The 7 Familiars of Zero - Chapter 10: Zero Awakening

The next few days have been tense, the atmosphere thick and oppressive.

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First, Zander decided to tell the staff about the spatial lock. Thankfully, they decided to keep this fact secret. But this distressful news was only the prelude.

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The student and staff notice that Guiche has disappeared. No one has seen him and no one knows where he has gone. Rumors have spread about a possible murder but it’s just as likely that he simply left.

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Because who would be stupid enough to kill a noble?

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Why, Louise’s strange familiars of course.

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A small rumor, but one that persisted. The top suspects are Dove and Flamma. Tech would be too if he wasn’t still bed ridden. Dove has tried every restoration spell she knew, but it only slowed the infection down.

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Because of this, Dove didn’t experience much of what Flamma did. Too busy taking care of Tech or being assistant cook when not healing.

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The whispers, glares and accusations. She would usually let it slide, like water off her back.

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But that changed when she was serving the nobles outside.

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A slam on the table and a knife thrown at her. She quickly caught it and was going to throw it back until she saw who threw it.

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Montmorency.

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Montmorency: “Give…him back…”

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Flamma: “I-”

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Montmorency: “Give him back!!”

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Before she could lunge at Flamma, the other girl Guiche seduced held her back.

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“Don’t!”

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Montmorency: “But she killed him! I know she did! Guiche may have been a jerk but he didn’t…he didn’t…”

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Montmorency couldn’t hold back her tears anymore and broke down. Her friend led her away from the courtyard. But not before shooting one last barb at Flamma.

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“You will not get away with this, dragon or not.”

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Flamma couldn’t say anything, how could she? The public opinion has decided and she was their target. Lashing out would only make it worse.

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Now more than ever she can feel their gazes on her back. Prickling her skin and turning the air frigid.

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All the while, Louise looked on with a tense face that threaten to break. She knows who really killed him. She did.

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Louise: ‘And Flamma is taking the blame…no…she is the one who betrayed us. It’s…not my fault.’

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Zander: “That’s enough!”

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Zander got up from his seat and went beside Flamma, placing his hand on her shoulder.

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Zander: “Stop this madness. Guiche is gone, maybe even dead, but using Flamma as a scapegoat for your sorrow won’t help matters.”

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Their harden gazes lessen a bit and Flamma could breathe again. But Kirche wouldn’t let this go so easily. She didn’t want to go against her love interest but this whole situation didn’t sit right with her.

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Kirche: “Are you sure Flamma didn’t do something?”

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Zander: “There is no evidence.”

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Kirche: “Isn’t she some…half-dragon. She could easily have burned the evidence away. Who else besides her could or would do it?”

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Zander: “Kirche…”

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Kirche: “Unless you’re suggesting Dove is the one who did. She is spending a lot of time in Tech’s home. How do we even know if he is even sick? Murdering a noble shouldn’t go unpunished.”

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The harden stares returned with a vengeance and along with it murmurs of agreement. Flamma, for the first time in centuries, felt small. She didn’t know what she can do.

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She looks to Louise for support, but she receives none. Louise looks away, unable to bare to see Flamma’s heartbroken eyes.

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Flamma: ‘You too?’

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Before things could escalate, Colbert arrived and called out for Flamma.

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Colbert: “Flamma, can you come to the principal’s office?”

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Flamma: “O-Okay.”

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Wanting to leave this furnace of attention, Flamma quickly moved to leave. But Zander stopped her for a moment.

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Zander: “Don’t worry, we will find the true killer. It’s most likely the same person who attacked Tech. You can get through this.”

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Flamma: “T-Thank you, I…needed to hear that.”

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After giving Zander the first genuine smile she has had in days, she left. Unknown to her, the third part of the maid trio smiled cruelly at this spectacle.

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Siesta: ‘Justice…soon…’

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Osmond needs a vacation.

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The world seems to be falling apart and it all started when these familiars were summoned.

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First, their whole world apparently locked spatially. The thought of a being that can do such a thing sends chills down his back.

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Then Guiche’s disappearance is most disquieting. There is no sign of him and his father is getting restless. He wishes he can do more about it.

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He could have maybe handled just those two things. But the three latest matters threaten to cause his world to shatter. The coming conversation is going to be so serious that he sent Longueville out for a while.

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He rubs his old wrinkles on his forehead as a knocked echoed.

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Osmond: “Come in.”

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In comes Colbert escorting a downcast Flamma, an unusual but not unexpected sight.

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The two came up to his desk and stood, waiting for him to start. He dragged out the silence as long as he could before it became agonizing.

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Osmond: "Miss Flamma, do you know the reason why I called you here?"

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The headmaster sitting on the desk ahead of her would ask calmly, which was betrayed by the grave expression on his features.

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Flamma: “Is it…because of Guiche?”

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Osmond: “Mmmmm, no.”

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The goddess releases the air she has been holding all the way here.

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Osmond: “No, what we have to discuss is the runes on your left hand.”

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Flamma: “Huh?”

