Back at the Tristain Academy of Magic...

Colbert ran frantically down the halls of the school carrying a book tucked under his arm until he came to a door labeled "Headmaster's Office" above the frame.

"Old Osmond!" Colbert cried out as he burst into the room. Sitting down at a desk at on the other side of the room was an elderly man with a long beard. At a desk on another side of the office was a woman who had green hair tied in a ponytail and wore glasses. This was Miss Longueville and she is Osmond's secretary. Osmond raised an eyebrow.

"What is it, Colbert?" he asked.

"I have big news! Take a look at this!" Colbert went up to Osmond's desk and slammed down the book to show Osmond the page he was on. The text was written in Halkeginian. On the page were enlarged letters that were seen on Amos's hand.

"So? What's so important about old texts like this?" Colbert shook his head. "You know I've read this book before."

"No no no! Look at these runes! They are the same ones on Miss Valliere's familiar!" Osmond looked at the page again and his eyes narrowed. He was no stranger when it came to the Founder Brimir and his history. The Founder's Familiar was well known among historians and is a topic that has been covered extensively. If what Colbert said was true, then this could only mean...

"Miss Longueville, could you please excuse us?" Miss Longueville politely bowed and exited the room. Osmond turned back to Colbert.

"Start from the beginning. What is the meaning of this?"

Meanwhile, back at Vestri Court…

I arrived at Vestri Court at the designated time to find Guiche already there with a large crowd gathered. Even that Kirche girl was there along with a short blue haired girl reading a book. I remember seeing her around and that she isn't the talkative type. Reminded me of myself back in my days as a recruit. Guiche let out a laugh as I stepped into the makeshift ring.

"I must commend you for not running away!" Guiche mocked. I sighed at his arrogance. Just hearing his voice was enough to anger me.

"What are the terms of this duel?" I asked. Guiche flipped his hair, making me roll my eyes.

"The first to surrender or to be knocked unconscious loses." He stated. Simple enough.

"Very well." I said as my hand went to my Blaster Blade on my back. The question now is which method do I want to win by?

Back in the crowd Louise and Siesta had concerned looks on their faces.

"Please be safe, Amos." Siesta whispered to herself. On the other side of the crowd was Louise.

"That idiot. What is he thinking?!" She muttered to herself.

Guiche raised his rose and struck a pose.

"My name is Guiche de Gramont and my runic name is "The Bronze"." Guiche stated with a hint of arrogance. "My Valkyries shall make short work of you, commoner!"

He waved his rose and dropped a rose petal on the ground. A light surrounded it before it transformed into a bronze statue about his height. It was feminine in structure and held a lance made of bronze.

"My name is Amos." I said. Hearing this, Guiche burst out laughing.

"Ha! "Bearer of burden?" Such a fitting name for a commoner!" When he said this, other people began to laugh with him. I had enough of listening to this boy.

"Not a commoner," I growled as I stabbed the Blaster Blade in the ground at my feet.

"A Royal Paladin."

An intense light emanated from the Blaster Blade that engulfed my whole body, hiding my transformation. Everyone shielded their eyes from the intense light and there were gasps and murmurs about how I was doing this.

"W-What is this?!" Guiche gawked.

"A-Amos?" Siesta and Louise whispered at the same time. Within my veil of light, I could feel the power flowing through me. Slowly, my form grew bigger and bulkier as I felt my armor appear. I then gripped the Blaster Blade and sliced across the light surrounding me, tearing it apart to reveal my transformation.

[Insert – Tachiagare! Boku no Bunshin!]

I wore a dark blue body suit with light blue streamlines running down my sides and my limbs. My body was clad in shining, spiky white armor that sported the same light blue streamlines. My helmet stuck up at the sides, giving me a regal and somewhat menacing appearance due to the resemblance to horns. At the center of the helmet was a large red crystal right above my eyes. This same crystal was also on my chest and waist armor.

All the students who witnessed my transformation gasped in shock and Guiche was shaking quite a bit. Louise was by far, the most shocked of all.

"Wh-Wh-Wh-Whaaaaaat?!" she screeched as she pointed at me.

"H-He's a mage knight!" One student said.

"He said he was a "Royal Paladin" or something!"

"Impossible!"

Ignoring the comments about me, I looked over at Guiche who was now shaking and sweating. He must have thought he picked a fight with a high ranking soldier or noble. Not that I blame him, they had just witnessed something magical from a person they thought was a commoner.

"W-Who are you?" He managed to say.

I stabbed the Blaster Blade at my feet.

"The Sword and Defender of the Weak, Blaster Blade."

The crowd repeated after me, "Blaster Blade?"

I then pointed my sword at Guiche, leering at him.

"You nobles think you can do whatever you want simply because you have magic. There is nothing noble about you for all I see is an arrogant brat with a flower. It's time you learned your place."

Guiche swallowed and took a step back. He appeared to be weighing his options: Surrender and avoid a fight with another noble or fight and possibly get hurt.

Finally, he made his decision.

"You think you can defeat me? I'll show you! Attack, my Valkyrie!"

The golem charged forward and thrust its lance at me. It was quicker than I expected it to be but it was nothing that I couldn't handle for I faced much quicker opponents.

Suddenly, energy was welling up inside me. It was strange because I never felt this good while in battle before. I felt as if I could fight the entire Dragon Nation by myself. I focused back on the Valkyrie attacking me only to see that it appeared to be moving in slow motion. This confused me because it was moving quicker before I this energy rush. Could it be the reason why?

There was no time to think. I side-stepped the Valkyrie easily and slashed across its torso, easily cleaving it in half. I swung the dust off my blade as the Valkyrie fell lifelessly on the ground.

"Is that all?" I taunted. Guiche panicked and swung his rose frantically, dropping more rose petals which summoned five more Valkyries. Some had swords and shields instead of just a lance.

"I-I'm not done yet!" he said in desperation. I sighed tiredly. It was time to end this.

"It's over. Stand down already."

I raised my sword and stabbed the ground at my feet. Energy flowed from my sword and crackled along the ground at the Valkyries. Upon contact, the Valkyries disintegrated into nothing one by one. Guiche was flabbergasted at his army being decimated in the blink of an eye. He knew that he had lost and was only delaying the inevitable. He fell back onto his butt from fear.

"I-I yield! I yield!" he cried.

The crowd was silent before going into an uproar at my display. At the corner of my eye I could see that Kirche girl with an impressed look on her face and the normally nonchalant blue haired girl with her had a somewhat surprised look on her face. Siesta looked like she had stars in her eyes and Louise was gaping at me.

Back in the office…

Osmond, Colbert and Longueville sat there in shock at the display of power shown by Louise's familiar. Word of the duel had reached them and they decided to watch, hoping to see the power of the familiar with the runes they were discussing about. What they saw far exceeded their expectations.

"W-What did we just see?" Colbert managed to say.

"A mage knight if I'm correct. To think Miss Valliere summoned a high ranking soldier like him as a familiar…"

"Y-Yes, it's incredible." Longueville stammered. Osmond nodded in agreement.

"I think we will be seeing much more from him later on this year."