Happy new year! This chapter took a year to work on

I wrote in chapter 5 that Miyu became Person of the Year 2217 for Chronos Magazine, but that edition supposed to come out in December. The sixth chapter happened around April 2217, and this chapter happened around May 2217. Kiritsugu was launched in February. Sorry if it's confusing.

I wanted to show what kind of public face Illya/ Miyu showed. And in these chapters, you will see the secrets.

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The Melancholy of Illyasviel von Einzbern

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The giant who once protected her disappeared. The battle has already ended.

Wind blows through the clearing as if signaling that the conflict has ended.

The figure is all that's left in my vision.

…

It's not the power of heroic spirit's arm.

Using his own power, the boy fought against his death and won.

I keep staring at his back. He has released the shroud and defeated the giant. His figure looks heroic and powerful. There's no doubt left in him now.

He cast away all agonies when he released the cloth and used projection.

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I keep watching him, filled with sorrow.

It's a foolish and sacred end with no return.

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Ataraxia

Sakatsuki Family was an abnormality.

There was no record of conflict. There was no dispute over succession or inheritance. There was no failed marriage or cheating affair. The concubines (in the past) got along well with the main wife, and the step-siblings relations were good.

With the passing of time, the number of branch families increased. The family members grew in number. But never once the branch families create any trouble. They were all just living harmoniously.

Or it could be said that they were very fortunate. The external party, for example, families with marriage ties with them, never cause any problem. For example, the heiress and the sole living member of that family married into the Sakatsuki Family. For example, the wife's family were all killed in the chaos of war. For example, the wife's family all died out because one thing or another.

Even in modern times, the men of Sakatsuki prefer to marry out of love, so they didn't often marry women from distinguished families. More often, the women came from small ordinary families.

Recently though (around 200 years or so), the family came under spotlight, and it's not easy to maintain this condition. Many prominent families wanted to have a relation with The Sakatsuki.

However, The Sakatsuki had a reason to keep its member quantity small. They were worried about the purity of their bloodline. Because the ability to wield 'Power' was inherited by genetics, there was a concern that marrying with outsiders too much could weaken their bloodline.

Still, science proved that too much inbreeding would result in genetic disease. Even when they brought in outsiders, nth degree nth removed distant cousins were encouraged to form relationships.

The fact that the bloodline remained strong was attributed by some to their method of picking a spouse. Maybe, the partner they chose actually had the right gene. Who knew about hidden genetic trait of magician?

It was a good family. Everyone was kind to each other. Even when Illya brought her invention and ideas, they helped her with smile. Even when the new project earned a lot of money, nobody tried to grab it out of greed. They just treated it like another family business. A group project, a communal property, and everyone was in the team.

It was too good to be true.

Among billions of people in the world, one Emiya Shirou, who was selfless to the core , was a rarity.

That's why Illya knew that this world wasn't real.

The first clue came from the family name. Sakatsuki (Reverse Moon). It was the name of the black moon hanging above the corrupted Holy Grail.

It had the same pronunciation as Ten no Sakazuki (Holy Grail/ Grail of Heaven).

What coincidence was that? Either the goddess played a distasteful joke on her, or the corrupted Holy Grail showed her an illusion. This could be a virtual world, and she could wake up anytime and found out that she was still inside the Great Cavern of Fuyuki.

Ever since then, Illya didn't really feel like the world was real. Finding out that there were people with strangely matching name and quirk strengthen her doubt.

Even so….

Even then…

She prayed that the dream didn't end.

'Please let me see this nice dream for a little longer.'

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Her (and only her) Circumstances

"I like you! Please go out with me!"

In the middle of the school courtyard, between the middle school building and the front gate, a skeleton dressed in Suiran Middle School male uniform bowed to a girl, also wearing Suiran Middle School female uniform.

"Uwaah. Today the challenger is Honda Yuta." A girl in the surrounding gallery said.

This was a usual event happening almost every morning in Suiran Middle School. This was the public confession of the boys to the most desired girl in school, Sakatsuki Miyu.

