Zero no Tsukaima:Volume13 Chapter2
Chapter 2: Saito's Decision
The fifth month of the year, the month of Eir , is already half over as it is the day of Eir in the week of Aiello. The sun lit all of the Academy’s four central courtyards as the sky was clear.
After school，the students who had finished their classes would go to their favourite courtyard，to discuss where to go during the vacations，in Tristania’s new tavern，discussing with each other，The Ball of Frigg which had been scheduled for Diuz’s week has been delayed… talking about everything to kill time. However, the students has seen this cheerful atmosphere been broken by unexpected intruders.
“Aaaaaaaaaahhhh! The shameless chevaliers have arrived!”
“Everybody! This isn’t good! Run!”
The girls’ screams went thought the Austri Plaza, and the boys lifted their eyebrows. Against these egotist guys who only have good memories（in the end, that is to say they received treatments worse than bugs), they can’t forgive them.
In this bunch of despising gazes are walking magnificently the members of the Knight Corps of the Water Spirit. They are having a solemn expression from the beginning to the end, separated in two columns while walking forward.
Commander Guiche, who is leading, rasies his false rose-like flower.
Malicorne, who is behind him, shouts: “Squadron! Stop! ”
Shaaa! Their movements stopped at the same time. This is the fruit of their traning. To the knights’ corps, “moving forward” is an important job. It looks like the one hour training every day has effects.
Guiche lets down his raised wand.
Thus, Malicorne shouts loudly: “Squadron! Prepare yourselves! ”
The students of the Knights’ squadron, in a “bang” took out things from their backs. It wasn’t wands, but brooms instead. They use big brooms made of fern leaves.
“Target! All kinds of trash in Austri Plaza！Wipe! Wipe! Wipe!”
The squadron scatters while shouting “Waaaaaah” and they start cleaning in a ，“Shashashasha”. These are all Academy of Magic’s nobles in the neighbourhood. They throw food scrap and empty bottles as they please. Normally it was maids and servants who patiently clean.
As for why the Knight Corps of the Water Spirit has to clean the plaza after school, it was because of what happend three days ago. It is the punishment the Academy gave them because they peeped into the girls’ bath. Malicorne, withdrew and went near to where the schoolgirls were gathered.
“Yaaaaaaaaaaah! The shameless knight is coming! ”
Malicorne, his face showing a smile mixed of perversion and joy，jumps and flies to the middle of the schoolgirls.
“How can you, young ladies, throwing trash on the ground as you wish…”
The girls, who see Malicorne in this state, fled one after another.
“Don’t come here! Don’t come! ”
“But, there is trash there too… on the ground… ” Thus, Malicorne, unaware why is he showing a joyous expression, goes near.
“Ma, Malicorne-sama…”
In the middle of the fleeing girls, there is honest black-haired maiden already in the squadron who had listened Malicorne’s poems. (Volume 12, chapter 5) “Ah Ah, it is Brigitta. Are you alright?”
Brigitta contains her tears towards her forehead where sweat is shining, shouted at Malicorne, who has a bright smile on his face. “Malicorne-sama you liar! I didn’t think, didn’t think, didn’t think that you would actually peep at people who bathe!” Malicorne, who is picking trash, said as he was speaking to himself. “I’m a man”
“Malicorne-sama…”
“… sometimes when you know that you will lose, you still have to keep fighting!” Huu… ，Malicorne smiled faintly.
“I don't understand what you mean! Ma, Malicorne-sama is the trash among people! ”
“Bang”, Malicorne’s back went stiff.
“Trash…, you said trash…, Hahaha… ”
“Withdraw what you just said! It doesn’t even worth trash! ”
The joyful Malicorne rolls on the ground and starts to convulse. He really is a difficult round-stomach man. On the other side, Commander Guiche’s face has a nervous expression, and is cleaning the ground with his broom. Suddenly the ground surface starts to shake. Guiche’s familiar, the mole, appears. Quickly Guiche’s tears blurs his vision.
“Verdandi! ” Guiche quickly kneels down, and holds his dear familiar’s head.
“… Forgive the shameful me. Forget the fault I’ve committed because of thoughtless moment!” The mole Verdandi uses his claws in a form of hand to touch Guiche’s head. “Actually you say thoughtless moment? You dare to say that while having a thoughtless moment all the time!” A harsh voice comes from behind the gentle Verdandi.
“Montmorency!”
Certainly, the girl with a dazzling blond curled hair standing there is Montmorency. She looks downwards to Guiche, who is kneeling on the ground, and says while looking at him with a cold gaze.
“At least now I know～～～what kind of guy you are. Goodbye.”Montmorency opens the wine bottle she is holding, and dumps it on Guiche’s head.
“You said goodbye! What does it mean! Montmorency! ”Guiche, his head soaked of wine, shouts.
“It means what it means literally. I say, you should have known when I rejected your invitation for the dance.”
“Aaaaaahhh.”Guiche holds his head on the ground. Legends say that couples at the Ball of Frigg will be together forever. Although there isn’t any proof, the charm is still a charm.
But, since the peeping affair, Guiche didn’t have the opportunity too have a conversation with Montmorency. He had planned to use the opportunity of next week’s ball to invite her as a dancing partner. To be on good terms with her, he would hold a giant bouquet of roses and say: “This is a bouquet that is not yet completed. And the last flower… is you.” There was only Guiche who can use this comparison to invite her. But Montmorency ignored Guiche’s hand, turned her head and left. Guiche, holding the rose bouquet, stood expressionlessly and didn’t move.
“Then, is it the sign that we are breaking up!”
“Exactly. Don’t speak to me again. So goodbye. ”
Guiche hung his head deeply, cursing his foolishness.
Reinart, who decided to assume the Knight Corps of the Water Spirit affairs, was working like an ascetic, picking trash far away.
“It looks like Reinart is really serious… you really can’t trust someone by his appearance!”
“Hush! This kind of the guy is the scariest! There should be unthinkable thoughts in his mind!”
Reinart, unable to bear the whispers of the girls, looked up and said:
“No! I tried to stop them! I tried at the very beginning! But, But… ”
Looking at the students encircling Tiffania from far, Reinart furiously lies on the ground. “Aaaaaaah! At that time I was just thinking whether they are real or not… Oh God, founder Brimir, please accept your sincere servant, my deep regrets! I decide to whip myself to punish the shameless me! ” Reinart chants an incantation, and created an air whip. After, he slowly takes off his clothes, and uses the air whip to continuously hit his back. The schoolgirls on the scene all ran away. The other guys’ situations are similar. Their bodies reluctantly shiver. They clench their teethes, trying to resist to their circumstances.
