《I'm a hero? Nope, familiar》 Chapter 1. Wait, What? Do you ever wonder how or why people are summoned, or if it really happens or if it is just a fantasy only scenario? Well I didn''t.... Ok maybe I have when I was in eighth grade *cough* the cringe... ITS STRONG *cough* Wow, I had something caught in my throat, sorry about that. Anyways back to what I was trying to say. Do you believe in other worlds? Things like magic, monsters, and everything in between? I certainly didn''t, after my *ahem* , junior high years, I stopped thinking about such ridiculous things. Well as it turns out, they are real. Dropped a bombshell on you didn''t I? As amusing as it is I''m going to ignore the shocked look on your face and tell you how I came to learn this information. I used to be a normal person. I would go to school, after I finish get a job I probly hate, find someone I fall in love with, have kids, watch them grow up, then die. That is how my life probably would have went. How it should have went. I digress, you most likely didn''t come here to listen to me complain *sigh*. Anyways why don''t I tell you how it all started. *mumble* ...doesn''t care that I''m upset... *mumble mumble mumble* ----------------------------------- My name is Niles Adrien, 16 years old, and I was having a normal day at school, listening to the people practical yelling at people to talk because no one would shut up, hearing all the loud mouthed football players laughing obnoxiously, and girls gossiping about random crap because they have nothing better to do. I was just sitting by myself listening to music, no point listening to that crap. Like I said normal. I didn''t really have what you would call "friends". Why are you looking at me like that?! I''m not antisocial, I''m anti-stupid *hmph*. Anyways, I went through the day, until it came to the last class. Sitting through the torture known as history class, I started to get a slight headache. I thought nothing of it other than it hurting but I just asked to get some water. I thought it was dehydration, but that didn''t help it so I just decided to sleep through the rest of the class. I ended up waking up right before they bell rang, but the headache was worse. Since it was the last class of the day, we were all permitted to leave, so I did. I grabbed the things I needed and shuffled out the door. On my way home I stopped by the grocery store and grabbed some aspirin for my headache. Then left to head for home again. As I was walking by the town hall, which was on the way home, I noticed there was a band of people gathering around the town hall but I didn''t really care. So I started walking home but my headache suddenly lifted. The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Normally, I would be happy that my headache was gone, but I was too busy wondering what the heck was going on. What made me freak out you ask? Well the fact that I could see some sort of energy was swirling about, above the town hall. Normally I would''ve ran far away from the scene, cuz u know, unknown stuff is scary. Man vs unknown and all that, But for some reason I went over to the people around the hall and asked what was going on. A man angrily answered back "Some idiot in there locked all the doors and won''t let anyone in. I got shit to do today dammit." Ok backing away slowly.... Don''t need him to switch targets of anger... Ok... Let''s go ask that lady over there. "Hi, umm, what''s going on and what''s up with that thing up on top?" "Hmm? What do you mean "thing on top"? " So you ignored my first question. *sigh* alright. " That swirling thing on top of the building, I can''t even tell what color it is" I replied to her. "Go bug someone else with your bullshit brat" After that, I got annoyed and stomped away from her, not even noticing another girl behind me smirk and lightly say "Guess we missed one" Afterwards, I got over my level of stupidity, and started heading home again. I didn''t want to be anywhere near whatever that was. As I was contemplating what that was, I noticed I could feel something in the air that I could never feel before. What the heck? Ugh, I just want to get home. So I started hurrying home, but just as I was a few blocks away, guess what happened? Really, try to guess. You don''t want to? Ok. A speeding truck rounded the corner and almost hit me. Phew almost became a pancake ther..... WHAT THE FUCK?! I was suddenly standing in the middle of the town hall''s main office with what seemed to be a mix of teenagers, adults, and two or three children in the room. Disoriented from the sudden change of scenery and my scare with the truck, I, oh so gracefully, fell on my ass. Which gathered a couple nervous chuckles from the group. "Well now that was interesting. Glad everyone could make it" Said an amused voice from the front of the room. That got everyone''s attention. At the front of the room there was beautiful girl sitting in the mayor''s seat. She had long black hair, and what I couldn''t tear away from, yellow glowing eyes. But what was most noticeable and really fucking scary was the big scythe she was spinning like a toy on her finger. Chapter 2. The non-serious goddess? Still spinning the scythe around her finger, she started to speak. "Well, since everyone is here.... Why are you all looking at me like that and slowly backing away?" To which we all gave her a blank look and pointed at her scythe. "Pfft Ahahaha, Woops. Sorry, bad habit." Said the girl, then with a great amount of dexterity, changed the direction the scythe was spinning, grabbed it, stopping the spin, then spun it into the opposite direction, all the while it was shrinking until it disappeared out of existence. Everyone except for the three children in the room were so shocked they couldn''t speak. Then, the three kids started shooting out machine gun fast questions and saying how cool that was. "how''d you do that?" "can you teach us that trick?" "So cool!" Things like that they said excitedly with big round puppy dog eyes. "Aw so cute" the girl who was spinning a scythe earlier said. I guess she has a soft spot for kids? why would those kids want to do that? And why the heck am I so calm? I should be freaking out right now. " *ahem* Anyways I should probably tell you all why I gathered you here..." she started to say, but was interrupted by a man in what seemed like an armor looking outfit.... What was that from...? ...OH, I know, it''s a kendo uniform. Well I should stop zoning out and listen to what''s going on. " ....you kidnapping us and why am I so calm, it almost feels forced" finished the kendo man. What? I don''t know his name, so that''s what I''m calling him. "Before you so rudely interrupted, I was going to explain that. The reason why I, heh, summoned you, that''s the easiest way to explain it, is that I was gathering all the individuals who can see mana. Congratulations, you all get to go to another world and play hero, Yayyyy." She said in a sing-song voice like she wasn''t taking it serious at all. Um.... Wow, that wasn''t what I was expecting at all.... Then again, what was I expecting? "That doesn''t explain why we are so calm... And not freaking out..." This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source.I mutter thinking no one would hear me. "Yes you are quite correct, I didn''t say that did I?" She says looking directly at me, making me shiver with an unpleasant feeling going through me. She did say she "summoned" us, but what does that entail? She smirked seeing my reaction, then continued, "As he so kindly pointed, all of you are what you would call, unnaturally calm, especially in front of a being like myself. The reason for this is because me and the others cast a veil of calm over this building. I don''t want to talk a quivering pile of people now do I? That would defeat the purpose." "That''s a load of bullshit! Forcing us to be calm? Who do you think you are?!" Almost yelling a woman, who looked very familiar, said. Ah, it''s the one who told me to bug someone else. Is bullshit her favorite word...? Hmm. " I am, who I am" said the girl sitting at the front. All I Saw was the girl glare as suddenly, what I could only explain as the air around me chilling, feeling like a knife was being pressed into each of my vital points, and my weight gaining what felt like two tons was pressing on me. Just as suddenly as it happened, it was gone and the woman who likes to say bullshit collapsed into a quivering mess. "Sheesh, release a little killing intent and she was ruined. Can''t even use her now." She muttered, then proceeded to snap her fingers, and the woman blinked out of existence. Seeing our horrified faces, the girl sighed and said, "Don''t worry I just sent her to a hospital." I don''t think that was the problem you terrifying girl! I don''t believe in such things such as gods but this girl is starting to change that, so scary! " *sigh* what a waste of time, I dislike mortals like that." Ok, definitely not human, and holy shit, how am I not pissing