Saito and Louise were sitting in a carriage on a return trip back to the academy after finishing their mission in town. "What do you suppose the surprise is that the Princess was talking about" asked Louise?

"No clue guess we'll just have to wait and see what it is." As the carriage rode on the academy came into sight. Saito pocked his head out the window "we're finally there." Saito was starting to get tired of having to travel by horse and carriage.

As they got out of the carriage they were greeted by Kirche and Tabitha. "Oh Louise your still here I thought you would of gone home already" Kirche said upon seeing Louise.

"No I was out running some errands" Louise replied.

"Oh and just what kind of errands could you have been doing that required Saito to where his armor." Kirche said trying to pry some information out of Louise.

Saito stepped in to avoid a fight between the two of them "it's none of your concern Kirche. Why did you think Louise would have gone home?"

"Its spring break now and almost all of the students have gone home."

"You and Tabitha live nearby or something I thought your two lived in different countries?"

"I'm not going home for the break instead I'll be going to Tabitha's instead." Kirche then grabbed Saito and shoved her cleavage into his face "I hope you don't miss me too much over the break Darling."

Saito separated himself from Kirche's embrace and stated very clearly "I wish you would stop doing that and I'll be just fine."

After that Kirche and Tabitha boarded their Carriage and road off with Kirche blowing a kiss back at Saito. Derf then popped out of his sheath and said "Hay partner she sure does have a thing for you. What did you do to get her to show so much affection towards you?"

"It's a combination of a couple of things first was when I beat Guiche in a duel is when it started. After that when she started making advances I turned her down and all that did was make her want me even more. Since then Noble students have been challenging me to duels to win her affections. Unfortunately it's had the opposite affect every time I beat a noble she wants me that much more." Saito answered with an exhausted expression as he and Louise climbed the stairs to their room.

"Sounds rough" replied Derf.

"It is annoying" Louise contributed. "However I like the fact that word will get around that I summoned a familiar that can take on the nobility" Louise said with great pride.

"Sorry to burst your bubble but I doubt that those rumors are going to spread the way you want them to Louise."

"What do you mean Saito?"

"Unless people actually see one of these fights no one is going to believe it actually happened. The noble's I beat won't want to spread the rumors because it will shame them, and the commoners will spread them but they'll be thought of stories and nothing else. Those that hear them won't believe that a non mage would be able to beat a mage in single combat because of the way they've been raised. For most people the only way they'll believe such a thing is to see it with their own eyes."

"Partners got a good point" Derf said contributing to the argument.

"Agreed" Louise said realizing Saito made a good point. She wouldn't have believed it possible if she hadn't seen it herself. "In any case it's just nice to be back at the academy and sleep in my nice Bat free room with my comfortable bed." Louise said as she turned the door knob to enter her room. When she opened the door and saw inside she froze with shock at what she was seeing. All of her things in the room were gone. It was as if someone had hit the default key on her room and reverted it back to the standard room the Academy provides.

"You sure we got the right room" Saito asked upon seeing the change done to the room?

"Of course it's the right room. You think I don't know which room is my room."

"Ok ok calm down let's try and figure out what happened in here and why everything is missing now."

"Mr. Saito Ms. Vallière it's good to see you back." Louise and Saito turned around to see who it was and saw Siesta.

"Hay Siesta" Saito greeted "Do you know what happened to all of Louise's stuff.

"Yes it was moved to a different room follow me please." Siesta said as she led the two of them out of the building and to a different tower.

"Wait a second" Louise said as they entered the tower "isn't this the."

"Yep this is that tower. Your new room is located here by the order of the Princess. All of your things were transferred over here yesterday."

"Oh so that's why the Princess wanted us to stay at the palace yesterday. It was to give you guys enough time to transfer all of Louise's stuff and get her new room ready." Saito proclaimed believing that to be the reason they stayed at the palace after dropping off the corrupt Noble's.

"Actually you're half correct on your statement this room is actually both Ms. Vallière and Yours Mr. Saito. The headmaster said that the Princess wanted this to be your reward for saving her from those bandits, helping to bring in Fouquet, and your latest mission to help her in town." Siesta replied with a smile. "You haven't been here for that long and you've already accomplished so much."

