Familiar, Life is SHOW TIME!

by The Wild Fang

Meet Nozomi Saigo, one of the survivors from the Solar Eclipse ritual, the Sabbath. He also wields the power of hope that protects the people of the city known as Kamen Rider Wizard. When he receives a calling from another place where magic does exists, how would he cope with the situation in an unfamiliar surroundings? Remember this, minna! Life... is SHOW TIME!

6. T6: Strength of the Earth

It has been a few days since that incident occurs and most of the time, it seems like the teachers at this campus are still busy with their stuffs here and there, especially regarding to this Fouquet case, which it was quite chaotic, if you ask me. Not only that, there's that Death Worm Phantom that just made an escape to wherever it might be at this point; probably chasing that woman as well. That alone has make me thinking, could there be the possibility of more Phantoms that was transported here from my world? If that is true, there might be a possibility of more Phantoms that is spreading throughout this world and more innocent Gates suffered despair and reborn as a Phantom. Gah, this kind of stuff could only make me stressed more than ever!

Well, in the meantime, I should calm myself down while thinking over the matter and rely on my PlaMonsters to find that missing Phantom. I was inside the class, where Louise told me to stay with her for the time being and uh…

"Here, say 'Ah~'" At this time, Kirche is feeding me with some of the fruits that was cut into pieces inside her bento that she brings along with her.

I took up her offer and chow down on the fruit. After a few chewing on it, I realized the fruit was really refreshing and not to mention the sweetness of it is ju~st right. While I was eating it, Kirche just looks at me as if she was in a love struck while my mistress, Louise, just looked away from this sight while a nerve pops out on her forehead. Geez, she REALLY needed to loosen up once in a while… "So, Saigo~, how is the taste? Is it good?"

"This tastes great! It's been a while since I've tasted something sweet from where I come from!" I commented, making her smile appears on her face.

"Really?" she cooed while resting her arm on the table and just look at me with that flirty smile of hers. "This fruit came from Germania, after all~"

"You don't say?" I raised my eyebrow as eventually, Louise has reached her limit break and began to confront her.

"Hey! Wait just a minute!" she claimed while glaring intensely on Kirche. "Stop feeding others' familiars!" After that, she held onto my collar shirt and raised me up a bit. "And you better stop eating from what she gives it to you!"

"What's the problem?" Kirche asked.

"Yeah, all she did was giving me something to eat, so I just oblige to it. It IS rude to decline something from a food, y'know? I really DO need some food to recover some of my mana, after all…" I told her normally before she just face planted my face on the table, pushing it even further to ante up the damage.

"He's right, y'know? And besides, it gets really boring, always have to study on our own." Kirche made her point while turning back, facing it to the front. "But, I guess they don't have the time to teach while dealing with that thief's mess in the first place." Kirche shrugged on the matter as eventually, Louise lets go of me while sitting on her seat, crossing her arms while I rubbed on my nose from the face plant earlier.

"Kirche's right. And let's not forget there's a Phantom on the loose, hunting her down as well; to make her join the Phantomhood…" I said to Louise.

"Why are you supporting her?!"

"I'm just stating the obvious here!" I countered back.

"But still, it's a big problem though…" Kirche continued, making both of us looked at her for a moment. "I heard that Princess Henrietta might be forced to take responsibility for what she did." That statement alone causes Louise to get worried for her friend.

Kirche does have her point there, but Henrietta has her reasons as well. From what I heard on that night, Henrietta was having a hard time on trying to express herself onto others, as Louise is the only person she can tell her everything. But both of the girls told me to keep quiet of the matter, as they don't want to raise any more red flags around the campus. So, in the end, I have to swallow up my pride and sealed my lips on this matter. "Could it be when Her Highness makes her appearance here, the treasure room is lack the number of guards to protect the vault?" I asked.

"That's true. And that's the only reason I could think off Forquet was able to sneak in since most of the guards were reassigned to protect Princess Henrietta." Kirche noted, making Louise feels a little bit guilty on this matter. "Plus, from what I heard, she decided to visit the campus despite receiving strong objections from the counsels…"

"Is that so, huh?" I lied to her, which I already knew the facts before this as Kirche nodded in agreement.

"Princess…" Louise muttered to herself as she lowers her head down.

After a few moments of silence, the whole class was surprised to hear a screech from above and it turns out to be Rukh-chan, and Kit-chan, being carried by Hydra-kun, as they went towards my direction and some of the students were still amazed to see such things. "So, do you know the whereabouts of the Phantom OR the thief?" I asked them.

*screech!*

"I see…" I let out a sigh as I took the rings out from them as I began to wear it on my middle finger and placed it onto my belt.

= HAI~DURA! …Pureezu! =

= KITSUNE! …Pureezu! =

= ROKKU~! …Pureezu! =

After recharging their batteries, I simply placed it back onto their respective slots and the unanimated PlaMonsters began to move around once again. "Alright, you three. Continue on with the search, alright?" I asked them as they screeched at me before taking their leave towards the sky, as there was an open window on it. That explains how they got in here in the first place… meanwhile, for those who haven't saw it for the first time began to whispers to one another, as they still having doubts about me.

"Is he truly a wizard?" one male student asked.

"Having his own familiars to do his job as well?" another male voice whispers to each other.

"But you have to admit though, those little familiars of his are quite cute!" a female student pointed out.

Eventually, as the whole class began to chat with one another, the door opens up and it reveals Colbert-sensei is the one that opens the door and for some reason, he seems worried about something. "Miss Vallière, Miss Tabitha. Come to the principal's office immediately!" he shouted, causing more whispers to echo inside the class as I looked at Louise and then shifted to Tabitha, who just looked at Colbert-sensei.

Wait a minute, why did Tabitha being summoned out? As far as I concerned, the ones that was involved in the battle is only me, Louise and that no good Phantom.

"Ah, you might be wondering why would she be summoned by Colbert-sensei, right, Saigo~?" Kirche asked me, which I nodded.

"Mind fills me in the details for me?" I asked her nicely.

"Naturally!" she got out. "When the golem and Fouquet is making their escape, she continued to chase her down, even if there are some obstacles made from that golem. In the end, she couldn't catch up as the perpetrator has already made her getaway with the stolen item."

"That explains it…" I got out while looking at the front. "I guess we shouldn't keep them waiting any longer…"

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(The voice is narrated by Miss Longueville)

The powerful magic, the Wizard Rings

(The magic circle appears as four rings floats out from it.)

The absolute power which can change one's fate into a form of a miracle.

(An image of a hand appears as the Flame ring slides into his left middle finger, and the Driver On is on his right middle finger.)

Without his power, can he desperately change one's despair… into hope? *chuckles*

(The figure, Nozomi Saigo who was hovering right between the magic circle and makes a glance towards the viewers as a quick flash of Wizard can be seen.)

(Cue in Life is SHOW TIME!)

(Maji ka?! Maji de?! Maji da! Show Time~!) The montage starts with Kamen Rider Wizard twirls around a few times with a magic circle on a background and he opens up a magic circle to the sky, letting the Wyvern Phantom soar the sky, above the academy and it spews out flames to make the title appears and the Wyvern flew away from the screen to shift to the next screen.

(Maru de tsuki to taiyou) At the backstage of the magic theatre, Saigo was resting his head on the table as his arms covers his face while his hand grips hard onto his sleeves as a quick montage shows the solar eclipse and the purple cracks on his arms that resembles scales.
(kasanaru toki no shougeki!) Louise was walking all alone at the corridor of the academy as Siesta is serving another student their food as both of them stopped and looks up at the sky to see the solar eclipse is happening.
(Dare datte kiseki wo shinjitemitai) During this time, Saigo was trying to take Louise's hand, but they kept passing though each other and froze in place as the background shatters away into pieces.

(Kitto hitsuyou~ fukaketsu no) Kirche was doing her usual dating with other boys and they passed by Tabitha, who was walking while reading her book on her hands.
(ENAJII~ kokoro tame) Guiche was trying to seduce another girl from the academy, only to realize the furious Montmorency behind him, leaving him sweatdrop.
(Yume to yosou ii ima de uragitte kureru mono~) A quick montage on other characters in order such as Forquet the Crumbling Earth with a huge golem at the background, Old Osmond with the "Staff of Destruction", Jessica and her father, Scarron in a pub, Princess Henrietta with Prince Wales on the background of the lake, Wardes wielding his sword-wand and his air dragon by his side, Cromwell with an evil smile with the Ring of Andavari and it switches to Saigo preparing his henshin stance and placing the Flame Ring onto his belt and his body glows radiantly.
(3! 2! 1! Show Time!) Guiche and Montmorency counts 3 with their fingers, Kirche and Tabitha does the 2 with their finger while Tabitha still reading her book and at 1, Louise casts a spell, which only ends up in explosion.

