Hello Fanfiction readers! Ashbel Longhart here to bring you a new chapter. I read the reviews and was glad that someone liked my idea of making Haru the 'Mage Killer.' Now for the disclaimer.
(Disclaimer: I do not own Familiar of Zero or Kamen Rider Wizard. They both belong to their respective owners. I just own this story and my OC's)
It seems that last time, Haru's title as 'Mage Killer' has reached the ears of the royal court. How will this effect the future events to come? You'll just have to find out for yourselves because I'm not giving out spoilers. Now let's ride cause...IT'S SHOWTIME!
CH 5: The Princess and the Exhibition
(Last Time)
"Imperial Messenger Count Jour de Mott, I Haru Yamamoto hereby challenge you to a du-no, a death match."
" I want to help you."
"Please, have mercy!"
"I can't give you my name, but you can call me the 'Mage Killer.'"
(Kitchen)
I smile a goofy smile as I read the newspaper. Why was I smiling? Well, take a look for yourself.
Mage Killer kills Count Mott. All mages, beware. After that, it talks about what happened and what the people that worked for him saw. Fortunately, the people told nothing of my appearance and said that I was a hero among the commoners.
"What are you smiling at, Sir Haru?" Siesta asked. You see people, after I had saved her from Mott, Siesta would not stop calling me sir, so I gave up a long time ago and just let her call me that.
"Take a look for yourself." I handed her the newspaper. I just watched her and her reaction as she read the news.
"Oh wow! Your a hero among the people, Sir Haru." Siesta said as she smiled at me.
I smirked back and looked to the girl next to me, which is my imouto, Kyoko, who was avoiding eye contact with me. "Now if only one other person would be proud of me."
"How can I be proud that you killed someone, Onii-chan?" Kyoko said as she hadn't even taken a single bite out of her food. Currently, me and Kyoko were wearing the Ashford Academy uniform from Code Geass.
"Kyoko, that trash was doing bad things to Siesta." I took a forkful of scrambled eggs into my mouth. "Do you expect me to just sit still and do nothing when I can do something about it?"
"We could have talked it out with him!" Kyoko snapped at me for the first time.
"And what if he refused to listen?" I shot back, making Kyoko shut up. "Kyoko, you have to understand that talking things out with someone won't always work. Sometimes, you have to get violent and bloody your hands." I then bring Kyoko into my now usual one arm hug, Again making Kyoko blush for some reason, probably from embarrassment. "I won't say I'm sorry, for the deed has already been done."
Kyoko stayed silent for awhile before she spoke. "Can you promise something?" I didn't say anything and just listened to her. "Can you promise me that you'll never kill someone again? I don't want to see you like that again."
"I can't promise you anything, but I'll try." Is all I can say to her. I then notice Siesta and the rest of the workers looking at us strangely. "What are you looking at?" Once I said that, they all dispersed and went back to work. I let go of Kyoko and she finally started to eat.
I saw Marteau come up to me and he spoke. "Our Sword, how can I ever thank you for saving Siesta?"
I wave him off. "Don't worry, you owe me nothing. I was just saving a friend."
Marteau then started to tear up. "Oh, Our Sword! I can just kiss you right now!"
"Don't." I said in a threatening voice. Marteau's tears then vanish as he gave a jolly laugh.
He then notices the newspaper in Siesta's hands. "Hey, Siesta, what you've got there?" Siesta showed it to him and as he read, he gave out a happy shout and told everyone to gather. Now everyone was reading the newspaper about what I did.
"You're becoming real popular, Onii-chan." Kyoko said.
I just have out a amused smile and took a sip of milk.
(Cue Rising Hope by Lisa)
(Nigitta messeji that's Rising Hope!)There was a sudden flash of light and sparks and then, back-to-back, we see Haru and Kyoko.
(Hey, welcome to our special rising. Can you ressence that light? Here we go!)We then see Wizard riding on Dragon and with flick of his wrist, threw a magic circle which formed the title.
(Yuruganai sekai hijou na genjou tsudzuku kabe wa nanjuusou)We see Haru leaning on a wall with Derf right next to him. He then looks at his Flame Ring before balling his fist.
(Imeejidoori nanka janai shizuka ni sawagidashita honnou)The scene shifts to Kyoko who is at Louise's room staring at the sky before looking at her Please Ring and bringing it close to her face as if cuddling it since it came from her brother.
(Meiro mitai ikidomari nandemo shikou was distortion)The scene changes to Louise who is outside practicing her magic when it explodes.
(Youshanai ne itsu no ma ni miushinatteru to abaredasu)The dust clears to reveal a chared up Louise, but she shakes it off and tries again.
(Pay attention! Hey, what is it?)We then see Tabitha under a tree reading a book with her familiar next to her when she then turns to the screen as if she is looking at us.
(Watch your step now!)We then see Siesta carrying a tea set, but then trips on a rock.
(Joushiki nanka iranai)Then we see Henrietta at the castle balcony looking over the horizon.
(Are you serious? No, No, No, don't worry! 1, 2, 3, fukidasu shinzou no rizumu)We then see a child Haru reaching out his hand which grabs a child Kyoko's hand, before they turn back to teens with Haru placing the Please Ring on her finger.
(Shikai mada kuranderu sore demo ikanakucha)Scene then changes to Haru and Kyoko on a hill top looking at the sunset before they stare at each other.
(Kimi ga shiniteru boku o uragiru)Kyoko stares at Haru before smiling at him and hand him his Flame Ring.
(Wake ni ikani tsuyoko kurakushon ga naru)In quick motions, Haru puts on his Ring, places it on the Hand Author, then transforms into Kamen Rider Wizard with Derf becoming the WizarSwordGun. With sword raised, Wizard dashes off to face the enemy.
(Kodoku na mama took ga tattatte nigeru koto oboetatte)Scene shifts to Louise who is somewhere at the academy facing Ghouls. She then uses an explosion spell to blow them away.
(Atarashii kyou ga kichau kedo.) [I believe anymore.]Then we see Tabitha guarding an injured Kirche, before Professor Colbert came in and slammed his staff to the ground, igniting flames incinerating the ghouls that surrounded them.
(Kono negai tatoe mahou ga nakutatte)Scene shifts to Wizard somewhere fighting Phoenix. Phoenix throws a fireball, but Wizard slashes it away.
(Kanaenakya chikatta)We then see Kyoko spreading her arms and unleashing her unknown magic.
