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=== Chapter Two: Kirche the Ardent ===
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The night after Saito thoroughly shamed Louise in class with his sleep-talking, Louise unceremoniously threw his pile of hay into the hallway.
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== Chapter 5: Kirche the Ardent ==
  
   
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"What are you doing?"
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The night after Saito throughly shamed Louise in class with his sleep-talking... Louise unceremoniously threw his pile of hay into the hallway.
  
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“What are you doing?”
  
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“It'd be a bother if I snuck into your bed again right?”
  
   
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"It'd be a bother if I snuck into your bed again, right?"
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It seemed she was still upset over what happened earlier in class. “But it's kind of cold outside the room with the wind blowing around.”
  
   
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It seemed she was still upset over what happened earlier in class. "But it's kind of cold outside the room with the wind blowing around."
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“Well, no doubt I'll come and warm you in your dreams,” said Louise, arching her shapely eyebrows. What a bitter girl. She looked determined to make Saito sleep out in the hallway no matter what.
  
   
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"Well, no doubt I'll come and warm you in your dreams," said Louise, arching her shapely eyebrows. What a bitter girl. She looked determined to make Saito sleep out in the hallway no matter what.
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He took his blanket and went out to the hallway. The moment he left the room, the door locked with a loud click. Wind rushed in from the open window, making Saito shiver.
  
   
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He took his blanket and went out to the hallway. The moment he left the room, the door locked with a loud click. Wind rushed in from the open window, making Saito shiver.
 
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The evening of that day Louise had been thoroughly shamed, much thanks to Saito's sleep-talking during class...
  
The evening of that day Louise had been thoroughly shamed, much thanks to Saito's sleep-talking during class...
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Wind swept in from the window, making Saito shiver. -->
  
Wind swept in from the window, making Saito shiver. -->
   
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Muttering about the cold, Saito wrapped the blanket around himself and lay down on the hay. The chill of the stone floor seeped into his body. ''No heaters either. I'm freezing.''
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Muttering about the cold, Saito wrapped the blanket around himself and lay down on the hay. The chill of the stone floor seeped into his body. ''No heaters either. I'm freezing.''
   
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''Making me suffer like this just because of a dream!'' Saito kicked Louise's door. Of course, there was no response.
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''Making me suffer like this just because of a dream!'' Saito kicked Louise's door. Of course, there was no response.
   
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Saito began plotting his revenge. ''Cutting the elastic in her panties is no longer enough.'' As he lay shivering in his blanket wondering how he would get one back on that little girl...
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Saito began plotting his revenge. ''Cutting the elastic in her panties is no longer enough.'' As he lay shivering in his blanket wondering how he would get one back on that little girl…
   
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The door to Kirche’s room opened.
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The door to Kirche's room opened.
   
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Her salamander, Flame, crawled out, with its burning tail emitting a warm glow. The two stared at each other. The salamander shuffled closer to Saito, who unconsciously began to back away.
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Her salamander Flame crawled out, with its burning tail emitting a warm glow. The two stared at each other. The salamander shuffled closer to Saito, who unconsciously began to back away.
   
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“Wh...what are you doing?”
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"Wh-what are you doing?"
   
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"Kyurukyuru," it growled comfortingly. It looked harmless before it clamped its jaws on Saito’s sleeve, shaking its head as if asking him to follow it.
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"Kyurukyuru," it growled comfortingly. It looked harmless before it clamped its jaws on Saito's sleeve, shaking its head as if asking him to follow it.
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“Hey, let go! You’ll light my blanket on fire!” said Saito to an insistent Flame, which only pulled harder.
  
   
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"Hey, let go! You'll light my blanket on fire!" said Saito to an insistent Flame, which only pulled harder.
 
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Muttering bitterly about the cold, Saito wrapped the blanket tighter and lay down on the hay. The chill stone floor of the corridor seeped into his body. ''No heaters either. I'm freezing.''
  
Muttering bitterly about the cold, Saito wrapped the blanket tighter and lay down on the hay. The chill stone floor of the corridor seeped into his body. ''No heaters either. I'm freezing.''
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Kirche's door opened up with a click.
  
Kirche's door opened up with a click.
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From inside, the salamander Flame appeared. ''The flame on the end of its tail looks warm,'' Saito thought, eyes wide.
  
From inside, the salamander Flame appeared. ''The flame on the end of its tail looks warm,'' Saito thought, eyes wide.
   
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The salamander shuffled closer to Saito, who unconciously crept back.
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The salamander shuffled closer to Saito, who unconsciously crept back.
   
 
"Wh-what do you want."
  
"Wh-what do you want."
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said Saito. But the salamander kept pulling Saito insistently, with increasing strength. -->
  
said Saito. But the salamander kept pulling Saito insistently, with increasing strength. -->
   
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Kirche’s room remained open. ''Is it trying to drag me in there?'' Indeed it was. ''I don't think Flame isn’t dragging me for the fun of it. What could Kirche possibly want from me?'' Saito brainstormed the reasons. ''Maybe she just wants to lecture me about quarreling with Louise.'' As if in a trance, Saito stepped into Kirche’s room.
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Kirche's room remained open. ''Is it trying to drag me in there?'' Indeed it was. ''I don't think Flame is dragging me for the fun of it. What could Kirche possibly want from me?'' Saito brainstormed the reasons. ''Maybe she just wants to lecture me about quarreling with Louise.'' As if in a trance, Saito stepped into Kirche's room.
 
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The room was pitch dark, save for Flame’s mild glow. Kirche’s voice commanded from the darkness, “Close the door.” Saito obliged.
  
   
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“Welcome to my room.”
  
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The room was pitch dark, save for Flame's mild glow. Kirche's voice commanded from the darkness, "Close the door." Saito obliged.
   
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"Welcome to my room."
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“It’s pretty dark in here.”
  
   
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"It's pretty dark in here."
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He heard Kirche snap her fingers. Starting from the one nearest him, lamps lit up one by one towards Kirche like lights floating above a street.
  
   
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He heard Kirche snap her fingers. Starting from the one nearest him, lamps lit up one by one towards Kirche like lights floating above a street.
 
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Kirche's bedroom door was still open. ''Is it trying to drag me in there?'' It certainly seemed so. ''In the case this salamander isn't just being playful, what could Kirche possibly want from me?''
  
Kirche's bedroom door was still open. ''Is it trying to drag me in there?'' It certainly seemed so. ''In the case this salamander isn't just being playful, what could Kirche possibly want from me?''
   
 
Maybe she was going to complain about Saito and Louise always arguing so loudly with each other. Though he still didn't quite get it, he stepped into Kirche's room anyway.
  
Maybe she was going to complain about Saito and Louise always arguing so loudly with each other. Though he still didn't quite get it, he stepped into Kirche's room anyway.
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It was completely dark inside. Only around the salamander was there any source of illumination. From somewhere in the darkness, he heard Kirche's voice.
  
It was completely dark inside. Only around the salamander was there any source of illumination. From somewhere in the darkness, he heard Kirche's voice.
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"It's pitch-black."
  
"It's pitch-black."
   
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There was the sound of Kirche clicking her fingers.
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There was the sound of Kirche snapping her fingers.
   
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At that, the candles lined up along the room lit up one by one, starting from the one closest to Saito and ending at the one near Kirche. The glow of the candles were arranged almost like streetlamps lighting a road. -->
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At that, the candles lined up along the room lit up one by one, starting from the one closest to Saito and ending at the one near Kirche. The glow of the candles were arranged almost like street lamps lighting a road. -->
   
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Doused in the mild glow, Kirche sat on her bed, with a look of worry on her face. She wore an attractive underwear, or rather, just plain underwear. One thing is for sure: supported only by her sexy bra were her full breasts the size of sweet cantaloupes.
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Doused in the mild glow, Kirche sat on her bed, with a look of worry on her face. She was wearing attractive underwear, or rather, just plain underwear. One thing was for sure: supported only by her sexy bra, her full breasts were the size of cantaloupes.
   
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“Don’t just stand there. Come to me.” Kirche cooed with her most captivating voice.
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"Don't just stand there. Come to me," Kirche cooed with her most captivating voice.
   
 
Saito shakily wandered to a smiling Kirche, as if in a dream.
  
Saito shakily wandered to a smiling Kirche, as if in a dream.
   
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“Sit down.”
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"Sit down."
   
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Saito sat on her side as he was told. His mind is filled with Kirche’s nearly nude body.
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Saito sat by her side as he was told. His mind was filled with Kirche's nearly nude body.
   
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“Wh-what is it?” Saito asked nervously. Kirche only stared at him, while slowly waving her fiery red hair. Under the faint lamp light, Kirche’s brown skin looked wildly erotic, as if trying to capture Saito to do her bidding.
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"Wh-what is it?" Saito asked nervously. Kirche merely stared at him while slowly waving her fiery red hair. Under the faint lamp light, Kirche's brown skin looked wildly erotic, as if trying to capture Saito to do her bidding.
   