myself. ...Ah right, veil of calm. " ...anyways, that wasn''t how I wanted to start that, but let''s go to my place and get you all ready for the summon." She then proceeded to lazily snap her fingers, and everything shifted. Chapter 3. The ears? The moment the surroundings stopped shifting, almost everyone turned away from each other and vomited. Well... tried to. Everyone was still clumped together so it was somewhat impossible to move away. "Ew, ew, ew, stop that! I''m not having a puke-fest in my home, I am NOT having a repeat of when Lufnus summoned his heroes!" To which after she frantically formed symbols in her hand which she shot towards us. I didn''t feel like puking anymore, which I appreciated, and then she proceeded to make the vomit on the floor and the unlucky people who got splashed disappear. "Why do I have to be the host this year" she said with a slightly upset face. Well it''s not our fault it affected us like that. Kendo man ignored her and starts speaking first out of all of us, " So what did you mean by "get us ready" earlier?" "Oh that? Hmm, well honestly it has to do with the world you are going to." Said the girl/goddess? "Ok?" Said kendo man in a tone like he wants more info. Guess he''s the voice of the group. I don''t feel like talking with all these people so guess I''ll just listen to her response. "What I mean by that, is that since your world doesn''t normally have mana, the mana of the world you are going to will immediately fill your bodies. Think of how pressure works in your world. The area that has less pressure will be filled, well basically. So, since your current bodies are devoid of mana, it will rush in and overflow since your bodies evolved away from magic, and in living things that isn''t a good thing." She said with a slightly sad look on her face. Going by the expression on her face, we all knew... People die when their mana overflows. "............How are you going to prevent that from happening to use, and what says it doesn''t happen to us after you do whatever you do to fix that problem?" Says kendo man, whose name I still haven''t learnt. "That was the point of bringing you here. In the mortal plane, we wouldn''t have been able to do this for a whole group of people." She says with a slight smile on her face. "....what does that mean" I ask despite my better judgement. "You''ve been very silent most of this time, but so have the others, other than mister Hada Hirokichi here" she said with a slight chuckle. So that''s his name.... Ah looks like he didn''t want his name announced. "But anyways" she continued, "what I mean, is that you probably somewhat realized what I am, a goddess, or to be more particular a Demi-goddess. Well gods/goddesses are more limited than you would think. The "kidnapping" as Mr. Hada said earlier took quite a bit of energy to separately pick up each and every one of you. It took even more to bring you here. The reason why I didn''t bring you all here one at time is for that very reason, it costs less to do a mass teleportation than individually teleport the 30 of you here. Not to mention the amount of energy it takes to keep all of you here alive while in this plane of existence." She said, which made me start feeling a large amount of surrealism. .... And then I started to panic at what she said last. ''To keep all of you here alive'' Noticing my look of panic she said, "Well let''s not keep them waiting too long then huh?" with a knowing smirk. Immediately after all us were pushed at least five feet apart from each other and what seemed to be a cubed barrier surrounded each of us. "Okay! The good thing about bringing all of you here is that it''s a lot easier to help your bodies acclimate to mana without killing you, I can control it so that it doesn''t happen. The thing about this, is that your bodies have never physically been affected by mana before, so... sorry to tell you this, but it will be painful. It won''t kill you but depending on how it effects your body during the transition you might wish it was just to end it." She said as if she''s gone though this before. Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! "Thankfully" she continued "it won''t cause malformations later, but it will change the way you body looks, unless of course you stay the same race you currently you are, which.... Is very rare. The reason I separated you by barriers is that you might react badly to the pain and hurt one of your fellow heroes. These barriers are also sound proof, so you won''t have to listen to unpleasant screams of the others around you." Directly after she finished the pain started. It felt like an eternity, but was probably fifteen minutes. First the pain started in my head, then slowly spread to the rest of my body, it felt like my organs were being crushed and removed. After that the pain suddenly spread to extremities such as my arms, legs, ears, eyes, and for some reason the top of my head. The pain in my head was so much that I passed out. .................. ................................... ........................................... I hear chanting and immediately woke up. "Sorry for waking all of you, but we have to end this soon" said the Demi-goddess. Slowly I get up and the barrier is still around us, guess she didn''t take it down yet. As I''m thinking this, the barriers starts fading until I can see everyone else... I really am going to a fantasy world aren''t I? The reason why I thought this is because mostly everyone looked like a fantasy creature. I saw someone with horns and a tail, some people who had animal ears and a tail, and even some that looked like stereotypical elves and dwarves. Is that a succubus?! Oh god... or should I say gods now? Anyways that got me wondering, so I looked down at my hands and saw they were they looked the same other than having slightly longer and stronger nails, like a dogs? Hmm... While I was thinking that, I made eye contact with the Demi-goddess.... And she squealed like a four year old little girl?! Next thing I know she''s right next to me. Are those hearts in her eyes?! What the fuck?! And how the hell did she move so fast?! "Your ears, can I pet em? Can I?" She suddenly said with puppy dog eyes. "Um... Uh... W,what...?" I said still shocked at her suddenness. "The. Ears. Pet. Please." She said with a serious face but I swear I still see the hearts in her eyes. "Uhh.... S,sure.." I said slowly recovering from the shock. Wait... She said ears. Did my normal ones change? I reach to touch my ears but they weren''t there! I''m completely shocked! " *ahem*!" I hear breaking out of my shock and see the Demi-goddess sitting on the floor, patting a spot for me to sit next to her. Anyways I ignored her for a second and reached up and touched what was on top of my head... Hmm don''t feel like bunny ears... Wait I have ears on top of my head? What type? They feel like they are longer than how the cat and dogs ones look....Oh the goddess is pouting... Ok, ok, I''ll sit next to you. Why am I so submissive right now? Normally I wouldn''t let anyone touch me at all... Oh right she''s a goddess, I don''t wanna anger her. All the while everyone was watching us without me noticing, seeing what was going on. All they saw was the goddess appear next to me, then speak into my ear, me getting shocked, and then her sitting down next to me. Then they saw her reaction and got bewildered at her actions when I started checking my ears. What shocked them even more is when I sat next to her and she started petting my ears. Why does this feel so good?! I can''t keep my eyes open, but I''m not falling asleep? Staaahhhhppp iiittt.... I... I can''t escape... Chapter 4. Im not a teddy bear! After ten or so minutes of getting my ears petted, a sudden click perpetuates throughout the room. At the sound, the goddess stops petting my ears, allowing me to open my eyes. How does that even effect them? Imma have to look into that later... I hope its nothing too embarrassing. Anyways what I see before me almost shocks me, but being right next to a goddess lowers the shock factor. A door appeared out of nowhere, and after opening, out comes a man who, I swear looks like a model. Are the gods freaking beautiful?! Gods dammit... "Chernyl, we have to get those mortals going soon" said the god with a deep tone. "Ok Luffy." Said the goddess. Who would name a god Luffy?! "Chernyl, please don''t call me that, I''m a god of knowledge, that makes me sound like an idiot." He said in a reprimanding tone, but didn''t sound as serious as before. Ok Lufnus but stop calling my whole name, it sounds creepy when you do it." She said, then started petting my ears again. Noooooo, staaaaahhhhpp. It feels good, but stop ittttt. I managed to keep my eyes open this time, but I''m like butter to this girl''s petting. Please tell me she isn''t the goddess of petting?! The god gives a pretend shocked look and then after says, "Okay Cher". He said with a soft smile on his face before proceeding to say, "Ok time to send the