A/N: Fine fine, I'll give you guys another chapter. I got lazy to write this so you're gonna need to spam me if you want new chapters. Least it hasn't been as long as Santoryu Kenshi so be grateful for that. I am working on more recent series' Fics nowadays but rest assured I will come back eventually so just be patient and don't threaten me...

"In Japanese, only Inumuta and Ryuko Understand."

In the days following the rescue of Siesta and the curing of Guiche, Inumuta decided to investigate transmutation. He found out that the elemental composition of transmuted metals were no different from natural ones. Though he did detect a strange energy signature between the bonds of the atoms which disrupted Coulomb's force and rearranged the molecule. The energy signature seemed to be the magic which the inhabitants of this new world used.

'Fascinating, through the use of this 'magic' they are able to change the way atoms are arranged in a substance to change it into a similar one. This is very similar to the alchemy we use back home but the difference is that this seems to hold far less potential with rocks limited to becoming other rocks.'

Inumuta attended a staff meeting that day with Ryuko and found out that the Princess would be visiting to watch this year's familiar exhibition tomorrow. She would be arriving sometime this afternoon and everyone was required to gather at the gates to welcome her. The ceremony was filled with cheers for Tristain's Princess.

She was assigned a room to rest from the journey and guards were posted to guard her. This left the outer area of the vault unguarded, creating an opening for a certain thief to take advantage of. A large shockwave shook the building as a giant stone fist collided with the academy walls. Inumuta was the first to exit the building and locate the source of the impact.

He immediately analyzed the golem for weak points and found that the core and its head were good targets. Two lasers shot out of Inumuta's fingertips, the golem moved its hands to shield the targeted zones but the beams burned straight through the mass of stone and punctured the golem's core and control centre. The massive construct started to crumble and Ryuko smashed through a window to deliver a deadly slash at the cloaked figure trying to escape being crushed by the debris.

The slash paralyzed the opponent from the waist down as the spinal cord was severed. The intruder fell onto the ground, hood off, and tried to crawl away, only to be stopped by the guards who arrived on scene. They kicked the wand out of her hand and surrounded Miss Longueville. Old Osmond arrived on scene and spoke.

"I can't say I expected this from my secretary, it surprised even me when I saw that you were the one who tried to break into the vault. Good work you two, the Princess will be very happy with what you've achieved today."

"I presume this is the notorious Fouquet? I expected more from such a successful thief."

"Yes, and for her capture you will be given a large reward indeed. Come, the Princess has called for you."

Ryuko watched Fouquet while Inumuta followed the headmaster to the Princess' room and did the usual formalities before continuing.

"You have done the nation of Tristain a great service by capturing Fouquet, although I fear that I must trouble you once more. You have displayed your skills and protected a Tristain facility, hence proving your loyalty to the nation. There is a matter of grave importance I need your help with."

"What is it, Princess?"

"Prince Wales in Albion is in possession of a letter sent by me which could disrupt the alliance between Germania and Tristain. I need you to retrieve it for me, a guide from the Griffon Knights will accompany you on your journey and I will send for him once I return to the palace."

"I understand, we would be honoured to carry out this task."

"Now for the matter of your reward for the capture of Fouquet."

"Keep your money, I merely have two requests."

"What would those be?"

"Firstly, I would like one item from the vault which I saved."

"Very well, if it is within my power to grant, I will give you ownership of it. It is only fitting since you saved the entire vault."

"Secondly, I want ownership of that mountain there."

Inumuta pointed to the mountain where he detected the uranium outside the window.

"That is acceptable, though I question why you would want it in the first place."

"Something within the mountains interests me."

"Very well, Headmaster, open up the vault."

"Yes, Princess."

The group headed to the vault where Old Osmond undid the magic locks and Inumuta entered, scanning for the faint signature he detected when he first arrived. He found it in a small case which he opened with ease, revealing the item within. It was a strange cloak which felt extremely light, further scans revealed it was made of pure life fibers but was somehow in a dormant state.

"I'll take this."

"Very well, now if Princess, I need you to fill out some paperwork for that cloak."

"I'll see you some other time then, Inumuta Hoka…"

As Fouquet was taken back to the capital, Inumuta rejoined Ryuko and explained to her the details of the meeting.

"So let me get this straight… You gave up a bounty of two hundred thousand gold coins for some cloak and an overgrown molehill?"

"A mountain Ryuko."

