Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei. All characters are from Satou Tsutomu and there is no profit intended in this story.

The birth of Tatsuya heralded a new era for the Yotsuba family. A direct descendant of Genzou's bloodline has been born. Yotsuba Genzou. The legendary Yotsuba that led half his family to war against Dahan and triumphed. Although he did not make it back alive, for the sacrifice of a mere thirty magicians, the Yotsuba clan assassinated four thousand: cabinet ministers, high class bureaucrats, officers, magicians and researchers; as for the continent of Asia, it had all its research results on modern magic annihilated. It was due to Genzou did the whole world finally understood what the Yotsuba was capable off. And it was due to Genzou did the whole world fear them.

Therefore, the birth of Genzou's grandson sent shockwaves throughout the main house. If Tatsuya's birth were made public, it would have undoubtedly made international headlines. Things like "The Demon's blood lives on" or "A new threat in the East" would have glorified the newspapers of the world. Especially the Great Asian Alliance (GAA). They would have done anything to hunt him down. Hence, right now the most important job for the Yotsubas was to hide the fact that Tatsuya has been born and to quickly train him to become a magician fit for the 10 Master Clans.

But this did not sit well for all the Yotsuba clan head candidates and their parents. The scion of Genzou has arrived. Maya would for certain place him as her successor. Be it for continuing her father's legacy or to let her direct nephew take the reins. Maya was sure to favor Tatsuya. However, it is not like they could assassinate the child. More than any other clans, the Yotsuba placed family above anything else. No one would even contemplate killing the heir apparent to ensure that their child inherits the position of head. Even if they did, the other member's would hunt them down to prosecute them. Therefore, all they could do is sit there and accept the fact that the first-born son of Miya's would inherit the most sought-after role in the Clan.

Right now, the Yotsuba had more important plans to deal with Tatsuya. To figure out his inherent magic.

Every "Yotsuba" born inevitably descended from two types of magician lineages. One were those born with a mind manipulation ability that was strengthened. The other were those whose magic calculation areas were warped by a strong power. These two heritages stood side by side and mixed to form the "Yotsuba". Even those who shared the same blood displayed the two characteristics randomly. For example, Miya inherited the traits of the former, and 'Mind Structure Manipulation' is a form of mind manipulation magic that only she can use; Maya represented the latter, as she did not have any form of mind manipulation magic, but instead acquired a distinctive power from birth.

Everyone now is highly anticipating what Tatsuya would show them. Could he become a Mind-manipulation magician that surpassed even his mother and grandfather or would he become a distinctive magician with the capabilities that match or tower Maya? Each generation of Magicians has surpassed the previous. This has become more and more evident per generation as the aggregate power of Mages has only increased. Furthermore, this time Miya was fertilized by the man with the highest Psion count in Japan, Shiba Tatsurou. It was only a fact that this generation of Yotsubas could be the strongest in history. However, Tatsuya is too young to be tested. The earliest a child can demonstrate magic would be at three years of age. Even a prodigy will have to wait the designated three years to properly show their power. Hence, currently Tatsuya is not considered a successor candidate yet. All they could do is give him the necessary breast milk and parental love an ordinary child deserves.

While waiting for Tatsuya to grow up, Miya announced that she was pregnant once more 2 months later. Although it seemed rushed, every Yotsuba mother was required to have at least two kids. It was not due to any biological problems but because the number of Yotsubas were scarce. Even though they managed to annihilate an entire country by themselves, their losses were too heavy and their number dwindled to a mere 20. Therefore, it was every Yotsuba woman's duty to be a birthing cow. Definitely, cases like Maya were exempt but no one else could run away from this rule.

For the first year of his life, Tatsuya was treated like a king and everyone waited on him hand and foot. And right now, his sister is growing inside of his mother. Everything looked perfect. The tragedy of Maya has been vindicated and the Yotsubas was not only increasing in numbers but also in talent. So when the birth of Miyuki came, the dark mansion of the Yotsuba brightened up like they had nothing to do with espionage and assassinations. It was as they say 'when it rained, it pours' as happy things came one after another.

And the best part is being discussed in the meeting room of the Yotsuba.

-.-

"You… found it?"

"Yes."

At the face of Maya's befuddled query, the bespectacled middle-aged man answered with a succinct 'Yes.'

The person in front of Maya right now is Yotsuba Yoichi. The head of the fourth magical institute. To the world, it is an institute was to be located near the borders of old Metro Tokyo and former Yamanashi prefecture, established in 2033 and was now shut down. But in truth, it was not. With the help of the 'sponsor,' the Yotsuba has managed to continue its research and their pursuit in finding out what the mind truly was.