mortals Cher, they''re doing the hero summon." "Oki" said Chernyl the goddess, before waving her hand in the ''talk to the hand'' pose towards everyone who was summoned. I closed my eyes seeing this because I REALLY didn''t want that nauseous feeling again, but to my shock nothing happened. Well to me that is. I was still sitting next to her being petted.... And everyone else was gone except for Chernyl and Lufnus. This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. "Cher.... You can''t keep him." Said Lufnus. "But Luffy...! He''s soooooo sooofffttttt." She complained. What am I? A teddy bear to you?! "Cher, you can''t keep the fox-kin, I would have to give it a piece of my divinity to keep it alive here, and look you''re upsetting Arte." To which a heard something voicing its displeasure, ...and I''m a fox? I look over, still being petted, and see a fox over next to Lufnus'' feet. When did that get there? Chernyl stops petting me thankfully, but I feel a sudden pull, and now she''s next to the fox named Arte and so am I.... But now my head is on her lap and she resumed petting my ears while petting Arte. Gods dammit.... I can''t move at all... Whyyyy.... "Cher..." Says Lufnus with a warning tone in his voice. "Ok...." She said in a disappointed voice... Oh, she''s pouting again. "... He''s so soft but ok" she continued, "Bye bye, Niles" she said my name as she made me get summoned, but I couldn''t really wonder how she knew because I was too worried about my surroundings changing into what I could only call a mirage of colors. It was rather pretty. Also, the fact that I felt like I was falling did NOT help my concentration whatsoever. If not for that I would''ve been mesmerized by the colors. ............I''m still falling........ .........still falling....................... ......................I''m getting bored.... ...d..did something go wrong......? .....she''s a god.... So it couldn''t.... ....right?...................RIGHT?! {Chernyl''s Pov} "Oh fuck" Chapter 5. Something seems off? Hey author here :) saw that I had around 300 hundred views and over 30 followers and it''s only been two days! Didn''t think anyone would be interested in this story I''m randomly doing! Thank you! I decided that I was gonna post chapters weekly (on weekends) but I felt like posting an extra this week cuz I saw that :) ----------------------------------------- {Iona''s PoV} ''Today you shall be getting a familiar alongside your classmates. Every student at Virarth Academy of Spells who has survived 2 years of schooling without being eliminated from the school roster, gains the right to summon a familiar. This familiar will become your strongest and most loyal of allies, they will be your eyes and ears, and will share your abilities as well as share their abilities with you.'' ....I read from the booklet, which was handed out to each mage during my last class, as I was walking out to the sparring field where we shall summon our familiars. I started gathering glances as I walked through, but not out of popularity.... You see I have a reputation of being one of the less... powerful mages. I have the most control out of all of them but they all look down on me due to my low amount of mana. "Hah, look, it''s the ''No-Mana Mage''." "Why is she here? Is she getting a familiar too?" "No way, that brute should leave, a lowly Knight has no right to be here." "That weakling just barely survived, let her get her pitiful creature, Hahahaha" At those comments I stop and clench my fists, but striking them wouldn''t help so I stop myself. I then proceed towards the field once more. Ah there''s the professor. Let''s.... Get this over with... I went over to the center with everyone else while getting those disparaging looks from other students. After a few moments of waiting for the rest of the students to arrive, the professor finally started, "Today, we are going to be summoning a creature that will be a lifelong companion to you. To prepare for this I had all of you write your invocations last week. The invocations that you have written are going to be very important in your summons, the meanings behind what you have written is crucial to what shall be summoned. There shall be no attempts to summon another creature, the first shall also be your final, so I hope all of you have thought carefully on your invocations." He concluded his speach. "Now let''s get all of you, your familiars huh?" He said in a light tone in stark contrast to his serious speach. "Sir Cunsclech, please come forward towards the mana capacitor." Said the professor, addressing me by my title and family name. "Since you are the lowest ranking in overall amount of mana, you shall be the first to go." He said with a smirk and a gleam in his eye. The scoundrel! He''s purposefully testing my patience! ...I shall focus on summoning my familiar. "Please start activating your mana and begin your invocation." Said the professor. "Does she even have enough mana?" A student quietly scoffs, but still loud enough for everyone to hear. "Yes, professor sir!" I reply, ignoring the student that insulted me, then started my incantation. "O kindred spirit, Be thy of mana or physical strength, It matters not, destruction is not in thy nature, for you are a being of intellect and integrity, if thy shall will it, I heed, appear in front of thee." I chant quietly. For a few moments nothing happens. "Ha! Wow she really didn''t su..." The students cut off by a sudden rumble. Then, air above the mana capacitor starts rippling very strongly... The professor looks like he is about to panic? What is the matter? Then, what I may only surmise as a sound of a thunderclap, a humanoid being with fox ears, and two tails comes falling out of the summoning circle in midair. ..........It fell on its arse? *sigh* time to be a target of mockery? What I was expecting did not come, every individual in the area was staring at the being I summoned with many looks of awe. I, feeling quite perplexed about this happenstance, look at the being in more detail. You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. What I see is An average sized figure, but a bit skinny, not much muscle. I don''t know anything about its species, but guessing by its chest, it''s male. ...it has torn fabric over its chest? A shirt maybe? Has goggles around its neck...what could those be for? Is it an engineer of sorts? Hmm. It seems to be wearing a some sort of pants... But more importantly let''s look at the other aspects. As I stated earlier, it has fox ears and two tails... Why two? I shouldn''t dwell on it, yet. On to the hands then. They look like ours, but have longer, and look stronger, than human ones. They seem to be moving a little bit? I wonder if they are retractable? It''s feet are lot different from a human''s.... Paws.... With what seems to be ripped leather around them. Oh, claws furled out for a moment. So they are retractable. The most impactful thing I see about this being, that shall be my companion, is that it has white fur! ...I haven''t seen its face yet, its fur is currently covering it.... "Sir Cunsclech, I believe it is time for you to bind your familiar to yourself." Said the professor breaking off my thoughts. It seems he has recovered from his state of astonishment. "Yes, professor sir." I say activating the mana in my body. " I, Iona Ashfield Hargreaves Cunsclech, taketh thee to be mine familiar, marketh thee to be mine familiar, and bindeth the to be mine familiar, As acknowledged in the book of spirits, doth it be claimed." Now all I have to do is mark it, and the mark shall appear on my hand and where I place my hand on its body. I''ll place it on its arm. That seems easiest. I go to place my mark as by the familiars'' contract decrees in the book of spirits, but suddenly it looks up directly into my eyes.... Startled I see intelligence, fear, and... what seems to be a hidden ounce of anger? I calm myself and reach to finish the marking, but suddenly it, no perhaps I should address it as he, does a surprisingly agile backflip... to outside of the circle?! What is going on?! He''s running away?! ..........he tripped. Ah he''s back up and Wait! Someone stop him! That''s my familiar! I can''t be the only one without a familiar! Thank goodness the professor caught him with a bind spell..... Let''s get the marking over with already... I asked for intelligent not insane.... {Niles PoV} What the hell is going on??!! All I remember is the falling, my shirt choking me from the air pressure''?'' pulling it, me ripping it, then I passed out. First thing i see when I wake up is a tall girl with... purple... hair standing over me, and had what seemed to be a stereotypical magic circle in front of her hand. She seemed shocked for a second, but then goes to touch me with it. My body reacts on its own and moves away from her. Did I just do a GODS DAMN BACKFLIP?! Never mind, that my body moved on its own, is this an instinct thing? I''m outta here! ....ow my face.... Did I really just trip? What