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The cleanup of the case was handled by Katsuto.
The actions of Tatsuya and co could be construed as excessive self defense at best, or unlicensed use of magic causing injury and attempted murder at worst, but the arm of the law would not extend to them. --
The power of the Ten Master Houses ascends beyond that of judicial authorities.
Once it was known that talent in modern magic is influenced by one's genetic predisposition, as a matter of course, lengths were taken to strengthen one's blood.
That ans, for countries that systematically classified magic as the form of national power, throughout all these countries in the world, there are already differences from the age when magic was still unknown.
Of course, that also applies to this country.
The result was the formation of a new group to oversee the magic realm in the country.
Those are the 10 Master Houses.
Their history is less than a century old, so the hierarchy is still fluid.
However, the fact is, in the families called the Ten Master Houses, a barrier has already appeared between them and others, one that is hard to overco.
By repeatedly reinforcing their blood with ties between the Houses, the Ten Master Houses, along with the related 100 Families, possess a marked difference from those who are not of them.
The Ten Houses do not stand in the centre of politics in any way. They do not have any power on paper.
Rather, by using their magic as soldiers, officers, administrators, they are the forefront supporting group of the country.
In exchange, instead of visibly possessing power, they gain inviolable ascendancy on the other side of politics.
This is the path chosen by modern mages in this country.
Currently the two most influential families within the 10 Houses are the Yotsuba and the Saegusa.
Coming in at third are the Juumonji.
--In this case involving the eldest child of the Juumonji, ordinary police would not even be considered to be involved. At the close of the incident, Haruka went on a long term business trip.
The reason behind her treatnt, such as it was, stemd not from the truth.
That person still had not yet given an answer to Leo's question.
Considering a replacent counselor had not yet been appointed; it would seem she planned to co back soti.
As part of the cleanup, the door to the library which Tatsuya had destroyed with 'decomposition' was instead said to have been destroyed by the Blanche operatives.
Even the school did not pursue the matter further due to the carelessness of the managent. Furthermore, more than half of them did not truly believe that Tatsuya alone could have blown through the composite armour of the door. They also hid the fact that another student had stolen the key.
In any case, the presence of First High School students in that place had already been written off.
As far as the adults were concerned, Sayaka's attempted espionage was a non issue.
Sayaka had been admitted to the hospital for a while.
Although the fracture in her right arm was not sothing to be hospitalised over, because it was found out that the Blanche leader was a user of the systematic wave vibration magic 'Evil Eye', she was taken in to ensure that there was no remaining mind control influence.
Whilst in the hospital, Tatsuya only visited her once. Erika went multiple tis, and they beca pretty close.
The leader of the kendo club, Tsukasa Kinoe, was also considered innocent. This was because he had been under the influence of serious mind control.
He wasn't expelled but took a long leave of absence, the reason being a voluntary withdrawal.
From the start he had not wanted to be a mage, but simply suffered impairnt to his everyday life due to his hypersensitivity to particle emissions.
Tsukasa had attended a magic high school just to learn useful magic in order to keep his magically perceptive eyes in check. After the resolving of the mind control, he went back to what he really had wanted to do - kendo.
Tatsuya's extraordinary magic abilities, with the exception of his comrades who had accompanied him to the abandoned factory, remained largely unknown.
Neither Mayumi nor Mari were aware.
His friends Mizuki, Honoka, and Shizuku likewise remained ignorant.
In truth, both Leo and Erika also didn't realise the full extent of his power.
Tatsuya didn't know what Katsuto was thinking nor why Kirihara didn't say a word, but he was grateful all the sa.
That particular magic of his was, as of now, still unknown to the public. In any case, both Mayumi and Mari vaguely seed to suspect sothing. Miyuki was depressed for a week afterwards.
On the surface she was the sa perfect beauty as ever, but she was seen burying her face in both hands every now and then.
She did this to so extent at ho too.
As expected, it seed she repented her use of 'Niflheim' as having been too much.
Fortunately, due to the Blanche mbers being caught by chance in a cold sleeve (owing to the nature of the magic, the internals of the mbers had been snap frozen in the blink of an eye, avoiding mbrane rupture), it seed they had not suffered irreplaceable losses to their flesh .
During that ti, Tatsuya had endlessly comforted Miyuki, until she had co out of her depressed mood such that she could smile again despite her sombre condition.
