The Infinite Dimensions Starting from The Irregular at Magic High School

Could the sun have risen in the west today?

He was not quite sure.

But it still set in the west, no mistake there.

Still, since he was going to visit someone, he naturally could not show up empty-handed.

Mahiro ordered a chocolate cake from the café beside the station that he often went to.

When the cake was ready and he was carrying it back, he suddenly sensed that something was off.

"May I ask how long you plan on following me? Are you intending to come home with me?"

He turned his head and looked toward a telephone pole not far away, his voice carrying a hint of mockery.

"Ahaha, so you noticed..."

Under his gaze, a figure gradually emerged from the shadow beneath the telephone pole.

It was a woman.

Although this was a conservative era, the woman standing there was dressed in a way that was a little retro, and a little provocative.

She wore a dark coat on the outside, while her voluptuous figure beneath was covered by a thin white blouse. Two buttons at her chest were undone as if they had burst open, leaving the lines within faintly visible.

Her lower half, however, was in a short skirt, and beneath that narrow skirt was a pair of full thighs tightly wrapped in thin pantyhose.

She looked like an office lady who had just gotten off work.

"Ms. Haruka Ono?"

"I didn't expect you to know me, Yotsuba..."

The woman, who had a baby face paired with a frighteningly large bust, awkwardly touched her hair, as if trying to find something to say.

Haruka Ono—if he remembered correctly, she was the guidance teacher for Class 1-E.

She should have had no dealings with him, who was in Class A.

"So, Ms. Haruka Ono, what business do you have following me this late at night? Seeing the way you're dressed so temptingly... you're not planning to do something to a student, are you?"

As he spoke, Mahiro even deliberately took two steps back to match his words, putting on a frightened look as though he would rather die than submit.

"N-no, nothing like that!... P-please don't misunderstand, Yotsuba. I... I don't have any thoughts like that!"

Haruka Ono visibly panicked, flailing helplessly with her hands and feet. She looked as if she were putting on some ridiculous dance.

After a while, she noticed the faint smile in Mahiro's eyes and finally stopped.

She complained resentfully:

"Sure enough, just like Mibu said, you really do like bullying people, Yotsuba."

"Senior Mibu?"

"Yes." Haruka Ono said, "I came to find you because of Mibu. But I didn't have a chance to talk to you at school, so..."

"So, Ms. Haruka Ono, you chose to become a pervert and stalk a student, right?"

"Mm-hmm... No! I did not want to become a pervert who stalks students!"

Haruka Ono nodded at first before realizing something was wrong, discovering that she had been toyed with by him again.

She could now be certain that this Yotsuba really did like bullying people!

Mahiro smiled indifferently, then his expression returned to calm as he spoke again:

"All right, jokes end here. I still have something to do in a bit, so why don't we talk about what you came to me for, sensei?"

Seeing that Mahiro had put away his smile, Haruka Ono also pulled herself back together and looked at him with a faint, lingering gaze.

She asked, "Yotsuba, I heard you're dating Mibu from the second year. Is that true?"

"Sigh..."

Mahiro could not help sighing. "Although this is already the third time I've explained it today, I want to say that it's a rumor."

He felt so tired.

Once in the Class A classroom, then he had been teased by Senior Watanabe, and now it was the teacher's turn.

Would the next one to ask him be the principal?

Or that old woman, Maya Yotsuba?

If he could, he really wanted to drag out the bastard spreading this rumor and give them a beating.

"Is that so... But even if the two of you aren't boyfriend and girlfriend, you're still very close, right? Otherwise, today's commotion wouldn't have settled down so easily. Am I right?"

"That's more or less true..."

His relationship with Senior Mibu had indeed gone a little beyond the scope of friends, but it absolutely had not reached lovers.

"In that case, there's something I'd like to ask of you—"

Haruka Ono said this with an extremely earnest expression.

What was Blanche?

And what the hell was Egalite?

Haruka Ono had not explained any of that to him at all. She had only told him that Mibu Sayaka was troubled by the gap between how she was evaluated as a kendo competitor and how she was evaluated as a Course 2 student.

Because of that, she had been coaxed by an organization called Blanche and had joined a group named Egalite.

If possible, she hoped he could persuade Mibu to turn back before it was too late and stop going further down the wrong path.

That said...

He felt like he had found the root of Mibu-senpai's confusion.

Next, he only needed to find out what the hell Blanche actually was.

