Mahouka: The Yotsuba Prince (OC x Mayumi)

Part 36

Chapter 36

SHIBA MIYUKI

The world was in turmoil as Japan reeled from the massive attacks on its sovereignty by the GAA. The two pronged attack on two of Japan's iconic cities of Tokyo and Yokohama had shaken the world, and yet even more surprising had been Japan's response to this aggression.

Officially Japan had two strategic class mages, the Empress of the Night Maya Yotsuba and the mage known as Maheshwara, the one responsible for the Scorched Halloween incident from half a decade ago, her brother. Even though Japan had never official admitted to the existence of a mage by that alias.

But now Japan had just unveiled their third and probably their most dangerous weapon to the world. Inei Yotsuba was now being claimed forth as Japan's third Strategic class magician, and the whole world was simply in awe of his prowess.

Of the two cities attacked by GAA, the attack in Tokyo had been repelled by the combined might of JSDF and TMC, while for Yokohama the attack had been rebelled by a single magician. One magician, and the retaliation had been so swift, so absolute and targeted that only three days after the attack life in Yokohama had gotten back to normal.

And even now week later the news cycle all over the world was dominated by visuals from Yokohama, of a singular magician repelling an entire army.

"They are thinking of giving him a new classification," a voice interrupted her from behind, startling her as Shiba Miyuki turned back and found a bald man standing behind her, looking at the screen of her tablet.

The man was Japan's hidden weapon, a shinobi, a master of ancient magics and ninjutsu and her brother's teacher, Yakumo Kokonoe.

"Yes, the proposed name is calamity class," she added, and the name was being floated by the American press whose reaction to Inei's appearance had been heated and extreme.

"Yes, an interesting classification, but an apt one, don't you think Miyuki-chan," he asked with a smile as he sat down beside her.

"Perhaps, but they are simply trying to isolate him further. And then there is this argument of his response being over the top, and that Japan should have tempered their response," she added as she shut down the tablet, and the man shrugged.

"It is no wonder that they are saying this. The USNA now feels threatened, for years now they have been lagging behind Japan in terms of producing elite magicians and now Japan has their third strategic class magician," and she understood that.

"We have gone from being subservient allies to a credible threat to the USNA hegemony, and they are not happy about it," he added with a smile.

It was because of this threat that she found herself here in this old dojo atop the mountain, because apart from the existential threat from the USNA, there was another threat that loomed for her family much closer to home.

For the past few weeks a cold civil war was being fought in Japan's magical world as the two main powerhouses of the Ten Master Clan Council went against one another trying to gain the upper hand before the fateful meeting set to take place in a few days.

The common people remained oblivious to the tension that was brewing in the shadows, but every magician worth anything knew that the landscape of Japan's Magical Society was set to change drastically.

"Why are you providing us protection?" she asked. Soon after the Yokohama attacks as soon as they had returned to their city, the bald monk had come to their home and had invited the four of them, including herself, her brother, Inei-san, and Mayumi-san to the dojo and had offered it as sanctuary.