Chapter 2: What the hell?
Unknown Planet
Continent of Halkeginia
Kingdom of Tristain
Tristain Academy of Magic
Early Morning
The first ray of morning sunlight lights up the room which reaches the pink haired girl sleeping on her bed.
Louise wakes up groggily as her eyes flutter and slowly sits up. She then rub her eyes then leaves her bed and washes up.
She puts on her uniform then picks up her wand from the table and leaves her room.
Earth Towers
Ground Floor Classroom
"My name is Mrs. Chevreuse, and I'm a new teacher here at Tristain Academy of Magic. My element is earth." the new teacher introduced herself.
"My nickname is The Red Earth Chevreuse. I'll be giving lectures on earth magic this year."
Apparently some students aren't listening as some boys are asking a bosom redhead for a date.
"So can anyone tell me what are the four basic elements?"
A blonde boy then raises his rose then stands up.
"Fire, water, earth and wind." the blonde boy answered dramatically. "And what a coincidence. My element is earth, just like yours, Missus."
"My nickname is The Bronze Guiche de Gramont." he bowed a little before placing his rose in his mouth then flings his hair. "Pleased to make your acquaintance."
"Nice to meet you too, Mr. Gramont." Mrs. Chevreuse replied.
"Earth is an important magical element, since it governs the creation of all things." she explained to the class.
She then picks out three pebbles from her sleeve then places it on the table.
"And to make you understand that, I'll start out by having you all mastering alchemy."
She then takes out her wand and casts a spell on the pebbles. The pebbles then shake a bit as it glows brightly and turns from stone to a orange-copper colored metal.
The class is in awe as they see the result. The redhead leans forward quite excitedly.
"Is that gold?" she asked.
"No, it's brass."
The redhead then sits down ripped-off as the gold turned out to be non-expensive brass.
"Now let's have someone give it a try." Mrs. Chevreuse said as she replaced the brass pebbles with another set of pebbles.
She then looks around and spots a certain pink-headed girl who is writing on her personal book.
"You." She points at the girl which caused the rest of the class to gasp. "You up there."
"What's your name?" she asked then the girl looks up before standing from her seat.
"Louise de La Valliere." Louise answered.
One chubby blonde calls out the teacher and suggests not to pick her, which the rest of the class agrees. Then the redhead stands up and strongly said that she would rather do the spell cast rather than let Louise do it.
That annoys Louise and shouts that she'll do it. The class then gasps yet again then starts moving away and assumes protection under the table and away from the teacher's table as Louise walks down the steps. One blue-haired girl walks out of the classroom, without looking up from her book, and closes the door.
Louise then approaches the front of the table. Mrs. Cherveuse then instructs her how to perform the spell. Louise did so and casts the spell.
The pebbles then shakes a bit before glowing with increasing intensity and emitting the various colors of the rainbow.
(So far so good. *primes a bubble shield and activates it* You guys better take cover.)
Central Tower
Principal's Office
"Looks like we're off to another safe start this year." an old man said happily.
"Yes, it's most pleasing." a female voice replied.
"Ah, as the principal, I can't wish for anything better." the old man continued.
He then takes out a smoking pipe from under his desk and starts smoking. The secretary then pulls out her wand and casts a spell that makes the smoking pipe to float away from the old man.
"Oh boy."
"Taking care of your health is part of the secretary's job, Old Ottman." the secretary reminded the principal as the pipe landed on her stack of papers."
"You're going to take away one of the few pleasures an elder has, Miss Longueville?" Old Ottman said as he moved behind Miss Longbill's chair and started caressing her bottom.
"Please stop touching my hip." Miss Longueville, the woman with a long green hair wearing a pair of glasses.
Old Ottman quickly releases his hand from her hips and starts acting like a person with mental issues.
"Please stop acting like you have dementia." Miss Longueville annoyingly said as she continued to write down on the paper.