(Magic time~! trick janai!) Saigo changes into Kamen Rider Wizard and he spins around while showing his Flame Ring on his left hand.
(Mahou wo hero hanpa nee zo [Mahaluto Hallelujah!]) Three PlaMonsters, a golden Kitsune (fox), indigo Roc/Rukh and green Hydra, floats away from Wizard as he cast a spell to make some fireworks behind him.
(Kioku no roots moguri-konde) In a fast forward montage, Kirche tried to hug Wizard in Flame Style but he immediately entered the magic circle and he accidentally splashes the water that he skids onto Montmorency in Water Styles. Another magic circle appears above his head and he immediately jumps high to change into Hurricane Styles as Tabitha was riding her dragon.
(Kibou wo tsukui dasou~) When he passed through the magic circle on the ground, he transformed again into Land Styles, creating a crater that makes Guiche ended up sits on his butt. Louise extends her hand as Saigo manages to grab her hand.
(Show Time!) Professor Colbert, Siesta and Princess Henrietta shouted "Show Time!" with smile on their faces.

(Life is Show Time! tobikkiri no) Saigo rides on his Wyvern, with Louise at his side as both of them soar to the sky.
(Unmei DORAIVU mucha shitemo [Mahaluto Hallelujah!]) He wears the Cross Ring on Louise's finger, where he just smiles at her while she blushes a little bit.
(Kinou, kyou, ashita, mirai) He got pulled back by Kirche as she wanted to hug him, followed by Siesta.
(Subete no namida wo~) Both of them tried to pull him to their side, only to have Louise getting angry with her horse whip on her hands, making him gulp.
(Show Time!) Derflinger appears out of nowhere while shouting "Show Time!"

(Houseki ni kaette yaru ze) All of the shattered pieces are formed back as one and three other Styles are entering his Flame Style.
(Maji ka?! Maji de?! Maji da! Show Time~!) The montage ends with Guiche and Montmorency showing the Land and Water Ring respectively on their finger, Tabitha looks at the screen while showing the Hurricane Ring that she wears, Kirche shows the Flame Ring on her and Louise readied with her wand in her hand and Saito showing the Driver On Ring with a confident smile on their faces.

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Disclaimer: I do not own both Kamen Rider Wizard and Familiar of Zero. All credits goes to respective owners.

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Trick no. 6: Strength of the Earth

At this time, Old Osmond, Miss Longueville, Colbert-sensei, some of the lecturers, Louise, Tabitha, Kirche and I are at the principal's office room as the surrounding is filled with serious tension. And I can't blame them for what happened on the exhibition day. Hold up, how come Kirche also follows along with us?

"Why are you here?" Louise raised a question to the red head as Kirche simply replied back with a smile of her own.

"Come now, Louise. This looks interesting to me." She replied back.

"That explains everything…" I deadpanned as Old Osmond lets out a cough of his own, gaining our attention to the matter at hand as Miss Lougueville begins her explanation.

"As we all know, a few days ago, the treasure vault has been broke out by Fouquet of the Crumbling Earth." She begins to speak.

"And not to mention the Phantom is on the loose as well…" I muttered to myself as we continue to listen to what she has to say on this matter.

"While I was questioning people around the city, I was informed of a suspicious figure who goes in and out of an abandoned house located deep inside the forest." She further informed us on the matter, which makes Old Osmond feels happy about it.

"As swift and diligent as always, Miss Longueville!" he expressed happily, as she could only nodded before she took out a roll of paper in her hands.

"Based on that testimony, I was able to draw this." She said while handing the scroll to Old Osmond and he began to check on the content of it. Once he inspects it, he turned the paper around and the four of us begin to step forward while looking at it.

"What do you students think?" he asked for our opinion.

It is then Louise realized on the drawing as she looks upon him. "It's Fouquet! No mistake about it!"

"Yep, it's quite identical, alright…" I told him as well. I can still remember that appearance; the one that I was mistaken her for a Phantom while Tabitha could only nodded in agreement. The sound of surprise and shock can be heard around the room as they began to get worried on this matter. How couldn't I be worried as well? I mean, not only we got ourselves a thief on the loose, but also a Phantom that tried to catch this thief and turning her into a Phantom. Even though it kinda like a good idea, but there's NO way I'll be putting them into despair.

"Let's report this matter to the royal palace right away!" Colbert-sensei suggested. "We will ask the knights to depart at once!"

"If we take too long, Fouquet will get away with it." Old Osmond began to throw his two cents in before he made up his mind. "We will reclaim the Staff of Destruction and the honor of this academy with our own hands. To those who wish to volunteer, raise your wand!" he demanded as most of the lecturers seem to be worried about this matter.

'Hm… maybe with this chance, not only I can hunt down the Phantom, but I also wanted to give that thief a little payback for turning me into a pancake in the first place…' I pondered to myself as Old Osmond looks around him and he was quite in disbelief from what he is seeing here.

"What's wrong? Isn't there any aristocrats or mages in this room who wish to gain fame by capturing Fouquet?" he offered to them again as most of them looked away in shame.

It is then I decided to take a step forward, with a confident look on my face. "If no one's gonna take the bait, I might as well be the first one to grab it."

My reply causes the whole place to be in a slight panic for a moment as they never thought a familiar like me would do something like this before. "Saigo?" Colbert-sensei asked in disbelief.

"Why would you take this offer?" Kirche asked.

"And you're not even an aristocrat!" Louise was fuming angry at me.

"I got a score to settle with that woman for what her golem did to me in the first place." I replied to her calmly without even turning my back as I also got a worried look on my face on one more fact. 'And not to mention there's still that Phantom on the loose. I can't just turn a blind eye on it, y'know?'

"Then… if my familiar wants to take up this mission, then as his master, I'll go!" Louise exclaimed.

"Miss Vallière, you too?!" Colbert-sensei noted in surprise.

"If she's going, then I'll be going as well." I looked at my right, to see Kirche also takes the offer as well.

"Zerbst!" Louise is also surprised by the claim as Kirche could only let out a scoff of her own.

"There is no way I can lose to Vallière. Remember that~." She reminded her.

"Seriously, what causes these two to compete with each other?" I muttered with a sweatdrop of my own.

Kirche then looks at me with her sly smile and speaks to me in a seductive tone. "Ara, I think someone needs to watch you too as well, Darling~!"

I could only imagine it could get worse than this, and her wink doesn't help out at all…

"I'll go…" I heard another voice and when I looked on my left, Tabitha also raised her staff up high.

"Tabitha, you don't have to join in as well. This is our problem." Kirche consoles her friend.

"Worried about the two of you…" she simply replied with a low tone.

"I gotta agree with her. If the two of you are somehow left alone, I dunno what'll happen…" I throw in my two cents in as the two seems to appreciate it as well.

"Thank you, Tabitha…" Louise replied as Old Osmond lets out a small chuckle of his own.

It is then he begins to speak with a confident tone. "Then, it has been decided then. I'll leave this matter to the four of you." He added as he began to tell everyone about something. "These three have seen Fouquet. And as an added bonus, Miss Tabitha, despite her young age, is a knight with the title of Chevalier!"

"Eh?" I blinked from this sudden news.

"Knight?!" Louise exclaims.

"S-Seriously, Tabitha?!" even Kirche is dumbfounded with this information as well. Tabitha could only let out a nod while looking at our direction. Who would've thought about it? Behind that quiet personality of hers, she is already a knight…

"Additionally, Miss Zerbst is from one of Germania's famous military families, and I've heard that her flames are as strong as her will!" he further explains as Kirche just simply lets out a smile upon hearing it, as when he finished his praises on her, she lets out a scoff and not to mention her bouncy assets also bounce as well.

"Oh? Is that so?" I raised my eyebrow from this new information while I turned around to look at Louise. "I was wondering about my mistress here. Care to explain for me?" I asked him as he seems to have some doubts about it.

"Well, uh…" Old Osmond let out a cough while Louise raised her heads up high while her hands are on her hips, probably waiting for the praises as well. "Miss Vallière is the direct descendant of a Vallière family, which has produced many excellent mages and uh… that's all I can say… other than she has a bright future ahead…" he got out while wiping his sweat with his flower patterned handkerchief, making Louise surprised for a bit.

"What, that's it? I got a master with a specialty of making some explosives?" I got out, which somehow strikes a nerve on her.

"It's truly a fact, Louise. You can't blame him for that." Kirche made her point while letting out a laugh of her own.

"B-be quiet! I-I'm just… not good at it yet…" Louise mutters to herself as Old Osmond looked at me with a smile on his face.

"And finally, this fine man right here is her familiar, a swordsman who overpowered Guiche de Gramont, the son of Marshal Gramont!" he praised me as well.

"No, no… you got the facts wrong, old man…" I corrected him. "I'm just a magician-in-training with the power of Wizard in my disposal. If he hasn't surrendered on that time, I would've pulled down the curtain on him with my rings in hand…" I reminded him while showing the Flame Ring on my left hand.

