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The next morning, Louise awakens and gets out of bed. She looks over to where Jinkuro is and sees that he is sitting on his bed of hay laying against the wall still sleeping. She walks over and shakes him lightly waking him up. Jinkuro yawns, standing up and looks over at Louise. "Good morning Louise" he says to her.

"Good morning Jinkuro" she says back. Louise then looks down for a moment thinking, then looks back up at him. "I'm sorry for the way that I've treated you ever since I summoned you. Its just that, I've been laughed at and insulted for so long for being unable to cast magic spells that when I first summoned you and saw that I just summoned a human, I finally had enough and took my frustrations out on you and just treated you like a slave. That was not right of me to do and I'm sorry for the way I've been treating you" she says to him.

Jinkuro looks at her in a new light at seeing her apologize for the way she had been treating him. 'Her apologizing for doing something wrong shows that she has honor, unlike some nobles' he thinks to himself. "I accept your apology Louise. You apologizing shows that you have a good conscience, and are very brave to be able to admit that you made a mistake" he replies. "Now how bout we get you dressed so we can go eat breakfast" he says and helps her get dressed.

"Thank you, Jinkuro" Louise says to him after he helps her get dressed and they head out to the dining hall.

Once inside the breakfast hall, Louise and Jinkuro walk over to where she seat is and he pulls out the chair for her. "Thank you" she says and sits down with Jinkuro sitting in the chair next to her. A few moments after he sits down, a student walks up and says to him "I believe that's my seat you are sitting in and you would be wise to get out of it".

Jinkuro turns to look at him. "Does it look like I care that this is your seat. Go find another" he says giving him a menacing stare. Due to the fact that Jinkuro had his hood over his head made the menacing stare even more terrifying, causing the noble's legs to quiver and they start to stammer before they run off, with Jinkuro laughing where he is sitting. "Did you see that kid? He looked like he was about to piss himself" he says to Louise. Louise just sighs and tells him to not make a scene at breakfast. He just shrugs and proceeds to eat the food in front of him still chuckling to himself.

After breakfast is over, they start walking to Louise's class and begin to notice students looking at them and whispering. Jinkuro leans over and whispers into Louise's ear "I believe that word has finally spread around the academy about the duel that occurred between me and Guiche yesterday along with the fact that I am able to use magic".

Louise just smiles lightly and whispers back "Hopefully now that people see that you aren't just a regular human, but a powerful one able to cast magic, that they'll hopefully stop calling me a zero". They then reach the classroom and enter. Louise goes over to her seat and sits down with Jinkuro sitting next to her. The bell then rings for class to start.

"Fire, water, earth, and air magic create a different, stronger effect by combining multiple elements together. Furthermore, the level of mages is determined by how many elements we can use" says Miss. Chevreuse.

'Interesting, so in this world the power of a mage is gauged by the amount of elements they can cast' Jinkuro thinks to himself and continues listening.

"What are those levels?" she asks the class.

Montmorency raises her hand. "Two elements combined form a line, three elements form a triangle, and four elements form a square" she says to the professor.

"That is correct" the professor says then continues talking "I believe most of you can only deal with one element at a time".

Kirche then stands up and says to the professor "Mrs. Chevreuse, I hate to say this, but a student that can't even use one element, with a zero percentage rate of magical success, is among us". The students all stare at Louise after hearing Kirche speak. Louise starts to become irritated and upset, and is about to get up to shout at Kirche to shut up, but is stopped by a hand on her shoulder. She turns to face the person who is touching her and sees that it is Jinkuro.

"Don't let her get to you. You getting up and shouting at her is what she is expecting you to do" he whispers to her and she calms down thanking him with a nod and continues listening to the lecture.

Later that evening, Louise and Jinkuro walk into the dining hall for dinner. Heading over to where she sits, they notice that the seat next to Louise's seat is filled. Jinkuro then pulls out the chair for her to sit. After sitting down Louise looks at him. "I'm sorry" she says.

"Sorry for what" he answers back.

"That you'll have to sit on the floor" she replies.

Jinkuro waves a hand at her. "It's fine, I'll just head into the kitchen to eat, cause I definitely ain't eating that stale bread they give to familiars. So I'll see you back in your room later okay" he says to her, with her nodding to him and he walks towards the kitchen. As he nears the kitchen, Jinkuro bumps into Siesta. "Oh, hello again Siesta" he says to her.