 
Kirche made a long sigh, and worriedly shook her head.
  
Kirche made a long sigh, and worriedly shook her head.
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There, bathed in an ephemeral light, Kirche's tantalising form lay across the bed. She was wearing a seductive garment, known as a baby doll. Or rather, she was wearing nothing but that.
  
There, bathed in an ephemeral light, Kirche's tantalising form lay across the bed. She was wearing a seductive garment, known as a baby doll. Or rather, she was wearing nothing but that.
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Kirche sighed deeply, and shook her head as if troubled. -->
  
Kirche sighed deeply, and shook her head as if troubled. -->
   
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“You must think me a lowly, despicable woman.”
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"You must think me a lowly, despicable woman."
   
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"Kirche?"
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“Kirche?”
  
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“To be thought so is inevitable. Do you understand? My runic name is ‘Subtle Heat’.”
  
   
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"To be thought so is inevitable. Do you understand? My runic name is 'Ardent'."
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“I know that.”
  
   
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"I know that."
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''That cleavage in her bra’s gaps is so sexy...''
  
   
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''That cleavage in her bra's gaps is so sexy…''
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“My lust is as flammable as hay...that’s why I suddenly called you here. Don’t you get it? Isn’t this really bad of me?”
  
   
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"My lust is as flammable as hay… that's why I suddenly called you here. Don't you get it? Isn't this really bad of me?"
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“That is indeed very bad.” Saito seemed unsure and just played along. He never had a foreign girl speak her heart out to him like this, so he was rather nervous.
  
   
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"That is indeed very bad." Saito seemed unsure and just played along. He never had a foreign girl speak her heart out to him like this, so he was rather nervous.
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“But...I’m sure you’ll forgive me.”
  
   
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"But… I'm sure you'll forgive me."
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Kirche looked at Saito with moist, watery eyes. Any man would show his most primitive instincts after looking at these eyes.
  
   
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Kirche looked at Saito with moist, watery eyes. Any man would show his most primitive instincts after looking at those eyes.
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“For-Forgive what?”
  
   
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"For-forgive what?"
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Kirche suddenly clasped Saito’s hand, enveloping them with her warm palms before slowly caressing through every finger, sending sparks through his spine.
  
   
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Kirche suddenly clasped Saito's hand, enveloping them with her warm palms before slowly caressing through every finger, sending sparks through his spine.
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“Loving you, my dear. To you, my love is that sudden.”
  
   
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"Loving you, my dear. To you, my love is that sudden."
 
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"I bet you think I'm a despicable woman."
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"I'm in love. With you. Love blooms so very suddenly." -->
  
"I'm in love. With you. Love blooms so very suddenly." -->
   
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“Yeah, that’s sudden alright!” Saito’s mind is a mess. ''She must be joking.'' Despite that thought, Kirche’s face looked serious.
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"Yeah, that's sudden all right!" Saito's mind was a mess. ''She must be joking.'' Despite that thought, Kirche's face looked serious.
   
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“Your grandeur in defeating Guiche is...just...so cool...like a hero of the legends. Me...when I saw you right that moment I was in love. Can you believe it? I was attracted to you just like that! Passion! Oh, this is a passionate love!”
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"Your grandeur in defeating Guiche was… just… so cool… like a hero of the legends. Me… when I saw you right that moment I was in love. Can you believe it? I was attracted to you just like that! Passion! Oh, this is a passionate love!"
   
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“Pa-passion, huh? Uh...”
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"Pa-passion, huh? Uh…"
   
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“My runic name ‘Subtle Heat’ is quite passionate, too. I’ve been writing love songs since that day! Love songs! Just for you...Saito. You appear in my dreams every night, so I told Flame to see how you’re doing...oh, I’m so embarrassed. You must think that too, am I right? But it’s all because of you!”
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"My runic name, 'Ardent', is quite passionate too. I've been writing love songs since that day! Love songs! Just for you… Saito. You appear in my dreams every night, so I told Flame to see how you're doing… oh, I'm so embarrassed. You must think that too, am I right? But it's all because of you!"
   
 
Saito just sat there, at a complete loss of words.
  
Saito just sat there, at a complete loss of words.
   
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Kirche took his silence as acceptance, and slowly, with closed eyes, approached Saito with her lips. ''So sexy. I mean...Louise is attractive too. But when it comes to sexiness, she is no match for Kirche. Though Louise is really cute, that part of her is just skin deep.''
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Kirche took his silence as acceptance, and slowly, with closed eyes, approached Saito with her lips. ''So sexy. I mean… Louise is attractive too. But when it comes to sexiness, she is no match for Kirche. Though Louise is really cute, that part of her is just skin deep.''
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However, Saito pushed Kirche’s shoulders away. Because he felt like something bad will happen otherwise.
 
   
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However, Saito pushed Kirche's shoulders away. He felt like something bad would happen otherwise.
 
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"Very suddenly indeed."
  
"Very suddenly indeed."
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But Saito gently pushed her shoulders back. -->
  
But Saito gently pushed her shoulders back. -->
   
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Kirche looked at Saito with surprise, as if asking “Why?”. Saito looked away from her body.
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Kirche looked at Saito with surprise, as if asking "Why?". Saito looked away from her body.
   
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“W-well...from what you said...”
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"W-well… from what you said…"
   
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"Hmm?"
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“Hmm?”
  
   
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“You...fall in love too easily.” Saito stuttered, hitting Kirche’s weakpoint. Her face turned red in an instant.
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"You… fall in love too easily." Saito stuttered, hitting Kirche's weak point. Her face turned red in an instant.
   
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“Yeah...I guess I have more...passion than others. That can’t be helped. Love is sudden, and it burns my body so quickly...”
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"Yeah… I guess I have more… passion than others. That can't be helped. Love is sudden, and it burns my body so quickly…"
   
 
At that moment, a voice from outside the window interrupted her.
  
At that moment, a voice from outside the window interrupted her.
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A beautiful playboy looked inside indignantly.
  
A beautiful playboy looked inside indignantly.
   
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“Kirche...I came to check because you weren’t there on time...”
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"Kirche… I came to check because you weren't there on time…"
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“Berisson (Beri(tsu)son - that's how it's romanized, right?)! We’ll meet two hours later then!” '''(TODO: Official name here)'''
  
   
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“That wasn’t what we agreed on!” They were on the third floor. ''It looks like this [Berisson/Beri(tsu)son] guy is floating on air with some magic spell.''
  
   
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"That wasn't what we agreed on!" They were on the third floor. ''It looks like this Berisson<!-- [Berisson/Beri(tsu)son] --> guy is floating on air with some magic spell.''
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Kirche nonchalantly took out her staff from between her breasts, and waved it without even looking at him. Flame shot out from a nearby lamp and flew into the gentleman at the window like a snake.
  
   
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Kirche nonchalantly took out her wand from between her breasts, and waved it without even looking at him. Flame shot out from a nearby lamp and flew into the gentleman at the window like a snake.
 
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Somehow, he just had a bad feeling about this.
  
Somehow, he just had a bad feeling about this.
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A frustrated Kirche retrieved a stylish wand from the depths of her cleavage and pointed it in the direction of the window -->
   
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“What an annoying owl.”
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"What an annoying owl."
   
 
Saito watched in shock.
  
Saito watched in shock.
   
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“Eh...you didn’t hear all that, did you?”
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"Eh… you didn't hear all that, did you?"
   
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“Uh...who was that?”
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"Uh… who was that?"
   
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“Just a friend. Whatever...right now, my deepest, most passionate love is you, Saito...”
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"Just a friend. Whatever… right now, my deepest, most passionate love is you, Saito…"
   
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Kirche approached him with her lips again. Saito did not move a muscle, as an irresistible desire invaded him.
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Kirche approached him with her lips again. Saito did not move a muscle, as an irresistible desire invaded him.
   
 
At that moment, they were interrupted again.
  
At that moment, they were interrupted again.
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A sharp-looking man peered into the room with a sad face.
  
A sharp-looking man peered into the room with a sad face.
   
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“Kirche! Who is that guy? Aren’t you going to heat up the night with me?”
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"Kirche! Who is that guy? Aren't you going to heat up the night with me?"
   
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“Styx! How does four hours later sound?”
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"Styx! How does four hours later sound?"
   
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“Who is that guy, Kirche?”
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"Who is that guy, Kirche?"
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This Styx guy is going mad, and as he was about to enter the room, Kirche waved her wand again. The fire flew from the lamp again, hit the man, and sent him to the ground.
  
   
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This Styx guy was getting mad, and as he was about to enter the room, Kirche waved her wand again. The fire flew from the lamp again, hit the man, and sent him to the ground.
 