(Boku wa kimi to mada mitai mirai arunda yo.) [I sing my hope.]Then we have quick montages of Wizard and all of his different styles.
(Nakisou demo kuyashikutemo tomatteirarenai)Then we see Wizard walking through gates of the academy. In front of him is Kyoko, his sister, with Louise, Tabitha, Kirche, Guiche, Momtmorency, Siesta, and Porfessor Colbert, all of them smiling at him. He dehenshins and Haru smiles back.
(Nigitta messeji that's Rising Hope!)Haru then turns around to look at the screen like he's looking at us and raises his Flame Ring, smiling.
(Now)
Right now, Kyoko and I were in Louise's room, looking at Louise as she paced around the room.
Kyoko decided to ask. "Um...Louise, is something the matter?"
Louise stopped pacing and looked at us. "If you have to ask, yes something's the matter."
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"What's wrong?" Louise repeated. She then shouted at us. "I'll tell you want's wrong!" Instead of telling us, she went back to pacing around the room again. OK, this is starting to become weird.
"Louise, if you just stop panicking and tell us what's the matter, then maybe we can help?" Kyoko said.
Louise stopped pacing and took a moment to clam down. Once she did, she spoke. "The Familiar Exhibition Festival is coming up."
Kyoko and I tilted our heads in confusion. "The Familiar what-now?"
Louise then stared to explain it to us. "The Familiar Exhibition Festival is a mandatory event which all second years must take part in. It's to showcase the Familiars we've all summoned. Everyone tries hard since a prize is awarded to the winner, but everyone is doubling their efforts because the Princess is attending this year!"
Princess!?" Both me and Kyoko said at the same time. My face was one of surprise while Kyoko's was one of wonder as I could have sworn there were stars in her eyes.
"Yes, the princess of Tristain herself, Princess Henrietta. Oh, what am I going to do!?" Louise then started to pace again. Oh boy.
"Louise, calm down." Kyoko said.
"Calm down?" Louise looked at her as if she was crazy. She then dramatically pointed at me. "In case you've forgotten, your brother killed the Imperial Messenger! If they find out that he's here, then they'll take him away to prison!"
"Prison!?" Kyoko then joined Louise in pacing around the room, though hers was more of panic.
"Little girl, your overreacting." Derf said to Louise.
"Overreacting!? How am I overreacting!?" Louise asked the talking sword.
"Well, if you have read the news, the people don't know what aibou looks like as the former workers never gave a description about him. So you have nothing to worry about." Wait a minute, how did he read the newspaper, he doesn't have any eyes?
When Louise thought about it, relief flooded her and Kyoko too.
"Now with that problem out of the way, I think I know what to do for our presentation." I said.
"You do?" Both Louise and Kyoko said at the same time.
"That's right and you, Kyoko, can help out."
"Really!?"
I nodded. "Yeah, but first..." I went over and picked up Derf. "I think it's time to get you clean up."
"It's about time!" Derf cried out as I picked up the cleaning equipment and headed outside.
(Courtyard)
"Do you mind if I sit here?" I asked.
The silent bluenette didn't say anything and just kept reading as her Familiar was sleeping. All around us were students practicing various tricks with their Familiars. Since she didn't answer, I sat down anyway and pulled Derf out of his sheath before me.
"Ready, Derf?" I asked the sword as I was going through the rucksack.
"Absolutely, aibou!" Derf said loudly, sounding eager. It's probably been a long time since anyone's attempted to clean the sword, so I don't blame him.
"Now," I cautioned the talking blade. "I must warn you, Derf, that I have never done this before, so you'll have to walk me through this."
"Just leave it to me!" Derf declared and we got started. Patiently, he begins to explain to me the process and it was much more work than I thought. I was told how to use the oil to soak the rust, use the coarse cloth to scrub it off after it had been loosen, use the soft cloth to clean up the oil afterwards, and then use the stone to hone the blade itself. Whatever had derusted him a bit had made him less rusty and had made his blade rust clean, but that doesn't mean I didn't still have to hone it. After I carefully covered Derf in oil, I was scrubbing him with the coarse cloth.
"Oh yeah, that's the stuff."
Alright, time to get to the reason why I'm here. "Tabitha, right?" She didn't say anything and just kept reading. "OK, I'll just get to the point. I need your help. How do I avoid Kirche?"
What I said must have surprised her as he ears perked up, but other than that, nothing. She turned to me and asked. "Why?"
I decided to lay it down for bluntly. "She tried to rape me and I don't like that nor do I like her, so please, you've got to help me!"
I don't know how I know this, but I could tell that, to her, this is the first time that someone has been trying to escape Kirche. I think part of her expected me to ask her for advice about Kirche, not how to avoid her.
"What's in it for me?" She asks.
That question stumped me. I remembered that everything came at a price, so what do I have that she would like? I set down Derf for a moment to look at what I have. Besides my rings, all I have right now is a couple of gold coins and-
"Huh? How did this get here?" What I pull out of my blazer was the first volume of the manga, The Seven Deadly Sins, great show and book by the way. Well, Tabitha likes to read so maybe she'll like this? I present her the manga. "What about this?"
She raised an eyebrow as she looked at the manga as if she had never seen anything like it before, which was kinda true. She set the book she had down and took the manga out of my hand and opened it up.
I automatically said, "Other way." She jumps up a bit and opens the manga from the right side, probably feeling weird about reading a book from the right side.
"Don't understand?" She said.
"Oops, forgot that you people don't understand Japanese." I said and was about to take back the manga when a thought appeared in my head. "I can teach you." She tilts her head, confused. "Japanese. I can teach you so you can read that manga."
She thought about it and nodded. She then handed back the manga, but I can see the interest in her eyes somehow. She must really want to read this. I then went back to Derf and we stayed in total silence, which was strangely calming. As I was finishing wiping Derf off of oil and was about hone his blade when I heard a voice I didn't want to hear.
"Darling!" It was Kirche who was practicing flaming tricks with her familiar, Flame, when she noticed me.
"Oh shit!" I quickly jump to my feet, gather my cleaning supplies, and sheathed Derf. I then turn to Tabitha. "Just come get me when you want to start!" After that, I took off running as if the devil was after me.
(A week later)
After a week of practicing our presentation, me, Kyoko, and Louise were at the main gates with the other students. Currently, me and Kyoko were in the ZAFT uniforms from Gundam Seed. Now I really look like Shin Asuka, sigh. We all stood to attention as a trumpet sounded the arrival of the royal carriage.