"Oh, by the way, tomorrow is the day when the second years summon their familiar spirits, isn't it?"
"Damn old man." Miss Longueville whispered.
"A familiar is both a lifetime servant and friend, as well as your eyes and ears." Old Ottman said as a white mouse crawls out of Miss Longueville's skirt then jumps to the floor and runs away.
The mouse then climbs up Old Ottman's hand as Old Ottman stands up. Old Ottman then looks at the mouse.
"My familiar spirit, Motsognir, has been with me for a long time."
Old Ottman then places a treat before his familiar then the mouse squeaks.
"I see, white. Pure white."
Miss Longbill then reacts to this as she tenses up and closes her legs.
"Mhmm. I think Miss Longueville would look better in black rather than white, wouldn't you agree?" Old Ottman comments as his familiar eats the treat.
Miss Longueville then appears behind Old Ottman very annoyed.
"Old Ottman, if you do that again, I'll report you to the royal palace." Miss Longueville told him.
Old Ottman then faces her, much to Miss Longueville's surprise, then opens his eyes wide open. He is trying to intimidate Miss Longbill.
"Don't get so angry about having your underwear peeped. If you do, you'll lose your chance to get married."
Miss Longueville didn't take it VERY lightly and starts kicking Old Ottman on the floor.
"I'm sorry, I won't do it again." Old Ottman plead. "Really forgive me."
Then without warning, a classroom from on of the corners of the academy blows up in smoke as the ground shakes.
Miss Longueville stops kicking Old Ottman as she is surprised by the explosion.
"What was that?" Old Ottman asked with a serious tone.
"It's probably her again."
"The third born girl of the Valliere family?"
Classroom (Formerly still in good shape)
Smoke and rubble filled the classroom with students all over the place, thankfully, knocked out. As the smoke clears, Louise stands up with her uniform riddling with scratches and holes, her wand destroyed, and her face with a little dirt.
The students the starts waking up and still alive. The redhead then quickly sits up and hit the table with her fist then angrily looks at Louise.
"See what I mean?"
"Looks like I made a little mistake." Louise replied as she takes out a handkerchief and wipes off the dirt on her face. Apparently unaffected by the redhead's anger.
"What! How is this "little"?" the chubby blonde asked.
"Your percentage of success is zero!" Guiche shouted.
"You Zero Louise!" the redhead added angrily.
Louise continues to wipe off the dirt from her face and ignores their rants. She then looks down to the floor where Mrs. Chevreuse is unconscious.
Later Evening
Louise's Room
She lies on her bed, dressed in her white nightgown, and is hating herself. Early on after the explosion in her class, she made a bet with the redhead named Kirche for tomorrow's Springtime Summoning. She said, out of pride, that she will summon the most beautiful and strongest familiar that even all of the other's familiars combined won't match it.
She truly hates herself.
'I really shouldn't have said that.' She cried into her pillow. 'I wish the Founder Brimir will hear my prayer.'
The chains of events from the other world has now brought the two RADICALLY different worlds closer as one person is going to be sent to fulfill Louise's prayer.
Fate has now been sealed.
Next Day
Eastern Courtyard
The second years are now having their Springtime Summoning Ceremony. Nearly everyone is happy with their familiar that they have summoned. The familiars come with various creatures such as a dog, cat, and frogs or have different design such as a eye-like creature with a lightning-like tail.
The blue-haired girl, who just reads books, is named Tabitha. She summoned a large Wind Rhyme Dragon. It has blue scales with white underbelly, large pair of wings.
The students are in awe with her summon as Tabitha is the only one who summoned a dragon-type familiar.
This is followed by Guiche, who was not entirely... content for the lack of better word with his familiar. After his overly dramatic summoning spell, the ground shook and a large mole comes out of the ground. (Get a grip dude you're an Earth magician, so you'll surely summon an Earth-related creature.)
Then is the blonde girl named Montmorency, a water affinity magician, who is quite surprised with her familiar which is a very small green frog.
