Wardes abruptly stopped here. Then he looked up and brought his face close to Louise.
“It is true, I never came to look for you, and I have to apologize. Marriage is not something to be spoken of easily, this I also know. But Louise, to me you are the most important of all.”
“Wardes…”
Louise thought about it. Why did Saito's face keep popping in her mind? After marrying Wardes, will she have to leave Saito as her familiar?
I don’t understand why, but I constantly feel this is wrong. If it was a crow or owl type of familiar it wouldn’t be so troublesome. If no one takes care of this idiot from another world, what will happen to him?
Kirche or… Saito didn’t know that Louise knew the maid from the kitchen who often fed him… They will take care of him right?
I don’t understand why but this is extremely annoying. Louise thought, just like a small girl she wanted to have Saito all to herself. Although Saito is an idiot and often makes me mad, I don’t want him to become someone else’s property. He is mine.
Louise raised her head.
“Still… Still…”
“Still?”
“That... that I am not a mage of your caliber yet, I still need to study…”
Louise lowered her head, kept it low and murmured.
“Wardes, when I was young, that is what I always thought, someday, I must make everyone recognize me, become a great mage, and make my mother and father proud.”
Louise raised her head, staring at the older man.
“I, I still cannot reach that yet.”
“Is it because someone already stole your heart?”
“It is nothing like that, there's no chance for that to happen!” Louise denied in a panic.
“It's not important, I understand, I understand. For now, I won’t ask for an answer. But, after this journey is over, I will certainly lighten your heart.”
Louise nodded in reply.
“In that case, let's go to bed, you are already tired right?”
Suddenly, Wardes came close to Louise, wanting to kiss her.
Instantly, Louise’s body stiffened. Then she pushed Wardes away.
“Louise?”
“I'm sorry... But, things like...that...”
Louise pridefully stared at Wardes. He smiled bitterly and shook his head.
“I am not in a hurry”
Louise lowered her head again.
Why, even though Wardes is so gentle, handsome and strong, even though I longed for him for such a long time.... Yet, I am not even happy when I am being proposed to.
Someone else had already caught her heart. But Louise's mind refused to think about the one that caught it.
Outside the window, Saito had his hand around the window bars, desperately looking at Louise and Wardes’ room.
Holding Derflinger in his left hand made his body feel light as a feather, allowing him to observe everything inside the room. Peeking through the curtains, Saito saw two figures sitting by the table.
What are they talking about? Every time Wardes’ face got closer to Louise, Saito would bite his lips. Every time when the two appeared to be about to kiss, the boy would almost stop breathing. But since Louise always denied the kiss, Saito’s breath didn’t stop either.
“Ah, closing in again, this ******, ah, so it is like that!” Saito whispered. Derflinger quietly muttered.
“How shameful.”
“Shut up.”
“My partner sticks like a green caterpillar to the window, peeking at the girl he has a crush on and her lover having a cheerful talk. It is so shameful it hurts and almost makes me cry!”
“I don’t have a crush on her! What is so good about that kind of girl? Explosive temper, treats me like a dog, twisted personality.”
Saito groaned through gritted teeth.
“Then why are we peeking?”
“I am only worried, just worried that’s all.”
With these words something fell on Saito from above.
Pa-ta
It landed on Saito’s shoulders, covering his face and obscuring his vision.
“Wha-what?”
“What are you doing here? Do you like to take strolls on the wall? Geez, took me forever to find you.”
It was Kirche who landed on his shoulder, and our hero’s eyes were blinded because his face was covered by the Germanian’s mini-skirt.
“Hey, get off me!” Saito replied as he pulled his face out of Kirche’s skirt.
“Why, is it not good? Hey, what are you looking at?”
Kirche took one look at the window, turned around to face Saito again and put her arms around him: “No, don’t peek at newlyweds, we shouldn’t care about them”
“This is what I think; a quiet date on the wall is so romantic. Look how beautiful the lights from the city are; don’t you think they are cheering for us?”
“First thing first, you get off.”
The two tried to wriggle their ways out when suddenly the window slammed open. Saito remained frozen in place and hugging the wall like a cockroach.
One look and we can see Louise with her hands placed on her hips. But, her lovely face had twisted into a demonic mask, staring at Kirche and Saito.
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEXT TO MY WINDOW????”
Saito with his sword in one hand, another clutching the window frames. At the same time Kirche, with her legs around his shoulders, clung closely to him as if getting some weird piggyback ride.
Without question - this looked suspicious, but pretty amazing too.
“Can’t understand it even after you see it? This is a date.”
Saito tried to say something, but his lips were covered by Kirche’s hands, making him look puzzled. Louise’s shoulders started to quake in fury.
“Go, go, go, go have romance somewhere else. You, you, you two stray dogs!”
“But darling wants to have a date here.”
Kirche replied triumphantly.
In an instant Louise’s foot flew in their direction. Kirche ducked then climbed on to the wall, so the shorter girl’s foot instead connected straight with Saito’s face, sending him flying.
Luckily Saito had the sword in his hand, and thrust it into the wall to stop his falling. Then he howled in rage:
“DO YOU WANT TO KILL ME???”
“Someone like you who doesn’t understand kindness deserves to DIE!”
Wardes sat in his room and watched the whole thing with amusement.
Second day, Saito woke up to someone knocking on his door. Since Guiche was still sleeping soundly on the bed next to him, without another choice the Japanese could only climb out of the bed to answer.
There is no ship today, I wanted to spend the day sleeping, geez. Saito thought angrily as he opened the door.
Wardes with his usual hat looked down at Saito, who was about a head and a half shorter than the knight.
“Good morning, familiar.”
Louise’s fiancé calling him like this made Saito angry
Saito replied, “Morning, but the departure date is tomorrow right? Do you have anything important to say this morning? I've been riding a horse all day yesterday, I still want to sleep.”
Wardes only smiled faintly.
“Are you the Gandálfr of the legend?”
“AH.”
Saito stared at Wardes in a stunned expression.
Wardes was trying to clear something, and bent his head and said, “That case with Fouquet, I hold a great interest in you. I asked Louise earlier, I heard you are from another world and I also heard you are the legendary Gandálfr.”
“Ha.”
Who talked about Gandálfr anyway? Old Osman shouldn’t have talked about this.
“I find history and warfare extremely interesting. When Fouquet was captured, I became very interested in you. Then I did some research in the Imperial Library. The result of that research is my discovery that you are the legendary familiar Gandálfr.”