Zero no Tsukaima:Volume2 Chapter5 ~Preview~

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Louise shakes her head, thinking Warde is joking. It is true that Saito’s speed increase dramatically when he wield a weapon, and become extremely strong, but to say he is the legendary familiar is unbelievable. If it is really like that, then something must be wrong. I am after all is “Louise the zero”.

There is always failure, there is no way I could have the power Warde mentioned.

“You could become a great magician. Yes, like founder Brimir, and leave your name in history as a great Magician. I believe so.”

Warde stared at Louise warmly.

“After this mission marry me, Louise”

“Ah…”

The sudden marriage proposal left Louise speechless.

“I am not only just a Mage captain of the (Something knights), some day, the entire nation, become (something untranslatable involve shocking) Hengika’s noble’s (something untranslatable)” “No, But..”

“But what?”

“I….I am’ still..still”

“You are not a child anymore, you are 16 years old. You have reached the age when you can decide things. Your father agreed too. But…”

Warde stopped here. Then he raised his head, then leaned next to Louise’s face. (Translation questionable for the last action)

“It is true, I never came to look for you, and I have to apologize. Marriage is not something to be spoken easily, this I also know. But Louise, to me you are vital important.”

”Warde…”

Louise thought about it. She don’t know why Saito suddenly appeared in her mind. After she marries Warde, then she will leave Saito the familiar somewhere out of her control.

I don’t understand why, but I constantly feel this is wrong. If it is a Crow, Owl type of familiar it wouldn’t be so trouble some.

If, no one take care this idiot from another world, what will happen to him?

[Un-translated name, I think this refer to Kitche] or…. Saito don’t know Louise knows, often the maid from the kitchen who feed him….they will take care of him right?

Don’t understand why this is extremely annoying. Louise thinks this is just a girl’s innate competitiveness (translation questionable). Although Saito is an idiot, and often made me mad, but I don’t want him become someone else’s property. Because he is mine, Louise’s property.

Louise raised her head.

Still… Still…

Still?

“That, that I am not an magician of your caliber yet, I still need to study..”

Louise lower her head, and kept it lower and murmured.

“Warde, when I was young, that is what I always thought, Someday, I must make everyone recognize me, become a great magician, and make my mother and father proud.”

Louise raise her head, staring at Warde.

“I, I still cannot reach that yet.”

“Is it because someone already stole your heart?”

“There is nothing like that, there is no chance for that to happen!”

Louise replied in a panic.

“Is not important, I understand, understand. For now, I won’t ask for an answer. But, after this journey is over, I will certainly lighten your heart.”

Louise nodded in reply.

“In that case, lets go to bed, already tired right?”

Suddenly, Warde came close to Louise, wanting to kiss her.

Louise’s body suddenly fly backward, then caught Warde and pushed him away. (Translation dubious, but it is along that line)

“Louise?”

[Editor’s note: One of the annoying part of this story is the repeat use of names throughout the text, for example, it would go on like Louise thought about this, then Louise replied and said blab la blab. So if no one objects, in my future updates I would delete repeat mentioned of the same person’s name so people don’t have to mouth the same adjective over and over again]

Louise (Proudly?) stared at Warde, Warde smiled bitterly, and shake his head. [Editor’s note: See what I mean? If no one mind, I would have deleted the second “Warde” and replace it with “the knight” or “the man”] “I am not in a hurry”

Louise lowered her head again.

Why is Warde so warm, such an handsome and dashing (This is actually an difficult to translate praise for guys). And I am an easily shocked bird (Seriously dubious translation). Not even happy when I am being proposed to. But I don’t know why in my heart it feels like I just suffered a strong blow. That blow is reverberating, and Louise don’t want accept the reality in front of her. (I am really on thin ice here)

Outside the window, Saito had his hand around the Window-Bars, desperately checking the situation in Louise and Warde’s room.

Left hand holding [Un-translated name, I think is Deflinger] way, and his body became light as a feather, allowing him to observe everything inside the room.

Peeking through the curtains, Saito saw two figures sitting on the table.

What are they talking about? Every time when Warde’s face got closer to Louise, Saito would bite his lips. Every time when the two appear to about to kiss, the boy would almost stop breathing. But since Louise never connected the kiss, Saito’s breathe didn’t stop either.

“Ah, closing in again, this ******, ah, so it is like that!” Saito whispered. Delfinger [unable to translate the way he talked, but we can assume is fairly sarcastic]

D: “How shameful.”

S: “Shut up.”

D: “Like this, like a [some kind of bug] peeking into a window, looking at the girl you have a crush on and her lover cheerfully converse, and my partner biting his lips, it is so shameful it hurts, and almost making me cry!”

