Zero no Tsukaima:Volume8 Chapter1 - MTL
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Chapter One: Each End of the War
“How about it? This was a reward from bristle spirits of the dead.”
Guiche, proud as a peacock, showed his White Hair Soul‘s medal to the classmates.
“Waah“ classmates sighed.
“Could it be that it’s not white hair but bristles?”
Someone commented, Guiche blushed.
“Aah! Don’t say that! White hair reward!”
Guiche glimpsed at the nook of the classroom. Montmorency was there. Though all classmates have gathered around Guiche's, Montmorency, on the other hand, rested her elbows on a desk and stared outside window, looking disinterested. Hey, look this way, I want you to hear the story… Guiche felt hurt for a moment.
“Great…Guiche, you commanded the company that lunged first into the City of South Gotha?”
“Don't mention it.”
Guiche proudly nodded. Everyone praised their classmate who had great military achievements.
“No way, Guiche. Honesty before now we though that you were just big mouthed rascal, but now we can recognize the mistake without fail!
“Great! Guiche! You are awesome!”
Guiche leaned back listening. Then he crossed his legs, and put up a finger still looking as proud as a peacock.
“Now, I will tell you the story about the brave army fights against the orcs.”
Aaaah, the stir happened.
Guiche looked at Montmorency again. And sighed painfully. The reason is that Montmorency still looks the other way ... why she is acting this way… Guiche became sadder. He then raised he voice higher than needed. “When wall broke, orcs came from inside, one after another! At that time, I calmly commanded my sub ordinate's from gun corps. First platoon! Load! Aim! Fire!”
When saying ‘Fire’ Guiche rose and lowered his wand.
“Still, the enemy doesn't flinch! The magic was needed! I rose and started casting - Earth Hand!”
He cast the spell where the hand expands from ground and grabs one’s feet.
However, there was no soil in the classroom. Nothing happened. A strange silence stelled.
“Ka-boom! Valkyrie emerged!“
Guiche rejects the cane trying to cover himself up again. Petals of the artificial rose scattered around…and changed into seven Valkyries.
“Towards the upcoming orcs, my brave golems jumped out!”
Valkyries began to dance imitating the fight.
Someone recited the winds spell towards Guiche’s golems.
Valkyries were blown off and fell on the floor.
“Who?!”
With a sarcastic smile on his lips, De Lorraine watched Guiche. Before Tabitha’s fabulous results, he was counted to be the strongest in duels among the boys.
“If your golems were blown off by the wind magic, how were they able to withstand orcs blows?”
“Uuh…”
Guiche dropped in a cold sweat. Feeling on a roll, he has enlarged the story without thinking.”
“Well… A decoy! My golems were a decoy, used to distract the attacking enemies!”
“Hey hey, I heard a while ago, that it was all musketeers doing. Did your magic failed? You are not so great, Guiche!”
“S-subordinate soldier's were under commander's control!”
“ But heven’t you just said that it was all about your magic? Please give my sincere admiration to your company once you meet them. However, where you really a decent lead? Maybe you were leaving most things on your sub-commanders shoulders?”
Bull’s eye, Guiche felt petrified. This way there was a contradiction in Guiche’s story. Well, hee needed to keep on talking to buy some time… meanwhile Montmorency stood up and left the classroom.
Guiche ran after her in panic.
“Montmorency!”
Guiche shouted in a corridor paved with stone. Yet, Montmorency didn’t turn around, she just walked away briskly. Feeling an anger emanating from her shoulders, Guiche ran up closer.
“Oi oi, please wait! Are you mad because of what I said? Darling! Listen me out, stop ignoring me!”
Guiche puts a hand on Montmorency's shoulder and made her halt.
“Here, look at it. A medal! Be happy! You are a girlfriend of someone worthy of an award! As I said, here, you...“
“That doesn’t make my opinion of you any better.”
After finally turning around, Montmorency declared.
“W-why?”
“Is the reward all that you care? You left me without telling, that’s the problem!”
Not expecting such attack, Guiche flinched. Spoiled by the praises, he could not imagine to be blamed this way. “D-don’t you know! As an royal army volunteer, I could not write you letters!”
Montmorency, stared at Guiche with cold eyes. Feeling that this anger was different from usual, Guiche become silent.
“Even if it was so! This doesn’t mean you could not contact me! There are some things that are more important than a reward!”
He thought for a while.
“For instance?”
Because Guiche asked seriously, Montmorency’s cheeks turned red.
“Aya! Why you are hitting me!”
“Me. M-E.”
“Y-yes.”
“aren’t you my knight? Haven’t you told me, that if there would be a war you would stay near, protecting me? Remember?”
Ye-yes.”
Guiche stood upright and nodded.
“Since you left with boys, dreadful things happened in the Academy! Meanwhile you were going crazy attacking enemies for medals!”
That’s right… Guiche nodded. Upon returning he heard the story
“Because you were not here, a teacher saved us paying with his life. If only I would have been more skillful in water magic…”
Montmorency closed her eyes, recalling that time. She started curing Colbert who was wounded by the magic arrows, but even though the water magic was used...she reached her willpower’s limit and feinted.
Guiche quietly lowered his head.
“I, I will study more. As a member of Montmorency house that negotiated with water spirit for generations… I will ask for help to train more. If I were better at water healing…I might have helped the teacher.”
Since Colbert didn’t had any relatives, Kirche took his remains. Since Kirche left home for now, she wasn’t around. It was unclear if she was going to bury the same ‘fire’ element user in the land of Germania. The tiny girl with short blue hair, disappeared as well.
“Furthermore, even that child lost her important person. So be a little more considerate. Is this really a time for joy? Even you, should not be so happy.
Guiche remembered.
There was a rumor that Louise’s familiar Saito fought alone against Albion’s army and made them retreat from Rosais.
Shaken Louise, many times she met with generals, but even though she made lots of noise, the escaping fleet would not turn back for the familiar.
Moreover,warship commanders just laughed from that rumor. They did not thought it was possible for a single person to stop an army. You cannot stop 70.000 soldiers all alone.
As for the Albion’s army delay, there had to other reason, it was blamed on their poor army management. They also though that this familiar boy just simply ran away.
All people around Louise kept on saying that.
And even if you would assume he confronted an army of 70,000 – there were no way he would be still alive. Sadly, but she should give up…
However, Louise was not consented to such opinion, she kept denying that. Once the fleet returned, the news about Albion’s army surrendering to Galia made raised the confusion to the maximum. They stopped worrying about the rumors of the boy who stopped Albion’s army, thinking it to madman’s palaver. After all, besides Saito there were many people missing or killed.
As a result, after returning to the magical academy Louise became severely depressed and hasn’t talked to anyone. As if her mind was somewhere else, she shut herself in the dormitory room and does not go out.
Saito’s fate was also part of the rumors in the Academy. Anyhow, right now Saito was famous in the academy for two things , for being a ‘legendary familiar’ and the one that ‘should be credited for everything’.
Montmorency who also heard those rumors, was worrying about Louise who shut herself and never left the room.
“Therefore, I want to comfort her at least. I will pay her a sympathy visit for a now.
“Now you're talking. Montmorency, you are very kind.”
“I am not really kind. You know, until now though we were in a war… Even though it was a war, I never really fought in a war until just now…”
“Yes.”
“I am a ‘water‘ in so many different ways. I will fight my way ... I only wish I were stronger.“
Through the window, Montmorency looked up at the sky and muttered.
“I can’t allow this sadness to exist. I cannot cure if I feel sorry for myself.”