Mahouka Koukou no Re Volume 31 - Ch 10

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On the sa day of August 4 th, in the afternoon, the dia have flocked onto Miyakijima.

Of course, they ca to Tatsuya.

Anomalous (in terms of season, place, and scale) ice fields, which appeared all of a sudden in the coastal waters of Miyakijima and just as suddenly disappeared, were observed not only by the national teorological observatory, but also by civilians. Nevertheless, none of the reporters even tried to pry the truth about that unnatural phenona, which would be the top story in normal circumstances.

Reporters from TV, newspapers, and online news sites - everyone was shoving microphones at Tatsuya, hoping to catch any sensational comnts.

Tatsuya didnt turn down interviews, although he didnt answer all of the questions from the dia. If he tried to satisfy every request from the dia, he would have no ti to eat or sleep.

Among the reporters, there were also those who asserted in a provocative manner that Tatsuyas actions were nothing more than terrorism, and his proclamation was in defiance of the international community. Moreover, they didnt stop at re provocations: one newspaper wrote an article, branding him as a criminal; there was also a TV station, condemning Tatsuya in every way possible on one of its programs All of them were companies belonging to a certain dia group that had long since been creating journalistic content by depicting magicians as enemies.

However, the governnt imdiately stated that the acts committed by Tatsuya were legal, both in terms of dostic and international l aw. Therefore, such comnts from so of the dia outlets failed to change public opinion in any way .

The goal of such a quick reaction from the governnt, seemingly, was to negate suspicion and criticisms as to why the Self-Defense Forces didnt respond to the missile, which targeted the Japanese territory, or even the possibility that they couldnt detect the missile altogether .

The Ministry of Defense countered that they detected the hyper-sonic missile at the mont of its launch and asserted that Tatsuya was entrusted with the interception of the missile under the Defense Cooperation morandum, which had long since been established between the governnt and the Magic Association.

Many people got the impression that such an answer was an attempt to evade the essence of the question. But since the morandum itself had been published a long ti ago, their suspicions didnt beco a widespread opinion.

However, the comnts of the Japanese governnt alone couldnt have influenced public opinion so much. It was p robably the Arican military experts, together with diplomatic comntators and international law experts, who spoke out in Tatsuyas defense one after another, that had a much greater i mpact.

One might even say that Arican comntators were more proactive about this issue than the Japanese. Each and every Arican expert (at least those who publicly expressed their opinions), although having different [legal] grounds, claid that attacking the Birobidzhan base and killing Bezobrazov was self-defense by Tatsuya, and it was lawful . The New Soviet Union, anwhile, stubbornly denied the death of Bezobrazov.

Such enthusiasm from the Aricans even generated speculations that the White House might be pulling the strings behind the scenes.

Stories about the dominating positive public opinion hold little interest for the dia. The belief that journalisms raison dtre [31] is criticism remained deeply-rooted even at the end of the 21 st century.

Only three days after the incident occurred, the dia left Miyakijima en masse (all at once), attracted by another fresh story.

August 7 th , three days after the event later called the Miyakijima Incident.

The USNA Secretary of Defense, Liam Spencer, made an urgent visit to Japan. The event was reported with great surprise by both Japanese and Arican dia.

After World War III, the Arican president stopped leaving the country, so the overseas trips of the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense symbolised the USNAs diplomacy at the highest level . Moreover, Liam Spencer was a well-known politician who had even been called the strongest presidential candidate in the next election.

Furthermore, this visit from Secretary of Defense Spencer was made without prior notice to Japan. There was no body from the political world, business community, or the dia industry who couldnt see the great significance of this visit .

Therefore, the loss of interest in Tatsuya was a natural course of events.

Lina.

Tatsuya looked at Lina and smirked faintly.

W-what?

Linas face twitched slightly out of an ominous premonition.

Here is written:

In proof that the intention of cooperation is not a lie, Lieutenant Colonel Angelina Shields is indefinitely lent to you as an ally for free.

What did you say!?

Lina shouted that, and then froze.

Amazing. Lina got promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, didnt she?

Hey, hang on !

But she quickly regained her senses and began to object with a panicking face.

Ive quit the Stars! Theyve got my resignation notice!