Chapter 10：Discussion (1/2)

Kudo Ayaka and Kudo Taro went back to their house for dinner.

In the dining room.

There were another two people in the room. The first one was a male in his forties. He had short black hair with an undercut hairstyle. He was wearing a formal suit as he had just finished his work. He put down his chopsticks and finally said,

”Father, I heard you brought two people into the company along with Ayaka. Who are they?” Although he appeared to be a strict person, he was not like that. He was only a normal father.

”Hoho, so you know about it. As expected of my son. Even if you're busy, you still care about your daughter.”

”Of course. I'm her father, and I should care about her well-being.” He said righteously. ”I almost forgot. Ayaka, I got you a fiance just now. He's Katsuragi Takaki from the Katsuragi house in the north.

”His father is my comrade back then, and we're pretty close. I've seen him today. He's handsome and is a good man that suits you the most. He is an A-rank magician, to boot.”

”Father, I don't need him!” She slapped the table without caring about manners.

Ayaka was flustered when she heard about this fiance thing. She was just teased by her grandfather about Kai, and this thing suddenly came up.

Her father was shocked to see her like that. Kudo Taro also narrowed his eyes, thinking about something. ”Katsuragi house... If I'm not wrong, it's also one of the most prominent families in the north.”

”Yeah. It's that Katsuragi.”

Kudo Taro glared at him and asked with a bit of a cold tone on his voice, ”Yoshihiro, why didn't you ask me about this first?”

”Father?” Ayaka's father, Kudo Yoshihiro, was startled to see such reactions from both Ayaka and his father. ”I just met him today, and we agreed to marry our children. He's also a good friend of mine, and I know what kind of person he is.”

”Dear, this is also my first time hearing about it.” Suddenly, the fourth person in the room spoke.

She had long straight brown eyes, like Ayaka. She looked at Kudo Yoshihiro with her black eyes. She tried to smile as she had a calm and elegant atmosphere around her.

But for Yoshihiro, that calm of hers was like the calm right before the storm. Yoshihiro immediately got scared. This side of her made Yoshihiro not have the courage to have another wife.

”He's my friend's son. He's an A-rank wind magician. I've seen his attitude and I'm satisfied with it.”

”He won't marry her.” Kudo Taro said.

”Father?” This time, both Yoshihiro and Ayaka's mother, Kudo Chiyo were perplexed.

”No, I'm not rejecting this marriage. I've decided not to stretch my hand in this matter. But...”

”But...” Both of them gulped. Ayaka finally realized what he was going to say. Sadly, she was too late to stop him.

”She already got her soulmate, according to our family fate.

”What?” Yoshihiro rose from his seat while Chiyo's mouth opened wide as she tried to cover it with her hand.

”Grandfather!” Ayaka shouted, embarrassed.

”She... has lost to someone?” Chiyo asked.

”I was just as surprised as you are. So after she unknowingly brought them here, I decided to test him. Surprisingly, he blew me away before I managed to land a hit on him. Not to mention, I was the one who made the first surprise attack.”

Both of Ayaka's parents couldn't utter a single word as their mouth refused to budge because of the shock.

Chiyo was the first one who regained her composure. She asked with a smile, trying to treat it as a joke. ”Father, you are exaggerating, right? Is he an S-rank magician? But there are only two S-rank magicians in this United Asia, and both of them are old.”

”No, he's a D-rank. According to Ayaka, he seems to be a sound magician. Although it was just a friendly exchange, I felt that his movement was different than those of students. In close combat alone, he should be around a third year's level, if not at the elite level.”

”D-rank?” (Yoshihiro)

”Sound magician?” (Chiyo)

”Father, please don't joke about this. He's only a sound magician, and a D-rank magician, to boot.” Yoshihiro said while trying to calm his heart down.

”Aren't you underestimating sound magicians too much? Besides, you shouldn't compare him to normal sound magicians. If it weren't for this country's ineffective method of measurement for sound magicians, he might be comparable to B-rank or A-rank magicians.

”Don't you know that the first space magician was underestimated by everyone on his side as he was only a C-rank magician? He tried to make an unorthodox way of using space magic.