Yeah, I can still remember the beat down on that guy when I first got here. Even with his clay dolls that help him out, that wasn't enough for my variety of magic in my disposal, up to the point of making him surrender and crying for mercy.

"Of course! That's right!" Colbert-sensei exclaimed. "Besides, he's the legendary Gand—" just as he was about to finish his words, he immediately stopped at the middle while covering his mouth, which makes me confused for a bit.

"Legendary~~ what?" I asked him, raising my right eyebrow.

"Oh, it's nothing, Saigo-san." Colbert-sensei waves it off while I looked at him suspiciously before I heed no mind on the matter.

"Since that has been all settled down, the Magic Academy looks forward to your effort and commitment as aristocrats!" Old Osmond declared while the three girls raised their wands and staff high while I walked back to where I originally stand.

After that, Miss Longueville began to approach to him and began to speak. "Old Osmond. If I may, I'll accompany them as a guide." She offered as most of us looked at her.

"Are you sure, Miss Longueville? Will you escort them?"

"Of course I will, Old Osmond. I planned to do so all along." She said with an assured smile on her face.

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(Normal Point of View)

After the students and Saigo began to take his leave, she also begins to take her leave as well from Old Osmond's office for the preparations of getting to the site, leaving the rest of the teachers inside his office. Once she has closed the door behind her, she lets out a smirk on her face and began to plan something.

"Don't be too confident on what you just stated, everyone. All of you miss one important clue of them all… 'Fouquet' has overheard everything on the discussion." She lets out a chuckle of her own while walking towards another direction. "And Louise's familiar is quite something else. With the power he wields on the other day, it sure has caught my attention. Just imagine all of the possibilities I can use when his powers are now in my hands; thus making my work on getting all of those jewelries even better without much hassle. I can't wait for that to happen sooner or later…" she got out before she continues on with her walk.

Meanwhile, somewhere nearby the walls of Magic Academy, the Death Worm Phantom with its sensitive hearings have also heard the conversations as it lets out a few chuckles of its own.

"So, they are coming out from this hiding, huh? This should make my job easier…"

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(Saigo's Point of View)

After all of the necessary packing and every volunteer for this mission is on board, Miss Longueville began to lead the convoy out of the Magic Academy and our journey begins. The trip itself is a time consuming process as we venture through the forest and boy, do I get pretty much bored from waiting from all of this mess. Usually, if I wanted to finish up the task in a quick manner, I would've conjured my Crimson Claw with my Connect Ring, but this isn't a solo mission, hence, I couldn't just left them behind. Even my PlaMonsters returned back to my side with the news of no sight of the Phantom.

That's just great, isn't it?

So, in order to kill my boredom, I decided to do a card trick, just for entertainment. I started off by shuffling the cards in my hand and ask the three of them to draw out a random card. They each draws out a card while I'm not looking at them as the three shows what they have on their hands. Once they seem to be satisfied, I told them to return back the cards into my deck in any position they like. I noticed Louise slides the cards at the very middle of the deck, followed by Kirche nearly at the bottom of my deck and Tabitha just placed it at the second card to the top of the deck.

"Alright, all I have to do now is shuffle this deck and let's see where this would lead off to, shall we?" I told them as I demonstrated the fast shuffles and do a few cuts with just one hand before I hold them on my right hand. "So, tell me, Louise. Is this your card?" I asked her while flipping the top of the deck, to which it was Two of Spades.

"No, that's not my card!" she told me. "My card is number 8 in red diamond!"

"Oh, Eight of Diamonds, huh?" I let out a smile, to which she shuts her mouth while I just waved it off. "Don't worry about revealing your card. I ain't gonna search for them. I got a better way to make it appear on my hand." I assured her while putting the card back onto the very top of the deck.

"Huh? There is another way to find my card?" she asked me.

"Yep, and all I have to do now… is this!" I exclaimed, flipping the very top card yet again, and this time, I can see her eyes wide open in amaze from what she just seeing here.

"No way! How did you do that?! I swear the card I just saw is nothing like this!" she demanded an explanation.

"That… is my secret." I waved my forefinger at her before I shifted my attention to Kirche. "Say, Kirche, mind lending me your hand for a moment?"

"Of course, darling! I could even lend you this body if you want too~" she cooed, leaving me sweatdrop from her comment as I placed the deck on top of her hand. As I told her to remember the card that she selected earlier, she lets out a smile and closed her eyes while my hand is above the deck of cards on her hands. Slowly, yet surely, a card began to eject out from the deck. Once it has been completely removed from the deck, it started to spin rapidly while hovering between my hands. Giving it a little push, the spinning card starts to go around me before it landed on my grip. I flashed the said card to Kirche, to which she was delighted to see the card I selected earlier was the one she thought of it.

"Will you look at that? Ten of Hearts." I muttered to which she instantly hugs me tightly, much to Louise's dismay.

"Oh, Darling~! You sure have got the right one!" she cooed as Louise tried her best to break of the grip.

"Lay your hands off him!" she exclaims as eventually, Kirche lets go and pouted for a moment.

"Hmph! I was just showing my appreciation to him!" Kirche scoffed while crossing her arms.

"My card…?" Tabitha asked me.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot." I said before I took back the deck of cards from Kirche's hand and flipped the top card on the deck. "It's two of Diamond, right?" I asked her, to which her reply was a simple shake of disagreement.

"Three…" she told me, which gets me an idea.

"Oh, actually, the card in my hand is actually THREE of Diamond." I exclaimed.

"What?" Kirche blinked a few times.

"Can't you count properly?!" Louise got angry at me. "There are only TWO of them!"

"Not anymore…" I said with a smirk on my face as I began to shake my hand in circular motion while holding onto the TWO of Diamond. At first, nothing seems to be happening at this point until slowly, there's another red dot coming out from the lower part of the diamond, surprising them for a moment as it slowly making its way towards the middle. Both Louise and Kirche seem to be surprised from what they are seeing here and Tabitha? Well, let's just say I've caught her attention somehow as eventually, the two diamonds on this card now has three and with a quick flip, it has been replaced with Three of Diamond; thus end this little magic show of mine.

Look on the upside; at least I've killed enough time as we are now right in the middle of the forest. It is then I began to ask Louise about something. "Say, Louise, can I ask you something?"

"What is it that you want to know?" she asked me.

"Since Fouquet can use magic, that means she's an aristocrat, right? You said it yourself that all aristocrats can use magic when we first met, right?" I further asked, to which she nodded in agreement. "There's one thing I want to know. Why does an aristocrat like her stealing stuff?"

Louise doesn't seem to know the answer about the question I asked her; as there's another voice I heard that replied back to my question. "Not all mages are aristocrats." Miss Longueville told me.

"They aren't? Maybe just like me, perhaps?" I pondered.

"There are many aristocrats who became plebeians for their own personal reasons. Amongst them, there are those who devote themselves to becoming mercenaries or criminals." She further explains to me as she lowers her head down. "I, too, have lost the title of an aristocrat."

"Eh?! You're an aristocrat once?" I asked her, as she just nodded in agreement. Heck, even Louise shares the same expression I had at this time.

"But, you're the secretary of Old Osmond." Kirche told her confused as she lets out a chuckle of her own.

"He doesn't play favorites with aristocrats and plebeians." Miss Longueville further informed her.

At this point, Kirche begin to attract to her mysterious tale. "Then, how did you lose your title?" she asked her, to which she could only let out a chuckle once again. "Please, I want to know!" Kirche demanded.

"That's enough, Zerbst! You're being rude to her!" Louise told her. Man, she can be a party pooper at times…

Kirche glares at her for a moment as steams are literally coming out from her head a few times before she sits back onto her seat and began to wonder off about something. "Hmph, I was only engaging in a conversation because I got bored again. But then again, after Darling performing with his tricks, at least he knew how to make it entertaining."

"Uh, thanks, I think?" I blinked a few times, accepting her praise as I heard Kirche lets out a loud sigh.

"Honestly, why do I have to do this thief extermination?" she complaint.

"Then why did you follow us in the first place?" I deadpanned and Louise crossed her arms, confronting the red head.

"Then, you shouldn't have come!" Louise exclaims to her.

While the two are still arguing with each other and Tabitha heeds no mind to what's going on around here, I can't help it but to think there's a possibility more Phantoms have arrived in this world and probably putting everyone in despair. I just hope there's no Sabbath to commence in this world as that one really forces us to be fall in despair; in a shortest amount of time. Then again, since this world is filled with mages, there's a possibility even the outsiders who does not partake this ritual would be affected as well. That thought alone scares the heck out of me.

Eventually, I feel something is shoving me aside and it turns out to be Kirche as she is sitting next to me, leaving me confused for a moment. "I have MY reasons as well. One of them because I'm worried about my darling! Isn't that right, Darling?" Kirche asked me as she pressed on her um… assets next to my arm while getting her face closer to mine. Wow, she sure has her way of approaching men, that's for sure.

