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Hello guys, Caelus here. So here's another chapter or should I say, second part of Chapter 3. Honestly, this was supposed to be part of the previous chapter but I decided to post it as a separate one since it was still 50% from completion. Okay before we start with the chapter, let's go first with the reviews.
To The Rupture, you bet. The Counter Force exists in the Mahoukaverse and knows about the widespread of Mystery hence why they purposely intervene in any conflicts that misused magecraft in a wide scale where it can do more harm. A good example of this is the destruction of Dahan (through Hakuno) and this chapter (through Tatsuya).
To TrD, yes they will appear. This chapter is basically for them.
To GuestX, Tatsu knows not only a Servant, but a handful of True Heroic Spirits with 2 or more being his teachers in magecraft (Scathach and Aoko). Some of them, maybe 2 will be living with him. This two will be Shirou (Hakuno and Mumei's eldest child) and Caules (Hakuno and Jeanne's youngest child). Though as of now, Shirou and Caules will be supporting characters for the first few chapters.
To NoName93, thanks. Just like Tatsu they are Demi-Servant of sorts so you can expect them having the ability to use a Noble Phantasm, that which resonates with their soul. Like I stated from his character sheet, Tatsu will be limited to his own version of Starmine and Starbow (Starburst and Starbreak) and Rune Magecraft since he is already OP in canon even without these two.
To duked, thanks and if you think those 3 are only his half sisters... well...
To wahyubison, they will be surprised if the 5 Magics of the Modern Era are mentioned.
To Kinunatzs The Eternal, the Nasuverse Magi are still alive...
To Guest, yeah most of it are backstory but it's necessary so that the characters mainly the Yotsuba teens have a background of their biological dad and Tatsuya.
To Judgment of the Arbiter, thanks.
By the way, I need some help for Tatsuya's harem. Mayumi and Suzune are the only ones that came to mind. I need two more since I'm already dead set on having Tatsu's harem limited to four. Anyways, without any further ado, let's go with the chapter.
CHAPTER 4: Mahesvara ~Demon Right, Divine Left~
At the Yotsuba residence located in Tokyo, 3 female teenagers were sitting on the couch in the living room, their faces portraying a dumbfounded look as they try to absorb the information given to them by the reel that they had just watched.
"Does this mean all of us... are sisters?"
Himari asked to both Minami and Miyuki, who were filled with mixed emotions, her eyes glimmered with excitement and happiness. Truth to be told, she just wanted to know more about his father and her origin but instead she was presented with something more.
"This... I'm speechless..."
Minami voiced out, her eyes still fixated on the screen as if she was asking the television if all it showed to them were all true. Out of the 3 gals, she was more affected by this revelation. To think that she, a Guardian, is in fact have blood ties not only to her Mistress, but also to the daughter of Himawari Shiiba by their common biological father... it was a big deal for her.
Does her mother know about this? Minami clenched her fist which was then grasped by Miyuki, earning her a surprise look.
"Miiyuki-sama...?"
"Minami-chan..."
The way Miyuki addresses her caused Minami to panic but before she could get react, Himari already hugged both of them making their cheeks to rub against one another.
"Himari...!"
"Himari-sama...!"
Both of them looked at the Shiiba teen whose face trickled with salty droplets.
"I... I-I am so happy that both of you are my real sisters... hehe..."
What she said caused both girls to reminisce the day during their childhood when they would play around the Yotsuba village; the vow of sisterhood that they pledge under the Sakura tree, much to Minami's protest at that time.
Remembering all of that memories, the 3 of them began to laugh. Even if they weren't related by blood they were sisters after all.
"You're right, Himari-sama."
"But first we need to call the main house regarding with what we have."
Miyuki pointed out, her eyes gazing on the black flash drive plugged on the flat screen TV, to which her sisters nod with agreement. Still it bugged them out of their minds how such device, which was supposed to be under Maya Yotsuba's keepsake, managed to appear in their living room like it followed them here in Tokyo.
