As Kuroba Mitsugu's words fell, all the people that were present in the Hall suddenly got tensed, the most severe reaction came from the girl Miyuki, for some reason she seemed to be more triggered by this than even me who was the person who was being discussed at the moment .
What kind of arrangements do you want to know about, my arrangements for his First High School or are you intent on knowing about the arrangements for how we will be restricting his strength from now on, state your mind openly, don't worry, your Kuroba Family's concerns were an interest to our Yotsuba Family, so no harm will befell you .
I had already anticipated that this point would surface at some point of this meeting, after knowing the circumstances of Tatsuya and after dealing with the military, I understood that strength doesn't correspond to being free, no actually the opposite was right .
Being strong meant that you will be feared and get restricted so that your existence won't end up being a disturbance to both the higher-ups and the society itself, I wasn't surprised by this topic being discussed, I was actually a bit interested to see what kind of a method will be discussed here .
I'm thankful for Maya-sama giving me the chance to speak my mind, my inquiry is related to the arrangements Maya-sama made in regard of restricting Ryuu-san power and strength, my inquiry might sound presumptuous, but I'm inquiring for the sake of the Yotsuba Family's interest, there was a lot being at stake here, after all we had all read the reports regarding his strength .
I didn't like this formal way of speech one bit, but I was still forced to hear it, I wanted him to cut the chase and directly state what he have on his mind, even though the subject he wanted to talk about was clear to most if not for all the people who were present in the Hall .
my mother still playfully made him state what he wanted to discuss, she seemed to be expecting a good show as well, the second he finished saying this and as if she was reading my mind, she said :
I currently open to hear any of the arrangements that you have on mind, no matter how absurd they seem, I'm willing to hear them all, I currently had not found a suitable arrangements for him .
After she said this, the holograms began looking at one another with shocked expressions, I was now seeing how each and everyone of them looked life in real life, I was liking using that magical sequence more and more, it had potential to do all sorts of things and with the magic that I got from my mother just now, I was beginning to have countless thoughts about how to make a good use of both of them .
Back to the scene in front of me, I didn't know whether they were shocked that she had no arrangements in mind, or were they surprised that they were being asked to provide suggestions .
I looked at each and everyone of them and found that they all seemed to have fallen into thought, but that was what their hologram made them appear to be, I was able to see that all of them seemed to already have an idea in mind, they were just unwilling to share it or declare it out loud .
But they weren't able to, didn't mean that no one was willing to do it, once again, the Kuroba family head was the one who once again raised his hand and said :
I have a suggestion that I hope Maya-sama can listen to .
My mother simply nodded at him and the guy directly said :
We can all agree that the son of the family head have enough strength than can even force the military to go to a great lengths just for the sole purpose of capturing him, if this wasn't possible then they will have no other choice but to destroy it .
I don't believe that this was in favor of the Yotsuba Family, So what I'm suggesting that we use the same method, we used with Tatsuya....-san and seal part of that strength, to convince the military that he isn't going to be a problem .
Outdated, that what outdated information can lead to, after I heard that guy's words, I can only think of this, that guy was using the military as a reason to use Pledge on me, but his calculations due to not being told about me already coming in contact with the military, not only that but I had also made a deal with them, that gave me the utmost sense of freedom to do whatever that I wanted to .
So you suggest that we use Pledge on him, isn't that right ? .
He resolutely nodded his head and said :
To keep the interest of the family, yes .
Do you think that it will work ? .
He didn't expect my mother answer to be like this, he was stunned a little bit, then said :
It should be able to, after all, I don't see a problem that could make it fail, after all, it succeeded before without a problem .
It indeed as you said, it worked before that's an undeniable truth, Tsukuba family head, care to give your opinion on this, you will be the one responsible for this task .
the middle aged woman stared at Kuroba Mitsugu then shook her head and saying :
If family head allowed me, I would like to state that I'm against using Pledge and I don't think that it will be as effective here as it was with the Tatsuya-san, he willingly accepted the Pledge and agreed to the condition in it, I don't believe that Ryuu-san would be the same, so I don't that Pledge can be of any use here .
The Tsukuba family head finished saying this and without even asking for her opinion on this, from here words and tone of voice, I was able to tell that she was very much against it .
Her words made the expression of Kuroba family head become a bit ugly, but just as he was about to say something,he was cut off by the voice of none other than my mother, she said :
How did the Tsukuba family head get to the conclusion that Pledge won't be able to work or that he would not be willing to accept its terms .
I'm not entirely certain, but my intuition is telling me this .
Ohh, so why not confirm that by asking the person in discuss here, what are your thoughts on this, Ryuu ? .
As I was contemplating about what will this exchange end up coming with, I suddenly got called out to give my opinion, being put under the limelight wasn't as uncomfortable as not knowing what exactly you have to say .
I was at loss of what could I exactly say, should I just tell them No directly, I didn't know what Pledge capable of doing to me, but I was certain that it won't be as effective as those guys in front of me believe, saying No to the whole idea should be a good choice either way .
But it might raise some strange questions that might make all the people present to be cautious of me, not to mention that my mother here wasn't asking me to answer this question as my mother, but as the Yotsuba Family Head .