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Once more, a snake of flame rose up from the candle. Thoroughly toasted by the fire, the boy plummeted to the ground. -->
  
Once more, a snake of flame rose up from the candle. Thoroughly toasted by the fire, the boy plummeted to the ground. -->
   
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“......I take that he’s your friend too?”
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"…I take that he's your friend too?"
   
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“Instead of ‘friend’, lets just say that I’ve only heard of him. Oh well, I don’t want to waste our time. Whoever said ‘the night is long’ didn’t know how quickly the sun rises.”
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"Instead of 'friend', lets just say that I've only heard of him. Oh well, I don't want to waste our time. Whoever said 'the night is long' didn't know how quickly the sun rises."
   
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Kirche drew near Saito again. And again, a groan came from the window. Saito impatiently turned around.
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Kirche drew near Saito again. And again, a groan came from the window. Saito impatiently turned around.
   
 
Three men looked inside, and said the same thing at the same time.
  
Three men looked inside, and said the same thing at the same time.
   
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“Kirche! Who the hell is this?! You said you don’t have any lovers!”
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"Kirche! Who the hell is this?! You said you don't have any lovers!"
   
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“Manican! Ajax! Gimli!”
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"Manican! Ajax! Gimli!"
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''Oh wow...five completely different people showed up.'' Saito was impressed.
  
   
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''Oh wow… five completely different people showed up.'' Saito was impressed.
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“Well...6 hours later then,” Kirche waved irritably.
  
   
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"Well… six hours later then," Kirche waved irritably.
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“That’s the morning!!!” the three said in unison.
 
   
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"That's the morning!!!" the three said in unison.
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“Flame.” Kirche casually ordered her salamander, who was sleeping at the corner. Flame sent a blaze towards the three men at the window, and they fell to the ground together.
  
   
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"Flame." Kirche casually ordered her salamander, who was sleeping in the corner. Flame sent a blaze towards the three men at the window, and they fell to the ground together.
 
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"...Another friend of yours?"
  
"...Another friend of yours?"
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The salamander that had been sleeping in the corner of the room awoke with a 'kyuru kyuru' and spewed a torrent of fire in the direction of the three boys. As one, they too hit solid earth. -->
  
The salamander that had been sleeping in the corner of the room awoke with a 'kyuru kyuru' and spewed a torrent of fire in the direction of the three boys. As one, they too hit solid earth. -->
   
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“And those are...?”
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"And those are…?"
   
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“Them? I don’t even know them. But, most of all, I love you!”
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"Them? I don't even know them. But, most of all, I love you!"
   
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Kirche held Saito’s face with her hands and went straight for his lips.
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Kirche held Saito's face with her hands and went straight for his lips.
   
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"N…nhhhh…"
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“N...nhhhh...”
  
   
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Saito panicked. Kirche’s kiss felt not disgusting, but full of passion. Saito did not resist her from pinning him to the bed.
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Saito panicked. Kirche's kiss felt not disgusting, but full of passion. Saito did not resist her from pinning him to the bed.
   
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At this moment...
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At that moment…
   
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This time it was the door. Somebody kicked it open.
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This time it was the door. Somebody kicked it open.
   
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Saito thought it was just another guy. He was dead wrong. Wearing her thin pajamas, Louise stood and stared at the two from the doorway.
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Saito thought it was just another guy. He was dead wrong. Wearing her thin pajamas, Louise stood and stared at the two from the doorway.
   
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Kirche mildly eyed Louise, and kept her lips locked with Saito’s.
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Kirche mildly eyed Louise, and kept her lips locked with Saito's.
   
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Louise murderously moved towards Saito and Kirche, knocking down a few lamps in the process. Louise’s hands moved faster than her mouth. More impressively is that her legs moved faster than her hands.
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Louise murderously moved towards Saito and Kirche, knocking down a few lamps in the process. Louise's hands moved faster than her mouth. More impressively, her legs moved faster than her hands.
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“KIRCHE!” Louise howled towards Kirche’s general direction. Kirche acted like she just noticed her presence, and slowly removed herself from Saito, while waving her hand indignantly.
  
   
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"KIRCHE!" Louise howled towards Kirche's general direction. Kirche acted like she just noticed her presence, and slowly removed herself from Saito, while waving her hand indignantly.
 
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"And just now?"
  
"And just now?"
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“Don’t you see that we’re kind of busy here, Valliere?”
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"Don't you see that we're kind of busy here, Vallière?"
   
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“Zerbst! Whose familiar do you think you’re touching?”
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"Zerbst! Whose familiar do you think you're touching?"
   
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Saito was at a loss. Louise’s brown eyes glimmered with fiery anger.
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Saito was at a loss. Louise's brown eyes glimmered with fiery anger.
   
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Kirche [raised/lifted her hands above her head]. Stuck between the two, Saito only panicked. It seems that letting the whole situation develop into Kirche kissing him has made her extraordinarily angry.
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Kirche raised her hands above her head. Stuck between the two, Saito only panicked. It seemed that letting the whole situation develop into Kirche kissing him had made Louise extraordinarily angry.
   
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“Love and fire are the Zerbst family’s destiny. It’s a fate that burns in our bodies. It is our lifelong goal to embrace this passionate flame. You should know that.” Kirche shrugged, while Louise shook in anger.
 +
"Love and fire are the Zerbst family's destiny. It's a fate that burns in our bodies. It is our lifelong goal to embrace this passionate flame. You should know that." Kirche shrugged, while Louise shook in anger.
−
'''(TO-DO: it’s a different gesture; shrugging is the best I can think of and by no means the best overall)'''
 +
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“Come here, Saito.” Louise stared at her familiar.
 +
"Come here, Saito." Louise stared at her familiar.
   
−
“Oh? Louise...he is indeed your familiar, but he has his own will too, don’t you think? Please respect his choice.” Kirche said at the side.
 +
"Oh? Louise… he is indeed your familiar, but he has his own will too, don't you think? Please respect his choice." Kirche said at the side.
   
−
“Sh-she’s right! Who I hang out with is my business!” Saito added.
 +
"Sh-she's right! Who I hang out with is my business!" Saito added.
−  
−
Louise raised her voice. “You...by tomorrow you’ll be run through by magic from at least ten nobles! Is that alright with you?!”
  
   
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Louise raised her voice. "You… by tomorrow you'll be run through by magic from at least ten nobles! Is that all right with you?!"
 
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did Kirche separate from Saito and turned to face her.
  
did Kirche separate from Saito and turned to face her.
   
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"I'm in the middle of something, Valliere."
 +
"I'm in the middle of something, Vallière."
   
 
"Zerbst! Whose familiar do you think you're touching?!"
  
"Zerbst! Whose familiar do you think you're touching?!"
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"When tomorrow comes, you'll be run through with magic by more than ten nobles. Are you okay with that?" -->
  
"When tomorrow comes, you'll be run through with magic by more than ten nobles. Are you okay with that?" -->
   
−
“Oh, no problem with that. Didn’t you see how good he was in the courtyard today?”
 +
"Oh, no problem with that. Didn't you see how good he was in the Vestri Court ?"
   
−
Louise flapped her right hand. “Eh...so his swordfighting skills are good, but that doesn’t matter when he’s attacked by fireballs from the back and whirlwinds from the front.”
 +
Louise flapped her right hand. "Hmph… so his swordfighting skills are good, but that doesn't matter when he's attacked by fireballs from the back and whirlwinds from the front."
   
−
“No problem! I’ll protect him!” Kirche gave Saito a passionate look.
 +
"No problem! I'll protect him!" Kirche gave Saito a passionate look.
   
−
However...because of Louise’s words, Saito thought over.
 +
However, because of Louise's words, Saito thought it over.
   
−
''If those guys that just visited us at the window find out about me, maybe they would attack me. Kirche won’t be able to cover me all the time, even if she said she would. That and Kirche changes her mind pretty often. She’ll be bored of protecting me in no time.''
 +
''If those guys that just visited us at the window find out about me, maybe they would attack me. Kirche won't be able to cover me all the time, even if she said she would. That and Kirche changes her mind pretty often. She'll be bored of protecting me in no time.''
   
 
After some calm reasoning, Saito reluctantly stood up.
 
After some calm reasoning, Saito reluctantly stood up.
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"That's fine. You saw how capable he was at the Vestri Courts too, right?"
  
"That's fine. You saw how capable he was at the Vestri Courts too, right?"
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"Hmph. He might be good at a little sword fighting, but if he gets attacked from behind with a [Fireball] or blown away with a [Wind Break], being skilled with blades is useless."
  
"Hmph. He might be good at a little sword fighting, but if he gets attacked from behind with a [Fireball] or blown away with a [Wind Break], being skilled with blades is useless."
   
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"It's alright! I'll protect him!"
 +
"It's all right! I'll protect him!"
   
 
Kirche cupped her chin with one hand and sent Saito a passionate gaze.
  