"Hello Jinkuro. What are you doing over here by the kitchen?" she says.

"I was looking to grab some food from the kitchen since that bread they serve to familiars tastes like garbage" he replies.

"Follow me" she says and leads him into the kitchen and introduces Jinkuro to the chef.

The chef's eyes widen upon seeing Jinkuro and he shouts "Our black knight!".

"Black knight?" says Jinkuro, raising an eyebrow at the name.

"Yes, our black knight. You're just like us. You a non-noble, won the duel against that snobby noble boy" the chef replies. "You're the pride of us peasants, our black knight!" the chef continues.

Jinkuro chuckles and says "I was happy to put that boy in his place. Hopefully he learned his lesson and will be a little more humble". Siesta walks up to Jinkuro and has him sit down at a table in the kitchen. She places down a plate of food in front of him.

"Here you go Jinkuro" she says. He thanks her and begins to eat.

"This food taste pretty good. Wouldn't expect any less for a noble" says Jinkuro. After he finishes eating Siesta takes the plate and places it in the sink to be washed. Jinkuro then gets up and peeks out of the kitchen into the dining hall and notices that Louise is still eating. So he decides to walk outside to get some fresh air with Siesta following him outside.

He and Siesta stand there looking up at the night sky. Siesta then says to him "Please come again. Everyone in the kitchen is a fan of yours, Jinkuro".

"I probably will pay another visit kitchen. Food was pretty good", says Jinkuro.

Siesta just smiles then says "Um, Jinkuro".

"Yes Siesta?" he answers back.

"I would like to have a long chat with you sometime" Siesta replies.

"Sure thing Siesta. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to Louise as she is most likely waiting for me back in her room. It was nice seeing you again" he says then grabs her hand, kissing it then walking away leaving a blushing Siesta standing there.

Once Jinkuro reaches the floor that Louise's room is on, he walks down the hall heading for her room but stops upon seeing Kirche's familiar standing there at the end of the hall. The salamander then charges at him, tackling him to the ground then biting onto the collar of his shirt and takes him somewhere. Jinkuro just lets the salamander carry him wanting to see where it would take him and sees that it takes him into a room a few doors down from Louise's. Once in the middle of the room the salamander drops him on the floor. Jinkuro looks around taking in the sights of the room. Then he hears a voice "Welcome". He looks to the source of the voice. "Kirche?" he says wondering now why the hell Kirche had her familiar bring him to her room.

"Welcome to my suite, Jinkuro" she says then continues talking "I know that it's something that shouldn't be, but my byname is Fever. I tend to burn like a torch".

"Okay?" Jinkuro replies having a feeling of where she is going with this.

"You still don't understand? I'm in love with you!" she says then continues "Love always comes so suddenly. You looked so handsome when you defeated Guiche! See I, Kirche the Fever became Kirche the Passion". She then leans forward to kiss him, but he places a finger on her lips stopping her.

"I'm pretty sure you're confusing lust with love. Cause by what you said that would most likely fall under lust and not love" says Jinkuro.

A voice is then heard from the open window. Both Kirche and Jinkuro look towards the window and see a man floating outside Kirche's window. "Oh, my Styx?" she says.

"I came by because you didn't show up at our promised time" Styx says.

"Then change that appointment to two hours from now" she replies.

"That's not the deal we had!" he shouts back at her. Kirche pulls out her wand and creates a small fire snake from the flame of one of the candles in the room and sends it flying at Styx causing him to fall.

"Right now, the one that I love the most is…" she says to Jinkuro leaning forward to kiss him but is interrupted by another voice from the window.

"Kirche! Who is that man?! Tonight, I want you to burn up with me…" the guy says before Kirche repeats what she did to Styx on this guy causing him to fall.

"Now back to what we were doing. The night is short and I don't want to waste any time with you!" she says, but is once again interrupted. This time there are three guys at the window.

"What are you doing?! You said that you didn't have any particular lover!" they shout to her.

"Manica, Ajax, Gimly! Well then, in six hours" she says to them.

"That's morning already!" they shout back. Kirche then turns to her familiar. "Flame" she says to it. The salamander stands up and breathes fire at the three guys causing them to fall. "I love you, Jinkuro" she says to him leaning forward to kiss him, but is stopped by a hand.

