Chapter 2: Bullies... I hate bullies

I wake up from blackness to find myself lying on my back in Louise's bed. I sit up, but grasp my chest at the sudden pain. "Damn!" I yell out. I glance down and find my chest wrapped tightly in bandages. I look around and see Louise sitting in one of the wooden chairs, asleep on the desk. 'She looks really cute when she's asleep.' I think to myself with a smile. Then I shake my head to clear it. 'Wait. What the hell am I thinking?' I ask myself. Then I turn my head when I hear the door open and see Siesta there.

"Oh! Mr. John you're awake!" She exclaims. I nod.

"Yeah, how long have I been out?" I ask her. She looks down. I notice that she's carrying a plate with tea and cups on it.

"You have been asleep for three days Mr. John." She tells me. I knew it. But there's no use telling anyone now. I don't know anything about what happens from here on out, so might as well act as if I didn't know that.

"Well shit." I reply.

"Yes, you were close to a coma, but Ms. Valliere there bought an extremely expensive elixir to help you." She tells me. I recoil at this and look over at Louise.

"Huh. Who knew?" I say.

*Scene Break*

"God damn Louise." I mutter to myself as I wash her clothes. After I had left and changed back into my gym clothes, which the shirt had been sewn back together, I had come back into the room just as Louise was waking up. I had started to try to thank her, but she shot me down by telling me that the only reason she did that was to make sure that her familiar didn't die. Then she gave me a basket full of clothes from when I was unconscious and told me to wash it. I finish cleaning and hanging up her clothes, then notice some students and their familiars walking across the courtyard. "I'm in the same boat as all of them. *Sigh*" I say out loud. Suddenly I'm being pulled by my ear. "Ow!" I yell out.

"How much longer are you going to make me wait until you escort me to my class?! You really are stupid aren't you?!" Yells Louise into my ear.

"Owowow! That hurts!" I yell out in response. She lets go and I stumble off to the side a little.

"Now come on. My class is about to start and if we don't hurry then I'll be late!" She yells over her shoulder at me as she goes off in some direction.

"Yeah, yeah." I mumble to myself as I walk after her. But out of the corner of my eye I see Kirche watching me. 'I didn't like that look that she gave Saito at the end of the second episode. And I'm almost certain she gave me the same look when I defeated Guiche. But mixed with horror at that giant cut I got.' I think as I follow Louise towards her class.

We walk through the halls and finally arrive at the classroom. I take a seat next to Louise as the other students start to trickle in. I notice that Kirche, Guiche, Tabitha, and MonMon are all in the same class as Louise. 'Great. This should be interesting.' I think to myself as the teacher walks in. After the class quiets down, the teacher begins to talk about the different elements that the mages work with. Those being water, fire, earth, and air. She also says that they can be combined, and then asks if anyone can name them. Kirche raises her hand and the teacher calls on her.

"Two elements create a line, three a triangle, and four a square." She tells the class.

"Very good." Replies the teacher as Kirche takes a seat. She crosses her legs and I do my best to not turn around to look between them. Hey, I'm a teenage boy for crying out loud! "Now if I'm not mistaken, most of you can only deal with one element at a time. That's correct right?" She asks.

'Uh-oh.' I think. 'This is going to end badly for Louise. I can just tell.' And MonMon proves me right a second later by standing up to address the teacher.

"Excuse me Ms. Chevreuse. I hate to say this, but there's one student in this class who can't even work with one element. A student who has a zero percent rate of magical success." Suddenly I notice that all heads in the room turn towards Louise. I turn and see that she has a blank look on her face. But… It also looks like she has tears at the edge of her eyes.

'She's trying to ignore the insults that are thrown at her.' I realize.

"Ehem… Well, in any case-" Ms. Chevreuse begins, but I cut her off.

"Alright, please excuse me Ms. Chevreuse, I may be new here, but no matter where I am I know a bully when I see one." I say standing up in front of the class. The entire class then turns their attentions to me. 'Maybe this wasn't such a good idea… No! I'm doing this to stop another kid from being picked on! This is a good idea.' I think, and then turn my attention back to the class. "So you," I say, pointing to MonMon. "Say that Louise has a zero percent rate of magical success. Correct?" I ask. She looks at me with surprise for a few seconds, before regaining her composure.

