The Infinite Dimensions Starting from The Irregular at Magic High School

Mibu Sayaka and Kirihara Takeaki's initial argument had escalated into a match, and after losing, Kirihara Takeaki had flown into a shameful rage and illegally used magic, only to be defeated by Yotsuba Mahiro, who suddenly barged in. After that, Shiba Tatsuya had personally dealt with the Kendo Club and prevented a full-blown brawl from breaking out.

"Come to think of it, Mahiro, I'm impressed you managed to handle Kirihara while he was using a High-Frequency Blade..."

The one speaking was Mayumi Saegusa, seated at the front right.

She, Katsuto Jumonji, and Mari Watanabe sat up front like the navy's three great admirals.

"That wasn't much. Tatsuya was the impressive one, taking on an entire Kendo Club by himself," Mahiro said with slight modesty.

Because he had also been involved, he had been summoned directly here for questioning and to provide additional details.

"By the way, you weren't able to determine what caused the incident?"

Mari Watanabe, as the Public Morals Committee Chair, suddenly asked, bringing Tatsuya, who had been observing Katsuto Jumonji, back to himself. He answered Mari's question in the affirmative.

"That's correct. The Kendo Department claims Kirihara-senpai was the one who provoked them, while the Kendo Club claims the Kendo Department made the first move. We can't confirm the truth of either side's statement."

Hearing this, Mahiro had already turned his head, his gaze subtly shifting toward Tatsuya.

This guy was actually lying.

He had clearly witnessed the whole process. From the moment Kirihara-senpai began confronting Mibu-senpai, he had clearly seen everything with his own eyes, yet he did not deny the Kendo Club's false testimony.

"So, Tatsuya, you didn't step in right away at the beginning because of that?"

This question came from Mayumi.

From the beginning until now, Jumonji had only played the role of listener.

"Yes. My baseline stance was that I would intervene if I judged the situation to be dangerous. If it could be settled with minor bumps and bruises, then I considered it a private issue between the parties involved."

In response to Mayumi's question, Tatsuya answered affirmatively with additional conditions attached.

Indeed, from the position of the Public Morals Committee, a private fight conducted purely with swordsmanship was not under their jurisdiction. They were only responsible for acts of violence involving the use of magic.

"...Fine. Considering our manpower, it's true that we can't dispatch people every time things get heated."

In principle, problems that occurred during the recruitment period should be handled internally by the Club Federation.

Mari's statement was based on that principle, so neither Mayumi nor Jumonji raised any objections.

"Then, what is Kirihara's condition after being injured by Mahiro?"

"Kirihara-senpai suffered a fracture in his left wrist, slight cracking in his collarbone, and cracked ribs. He has already been handed over to the Health Committee."

"However, he has already admitted his fault in the infirmary, so I judged that no further measures were necessary."

Tatsuya reported truthfully.

But after hearing this, both Mayumi and Mari looked at Mahiro with reproachful gazes.

He was still as heavy-handed as ever. Morisaki Shun had been beaten into the infirmary like this too. It was also thanks to this era's advanced medicine, along with magic capable of healing.

Otherwise, at the very least, he would have had to lie in a hospital for a long time.

However, Mahiro acted as if he had not noticed their gazes at all, turning his head toward the window as though it had nothing to do with him and looking out at the scenery.

Mari also withdrew her gaze and sighed helplessly.

"Mm... fine. Whether to pursue charges against the involved party is originally up to the judgment of the person reporting the incident."

Jumonji, as the head of the Club Federation, had no objection to this either.

He even expressed his thanks.

After all, Kirihara Takeaki had used the highly lethal magic known as the High-Frequency Blade at the time.

If it were reported, even if no one had been injured, a suspension would have been unavoidable.

"But will the Kendo Department accept this handling of the matter?" Mayumi asked, a little worried.

"If they accepted the provocation and caused a conflict, then they are equally at fault. They have no right to complain."

Mari refuted Mayumi's concern with a single sentence, and Mayumi could not continue to argue.

The Public Morals Committee Chair had made a ruling, the head of the Club Federation had accepted the ruling, and the Student Council President had no objection. The incident ended there.