"It's not like I go out seeking trouble" Saito retorted.

"Could have fooled me you seem to always getting into fights" Louise commented.

"She's got a good point partner you get into a fight at least a couple times a week" Derf contributed.

"Hay common each and every one of those times I was just reacting to the situation." Saito's comment fell on deaf ears.

"We've arrived" Siesta announced. She opened the door and inside it was like a mini apartment there was a den with two couches facing one another with a coffee table between them. In the corner there was a small fireplace to help warm the room when it got to cold. The den was about the size of Louise's old room. To the side extra space was added giving a dining table for private meals. Siesta led them to another door leading to the bedroom in it were two beds. Also inside the room were all of Louise's things such as her dresser and makeup table as well as her bed. Siesta led them out to the balcony it was a connecting balcony to the den with a small coffee table. The balcony didn't stretch out over the side of the tower, but was more like a traditional balcony on most apartment complexes. It was more like a patio with a balcony view. Lastly Siesta showed them the bathroom. This was where the technology between their worlds differed compared to original medieval technology. There was running water for the toilet and sink and in the corner there was a claw foot tub. Unfortunately they hadn't invented hot water yet so the water temperatures depend on the elements to determine if it was hot or cold. Meaning if you wanted a hot bath you had to take one in the middle or end of the day when the water tower at the top of the tower was in the sun the longest.

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"This is pretty great isn't it" Saito asked Louise after the tour.

"Yah this tower and its rooms are for when the academy receives important guests. I never thought that I would be staying in one of these as a dorm room." Louise said surprised at the reward the Princess had given them.

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Later on in the day Saito was taking a walk around the academy grounds. This place sure is quiet without anyone here he thought to himself. That is until he heard someone yelling around the corner. As he turned the bend he saw Guiche trying to woo Momorency. It didn't look like he was making any progress. Momorency had her back turned to him and looked like she couldn't care what it was that he was saying.

"My dear Momorency my feelings only burn for you and you alone."

"Is that so? Convenient that I'm the only girl still at the academy."

"Why whatever do you mean" Guiche responded trying to side step the issue.

"What I'm saying is is that now you're faithful but when the other girls come back how am I supposed to know if you'll stay that way." Momorency then walked off leaving Guiche behind.

Guiche just stood there with a dejected look on his face when Saito walked up. "Still no luck in getting her to forgive you huh. Maybe you shouldn't have cheated on her in the first place and give her reason to doubt you."

"Shut up Saito this is all your fault in the first place. You're the one that told her that I was seeing someone else." Guiche replied angrily.

"Now wait just a second I never actually told her you were cheating she figured it out for herself. As well as learning it from the rumors. In all honesty you'll be working overtime to fix this mess you created."

"Ah" Guiche moaned as he walked off after Momorency.

Saito continued his walk then stopped again when he reached the kitchen and saw a large pot sitting there. He walked into the kitchen to find Marteau to ask him about it. "Hay Marteau what's with the big pot outside?"

"I'm throwing it away. While all the students are away during the break I'm cleaning out the kitchen and refitting it. The pot was starting to get old so I tossed it out."

"Mind if I take it?"

"For you our sword sure help yourself."

"Thanks" Saito walked out of the kitchen and started rolling the large pot towards his tower under his balcony. The Pot weighed about 150 pounds so he decided he would use his suits winch to haul it up onto the balcony.

After a few hours of work Saito had built a platform for the pot placed it on it and gathered some fire wood and kindling. He was in the process of filling the pot with the mini wall fountain. He had built a small aqueduct from the wood he had collected to fill the pot.

Louise walked out on to the balcony while Saito was filling the tub and asked "What are you doing?"

"Building a little something special for tonight after our training session. Speaking of which lets go. We need to work on the amount of power you use to determine the desired effect. Also your aim could use a little work as well."

Saito and Louise Left the academy and went out to a nice clearing where Louise could practice her magic without hurting anyone.

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Back at the Academy Momorency was brewing up a potion especially for Guiche to guarantee he wouldn't cheat on her again.