Kirche cupped her chin with one hand and sent Saito a passionate gaze.
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Kirche looked sadly at Saito. Her sparkling eyes began to tear up. -->
  
Kirche looked sadly at Saito. Her sparkling eyes began to tear up. -->
   
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“Aww...are you leaving so soon?” Kirche sadly peered at Saito, with her hair spread to her back, and her twinkling eyes seem to painfully tear. ''Kirche is one addicting beauty...if a girl like her sticks to me, who cares if you get hit with magic left and right?'' Saito thought wildly.
 +
"Aww… are you leaving so soon?" Kirche sadly peered at Saito, with her hair spread to her back, and her twinkling eyes seemed to painfully tear. ''Kirche is one addicting beauty… If a girl like her sticks to me, who cares if I get hit with magic left and right?'' Saito thought wildly.
  +
  +
"That's her usual tactic! Don't be fooled by her." Louise tugged Saito's hand, and walked out.
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“That’s her usual tactic! Don’t be fooled by her.” Louise tugged Saito’s hand, and walked out.
  
   
−
Back in her room, she closed the door with a deadly silence, and faced Saito. Forcefully biting her lip, she sent him a murderous glare.
  
   
  +
Back in her room, she closed the door with a deadly silence, and faced Saito. Forcefully biting her lip, she sent him a murderous glare.
−
“Like some stray dog in heat...” her voice was quivering. Louise’s hands move faster than her mouth, and her feet move faster than her hands. It looked like her voice will get shakier soon. Anger filled her face.
  
   
  +
"Like some stray dog in heat…" her voice was quivering. Louise's hands moved faster than her mouth, and her feet moved faster than her hands. Her voice was getting shaky, and anger filled her face.
−
“W-what now?”
  
   
  +
"W-what now?"
−
“I almost saw you as a person. Looks like I was wrong.”
  
   
−
“You’re kidding me, right?” ''Yeah. See me as a person? Sounds like a lie no matter how I think about it.''
 +
"I almost saw you as a person. Looks like I was wrong."
   
  +
"You're kidding me, right?" ''Yeah. See me as a person? Sounds like a lie no matter how I think about it.''
−
“And you went to wag your tail at that Zerbst witch...” Louise reached into a drawer in her desk for something. A whip.
  
   
  +
"And you went to wag your tail at that Zerbst witch…" Louise reached into a drawer in her desk for something. A whip.
 
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Hesitation gripped him. ''Kirche is amazingly beautiful, and being liked by someone like her might not be a bad trade-off for getting roasted by spells,'' he couldn't help but think.
  
Hesitation gripped him. ''Kirche is amazingly beautiful, and being liked by someone like her might not be a bad trade-off for getting roasted by spells,'' he couldn't help but think.
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"How dare you go wagging your tail at a Zerbst woman--!! You dog--!! -->
  
"How dare you go wagging your tail at a Zerbst woman--!! You dog--!! -->
   
−
“Uhh...M-miss...” Saito started to stutter.
 +
"Uhh… M-miss…" Saito started to stutter.
   
−
“Dogs must be treated like dogs. I’ve been too soft on you.”
 +
"Dogs must be treated like dogs. I've been too soft on you."
   
−
“But why the whip?” Saito eyed the whip in Louise’s hand. It’s quite well made.
 +
"But why the whip?" Saito eyed the whip in Louise's hand. It was quite well-made.
   
−
“I’m going far out of my way to use a horse’s whip on you. You’re just a dog.”
 +
"I'm going far out of my way to use a horse's whip on you. You're just a dog."
   
−
“A dog, huh?”
 +
"A dog, huh?"
   
−
Louise started whipping. Pishi-Pishi-! (Pishi(tsu)! Pishi(tsu)!)
 +
Louise started whipping. Pishi-Pishi-! <!-- (Pishi(tsu)! Pishi(tsu)!) -->
   
−
“Ow! It hurts! Stop, you idiot!”
 +
"Ow! It hurts! Stop, you idiot!"
   
−
“What? How is that girl better? What is so good about her?” Louise yelled and whipped.
 +
"What? How is that girl better? What is so good about her?" Louise yelled and whipped.
   
−
Saito noticed an opening, and grabbed Louise’s hands. She struggled, but the strength of the girl was not enough. Saito kept his grip on her wrists, and then she stopped.
 +
Saito noticed an opening, and grabbed Louise's hands. She struggled, but the strength of the girl was not enough. Saito kept his grip on her wrists, and then she stopped.
−  
−
“Ahh! Let go, you moron!”
  
   
  +
"Ahh! Let go, you moron!"
 
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Pulling open a drawer of her desk, she retrieved an object from it. It was a whip.
  
Pulling open a drawer of her desk, she retrieved an object from it. It was a whip.
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"Let go...! You stupid!" -->
  
"Let go...! You stupid!" -->
   
−
“Are you...” Saito bore into Louise. Brown eyes stared back. Up close, one can see an irresistible face.
 +
"Are you…" Saito bore into Louise. Brown eyes stared back. Up close, one can see an irresistible face.
   
−
''Cute. Kirche is a beauty, quite sexy. But Louise is like an empty canvas. Not a single speck of dirt...a clean canvas. It’s just that her character is a bit...'' No matter how Saito said it, he liked Louise better. His heart started beating in sixteenth notes. ''Is she jealous? Does she have a crush on me?'' In Saito’s eyes, thinking like this makes Louise look even cuter. All things considered, Saito is as weak as Kirche in romance.
 +
''Cute. Kirche is a beauty, quite sexy. But Louise is like an empty canvas. Not a single speck of dirt… a clean canvas. It's just that her character is a bit…'' No matter how Saito said it, he liked Louise better. His heart started beating in sixteenth notes. ''Is she jealous? Does she have a crush on me?'' In Saito's eyes, thinking like this made Louise look even cuter. All things considered, Saito was as weak as Kirche in romance.
   
−
“Are you jealous? Do you like me?” said Saito. “Were you angry because I didn’t sleep with you and went off with Kirche doing all that? Oh, I didn’t notice. I am sorry.” He lowered his head, and raised Louise’s chin.
 +
"Are you jealous? Do you like me?" said Saito. "Were you angry because I didn't sleep with you and went off with Kirche doing all that? Oh, I didn't notice. I am sorry." He lowered his head, and raised Louise's chin.
   
−
“I think you’re not bad either. Look, when you helped bandage me you were really...”
 +
"I think you're not bad either. Look, when you helped bandage me you were really…"
   
−
Louise’s shoulders shivered.
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Louise's shoulders shivered.
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"Err, don't tell me you're..."
   
  +
Saito stared into Louise's hazel eyes, receiving an intense glare in return. ''Looking at her from this close, she really is charming. Cute. Though Kirche is a stunner too. Ah, she's so sexy.'' In comparison, Louise was like a blank canvas. Innocent and pure, without a single blemish. Except perhaps, that personality of hers.
−
“...I should be going for you because I’m a guy. Tonight, I will sleep on your bed, so you won’t have to go to mine.”
  
   
  +
Faced with a choice, he had to admit that he personally preferred Louise's type looks-wise. // <Cala> Oh shi- he is a binyuu-moe... >.>;; //
−
Louise’s right foot suddenly moved like a gust, and shot Saito one between his legs.
  
   
  +
Saito's heartbeat drummed to the rhythm of a 16-beat pop tune. ''Jealousy? Does she like me?'' In thinking so, Louise appeared even cuter to him.
−
“......ahhh....ohhh.......” Saito went on his knees, his body covered in cold sweat. ''Oh...that hurt. I think I’m going to die. That REALLY hurt.''
  
   
  +
To put in bluntly, Saito was as much of a pushover as Kirche was.
−
“Like? I...do what...to you?” Louise angrily stepped on his head.
  
   
  +
"Are you jealous? Have you fallen for me?" asked Saito.
−
“Did...did I get that wrong?”
  
   
  +
"Could it be that you're angry that I went and sat on Kirche's bed instead of sneaking into yours? In that case, I'm sorry."
−
“Obviously so!” she continued stepping.
  
   
  +
Saito looked down at Louise, cupping her chin.
−
“Al-alright...I was wrong...”
  
   
  +
"I've been thinking about you a bit as well. Y'know, that time when you changed my bandages for me..."
−
Louise sat on a chair, crossing her legs, her breathing still uneven. After fiercely torturing Saito for a while, her mood seemed to slightly improve.
  
   
  +
Louise's shoulders began to shudder. -->
−
“Sure...you can go out with anybody you choose. But, no matter what, you must not go out with that woman.”
  
   
  +
"…I should be going for you because I'm a guy. Tonight, I will sleep on your bed, so you won't have to go to mine."
−
“W-why?” Saito hopped around as if to minimize the pain.
  
   
  +
Louise's right foot suddenly moved like a gust, and shot Saito one between his legs.
−
“First, Kirche isn’t a Tristainian; she’s a noble from neighboring Germania. Just that makes going out with her completely unacceptable. I hate Germanians to the gut.”
  
