Chapter 3
Hart, after hearing his "Master's" scream, started his trek back towards the dorms. After navigating the stairs and corridors, he arrived in front of Louise's room. As he opened the door, a pillow flew right into his mask-clad face. When it fell off, he was greeted by the sight of an angry Louise; her face red with anger.
"Y-YOU UNFAITHFUL DOG OF A COMMONER, NOT HERE TO AS-" She was cut short, however, as Hart's Bolter Pistol was aimed at her.
Paralyzed with shock, she could only look at the weapon before focusing on Hart who was breathing heavily in his gas mask.
"Call me a dog...or a commoner again and I will see to it that you die a gruesome death." He said, his voice calm yet deathly serious.
After saying said words, he holstered and said: "Now go do whatever you need to do, I will be just waiting outside." before going out of the room and slamming the door with a loud bang. This was enough to snap Louise out of her shock as she shook her head a few times before starting to look around the room for her uniform.
As Louise finished dressing up, she opened the door and saw Hart standing there beside the door in full attention. Louise then said to Hart to follow her and he did it without starting another argument. They arrived at the dining hall, noticing that all eyes were at Hart who ignored it all and continued to follow Louise. Louise had sat down before giving Hart his food and telling him to sit where the other familliars were.
He let out a silent sigh and went to where all the other famillars were, sat down and looked at his meal. It consisted of soup, hard bread and water which made him think that the food back in Vraks Prime was better than this slop. One other thing he noticed was that the other familliars were trying to avoid him as much as possible. He didn't mind this and removed his gasmask and started eating with his back straight, eating his food quietly.
After eating, he putted his mask back on and scanned the dining hall to see that the students were already leaving when the pinkette approached him.
"It's time for us to go the courtyard" she said.
"Why? Aren't there going to be a class today?" he asked her.
"No, it's the day Nobles get to know their familiar." she responded
After hearing this, Hart gave a nod and followed Louise outside of the dining hall to the courtyard. There he saw many of the juvies with their familliars of all shapes and sizes.
Hart stood out the most, however, as he was the only human familiar there. He had asked Professor Colbert about it who confirmed to him that he was, indeed, the only one of his kind.
He was told by Louise to stay put which he did until he saw the blonde haired boy named Guiche. Scanning the area, he saw the brown haired girl who was with him last night and with quick thinking Hart strode towards her.
"Who are you looking for little one?" he asked as he approached the lass.
"Umm, I'm looking for Guiche. H-have you seen him?" she asked with a hint of nervousness, intimidated by Hart's appearance.
Hart then gestured for the girl to come with him as he escorted her to where the so called Guiche was, the latter of whom was sitting on a table along with a girl with blonde, curly hair.
"My Motmorency, you look as lovely as always." Guiche said to the blonde.
"Oh my, Guiche stop flattering me its emba-" She stopped as the brown-haired girl accompanied by Hart approached the table.
"Guiche! Here are the special bread you asked me to make last night~" The girl said handing out a box of cookies.
Motmorency twitched at the words of the brown haired girl and the box of cookies she had for Guiche. With a scowl, she then faced the boy.
"Monmon, i-it's not what you think! I don't know this girl and she's lying! I never asked her to make me cookies!" He exclaimed nervously.
"Oh really? I heard you sweet talking with this girl last night when I walked by." Hart said, a little amusement in his voice.
The brown haired girl and Montmorency, stunned by what Hart said, were shaking in anger then.
"Y-Y-YOU TWO-TIMING IDIOT!" they both said in unison and slapped him square in the face before turning around, frustrated and heartbroken.
Guiche, who was holding his cheeks from the strong slaps of both girls, looked furiously at Hart then stood up, facing the gaunt figure.
"You commoner! If you had played along then this wouldn't have happened to me!" He shouted.
"First of all, I am no commoner. Second, lying isn't something I uphold so you deserved what happened to you." The man said, the hint of amusement never leaving his voice.