"Well, since you were only just summoned as her familiar, I wouldn't expect you to know. But Louise the Zero here earned her name for a reason. She hasn't managed to get one spell correct." I stare at her nodding the entire time.

"Alright, then tell me this. You say that she has failed every attempt at performing a magical spell correct?" I ask her. She nods in response. "Alright, then tell me. How is it that I'm standing in this room right now?" I ask. The whole class stares at me for a few seconds, before their eyes widen when they realizing what I'm implying.

"Well… Well…" MonMon tries to come up with something to counter my argument. "Ah! I'm sure you're just some peasant that Louise grabbed off the street!" She exclaims, pointing at me. The whole class starts to whisper amongst themselves about what she said. *Crash!* they all turn their heads to see that I've slammed my hand against the desk in front of me.

"Wrong!" I yell, pointing back at MonMon. "If that was the case, then how do I have these runes on my hand?!" I yell, lifting up my left hand to show the runes. "If I was just some peasant then the ritual wouldn't be authentic would it? So how do I have familiar runes carved into my hand?" I ask, standing up straight and crossing my arms in front of my chest.

The class turns back to MonMon and she seems to sputter for a few seconds. "I rest my case." I say sitting down in my chair again. The whole class stares at me, and then turns to the front of the room. I turn to see that Louise is staring at me with shock clear in her eyes. I smile at her in response. Then I turn to the front of the room to find the teacher staring at me. But the corners of her mouth are turned up in a smile, and she has a glint in her eyes. I smile at her too. 'At least someone here doesn't feel like teasing Louise about her little problem.' I think to myself as Ms. Chevreuse continues class.

*Scene Break*

"Why did you do that?" Asks Louise after we've made it back to her room. I sit at the table and clasp my hands together.

"I did it because I have a part in my heart put aside for bullies. It's the part of my heart that feels utter hate. I hate seeing a kid being bullied, and even if you don't treat me in the best way, I don't really care about that when it comes to situations like this." I tell her. She looks down at the ground when I mention not being treated in the best way.

"Well… Good." She says.

'*Sigh* She just can't bring herself to thank her familiar, can she?' I ask myself. 'Oh well. At least I get what she actually feels.' Then she looks back up at me.

"Because of what you've done today, I will see if I can get you better sleeping arrangements." She tells me. I stand up and bow.

"Thank you. You should also know that if this happens again, then whoever does so to you will be talked to by me. In fact, if I see anyone getting bullied in the academy, then I will make sure to teach the bullies a lesson." I say, straightening back up. She nods, and then walks over to her dresser. I wonder why until I look out the window and see that the sun is setting. I walk over to the candle, grab a match, and light it. Then I turn around to see Louise has her nightgown on. I take her clothes and place them in the laundry basket.

Then I start walking towards the door until I hear Louise behind me. "Where are you going" She asks. I turn around and face her.

"Well, you guys don't have a place for exercise at the academy, so I figured that I would go see what I can do out in the courtyard and get some exercise." She nods her head and turns over to go to sleep.

"Alright, just make sure that you wake me up in the morning." She tells me as she starts to drift off to sleep. I nod, then walk out and close the door behind me. I make my way out into the courtyard and look around for something to do. I notice that the wall has some bricks that aren't lined up with the rest and grab a hold of them. I do some pull-ups, climb the wall up and down, and then run a few laps around the academy. After that's done I make my way back up the stairs towards the floor Louise is on. As I round the corner, I see a charmander standing there. Well, it was standing on all fours and looked more like a salamander, but it had the flaming tail so I'm calling it charmander.

"Hey, what are you doing there charmander?" I ask. Then charmander jumps forwards and grabs onto my sleeve. "Alright then, what do you want?" I ask as it pulls on my sleeve. "Guess I'll follow you then." I say. I start to follow it down the hall until I realize 'Wait a minute… This is Kirche's familiar!' Luckily I'm in front of Louise's room when I realize, so I throw open the door, rush in, and then slam it behind me. I stand with my back to the door as I hear scrapes coming from the other side. I hear the charmander walking away and slide down the door letting out a sigh. Then I look up to see that Louise is staring at me.

"Why was there the sound of scraping against my door?" She asks with a look that could kill. I look back up at her with a clear gaze. Even though I wanted to crawl to the nearest corner and hide.