   
  +
"…ahhh… ohhh…" Saito went on his knees, his body covered in cold sweat. ''Oh… that hurt. I think I'm going to die. That REALLY hurt.''
−
“How do you expect me to know these things?”
  
   
  +
"Like? Why… would I… like you?" Louise angrily stepped on his head.
−
“My house, Valliere, has estates on Germania’s borders, so we’re the first on the field against Germanians the moment any war starts. Even worse, right opposite to us on that border is Kirche’s birthplace.” Louise bit down hard on her teeth. “So basically, the Zerbst family is our sworn enemy.”
  
   
  +
"Did… did I get that wrong?"
−
“And they call themselves a passionate family.”
  
   
  +
"Obviously so!" she continued stepping.
−
“Just a low, unworthy family. Kirche’s great-great-grandfather stole away my great-great-grandfather’s lover! That was around 200 years ago.”
  
   
  +
"Al-all right… I was wrong…"
−
“That’s quite a while ago.”
  
   
  +
Louise sat on a chair, crossing her legs, her breathing still uneven. After fiercely torturing Saito for a while, her mood seemed to slightly improve.
−
“Plus, that Zerbst constantly slanders Valliere. My great-great-grandfather’s fiancé was stolen away because of that.”
 
   
  +
"Sure… you can go out with anybody you choose. But, no matter what, you must not go out with that woman."
−
“Huh?”
  
   
  +
"W-why?" Saito hopped around as if to minimize the pain.
−
“My grand-grand-grandfather’s! His wife was taken away just like that.”
  
   
  +
"First, Kirche isn't a Tristainian; she's a noble from neighboring Germania. Just that makes going out with her completely unacceptable. I hate Germanians."
−
“Okay, whatever...so basically, this is all because your family lost a lover to Kirche’s family?”
  
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"...As a man, I should've approached you properly. Tonight, I'll sneak into your bed, so that you don't have sneak into my haystack."
   
  +
Louise's right foot arced up, fast as lightning, and met Saito's groin. // lit: shippuu no you ni ugoki [moved like a stormwind] //
−
“Not just that. We've lost count on how many family members we've lost from the wars.”
  
   
  +
"...Urk. Gyaaaaaaaaarh." // <Cala> Any approximation will do. We all know the feeling. //
−
“I’m just a lowly little familiar...it’s not like I’m worth being stolen.”
  
   
  +
Dropping to his knees, Saito broke out into a cold sweat. ''That hurts. It hurts so much I feel like I'm dying.''
−
“No. I will not let Kirche steal a single bird. I’ll shame my ancestors if that happens.” With that, Louise poured a glass of water, and downed it in one gulp. “That is why Kirche’s forbidden. No.”
  
   
  +
"Who's fallen for who? Me? For you? Why should I?"
−
“Your ancestors have nothing to do with me.”
  
   
  +
Louise pressed Saito's face to the floor with a foot.
−
“Yes they do! You’re my familiar, right? As long as you eat from the Valliere family, you are to follow my orders.”
  
   
  +
"...Y-you haven't?"
−
“Familiar this, familiar that...” Saito stared discontently at Louise.
  
   
  +
She applied some more pressure to his head.
−
“You have a problem with that?”
  
   
  +
"Isn't it obvious~~"
−
“No, because I can’t live if I don’t do what you say, so I’ll just have to live with it...” Saito stuck up his lip, and sat on the ground with a thump.
  
   
  +
"Y-yes, quite. I must've misunderstood..."
−
“And I think you should thank me.”
  
   
  +
Louise sat down at a chair and crossed her legs. She was still breathing heavily, but after having blown off some steam on Saito, she seemed to be a bit calmer.
−
“Thank you for what?”
  
   
  +
"Certainly, who you're around with is your business. But Kirche is an exception."
−
“If the word that a commoner became Kirche’s lover gets out, do you think you’ll survive?”
  
   
  +
"Wh-why?" asked Saito, as he hopped around trying to restore his jewels to their original position. // lit: merikonda tama wo [sunken/caved in balls/spheres/jewels] modosu tame ni [in order to restore/return] //
−
Saito remembered the men Kirche shooed away, and blasted like flies to the ground...''if that was me...what would that feel like?'' Saito also remembered his fight with Guiche, and a shiver went down his spine.
  
   
  +
"Firstly, Kirche's isn't a Tristanian. She's a noble of a neighbouring country, Germania. That alone -->
−
“...Louise.”
  
   
  +
"How do you expect me to know these things?"
−
“What?”
  
   
  +
"My house, Vallière, has estates on Germania's borders, so we're the first on the field against Germanians the moment any war starts. Even worse, right opposite to us on that border is Kirche's birthplace." Louise bit down hard on her teeth. "So basically, the Zerbst family is our sworn enemy."
−
“Give me a sword. A sword.” Saito wants to protect himself.
  
   
  +
"And they call themselves a passionate family."
−
“Don’t you have one?”
  
   
  +
"Just a low, unworthy family. Kirche's great-great-grandfather stole away my great-great-grandfather's lover! That was around two hundred years ago."
−
“How would I? The one from last time was Guiche’s.”
  
   
  +
"That's quite a while ago."
−
Louise crossed her arms. “Are you a swordsman?”
  
   
  +
"Plus, that Zerbst constantly slanders Vallière. My great-great-grandfather's fiancé was stolen away because of that."
−
“No...I’ve never held one before.”
  
   
  +
"Huh?"
−
“But you looked like a natural in that fight.”
  
   
  +
"My great-great-grandfather's! His wife was taken away just like that."
−
“But still...”
  
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is unacceptable. I hate Germania with a passion." // <Cala> Extra emphasis to reflect "daikirai" over just "kirai"; though passion is really, Kirche's area of specialty... //
   
  +
"Like I care about that."
−
“Hmm...” Louise went into deep thought.
  
   
  +
"The lands that the Vallière family possesses are right next to the border of Germania. So whenever a war breaks out we've always been the first to fight against the Germanians. What's more, right across that border is the von Zerbst's turf! The place that Kirche was born!" yelled Louise, gritting her teeth.
−
“What?”
  
   
  +
"In other words, Kirche's family... the von Zerbsts are... sworn enemies of the Vallière lineage. At home we're practically next door neighbours! And to end up in adjacent dorm rooms! Unacceptable!"
−
“I heard familiars get special powers when the contract is made.”
  
   
  +
"Haa. Apparently they're a passionate bunch."
−
“Special powers?”
  
   
  +
"They're just immoral simpletons, the lot of them! Kirche's great-great-great-grandfather Zerbst stole away my great-great-great-grandfather's lover! About 200 years ago!"
−
“Yeah...like when a black cat became a familiar...” Louise raised a finger in the air and explained.
  
   
  +
"That's quite a while back."
−
“Uh-huh...”
  
   
  +
"And since then, those of the Zerbst family have insulted the Vallière name on numerous occasions! My great-great-grandfather's fiancee was also stolen away by Kirche's great-great-grandfather."
−
“It gets the ability to talk to people.”
  
   
  +
"I see."
−
“But I’m not a cat.”
  
   
  +
"My great-grandfather, Safran de Vallière too! His wife was stolen from him! -->
−
“I know. Thing is...a human as a familiar is something totally unheard of, so it’s not impossible that you can just pick up a sword and use it like a natural.”
  
   
  +
"Okay, whatever… so basically, this is all because your family lost a lover to Kirche's family?"
−
“Huh...” ''I didn’t just use it like a natural. My body felt light and fast like a feather. Besides, Guiche’s statues were made of copper. There’s no way you can cut into metal that easily, no matter how skilled a swordsman you are.''
  
   
  +
"Not just that. We've lost count of how many family members we've lost from the wars."
−
“If it’s that incredible, we should go ask Tristain's Acadamia.” [[TODO: Not sure about “academia” - BaKaFiSh no noto! - It says Academi-. ^.^]]
  
   
  +
"I'm just a lowly little familiar… it's not like I'm worth being stolen."
−
“Academia?”
  
   
  +
"No. I will not let Kirche steal a single bird. I'll shame my ancestors if that happens." With that, Louise poured a glass of water, and downed it in one gulp. "That is why Kirche's forbidden."
−
“Yeah. It’s the Royal Court’s magic research agency.”
  
   
  +
"Your ancestors have nothing to do with me."
−
“What would they do to me for research?”
  
   
  +
"Yes they do! You're my familiar, right? As long as you eat from the Vallière family, you are to follow my orders."
−
“Ah...many kinds of experiments. Like...autopsies.”
  
   
  +
"Familiar this, familiar that…" Saito stared discontently at Louise.
−
“You’re kidding me.” Saito stood up. ''Human experimentation? No, thanks!''
  