"Did someone call for Cinderella?" I asked as an actual pumpkin carriage came through the gates being dragged by unicorns. Fucking unicorns! Hopefully, unlike the last one, this one doesn't disappear at midnight.
Then, two men in military uniform and armor bearing a great resemblance to Guiche came out of the carriage and looked around before the older one nodded at the younger one.
"Presenting Her Highness, Princess Henrietta de Tristain!" He shouted as every student gasped, probably thinking that the rumors of the princess coming here were actually true.
Descending from the carriage came a person I thought was an angel. She about the same age as me, was slim and curvy in all the right ways. She wore a white dress which looked perfect on her in every way and was accented by the purple cloak that hung from her shoulders. Her hair was purple and it fell to her shoulders, having a similar shade to her eyes and cloak. Her face was gentle and soft, showing that she was a kind and caring person. So, this was Princess Henrietta?
She looked at everyone with a caring smile, as if she knew everyone personally. I noticed that her gaze stopped for the slightest moment at me, Kyoko, and Louise, her smile widening at the time.
"How lovely!" I heard Guiche said as he finally got out of the sling, bit still had a few bandages on his face. He brought his rose in front of his face as if was about to propose, but a look from the older clones shut him up. I then saw their surprised faces as they saw his state of shape.
"So that's the Tristain Princess huh?" Kirche then asked Tabitha who was besides her. "I'm better looking than her though, don't you agree.
Tabitha didn't answer as she was too focused on the homework I gave her but if you want answer, then not in a million years.
"So that's the Princess of the Kingdom?" I said. "She looks like a kind ruler." And hopefully, not like the other nobles I've seen so far.
"She's so beautiful!" Kyoko commented as she stared at the princess.
"She is." Louise said and I was surprised at the admiration in her voice. A look at her face was all I need to know as she looked up at the princess as if she was a superior being. "She's one of a kind."
After that, I decided to dragg Kyoko away so we could go practice for the Exhibition.
Moments later...
"Phew!" I wipe some sweat off me. I then stare at all of the workers and Kyoko that helped out. "That should be good enough. Thanks for helping out everyone, I'm sure the princess will be very impressed."
The workers then talked among themselves, excited that they're preforming for the princess herself. I went to go get some water when I heard something.
"So, this is where you were, Guiche." I turn the corner and saw Guiche along with the two blonds that resemble him.
"Oh, Father Gramont, brother Lamark! To what do I owe the pleasure?" Guiche said, trying to maintain his composure, but the fear in his voice was evident.
"Well, you can tell us about how you lost a duel to a lowly commoner!" Lamark said.
"You know nothing of the duel! It wasn't a commoner who defeated me, it was an unranked noble who can control all of the elements! He almost killed me!" Guiche reasoned with them.
"Silence!" The father's shout quieted Guiche. "An unranked noble who can control all four elements? Impossible. Guiche, as the fourth son of the Gramont family, you have a duty to uphold the name and by losing to a commoner, you have disgraced it. Now it falls upon us to give you punishment."
Lamark's smile widen when he heard that and they both walked away, leaving a trembling Guiche to think about what sort of horrors will his father and brother have in store for him.
Before the two older Gramonts left, I stood in their way. "He's already received his share of pain for what he did. There's no need to deepen the wound." Sure, Guiche is a total cockbite, but even he doesn't deserve something like this.
"Who are you?" Lamark asked.
"If you must know, I'm the one who beat Guiche here in our duel." I said casually.
"You? You're the so called unranked noble that bested my son in a duel?" Lord Gramont said, raising an eyebrow.
"That's right. Also..." I drew Derf and pointed him at them. "If you want to take your anger out on anybody, how about the two of you challenging me? I'll take both of you on at the same time." From the corner of my eye, I saw Guiche's jaw drop, looking as if I had lost my mind.
"The both of us?" Lord Gramont and Lamark looked at me, surprised.
"Boy, either your very brave, or very foolish. Fine, I shall take you up on the offer. When and where?" Gramont asked.
"Tomorrow during the Exhibition. Our match will be an extra performance after I've finished my main one." I answered. No one said that they can't have two acts, right? "Surrendering, or losing conscious are the conditions for losing."
"Very well. Agreed." Lamark agreed for the both of them. "Let us be on our way, father." They both then went their way.
"HAVE YOU GONE DEMENTED!?" Guiche then gets too close for my comfort, so I push him away.
"What's you're problem?" I asked.
"My problem? What's your problem!? You'll never win against my father, yet your facing both my father and older brother!"
I slapped him across the face. "Calm down and listen. If I somehow manage to beat them, your defeat against me won't seem so embarrassing since I bested not only a knight of Palace, but also one of the big shots."
"That may be true, but how will you beat both of them?" Guiche asked after he recovered from my slap. "Both of them are well known among the military and you've only have experience fighting me."
I then give him a fox smile. "Well, if you've read the newspaper, then you'll find out that I have more experience than you think." I watched as his face was that of thinking to one of surprise and horror. and then left for more important things, one of them being teaching Tabitha Japanese.
(Louise's Room)
In Louise's room, Louise was currently brushing Kyoko's hair. Louise's didn't know why, but she felt a little pleasure from doing this as it reminded her of when her sister Cattleya would brush her hair when she was little. Kyoko didn't mind this as she seemed to be enjoying herself.
"So, Kyoko, how's your magic going?" Louise asked, deciding to make small talk.
"It's going great. I was able to lift up trees as if they were nothing and I made a giant fireball! Although, I almost burned Onii-chan with it."
"It sounds you're making progress, unlike me." Louise said, feeling envious.
Kyoko turned around to face Louise. "Don't say that, Louise! I'm sure that someday that you'll be able to do your magic properly."
Louise just stared at her, wondering if Kyoko was always extremely cute. Then, a light knock was heard from the door. Thinking it was Haru, Louise got up, ready to scold him for bring late.
Lousie threw open the door. "Where have you been!? We've been waiting for you for hours! Do you realize-oh." Louise paused as she saw that the person she was talking to was not Haru, but a cloaked stranger.
The stranger recovered from their shock and pushed their way into the room, locked the door, and waved a wand as a strange muffled silence surrounded the room.
"A silencing spell? Who are you?" Louise asked cautiously, reaching for her wand while Kyoko was about to summon a fireball.