That was how it should have been.

"Wait a moment!"

Just as Tatsuya was preparing to leave, Mahiro, who had been looking at the scenery moments ago, withdrew his gaze and spoke up. "I object!"

At those words, the eyes of the three big shots in front all gathered on him.

They asked in puzzlement, "Mahiro, what objection do you have?"

"I believe there is a problem with what Watanabe-senpai said."

Mahiro spoke with righteous conviction. "Regarding this conflict, I witnessed the entire process. It was indeed Kirihara-senpai who provoked Mibu-senpai first. Mibu-senpai accepted the challenge and defeated Kirihara-senpai. As a result, Kirihara-senpai couldn't swallow his anger and used magic, even launching a sneak attack against Mibu-senpai."

"The Kendo Department and Mibu-senpai did not use any magic from start to finish."

"If guilt is being judged based on the reckless use of magic, then may I ask what the Kendo Department did wrong?"

Mari's brows furrowed slightly, and she replied, "I already said just now that if they accepted the provocation and caused a conflict, then they are equally at fault."

"In that case, according to your logic, Watanabe-senpai, isn't that the same as saying 'it takes two to tango'? Are you supporting the idea that the victim is guilty?"

"Or is Senpai going to ask next why the Kendo Club didn't provoke anyone else, but just had to provoke the Kendo Department?"

"Or, to put it another way, when someone's slap has already landed on your face, the victim still has to endure it and isn't allowed to hit back?"

Mahiro's rapid-fire barrage of words nearly left Mari dizzy. She held her forehead and denied it. "Mahiro-kun, those are two different things. They're not the same..."

"How are they different? Please, Mari-senpai... please, Public Morals Committee Chair Mari Watanabe-senpai, enlighten us!"

Mahiro's retort was not loud, but it was clear enough to reach everyone's ears.

To them, it even sounded deafening.

Katsuto Jumonji watched him with a grave expression, his brow carrying authority and seeming to hold a measure of displeasure.

Or rather, he always wore that tense expression.

Mayumi's beautiful eyes flickered slightly, and she covered her mouth in surprise, as if letting out an "Oh my" of astonishment.

And Mari, who as Public Morals Committee Chair had made the judgment on what had just happened, wore a wry smile.

"Mahiro-kun, are you still holding a grudge against me because of what happened last time? So now you're using this to get back at me?"

"You're overthinking it, Mari-senpai," Mahiro said bluntly. "I only hope the school can give a fair judgment, rather than favoring the Kendo Club, or rather, the Course 1 students."

At that, even Mari could not help feeling surprised.

Yotsuba Mahiro was clearly a Course 1 student himself, yet he insisted on offending a Course 1 student club to the bitter end.

Was there any benefit to doing this?

She thought of a possibility, and her smile took on a hint of amusement. She slowly sat up straight, folded her arms, and relaxed as she said:

"All right, then how does Mahiro-kun want to handle this matter? Should we give the Kendo Club a punishment? Or have Kirihara suspend school to reflect on himself, or expel him?"

"I have no such idea, nor do I have that authority."

Even knowing he was being teased, Mahiro's expression did not change. He calmly said to the people in high positions:

"I only think that everyone in the Kendo Club, especially Kirihara-senpai, owes Mibu-senpai and the Kendo Department an apology!"

After school, in the evening.

Inside a café near the station, a group of First High students sat gathered together.

Though they bore the obvious distinction between Course 1 and Course 2 students, they were not seated separately in opposition the way they were at school.

Everyone huddled together, chatting freely about all sorts of different experiences from the day—

For example, what had happened in the clubs they had joined, how boring it had been to watch over recruitment booths, or how someone had used recruitment as an excuse to hit on people.

But the thing everyone was most concerned about was, as expected, the disturbance that had happened in the second small gymnasium.

"That second-year student called Kirihara used a lethal-grade B spell, right? As expected of someone from the Yotsuba Family. You could even get away from that completely unharmed."

