Chapter 27: Light
"So, he is in Tokyo now?"
"Yes."
"But..." Shiori looked at Airi with a complicated gaze and said helplessly, "But I never thought the two of you would become a fiance and a fiancee..."
Hearing those words from her best friend, Airi blushed shyly, but she didn't intend to hide this fact since it had already become a fact, and she even announced it to the magician community.
"Yes, he will be my future husband..."
Her voice was so gentle, and her eyes were filled with affection.
When Shiori saw Airi, who was in this state, it was hard for her to stay calm, but fortunately, they had finished the entrance exam for the Third High School.
"By the way, has he finished his entrance exam?"
While Shiori wasn't sure why, she tried to change the subject of their conversation, hoping for Airi to stop talking about her engagement with Masa.
"Not yet." Airi looked at her mobile terminal, seemingly waiting for Masa's email, but unfortunately, it might take him a while to send it. Still, she didn't want to bother him, especially when he should be busy with his entrance exam.
As for her entrance exam?
Well, it was easy, and she didn't think that she would fail.
Airi also thought that Masa didn't have a problem with his entrance exam and wanted to hear his voice, but even so, she didn't want to bother him and waited for him patiently like a good wife.
"....." Shiori.
Meanwhile, Masa had arrived in Tokyo for the first time and stayed in the hotel, which should be owned by his family. Yes, including the cyber-security field; naturally, he also made the Isshiki Family enter the real estate industry, including a hotel.
Why?
It was for safety.
After all, having their own hotel was safer than staying at a different place, right?
The Isshiki Family, who had many new magics due to Masa, wasn't weak, but even so, it was better to be prepared than be sorry.
At the same time, due to Masa's stay in Tokyo, his family also prepared a new house for him, but the security system still needed to be installed.
Still thinking of that new house, Masa wondered whether his family might be over-preparing since, instead of a house, he felt that the place his family had prepared for him was a fortress.
Yet, for the future head of the Isshiki Family, all of them thought it was nothing, or rather, such preparation was needed, especially for Masa, who would be everyone's future head of the family.
Go all out instead of being sorry.
Probably, this was the motto of the Isshiki Family at this moment.
Yet, inwardly, in this world, was there anyone who could even fight him?
While Masa was busy with his entrance exam, he didn't forget to train all of his abilities, especially those that were gained from Masa One Piece.
Masa of One Piece had devoured Machvise and Kizaru, but even so, he needed time to consume and develop the abilities he gained from the two.
While Masa One Piece was on his way to learning all the necessary knowledge and started his beginning after his dangerous fight with Kizaru, Masa DxD also did his best to learn and improve the ability of Ton Ton no Mi.
Ton Ton no Mi was a simple power, yet even so, it needed time to train.
More importantly, as Masa DxD had a lot of experience with physical ability, there was no doubt that he was the most suitable person to train the Ton Ton no Mi.
Meanwhile, Masa Mahouka wasn't lazy; instead, he worked hard to learn how to improve Pika Pika no Mi's ability.
After getting the power of Pika Pika no Mi, besides manipulating light, Masa had been thinking about how to improve this ability further.
In the original, the way Kizaru used the ability from the Pika Pika no Mi was pretty simple, which was just turning his body into a light, using his physical ability to attack someone with the speed of light or shoot a laser.
Still, Masa didn't underestimate Kizaru and felt that such a way of using the Pika Pika no Mi was good.
If there was something that Masa had to add, it was the fact that he could control the light to create a hologram, an optical illusion, by using the Pika Pika no Mi.
This was probably the best way for him to improve the ability of Pika Pika no Mi, and as for the rest, it was enough to use the way Kizaru used this ability as with the speed of light, how could chase after him?
What about others?
Frankly, there were a lot of possibilities for the Pika Pika no Mi since the light was everywhere, and it was also dangerous as he could even create a gamma ray, x-ray, microwave, and many others.
To be honest, among all the Logia-type of Devil Fruit, the Pika Pika no Mi could be said to be one of the most dangerous.
Yet, there was a massive problem in developing such an ability.
Radiation.
Yes, whether it was a gamma ray, x-ray, microwave, or many others, all of them generated radiation.
