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Impressions:

Ok, I’m kinda disappointed that Louise has not in fact developed any feelings toward Saito. Well, if she has and is only pretending to not care about him, she must be quite the actress. Kirche’s romantic life brings a laugh, but I can assume her love for Saito is not ‘true’ love. I do believe she will continue chasing after him, playing out the role of the lead’s rival. Siesta is another story. She does appear to have feelings for Saito, and they appear to be deeper than Kirche’s, but I think this is so only because they are both commoners. As for Saito, I’d say he prefers Kirche for now for her breast, Siesta second as they get along quite well, and Louise and obvious third. The quality remains quite good and I’m beginning to like the OP more, though I still have no interest in the ED (although, I think it sounds better if you play it at 1.5x speed).

Summary:

Outside, Saito is complaining of how cold the water is as he is washing Louise’s clothes. He complains of how frilly her panties are, making them hard to wash. This makes him recall earlier when Louise had ordered him to wash them. While Saito had been sleeping, the laundry had built up, developing into a large basket-full of dirty clothes. Although angry at having to do this, Saito remembers when Siesta had told him Louise had taken care of him while he was sleeping, and so he inquires her about it. Louise says that it’s natural for a master to look after their familiars when they are sick. She says that he should always he grateful for her existence, and how he should be thankful to her all the time instead of just this once. Outside, Saito sees several students walking with their familiars, and wonders if he’s the same as them. He gets depressed, wanting to go home. Breaking his sad face, Louise comes and pinches him on the ear. She scolds him for taking so long doing the laundry.

In class, the teacher is talking about the four elements and the spells you can create by combining several of these elements. A mage’s level also depends on the number of elements he/she can combine in a spell. She asks the class if anyone knows what these levels are. Montmorency indicates she knows and begins to inform the class: if one can combine two elements, he/she is a ‘line’. Combining three makes him/her a ‘triangle’, and four a ’square’. As she sits back down, Saito notices he is in perfect position to catch a glimpse of Montmorency’s panties (even though she is wearing stockings?). He wills for her to move her legs apart a bit further, but gets kicked in the stomach by Louise. The teacher says that she believes most of the students can only use one element. Kirche interrupts by saying there is still one student who can’t even use one element: the one called ‘Zero’. Everyone shifts their gaze to Louise. Saito, who is unaware at first, realises Louise has no talent for magic.

As they are walking outside, Saito says he finally understands why everyone calls Louise ‘Zero’. He points out the fact that she has a magic success rate of zero. He runs in front of Louise and tells her he has made a song for her. He criticises her further in the song (and I think Saito is being extremely mean), making Louise furious. She stumbles over her words as she is speaking. Saito realises he has made her mad and tries to apologise, but this does not stop Louise from placing a new rule: each time Saito says the word ‘zero’, there will be no meal. As he has said it four times, he must skip four meals now.

At night as Saito is getting Louise ready for bed (this makes her sound like a baby), he asks her if he can eat. He hasn’t had lunch or dinner, so there are two more meals to skip. As Louise is staring out the window at the night sky, Saito comes close to and says over her shoulder that he might starve to death. He says it’s a master’s duty to take care of its familiar. He begins to beg, and eventually Louise decides to let him off the hook. Saito then screws up again by saying that she is a kind master and that he’ll never say ‘zero’ again, even though she has zero magic and zero breasts. The latter comment is what triggers Louise’s outrage. She takes away his meals again and forbids him from sleeping in the room.

As Saito is trying to fall asleep outside the room, he sees Siesta wandering outside in the hallways. A few scenes are cut, but what happens is obvious as the next scene is of Saito eating leftover food from the daily feasts. The head chef, Marto, and the other cooks are standing around him as he eats. Marto starts calling Saito ‘Our Sword’, prompting him to ask why he’s saying it. He explains that it’s because he was able to beat a noble as a mere commoner. Saito says that as soon as he gripped the sword, his body began moving on its own and he doesn’t really know what happened. All the cooks are impressed and Marto suddenly gets the urge to kiss Saito (yes, Marto is a guy). Saito struggles to get him off. All the while, Siesta had been observing him cheerfully. Later, as Siesta and Saito are alone outside, she asks him to come again some time as he is everyone’s fan. Saito says that he has finally found some confidence to live here. Siesta tells him that after the fight with Guiche, he was on the verge of death. Louise had bought a very expensive medicine to keep him alive. Saito is surprised to hear this. Nearing the end f their conversation, Siesta says she would like to talk with him longer next time. Saito blushes momentarily, then the two part ways.