is wrong with my feet? I gotta get out of here! Even though I have no clue where here is... Suddenly a root tangles around my foot... Is that a paw??!! Wait the root. Oh shit another one! ....can''t..... Move..... That girl is coming closer. Go away..! What is going on?! I hear the purple haired girl saying something. " nedrew thcameg dnetleg se htod , tnnakrena retsieG red hcuB mi eiW , tuartrev ner?heg rim uz hcid htekram , tuartrev ner?heg rim uz hcid htekat , hcelcsnuC sevaergraH dleifhsA anoI , hcI" ...the fuck? What does that even mean? She tries to touch my arm but it''s too strongly wrapped by the roots for her to pull them off, so she presses her hand onto my chest and I feel a burning sensation. Then it starts to increase in intensity. What is with magic and all of it hurting?! I then proceeded to pass out. ----------------------------------------- Author note - invocations and incantations are hard to come up with! Chapter 6. My vocal chords UGH Author notes,then Rant time :p (there''s a line where the story starts if you want to skip it) Thank you mio for pointing out the mistake, originally in that chapter I was going to put "Thank you Niles for noticing that!" But changed it to what it is. It is now fixed :) @ zawilson441 I found your review title very amusing XD As for whether or not he becomes a wimp... Well he might complain but quivering in fear all the time isn''t really his personality, but you have to understand (well you don''t HAVE to) he is in a different world. That means he is encountering many unknowns, and guess what is one of many of mankinds greatest conflicts in literature and real life even? Man vs unknown :) Plus... He''s never going to be op, he''s not gonna just train for a month, then be able to murder everyone with a flick of his finger. That''s ridiculous. He won''t be op so, a healthy dose of caution helps with survival situations, especially in a world full of unknowns such as in this story. :) Now for the rant A little look into my mentality, I hate seeing randomly OP Main characters in almost all young adult fictions I see, and I REALLY dislike when "feelings" cause a spontaneous power up, so I am letting you guys/gals know that WILL NOT happen in my story. I feel that it cheapens the story and that it takes away from the building of the character. I mean really, how the heck can you get to know the character and relate with them, when the character is uber powerful, has a perfect personality, and nothing ever truly goes wrong for the protagonist? Plus that instant power up when they feel a bit frustrated/ sad or angry? I understand them doing a risky maneuver/spell when they have nothing to lose but just getting a random power up? No. Just no. That''s dumb, I don''t care if you have mana or not, that''s bull crap. I realize things like adrenaline affect your body, but doing something like making magic do the same thing to your body, and not having some sort of rebound from it (or death) just really cheapens it for me. Also I dislike plot armor, anyone in my story has the capability of dying. If they do something stupid, and get a deadly wound? There will be no miracle cures, they will die unless healed, and even then, they may not live (cuz of infections and things like that). Also btw, there are no healing potions. Maybe mana potions (will have restrictions), but no health potions (maybe for preventing infections and such but no instant heal or regeneration) Magic is not as overpowered in this story as others. It follows rules, and if you break them? The magic doesn''t work and/or rebounds, usually in a lethal way. But anyways, the point is, what I am try to do is make it realistic (in a fantasy world lol), so the more cautious tend to live longer. Some times it is worthwhile to take risks, but don''t be foolhardy would be the main rule. ----------------------------------- {Iona''s PoV} I moved my familiar from the middle of the field because it would not be proper of me to leave him passed out in that spot, so I picked him up, he was a slight bit lighter than I thought, and carried him to one of the nearby stretchers that were for when people expended a bit too much mana. I think it should be fine? I know that the rune is burned into the skin, but it should not have been so painful for my familiar. I felt slight pain when it was burned into my hand but I was told that was normal. Why was it so painful for him? He was screaming in pain and strongly struggling against the bindings.... After my classmates all summoned their familiars and left, I ask the professor why it hurt him so much. "There are many variables that could have caused that. It could be it had a resistance to summoning, that the invocation didn''t completely fit the creature, or that the summoning itself cost too much mana and end up costing the creature as well." He said pointedly, then continued, "There is much we do not know about summoning, since the heroes from two centuries ago were the ones to discover the technique. We have gotten a bit further in summoning studies since then, but many have devoted their whole life to it, and haven''t learned much other than refining the process itself. So it could have been anything." He said, then continued "The rune I saw appear upon yourself and the familiar you summoned is similar to a hero''s but isn''t one. I am not familiar with it but I shall look into it." He said and then walked off while muttering "How intriguing." That... does not really help, but it shall be what it shall be I guess. I look at my familiars sleeping face and think about what I should do next. {Niles'' PoV} Ugh.... Where am I? All I remember that constant falling *shivers*, passing out, waking up to strangely dressed people, that girl saying random crap, her touching me, then passing out again. This better not become a habit. I sit up and look around. What is going on? I wondered this because I am sitting on a bed with many furs on it, there is no one else in here, and the room I am in is highly decorated similar to well... a nobles would be in the Victorian era, except one major difference, the devices floating around the room and sitting on the furniture. Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. Looking around a bit, still a little shell shocked, I start thinking about my situation, and remembered the pain I felt when purple hair girl touched my chest. Remembering that, I look down at my chest. ....there''s a tattoo...? It looks like a fox running around a sword, with a giant shield behind both of them. All around it a see a whole bunch of symbols I can''t read that form a pentagram. What the heck....? My thought is interrupted as the purple one walks into the room, I mean really, who the heck has purple hair? ...she does apparently. She sees that I am up again and stops in her tracks. For a few moments I just sit and stare. ...and she stares back. After a minute or so of this she tries to speak but I don''t understand a word of what she says. She looks a bit worried when she notices my look of confusion and repeats herself. Still seeing that I don''t understand, a look of comprehension appears on her face. Her hand starts glowing, and even though my body isn''t moving itself away like it was last time she did this, I start backing away into a half crouch and my ears fold back like a cat''s. She notices this and continues, albeit slowly. "Back off." I try to say but it comes out as a bark sounding noise? (sounds like this at 3 min but deeper ) Even my vocal cords changed?! Why was I able to talk normally at the goddess'' place then? What the fuck. She heard the noise looks at me with a conflicted look and then backs away. I stare at her for a little while longer and then she sighs and walks out. After waiting 20 minutes, I peek outside the door she went out of and immediately a glowing hand lands on my chest scaring the crap out of me. I immediately hiss and jump back, to my dismay and pain, and land on a chair falling over it. OW! {Iona''s PoV} I was just coming back from class and noticed it... no, I mean he, my familiar, was awake. I tried to initiate conversation with him but i was met with a look suggesting I was speaking a foreign language to him. I tried again thinking about how he probably just woke up... But he truly did not understand what I was saying... The rune should have fixed any problem with language barrier, shouldn''t it have? Then what the professor said earlier reminds me that maybe I didn''t put enough mana in? I bring mana to my half of the rune covering it and walks towards him. He notices this and backs away while going into a defensive position... Like a cat? ...he thinks it''s going to cause pain... I try to convey that I''m trying to help, he doesn''t seem convinced, while getting closer. .....h.he barked....that''s so....c.cu... No, snap out of it. He''s not a pet, I can''t rush at him and cuddle him. *Sigh* he clearly doesn''t want me near him. I walk out and stand next to my doorway to think of how I can fix this