The second year of Tristain Academy of Magic is upon us. Students, under the guidance of Professor Colbert, are summoning familiars in class. Everyone takes turns casting a spell and receiving a familiar with whom they will be for the rest of their lives. For example, Kirche summoned a fire salamander, Tabitha a wind rhyme dragon. Many of Louise's classmates got pretty good familiars. Then it's Louise's turn.
Kirche: "Time to show what you can do. Can you summon someone better than this baby?" She teases Louise, stroking her fire salamander.
Louise: "Hmph! Of course I can." Louise sulks and turns her head to the side.
Everyone is laughing and whispering that she's not going to succeed as usual, or that she's going to blow up the hall. Trying to prove to the others that she's good for something, Louise casts a strange spell and... there's another explosion.
The students chuckle and wave their hands to push the rising dust away from their faces. Everyone laughs at her, since as usual she did an explosion instead of a spell, but when the dust settled, everyone was shocked to see that Louise had summoned a human.
Louise: in an irritated and incomprehensible voice. "H-h-human!?"
Malicorne: "It looks like it, and from the look of him, it's a commoner."
Kirche: "You're as astounding as ever. There is no limit to your self-confidence. Who would have thought you would summon a commoner?" She says teasingly to Louise and spreading her arms to the sides.
Louise: "Professor Colbert, this is an accident! Let me try again, I'm sure I can do it!" Her cheeks are flaming with shame for her familiar.
Professor Colbert: Still looking puzzled at the uncomprehending Du lying on the ground. "Khm, I'm sorry, but this ritual can only be performed once in a lifetime, though it's never happened before, but you'll have to use this commoner as a familiar." Spreads his arms out to the sides and shrugs.
Not receiving a satisfactory answer, Louise accepts her fate, approaches Du and kisses him directly on the lips to conclude a contract. After the kiss, Du's hand starts to burn and the rune familiar appears on it, after which he faints.
The professor finished class, and Guiche helped Louise carry Du to her dorm room using levitation magic. A couple hours later Du comes to on the floor of her room.
Louise: "You're finally awake" She says in a haughty voice. "Since you're my pet now, there's nothing I can do about it. Here's your first errand - do my laundry" She points her finger at the clothes hamper, where both dresses and underwear lie.
