu! =
Another magic portal opens up as I stretches it into the circle before pulling out a brand new WizarSwordGun and for no reason, my insignia on my left hand began to glow radiantly.
"Yo, aibou! I've heard from the fire lady! Why did you pick that golden sword instead of me? And did you know that you'll be facing a big trouble while facing a royal count like him? And the punishment is certain death on you!" Derflinger asked.
"Sorry about that and I don't care about those consequences just as long as my friends are okay. I thought that conjuring you into my WizarSwordGun would be the last resort… my bad if you ended up getting disintegrated into dust…"
"Nah, I don't think that would happen! Besides, I might be the material you were looking for, according to your master! And look, I got a hand!"
"Yeah… I guess so…" I replied back to him before—
"Hey, look at your front!" he shouted at me before I swiftly swings my sword onto the incoming spikes from him, easily slashing them into pieces and the move I made have become more fluent than ever.
"Grr! Why don't you take this one for size!" Count challenges me as he began to create a large sphere of water and it slowly went towards my direction. Without hesitation, I immediately switch Derf into Gun Mode and opens up his palm to let out a familiar ringtone.
= Let's start shooting, shake my hand! Let's start shooting, shake my hand! =
Wait… did I hear this right? Does the ringtone changed due to Derf as my sword at this moment?
Other than that, I just simply ignores the ringtone for the time being and placed my left hand onto it initiate it…
= Wō~tā! Shooting Suteraiku! SUI! SUI! SUI! … SUI! SUI! SUI! =
As it charges up by collecting the water around the surroundings, mainly on the floor and my finger is on the trigger, I was being swallowed by the blob before it changes into ice, trapped me inside of it as the ringtone can still be heard from it.
"Saigo-san!" she cried as she was now on her knees and Count Mott began to take a few step forward.
"Hah, as I said, your magic isn't as strong as mine. Enjoy your trap in ice for eternity!" he boasted before he lets out a laugh… but what comes next might surprised him…
With a pull of the trigger, the ice that trapped me was shattered into million pieces and the Count was flew a few meters away, with his staff out from his hand. I slowly stood up and walk towards his direction.
"P-please! Don't hurt me!" he begged for mercy as he thought I was about to kill him since his staff is now out of his reach. All I wanted to do was to whack him a few times to bring up his senses.
"Now… time to pull down the curtain on you!" I declared at him.
(End of Insert song)
Just as I was about to lay a hand on him, the main door suddenly opens up and Louise, Kirche and Tabitha were there to stop me from hurting him.
"Saigo, stop!" Louise shouted.
"Louise? What are you doing here?" I asked as she immediately kneels down towards Count Mott who have just recovered himself from where he has fallen and his arrogant side appears once again.
"Please forgive me for what my familiar did to you, Count Mott!" she pleaded as the Count began to boast up once again.
"Honestly, the quality of the students at the academy has really fallen… I must request that the Old Osmond to give you a severe punishment for this!" he threatens her as my fist began to curled up.
"Why you—" I tried to walk towards his direction, only to be stopped by Tabitha's staff, telling me to stop on my tracks.
"Dangerous consequences…" Tabitha told me as I had no choice but to hold on as I still have my armor on.
"I apologized for intruding, due to emergency. Also, the familiar's misconduct is the master's misconduct as well. I will accept any form of punishment." Louise told him, as I scoffed away while saying, "Baka…" to myself in a low tone.
"Pointing a sword at a royal place employee is a felony. You better get ready to get your family involved in this case," he warned her as I began to step forward.
"She has nothing to do with this. All of these actions are by my own will, so don't put the blame on her!" I shouted before Kirche steps up to him and began to speak.
"Count Mott. How about we settle this case with this?" she asked him as she lifts up her school uniform while searching for something inside her skirt… what does she think she has, a magical dimensional pocket?
"Oi, what are you—" Count was surprised by her actions as she pulls out a book from her skirt.
"I heard that you were looking for this," she said while leaving a confused look on his face. "Sorry for my late introduction. My name is Kirche von Zerbst," she said as she politely bows to him.
"Zerbst?!" he was shocked by the claim as he pointed the book on her hands. "Then, that means…"
"Yes, our heirloom, the summoned book. Please have it…" she offers him with the key on it as well.
"Well… since the deed is done, now it's your turn to fill in your part of the bargain," I told him which his eyes didn't leave a sight from the book that he is holding.
"Oh yes, I forgot. Guards, return back Siesta to him," he commanded as Siesta-chan was happy for the matter as she was escorted to her room to pack her stuffs. "So, this is the famous book."
"Are you sure? Isn't it your heirloom?" Louise asked her and Kirche looked upon Louise as she crossed her arms.
"Hmph, I've checked out the content, and I don't need it…" Kirche replied.
"Don't need it…" Tabitha said as well.
"Then I guess you don't need it as well…" the guard said as he yanked the unopened book from Count Mott's grasp, much to our surprise.
