Lord Joyde : Heylo, Everyone! How are you guys and girls? Here comes the next chapter of The Heart of Blaze, just for your enjoyment!
And bloody hell (No, I'm not british, but I like this curse for whatever reason.. *sweat drop*) it's already chapter 9... And how did I manage to make it exactly 19k words with 8 chapters I will never know.. funny, no?
Don't mind me guys and girls! I'm just a line break...
Louise Point of View – Fire Class with Professor Colbert
For Louise, many things which others would call insane, were starting to happen to her on a daily basis.
She has a god watching her life like its some kind of TV show... what's a TV show anyway?
That's another thing she realized she possessed, knowing things she does not even know what they are.
Memories which aren't hers.. skills which she never learned... I mean why would she suddenly know how to sew, cook, clean like a pro... All of these were skills that nobles would never learn unless in the most extraordinary of circumstances, but Louise had, ever since Zeus came into her life, seemingly gained all of those skills.
Even though she is sure she never even thought about them before.
But now..
Now she can sew anything from cute stuffed animals to her own Academy uniforms...
Now she can clean up her room in minutes to the point of sparkling... when before she denied doing so... even when cobwebs found themselves growing ever bigger on the downside of her table.
Now she goes to the kitchens in order to cook her own meals. This at first made the cooks angry and they went to report it to the head cook... once they came back they saw Louise making things they never saw being cooked before in their life. Coffee being one of them.
In exchange for undisturbed use of the Kitchens whenever she wished, she taught the cooks how to make things like ramen, different versions of steaks and stews... but coffee was something that left them completely flabbergasted.
Kayfee.. A known Germanian ritual drink which is given to strong soldiers in cases of desperate battles in order to induce blood rage. So when an Academy student, a noble no less, comes and drops a couple liters of said drink into a pot and cooks it for exactly ten minutes, adding things like water and sugar to the mixture, it's bound to cause some commotion, no?
The Head Cook brought Old Osmond just in time to see Louise drink a full cup. Louise smirked. Those were fun times.
Don't mind me guys and girls! I'm just a line break...
FLASHBACK NO JU- Oh wait, wrong anime... Nvm, Flashback start.
"MISS VALLIERIE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Screamed Osmond.
"Enjoying myself a cup of coffee, obviously... Wanna try some?" She asked smirking.
"... You do realize that Kayfee induces blood rage, right Louise?"
Louise Nodded."Of course.. KAYFEE does, but this isn't Kayfee, its Coffee."
She wrote the difference on a piece of paper.
"What's the difference? Other than in the words being written differently?" Asked one of the Cooks.
"You saw me making it, you should be able to tell me." She took another sip and let out a breath of relief.
"You cooked it for ten minutes at extreme heats... then you added cold water and sugar... You watered it down, thus lowering its effectiveness and then added sugar in order to fix the taste!... THAT'S GENIUS! WHY DIDN'T ANYONE THINK OF THIS BEFORE?!" said the Head Cook, voice and surprise raising with each word said.
"Pretty much." Said Louise with a grin.
The teachers were baffled... well excuse them but as nobles they don't need to know how to cook.
"Excuse me, Miss Louise, but could you explain to us your apparent genius?" Asked Old Osmond.
"What he means is that I've made a lower level potion from Kayfee, one that does not induce blood rage but instead gives the body extra energy and takes away the need to sleep. Of course, it only lasts for so long but for a student like me... Its a gift from Heaven!" Louise said with glee.
The teachers and staff were left speechless and ever since that day, Coffee had become a vital part of every student, teacher and staff members morning breakfast.
Professor Colbert seemed to have developed such a liking to it that he said this.
"My, my, Louise, you're not even out of the Academy and yet your already creating things that will revolutionize the world..."
Everyone seemed to agree.
Don't mind me guys and girls! I'm just a line break...
FLASHBACK END.
"M...Val-..Miss.. Val... MISS VALLIERIE!"
My head shot up like a rocket, again what in the name of Brimir is a rocket, to see Mr Colbert staring at me angrily... I looked down and saw my notes drowning in my own slime...
I had fallen asleep... by daydreaming.. In the middle of the class.