All of it was correct and true. When the 3 of them arrived at the house that they were supposed to stay, the flash drive was already there, being plugged in to the television's usb socket as if it was welcoming them from their trip. Before they could investigate the entire house however, they were compelled to watch the entire episode.
It wasn't out of force but out of something that even them couldn't understand.
Grabbing her phone from her pocket, Miyuki punched the contact number of the main household using her fingertips―
"Hey, it's starting to play!"
―Only to pause midway upon hearing Himari's surprised bellow, prompting Miyuki to stare at the screen that displayed the title of the next episode.
EPISODE 4: Mahesvara
"Mahesvara...?"
All of them said in unison and they stared at each other with a knowing look and understanding. One person comes to mind by the name itself.
Mahesvara, the epithet of the Magician who repelled both the Alliance and Soviets invasion on the Japanese homeland singlehandedly. The Magician who with his efforts cause such wide upheaval within the Japanese social media and the masses. The Magician who, with his battle prowess struck fear in enemies and allies alike. The Magician who, with his efforts manage to conquer and incorporated Sakhalin and Kuril Islands into the Japanese government.
The Magician who, with his efforts still hated by the Soviet and Alliance's government and military up to this day.
After all, sinking an entire fleet with a spell is already a feat to label him by the International Magic Association as a Strategic-class Magician of Japan, and his superb healing abilities that could restore a dead man back to his lively self with vigor... though his existence is somewhat doable to others, to those people who were on the field during that attack, he was real.
And because of this inconsistencies, his existence became an urban myth among the Japanese populace and most parts of the world.
But Miyuki and Minami knew he was real because they were on the scene during his debut in the Defense Battle of Okinawa.
"Does anyone of you touched the remote?"
"Nah-uh."
"That aside, I couldn't find the remote controller anywhere..."
A cold sensation then gripped on the 3 ladies, their thoughts wandering around the entire living room. Miyuki, Minami, and Himari decided to stay silent as they focused on the video playing in front of them.
August 4th, 2092 AD...
"So it is indeed during that attack..."
Minami said as the date flashed on the screen.
The sound of dispersion reverberates as a figure of soldier turned into dusts.
Everyone blinked as they saw the figure of a soldier being incarcerated into specks of dusts.
"That look's like Dispersion Systematic-type Magic."
"But to disperse a physical object, that's ought to be on a highest form of Dispersal..."
Minami replied to her sister Himari, giving her insight on the subject. A sudden image of a boy came to her mind, prompting her to gaze at Miyuki who also happens to have the same thoughts as her.
"Could it be him?"
Not far away was a man in black Armoured Suit, his right hand stretched forward to where his victim was recently standing. His face was covered with a helmet with black tint visor and on his shoulder were patches of a Japanese flag embedded on it. He had a height and build that wasn't of an adult yet his athletic frame can be seen, judging on the underlying tones of the leather and fabric that accentuated his muscles.
The girls blushed as the camera angle swept down to the man's physical build, as if it was emphasizing his toned frame. It took all of their will not to imagine what lies behind and under that coal black armor.
"So that's the Magician who helped the Japanese Forces..."
Himari said with awe, still trying to etched every part of the man.
The sound of a loaded gun resonated, and the man in the black armor turned his head to his left, a pair of bluish glow making its presence known under its black tint visor.
The 3 girls felt a shiver down their spine as they caught sight of two glowing blue dots behind the man's visor. For them, it felt like he was looking back at them and his gaze penetrating down to their souls.
"Die, you Japanese slur!"
The man, a soldier, bellowed in Mandarin as he cocked his rifle and pulled the trigger, releasing a loud continuous machinery noise and hail of bullets on him.
The black armored man, on his judgment, didn't make a single effort to dodge the raining bullets. Rather, he simply make use of his right hand and extended it forward, as if using it to cast some shield of sorts.