"Fine then, I challenge you to a duel! Meet me at the Vestri Court if you're up to it. Unless you want to coward out like the commoner that you are!" the boy boasted with bravado.
Hart leaned close to Guiche's face and said:
"I accept."
He then proceeded to walk back towards his Master.
"He won't live." Guiche said to himself, smirking.
Walking away, Hart saw Louise stomping her way towards him.
"You idiot! Not only did you provoke Guiche but you accepted a duel from him! Come on, let's go and apologize to him while we still ca-" She was cut short when Hart stopped.
"No, I will not back down or apologize. The brat needs a lesson." He said seriously to her before striding to one of the students.
"Guide me to the Vestri Court." He said to the boy.
The student nodded and started to lead him to the Court.
Louise sighed then proceeded to facepalm and say: "Why did I have a headache of a familiar?" before following her errant familiar.
At the court, a band of students were watching as Hart made his way through the crowd before standing on one side of the court. Guiche was waiting for him on the other end.
"I commend you for not backing down, commoner, but that won't stop me from defeating you." He boasted.
"You can beat him Guiche! No one has ever defeated magic before!" A student cheered on from the crowd.
"If you want to back down, kneel and apologize. This is your last warning" He said with a smug smile.
"Idiot! Go do what he-"
"No." He cut her off.
"Well then, do not cry for mercy when you're all beaten up then. I am Guiche 'The Bronze' Gramont, third son of General Gramont! Prepare yourself commoner!" he shouted then took out his rose wand and summoned a Valkrie which oddly enough looked like a Sister of Battle to Hart.
"Here is my Beautifull Valkrie! Now what do you have to fight back!".
Hart pulled his hat down a little to make the "eyes" of his gasmask look more intimidating. He then took out his Bolter Pistol and Power Sabre.
"You think that will save you? Attack!" Guiche commanded the valkrie.
As soon as it heard his command, the Valkrie took its sword and started rushing at Hart at an astonishing rate but before it could get close to strike a loud bark echoed. As students opened their eyes, they met the sight of Hart holding his Bolter Pistol with its barrel smoking from the heat. The thing that amazed the students, however, was that a fist sized hole was on the golem's chest. Hart walked towards it before kicking the body to the ground, leaving the golem in pieces.
Hart had his right foot on the crumpled body of the Valkrie and waited for what comes next.
"I-I-Impossible! No mere commoner can destroy my precious bronze Valkyries!" Guiche said in frustration and shock.
He then proceeded to summon three more to attack Hart.
"Get him!" he shouted.
The Valks were moving torwards at him when a light shone from his glove, he noticed and looked at it before feeling something.
"I feel like I'm lighter and stronger for some reason, are the markings on my hand doing this? Well, I will find out soon enough." He thought to himself.
Getting back to reality, the first Bronze Valkyrie was upon him and raised its two-handed sword to strike. His Power Sabre hummed as it turned on before slashing the Valk across the torso, slicing the Valkyrie in half. Then the other Valk came with a lance intent on skewering him but he rolled out of the way before shooting the Valk two times before watching it fall down to the ground in a heap. The last Valkyrie, which was behind him, raised its double-edged axe right above Hart but before it could strike the Krieg Officer down, he sliced its arms off which left it stunned before shooting it two times in the chest.
As the last of the Valkries fell, he looked at Guiche who was sweating and had fallen to the ground in shock. Hart started moving towards him, holsterting his Bolt Pistol while walking towards the brat who was scurrying and trying to escape from the Devil that was walking towards him. Hart then stepped onto Guiche with one foot on his chest to prevent him from getting away then slowly, he raised his Sabre high in the air with an intent to go in for the kill.
"No! I yield! I YIELD!" Guiche screamed for mercy.
When the sword hit the ground, gasps of horror, shrieks and screams filled the air. To the audience's surprise, however, they saw that the Sabre was embedded on the ground a mere two inches from the boy's head.