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After practicing for couple of hours Saito and Louise returned to the academy. "You're getting better at controlling the size of your explosions. That's most important if you ever got into a situation where the enemies got to close you don't want to set off an explosion so big that it would end up hurting you or your comrades."

"Yah that's true but I still need to work on my aim I was off the mark a couple of time during practice." Louise said criticizing her own short comings.

"That's something else that you should do more often." Louise gave him a quizzical look not understanding what he meant by his last statement. "It's a good thing to criticize yourself. Not many of us can see and acknowledge our own short comings. By doing this your identifying where it is that you need to work on in order to improve."

This made Louise feel good about herself she was getting better and pretty soon no one would make fun of her for fear of what she could do to them. "I can't wait to get back to the room just to get something to drink. Next time let's bring along something so we don't get so thirsty." As she said that they came up on Momorency and Guiche having dinner outside. "Hay Guiche mind if I have some of your drink" Louise asked?

"Sure, here."

Before Momorency could act Louise had taken Guiche's drink and downed it in no time flat.

"Thanks Guiche."

"Your welcome."

"You know Louise Champaign isn't exactly the best thing to drink in order to rehydrate the body." Saito told her as they walked away. Momorency stared at them with a worried expression on her face.

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When they got back to the room Saito went out onto the balcony to start a fire under the pot to warm up the water. The fire started in no time flat and quickly spread heating up the pot. Saito left it to give it time to warm up and went to get changed. "Hay Louise do you have a bathing suit?"

"Ah what?"

"A suit to go swimming in or something like it" Saito clarified.

"Yah the school takes its students on field trips sometimes so we're required to own a suit."

"Good put it on you're going to need it I'll go change in the other room. Meet you out on the balcony."

Louise came out onto the balcony at about the same time as Saito did. He was wearing a pair of swim trunks, and she was wearing what women used to wear to the beach to go swimming. When Louise saw Saito she couldn't help but star. His body almost seemed like it was covered with scares form bites, bullet holes, and burns. They both got into the pot and they both relaxed almost instantly from how good it felt.

The question kept on pestering Louise so she came out and asked Saito. "Saito if you don't mind how did you get so many scares?"

Saito chuckled a bit "Its alright I don't mind talking about them." Saito pointed to his mid section "This right here I got when my men and I were investigating an abandoned Calrisian facility. At least we thought it was abandoned. We started getting readings that we were surrounded and tried to evac. We were almost to the door when we got jumped by these creatures. They were like humanoid crocodiles or something. They stood six feet tall and were very strong and very hard to kill. One of them got the jump on me at bit down. His jaw strength was so strong that it actually was able to puncture my armor. This burn here on my arm I got from shooting another alien species at close range. After I shot it it secreted some kind of acid. If I wasn't able to disengage my armor I probably would of lost my arm instead of just that portion of my armor. Other scares are pretty normal such bullet wounds here and there. They can make try and make the best armor protection but the enemy always finds a way around it.

After that Louise didn't want to ask any more questions she couldn't imagine the things Saito had probably seen and fought. She decided to just enjoy the hot tub.

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About a half hour later Louise said she was getting out. Saying something about her head feeling weird. Saito stayed in for a little longer until the fire burned out and the water temperature returned to normal. He got out dried off and went inside to change. "Hay Louise your head feeling any better?"Saito asked checking up on her. Louise slowly got up like she was half asleep and looked over in Saito's direction. To Saito perspective he couldn't tell if she was tired or if she was drunk. Saito went over to her side to see if she was alright. He bent over and asked her "hay Louise are you feeling alright are you sick?"

Then without warning Louise leapt from her bed and threw her arms around Saito and shouted "Saito I love you."

"Whaaaaat" Saito said surprised and confused by Louise's actions. Suddenly Saito hears a knocking at the door "Louise wait here while I go see who that is."

Saito opens the door and sees Momorency. "Hi Saito I wanted to stop by to check on something."

"I'm sorry but now isn't really a good time" Saito replied.

Almost immediately Louise appears from behind Saito throwing her arms around him and saying "don't leave me Saito I love you so much."

