Good Afternoon Ryuu-san, I heard that your first day at school was...eventful, I hope .
Hearing her say this I couldn't help but look at Juvia from the corner of my eyes, but not judging her, just a bit disgruntled about how quick did she report me .
You don't need to look for Juvia, she wasn't the one who told me about what happened, do you reckon what's this ? .
My mother said this and I saw her holding an envelope in her hands, a report of some kind that had the sigil of the First High Magic Academy, seeing this letter, I couldn't help but become a bit bewildered .
She noticing my bewilderment said :
I don't need to remind you that you are a representative of the Yotsuba, so of course most of what you do will be reported to the family, whether was it a nomination for joining the student council, or the incident with using Magic at the Entrance Ceremony, all will be reported .
Hearing what she was saying, I couldn't help but be startled a little, so even if Juvia hadn't reported to the family, the school might actually does this on their own, then if this the case, then it seem that I'm fated to get an earful every once in a while .
Why did you turn the position in the Student Council down, if I may ask ? .
It seem that things were even more troublesome than what I first thought, my mother isn't a person who would ask permission to ask someone anything, I had clearly understood that, so her asking me now can only be an indication of her not in favor to the decision I made .
" Well, to put it simply, I didn't like to join the student council because I was too lazy to care about having to deal with the so-called students needs, solving problems every day should be much of a bothersome, so I turned the invitation down, but from your solemn expression, I can tell that I shouldn't have done that .
So you were just trying to shrink from your responsibilities, was that it ? .
Even though the words she used sounded a bit harsh, I still wanted to discuss the matter openly with her, so I indeed nodded my head and acknowledge that to some extent this indeed sounded right .
So tell me, what kind of World do you want to create, when you're already this lazy when dealing with much less responsibilities, yet you just throw them at someone else, can this attitude allow to lead people and change the world order you hate .
Hearing her say this, I felt as if a volcanic eruption happened in my mind, it seem that every word she said hit the spot in my weak heart, before I kept on Criticizing the system at school, but what did I do when I got the chance to be able to solve some of the issues that I can see clearly, nothing, I did nothing and simply stood there watching without trying to actually fix the problems myself .
Seeing the lost like expression on your face, I can already tell that even though you keep simulating every possible outcome in every situation, you hadn't foreseen the possiblity of you mixing not standing out with being a person who is negative towards achieving anything and everything due to believing that your strength would allow you to solve any issue no matter how grave it was, am I right again ? .
Without even waiting for me to respond and defend myself, not that I currently have a way to do so, she continued to say in a less solemn tone this time :
Ryuu dear, I would like to point out to you that in that school you will need to graduate with even more luster than you had in the start, you told me about your dream of making this world a better place for Magicians, the first stage that you need to spare no effort in conquering is that school .
You don't need to become a prominent figure that people flock towards you from every direction, these kinds of entourage are mostly in vain, they at most can act as decorations or channels that can connect you to even more people who could help you in your cause effectively .
What I'm trying to teach you here, is how you can convince people who might choose to follow you to have more faith in you through you showing them how much of a change and an impact you want to have in the world and in your case around the whole school, you understand ? .
Even though I was still engrossed in my own thoughts, hearing her inquiry, I came back to my senses and looked in the closest mirror and saw an expression that I had never seen myself make, a new emotion that I had barely get a chance to interact with all this time, the expression was that of Doubt .
I still nodded my head as if answering my mother's inquiry while I kept on looking at the mirror in front of me, wondering if I should be feeling happy about experiencing this new emotion, or disappointed about needing to be taught such a lesson, maybe both, I don't know, or maybe I know, this was so confusing .
You should learn from your mistakes today and make sure to not repeat them in the future, but you need to first contemplate about what were those mistakes nature and what might have led you to make them, you should also take some time to contemplate about your own mindset from time to time .
People's principals, beliefs, even taste in things tend to change from time to time, you can't hope to always subdue people with using force, this is just being a new tyrant and nothing more, it's funny how I'm the one who is telling you about this, when you already aware of what our family has been doing all this time and all according to my strict orders, but since a chance for a change had appeared, then all our methods and vessels have been forced to adapt to the new strategy, all thanks to you .
My last piece of advice to you is this, you are strong enough to discard of any rules you don't want to adhere to, but you are still want to be accepted by people and you are shackled with this much strength, so I'm hoping that you will try to convince people to follow you through both strength and wits, do you understand what I'm trying to tell you ? .
I once again found myself nodding my head at her words, she gave me much to think about that even nodding seemed to be done as an instinctive action, but I still understand some of what was she trying to tell me, how much difficult to do what she was asking me to try and do, this was the real question .
Seeing me nodding, she released a sigh and her faint smile appeared then she said while fiddling with another envelope that appeared in her hand which also beared the same exact sigil as the first letter, this letter envelope too was from the school :
Being a Yotsuba mean that you have to do your share of work in the school committee, whether you like it or not, but since you have already refused to join the Student Council, in my hands there is a letter of assigning you to one of the other two Committees that could be said to be on par with the student council in terms of influence, even if their authority was more inclined to Discipline and Behavior Management .