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She looks at the runes on her hand, the proof of her being Louise’s Familiar. Or her brand, as Tech would put it.

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Flamma: “What of it?”

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Colbert: “Miss Flamma, after doing some extensive research, I have come to a startling discovery. We believe you are Gandarif.”

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Flamma: “…Who?”

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Osmond: “The legendary Gandalfr, the familiar of our founder Brimir. It is said that he could wield and master every weapon conceivable.”

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Flamma: “Okay, that’s cool.”

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Flamma: ‘That explains why I was so fast in my human form that time.’

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Flamma: “Sounds nice and all but why is this important? Besides the cultural reasons.”

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Colbert: “It’s because it signifies that Louise is a Void mage. Your runes are evidence of it.”

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Flamma’s eyes widen at that declaration.

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Flamma: ‘They know.’

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Her body tenses, ready to explode into action at a moment’s notice. Colbert and Osmond feel the shift of atmosphere. Thankfully, they caught onto why Flamma was so ready to fight.

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Osmond: “Worry not, we’re not going to harm Miss Louise.”

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Flamma: “And I can trust your words?”

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Colbert: “Please, we’re just telling you to keep it a secret. There are people that would use Louise.”

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Osmond: “Other countries that may try to take her for their purposes in war.”

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Flamma: ‘Of course they would. Nothing ever changes…’

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Flamma: “Trust me when I say, that I won’t let anything happen to her.”

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Osmond: “Good, I know she is in good hands. But sadly, there are people coming that you may have to leave Louise to.”

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Flamma: “What are you talking about?”

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Osmond: “When this all started, I sent a letter to Louise’s family. They should be here today and you should be with Miss Louise when they do.”

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Flamma: “Oh, alright. I can do that.”

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Flamma: ‘Unless they’re a terrible family. If that’s the case, I won’t let them touch a hair on her body.’

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Osmond: “Now…for the last matter.”

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Osmond slumped in his chair. After a moment, he removed a letter from his table and handed it to Flamma.

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Flamma: “What is this?”

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Colbert: “First, I think you and the other familiars should know something.”

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Flamma: “Great, now I’m a courier. No pay I assume.”

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That drained some of the tension out of the room. Colbert smiled a bit before continuing.

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Colbert: “Count Mott came by this morning and delivered news. There is a thief known as Fouquet the Crumbling Dirt and they’ve been spotted in the area.”

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Flamma: “…You don’t think-”

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Osmond: “No, I assure they weren’t the one who hurt Mr. Tech or murdered Guiche.”

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Flamma: “I see…”

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Osmond: “Instead, we believe they are after the staff of destruction. It’s a powerful artifact that can destroy an adult fire dragon with a single spell. The vault where it’s kept is very well protected. But we would appreciate further protection from you and the other familiars.”

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Flamma: “No problem, I can talk to Zander. I make no promises about Dove or Jake. But what does that have to do with this letter?”

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Colbert: “Well…Mott also left the letter asking-”

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Osmond: “Perhaps, it would be better for you to read it after the matter with Louise's family is settled.”

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Colbert: “Yes headmaster, that is the best course of action.”

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Flamma: “You’re really making me curious, but I’ll wait.”

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Flamma: ‘I don’t think I can take anymore bad news.’

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Cattleya de La Fontaine looked outside her carriage, worry etched on her face. Beside her Eleonore sat up like a proper noble woman though if Cattleya looked closer she could tell that she too was uneasy. Across the carriage sat their strict mother, reading a book. Just ahead of them was another carriage that was still owned by them but housed a rather important figure, the princess of Tristain, Henrietta de Tristain.

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A week ago, Karin was having a peaceful tea with the princess when all of a sudden, a messenger interrupted their tea with a letter courtesy of the Headmaster of the school where the Valliere's youngest studied, usually letters that came from that academy were rather long and winded. Its as if the letter was trying to soften you up before hitting you with something important. This time around though it was different and that was the first sign that told Karin that something was wrong, next was the content of the letter.

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Karin of the Heavy Wind, please come to the academy, something has happened to your daughter.

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-Old Osmund

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She immediately called out to her daughters and bid farewell to her husband, telling them that they were leaving as soon as possible. Just as they were about to leave, Henrietta told them that she too was coming. If it was any other day, she would have told Henrietta 'no' but since there was no time she had no choice but to agree.

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With that decision made up, Henrietta's body guards borrowed one of the carriages that belonged to the Valliere household. And now here they are waiting for the carriage to reach their destination.

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With dread filling her throat, Cattleya couldn’t help but breathe out.

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Cattleya: “Louise…what happened?”

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Karin: “No more wondering, we’re here.”

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True to her word, the walls of the academy were now visible to them. A few minutes later and they entered the front gates of the school.

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The carriage stopped and the door opened allowing the whole family to come out, already waiting outside were some of the staff that ran the place all lined up nicely. The one who escorted them out of the carriage was Old Osmund.

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The second carriage stopped as well and the one who welcomed the passenger was Colbert. He had to do a double take as the princess emerged out of the carriage.