"I was just dragged down the hall by charmander by my sleeve. Luckily I realized that it was Kirche's familiar when I passed by your door, so I ran in here. I don't really trust Kirche. Especially with what I've been hearing about her seeing five guys at the same time. I think the scraping was charmander trying to get in here." She continues to stare at me, and then walks towards the drawers. I run up to them before she can get there, grab the riding crop, and then run past her to the window. I open it up and throw out the riding crop. Then I round on Louise. "I thought we agreed that I wasn't going to get hit with that?! And besides, I just said that I don't trust Kirche!" I yelled at her. She just stands there seething. Then she stomps to her bed and sits down.

I walk over to my bed of hay and sit down to wait. I have a feeling she's going to want to tell me something. After a few minutes, she turns and looks at me. "I don't care so much if you date. But you are not allowed to see Kirche Zerbst." She tells me. I look back at her.

"I take it you two have history?" I ask her. She nods her head.

"Yes. Kirche's family the Zerbst, and mine the Valliere's have long been arch rivals and enemies. It would be a disgrace if one thread, one dog got taken away by a Zerbst." She tells me. I nod to her.

"Alright, but what's this about me being a dog?" I ask. She just stares back at me.

"Well, you're my familiar. So therefore you are on the same level as a tree, or a dog." She tells me with a deadpan voice. I throw my hands into the air.

"Oh for crying out loud! This is the thanks I get for getting people to stop calling you a Zero?!" I ask her. She blushes a bright red and turns away. I just sigh and shake my head. Then look back up at her. "Alright, we'll put that 'dog' comment aside for now and worry about something else." She turns her head to look at me.

"And what might that be?" She asks me. I gesture to myself.

"Me. What I'm supposed to do as your familiar. Right now all I do is chores and whatnot. But I feel like I'm supposed to do more than just your laundry. So what might that be?" I ask her.

"Well," She begins. "As my familiar, your job is supposed to be to protect me. But seeing as I doubt you could protect me from even a crow-" I cut her off.

"Hey! Did you see me with that sword?! I could too beat a crow!" She stares at me.

"Yes, I suppose your right." She tells me. "How much training do you have with a sword?" She asks me. At this I scoff.

"None." I tell her. She recoils and then leans forwards and stares at me with wide eyes.

"No way! I saw you during that fight! You were so adept when you were fighting Guiche's golems!" I shrug my shoulders.

"I don't know." I reply. "I just picked up the sword and I suddenly knew how to use it, same thing goes for the spear." I tell her. She goes into a thinking position.

"Hmm… I've heard that it's possible that familiars can suddenly develop special powers once they've been conjured. For example, a black cat can learn to speak after it becomes a familiar."

"Yeah, but I'm not a black cat! And besides, I can't be a swordsman without a sword!" I yell at her. She nods.

"You're right. And tomorrow is Hollow's day." She says. Now it's my turn to recoil.

"Hollow's day? You mean like GenerationHollow? Is RageGamingVideos here too?" I ask. She stares at me with confusion.

"What are you talking about?" She asks me.

"Never mind, stuff from my world." I tell her. 'Of course they don't have those two here! They don't have internet dummy!' I mentally scold myself. She just continues to stare at me for a few more seconds, before she scoffs and lies down in her bed.

"Well then hurry up and get to bed. We're getting up early in the morning." She tells me. I sigh and lie down in my bed of hay. 'Well, at least she wasn't yelling at me.' I say to myself. Then start to fall asleep. Only to be interrupted by Louise.

"John, what did you mean earlier when you called Kirche's salamander 'charmander'?" She asks me. I turn my head to look at her.

"I'll explain it tomorrow. Right now I'm tired, and you said that we're going to need to be up early. So g'night." Then I turn my head and close my eyes to drift off to sleep.

*Scene Break*

"God damn it! I didn't realize that we were going to be riding on horseback for three hours. Now my back is killing me." I complain as we walk down a main street. Except that to them 'main' is a dirt path between houses with enough space to fit a carriage. Or four rows of people. Then we turn and start to walk down a side street.

"Shut up with your complaining." She tells me. Then she starts to look around. "I think that it was right next to Villamonts elixir shop." She says to me. "Oh! Here it is." She starts towards a small shop that has a sword symbol hanging in front of the door.