problem. After 23 minutes he peeked out the door right as I was going to use magic to open it. I feel a slight tingle run across the mark on my hand as I see him leap backwards while hissing loudly. I hear a crash and cringe. ....that sounded painful.... "Are you alright?" I ask, afraid he injured himself, despite him not knowing the language. {Niles'' PoV} Owwww. That freaking hurt. Didn''t realize I was that big of a scaredy cat... I mean fox. What was that she was trying to do? It looked she tricked me at first but she looked shocked too! "Are you alright?" I hear the voice coming from purple hair and just blankly stare. What just happened, I can understand her now? ... Just what is going on...? Noticing my facial expression changing, she asked in a shocked tone, "Can you understand me now? I feel my mana drain but... Anyways can you?" She starts to trail off into thought, but cuts herself off and asks again. I try to say "yes" but end up barking again, growl out of annoyance, and then nod. She hears the growl but ignores it. "In my excitement I forgot about the jump you just did. Are you quite alright?" She asks with a worried expression on her face. I try to get up, but my leg hurts when I stood on it. I whimper, what I can''t help it, as I get up and look at my leg. Ouch, it has a slight gash above my... paw. Why are my legs fox-like at the bottom but my hands are the same other than the claws? Got to keep my thumbs, guess that''s what matters... She sees the gash and picks me up. Woah, she''s picking me up like nothing! Hey! Quit it! I... bark, ugh... out a warning for her to stop and she just ignores it. I try to struggle out of her grip but she''s freaking strong! "Now I have to bring him to the clinic again.." I heard her mutter. Chapter 7. To the nurses office ...And so she continued carrying me despite my struggling. ''I heard her say clinic, so am I going to be bandaged or something? Hmm... then again this place has magic, so healing magic? This cut is pretty deep.... Geez, I know she scared me, but why did I react that way? This body''s reflexes... Sheesh. Guess I should get a lay of the land... I mean building.'' I thought to myself. So I started to looked around while being carried, having long given up struggling. The hall we seem to be going down is a what looks like a military bunker, but has marble floors with fancy furs woven into a long rug going the full length of the hallway. Throughout this hall, there are many silver doors on each side similar to the girl who is carrying me''s, having a square shaped device on them, which I presume is a lock. The only difference between these doors and her''s is that they had some sort of emblem on them. While I am wondering this, the girl just heads to the old cage elevator at the end of the hallway... THIS PLACE HAS AN ELEVATOR?! But... How? It opens up and inside I see cylinders on each side of the elevator. Oh... More of those devices? Here I was under the impression this would be like the Victorian age on Earth. Then again Earth doesn''t have magic... I think? Maybe... I''m not sure, there always was some myths or such in every culture.... Hmm. I wish this girl would just put me down. No wonder most animals hate being picked up, this is irritating. Despite my mental grievances, the girl gets out of the elevator, still carrying me, and walks past people who are dressed weirdly. Why robes...? ....Anyways, she continues past them and walks through some doors to go outside. Oh, how convenient, automatically opening doors. I try to take note of what''s outside but she quickly continues across the courtyard we came outside to and enters another building. *sigh* really? I continue to keep track of which way we are going, even though this building is quite a bit different from the last one. This building seems to be built¡­ Like a modern school? Well other than all of what I assume are magic devices and the fact that it is way better decorated than a normal school. A few moments of walking down the hall she makes a sharp turn, and enters a room with 7 beds on each side of it and a mirror in the back. I look around the room and see a cabinet similar to what someone would put medical supplies in on Earth, and see a small portly woman next it. ¡°Hello?¡± the purple haired girl said when she came in, apparently not noticing the woman in the corner. ¡°Over here hun,¡± the woman said not even looking over here. Looks like she''s organizing. ¡°Oh Ms. Petunia, you''re here. I surprised my familiar when it woke up and it hurt itself, can you help?¡± She said. Wait a second¡­. FAMILIAR?! Isn''t that a master/servant kind of thing?! What the fuck! No no no no no no no. I didn''t sign up for this, no! ¡­. Then again I didn''t sign up to be summoned at all¡­ But that''s beside the point. I''m going to be a slave?! ¡°Can you make it calm down? This is why I didn''t become a farm hand, animals are so annoying,¡± said the medic(?) woman. ¡°Now I have to deal with one anyways because it mimicked a human¡­¡± She muttered under her breath. ...I already don''t like her. ¡°Can you please stop? I''m only trying to help you.¡± She said, with a bit of strain in her voice. I didn''t realize it, but I started struggling incredibly when I heard the word familiar. I knew she brought me here to get healed, but I didn''t want to spend another second in that spot. So, I thrashed even harder trying to get away. ¡°I shall apologize for this later, but we can''t help you like this.¡± I hear her say and then everything goes black. {Iona¡¯s PoV} Why in the world did he start struggling so? It made his attempts to get out earlier look half-hearted. I could barely hold onto him, so I decided to knock him out. I know it wasn''t particularly polite of me to do so, but he needs that wound healed. The old nurse proceeds to complain about beasts and such but I ignore her and focus on my familiar¡¯s state. Noticing my stare, the nurse stops complaining and says in a petulant tone with a sigh¡¯ ¡°Fine hun, I''ll take a look at the stupid thing.¡± I attempt to ignore her barb towards my familiar for now and silently watch her treat him. She dares call my familiar unintelligent?! She insulted both me and my familiar! He is a being I summoned for his intelligence! I should rip out her¡­ No. I need to stop this train of thought. That is not the way a proper knight should react. ¡®You need to calm down¡¯ I tell myself. Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Despite my losing battle against my anger, the medic continued to apply a infection preventative. When I first came to this school to learn magic, I always wondered why the medical staff did that. I did not learn why until one of the student came back from a trip to the field incredibly injured. The only thing I could get out of them was ¡®healing magic only speeds up the process.¡¯ So I looked into it more and when I saw the documents on healing magic, I was horrified at the results of what happened when they didn''t properly re-set the bones or put on infection preventative. Thinking about this, I was going to thank her for using it and healing him, but then she started comparing my familiar to a kobold¡­ My blood went cold¡­ {Niles PoV} Feeling groggy¡­ Ugh¡­. Oh right, she knocked me out. Trying to help me, my ass. My neck is all sore¡­ ...I hear a commotion going on¡­ I open my eyes to see this scene, ¡°I-I-I¡¯M SORRY!!!!!¡± screams the lady who I thought was the medic. The purple haired girl steps towards the medic lady and says such terrifying things to her, that me and the poor woman are left speechless¡­ I''m gonna leave out what she said, *shivers* Purple hair girl walks towards miss medic, scaring her, and she runs out of the room. ¡°That little¡­¡± I hear her say before walking out after her. I''m left speechless. What just happened?! That''s it I''m outta here. I try to leave through the door but it''s locked. Whyyyyyy. Ok, windows. Let''s check the windows! ¡­...there are none? I see leaves and stuff blowing outside it¡­ So it''s windy outside, so why don''t I feel it if there are no windows? I go to reach out the window, and get zapped! What the hell?! Then I notice the runes, around the edges, where the window would be. This time I say it out loud, ¡°What the fuck¡­?