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The day after returning from the castle, Jinkuro is walking with Louise around the academy. He turns to her and says, "So, you ready to start learning spells from my world".

Louise turns to look at Jinkuro wide-eyed, and says, "Really! You're going to teach me spells from your world!".

He nods at her, then feels someone cling to his left, and he turns to look who it is. He sees that it is Tabitha hugging his left arm, who happened to be walking by when she heard Jinkuro tell Louise that he was going to teach her spells from his world. "I'm guessing you overheard me talking to Louise, right Tabitha?" he says to Tabitha.

Tabitha nods. Louise then shouts, "Hey, I was talking to him first Tabitha, so he is teaching me new spells first".

Jinkuro then says, "Hey now, no fighting. Since Tabitha is part of our little love group she can join in. You agreed to share me with the other girls remember. Which means that she can join in if she wants".

Louise pouts knowing he is right. Jinkuro kisses Louise, and says, "You know I love you just as much as I love the others remember that". Jinkuro then feels a tug on his left, which causes him to chuckle knowing exactly what Tabitha wants, and he turns to her giving her a kiss as well. "Now before I can start teaching you any advanced spells from my grimoire, you are going to have to work on increasing your stamina and endurance" says Jinkuro.

"Why do we need to work on stamina and endurance?" asks Louise, with Tabitha nodding in agreement wanting to know why as well.

"The reason is that even low-level spells from my world can use up a lot of energy, which can leave an inexperienced mage quite tired after casting a few times. It is obvious that even some low leveled spells from my world could be seen as triangle mage level spells in your world. Proven by the fact that you thought I had cast a high-level spell when I had that little duel with Wardes not too long ago" he replies.

"So, how are we going to increase our stamina and endurance?" says Louise.

"You are going to exercise every day, along with casting low-level spells repeatedly" says Jinkuro.

Louise and Tabitha go wide-eyed at the thought of exercising every day.

"Your training will begin tomorrow morning. So be sure to get plenty of sleep, as I will be waking you two early in the morning to train" says Jinkuro.

The next morning, Louise and Tabitha are sleeping peacefully in their rooms. Both are unaware of the rude awakening the two of them are going to receive. The two of them are levitated out of their rooms till they are outside, then dumped into a small tub of water which awakens them. Louise and Tabitha climb out of the tub, and they both glare at the person who rudely awakened them. "What the hell did you do that for Jinkuro?" the two shouted at Jinkuro.

"It's time for your training. Also, I doubted you two would have woken up through conventional means this early in the morning" replies Jinkuro.

"Okay, but the two of us are soaked to the bone now because of you dunking us in that tub. So, we need to get changed now before we catch a cold" says Louise.

"No need" says Jinkuro, and he snaps his fingers creating a magic circle under both of them. The magic circles rise passing over them. As the magic circle passes over them, it dries them and changes their clothes to ones more suitable for training.

"You have to teach us that spell. It would be so useful if we ever got wet" says Tabitha.

"Of course, but at another time. Now run five laps around this section of the academy. Once you have run five laps, you may take a short break before we continue onto the second part of your training" says Jinkuro.

The two of them do as he says, and start running. By the end of the first lap, the two are looking tired. Jinkuro shouts at the two, "One lap down, four more to go". The two girls moan in exhaustion, and continue running. After some time passes, the two finally manage to finish their fifth lap, and fall onto their backs in front of Jinkuro. Both of them panting and sweating. "I take it that this is the most you have ever ran in your lives" says Jinkuro. The two girls nod, too tired to speak. He then hands each girl a container filled with water. The girls gulp down the water like they haven't had a drink for weeks.

"Ah, that's much better. Why did you have to be so hard on us on our first day?" says Louise, with Tabitha nodding in agreement.

"You thought that was hard, the trainee mages in my world run twice as many laps on their first day than you girls just did" replies Jinkuro.

The girls look at him wide-eyed, and Tabitha says, "You're kidding me".

"I kid you not, the training I'm having you do will be similar to what the trainee mages on my world go through, but not as intense. Though unlike you two, the trainees in my world were training to be battlemages serving in the military" says Jinkuro.