'Villamonts elixir shop… Why would she know where that is?' I ask myself. 'Wait! Didn't Siesta tell me that Louise bought a really expensive elixir to help me not have a coma? Humph.' I think as we walk in. I immediately notice the man behind the counter.

'He looks like those shop keepers in video games who try to rip you off during cut scenes, and you have to bargain with them. Then you get a shit deal anyway.' I think to myself. Louise walks up to him and they start a conversation. Then he turns and seems to study me for a minute, before going into the back behind a curtain. I walk up to Louise. "Did we come here to buy me a sword?" I ask her. She nods.

"Yes. It's dangerous that Kirche's after you. And if you are to protect me, you will need the means to do so." I nod my head.

"I can agree with you there. I wouldn't be able to do much with just my bare hands." I tell her. Just then, the man comes out from behind the curtain and walks out from behind the counter holding onto a gleaming golden sword with what looks like a ruby on the hilt. He hands it to me and I feel the weight of it. My runes don't light up though, so I don't know what to think. Meh. It's a sword. And it freaking shiny as hell! Who cares about what happens with my runes? Then the shop keeper says something that makes me think about the sword differently.

"This was forged in the ancient tradition by the famous alchemist mage, and sword smith Lord Berg of Germania. It slices steel ever so easily." He tells us. Just as Louise is about to say something, probably asking how much it is, I hold up my hand to stop her. Then I turn back to the shop keeper.

"Well… I don't know." I say. Louise looks at me as if I've gone crazy, and the trader looks at me with a new look in his eyes. "I mean, it looks like it's made of gold." I tell him. "It is, right?" I ask him. He nods his head in response.

"Why of course! Miss here asked for the best weapon that we had." I nod my head then turn and place the sword on the counter. I turn back to the trader.

"No thanks. Do you have anything that we could get for maybe around one-hundred new gold?" I ask him. Again, Louise looks at me with shock, and the store keeper seems to deflate a little. He motions over to a barrel in the corner of the room.

"Anything in there." He tells me. I nod and walk past Louise to look through the barrel. I look through it, lifting all the swords out of it and trying them out. Some of them were too heavy, some were too light, and some were too big. Soon enough I found a rusted old sword that felt right. It was just the right size, and it wasn't heavy or too light. The blade was still sharp, even though it looked like it was three thousand years old. I turn around and show it to the shop keeper.

"How about this one?" I ask. The shop keeper's eyes seem to pop out of his skull and it looks like he can't speak for a few seconds. Then he shakes his head and looks at me.

"Of course! In fact, take it! You don't even need to pay! Just take it and go!" He yells out as he ushers us out the door. "But no refunds!" He yells at us as he slams the door in our face. I look at the sword, and the sheath the shop keeper thrust into my hand before slamming the door in our face. I sling it over my shoulder, and sheath the sword. Then start to walk away. A few seconds later I see a head with pink hair next to me. I continue walking until she starts to talk.

"Why did you do that?!" She yells at me as we walk towards our horse. I stop in front of it and turn around to face her.

"I did that because the sword was no good." I tell her. She recoils, and then stares at me with confusion.

"What do you mean it was no good?" She asks me. I sigh and look at her.

"It was no good because for one, the guy was giving all this big talk about it. If I know one thing from the amount of RPG's that I've played, or watched people play, it's that when they talk all about it, it won't last that long. Or it will last forever. However I also did that because the things made of gold. That means that it would most likely snap when I try to use it on something solid. So I would be able to cut into someone or something, but when I hit bone it would snap. It's basically a one use sword." I tell her. She nods her head, and then gets a confused look on her face.

"What was that first thing you said? What are RPG's?" She asks me.

"Oh that." I tell her. "Something from my world. Since we have three hours to waste, I guess we should get going. I'll tell you all about RGP's and video games from my world on the way back to the academy." I tell her while I get onto the horse and hold out a hand to help her up. She brushes it aside and gets up onto the horse herself. 'Guess she doesn't want help from her familiar with simple things.' I tell myself as we start riding. Then I proceed to tell her more about my world and video games.

*Scene Break*

So we got back to the academy and I had fully explained the concept of video games to Louise in a way that she would be able to understand. I had also explained what I meant by charmander the night before, and explained Pokémon as well. Now we were in her room. She was sitting on her bed thinking, and I was looking over the new sword that we had just gotten. For free. Suddenly we hear a knock on the door. I get up, leaning the sword against the wall, and open the door. I only get it partially open before it's shoved the rest of the way as Kirche strides in with Tabitha in tow. And she's holding the golden sword from the shop in her hand.