"Oh? Um, yeah… what she said…" I could only reply back from this sudden encounter as Kirche began to confront Louise.

"And what about you? What do YOU plan if that golem appears again?" she asked Louise, obviously striking a nerve on the pinkette.

"OBVIOUSLY, I'll be taking down with magic—"

"Magic?! Whose magic are you referring to?!" Kirche lets out a big grin while sarcastically being surprised from all of this as both girls are now confronting with each other, as I got caught in the middle of it. "Don't make me laugh from your statement, Louise the Zero!"

Sparks began to ignite between the two, as the only thing I can do at first was letting out a sigh. Eventually, I have no other choice but to play the peacemaker. I placed both of my hands onto each of their shoulder and separate them apart; stopping these two from who knows what'll happen next.

"Alright, you two! Knock it off already! There's no need to fight while we're outside of the academy! And besides, there's a thief we gotta catch at this time." I reminded both of them as the two decided to look away from each other. From what I'm seeing here, these two families sure have some rivalry… and none of them seems to be giving up at any moment.

"Oh, Darling!" Kirche got out, caught my attention for a moment. "Did you still have the golden sword made by Germania, the one that I bought it for you~? It IS quite a better weapon than that old sword you latched on your back, after all~." Kirche asked me, to which I could only let out a nervous laugh, leaving her confused for a bit.

"Oh, about that… uh… how should I say this?" I told her while rubbing the back of my head.

"Hm? What about it?"

It is then I began to explain to her about the whole confrontation with the perverted Count Mott after taking the golden sword on the other day. Since things aren't going my way, I have no other choice but to confront him AND his soldiers, forcing me to transform into Kamen Rider Wizard in Water Style. The very first sword that I draw was the one Kirche bought it for me and just as I expected, when I turned it into my WizarSwordGun, just after a few slashes of my own, loud crack can be heard from it when it took the blow from Count Mott's water stream, rendering my weapon useless. In the end, I have to ditch it away and use Derf as my WizarSwordGun. I don't want to take any chances of the broken WizarSwordGun does a recoil on me. My only guess is maybe these guys didn't noticed the WizarSwordGun that I wield at that point was Derf while the other one was already dematerialized and becoming nothing more than a pixie dust.

"Is that so…?" Kirche sounds disappointed from the news I gave it to her as Louise has that big smile on her face after hearing the news.

"Yeah, Kirche. Sorry about it. There's nothing much I can do after that sword is destroyed and I'm not taking any chances with broken swords." I told her.

"Hence, the reason why you performed magic in front of us, then? As a sign of apology?" she further asked me.

"That was… out of the blue, you could say. But if you looked at it that way, I guess so…" I simply shrugged on the matter, as she began to wrap her arms around my arm while pressing her assets on it.

"It's not going to be enough, dar~ling!" she cooed me with her seductive tone and this time, she's pressing on her assets on my chest, making me flustered for a bit.

"But you said that sword was for me, right?" I asked her, trying to avoid showing her I'm slightly blushing at this moment.

"Of course it's for you, dar~ling! But, to think that sword breaks up after just one guard…" she pouted.

"But look on the upside, at least I've drawn out the sword you bought it for me so that I can use it in my disposal, kicking his butt once and for all." I assured her after I recovered my blush with a smile of my own. To be honest though, it wasn't her sword that makes a big finish, but I don't have the heart to tell her that. Better keep it to myself.

"Ara, I think my sword at least have made its purpose." She said as both of us shares a laughter on my own while Louise is still looking away from our direction. For some reason I don't know off, she lets out a bad vibration from her… probably wasn't satisfied with today's outcome…

---

After what it seems like for another half an hour and a few more card tricks that I could think off, eventually, we've reached an abandoned cabin deep within the forest. All of us abandoned our ride and making our way towards the bushy area, trying our best to sneak towards the house. The five of us take a peek on it as Miss Longueville began to explain the situation. "According to the information, that's the house stated from what I heard from the villagers."

"Really?" Kirche raised her eyebrow. "That's just an old lumberjack's cabin."

"It could be intended as camouflage." Louise told us.

"Target acquired, huh?" I let out a smirk and took out a ring from my pocket, swapping with my usual getaway ring and placed it onto my belt.

= Rokku~! …Pureezu! =

And without a doubt, the indigo PlaMonster assembles in front of me. After it has fully taken its form, I plugged in the ring onto its chest and the toy came to life with a screech of its own. "Alright, Rukh-chan. Go take a peek on that window over there to see if that thief is in there."

With a command coming out from my mouth, Rukh-chan began to fly towards the said destination and checking the contents of the house. "That's a handy item you have there, familiar-san." Miss Longueville praised me.

"Yeah. My friends sure are a useful, especially when it comes to scouting for danger and hunting down monsters." I informed her.

"You mean, like that Phantom that escaped since the exhibition?" Kirche asked me.

"Phantom?" Miss Longueville said, confused.

"Yeah, but for some reason, these guys sure good at hiding, so that's why my little friends do all of the scouting for me while I'm bustin' my butt out there, wiping off those Phantoms." I told her as I shifted my attention to Miss Longueville. "Why did you ask me that question?"

"No reason. Just out of curiosity." She told me before Rukh-chan flutters back to me.

"So, how did things go, Rukh-chan?"

*screech!*

"I see…" I nodded. "You heard the guy. The coast's clear and there's no one inside the cabin. It has been abandoned for quite a while. He also said there's no place for her to hide around the cabin."

"Good. Then, let's move out." Kirche gave us a command before we stepped out from our hiding and went towards the entrance of the old cabin. Tabitha waves her staff on the cabin, letting out an aura of magic to be spread upon it. Once she has done her thing, she turned around and looks at us with her usual gloomy look.

"Well?" I asked her.

"There are no traps in here." She told us before facing the door and opens it. As she was about to enter the cabin, Kirche also tags along with her and I followed suit.

"I'll stay here on watch, just in case if she comes back!" Louise volunteered, making me pause for a moment.

"Darling, what is it?" Kirche asked me.

"I'll guard the door, just in case if there's a Phantom nearby." I told her. Kirche lets out a nod and begin to check the contents of the cabin.

"Then, I'll go scout around for a bit." Miss Longueville volunteers as well with a smile and began to depart. I don't know why, but I smell a rat when I see one.

"Ne, Rukh-chan. Mind tagging along with her?" I asked my partner, to which he lets out a screech before flying around for a bit, following Miss Longueville secretly.

To be honest though, while Kirche and Tabitha checking the dusty area, I begin to ask myself on this matter. Don't you find it strange if this whole stuff seems WAY too easy for us to handle? Why there aren't any booby traps to trigger of our arrival? And most importantly, why did Miss Longueville lets out a smile after my explanation regarding the PlaMonsters I have?

"Ah~, I'm getting covered in dust!" Kirche complains before she began to walk towards the door where I am guarding for them. "Tabitha, let's get out of this mess before I covered in dust."

"The Staff of Destruction…" I heard Tabitha points out as both Kirche and I see what she is holding in her arms.

"The Staff of Destruction?" I repeat, added with confusion as Tabitha is holding a long black box in her arms. Curiosity gets best of both of us as Kirche begin to approach it and just as soon as she is about to reveal the content of it—

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

My senses immediately triggers as I look behind and saw Louise confronting with… a Death Worm Phantom?!

"Louise!" I shouted at her direction and I began to rush towards her direction.

"G-Get back!" Louise stutters while the Death Worm Phantom lets out a chuckle of its own.

"Oh, it's so good to see someone crumbling down before my appearance…" the Phantom points out as it slowly stretches both of its arms towards her neck, as Louise is nearly losing her wits. She still points her wand at its face and without a doubt…

*KABOOM!*

The same explosion I have to face everyday blasts on its face, forcing it to stumble back a few times. "HIYAHHH!" I let out a shout as I delivered a Rider Kick onto its chest, gaining some more distance as I land in front of her. "Louise, are you okay?!"

"S-Saigo…" she is shaken by the fact the Phantom gets to her by surprise as I look at the surrounding for a bit. I notice some of the earth's surface is being dug up, which indicates this guy must have made its way here.

"Gr… magic user! How DARE you try to interfere my work!" the Phantom exclaims as I placed my Driver On ring onto my waist and activates it.

= Doraibā On! …Pureezu! =

With the WizarDriver has been materialized around my waist, I change the position of the Hand Author, letting out a ringtone to indicate it is ready to be use.

= Shabadoobi Touch to Henshin~, Shabadoobi Touch to Henshin~ =

"You know that's my job, right? Meddling around you Phantom's business from placing these Gates from despair? Why don't you try to take me down first before getting to your target?" I mocked it before flipping down the goggles on my Ruby Red ring and get into my post. "Henshin!"