"Louise Francoise! Don't you recognize me?" The stranger threw back its hood to reveal...
Louise gasped, jaw dropping. "Princess Henrietta!?"
"Wait, what!?" Kyoko, who was about to throw a baseball sized fireball, fumbled with it until she threw it out the window where it hit a random student and setting him ablaze and screaming. Kyoko then closed the window and turned back to Louise and the princess. She saw Louise bow to her knee and she soon followed.
"What are you doing here, your Highness? You shouldn't bother coming to a place like this on your own."
Henrietta frowned. "Can't you just treat me as Henrietta? We are childhood friends after all."
"Do you two know each other?" Kyoko asked.
"Yes." Louise nodded. "I was given the honor of being Her Majesty's playmate in our youth."
"So, you're childhood friends?" Kyoko said.
Henrietta nodded. "That's right." Her eyes then started to water up. "I...I've missed you so much."
"Princess..."Louise murmured, stepping closer.
"I'm sorry..." Henrietta apologized, wiping away her tears. "It's just, ever since my father passed away, I've had no one to talk openly to."
Kyoko's eyes widen at this news and then looked down. She then looked at Henrietta. "I'm very sorry about your father, Princess. I know what's it like to lose family."
When Henrietta looked into Kyoko's eyes, she new that she spoke the truth. She smiled. "Thank you." She then turned to Louise. "Now, why don't tell me what you've been doing these past few years?"
Sitting down on Louise's bed. the two childhood friends talked about what they've been doing. They talked about Henrietta's duties and what's been happening to Louise so far, leaving out the time of Mott.
"So, you not only summoned two familiar's, but they also have the ability to do magic? And they have no care for the nobility system here?" Henrietta said. The last one satisfying her with happiness. "You are just full of surprises, aren't you Louise?"
Defending herself, Louise playfully slaps Henrietta. Henrietta then looks towards Kyoko. "So, you're one of Louise's Familiars?"
Kyoko nodded. "Hai! I'm Kyoko Yamamoto, but you can just call me Kyoko." Kyoko sticks out her hand for a handshake. "Nice to meet you."
Henrietta smiled as she accepted the hand and shook it. Louise would have scolded Kyoko for being to casual to the princess, but she didn't want to face Haru's wrath so she refrained.
Henrietta then got up. "Well, it's getting late and I should be getting back. Thank you for a wonderful night and for still being my friend."
Louise and Kyoko bowed. "The pleasure was all mine."
Pulling up her hood and releasing her spell, Henrietta slipped out and into the night.
"Whew! That was some good training, aibou!"
I nodded as I was currently walking down the hallways to the girl's dormitory. After teaching Tabitha some Japanese, I went out training to prepare myself for tomorrows match. If my hutch id correct, then they'll be as tough as Mott, maybe even tougher and unlike last time, I won't make the mistake of underestimating them like I did with Mott. I took a swig of the special energy drink that Marteau brewed up and let me tell you, it was refreshing! Even it was blue, the liquid was still pretty good. Just as I was stepping through the threshold, I collided into a hooded stranger and accidently spilled some of my energy drink on the person.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry! Are you alright?" I apologized as I helped up the stranger up which caused the hood to fall to reveal a very beautiful female.
"Don't worry about it. "It's my fault anyway." The girl tried to wipe the liquid off her clothes, but the clothes were already stained.
"I can clean those up for you, if you like?" I offered, ready to use the skills of washing Louise's clothes to the test. "It's best to remove the stain as quickly as possible."
"I would be very grateful, thank you." The girl bowed a thank you and I waved it off. For some reason, this girl looks familiar, but I decided to brush it off.
I led her to the washing fountain, grabbed a bar of soup and a wash rack, and started to scrub the stain off the clothes, just like how Siesta showed me. The girl took a seat by me and watch me work.
"Are you a visitor or something? I've never seen you around here before." I asked, striking up a conversation.
"Yes, actually, I came with the princess's entourage this afternoon." Said the girl.
I raised an eyebrow. "Really? Well, I'm Haru Yamamoto, but call me Haru." I then drew Derf. "And this is Derf."
"Nice to meet you."
Her eyes widen as she stared at the talking sword and then quickly recovered. She then introduced herself. "I'm Henrietta." That name ringed bells in my head, but I brushed them off again. "I'm actually a good friend of Louise. I just finished visiting her and her Familiar. And judging by your name, you must be her other Familiar."
"Exactly." I said with a smile. "To be honest, I'm kinda surprised that she has a friend, she's quite an outcast here."
Henrietta nodded sadly. "Her inability to preform magic has caused her to be shunned, even during her childhood and family except for her sister Cattleya. I was her only friend as she was mine."
"Really? I'm surprised that you find it hard to make friends. You seem like a nice person, unlike those assholes of nobles."
Henrietta blushed at my comment, but then gasped at my comment of nobles. "Haru! Please refrain from using such language."
I then gave out a playful smile. "Oh yeah? Watch me." I then started a chain of curses. "FUCKER! HAIRY ASSHOLE! DICKHEAD! DICKBALLS! SON OF A BITCH! HORSE SHIT! CUNT!" I gave a look to Henrietta who was blushing from the last word. "Try and stop me."
After recovering from my string of curses, Henrietta waved her wand and some water came from the fountain and splashed my face. She giggled after that.
"Oh. So that how you want to play it." I then scooped up some water and threw it to her face where she yelped at the cold water. I laughed at her which earned me a magic bucket full of water all over me. "Oh, it is so on!" We then started to splash water at each other, laughing while we were doing this. After awhile, we stopped and lay out wet clothes on heat stones to dry, but leaving clothes on so we weren't naked.
Henrietta then striked up a conversation. "You're not from around here, are you?"
"How did you know?" I asked.
"Well, for starters, Louise told me that you have no care for the nobility system here which implies that you must have come from somewhere beyond the 4 great magical kingdoms." She then gets her now dried clothes and puts them on. "Secondly, you didn't recognized the name of the princess of the country you and your sister are currently residing in."
I thought about that and it suddenly comes back to me. I stare at her and pointed. "You naughty, naughty girl."
She gave me a cheeky smile and walked away, waving goodbye. "It was nice talking with you, Haru. Good luck in the Familiar Fair." After that, I just stared at her retreating figure, a bit stunned.
"Well, she sure left an impression."
"She sure did." I said as I put back on my clothes and picked up Derf. "It's nice to know that not all Nobles are assholes."