"Yeah, I don't think so. After all I've just witnessed, what you are feeling is definitely lust, which is made obvious by the amount of guys that showed up. So, no thanks" he says to her. As he goes to push her off him, the door to her room opens revealing Louise standing there in her nightgown.

"Zerbst, just what do you think you're doing trying to seduce my familiar" Louise says walking up to Kirche with an irritated look on her face.

"It can't be helped. Love and fire are the destinies of the von Zerbst family. I only wish to burn in flames of love" Kirche responds to Louise.

"Come with me Jinkuro" Louise says to Jinkuro.

"Wait! He may be your familiar, but he is a human! It's rather unreasonable to get in the way of someone's romance!" Kirche shouts to Louise, then hugs Jinkuro's head into her large breasts.

Louise just responds "I know he is, which is why I have already apologized to him for how I treated him. But he is still my familiar, which means you can't just take him".

As Louise and Kirche are talking, Jinkuro thinks to himself 'Even though Kirche is a bit a bitch, I will admit the feeling of her large, soft breasts pressed against my head feels pretty good and makes for some nice pillows'. Jinkuro then pushes Kirche away and stands up, walking out of the room and heads to Louise's room. Louise looks at Kirche with a triumphant smirk on her face and walks out heading back to her room.

Once back in her room, Louise goes over and sits on her bed. Jinkuro then looks to her and asks "Louise, why is it that you argue a lot more with Kirche than the other students that have insulted you".

Louise looks at Jinkuro. "It's because Kirche's family, the Zerbsts, and my family, the Vallieres, have long been archrivals" she answers back then goes to ask Jinkuro a question "Jinkuro, how did you end up in Kirche's room anyways?".

"Her familiar carried me into her room" he answers.

"Why didn't you use magic to escape her familiar?" she says.

"Wanted to see what the thing wanted. Didn't expect it to carry me to Kirche's room where she was waiting to seduce me" he says.

"Okay, well it's getting late. Good night Jinkuro" she says and gets under the sheets snapping her fingers causing the lights in the room to go out.

"Good night Louise" he replies and sits down on the bed of hay next to her bed and leans against the wall closing his eyes falling asleep.

The next morning, Louise and Jinkuro can be seen riding a horse out of the academy and headed for somewhere. Meanwhile in Kirche's room, Kirche can be seen sitting in front of the mirror putting on her lipstick, when suddenly she hears the neighing of a horse and goes to the window looking down seeing Louise and Jinkuro riding a horse heading out. "What, they're going out today? I guess I can't use the old "happen to run into each other while out" pattern" she says to herself. Walking out of her room she walks over to her friends room knocking on the door, then opens the door walking in seeing her blue haired friend sitting on her bed reading a book as usual and walks over to her. "Tabitha! Were going out today! Get ready!" Kirche says.

"Void-day" is all Tabitha says in response.

"I know just how important Void-day is to you! See here… I've fallen in love. But he has stepped out with that blasted Valliere! I have to figure out exactly where those two are headed! You understand, right?!" Kirche says to Tabitha. Tabitha just nods no in response and continues reading her book. "Oh, right, you won't move an inch unless I explain everything. I want to chase after the two because they're headed somewhere, but I can't catch up unless I get the help of your familiar!" Kirche says then gets on her knees with her arms on the bed begging Tabitha for her help.

Tabitha then nods yes in response. "You understand now? Thank you!" Kirche says. Tabitha gets up from her bed and opens the window whistling for her familiar. In the distance a dragon can be seen flying towards the later, they are flying on the back of Tabitha's dragon familiar. "I grow fonder of your Sylpheed each time I see her" Kirche says to Tabitha. Tabitha just asks Kirche which way did Louise and Jinkuro go. Kirche just replies that she was in a rush and didn't get a close look at which direction they were headed. Tabitha then tells Sylpheed to look for two people riding a horse.

Meanwhile Louise and Jinkuro are walking through town. As they are walking Jinkuro takes in the sights and smells of the market place. Looking at all the things that are being sold. Then he spots a weapons shop and stops. Louise notices that he has stopped and looks at where he is staring and sees that he is looking at the weapons shop. "You want to go take a look Jinkuro?" she asks him. He nods heads into the shop with Louise right behind him. Upon entering the shop, he sees a variety of weapons. Jinkuro then notices the shiny golden looking sword sitting on the wall behind the counter. Walking over he asks the shop owner if he can see the sword. The owner says okay and grabs the sword handing it to him.