S: “I don’t have an crush on her! What is so good about that kind of girl? Explosive temper, treat me like an dog, twisted personality.”

Saito mumbled, biting his lips at the same time.

D: “So, why are we peeking?”

S: “I am only worried, just worried that’s all.”

Just as the two spoke, something fell from above.

Pa-ta (sound of something falling). Something fell on Saito’s shoulder and covered his face, and everything in front of him turned black.

S: “Wha, what?”

“What are you doing here? Do you like to take strolls on the wall? Geez, took me forever to find you.”

It was Kirche who landed on his shoulder, and our hero’s eyes were blinded because his face was covered by the Germanian’s mini-skirt. [Notice how I replaced the mention of Kirche with “Germanian” and 3 separate mention of Saito with “our hero”, his, and so forth. This is the change from the text I mentioned-Editor] “Get off me, quick” Saito replied as he pulled his face out of Kirche’s skirt.

K: “Why, is it not good? Hey, what are you looking at?”

Kirche took one look at the window, turned around to face Saito and put her arms around him: “No, don’t peek at newly weds, we shouldn’t care about them”

“This is what I think; a quiet date on the wall is so romantic. Look how beautiful the lights from the city are, don’t you think they are cheering for us?” (The proper word is “well-wish but I have a hard time fitting it in a sentence)

“First thing first, you get off first”

The two panicked, and suddenly the window slammed open. Saito remain frozen in place, and hug the wall like a cockroach (Some kind of bug).

One look and we can see is Louise with her hands crossed around her hips. (Something about both hands, not exactly). But, her lovely face twisted into a demonic mask, focused on Kirche and Saito.

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEXT TO MY WINDOW????”

Saito with his sword in one hand, another clutching the window frames. And the same time Kirche hugged her arms tightly around Saito.

You can’t say this is a surprise, but it still looked pretty amazing.

“Can’t understand it even after you see it? This is a date.”

Saito tried to say something, but his lips were covered by Kirche’s hands. (the rest of the sentence is sort of hard to translate, but it mention Kirche’s usual facial expression when caught with Saito in tow). Louise’s shoulders start to quake in fury.

“Go, go, go, go have romance somewhere else. You, you, you two wild dogs” (Go have romance may not be the exact translation, but I think she meant sex)

Using an extradited voice, Kirche replied,“But darling want to have a date here.”

In an instant Louise’s foot flew in this direction, Kirche docked then climbed on to the wall, so the shorter girl’s foot connected straight with Saito’s face, sending the Japanese boy flying.

Luckily Saito had the sword in his hand, and used the sword to gauge an hole on the wall to stop his own decent (not exactly, but the Chinese part is very garbled). Then he howled in rage:

S:”DO YOU WANT TO KILL ME???”

L:“Someone like you who don’t understand kindness deserve to DIE!”

Warde sat in his room and watched with amusement.

Second day, Saito wake up to someone knocking on his door. Since Guiche is still sleeping soundly to the bed next to him, without another choice the Japanese could only climb out the bed to answer.

There is no ship today, I wanted to have a good day sleep, geez. Saito thought angrily as he opened the door.

Warde with his usual hat looked down at Saito, who is about a head and half shorter than the knight.

W: “Good morning, Familiar.”

With Louise’s finance calling him like this, it really felt bad in Saito’s heart.

Saito replied: “Morning, but the departure date is tomorrow right? Do you have anything important to say this morning? I been riding a horse all day yesterday, I still want to sleep.”

Warde only smiled faintly.

“Are you the Gandlifer of the legend?”

“AH”

Saito stared at Warde in a stunned expression.

Ware is trying to clear something (This is a really garbled sentence), and bend his head and said “ That, that case with Forquet, I hold an great interest in you. I asked Louise earlier, and I heard you are from another world. And I also heard you are the legendary Gandlifer.”

“Ha” (Some kind of expression)

Who talked about Gandlfier anyway? [A name is here, but I am sure is not Guiche, Louise, or Kirche] shouldn’t had talked about this.

“I want to know the strength of that Delfinger, can you show it to me?”

“Show you?”

Walden pulled out his wand from his belt, “Let us put it that way.”

“A duel?” Saito replied with an icy smile.

W: “Exactly.”

Walden and Saito smiled together. Taking one look at the still sleeping Guiche, the Japanese boy thought: “I am not sure just how strong is Walden anyway, but I beaten Guiche already, and captured Forquet. Although he is the Captain of the Magic Knights, and look like he have some abilities too. But I shouldn’t be so far behind.”

“Lets show Louise’s finance what a Gandlifr is capable of” Kaito thought.

S: “Where do you want to duel?”

W: “This hotel used to be a castle designed for repelling Albion invasions, there is a parade ground in the center of it.”