Ever since The Sakatsuki Family made waves by creating synthesized gasoline, many other wealthy families desired to make connection with them. Not that they didn't try before, but they had certainly become more aggressive. And what was the best way other than marriage? Coincidentally, the head of the family had a young daughter, beautiful and smart, a perfect candidate for a bride.

Sakatsuki Family received marriage proposals, courtship letters, and so on. They were all ignored.

Seeing that the traditional method didn't work, those families chose a more direct approach. The sons of these wealthy families were told to approach her. After all, the members of Sakatsuki Family mostly married their sweethearts. They were famous in that aspect.

When Sakatsuki Miyu entered Middle School, the competition for her affection began. On the first day she enrolled, Sakatsuki Miyu was surrounded by boys trying to talk to her. Her desk drawer was filled with love letters. Her shoe locker was full of overflowing love letters, many of them asking for private meeting to confess.

Several boys had enrolled in Suiran just to approach her.

She ignored them all.

And more, she declared that it's forbidden from now on to put letters in her drawer or her shoe locker. She also refused all private meeting in secluded place. The reason? "What if someone has evil intention? A small bomb can be inserted in an envelope. And someone can force me this weak me in secluded place. I feel insecure being alone with a boy who have strong quirk." She said with fearful expression.

The school supported her, saying 'Miyu is quirkless', and the school guards periodically inspected and cleaned her drawer and shoe locker.

So, what should the boys do to court her?

Well, she was busy after school, and she wanted to spend time with her friends during the break. Thus, Sakatsuki Miyu declared, "You can confess to me in the morning before class start. The place is... Let's do it at the front courtyard."

Confessing in front of the whole school needed a strong heart. Many boys gave up, but there were still many who tried. They lined up at the courtyard and confessed.

At first there were many boys who confessed. The numbers gradually dropped down after Miyu rejected them all. But then, the news about Sakatsuki Family fresh exploits came out, and then the number of boys increased again. There were also boys from high school division joining the line.

And there were a lot of boys who repeated the confession, not giving up even after being rejected numerous times. Understandable, since they were acting in accord to their family's instruction. Every time Sakatsuki Family made another news, the number of confessing boys swelled up again, and then gradually decreasing in the course of several weeks. This created an odd cycle of confessing boys, at one time many and another time just a few.

And ever since it was revealed that Sakatsuki Miyu was the brain behind the technological innovation of Sakatsuki Family, there was no more morning without public confession. The event had already become a daily entertainment for Suiran students, and even the primary students had visited to watch.

Today, only one boy stood at the center of the front courtyard, waiting for the Sakatsuki heiress. As soon as she stepped within ten meters distance, the boy shouted his confession. His voice trembled, his body posture was rigid, and he had balled his bony fists, showing to the audience that he was extremely nervous.

"My name is Honda Yuta, my family owned medicine factory and several other businesses related to medical science. My quirk is Invisible Flesh." The skeleton dressed in school uniform said. "Please go out with me!"

His quirk made all of his body, except the bones, invisible. That made him looked like a living, talking skeleton undead. So, other than his immaculate uniform and average body shape, his appearance was unknown.

"Aaah. You're that half-assed invisibility. I remember you. I thought about calling exorcist the first time I saw you." Sakatsuki Miyu said. She was a girl in her teens, her long black hair was tied up in pigtail, and she was still carrying her school bag. She wore a trendy black-rimmed glasses. She was always accosted in her trip from the front entrance to the school building, so she always carried her school bag when receiving confession.

"Eeeh? You... you remember me?" The skeleton boy looked happy because of a small trivia. Even though the girl remembered him for a bad reason.

"Hmm. I will ask you a question before I respond. If I like your answer, I might consider accepting your confession." Miyu said.

The surrounding peanut gallery buzzed with whispers. Here it came! The famous Sakatsuki Miyu's Fantastical Question!

Before she responded to the confessions, Miyu always asked a question to the boys. The questions changed daily, and sometimes it was repeated. She never liked their answers though, so she rejected all of the boys.

The questions had been compiled to a book, now in its seventh edition. The title was "Sakatsuki Miyu's Fantastical Questions and How not to Answer Them." Of course, it was not published officially.