As Jinkuro looks over the sword, the owner begins to talk. "That is the best item I have in my store", "It was forged by the famous alchemist mage, Lord Schvert of Germania!", "It slices through steel with ease" he says.

"Really now" Jinkuro says then asks how much for the sword.

"Three thousand, if you're using new gold coins" the owner replies.

"You can buy a nice house and garden with a forest for that much!" says Louise.

"A good sword is comparable to a castle. It's a good deal if one estate will do" says the owner.

Jinkuro then notices that the runes on his left hand aren't glowing as he holds the golden sword and thinks that it is odd, as the runes glowed when he was holding his own sword.

He then walks over to the wall grabbing a spear and sees that his runes light up. Placing the spear back the runes stop glowing. So he goes over to a large barrel filled with rusty swords. Jinkuro then notices that he feels drawn to one specific sword in barrel and he grabs it pulling it out his runes glowing again. 'So it looks like as long as it is something meant to be a weapon the runes will light up' he thinks to himself. Still holding the rusty sword he walks back over to the counter grabbing the golden sword again and sees no reaction from the runes. 'Just as I thought, this golden sword is more of a expensive display than a combat worthy sword' he thinks. "That golden sword is more of an expensive display than a sword you would use for combat. All looks no bite" says Jinkuro then continues talking "I think I'll take this rusty old sword".

"You sure Jinkuro. That sword looks like it has seen better days" says Louise.

"Nothing a bit of sharpening and polishing can't fix" he says. Louise nods and pays for the rusty sword and they walk out of the shop.

Meanwhile, Kirche is standing there with Tabitha and sees Jinkuro and Louise walk out of the weapons shop. She notices that Jinkuro now has a second sword, other than the one strapped to his side, on his back. "That wench came here to woo Jinkuro by buying him a present! How conceited! She's nothing more than Louise the Zero!" she shouts with frustration. Then she looks to the shop that the she had seen them walk out of and heads in.

Later that evening, Jinkuro and Louise are in her room. She is busy getting ready for bed while he is sitting in a chair polishing the sword that he got today having sharpened the blade earlier when they got back to the academy. Just then there is a knock at the door. Louise walks over to the door and opens it revealing Kirche and Tabitha standing there. "What do you want Kirche?" Louise says.

"I come with a present for Jinkuro" Kirche responds. Tabitha just goes and sits on the bed reading her book ignoring the conversation. Kirche walks over to Jinkuro with a wrapped up package and hands it to him. Jinkuro unwraps it and sees that it is the golden sword that was back at the weapons shop that they went to.

"What are you trying to do Zerbst" Louise says.

"I just happened to find a sword befitting Jinkuro so I'm giving it to him as a present" Kirche replies.

"So, you followed us" Louise says irritated.

"How pathetic that you can't even buy him this cheap sword" Kirche says back. Tabitha has flashback to when she was in that shop with Kirche, showing that Kirche only managed to get the sword for so cheap was by seducing the owner. Kirche continues talking "I heard this sword was a masterpiece from Germania. The best swords and women come from Germania. There's no way a Tristein woman like you can be a match".

Louise just laughs and says "I'm sure you just flirted with too many men in Germania, so that nobody bothered to deal with you, and that's why you came to study abroad in a neighboring country!". Then Kirche pulls out her wand aiming it at Louise with Louise doing the same. Jinkuro immediately tenses waiting to leap into action in the event things turn violent.

Tabitha then uses her staff and casts some wind magic and taking the wands out of their hands and says "Indoors". Causing both of them to walk up to Jinkuro.

Kirche then says "Then let's have Jinkuro decide".

Jinkuro looks between the two girls looking at him. "I'll choose the sword I got today over that nice looking golden sword. Cause that golden sword may look nice, but would break if actually used to fight" he says then demonstrates his point by hitting the golden sword against the sword he was currently polishing. The blade of the golden sword breaks in two. "See. That sword was nothing but an expensive display nothing more" he says to Kirche and drops the other half of that he is holding onto the floor.

Kirche blushes in embarrassment upon seeing the golden sword break with ease and Louise begins to laugh. "What was that about it being a masterpiece from Germania" Louise says and continues to laugh.