"You peasant! How dare you take the book out from your master's grasp!" he angered, which the guard laughs for a bit.
"Oi, aibou! I've received a bad aura from that man!" my partner told me, which caught my attention.
"What did you say?"
"You're my master? I am my own master!" he claimed before his image shows up and revealed to be the Merman Phantom, causing me to put on guard.
'A Phantom… here?! I just used half of my mana just to defeat this guy…' I kept my thought to myself as the Merman Phantom looks upon the book.
"I don't think you want to know in this book… because I will lead you to despair!" the Merman Phantom said as he lets out an acidic spit onto the book and lets go of it, causing it to melt in front of Count Mott's eyes until there is nothing left. His whole body was shaken, until a crack was heard from him, making him kneel down as purple cracks appear on his face.
"S-Saigo! What happened to him?!" Louise asked me.
"He's been put into despair, that's what…" I told her before I got ambushed from below with a strong uppercut from the Merman Phantom, causing me to tumble a few steps back.
"And there's no way I'll let you touch him until he is reborn!" he claimed before he dives down into the shallow lake throughout the whole floor, which I just realized he uses the same method to make a runaway.
While the girls are protecting him, I tried to shoot him in any direction that he might pop out but it was all a miss as it immediately delivers a few slashes of his own before hiding back among the shallow waters. I can't hit him because the only thing my sword can touch was the hard floor. C'mon, think! There's gotta be a way to defeat this thing!"
"Aibou, if I were you, I would 'dry up' the whole floor so that I can get a proper grip on my footing.' Derf gave me an advice.
"What are you talking abo—!" I think I understand what he meant by that. As the Merman Phantom keep swimming around, I switched my Water Ring with my Ruby Oval-cut ring and shifts my Hand Author to the left and placed it immediately.
= Fureimu~ ...Pureezu! HI… HI… HI! HI! HI! =
When that's done, I took out another ring and slide it onto my right hand, shifting my Hand Author once again to let out a ringtone.
= Lupachi Magic, Touch to Go! Lupachi Magic, Touch to Go! =
"Everyone, cover your eyes!" I warned them as I quickly placed it onto my belt.
= Raito! (Light!) …Pureezu! =
In an instant, the whole place is blinded by light and with the power of the Flame Styles, the vapor began to form, causing it to resurface as its whole skin is burned badly.
"Gwahh!" the Phantom shouted in pain.
"Now, time to pull down the curtain on you!" I declared before replacing the Light ring with my finisher ring as I quickly shifted it and placed on it.
= Chou iine! Kikku Sutoraiku!…SAIKOOO! =
After the declaration, the magic circle appears right below my foot and it was engulfed in flames. Taking my stance for the kick, my right leg began to absorb the flames before I made a few step forward to get the momentum going.
I started off with a cartwheel, followed by a back handspring before launching myself up to the sky and adjusting my kick towards the Phantom. The Phantom didn't get to escape this time as the kick connected onto its chest, piercing my way through before landed behind him, with my insignia appears on him before a big explosion occurs on it.
"You have taken the final bow of the show, Phantom!" I declared before I ran towards Count Mott's direction as more cracks starting to appear.
"Saigo, what should we do? A healing magic won't do the trick!" Kirche began to be panic as I took his hand and slides it onto his middle right finger.
"Why… are you helping me…?" Count Mott asked me.
"You may be a douche bag all the time and I hate you for treating someone like a trash just because of your high and so-called 'righteous' title… but, there's no way I'll let you fell into despair. Why? Because there are other rare books that you can find from other worlds…" I began to console him, which he just looks at me with his weakened eyes.
"Peasant…" he said before I placed his hand onto my belt.
= Engēji! (Engage!) …Pureezu! =
After the declaration, he suddenly fainted and a magic circle appears above him, making the girls with a surprise look (except for Tabitha as she just raised her eyebrows).
"I'll be right back. Look after him for a while…" I told her before I jumped into the circle and dives into his Underworld.
It took a while for me to reach to this place and as soon as I landed here, I can see the whole surrounding is in gray color and at this time, he was doing a research about the book that he was looking for… until a sudden large crack appears and an unstable grey Phantom dubbed Kelpie rushes out of control as it continues to bash from side to side. It is a large and powerful horse, with a smooth seal skin, with black mane and tail that curves over its back like a wheel and the most distinctive feature of them all, that thing is thrice as big as the normal Phantom as it continues to gallop around the area as its hooves are red in color.
"Where are we right now? And what the heck is that thing?" Derf asked me.
"This is Underworld, human's Inner World and that thing over there… that's a Phantom that needs to be destroyed in order to prevent the cracks opened up and the Phantom making its escape to the outside world…" I explained to him.
"Is that so? Why don't you use me for the finisher?" Derf offered himself.
