A Technological Revolution in Halkeginia

Ok, I understand that my OC is OP with a solution to pretty much every situation, but there's a reason for that. He's a genius inventor from a Kardashev Type 3 civilization now having to deal with a civilization that is Type 0, so of course he'll be a bit OP. Don't worry though, I have plans to address that and utilize it later.

Also, while things look like they are just copying Season 1 of the anime right now, you'll soon find that I have plans to make them quite different.

Disclaimer: I do not own Zero no Tsukaima.

In the dark of the night with only the moons and the stars to illuminate the way, a cloaked figure made their way through the halls of the Academy Castle. Waving her wand, a wall transformed into crumbling dirt, allowing her to walk through into a more secure part of the castle. Walking up to a secure door, she waved her wand again, but this time the spell was repulsed by a high-level magic barrier.

"Tch," spat the thief as she turned to leave, but before that could happen two armored figures walked up.

"Halt," said one figure in a mechanical voice, "This is a restricted area."

The thief quickly made to flee, but the guards raised their arms and fired bolts of energy from their wrists that struck the figure, knocking her out with an electric shock. Walking up, the guards picked up her prone body and carried it off to inform their superiors.

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"I must say," said Osmond as he met with Kazi and Louise in his office the next day, "when you offered to let the academy use some of your inventions to help out, I was a bit skeptical, but last night changed all that."

"Really?" said Kazi with an interested tone, "what changed?"

"Last night, a renowned thief known as Fouquet of the Crumbling Dirt tried to break into the vault in the secure wing of the castle," said Osmond, "she failed to break through the vault's enchantments and she would have escaped in the dead of the night if those security golems you had leant us did not subdue her."

"Ah the Guardian Patrol Units Mk7," said Kazi with a grin, "but who is this Fouquet character?"

"Fouquet of the Crumbling Dirt is a thief famous for stealing valuable objects from Nobility using her triangle level Earth Magic after leaving behind a calling card with her name," said Osmond, "the Academy had been storing a powerful magical object known as the Staff of Destruction, a weapon with the power to slay a dragon with a single blow."

"That's quire impressive," said the scientist, "and Fouquet was foiled in her attempts thanks to the Guardians?"

"Indeed," said Osmond, "in fact, when word of these advancements reached the capital of Tristain, the Royal Family immediately departed to learn more."

"The Royal Family is coming here?" said Louise in surprise.

Osmond smiled behind his beard, "I may have sent a letter mentioning how your familiar has provided our Academy with marvelous devices that were instrumental in catching this Phantom Thief, among other things. They were eager to meet the one responsible for these achievements and the person who summoned him as well."

"Well," said Kazi, "I'd better go and freshen up. When can we expect them to arrive?"

"As soon as tomorrow," said Osmond, "there apparently were some last-minute things that needed to be taken care of but they will be setting out as soon as possible."

"I see," said Kazi, "Louise, I believe I'll need your help."

"What?" said Louise, as the request had caught her off guard.

"You see, I don't know much about the culture in this Kingdom," said Kazi, "I'll need you to help educate me on the social nuances involved in meeting the ruling oligarchy."

"I'm still not sure what that means," said Louise, "but I can teach you what you need to know so you don't offend the Queen or the Princess."

"Much appreciated," said Kazi as Louise led him out of the room.

"Hohoho," chuckled Osmond once the two had left, "I wonder what surprises that boy will bring our way?"

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The next day, an elegant carriage arrived at the Academy drawn by six beautiful white stallions and accompanied by several armed guards on horseback. A young woman with orange hair wearing light armor with a sword at her hip moved to open the door, allowing another young woman, this one with plum colored hair wearing an elegant white dress, to step out onto the grass.

"Your Highness Princess Henrietta," said Osmond as he bowed before the plum haired girl, "I do hope your trip was uneventful."

"It was indeed Headmaster Osmond," said the Princess with a smile.

"I would like to introduce the man responsible for Fouquet's capture," said Osmond as he gestured Louise and Kazi forward, "this is Kazi Carter, an inventor of sorts. It was his devices that provided us the means to capture Fouquet. He was summoned here as the familiar of Louise here."

"Your Highness," said Kazi as he gave a respectful bow whilst Louise curtsied next to him.

"It is a pleasure to meet you Mister Carter," said the Princess, "and it is wonderful to see you again, Louise Françoise."

The inventor noted how the Princess happily greeted his summoner and embraced her, much to the pinkette's embarrassment, before coughing lightly into his hand, "If you'll follow me, I have prepared a private location for our meeting. Feel free to bring as many guards as you'd like, but do be certain they don't wander off."

"Very well," said Henrietta.

Kazi nodded and pulled out his hologram projector, "CONIS, are you there?"

"Always sir," said the AI as she appeared on the projector.

"Astonishing," said Henrietta as she gazed at the hologram.

"CONIS," said Kazi, "please open up a gate to Conference Room 7."

"At once sir," responded the Artificial Intelligence and a glowing doorway of light appeared in the air in front of them.

"If you'll follow me," said Kazi as he led them through the portal and into a large room with a circular table set in the middle surrounded by cushioned office chairs.

"Have a seat everyone," said the scientist as he sat on one of the chairs, "I'll have some refreshments brought in."