Example of the questions: "If you obtain Aladdin magic lamp and you can have one wish granted, what will it be?"

"If you have to sacrifice a girl you love to save the world, what will you do?"

"If you unwillingly enter a battle royale between eight quirk users, what will you do?"

"A female hero is protecting you from a stronger villain. She will be defeated in three more moves. What will you do?"

"A female child, 11 years old, that you recently acquainted with is targeted by a group of villains, and you happened to be nearby. What will you do?"

"A female child, 11 years old, recently tried to kill you. Will you shelter her in your house?"

"Your lover has a quirk that will bring calamity to the entire world, and she lost control of it. The world will end in ten minutes. You have two choices. Either you kill her or you join her. Your choice?"

People commented that the questions were some kind of personality test. It would be easy to search for the right answer, and many boys had studied the questions and formulated their answer beforehand. However, a mysterious phenomenon happened to the boys. They always ended up declaring their honest thought, no matter how shameful or cowardly it was.

Or worse, several boys were unable to answer, saying nothing at all. It's as if their heart had frozen and unable to choose their answer.

Now, Miyu said her question for today. "Assume you're alone with no backup in wilderness. Behind you is an 11-year-old girl you're recently acquainted with because she tried to kill you once with your quirk. In front of you is a brainwashed All Might in full power, crazy and rampaging blindly, slaughtering everyone he meets on the road. He will kill the girl and you in fifteen seconds. You can run away leaving the girl as a bait to buy time. Or you can drink a self-destructing enhancement drug and fight All Might, no guarantee that you will win, and even if you win you will die in three days, but the girl will be saved."

Sakatsuki Miyu looked at the skeleton boy in his skull eyeholes and said. "Answer honestly. What will you do?"

The boy had prepared his heart. Even though this was a new question, one not heard before, the way to answer it was simple. There was a certain pattern to these questions. Just choose the most heroic option.

But at that moment, as if hallucinating, a scene appeared in his mind. He was in a dark forest. The foliage blocked the sunlight, and the ground was colored black. A rumbled footstep was heard, each one bringing terror to his mind.

And then, appearing from behind the trees in front of him, was a corrupted All Might. His bulged muscle was now painted black, as black as the oil tar. His previously always smiling face was now contorted in ugly scowl, his eyes glaring wildly like a mad beast.

The insane All Might howled loudly, locking his eyes to the skeleton boy. The boy in turn shrieked, his entire being filled with indescribable terror.

He needed to run. He needed to escape from here.

"Will you fight, or will you escape leaving a girl behind?"

A voice sounded in his mind. But Yuta the skeleton boy didn't question about the unnatural voice. All he wanted to do was to escape from the terror. A girl? He didn't know the girl so why should he save her? A drug to enhance his fighting ability? Don't joke about it, there's no way he can win against this monster!

"I escape! I will escape!" Honda Yuta said in clear, loud voice.

The moment he said that, the cloud in his mind cleared up. The hallucination in his mind evaporated, and nothing remained in his memory except a tiny impression of dread.

By the time his consciousness fully returned, Yuta realized that he had answered the question spontaneously, showing a cowardly side that he himself didn't know. He tried to correct his mistake, "Wait.. I was... no..." But all he could utter was broken string of words.

"You will escape, huh." Miyu said with forlorn expression. "Of course you will. Only fools will save the girl and fight that berserker." She said, and this time her expression was full of longing to something that wasn't here.

Miyu finished reminiscing about unknown past and then she stared back at the skeleton boy. "I don't like your answer. About your confession, I humbly refuse. Good day."

Without waiting for his response, Sakatsuki Miyu regally walked past him to the building front entrance.

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Medea is One of the Best Caster

At the lunch break.

I had lunch together with three other girls. Today, the schedule was for me to eat together with my equal rank friends.

My social circle in school could be categorized roughly like this: equal rank friends, inner circle followers, outer circle followers, lackeys, fans, equal rank acquaintances, lower rank acquaintances, and the general mobs.