I then walk back to Louise's room. Now that I know what the princess is like. I'll make sure to give her show of a life time.
(Day of the Exhibition)
The day of the Festival has finally arrived and all the students were preparing for the Exhibition. Currently, I was wearing a butler uniform provided by the workers and just wearing the thing made me feel like Sebastian from Black Butler. I can easily tell that everyone wanted to win and gain praise from the princess, who is a total troll by the way. Some of them looked like they were about to have a nervous break down and fall into despair which would be bad as I did not have a Engage Rings.
As for Louise...
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! What do I do!? What do I do!?"
She was freaking out. The same could be said about Kyoko.
"We're doomed! We're doomed! We should have practiced more!"
Seriously, these two could be sisters. Luckily, we were at the end of the line so we could scout out the competition. Montmorency played a duet with her frog, Robin, as it was croaking along with the violin as the master was playing. Guiche, who finally recovered, was actually posing with his familiar, Verdandy, on a bed of roses and drove girls to squeals. Kirche had Flame do tricks by blowing complicated patterns of fire. Tabitha may be the toughest to beat as she did aerial tricks on the back of dragon, Sylphid, and was still doing her homework I gave her. She must really want to read some manga?
Finally, it was our turn.
I turned to Kyoko. "Kyoko, go get the others." Kyoko nodded and ran off.
"Last up is Louise Francoise de Blanc de la Vallière." Prof. Colbert announced. Alright, ShowTime!
Still looking nervous, Louise Stood tall and walked up towards the stage with me following. I could hear students snickering, wanting to laugh at her. Oh, how I so want to punch them right now.
Louise stopped and stood in the middle of the stage, facing the audiences. "M-My name is Louise Francoise de Blanc de la Vallière." She then gestured to me. "T-This is one of my Familiars, Haru Yamamoto."
"Look, it's one of the commoner Familiars of Louise the Zero!" I heard someone yell out which ignited chuckles from some of the students. The ones that didn't chuckle were the ones who saw the duel between me and Guiche, already knowing what I'm capable of. I decided to shut up these students.
CONNECT! PLEASE!
They instantly shut up when a magic seal appeared next to me. I saw from the corner of my eye that Lamark was surprised that I could do magic, but the father kept a neutral face on, probably expecting that me being a mage was true. I stuck my hand in and pulled out Derf in gun mode and then fired near the edge of the stage, causing some students to back away. The guards looked cautious, as if I was going to attack the students, which I'm tempted to do.
"I will ask nicely for everyone to remain quiet during the performance." I said as I glared holes into every student here. Once everyone was quiet, I handed Derf to Louise and spoke up. "Now that everyone is quiet, we can begin the show." I then clapped my hands and somehow, everything grew dark as if all lights in a room were turned off. Then a spot light hit me.
(Insert Beauty and the Beast-Be Our Guest)
I turn to Henrietta.
Me: "Ma chere Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents - your dinner!"
Another spot light lit up to reveal trays of food. I then got real close to her face and asked. "Be. Our. Guest! Be our guest! Put our service to the test."
Kyoko used her magic to manipulate the chair that Henrietta was sitting at and the arms wrapped a napkin around her neck which surprised her. She then smiled, grabbed the napkin and placed it on her lap, making the chair bring its arms to its waist.
"Tie your napkin 'round your neck, Cherie, and we'll provide the rest."
Then, out of no where, came a table in front of her.
"Soup du jour, Hot hors d'oeuvres, Why, we only live to serve." I then grab a tray and presented her some treats. "Try the grey stuff, It's delicious." Henrietta did try the grey stuff and gave out a "mmm." "Don't believe me? Ask the dishes!"
Then, from a pantry cabinet, were plates that were, forks, and spoons. They danced around and made a sculpture of the Eiffel Tower.
"They can sing, they can dance. After all, Miss, this is France. And a dinner here is never second best."
I then hand her a menu.
"Go on, unfold your menu, take a glance and then you'll..."
Henrietta took a glance over her menu.
"Be our guest. Oui, our guest. Be our guest!"
Then the workers came onto the stage and joined in on the song. Kyoko used more of her magic to bring food up to Henrietta.
Me and Workers: "Beef ragout, Cheese souffle, Pie and pudding "en flambe".
When the foods pasted Henrietta, she tried a sample of each of them.
Me: "We'll prepare and serve with flair a culinary cabaret! You're alone and you're scared, but the banquet's all prepared. No one's gloomy or complaining while the flatware's entertaining. We tell jokes! I do tricks with my fellow candlesticks."
I was handed some candle sticks and juggled them.
Workers: "And it's all in perfect taste that you can bet!"
Me and Workers: "Come on and lift your glass, you've won your own free pass to be out guest"
I get close to Henrietta and wrapped one arm around her.
Me: "If you're stressed it's fine dining we suggest."
Workers: "Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!"
Then it got dark again as the spot light focused on me.
Me: "Life is so unnerving for a servant who's not serving, he's not whole without a soul to wait upon."
I act as if I'm heart broken. Then, from the sky, was something that looked like snow, but was actually salt.
"Ah, those good old days when we were useful...Suddenly those good old days are gone. Ten years we've been rusting needing so much more than dusting, needing exercise, a chance to use our skills! Most days we just lay around the castle."
I then act fat and lazy before pointing towards Henrietta.
"Flabby, fat and lazy. You walked in and oops-a-daisy!"
I then point towards Kyoko, signaling for her part. For this song, Kyoko was dressed as one of the maids.
Kyoko: "It's a guest! It's a guest! Sakes alive, well I'll be blessed! Wine's been poured and thank the Lord I've had the napkins freshly pressed."
She sang as wine bottles rolled around and tea cups swirled around her.
"With dessert, she'll want tea and my dear that's fine with me, while the cups do their soft-shoein' I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing! I'll get warm, piping hot."
When she picked up a tea set, she gasped as she noticed a stain.
"Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot!?"
She quickly grabs a napkin and wipes it clean off.
"Clean it up! We want the company impressed."
She then places the tea set onto a cart and brings it towards Henrietta.
"We've got a lot to do! Is it one lump or two?"
When Kyoko asks this, Henrietta who puts up one finger, signaling that she would like one lump. Kyoko hands her, her tea with a smile and Henrietta smiles back. Then the workers started throwing our petals of flowers.
"For you, our guest!"
Workers: "She's our guest!"
Kyoko: "She's our guest!"
