15 Chapter 13 Deals and Information (1/2)

Takemi was stunned. No, surprised was a better word. What about shocked? Or confused? Anyways he walked to the front door and opened it to reveal a handsome young man with an aloof expression set upon his face and a beautiful Japanese beauty beside him.

”Shiba Tatsuya? And Shiba Miyuki was it?”, asked Takemi with a little apprehension in his voice.

The former nodded, ”Correct. I apologize for out abrupt arrival, but may we talk to you for a moment?”.

Takemi nodded and widened the door and gestured for them both to come in.

The moment Tatsuya walked in he sniffed the air and raised an eyebrow at Takemi and said, ”Do you have company Mikazuchi-san?”.

Takemi didn't flinch but just retorted, ”Yes. But they're sleeping upstairs. Don't wake them”.

”I see. And where is you Aunt? Is she out?”.

”She's sleeping upstairs”.

Tatsuya stopped and looked at Takemi, his eyes widened.

”I see. So that's your relationship... I think we might get along better than originally thought, Mikazuchi-san”.

Miyuki who was standing behind her elder brother tilted her head cutely not catching the hidden meanings the two in front of her were talking about.

”Just call me Takemi. Mikazuchi is a bit of a mouthful”.

The Shiba siblings nodded before sitting down in the living room opposite of Takemi. A small robot came out of the kitchen and delivered a tea set onto the table between them.

Tatsuya didn't wait for the robot to serve the tea before asking, ”I want to ask you about your test scores for First High. How did you do it? Did you cheat? Or was it because of your Eyes?”.

”It was pure ability I assure you. My Eyes don't have that kind of ability Shiba”.

”Then how did you do it-”.

Takemi interrupted, ”No. I'm not going to sit hear and be interrogated by you Shiba. If you ask a question I want to ask one as well, does that seem fair?”.

”That's fine by me”, it appeared like Tatsuya already accounted for this and responded immediately.

”I want to know what your real names are. The Shiba are a Family of Magicians that intermarried with the Shinonome to create one of the Ten Master Clans. Nobody uses the Shiba name today, however it is a Family that is firmly rooted in Japan's History...”.

Miyuki narrowed her eyes and the temperature slowly started to drop. Tatsuya's facial expressions didn't change but held Miyuki's hand causing her to turn a light red.

”Onii-sama! But-”.

”It's fine Miyuki. I think he already knows the answer anyway...”.

Tatsuya gave his younger sister a ghost of a smile before turning to Takemi and saying, ”You are correct we are not members of the Shiba Clan. Your true names are Tatsuya Yotsuba and Miyuki Yotsuba. Miyuki is the heir to the Yotsuba Family and I am her Guardian”.

Takemi already knew this information however just closed his eyes and nodded.

”I thought so. I didn't think that you were her Guardian and believed that you might be the heir Shiba Tatsuya”.

Shaking his head Tatsuya replied, ”My skill as a Magician is somewhat specialized and I cannot function as a normal Magician. Anyway, I want to know how you managed to get your spell cast time down to one ten thousandth of a second. It shouldn't theoretically possible for someones Magic Calculation Area to become that fast. So... how to you do it?”.

Takemi smirked, ”Mikazuchi Family Secret Technique. Who wants to know? Yotsuba Tatsuya or Shiba Tatsuya?”.

”Shiba Tatsuya. What do these Mikazuchi Family Secret Techniques contain? Modern or Ancient Magic?”.

”Combination of both. What are you going to do with this information?”.

”Recreate it. I will redesign the Magic Casting Technique and implement it into my work. What are the Techniques called?”.

”[Thought Acceleration] and [Memory Partition]. What work is it?”.

Miyuki gave her brother a worried look and clenched his hand a little harder, ”Onii-sama, is this so important that you have to tell him everything?”.

”It's fine Miyuki. I scratch his back he scratches mine. This is nothing more than a game of 20 questions... and the work, it's for Four Leaves Technology. What are the details of those two Magic?”.

Takemi leaned back in his chair and sighed, ”I'll tell you. But I want a favor instead”.

Tatsuya raised an eyebrow and said, ”What is it. Depending on the request I can do most things. I will not do favors that could impact of Miyuki's security or my identity... mass murder is also out of the question”.

”No, it's nothing like that. It's just funny that you mention Four Leaves Technology. I was looking for a personalized CAD. One suited for combat”.

The older Shiba sibling was silent for a moment before responding, ”I can get you one, however there are three conditions that you must agree to beforehand. Otherwise the deals off”.

”Name it”.

”First, you can't tell anyone I made it for you”.

”Deal”.

”Second, I want you to teach everything on both [Thought Acceleration] and [Memory Partition]. Both you and your Aunts-”.

Takemi stopped him there, ”My Aunt doesn't practice those Magecrafts. Her abilities are the result of other factors”.