Kirche then looks at Louise and says "This is as good a chance as any, so I'll tell you right now. I really hate you".

"Wow, we must get along. So do I!" Louise says back. Then both of them butt heads and shout "A duel!".

A voice out of nowhere shouts "Shut up! Stupid women!" and immediately Louise and Kirche turn, looking menacingly at Jinkuro thinking he said that.

Jinkuro just looks right back at them and says "Hey that wasn't me".

Tabitha speaks up saying that the voice came from the sword. Then they all look at the sword Jinkuro is holding. The sword then speaks again "You woke me up from my nice nap".

Jinkuro then says "Well now, this is a first for me a talking sword".

"Wow I'm surprised, you must be the oldest user ever" the sword says.

"User?" Jinkuro says wondering what the sword is talking about. "I am Jinkuro, what is your name sword?" Jinkuro says to the sword.

"The name is Derflinger. Nice to meet you, brother" Derflinger says back.

The next day, in the headmaster's office Osmond is signing a paper. Upon signing it he levitates it to the noble standing in front of him. The noble grabs the paper looking it over then rolls it up and says "I am grateful for the Academy's understanding and cooperation".

"When receiving an order from the palace, there is no room for such concerns" Osmond replies. The noble then walks out. Miss. Longueville enters the office.

"What kind of impossibility did the palace ask for this time?" she asks Osmond.

"They just came to warn us to be careful of thieves" he answers.

"Thieves?" she says.

"Lately, someone named Fouquet has been causing a stir by using magic to steal treasures, concentrating on those of the nobility" he says.

"Fouquet the Clod?" Longueville responds.

"In our academy, there is the sacred treasure that we have borrowed from the palace, the Staff of Destruction" Osmond says to her and continues "I don't know how splendid a mage this Fouquet is, but the treasure vault here is a special one, layered with many spells by square class mages". Then Osmond floats over the hand shaped paper weight sitting on his desk and trails it up her back startling Miss. Longueville. She then picks up the paperweight and tosses it right at Osmond.

Later that evening, Jinkuro is standing outside staring up at the night sky and hears someone walking up behind him and he turns to see who is it and sees that it is Siesta. "Hello again Siesta" he says to her.

"Hello Jinkuro" she says then she bows a little to him and continues "I would like to thank you".

"Thank me for what?" he asks her. "For standing up against nobility even though you aren't a noble. Seeing you do that has given me lots of courage. I can continue to do my best all because of you, Jinkuro" she says.

"Thanks are not needed Siesta" he says to her.

"Well, Good night Jinkuro" she replies and walks off.

As Jinkuro watches her walk away he thinks to himself 'Something doesn't feel right. She seemed to be acting funny. Might just be me' and he shrugs and heads back to Louise's room for the night.

The next day, Jinkuro is walking around killing time till Louise gets out of her class. As he is walking he fits someone pat him on the back and shout "Our black knight!".

He turns around and sees that it is the chef from the time he ate in the kitchen.

"Hello again" he says to the chef.

"Our black knight! Swing by the kitchen again!" the chef says, and Jinkuro just nods and follows the chef to the kitchen.

As Jinkuro sits there eating some food and talking with the chef he takes a look around and notices that Siesta isn't there. "Siesta isn't here chef?" he asks.

"Siesta didn't tell you?" he responds. After some brief talking the chef tells him that Siesta quit.

"She quit!" Jinkuro says wondering why Siesta would quit.

"Yeah. It was sudden, but it was decided that she would be a servant for this nobleman named Count Mott. She was picked up and taken away in a carriage early this morning the chef says.

Jinkuro thinks to himself 'This can't be good. This explains why Siesta was acting funny the other night'.

The chef continues talking "In the end, peasants can do nothing but obey every word of the nobles". The chef gets back to work done saying what he had to say. Jinkuro then thinks to himself 'Siesta… Why didn't you tell me?'.

Later in Louise's room, "Who is Count Mott, Louise?" Jinkuro asks Louise.

"Why do you want to know?" she replies.

"I want to know, because that is the person that Siesta the maid was sent to work for" he says to her.

"Count Mott is a messenger from the palace, and comes by the academy occasionally. I don't like him, because he always acts so cocky" she says as she brushes her hair.

"Why would Siesta be sent to work for someone with that rank?" he asks.