Momorency's expression immediately turned to that of remorse upon seeing this. "I was afraid this would happen."

Saito turned towards Momorency with a look of disapproval "You mind explaining that."

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After Momorency explained that Louise had accidently drunk a love potion meant for Guiche Saito was nun to please. "I understand that it was just an accident, and that is the reason why you're not currently in a world of hurt for doing this." Saito said with an expression that latterly bore into Momorency making her feel worse than she already did. "Now that the explanations out of the way how about you give her the antidote."

"Well about that. I don't actually have an antidote." Momorency said with fear in her voice over what Saito might do to her.

Saito started walking towards her with a terminator walk when Guiche spoke up for Momorency. "Now just calm down Saito I'm sure Momorency will be able to brew up an antidote. Right Momorency" Guiche said trying to spar her Saito's wrath.

"Yes I could make an antidote but I'm not sure how long it will take to brew up" Momorency replied.

"Good thing there aren't any classes right now so you can give it your full attention" Saito responded. "Just out of curiosity how long will the potions effects last?"

Momorency thought it over and replied "Maybe a month or possibly a year."

"Guiche was surprised by this estimate "whaaaat and you were planning on giving me this."

"I wouldn't have to if you didn't chase everything in a skirt" Momorency replied.

"Enough of this bickering you can work it out in couples counseling later. For the mean time get to work on curing Louise" Saito ordered.

"What are you talking about Saito" Louise had jumped onto Saito once again clinging to him. "I'm perfectly fine I just love you so much."

Saito turned to Momorency and said "fix this or else." With that Momorency felt a chill go down her spin and she left the room to brew the antidote.

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The night wasn't easy Louise refused to sleep in a separate Bed from Saito. So he had to share a bed. Unfortunately he didn't get much sleep. He had to semi sleep through the night the same way he would out in the field. This was required because Louise kept on making advances through the night. In the end Saito wrapped her up in the sheets like a cocoon to get her to stop and go to sleep.

The following day was no better she stuck to him like glue for the whole day. "Saito how about we go and see my parents that way you can ask my father to allow you to marry me."

"What marry!" Saito was absolutely shocked by this statement. "How about we wait on that for a while Louise." Saito was trying to just talk around her for the day until she was fixed.

"Alright then how about I meet your family then so they can see what a good bride I'll make?"

"I already told you Louise I don't have any parents."

"What about any other family like aunts, uncles, or cousins?"

"I don't have any and my uncle is dead as well" Saito replied glumly.

"How'd it happen?"

"I'd rather not talk about it."

"Please Saito you can tell me I love you and want to know more about you."

"I don't know Louise maybe another time."

"No please tell me I can tell it troubles you." Louise was looking up at him with a look that told him that she really wanted to hear his story.

Realizing she wouldn't give up he decided to tell her. "Alright fine I'll tell you but it isn't pretty. I was about five years old and my parents were part of a colonization project. One day without warning the colony started getting bombarded by an unknown aggressor. Once the bombardment stop ships started coming and people were being captured. Those that could fight took up arms and defended the rest of us. In the end it didn't matter. The defenses were over run in a matter of minutes and it turned into street fighting. My father and uncle came and got us and all I remember was running and screaming. As we turned the corner we came face to face with one of our attackers. He was eight feet tall with four eyes green skin and skinny limbs with claws on his fingers. Even though he looked scrawny he was still very strong. My uncle stayed behind to give us a chance. As soon as we turned the corner I heard him scream then abruptly stop I looked back and saw his body thrown against a wall with three big holes in his chest. It was the first time I had ever seen someone killed his blood was just pouring out of him. My mother was carrying me in her arms running as fast as she could her and my father ran straight into the jungle. Our attacker followed us in as well. My father stayed behind and hid trying to get the drop on it. It worked for only a second before the creature grabbed him by his throat and hoisted him up. My last memory of my father was seeing him doing everything he could to stop that thing. My mother shielded my eyes so I wouldn't see what happened next. It killed my father." Louise had a look of horror on her face at hearing this and imagining what it must have been like for Saito to have gone through that. "After my father was killed my mother kept running deeper and deeper into the jungle. She heard our pursuer closing in on us so she put me down hid me under some over growth and told me to be as quiet as possible. She then ran off drawing the creature away then started attacking it. This I didn't see but I heard it. I heard her moan out her final words as the creature crushed the life out of her." Saito's face was a combination of rumors and anger after he told Louise what had happen to his family.