Equal rank meant that their family stood at the same level as The Sakatsuki, in assets or in some other way. It's hard to compete with The Sakatsuki in assets, so you could compensate with lineage or position or influence.

Friends meant friends. It was a relationship where we accompany each other and have fun, without trying to exploit the other.

I had an understanding of the word, and I had seen Shirou interacted with other people, but this was the first time I experienced it myself.

Followers were different than friends. The two were almost the same, but followers didn't see themselves as equal to me. And there was an implicit understanding that they would get benefits from following me, so I couldn't see it as the same as just friends. Usually their families ranked below mine.

Her friends and followers understood that Miyu wanted to divide her time between them. There was a day when she had lunch with her friends, a day when she had lunch with her followers, a day with a mix of them, a day with other classmates, and so on. Because everyone wanted a piece of her.

Anyway, she was having a peaceful conversation when the topic suddenly switched into pajama party. They talked about having another sleepover. Miyu had participated before, visiting several friends' houses.

"How about doing it in Miyu's house this time?" Daidouji Tomoyo said. She was the heiress of the Daidouji Corp, mainly selling toys and electronics.

"That's a great idea!" Domyoji Tsukushi said. This was the daughter of Domyoji Zaibatsu.

My third friend didn't say anything, she only nodded to show that she was in agreement. Oono Akira, the heiress of Oono Zaibatsu. She didn't talk much, and it's hard to understand what she wanted sometimes. But her room was filled with retro game consoles. It's fun to play games with her.'

But well…. Sleepover huh?

Miyu was troubled.

It's not like she didn't want to invite her friends to her house and have a sleepover. It was just that… the troublesome things that she couldn't explain.

Her house was protected by a very strong bounded field. Only the front entrance and guest parlor could be safely entered by strangers.

All the mansion residents were registered to the bounded field. There was a troublesome procedure such as drawing of blood, how could she ask her friends that she needed their blood three days in advance?

Seeing that Miyu didn't answer, Tomoyo tried to persuade her. "Oh come on, you already visited all our houses. Isn't it time for us to see your room? Do you have something embarrassing in there?"

Not really. A magus bedroom was part of her public face, and nothing too incriminating could be found there. But after years of receiving villain attack, she became a little paranoid, and she had modified her room to be full of traps. It was set not to activate on her maids or family, but on unregistered person.

Help! If she posted her question in Enquora, could she get solution? 'I have booby-trapped my room, and now my friends want to visit it, how can I persuade them not to come?'

"When you came to play in my house before, you said that your garden is approximately as big as mine, but more beautiful." Tsukushi said. "I want to see it."

Miyu smiled stiffly.

Of course, her garden was beautiful. However, there's more than just beautiful. It's also dangerous.

Those stone statues in the garden. They can move, you know? When you were careless, the stone knight could hack you from behind with a stone sword.

Mixed with normal plants were Carnivorous Plants. They eat humans, you know? They normally ate food waste from the kitchen though.

And the stone pillars and monuments, they were actually Sentinels for magic barrier. When it detected an outsider, it try to kill him. If you're not an Assassin Class Servant who could dance around the detection signal, you should leave.

Hidden below the ground were Dragon Tooth Warriors and Killer Dolls. They only came out when intruder with evil intent managed to get in to inner area. And they only programmed to do one thing: kill.

Miyu really didn't want to bring her friends to her house.

Maybe because they read the expression on Miyu's face, her friends didn't force her. "You really have something embarrassing in your room, huh?" was what Tomoyo said. They decided to do it on Akira's house.

And then they gossiped about trivial things. Such as, the young lady from Sanzenin family picked up a debt from a commoner and made him a butler. Or their senpai, Hadou Nejire, managed to enter U.A. Highschool. And they also teased Miyu about the confession she received every morning.

Another peaceful day at school passed like that.

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The Day of Sagittarius X

I was called to my father's study.

It was late at night after dinner. What did he want to discuss? He didn't mention anything at dinner.

While on the way there, I tried to think about things he might found out. I only made my private assistants and bodyguards sealed their mouth on sensitive secrets such as my Install or my private army. They still reported things that I considered less important to my father.

