After hearing him saying this, I couldn't help but shake my head while laughing a little and before I leave him to it, I said :
" Say, do you think I would still get an earful later from you know who ? .
He looked at me with an expression that seem to say ' we shouldn't be talking about this here ' kind of expression, at least that was how I interpreted the slight fluctuation in his emotionless expression, but it was really to tell what kind of expression was he making .
But after taking some time to think about it, he nodded his head and seemed to smile faintly, seeing his reaction, I sensed ants crawling on my skin, if he smiled like this, then I was really in some serious kind of trouble, I asked him to rlay my congratulations to his sister and bid him farewell and left .
I was walking as if I was carrying some heavy burden on my back, I was contemplating on what topic might be brought up by my mother later, she said that she was going to check on me daily, but now I feel like she is asking me to hand over reports, thinking of this, I couldn't help but turn to look at Juvia .
My actions caught her off guard and she directly become embarrassed and her face flushed slightly, seeing her state, I know that she would be the one to snitch on me if I were to try and lie about anything in my report later .
Even though, I know that I could trust her to be silent if I asked, but some of things that I had learned after living in the Yotsuba Family for some time, was that it always better to tell the truth when you are asked to, that went especially for the subordinates of the family .
And it wasn't like she would tell me to gather my stuff and come back, she might bring the topic of me being seen walking around in the streets and dismissing the driver, there was also the things that happened in the school ceremony, the conflict with other course 1 students, not becoming a leading figure to the whole school on my very first day, getting detention on my first day to school .
Now that I'm reviewing all that went on today, I couldn't help but think that I had a disastrous first day at school, it wasn't all bad, but the bad things are more than the good things that was certain .
I don't know if she would bring the topic regarding my refusal to join the school council, but now that I'm thinking about it, I actually believe that she might very much do bring these topics for discussion, what a huge headache .
Ryuu-sama, is everything okay ? .
" Fine, everything is just fine Juvia .
Just as I finished saying this and as if I had jinxed us with my words, I heard a subtle sound of tires screeching, then the voice become more and more louder, then an accelerating Black Van appeared in my sight, I was able to see that there seemed to be traces of Magic around it, but it seemed that the magic was detonated beforehand which made it hard for me to distinguish who was the culprit behind this .
I raised my hand and with making a pistol gestured with my hands I aimed at the car and all that reached me or Juvia was the wind that came with the speeding van, as for the van it dissipated as if it was nothing but an illusion, the Acceleration type magic used in the car wasn't the issue .
The Real issue was the the explosives that were in the car, this whole region would have been raised to the ground and all this was just for the sake of assassinating me, Absolute Dispersion worked exactly as its name implied, it deleted the van with all of its contents from existence .
I looked around at the cameras on the street and saw that they were all offline, whoever was trying to assassinate me, he prepared everything beforehand, he picked the only time in which I would be alone in the street to do his move, I couldn't help but calm down Juvia first, but there seemed to be need .
As a Yotsuba maid she seemed to be quite accustomed to this kind of situation, even though I was still able to saw her lamenting about her inability to be of any help in time, she seem to be quite hanging on .
I picked up my phone and dialed Officer Fujibayashi, but surprisingly she wasn't picking my calls, I sent an information construction through the link between the phones, this allowed me to be able to extend my senses to where the other telephone of her was .
I was able to see that no one was there in the office, it seem that she had forgot about her phone, this was a first, she often shamelessly boosted to me about sleeping with it in her arms since the day we met, so I currently didn't know what to make of that, since I had already was in the base, I decided to go and greet the Silver Fox .
This was a nickname for Major General Saeki, I got from my mother, the general got this nickname for her wits, as I reached the office, I saw that she was absentmindedly standing and looking at the window, she seemed to be completely engrossed in thought, I got close to here and said :
" Booo .
Gunshots were then heard by the people in the building, she instantly shoot me in the head and chest, luckily this was merely a body constructed of information, a hologram clone, Information Ghost, the bullets went through it and hit the decorations behind my clone and that was all .
The alarm went off, then the room was suddenly swarmed by soldiers and lieutenants, as they reached the room, even though most of the people in this space had seen some strange things, they were still unable to expect seeing the scene in front of them, a blue hologram like being with no legs hovering on the ground, empty glowing white eyes and no physical form .
A Ghost, this was the impression that these guys had witnessing this, they thought that this was a real ghost, looking at their faces I couldn't help but want to play another trick on all of them, I began making items in the place hover around me and even their guns began to flow from their hands and into the air, then just as I was about to say something like, I'm here to kill all of you, Major General Saeki said :
This was a false alarm, you all can go back to your work, I know this.... Ghost .
The moment the order was given and even though, some people were still unable to contain their curiosity about what in the world was going on, they still accepted their orders and all went out, I was about to introduce myself, but I was then surprised when she said :
Why are you here, Yotsuba Ryuu, shouldn't you be calling your so-called mother to report what happened today ?! .
" Major General Saeki is as perceptive as ever and as grumpy as always too, well I somehow got delayed by some business, so I was not able to go back in time, but I came here searching for Officer Fujibayashi and wanted to say hi to you .