Kirche summoned a fire salamander, in accordance to her magical affinity which is fire. It has a red scale with white underbelly, a flame on the tip of its tail and as large as a tiger. Kirche named it "Flame."
Prof. Colbert, the bald man wearing a small pair of glasses and a blue coat with white strips on the edges, is overseeing the Springtime Summoning of the second years and is quite happy with the results.
"Have we gone through everyone?" Prof. Colbert asked the class.
"No, not yet." Kirche then looks at Louise's hidden position. "Miss Valliere is left."
Louise is then called out by Prof. Colbert and tells her to perform the ritual. The students around her are not really expecting anything as the result will be largely just a big explosion. Kirche then taunted Louise before Louise starts her summoning
"My name is Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière. Pentagon of the five elemental powers, Heed my summoning... and bring forth...my familiar!" Louise finishes her chant before casting down her wand.
As expected, a very large explosion occurs after that which is followed by a large crash and metal bending sounds. Smoke covered the yard and quickly dissipated.
Everyone is quite hurt by that explosion as some are lying on the ground coughing. Guiche then sees his lover interest, Montmorency, and quickly assists her. But Montmorency isn't responding to her and her eyes are revealing a very very unusual surprise. Guiche notices it and looks at the direction of Montmorency's line of sight and is dumb-founded.
Before Louise, who is on the grass and dumb-founded, is a large unusual, overturned, metallic and green sort of vehicle. The other students, who later see it, gasp along with Prof. Colbert. Prof. Colbert is quite surprised and very intrigued.
They are suddenly surprised when out of nowhere, they heard a moan. They search for the source of the sound; they soon found the source or rather the source revealed itself.
Two large armored hands come out of the opening under the metallic vehicle. The vehicle is then pushed upward and overturned. The vehicle then stood on its four intact wheels as it makes a loud thud and a VERY VERY SURPRISING sight beholds them.
A large armored humanoid is sitting on the ground facing the side of the vehicle. Throughout its body, it is covered with armor and no flesh can be seen. There are also unknown weapons attached to the armor and all of them look very deadly.
Earlier
The Spartan is sitting by the overturned warthog as he closes his eyes and waits for his inevitable death.
With the interference of the Void, before the Covenant Cruiser fire its main weapon, a large pentagram appears below the Spartan and the warthog. The pentagram quickly forms a portal and pulls the two into the void.
Once the cruiser fires its weapon, the Spartan's position is already empty as he is transported to the Void.
Inside the void
The Spartan opens his eyes and is startled to find himself floating in the middle of the void. He then thought that he is dead and is sent to purgatory when he notices the warthog floating nearby.
"What the? Where am I?"
He starts looking around him trying to find a way out when suddenly he hears someone speaking.
"My name is Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière. Pentagon of the five elemental powers, Heed my summoning... and bring forth...my familiar!" a female voice said in a different language.
Suddenly a portal opens up before him and the warthog and pulls them in. He tries to struggle to escape from the portal then he thought that whatever is going to happen now is going to be better than being is stuck here in the unknown.
The portal sucks him in along with the warthog and closes behind him.
He then found himself hitting the ground on his back then the warthog falling over him. Thankfully the overturned warthog didn't hit him and was able to survive it.
Now
"This going to hurt in the morning." The Spartan said as he held the back of his head with one hand and stands up.
When he got to his senses, he notices that he is in some kind of castle which is from the stone walls. His HUD then registers motions behind him. He quickly faces them with his fists clenched and in fighting stance.
To his surprise, he only saw a small pink headed girl whose height is by his chest and a group of teens behind her. And he quickly noted that they are also surprised from his actions.
"W-W-Who or what are…. Y-y-you?" the girls stuttered in a different language. She is quite frightened from the sight of a tall armored being.
In the Spartan's HUD, the armor's dumb AI program initiates translation procedures. The AI then founds the closest language which turns out to be French and starts the automatic translation program. He then stands up straight and answers.