"Oh darling!" She exclaims.

'Great. I'm a darling in her eyes. This can only end badly for me.' I think to myself as I sit down in my hay bed. She walks over to me with the sword in her hand. Then she bends down and places it in her lap. She stays like that for a few seconds, which gives me a perfect view of her cleavage. Now, I may be a man. But for one, I don't want to be blown up by Louise. And secondly, Kirche is obviously just trying to seduce me into liking her. So I turn away slightly.

"I know that we haven't formerly met, but I just love the way that you took care of Guiche. But I do wonder why it is that you suddenly ducked into Louise's room while my wonderful Flame was leading you to my room. I had a special surprise waiting." She tells me, her voice making it clear that the surprise wasn't the sword.

"Well… You see… I… Um…" I get saved from trying to explain by Louise who interrupts me and starts to yell at Kirche. Meanwhile, Tabitha has chosen to sit on Louise's bed and open her book to read. I just sit back against the wall and let the two work it out themselves.

"What are you doing here Zerbst?!" She yells at Kirche. Kirche turns her head to look at Louise, then turns around to wink at me. Then she stands up and walks over towards her.

"Why, I just came here to give your familiar here a special gift." Replies Kirche, glancing in my direction with a smile. Then she turns back to Louise with a different smile. Almost like a taunting one. "After all, this golden one is much better than that rusted old one that you got him.

"Oh, so you were following us then? Why? Do you want to seduce John into being one of your mindless boyfriends?" Louise asks, leaning against the bed post. I lean over towards Tabitha.

"They always like this Tabitha?" I ask. She nods, then seems to register that I knew her name because she closes her book and looks at me.

"How?" Is her quiet one word question. I glance at Louise and Kirche to see that they're still glaring at each other. Then I turn back to Tabitha.

"Long story short, I'm from a different world and I know a lot of what happened to Louise on the day that she summoned me, as well as the fact that I would fight Guiche the next day. I also know the names of you, Kirche, Louise, Guiche, Montmorency, Malicorne, Mr. Colbert, Ms. Chevreuse, Old Osmond, and Ms. Loungville." I tell her. She nods her head as if it was the answer that she was expecting, and then opens her book and resumes reading. I turn back to see Louise and Kirche still arguing.

"I heard that this sword was made by a man from Germania. The best swords and women come from there. There's no way you'd be able to compete." Kirche tells Louise while crossing her arms under her breasts, lifting them up slightly. Louise stops leaning against the bed post and stands with her hands on her hips.

"Humph! I'm sure you just flirted with so many men in Germania that no one would bother to deal with you anymore, and that's why you came here to study abroad in the neighboring country." Replies Louise with a mocking tone. Then she wipes out her wand at the same time as Kirche and they point them at each other.

"That was quite a mouthful." Says Kirche.

"Maybe, but it's the truth." Replies Louise. Then suddenly, their wands are swept out of their hands and land in front of me. I turn to see Tabitha holding her staff.

"Indoors." She says, still reading her book.

"Thank you Tabitha. I don't need to be blown up by two different mages at the same time." I tell her. Then Louise and Kirche come striding over to me.

"In that case we'll just let John decide." Says Kirche as they bend over to glare at me.

"That's right." Says Louise. "We're fighting over your sword after all."

'Don't think it! Don't- That's what she said. God damn it.' I think to myself. Unable to help thinking the sentence in my head. Then I pick up the golden sword in one hand, and the rusted sword in the other. I glance back and forth between the two 'I mean, I feel like the best choice here would be the rusted one. But, I feel like there's more to this than a simple sword.' I think to myself

"Well Pick!" They yell at me. I sweat drop.

"I don't know." I reply. "How about both of them?" They reply to my comment by kicking me in the face. My head hits into the rusted sword and I drop the golden one. Then I cry comical tears.

"This is as good a time as any to tell you this. I hate you" Says Kirche facing Louise.

"Well then we can finally agree on something." Replies Louise while glaring at Kirche.

"A duel!" They yell at each other. I stop the comical tears and lift my head from the sword.

"Hey. Come on guys, this is getting out of hand." I tell them, trying to calm them down so that one doesn't blow the other up. Suddenly there's a new voice in the mix.