The noise barrage of dispersing bullets echoed within the surroundings, the hot metal heads disintegrating upon hitting something hard and invisible. Panicking, the soldier pulled the trigger repeatedly, only to realize that he just use up all of his ammunition.
"He's doomed."
Minami commented as she watched the soldier in a state of trepidation.
Under such circumstance, one should have flee from the scene in order to preserve his life but maybe out of his idiocy or out of fear, the soldier pulled a knife from his back and lunged forward with a manly battle cry.
Before he could make his first step however, he was immediately turned into specks of bluish dusts.
"Such magic. Luckily that he's not an enemy of the country though I wanted to see the face behind that mask."
It was just out of the blur, but Himari felt like saying it. Her words of course caused her 2 other sisters to stare at the TV with full intent, a hunch creeping in their gut.
The black armored man, after disintegrating the soldier without remorse, glanced around his surroundings. Corpses of Japanese civilians and soldiers lay on the ground with holes in their bodies and soaked in their own blood.
"Keh...!"
He quietly gritted his teeth, his left hand balled in a clench with a hidden force.
The viewers could only sympathize with him. If anyone will be in that scene will sure feel the same emotions.
The entire island of Okinawa was in turmoil and distraught. The Great Asian Alliance launched a surprise invasion on the island, catching the Japanese Army off guard. Though there were several factors for the invasion, most of the invasion force had one common factor in their heads...
Retribution and vengeance for the destruction of Guangdong province in 2062.
Now it makes sense to the 3 girls, it seems the Great Asian Alliance was still angry for the destruction of the largest area of the former Dahan state. Though they knew that the Alliance was outrageous since their father sank the entire province under water, including Kulunfang Institute, which holds a huge amount of valuable information in regards to the former country's "diabolical" experiments.
He knew about it. It was just as his father had predicted a few years ago. With glowing blue eyes gazed on the breathless bodies on the burned ground, the lad clad in a suit of black armor felt a sensation swelling inside his chest. An unusual spark coming from a broken mobile phone caught his attention, prompting him to inspect such device.
"Wait is he... who I think it is?"
The only reaction that Himari received was only a slight nod from both Miyuki and Minami.
It didn't take him a while to discern the cause of such unusual disturbance. The phone was infected by Golden Electron Silkworms; a Spirit Magecraft that renders all electronic device useless from simple mobile phones down to military grade constructs especially CADs. Looking further around, he saw a black stone near a dead Japanese soldier.
Intently he frowned. No wonder why the Japanese Army and Magi couldn't do damage on the invasion force. The enemies were using Antinite; a Sorcery Disruptor that causes an interference of Psion waves in the air which is then used for Cast Jamming, rendering all capable Magi from using any kind of Magecraft. The combination of both arsenal really did a number on the Self Defense Force and was undeniably, an effective method.
"Those people resorting such nasty tactic...!"
Miyuki pursed her lips in anger. Since she was there when the attack happened, she witness how the Alliance soldiers slaughtered every Japanese magicians and civilians with a glee in their faces while the latter were unable to use their talents in protecting themselves, and the people around them.
"I wonder how Tatsu-nii knows the existence of such magic, since at that time it wasn't known of."
"Maybe O-Otou-sama taught him about it."
Though with a bit of stutter, Minami answered Himari's query. Even after knowing the truth, she was still hesitant calling Hakuno her "Otou-sama".
Though with his Magic Resistance, any Cast Jamming from the enemy won't affect his battle capabilities. He placed his left hand on the ground and purposely flowed a considerate amount of Prana within the circuits on his arm. The dead bodies of people, civilians and soldiers alike, glowed before all of their builds were renewed, free from wounds and blood.
This caught everyone's attention. They never heard of Magic Resistance being impenetrable by Cast Jamming and even if it were true then that means that Tatsuya's Magic Resistance is somehow on a level where Cast Jamming becomes null or ineffective.
And there's the term Prana... does their older brother used the term to refer to his Psion? But what amazed them was how the lad managed to restore all the fallen people back to their original state.