   
  +
"You have a problem with that?"
−
“If you think that’s disgusting, then don’t spread that ‘using a sword like a master in an instant’ around for no good reason.”
  
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By that girl's great-grandfather, Maximilli von Zerbst! Wait, maybe it was his brother Baron Dudiche.."
   
  +
"Either way, you're saying that Kirche's family has kept stealing away the Vallière family's lovers?"
−
“I got it. We can keep that quiet.” Saito nodded in fear.
  
   
  +
"That's not all. We've been at each other's throats during war too. The sheer number of family members lost in battle is, why, almost countless!"
−
“Ah...I get it now...” Louise nodded in understanding.
  
   
  +
"Since I'm just a lowly familiar, it doesn't really matter that much, does it?"
−
“Get what?”
  
   
  +
"No way! Do you think I'd let Kirche have even a fledgling bird?! I would be a shame to my ancestors!"
−
“I’ll buy you a sword.”
  
   
  +
Having said that much, Louise poured herself a glass of water and downed it instantly.
−
“Oh?” ''Well that was sudden. Louise is always so stingy.''
  
   
  +
"So that's how it is. Kirche is absolutely forbidden."
−
“You never have enough lives if Kirche has her eyes on you. We brought that on ourselves, so we’ll have to take care of it.” Louise weakly said.
  
   
  +
"Your ancestors have nothing to do with me."
−
“How rare...”
  
   
  +
"Yes they do! You're my familiar! Whatever the case, you're still provided for by the duchy of Vallière, so do what I tell you."
−
“What?” Louise stared at Saito.
  
   
  +
"Familiar, schamiliar..."
−
“I thought you’re such a miser. You even freak out about my food.”
  
   
  +
Saito glared reproachfully at Louise.
−
“I can’t let a familiar get used to luxury. It makes for bad habits. If it’s absolutely necessary, I’ll buy it. I’m not a stingy person.” Louise said proudly.
  
  +
  +
"Do you have a complaint?" -->
  +
  +
"No, because I can't live if I don't do what you say, so I'll just have to live with it…" Saito stuck up his lip, and sat on the ground with a thump.
  +
  +
"And I think you should thank me."
  +
  +
"Thank you for what?"
  +
  +
"If the word that a commoner became Kirche's lover gets out, do you think you'll survive?"
  +
  +
Saito remembered the men Kirche shooed away, and blasted like flies to the ground… ''If that was me… what would that feel like?'' Saito also remembered his fight with Guiche, and a shiver went down his spine.
  +
  +
"…Louise."
  +
  +
"What?"
  +
  +
"Give me a sword. A sword." Saito wanted to protect himself.
  +
  +
"Don't you have one?"
  +
  +
"How would I? The one from last time was Guiche's."
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  +
Louise crossed her arms. "Are you a swordsman?"
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"No... otherwise, well, I won't be able to live, so I'll have to put up with it..."
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Pouting, Saito plopped himself down on the floor.
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"You know, you should be thanking me."
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"For what?"
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"If word got out that a commoner became Kirche's lover, how long do you think you'd last?"
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Saito thought back to those boys at the windowsill. They'd been given a nice toasting by Kirche's magic, and a free trip down to earth but...
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''What would happen if they found out I was there?''
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Remembering the fight he had with Guiche, Saito shuddered a little.
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"...Louise."
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"What?"
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"A sword. Get me a sword." // Neo: "I need guns. Lots of guns." //
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He wanted one to protect himself.
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"Don't you have one?"
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"Of course not. The one I used last time was Guiche's."
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Louise folded her arms as if fed up.
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"No… I've never held one before."
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"But you looked like a natural in that fight."
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"But still…"
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"Hmm…" Louise went into deep thought.
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"What?"
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"I heard familiars get special powers when the contract is made."
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"Special powers?"
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"Yeah… like when a black cat became a familiar…" Louise raised a finger in the air and explained.
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"Uh-huh…"
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"It gets the ability to talk to people."
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"But I'm not a cat."
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"I know. Thing is… a human as a familiar is something totally unheard of, so it's not impossible that you can just pick up a sword and use it like a natural."
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"No. I've never even held a sword before."
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"But you were wielding one so freely that time."
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"Yeah, but..."
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"Hmm..."
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Louise looked deep in thought.
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"What is it?"
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"I've been told that familiars can gain special abilities when they become contracted; maybe it's that."
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"Special abilities?"
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"That's right. For instance, black cats are often taken as familiars, right?"
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Louise raised a finger as she explained to Saito.
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"Yeah."
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"It gains the ability of human speech or something else."
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"I'm not a cat."
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"I know that. Historically, there's never been an instance of a human becoming a familiar... so nothing can be considered too mysterious. The fact that you're now able swing a blade around so easily, is is entirely feasible." -->
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"Huh…" ''I didn't just use it like a natural. My body felt light and fast like a feather. Besides, Guiche's statues were made of bronze. There's no way you can cut into metal that easily, no matter how skilled a swordsman you are.''
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"Academia?"
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"Yeah. It's the Royal Court's magic research agency."
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"What would they do to me for research?"
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"Ah… many kinds of experiments. Like… autopsies."
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"You're kidding me." Saito stood up. ''Human experimentation? No, thanks!''
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"If you think that's disgusting, then don't spread that 'using a sword like a master in an instant' around for no good reason."
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"I got it. We can keep that quiet." Saito nodded in fear.
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"Ah… I get it now…" Louise nodded in understanding.
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"Hmm..."
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''But that was far beyond swinging it freely. My body moved as if it was as light as a feather.''
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''What's more, Guiche's golems were made of bronze. No matter how much a person has trained, surely it can't be that easy to chop metal to bits like that?''
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"If you're that curious, do you want to ask at the Tristain Academy?"
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"Academy?"
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"Yes. It's the royal court's exclusive magical research facility."
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"And what would they do to me?"
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"Let's see. Probably all sorts of experiments. Or maybe a dissection."
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"You're kidding, right?!"
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Saito bolted to a stand. Human experiments were a definite no-no.
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"If you don't want that to happen, don't go around telling people that you can suddenly use a sword."
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"Gotcha. Will do."
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Saito nodded fearfully.
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"Okay... I got it."
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"Get what?"
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"I'll buy you a sword."
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"Oh?" ''Well that was sudden. Louise is always so stingy.''
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"You never have enough lives if Kirche has her eyes on you. We brought that on ourselves, so we'll have to take care of it," Louise weakly said.
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"How rare…"
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"What?" Louise stared at Saito.
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"I thought you're such a miser. You even freak out about my food."
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"I can't let a familiar get used to luxury. It makes for bad habits. If it's absolutely necessary, I'll buy it. I'm not a stingy person," Louise said proudly.
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"Huh?!"
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"Now that you get it, go to sleep. Tomorrow is the Day of Void, so I'll take you shopping."
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"Get what?"
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"I'll buy you a sword."
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"Eh?"
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That was certainly unexpected. Saito had thought Louise was a cheapskate.
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"Now that you've caught Kirche's fancy, you'll never have enough lives to spare. You're going to need to put out any stray embers yourself," said Louise off-handedly.
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"That's unusual..."
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"Why?"
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Louise fixed him a glare.
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"I thought you were a miser, what with the food you give me and all..."
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"If I indulge my familiar, it'll become a bad habit. I'll happily buy something that's actually necessary. I'm not really a miser," countered Louise.
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"Right."
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"Now if you understood all that, go to sleep! Tomorrow is the Day of Void, so I'll take you to town."
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"Where are you going?"
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"Where? To the hallway."
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"It's all right. You can sleep in my room. If Kirche grabs you again it will be troublesome."
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Saito looked at Louise. "You really are…"
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Louise was about to take her whip again when Saito stopped, dove on his straw bed, and wrapped himself in the blanket. He looked at the inscriptions in his left hand.
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''By lighting up, this thing helped me defeat Guiche, got Kirche head over heels for me, and got Louise to buy a sword for me. What else is this thing going to bring me?'' As he thought, drowsiness attacked him. ''What a long day…'' as he thought it, Saito fell fast asleep.
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leave the room.
   
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"Where are you going?"
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"The corridor, that's where."
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“Now that you get it, go to sleep. Tomorrow is the Day of Nothing, so I’ll take you to shopping.”
  
   
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"It's fine, just sleep inside. It'd be a bother if Kirche came for you again."
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Saito stared at Louise.
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"What?"
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“Where? To the hallway.”
  
   
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"You really do..."
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“It’s alright. You can sleep in my room. If Kirche grabs you again it will be troublesome.”
  
   
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Louise reached out for the whip, but Saito quickly shut his mouth and brought his haystack into the room. Wrapping the blanket around himself, he lay down on it.
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Saito looked at Louise. “So you really are...”
  
   
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Louise was about to take her whip again when Saito stopped, dove on his straw bed, and wrapped himself in the blanket. He looked at the inscriptions in his left hand.
 