"Hey! Shut up already! Stupid women." It yells out. I blanch when Louise and Kirche turn to look at me with looks that could kill.

"Stupid?" Kirche asks.

"What did you say?" Louise asks. Then they stride towards me.

"He-hey! Wait! It wasn't me!" I yell out, trying to keep them from blowing me up. "Tabitha? A little help here?!" I ask the ever wise blue haired girl.

"The sword." She replies. We all stare at her and voice the same thought. 'Huh?' then we turn to look at the rusted sword that I'm still holding onto.

"I was taking a nice nap until you all woke me up!" It exclaims. The scabbard moving up and down like a mouth. It sounds like a man so I'm going to assume it's a guy.

"Either I'm going crazy, or I have a talking sword in my possession." I say out loud.

"I'm surprised. You've got an awfully weird face for someone who's a user. Yeah, no wonder I had to wake up." Replies the sword.

"Huh? A user? What's that? And what's this about my face being ugly?!" I ask the sword.

"Hey, that's an intelligent sword, a sword that contains its own wisdom. Boy, Louise the Zero sure knows how to pick strange stuff to buy." Says Kirche. I stiffen up when she says the 'Zero' part.

"I didn't know a thing about it. I'm going to return this creepy thing as soon as I can." Replies Louise.

"What year is it right now?! And where the hell are we?! Damn it I want answers!" Yells out the sword. I slide him part of the way into his sheathe before I respond.

"I'll answer all your questions in a few minutes with Louise's help, but first I have to take care of something." I tell him. Then I slide him the rest of the way in and stand up so that my bangs are covering my eyes from being seen, but I can still see the two girls. I turn and face Kirche. "Get out." I tell her. She looks at me with shock.

"Why would you want me to leave darling? I just gave you a much better sword than Louise the Zero here did" She says with a smile. I just continue to stay in the same position.

"I said get out. Otherwise you might meet a different part of me. The part that has no tolerance whatsoever for people who are bullies." I tell her. She recoils.

"What do you mean? How am I a bully if I'm saying something that is true?" She asks me. In response I do nothing. Then answer her.

"Weren't you listening to a word I said in class? If Louise had a zero percent rate of magical success, then how am I here. I'm living proof that Louise has at least one magical spell that she did correctly. Now I'm going to tell you one last time. Get… Out." She recoils again. Then tries to put on a seducing smile.

"Oh, but darling-" She's cut off when I step forwards, and bitch slap her. The force behind the slap causes her head to turn and a red mark to appear on her cheek. She turns back around to stare at me with shock while she puts a hand to her cheek. Louise is also staring at me with shock, and I even got Tabitha to close her book and look up at me.

"Get… Out… Now." I tell her with my new monotone voice. She walks to the door, still holding onto her cheek, turns around one last time, and then walks out. Suddenly, I'm back to my normal self. I turn to see that Tabitha is still looking at me.

"Tabitha, if you wouldn't mind, could you please leave as well?" I ask her. She nods, grabs her staff, and exits the room. I close the door behind her, and then turn to face Louise. Who's still staring at me with a shocked look. I nod my head at her. "I told you. I have a special place reserved in my heart for bullies." Then I turn when I hear the sound of a whistle.

"Wow partner. I'll need to remember never to insult the little missy here." Says the sword from its sheath. He's slid himself partly out of it and is staring at us. I walk over to him and take him out of the sheath entirely. "We haven't been introduced properly." He says. "My names Delflinger." I nod my head.

"Well my names John. Nice to meet you." I say.

"Hm. John… Weird name." Delf says. I chuckle.

"Yeah well it gets weirder than my name." I respond. Then I turn around and see that Louise is still staring at me. I chuckle. "What? Still surprised that I did that to Kirche?" I ask her. She just nods her head in response and I chuckle again. "Well don't be. Anyone who calls you a zero will most likely get the same response from me." I tell her. Then I sit down on my hay bed and start up a conversation with Delf.

*Authors Note*

Bob: So yeah. I don't really know what to say here besides the fact that John hates bullies with a passion. There's also the fact that he got Delf and bitch slaps Kirche for calling Louise a Zero. Honestly, I might have done something similar if I was in John's situation. So… yeah, there really isn't anything else to say. Thanks for reading, and see you next time!