Seeing the result of using his craft, the lad clad in suit of armor immediately stood up from his kneeling position. At the same time, a loud shriek echoed in front of him. The tone of fear and anxiety caught the lad's attention, prompting him to go to the location of the said commotion. Traversing the shelter's hallway, his eyes were welcomed by a sight of 2 women fighting off against the Alliance's soldiers and magi.
"That's where we come in."
Minami retorted much to Miyuki's chortle.
They were Miya Yotsuba and Honami Sakurai, with the latter using her heat shield to ward off the attacks of the enemies while the former was using Mental Interference on the said enemies as a counterattack. There were slight bruises on their bodies however they were relatively okay, able to cast spells despite the interference caused by the adversaries Antinite stones.
"It seems Otou-sama was right about them..."
The lad thought to himself as he carefully hid at the corner. His father already explained to him that these people were special cases, thus allowing them to use their Magecraft under the heavy influence of Cast Jamming.
"Hold on, what did he mean by that?"
"I don't even know, Minami."
"Hopefully it will be explained in this episode."
Himari replied to where her sisters nod to her in agreement. Yet still, what did her Otou-sama really imply by saying "special cases". Does he have anything to do why her aunt and her Guardian can cast spells even under the influence of Cast Jamming?
Behind them were a bunch of wounded civilians and Japanese soldiers. Among of them were several children with bruises marring on their frame and as his eyes roamed, the sight of two girls had caught his attention.
"Onii-sama..."
Both Miyuki and Minami breathe out, their hands clenching on the seams of their clothes.
Without second thoughts, he made his presence known as he joined the fray. With his right hand he disintegrated the entire Alliance soldiers as if they were nothing. His sudden appearance and action however caused the people on the other side to be wary of him but the moment they saw the patch on his shoulders, their hardened gaze soften a bit.
"I'm an ally."
As he said those words in a monotonous tone similar to a robot, his left hand already stretched towards the people, including Miya and Honami, who were surprise as the wounds and bruises on their bodies were gone as if they weren't there to begin with. He could see Miya staring at him with a pondering and scrutinizing look but he didn't mind it and instead, focused on the missive that overlaid on his vision from his helmet's visor.
The message displayed on his visor made him to understand the entire situation.
"It's understandable since Miya-obasama are one of the few people ever to witness Tatsuya-niisama's magic."
Himari commented as she gazed back on the screen.
"Who are you, young man?"
An old military figure spoke from the crowd and his question alone had caused everyone to look at him, all of their eyes showing the desire to know his name. The 2 women also looked at him with the same portrayal, even the 2 girls from the crowd.
"Special Agent Ryuuya Ooguro, working under the Japanese government."
His words caused the crowd to murmur and gasp, while the soldiers eyed him with suspicion.
"Special Agent Ooguro, I am Major Harunobu Kazama, head of the 101 Magic Battalion. Sorry but I never heard of you before."
"It's because my existence is supposed to be a secret even from the Ten Master Clans..."
The lad trailed off, noticing the slight widen eyes of Miya Yotsuba before gazing back at Kazama.
"Is it because Otou-sama wanted Onii-sama's identity hidden by implying he is not part of the Ten Master Clans?"
"Who knows but the question is why did Otou-sama allow Tatsuya-niisama to enter the battle? And where is he by the way?"
"That is something that we can't answer Himari-sama."
"Oh come on, Mina-chan. Stop using honorifics on my name, we're sisters!"
"I can't do that, Himari-sama. I am to stick to my professionalism, always."
Hearing the banter between sisters, Miyuki couldn't help but let out a small laugh. Minami was still stubborn as she is, though she can't blame her sister's attitude since the concept of being a Guardian is heavily ingrained to her system.
"Sorry but I need to go."
"Wait, where are you going? Won't you help us defending the civilians?"
"My apologies but I really need to go. I am needed in Hokkaido."
"Hokkaido?"
The query somehow caught everyone's attention.