Louise was sobbing know while clinging onto Saito "oh Saito I'm sorry I ever made you tell me that story. It's obviously something you wanted to leave behind in your past." Louise said while sobbing onto Saito's shoulder.

"It's alright Louise you don't have to cry."

"How did you ever survive that ordeal?"

"My father had taken me camping on occasion so I was accustomed to the wild. However that was a completely different kind of situation instead of it being fun it was for survival. I spent the next three months alone in the jungle. I would venture close to the colony to see what was going on on occasion. Those that fought back were killed those that didn't were turned into slaves and were experimented on. One day one of them walked into the jungle to drop off a dead body. I recognized him, her, or it as the one that had killed my family I wanted revenge. I hid in the tree stayed as quiet as possible then jumped down on top of it with a spear I had mad and plunged it into its neck and threw its throat. As it bleed out and tried to call for help I stood in front of it so it would know that it was me that killed him. The boy who's family he killed. I took out me spear and then the local wild life took care of the body before I could do anything. Soon after the federation sent a squad of Marine's to find out what happen. It was basically blind luck that they stumbled across me. I informed them of what happen and gave them all the intel they would need to free the colonists."

"What happen to you after the battle someone must have taken you in?"

"Yah someone did during the battle I used a weapon I had taken off of the creature I had killed and saved the commanders life. After that he took me back with him after learning my family had been killed. He adopted me and made me his son. After that I learned that the creatures that had attacked my colony were the Calrisians, and that they did this throughout the galaxy. I wanted to stop them from doing what they did to me to anyone else so at my insistence my adopted father enrolled me at the military academy. I studied and trained as hard as I could and graduated early and had my officer's rank at seventeen. Since then I've been leading men into battle against the Calrisian forces, and freeing world and other civilizations they've enslaved."

"Oh Saito my heart aches after learning about what a difficult life you've lead especially from such a young age." Louise had her arms thrown around Saito fully embracing him.

"It's alright Louise my past is what made me the person I am today."

"But still it's just so sad."

"Calm down Louise I'm fine."

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At about noon Saito went over to Momorency's room to check on her progress. He knocked on her door and said "Momorency it's me Saito can I come in."

"No no please just wait out there." Momorency said noticeably frightened for some reason.

"How's the antidote coming along?"

"I'm making progress."

"How much longer do you think it's going to be?"

"It's hard to say."

Saito was starting to wonder why she wasn't giving him a straight answer, and when he listened carefully he could hear someone else inside with her. "I'm coming in." Saito opened the door and saw Momorency cowering behind Guiche. "So how about you give me a straight answer as to your progress." Saito said starring both of them down with a look saying don't even try and sell me any BS.

"I've hit a bit of a snag" Momorency confessed.

"Elaborate" Saito requested.

"The final ingredient I need is currently unavailable so I can't complete the antidote."

"What's the final ingredient?"

"A tear from the water spirit the venders are currently out of stock and they don't know when they'll get more."

"We need to fix here now as soon as possible. The way she is now she won't let me out of her sight. The only reason she isn't currently glued to me now is because Siesta is keeping her busy making a gift for me and she wants it to be a surprise. Is there any where we can go to get this tear as in today?"

"The only way we can get a tear today is to go to Lagdorian Lake and ask the spirit to give us a tear, but there's no guarantee that the spirit will give us a tear."

"How long will it take to get to this Lake?"

"We wouldn't get their until night fall."

"Alright then pack your bags and what you have of the antidote we leave within the hour."

"Now wait just a second Saito you can't just order her around." Guiche said trying to stand up for Momorency trying to get back in her good graces.

"If that's the way you want it fine. Monmon I hear that making love potions isn't exactly legal." She noticeably tensed up at this realizing he found out it was illegal to create love potions. "That's what I thought. Like I said we leave within the hour. You to Guiche you may be of some use." Neither one of them objected and Saito left the room and headed back to get Louise.