"Ugh... Did I just...?"
"Yes, Miss Vallierie, you seem to have fallen asleep... I realize that you are ahead of your classmates in my subject but is my class really so boring that you fall asleep during it?"
I quickly shook my head."N-no, Mr Colbert, It wasn't my intention, I just suddenly started fantasizing about this new project I had been-"
"Oh really? Care to show it to the rest of us?" He was clearly angry and I was clearly in trouble.. But I would not be defeated.
I nodded and opened my bag, from which I pulled out a piece of paper. On the paper was a sketch for some type of gloves. I handed it to the Professor.
Colbert's eyes widened."Th-th.. this can't be... MFG, short for Mystical Focusing Gloves, a set of gloves which would replace wands."
He started walking back to his desk. I looked at the blackboard.. they were learning how to control fire.. Pretty sure I got that one down perfectly...
"First, one would sew gloves out of whispering silk which can be gathered from the spiders of Blackwood Vale, Then outfit said gloves with the purified hide of any magical animal, preferably that of a black dragon, seeing as they have the most willpower out of all magical creatures."
"Second, one would add gold lines to the upper side of the gloves, only melted gold will suffice. A skilled fire and earth mage can focus the gold to flow in the correct directions as well as melt and cool it off in the necessary places. The same would be done on the underside of the gloves but with silver. The fingertips should be covered in melted arcanite which would then be cooled off, but this is not necessary for the gloves to work, merely to increase their potency."
"And third, one would use enchanted magical ink to draw lines upon both sides of the gloves, corresponding to the willpower coils in the hands of the person they are being made for."
"Realize that these materials are meant for the best possible product. Reducing the quality of the silk, hides, ink as well as the purity of gold and silver, the amount of arcanite used, not to mention the skill of the mage making the gloves, will lower the price, but if all of the stages are done perfectly, each set of Mystical Focusing Gloves, or MFG, would cost around two and a half thousand new gold."
All of my classmates, including professor Colbert, were now looking at me with wide-eyes.
Not knowing what to do, I just rubbed the back of my head sheepishly. "W-w-what can I say... ever since the seal broke, my brain has become a scary place.."
"You don't say?" Said Guiche while smirking.
Then the whole class burst into Laughter. I buried myself into my notebook.. completely forgetting that it was drenched in slime. And to top it all, I could hear Zeus laughing his ass off in my head.
Don't mind me guys and girls! I'm just a line break...
The Courtyard, two hours later.
The Academy students had gathered outside of the gates, with the staff kneeling down on the end of the road.
They were all waiting for Princess Henrietta to arrive. Louise, on the other hand was watching from one of the Academy Towers, waiting to see if Fouquet would decide to attack today.
Henrietta is the princess of Tristain; her element is water magic. She is loved by her nationals and is a childhood friend of Louise.
She most likely came to this particular day in order to see Louise participate in the Familiar exhibition, which she had been denied access due to the many students complaining how a Flaming Pegasus entering said competition was just plain unfair.
Something that many of the teaching staff had agreed with. Louise was disappointed she couldn't show off in front of Henrietta but realized that this was a good reason why she could just skip the whole thing and be on the lookout for Fouquet without having to come up with some silly excuse.
Don't mind me guys and girls! I'm just a line break...
Henrietta's Point of View.
I left the carriage and looked around, trying to find Louise, but only finding students looking at me in awe. I smiled back at them, causing many to blush and some to mutter unpleasing words of jealousy.
I turned around and walked forward, back straight, surely I can't find Louise because of her small size. Poor girl must be stuck somewhere in the back lines.
I focus my eyes to my front to see Old Osmond kneeling before me.
I give him a smile."Thank you for receiving me on such short notice, Headmaster. I'm sure it must have been troublesome." I said while bowing.
He looks up."Oh, not at all Princess, The staff, the students and myself are overjoyed to make your acquaintance this day. I hope you don't mind me asking but what made you decide to join us for this years familiar exhibition?"
"Oh, it's just a personal reason." I waved him off.
"Very well.. May I offer you some tea in my office before the Exhibition begins?" Aha, that means he needs to tell me something in private.