"Sergeant Major Gamma-B241 of the United Nations Space Command." The Spartan answered in a stern military voice.
"Sarjent? G-gamma…. United Nations? Space Command? I ask for your real name?" Louise asked now much more confident though still holding back.
"You can call me Saito." The Spartan said in a more gentle tone.
Saito then examines his surroundings and is very confused. Everyone is wearing a robe over their uniform and holding some kind of stick. He then notices an older man with bald head which he quickly assumes have authority in this place. He then faces the man and asks him about this place.
"What are they? Some kind of wizard? Cosplay? And where am I?"
"Sir, can you tell me where I am? And what is going on here?"
Prof. Colbert was startled from the armored being's attention but then proceeded to answering (its?) question.
"You're in the courtyard of the Tristain Academy of Magic. We are performing the Springtime Summoning Ritual. My student Louise de La Valliere" He points to the pink-haired girl who suddenly gulped loudly. "summoned you here as her familiar."
Prof. Colbert then pulls out a handkerchief and wipes off the sweat on his forehead.
"Magic? Summoning? Familiar?" Saito is confused and suspicious. "Sorry sir, but I don't believe what you're saying. You're explanation is farfetched and non-believable because magic does not exists. Is this some kind of religious cult?"
Prof. Colbert then summons a small fireball from his staff and levitates it in place.
"Ooo…k that answers my question. But where exactly am I?"
"We can answer your questions later. Another class is about to perform the ritual." Prof. Colbert told him.
Saito then looks around and see the group of student clinging together away from his direction. Some even hide behind the others from fear.
"Alright sir." The Spartan answered with a nod.
With some tension eased, Prof. Colbert then looks at Louise, and tells her to seal the contract and finish the ritual. Louise quickly nods and faces the armored being named Saito.
"Can you take off your helmet?" Louise asked politely, not to provoke the armored being.
Saito then slowly pulls out his helmet as it hisses from the gas pressure of the suit's systems. When he removes helmet, Louise gasps when she see that the being is a human and how young he looks like. Though his eyes are somewhat older than what the rest of his face is. Saito then cradles his helmet by his side.
"Oh it's a commoner. Typical Louise." One of the students commented.
"And even have some overly built wagon taken there. So much for scaring us." Another commented.
The other students the chuckle at Louise's demise and continues to comment on the former scary armored being.
Louise then motions Saito to come closer which Saito obliges. He kneels on one knee and they are now facing each other.
"She's cute." Saito thought.
"You should consider yourself lucky." Louise told Saito before kissing him on the lips.
Saito is surprised from the kiss which lasts for a few seconds before Louise removes her lips.
"It is done." Louise said in a different language which Saito didn't understand without his helmet.
"Congratulations, Louise. You manage to complete the 'Contract' in one try." Prof. Colbert happily said.
Louise's face flushes red when she realizes that she kisses a commoner.
"Now what?" Saito said in English which catches the attention of Louise and Prof. Colbert because they were able to understand each other earlier.
He is about to place his helmet back when his body starts heating up. The suit's thermal regulation system doesn't seem to work as it registers normal temperature. Even his Spartan-III augmentation and training seems to not take effect.
"Aaahh!" Saito fell on all fours on the grass and was breathing heavily.
"It will be over soon, just wa-" Louise was cut off when Saito shouted.
"S-stop this!" Saito interrupted, which Louise didn't understand.
Saito continue to gasp in pain until it subsides before fainting.
Later Evening
Saito is running across the streets lighted by the burning houses and buildings at the sides. He is wearing a dark blue shirt with khaki shorts and much younger. He is breathing heavily as he struggles to keep running across hell which is once his home.
He then collapses on the pavement from great exhaustion. He then hears heavy footsteps behind him and starts pushing himself up trying to get away.
A heavy foot then steps on his back and pushes him to the ground. He is then lightly kicked to his side and is now facing his adversary.
