"Hello!"
"Welcome to the Public Morals Committee!"
Koutarou Tatsumi and Midori Sawaki greeted Tatsuya Shiba and Erika Chiba respectively, offering apologetic smiles.
Both of them had sincerely accepted these two new members. They did not look down on them for having no badges; they only acknowledged strength.
Clearly, Tatsuya Shiba and Erika Chiba's ability to defeat Hattori Gyoubu was enough to make them see the two in a new light.
"What do you think?"
"Pretty good atmosphere here, isn't it?"
Mari Watanabe watched the harmonious scene before her with satisfaction, smiling at her two new subordinates.
"It's certainly much better than that bunch of self-important idiots."
Looking at the two before her, Erika Chiba could not help remembering those self-important fools who would not even let people eat in peace. She found the two in front of her increasingly agreeable and nodded.
Tatsuya Shiba said nothing, but his expression made it clear that he had formed a good impression of the Public Morals Committee.
"This school is full of people hung up on boring labels like 'Blooms' and 'Weeds,' filled with superiority or inferiority complexes. Honestly, it's been getting me down for ages. Fortunately, Mayumi and the Clubs Management Group's representative, Juumonji, both know what I'm like. When the Student Council and Clubs Management Group nominated their people, they recommended ones who were relatively free of that mindset. I can't say they don't care about superiority at all, but they judge others by their abilities. I think this will be a very comfortable place for you two!"
After Mari Watanabe's rather grumbling declaration, the selection of Public Morals Committee members finally came to a close.
"I didn't expect you to choose new members this way."
Chiba Yeyou sounded quite surprised as they walked home.
"Is it that surprising?"
Mayumi Saegusa gave a playful smile.
"It is a little surprising."
"As far as I know, your Student Council seems to be the most unusual... uh, I should say all the unusual situations have happened during your term."
Chiba Yeyou carefully reviewed the previous Student Councils and realized that only this term had seen so many unusual events.
"Exactly. Since we've already set a precedent, another unusual situation hardly matters. Besides, these exceptions could make the future better!"
Beside Mayumi Saegusa, Mari Watanabe looked unconcerned.
Hearing her words, Azusa Nakajo and Suzune Ichihara fell silent.
Honestly, as far as they were concerned, they did not really mind. Neither of them felt any superiority from being "Blooms." On the contrary, they believed Course 1 students should lead by example, especially those who belonged to the Student Council. They should set an example for everyone else and work even harder.
"But doing this might cause quite a bit of trouble for the next Student Council."
Chiba Yeyou sighed, feeling that being dragged into the Student Council had been a trap. Heaven knew whether the students would launch a Course 2 student revolution after these people left.
"That's what we have you for, isn't it?"
Mayumi Saegusa giggled with ill intent.
"..."
So you really did drag me into the Student Council for this?
"But there's no need to worry. The Shiba siblings are rather unusual themselves. They'll do a good job of mediating relations between Course 1 and Course 2 students."
"At least personnel appointments won't seem too biased, and the mindset of 'Course 1 students only' will change."
Suzune Ichihara offered her analysis.
"True. Perhaps the next term will be even more harmonious?"
Mari Watanabe nodded.
"Let's hope so!"
Chiba Yeyou nodded.
"See you!"
"Everyone!"
"Bye-bye!"
Click!
"Hmm?"
"Why's the door open?"
He had not even had time to insert his key. He had merely rested his left hand against the door, and it opened.
Chiba Yeyou's expression instantly turned serious.
"No signs of prying on the door. Neither forced entry nor mechanical lock-picking. Magic?"
Chiba Yeyou examined the crime scene, ruling out an ordinary thief.
"Discard the tangled appearances and see through to the essence of the case. Then there can be only one truth!"
Chiba Yeyou pretended to push up a nonexistent pair of glasses.
"Big Sister Tiffany!"
Chiba Yeyou suddenly shouted into the house.
"You're back?"
"Come inside and eat!"
"It's your favorite, Chinese food!"
Sure enough, a mature, purple-haired beauty walked out of the house-in cook mode, no less!
"Slurp..."
"What brings you here?"
Chiba Yeyou hurriedly wiped the corner of his mouth. He was drooling over the food-the Chinese food!
Anyone who questioned that could be beaten straight to death!
"What do you think?"
A hint of amusement showed in her blue eyes, making Chiba Yeyou's scalp prickle.
Well, she's come to demand an update in person. Looks like I kept her waiting so long that she flew straight over.
"Hahaha..."
"Of course you're welcome!"
Chiba Yeyou laughed awkwardly and hurriedly changed the subject.
"Yes, let's eat first. See whether my cooking has improved."
Tiffany led Chiba Yeyou to the table and sat down with him.
"Wow!"
"You even made meat stewed with pickled greens!"
"Wasn't the recipe for this lost?"