While Masa was immune, the environment wasn't, and if he really developed a magic that destroyed the environment, then he would be as good as gone. He also didn't like the idea of destroying the environment, considering how important it was for him and his family, especially in this country, Japan, where the useable land was so limited.
Masa might say to leave the improvement of the Pika Pika no Mi to him, but then again, in reality, there was still a limit to what he could do.
'If I have a "Regrowth..."
If Masa had "Regrowth," Tatsuya's innate ability, which allowed Tatsuya to return everything to its previous, original state within 24 hours, he would develop all the possibilities of the Pika Pika no Mi.
Unfortunately, he didn't have such an ability, so he could only improve the Pika Pika no Mi in the field of illusion, especially optical illusion.
Oh, and a laser, too.
If possible, Masa hoped for Masa One Piece to devour Bomu Bomu no Mi or Pamu Pamu no Mi the next time the next Masa appeared, so that way, the ability of the Pika Pika no Mi could grow stronger, but he knew that when the next Masa appeared, what everyone aimed for wouldn't be Bomu Bomu no Mi or Pamu Pamu no Mi instead it would be a certain Zoan-type of a Devil Fruit.
Nevertheless, this was fine, too, Masa thought.
Still, as he thought of how to develop his Pika Pika no Mi, he was already about to arrive at the First High School to start his entrance exam, and he could see many middle school students walking toward the same, seemingly also intending to join the entrance exam.
Nevertheless, no one intended to talk to each other since everyone in this place was a rival, and no one wanted to fail to enter this prestigious high school.
Still, even so, even if everyone was a rival, everyone couldn't help but look in the direction of Masa.
Masa was wearing a facemask, hiding most of his features, but even so, his large body was impossible to ignore.
While everyone's height was mostly less than 180 or even further below, his almost 190 cm was towering, and even though he appeared slim, everyone could feel the dense and powerful aura that came from Masa's body.
It felt... hard to breathe somehow when they were close to him, as if he was an existence above them.
Yet even so, many of them wished to get close to him, especially when all of them saw his appearance and hoped to see his real face under that facemask.
However, while the majority were attracted to his appearance, one girl stared at him in a daze due to how warm and bright he was. The Pika Pika no Mi had turned him into a human light. Instead of the powerful bio-electricity on his body, his light was more vibrant, and it might not be wrong to say that he was like the sun.
Yet, even so, ordinary people and magicians might not notice this.
However, it was different from this girl, who was particularly sensitive toward the light, and because of Masa's light, she just... couldn't look away.
"Honoka, what's wrong?"
Her friend, who walked by her side, looked at the girl in confusion.
"Hey, remove your facemask. You can't enter the school with that."
At the entrance of the First High School, such a conversation happened, and Masa, who was told to remove his facemask, did so and caused everything to be in silence. Yet, he ignored everyone's reaction and asked the school staff. "Can I enter now?"
The staff, who was in a daze, quickly nodded. "Ah, yes, please!"
Masa nodded, then entered the school casually, giving off a laid-back attitude, yet even so, many still couldn't wake up from their stupor from watching his face for the first time.
Masa's charm, which had become three times better, was just so destructive, after all.
Yet, Honoka's friend, Shizuku Kitayama, who followed her best friend's gaze, understood why her best friend had been in a daze and rooted in a place.
Was this the beginning of the first love of the two girls?
Spring, new encounters, and love.
The weather might still within the winter, but even so, they couldn't help but imagine that spring had come, and all the girls who had seen Masa for the first time anticipated such a future, and they hoped to succeed in their entrance exam so that they could meet him!
Chapter 28: The difference
Winter was pretty cold, and the entrance exam also made everyone nervous, which made their bodies become even more frigid, yet even so, strangely enough, when they were close to Masa, all of them felt warm.
Yet, Masa ignored all of them and wanted to finish his entrance exam as soon as possible.
At the same time, he wondered whether the Shiba siblings were.
Were they in a different room?
Masa thought so and felt a bit disappointed since he couldn't see the two famous siblings in the Mahouka.
Tatsuya aside, Masa was curious at how beautiful Miyuki Shiba, the main heroine of this world, was, wondering whether she was really that beautiful.
