Although dawn had just broken, Ren, Guiche and Louise had already started preparing the saddles for their horses. Slung over Ren's back was Derflinger. Because of its length, it could not be attached to the waist.
Louise was dressed in her academy uniform, the only difference was that she now wore horse riding boots instead of shoes. Judging from that, it looked like a great deal of time would be spent riding the horse.
How far would Albion be from here? I'm still not used to riding a horse... Most probably my waist will ache from the riding... he thought to himself.
Just before setting off, Guiche spoke rather awkwardly.
"I have a request..."
"What is it that you want?" Ren responded with hostility while putting his belongings onto the saddle. He still could not forgive Guiche for hurting him that badly during their fight some time back.
"I wish to bring my familiar along."
"Do you have a familiar in the first place?"
"Of course I do. All magicians have one."
Louise and Ren looked at each other, then looked at Guiche again.
"Where's your familiar now?"
"Here." Guiche replied while pointing to the ground.
"But there's nothing on the ground," Louise said.
Guiche responded by tapping his feet on the ground. Just then, a giant brown creature popped out of the ground.
"Verdandi! Oh, my cute Verdandi!"
Ren, dumbfounded, asked, "What in the world is that creature?"
"What do you mean creature? This is my cute little familiar Verdandi."
"You mean that your familiar is that big thing over there?"
Upon closer inspection, that giant brown creature was actually a mole with a size equivalent to a small bear.
"Yes. Ahh... My Verdandi, you look so cute from any angle I look. Have you eaten your meal of earthworms before you arrived here?"
The gigantic mole hemmed happily in response.
"Really? That's wonderful!" Guiche said while rubbing cheek to cheek with his familiar.
"Actually... I don't think that you could bring it along with us..." Ren said in disgust.
"That's right Guiche. That creature moves underground right?"
"That's right. Even though it's slightly bigger that usual, Verdandi is still a mole all right."
"How are we going to bring it along? We're all riding on horses." Louise said in perturbed fashion.
"That's all right. Verdandi moves along quickly underground. Am I right, Verdandi?
The gigantic mole nodded in agreement.
"But we're going to Albion! We can't bring creatures that move underground!." Louise explained.
Guiche, upon hearing that, knelt onto the ground and replied, "I cannot bear the separation with my dear Verdandi... Oh! The pain..."
At the same time, the giant mole seemed to pick up some scent from its nose and drew nearer and nearer to Louise.
"What is this stupid mole trying to do!?"
"Like master, like familiar. They both share the same interest – girls." Ren said.
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The Omni Familiar of Zero
FanfictionRen Tennyson wasn't in the best place in his life. Luckily(?) for him a portal appeared out of nowhere and now he's in a new world taking orders from a pink haired ticking timebomb with a watch strapped and stuck to his wrist.
