Biba Amatori's Ambition!

A dozen minutes earlier.

When Saito Hiraga spoke the final four words, "The Familiar of Zero," Louise looked up at him with a dazed gaze.

Then, the characters already glowing white on the back of his hand suddenly burst forth with an even brighter light.

The next moment.

Louise felt one glowing white character after another rise from the back of Saito Hiraga's hand, continuously flying into her eyes and mind.

Naturally, this frightened them both.

"It's finally here!"

Yet Derflinger, the "Sword of Wisdom" resting beside Saito Hiraga, shouted, "Awaken, Louise! As the master of Gandalf, you are the user of Hollow!"

At the same time.

The Fire Dragon Knights showed no intention of halting their assault. They relentlessly surrounded and pursued them, coordinating with the Fire Dragons' streams of flame to unleash all kinds of long-range elemental magic.

Fortunately, Saito Hiraga's "cheat" was reliable enough. He somehow piloted this Zero fighter, which had been gathering dust for decades, with maneuvers that could only be called "absolute evasion."

Judging by the results, it was no less impressive than Biba Amatori's Observation Haki.

At the same time.

Louise, her eyes unfocused, slowly rose from Saito Hiraga's embrace. She swiftly raised the short wand in her hand and began murmuring a mysterious incantation.

Because Saito Hiraga had opened the cockpit.

The raging wind made her cape and long pink hair whip wildly behind her, yet none of it could shake Louise's petite body.

It was truly rather unscientific, but then again, this was a "world of magic."

"Idiot, sit down! What are you doing?!"

But Saito Hiraga came from a "world of technology" and knew full well how dangerous it was to stand up at a time like this. He immediately shouted at her anxiously.

Then again.

If he truly possessed