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Colbert: "P-Princess Henrietta, what an honor to be in your presence!"

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Henrietta: "You may rise.”

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Osmund: "We must say, we didn’t expect you to come as well. Forgive us for not being prepared for such a surprise.”

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Henrietta: "It is quite alright, it was decided for me to come here in the heat of the moment. Now, I believe there's a reason for us to be here isn't there?"

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Osmond: "Yes, please follow me."

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The group of nobles left the area and walked with the old man. As they were walking they noticed that the academy was too quiet to be normal. When Henrietta asked about this the headmaster gave a tired sigh.

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Osmond: "There are…things that are happening that even I can't explain. So much, I don’t even know where to start.”

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Henrietta: “The beginning sounds like a good start as any.”

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Osmond sighs once more before starting.

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Osmond: “Well, it starts with Young Miss Valliere. You see…she somehow summoned 7 familiars.”

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Suddenly, the clacking a feet stopped. Osmond once again sighed and looked back at their shocked faces.

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Henrietta: “Louise did…what?”

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Eleonore: “That’s not possible.”

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Osmond: “But it is and believe me, these are not any ordinary familiars.”

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Henrietta: “What do you mean?”

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Osmond: “You’ll see one of them soon, the only one who agreed to be young Valliere’s familiar.”

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Eleonore: “The rest refused?!”

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Karin: “Osmond, this is no time for jokes.”

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Osmond: “I assure you this is no joke.”

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Henrietta: “What happened next? What happened to Louise?”

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Osmond: “Well…we were attacked by a large golem."

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Eleonore: "A golem?"

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Osmond: "Yes, a golem. Its skin was black in color, with intricate lines all over the body which glowed a deep red. At first, we thought that it was just a harmless golem but we were proven wrong when it started to go on a rampage in the school."

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Henrietta covered her mouth, imagining the worst scenarios.

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Cattleya: “Was Louise…”

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Osmond: “It’s complicated.”

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Eleonore: "What do you mean?"

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Osmond: "Before I tell you anything else I would like all of you to please keep an open mind about this, Miss Valliere's situation is…outlandish to say the least."

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The group looked at each other with varying expressions of worry and confusion, they all looked at him again ready to hear the news.

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Osmond: “It’s better if you saw first. Follow me.”

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With some disappointment but with all the worry, they continued to follow until they came across a shack. At the front, to their astonishment, was Louise. Henrietta immediately took off toward her friend.

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Henrietta: “Louise!”

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Louise: “You’re highness?”

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Despite her surprise, she receive the warm embrace of her childhood friend. For a moment, all her worries melted away. But that can only last so long.

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Henrietta: “I thought you were…Osmond suggested-”

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Karin: “What is the meaning of this Osmond? My daughter seems well.”

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Eleonore: “I should have known. Seriously, Louise summoning 7 familiars? Ridiculous.”

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Flamma: “Ahem, first of the seven speaking.”

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It was at that moment when they finally noticed Flamma’s presence.

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Eleonore: “I’m sorry, who are you?”

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Flamma: “Aeterna Flamma, Louise’s familiar.”

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Eleonore: “…A maid?”

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Flamma: “Well, this maid has her surprises.”

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Karin: “Enough. Osmond, explain.”

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Osmond: “Well…somehow…one of the familiars Louise summoned was…herself…”

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The newcomers could only look at the old man as if he finally lost it.

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Louise: “It’s true! That…faker…”

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Henrietta: “Louise what do you mean?”

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Osmond: "From what I have gathered something or someone changed Louise two’s, our temporary name for her. Her body looked similar to those of the golems that had attacked the academy."

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He paused and looked at them, trying to gauge their reactions. While they were giving him some incredulous looks they didn't say anything so he continued.

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He told them what he heard and learned from everyone involved. The whole battle and the aftermath right after. No need to go into further detail about recent events.

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However, the more he talked about it the more he also noticed how it sounded like he was going senile. By the time the story was done they all looked at him like he had definitely gone crazy.

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He gave a tired sigh, from the looks of it they will need some proof to believe his words. He points at the shack in front.

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Osmond: "Beyond those doors is where Louise 2 resides."

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Karin: “If this is some joke-”

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Louise: “It’s not! I don’t know how its possible but it is. Follow me and I’ll prove it.”

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Louise opens the doors and the first thing that they all saw shocked them to their core. There, hanging on some sort of stand, was none other than another Louise and in a damaged state.

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Cattleya had to put both of her hands on her mouth as sobbed quietly, seeing this Eleonore immediately comforted her younger sister. Henrietta wasn’t much better but grabbing Louise’s hand helped.

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Finally, there's Karin, she was pissed. While she didn't show it she truly loved her daughter. So when she saw her daughter's current state, or what looks like her daughter…

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She restrained herself, while repeating the mantra 'Rule of Steel' in her head.

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Eleonore: "So everything you said was true?"

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Old Osmund gave a somber nod.

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Karin: "This…Ravager caused this?”

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Osmund: “Indeed, a truly terrifying golem.”

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Karin: “But why are there two of them?”