The tone in her voice made that clear, the playfulness that was apparent before had completely ceased to exist, instead the actual problem was with her being the one who asked me, I was unable to bring myself to tell her No .
But I also didn't want to just say Yes and make that guy or any of those who think like him to believe that they were able to have a say on what I can or what I can't do, as this thought settled in my mind, I suddenly got an inspiration and was able to know what exactly to say, I took a step forward and gazed at everyone in front of me, then said :
" 1- Xxxxxxxxxxx, 2- Xxxxxxxxxxx, ..... .
The very first words that came from my mouth were coordinations, those were the coordinations of every family mansion, business, even storehouses that each family have, quite detailed information that shouldn't be appearing in the news, things that shouldn't be known to the public and other things that was exclusively known to the Yotsuba Family and the head families present here .
They were startled at first and even my mother was about to ask about my weird answer, but wasting no time I continued to say after a few seconds :
" I'm willing to comply with the family head's orders, but it might sound presumptuous for me to say this, but I don't actually believe that Pledge is going to work .
What do you mean by that ? .
As the words left my mouth, I faced another question from my mother, who seemed to be back to normal, seeing her like this, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at those antics actions of hers, but I guessed that she should be at least content with my answer .
" Well, this might sound even more presumptuous, but I don't think that there was anything that might be of use in restraining my strength, at least I don't believe Pledge should be able to, I'm the only person who can be able to restrict how much of strength I'm able to use .
" Meaning, I'm just too strong to be restricted and my body and soul are invulnerable, unless someone who had strong affinity with Psions than me was brought to do that, I don't think that there will be a hope much for all of you here who want to do so .
" You are still free to test that out, but I don't think that there was really a need to do something like that, if it was for the sake of appeasing the military or make them less wary of me, it might sound like a vague response, but I will tell you to not worry much about it .
Some of them hadn't even finished reacting to the first shock I gave them, but they were suddenly hit by another and there were more than one too, the other who were still more composed had quite the bewildered expressions on all of their faces .
One in particular was looking to be quite unhappy at my words and was even frowning, I couldn't help but notice that he was really intent on going against me, my answer was indeed quite presumptuous, but this was the full truth .
How difficult was this truth for him to accept, had little to do with me, but it seemed that I will need to show some of my strength and force him to accept, no matter how bitter it tasted then .
I saw him staring at me and just as he was about to raise his hand to say something, a strong feminine voice cut him off, seeing that what I said was already enough and there was no point in continuing this kind of conversation any longer she said :
I can accept what you said as an answer, but I will still make you undergo the process of being put under Pledge, you will be also accepting its terms willingly, it shouldn't be much of an issue, right ? .
I turned my look away from the Kuroba family head and instead looked at her and seeing that this was both a test and opportunity to prove my words, I still nodded my head and seeing me nodding, the guy who was about to raise his hand, lowered it and seem to have achieved what he wanted .
Seeing him like this, I really want to see his face when he realize that every words that I have said were true, at my nod, my mother then turned to the displeased Tsukuba family head and asked her to make arrangements and pick the time of her arrival to cast Pledge on me .
The woman was quite disgruntled in the real live image that I was able to get on her, but her hologram didn't show anything but her being a little bit displeased, she seemed to be really uncomfortable with casting Pledge in general as her emotions about the Pledge being lifted off from Tatsuya was a genuine one .
But the reason she was like that baffled me a little, I couldn't help but ask myself why would someone not wanting to use a powerful magic, I didn't know the exact details on that magic, but if it was something that can affect that guy and from the talks about it, I'm able to tell as much .
At this question appearing on my mind, I couldn't help but be reminded that I was once in a similar state, after my very first time using magic and seeing how destructive it was, I removed any thought I had about trying that again for a whole year, thinking that I might cause more damage if I were to continue recklessly try again .
I sensed that this might have to do with her situation as well, it was either that she wasn't able to use it effectively or that it was taking a toll on her whether it was a physically or mentally .
I felt that these two reasons were the only reason that could explain why was she reacting as such, as for whether there was some other reason for her reaction, I currently have no clue .
On the first day of the next week, that's when she will be arriving to cast Pledge on me, that was the designated date and it was decided that it will be held In the presence of all the people who are currently present, with Miyuki being the only person who will be excluded from attending .
I believe with that, there shouldn't be any more questions .
As this topic was finished and all parties present seemed to be satisfied, my mother asked this and I got reminded that she said that she had some announcements to make, but she was interrupted before, there shouldn't be any interruption now .
Indeed there wasn't a single person who seemed to have any more questions to ask or anything to add, seeing that there was no one raising his hands to ask for permission to talk, she said :
Then I can finally announce some of the changes that will happened in the family from here on out, family members other than those who currently out in a mission can use the Yotsuba Family name for identifying themselves to others at will .
Second I have given my permission for Miyuki-san and Tatsuya-san to be attending First High School, do you have any thoughts on that .
At her saying this, I saw some mouths get wide-open in real life and even the holograms in front seemed to be holding a faint expression of surprise, but no one dared to say a word in retort .
Since there is no more announcements to be made nor any more matters for discuss, YOU ARE DISMISSED .