A Sangheili, wearing armor and holding an activated energy sword in its right hand, faces him and looks at him with disgust.
"Filthy vermin. Your race is nothing but plague in the galaxy that needs to be extinguished. You shall be my example."
The Sangheili then raises its energy sword as Saito looks in fear and tries to summon his strength to plead.
"Please. Please." Saito begged as he shakes his head slowly.
The Sangheili laughs darkly then looks into his eyes and strikes his energy sword into him.
"NO!"
Saito bolted from his bed and was hyperventilating.
He then checks his chest where the energy sword in his dreams struck him. He found that he is wearing his Mark V MJOLNIR armor and no signs of penetration. He then relaxes and starts breathing normally.
He then notices that he is on a floor and is laying a pile of hay. He looks around the room and examines it. His weapons are right beside him by his right and are arranged accordingly. Beside him on the left is a luxury bed with curtain hanging from above, in front of the bed is an antique cabinet and on his front right is a small table with a lamp over it. Also at the table is Louise, wearing her white nightgown, resting who then wakes up and looks at him.
"Oh you're awake." Louise said before rubbing her eyes.
Saito didn't understand it and tries to look for his helmet. He then gestures with his hands to Louise that resembles his action wearing a helmet.
"Helmet." Saito said as he continues with his gesture. "My helmet."
Louise didn't understand it and is quite annoyed with the mumble of Saito who was talking clearly earlier. Until she remembers something earlier during the ritual, he was talking normally with his helmet and he mumbles something she didn't understand without his helmet. She then walks to corner and picks up his helmet. She then walks towards Saito and hands the helmet over.
Saito puts on the helmet and seals it with a hiss. The HUD then displays a BIOS diagnostics and reports that the system is working in full efficiency. He then faces Louise and starts talking to her.
"Who are you and where am I?"
"I'm Louise de La Valliere, your master and you are currently in my room."
"Master? I don't recall signing any agreement with you, Louise." Saito replied and crossed his arms across his chest.
"That kiss earlier is the sealing of the contract. And with that you are now my familiar."
Saito retraces his memories and quickly remembers the kiss before the burning pain. He then lightly blushes and is thankful for his helmet.
"That.. is the contract sealing? You got to be kidding me?"
"I'm not kidding! And as a familiar, you MUST obey your master."
"Miss Louise." Saito said with a firm voice. "I'm a soldier of the United Nations Space Command Defense Force Army and defender of humanity. If you're going to talk to me, you must RESPECT me."
(Uh-oh here goes the argument.)
Louise stands up and annoyed from her familiar's attitude then faces him. Though is taken aback when she heard the word army.
"I'm a noble and YOUR master. And YOU are my familiar. YOU will obey me. Why do I have to get a disobedient familiar like you."
'Noble? What is this some kind of feudal system? Who does this girl think she is? I'm a Spartan. A SPARTAN!' Saito thought.
"Miss Louise, if this is how you act to your subordinates you better just send me back?"
"I can't."
"What do you mean you can't? Just the cast the spell again and I'm out of your hair since you don't even like my presence."
"As much as I want to agree with you, I can't. The spell is a one way spell that summons various creatures of Halkeginia."
"Halkeginia? Is that the name if this planet?"
Louise is suddenly confused with Saito's comment of not knowing Halkeginia.
"What backwater place did you come from that you didn't know what Halkeginia is? Halkeginia is the continent where the five kingdoms like Tristain are located."
Saito ignored Louise's insult and continue to understand the information. He then thought of getting more information to confirm his suspicions.
"I came from the planet New Harmony which is a developed world for your information. And magic doesn't exist in our world."
"I don't believe you." Louise answered with her eyes looking at him suspiciously.
"What? Does my armor, weapons and warthog not good enough to convince you?"
"Warthog?"
"The vehicle that came with me here. You know the metal wagon-like vehicle."