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She says while looking down at her daughter, the one she recognized.

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“Like I told Louise before, I have a few theories.”

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The sudden voice made her flinch and they all turned to the owner of the voice.

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Henrietta: "W-what are you?"

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Bench: “The only reason this Louise isn’t dead.”

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Henrietta: "So, you're the one in charge of healing her?"

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Bench: “Not heal… repair, Jesus get the two words right, she isn't exactly human anymore.”

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Flamma: “Bench, be nice. They are her family.”

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Bench: “…Fine.”

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Karin: “You were about to explain your theories.”

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Bench: “Yes, the most likely reason is-”

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Before he can explain, Louise's broken body started to spark, seeing this Bench gave a curse and shot a beam down which turned into a cube that encased the young Valliere. Pink lightning came out of her body while she gave a blood curdling scream. The only thing that was preventing the lightning from escaping was the walls of the cube that Bench had assembled just in time.

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Cattleya backed away from the cube, just like how the pink lightning appeared, it stopped instantly. She wanted to call out, seeing her precious sister in pain.

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But she remembered the other Louise in the room. Which one is the real one? Should she even…feel for this one?

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Yes.

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No matter what she looks like, no matter what happened, they’re both her sister now.

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Eleonore: "W-what was that?!"

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Bench: “That, was an ED.”

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He says while deactivating the defensive cube.

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Osmund: "ED?"

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Bench: "Energy Discharge.”

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Cattleya: "I-Is she alright?”

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Louise: “Why do you care? She’s just a faker.”

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Cattleya: “Louise please…she has your face…”

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Bench: “My Louise is in a pretty critical state right now. All because she decided it was a smart move to activate her overdrive and disable her limiter. Energy Discharge happens every time, its when the amount of energy that she exerts on her body is equal to the discharge it gives off later."

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Osmund: “It’s still discharging?”

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Bench: “She really overdid it.”

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While they didn't understand the terms 'overdrive' and 'limiter', they understood what Bench was trying to tell them. The concept was similar to when they cast magic, if their willpower is low then they become tired and if it runs out there was a chance of them dying.

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Henrietta: "Will she be alright?"

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Bench: "For the time being? Yes, but the more we prolong her condition the lower her chances of surviving.”

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Louise wouldn’t mind that outcome but she knows better than to voice that opinion. To her increasing displeasure, her family seems to really care for this fake.

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Louise: ‘All because that thing has my face. I’m their family, not her.’

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Bench: “So, I would appreciate it if I can work in peace. I think I’m almost done with repairs.”

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Bench floated towards the smoking Louise.

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Bench: "You can scream at me later once you wake up Louise but right now I need that arm of yours.”

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A blue beam of light came from Bench's dome head and it hit the only attached limb left. Like earlier, when Louise had an energy discharge the area where Bench shot the beam a rectangular prism encased the entire limb. With one quick tug the entire arm was wrenched free from its owner.

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Eleonore: "Why did you do that?!"

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Louise: “It’s not human, it can survive without its arms. It comes off and on.”

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Eleonore: “How do-”

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Louise: “I came here before.”

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Bench: “Since you all are determined to see this through, follow me.”

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The group followed and were eventually led to the corner of the shack. There in the corner, sat the body of the giant golem with a massive hole in its chest area. While the others looked curiously at the golem, Karin immediately recognized what the it was.

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Bench: "Is that’s the so called 'Ravager'?"

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Bench: "Yep.”

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Flamma: “I can’t believe you kept that thing.”

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Bench: "Initially I was going to scrap it for parts,"

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Henrietta: "Initially?"

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Bench: "Follow me."

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Bench led the group towards a wooden table.

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On the table sat a red orb that was slightly pulsating.

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Flamma: “I wasn’t in the fight myself, but I’m guessing this is the Ravager’s core. The one Louise 2 tore out.”

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Bench: “Correct, the heart of a devil.”

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Flamma: “But why keep it?”

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Bench: "The simplest explanation that I could give would be that I'll be putting the Ravager's core in Louise's body. If the core is the one in charge of shifting the Ravager's body to adapt to its surroundings, by putting it inside Louise then she should be able to control the nanomachines of the Ravager."

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Everyone tilted their heads at the mention of nanomachines.

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Flamma: “Man, I wish Tech was here to explain.”

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Henrietta: “Tech?”

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Louise: “Another one of my familiars.”

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Eleonore: "So where does that leave us?"

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She asked while rubbing her temples.

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Bench: "Louise would be able to self-repair and like a Ravager, she would be able to adapt to her surroundings!"

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Karin: "So, you're telling me that you're going to put a heart of a devil inside….Louise 2?"

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Bench: "Well, she already held that title for seven years straight. I suppose by jamming the core in her would make her something equivalent to a baron of hell."

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Bench mumbled. Noticing that he's going back to his rant he stopped himself and looked at Karin.

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Bench: "Uh… yeah I suppose, you might be against this but you need to remember that this core is the only thing that's going to save her life."

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Silence reigned over the group, they all looked at each other especially the Vallieres, as they contemplated on whether they should go through with the operation or not.