After ten minutes have passed, Jinkuro figures that they have had enough time to rest and continues with the second part of their training. "For the second part of your training, I will be having you cast low level spells from my world till you are too tired to cast" says Jinkuro, and he materializes his grimoire, flipping to the low-level spells section. He looks till he finds a spell that he thinks would be suitable for them to train with. "I'll have you two cast the spell called fire orb. It's a low-level fire spell. One of the weakest fire spells in my world, but can still do some damage" he says, and turns his grimoire to let them read the spell.

The two girls read the spell, which causes their eyes and the words on the page to glow for a second. "When you read the spells from my grimoire, you will immediately gain the information on the spell, as well as gaining the knowledge on how to cast the spell. Though you may have the knowledge, knowing how to cast the spell is much different than being able to cast the spell. Unlike your world, I don't need a wand to cast a spell. To cast the spell, imagine a small ball of fire in your mind, then say the name of the spell while aiming your hand at what you want to fire the spell at" Jinkuro says, and he creates two training dummies, then aims his hand at one of the dummies while saying "Fire orb". A small orb of fire forms and flies at one of the dummies setting it slightly on fire. He turns to them and says, "Now you try".

The two girls try casting the new spell they learned, and both successfully manage to cast the spells at the dummies. Both girls smile at seeing that they were able to cast spells from another world. Louise then shouts to Jinkuro "Did you see that? I actually cast a spell without it blowing up in my face!".

"Very good you two. Got it on your first try. And I'm happy for you Louise. Even though you two manage to cast the spell, you girls still have a long way to go. Being able to cast the spell extremely well takes time and training. I'll show you what I mean" says Jinkuro, and he points at the dummies then says, "Fire orb barrage" which forms multiple fire orbs that fly at the training dummies destroying them with ease. "As you can see, even though fire orb is a weak spell, when you manage to master it, you can use different variations of the spell which can do quite a bit of damage" he says.

The girls look at the destroyed training dummies in amazement at seeing the weak fire spell destroy the dummies with ease.

"For now, just concentrate on casting the fire orb spell over and over which will help increase your stamina and endurance, which will affect how many times you can cast the spell" says Jinkuro, and he creates more dummies for the girls to practice on.

Almost a month passes by with Jinkuro training them. With the training getting harder with each passing week. By the end of the month, the two girls' stamina and endurance had greatly increased from when they first started. The number of new spells the girls learned had also increased over the course of their training. "Well done you two, in only a month the both of you have greatly increased your stamina and endurance from when you first started. Any further training will have to be put on hold for the moment because the princess has called for Louise and me to go to the palace".

Later that evening, Louise, Tabitha, and Jinkuro are in the tub having a nice relaxing bath. "Ah, this bath is just what I needed after all the training we've done" says Louise, with Tabitha nodding in agreement.

The three then here someone approach. Looking over to the person, they see it is Siesta. "Mind if I join in" says Siesta.

All three shake their heads, with Tabitha replying "No, not at all. You can join in anytime, no need to ask".

Siesta smiles, removing her clothes and climbs in. "So, what have you three been up to" asks Siesta.

"I've been helping these two increase their stamina and endurance, along with teaching them some spells from my world" replies Jinkuro.

"Oh, does that mean Louise can actually cast spells now, because I always heard other students calling Louise a zero because she couldn't cast a spell without it exploding on her" says Siesta.

"I can cast spells from Jinkuro's world with no problem" says Louise.

"That's great. Now you can show the other students how wrong they were about you" says Siesta.

"Okay ladies, enough talking, let's just enjoy this bath together" says Jinkuro, and the girls nod in agreement. They all get close to him, with Louise and Tabitha clinging to his left and right, and Siesta on his front. Jinkuro smiles and gives each of them a nice long kiss, causing a large blush to form on each of their faces. After the bath, Jinkuro and Louise head up to Louise's room. Jinkuro notices that Tabitha and Siesta follow them into the room, and he says, "Why are you following?".

"Me and Tabitha wanted to spend the night with you. Since Louise always gets to sleep with you, we wanted to sleep next to you every now and then" says Siesta.

Jinkuro looks to Louise and says, "Is that alright with you Louise?".