And right now, Yotsuba Yoichi, the most ingenious researcher of the Yotsuba has arrived in front of Maya with the results of their research. Yoichi is a direct cousin of Maya's. Like all members of the family, Yoichi possesses pitch-black hair and bright blue eyes. But unlike the others, he does not have a seductive allure to his physique. In fact, he looks just like the typical shut-in scientist that devotes his entire life to his research. His continues to wear spectacles at this age not because he was stubborn enough to refuse eye treatment to cure myopia but because even if he did, he will just harm them again due to his close proximity to books and data report.

Nevertheless, he came to meet Maya because of the groundbreaking discovery he made.

"We found the Magic Calculation area."

-.-

The Magic Calculation Area is the part of the subconscious mind responsible for the use of magic. Not much is understood about the Magic Calculation Area and despite many studies for no specific anatomic location dedicated purely for producing magic has been found. Up till now, magicians of the world have been fighting not knowing where the black box for all their spells was located but today, everything changes.

Upon their new discovery, the Yotsubas has taken one step forward into unlocking the truth of their ultimate goal. What is Magic? What is the Mind? What is Consciousness? All these questions have been driving generations of Yotsubas to work subservient to governments and sponsors. With the location of the Magic Calculation area, they could now analyze Magic like never before. It was the first step to finding the link between the Mind and Magic. It's such a grandiose topic that only those who have the will to sacrifice everything could have a chance to uncover its secrets. Luckily, the Yotsubas were one of those people.

"As theorized it's in the Limbic System. For its precise location, it is dangerously close to the hypothalamus."

"That means that it's close to the part of the brain that governs our emotions right?"

"Full marks."

"What irony."

The first thing thought to all magicians was to always keep your emotions in check. Because they have the ability to alter the world, if their judgment is clouded and their actions are jeopardized by emotions, catastrophic events may follow. But to think that the place where all magic originates is right next to the place where all emotions come from.

Yoichi gave a wry smile at his cousin's comment and continued with his explanation.

"As we all know, playing around with the Limbic system surgically would only cause a mess of a person's subconscious mind thus further research is impossible. Unless we employ the help of Miya-san…"

Maya understood what Yoichi was getting to even without him saying it. All research on the brain has been done via test monkeys and dead corpses, but it is a different story altogether when the Magic calculation area is involved. Magic is unique to humans hence researching on monkeys would not get them anywhere. Cutting open a corpse's head is even more unrealistic as once a person is dead, the mind stops all consciousness and sub-consciousness making researching on it impossible. The only viable way is to test live humans. Furthermore, magicians. Therefore, they needed the help of Miya, the sole possessor of the unique Mental-Interference magic 'Mental Structure Interference'.

The Yotsubas would go to any extent to acquire their goals, but it does not mean that the worst case scenario is what they seek. By using Miya's magic, the scientists of the Fourth magic institute would be able to accurately maneuver between the Limbic System without damaging the parts that made the person human. Needless to say, mindless sacrifice of living humans in experiments is forbidden both internationally and morally. Anyone who attempts it would be sentenced to life in prison or death. Even if the person being experimented on signed a waiver. Therefore, in order to prevent the worst case from happening, the Yotsubas would have to pull out all stops.

"Miya is currently recuperating from the birth of her two children so asking her now is unthinkable."

"But…"

"Of course when she is better I will relay it to her. However, I'm sure she will offer her assistance. After all, it has been the Yotsuba's lifelong dream."

Yoichi was anxious as he wanted to continue his research as soon as he could. Maya too felt the anxiety as thoroughly analyzing the Magic Calculation area meant two imperative things. One, they could move a step closer to finding out what the mind was. And secondly, they could manufacture an artificial Magic Calculation area. The strategic appliance of the second goal could be endless. The entire army could become artificial magicians and possibly, the entire world could become a place not split between humans and magicians, but a place dominated by magicians.

However, currently the priority is for Miya to rest. She had just given birth to two children and has to take care of them. Heralding the next generation of Yotsubas is far more important than anything else after all. But nevertheless, once her participation in this project is a done deal, the Yotsubas will once again move the gears to change the world.

-.-

Two years has passed since this discovery. For the Yotsubas, it was mostly business as usual. Other than the occasional underground fight between the Saegusa for supremacy and various espionage missions given by the government, the Yotsubas has been living in peace compared to few decades back.

