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Chapter 3

The sun rose shining rays of light on a bed near the middle of the room covered by curtains. A lump could be seen under the silk sheets trying to avoid the light in a vain attempt to catch a few more winks of sleep. However the knocking on the door ended the idea as Evangeline rose from her sheets. Hair a mess, eyes still heavy, And definitely tired.

"Eva-chan! Its morning! Come on, I was going to teach you how to make breakfast!"

Evangeline groaned as she replied "Just A few more minutes Nekane. The party lasted until two in the morning last night."

"But what about your cooking lessons?" asked Nekane.

"We'll do it later." she replied.

Nekane only gave a huff at Evangeline's stubbornness at refusing to rise. But she had an ace up her sleeve. "Well that's too bad. I was going to have you prepare Negis meal. But if you don't want to I'm sure the neighbor girls well just love to have him over for breakfast! I'm sure Negi would be delighted to go. He's a sucker for homemade cooking. He just can't get enough of it. I'm sure they can get closer to him by just cooking something fancy for him." she ranted.

The very next moment the door was swung open as Evangeline stepped out of her room and headed towards the bath while dragging her towel with an exhausted scowl on her face. Nekane only let out a small chuckle in her victory.
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Inside a long black car a young girl was vigorously applying make up to herself to make sure she looked absolutely perfect. She had beautiful crystal blue eyes and long wavy hair so blonde it almost looked white. Despite being no more than fourteen years old she wore a gray female military suit with her rank of lieutenant stitched on the side. Across from her sat a young man, probably in his late teens, just staring in disbelief of all the make up she was applying. He had orange hair in a wind swept style. He also wore a military suit with the same rank on his shoulder.

"Jesus, how can ya stand havin that crud on your face." he asked.

"Shut up Eric. I'm trying to make myself look decent before we arrive at the general's house." she replied with a scowl.

"Why, we're only there to discus some events. Its not like its anything important."

"You may not care on how you appear to Negi, but I on the other hand want to look nice for him. Oh how I wish I could have worn something nice instead of these ugly old things."

"Ya do no its only business right? Its not like a date or anything like that."

"Yes I know Eric! Just shut up will you."

"No need to get angry Lizzy."

"How many times do I need to tell you not to call me that? Address me properly or I swear I'll-"

"Sure, sure miss Kacuv." interrupted Eric. "The last thing I want is to be on yer bad side."

"That's what I thought." Said Lizaveta with a huff and then brought her attention back to her pocket mirror.
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Meanwhile, Negi was finishing getting dress for the day. A brown shirt with a white long sleeve under shirt and pants. He headed down stairs until the small scent of breakfast caught his attention. But then he caught the scent of burning as well. He rushed towards the kitchen to find Nekane spraying the stove top with a fire extinguishers and Eva... holding a mallet?

"Um~? What happened?" He asked.

"Oh nothing. Just preparing some breakfast is all." replied Nekane.

"I see…" He was about to ask what the mallet was for when the doorbell rang to announce that company had arrived.

"Negi, would you mind getting that?" she asked. He nodded and left to answer the door. Ounce he was out of ear shot she turned her attention back to the mess on the stove. "Is it dead?"

"I… think so." said Eva. But just to make sure, she gave the twitching slop one last good whack.

"Maybe we should just make some bacon and eggs. Its much more simple to make." Evangeline only nodded, still holding the mallet at the ready incase the slop decided to live again.
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At the front door Negi was greeted by both his lieutenants.

"Good morning sir." Said Liza while bowing to him.

"Mornin sir. Good to see ya up even though you were up late." Said Eric as he simply gave a playful salute.

"Its good to see the two of you. Please, come in. Breakfast is being made right now so it may take a while." said Negi as he led them to the living room. "So, what is it that made you come and visit?"

"There'll be time to talk about that later sir." said Eric as He and Liza took there seats on a long floral coach. Negi sat across from them on his coach chair with a glass coffee table between them. "Besides, I rather not talk about politics on an empty stomach."

"Can't you think of anything else besides food." complained Liza. "Please pardon the rudeness sir. If you wish I can explain the meaning of our visit if you want."

"Its fine." said Negi. "Why don't I get us some tea before we discuss it?"