¡± Seeing that there is no other way for me to get out of here, I go over to the mirror. I might as well see what the heck I look like now *sigh*. What? I''m curious. I look into the mirror¡­ and feel like someone turned me into an anime character. First of all my face structure didn''t change at all, same shape. What made me feel shocked was that certain parts of my body changed. Well¡­ The ears weren''t a surprise but what u saw was. First of all, I now have WHITE hair¡­ Um, fur. My hair used to be blond, does this place not have blond, that goddess that was named Chernyl I believe called them, fox-kin? My eyes didn''t change color, they were blue, but the pupils did change into the shape of a foxes. Next, I went to check my body. My torso stayed the same and so did my¡­ ¡°equipment¡±. Phew. Anyways¡­ Let''s look at my back. Please no fur, please no fur, please no fur. Fuck. There''s a small patch of smooth fur on my back that connects to my tails. *sigh* could be worse I guess. I could have ended up a furry *shivers*. Tails. I. Have. Tails. Not just one, but two? Wonder why that is. I touch my tail, and it feels soft and bushy. Phew, not gonna be a turn-on zone. Some anime include that way too much you know! After that, I look at my legs, I already know what my arms look like. My legs definitely changed, well at least the bottom halves. From my knees and below they look like the hind legs of a fox but bigger. My feet/paws are tiny! No wonder I had a hard time balancing! While thinking about all this, I notice the bandage on my foot, and realize I didn''t feel any pain! I took off the bandage, even though I probably shouldn''t have, and all I see on my foot is a scar. ''I tore it so badly and yet it''s fully healed¡­ What is going on here¡­? Do they have healing magic?'' I thought, and then I hear the door slam open, scaring the crap out of me. Come on! I have better hearing now! THAT¡¯S LOUD AS FUCK! -------------------------------------------------------- A.N I was planning on doing a large release this weekend but my stuff got all messed up and I had to retune this chapter. 100 followers tho £¡(¡ò_¡ò) Wow thanks guys :) Chapter 8. Scary girl brings me to class It The Early release :) I won''t be able to release one this Saturday but maybe I can on Sunday Warning has info dump -¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª-¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª-¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª ¡°C¡¯mon, let''s go, I have my history class now¡± said purple hair girl Did she just change the way she talks? ¡°Now!¡± I heard her tone change again, *shiver* ¡®I''m coming!¡¯ I thought urgently while tripping, then getting up and running to get over to her. What? You didn''t see how scary she was when she yelled at the nurse¡­ No one should make that girl angry *shivers* {Iona¡¯s PoV} After arriving at my classroom I have finally calmed down. I rather enjoy this class, we learn how about the cultures across the kingdoms and how our own has grown to be how it is. We can learn much from our past mistakes and how to improve upon them. Anyways, I brought my familiar for now since I was not informed what we should do with them for the time being. Speaking about him, why is he shivering? Is he cold? I did notice that he doesn''t have any fur except for on his head, ears, and feet, but he is wearing clothes¡­. Hmm. I''ll get him to put some decent ones on later. Ah, here comes the teacher, one of the few ones who treats me decently, professor Alabaster Von Dreich. He comes in starts speaking immediately ¡°hello everyone,¡± he smiles, then continues ¡°since today is the first day of the year for this class, why don''t we have a little refresher test?¡± To which everyone groans. I don''t mind this that much since I studied the whole time we were allowed to go on break. The hero summoning was pretty interesting to watch this year. While I was thinking about the summoning, Professor Dreich drops the test on my desk and stopped in front of me, and stooped down so I could hear him and asked me very quietly. ¡°Ms. Iona why is your familiar here? Didn''t they tell you where to bring it?¡± To that I answered, ¡°I had to carry him away while he was passed out and no one bothered to tell me¡­¡± I said sadly. ¡°Ah, ok. He can stay for now, but afterwards ask the beastmaster where to bring him¡± he said, then added smiling after he saw my offended look ¡°I''m not calling ¡®him¡¯ a beast, I just don''t want you to get in trouble, ok?¡± ¡°Yes Sir¡± ¡°Don''t call me Sir, that''s my father,¡± he said jokingly. Ugh, badly timed. ¡°Ok, professor Dreich.¡± His smile faltered for a second at The name Dreich but then went back to normal. He then proceeded to continue passing out the tests. Speaking about that let¡¯s check out what they are about. ¡­ The history of summoned heroes? *sigh* of course he would chose that. A new batch was just summoned yesterday, well that, and the fact that professor Alabaster Von Dreich was part of the batch from forty years ago. Yes our professor was a summoned hero. He was a history teacher in the other world as well. ...anyways on to the test¡­ ¡®I can see why he chose that part of our history to quiz us on because it is quite a major part of it. Our kingdom grew quite powerful and wealthy due to summonings. Heroes from other worlds tend to bring knowledge of things we didn''t know and tend to learn and grow faster than we do. They also tend to have the ability to use magic, so all of them become nobles in our world the moment they get summoned. It is very rare for them to not be able to do so, and even if the can''t use magic they still get to keep their status. We summon heroes every forty years.Why every forty years, I do not know but it might be because limited to how the planets line up, or something like that. The reason why is so we can keep our kingdom strong and safer from monsters. How it is done is unknown to most because it is a heavily guarded secret, understandable since we would want our enemies to have the same ability. Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. Some heroes in the past have left our kingdom in the past, but to do so they would have to get a magic brand over their hero marking they get when they were summoned. All this does is lessen their strength to a citizen¡¯s level of strength (AN - no game levels, just a way to gage strength). Sure this weakens them but a few years of serious training will allow for travel to other kingdoms. Plus the brand releases when they are in the event of a near death experience. Our kingdom does this not out of spite, but out of self protection. It would be insane to let someone who might turn against us keep that kind of power.¡¯ ...I thought while writing down my answers. Right after I finished my test, professor Dreich calls out ¡°Ok, bring up your tests!¡± To which the class answers with a groan and complaints about not finishing. ¡°Oh shush, you didn''t have to finish it, I just wanted to see how much you remembered,¡± He says. Then continues while reading through each and every paper, ¡°did everyone watch the newest hero summoning on the mana screen yesterday?¡± He asked. Most of us nodded or said yes. ¡°Did all of you know that it was a very special one? Most of the hero summonings only have six people summoned. Including mine,¡± he added at the end. We were all pretty shocked at this, yesterday there were twenty nine heroes summoned and a thirtieth spot which shined but no one appeared. I did not know that, then again information on hero summonings other than the actual event is kept pretty quiet. We didn''t even get to watch or hear about when they happened till this year. I''m surprised the professor was allowed to tell us that. Too be fair he does have more political strength than most of the high ranked nobles¡­ But wouldn''t the king want him to be quiet about it¡­? *sigh* this teacher¡­ ¡°Seems to me that none of you knew that. *sigh* they went too far with that gag order¡± he muttered, then continued with ¡°but anyways, as I said before it had a different amount than what was expected. Every four hundred years there is a set of heroes summoned as a set of thirty instead the usual six. The next set of thirty was supposed to be the next set, forty years from now but came early. Another reason why this year¡¯s was unusual was because there was a failed summon amongst the thirty. This has not happened since the very first set of heroes.¡± He then said with a smile ¡°gets you thinking about how not everything is perfect and why did this happen, don''t ya think?¡± ¡°What happened to the one who didn''t get summoned?¡± Said a male student. ¡°Nobody really knows since there is no way to find out. What they told me, and I hope this is true, is that they get sent back to where they came from. Being summoned is not fun, I won''t tell you the details, but being stuck there is something I wouldn''t wish on anyone, not even my worst enemy. The targets of the summoning are all orphans, they have no family, except for siblings, which are usually summoned alongside them. So, no one will miss them when they gone. Half the time, it''s a way better situation than what they were in. Then there are people like me who get summoned directly after their wife¡¯s funeral,¡± he said answering the questions and with a sad smile on his face. We all just ponder over all the new information, some of us going up to the professor saying sorry while he waved us off. Chapter 9. Girls are scary {Niles¡¯ PoV} Well¡­ That was an info dump. Geez doesn''t the au¡­ I mean teacher know that teenagers have low attention spans? Sheesh. Oh yeah, i remember that he said that girl¡¯s name¡­ Iona. Huh. He seems nice at least, and he took into account how she would react towards calling me a beast¡­ wait, shouldn''t I be offended at that? Nah¡­ That requires too much energy, screw it. Heroes¡­ So those guys must have gotten here safely. Neat. So my summon was supposed to happen, but that goddess¡­ Chernyl? Messed it up? Great. *sigh* Why was such a clutz put in charge of something so life changing?! {a certain goddess¡¯ PoV} ¡°AHCHOO!!! Am I getting a cold?