Workers: "She's our guest!" Be our guest! Be our guest! Our command is your request. It's been years since we've had anybody here and we're obsessed! With your meal, with your ease, yes, indeed, we aim to please."
The workers got out of the way to reveal me as I was holding a top hat and a cane.
"While the candlelight's still glowing let us help you, We'll keep going..."
Me and Workers: "Course by course!"
I twirled the hat before placing it on my head as more lights lit up to reveal that me and some other workers were dancing on top of giant cakes.
"One by one! 'Til you shout, "Enough! I'm done!" Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest!"
As me, Kyoko, and the workers started to dance around, everyone else started to dance too. The judges started to dance, Henrietta waved her hands to the music, the teachers were dancing, heck the guards that came here were dancing. Long story short, it was heretic, but fun.
"Tonight you'll prop your feet up but for now, let's eat up, Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest! Please, be our gueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeest!"
(Music End)
After we finished the song, we were all sweating. At first, there was silence but then someone started to clap slowly and many more started to join, cheering. I smiled, grabbed Kyoko's hand and one of workers and they did the same, and we then all bowed. As Kyoko and the workers left the stage, I stayed.
"Hold your applause everyone! The show is far from over!" I shout out and this caused everyone to quiet down. I turn to Louise and held out my hand. "Louise, can I have Derf?"
She agreed to my request and tossed Derf who was still transformed. I caught him, switch him to sword mode and pointed him towards Gramont and Lamark. "I believe I owe you two a match?"
Gasps were ignited, even from Kyoko and Louise since I never told them about this. A duel with a Knight was probably something exciting to witness to, especially someone from the Gramont family, but to also fight Lord Gramont himself, the people must think I've lost my mind.
"Haru, have you lost your mind!?" Louise shouted.
"Silence!" A shout from Lamark shuts everyone up. "We accepted this challenge to clean our family name, not to entertain you people." He then turns to me. "You are nothing but a commoner. No matter how many titles you hide be hide, your origin is bright as day."
I saw that Kyoko was about to unleash a huge burst of magic, but a look from me stopped her.
"Heh. I rather be a commoner than a stuck up Noble." I said which made Lamark angry and Gramont raised a hand to stop him from attacking me. I slip on my Driver On Ring and Flame Ring. "Now, let's get started."
"Agreed." Lamark then struck a pose with his sword-wand. It wasn't as flamboyant as Guiche's but it was close. Gramont drew his sword-wand and took a stance, showing off that he was skilled at what he does. This is going to be harder than I thought.
"I am known as Lamark the Silver and my Sliver Knight shall make quick work of you!" He struck the ground and there was a flash of light. When the light disappeared, there stood a suit of German armor armed with a shield and a sword.
Gramont didn't do anything, must be planning to attack himself and not rely on a doll, I respect that.
"Nice trick, Lamark. Let me show you mine." I said as I placed the Driver On Ring in front of the Hand Author.
DRIVER ON! PLEASE!
Once the WizarDriver materialized around my waist, I flipped the Shift Levers to flip the Hand Author to my left.
SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
"What is that annoying sound?" Gramont frowned.
"That would be my magic." I said as I flipped the Flame Ring's visor. "Henshin!"
FLAME! PLEASE! HI! HI! HI! HI! HI!
The magic seal appeared to my left and went through me, donning me in my ruby armor. "Saa, Showtime Da."
Gasps were heard among the people that have never seen me in my armor. Gramont and Lamark were shocked as well, but they quickly recovered.
"So that's how you use your magic." Gramont said. "They are in the form of rings."
"And you have magical armor." Lamark added. "Perhaps what Guiche said in his letter wasn't all a lie. Still, the fact remains that we will defeat you."
"You talk big, but can you back it up!?" I said as I charge.
(With Henrietta)
Henrietta was absolutely having the best time of her life. She got to talk to her old friend and catch up, she got to have a conversation and play with someone who didn't view her as 'The Princess' and who also happened to be one of her best friend's Familiars, no matter how foul mouthed he is. Not only that, but that person, Haru, put on a spectacular show that made her feel welcomed and he also had the servants that worked here be a part of it. Not to mention that the food was very wonderful.
That's why, in her option, that she gasped the loudest when she saw Haru transform into Wizard. When she saw him, she immediately remembered the sketch of the so called 'Mage Killer.'
'Haru can't be the 'Mage Killer', he just can't?!' Henrietta thought as she couldn't come to terms that the kind, foul-mouthed, boy she come to know that night was actually a killer.
(Back to Haru)
Derf stuck Gramont's sword-wand, igniting sparks between them, He twisted his sword to get me off balance, but I was prepared for this as I flipped and tried to sweep him, but he jumped away. Then from behind him was Lamark's Silver Knight charging at me and we traded strikes. I then struck with a stab and the golem blocked with its shield, but the force behind my attack was stronger than it predicted and the shield flew out of its hand. I then sliced it in half and both Halves fell to the ground. I was then surprised attacked as I was struck at my sides and flew off the stage. Students backed away when I landed.
"Pathetic. You should always pay attention to your surroundings, boy." Gramont said as he walked down. Lamark jumped off and summoned four more Silver Golems.
"The sad thing about that is that your right." I said as I got back up and slipped on my Copy Ring. "Time to even the odds!"
COPY! PLEASE!
A magic circle appeared next to me before going up and making a clone of me. The clone and I then repeated the process again.
COPY! PLEASE!
Two more magic circles appeared and made two more copies of me, each doing their own thing like cracking their neck, stretching, and cracking their fists. Everyone gaped, shocked to see three perfect copies, which were not, alongside the original.
"Eh!? Three Onii-chans!?" For some reason, Kyoko was losing her mind.
"Next up!" The three clones then donned different Style Rings.
HURRICANE! PLEASE! FU! FU! FU! FU! FU! FU!
WATER! PLEASE! SUI! SUI! SUI! SUI!
LAND! PLEASE! DO! DO! DO! DODODON! DO! DODODON!
Once all my clones changed into their different Styles, they all slipped on their own Connect Ring.
CONNECT! PLEASE!
Three magic seals appeared, all different colors thanks to their Styles, and they stuck their hand in, bringing out their own version of Derf. Where they got him, I have no clue.
"Holy! Do I look that cool? Awesome!" The Derf I held said.
"Hey, what's up other me's! Looking handsome." Water's Derf complimented.