"That's not the point! We could have done so much with that money!"

"But think of the data I can collect with this cloak and the uranium I now own!"

"You could have gotten the damn cloak for free! The mountain probably doesn't even belong to anyone so you could have mined however you liked! Forget that, you could have done it stealthily with one of your gadgets!

"Er…"

'I gotta think of something or else Ryuko's gonna kill me!'

"I wanted to do it legally so we don't have to search for Senketsu with false faces if we become criminals?"

"Hmm… Well I guess that makes sense but you should have still asked for half of that reward."

"Relax, we can ask for some cash once we finish this task for her."

"You do realize that we are practically being sent as political envoys right?"

"It will work out."

"I hope it does…"

"Now if you excuse me, I need to extract that uranium!"

Later that day, the mountain which once graced the plain with its presence, was no more. Taking its place was a deep shaft and a giant quarry arm that effortlessly tore through the earth to reach its predetermined target, uranium. The minerals dug up by the quarry were fed into transparent pipes that were linked to an Extractinator which worked endlessly to separate the materials.

With that done, Inumuta set the machine on its highest setting and headed back to the academy. Just as he stepped away from the machine, an unidentified flying object showed up on his sensors. He turned around and zoomed in his optics, he saw a griffon with a middle aged grey haired man riding it. The man wore a rather exquisite outfit which was mainly grey and had a matching blue cape and hat complete with a feather.

'That must be the Griffon Knight the Princess sent, I should ask him if I can borrow his griffon for a while, there are so many experiments I want to perform on it!'

The creature landed next to Inumuta and its rider dismounted.

"Stop! You've violated the law! I am Viscount Wardes, a Griffon Knight from the palace sent by the Princess, I am afraid I need to ask you to stop that monstrosity this instant."

"Why would I do that?"

"This piece of land has been assigned to a certain inhabitant of the nearby academy and you have just desecrated it with that contraption."

"That would be me."

"Impossible, there is no way a non-mage could have amassed so much metal and destroyed the mountain in a mere afternoon."

"There is a reason I was assigned this land in the first place."

"Hmm… That is true, the Princess did mention that you wore strange clothing. I'll need to see the cloak granted to you to be sure though."

"Here."

Inumuta pulled the cloak out from his pocket dimension pouch and handed it to the Viscount.

"I guess you are the one, sorry for the misunderstanding earlier but I had to make sure the area was in its pristine condition for you. I must say though, how exactly does this thing work?"

"Think nothing of it, you are simply doing your job. As for this machine, well, lets just say trying to explain it would be more trouble than it is worth."

"I can tell."

"I will call out my partner and we can head off."

Inumuta activated his communicator and contacted Ryuko.

"Ryuko, our mission is starting, get to the quarry now."

"Quarry? Wait, you already finished setting it up? I hope you remembered to contain the radiation, I'm on my way now."

Inumuta turned to Wardes and nodded.

"She should be on her way now, for now you should rest from your journey."

He pulled out a piece of bread from his pouch and passed it to Wardes.

"Ah, much obliged. Now, how would you want to be addressed? Inumuta and Ryuko or would you prefer Mr Hoka and Miss Matoi?"

"Either is fine."

"Well then I guess we can do away with the formalities while on our mission. Ah, she's here."

Ryuko joined the two and Wardes briefed them on the details of the mission.

"I always wanted to head to Albion, the windstones are indeed curious things."

"You and your data collection better not sink Albion, it will be a huge disaster if we destroy a country!"

"Good point…"

Wardes cleared his throat to get their attention.

"Can we get a move on? We have to get to La Rochelle in time for the ship or else we'll miss it."

"So I'll finally get to see the flying ships of La Rochelle. I wonder if I'll be able to buy one for research…"

"I can only carry one of you on the Griffon so the other will have to go by horse."

"No need for that, me and Ryuko have our own means of transportation."

Out of Inumuta's pocket dimension pouch came two boards of colour red and blue. He tossed the red one to Ryuko and got onto his. With a mental command, the hover board lifted into the air and Inumuta flew off with Ryuko behind him.

"Race you to the port Ryuko!"

"You're on!"

'Unbelievable, such speed! I must catch up to them quickly before I lose sight of them. Such a small board is able to go at such high speeds, if I were to acquire them, my lord would most definitely be pleased...'

Wardes set off on his Griffon for the port and forged onwards to the port and used his wind magic inform his allies to delay the bandit attack he had planned.

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