= Fureimu~ ...Pureezu! HI… HI… HI! HI! HI! =

"Aibou, let's get to work!" Derflinger told me as I unsheathed him from my back and aims him at it.

(Insert song: Kamen Rider Wizard Debut OST [Starts at 1:00])

"Remember this, Phantom! Life… is SHOW TIME!" I quoted.

"If this is a show time, then, let the duel commence! I shall be the one to put you out of your misery!" it declares before both of us began to exchange blows at the middle while Louise witnessed the whole battle.

I started off the attack with a quick swing of Derf diagonally and followed by a back kick, as it easily defend both of the attack with its blade and arm to fend off my kick. It counters back with a swing of its arms at my exposed back, but just in the nick of time, I am able to parry it with Derf taking the damage for me. I begin to spin around and swing it diagonally on it, landing a blow on its chest and sparks begin to create.

In retaliation, it tried to stab me using both of its blades, forcing me to be on my guard. Once I've somehow jammed his blades with Derf, it got itself an idea by spitting it on my mask, forcing me to duck down and let it passed by. When I look at where the corrosive spit lands on, it lands just meters away from where Louise stands.

"Saigo!" she shouted at my direction and starting to approach to me after move aside from the corrosive spit.

"Louise! Get back!" I shouted at her direction, making her pause on her track.

"Aibou! Look out!" Derf warned me but my response is a tad bit too late due to receiving three different slashes from it, creating sparks on my armor, disarmed my Derf up high and it finishes off the attack with a strong back-hand slash, making me tumbling down onto the ground while Derf lands next to me.

"Tch, nothing seems to go my way for today… Derf, lets upgrade you up!" I told him as I stood up high and replaced the Driver On ring with my usual getaway ring. It is then I shift the Hand Author to the right, I immediately placing my right hand onto it in order to activate it.

= Konekuto! …Pureezu! =

Under that spell, a red small magic circle appears next to me as I stretched through it and draws out Derf from it, which he is now in WizarSwordGun mode. Twirling my blade around, I make a dash towards the Phantom and the whole battle starts again. Without I even realized it, the strange mark on the back of my hand starts to glow again and I feel my whole body is as light as a feather.

This time, the Phantom starts off with a quick slash downwards in 'X' motion, but I easily slides underneath it, holding Derf up high and applied much more damage on it. Continuing on my frontal assault by slashing on its ankles, I quickly do the kip-up, followed by a side flip to avoid his upper slash on me while I connected the kick on its exposed stomach. I held Derf tightly, does a few fancy sword tricks on my sleeve before I thrusts Derf forward, hitting it onto its chest.

"Gah! Must you ALWAYS interfere with my work?!" the Phantom groans angrily at me.

"Before I got my title as Kamen Rider, I'm just a meddling Wizard, looking for trouble amongst Phantoms with a lot of blings in my disposal. Remember that!" I told it before I shifted Derflinger to Gun Mode and goes trigger happy on it.

The continuous shots keep landing onto its body as I continue to run in circles. It tried to counter back with a quick spit on me, which it is miss by a mile while I'm still keep shooting at it. After I see it kneels down, weakened by those flames, I paused for a moment and aim for its head. It sees the opportunity and shoots out another spit at my direction, which I counter back with a burning shot of my own. When two attacks clashes in the middle, something unexpected happen, causing me to be surprise for a bit.

"Yabei!" I cringed and duck to the side, avoiding the flaming spit that is heading towards my direction. "Note to self: NEVER shoot flaming projectiles on something that can catch fire easily…"

"Instead of worrying about it, heads up!" Derf warns me as the Phantom is approaching at me in a quick manner. I get trigger happy once again, forcing it to go back and finishes it off with a side flip, landing both kicks on it. "Aibou! Call it!"

"Right!" I nodded as I am facing with the fallen Phantom. "Time to pull down th—"

(End Insert song)

Before I could even declare it, the ground that I am standing at this point suddenly begin to shake violently, as if the earthquake is about to happen anytime soon. "What's going on?!" I shout out loud as slowly, the earth starts to form nearby and it slowly takes its shape.

"Golem? Here?!" I heard Kirche exclaims from the cabin and before I knew it, the rather larger than normal golem has entered the fray and lets out a roar of its own.

"She must be nearby!" I got out while checking around the surroundings. I realized the Death Worm Phantom has already making its escape by digging into the ground while this chaotic situation occurs. "Darn it! The Phantom is getting away!"

"Oi, aibou! Don't worry about it! I can still sense its presence around the area, hiding its presence from our view!" Derflinger told me.

"What are you, a Phantom radar?!" I complain at him.

"Saigo! Look out!" Louise shouts at my direction. All of those arguments I have with Derf ended up getting me a smack from the golem's back hand attack, to which I landed at the cabin.

"Darling!" Kirche exclaims while Tabitha aims her staff onto the turning golem.

"Need is ha…" Tabitha chants a spell and the wind begins to pick up the pace at her staff and it continues to swirl towards the golem. Even with the massive tornado, golem doesn't seem to be affected by it, as it just stood there, doing nothing.

Kirche began to wield her wand (from where she gets it, I don't wanna know. Take a wild guess where she gets it…) and began to chant as well while aiming at the adversary. "In ex dest flame… FIRE!"

After the chant was made, a HUGE burst of flame spews out from her wand and it literally engulfs the golem in flame. "Is it working?" I asked.

The golem take a few steps back, trying to put out the fire while I slowly pushes myself up from the damage I received earlier from the piles of rubble of the cabin. Just when I thought Kirche's flame seems to be working, with a swing of its earthy arm, the flame extinguishes in an instant, letting out trails of smoke on its body.

"Just as I thought, it's impossible!" Kirche got out.

"And there's no nearby water for me to use Liquid on. Knowing it could be suicidal for me to drench this whole golem with only my own liquid, there's no way I can do so…" I complain.

Tabitha plans out something good as she lets out a whistle while pointing her staff up high in the sky. Moments later, her familiar, Sylphid, is making her grand entrance as she landed right next to the broken down cabin. At this point, I started to remember someone who is still in the midst of battle.

"Yabei! Louise!" I cried out. I spot her, facing the golem on her own as she points the wand at its direction. "Oi! What do you think you're doing?!" I shouted as I begin to run towards her direction without my Derflinger on my side.

"Oi! Aibou! You're forgetting someone! Me!" he shouts at me, but I pay no mind to him. Her life is in danger, darn it!

She musters up her courage while clenching her wand tightly and with a quick swing of her wand, an explosion occurs on the golem. Even though the damage she inflicts on it doesn't seem much, but it is enough to get its attention and slowly turning its attention to her. That is NOT looking good!

"Louise! Run, now!" I shouted at her as the gap is still far. Let's not forget I fell for the booby trap made from Death Worm Phantom a few times while both Kirche and Tabitha mount on Sylphid.

"Never!" she shouts back at me while still pointing her wand at golem's face.

"Darn it! Must you really be THIS stubborn?! You don't stand a chance of facing that thing and to make things worse, you still can't use magic properly!" I argued with her once I regain my footing and continue to run towards her direction. At this point, I swap my Flame Ring with another one, which consists of a cushion-cut topaz ring and flips down the goggle on it.

She grits her teeth tightly and stands up firmly. It is then she begins to speak out loud. "I'm an aristocrat! Those who can't use magic in their disposals are not real aristocrats! They are those who don't run away from danger are truly earn the title! And I won't be Louise the Zero forever!" she brags about all of this aristocrat stuff yet again while pointing it at the golem.

"Gr…!" I let out a growl and I notice the golem slowly raise its right fist up high, ready to pummel her down in one blow. Turning the Hand Author to the left, a familiar ringtone starts to play on it.

= Shabadoobi Touch to Henshin~, Shabadoobi Touch to Henshin~ =

"Deel ni dool… THUNDER!" she chants it with a big swing of her wand. An explosion occurs but it was a dud and just when the golem is about to pummel her down for a while, I was already in front of her, placing my left hand onto WizarDriver. My sudden appearance truly brings a shocking expression on her face.

= Ran~do! (Land!) …Pureezu! =

After the chant was made, I thrusts down my left hand onto the ground and a yellow magic circle appears. It slowly makes its way up on my armor while some of the rubble of the earth began to float up high during my transformation.

= Dododo, Dododon! Don, Dododon! =

And without a doubt—

*CRASH!*

---

(Normal PoV)

"Darling! Louise!" Kirche lets out a shout after seeing the destruction made from the golem onto the two. Clouds of dust are all around the fist of the golem, which makes Kirche worried more than she ever was.