Hart leaned closer to him.
"I win." He said, his voice monotone.
He lifted up his foot from Guiche's chest, turned off the power on his Sabre and holstered it before walking back to Louise.
The eyes of the students were fixed on him, some were filled with horror and some with awe and amazement but he didn't care.
"You idiot! You made me worried sick over the stupid fight!" Louise yelled at him from the back of the crowd.
"Your worries are not needed, I taught him a lesson. Should he try to confront me again, I will not be so forgiving." He said in all seriousness.
After having discussed a few things, they immediately went back to the classrooms for classes.
"He is truly Gandalfr, Mr. Osmond." Colbert said to the old man who was smoking his pipe.
"Indeed he is, I guess Miss Louise summoned a wonderful familliar." The old man responded.
At the classroom...
When he entered along with his "Master", Hart looked at the classroom and saw that it was a round-shaped room with the students desks placed around the room in a way akin to an amphitheater. The teacher's table was placed in the middle.
Going down the stairs, he had caught some eyes were looking at him from the match awhile ago. One of those were of Guiche's who looked at him nervously, he silently chuckled at the sight of the boy who was terrified of him.
Once the teacher had come, the students all seated themselves as the teacher introduced herself.
"Hello class, my name is Mrs. Chevreuse and I will be your new Earth class teacher. To start with, who may recite the four classes of magic?" she asked the class until Montmorency raised her hand.
"Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth" she said.
"Correct and what are the representation of the ranks of mages?" she asked her again.
"A Dot for single spell mages, Line for two, Triangle for three and finally Square for four" she answered again.
"Correct. Now to get started, I will transmute these rocks into a kind of metal." She said then took out her wand and recited a spell as the rocks turned into a golden brown color.
"Wait! Is that gold!" Kirche stood up and shouted in amazement.
"No this is bronze, only Square class mages can transmute to gold." She said as the redhead sat once more.
"Now can anyone transmute these rocks again? How about you, the pink-haired one, what's your name?" she looked at Louise.
"I am Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière." She responded.
"Ah hello, Miss Louise, I want you to come down and transmute these bronze ores back into normal stones." she said The students started gulping and some were already taking cover under their chairs and tables but a fat kid with blonde hair stood up and said:
"Ma'am for the safety of the class and yours, don't let Zero do it!" he shouted.
"Malicorne, shut up! I'm no Zero!" Louise replied aggressively.
"Both of you cut it, there will be no name calling in this class." Mrs. Chevreuse tried to intervene.
"No its true ma'am Zero here ca-" he was cut short as a fist pounded on the table. It was Hart.
"Now, I will not ask why you call her Zero but take this as an advice: If you don't shut up from the name calling and idiocy you're doing right now. I will make sure that you will regret doing so." He said, addressing the boy who just shrunk back to his seat and stopped teasing Louise.
Despite herself, Louise felt good inside knowing that her familiar is defending her from the insults that were being thrown at her.
Before Mrs. Chevreuse could talk, the sound of the bell marked the end of class so the students, Hart and Louise excited the classroom.
"Thank you for stopping Malicorne, I'm… grateful. Thank you." She said to Hart who was right beside her.
He just nodded and walked along with the pinkette as they made their way to the dorm.
7:00PM: Louise's Room
Louise had already changed from her uniform to her night gown and had told Hart to leave them outside so the maids could pick them up and get them cleaned. As she is about to sleep, she looked at Hart to see him praying then standing up and heading for his chair.
"Umm, good night Hart." She nervously said his name.
Hart just nodded and tipped his hat lower to cover his gasmask's glass eyes and crossed his arms before falling silently to sleep.
Louise just tossed to the other side, cuddling her pillow and smiled before drifting off to sleep.
Author's Note: Hey guy's sorry for the long update, just finished exams and was kinda lazy to finish this chapter so yeah be sure to watch out for my 4th chapter comming out this january. See ya then guy's and have fun reading!