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Chapter 3: Playground Politics

Louise de La Valliere, third and youngest daughter of the Duke Centurion de La Valliere, and the legendary Karin, Heavy Wind, Duchesse de La Valliere. Was currently making her way back to her room in the Tristan Magic Acadamy after her most recent spell mishap. Her clothes were almost entirely torn to shreds, with burn marks and large portions of it missing, barely managing to hide her dignity.

Surprisingly, she was more comfortable than one would expect from a sixteen-year-old, but since this situation wasn't exactly an uncommon occurrence, she'd developed a sort of resistance against it.

Her wand was clutched tightly in her hand as she did her best to not reply to the jeering insults sent her way via her classmates. It wasn't like they didn't have cause to be angry though, considering her spell had left them in a similar state to herself.

It wasn't her fault though... She was completely unable to cast any spell whatsoever, eventually leading to her classmates giving her the title of 'Zero', a humiliation she wouldn't soon forget, but was currently unable to do anything about.

After climbing the stairs of the tower, she marches down the hallway and gently opens her door... Before slamming it back in place and throwing herself at her bed, moisture in her eyes beginning to gather.

It seemed that every day would be the same, their new teacher, Mrs Chevreuse, had not heeded the other students warning and allowed Louise to attempt the transfiguration spell. Which subsequently blew up in their faces... Literally. Every spell Louise cast would result in an explosion, which, while powerful enough to knock down even the stone walls of the classroom and shatter most furniture, was not what Louise intended to happen.

Honestly, she was quite fortunate that she was the daughter of Karin the 'Heavy Wind', as otherwise she might be stuck with the bill of all the damage she'd caused... She'd recently graduated to the second year of the academy, but her tenure likely wouldn't last much longer if she was unable to complete the ritual set for tomorrow.

Stupidly though, she'd been goaded by one of her biggest bullies, Kirche von Anhalt Zerbst into making the claim that the familiar she'd summon would be incredibly powerful, even a dragon perhaps...

Louise had been satisfied by their momentary shocked silence but was soon humiliated further as they began laughing historically as she left the hallway...

She pulls her pillow tighter around her face as she groans in annoyance, "Nu-nu-nu! That fake-boob Germanian floozy! How can she even call herself a 'Noble' when she's having relationships with most of the boys in the academy! She's everything I thought she'd be, as someone from the family that stole a Valliere's lover!" she shouts into a pillow, all too aware that Kirche's room was only two doors away from hers.

She rolls onto her back after her tantrum, staring at the roof of her incredibly expensive and luxurious bed. "What would you do here mother? Cattleya?..." she sighs, knowing that they'd never have the same problems as her, they actually had magic...

Louise shakes her head, glancing over at the corner of her room where a pile of hay was gathered. It might not be big enough depending on what familiar she summons, but it's the meaning that counts more than anything.

She didn't care if she summoned a flee, a frog, or a fire breathing dragon, she just wanted to know that she had magic. That she wasn't a plebian in disguise that would disgrace her family. She lowers her had begins to pray, "Lord Brimir, I promise, no matter what I summon, I'll be gracious towards it, and grateful for your gift."

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The next day :

One of the fields of Tristan Acadamy was full with all the second-year students as they gathered around their teacher, Jean Colbert. Everyone was quite excited, as today would mark everyone's successful transition into an actual mage... Well, almost everyone was excited.

Louise stands at the back of the group, trying to make herself seem as small and unnoticeable as possible, despite how difficult her bright pink hair makes that.

Professor Coblert suddenly speaks up after gathering his thoughts and making the required preparations, "Alright everyone! Gather around! Today is your first exam of your second year, as well as the sacred day of your first encounter with your familiar spirit, which will accompany you for the rest of your life as your faithful partner!

He goes on to give a brief explanation of the ritual and everything they'd be required to do, not going into too much detail as all the students should have studied this by now.

Once his explanation is done, he stands at the side and has the first willing student summon their familiar... The first is a rather fat, anxious-looking boy who belongs to the Lavinia Baron family, Henri Lavinia.

He steps forwards and immediately begins the ritual chant, hoping to get out of the limelight as soon as possible... Someone like him with such a low stature had to ensure he wasn't a target for the others, his weight made it easy to pick on him so he stays quiet to make things easier for his family.

He finishes the chant and a bright light flashes within the ritual circle, blinding everyone momentarily as they try to see what Henri summoned...

Then, it clears, and the jeers begin.

"Haha! It kind of looks like you Henri!" shouts the first person, as the group looks with contempt at the fat boar that'd just been summoned.

It wasn't special in any way, simply being a rather large pig with no special defining features... Henri looks at Colbert with teary eyes, but the Professor just nods at him encouragingly.

Henri continues with the ritual, kissing the boar on its hairy forehead, causing a rune to appear on it and binding the two together as partners.