"It wasn't much. The High-Frequency Blade mainly increased lethality, but its range was still limited to the wooden sword. At most, it was like a real sword that had been sharpened. Not a big problem."

Leo had been deeply impressed since just now, while Mahiro sounded as if he were stating something utterly insignificant.

After all, compared to the Fourth Laboratory's experiments, as well as the magic of that woman Maya, a mere High-Frequency Blade really was nothing much to look at.

"But isn't that basically stopping someone swinging a real sword around wildly with your bare hands? Isn't that dangerous?"

"If you were careless, it could probably cost you your life," Kitayama Shizuku stated expressionlessly.

"Huh?! Is that true?" Honoka cried out.

"Oh, it would've been fine. You're all underestimating Yotsuba-kun way too much. You have no idea how Mibu-senpai, who was saved at the time, looked at Yotsuba-kun afterward. Her eyes completely changed."

"That's right, Mizuki, Kitayama-san, and Honoka. When it comes to Mahiro-oniisama, his physical techniques are on par with my brother's."

Erika teased him as irreverently as ever. Or rather, she had already been making fun of Mahiro over this the whole way here.

Miyuki, meanwhile, calmly soothed the pale-faced Mizuki, the expressionless Kitayama Shizuku, and the terrified Honoka, but her gaze still fell on Mahiro from time to time.

Mibu-senpai, is it...?

"It's not as exaggerated as you make it sound, Miyuki."

Mahiro lifted his gaze from his terminal and happened to meet Miyuki's eyes. He smiled.

"Compared to your brother Tatsuya, I'm still far behind. After all, Tatsuya took down the entire Kendo Club by himself, while all I did was defeat a single Kirihara-senpai."

"Mahiro-oniisama is always so modest."

"Yeah. When both of them clearly belong in the freak category."

Miyuki and Erika spoke one after the other, and the others also agreed as they sipped their tea drinks.

At this, he was even more at a loss for words.

Regarding Shiba Tatsuya taking on the Kendo Club alone, apart from Erika, who had been at the scene, the others had naturally heard about it, but hearing about it was nowhere near the same as seeing it.

As Erika saw it, Kirihara's sword techniques were so sharp there was nothing to criticize, and their destructive power was in no way inferior.

She had not expected Yotsuba Mahiro to break the move with a single strike, his whole body showing no unnecessary force at all, which meant that even his subconscious had not felt tension or fear.

Although the Aikido techniques Shiba Tatsuya used afterward were also very shocking, by comparison, they were just slightly lacking.

It made her start to feel the urge to have a match with Yotsuba Mahiro.

Maybe what he said before about defeating Mibu Sayaka wasn't just empty talk.

As for the others, they recalled the scene from that day when Mahiro had beaten Morisaki Shun to a pulp.

Only, this time, the one getting beaten had been replaced with upperclassman Kirihara.

Thinking about it that way, it really was pretty miserable.

"No, I believe I still can't compare to Yotsuba in that regard."

At that moment, Tatsuya, who had been quietly savoring his coffee, suddenly set down his cup and spoke, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

"Oh my, Tatsuya, do you have some dirt to spill?"

The one who spoke was Erika. The moment she heard there might be gossip about Yotsuba Mahiro, her interest was immediately piqued.

The others also looked as if their interest had gone +1, turning toward Tatsuya.

"It's not really dirt. It's just that when Yotsuba was at the Club Federation headquarters, he single-handedly refuted a decision made by the school's three major powers and insisted that upperclassman Kirihara apologize to Mibu."

Tatsuya calmly recounted everything.

But the moment he said that, the others all cried out in surprise and looked at Yotsuba Mahiro with disbelief.

As if they were saying, "How bold..."

Even if Mahiro bore the Yotsuba name, in their impression, he was still an abandoned child. Yet he had actually dared to openly oppose Saegusa and Juumonji.

Those were major figures who held real power in the school!

"And Yotsuba successfully convinced them, making the Club Federation, the Student Council, and the Public Morals Committee back down and change their judgment," Tatsuya added as if it were nothing.

Mahiro's expression had already gone completely dark.

He still clearly remembered how things had unfolded back then.