"They are my lovers as much as they are yours, so I don't mind" replies Louise, and all four climbed into bed, with Tabitha and Siesta claiming his sides, and Louise laying on top. They all share a kiss, before falling asleep.

The next day, Louise and Jinkuro are at the palace. Upon arriving, they head right to the throne room. After entering the throne room, they kneel in front of the newly crowned queen. "Greetings your majesty. We have arrived as you requested" says Louise.

"What have I told you before Louise, I am your friend. So there is no need to bow to me" says Henrietta, then she looks at Jinkuro saying "You as well Jinkuro, I consider you a friend".

"Very well Henrietta, I will only bow if there are others in the room" says Jinkuro.

The two stand up. "What have you called us here for?" Louise asks Queen Henrietta.

"I have learned from the intelligence corps and Principal Osmond that the ones who defeated the Albion forces in this past battle were the two of you. The void mage and her familiar, Gundalf. That power. Will you lend me the aid of that power? The kingdom is currently plagued throughout with war. The military in particular has seized this opportunity, and insists that we take the initiative to attack Albion. Cardinal Mazarin and the other officials seem to agree with the military's intentions. But I personally would like to avoid a war. Please be a part of the very few that are on my side and wish to avoid war" says the princess.

"Without question Henrietta. I will lend you all the power I have to help you. You just have to give me the orders and I will do so" says Louise.

"I will lend you my strength as well" says Jinkuro.

"Thank you. You don't know how relieved I am to hear that. Being queen is a stifling affair… I have only a handful of people who truly understand and support me. For the time being, I would like you two to remain at the academy. When you leave, speak not a word of what has been spoken in this room, as there are enemies inside the kingdom always listening for vital information" says Henrietta.

"Is that all princess?" says Jinkuro.

"Yes, though I have this to say. In return for helping me, let me know if you want anything" says Henrietta.

"I'll keep that in mind princess. As of right now, there is nothing I want at the moment" says Jinkuro.

Later, Louise and Jinkuro are riding a carriage back to the academy. As they are sitting there, Jinkuro notices a sealed book in Louise's hands, and he asks her "Did the princess give you that book".

Louise nods and replies "Yes, she gave me this book that is called the founder's book of prayers. Henrietta said that it's best that I keep it. Apparently, it's been in the Tristein Royal Family for ages, but…", opening the book to look at the contents revealing nothing but blank pages.

"It's blank" says Jinkuro.

"According to Headmaster Osman's research, it's supposed to contain spells for void magic" says Louise.

"I've seen a few books like these before. There is most likely a certain condition that has to be met to cause the writing to reveal itself on the pages" says Jinkuro.

Louise nods in agreement, and says, "That's what Old Osman research revealed about the book. That it would reveal the spells only to a void user at the right time".

By the time they arrive back at the academy, it is already dark. After getting out of the carriage, the musketeer named Agnes, that drove the carriage, says to Louise "Well then, Lady Valliere, henceforth a musketeer will relay any orders from her majesty to you. Your codename shall be "Zero". Understood?".

"Yes" says Louise.

Agnes then drives the carriage back to the palace.

The next morning. Louise and Jinkuro are sleeping peacefully in each other's embrace, when suddenly they are woken up by someone opening the door and rushing into the room as they shout to Louise. The two lovers look immediately to the person who barged into the room so early in the morning, and they see it is the musketeer Agnes from yesterday.

"Lady Valliere! Please forgive me for waking you up so early, but this is an emergency!" shouts Agnes.

"What's the emergency?" asks Louise.

"Someone has abducted her majesty, the Queen!" replies Agnes.

"What?!" shout Louise and Jinkuro.

Several hours before Queen Henrietta's disappearance. Queen Henrietta is in her quarters standing in front of a small table with a small chest sitting on top. She opens the small chest revealing the Ruby of Water ring. She picks up the ring, putting it on, then has a flashback to three years ago.

In the flashback. Henrietta and Prince Wales are walking by Lake Lagdorian holding hands. "Lord Wales, the Water Spirit of Lake Lagdorian is also known as the Spirit of Vows. They say a vow made here can never be broken" Henrietta says to Wales.

"That's just superstition, Henrietta" says Wales.