Still, while Masa was curious about Miyuki, the headmaster and many important staff of the First High School were watching him in the observation room after he entered the school.
"So, that's the "Blue Beast"!"
"His body is overwhelming!"
"Yet, even so, his control is so delicate..."
Masa's reputation was high, and the Isshiki family had never hidden his qualifications.
Or rather, he was relatively loud, as if he were the leader and the hope of this family.
That was what Masa intended it to be, but even if his reputation was loud, it was still limited, and more importantly, he wasn't a Strategic Type of a Magician, so even if his reputation was loud, most people would dismiss him, thinking that the Isshiki Family tried to exaggerate his reputation.
It might seem weird, but instead of being feared, being underestimated was better after all.
When someone underestimated him, instead of trying to take him down, they would just dismiss him and continue with their lives or try to improve themselves to show that they were better than him.
On the other hand, Tatsuya's power was too exaggerated, and his existence instilled fear, which made many wish to take him down, causing his life to be far from being peaceful.
Masa's life might not have been peaceful, but it was still within the limits of his tolerance.
Still, with his loud reputation, when he had decided to enter the First High School, he attracted the attention of many, and many of them were curious about him, especially the headmaster and the staff, considering many of them thought he would be the Third High School.
"So handsome..."
Some of them subconsciously murmured, which made the atmosphere turn strange all of a sudden.
"But principal, you really don't want to give him special treatment?"
Considering Masa's reputation, it shouldn't be weird for Masa to have special treatment by entering the First High School without an exam, yet even so, there was no such an offer, and he had to take the entrance exam like others.
"No." Momoyama Azuma, the principal of the First High School, shook his head softly and said, "If he asks such a request, then I don't mind, but since he isn't, then he probably wishes to show his strength through a normal exam like others, and instead of a having a special treatment, it might be better for him to take a normal exam like others as he can show all the new students what it means to face a powerful magician is."
"I think all of them will give up in despair when they see his power."
"No, I think that they won't think so since they know from the beginning to the end, there is no comparison between them."
"How negative..."
"That's the truth, isn't it."
"But is he really that amazing?"
"His feats in business, research, and also prowess during the "Invasion of the Sado" is obvious to all."
"He is like a protagonist with a cheat."
"Hahaha... you are right."
Nevertheless, all the staff were happy with Masa's intention to join the First High School, considering the graduation of the third year was near.
The third year had been known as the exceptional, but the second year, there was nothing exceptional; while they were okay, they weren't that special, but if Masa decided to join the First High School, then it would be different, and the "Golden Age" of the First High School could be maintained.
"Be quiet. The exam is about to start."
Yet, when they wanted to continue to discuss Masa, Momoyama quickly silenced them since the exam was about to start.
All of them quickly shut their mouths and couldn't wait to see the result of Masa's exam.
Meanwhile, Masa also felt the cameras were focused on him, but he didn't mind since it was normal for him to attract attention. Instead, his attention had been on the exam that was about to start.
The exam was divided into two: one was a written test, and the other was a practical test.
The first was the written test, and it was easy for him, especially since he had become three times smarter than before, so it wouldn't be difficult for him to get a perfect score or even further if that was possible.
Still, compared to the written test, the practical test was even more important as it was a magic high school, so there was no doubt that the students were expected to show their talent ability with magic.
To see whether one had a talent with magic or not, there were three factors that one needed to evaluate to determine whether one was an exceptional or a failure, and those factors were Interference Strength, Capacity / Scale of Magic Sequences, and Processing Power of Magic.
Yes, unlike an average magician story where the strength of the magician is determined by their "Magic Power," in this world, those three factors above were the points to determine whether a magician was exceptional or not.
Still, those points might appear weird, but let him explain those three points.
The first is the Interference Strength, which is the strength of the magician to affect reality.
The magician is a creature that changes reality, the phenomenon before them.
If he gave an example, the simplest would be to create ice from nothing, even if the temperature was so hot.
The stronger the Interference Strength, the better a magician was at performing their magic.
It was like muscle strength; the stronger the muscle was, the stronger one could lift the weight.
The Interference Strength was like that; the stronger it was, the stronger the magic that a magician could perform.