¡± She says, then she rubs her nose. {back to Niles} ¡®Arrrggghh¡¯ I try display my annoyance but it comes out as ¡°Eerrrrmmmhh¡± to which everyone in the room turns around and looks at me. I then see an angry purple haired girl¡­ No, Iona glaring at me. *shivers* please don''t do that, I''m remembering the nurse¡¯s office¡­ She continues to glare, so I do the most manly thing possible¡­ and hide behind the desk. ¡°Aw, you¡¯re such a cutie¡± I hear before I feel a hand on my head between my ears. Not being prepared for this, I jump while making a surprised bark. ¡°Oh. My. Gods. soooo cuuuttteee.¡± Says the girl who was behind me, then starts petting my head again. I can only blankly stare at her. What the heck is up with her¡­If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. ¡°Ahh, there you are Ms. Beastmaster.¡± Said the teacher-whose-name-I-don''t-remember. ¡°Hi whity¡± the beastmaster lady said energetically. Whity? Oh right his name was Alabaster¡­ Ha, I get it. ¡°He seems amused,¡± said the B. Lady. I''m not saying her full title. Too much work. ¡°Now, weirded out that he''s being stared at.¡± Wtf? This lady is weird. ¡°Ms. Beatrice?¡± Asks purple¡­ I mean Iona. ¡®Can this lady understand me?¡¯ I thought. ¡°¡±Can this lady understand me?¡± He seems to be thinking,¡± She says. ¡®WHAT THE FUCK¡¯ ¡°What the¡­nope, that''s a bad word, I''m not repeating that,¡± she said pouting. ¡®How..?¡¯ ¡°How do I do it? Well I am a beastmaster for one, so I deal with them on a daily basis. Two, I am part elvish so I am partially nature blessed and that whole deal. Three¡­ well I''m not saying that one hehe.¡± She answered my thoughts, that last part sounding ominous. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡°You don''t seem convinced?¡± She asked. ¡°Come on Bea, why don''t you tell him? We all know that you used to be a¡­¡± started Mr. Whity (Alabaster). Lol. ¡°Don''t. I will get mad¡± she said with a smile on her face, but it was somehow very scary. Are all the girls here scary? Oh wow, he shut up real quick. Tch. She turned and looked at me, did she somehow sense that thought? Let''s act innocent¡­ ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. ¡°Hmm,¡± she said. Nope, nope, I''m not doing anything or thinking anything rude. ¡°Guilty¡± she said while smiling then¡­ Did she just teleport?! ¡° Hahahaha, oh my goodness, it worked ahahahahahaha.¡± ¡­.the fuck? ¡°Oh that''s an old trick I knew, it doesn''t work on anything I don''t know that well usually. Hehe got it first try~¡± ...still wondering what the fuck just happened¡­ ¡°I can see you are quite perplexed, basically I moved and used magic in a way that makes your brain ignore my movements¡± she said with a bright smile and light tone which betrayed the super scary shit she just said. ...assassin, she was definitely an assassin. What kind of OP sneak skill is that?! Ah¡­ compared it to a game, don''t want to start bullshit like that. But holy fuck that is scary... Chapter 10. Why dont I believe you? Now I''m in the Beastmaster¡¯s office, and yes, it''s an actual office. After that awkward moment, everyone thought it would be best. ¡­So now I am here in her office while she sits on her desk playing with a blue glowing crystal. What is that? ¡°Curious?¡± She asked making me jump. What are you looking at me like that for? This lady makes me tense¡­ ...but I''ll admit I''m still curious¡­ ¡°Hmm~, hmm~, hmmm~, I guessing that adorable stare means yes?¡± She said then giggled. ¡°Basically I''m making a spell circuit, I need to make a new bind spell, the current one was broken when a certain fox looking creature broke out of it,¡± she continued. Does she mean me? Wait magic? Hmm.. ¡°Yep¡± she said cheerfully reading my thoughts. Ugh, I''m never going to get used to that. How does she do that. ¡°Hmm, reading body language, facial expressions, and by the way your ears move ever so cutely.¡± ...this lady¡­ ¡°Aw come on don''t pout¡± You would too lady if you were roped away from home, turned into an animal, hurled through space, and then turned into a damn pet. ¡°Hmm, sorry I might be good but not good enough to catch all of that. Can you mouth it? I can read lips,¡± She said. Nah. ¡°What''s with that blank stare? Hmph, fine I''ll start working on my spell then,¡± she said and started mumbling about how I''m no fun. Well¡­ not like I wanted to be here¡­ I''d rather be at home playing video games. But no, I¡¯m here, in a world I know nothing about, have a different body, and worst of all I can''t even fucking talk right. Maybe I can see if the letters in books look the same, hopefully those earlier heroes at least fixed language issues.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. She said bind crystal earlier¡­. maybe I should steal it and used it on her¡­ I will not be a damn slave. {Iona¡¯s PoV} My classes have ended for the day. Now I am in the library. The reason is so I could find what manner of creature my familiar is. I''ve inquired from a few teachers what they think he is, because I certainly know that he is not a cat, dog, or even wolf beastian. Beastian are creatures that resemble humans but have a few animal parts, but anyways, none of them have multiple tails. They believed he was a type of beastian, but which one? None of the professors I talked to knew. After spending a few hours trying to find anything related to beastians, I had a whole pile of their history sitting in front of me. The problem is that nothing even remotely similar to my familiar¡¯s description even came up. Their legends or history do not state anything about multiple tailed beastians. I need to look into this more. Sigh¡­ guess I should go retrieve him¡­ On my way back to the beastmasters office, I pass by all the familiars and they are all silent. It''s nice that they aren''t loud and rambunctious¡­ but that''s how they normally are. Something is going on. I run to the office and as soon as I reach the door, I hear¡­. {Niles¡¯ PoV} ¡°I doubt you would be able to use it, so don''t even bother¡± said the beastmaster. Fuck, she noticed. ¡°Why are you so wary of that thing? It''s just a restraint in case a dragon or something gets rowdy. It can''t enslave anything, then again the name ¡°Bind¡± can sometimes be interpreted that way, and by the way, any type of slavery is illegal here,¡± she continued ¡°even though familiars are similar in a way, they are not slaves. Familiars are more considered partners, so if they are mistreated, there are steep penalties.¡± I really don''t believe you lady, I need more information. Sigh.. fuck. ¡°¡±What''s to say you aren''t lying to me¡± you say?¡± She says shocked that I''m mouthing the words. I took a gamble asking that, but it''s probably going to be a pain in the ass later. ¡°It''s one of the rules that the last emperor gave. He was a hero, so he knew what slavery was like.¡± She replied. When she said hero¡­ she said it in contempt. Just what is her history¡­ I¡­ don''t wanna know. And what does she mean he knew what slavery was like? I''m kinda glad I wasn''t summoned as a hero, if my line of thinking is correct¡­ ¡°Well, I believe that is enough for now. It seems your summoner is here.¡± ¡°Eep!¡± Said Iona. Me and the beastmaster stare at her for a few moments not believing she made such a cute sounding noise. Chapter 11. Her diary maybe? ¡°*ahem* time to go,¡± said Iona in a tone that said no was not an answer. After that, I can''t take her seriously, her face is still red. Dun wanna. ¡°Well you aren''t staying here¡± said Beatrice (the beastmaster) and then she literally kicked me out.. Oww¡­. You bitch. ¡°Ok, let''s go¡± said Iona, and tries to grab me to drag me again. Why does this girl keep treating me like this? ¡°Just let me bring you back. There''s nowhere else for you to stay right now anyways.