"Did someone say tea?" said Nekane as she entered the room with a tray topped with three small cups of tea. Eric had immediately sat up right with a slight pink hue on his face.

"G-Good morning miss Springfield." stuttered Eric.

"Oh please, Eric. Call me Nekane." she said while handing out the cups to everyone. "It's nice to have the two of you over for a visit."

"You're to kind Nekane. Thank you for the tea." said Liza as she took a sip.

"Y-ya. Your tea's the best I've ever tasted." Said Eric.

"Oh you two are making me blush." Said Nekane. "By the way, breakfast is done if you two wish to join us."

"Of course!" Blurted out Eric. "I-I mean if it's OK with ya." he said in a softer voice.

"Then please follow me to the dinning room." As they got up to follow. Liza moved in closer to Eric to whisper in his ear.

"Very smooth Romeo." she whispered. "You couldn't have embarrassed yourself any more than that."

"Bite me." Oh how Eric hated that snobbish grin of hers.

They entered the Dining room where Evangeline was finishing placing all the trays of food on the table. "Very well done Eva-chan." Complemented Nekane. "Now everyone please have a seat."

Eva and Negi sat next to each other on the left side of the table, Much to Lizavetas dismay. Liza and Eric sat across from them while Nekane sat at the head chair.

"Well, if I may sir. I'd like to discuss a certain matter with you. It's of the utmost importance?" said Liza.

However Negi did not catch a word of the question as he was much to busy enjoying the food. "These eggs are delicious."

"You think so? Eva really put her heart into making these for you." said Nekane

"It's not like its anything special." stated Eva with a slight blush.

"No way, this is really good Eva." said Negi as he continued to enjoy his meal.

"Its not bad." started Lizaveta. "But it is awfully plain don't you think" At that comment a vain appeared on Evangeline's head. "Bacon and eggs just seems a little too simple for my taste." And another vain appeared. "Its like something a person with no experience in cooking would make." Eva was now grinding her teeth in order to keep her anger in check.

"Well if you don't like it, then don't eat it." she barely replied in a calm voice

Sensing the ticking time bomb that was Evangeline's fury, Nekane quickly tried to defuse it by changing the subject. "So what was it that you two came all this way to discuss?"

Also sensing the danger Eric quickly answered her. "There's a murder case being discussed right now by the MWC."

"A murder case?" asked Negi. "Why would the Council be interested in a simple murder case?"

"The victim was a Magical World representative with his family visiting some sites in Paris, France on July sixteenth." said Eric. "They were in there hotel room when a C4 was detonated. The whole room was blown out of existence. No one was left."

"That's horrible." said Negi appalled by the hanus act.

"Who would do such an awful thing?" asked Nekane.

Liza cleared her throat as she decided to answer this part. "Around two PM, while the family was off enjoying the sites, a visitor came by asking for there room number. They believe he broke in and placed the C4 under the bed." she paused for a moment to let the news sink in. "The suspect is a high ranking military police officer who was openly discriminative to magic citizens. The worker in the front lobby said that he came to drop off a package for the representative. Since then, there have been multiple violent incidents occurring across other nations. Many of them with the similar reason." No one said a word. The news of the violence was just too much mind throbbing.

"Sounds like a classic case of Bigotry to me." said Eva breaking the silence.

"What do you mean by that Eva." asked Negi

"This is nothing new. When humans come into contact with something different, or something they cant explain, they usually see it as a threat. Its happen through out human history countless times. Just take the witch trials in the late sixteen-hundreds as an example."

"Well hopefully this wont become anything big." said Eric as he started standing up along with Liza. "Thank ya for having us over, but we need to get back to HQ. A huge stack of paper work is just piling up on my desk so we best be getting back before it tumbles over. I'll see ya later Negs."

"I hope we can share another meal together soon sir. Preferably alone." she muttered the last part at the end as she followed Eric to the black military limo.

"I'll see the two of you later. So long." said Negi as he waved them goodbye as they drove off.
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While washing the dishes Nekane decided to ask Eva about her opinion on the news they just received. "You don't think anything bad is going to happen do you?"

"After living for so long I can only say one thing."

"What is it Eva-chan?"

"History repeats itself... There will be bloodshed. Let's just hope its not any time soon."