Meanwhile, the Death Worm Phantom digs its way up onto the surface once again, looking at the aftermath as well. It lets out a few chuckles of its own and begins to speak. "That takes care of the meddling magic user. With him out of my way, I can produce as much Phantoms to my desire—"

"NOT QUITE!" a shout was heard somewhere and the Phantom tried to find the source of the voice. When the dust is clears away and the view returns back to normal, the Phantom couldn't help it but to have a shocking expression on its face.

"No way! It can't be!"

---

(Saigo's PoV)

Fuh! And it was in a nick of time, too. Louise is surprise to see me stops the attack from the golem's fist with only my right hand. "S-Saigo…"

"Yo." I calmly reply back to her as she scanned on my new Style. It has completely replace the Flame Style and most of the colors have change into topaz yellow and most of the paddings are now squares and my helmet is also quite bulky as well.

I have achieved my Land Style.

"What's with the surprise look on your face, Louise? Didn't I tell you life is a Show Time?" I told her neutrally but in return for protecting her from the golem's wrath—

"Get out of my way!"

That's it! I had enough of her attitude as I have pent up the anger inside of me regarding to this aristocrat crap thing! Back hand, meet Louise's cheek!

*SLAP!*

She is truly surprise from my sudden action after I give her a wake up call. She holds her cheek that she got slap earlier and looked at me in disbelief.

"What did I tell you about this stuff already? It's pointless if you die as an aristocrat, you idiot!" I give her a good scolding for her actions earlier. In the meantime, the golem pulls back its punch from my block earlier.

She lowers her head down and I can hear her sobbing and tears start to stream down from her eyes and she began to stutter. "Because…"

"Because of what?!" I nearly lose my patience.

"Because everyone makes fun of me all this time!" she cries out and looks at me with her eyes, filled with sadness. "It's so humiliating! If I run away, I'll be made fun of again!" she continues to whine about this matter. "I can't even keep my promise to the princess after all…"

"Louise…" I let out a sigh and give her a pat on her head, surprising her for a bit. "Don't you remember what I said to you since the day we met? I'll be your hope if they are turning their back sides on you and that'll never change. Don't you worry about it and keep your head high." I assure her with a smile behind my mask.

(Insert full song: Strength of the Earth by Rider Chips)

"Saigo…" she got out while wiping off her tears. Meanwhile, I turn around and notice the golem is about to pummel us down once again. And let's not forget about the Phantom's appearance again.

"Why don't you just STAY DEAD, magic user!" the Phantom makes a mockery out of me. Probably my appearance has truly ticks it off and from out of nowhere, a spiral of flame and tornado hits its back, making it winces in pain.

"Dar~ling! Let us take care of that thing from high above~!" Kirche assures me while riding on Tabitha's familiar, to which I nodded. As much as I don't want them to get involve with the Phantom mess, but I can't fight two things at the same time. I better trust them on this one and protect Louise at the same time.

I immediately swapped my usual getaway ring with another one. This ring has a flaming aura of sorts on its forehead, as if its burning passion is heating up. By flipping the Hand Author to the right—

= Lupachi Magic, Touch to Go! Lupachi Magic, Touch to Go! =

I immediately placed a ring on it to activate it.

=Ekisaito! (Excite!) …Pureezu!=

I haven't got the chance to use this ring before, so it's a good time to use it. And without a doubt, most of my muscles on my body puffs up and become bulky, even up to the point of making me Mr. Muscle. "Sugei~~~"

"S-Saigo?!" Louise is dumbfounded from my sudden transformation and the golem's fist is now halfway towards its mark.

"HULK… SMASH!" I cried out before lunging MY fist onto golem's fist. Two fists collide and only one will prevail. That question has been answered with a sudden blast on the golem's shoulder can be seen from where I standing and it crumbles down in front of us and on top of the Phantom as well.

"Is it out?" Louise asked me.

"No, not quite…" I told her as his missing arm begins to regenerate once again, reforming to its former shape.

During the regeneration, Sylphid lands next to us as Kirche lends her hand onto Louise. "Get on, quick!"

"You too…" Tabitha told me.

"No, you guys go ahead first. I'll deal with this mess." I said while looking behind me. I saw the Phantom's arm thrusts through the crumbling soil and the golem has completed with its regeneration.

Still under the effect of Excite Ring, we begin to exchange blows with everything I got. I start things off with a quick dash towards the Phantom with my slow pace of running. The golem misses the big pummel on me while I counter back by punching its earthy legs, forcing it to get on its knees. The fiend once again wields its blades up high and rushes to my side, delivering the slash onto my bulky armor. The attack doesn't faze me one bit, and I take this chance by giving it a strong punch onto its jaw and a strong roundhouse kick, crashing it onto the nearby tree. Once that part has been taken care of, the golem behind me regenerates back into its former shape.

"Great… just when I thought I can take this thing down in one go…" I groan angrily and before my Excite effect wears off, I was able to deliver a strong double axe handle blow at its hip, crumbling it down into pieces. And as always, when I thought I've taken care of the mess, it starts to regenerate again.

"Ugh, will you PLEASE just stop doing that already?!" I am nearly reaching my limit but a certain sizzling noise catches my attention when I see the corrosive spit lands on the golem's leg. Once the Excite Ring wears off its effect, I start to run away once again, avoiding those corrosive spits, courtesy of the Death Worm Phantom.

---

(Normal PoV)

"Did you see that, Louise? He seems to be in trouble and without his sword in his hand; he could only keeps dodging to the side from those spits!" Kirche claims as the two continues to watch the battle from the sky. Louise also notice the golem is regenerating in a rapid matter, making the pinkette worry for the Rider on the ground.

'If I don't help him somehow, he's going to be at a disadvantage! His consequences will meet defeat later on! As his master, I have to aid him somehow!' Louise thinks of the matter before she looks behind and spots the black on Kirche's lap. 'That's it! It's decided then!'

"E-eh? Louise, what are you—" Kirche didn't have time to argue with her as Louise snatches the black box from her lap and Louise turns to the side, ready to leap off from Sylphid.

"Tabitha, drop me off!" Louise demands before she takes the leap of faith. With the help of Tabitha's magic, she is able to land down on the ground safely, with the content of the black box is now in her arms while the black box just drops to the side. "Get away from Saigo!"

---

(Saigo's PoV)

"Eh?! Louise? What are you doing here?! You should have escape from this mess, not getting yourself tangled up with another one of this mess!" I shout at her direction while dodging one of the spits aiming at me.

"You should keep your eyes on me instead of worrying about that Gate, magic user!" the Phantom threatens me.

"Believe me, I already have a LOT to worry about!" I start to bicker with the Phantom. At this time, I have already swapped one of my right ring with another one. Flipping the Hand Author twice, while I am running towards it, closing the gap between us and dodging the corrosive projectile at the same time, I place my right hand onto the Hand Author to activate it.

= Difendo! …Pureezu! =

On my mark, I thrust my right hand down and soon enough, a yellow magic circle appears on the ground and a slab of earthy wall conjures out from it, trapping it inside the slab. With the opportunity within my grasp for a little payback, I drive one of my kick directly onto its face, crumbling down the earth slab and the Phantom flew right to the golem's left foot.

"That should stall enough time to save her butt…" I mutter to myself. While I shift back my attention to Louise, she tries her best to wave around a rather large wand in her hands but to no avail.

"Why? Why would it not work?" she questions herself and continues on with her swings of the so-called Staff of Destruction.

"Wait a minute… you have got to be kidding me… that Staff of Destruction she holds in her hands…" I am truly surprise from what I'm seeing here. Before I drifted further into my thoughts, the thump of the golem's footing catches my attention back, pulling me to reality as I start to run towards her direction.

Louise pants heavily after she takes a few swings on the 'Staff of Destruction' and begins to comment once again. "Why wouldn't the attack works?"

"Because that's not how it really works!" I shout at her as I approach to her and snatch the 'staff' off from her hands. "THIS is how you properly use it!" I claim as the mark on the back of my hand starts to glow radiantly. Step by step, I pull off the safety pin of the 'staff', followed by uncapped it, extends the barrel inside of it and finally, flips up the pointer that mounts on it.

Taking my aim, the golem is about to squash me into pancake once again… same move don't work on me twice!

"Eat this, you little freak show!" I shout at it and with the press of the trigger mounts on it, a strong blast comes out from the staff. The missile inside of it penetrates through its foot and once it has reached the head of the golem, a big explosion occurs as a result. Ditching the 'staff' from my hands, I immediately run towards her side, flipping my Hand Author twice and place my right hand onto it.

= Difendo! …Pureezu! =

The same large earth slab appears before us as the golem starts to crumble down, not a single rock is able to penetrate through this thick slab. Eventually, as the storm calms down, I look at the result of the battle and Louise seems to be satisfied about the aftermath.

"You did it!" Louise exclaims.

"Our business isn't over yet…" I said to her while getting into my stance. The reason? The Death Worm Phantom is now running towards my direction, with both of its blades sharpens up for the kill.