¡± She said still trying to grab me. Wish I could tell her to fuck off. ¡­. I would probably end up barking at her or something stupid like that... I''m gonna have to learn how to talk again, aren''t I? Funnn¡­. While thinking that, I ended up subconsciously following her after she stopped trying to pick me up, which I don''t understand why she felt the need, when I''m only an inch shorter than her. So¡­ here we are¡­ Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more.I see something new? A second bed, huh¡­ Isn''t this development a little too cliche? ¡­.well at least I''m not sleeping on a pile of straw¡­ I need to know more about this place, no this world. Does she keep any books in here? If I''m her familiar, she shouldn''t mind right? Let''s see if they write anything in English¡­.. fingers crossed¡­ {Iona¡¯s PoV} *sigh* Why won''t he let me help him? I saw that his balance was awful since he got here, but every time I try to assist him, he glares at me and struggles out of my grasp. Is it pride, or because I am unfamiliar to him? Then again, seeing how he arrived, I probably ripped him away from everything he knew¡­ How do I make up for that? Send him back? There''s no way to do that, these things are permanent. Banishment? No, we only do that for cursed beings. Let him fend for himself? NO, he can barely even walk. I''ll do what I can for him, everything that I can do for him. ...he''s reaching for a book? I see¡­ maybe he''s trying to find a way to communicate? ...but that¡­ cover¡­ OH GODS NO! {Nile¡¯s PoV} As soon as I picked up the book, I noticed it didn''t have a title, so I shrugged and went to open it, next thing I knew, I had a purple-haired demon standing over me. Why did the girl who summoned me have to be so scary?! Oh, she''s holding her hand out¡­? The book? She wants the book? Ok have it. Here, just stop making that face. ...now she''s cradling it, and her face is red? Oh¡­. "....fuc.." Chapter 12. A breakthrough! (...not) {Iona¡¯s PoV} Out of all the books I had in my room¡­ why that one¡­? I mean, it was the closest one to him, so I can see why¡­. but why did it have to be that one?! I was just curious about it! Hopefully he didn''t see the illustrative part of it¡­. Oh gods, he¡¯s looking at me, and he looks terrified! So, he saw it?! This is so humiliating¡­ aww even his tail is quivering¡­ so¡­ cute¡­ no, he''s NOT a pet. Hopefully, he forgets about that. Ah! He looked interested in books, let''s give him one of the magic design books. He wouldn''t be able to make any of the contraptions, but it should be interesting if he can read it. Now, to find it and give it to him¡­ {Niles PoV} What the heck is crazy girl doing now? Going to the bookshelf? Oh, maybe getting me another book? Maybe that one I grabbed first was a diary? ...eh, whatever. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. ¡­...what is she looking for? ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. ...this is awkward¡­.. Hmm¡­. oh, there we go, seems she found what she was looking for? She picked up a thick book, doesn''t look too big, but it does look a little heavy and then brought it over to me. She then went to hand it to me, but it somehow missed my hands, and the edge fell¡­.. right...on... to¡­ my¡­ TAIL!Stolen story; please report. BITCHMOTHERFUCKERCUNT (it continues but I''m not gonna show my whole cuss word library) Ow¡­. dammit, now I have tears in my eyes¡­ Did she break it? She definitely broke it¡­. Owowowow¡­ I hate this world... {Iona¡¯s PoV} That¡­ looked quite painful¡­ Well¡­ I know how painful that is because people have dropped those on my feet before. Why is nothing going correctly when it comes to my familiar¡­ communication issues, awkward situations, me hurting him¡­ the list is growing. *sigh* I''ll at least put the book down next to him so it doesn''t somehow lad on his tail again. ¡­ ah, he flinched¡­ ¡­ I''m a terrible summoner¡­.. my own familiar fears me¡­ Oh? He''s looking at the book? Looks like he''s interested. I''ll just go to sleep¡­ I don''t want to cause another problem. {Niles¡¯ PoV} What am I reading¡­? This looks similar to German¡­. but I can''t read German so I can''t really tell¡­ at least the alphabet looks like the standard abcs? Arrrgggh. Maybe I can try writing in English tomorrow and see if they understand it? I doubt it¡­ won''t hurt to try I guess¡­ ¡­¡­¡­... ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡­¡­...I can''t sleep¡­ After staring at the ceiling all night, morning finally came. I think I scared the girl who got me into this mess when she saw I was awake. ..good, she deserved it. What was her name again? ¡­..I completely forgot¡­ ¡­¡­. oh well, it''ll probly come up again later.. Well, let''s see if she understands English writing¡­ So I grabbed a piece of paper and that thing similar to what the beastmaster was writing with yesterday and write, can you read this? Hopefully she can¡­. She saw the paper, looked at me, looked back at the paper, and then¡­ and then hugged me¡­? What the hell? {Iona¡¯a PoV} He¡­ he wrote¡­ HE WROTE¡­! This doesn''t look quite correct¡­ but he used letters similar to ours! Maybe I can speak to him! ...but what language is this? It looks similar¡­ but it''s different at the same time¡­ hmm¡­ Maybe it''s a language that beastians are more likely to speak? Maybe I should ask one of the professors¡­ Would they know? Or maybe Beatrice¡­ she''s actually spent time with them¡­ I shall ask when we get there¡­ I''m definitely bringing him with me. Livs Friend - Situation update Hi guys, my buddy Liv asked me to update you on the current situation. She got into a car crash, dont worry she isnt in an emergency state, the car crash just broke her fingers, her nose, her arm, ...and her Ipod that had all her chapters on it. She wasn''t the one driving, but the car did smash on her side of the car. this happened a week 1/2 ago.Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. she asked me to type this out to all the fans missing their crack... Lol (how she said it not me) Ironically she named her character after me (what, you expected me not to read her story?) anyways the main point of this is she will be getting a new Ipod with her christmas money (I''ll chip in, cuz i was in the car too, and i feel bad, even tho i wasnt the driver) also i will be reading the journal she wrote and ill type out what she had for now (Doc said her fingers willheal in two weeks) Chapter 13 {Iona¡¯s PoV} ¡°Professor! One moment please!,¡± I raised my voice to catch his attention, this is a very important conversation we need to have. ¡°Yes?,¡± answered Professor Dreich with a puzzled look on his face. ¡°Could you please take a look at this? It looks similar to how we write but it''s also different at the same time¡­¡± I ask quietly mumbling off the last of it. I just realized I was making a bit of a scene. I swear my familiar just mouthed ¡®airhead¡¯. ...I''ll ignore that for now. Ugh, so embarrassing¡­ ¡°....where did you get this?¡± Asked professor Dreich. ¡°Is there a problem¡­?¡± I asked starting to feel cautious for some reason. I really didn''t like his tone of voice¡­ ¡°*sigh*, no... there isn''t. The reason why I am asking is because this version of English should have died out hundreds of years ago.¡± He replied. ¡°This is English?¡± I asked, maybe to make sure? I guess.Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. ¡°Yes¡­ albeit an older form of it¡± ¡°No wonder it looked so similar¡­ but why were you so shocked by this? Many people know supposedly dead languages.¡± ¡°It''s not a dead language Ms. Cusclech, it''s an inefficient one that was abandoned.¡± He readily answered. ¡°What do you mean by inefficient? How can a language be inefficient other than a lack of words¡­ which I doubt that was it?¡± ¡°By ineffective, don''t mean that it had a lack of words, I meant the words had a lack of power¡­¡± ¡°Which means that it couldn''t release any form of magic based on voice or written command in that language,¡± I continued for him. ¡°So you do pay attention in my classes¡± he said smiling. ¡°Of course I do! The lessons teach things that will be helpful know later on in life!¡± I said back to him. It''s true! {Nile¡¯s PoV} Yada yada yada, what¡¯s taking so long¡­? She was so excited and now she''s talking really quietly. If I were to focus on it maybe I could hear it, I mean I can faintly hear what they are saying right now. ¡°... and that''s why¡­. odd¡­ he knows¡­¡± I hear whity (prof. Alabaster von Dreich) heheh, say. Tch, still can just barely hear the conversation. Due to school rules, ¡®animals¡¯ aren''t allowed in the teachers office which includes familiars. She said that this isn''t a slave-master relationship but that doesn''t mean there isnt segregation? *sigh*, wonderful. These meatheads in front of the door keep giving me dirty looks. I''m not even doing anything to you, fuck off. ...why am I even waiting here? This is ridiculous. Let''s see if there''s a way out of here¡­ their conversation seemed interesting but I can''t hear all the details, so let''s just ditch em. Alright, time to go. Seems like the meatheads don''t care? Awesome. Aren''t they security though? Shouldn''t they pay more attention? Ah, who cares. Please dont hurt meeee Hey guys, liv here. I know I haven''t written a chapter in a while... ...I don''t know where I was going with that gahhhhhh...This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. anyways, I have so much crap going on that I can''t even think straight... so im going to put my story on a mini-hiatus for now (a month at most) so I can sort through all my stuff and not give you guys crappy chapters (trust me, the next chapter was so cringeworthy I completely scrapped it) ok that''s it... so... bye! *hides before pitchforks come flying*