"I believe it to be true" says Henrietta, then she walks out onto the lake and says, "I, Henrietta, Princess of the Kingdom of Tristein hereby vow before the Water Spirit to love Lord Wales for eternity".

Wales walks onto the lake standing next to Henrietta, and says "I, Wales, Prince of Albion, hereby vow before the Water Spirit to someday, together with Princess Henrietta of the Kingdom of Tristein, walk hand in hand along this lake, in the light of day, with no thought as to who may see us", then the flashback ends.

Henrietta rubs the Ruby of Water as she begins to cry, and she says to herself "To think that you have departed from this world… It's too hard to believe. How am I to live in a world without you? You know that water and wind must both exist for a rainbow to appear in the sky". The ring then begins to glow surprising Henrietta. She then hears someone says her name, and she turns around looking for the source of the voice, then she says "Who is it?! Identify yourself! Who dares visit the Queen's chambers in the middle of the night?! I shall summon the guards!".

"It's me, Henrietta. Wales." says the voice.

"Wales?" says Henrietta.

"Please open this window, my beloved Henrietta" says the voice.

Henrietta looks out onto the balcony, and sees the form of Prince Wales. "Lord Wales? It can't be… How? I thought you were dead!" says Henrietta, not believing what she is seeing.

"I'm not dead. I'm alive, as you can see. My double was the one who died" says Wales.

"It can't be. It can't" says Henrietta.

"Then let me show you proof that it's me" says Wales, and he holds out his hand revealing the glowing Ruby of Wind ring he is wearing.

Henrietta looks at her Ruby of Water ring glowing, which would only happen if the Ruby of Wind ring is near. "It really is you" says Henrietta, and she rushes forward unlocking the balcony doors, then clings onto Wales. "You're alive, Lord Wales. Alive…" says Henrietta.

"I have come for you, Henrietta. I want you to come away with me" says Wales.

"Away with you?" asks Henrietta.

"To Albion" says Wales.

Henrietta shakes her head, and says "You mustn't! If you return to Albion now, they will kill you for good this time!".

"Even so, I must return. It's my duty as Prince" says Wales.

"Please don't. Stay here… Stay in this kingdom with me" says Henrietta.

Wales kisses her, and says "I love you, Henrietta. So please come with me".

Back to Louise, Jinkuro and Agnes. "What do you mean, her majesty was abducted?!" says Louise.

"This is my fault" says Agnes.

"What are you doing about finding her majesty?" asks Jinkuro.

"My soldiers are currently in pursuit. It seems the vandal who abducted Her Majesty is heading toward Lake Lagdorian. In any case, we cannot make this affair public, so we must rely on the Musketeers and the two of you to rescus Her Majesty. You will cooperate, will you not?" says Agnes.

"Of course. The Queen is in trouble! How could I ignore that?" says Louise.

"Then I shall leave you to it. While me and my musketeers will be chasing them down" says Agnes.

Moments later, Louise and Jinkuro are flying on the back of Sylphid with Tabitha and Kirche. As they are flying towards Lake Lagdorian, Tabitha points down and says, "Down there". Everyone looks down to see two people on a horse heading towards the lake.

The horse stops at the edge of the lake. The two people get off. Tabitha has Sylphid land near them, and the four get off Sylphid. They look at the two people, recognizing one as Queen Henrietta, and the other being Prince Wales who is supposed to have died in Albion. Louise goes wide-eyed, and says "Prince Wales?! Impossible! I saw him die with my very own eyes".

"So did I Louise, I saw him get run through with a sword from Wardes" says Jinkuro.

"The only explanation for Wales being alive would be Andvari's ring. Andvari's ring is said to have the ability to control the dead" says Louise.

"Which means that even though Wales is alive for the moment, what he is doing is not his will, but the one who is controlling him" says Jinkuro.

Jinkuro steps forward, drawing Derf and his other sword, then says, "You will release the queen".

"That's a funny thing to say. Henrietta came with me of her own free will" says Wales.

"Is this true?" asks Louise.

"Queen Henrietta, though it may be Wales, it isn't Wales that you know, because he was brought back to life using Andvari's Ring, and is under the control of the wearer of the ring" Jinkuro says to Henrietta.