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They left that afternoon from the academy and rode straight to the lake as fast as their horses could take them. Momorency had packed up what she had already created of the antidote, and what she needed to finish it off. She and Guiche rode separately while Saito and Louise rode together at Louise's insistence. Saito was wearing his non powered body armor suit as always and was armed with his sidearm, leg sheaths, and Derf. In addition to his standard armament he carried two grenades attached to his straps. He decided that he wanted to be safe just in case they got into trouble along the way.

"How much further is the lake" Saito called over to Momorency?

"Not much further it's just over this next rise then we'll be at the town on the lake" she replied.

"I can't wait to get there" Guiche said as he rode on ahead. He went over the rise when his horse stopped and he went flying forward. Saito and Momorency slowed down to avoid the same thing happening to them. When they reached Guiche's horse they saw him splashing in the water like he was drowning. "Save me save me" Guiche screamed as he thrashed around in the water.

"I thought you said there was a town between us and the lake" Saito asked Momorency?

"There should be a town. Wait a second there it is over there." Momorency pointed over in the distance to where the roof tops of houses could be seen.

"When you said that the town was on the lake I didn't think you meant it literally. So what do you think happened they spring a leak and the town sunk" Saito said jokingly.

"That's not funny. This is strange there would have to be a huge rain storm for the lake to of over flowed this much."

"Well let's just do what we came here for and get that tear."

"Common why isn't anyone helping me" Guiche screamed while still thrashing around in the water.

"For god's sake Guiche just stand up" Saito said.

Guiche stopped thrashing around and stood up in the water realizing it was only knee deep "oh."

"Yah oh no stop fooling around we got things to do" Saito told him.

Momorency took out a needle and pricked her finger and dropped a single drop of blood onto her Familiar frog Robin. "Take this to the water spirit she will recognize that this belongs to me from our contract. When you find the spirit bring it back here." The frog leapt off from her hands and dived into the lake. It wasn't more than a few seconds later when the spirit appeared.

It appeared before them as a person made of water resembling Momorency. "What is it that you wish?"

Momorency stood before the spirit and said "oh spirit I humbly ask that you grant me a single tear of your body."

"I refuse" was the spirits answer.

"Okay thanks for your time."

Momorency turned around and started walking away when she stopped before a brick wall in the form of Saito "what was that."

"The water spirit refused there's nothing we can do about it so we might as well go home and let the affects wear off."

"That's it I'll do the talking now. Spirit how about we make a deal is there anything we can give you or do for you in exchange for a tear?"

"There is something you can do for me. Two individuals keep on attacking me. Stop them and I will reward you with a tear."

"Done. So where do we find these attackers?

"You will find them on that bank over there" the water spirit pointed over to a bank not too far from their current location.

"We'll have this problem settled for you in no time." The water spirit figure collapsed back into the lake returning to its natural form. "Let's move" were Saito's only words as a stunned Momorency and Guiche starred at him after making a deal with the water spirit.

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After making the deal with the water spirit to stop its attackers the four of them headed over to the bank the spirit had pointed out. They tied the horses up three hundred yards from their target destination at Saito's instructions. He didn't want the horses to make any sounds that would give away their position to their target. When they reached their destination no one had arrived yet so they hid in the bushes and waited for their targets.

As they waited Saito had to deal with Louise "Saitooooo pay more attention to me. The whole time we've been here you haven't paid any attention to me at all. I was hoping this could be our first of many romantic trips" Louise wined.

"Ok ok how about this Louise after we take care of these attackers for the water spirit we stay behind and enjoy the lake side all day tomorrow. Doesn't that sound like fun?" Saito said this while whispering trying to get Louise under control.

"That sounds wonderful I can't wait, and since we'll be alone we can enjoy ourselves in a private way tomorrow as well."

Saito's face turned white with shock at hearing Louise say this. He needed to get her cured ASAP. "Yes we will have a lot of fun tomorrow, but you won't be able to enjoy it if you don't get enough rest. Why don't you go to sleep and when you wake up we'll be all alone ok."