The gathered entourage tentatively found seats around the table, with Louise sitting next to Kazi and the Princess sitting directly across. Once they were situated, several small robots rolled in carrying trays that had mini-quiches on them and a humanoid robot carrying a tray of cups and a pitcher followed, placing a steaming cup of tea in front of everyone.

"Don't worry," said Kazi, "it's not poisoned, though feel free to test that."

The orange-haired woman from earlier did so, taking a quiche and biting into it before taking a sip of the tea, "This is quite good."

"I told you," said Kazi with a smile.

"Indeed," said the woman, "everything is safe Your Highness."

"Thank you Agnès," said Henrietta before sampling the refreshments herself, causing the others to do the same.

"Well," said Kazi as he clapped his hands together, "to business. I heard you came because you were interested in the capture of Fouquet?"

"Yes," said Henrietta, "Fouquet was renowned for eluding any and all guards or security that tried to apprehend her, so the fact that your creations were able to bring her to justice is impressive."

"Well," said Kazi, "that's what they were built for."

Tapping several buttons on his remote, Kazi brought up a hologram of the Guardian Unit using the projectors in the center of the table, "I designed the Guardians to be law enforcement if you will. All their weapons are non-lethal and they are programed to guard sensitive areas from those who do not have the authorization to be there. I would assume that that is how they were able to capture this Fouquet."

"And you provided these units to the school?" asked Henrietta, "How were you able to create such things? I've never seen golems this advanced before."

"That's because they aren't golems," said Kazi, "you see, Miss Vallière here, upon enacting the Summon Servant ritual, pulled me across the stars to arrive here. I am actually from far past the stars you see in the sky and am the owner of a highly successful corporation that produces and sells technology to help the universe. In fact, this place we are in now, is a part of my main lab. CONIS, Lab view."

The blank metal wall of the conference room suddenly turned transparent revealing a large factory that stretched as far as the eye could see, with many robots working at stations to build new machines.

"All this is yours?" said Agnès in shock.

"Indeed," said Kazi, "I created it around an artificial pulsar in a pocket dimension, effectively creating a functioning Dyson Sphere from the ground up, giving it an inexhaustible source of power to fuel the lab's production lines."

Seeing that the gathered Halkeginians were staring at him with blank looks, he sighed and simplified things, pulling up a hologram of a star to help.

"Imagine your sun, but imagine that it is much smaller and gives off a massive amount of energy at regular intervals," said Kazi, "now, imagine that one could create something like that artificially and build a spherical metal structure around it, essentially creating a metal world that is powered by the artificial sun. That is, in essence, what I have created here."

"Most impressive," said Henrietta, understanding the explanation thanks to the changing image in front of her, "but if you don't mind my saying, there is a catch, correct? One does not simply give away such marvelous inventions without asking for something in return."

"Most astute of you," said Kazi, "I simply want one thing. I wish to learn about Magic."

"That's impossible," said one of the guards, who happened to be a Mage Knight, "Only nobility can use magic, as we are blessed by the Founder Brimir to carry his gifts."

"I don't want to use it," said Kazi, "I want to learn more about it. How it works. How it manifests within a person. What causes the different elements to be affected. You see, I have never come across something like your Magic, and I would like to learn all that I can to see if I can harness or replicate it in my Inventions. Do this for me and I will offer you many advances in technology that I have created here."

"What kinds of advances?" asked Agnès.

"You people cultivate your food from crops in farms, correct?" asked the inventor as he steepled his fingers.

"Among other things, yes," said Henrietta, "why do you ask?"

"CONIS," said Kazi, "please bring up the plans for the Biosphere farms."

"At once sir," said the hologram and the Dyson Sphere was replaced by an image of an opaque dome made of a sort of mirrored glass built on a metal frame.

"This is a Biosphere," said Kazi as the dome opened up to show a cross-section of the inside, "it is a totally enclosed and isolated environment with all factors, weather, temperature, light, air, and even the soil and water being maintained artificially through mechanics. Using these, you can set up farms that can be maintained with perfect conditions for the crops and livestock that are being raised there. You could raise spring crops in the coldest of winter, and always have perfect harvest conditions, meaning that the seasons and weather will never hinder your farmers again."

"That would be quite valuable to our people," nodded Henrietta, "there have been many times that our farmers have brought in less than satisfactory harvests because the Winter frost set in too early, or because the soil was less fertile than we would have wanted."

"And you are offering these…Biospheres, to us?" asked Agnès.

"Among other things," said Kazi.

"Other things?" asked Henrietta curiously.

"Do you recall the incident with Fouquet," said Alex, getting a nod from the gathered Halkeginians, "well, even in my world, we suffer from those that seek to take what belongs to others. To defend against that, we have created strongholds where people can store their valuables without fear of theft or breach. CONIS, bring up schematics of the Strongbox. Mk…359."

As the Halkeginians watched a hologram of an extremely fortified building appear in front of them, they listened to the Scientist tell them more of the things he could offer their world, not knowing of the other, more dangerous threats that would be drawn to their, now technologically advanced civilization.

Ok, I know that chapter took a while. I'm really sorry, I've had a lot going on. I'm actually on vacation right now…until Saturday. A six-day break from work. I will be trying to pump out more chapters to my active fics, but I can't make any promises.

As I said earlier, things will begin to diverge fairly soon. Possibly even next chapter, if all goes well. Let me know what you think and remember that flamers will be ignored and possibly laughed at.