For the information you want, you can always find it yourself, there's no one who could stop you, so I don't seem to follow what are you searching for Officer Fujibayashi .
" So Major General, is it right for me to believe that you know what happened a few minutes ago in the area where I live ? .
I heard about an explosion that didn't happen and culprits that weren't found .
" You know that and should also be able to guess what I'm here for by now .
As I said, you have all the information that you need, if you wanted to make a move, you could surely do .
" But... ?.
But now is not the time yet .
" I can understand that these assassination attempts are aimed at the Yotsuba Family Ryuu and not at the associated with the military me, but is there really that much preparations to deal with these guys ?.
The Major General returned to stare blankly at the window and after some time she finally said :
Well the problem with finishing them off, lay in the fact that this group of people still able to influence the political views of not a few numbers of people in the government, due to their huge influence .
They can't just disappear like overnight or there will be a huge gap that those who are behind them and who are more troublesome than them can take advantage of, that's why a lot of preparation is needed, to make sure that this don't happen, are you satisfied with the answer .
" Well, I'm satisfied with the one giving the answer that's the only reason for accepting such a troublesome reason and seemed to be very much aware of that too, don't you ? .
For the first time since our conversation began, I saw that she gave an actual content smile as she sighed and said :
Even though I can indeed tell, looking at your expression, I also can tell that you are still finding this situation to be a troublesome one, don't you ? .
" You are actually able to tell, how, I thought my blue face composed of data didn't reveal any kind of flaws, is Major General Saeki a psychic or have you start to dapple in fortune-telling lately .
I tried to make the scene a bit more how to put it, joyful, yes that might be the perfect word to describe what I was trying to do currently, her smile hadn't faltered at my words, so I should have succeeded in what I was trying to do, even after some seconds passed, there was still no response from here, dealing with her over an extended period of time already, I clearly understood what she wanted to hear .
" Major General Saeki should put herself in my place and think how should one feel when he is considered a walking target by some lawless bunch who believed themselves to be above law just because they are people with influence on the lives and the welfare of normal people, would you have liked that feeling ? .
My response might be not what you would like to hear, or it's more appropriate to say that you are indeed in a more difficult situation compared to me if I was in your place .
" How so ? .
Are you certain that you want to hear my answer ? .
" Please .
Your struggles are more severe than mine if I were in your shoes, in my situation, I had no strength to fight back, so all that I hope for was for them to allow me to compromise, trying to strike a deal for peace, if they didn't care about making peace, I would at least try to strike a deal with them, in that deal I would at least ask them to refrain from trying to attack those who are close to me .
As for whatever they try to target me with, I would tell them that I would gladly accept whatever they might throw at me, exchanging a life for a life, in hope of getting enough time to find a way out or for the world around me to changy, but your situation is more difficult because you are way stronger than even the forces in this world can hope to have .
But once you make a move and make your strength clear, people would began thinking of you as a threat, that's why I believe that you might be forced to bear more burdens in this situation, your strength is what shackled you and held you back, while in the same time it was the key to your freedom, am I right ? .
Hearing her explanation, I somewhat become frustrated at her clearly pointing out what I was exactly thinking and burdened with, I no longer wanted to continue this conversation since I already know it was quite meaningless to continue, I said trying to steer the direction of conversation into a different direction :
" It seem that I won't get that permission to strike back, it was good seeing you doing okay major general, I'm leaving but if you happened to reach Fujibayashi-san before I do, then please tell her that I'm not holding anything against her or you .
Then the blue made of data clone began to dissipate and just before it completely disintegrated, I blurted something unconsciously, I said :
" Major General Saeki shouldn't belittle herself like this, if you don't have enough strength or power to push them away, can't you depend on me slightly for help, just say the word and I would be ready to deal with even the whole government for you, Goodbye .
The senses that I shared with that clone were cut off and we were finally back to the Yotsuba Tower, this place was the epitomy of luxurious, even though all these changes that made it reach this stage were installed in a two or 3 months .
As I passed by the gate, the chauffeur was there, he greeted me and I nodded and continued on my way, Juvia behind me kept opening doors for me with her shaking hands, it seemed that even though she should have get accustomed to such scenes already, she still a little girl after all .
Reaching the floor where the place I had moved to starting of this week, the place which I might as well call it my home for the next 3 years, or until I get bored of the school, but the latter possibility was unlikely, as we entered the apartment, Juvia came to start handling everything, like making dinner, changing and washing my clothes even though she would be just using Magic for the most part, but it was still a lot work .
She wanted to take care of other needs for me like washing my back and things like that, but the answer had changed from when we were at the family mansion, I turned that offer of her down, she looked disappointed and I looked at the mirror and thought sarcastically, that 99% of my problems would get solved perhaps if I were to wear a mask or scarred my face .
But that most likely to end up making the girls more interested in approaching me, maybe it's worth a shot, just as I was beginning to think like this, the monitor in the room lit up and the phone that was right next to it start ringing, then without even the need to pick up the phone, the call was accepted and I saw a woman crossing her hands together in front of her chair sitting on an office and looking quite solemn, my mother Yotsuba Maya was apparently angry .