Now, let's move on to the second point, which is the Capacity / Scale of Magic Sequences, which was pretty simple, and that was the ability to cast magic, and the higher the capacity a magician was, the stronger and more complicated a magician could perform, and if their capacity is lower, then one could only perform simple magic.
However, if one's Magician's Interference Magic was high, even if their Capacity was low, then even simple magic could become strong and they could make the effect of other magic weak.
Still, while the first and second points might be a little difficult to understand for some, the third point is easier to understand.
The processing Power of Magic was the third factor in determining whether a magician was excellent or not.
What does this factor mean?
It is meant to speed up the process of performing one's magic.
As for why this point was included, it was because the faster one performed their magic, the better it was, right?
After all, those with a slow activation would be defeated before they could even do anything, so the faster one was, the stronger a magician was.
For Masa, all of them were easy, and he didn't think that he would be defeated by anyone within those three points, including Tatsuya.
Rather, even if Tatsuya was the strongest, his qualification as a magician, according to international standards, was horrible.
Masa, on the other hand, was the best of the best, even if the standard for the future might change since instead of only being able to use limited magic like Tatsuya, he could use everything.
Still, as he listened to the teacher's explanation for the practical exam, Masa noticed someone was staring at him. While the others also looked at him, this one was different as her eyes were a bit different.
"Ah!"
The girl, who removed her glasses, somehow held her eyes in pain.
"What's wrong?"
The teacher was startled when someone suddenly screamed.
"Uh..."
However, the girl couldn't explain since her eyes were in so much pain after she was staring at Masa, and to be honest, she didn't want anyone to know the ability of her eyes. More importantly, she was at fault and panicked when she thought about how she might lose her qualification for the exam. Moreover, the pain in her eyes hadn't been subdued, and this pain made her want to cry.
Still, suddenly, she felt a warm current that entered her body, making her eyes feel better.
"Are you fine?"
The girl, who had closed her eyes in pain, opened her eyes slowly, but someone closed her eyes, which made her panic.
"I have a magic that will block all magic that pry into myself, so don't use your eyes on me. Seal them again with your glasses."
"Ah, oh..."
The girl was panicked, but somehow, this gentle voice made her follow his words subconsciously, and inwardly, she also felt guilty for using her special eyes.
"Now, you can open your eyes."
"T-Thank you very much!"
The girl opened her eyes, then blushed when she realized the young man that she had been watching and trying to observe with her special eyes was the one who helped her.
"A-Also, I-I am sorry."
"It's fine."
Yet, even so, the girl felt that she needed to do something, especially when she knew that she had given a bad impression and did something rude to the young man. Still, she had to say, it was so hard to calm down, especially when this young man's handsome face was so close to her, making her heart race and stumble with words.
However, Masa didn't care much since his bio-electricity magic made him able to block all the magic that tried to pry or probe him. Nevertheless, the reason why his reaction was relatively mild was that it was a cute girl who did this. If it was a man, then he wouldn't be so kind.
Still, he felt that this girl was one of the heroines somehow, especially with how cute and how huge her bust was.
However, as he had a fiancee, he needed to act like a gentleman instead of being a scumbag.
Regardless, while the girl, Shibata Mizuki, wanted to apologize, the others, especially the teacher, had already taken over as they were amazed by Masa's ability.
"Hiromi Masa examinee, was that a healing magic?"
"Yeah."
"Amazing..."
"That was my first time to see it..."
"It felt so warm..."
Due to the commotion caused by Masa's healing magic, Mizuki lost her chance to talk and apologize properly to Masa, especially when his name was called to perform the practical test.
As for the commotion caused by Mizuki, no one paid attention since everyone's eyes were on Masa, who was about to take his exam.
All the eyes were on him, including a beautiful girl with short, bright red-orange hair, who appeared to be a lively girl, yet at this moment, the eyes of the girl appeared to be solemn since she could feel a sharp aura like a sword from Masa.
Nevertheless, Masa just did his test, showing his difference from everyone else, especially in terms of his speed of processing the power of magic.
"0.05 seconds..."
At that moment, everyone could only stay in a daze, staring at the difference between a mortal and a god.
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"......"
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