"You want to eat udon too? Is that why you following me?"
"Hmm, perhaps."
Ashika want to ignore him but wondering why the hell he of all people following her. What does he want? Does he finally discovered about her disguise as pureblood? It make her feel anxious and want to escape from him as fast as possible.
Ashika always careful in her act, posture, and appearances. Nothing can expose that she's actually just poor muggleborn. Not even Damien Parkinson, the closest person to her, seems noticed about her background. The Slytherins didn't bother her, they're just ignore her, that's why her school life just seems pretty normal so far, other than snubbed or bullied by Evan Rosier and his gang; not that they're success, it was only that time they got her, they are also her victims to practice her curses anyway; or glaring muggleborns.
So it was not normal when Rabastan Lestrange decided to following her.
It was like any other weekend, her mentoring schedule with her group. It was pretty normal like studying group. Lestrange actually just like a normal senior who taught them many things about school academic. Not like Damien's mentor, the fool and sadistic Theron Avery; or the other girls mentor who taught them about flirting and make up, Selina Yaxley. The other mentor is Cadmus Selwyn who took Snape, Mulciber, Wilkes under his wings, Ashika don't know much about him, but he seems like any normal Slytherin student.
Anyway, Rabastan Lestrange actually never talk to her outside their mentoring schedule, but today after the mentoring, Lestrange asked her what does she planning to do and he decided to following her.
Yes. Not normal.
"Do you know why the muggleborns always glaring at you?" Lestrange asked after long silence.
Ashika raised her eyebrow. She knew Lestrange is bloodpurist, it is not secret among Slytherins about his dislike towards muggleborns. But why does he called Muggleborns? Not mudbloods? Suspicious.
"It's obvious," Ashika answered shortly, not explaining more.
"Why?"
Ashika almost stopping her step for a moment. "You don't know?"
"No."
Lie.
He's lying, she know it, it was so obvious. Why does he lie? Is this sort of test?
"I'm Slytherin," Ashika answered carefully.
Lestrange just raised eyebrow.
Ashika is not done yet. "Also I'm half Japanese, they dislike my Japanese origin because they dislike Japan as whole. It's related to their muggle war, with Japan allies themselves with Germany. Probably their families are casualties of the war."
"But it's not related to you," Lestrange said casually.
Oh. He want to confirm her that she's truly from Japanese magical family or not.
Of course, the Japanese magical not involved in the muggle war.
"Yes it's not related to me." Ashika agree. "Japanese magical never involved themselves with muggle war. It's against the code."
"The code?"
"Japan Magical's code, madoushi-dō, It is a social code of ethics adopted by the Japanese wizarding society," Ashika explains, still maintained her perfect posture. Not giving Lestrange any holes about her supposed pureblood background.
Lestrange hummed but he doesn't seems satisfied.
What does he want?
Ashika eyed him, notice his boredom posture, his expression is his usual default serene face.
Oh.
"It's no wonder the mudblood know nothing about that," Ashika sneered, not trying to smirk when she notice Lestrange sudden changed posture, his body almost leaning toward her now.
Ashika continue casually. Still sneering. "They are assuming Japanese magical involved in their muggle war like Grindelwald. They thought our magical culture is same as the other countries culture or worse assuming same as the muggle culture. It is unbecoming and disgrace to our culture, they need educated themselves first before can judged us. Dear Izanagi, even they need educated themselves first before they came to the magical world."
Ashika can feel Lestrange's rapid attention to her speech. She eyed him again, he still says nothing but his face is not his usual serene anymore. He seems thoughtful, wondering her words deeply.
"Your point of view is interesting," he says, smirking as he judging her perfect ladylike posture. "Yes. Interesting. Not in good way but also not in bad way."
Ashika wondering what does he mean by not in good way but also not in bad way. But decide to not ask it. She still doesn't know about the bloodpurist agenda clearly.
"So you done with your assessment towards me as interesting Lestrange?" Ashika asked flatly. Then grinning when he let out an amused chuckle.
"Okay okay, I'm done assessing you for today. But I'm not done yet. I will let you know that," he says. As blunt as ever. "I think if my subject know about what comes to them and prepare it, it makes more interesting."
He walking in front of her then stopped and smiled creepily at her. Ashika paused her step too, and raised her eyebrow, not bothering slightly with that smile, she always saw that smile almost everyday among the Slytherins students who just being Slytherin.
"What if I don't meet your expectations?" Ashika asked curiously.
Still smiling creepily to her, he answered. "See what I will done to you."
He walked away and waved his hand at her without looking back. "I will try the udon next time Reizei."
Ashika blinked at that then shrugging, surely Lestrange actually don't want to eat Japanese food right?
Author's note :
Japan Wizard's code is canon, if you interest in it you can check it on Harry Potter Wiki. But I make the name of it, madoushi-dō (魔導士道) meaning 'magical way'. The name inspiration is from bushidō (武士道) meaning 'warrior way', it is Japan's samurai moral code.
Yes, I take it from HP Wiki, but I will not use the code same meaning as in the HP Wiki. I'm planning something about it and the rest Japanese magical culture! :)