Darkness...

It was dark. I couldn't see anything nor feel or hear. But I did feel a heavy weight on my heart knowing what had happened. The memories and images were still fresh in my mind. The sight of my friends' blood on my hands still shook my very core. Then, as I pleaded to my best friend to end it all, he raised his sword...

I had died.

So this is death? Then I must be on my way to hell then. What I have done cannot be undone and the lives I took would never return. I was beyond redemption.

Somehow, I felt myself grin as I accepted my fate. I was prepared to take responsibility and pay for my crimes. But then, something spoke into my mind.

"I beg of you…"

Is that… a girl's voice?

"My servant that exists in the vast universe…. Heed my call, I wish from the bottom of my heart…."

Servant? What's going on?

"Answer to my guidance and appear!"

Suddenly, life was breathed back to my senses and an intense light illuminated around me. I had to shield my eyes from the sheer brightness and I was soon engulfed completely by it.

I was met by the rays of the sun and smoke all around me. Waving the smoke out of my face, the first thing I noticed were the people that surrounded me. They all looked young and were dressed in similar outfits. I must have ended up in some type of school. The mana in the air was very rich and the students radiated magic, signaling that they were mages. What caught my attention was the young girl in front of me. She was very short, barely half my height and had long pink hair. Her face was red and had a shocked expression. I was confused at this when I looked down to see what was making her blush.

Not only was my armor gone, I was stark naked. At my feet was the Blaster Blade which I was relieved to see. It was a part of me and don't know what I would do without it.

"W-Who are you?!" she demanded.

I was silent as I studied her. She differed from the other students as her magical aura was more potent. I couldn't quite tell what it was.

"Answer my question, commoner! What are you doing here? And why are you naked?! Have you no shame in the presence of nobles?!"

Nobles? All of these kids were nobles? I've never heard of a place where nobility gather around a naked person.

"Ha! As expected from Louise the Zero!"

"Of all things, she summoned a commoner for a familiar! Hahaha!"

"She even blew off the commoner's clothes!"

"Sh-Shut up!" The girl identified to be Louise shouted. "Mr. Colbert, this has to be some kind of mistake! Allow me to try again!" A bald man with glasses stepped forward. From the looks of him and what Louise said, he must have been the teacher.

"I cannot allow that." He said as he shook his head. "This is a sacred ceremony that determines a mage's life. If I allow you to redo it, it would be a great insult. Besides, it is forbidden. You have no choice but to take him as your familiar."

Wait, familiar? That's what this is about? I've never heard of summoning a human being for a familiar.

A girl from the crowd of students walked up to Louise. She had long red hair and was fairly tall with tanned skin. Her body was rather well developed for someone her age and she had a smug look on her face.

"This makes all you said worth it! I would never have guessed you would have summoned a commoner for a familiar! And a naked one at that!"

"Y-You shut up Kirche!" Louise stammered. "It was just a little screw up!"

"A little? You mean like your other "little screw ups" that nearly blew up the school?" The students began laughing at her while Louise turned to the teacher called Colbert.

"Professor Colbert! I've never heard of a commoner as a familiar! Why do I have to take him?"

"There's a first time for everything. Commoner or not, he is your familiar. Now hurry up and continue the ceremony."

"…Yes sir…" Louise said as she hanged her head in defeat. Apparently summoning a person as a familiar is uncommon around here as well. Although the fact that they kept calling me "commoner" was beginning to irritate me. It reminded too much of the snobbish brats back in the United Sanctuary. They thought the townsfolk were like slaves to them and they could do whatever they want to them. Even the way they talk about commoners is the same.

Louise turned to me, still blushing at my naked form.

"B-Be thankful for this! Normally a noble would never do this with a commoner!" she said. What was she planning to do?

"Kneel down, you are too tall commoner."

I was unsure but I still complied and knelt down at eye level with her.

"Pentagon that rules the five powers, bless this individual and make him my familiar!" Once she finished those words, she leaned forward kissed me on the lips. I was taken by surprise and quickly pushed her away.

"What are you doing?" I asked. Engaging in such actions with little girls like her was not okay with me.

At that moment, I began to have a burning sensation through my body and I could feel something being etched into the back of my left hand. Wincing, I looked over to find strange letters being engraved into my skin. When it was done, Colbert walked up to me and inspected my hand with great interest.

"These are interesting runes indeed…" He pondered. He then reached into the bag he was carrying and pulled out a cloak.

"It's not good for someone to stand naked in the presence of so many people." he said. I nodded in agreement and took the cloak.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." Colbert said with a smile. He seemed nice enough, unlike the stuck up brats that surrounded us. Colbert then turned to the students.

"This concludes the summoning ceremony. Please return to your dormitories and get some rest. Tomorrow is yours to bond with your familiars."

He then chanted some words and began to float in the air. The students soon followed and the crowd dispersed, leaving me and the girl Louise. She then came up to me angrily.

"Come familiar! We're going back to the Academy!" She huffed. "And you need clothes! I can't have my familiar walking around naked with only a cloak!"

I said nothing as I followed her with the Blaster Blade in hand. I needed answers and she can give them. Where was I? And why was I summoned to be a familiar?

I had a feeling that I would be in for a rough time here.