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Chapter 4: Yet another mishap

Louise watches as Henri makes a quick retreat, doing her best to blend in by giving a low chuckle. She knew her treatment would be similar, if not worse if she summoned anything like that, but for her, it wouldn't extend past simple classroom jibes... But for Henri, he would likely be tormented for the rest of this, and the next year... Likely having his Runic name changed from 'The Frigid' to 'The Pig'...

Without a powerful family behind him, there wasn't anything stopping the others from taking advantage of his situation for their own benefit.

"Heya, Zero... Why're you laughing? We don't even know if you'll summon anything yet." Kirche mockingly states from the side.

"S-shut up Zerbst! I'll show you soon!" Louise indignantly retorts, while inwardly screaming for herself to stop.

A few others begin to join the taunting but are quickly rebuffed by Professor Colbert as the next person goes to summon their familiar.

The day continues on, with people summoning a variety of creatures, most generally not all that powerful. Cats, parrots, rats... There were a few magical creatures that'd appeared, the rather peculiar-looking Bugbear which was essentially just a floating eyeball.

Montmorency de Montmorency, another of Louise's bullies who'd summoned a frog, though, it was quickly discovered that it was able to excrete a rather powerful poison at will from its skin, making it more impressive than most mundane pets.

Kirche actually managed to summon one of the more impressive familiars, much to Louise' chagrin. It was a Salamander, a creature with red scales that was as big as a large wolf. It was able to spew fire at will, and had an ever-burning flame at the end of its tale, almost announcing that it had power to spare.

Most shocking of all however was Tabitha... Who'd summoned a large blue dragon that when hunched over was around 15ft tall, Easily dwarfing all the students. Colbert managed to stop her from demonstrating its abilities, for now, which most likely saved the integrity of the academy courtyard,

Louise though was horrified, Tabitha was a member of Kirche's 'Clique', but was generally quiet and unintrusive... This didn't make Louise feel any better about her success though, as anything she might summon would undoubtedly be significantly weaker than Tabitha's dragon.

Professor Colbert smiles at all the happy students now getting to know their familiars, "I'm glad everyone is so happy with the results of the ritual, now let's wrap things-"

"Uhn! Professor~!" Kirche loudly says from the side, getting everyone's attention.

"Yes Miss Zerbst?" Colbert asks as a slight red tinge makes its way onto his face, unable to stop himself from becoming flustered by Kirche's behaviour.

Kirche smiles seductively, "There's still one person who hasn't summoned their familiar... Come on Zero, you aren't going to keep us all waiting, are you?"

...

Louise pales and slowly makes her way through the crowd, having been unable to force herself to step forward and perform the ritual due to how worried she was. She quickly composes herself however, coughing into her fist and turning her nose up, "Just wait, I'll show you the most magnificent familiar you've ever seen!"

"Eh? Isn't that the Zero? Shouldn't be back away a bit? I don't want to get caught in another explosion this week..."

"Yeah, but I'm unsure how far is considered safe... Sometimes her explosions are enough to trash a room, but sometimes they just fry a desk or two..."

"Aha! Zero can't even control her fake magic!"

Professor Colbert feels cold sweat dripping down his back as he focuses on Louise, already aware of the sheer destruction this young lady was able to unintentionally wreak. He coughs into his fist before addressing her, "*Ahem*, Miss Valliere, would you step into the circle and begin the ritual."

Louise gives a firm nod and does as she's told, stepping into the ritual circle that's currently glowing with a pentagram. She clears her throat before beginning to chant, pushing all of her hopes, dreams, and disgruntled feelings into the ritual. With trembling hands, she raises her wand into the sky and begins reciting a personally made chant, "I beg you. My slave who lives somewhere in the universe! Oh sacred, beautiful, and strong familiar spirit! Here I desire and plead from my heart! Answer to my guidance!" she shouts, lowering her wand at the ritual circle.

It glows, and the watches all lean forwards with curiosity, wondering if Louise had actually managed to properly do it... Louise herself unable to stop her excitement from overwhelming her... At least, until things went to hell.

*BOOOM!*

The glowing ritual circle abruptly explodes with a large cloud of smoke, covering most of the courtyard and obscuring everyone's vision.

Louise felt her heart drop as this happens, feeling as if her life would crumble at the seams... However, when she listened closely, she could hear an odd sound... Breathing? No... Wheezing...

Confused, she just waits for the smoke to clear, but once it does a few shrieks of panic make themselves known amongst the students. All of them looking down at the crater where what looked like a person was lying... Only, their body was completely mangled.

They looked young, at a similar age to the 2nd year students, but his body was terribly injured, with his arms and legs bending at awkward angles, and visible bone protruding from different areas of his skin.

A few people instantly vomit the contents of their stomach's onto the floor, disregarding their 'supposedly' regal appearances as they lay eyes onto the terrible sight.

"Brimir's beard!" Colbert shouts after he regains his senses, having been made slightly disoriented due to how close he was to the explosion. "Quick! Call the Healers! Now!" he commands when he realises that, beyond all rational comprehension, the person Miss Valliere had summoned was alive.


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