"Shiny, sharp, good-looking, just how I imagined myself." Land's Derf said.
"This is awesome! Let's go! I'm ready for some action!" Hurricane's Derf shouted, excited.
We all line up, side to side, ready to face against Gramont, Lamark and his Sliver Knights.
"So, Guiche wasn't telling a lie. You can use all four elements." Gramont stared at me, impressed.
"Hmph, even with three more of you, you will still lose." Lamark said as his Knights got ready to charge.
"We'll see about that." I said. "Charge!"
(Water)
(BGM: Mystic Liquid by Kamen Rider Girls)
Water was facing two of Lamark's golems as he struck at one of the golems and then parried an attack from the other. He barley managed to duck under a swipe before sweeping the golem to the floor before jumping over the other golem as it tried to stab him.
"Come on, you can do better than that." Water mocked.
The two golems went for a slash at both of his sides, but thanks to his runes, he was able to switch rings fast enough.
LIQUID! PLEASE!
When the golems struck him, instead of hitting flash, they hit liquid. They tried again, but the results were the same. Water then fully turned into liquid and trapped both golems together and then let go, leaving dents in their armor.
"Finale." Water said as he opened up his Derf's Hand Author.
COME ON SLASH, SHAKE HANDS! COME ON SLASH, SHAKE HANDS!
Water then scanned his Water Ring over it.
WATER! SLASH STRIKE! SUI! SUI! SUI!
With two upward slashes, Water successfully destroyed the two golems as they exploded.
"Phew!" Water breathed a sigh of relief as he disappeared and his remaining magic went back to the original Haru.
(BGM End)
(Hurricane)
(BGM: Blessed Wind by Rider Chips)
Hurricane faced off against the other two golems and was right now flying in the air and was shooting wind covered bullets at them. He then landed and kept shooting at them. Hurricane struck at one of them and stepped back to avoid an attack from the other one.
"Can't touch this!" Hurricane said as he just kept dodging the two golem's attacks. He jumped up and jump off one golem's head. He then slipped on his Extend Ring.
EXTEND! PLEASE!
With his arm extended and feeling like rubber, he wrapped the two golems and threw them into the air. He then opened up his Derf's Hand Author.
COME ON SHOOT, SHAKE HANDS! COME ON SHOOT, SHAKE HANDS!
"Sayonara, bitches!" Taking aim, Hurricane shot powered up wind covered bullets at the golems and struck them like a master sniper. "Haha! No scope sucker!" Hurricane said as he disappeared and his remaining magic went back to Haru.
(BGM End)
(Land)
(BGM: Strength Of The Earth by Rider Chips)
Land's opponent was Lamark who was defending himself with his sword-wand and was by no means an amateur.
"Looks like your dolls are destroyed." Land said, in a dead lock with Lamark.
"I do not need those things to defeat you!" With amazing strength that Land wasn't prepared for, Lamark pushed back Land and disarmed him, throwing Derf into the air, and then slashing at Land who fell to the ground. Lamark pointed his sword-wand at him. "And stay down. With no weapon, you are powerless."
Land got back up and laughed.
"What is so funny?" Lamark asked.
"What's funny is that you think I only know swordplay." Land said. He then charged towards Lamark. Lamark goes to strike his head, but using his runes, Land was able to get behind him and strikes his neck. Lamark stumbles forward before turning to face him Land, his neck on fire. Land raised his fists. "I also know hand to hand combat." He then delivers fast and devastating jabs. Lamark dodges as best he can, but because of his inexperience with hand to hand combat, he was eventually hit by a left hook to his cheek.
"This is the end for you, Lamark!" Land dashes towards Lamark and as a desperate attempt, he swung sideways, but Land ducked under the attack and palm strikes his armor chest, making cracks. He then uses his other hand to deliver another palm strike, making more cracks, and finally finishes him by delivering a double palm strike, totally destroying Lamark's armor and leaving him unconscious.
"My win, Lamark." Land says as he picks up his Derf and shoulders him as Land disappears, bringing his remaining magic back to Haru.
(BGM End)
(With Haru)
It seems that all of my clones managed to win. Me? Well...
"Gah!" I was getting my ass beat.
I get back up and charge towards Gramont. I went to strike at his shoulder, but he parries me and strikes me at the chest, igniting sparks and throwing me back.
"Weak! And my son lost to you? I guess I do have to give him punishment." I could have sworn I heard Guiche whimper.
I then said something I thought I wound never say. "Leave him alone!" I opened up Derf's Hand Author and scanned the Copy Ring.
COPY! PLEASE!
Then appearing in my right hand was, for some reason, a black version of Derf/WizarSwordGun.
"What the!?" I stare at the black sword and I felt it, Grim Reaper's power. I grip the sword. I didn't want his help, but I decided to just accept his 'generous offer' and charged towards, sliding my two sword against the ground. I noticed that trails of decaying grass and ground appeared from the black sword side.
"A second sword won't help you, not unless you know how to use it." Gramont said.
I jumped up and struck with me two swords and to both me and Gramont's surprise, Gramont's sword-wand was becoming rust as an unusual fast rate. He quickly let go of his weapon as it dropped to the ground and completely turned into rust and broke into pieces.
(BGM: Fate/Zero OST-The Battle Is To Be Strong)
"I do not want to be that sword anytime soon." Derf said. Meanwhile the black Derf was...chuckling evilly. OK, that's creepy and scary.
Gramont then took out a wand and summoned spears of dirt at me. I quickly blocked them with the black Derf and the earth spears were nothing more than decayed piles of dirt. I charge towards Gramont and he summons more spears at me which I just block and continue to charge towards him. I strike with the normal Derf, but dodges and kicks me away.
"I don't know what you did, but that black sword is more than meets the eye." Gramont said. "You leave me no other choice. Prepare to face my mightiest spell!" He then begins to chant in a language that I don't understand.
"Oh no! My Father's greatest spell, his one and only Square Class Spell! His Earth Warrior!" I heard Guiche say.
True to his word, Gramont did summon an earth warrior, a giant warrior made out of Earth, standing at 15 meters, and bearing a resemblance to a Spartan warrior. In its hands were a round shield, a spear, and hanging by its side was a gladiolus.
"Oh boy." I groaned but then ready my two swords "Well, here goes nothing!"
"Fool! No one has ever made it out alive when facing my Warrior!" Gramont said, looking exhausted. It must have taken a lot of magic for him to summon this.