"Oi, aibou, heads up!" I heard Derflinger calls out to my name. When I look at the source of the voice, Derflinger is already in mid-air, floating towards my direction as Tabitha helps me getting armed with my weapon.

"Thanks!" I thanked her after grabbing Derf and both the Phantom and I starts to clash weapons once again. Sparks of clash between blades can be seen as we continue to trade blows with one another. Eventually, I am able to grab both of its arms while sneakily takes out a ring from my ring holder.

"Unhand me, you meddling magic user!" the Phantom demands.

"Sorry, not gonna happen! And besides, did anybody tell you are one STINKY Phantom?!"

"What are you talking about?!"

"I'm talking about THIS!" I shouted as I place the ring on his finger and immediately place it onto my Hand Author.

= Sumeru! (Smell!) …Pureezu! =

After the declaration, I kick at its gut to gain some distance and without a doubt, a yellow odor emits out from its body, making it choke from its own stench. Not to mention I also share the same fate as I tried my best to avoid it; even using my lower part of my trench coat to cover up the stench.

"Oh man! You really are totally foul of stench!" I exclaims at it.

The stench from the Death Worm Phantom seems to distract it from trying to attack me. Good, because it's about time for me to pull down the curtain on it. Swapping with another ring on my right hand, I shifted the Hand Author twice and place my hand on it, calling it for the kill.

= Chou iine! Kikku Suteraiku! SAIKOOOO! =

The declaration has been made and a yellow magic circle appears below my feet. Taking my stance, my kicking foot absorbs a yellow aura from earth. Taking a few steps forward, I began to get my momentum going. I start it off with a cartwheel, followed by a back handspring before launching myself up high to the sky, adjusting my kick towards the Phantom. The Phantom notices the predicament as it starts to burrow down into the ground but not as fast as it could due to the stench of its body emits.

"Oh no, you're not going anywhere this time!" I exclaims while swapping with another ring on my right hand and repeating the process.

= Doriru! (Drill!) …Pureezu! =

"And to make sure I didn't miss my target, I got one more trick up on my sleeve!" I claim while spinning around in a rapid manner. Swapping the ring one more time with another one, I repeated the same process once again and this time, I'll make sure I don't miss my target!

= Biggu! …Pureezu! =

With an oversize kicking foot in my disposal, the chances for the Phantom to make a getaway are close to zero. I plowed through the land, drilling my Big Drill Kick towards the Phantom and as the kick penetrates through it, I make my way back up and lands on my two feet, looking at the girls.

"The Phantom… has taken its final bow…" I declare while bows down in a gentleman's manner and the explosion occur behind me, thus ending this shenanigan in the first place.

(End of Insert Song)

"That takes care of that… even though it's an overkill..." I let out a big sigh from the big finish just now.

Without hesitation, Kirche runs to my direction and starts to hug me tightly, pressing her assets onto my chest while rubbing her cheeks on my helmet. If it wasn't for the helmet, she would've seen my face blushing madly right about now. "Oh, darling! You're just a plebeian, and yet you can use the Staff of Destruction? You truly are my darling!" she continues to praise me happily.

"Where's Fouquet?" Tabitha raise a question, even Kirche stopped the cuddling stuff.

"As the matter of fact, where IS she in the first place?" Louise further asks.

"If the golem was here, then she shouldn't be that far to control it." Kirche got out.

"And where's Rukh-chan anyways? He should've report to me about her whereabouts at this time…" I add in another question.

While we are looking around for a bit, I notice Miss Longueville picks up the 'staff' on the ground and puts up a smile on her face. "Good work, everyone."

"Miss Longueville." Louise said.

"Where have you been?" I asked her but for some reason I don't know off, she ignores my question and begins to speak on her own.

"The Staff of Destruction sure fits its name." she points out while untying her hair and took off her glasses, glaring at us with a killer intention. "My golem went to pieces because of that shot."

"Wait, what?!" Louise exclaims.

"'My golem'?" Kirche is surprise from the claim.

"I knew I smell a rat… YOU'RE Fouquet!" I point my finger at her, to which she chuckles on the matter after revealing her true colors. "Then, Rukh-chan is—"

"Right over here…" she said while flashing the ring on her middle left finger. "It wasn't an easy catch, but such craftsmanship your ring possesses. And it's made from diamonds, no less."

"Why you—"

"Don't even move!" she shouts at our direction, aiming the 'staff' on our direction while I hold another ring in my disposal. "Unless you wanted to have your friends to blown away in one shot, be my guest to do so."

"Saigo…" Louise got worried for my sake. Gentle wind blew towards our direction, fluttering the capes and the lower part of my trench coat.

"It was fine stealing it from the academy vault, but I was in trouble since I don't know how to use it. And so I thought of something. If I somehow brought the people from Magic Academy, someone might manage to use it." She explains to us without her smirk leaving her face.

"J-Just for that?!" Kirche exclaims.

"Of course it is just for that!" she confirms it. "It was a little unexpected that students came here instead of teachers, but I thought that familiar of yours might be able to do it. You truly are the legendary Gandálfr."

"Gandálfr?" Louise repeats the word while looking at me, as I continue to glare upon her. "Saigo, what does it mean?"

"Believe me, I have no idea what is she talking about…" I reply.

"Oh, and 'wizard', I have to thank you for destroying the meddling fiend that kept chasing me all day long. I knew only something or someone like you could handle such a difficult mess I'm in at that time." Fouquet thanked me, in a bad way..."Once I have get rid of you, I might take away ALL of your possessions, and use it to my advantage. Someone like me deserves more of that magic you wield MORE than you do… unless, of course, you're willing to trade your powers for the sake of your friends?"

"You're bargaining with me now? That's really low, don't you think?" I asked her.

"Of course! A thief must also makes a living as well…"

"Then I got a better proposal…" I begin to speak while swapping the Big Ring with another one. "Let's see which one of us is faster. Your 'staff' or my magic…"

"Saigo, you can't be serious!" Louise bickers at me, striking a nerve.

"You have seen the destruction of that staff made on the golem! If that happens to you, darling, I—"

"Don't worry. I got that part covered."

"But—" both Kirche and Louise tries to persuade me not to do this, only to be intervened by Tabitha.

"Believe in him…" Tabitha relays the message to them.

"Hah! You're willing to gamble your life for the sake of your friends? That's rich!" Fouquet scoffs at me as I flipped the Hand Author twice, getting myself into position.

= Lupachi Magic, Touch to Go! Lupachi Magic, Touch to Go! =

"Sayonara…" Fouquet mutters with a smirk before—

"SAIGO!" Louise exclaims.

*CLICK*

Nothing happens.

*CLICK*

And again…

*CLICK*

And again.

Fouquet is surprise from this fact, as if she's afraid whether she's not using it properly. "Why?!"

"My turn…"

=Bain~do! (Bind!) …Pureezu!=

A yellow magic circle appears below her and soon enough, four chains made from earth wraps around her body, immobilize her movement and forcing her to drop the 'staff' she wields at this point. She doesn't even have enough to time to get her wand in her disposal. Slowly, I begin to approach to her casually.

"I guess you wanna know why it didn't work in the first place, huh?" I ask her. "It only has a single shot, the one shot that I use on your golem earlier. The weapon's name is a rocket launcher; a weapon's origin from my world."

"A single use?!"

"Lights out, Fouquet…" I warn her before punching her gut, knocking the lights out of her and went unconscious right after that. I kneel down to take back my partner's ring from her hand and looks at it. "You're in good hands now, Rukh-chan. Mission accomplish."

---

After what it seems like a very long day and not to mention a lot of rings I have use in my disposal, added with how exhausted I really am from these shenanigans and my body felt like lead, we've finally returns back to the academy and Louise couldn't be much happier than this. The reason? She has brought back the dignity of Magic Academy to its prime and returning the rocket launcher into its respective place.

The very next day, the four of us have been summon to Old Osmond's room, with Colbert-sensei on his side as we begin to discuss on the matter. "Fouquet has been handed over to the soldiers at the castle, and the Staff of Destruction is back in the treasure vault. With this conclusion, it's all over now." Old Osmond began. "And as for tonight's ball, you girls will be the main event."

"Naturally!" Kirche lets out a little chuckle of her own in a ladylike manner.

"And because of this, the royal palace is giving high recognition to this case. The three of you shall receive some sort of reward from the royal family." Old Osmond further explains to us. Wait, just three of them? Not including me?

"Reward from the royal family? That's amazing!" Kirche exclaims.

"When you said 'three', that means Saigo won't…" Louise said in a slight disappointed tone.

Old Osmond lowers his head with a slight sigh as he explains the whole reason why I wouldn't be in the main event as the three of them, and I can pretty much guess why. "Unfortunately, since he's not an aristocrat."