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Flamma is definitely on the side of doing it. Having help for whatever is coming after them would be appreciated.

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But Louise, she couldn’t care less.

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Cattleya: "Would there be any lingering effects?"

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Bench: "None that I can think of."

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Bench said while completely missing out the words 'this is my first time handling a Ravager core after all’.

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Henrietta: "Then do it.”

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Louise: “Hen-You’re highness?! Why? She isn’t me, why help her?”

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Henrietta: “Even if she is not you Louise, she is still someone in need. She needs help.”

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Louise: “I…understand.”

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The group, minus Louise, looked at the bot and nodded.

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Not even 30 minutes later, Louise stormed out of the shack. Henrietta and Flamma quickly followed her.

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Henrietta: “Louise! Where are you going?”

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Louise: “To my room, clearly I’m not wanted.”

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Flamma: “Louise, don’t be like that.”

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Louise stopped and turned back to who she would call, her most precious people.

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Louise: “You saw my family in there, I barely existed to them! Even summoning 7 familiars didn’t impress them. No, instead they want to waste their time with that…faker!”

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Henrietta: “Louise, you know your family loves you. It’s just…”

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Flamma: “That Louise is you and that version of you is dying. If either of you were in pain like that, they’d help.”

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Louise: “But she’s not me! I’m Louise Francoise Le Blanc de La Valliere, not her.”

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Not wanting to hear more, Louise left for her room. Maybe Aeron can cheer her up.

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Henrietta: “Louise…”

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Flamma: “I’m sorry your highness, Louise is just having a bad day. I’m sure she’ll come around eventually.”

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Henrietta: “I wish…I could do more. I wish I could stay with her.”

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Flamma: “You can’t?”

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Henrietta: “This was not a scheduled trip, I have to return back to the castle.”

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Flamma: “The duties of a royal, I understand.”

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Henrietta: “For some reason, it sounds like you actually do.”

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Flamma: “Like I said before, I have many surprises.”

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Henrietta: “Haha, I’m sure you do.”

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Letting the levity settle, Henrietta turned serious.

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Henrietta: “Ms. Flamma, please take care of Louise. Both of them.”

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Flamma takes Henrietta’s hands and looks into her eyes.

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Flamma: “I promise, I won’t let either of them come to harm. I’m their familiar after all.”

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Henrietta smiles.

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Henrietta: “Thank you.”

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Flamma escorted Henrietta back to her carriage. She waved goodbye to the princess as she left Louise in her hands.

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Flamma: “Now, I should inform Zander and Dove about what happened. Then I’ll read this letter.”

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It had been a few hours since they had started the operation. Karin had to leave back to her own duties like Henrietta. Osmond also returned to his office to deal with whatever other crisis hits the school. This left Cattleya and Eleonore to watch over Louise 2.

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They watched as the pod-bot connected the final tube that was coming out of his back to Louise's chest.

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Bench: "And that should be the last tube, alright we can start on putting the core in."

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Eleonore: "Finally."

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Bench left the room to get the core while leaving a trail of tubes, meanwhile the sisters looked at their youngest with worry and confusion.

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Bench, before Karin and Osmond left, explained his theory.

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Soul separation.

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Somehow, when Louise summoned her familiars, half of her soul was separated. She split into two people. But it was only a theory without much evidence so he suggested they don’t tell other people.

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Regardless, this means Louise 2 is their sister. At least half of her. So of course, their care for her was solidified. Which made it hard to see Louise 2 without her arms and limbs.

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Bench might have told them that she was alright though to be frank they still find it hard to believe.

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Bench: "Alright here's the core and here's the leg of the Ravager."

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He said while lifting up the two items using blue beams that encased them in cubes with the leg glowing a slight orange.

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Eleonore: "That's going to be her leg?"

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Bench: "I'm not so dumb as to give her a disproportionate leg! Once I jam the core in, it should recognize Louise's body and from there, a lot of math and algorithms are used to make sure that her new leg would fit."

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Bench: "Flesh-skins…"

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Eleonore would've taken her wand out and used a powerful wind spell at the bot, were it not for the fact that he is the only one who knows how to fix Louise 2.

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Bench placed the leg just in front of Louise 2 and turned his attention at the patient, a blue beam landed on Louise's chest area. The chest bisected and opened like double doors revealing a burnt-out ball that was sitting on the center of the chest. The smell of something burning wafted through the sister's lungs, they covered their nose while looking at the amount of smoke that was coming out of Louise's chest.

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Bench: "Yep, that core is definitely burnt out. What you're looking at right now is, well more like was, Louise's core. In flesh-skin terms…her heart."

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The sisters now looked at each other worriedly. It was common sense that a heart, no matter how mechanical it may be, shouldn't be black in color. Bench took the burnt core out and placed the Ravager one in.

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Surprisingly the core of the Ravager had fit like a glove. In the compartment, small appendages from the side automatically attached to the core and began the long process of recognizing the new core. To further secure that nothing bad happens, Bench monitored the entire procedure checking the numbers that the new core was giving, making sure that it doesn't grow out of the general chart. Meanwhile the sisters waited with bated breath.