However, the frequent uproars nowadays would be due to a particular 3-year-old boy.

Tatsuya, now at the right age to display his magic, has been surprising the Yotsubas by the day. Not due to magic, but due to the fact that he was a genius. He was independently walking and talking in fluent Japanese. Elementary math proved no problem to him as he mastered the multiplication table and was starting to learn ratios and algebra. Even English he was on the fast-track to learning. But because of his prodigious skills and servants singing him with high praises every day, Tatsuya became cocky.

"Hey! Where's my milkshake?"

"Sorry young master, I'll bring it right away."

Tatsuya has been treating the servants as slaves. Everything and everyone were beneath him. From birth till today, the only people he's been in contact with are direct relatives such as Miya, Maya, Tasturou and the servants of the Yotusba. In order to gain favor with the heir apparent, the servants have been sugarcoating all his faults and letting him step over them. This thus made him have a severe case of superiority complex.

"You're late."

"I'm sorry young master. Please punish me."

The sentence the apologetic maid said was nothing more than a statement to appease her master's wrath but Tatsuya took it literally.

"If you say so…"

With that, Tatsuya gave a right hook to her abdomen and kicked her leg. Although it did not hurt as much due to Tatsuya's inexperience with fights and his small stature, taking a direct hit to the stomach did do damage.

"Hmph!"

Tatsuya left the maid behind as he headed to his quarters. As he left he gave the girl a scornful look and walked away sipping the delicious strawberry milkshake in his grasp.

Passing through the hallway to his room, he caught a glimpse of Miyuki playing with her blocks. At the sight of this, he entered the room and started to guide Miyuki in arranging the blocks. Although he was only 3 years old, his perception was no less than a 6-year-old. Even with his cocky attitude to his servants, he was gentle to Miyuki. 'Must be sibling love' he thought to himself. He did not know why he treasured Miyuki, but he did know that she was someone to be protected. Maybe it's because she was cuter than any other babies he saw in pictures or in person.

"Miyuki, you have to carry it like this."

"Haiiiiii~"

Like a healthy 2-year-old, Miyuki could barely speak Japanese. All she could do was simple gestures and words. Tatsuya was an abnormality, but Miyuki turned out to be an average human being. This irritated Tatsuya at times, but all hatred was washed away by Miyuki's cute and innocent smile.

As he guided Miyuki on how to carry the blocks in place, he felt a sudden power dwell within him.

Psions raged out of his body and all of a sudden, half the block he was holding disappeared.

"OHH YESSS! I did it! I performed my first spell!"

Thinking that he teleported the blocks, Tatsuya turned red with excitement. Of course at this time, he was not thought the 4 great systems and 8 major types of magic thus he had no idea what magic spell he did. But seeing that the block he was holding dissipated into thin air. This had to be the teleportation all science fiction flicks have dreamed of.

The servants, however wore a different expression that Tatsuya's. They were grim.

"Immediately report this to the Miya-sama."

"Young master, please come this way."

Tatsuya still wore a triumphant face as he was guided by a servant to his own room while the other servants rushed to tell their mistress the news.

-.-

Miya was currently with Yoichi and Maya experimenting on the Magic Calculation area at the Fourth Magic institute when she heard the news.

"Really?! Tatsuya performed Magic already? As expected of him. Let me go meet him."

"Before that…"

The servant that came to report the news instead of looking happy that his young master performed magic, he looked shocked and in fear.

"What is it? Speak up."

Maya beckoned the servant to finish his sentence.

"Yes Maya-sama. Here's the block he performed magic on."

However, at the sight of the half-block that remained, the 3 Yotusbas looked stunned.

"Corrosion… No decomposition."

"That's impossible! Decomposing structures is the hardest level of magic! There's no way a child can perform it even if he's a prodigy."

"What if he was not a mere magician?"

At Maya's question, everyone in the surrounding fell silent.

"What if he is Born-Specialized?"

-.-

Hey! Me again. This chapter focuses on the development leading to the Artificial Magician experiment and the start of Tatsuya's character development. It hard imagined how Tatsuya was like with all his emotions so I decided to make him an obnoxious brat at first. I know the prodigy crap makes him sound so Gary Sue but in the end, he is a genius that invented Loop-cast at 12 right? He has to at least master language at Math at that age to play around with theoretical things later on, right? So in the end the first chapter is just mainly developing the story so look forward to the next chapters! Oh yes! Please write a review!