"Nah, don't worry about it…" I wave it off, as Louise turns to my direction. "I don't need the title, since I'm already a Wizard. But, in return, there's something I want to know and I want to talk to you privately, if it's okay…"

The offer I made makes Old Osmond nodded in agreement and he told the girls to leave the room. They acknowledge his command and leave us be, only to have Louise to get worried on this matter. After the door closes, it's time to get some explanations.

"So, Saigo. What is it that you want to ask of me?"

"First things first, I don't belong to this world. While I was in the middle of something, and without knowing anything of this secret portal stuff, I was summoned by Louise."

"W-what?!" Colbert-sensei seems surprise by my claim. "But, your magic—"

"—is something I gain from going through a trial. It is one of the worst nightmares I've ever had… and still survive up to this day. Every night, I kept hearing the screams of those who fail to survive in that ritual, those who have been reborn as a Phantom." I grimaced on that fact and get serious once again. "Anyways, getting back to the point, the Staff of Destruction is actually a weapon from my world. How did it get here in the first place?"

"I see. So, that's how it is…" Old Osmond said as he closes his eyes and began to think of this matter seriously. "The Staff of Destruction is a memento from a man I knew in the past. It has been almost thirty years since the very incident I have. On that time, a black dragon ambushes me from out of nowhere. Disarmed me easily, I thought that would be the end of my life… until, an explosion occurs on the dragon. Truly, I was surprise from where did that attack came from…"

I could only listen to his tale, probably getting some clues on how I can get back home.

"When I looked to the direction of where the attack comes from, I saw a man in strange clothing that I've never seen before, wielding a Staff of Destruction in his hand. He was my life's savior but somehow he was badly wounded. I brought him back to the academy and took care of him, but…"

"But…?" I asked him, as Old Osmond could only lowers his head further. It is then I came to a conclusion on what he's about to say. "He… died?"

"Yes. In the end, I couldn't figure out who he was or where he came from… if you must know, that man had two Staves of Destruction. The one he used to save my life was buried together with the man in his grave. And I presented the other one to the palace." Old Osmond concluded his tale as Colbert-sensei seems to wipe his sweat off from his forehead with a handkerchief.

"I never knew the Staff of Destruction had such a history!" he got out but I slammed both of my hands on his table, letting out my frustration and Old Osmond doesn't seem to be surprise by my action as he completely understands how I feel at this point.

"Darn it! I thought I found a clue or two about how to get back home!" I let out as total silence can be heard inside the principal's office. "That means, I gotta stay here a little bit longer…"

"I'm afraid so. Sorry if I somehow make you lose hope…" Old Osmond apologized to me.

"Don't worry about it… besides; I am the Last Hope, after all… thanks for the info. At least I knew I'm not the only one who got here in the first place…" I replied back. With a polite bow to both of them, I turn around and take my leave of the room.

"Hold on, Saigo-san!" Colbert-sensei stops me for a moment as I look at him with a confused look.

"What is it, sensei?"

"There's… something I would like to discuss with you…"

Oh, this should be good…

---

The sun has settled down, and the moons rise to fill in the night, illuminating the area with its gentle glow. While the students of this academy wears some fancy dress, chattering amongst themselves in this ballroom, I, on the other hand, stands at the balcony, looking upon the full moons as I wonders off on what should I do next.

"What's the matter, aibou? Why the long face when there's a party going on?" Derflinger asks me.

"How can I be happy about it? I mean… just when I thought I might be able to go home, and yet I couldn't figure anything out…" I mutter to myself. "Also…"

"Those Phantoms are still all over this place, am I correct?" Derflinger pointed out.

"Yeah, that's another reason… a big decision I have to make. Should I find my way back home, or stay here and wipes out these Phantoms on these lands; and the possibility of getting back home is zero to none?" I question myself.

"Well, in any case, while you're in this world, you can just swing me around on those Phantoms while you're still here. I haven't got myself a good fight for quite a long time."

I could only let out a chuckle of my own as I fix my gaze on my partner. "Yeah, I guess so."

The sound of the trumpet can be heard within the ballroom and the announcer begins to speak in a loud voice, getting everyone's attention, including mine. "Entering Duke Vallière's daughter, Louise Françoise le Blanc de La Vallière!"

That's one long name I'll be having a hard time to remember…

Other than that, she makes her majestic entrance by walking up the stairs while holding the front part of her long dress, just to make sure she doesn't trip down. It's a custom in the world of English high class as someone as important as her makes the grand entrance. From what I'm seeing here, her pink hair tied in a pony tail, have a golden crown rested on her head and a golden choker on her neck, wearing pink formal dress with puffy shoulder pads and wearing a pink arm warmers. And I gotta say…

"Not too shabby…"

From what I'm seeing right now most of the boys are approaching towards her direction and boy, is she famous just for tonight?

"Say, Louise, will you dance with me?"

"Please allow me a dance?"

"Shall we dance?"

And just like that, all of their offers has either being ignored in a glance or just being rejected in an instant. She continues to walk towards my direction while still crossing her arms. "Yo, Louise. What's up?"

"Why are you standing out there?" she asks me.

"Well, there's no such order coming out from my master, I'm free to do whatever I want, right? That, and there's so many things I have to worry about at this point…" I told her bluntly.

"I see…" she got out with a nod.

Before I knew it, the music fills in the air, the chandelier dims down and everyone is looking for a partner to dance at the ball. "Hey, the dance's about to start. Why don't you get going already?"

She kept her silence while looking at me with her neutral look. To be honest, I still have no idea what she is thing right now. Well, I got my answer soon enough.

"Eh? Why are you lending your hand to me?"

"I can dance with you, if you want…" she said while looking away from my gaze.

"Oh?" I blinked a few times while crossing my arms. Heck, even a smile carves on my face. Even though I'm not a big fan of fancy classes, but just for tonight, I think I'll make it an exception. "If you're asking for a man to a dance, isn't it nice to ask me nicely?"

Louise couldn't help it but to have a slight blush of her own. In the end, she begins to speak once again. "Only for tonight, got it?"

"Alrighty then…" I said as I take out my ring from my pocket and wears it onto my right middle finger. It is then I placed my hand on the belt to initiate it.

= Dores-uappu! …Pureezu! =

A magic circle appeared in front of me and rotated; surrounding me, donning in new attire that I had on me. It consists of a black formal long sleeve shirt, followed by a white vest and tie, white blazer, pants and shoes and finally, white fedora with a cut on the edge of it to finish it all up to cover my nicely combed hair.

Louise bows politely in a ladylike manner and began to offer me. "Will you dance with me, gentleman?"

"Milady, I accept your offer." I replied while fixing my fedora in its position.

As both of us get to the center of the ballroom, both of us bows politely once again before she held my left hand and I place my right hand on her back. It is then we began to dance according to the rhythm of the music. "I'm impressed you can dance well."

"I've told you before; I'm not much of a high class fan. Just because I don't like 'em, doesn't mean I can just abandoned it, right? It might become a useful thing for me." I reminded her as we continue to dance at the ball.

"Saigo…"

"Yeah?"

"I believe you…"

"About what?"

"That you came from another world."

"Took you long enough to understand… that's what I've trying to tell you since the day we met. Oh well, no harm done here since the air has been cleared up." I reply as we continue to dance.

"To be honest, I was never sure about your statement and thought you just make things up, but… that Staff of Destruction… it's a weapon from your world, right?" she asks me, to which I just simply nodded in agreement. "After I saw that, I have to believe you."

The sound of the music continues to accompany us as both of us begin to dance around the ball. It is then she asks me something to break the silence. "Hey… do you want to return?"

"To be honest… yeah, I want to go back. I'm actually worried for Tetzu-san…" I got out as she looks away from my view.

"It's quite obvious… huh?" she said in a lower tone, as if she's a little bit disappointed from my statement.

Silence accompany us once again as we continue to dance on the ball. It got me thinking, how many days since I've been staying around this world? I wonder if Tetzu-san is worried about me?

"Ne, Saigo…"

"U-Uh, yes?" I said, breaking my trance earlier.

"Thank you…"

"For what? There's something wrong with you tonight…" I reply back to her, as I can see her face is blushing and it was getting redder and redder.

"Y-You protected me from the golem when it was about to crush me with your powers. That's all!" she told me, and I couldn't help it but to have a smile on my own.

"Silly girl. Of course I would help you out." I corrected her, which surprises her for a bit.

"Why?"

"Two things. One, I'm your familiar and the other… I'm you hope, after all." I said to her with a smile on my face and so do hers as we continue to enjoy each other's company as we dance throughout the night.

---

(Normal PoV)

Even though Derflinger couldn't 'see' both Saigo and Louise are dancing in the middle of the ball, but one thing he did know is he can sense people from afar, just like what he did when he found where the Death Worm Phantom hidden within the ground. "This is truly a surprise! I've never seen a familiar who plays the master's dance partner! This is truly a surprise! Honto ni SUBARASHI!"