Louise then remembers the unusual metal wagon which was appeared with Saito. She then nods before replying.
"But I don't still believe you."
Saito wanted to slap his from frustration and annoyance. He then activates is TACPAD which first displays a chart with letters and symbols on them. This is much to the surprise of Louise who becomes really curious and awe with the image.
"W-what is that?" She looked at the image curiously.
"It's an opening panel where I can access different files and documents."
Saito then taps on a series of holographic keys with incredible dexterity. In a short time, the command is acknowledge and the hologram is replaced with the image of the planet New Harmony.
"This... This is my home world." He said with a heavy heart.
Louise is very fascinated with the image of his familiar's world. She sits before Saito and there are even some sort of objects and even 'ships' are floating around the planet. She then notices the sad voice of her familiar which was rather confusing.
"Is there something wrong?" Louise inquired.
Saito didn't answer for a few seconds until he has the strength to answer.
"I'd rather not talk about it."
Louise didn't ponder on and left it at that.
"I see." She pauses before continuing. "I believe you Saito."
"Believe what?"
"That you come from another world. You have shown me something that doesn't exist in here. And I'm sorry, there is nothing I can do to send you back."
Louise continues to look at the image with undying amazement as she ponders on how Saito sounds hurt. She then yawns and rubs her eyes.
"You better sleep. It's already late." Saito said as he deactivated his TACPAD
Louise nods before standing up and proceeds to her bed. Saito then shuts his eyes and proceeds to sleep sitting by the wall.
"Nowhere to go and stuck here in this world. Or dimension. I might as well stay here and find a way to get back in the fight. I still have a score to settle."
Next Day
Early Morning
"Miss Louise, wake up. You're burning daylight." Saito told the sleeping Louise with a stern military voice.
Louise merely moans and asks for five more minutes. Saito the gently shakes Louise by the shoulder which did the trick as Louise yawns as she stretches herself. She then opens her eyes and found the armored Saito looking at her.
"W-Who are you?"
"I'm Saito. You don't remember?"
"Oh… Yeah the familiar I summoned yesterday." She then yawned again and sits up.
"Clothes." Louise mutters as she points to the cabinet.
Saito moves to the cabinet then opens it and revealing sets of uniforms. Saito takes out one set and closes the cabinet before placing it beside Louise.
"Underwear." Louise points to the drawer at the bottom.
That didn't go well with Saito and protests against it.
"Hey I am not going to pick out that out. You pick it up."
"Just do what I say." Louise said with irritation.
"Whatever." Saito thought before taking out one piece of underwear from the drawer and tosses it to Louise.
Without Saito looking, for the sake of modesty, Louise puts on her underwear then orders Saito to dress her up.
"May I remind you, Miss Valliere. I'm a soldier not a servant so please treat me one." Saito reminded Louise with a strong military voice. "I'll be outside waiting for you."
Saito then exits the door and closes it behind him as Louise starts dressing herself up.
Outside of Louise's Room
The armored Saito stands beside the door waiting for Louise to come out. He also have his weapons placed on his back and on his thighs. She comes out later fully dressed and they are about to left the area when the door at the next room opens. Kirche then exits the room and followed by her familiar "Flame."
When Kirche saw the two, she grinned and started approaching them.
"Good morning, Louise."
Louise merely frowned at that.
"Good morning."
"Is this… is this your familiar?" Kirche asked somehow mockingly as she points at Saito.
"Yes he is."
"Does he have a name? And what is he?"
"Sergeant Major Saito-B241 of the United Nations Space Command and I'm an Army soldier." Saito answered in a military verse which is a mouthful for Kirche.
"So… Saito is it? Well, good morning to you. You sure made quite an impression to the school. I'm Kirche the Ardent. The ardent of gently smoldering passion. Every boy I pass by is falling for me everywhere I go. And here is my familiar 'Flame.'"