Before Louise can answer, Derflinger the sword speaks up answering his question "When a nobleman requests a young girl by name, it's usually an order for her to become his mistress".

"I hear stories like that. Nobles come in all sorts" Louise says.

"That bastard count" Jinkuro says smashing his fist into the wall. "It's nobles like him that I hate the most!" he shouts and picks up Derflinger strapping him to his right side. Jinkuro then opens the door and is about to walk when Louise speaks up.

"Where are you going Jinkuro?" she asks.

"I'm going for a walk" he replies.

Meanwhile on the bottom floor at the water fountain, Montmorency and Guiche are sitting there talking. "How wonderful! A mythril brooch" says Montmorency.

"Don't you think it will look good on you, Montmorency?" Guiche says to her.

She just turns to look at him and says "And with this, I'm supposed to pretend nothing ever happened?".

Guiche replies to her "Don't tell me you believe what that vulgar familiar said".

Then Jinkuro walks up to Guiche towering over him. "Hello again Guiche, have you finally learned your lesson about two timing your girlfriend" he says to Guiche.

Guiche immediately stands up shouting "Jinkuro! Are you going to get in the way of someone's romance again?!".

"If it meant saving a girl from a broken heart then yeah. Anyways your two timing aside, I wanted to ask you something" he says to Guiche.

Later during dinner time at the dining hall, Louise looks around for Jinkuro wondering where he is. Kirche walks up to Louise and says "Oh, where's Jinkuro?".

Louise then notices the cart of food that Kirche is pushing and asks "What's with that".

"Oh, this? I feel sorry for him, having to eat such crude meals all the time, so I thought about giving him a bit of my meal" Kirche replies to her.

"You're trying to catch his heart through bait now? Don't feed someone else's familiar without permission!" Louise says to Kirche.

"I can't bait him if he's not here. Where did he go?" she says to Louise.

"I don't know, he said he was going out for a walk earlier and I haven't seen him since" Louise replies. Then both of them hear Guiche's voice call out and turn around.

"By the way, earlier he asked me for directions to Count Mott's manor" says Guiche.

"Maybe he got fed up with you and decided to serve a different noble? Though I've never heard of a familiar switching masters" Kirche says to Louise. Louise then runs off.

Meanwhile, Jinkuro stands a few feet from the entrance to the count's property. A guard sees him and runs up to him shouting "Who are you?".

Jinkuro looks at the guard. "The names Jinkuro and I'm here to see the count" he says to the guard. As Jinkuro is talking to the guard, Siesta is inside the manor standing in front of the count.

The count says to Siesta "How is the work? Have you gotten used to it?".

"Yes. For the most part" she replies.

"I see, I see. Well, don't overexert yourself too much" the count says to her as he gets up walking behind her placing his hand on her shoulder getting close to her.

"Yes sir" she says.

"I didn't hire you just for household chores, Siesta" he says getting even closer to her making her even more uncomfortable. Before the count can go any further there is a knock at the door. "What is it" he says out loud. "A Jinkuro is here to see you!" is heard shouted from the other side of the door. Siesta's mood brightens up a little upon hearing the name. "Jinkuro? Never heard of him" the count says. Moments later in the study of the count, Jinkuro is talking to the count and tells him that if he brings him the family heirloom of the Zerbst currently in the possession of Kirche that he will release Seista. But he better hurry as he plans to have his way with Siesta.

"You better keep your word count, for if you don't there will be dire consequences" Jinkuro says to the count and he runs out of the manor headed back for the academy.

Once Jinkuro arrives back at the academy, he immediately rushes to where Kirche's room is and kicks open the door. "Kirche I need your family heirloom" he says to Kirche.

She looks at him and says "Family heirloom. Oh you mean this" and she uses her wand levitating over a sealed book. "I'll give it to you, but in return you have to go out with me" she says to him.

Jinkuro sneers at her. "Just as I thought, you are just like the majority of the nobles who only seek personal gain at every opportunity" he says and walks out while thinking 'Looks like I'll have to do this the bloody way'. Moments later Jinkuro mounts a horse and rides it towards the count's manor. The neighing of the horse awakens awakens Tabitha from her slumber and she gets up looking out the window seeing Jinkuro riding off.

