After Haise and Louise had left the Headmaster's office, they proceeded towards the dining hall. As they walked through the corridors Haise asked, "Master, you wouldn't happen to have a library in this school, would you?"

"We are in a highly-esteemed academy of magic, do you really think we wouldn't have a library?" Louise shot back. Haise just sighed. They entered the dining hall and approached a table. As Louise sat down she commanded, "Bring me a meal!" Haise just sighed again. "Why?"

"What?"

"Why do I have to bring you food?"

"Because, you are my familiar," she responded as if that made her reasoning clearer.

"Are nobles so reliant on others that they can't do such a menial task as getting their own food?"

"Wha- of course not! Nobles are perfectly capable of doing tasks on their own!"

"Then why?" He continued. "Why would you ask me to do a task easily performed by one's self?"

"Because-!" She spluttered. "You're my familiar." She finished weakly. Haise just stared at her. She tried to glare back but withered under his gaze. She then got up and marched to the kitchens with all the pride she could muster. In the ensuing silence, Haise noticed he was the object of the students' whispers. It was about a minute later before she came back with a tray of food. "You're not getting any dinner tonight," she snapped. Haise just remained silent.

After Louise finished eating, they ventured to Louise's dorm, where Louise again attempted to order Haise to do her bidding, with the same results as her previous attempt. After donning her nightgown, making a point out of doing it herself in front of Haise, who was staring out the window, she climbed into bed. As she closed her eyes and started to drift off, she heard a low whisper. "It appears my final mission has failed. Hinami, I am truly, truly sorry. It seems I can't save you." Louise felt a pang in her chest before drifting off.

That night, Analise thought about her previous encounter with Headmaster Osmond. After Mr. Sasaki left, Analise kept thinking about what she saw. Just what was he? He didn't seem like an elf, but her only reference was books and stories. Didn't elves have pointy ears? Her train of thought was interrupted when another nurse told her Headmaster Osmond wanted to see her. She was confused. Why would Osmond want to see her? She thanked the nurse and proceeded towards the Headmaster's office. When she arrived Osmond looked up and said, "Ah, Ms. Analise, was it?"

"Ah, yes sir, Analise Fresia, but just Analise is fine." she replied nervously.

"Well, Analise, Mr. Sasaki just visited and it seems he is quite healthy."

"Uh, yes sir, that seems to be the case."

"That's good to hear. But, tell me, Analise, did you notice anything abnormal with Mr. Sasaki?"

A spike of dread shot through her. "No, of course not." She gave a strained smile and tugged on her braid.

"Hmm, I see. Also Analise," he lowered his voice, an intense look formed on his face. "I do truly enjoy strawberry patterned panties."

A look of horror crossed her face. She 'eeped' and ran out of the office as fast as she could.

As she recalled that particular memory she blushed. Osmond's lecherous tendencies were infamous among the female staff members. However, she knew that he was headmaster for a reason and had a suspicion that he knew Haise was abnormal. As she kept thinking about him, her determination to find out what exactly he was, grew. She silently vowed to herself that she would find out. She closed her eyes and smiled.

The next day, Haise awoke to Louise yelling at him for not waking her up on time. Haise, of course, had no idea that he what time he was supposed to have woken her, or even that he was supposed to wake her up in the first place. As she got dressed, Louise kept mumbling to herself about 'being late for class' and her 'stupid familiar.' Haise ignored her for the most part. Eventually, she got her uniform on and quickly exited her room, running off to her first class of the day with Haise following. Hopefully, I can learn something about how magic works by attending these classes. They approached the door and Louise opened it, only to find the room empty. Louise facepalmed and moaned, "I forgot we had the day off so we could spend time with our familiars."

"What shall we do then?"

"I don't care what you do, I'm going back to my room." Louise murmured. She walked back down the corridor. Haise, taking advantage of his free time, decided to explore the grounds. Learning the layout of the school would be beneficial in the long run. He started on his way.

After a while of trekking through the corridors mentally noting the positions of hall and rooms, he heard light footsteps trailing behind him. A familiar scent permeated the air. Haise spoke, "Ms. Analise, to what do I owe the pleasure of you following me?"

A small 'eep' was heard and Analise stepped out from behind the wall. "Oh, Mr. Sasaki, whatever could you mean by suggesting I was following you?" She tugged her braid. "I was simply enjoying a stroll through the hallways of this lovely academy."

Haise narrowed his eyes. "I see. It must have been my mistake then. Please forgive me."

She gave a relieved smile. "Oh, no need to apologize, really, it's quite alright."

"That's good to hear. May I ask, are you free currently?"

She seemed surprised. "Why yes, my shift doesn't start until later in the afternoon today. Why do you ask?"

"I would like a guide to the library if you don't mind."

"Oh, not at all. In fact, I'd be delighted."

Haise smiled. "I'm glad."

Louise lay in bed staring at the wall. Why me? She wondered. Why did I have to summon such a familiar? Why do all my spells fail? Why can't I do anything right? I was overjoyed I managed to summon a familiar, but I ripped him away from his friends and family. I am awful. A warm tear rolled down her cheek. She thought of his words the previous night. I wonder who Hinami is. Perhaps I'll ask him about later.

Well, that's a wrap. Just barely passed 1000 words. I hope to eventually get on to 1500 and maybe 2000 words per chapter, but that's in the distant future. This chapter was supposed to come out Sunday, but school got in the way, unfortunately. Oh well. Outside stuff is out of the way, now onto story stuff. I feel like the interactions between Haise and Louise are awkward. Like they're not quite in character, but not completely out of character, either. Idk, it's strange. They aren't really supposed to have a good dynamic going at all. I don't know, how many people actually read these, and out of those, people willing to review, but I would love to hear your opinion on it. Criticism is welcome. Anyway, Analise is a thing now, and she and Haise's relationship has started developing as well. I'm thinking of using her as a replacement of Siesta and totally skipping the Guiche fight. It depends on how much has taken place before the Fouquet arc, which will definitely be taking place. If I do skip it I will probably use a time skip in the next chapter or two since it will purely be character interaction, without much in the way of action. I would love to hear an opinion on this too. I plan for this story to take on a lot more psychological outlook on the characters, so I'm pretty much throwing canon to the wind. I really wanted this story to be unique and not just a copy of canon but with another character. I plan for shit to go down in later chapters, so look forward to it. Thanks to everyone who favorited, followed and reviewed so far.

P.S. If you couldn't tell, Analise is a shit liar.

P.S.S For reference, it's pronounced Analise (awe-nuh-lees) Fresia (fray-zi-uh)