Flame moves in front of Kirche and have a staring match with Saito eye to eye. Or more like eye to visor.
"Pretty but not really impressing." Saito commented blankly.
"Ara… Fire salamanders are quite rare that they can only be seen at the Fire Mountain." Kirche told him with some confidence which directed towards Louise.
Louise gets annoyed, even with Saito's otherworldly origin she still wants something better, and told Saito that they will be late for breakfast.
Saito replies with a nod and walks through the corridor with Louise leaving Kirche and Flame behind. They pass through the students who are backing away from the pair which is accompanied with Saito's heavy steps.
They then bump into Prof. Colbert who then asks to see one of Saito's hands. Saito quickly obliges and removes his right gauntlet which reveals to have runes inscribed on his hand. Prof. Colbert quickly told Saito that it is the runes that mark him as Louise's familiar. He quickly copies the runes on a piece of paper before leaving the two.
At the dining hall
Inside Saito's helmet, his left eyebrow twitches as he saw what his meal is. Despite having worse meals before but this is insulting. Worse, he is sitting on the floor while everyone including Louise are sitting on the chair and eating a feast. All he got is a bowl of soup with hard bread, heck even the MRE's are gourmets.
He then sigh before removing his helmet and starts eating his "meal" in a military manner as he was trained to do. He quickly finishes the meal then puts his helmet back on.
"Can I leave for the moment, Louise? I need to scout the area to orient myself with the place."
Louise thought about it and agreed but he told him to be by the courtyard later. Saito nodded and quickly left the area.
Academy Grounds
He scouts the academy grounds surrounding the main tower. He passes by the other students who are commenting about him and being a human familiar. Some comment about his armor and on how hard it was to levitate him. He approaches a shed where he found the warthog parked beside it. He decides to inspect the warthog's condition to be sure that it is still operational.
He approaches the warthog and checks it the engine under the hood.
"Everything looks to be in working order."
He then closes the hood and checks the M41 Light Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun and found its electronics and mechanisms to be in good condition. He then decides to check the engine performance. So he gets on to the driver's seat and starts up the engine.
With a short roar before humming, the engine sounds to be in working perfectly. He then hear someone walking close which reveals to be normal-looking girl in a maid's outfit and carrying a tray filled with cakes.
"May I help you with something, Miss?" Saito asked from the driver's seat with the engine humming.
"Ah nothing really. I was curious when I heard noises nearby and take a look." She then looks at the warthog. "I never expect it to be coming from this one."
She then looks at the armored Saito and remembers who he is.
"You're Miss Valliere's familiar right? You're quite the topic from the students."
"I see. My name is Saito. Nice to meet you."
"Strange name… I'm Siesta, it is a pleasure to meet you."
Saito then deactivates the engine and notices the tray Siesta is holding.
"Would you like some help with those?" Saito asked as he got off the warthog.
"Sure, I was serving the cakes for the students at the courtyard."
"Good, I was about to get there myself."
Saito then picks the tray from Siesta's hands and they head toward the courtyard.
"She's a nice person. Glad to meet someone like her."
Courtyard
Saito is helping Siesta carry the cakes around the courtyard as she serves them to the students' tables.
He then noticed a student standing out from a group. He had curly blonde hair, wore a frill-trimmed shirt and portrayed self-importance. He also has a rose stuck in his shirt pocket. The boys around him were poking all kinds of fun at him.
"Hey Guiche! Who're you going out with now?"
"Yeah. Who's your new lover, Guiche.
"Guiche is the name is it. A spoiled brat and worse a womanizer." Saito thought.
"Now boys. I hold one woman in such special regard. After all, a rose blooms for the pleasure of many."
Suddenly, something falls out of Guiche's pocket which turned out to be a small bottle filled with purple liquid.
Saito told Siesta that he will be away for a while before picking up the bottle then places it on the table in front of Guiche.
"This fell out of your pocket earlier."