   
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''Thanks to these glowing, I beat Guiche, charmed Kirche, and got Louise to buy me a sword.''
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''For lighting up, this thing helped me defeat Guiche, got Kirche head over heels for me, and got Louise to buy a sword for me. What else is this thing going to bring me?'' As he thought, drowsiness attacked him. ''What a long day...'' as he thought it, Saito fell fast asleep.
  
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''Just where what do these markings have in store for me in the future...''
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As he lay there thinking, drowsiness swept over him. ''Today was a long day too...'' he thought, as he finally drifted off to sleep.
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Chapter Two: Kirche the Ardent[edit]

The night after Saito thoroughly shamed Louise in class with his sleep-talking, Louise unceremoniously threw his pile of hay into the hallway.

"What are you doing?"

"It'd be a bother if I snuck into your bed again, right?"

It seemed she was still upset over what happened earlier in class. "But it's kind of cold outside the room with the wind blowing around."

"Well, no doubt I'll come and warm you in your dreams," said Louise, arching her shapely eyebrows. What a bitter girl. She looked determined to make Saito sleep out in the hallway no matter what.

He took his blanket and went out to the hallway. The moment he left the room, the door locked with a loud click. Wind rushed in from the open window, making Saito shiver.

Muttering about the cold, Saito wrapped the blanket around himself and lay down on the hay. The chill of the stone floor seeped into his body. No heaters either. I'm freezing.

Making me suffer like this just because of a dream! Saito kicked Louise's door. Of course, there was no response.

Saito began plotting his revenge. Cutting the elastic in her panties is no longer enough. As he lay shivering in his blanket wondering how he would get one back on that little girl…

The door to Kirche's room opened.

Her salamander Flame crawled out, with its burning tail emitting a warm glow. The two stared at each other. The salamander shuffled closer to Saito, who unconsciously began to back away.

"Wh-what are you doing?"

"Kyurukyuru," it growled comfortingly. It looked harmless before it clamped its jaws on Saito's sleeve, shaking its head as if asking him to follow it.

"Hey, let go! You'll light my blanket on fire!" said Saito to an insistent Flame, which only pulled harder.

Kirche's room remained open. Is it trying to drag me in there? Indeed it was. I don't think Flame is dragging me for the fun of it. What could Kirche possibly want from me? Saito brainstormed the reasons. Maybe she just wants to lecture me about quarreling with Louise. As if in a trance, Saito stepped into Kirche's room.


* * *


The room was pitch dark, save for Flame's mild glow. Kirche's voice commanded from the darkness, "Close the door." Saito obliged.

"Welcome to my room."

"It's pretty dark in here."

He heard Kirche snap her fingers. Starting from the one nearest him, lamps lit up one by one towards Kirche like lights floating above a street.

Doused in the mild glow, Kirche sat on her bed, with a look of worry on her face. She was wearing attractive underwear, or rather, just plain underwear. One thing was for sure: supported only by her sexy bra, her full breasts were the size of cantaloupes.

"Don't just stand there. Come to me," Kirche cooed with her most captivating voice.

Saito shakily wandered to a smiling Kirche, as if in a dream.

"Sit down."

Saito sat by her side as he was told. His mind was filled with Kirche's nearly nude body.

"Wh-what is it?" Saito asked nervously. Kirche merely stared at him while slowly waving her fiery red hair. Under the faint lamp light, Kirche's brown skin looked wildly erotic, as if trying to capture Saito to do her bidding.

Kirche made a long sigh, and worriedly shook her head.

"You must think me a lowly, despicable woman."

"Kirche?"

"To be thought so is inevitable. Do you understand? My runic name is 'Ardent'."

"I know that."

That cleavage in her bra's gaps is so sexy…

"My lust is as flammable as hay… that's why I suddenly called you here. Don't you get it? Isn't this really bad of me?"

"That is indeed very bad." Saito seemed unsure and just played along. He never had a foreign girl speak her heart out to him like this, so he was rather nervous.

"But… I'm sure you'll forgive me."

Kirche looked at Saito with moist, watery eyes. Any man would show his most primitive instincts after looking at those eyes.

"For-forgive what?"

Kirche suddenly clasped Saito's hand, enveloping them with her warm palms before slowly caressing through every finger, sending sparks through his spine.

"Loving you, my dear. To you, my love is that sudden."

"Yeah, that's sudden all right!" Saito's mind was a mess. She must be joking. Despite that thought, Kirche's face looked serious.

"Your grandeur in defeating Guiche was… just… so cool… like a hero of the legends. Me… when I saw you right that moment I was in love. Can you believe it? I was attracted to you just like that! Passion! Oh, this is a passionate love!"

"Pa-passion, huh? Uh…"

"My runic name, 'Ardent', is quite passionate too. I've been writing love songs since that day! Love songs! Just for you… Saito. You appear in my dreams every night, so I told Flame to see how you're doing… oh, I'm so embarrassed. You must think that too, am I right? But it's all because of you!"

Saito just sat there, at a complete loss of words.

Kirche took his silence as acceptance, and slowly, with closed eyes, approached Saito with her lips. So sexy. I mean… Louise is attractive too. But when it comes to sexiness, she is no match for Kirche. Though Louise is really cute, that part of her is just skin deep.

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However, Saito pushed Kirche's shoulders away. He felt like something bad would happen otherwise.

Kirche looked at Saito with surprise, as if asking "Why?". Saito looked away from her body.

"W-well… from what you said…"

"Hmm?"

"You… fall in love too easily." Saito stuttered, hitting Kirche's weak point. Her face turned red in an instant.

"Yeah… I guess I have more… passion than others. That can't be helped. Love is sudden, and it burns my body so quickly…"

At that moment, a voice from outside the window interrupted her.

A beautiful playboy looked inside indignantly.

"Kirche… I came to check because you weren't there on time…"

"Berisson! We'll meet two hours later then!"

"That wasn't what we agreed on!" They were on the third floor. It looks like this Berisson guy is floating on air with some magic spell.

Kirche nonchalantly took out her wand from between her breasts, and waved it without even looking at him. Flame shot out from a nearby lamp and flew into the gentleman at the window like a snake.

"What an annoying owl."

Saito watched in shock.

"Eh… you didn't hear all that, did you?"

"Uh… who was that?"

"Just a friend. Whatever… right now, my deepest, most passionate love is you, Saito…"

Kirche approached him with her lips again. Saito did not move a muscle, as an irresistible desire invaded him.

At that moment, they were interrupted again.

A sharp-looking man peered into the room with a sad face.

"Kirche! Who is that guy? Aren't you going to heat up the night with me?"

"Styx! How does four hours later sound?"

"Who is that guy, Kirche?"

This Styx guy was getting mad, and as he was about to enter the room, Kirche waved her wand again. The fire flew from the lamp again, hit the man, and sent him to the ground.

"…I take that he's your friend too?"

"Instead of 'friend', lets just say that I've only heard of him. Oh well, I don't want to waste our time. Whoever said 'the night is long' didn't know how quickly the sun rises."

Kirche drew near Saito again. And again, a groan came from the window. Saito impatiently turned around.

Three men looked inside, and said the same thing at the same time.

"Kirche! Who the hell is this?! You said you don't have any lovers!"

"Manican! Ajax! Gimli!"

Oh wow… five completely different people showed up. Saito was impressed.

"Well… six hours later then," Kirche waved irritably.

"That's the morning!!!" the three said in unison.

"Flame." Kirche casually ordered her salamander, who was sleeping in the corner. Flame sent a blaze towards the three men at the window, and they fell to the ground together.

"And those are…?"

"Them? I don't even know them. But, most of all, I love you!"

Kirche held Saito's face with her hands and went straight for his lips.

"N…nhhhh…"

Saito panicked. Kirche's kiss felt not disgusting, but full of passion. Saito did not resist her from pinning him to the bed.

At that moment…

This time it was the door. Somebody kicked it open.

Saito thought it was just another guy. He was dead wrong. Wearing her thin pajamas, Louise stood and stared at the two from the doorway.

Kirche mildly eyed Louise, and kept her lips locked with Saito's.

Louise murderously moved towards Saito and Kirche, knocking down a few lamps in the process. Louise's hands moved faster than her mouth. More impressively, her legs moved faster than her hands.

"KIRCHE!" Louise howled towards Kirche's general direction. Kirche acted like she just noticed her presence, and slowly removed herself from Saito, while waving her hand indignantly.

"Don't you see that we're kind of busy here, Vallière?"

"Zerbst! Whose familiar do you think you're touching?"

Saito was at a loss. Louise's brown eyes glimmered with fiery anger.

Kirche raised her hands above her head. Stuck between the two, Saito only panicked. It seemed that letting the whole situation develop into Kirche kissing him had made Louise extraordinarily angry.

