Irregular at Magic High School: The Black Dragon

Chapter 9: Nine Schools Competition II

A/N: I'm going to consistently name Kurisu and Jonasan no matter whether they are appearing as students or crime lords, it was getting confusing for me to track.

7-17-2095

Cosmos Household: Jonasan's Prototyping Lab

Midday

Jonasan had his head in his hands. His dual monitors showing his prototype spell, the other, the news articles for the day. The door to his lab opened with a soft whoosh and a woman stepped in.

The woman was breathtakingly beautiful. She stood at about 5'7'' with wavy cobalt hair that extended to her upper back. She had golden eyes and a rather curvy figure. She was wearing a royal blue, off-the-shoulder, cocktail dress, blue heels, and a pair of onyx earrings. This was Time, Goddess of Time, and one of Jonasan's mothers.

"What's wrong Jonasan? I could sense your depression from the moment I entered the manor."

Jonasan pushed his chair to the side and gestured to the screen with the news on it. It was hard to miss the headline.

FLT ANNOUNCES BREAKTHROUGH IN SUSTAINED GRAVITY TYPE MAGIC!

"Oh dear." Time said with a frown.

"Two years. Two years, you and I had worked on that sequence. Two years of R&D... all for nothing." Jonasan lamented.

"Is it though?" Time said, putting a comforting hand on her child's shoulder. "I'm not that familiar with mortal laws, but can't you release yours as a variant of FLT's?"

Jonasan shook his head. "They've patented the Activation Sequence. Even if I could make it castable by humans right now, which I still haven't figured out how they did, the patent keeps me from releasing my version for the next 100 years."

"Hmm." Time said as she read through the article. "Not that I would ever recommend this but..." She slightly smirked. "Since FLT has a completed working version, could the two of you not go and 'borrow' the sequence and see how they did it? That way, even if you can't release yours, you will have a superior version to the one that's been released to the market."

Jonasan raised his head to look at Time. "I never thought I would hear the day you would suggest that mother."

Time smiled. "I don't want to see all our hard work go to waste. Plus..." her smile melted into an expression of annoyance. "I won't let a mortal out do one of my children."

This made Jonasan smile, it wasn't often that she got overprotective like this.

"I'll work with Kurisu to try and retrieve the sequence tonight." Jonasan said.

"Let me know once you have retrieved the sequence and I will help you go over it." Time said before giving Jonasan a hug and leaving.

Jonasan sent a message to Kurisu to be prepared for a raid that night. As he sent off the message, Jonasan suddenly got a great idea. It wasn't something that had been attempted before but, as far as he was aware, there were no rules against it. It would be a good way to get back at Tatsuya for beating him to the Activation Sequence.

...

As Kurisu and Jonasan went to school the next day, word about another incident was spreading fast.

"Are you serious? A Course 2 student?"

"Are you fucking kidding me? They selected a Weed?"

"What are they playing at?"

A variety of glares were sent down the hallway toward Tatsuya where he was parting with Miyuki. Jonasan and Kurisu walked up from behind Miyuki before flanking her and continuing on to class.