"Alright, seeing as we have time, I would be glad to join you for some tea." I said with a smile.
Don't mind me guys and girls! I'm just a line break...
The Headmaster's office.
Osmond entered his office, fully expecting to find his secretary writing something on her table but what he found was an empty office.
He didn't think much about it, she probably left for some more coffee or needed to go to the bathroom.
He placed one chair in front of his desk and another on the other side. He sat down and so did Henrietta, who had been silently following him along with her bodyguard and captain of Tristain musketeers, Miss Agnès Chevalier de Milan.
Agnès is the Captain of the Tristain musketeers in service of Henrietta. She hates Mages, especially fire-element ones. She prefers to use a pistol or a sword; she states that in combat, it is quicker than casting a spell. One of her motives for joining Tristain's army is to avenge her parents who died when her village, D'Angleterre, was razed, and she tracks down the people responsible.
Osmond sighed."I'll get straight to the point. Louise isn't going to be participating."
The Princess gasped."But why?!"
"Because the familiar she summoned is so grand that it makes others look insignificant."
"...You're joking."
"Funnily enough, I'm not."
"What could she have possibly summoned so great, that she was denied participation in the exhibition?"
The doors suddenly opened."A flaming Pegasus." Henrietta turned around and Agnes pulled out her sword.
Louise shut the door behind her and yawned."Put that silly stick away before I decide to melt it, commoner. And Good Morning to you, Princess."
Agnes was about to make an angry retort but Henrietta had other plans as she threw herself onto Louise, catching her in a bear-hug.
"Louise! How are you? How have you been? I heard you improved your grades? And you summoned a flaming Pegasus?! SHOW ME!" Apparently, even the Princess had a childish side to her.
Louise, on the other hand, was having a hard time moving her attention from the mounds she felt being pressed onto her own chest.
"H-h-hello, Henrietta, long time no see, I've been fine, never better actually, yes I have improved my grades and yes I can show you." Louise's face lit up redder than a tomato.
"Eh, why are you so red, Louise? Did you catch a fever?" Henrietta put a hand on her head, causing Louise's blush to gain yet another shade of crimson.
Osmond and Agnes watched the spectacle before them with some interest. Louise then decided to lamely excuse herself from Henrietta's grasp.
She let out a breath."I've come to ask you if I'm allowed to pursue should the thief manage to escape, Headmaster."
"A thief? What thief?" Asked Agnes.
Louise looked at Osmond."You mean you haven't told them yet?"
"No, I was busy explaining to the Princess why you aren't a part of the Exhibition and was just about to start talking about Fouquet when you came in. And yes, you are allowed to pursue."
"Good."Louise grinned.
"Wait a minute, you are placing a student in the defense against a known and dangerous criminal like the Crumbling Dirt himself?" asked a bewildered Agnes.
"Miss Vallierie, here is a square class fire mage while Fouquet is a triangle class earth mage. Even if she fails to actually defeat Fouquet, she should slow him more than enough for the guards to finish him off."
"But Louise could get hurt!" said Henrietta while Agnes grit her teeth."Great, another snotty fire mage...I am going to have to put this little pink bitch in her place soon."
Louise turned towards Agnes with a bored face."Brave words there, commoner. I hope you would be willing to prove their worth in a duel later on." Louise telepathically toldcAgnes which caused the poor girl to recoil in shock. Bless Zeus, he really does teach you the most interesting of things.
"Why thank you, Louise. How kind."
She stared at Louise but wisely decided not to say anything.
Louise smirked and turned to Henrietta."Don't worry, Princess, If Fouquet proves to be too much for me I promise I'll turn around and run away."
Henrietta opened her mouth to say something but stopped herself, realizing that it would be meaningless.
She sighed."Just stay safe, Louise."
Louise just gave her another smirk in turn.
Don't mind me guys and girls! I'm just a line break...
Lord Joyde : And that does it for chapter 9 of The Heart of Blaze!
I hope you've all enjoyed reading it as much as I've enjoyed writing it.
Anyways, read and review! And Good Morning/Day/Night to you all! ADIOS FOR NOW.