"Kay" Louise immediately laid down closed her eyes and went to sleep.

With Louise out of the way Saito could focus on the bank and keep an eye out for the attackers. It wasn't long before two hooded figures appeared. Saito went through his options he could either A stun them tie them up and ask questions later. B set a grenade to stun and do the same thing. C send Guiche out as a distraction while he knocks them out before they can react. Guiche could get hurt in the process but that's a risk he could live with. Or he could go with plan D walk up to them and try and talk things out first. Out of all his options plan C seemed the most attractive, but he went with plan D talk first. Saito got out of the bushes and walked up to the two figures "hay there mind if we have a word." One of the cloaked figures directed their staff towards him. Saito grabbed his sidearm and said "Hold on there I decided to come up and talk to you first. Don't make me regret it."

"I know that voice" said the taller one Saito is that you. The taller one pulled down their hood and revealed herself to be Kirche.

"Kirche what are you doing here?"

"I'm helping Tabitha handle the water spirit. Its flooded the lake and we're here to stop it." The smaller one pointing the staff at Saito removed her hood revealing herself to be Tabitha. "What are you doing here?"

"Well after you left the academy something happened so we came here to." Saito was interrupted as Louise had ran towards him and clung onto him as she pointed her wand at Kirche.

"Stay away from Saito he's mine and I won't let you have him."

"MY my when did your relationship get so close" Kirche commented?

"It's not like that she drank a love potion by accident so we came here to get a tear from the water spirit. The spirit refused to give us the tear so we made a deal to stop the two people attacking the spirit in return for the tear. Which I guess are you two."

"Yes but Tabitha needs to defeat the water spirit in order to undo the damage it's done."

"Did you try talking to it to find out why it's doing this?"

"No" Kirche answered.

"Ah gees" Saito sighed "Momorency summon the spirit so we can get this all sorted out." Momorency came out of the bushes followed by Guiche and she summoned the spirit again, and again the spirit appeared in a human form made of water. "Spirit we stopped your attackers they say you are intentionally raising the water level why is that?"

"A sacred object was stolen from me so I intend to flood the world until I find it."

"That's a pretty long range plan" Saito commented.

"The spirits sense of time is different from our own sense of time so to it it doesn't seem long at all." Momorency informed Saito.

"Water spirit if you return the water level to normal I will find this object and bring it back to you agree."

"Give it up Saito the water spirit would never agree to something like that with a commoner" Guiche told Saito.

"I accept your deal" Said the water spirit shocking everyone in attendance.

"What was the object stolen and who stole it" Saito asked?

"The object stolen is the ring of andvari and the person that stole it was named Cromwell. The ring of andvari can grant false life. It is not something for mortals to posses."

"Understood I will return your ring to you one day."

"I will hold you to that Gandalf." The water spirit then gave him a container containing a tear of the water spirit and left.

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They returned to the Academy the next day after spending the night at Tabitha's house. For the whole day Louise couldn't look at Saito once without blushing and getting terribly embarrassed. When they returned to their room Saito decided they needed to talk. "Louise you have no reason to be embarrassed. You were under the effects of a love potion."

"But still the things I did and said."

"Were all effects of the love potion and nothing else."

"I do have one question though."

"Shoot."

"What?"

"It means go ahead."

"While I was under the effects of the love potion and willing to do stuff with you why didn't you. It's because you don't find me sexually attractive isn't it." Louise couldn't believe what she had just said out load.

Neither could Saito. "It was because you were under the effects of a love potion, and in my book if I had done stuff with you that would account to rape. And anyone that would commit that should be fixed so they wouldn't be able to ever do it again."

This made Louise feel a little bit better "thank you."

"No problem" Saito responded.

As the day ended Saito was relaxing on the balcony when a hooded figure appeared. He grabbed for his leg knife and took up a fighting stance ready to deal with whoever this may be. Could it be an assassin Count Mott hired to get his revenge? Saito thought there was a good chance of that after all the day after Siesta is taken from his mansion she starts working for Louise. It wouldn't be too hard for even a five year old to connect the dots that Saito was the one that night.