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Zero no Tsukaima:Volume1 Chapter1
Kingdom of Magic
Chapter One: I'm a Familiar
"Who are you?" asked the girl intently, examining Saito's face, the clear blue sky behind her.
She seemed to be close to Saito's age. Underneath a black cloak, she wore a white blouse and a gray pleated skirt. She knelt down and looked, shocked, at his face.
Her face is... cute. Reddish-brown eyes danced upon the stage of her flawless, white skin and strawberry blonde hair. She looks kind of like a foreigner. In fact, the girl must have been a foreigner. A cute, doll-like foreigner. Maybe she's half-Japanese?
Still, that's some kind of school uniform she's wearing, isn't it? I don't recognize it.
Saito was lying on the ground, face up, though he was unsure of how he had got there. He raised his head to take a look around. A crowd of people in black cloaks were curiously examining him. In the distance, on an endlessly rich grassy plain, he saw a huge castle with stone walls, just like the ones in those European tour photographs.
It's just like a fantasy.
My head is killing me. Giving his head a shake, he answered, "Who am I...? I'm Hiraga Saito."
"Where are you from, commoner?"
Commoner? What does she mean by that? Everyone around him had some sort of stick in their hand and wore the same uniform as that girl's. Did I wander into an American school or something?
"Louise, what were you thinking, calling a commoner with 'Summon Servant'?" someone asked, and everyone but the girl who was looking at his face started to laugh.
"I... I just made a little mistake!" the girl in front of Saito shouted in a refined voice that carried like a bell.
"What mistake are you talking about? Nothing unusual happened."
"Of course! After all, she's Louise the Zero!" someone else said, and the crowd burst into laughter again.
It appeared the girl looking into Saito's face was named Louise.
Either way, this is no American school. You won't see those kinds of buildings just anywhere.
Could it be a movie set? Are they filming something? But then Saito thought all of a sudden, but it's too big to be a movie set. Could this kind of scenery really exist somewhere in Japan? Maybe it's a new theme park? But then, why was I sleeping here?
"Mr. Colbert!" the girl, Louise, shouted.
The crowd parted, revealing a middle-aged man. Saito thought it was funny, because the man looked ridiculous. He carried a big wooden staff and was covered in a black robe.
What is he playing at? He's dressed like a wizard. Is he even sane? Oh, I've got it, this must be a cosplay gathering. But it doesn't seem to have that kind of atmosphere. Suddenly, Saito was gripped with fear. What am I going to do if this is a religious sect? It's possible. They could have put me to sleep somehow and brought me here while I was taking a walk in town. That mirror must have been a trap. If not, I have no other explanation for this.
Saito decided that he ought to stay quiet until he understood what was going on.
The girl named Louise seemed to be in a panic, begging to redo something and gesticulating frantically.
I feel sorry for her, being stuck in this weird religious group, since she's so cute.
"What is it that you want from me, Miss Vallière?"