I already said all I wanted to say to you, you can make up your own mind regarding all of this, just don't forget about assessing which is more beneficial for you to join and create the desirable impact .
Oh and Ryuu, this might sound late, but congratulations on your first day at school .
As she finished saying the last line of her words she flashed me a content smile, then the monitor shut down ending the call and forcing me back to reality, her words I mean, I felt my heart getting warmer by her words, it wasn't a fleeing feeling like before, I truly felt loved or maybe just a bit more appreciated, I can't tell for sure, but either way, it was a good feeling nonetheless .
I kept sitting there in silent looking at the empty space in front of me and contemplating on what my mother had pointed me to contemplate on just now, but as my thoughts kept on getting blocked, I sensed someone shake me and saw that Juvia had already changed her clothes to the maid uniform and was saying :
Ryuu-sama, your bath is ready, you can leave the clothes anywhere you want .
Juvia was reminding me of my shower time, but I saw that her expression was a bit solemn, her eyes were also red, it seem that she was being bothered by something, I couldn't help but pat her on the head while saying :
" I'm sorry for doubting you earlier Juvia, but know that even if you were reporting me to the family, I'm not angry with you, you have been taking care of me for quite a long time now, so just do what you must and as I said I can never be angry with you little girl .
At my words, I saw that her cloudy expression and mood were lifted up in almost an instantaneous manner, she gave me a smile, then her tears rolled down on her cheeks, then the next second I saw that she was burying herself in my embrace, then we stayed like this for some time .
Thinking how stressful was this day for her I decided to at least give her this sense of comfort, I couldn't help but wonder how much did this whole situation affected her, after what seemed to be 10 to 15 minutes with us staying like this, the girl had finally gotten enough comfort and she finally let me go and with a flushed face she went to the kitchen and got busy .
I got up and went to wash up all the worries and thoughts I had of today, I couldn't help but mirror the words of the Major General Saeki and my mother with one another and compare them in my mind, I couldn't help but find that they seemed to empathize on almost the same thing .
How that even when I in control of such a huge amount of power, I still need to be more rational about the time when to use it as to not create more troubles for myself and others than the one that should have been solved, I had more clear understanding to what the two were asking me to do .
They both actually wanted me to be like Tatsuya, but who in the world could be able to be like that guy, he is emotionless and lack empathy to all that in this world have to offer but his sister, I on the other hand could be said to be an opposite side of a coin compared to him, my history made me me want to accept all that this world had to offer .
I was filled with emotions, desires and hopes, that I can't help but want to see all of them fulfilled, at least I can try and be a bit more patient and composed like him, but that all I can do, whether this would be enough, the answer to this, is left entirely for the future days to come, for now, I should invest whatever free time I have in aspiring to achieve greater results than my mother had set for me .
Oh, right, I almost forgot about that, Miyuki was suddenly calling me, but then the call ended, she got what she wanted to call me for, so now there no need for us to talk, I have given her what I had promised her before, a few companions for Fluffy .
Then as if this had set some chain reaction, I found Tatsuya was the one calling next, a video call of him blocking the door leading to the living room where the monitor was, as the call connected, I understood what was he actually blocking and I couldn't help but massage my forehead while clicking my tongue, I had some kind of misconception about what few meant perhaps .
The flurry of rabbits was now threatening to overtake the house they were in, I don't know what was going on or what led the rabbit to be rioting like thise and where exactly was Miyuki, all I was seeing was Tatsuya holding the door shut forcefully to stop them from submerging this area as well .
Your doing ? .
I couldn't help but nod again, but it was weird how these guys who were created to be the most cute and adorable little things now are trying to overtake the house of the two siblings like this, what was going on ? .
Could you recall that magic of yours first, the house had already suffered enough as it is ? .
Hearing this I recalled all the new made ones and finally know the reason to why all of this was happening, I have given an angry Miyuki an army of rabbits for her to command unintentionally, as for how I was able to tell the reason .
Was because after I did recall the rabbits, Miyuki seemed to have finally calmed down after her brother apologized to her, the reason to why she was angry to begin with, that is still unclear for me, what was clear, is that the two had reconciled and Miyuki apologized to me for misusing the play partners I promised to give Fluffy .
Tatsuya not wanting something like what just happened to occur again managed to convince the girl to have only 4 rabbits stay in the house, which was enough for her to beam with joy and to look at me in anticipation, waiting for her other 3 new little familiars .
I gave her 4 other rabbits than fluffy, then disregarding of the judgmental look on Tatsuya's face, I acted as if the connection was beginning to have some problems and ended the call .
Him not calling right after was a sign that he had begrudgingly accepted his fate, I finished dealing with this situation and heard a chuckle coming from the kitchen as I sat on the sofa and rested my body, Juvia too thought that this was a bit comical, I see .
As I sat there I couldn't help but recall what my mom said in the end of her call, about giving me a chance to choose between which of the other two School Committees to choose from, after all that happened today, if I were to choose then I would like to be a Justice Executive .