True Magician

Chapter 5

Kuoh Academy. Student Council Room.

- "H-how is that possible!" Sona shrieked loudly that even her glasses skewed. And the rest of the Student Council looked on in disbelief.

- "What do you mean, Sona-san?" I asked, blinking my innocent eyes.

- "How could I lose!"

I don't know... Maybe because you were basically playing with your ancestor? Of course, I won't mention that minor factor. Uh-huh. Speaking of which.

- "Her mental faculties are pretty good," said the Sitri demon in my head, "But she relies on them too much. If the demons of today are using chess to teach the younger generation how to think strategically and tactically, it's a failed plan. Nothing can teach this better than a real battlefield. Or at least the Ranked Game you mentioned, Romani."

- "Well, that's unlikely," I answered him, "It's more likely that chess is popular among them because their Evil Pieces are based on the same chess. So don't get your hopes up so high."

- "Romani-sensei, are you alright?" Tsubaki asked me, apparently replacing the fact that I'd gone off on my own.

- "Yeah, yeah, just thinking about something," I replied and turned to Sona, "So. You're not going to recant, are you, Sona-san?"

- "No," she replied with a shake of her head.

- "Good. Then I'll take my leave," I said as I left the Student Council room, "If you ever want to play again, I'm at your service."

While I was walking through the corridors of the school to the infirmary, Emiya, who had been in ghost form the whole time, decided to talk to me.

- "You did a very mature thing, Master," Emiya said sarcastically.

- "Of course I did! After all, I am a very mature person!" I replied enthusiastically.

- "Your actions say otherwise. And by the way, where is the Primate Murder?"

- "He's enjoying the attention of the demon schoolgirls. You can forget about him."

- "What? You talk about the Evil of Humanity and you suggest I just forget about him?" Emiya asked, looking at me like an idiot.

- "Oh! Look at the time! I think it's lunch time," I said, looking at my empty wrist, "It's time for me to eat. And for you to tend to your harem, Mr. Bone of my sword."

Emiya didn't reply anything, only dematerialized with a VERY hard twitch of his eyebrow.

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Kuoh Academy. Cafeteria.

The cafeteria was almost completely filled. There were students and some teachers hanging around here and there.

I sat at one of the tables reserved for teachers and sipped my ramen. I was genuinely enjoying the moment of my meal as a certain person decided to interrupt me.

- "Оh? Romani-sensei, it's rare to see you eating in the cafeteria," a bespectacled female student spoke up and sat down at the table.

- "What are you doing at the teachers' table, Aika-san?" I asked, still focused on the ramen.

- "I just thought I'd talk to the Magician, sensei," she replied, propping her chin up and smiling sweetly.

I froze and slowly looked up at her. Demons didn't put up a barrier against mere humans? Impossible. Sona wouldn't make such a grave mistake. Did Aika overhear the conversation at the Occult Research Club? Absolutely not. Sirzechs is very protective of her sister, and so has covered the building with the Rias Club with a large number of closed fields discouraging ordinary people from going there. Then how did she know I was a Magician?