I tapped my glasses and speak "Call Yuki", activating the communication feature. "Yuki. Has any of you reported something that make my father call me?"

I have perfect vision. These glasses didn't have function to correct my sight. It was a mini-computer, the glasses were optical head-mounted display, and the temples near the ear were earphones. There was also a hidden mini camera. It was disguised as normal glasses.

"We only submit regular report." Yuki replied.

"Hm. Record this meeting." I said to Yuki. It's easier to order Yuki to do it rather than manually command the glasses.

Nagato Yuki was one of my private assistants. Her quirk was 'Wireless'. She could connect to nearby computer and operated it, as long as the computer was turned on.

It was an ordinary ability if she was born two and half century ago.

In this age where computers were connected in various ways through internet, Bluetooth, wireless signals, etc etc, her power was terrifying. She could connect and control countless computers, processing massive amount of data. She said that it was as if the computers had become her secondary brain.

She was involved in hacking incident and it was a big deal at the time. It was a history from her juvenile days though.

Currently we employed her to control our servers and network. You know that fully functional secretary AI in science fiction that could handle everything related to computer and internet? It felt almost like that.

Almost. As a human, Yuki needed to rest, eat, and sleep.

Ah, I arrived at my father's room.

I knocked, and his voice was heard from inside, telling me to enter.

"Evening, Father." I greeted.

"Miyu. Sit down." My father gestured to the chair in front of the big desk.

My father's Study didn't change from that time of fateful discussion three years ago. Still decorated with Japanese style paintings and others, but influenced by western culture in design.

"How is school?" My father asked.

Starting with a small talk first? I stared at my father's face. His face was still handsome, despite his age. There's this aura of kindness that made people like him. I bet he was popular during his youth.

"As usual." I replied. "I managed to ace on almost everything last term, except Japanese Language and Japanese History. I got along well with my schoolmates. And I plan to go to sleepover to Oono's house."

"Hm." Father nodded. "And the boys are still confessing to you?"

"Yes, this morning there is one. The numbers have declined. It's a sign that we must announce another innovation or launch another product."

"Pfft…haha." My father chuckled at my joke. But it's actually half serious though.

"Well.. no one is bullying you?" Father asked.

"Bullying?" I searched my memories. There was only one bully in my school. Me. But I did it in an elegant way that people couldn't call me out for it. "No, I am not bullied."

"Good. Tell me if there is someone bullying you. We will take action against his family." Father said. "Well then, about new innovation. Do you have any new ideas?"

Father still didn't want to talk about the real topic and tried to distract me with unimportant matters. Fine. I could play along.

"I am thinking about cosmetics next." I replied. "Imagine a salve that could eliminate acne permanently. An anti-aging balm that could literally make you ten years younger. Whitening cream that took effect overnight. It will be sold out in an instant, the women will buy it like crazy."

No matter where and when, all women wanted to be beautiful. Even a Witch like Medea created cosmetics for her personal use. I just copied her recipe.

"The materials are rare, and the production method is tedious." I continued. "Only those with Sakatsuki bloodlines who can activate prana can concoct it. We can't mass produced them." That's a problem with purely magical product. Substituting with machines and magic crystal would only make the production cost more expensive.

"In other words," Father said, "It will be a limited product with an expensive price tag?"

"Yes. And sold in a very small container."

"Cosmetics, huh… It will be a new sector." Father looked thoughtful. "That means another company. You have an idea for the name of the company and the CEO?"

"I have no name yet, but I think Rin is good for the CEO position."

"Rin?" My father was surprised. "But she is still in college. And she is the type that… you know. Quiet, shy, and timid. She never use any make-up. Are you sure she is suitable to be CEO of cosmetic company?"

"She has another identity. Secretly, she was a legendary make-up artist in high school." I replied. "She knew more about cosmetics than me. I am sure she can handle it."

My father didn't voice any complaint, and then he changed topics again.

"Well, next, there are some inquiries…, for arranged marriage." Father said.

"Refuse them all."

"Ah ok then. Next, several medias want to interview you…"

"Refuse them all."