Wales just chuckles, and says "Andvari's Ring. I've heard of it. It's a magic item that supposedly grants artificial life to the dead. If that's true, it's rather terrifying".

"Your Majesty! Please get away from him! This man is not the Prince Wales that you know. He's but a phantom of the prince!" says Louise.

"Louise! Don't say such nonsense! The one who passed away was Lord Wale's double. This is the real Lord Wales!" shouts Henrietta.

"Now let us through!" says Wales.

"No use in talking anymore" says Tabitha, and she casts a water spell creating ice shards, which fly and pierce through Wales in multiple places.

Wales just stands there with multiple holes in his body, which all heal and close up.

"It's no use. Your attacks cannot harm me" says Wales.

Kirche and Tabitha then combine a wind and fire spell, creating a fire tornado that flies at Wales, which is blocked by a barrier that Wales forms.

"Like I said, it's no use!" shouts Wales, and he casts a wind spell, which sends the two girls flying.

"Your majesty, you saw that just now, didn't you?! This is not the real Prince Wales!" shouts Louise.

"No. No! That can't be right. He said he would love me, Henrietta, for eternity!" shouts Henrietta.

"You mustn't be fooled!" shouts Louise.

"Louise, have you ever truly loved someone?" says Henrietta.

"Yes, I have" replies Louise.

"Then you understand when you truly love someone, you are willing to give up everything for them. So please, let me go, Louise!" says Henrietta.

Jinkuro interrupts shouting, "Enough of this, open your eyes Henrietta, but if you won't stop, I'll have to stop you".

"Jinkuro. Please get out of the way. I have already decided. I will go with Lord Wales" says Henrietta.

"I'm sorry Henrietta, but I care for you too much to continue watching this go on any longer" says Jinkuro, and he charges forward. Wales casts a wind spell at him, and he uses Derf to absorb the spell. But before he can get any closer to Wales, Henrietta creates an ice wall.

"I refuse to let you lay a finger on Lord Wales! Please, stay out of my way!" shouts Henrietta. She then creates a water cyclone with the help of Wales.

"Hey Louise. Try using the prayer book" says Derf.

Louise takes out the book seeing it still blank, but then words begin to appear. "Dispel magic?" says Louise.

"That's exactly what you need! A counter spell!" shouts Derf.

Louise begins to chant the words for the spell. Meanwhile Jinkuro is busy blocking the cyclone to prevent it from hitting Louise.

Louise finishes chanting, and casts the spell which strikes Wales, causing the cyclone to dissipate. Henrietta is now crying while holding the dying Wales. Wales places a hand on her cheek, and says, "Henrietta… Don't cry! Though what I did was against my will, I still hope you'll forgive me. And promise me, Henrietta".

Henrietta holds the hand that is on her cheek, and says, "I shall promise you anything. What is it you want?".

"Forget me. Forget me and promise to love another man. I want to hear those words. Here on the banks of Lake Lagdorian, before the Water Spirit" says Wales.

"I cannot promise such a thing!" says Henrietta.

"Please, Henrietta" says Wales.

"No, I cannot! I refuse to lie! I cannot promise!" says Henrietta.

"I don't have much time" says Wales.

"Then please, promise me. That you will love me. That you will love me for eternity! If you, not the false Lord Wales, promise me that, then I shall promise whatever you want" says Henrietta.

"I'm sorry. I wish I could promise you that. But the dead aren't capable of promising eternity. Please forgive me, Henrietta. Three years ago, I couldn't say those words either… because we weren't ever meant to be" says Wales, and he groans in pain, the wound he received from Wardes reopens. Wales then turns to look at Jinkuro, and says, "Jinkuro, please watch over Henrietta for me in my stead".

Jinkuro nods, and replies "Don't worry Wales. I will protect her, even at the cost of my life".

"Thank you" says Wales. He then looks back at Henrietta saying with his dying breath "I'm glad I got to see you like this, Henrietta. I loved you. Always". Wales then dies, going limp in Henrietta's arms.

"Lord Wales! Lord Wales! No, please! Open your eyes!" says Henrietta, as she cries holding the body of Wales.

Everyone can only look on with sad faces as they watch Henrietta crying over the one she loved.