True Magician

Chapter 2

Kuoh Academy. Medical room.

- "Sensei, I have a girlfriend!" Issei burst into the room and yelled, "Why do you have that look on your face?"

What's it saying? My gaze was most definitely not that of a dead fish.

- "And?" I asked him, "Please give me one single reason why I should know that, Issei."

- "I distinctly remember you saying that if I ever got a girlfriend, it would be the last event of my life, don't you, Sensei?"

Dude. You have no idea how right I am.

- "Are you sure this girl isn't a figment of your twisted imagination? I wouldn't be surprised, considering the beatings you and your friends get."

- "No!" he shrieked and pulled out his cell phone, "Here! See? She's real!"

Yeah. The Amano Yuma. Heh. The kid's going to die.

- "I see. Let your cockroaches in your head be yours alone. Now, don't stop me from working," I said and pointed to the door.

- "But you're not even working! Anyway, you will see that all this is real."

With those words, he walked out of the office.

- "Hmm? Merlin, what are you doing at school?" I shifted my gaze from the door to the bunk that was empty a few minutes ago.

- "Master! How could you do this to me! How could you not mention all those jewels hanging around the school!" He shrieked, pointing outside the window.

- "Hehe. If I'm not mistaken, the Lady of the Lake locked you in the tower because you were spying on her. Are you sure you're not a native of this world? I'd believe it in a heartbeat."

- "Oh! I'd be all for it! You v..."

I snapped my fingers and, in the same nanosecond, Fou smashed into Merlin's face.

- "Agh! Cat Palug! Stop hitting me!"

- "Die, Merlin! Fou!"

I watched this spectacle and sipped coffee from my mug. Ah. Stability.

-0-

Kuoh City Park.

Sunday. Evening.

I don't know why, but I still decided to watch that very scene with my own eyes. Me, Emiya and Fou stood in the shade of the trees and watched Cannonmeat and Issei.

- "Master, are we really just going to watch?" Emiya asked doubtfully.

- "What do you mean 'we'? You're the one who followed us, right, Fou?"

- "Fou."

- "That's right, he's trying to escape from his harem! You're so amazing, Professor!"

- "Fou, kyu," Fou sneered, assuming a serious look.

- "Are you saying that his Sword Bone doesn't hold up, honorable Fou? Is that the reason for his current actions?"

- "Shut up both of you! I didn't escape! It was just a tactical retreat!"

- "I mean, you ran away." / "Fou." we said at the same time.

- "Enough! Why can't you focus on more important things?! Why do I have to suffer?!" Emiya cowered in the palm of his hand.

- "Accept it, Emiya. It's all the fault of your luck rank, which, please note, is lower even than Lancer's."

Heh. Now he looks like a puppet with its strings cut off.