"Errmm. Well, next, there are invitations to speak as guest lecturer. MIT, Harvard, Toudai…"

"Refuse them all."

My father helplessly put away those envelops. I was a little annoyed. When would he stop talking about trivial things and move on to the real issue?

My father coughed and then looked at me seriously. "Well. Today, I made a serious decision at the committee."

Committee? Which one? My father was a member of several committees.

"We voted and decided to freeze one project. It was an invention by David Shield, which I am sure you know about. The device was sealed away and the research data purged." Father said.

Huh? Huh? Father, you were speaking too fast, I couldn't keep up. What invention? What device?

"We decided that it's too dangerous and too risky. Professor Shield protested strongly, but we remained firm in our decision." Father continued. "Some things shouldn't be made by science. If Einstein knew that his theory would result in Nuclear Bomb, would he still publish his theory?"

Maybe he would. But why was he telling me this?

"The reason I called you here is to warn you." Father continued his speech. "I heard that you research powersuit. Will it be dangerous?"

"Umm…" I didn't know what to say. First, I was not sure a powersuit could compare with a nuclear bomb. Second, I didn't know what device was sealed from Professor Shield research. Finally, I answered, "I think not? I mean, it's like an armor. The main purpose is protection."

"Hmm. That's good then." Father looked at my eyes, trying to see the truth.

"Father, you worry too much." I smiled sweetly. "You know me, my research and projects are for the family."

Finding a topic to elaborate, I continued, "Just look at the Kiritsugu. It is now orbiting directly above us, monitoring everything. I don't send it to spy somewhere else. There is nothing dangerous about it." I sweetly lied to my father.

"Hmm." Father nodded, he looked convinced. "As long as you understand." And then he asked another thing, "But how about the security of the research data?"

"Don't worry father, everything is handled by Miss Nagato." I answered. "My personal computer can only be opened by me through secret method, or by Miss Nagato. All sensitive computers are disconnected from network and needed Miss Nagato to open access, through a hundred characters password that needed to be inputted within 5 seconds. No human other than her can do that."

In other words, if Yuki died, we can't open our computers. Luckily, I had prepared a countermeasure for that situation.

"Good."My father looked satisfied. "Oh, I almost forget." He took out something from the drawers. "Your mother and I can't go this year. You may invite your friends." He gave me five tickets.

He then told me to go back and rest.

I bade him goodnight and walked back to my room.

"Yuki." I said. After hearing a sound to indicate that she listened, I said, "Find out what invention is sealed today's meeting with David Shield. And the storage location."

"Will you take it?" Yuki asked.

"Just borrowing it for a while, and maybe make a replica." I replied. If the security was too tight, I had to go there myself as Assassin.

"Is it fine to lie to your father? What if he found out about that?"

"It's fine. It won't be found. It's 400 km above us and protected by magic and mighty alloy, who will investigate?"

Yuki didn't answer.

Beneath the underneath, there was something else lurking. The satellite Kiritsugu official information was a communication satellite. However, it was equipped with state-of-the-art optical camera and sensor, making it a spy satellite. My father and the rest of Sakatsuki Family knew this. They thought that they knew the true purpose of Kiritsugu.

Small number of people, including my bodyguards and private assistants, knew about something else. Kiritsugu mounted three superweapons on it. Thus, they, and you readers, thought that Kiritsugu true identity was an orbital weapon.

The truth was more than that.

The computer installed onboard Kiritsugu was not ordinary computer. It was a supercomputer, code-named Data Overmind. It was created not only with ordinary metals and wires, but also human brain cells.

Specifically, Nagato Yuki's cloned brain cells.

Few knew about this. They only knew because they were involved in making it and installing it.

The exact mechanism would be explained later. Suffice to say here, that this supercomputer took up the heavy load from Nagato Yuki's brain, making her less fatigued when she used her quirk. It also enhanced her capabilities.

And the most important thing, it was also my way to fulfill her promise to Yuki. I promised Yuki that I would help realize her wish.

If Yuki's body died on earth, her soul would be pulled out to Kiritsugu, inhabiting a new body in Data Overmind. She would continue on living without being constrained by the mortal body.