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Bench: "You know…she talked a lot about all of you…in her logs that is."

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Eleonore: "What does a tree have to do with us?"

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Bench gave a groan of annoyance.

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Bench: "Not that kind of log! You know, kind of like a diary."

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Cattleya: "So, what did she say?”

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Bench: "She complained about all of your faults of course but for every log, the words missed and love was always there. I'm a bot, I was built artificially, love is a foreign concept to me so I don't know how to deal with that part of her problem. I don't know what's happening within your family, and I'm not going to pry, but from old medical records I’ve read, emotions like that are usually because she's being ignored."

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They were quiet, contemplating on the words of the bot. Was the other half of Louise feeling that way too?

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Out of nowhere, Bench made a surprised beeping sound catching their attention. The once red orb slowly changed its glow to a light pink, once the glow finally reached its peak it died down. A few more seconds, Bench turned around and addressed the sisters.

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Bench: "I can safely say that she will be alright."

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The girls gave a huge sigh of relief. The sound of something rattling reached their ears, they traced the sound eventually. They looked down to see the torn leg rattling, then it slowly broke down into tiny particles that may as well have been sand.

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To their astonishment the black sand moved towards the hanging patient, slowly making a thin tower of sand towards the stub that was her leg.

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Cattleya gave a soft surprised sound when Bench looked at her to see that there were more sand particles that were approaching Louise but it wasn't from the leg. Following the trail of sand he discovered that the fallen Ravager had started to break down rapidly. Floating back to Louise, he was shocked at the rate of how the nanomachines worked.

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The left side, that was completely blown off, is now replaced by a leg that was not only smooth but it was also polished. The nanomachines of the Ravager was like a grape vineyard, the black sand that was coming from the Ravager was coiling itself up the stand that Louise hanged on.

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Eventually it made it to her face, but it dismissed it and made a line towards the arms and started to rebuild it similarly to the legs. Upon closer inspection, Bench could also spot some of the sand entering the gaps of her old body.

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The plates that made up her old body fell off, similar to how a snake would shed its skin, and what replaced them were chrome black plates that looked more like it was a skin rather than an armor plate.

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A minute passed and Bench, Eleonore and Cattleya were shocked at the new body of Louise.

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Gone were the metal plates that made up her chest instead it was a chrome black that seemed to shimmer. At the center of it, between her moderately developed breasts, was her core proudly glowing pink.

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The legs and arms were no longer 'mechanical', instead they looked as if Louise had worn a skin tight suit. There were no small gaps where the lights would usually glow, instead it glowed inside of the suit. Bench observed the composition of her new body, to say the least, he was shocked.

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The nanomachines compressed themselves on Louise with great pressure – creating this sort of extremely thick armor that not even the infamous rail gun could scratch. A twitch made Bench look at the hand of Louise. Another twitch, looking up he saw Louise's eyes slowly open.

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Bench: "How do you feel Louise?"

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A moment of silence before she locked eyes with Bench.

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Louise 2: "Like I've been thrown in a grinder, regurgitated and thrown out again. Can you get me down? I have a feeling I need a debrief."

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Dove did all she could for Tech today. Every day, she can see his life fading away. She has never felt so helpless before. Now more than ever, she wished she was better at Restoration magic.

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Right now, she is helping out in the kitchen. Cleaning, cooking and just going through the motions was the only way she can find some peace now. But that peace was broken when a very angry Flamma came charging in.

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Flamma: “Dove, we need to talk.”

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She looked to Martone who gave her a nod. She followed the shaking Flamma outside. They’re currently in one of the empty halls, which was perfect for Flamma because she expects some yelling.

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Flamma: “Read this.”

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She hands Dove the letter the headmaster gave her. After a moment of reading, Dove rolled her eyes.

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Dove: “So what? This is a job opportunity, something I can, and do, refuse.”

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Flamma: “Do you really think some big shot noble will let you just refuse?”

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Dove: “Why not? I already work here and there’s no way I’m leaving Tech.”

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Flamma: “I’d agree if it wasn’t for what this letter implies. From what I learned, when a noble asks for a maid by name it’s almost always to make her his mistress.”

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Dove froze.

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Flamma: “If I wasn’t ready to tear the bastard’s balls off, I’d ask why he didn’t choose me.”

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Suddenly, the floor beneath Dove cracked.

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Flamma: “Someone’s mad.”

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Dove: “His mistress…I’m no one’s mistress. I haven’t even…”

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That got Flamma to smirk. At least she learned something that makes this day a bit better.

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Flamma: “You know, I could help you with that.”

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Dove: “Be serious Flamma! I refuse this offer. If he is so insistent, he can come here and claim me in a duel.”

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Flamma: “As much as I would like to, after what happened to Guiche, I rather not draw more attention to us by beating up another noble.”

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Dove: “Then I’ll just have to go to another noble and preempt his attempt to claim me.”

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Flamma: “So, go to a noble to escape getting taken by a noble?”

