A Technological Revolution in Halkeginia

So this story was inspired by and based upon Tech of Zero, with the author's help and assistance of course. It won't completely follow the ZnT storyline, and while there will me similarities to the original story, this will be MY fic. I'm planning out the plot and I'm not stealing another person's ideas. The people that blatantly steal stories without getting approval are the ones I hate the most.

But enough ranting, Allons-y.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière stood in the middle of the courtyard of the Tristain Academy of Magic with all her classmates watching as she raised her wand. If only she hadn't promised to her rival, Kirche, of all people that she would summon the greatest familiar at today's ritual. She was just so tired of people looking down on her and calling her Louise the Zero. But it didn't matter, she'd show them all today. Steeling her mind, she began to chant.

"My powerful familiar that exists somewhere beyond this world, I summon you to aid me. Come forth my glorious familiar and stand by my side!"

For a moment there was nothing, and Louise's heart fell as it seemed that she had failed yet again, but suddenly there was a violent explosion that knocked Louise and several of her classmates of their feet, as well as blowing the wig off of their professor's head. When the smoke cleared, a teenage male with white hair wearing a muscle shirt with metal braces going down his arms and legs was seen sitting at the epicenter.

"Did Zero just summon a Commoner?" whispered one student.

"What's with those things on his arms?" asked another.

"Professor," said Louise, "this has to be a mistake. Please let me try again."

"I'm sorry Miss Vallière," said the teacher, "but the Familiar Summoning Ceremony is a sacred ritual. Please complete the ceremony."

Gulping, Louise pointed her wand at the teen, whose eyes had opened to reveal neon green irises that lacked any pupils, and knelt down in front of him.

"Pentagram of the five elements," chanted Louise, "bless this noble being and make him my familiar."

Steeling her nerves, Louise leaned in and pressed her lips against the teen's, noting that they were rather firm and cold, before pulling back and watching his face. The teen glanced at her strangely before his eyes widened and Louise would swear she saw lines of text scrolling across his green irises.

The teen gripped his chest as a glowing light and smoke began to come from under his shirt and he said something in a strange language.

"Don't worry," said Louise, "that's just the familiar runes engraving themselves into your skin. It will be over in a moment."

And she was right. The glowing soon stopped and the teen lifted his shirt up curiously, revealing a toned chest (which caused several girls to blush) with several runes engraved onto it.

"Lífþrasir," muttered the professor as he read the word inscribed on the teen's chest, "very good Miss Vallière. You have successfully performed the Summon Servant and Contract Familiar successfully. Everyone, please head back to the Academy so that the next group can begin."

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Once they were back in her room Louise flopped down on her bed with a frustrated sigh. She had had to endure the teasing and mockery from her classmates as she watched enviously as they all floated back to school using a levitation spell, while her shortcomings forced her and her familiar to follow them back on foot. Now that that was over, she just wanted to rest, but she also was curious as to why her familiar had not said a single word yet.

"Who are you?" she asked as she sat up and regarded the strangely dressed teen.

The teen glanced at her and motioned for her to say more, causing her to huff, "Can't you even speak?" Getting no response, she groaned, "Great. Not only is my familiar a commoner, but he's mute as well."

"Well that took long enough," said her familiar, both surprising and outraging her at the same time.

"Oh so now you can speak," growled Louise, "what, were you waiting until I was angry enough? Do you think this is funny? I may have summoned a commoner, but I refuse to be looked down on by one."

"Is that what you think I meant?" asked the teen quizzically, "I just meant that my universal translator was taking a while to log and process your language."

"What are you talking about?" asked Louise, "What's a Universal Translator?"

"You people have personal hover tech but don't use Universal Translators?" said the teen in disbelief, "What kind of backwater place is this?"

"This is the Tristain Academy of Magic," said Louise in an offended tone, "it is the foremost school for Nobles."

"Magic?" repeated the teen, "There's no such thing. That's just a way for people to explain things they can't understand. The only truth is science."

"Hmph," scoffed Louise, "that sounds just like what a Commoner would say. Magic is what separates Commoners from Nobles, as Nobles are blessed by the Founder to carry his power to rule over the land."

"Ok then," sighed, "it seems I've landed in some sort of Oligarchy that still believes in the existence of magic. This is going to take some getting used to."

"What are you talking about?" asked Louise, "What kind of commoner are you?"

"That's right," said the teen as he pounded his fist into his hand, "I never introduced myself. My sincerest apologies, I am the universally renowned genius inventor and scientist Kazi Carter, owner, founder, and manager of Zenith Industries."

"Zenith Industries?" asked Louise before her eyes went wide, "Wait, are you saying you're some kind of Duke? I summoned a NOBLE?! Mother is going to kill me."

"Don't worry," laughed the Kazi, "my people have moved past such Oligarchical methodologies. I'm simply a person with a good deal of power that runs a business that supplies to people far and wide."

"I'm not sure I understand," said Louise, "that sounds like the definition of a Noble, just without the magic."

"I guess I could be considered one by your standards then," said Kazi, "but enough about that, you should turn in for the night."

"Right," said Louise. She originally was intending to have him work in a servant position due to him being a human and not a beast, having him fetch and wash her laundry and dress her in the morning, but considering that, if he was to be believed, she had pretty much summoned a Noble without magic, perhaps that wouldn't be the best course of action.

"Well," she said, "would you mind taking my laundry down to the servants so they can clean it? You can ask for a mattress to be brought up as well so you can sleep, and it will help you familiarize yourself with the castle."

"So you have servants here for menial tasks," said Kazi, "sounds about right. So the servants would know where the Purifiers are?"

"What's a Purifier?" asked Louise.

Kazi stopped and slowly turned toward Louise with a look of disbelief in his green eyes, "You don't use Purifiers here?" Getting a shake of the head, he looked over her outfit and Louise swore she saw text running across the teen's eyes again before he tool a breath, "Please tell me you people at least have Washing Machines?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," said Louise, "we use washboards and soap, just like everyone. What is a Purifier or a Washing Machine?"

Kazi sighed and reached into a pocket and pulled out a small, flat, round device with lots of buttons. Clicking one of the buttons on the device, a circle of light appeared on the ground and a cube shaped device with a circular hatch rose up out of it.

"What is that?" asked Louise as she walked closer and looked at the blinking lights on the device.

"This," said Kazi, "is a Mk III Garment Purifier unit. I designed it myself."

Opening the hatch, the teen removed a metal sphere from the unit and opened it up, placing Louise's clothes inside before placing the sphere back in the unit.

"The sphere is suspended by mag-lev technology," said Kazi as he pressed some buttons on the unit and closed the door, "once activated, special rays sweep through the clothes and eliminate all the accumulated grime and bacteria. No more waiting for your clothes to dry or ruining your hands scrubbing stains out…and you have no idea what I just said, do you?"

Getting a blank look and a shake of the head from the pinkette, Kazi sighed and decided to simplify things, "It bombards the clothes with energy that destroys the grime."

"Oh," said Louise, "so where you're from, everyone uses these Purifiers?"

Kazi nodded as the machine dinged and he removed the clothes from it, surprising Louise at the speed of the cleaning, "Is there anything else?"

"Well," said Louise, "seeing as the laundry is done, I guess all I can ask is to be woken tomorrow morning at dawn. You wouldn't have some sort of device for that, would you."

"Oh ye of little faith," chuckled Kazi.

Thinking to himself with a smile as he looked out the window of the castle, the teen smiled as he began to make plans about bringing a new technological revolution to this medieval world.