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Early May 2217, U.A Highschool. Approximately 11 months before All Might meet Midoriya Izuku.

In this new world, quirks had made The Olympic an obsolete history.

It wasn't fair to compete in swimming with someone with a fish-themed quirk or water manipulation quirk. Or to compete in the long jump with someone who can fly.

Instead, in Japan, they had a replacement. U.A Highschool sports festival, held annually and broadcasted nationally. It was a competition between U.A. students and a place to get recognition for their future careers.

This year, I went to U.A. to watch the sports festival directly. My family always got several VIP tickets, and this year they had other business, so they said that I can invite friends to sit in VIP box.

So, I invited my inner circle followers. It's not like I didn't have any friends! But my friends who had the equal status all had their own VIP tickets. But my followers could only get second class or third-class seats. So, it's a rare chance for them to experience the first class VIP box.

Anyway, there were also the business class seats, and the lowest of them all: general audience seats. (For the commoners). Most of the seats in the stadium were general audience seats. They were cheap compared to the VIP seats.

Let's introduce my followers!

First, Hinami Saori. A black-haired stylish girl who had a cat-themed related quirk. But because the quirk was weak, she only got a pair of cat ears and a cat tail, and no other catlike traits. She got an outgoing and cheerful personality.

Her family owned several hospitals.

Second, Makishima Ayase. She was a gentle girl with long hair. She got dog-themed quirk. Just like Saori, her quirk was weak and manifested only as a pair of dog ears and a dog tail. She was a little shy and timid.

Her parents owned chained supermarkets.

Two of my most loyal followers were cat and dog. But they're not the only followers I had.

Third, Ayanokouji Suzuka, a sporty girl with short hair. Her quirk was auto-respiration. She can produce oxygen inside her lungs, by breaking down carbon dioxide to carbon and oxygen molecules. This resulted in her coughing up carbon soots though, so she didn't like using it.

Suzuka can hold her breath very long and she can use her quirk while doing physical activity so she was hardly short of breath. That's quite impressive, if not for a painful cough afterward where she must spit black soots.

She was the daughter of celebrities. Her parents starred in movies and commercials.

Fourth, Akabane Yukiko. Her father was a politician in the diet. She had long hair tied in twin tails. Her quirk was psychometry. She can view a history related to an object when touching it, but it was limited only to five minutes before.

Good quirk when doing an exam. She can trade pencil and view what other students wrote. But not much use beyond that.

She was assertive and calculative, and at times cold and brusque. But the inside... she was a girl who fantasized about love stories. She liked to read shoujo manga about a young boy who aspired to become hero and the girl who he saved.

I had other followers, but these four were my closest retainers.

For example, the boy Miura, because he was useful to me in the villain attack incident, I decided to keep him close. I allowed him to speak with me from time to time. I greeted him and so on.

Those were very generous rewards. As proof, that boy was always grinning when I greeted him. And other boys always shot him jealous glare. I had to intervene once when some boys started bullying him. The bullies were very scared and after that nobody tried to bully anyone under my wing.

Anyway, here we were at the U.A. Highschool.

I, my followers, and my bodyguards were escorted by a pro hero to our box. Hehe, look at the power of first-class VIP tickets. We were allowed to bring two bodyguards per ticket.

We arrived at our box, a spacious box located at the top of stadium. It was designed to contain five spectators and ten bodyguards. We got cushy armchairs, a table full of snacks, and a drink bar.

"Well, let's sit down," I said to my followers who was still starry-eyed after meeting a real pro hero.

"But Miyu, that was Hawks! The Winged Hero Hawks! " Suzuka said, her eyes wandered to the dreamland. "He is the rising star in the heroes ranking! Barely 19 years old and already entered the top ten!"

"They called him the precocious man." Yukiko said, hiding her blush. "And he is so young. I wonder if he already got a girlfriend."

While my followers were going kyaa kyaa discussing Hawks, I sat down and grabbed some snacks. This was one downside of reincarnation. I had to listen to preteen girls discussing about idols and love and heroes and other silly fantasies. I was 19 years old before I died in my past life.