For Tatsuya, school was business as usual, with work for the Public Morals Committee and the Student Council taking up much of his ti, but as the entrance period finally drew to a close, he was finally able to settle into a quiet learning environnt.
It was now May.
Today was the day of Sayaka's discharge.
Tatsuya, along with Miyuki, visited the hospital to celebrate. (They had taken leave from their morning classes. One of the major benefits of learning from terminals was the lack of a teacher, granting a greater degree of freedom to students.)
In that place was......
"Isn't that Kirihara-senpai?"
As Miyuki spoke needlessly, Tatsuya was already aware.
Dressed in normal everyday clothes, Sayaka stood in the entrance hall surrounded by family and nurses.
In that gaggle, standing next to Sayaka was Kirihara's face, tinged sowhat with embarrassnt, and looking rather nervous.
"They seem to be getting along?"
Miyuki naturally also knew of the series of events dubbed the 'Kendo dispute incident'.
Knowing that, and seeing the friendly interaction between Sayaka and Kirihara, was certainly a strange feeling.
"It almost seems like Kirihara-senpai had co every day."
"Heh, that's correct."
Upon turning around to et that voice which had co out of the blue, he was faced by Erika with a bored look on her face.
"Che, as I thought, it really is impossible to surprise you."
"No, I was certainly surprised. I didn't think Kirihara-senpai had such a diligent character."
"That's not the point!"
Naturally, Tatsuya also knew he was changing the subject, so he simply gave a deceptive smile at Erika's pout.
"Hmph. It's because you're always doing sly things like that all the ti, you got dumped by Saya as well."
Tatsuya was not terribly concerned about being dumped or such.
This was not a boast, but the number of female students who had captured his interest was zero.
More importantly
"Erika...... when you say 'Saya', you're referring to Mibu-senpai correct?"
Miyuki voiced the question slightly faster. "Nn? That's right"
"......You seem to have beco quite intimate."
"Leave it to !"
'Leave what?' Was stuck in his throat, but since that seed likely to devolve the situation further, he decided to leave it be and swallow it.
More importantly, they were here on a hospital visit. "Mibu-senpai."
Bringing along Miyuki and Erika in the rear
whether because Erika had suddenly matured, or was uneasy, she seed excessively anxious
Tatsuya hailed the group of people.
"Shiba-kun! You ca?"
As the crowd dissolved, surprised at this unexpected developnt and gossiping away with sidelong glances at him, Sayaka erged and greeted Tatsuya with a wide smile.
Next to her, Kirihara, for a mont, wore a huffy expression, but even that was a pleasant spice to the peaceful day.
"Congratulations on your discharge." Miyuki passed her the bouquet in both hands.
At first Tatsuya had intended to follow the custom of modern tis, and simply have them sent via delivery, but Miyuki had insisted that "these are sothing you should deliver with your own hands!" in an unusually firm and strong tone, so pushed by that threatening attitude, he decided to bring them along.
The image of Miyuki holding that bouquet was a heart achingly beautiful sight, seemingly far removed from the bleary grey of everyday, and watching Sayaka's cheerful face as she received the flowers, Tatsuya decided it was a good thing he listened to his sister.
"You're Shiba-kun aren't you?"
Taking a step back and watching the girls talking to each other, Tatsuya was relegated to a background role, when a middle aged man called out to him.
Although he had been called by his last na, the target of his gaze ant there was no room for misunderstanding.
Judging from his honed body and sharp posture, he was well versed in the martial arts.
His features also implied a kinship with Sayaka. "I am Mibu Yuuzou, Sayaka's father."
"It's nice to et you, I'm Shiba Tatsuya."
"I am his sister, Shiba Miyuki. Nice to et you."
Noticing Tatsuya exchanging greetings, Miyuki ca up and bowed politely behind Tatsuya.
He seed to gape a little at her elegant regal manner, but his expression imdiately tightened after as befitting a martial artist.
It was most likely that Sayaka had taken up swordsmanship from her father.
"Miyuki, would you please go look after Erika?"
As Tatsuya looked back and spoke, Kirihara had cornered Erika in the talks.
"Yes. Oji-sama, I'll take my leave."
The person whom Miyuki had referred to as "Oji-sama
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