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Dove: “Yes, what’s the problem?”

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Flamma: “Who do you have in mind? Any noble here can be just as bad. And if you have to be under someone in bed, it should be me.”

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Dove pushed down the emerging blush as she thought of her options. Then it hit her, the perfect noble. She smirked, victory assured.

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Dove: “Why, Zander of course.”

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Siesta heard it all and she smiled at the thought. Dove will soon face the…violation…she suffered. She can’t hide behind Zander, Aeron and her won’t let it happen. She will have her vengeance.

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But that night, when everyone was asleep, Aeron had other ideas.

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Aeron: “Take her place.”

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Louise & Siesta: “WHAT!?”

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The trio were in the woods, made undetectable by Aeron’s magic. Thankfully, because that would have woken everyone up.

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Siesta: “Aeron…why…”

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Aeron: “Calm down my dear, I won’t let this noble touch a hair on your head.”

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Louise looked on in slight disgust and jealousy as Aeron brought Siesta in for a kiss.

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Louise: “Then explain this plan of yours.”

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Aeron: “This is the perfect chance to set up a trap for Dove and Flamma. Write some letters to the headmaster and Dove, explaining that you quit and chose to take Dove’s place.”

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Aeron: “Then, we’ll teleport to where this Mott is and take the place over in preparation for the inevitable rescue.”

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Louise: “Mmmm, good plan.”

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Siesta: “So, soon I’ll…”

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Aeron: “Yes my dear, you’ll have your vengeance soon. Go, write the letters.”

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Siesta bowed and left to complete the first part of the plan.

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Aeron: “Now Louise, describe this Mott.”

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Instead of that, Louise decided to use Silent Image. In front of them stood an image of a middle aged human with brown hair, ridiculous mustache and clothes that would make jesters cry in shame.

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Louise: “This is Count Mott, he serves as the royal messenger of Tristain and is a triangle water mage. He is an arrogant fool, personally I don’t know too much about him, only some gossip…he has a reputation for abusing young girls as far as I learned from commoners and lower nobility.”

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Aeron: “Perfect.”

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Aeron, using a combo of Move Earth and Create Water, created a small pond in the ground.

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Aeron: “Greater Scrying.”

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In the water, the reflection changed to that of Count Mott sitting behind his desk presumably in his study writing some documents. The scenery then changed to that of a large mansion before reverting back to Mott.

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Aeron: “Excellent, after Siesta comes back we’ll teleport straight there.”

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After a few minutes, Siesta came back. Instead of a maid outfit, she was back in her skin tight rouge outfit.

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Aeron: “Hold onto me. And, since this your first teleportation, expect to suffer a slight daze until you get accustomed to it.”

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The two nodded.

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Aeron: “Teleport.”

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In a white flash of light, the trio disappeared and appeared in front of the Count, while Louise and Siesta were caught flat-footed, Aeron had no ill effects and acted fast.

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Mott: "WHO AR-"

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Aeron: "Enslave."

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Mott's eyes instantly glazed over and his body relaxed. The noble walked towards the necromancer and knelt before the man who robbed him of his free will.

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Mott: "What is thy biding my master."

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Both Siesta and Louise were speechless. They were amazed that a triangle mage could lose so easily.

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Aeron: "Count Mott, it's a pleasure to finally meet you. I'm sorry for our overly dramatic entrance but we are short on time. I hope we are not bothering you too much?"

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Mott: "No bother at all my Lord, how can I be of assistance?"

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The noble said even as he struggled to break free of the spell, all in vain.

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Siesta: “Why are you being polite to him? He…doesn’t deserve that.”

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Aeron: "My dear, I'm polite because it would be shameful of me to be rude. Friend or foe, everybody deserves respect."

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Louise: "...and then you kill them"

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Louise deadpanned but that only caused Aeron to grin.

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Aeron: "Now Count, we are in need of your residence here and would be very pleased if you would donate all your belongings to Miss Vallière here. You will still remain the Royal messenger however, and will work with us to further our goals."

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Mott: "Yes my lord."

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He moved to his table to make the necessary documents.

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Aeron: "Now that's cleared up, I will do some changing of the interior so it better suits our needs, and then we’ll get right down to business. Like with Siesta, I will take up teaching you magical theory and additional skills like using daggers, and a myriad of other useful things to know."

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Louise: "Why would I need to know how to use daggers when I have magic?"

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Aeron: "Louise, do you know what is the biggest cause of death for mages?"

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Louise: "I don't know...war maybe?"

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Aeron: "It’s true that a lot of mages die in wars, but most mages statistically have died from daggers in their back or a slit throat. Before you summoned me, I did the same thing to an elf mage, a poisoned dagger in the back and a clean cut through the neck. He failed to see it coming, so I will train you to not make such a fatal blunder to your health. The first step to that is knowing your enemy. To catch a thief, you need to think like a thief so to say."

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To say Louise was shocked would be an understatement. her familiar just admitted that he killed an elf mage with no effort at all by using a mundane piece of sharp metal. She looked to Siesta and the former maid nodded. As if saying all that Aeron has said is true.

