Fever

The next day.

Louise's room.

When Saito woke up, the first thing he saw was Louise's scattered underwear.

Louise was still asleep in her bed, softly snoring.

'Her sleeping face is very sweet. Too bad she is loud and annoying when she talks. She doesn't even treat me like a human, right?'

Recalling yesterday's experience, Saito wished for things to stay this way forever.

'Come to think of it, this situation is more like the plot of popular Isekai stories nowadays. I wonder what kind of world this is? It's unfortunate I became the Familiar of a rough Mage girl. I prefer the Onee-san type over loli.'

Complaining in his heart, he forcefully pulled Louise's blanket.

"W-What? What's happening!"

"It's already morning, Lady!"

"Huh? O-Oh... Wait, who are you?!" Louise shouted with a displeasing voice.

'Is this girl mentally challenged?' Saito thought, worrying about his bleak future.

"I'm Hiraga Saito, the Familiar you summoned yesterday."

"Oh, the Familiar..."

Louise yawned and sat up. Then, she commanded him.

"Clothes."

Saito threw the prepared uniform from the chair.

Louise slowly started to dress.

Saito quickly looked away to hide his embarrassment.

"Underwear."

"G-Get it yourself."

"They're in the bottom drawer... in that wardrobe..."

Silently, Saito walked over and opened the specified drawer. It was filled with underwear. This was the first time he saw a girl's underwear, except for his mother's. He grabbed one randomly and threw it without looking back.

After Louise put it on, she spoke again, "If the other Familiar hadn't run away, I would have had two slaves serving me."

"Hey, do you consider me a slave?"

Hearing her mumble, Saito turned to her angrily, only to see her in just underwear. He quickly turned away, blushing.

Louise scowled in displeasure.

"In the eyes of Mages, Familiars are no different from slaves. You are my Familiar, you have no human rights, you must serve me as an errand boy."

"What?! It's not like I wanted to be your Familiar! Send me back to my world! This is kidnapping!"

Saito was very dissatisfied with Louise's arrogance.

"Hmph, as punishment for not being an obedient Familiar… No breakfast." Louise proudly pointed her finger upward.

'I should have run away like the other Familiar.'

Saito had heard that another guy had been summoned by Louise during the summoning ritual yesterday.

In less than a day, he had been treated like a punching bag by Louise, who vented her stress on him.

Not only was he not given dinner, but he was also denied breakfast.

Honestly, Saito regretted not running away and foolishly letting Louise kiss his lips, which sealed the contract. Now he couldn't escape even if he wanted to.

Louise would always sense the contract bond between them.

❀❀❀

Siesta's room.

Slowly opening his eyes, Eiji saw an unfamiliar ceiling.

"Haah haah haah... So this is what a fever feels like... This is not a pleasant experience..."

He felt a weakness in his body he had never experienced before.

His throat was dry, he was dizzy, his body was burning, and his wounds were very painful.

"At least my body temperature is around 37.5°C."

"Why am I in a bed?"

As his mind started working, Eiji realized he was lying in a bed. As far as he remembered, he wanted to leave the Tristain Magic Academy and find a place to recuperate. However, he was at his weakest, and while noble students posed no threat, it was a different story if it were teachers and professors.

No matter how weak the individuals in this world were, magic was still stronger than conventional weapons like firearms.

Of course, if someone fired a gun before the Mage finished chanting, the Mage would be killed like any ordinary person.

Meanwhile, the reason Eiji hid in the Tristain Magic Academy despite knowing it was dangerous was that he found the location far from settlements.

Yesterday, he didn't have much strength left, he didn't have the energy to travel far. With no other choice, he turned around and silently sneaked into a room, then fainted.

With the mindset that the best place to hide a tree was in a forest, and that dangerous places were sometimes the safest, he hid there.

"This is bad, there's not a trace of Cursed Energy in my body. I thought after resting for a day, the Cursed Energy would recharge automatically."

Without Cursed Energy, Eiji couldn't use the Reversed Cursed Technique to heal his wounds. In other words, he could only let his wounds heal naturally.

"This isn't too bad. Considering the power limit of the [Zero no Tsukaima] world, only the Ancient Dragon is slightly threatening, while the so-called four Void Mages aren't worth mentioning."

Just because he couldn't use Cursed Energy didn't mean Eiji was powerless. Remember, he didn't just rely on Limitless Technique; he also had the physical superhuman blessings granted by the Heavenly Restriction.

With his training so far, his constitution was on par with Fushiguro Toji.

Facing Mages who only knew how to cast spells from afar and had no physical skills, they were very vulnerable in front of Eiji, who could move at subsonic+ speeds.

"Mhm~"

Hearing a woman's voice as he tried to get up from the bed, Eiji turned to the side and saw a woman sleeping next to him.

Accessing Lin Fan's memory, he knew the woman's name.

Siesta, a maid at the Tristain Magic Academy, and one of the heroines.

'What a coincidence, the random room I entered turned out to belong to one of the heroines...'

Eiji didn't know if this was coincidence or fate.

Observing the bandages on his body and him lying on the bed, he confirmed that Siesta had helped him.

"Cough cough cough..."

With weak breath, Eiji coughed blood.

"It seems my injuries are worse than I thought."

The sound of coughing woke Siesta from her sleep.

"Yawn..."

Sitting up, she rubbed her eyelids. Stretching, her large braless breasts bounced up and down.

Once her mind was fully awake, Siesta saw the man was awake.

"How are you feeling, umm..."

"Kamiki Eiji, just call me Eiji. What's your name?"

"My name is Siesta, I'm a maid. If I'm not mistaken, you're Lady Louise's Familiar, right?"

"Let's just say I am. You helped me, I'm grateful."

"Ah, don't get up, your wounds will reopen."

Siesta hurriedly stopped Eiji from getting up and pushed him back onto the bed.

"Your body temperature is very high! You have a fever."

Touching his skin, she felt the other party's fever.

"Wait a moment, I'll get a towel and some water."

Without waiting for Eiji's response, Siesta stood up and left the room.

"She's a kind girl... Among all the kind-hearted heroines, Hiraga Saito chose a tsundere heroine with a bad personality who hides her embarrassment with violence."

"There's no doubt about it, Hiraga Saito is a natural masochist."

Receiving Siesta's attention and kindness, Eiji ridiculed Saito for rejecting a good girl.

"What am I thinking... Maybe because of this fever, I'm thinking of irrelevant things. Haah haah haah..."

Breathing heavily, Eiji stopped thinking about Saito. He wasn't in a position to comment on the protagonist's choices.