"I believe you're mistaken, commoner. That bottle doesn't belong to me." Guiche replied and waved the bottle away.
"Hey isn't that Montmorency's perfume?" one of the boys said.
"Yeah. It is. That is definitely her perfume. Does that mean you're going out with Montmorency, Guiche?" another one said.
Guiche was about to reply when a girl, who wore a brown cloak and was standing nearby, approached him. The girl then started crying uncontrollably.
"I knew it all along. You and Montmorency are…"
"This is a misunderstanding, Katie." Guiche cut her off as he stood up and held her by the shoulders. "The only person I hold in my heart is you, Katie. Only you."
That is when Montmorency appeared nearby and saw how close Guiche and Katie are. Guiche suddenly noticed her presence and quickly pulled out her hands from Katie's shoulders.
"O-o-oh, Montmorency. I didn't see you there. This is a misunderstanding. I was just-"
"What do you mean this is a misunderstanding? I thought we're lovers."
"This is getting interesting. Can't handle the heat, aye Guiche." Saito thought.
Montmorency's dark aura is flaring out of her as Guiche tries to calm her down. She then growls as she approaches Guiche.
"YOU TWO-TIMING JERK!" A strong slap followed Montmorency's outburst.
This is the followed by Katie's slap on Guiche's other cheek. Both girls then leave the vicinity with the boys laughing at Guiche's demise. Saito is also chuckling from what he see and is about to leave when Guiche calls out to him.
"Thanks to you, commoner. With you thoughtlessly picking up some bottle of perfume, the hearts of two girls has been shattered. How will you take responsibility?"
Saito then faces him with his body straighten up like how a soldier should present himself. This is much to Guiche who unconsciously takes a step back as Saito gives him a dose of the Spartan stare.
"How does it become my responsibility when it is clearly you're fault for being a two-timer?"
The boys at the table then burst out laughing.
"Exactly, Guiche. It i~s your fault."
Guiche's face then flushes red from the embarrassment.
"Listen, commoner! When you put that bottle of perfume on the table. I pretended not to know anything, didn't I? Why didn't you just play along and be a little tactful?"
"Can't do that. I am not trained to be dishonest and it stains my honor."
"Honor? It is my honor that you stained! And who the hell are you?"
"I'm Sergeant Major Saito-B241 of the United Nations Space Command. And also Miss Valliere's familiar."
"So you're the commoner that was summoned by "Zero Louise." Fancy armor, let's see if you last. I challenge you to a duel." Guiche then pointed his rose at him.
The other students gasp and just in time for Louise to enter the scene. Louise is looking for her familiar when she heard some kind of argument. She then sees her familiar, with his arms crossed over his chest, having a debate with Guiche, and is not looking good. She quickly approaches her familiar and tries to stop the commotion.
"Are you even sure you're up to it? I haven't met anyone matching up with a Spartan, more so with a person like you."
"How amusing." Guiche snarled. "Then meet me at the Vestri Court. I will be waiting there."
Guiche then left the scene and the other students follow him to wait for the duel. Louise quickly approaches her familiar and confronts him.
"Are you out of your mind? You just angered a commoner!"
"So what? He doesn't look tough. And I have fought more dangerous foes than that weakling."
"Listen, no commoner can ever beat a mage!"
"There is a first time for everything Louise. And I will not back down from a challenge."
"You mustn't do it. You'll get killed. Apologize to him now?" Louise is really concerned with her familiar for she fears that she may lose him and stains her title as a noble.
"I will never apologize!" Saito said strongly. "I HAVE faced worst foes than you can ever imagine and HAVE survived hellish battles! I will not back down!"
Saito then faces a blonde chubby boy and asks for the court's location.
"Where is this Vestri Court?"
"This way, commoner." He gestured to follow him.
They then head to the Vestri Court as Louise quickly follows them.
Ok now the next chapter will be very interesting. I wonder how will they react when Saito, a Spartan-III, get into the action.
See you soon everyone.