The two then left for the parade ground for nobles together. The ancient practice ground is now a place for debris and refuse, with empty beer bottles and crates scattered all over the place. (The next sentence is untranslated, but it meant an once great parade ground is now an wasteland, using an ancient Chinese phase for an failing dynasty)

W: “Before, maybe you don’t know, under the reign of Philip the 3rd, this often used to be a place to host duels between nobility.”

S: “Ha Ha.”

Kaito took out Delfinger from his shoulder, and the rune on his left hand burst flared into light.

“In a long time ago, the king still had the power to duel, Noble from the king’s time…a time when Nobles were Nobles, risked for fame and honor, we nobles fought with magic. But it is usually fought over boring issues, Right, as if the two were fighting for an lover”

Suddenly Saito’s face grew serious, pulled out his sword, but Walden stopped him with his left hand.

S: “What?”

W:“There are certain rules regarding dueling, we don’t have a witness here”

S:“Witness?”

“calm down, is coming” (Yes, this sentence explicitly didn’t mention he/she/who, but Chinese can get away with it) Walden replied, and Louise appeared from nearby. She was dumbfound as she saw the two.

L: “Walden, you called me over and I came, what are you two preparing to do?”

W: “I want to test his abilities a little”

L: “Really, let’s stop this nonsense. Now is not the time for this kind of stupidities.”

S: “It is true, but the noble-born (not a nice word here) want a duel, he really want to find out if I am strong or weak”

Louise stared at her familiar, “Stop now, this is an order”

Saito did not reply, only stared at Walden.

S: “What? Really?” (an exact Chinese translation don’t fit here, since this phase is often used as sort of a whine when someone is denied of something, especially by children)

W: “Since the witness is here, let us begin”

<Cliffhanger> :D

Walden pulled out his Wand from his belt again, enter a combat stance, with his wand pointing at Saito.

Saito responded: “I am not that reliable, so I don’t know how to go hard or light.”

Walden responded with a light laughter, “No problem, give me everything.”

Saito pulled out Delfinger and leaped forward with a slash. The magic knight parried the attack with his wand, and the two weapons rang solidly as steel clashed steel, sending sparks in all directions. While Walden’s weapon is merely an small wand, yet it was able to block Saito’s long sword without a sweat.

(tough translation)One expected Walden to retreat backward, but no one expected the hurricane like wind that was caused when the two clashed, and Walden’s unholy speed as he charged toward Saito.

The Japanese boy responded with a chopping action that broke Walden’s advance, with the Black cape of the Magic Knights flipping in the wind. The captain in response leaped a few steps back, and then reversed back to his stance.

“Why isn’t that guy using his magic?” Saito thought.

Delflinger mumbled in response, “You can’t make it, he is looking down on you.”

Saito’s heart burst in fury, Walden that bastard, He can have the same speed with me with the Gandlfir runes glowing. Only one exchange, he could tell the difference between Guiche and Walden.

“A Magic Knight isn’t someone who only chant Magic.” Walden answered with an tip of his hat.

(really bad translation)“The way we chant are all specialized for battle, the way we hold our wand, the motion we used to charge…the way we use our Wand as swords, complete with Spellcraft. This is the basic of the basic for soldiers” 

Kaito lowered his body slightly, and begin to spin his blade like a windmill. Walden apparently already saw through Saito’s attack style, and parried the next attack without even taking a breath.

“You are really fast; no one can mistake you for an commoner, truly the familiar of the legends.” Blocking Kaito’s blow, Walden used his wand and swing at the back of Saito’s head. With his brains and nose on fire, the Japanese boy collapsed on the ground with a thud.

“But everything is (Untranslated, something about broken), everything lies with the speed, but with the move of a amateur, you cannot beat an real mage with this.”

Saito leaped forward like a bullet, and unreleased an brand new assault.

But (untranslated action), (untranslated action), Walden blocked Satito again with the speed of the wind.

“In other words, you are unable to protect Louise.” For the first time, Walden entered combat stance, with a speed impossible for an normal person to track, launched an attack on Saito. Just as the boy realized what was going on, he took the full attack head on.

　　「dell yill soll la windy。」

With one hand waving the sparking wand, Walden chanted with a low voice.

Saito realized Walden’s movement and attack all have a pattern. (Translation questionable)

“Partner! Bad news! Magic is coming!” Delfinger screamed. When he realized the whispery chant was magic…

(Noise), suddenly the wind rush together, The invisible wind slammed into Saito with the force of a hammer, knocking Saito a good 10 meters away and lacked into a pile of Beer barrels, smashing all of them as he crashed down.

In the instant Saito landed on the wine barrels he dropped his sword. As Saito tried to retrieve the weapon, Walden stepped on it, then struck Saito with the wand. Delfinger screamed “Get your foot of me!”, but Walden paid it no heed and spoke: “

“Did you find out who is the winner and loser?”

