A/N: Here's the chapter as promised. For those who are curious I'll be following the anime plot since I haven't read the light novels. Anyway, enough about me. Enjoy the next chapter.

Chapter 5

After finishing my meal, I accompanied Louise on the rest of the day's classes. They were uneventful for the most part due to the fact that they weren't magic classes. It turns out that this school still taught things like history and math despite magic being the main focus. Louise showed great proficiency in all subjects much to my surprise. She was a great and diligent student and it made me happy to know that she was talented in things other than casting spells.

I was headed back to her room that night when I was met by a red salamander at the end of the hall. It appeared to have been waiting for me since it woke up from its slumber upon my arrival. I remember seeing it before and quickly deduced who its master was. It belonged to that dark skinned, red haired girl named Kirche. She seemed to be the most prominent person in insulting Louise and was the first to call her Zero. The question now was:

"What's it doing here?" I said to myself. Kirche's room was in another dormitory section so there was no reason for it to be here at this hour.

The only answer I got was when it came up to my leg and began to tug at my pants. I was currently wearing an outfit similar to the student uniform with enough differences to let others know I wasn't a student here. After my talk with Louise and Siesta the other day Louise ordered a brand new set of clothes for me. Did she really feal that guilty about taking me away from Cray? In any case, they were much better than the rags I wore when I first arrived here.

"Do you want me to follow you?" I asked the salamander. It let out a small cry before taking off on its own.

I followed it until I ended up in another dorm section. The salamander then led me to one of the rooms. Must be Kirche's. What did she want with me? Curious, I opened the door and entered. It was dimly lit with only a few candles burning. On the other side of the room was Kirche dressed in only a frilly, purple nightgown which left a lot of skin to be shown.

"Welcome, Amos." She said. When did she learn my name?

"Kirche, what is the meaning of this?" I asked.

"You remember my name, I'm so flattered!" she squealed in delight. Kirche then walked up to me and pressed herself on my chest. She made sure that her large breasts were pressed up against me as well.

"Let me reintroduce myself. I am Kirche von Anhalt Zerbst, and my runic name is 'The Ardent'. Therefore, I tend to burn like a torch…" She said seductively.

"….I see." I said indifferently to her." Honestly, how did it even come to this? First of all, she's too young for me. Second, I am quite frankly not interested in women of her type.

Kirche looked at me in slightly narrowed eyes.

"You still don't understand? I'm in love with you." Kirche said while taking my hands in hers. "Love always comes so suddenly. The way you fought Guiche was truly remarkable. And that armor of yours… It was like my knight in shining armor was there to sweep me off my feet! The sight of it made me go from 'The Ardent' to 'The Passionate'…."

Great, another fan girl taking their crush to the next level. I had to end this now before it gets out of hand. Before I could do so, a boy around her age with large sideburns came in through the window.

"Kirche!" he said in shock. How long has he been there?

"Styx!" cried Kirche.

"I came because you didn't show up at our promised time. What are you doing with him?!" he said as he pointed his finger angrily at me.

"Not right now Styx. I'll meet you later two hours from now."

"That's not the deal we had!"

Annoyed, Kirche grabbed her wand and waved it which made the candle flames in the room grow in size. She then directed them at Styx which sent him flying into the night. She turned back to me.

"Please excuse the interruption. That was just a friend." She said with a straight face. Just a friend? That boy was clearly someone under your thumb. You're just a seductress who thinks she can get any man she wants with her looks. You got another thing coming for you, girl.

"As I was saying, the one I love the most is-"

"Kirche!"

Suddenly, another boy with long blonde hair was at the window.

"Who is that man? Tonight, I want you to burn up with me in b-"

He never got to finish as Kirche launched a fireball at him, sending him unconscious.

"Another friend?" I mused.

"That's right." Kirche replied. "In any case, the night is short and I don't want to waste any more time!"

As if on que, Kirche was interrupted yet again. This time, there were THREE boys at the window, each fighting over each other.

"Kirche! What are you doing?! You said you didn't have any particular lover!" they said in unison. Just how many boys did this girl bring into her room at night? It almost made me sick that a girl of her age was prancing around like a prostitute.

"Manica! Ajax! Gimly! Uh, how about I see you three in six hours from now?"

"That's morning already!" they replied at the same time. Kirche heaved a sigh in frustration.

"Flame!" Immediately, her salamander familiar unleashed a large breath of fire, sending the three boys away in flames.

"Now that that's taken care of, let us burn the night away, Amos!" she cried out in lust. As she leaned in to try and kiss me, I pushed her away abruptly.

"While I am flattered that you hold such affection for me, I must apologize for being unable to return it."

Kirche paled.

"W-What…?" she weakly said.

"You are a beautiful girl, Kirche." I started. "However, I cannot bring myself to love someone over ten years my junior. Not only that, I could never love someone who goes around spending nights in so many boys' beds."

With that said, I swiftly left. Kirche was left speechless as she stood there like a statue.

I made my way back to Louise's room to find her standing at the door with an unamused look on her face.

"Where were you?" she asked. "Do you realize what time it is?"

"I was at the room of the girl named Kirche." I said.

"WHAT?!" Louise screeched. I winced at the high pitch she managed to reach. "WHAT WERE YOU DOING WITH THAT WOMAN?!"

"Louise, please stop yelling and let me explain." I said trying to calm her down. While she did stop yelling, she was still giving me a dirty glare.

"I hope you have a good reason why you were in her room." She growled.

"She had her Salamander lead me to her. I didn't know what she was up to until I met up with her. She attempted to seduce me but I quickly declined and rejected her when she said that she loved me."

"I KNEW IT! YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER LOWLY DOG WHO-" she stopped mid-sentence.

"Wait, what?"

Wincing from her second outburst, I said, "I rejected her advances on me."

That seemed to catch her attention. She stayed silent as she was processing what I had just said. Finally, she let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness, I was afraid that you were just another man seduced by a Zerbst." Louise said.

"Why are you so hateful towards Kirche?" I asked. She glared out the window.

"My family, the Vallieres and the Zerbsts are archrivals. It's a disgrace to my family of anything gets taken by a Zerbst." She explained. While it was understandable, it was still childish to me.

I then remembered something that I was meaning to ask Louise.

"By the way, I noticed something strange back with my duel with Guiche."

Louise looked puzzled.

"What was strange?" she asked.

"As you know, I'm a swordsman who knows very well how to fight. However, as I was attacked, I felt this strange energy well up inside me. It felt like it was enhancing me in some way."

Louise took a moment to ponder my words.

"Hm…" she hummed. "Sometimes, familiars can yield special powers once contracted. Perhaps that was your power?"

I thought about it for a moment. While it did make sense, the question now was what exactly my power did.

I pushed these thoughts aside. There will be time to look into this later. Right now, I had one more thing to talk to Louise about.

"Louise, there's one more thing I want to talk to you about."

"What is it?" Louise asked.

"I heard that tomorrow is Voidday and that it is akin to your day off of school for the week, no?"

"That's right." She nodded.

"In that case, I thought it would be good to buy a sword."

This puzzled Louise.

"A sword? Why would you need that when you already have the Blaster Blade?"

I shook my head at her.

"The sword is not for me. It's for you."

"For me?" she repeated after me. "Why would I need a sword?"

I smiled at her.

"Simple. I will teach you how to fight with a sword."