"Sorry, but it would take more than just a Slash or Shooting Strike to take that thing out…" I reminded him before I took out a ring with a picture of a Wyvern on it. I know that I still have nightmares regarding the Sabbath, but now it's not the time to think about it. I shifted the Hand Author twice before placing it onto the belt to activate it.
= Uwaivōrai~zu! (Wyverise!) …Pureezu! =
I raised my hand high to the sky as the magic circle appears on it. Once that's done a large dragon flew out from the circle and it makes a mad dash over the Kelpie Phantom. It consists of purple scales of a reptile, a head of a dragon with venomous bite, two red large legs with no claws, a black pair of wings and a purple barbed tail with silver highlights on it.
This is my Wyvern Phantom that dwells inside of me. Man, Louise would be in shock to see this firsthand…
"Oi! Wyvern! Control yourself!" I shouted at my Phantom as it continues to collide with the speedy Kelpie as while the Kelpie continues to kick on the body of the Wyvern while it continues to bite on it, clearly making the Kelpie neigh in pain before slams onto the outer walls of the Underworld.
"I better control of that thing before things can go haywire and not to get myself trapped in here!" I reminded myself as I mounted on The Crimson Claw and speeds off towards the Wyvern. Don't ask me where the bike came from. It was already there before I knew it.
Anyways, I pressed the bike at full throttle and manages to get close to Wyvern, which it is low enough for me to ride behind it and gain control of it. My ride instantly changes its shape, turning into a red claws for my Wyvern since it has no claws and its wings are too big for my ride to handle. Another good thing is the battle we held is just one huge lawn with a mansion and a few trees here and there.
"Let's round that horsey up!" I said while making a turn to let my Wyvern grabbed the Kelpie and clamps it tightly with its new claw while digging in its fangs, filled with venom to weaken it. When the poison took effect, the Wyvern lets go of the Phantom before we soar to the sky. Once we have reached a certain height, I took out the Kick Strike Ring and slide it onto my right hand.
"Time to pull down the curtain on you!" I declared before finish it off.
= Chou iine! Kikku Sutoraiku!…SAIKOOO! =
After the move was declared, the bike and the Wyvern separates from each other before Wyvern took the form of its foot while the bike began to equip at the back of the dragon, becoming its shin for me to land my kick on it. With one flaming kick from me, the oversized red dragon foot dives down towards the weakened Kelpie Phantom before we squashed it and explosion occurs, thus ending the assault of the Phantom once and for all. The good news is, the cracks have been fixed and he won't be the target of the Phantom anymore. The bad news is… he may be a mage, but he will experience some improper control of his magic, like Louise for example… it's better to lose some part of your magic than to let a Phantom escape to reality…
"Well, it's time to go home…" I said before I ride on The Crimson Claw and raced through the magic circle right in front of me.
As the girls were worried over the matter, the cracks on Count Mott suddenly disappear and I speeds off at another direction and stopped at the tracks.
"Saigo!" Kirche chirped up as she hugs me tightly before being pulled back by Louise. "Hmph, all I did is giving him a hug for a job well done…" she said.
More like a hug for trying to seduce me…
"Saigo, how is he?" Louise asked.
"He's gonna be just fine…" I told her.
"Academy…" Tabitha said to us.
"Oh, she's right! We better head back to the academy!" Kirche added before she gets close to me again. "And I wanted to ride with you on this… bad boy here…"
"You girls go ahead. I'll catch up…" I told them as Kirche pouts for a bit and Louise has an unsatisfied look on her face once again before she leaves as my transformation was cancelled off, reverting back to normal and the glow of my insignia dimmed down back to normal.
"Man, I REALLY need to take a rest after all of this hard work..." I said to myself.
"You earned it, partner!" a reply was heard from my back as I took it out, I was surprised to see Derflinger is still in one piece, with rusts on it as well!
"Wow, you're not turning into dust!"
"Of course not! Like I said before, I'm the material that you've been looking for!" Derf assures me.
"I guess so... so that means... I got my OWN WizarSwordGun now!" I cheered happily before I saw Siesta-chan walks down with her luggage at hand. Time to get home...
(Normal Point of View)
As Saigo manages to strap Siesta's luggage properly at the back of his Crimson Claw, she began to look at him with a smile on her face.
"Saigo-san… I want to thank you for what you did for me…" Siesta began to thank him.
"Well, Kirche does most of the work for you. I was only there as a burden to you and killing off the Phantom…" I reminded her.
"But, it's because of you working hard… just for my sake," she said as Saigo mounted on his ride.
"That's what friends are for, Siesta-chan. C'mon, let's get back to the academy…" he said as Siesta nodded in agreement as she mounted on his bike and took off in a great speed. The night wind hits on his face was nice as he kept a smile on his face. Siesta manages to see his expression via the side mirror and ended up having a slight blush on her face. Her arms that wrapped around his waist were tighten up for a bit as she laid her head on his back while closing her eyes.
"Thank you… for becoming my hope… Saigo-san…" she said to herself as they continue to cruise the road towards the academy.