Saito tried to get up, but the pain prevented him from moving. The boy then realized blood was flowing down his head.

Louise fearfully came over.

“Do you understand Louise? He cannot protect you.” Walden told her calmly.

“Because…BECAUSE AREN”T YOU THE MAGIC KNIGHT? THE GROUP THAT IS ASSIGNED TO PROTECT THE QUEEN?? ISN”T IT NATURAL TO BE STRONG?”

“True, but aren’t you going to Albion to do battle? When you are surrounded by strong enemies, you also plan to say ‘we are weak, please put away the wand?’”

Louise became silent, and then looked at Saito with worry. From his head came more fresh blood, and the little girl panicky drew out her handkerchief, but was stopped by Walden.

“Leave him, Louise.”

Walden gripped on to Louise’s hands.

“But…”

”Lets leave him there for a bit.”

With Saito left behind, the boy was on his knees, unable to move a single bit.

Deflinger quipped, “Lost.”

Saito didn’t respond. Losing in front of Louise, made him very sad.

“But that noble is very strong! Don’t worry about it partner, That guy have a lot of skills. Maybe even a Square Mage. Even if you lost, it is not shameful.”

Even if this is true, Saito could not respond. “Losing in front the girl you have a crush on, is truly a despicable event. But don’t look so down, Or I will cry as well….. Hey, I remember something, what was it? It happened a long time ago… Oh that! Wait!”

Saito put Delfinger back to his sheave, silencing it in the process. Dusting off his pants, the boy took a heavy step forward.

That night, Saito stared at the moon from his balcony window. Walden and co were drinking down stairs. Tomorrow they are heading for Albion, so everyone is partying below. Kirche came with an invitation, but he refused. Our hero have little heart for drinking now.

Apparently, the group can leave with the two moon ellipses, it is the day with Albion is closest to the world.

Saito looked up to the starlit night sky, in the sea of stars, the pink moon hid behind the white moon, and thus became one moon sparking with a peach color. That moon reminded him the moon of his homeland, the moon of Earth.

The depressed Saito never stop mumbling wanting to go home, to go back to his homeland. Also losing to Walden in front of Louise made Saito more homesick than ever.

Without realizing it, tears were falling from Saito’s eyes. The tears rolled down his face pass his chin then fell on to the ground. The boy continue to cry as he started at the Moons, then he heard something behind him.

“Saito.”

Turning around, he saw Louise standing behind him with her arms crossed.

“…Just because you lost does not mean you should cry, that is unbecoming.”

The boy in response wiped at his face, no wanting Louise to see his tears.

“Is not right.”

”what is not right?”

“I am only doing it because I am homesick, go back to Earth, go back to Japan.”

Louise lowered her head.

“…I know, it is my fault.”

“you are just treating me like a dog.”

“There is nothing I can do about it, I am an member of the nobility, and if I don’t do it there would be rumors.”

“So what is the way to return me to my old world? I really don’t want to be in this world anymore.”

(Something about Saito having thought so evil coming out his heart-untranslated.)

“….What, you know you are very troublesome for me too”

“If you say so, then help me find a way back. Promise me you will find a way to return to my original world.”

“….When this mission is over, I will do my best to find you an way home.”

“Really?”

Louise put her arms around her belt, nodding her head in a cute expression.

“I am a member of the nobility, I will not lie.”

“But what happen if I cannot find a way back?”

Her face redden a little, Louise harden her heart and replied, “…If that happens, I will ask you to continue to serve (literal translation is worry about) me.”

“Even if you are married?”

“This has nothing to do with marriage.”

Louise stared at Saito.

Saito commented with a little sarcastic humor, “Ok ok, a person like you, with such an awful personality and there is a person who is willing to marry you, that noble is really a miracle. You are really lucky.”

Louise raised her arms with a tint of anger, “What? Didn’t Kirche fall in love with you? That idiot can fall in love with you. Forget it, no matter what can be said. Both of you are morons, and would make a lovely pair.”

The two turned away from each other. Louise closed her eyes, and calmed herself then said: “In summary, during the time you are in Hengenka, you are my familiar. So regardless the fact I get married or not. It is your duty to protect me, and do laundry as well as other duties.”

Saito turned around to face Louise.

Under that peach colored hair, Louise’s tea-green eyes sparked with fury. Her normally pale face was also tinted with color of anger, which made her puckered lips extremely cute.

Saito’s heart begins to race as he stared at her. He did get yelled at by Louise, but she is still so beautiful.

But, it is truly only this? Just because she is beautiful, my heart is racing? I feel it is not just this alone. No matter how beautiful she is, how cute, when I hear such hurtful words my heart should not race.