And I had to join in if I wanted to blend as normal middle schoolers.

The sports festival hadn't begun yet. They're still preparing the venue.

"So Miyu-sama. What do you think about Hawks?" Saori asked.

I munched on the snacks, thinking of what to say. This was going to be a long wait.

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Out of Left Field

"Miyu-sama." One of the bodyguards whispered to my ears when I was watching some third years doing dodgeball battle royale.

"There's someone who requested to see you." She said.

"Huh? Who is it?" I replied. It was rare that anybody dared to interrupt me when I was in the middle of enjoying something. I tend to give heavy punishment to people who did that. My family associates already knew about this, so maybe it was not our usual business partners?

Normally, for someone to request meeting with me, they had to make an appointment. My time was that valuable. Not even a major businessman or cabinet minister could see me without appointment.

I wondered about my leisure life, where had it gone to? Nowadays I was so busy doing this and that, with school, and with my usual rich lady lessons.

She said the name, and I was shocked. "He wants to come here?" I whispered.

"No, he is waiting in a certain VIP box. He was outside and told me to give message to you, and then he left." My bodyguard answered, showing a paper with VIP box number.

"Call my father. Ask him about this." I said.

"Already done. He said that he gave permission." She said.

Heee? My father easily gave permission. Either he trusted him or he knew something about the man who wanted to meet me.

I stood up from my seat. Saori looked at me and asked, "Miyu-sama, you want to go somewhere?" My followers, realizing that I had stood up, also had concerned expression.

I smiled and told them, "Just going for a bit. Please wait here."

After politely refusing my followers offer to join me, I left the VIP box with five of my bodyguards. The remaining five bodyguards were to guard the four girls.

I quickly arrived at the VIP box where this man waited. My bodyguards entered first, confirming the identity of the man, and checking the place for bombs, bugs, or other people. I noticed that the curtain to the stadium was closed.

"Clear. Young Mistress, you may step inside." One of the bodyguards said.

"Hm. You all can wait outside. I think I will be safe if I am in the room with him." I gave the order. They were hesitating, but obediently cleared out of the room.

The man smiled and greeted me, "Nice to meet you, Sakatsuki young girl."

I curtsied and replied, "and you, the number one hero All Might."

Well, he was All Might, the symbol of hope himself. Meeting him face to face, he was indeed tall. As tall as Heracles, more or less. And muscled. Lots of muscle.

"Please have a seat. I am sorry about the sudden request, but when I found out that you are here today, I just can't miss the opportunity. " He said, still maintaining the smile.

I didn't think it's healthy to always smile like that, the mouth would become stiff.

"No, it's an honor to meet you." I said, playing the role of refined young lady. After I sat down, I asked in direct fashion, "May I ask what business do you have with me?"

Don't tell me it's another marriage proposal. Since the information about me developing technologies leaked, I got a ton of suitors. Many men sent me marriage proposals or a courtship letters, I had to burn them in the back garden every weekend.

No way. All Might wouldn't.

But if he did, I would refuse. I had no intention to form any relationship in this world.

At least I got to brag that the number one hero wanted me. But didn't that mean he was a lolicon?

"Sakatsuki young girl. I want you." All Might said.

Hoooeeeeeeeee? My jaw dropped. He's really courting me?

"Umm, that came out wrong." He said, noticing my surprise. "What I mean is, I want you to be my successor."

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AN

1. Nagato Yuki character is counterpart of another version of her.

Domyoji Tsukushi was named after her great-great-grandmother.

Sakatsuki Rin secret alias is Ageha.

Tomoyo Daidouji looked exactly like her counterpart in multiverse. Apparently there are lots of her.

Oono Akira has a hobby of going to arcade.

Hinami Saori has big boobs and secretly an otaku

Ayanokouji Suzuka and Akabane Yukiko are descendants of certain fictional characters.

2. No, Illya will not get One for All, that would be boring, and conflict with Servant powers. And a pain to write.

It's supposed to be cliffhanger. But I will get annoyed if you guys flood the review with complaints. So, you can delete that 100 words protest letter, and write something more constructive in review section.