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Louise: "W-what about the academy?"

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Aeron: "Ahhh yes, the academy."

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He opened his bag of holding and pulled out a small crystal. The necromancer placed it on the floor, next to it he added a flower from a nearby vase, a few drops of water and diamond dust. He then turned to Louise and pulled a single strand of her hair.

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Louise: "W-what are you doing?"

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She asked as she rubbed the place on her head he violated. Ignoring her question he began the spell "Mitosis Puppet". From the crystal a tulip emerged and soon it reached Aeron's height. All present stared as the flower opened up revealing a naked Louise, standing with her eyes closed.

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Siesta: "Aeron…what is this?"

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Aeron: "Naturally, you see the spell 'Mitosis Puppet' creates a clone of the creature whose genetic material it’s given. The clone shares a telepathic link with the original and everything it learns is automatically learned by the original, and vice-verse.”

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Aeron: “In essence, it's not so much creating a new individual as a puppet who is controlled by the original subconsciously so no effort needs to be put in its behavior, and also no fear of it rebelling. The drawback is such clones have an abnormally high energy consumption and if they don't eat large quantities of food they wither. To prevent themselves from wilting they actually regress to their base nature and start consuming all living things around them. To negate that, I put one proteum crystal as its core to give the needed energy, so you don't have to give me that jealous look Siesta. I’m not going to fuc-"

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His words were cut off when he felt killing intent coming from a certain embarrassed girl.

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Louise:"Y-YOU DOG! Fireball!"

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Aeron was surprised she would cast one of her old spells since all they made were explosions, but the surprise faded fast as he was blown through the wall of the mansion until he hit a tree. He coughed out smoke from the explosive magic, when he looked back to the hole in the wall he saw two pinkettes pointing wands in his direction.

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But before they could yell out a spell, they felt sharp metal on their necks.

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Siesta: “Stop it.”

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The two girls lowered their wands and swallowed a lump. Siesta let go and the fury she briefly shown was gone instantly.

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Siesta: “Thank you Miss Louise. I’ll find clothes for your clone.”

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Aeron picked himself up and dragged his scorched ass back to the building mumbling about rabid midgets along the way.

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Mott had to convince the guards who rushed to protect their employer that nothing happened and that they should return back to their duties.

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The four people...well three people and a plant, again gathered in the same room.

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Aeron: "If everyone has reclaimed their sanity, lets get back to business. The clone’s purpose is to attend the academy instead of your berserker self. That way, even if something relevant happens there you will know and be able to act upon it. Are there any objections?"

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Louise: “Won’t…Flamma notice? What about the faker?”

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Aeron: “Maybe. Flamma will be too busy coming here to notice. But you’re fake…that could be trouble. But after we deal with Dove and Flamma, we’ll have plenty of time and resources to deal with it.”

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Louise: “…Okay.”

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Aeron: “Good, any more questions?”

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Silence.

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Aeron: "Very well, Teleport."

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In a flash of light Louise B was gone.

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Louise: "I-I can see my room and Flamma! It's like daydreaming but more realistic.”

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Aeron: “She’s…still sleeping right?”

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Louise: “Of course.”

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Aeron: “Great, now take a few hours of rest so you can get familiar with having a part of your mind unfocused on here and now. Tomorrow we will begin your training alongside Siesta."

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Siesta: “What about preparing for Flamma and Dove?”

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Aeron: “I can multi-task, don’t worry. We’ll probably have one or two days before they arrive. More than enough time to prepare everything.”

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With everything settled, the team went on to do their part of the work.

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After the document was signed Mott called his guards and servants to give them new assignments. In reality, they were called to be put under a spell that forced them to ignore all unusual things they perceived.

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Siesta helped empty the place of any and all valuables. Anything worth selling was sold to raise additional starting capital. Even with the ability to create gold from dirt it would be unwise to flood the market...at least for now.

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Aeron used magic to change the interior of the mansion, resulting in the loss of a number of guest rooms that were replaced with a large laboratory with numerous crafting benches and a large summoning area.

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But the true prize was something within Mott’s own room. Something his guards found in the surrounding area. An intricately crafted sword that radiated a chilling cold.

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Aeron felt a call from the sword. It resonated with his abilities as a necromancer. He knew, this sword would make summoning undead and controlling them much easier.

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Aeron smirked and grabbed the sword. Instantly, power filled him as his eyes flashed deep blue. But more than that, the familiar runes on his forehead glowed brightly.

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The next moment, a knelling undead entity was summoned. How when the realm is spatially locked? He looks to the sword and gets his answer. Truly, this sword must have many secrets.

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Aeron looked down to the undead. His flesh was pale, sickly grey. The loose purple and black robes covered his entire frame, save for a bit of his face, even that was half-covered by a thick blue scarf. A long wavy dagger and a pouch containing a few ointments and poisons were tied to the sash at his belt.

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It looked up at Aeron, staring at him with cold loyalty.

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Fanfic used: An Acolyte of Zero by Shadenight123 [2013]

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