"Heh. You fate is sealed, unranked noble." It looks like Lamark is awake.
The Warrior strikes with his spear and I meet it with my black Derf. There was a shock wave and after awhile...
CRACK!
The Warrior's spear started to crack.
"What!? Impossible!" Gramont said.
It was only a few seconds later that Warrior's spear was destroyed. Everyone gaped on how easily I destroyed it considering it came from a Square Class Spell. If only they knew the truth. The Warrior drew its gladiolus and went to strike me down, but I blocked it by crossing both Derf's into an X. When the gladiolus hit, cracks were made under me as I struggled to hold against the giant sword, but I didn't have to struggle for long as the Warrior's gladiolus met the same fate as its spear. Magic destroying sword are convenient, aren't they? I jumped up to strike with Derf, but the Warrior raised its shield in time and blocked my attack. I then dtruck with black Derf and sliced through the shield like it was made out of butter, hot and melting butter. The Warrior stumbled back as I land on the ground.
"Time to finish you!" I stabbed the black Derf to the ground where he caused decay around him. I opened up Derf's Hand Author and scanned my Flame Ring.
COME ON SLASH, SHAKE HANDS! COME ON SLASH, SHAKE HANDS!
FLAME! SLASH STRIKE! HI! HI! HI!
When that was done, I threw him into the air and picked up the black Derf and did the same for him.
COME ON SLASH, SHAKE HANDS! COME ON SLASH, SHAKE HANDS!
Instead of the normal voice of the Hand Author, what played was a dark and menacing voice. I ignore it for now and scan the Flame Ring.
FLAME! SLASH STRIKE! HI! HI! HI!
Swirling around black Derf were dark and evil black flames. I then caught the real Derf and bring both of them together before slamming both of them down to the ground, sending two blades of flames at Warrior. One normal and one black. They both sliced through the Warrior and then both flame blades dispersed, leaving nothing but silence.
(BGM End)
No one said a word, no one dared move for it felt that if they did, they would cause the end of the world. Then, the Warrior cracked and then exploded, making dirt fly everywhere. Once the smoke cleared, all that was left behind was a huge crater. The caretakers are probably going to be mad at me, but I can always just blame Gramont for it. I then walk towards Gramont, who was on his knees and exhausted. Once close enough, I raise Derf to his Face and asked, "Do you yield?"
"I...I yield." After that, Gramont fell to the ground, face first.
After saying that, everyone erupted into cheers.
"I can't believe it!" Guiche muttered, surprised that I had managed to beat his father.
"Father...lost!?" Lamark said, surprised too that his father lost.
"Woohoo! Haru!" I heard Siesta cheering along with he rest of the workers.
"That's 'Our Sword!'" Marteau cheered as well.
Kyoko then came running towards me and tackled me into a hug.
"Onii-chan, you did it! You won!" Kyoko said, as if saying I had completed a big contest and had won.
Louise then walked up to me with a disbelieving face. "I can't believe you actually did it! You beat General Gramont!"
I went back into my civilian form, with Derf turning back to normal and the black Derf disappearing, and smiled at Louise. "I think this show will make everyone think twice about making fun of you."
Louise then developed a smile of pure happiness, a first. "You bet it does!" Louise then tackled me into a hug which caused all of us to fall to the ground laughing.
"May I have everyone's attention please?" Henrietta's magically amplified voice made everyone turn back to the stage. "By the unanimous decision of the judges, we proclaim Louise Francoise de Blanc de la Vallière as this year's Familiar Fair winner!"
Osmond then approached us with a small jeweled crown on a velvet cushion.
Louise immediately got up and went down one knee while Henrietta placed the crown on Louise's head. A wide, big smile, the biggest I've ever seen on her, stretched across Louise's face.
(Nighttime)
"Let's go you two, we're going to be late." I said, dressed in Takuto's Galactic Pretty Boy outfit.
"Hey, don't rush us!" Louise cried out, wearing a white dress adorned with pink lace, complementing her hair perfectly. Her hair was tied up in a neat ponytail using a jeweled hairband with two long and thin bands framing her face. Around her neck was matching necklace to go with the hairband.
"Hey, wait for me!" Kyoko cried out, wearing a white and black frilly dress that reached above her ankles. Her hair was tied into twintails, being held by a white net bow. "How do we look, Onii-chan?"
"Stunning." I deadpanned. "Now come on, let's go."
"May I ask again, why are you bring Derflinger?" Louise asked.
"Cause he's just as much as a person as anyone of us." I said.
"Sniff. Thanks aibou. You're the best."
"Besides, he would complain to no end if I left him." I added.
"Well, screw you too!"
We then walked down the empty halls, every student having already left. While both Louise and Kyoko were skipping happily down the halls, I walked behind them normally. I can tell that Louise was probably the happiest she ever been. After years of being bullied, she had finally one upped everyone. Sure, I did all the work, but they did say that a Familiar's actions reflected upon the master, so I think we're OK.
Just was we were nearing the main building, Louise stopped and turned to us. "Hey, you guys?"
We stopped. Kyoko asked. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong, far from it." Louise said. She then started to blush. "I just wanted to say...thanks...for everything."
Louise saying thanks? Has the world finally gone mad!? Instead of saying that, Kyoko and I just smiled at her and I went up to and ruffled her hair.
"Hey! Stop that!" She said.
I then let go of my hand and continue forward, but not before saying, "Don't mention it."
I had only taken a couple of steps when I heard something.
BOOM!
"What was that?" Kyoko asked. It seems that I wasn't the only one who heard that. We all decided to investigate, so we followed the sound.
BOOM!
We round the corner and found what was making the ruckus.
It was an Earth Golem. Not as tall and defined as Gramont's, but still taller than me. It looked someone just grabbed piles of dirt and just stuck them together, forgetting the neck. As I said, it wasn't as tall as Gramont's Warrior, but it was still tall, almost standing at the height of one of the pillars here.
There was only one thing to say at a time like this.
"What is with me and Earth Golems today?"
And done! Haru met the princess, sang a song, and fought against two of Guiche's family members. I say today was a good day. To you who are about to talk about my choice of song, don't judge me. This is the holy place known as Fanfiction where writers can do what ever the fuck they want so please, don't judge me. It also seems that Henrietta is catching on that Haru is the 'Mage Killer' and not only that, but he's facing another earth golem. He just can't seem to catch a break. Well, this has been Ashbel Longhart, signing out. Until the next ride.