"Love and fire are the Zerbst family's destiny. It's a fate that burns in our bodies. It is our lifelong goal to embrace this passionate flame. You should know that." Kirche shrugged, while Louise shook in anger.

"Come here, Saito." Louise stared at her familiar.

"Oh? Louise… he is indeed your familiar, but he has his own will too, don't you think? Please respect his choice." Kirche said at the side.

"Sh-she's right! Who I hang out with is my business!" Saito added.

Louise raised her voice. "You… by tomorrow you'll be run through by magic from at least ten nobles! Is that all right with you?!"

"Oh, no problem with that. Didn't you see how good he was in the Vestri Court ?"

Louise flapped her right hand. "Hmph… so his swordfighting skills are good, but that doesn't matter when he's attacked by fireballs from the back and whirlwinds from the front."

"No problem! I'll protect him!" Kirche gave Saito a passionate look.

However, because of Louise's words, Saito thought it over.

If those guys that just visited us at the window find out about me, maybe they would attack me. Kirche won't be able to cover me all the time, even if she said she would. That and Kirche changes her mind pretty often. She'll be bored of protecting me in no time.

After some calm reasoning, Saito reluctantly stood up.

"Aww… are you leaving so soon?" Kirche sadly peered at Saito, with her hair spread to her back, and her twinkling eyes seemed to painfully tear. Kirche is one addicting beauty… If a girl like her sticks to me, who cares if I get hit with magic left and right? Saito thought wildly.

"That's her usual tactic! Don't be fooled by her." Louise tugged Saito's hand, and walked out.


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Back in her room, she closed the door with a deadly silence, and faced Saito. Forcefully biting her lip, she sent him a murderous glare.

"Like some stray dog in heat…" her voice was quivering. Louise's hands moved faster than her mouth, and her feet moved faster than her hands. Her voice was getting shaky, and anger filled her face.

"W-what now?"

"I almost saw you as a person. Looks like I was wrong."

"You're kidding me, right?" Yeah. See me as a person? Sounds like a lie no matter how I think about it.

"And you went to wag your tail at that Zerbst witch…" Louise reached into a drawer in her desk for something. A whip.

"Uhh… M-miss…" Saito started to stutter.

"Dogs must be treated like dogs. I've been too soft on you."

"But why the whip?" Saito eyed the whip in Louise's hand. It was quite well-made.

"I'm going far out of my way to use a horse's whip on you. You're just a dog."

"A dog, huh?"

Louise started whipping. Pishi-Pishi-!

"Ow! It hurts! Stop, you idiot!"

"What? How is that girl better? What is so good about her?" Louise yelled and whipped.

Saito noticed an opening, and grabbed Louise's hands. She struggled, but the strength of the girl was not enough. Saito kept his grip on her wrists, and then she stopped.

"Ahh! Let go, you moron!"

"Are you…" Saito bore into Louise. Brown eyes stared back. Up close, one can see an irresistible face.

Cute. Kirche is a beauty, quite sexy. But Louise is like an empty canvas. Not a single speck of dirt… a clean canvas. It's just that her character is a bit… No matter how Saito said it, he liked Louise better. His heart started beating in sixteenth notes. Is she jealous? Does she have a crush on me? In Saito's eyes, thinking like this made Louise look even cuter. All things considered, Saito was as weak as Kirche in romance.

"Are you jealous? Do you like me?" said Saito. "Were you angry because I didn't sleep with you and went off with Kirche doing all that? Oh, I didn't notice. I am sorry." He lowered his head, and raised Louise's chin.

"I think you're not bad either. Look, when you helped bandage me you were really…"

Louise's shoulders shivered.

"…I should be going for you because I'm a guy. Tonight, I will sleep on your bed, so you won't have to go to mine."

Louise's right foot suddenly moved like a gust, and shot Saito one between his legs.

"…ahhh… ohhh…" Saito went on his knees, his body covered in cold sweat. Oh… that hurt. I think I'm going to die. That REALLY hurt.

"Like? Why… would I… like you?" Louise angrily stepped on his head.

"Did… did I get that wrong?"

"Obviously so!" she continued stepping.

"Al-all right… I was wrong…"

Louise sat on a chair, crossing her legs, her breathing still uneven. After fiercely torturing Saito for a while, her mood seemed to slightly improve.

"Sure… you can go out with anybody you choose. But, no matter what, you must not go out with that woman."

"W-why?" Saito hopped around as if to minimize the pain.

"First, Kirche isn't a Tristainian; she's a noble from neighboring Germania. Just that makes going out with her completely unacceptable. I hate Germanians."

"How do you expect me to know these things?"

"My house, Vallière, has estates on Germania's borders, so we're the first on the field against Germanians the moment any war starts. Even worse, right opposite to us on that border is Kirche's birthplace." Louise bit down hard on her teeth. "So basically, the Zerbst family is our sworn enemy."

"And they call themselves a passionate family."

"Just a low, unworthy family. Kirche's great-great-grandfather stole away my great-great-grandfather's lover! That was around two hundred years ago."

"That's quite a while ago."

"Plus, that Zerbst constantly slanders Vallière. My great-great-grandfather's fiancé was stolen away because of that."

"Huh?"

"My great-great-grandfather's! His wife was taken away just like that."

"Okay, whatever… so basically, this is all because your family lost a lover to Kirche's family?"

"Not just that. We've lost count of how many family members we've lost from the wars."

"I'm just a lowly little familiar… it's not like I'm worth being stolen."

"No. I will not let Kirche steal a single bird. I'll shame my ancestors if that happens." With that, Louise poured a glass of water, and downed it in one gulp. "That is why Kirche's forbidden."

"Your ancestors have nothing to do with me."

"Yes they do! You're my familiar, right? As long as you eat from the Vallière family, you are to follow my orders."

"Familiar this, familiar that…" Saito stared discontently at Louise.

"You have a problem with that?"

"No, because I can't live if I don't do what you say, so I'll just have to live with it…" Saito stuck up his lip, and sat on the ground with a thump.

"And I think you should thank me."

"Thank you for what?"

"If the word that a commoner became Kirche's lover gets out, do you think you'll survive?"

Saito remembered the men Kirche shooed away, and blasted like flies to the ground… If that was me… what would that feel like? Saito also remembered his fight with Guiche, and a shiver went down his spine.

"…Louise."

"What?"

"Give me a sword. A sword." Saito wanted to protect himself.

"Don't you have one?"

"How would I? The one from last time was Guiche's."

Louise crossed her arms. "Are you a swordsman?"

"No… I've never held one before."

"But you looked like a natural in that fight."

"But still…"

"Hmm…" Louise went into deep thought.

"What?"

"I heard familiars get special powers when the contract is made."

"Special powers?"

"Yeah… like when a black cat became a familiar…" Louise raised a finger in the air and explained.

"Uh-huh…"

"It gets the ability to talk to people."

"But I'm not a cat."

"I know. Thing is… a human as a familiar is something totally unheard of, so it's not impossible that you can just pick up a sword and use it like a natural."

"Huh…" I didn't just use it like a natural. My body felt light and fast like a feather. Besides, Guiche's statues were made of bronze. There's no way you can cut into metal that easily, no matter how skilled a swordsman you are.

"If it's that incredible, we should go ask Tristain's Academia."

"Academia?"

"Yeah. It's the Royal Court's magic research agency."

"What would they do to me for research?"

"Ah… many kinds of experiments. Like… autopsies."

"You're kidding me." Saito stood up. Human experimentation? No, thanks!

"If you think that's disgusting, then don't spread that 'using a sword like a master in an instant' around for no good reason."

"I got it. We can keep that quiet." Saito nodded in fear.

"Ah… I get it now…" Louise nodded in understanding.

"Get what?"

"I'll buy you a sword."

"Oh?" Well that was sudden. Louise is always so stingy.

"You never have enough lives if Kirche has her eyes on you. We brought that on ourselves, so we'll have to take care of it," Louise weakly said.

"How rare…"

"What?" Louise stared at Saito.

"I thought you're such a miser. You even freak out about my food."

"I can't let a familiar get used to luxury. It makes for bad habits. If it's absolutely necessary, I'll buy it. I'm not a stingy person," Louise said proudly.

"Huh?!"

"Now that you get it, go to sleep. Tomorrow is the Day of Void, so I'll take you shopping."

Oh… so this world has Sundays too, Saito thought as he moved towards the hallway.

"Where are you going?"

"Where? To the hallway."

"It's all right. You can sleep in my room. If Kirche grabs you again it will be troublesome."

Saito looked at Louise. "You really are…"

Louise was about to take her whip again when Saito stopped, dove on his straw bed, and wrapped himself in the blanket. He looked at the inscriptions in his left hand.

By lighting up, this thing helped me defeat Guiche, got Kirche head over heels for me, and got Louise to buy a sword for me. What else is this thing going to bring me? As he thought, drowsiness attacked him. What a long day… as he thought it, Saito fell fast asleep.

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