In the morning, when Louise and I were about to commence our journey, we were unexpectedly joined by someone: Wardes, Louise's fiance! It seemed Princess Henrietta had asked him to help us. And he had plenty of money for the journey!

At first, Louise was frustrated. 'So I got laid with 24 guys for nothing?'

'What?' Wardes raised an eyebrow.

'Nothing!' Louise blushed.

My first impression of that Wardes guy? He was handsome (no homo!) and polite. Perhaps too polite! But still, there was something I didn't like about him. And I don't think that was just my jealousy speaking. I had a bad premonition.

We rode a flying ship (!) and reached Albion, which turned out to be a floating island.

The country was undergoing a severe crisis, not only because of the war with Tristain but also because of Reconquista, a group of rebels that were trying to abolish monarchy. How would we manage to enter the palace under those conditions?

We did it thanks to Wardes, who distracted the rebels with his magic while we sneaked in the castle.

Eventually, we found Prince Wales in his chamber. We explained everything to him.

The admittedly handsome (still no homo!) lad took Henrietta's letter from Louise's lovely hands, sniffed at it with pleasure and hugged it with a smile. He opened it and started reading it.

'Here they are, my king!' Wardes voice resonated in the room as he entered along with his majesty, Waleses father!

'So you were right,' the king looked at that Wardes traitor. 'Those spies from Tristain are trying to corrupt my son. GUARDS!'

A bunch of soldiers stormed into the room.

'Wardes, why did you betray us?' Louise asked, her eyes full of tears.

'Because he's an asshole,' my talking sword whispered to me.

'Because he's an asshole,' I agreed out loud, addressing Louise.

'Dad, this madness has to stop,' Wales tried desperately. 'No one gains anything from this war. And I love Henrietta.'

'The princess of Tristain?' the king snapped. 'That scum has already corrupted you further than I thought! ARREST THEM, GUARDS!'

I sighed. Talking to an angry, idiotic monarch is like talking to a wall! I drew my blade, ready to confront the approaching guards. However, to my surprise, Wardes himself stopped them!

'No need,' he said, sending the soldiers slamming against the walls, to everybody's surprise.

'Who... who are you?' the king asked.

'I'm one of Reconquista's executives,' Wardes chuckled, closing his eyes and holding his wand at face level.

We all gasped. Now everything was clear. That asshole distracting the rebellions outside the palace so that we could get in was just a pretence. He wanted to gather us all in one place: Me, Louise, the king, the prince. So that he could kill us all at once!

Wardes extended his arm towards his fiancee. 'You don't have to die too, Louise,' he said. 'Do the reasonable thing and join me. Once this rebellion is over, we will rule Albion, and later the whole Halkeginia, together. We will be emperor and empress!'

Louise spat on him. Hah! I knew that adorable bitch would never fall so low!

Unperturbed, Wardes wiped his ex fiancee's saliva off his face. 'As you wish, dear,' he said.

He and I exchanged looks, me wielding my talking sword and he wielding his wand. The final battle was about to begin!

'Let's do it together, parnter,' I said to my sword and charged at the asshole.

However, he was too strong for me. He would easily dodge all my attacks.

'Your skill is too poor, Kirito,' he commented while his attacks were creating more and more bruises on me. 'If all you can do is flail your sword around without any strategy, you shall never defeat me.'

His calmness was exasperating!

'It seems we haven't unlocked our full Gandalfr potential yet, partner,' the sword said to me.

'Well, we have to do it soon,' I whispered to it. But I had no idea how I was supposed to do it.

Eventually, I ended up fallen on the floor and wounded. It was all over!

The king tried to drag his son by the arm and ran over to the exit, but he realized, to his terror, that all doors were locked, presumably by Wardeses magic.

The traitor walked over to Louise. 'How about a last kiss before we say goodbye, sweetheart?' he asked rhetorically and leaned towards her, intending to kiss her. Louise closed her eyes in disgust.

Seeing this, something snapped in me. 'LEAVE HER ALONE!' I roared.

Wardes turned to me, surprised. At last! For the first time, his ugly face (yes, he's not that handsome after all) was worried!

I was now standing before him, no longer feeling pain from my injuries. I had just unlocked my full Gandalfr potential!

I and Wardes resumed the battle, but this time I had the upper hand. I even managed to slice off one of his hands at some point! (Served him right!)

It was then that that asshole showed how low he can fall. He aimed his wand at me, but, at the last moment before firing, diverted it to Prince Wales.

'NO!' I cried. During those miliseconds, I had time only to step in and take the damage for his highnesses sake. The king was, as Louise would later tell me, dumbfounded that I had saved his son.

In any case, I was now barely conscious.

Louise's POV...

'KIRITO!' I cried and ran over to the fallen, injured familiar.

'Louise,' he said, smiling weakly. 'I'm glad I came to this land and met you. I wouldn't have it any other way!'

And, with those words, he fainted. 'NOOO!'

'You will meet him soon enough, dear,' I heard my ex fiance's voice.

I stood up and looked at him with hatred. And then, something snapped inside me.

It was like a huge fog was slowly being removed from my mind. A fog that had been there all my life, created by my family's disapproving attitude, which never allowed me to see what I really am.

I'm not Louise the Zero. I'm Louise the Void! I control the most powerful of all magic elements! That's why all my attempts always ended up in explosions!

'I will kill you,' I growled and extended my wand.

Wardes chuckled, perceiving my reaction as a desperate attempt. And then, just like that, with a well placed magic blow, with a skillful movement, I killed him!

It was time for that rebellion and that war to end.

'Hey, Louise, over here,' I heard female voices coming through the window.

I ran over and saw my friends, Kirche, Montmorency and Tabitha riding tha latter's dragon.

'What are you doing here?' I widened my eyes.

'You think we wouldn't help you, babygirl?' Kirche winked. 'Hop on.'

I jumped from the window on the dragon and instructed Tabitha to take us above the rebellions. At first, the girls thought that was dangerous, but, seeing the newfound resolve in my eyes, they decided to trust me.

With another Void spell, I crashed the whole rebellion army. Just like that!

Note: Sorry for not including anything sexual in this chapter, but it couldn't be avoided. Next time (if that fic continues), Kirito will return to Japan and forget about Halkeginia. Sad, but I guess you understand that it had to happen at some point. So, next time, back to SAO girls action!