"Correct. The Russians are invading the region and Sado as we speak."
Murmurs and mumbling words arose from the crowd.
"So this is a joint invasion by the Soviets and the Alliance huh..."
Kazama said with a grim expression and the lad could only nod in confirmation. He looked towards Miya and Honami and the 2 children that hid behind them and give them a nod before Kazama could ask him with further questions, he dashed away from them. He had to do it since time is an essence in his current situation. Leaving the shelter, he instinctively went his way to the beach shore.
The sisters clenched their hands upon seeing the numerous Alliance ships surrounding the entire island.
Seeing that the ships were firing loads of ammunition and missiles towards his direction, the black armored lad stretched his right arm forward with eyes radiating in blue lumen with rainbow shimmers, his hands mimicking a gun and his finger pointing towards one of the ship's Gun Battery. The moment the nose of the giant gun expelled its bullet, it disintegrated before it was converted into energy. The said energy then encapsulated the fleet of ships in a heated light resembling a detonated nuclear bomb with a loud bang.
"Whoah..."
The girls expelled with awe as they saw all the enemy ships being swallowed by the massive light.
"What he did... conversion of matter to energy..."
"It is supposed to be theoretically possible..."
Miyuki, Minami, and Himari couldn't help but be proud of their brother's showcase of talent, their eyes shimmering with adoration and amazement.
While most of the populace who witnessed such blast stared with awe and fear, the lad clad in black armor suit then crafted a rune below his feet before vanishing from the scene and transporting himself unto the next battlefield; Hokkaido.
"That was..."
"Teleportation..."
"Spatial Magic..."
Miyuki, Minami, and Himari were surprised seeing the lad transported himself from Okinawa to Hokkaido with less effort and less than a minute. Such reaction was understandable since the notion of Teleportation or Spatial Magic is unheard of, let alone the validity of its existence in the magic community. Although there was one in the Yotsuba whose magic can be called "Teleportation", still it couldn't compare to what Tatsuya used in the video.
The 3 girls then had their eyes on the television screen as they keep a close watch on the lad clad in a black armored suit who upon arriving at the scene, plunged himself on the battle without any second thoughts. Mowing countless Soviet operatives, chasing them out not only from Hokkaido but also from Sakhalin and Kuril Islands and finally casting a spell similar to what he did in Okinawa against the Soviet Fleet.
Standing on the battlefield was a single lad clad in a black armor suit, who fended off both Alliance and Soviet invasions from both sides just in a single day. His breathing was erratic but it was understandable, he had already consumed almost 70% of his reserves. What he did might put him in a world record but it was something he had to do, in order to protect the people that he cared about.
Not to mention it was what the World demanded to him.
The female teenagers were bewildered by this statement. What does such statement imply?
As if wanting to gasp some air, the lad pressed a button at the right side of his helmet, making it to retract the seams that connected some parts of it to the main frame. Gently, he lifted the helmet with his hand, grasping it at the nape part of his back, revealing his face to the world.
"Onii-sama!"
The 3 girls shouted in unison out in excitement and surprise, knowing that there hunch was right from the very start.
"Geez, it seems I've overdone it..."
The 15 year old Japanese lad with jet black hair and glowing blue eyes with rainbow shimmers trailed off, his peculiar vision eyeing on the JSDF helicopters approaching on the scene.
"Beautiful..."
Miyuki, Minami, and Himawari thought to themselves as they stared at Tatsuya's eyes though they could only wonder how their older brother managed to gain those orbs. To their knowledge and if their memory serves them right, he has dark brown eyes...
"Hopefully I have some time for studying for the First High School's entrance exam... I'm sure Shirou-nii will be unforgiving in the reviews."
"EH!?"
The statement alone caused a massive uproar from the 3 girls. All this time, their older brother was living in Tokyo and is currently attending First High School? And who is this Shirou-nii!?
As they try to wonder who the heck is this "Shirou-nii" guy, their minds then go off tangent as the concept of BL entered their thoughts.