With that question in mind, he visited the Shiba siblings' home.

"Yo, Miyuki, look what I brought you. Your favorite chocolate cake."

"Thank you, Mahiro-oniisama. Come in."

Miyuki took the cake from his hands and warmly invited him inside.

When he entered the living room, he found Tatsuya already sitting on the sofa, as if he had been waiting for quite some time.

There seemed to be some kind of materials displayed on the large screen in front of him.

"...Blanche?"

Mahiro sounded it out briefly and managed to read it.

He looked at Tatsuya in confusion and asked, "What exactly is this [Blanche] thing? Can you tell me about it?"

"Yes, that is also the reason I invited you here." Tatsuya nodded and briefly explained to him what exactly Blanche was.

To put it simply, it was an anti-magic organization that shouted slogans like [abolish the social discrimination caused by magic], while refusing to give up the benefits brought by magic.

But that was only on the surface.

In reality, behind the scenes, they were terrorists wearing the skin of a civilian movement.

And Egalite was one of their small subsidiary groups.

"So in other words, Mibu-senpai joined a terrorist organization?" Mahiro's expression turned slightly grave.

This was no longer on the level of student disputes or disturbing order.

It was crime through and through!

"Huh? Is what you said true, Mahiro-oniisama?!"

Miyuki, who had brought over the sliced cake and hot coffee, could not help trembling slightly. Then, as if asking for confirmation, she looked toward Yotsuba Mahiro.

After all, among the people present, he was the one who was closest to Mibu-senpai.

If he were accidentally influenced, then their aunt...

"If the person who provided the information wasn't lying, then yes, that's exactly what it is."

Mahiro did not notice Miyuki's expression. He accepted the cake and coffee, thanked her, then continued:

"And judging from the information Tatsuya gave me, it looks like quite a few people at school have joined [Egalite]."

Because their methods, along with the equality slogans they shouted, were practically the same as those of the people currently in the Kendo Department.

Tatsuya also confirmed that point.

Because while patrolling, he had indeed discovered traces that seemed suspicious.

"Well, I'm not really the type who's good at thinking things through or persuading people. Tatsuya, do you know where they gather?"

"Not at the moment. If we're going to investigate, it'll probably take some time."

"I see..."

Mahiro lowered his eyes slightly. After thinking for a moment, he smiled kindly and said, "Then I'll leave it to you. It's a bit of a hassle, but I don't want the peaceful life I finally managed to get disturbed by those bastards."

And besides.

Those people had defiled such a beautiful sword.

They were absolutely unforgivable!

The next day, Mahiro left home earlier than usual.

The Shiba siblings had gone to visit Yakumo Kokonoe to investigate the captain of the Kendo Department, a person called Tsukasa, so they did not go to school with him.

As for him, he wanted to arrive at school early, find that perverted teacher who liked tailing students, and have a proper talk with her about [Blanche].

Since she could say that name, and even knew about its subsidiary groups and members, it meant she definitely knew more than just the name.

However, just as he was thinking that and leisurely walking the short road toward the school gate, a call suddenly came from behind him—"Mahiro-kun~"—in a tone that sounded almost embarrassing to hear.

Then a petite figure came lightly running over.

With that way of addressing him, plus that small build, Mahiro knew who it was without even guessing.

"Mahiro-kun, gwood morniang~"

"Good morning, Mayumi-senpai."

Seeing Mayumi, he had no idea why such a thought occurred to him.

It seemed that when this senpai was in front of everyone, she could still maintain a dignified and graceful appearance and bearing, but once she was out of the public eye, she would lay that little-devil personality of hers bare without holding anything back.

"By the way, Mayumi-senpai, do you come to school alone every day?"

"Mm. I don't make any special plans with friends to come to school together in the morning. Mari and Suzu come from completely different directions than me."

Mayumi puffed her cheeks slightly and complained, "If I could, your big sister here would like to have someone to go to school with too~"

"..."

Say what you want, but don't look at me.

I don't take the same route as you either. It only overlaps with yours for this stretch by the school gate, okay!

Mahiro silently retorted in his heart, then immediately changed the subject.

"Then, senpai, did you come to school this early because of the discussion meeting in the auditorium after school today?"

"Oh my, Mahiro-kun already knows about that?"

Mayumi blinked playfully, a hint of surprise in her voice.

"Of course. I do have informants in the student council, after all," Mahiro said half-jokingly.