February 10th, 2097 (Sunday)
I'm currently writing this diary entry in Tokyo. I'm not at a hotel, but at
the secondary residence of the Ichijou Family.
Dad had this house built for the pointless reason that a member of the
Ten Master Clans needed to have a house in Tokyo. I was only a child
back then, but I remember thinking that it was a waste, and indeed, it
turned out to be. Although we owned it, it was almost never used.
Besides, it was not hard to travel to Tokyo and be back in a single day
these days, and there was rarely any work that would require staying
overnight in Tokyo.
Ever since the invasion at Sado five years ago, Dad rarely went any long
distance away from home. Mom and Dad were never absent from the
house at the same time anymore. If Dad were to travel to Tokyo alone, a
hotel is far more convenient. If he goes through the Magic Association, I
think the security measures would be better that way as well.
That's why I once suggested that it might be better to sell the house in
Tokyo. He replied saying that, "Even if we sold the house, there are a lot
of items that needed to be removed from the premises and disposed of,
that's too much work". Geez, not thinking before you act is the reason
you struggle so much afterwards.
But one cannot always predict the future. I never thought that I would
end up staying in the house in Tokyo for some time.
I don't feel uncomfortable about having to live in Tokyo though.
This might be inappropriate considering my reason for being here, but
I'm a little excited.
The reason why I'm going to be living alone for some time is because I
was given a mission from the Ten Master Clans, as the eldest son of the
Ichijou Family.
That mission is to capture the leader behind the cowardly terrorist attack.
The terror incident that was carried out on the first of this month, at the
hotel in Hakone during the Master Clans Conference. Because of that
incident, there were 22 casualties and 34 injured people. A heinous
crime that lead to many innocent people being involved in an attack on
the Ten Master Clans. I will never forgive the culprit. Even if I hadn't
been ordered, I wouldn't have been able to overlook this. In fact, I'm
thankful that I was given the mission to find the mastermind behind the
crime, and I am honored that I was chosen for the task by the Master
Clans Conference. I will focus my efforts and see this mission through.
I was given the mission on the same day the attack was carried out, but
now that it has started, I can feel myself getting tense.
It is undisciplined to think of such things before such an important