Meanwhile at the count's manor, Siesta is in the bath getting cleaned and sits there thinking. Her thoughts are interrupted by a servant sent to get her letting her know that the count is waiting in his bedchambers for her. Back at the academy, Kirche and Tabitha are in Louise's room with Kirche shaking Louise to wake her up. "Kirche, what are you doing here?" Louise asks Kirche.

"It looks like your familiar has gone off to Count Mott's manor" she replies.

Tabitha then speaks up "A noble's manor. If a peasant were to draw a sword". Louise's eyes widen and she immediately starts to get dressed.

Back with Jinkuro, he has just arrived back in front of the entrance to the property. Getting off the horse, he draws both Derflinger and his other sword walking forward onto the property. He is seen by the same guard from before and the guard shouts at him and the guard notices that Jinkuro has his swords drawn and the guard gets into a defensive position. "Lower your weapons" the guard shouts. "You're in my way" says Jinkuro and he cuts down the guard. On his way to the front door, he cuts down any guard that gets in way till he is a few feet from the front door bodies of guards behind him blood pooling on the ground where the guards died. He then points his right sword at the doors shouting "Salamandra" and fire starts swirling around his sword and flies at the doors in the shape of a dragon blowing the doors away. He then walks in and upon walking in he is surrounded by guards with the count watching him from behind the guards.

"You dare attack my manor" the count shouts.

"Yes I do" he says to the count and points his sword at him.

Meanwhile, Louise, Tabitha, and Kirche are riding on the back of Sylpheed to get to the count's manor. "If he draws a sword in a nobleman's manor, a peasant can't complain if he gets executed on the spot!" Kirche says to Louise.

"I know that" Louise says back.

"It won't just be your familiar. You'll be held responsible as well" says Kirche. Tabitha then lets them know that they have arrived and they land. Upon landing they notice the dead bodies of guards lying around. Some guards looked to be cut down with a sword, while some looked slightly burned. All three look with eyes wide at the bodies slightly disturbed and they start running for the entrance to the manor.

Back in the manor, the count says to Jinkuro "You are a very foolish peasant to draw a sword in my manor and now you will pay for your foolishness" then the count raises his staff taking the water from a nearby vase and sends it flying at Jinkuro.

Jinkuro just stands there taking the hit barely moving from where he stood then he says "Is that all you got count, I'm disappointed".

Hearing that angers the count even more and the count replies to him "You asked for it" and he turns the water into several ice swords sending them flying stabbing Jinkuro in multiple places.

Jinkuro collapses just as the three girls enter. "Jinkuro?!" Louise screams out upon seeing him get stabbed and collapse. She is about to run over, but is stopped by Tabitha and she points at where Jinkuro lays. Louise looks more closely and finally notices that there is no blood and is confused now as to why. The count just laughs seeing Jinkuro collapse.

"You have paid for your foolish actions with your life" the counts says.

"Oh, have I?" says Jinkuro, his voice echoing around the room. The count then sees the body of Jinkuro disappear.

"What?!" the count shouts out.

"What you fought was just an illusion. And I've been behind you the entire time" says Jinkuro and he kicks the count sending him flying into the wall hard leaving human shaped crater in the wall. The count gets up, but not without a lot of pain. "It just shows how outclassed you are compared to me. So will you release Siesta from your servitude or shall I beat you some more. If you're thinking of have your guards attack, take a look outside and you'll see that they will meet the same fate as their comrades outside" he says to the count and points his sword at him.

The count collapses to his knees and says "Okay, you win, no more please I don't want to die".

"A wise choice count" Jinkuro says.

Upon returning to the academy, Jinkuro and Siesta can be seen standing outside under the night sky. "Thank you so much Jinkuro" she says to him.

"There is no need to thank me Siesta. I just wanted to do what I could to help a friend in need" he says. She then leans forward pulling back the hood revealing the face of the man who saved her. She kisses him on the cheek causing a light blush to form on Jinkuro's cheeks and he looks at her his mouth slightly open in surprise. She then runs off telling him good night leaving him there still stunned at what just happened. After watching her run off, he walks off heading to Louise's room. Once he enters the room, he sees that Louise has already gone off to bed and he walks to where his hay bed is and sits down laying against the wall thinking to himself 'Today was pretty eventful, plus it felt great to humiliate another noble who thought they were so high a mighty' and he chuckles to himself remembering the scared look on the count's face when he realized how outclassed he was. Jinkuro then closes his eyes and falls asleep.