Looking at a dish that no one had wanted to learn in the past, and that people now could not learn even if they wanted to, he spoke with some surprise.
"Whew!"
"It's pretty authentic, too!"
Chiba Yeyou took a bite. It was delicious. This was exactly the taste!
"Many things are only lost as far as ordinary people are concerned. Does your big sister look ordinary to you?"
Tiffany took a bite as well, then nodded in satisfaction.
"All right, Big Sister Tiffany, you're amazing!"
"Love you!"
Chiba Yeyou blinked playfully.
Tiffany froze instantly.
She then regained her composure, though she was not quite as casual as before.
Sure enough, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. That old Huaxia saying didn't lie!
"Don't worry, Sis. I'll help you finish that thing as soon as possible. I never expected you to come all this way to demand an update in person. Am I, Chiba Yeyou, someone who breaks his word?"
After the meal, he spoke helplessly as he looked at Tiffany, who clearly intended to stay for a while.
"Yes, of course I trust you, little brother!"
"I only came to take care of you. I don't have anything to keep me busy right now anyway. I'm bored to death."
"Since you're going to school, I can look after you!"
"Well? Isn't your big sister thoughtful?"
Seeing Tiffany's air of "I'm really not in a hurry, I'm doing this for your sake, and it doesn't matter if you take even longer," Chiba Yeyou grew puzzled.
"Really?"
Chiba Yeyou was bewildered.
"Really!"
Tiffany nodded firmly.
Tch!
What's so great about some lousy CAD?
I'll just lure you home and gobble you up. Even you'll be mine!
Why would I care about a CAD?
Are you kidding?
You're underestimating me, Sylvia von Tiffany!
Watching Chiba Yeyou give it no further thought, Tiffany smiled happily.
"Have all the materials arrived?"
Chiba Yeyou dropped his lazy demeanor and asked.
"They're all in your lab."
Tiffany nodded.
"Then I'll get to work!"
Chiba Yeyou stood and walked into the laboratory.
Tiffany followed him inside.
"These materials weren't easy to find. I searched so many places and crossed who knows how many countries. These are rare resources!"
Looking at the several nonferrous metals before her, Tiffany sighed.
"Fortunately, people don't place much value on them. I'm also a little curious what you need these things for."
"So you don't mind if I come in and watch, do you?"
Tiffany asked with a smile.
"Doesn't matter. You won't be able to learn it anyway."
Chiba Yeyou did not care at all.
After roughly piling the materials into a container, Chiba Yeyou began his work.
Generally speaking, making CADs required an industrial foundation. The various precision components inside, tests of their capacity to withstand magic sequences, and other precision operations all depended on that support. In Japan, Yotsuba Clan Technology led the field as the most famous CAD manufacturer.
Their excellent performance and constant innovation had earned Yotsuba Clan Technology's CADs widespread praise.
But the CAD Chiba Yeyou was making was exceptionally unusual, and he alone could make it. It was a CAD unlike anything currently in existence!
It encompassed wide-area magic and miniature magic, systematic magic and Chiba Yeyou's unique Quantum Magic, macroscopic magic and microscopic magic. Even the CAD's own extensibility was exceptionally unusual, completely defying the rules of specialized and general-purpose models.
Its uniqueness also meant that it could not be mass-produced.
A huge blueprint hung on the wall. The countless parts on it made Tiffany's scalp prickle. This was not something industry could mass-produce at all!
No!
Rather, even the manufacturing processes did not exist!
This was simply not something the current manufacturing system could produce!
Once Chiba Yeyou had everything ready, he extended his right hand and began working on the materials in the containers.
Quantum Magic: "Quantum Shatter!"
The materials inside the containers rapidly disintegrated. The formerly hard substances seemed to turn into piles of fine sand, collecting at the bottoms of the containers.
Then Chiba Yeyou began treating the various materials with different kinds of magic, fusing them, treating them again, and fusing them again. He repeated the process, occasionally stopping to examine the fused materials and calculate something.
It took a full four hours to complete this stage of processing.
What followed was simpler. He only needed to envelop everything in Quantum Domain and perfectly reproduce the things on the blueprint at a one-to-one scale.
With Quantum Domain covering the area, he carried out precise operations on multiple fronts at once, and soon a large pile of precision parts appeared.
"What kind of CAD do you want?"
Chiba Yeyou turned toward Tiffany and asked.
"A ring!"
"Make it pretty!"
Tiffany answered after some thought.
Then Chiba Yeyou began putting the components together. The assembly process demanded immense concentration. Although he could operate with precision, he could not afford even the slightest mistake. If so much as one part was installed in the wrong order, the CAD's structure would collapse completely, ruining all those precision components.
Five hours later, a gun-shaped CAD and a ring-shaped CAD appeared before Tiffany.
"All that's left is building the internal system!"