Saito encounters Kirche’s salamander as he is heading back upstairs. He is dragged into Kirche’s room, where she’s wearing her very little clothes and standing in a seductive position. Going right to the point, she tells Saito she loves him and wants to spend the night together. As she leans closer to kiss the confused Saito, a man appears outside the window. As they are on the third floor, the man must be levitating. His name is Styx. Kirche had forgotten about her ‘appointment’ with him and wants to reschedule it to 2 hours later. Styx tries to protest, but Kirche sends a small, flaming dragon his way, making him fall. Kirche says that the person she is ‘most’ in love with is Saito (meaning she has more than one person on her mind). She leans in but is interrupted again by another angry man. Kirche gets rid of him easily, but three more men appear at the window. Kirche offers to see them six hours later, but then that will be morning. Seeing no way out, she orders her salamander to take care of them. With no more distractions, Kirche pushes Saito down. Saito tries to worm his way out. Kirche says wouldn’t he be happier with her that Louise. Saito thinks about it for a moment, noting her large breasts compare to Louise’s non-apparent ones. Before he can reply, she presses her lips onto his. The two stay in this position for some time, before they here someone open the door. Louise is standing at the door and she doesn’t look too happy. She tells Saito to go with her. Kirche says that even though he’s Louise’s familiar, he is still human, so intruding on his love-life is tyranny. She then hugs Saito’s head, placing it in between her breasts. With this, Saito has no choice but to agree with Kirche. Louise counters by saying that many nobles who are in love with Kirche will be after him tomorrow. Saito decides to go with Louise. He is almost about to fall for Kirche’s pleading eyes before Louise drags him away by his ear.

Louise locks the door when she has brought Saito back into her room. She gets out a whip, saying she was wrong to have treated Saito as a human. She stutters as she tries to scold him (like she always does when she is angry) and starts striking him with the whip. She is furious he had gone to see Kirche, which makes Saito think she’s jealous. Louise denies this, knees him in the crotch and says her family and Kirche’s are natural enemies. After explaining how he was forced into Kirche’s room, Louise forgives him somewhat. She thinks he’s pathetic as he couldn’t defend himself against the salamander, even though he’s a swordsman. Saito says she’s wrong as the time he fought Guiche was the first time he had held a sword. He explains that his body had begun moving on its own when he took the sword in his hand. Louise thinks about this for a while, before saying that when a contract is made, the familiar gains a special ability. Saito says he was unarmed so he couldn’t do anything. As tomorrow is the ‘Day of Nothing’ – or Sunday – she decides to go and buy him a weapon. As she lies down on her bed, she asks Saito where he’s going, as he has a stack of hay in his arms and is walking towards the door. He says she had said he wasn’t allowed to sleep in the room. Louise lifts the punishment and says he might be attacked again if he stays outside. Saito begins to think that she really does like him, which results in him getting a couple of whips again.

The next day, Kirche is putting on her makeup and thinking about how she should seduce Saito today. She hears something outside, and when she goes to take a look, sees Saito and Louise riding on a horse. Saito has grabbed onto Louise’s chest and says that as there is nothing there, he thought it was her stomach. Kirche makes her way to Tabitha’s room, hoping for a ride on her familiar to catch up with Saito. Before she enters, Tabitha puts a muting spell on her. When she sees it’s her friend, she lifts the spell and hears the last part of her request. She says that it’s the ‘Day of Nothing’, so she doesn’t want to do anything. Kirche gives her a logical reason as to why they should follow Saito, making her agree to help her. Tabitha opens the window and whistles for her familiar to come. Soon, a large, blue dragon by the name of Sylph appears.

Meanwhile, Saito and Louise have arrived at the village (Diagon Alley!). They make their way to the weapons shop and start trying out the various swords. After some trial, Saito decides he wants the shop’s best sword; one with a gold blade and hilt, made by the famous Germanian Alchemist Lord Shupei. Louise is astonished to here it cost 3000 ‘new gold’, which is enough to by a decent home with a forest garden. Louise had only brought 100 ‘new gold’, which is only enough to by an old, rusty sword that looks like a piece of trash that had been thrown away long ago. Hearing Saito complain when they are outside, Louise tells him she had recently bought a very expensive item. Saito remembers that she had used a lot of money to save his life, and shuts up. Following them the whole time are Kirche and Tabitha. Kirche discerns that Louise had bought Saito a gift to win him over, and so decides to buy a gift for him too.

Back at the Academy, Kirche has presented Saito her gift: the gold sword that was worth 3000 ‘new gold’. Kirche had coaxed the store keeper into reducing the price to 500, using her impressive body. Kirche says that both swords and women are the best there (I think she is referring to Germania, where the sword was forged). She tells Louise that she can’t possibly match up, being a Tristein girl. Louise counters by accusing Kirche of going to Germania, only to find that none of the guys showed any interest in her. Both mages raise their wands, but they are quickly disarmed by Tabitha, who says they shouldn’t duel inside. The two decide to let Saito choose between the swords. Saito would’ve immediately chosen the gold one, but realises that it’s not only the sword that he’ll be choosing. Whichever he chooses will break the other’s heart. He asks if he can choose both, but this lands him two kicks to the face. The two girls then tell each other they hate each other and decide to duel. I wonder who would win. Kirche obviously has more talent as a mage, but Louise’s vicious explosions might give her the edge… Suddenly, someone tells them to shut up and calls them stupid. Both round on Saito, thinking he had said it, but everyone realises it’s actually the old, rusty 100 ‘new gold’ sword who had spoke. Ecstatic about the talking sword, he decides to choose it to keep. This seems to resolve the quarrel.

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