03x03 - Double Seven Part III

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NOVEMBER 6, A.D. 2095

Excuse me.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Miyuki, please have a seat.

I summoned you today because there's something
you both should know about the military action...

stemming from the recent
Yokohama Incident.

The International Magic
Association has determined that...

the expl*si*n that wiped out the Jinhae Naval
Port was not caused by a radiological weapon.

Accordingly, the motion for disciplinary measures
submitted to the association has been thrown out.

I didn't know that a motion for
disciplinary measures had been submitted.

The government would like to use this to induce
major concessions from the Great Asian Alliance.

Mio Itsuwa has joined the
fleet stationed in Sasebo.

Will Ms. Mio be physically able to withstand
the use of the Strategic-Class magic, Abyss?

Really, who knows?

Oh, and this is unconfirmed information...

but today, I received word that the
New Soviet Union's Dr. Bezobrazov...

a Strategic-Class magician,
has arrived in Vladivostok.

Having seen the military gains...

achieved on the southern
end of the Korean Peninsula,

they seem to be reevaluating the
efficacy of large-scale magic.

Within the next few days, peace with the
Great Asian Alliance should be established.

This should bring an end to the
grudge that started three years ago.

That's all that I have to say to you.

Miyuki, you may go now.

Tatsuya, if you could kindly stay...

APRIL 20, A.D. 2096

- STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICE

- So...

next Tuesday, on April 24, Diet Member
Kanda will be visiting the academy.

Likely for the purpose of bolstering the claim
that First High is colluding with the military...

and that the students' human
rights are being violated.

What? That's an emergency!

So, how are you planning
to deal with this, Shiba?

You summoned us all here
because you have an idea, right?

Yes.

Is this... one of the Three Major
Puzzles of Weight-Type Magic...

a Gravity Control-Type
Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor?

What they want is to censure magic high schools
for turning into venues for military education.

So, what we need to do is show them...

that magic education has also produced results
besides those tailored for military use, right?

It sounds like the opposite of the intermittent
nuclear reactor that Suzune presented last year.

It's not an original idea, but
that's what I'm striving for.

The magic skills it demands are still too
high, so practical use is still far off...

but the students at this school have the
skills to pull it off for a short period.

If we can make this happen...

it'll become possible to supply energy at any time of
the day and without being affected by the weather!

This could be the ultimate demonstration
of a peaceful application of magic!

Yes. I'll help out, too.

I want to take part in this...

not just as a countermeasure for dealing with Diet
Member Kanda, but also as an aspiring magical engineer.

I've just received the
school's approval...

to go ahead with the Gravity Control-Type
Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor experiment.

It will be supervised by Mr. Tsuzura.

So, Shiba, how do you plan
to divide up the roles?

- GAMMA RAY FILTER

- HONOKA MITSUI KEI ISORI MINAMI SAKURAI
IZUMI SAEGUSA KASUMI SAEGUSA MIYUKI SHIBA

- Please take a look.

- I think you've more or less picked
the right person for each role...

but I don't recall hearing of
a student named Minami Sakurai.

She's my cousin.

Though she's a first year, she's naturally
gifted when it comes to neutron barrier magic.

Fine by me.

From a technological standpoint, this
system is still raw in numerous ways.

But if these members work
together as a team...

we can surely make this experiment on
one of the Three Major Puzzles a success.

I have no doubt about that.

APRIL 23, A.D. 2096

Takuma, how's high school?
Are you enjoying it?

Dad, how can you be so nonchalant?

It's less than a year until the next
Ten Master Clans Selection Meeting!

At this rate, those opportunistic Saegusas will rob
us yet again of our place in the Ten Master Clans!

And we'll have to resign ourselves
to being subordinate to them!

Takuma...

The Saegusas were already head and shoulders
above the rest of the Eighteen Support Clans...

when the Ten Master Clan
system was first devised.

But that's only because they stole the results
of the Third and Seventh Research Institutes!

Nothing I say will get
through to you, then?

Anyway, I asked you here today
to discuss another matter.

Diet Member Kanda of the opposition party
will be visiting First High School tomorrow.

Along with his entourage of journalists.

For what reason?

He must want to put on a show of protecting the
human rights of students being forced to use magic.

Human rights?

He can mind his own business!

I understand where you're coming
from, but he's a Diet member.

It wouldn't be wise to stir up trouble.

I may not like him, but I wouldn't pick a
fight without thinking of the consequences!

I'm not that childish!

Even if he were to pick a fight with you?

Of course not!

I wouldn't let him provoke me so easily!

Is that all you have to say?

Takuma, this matter will
be handled by Mr. Saegusa.

Saegusa?

Listen, don't do anything rash.

Don't say anything irresponsible.

The Shippous will not be
intervening in this matter.

Understand, Takuma?

That's final.

Okay, I understand!

THE IRREGULAR AT MAGIC HIGH
SCHOOL DOUBLE SEVEN PART III

APRIL 24, A.D. 2096 DAY OF
THE STELLAR FURNACE EXPERIMENT

- DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIET MEMBER KANDA

- Mr. Kanda...

NATIONAL MAGIC UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED
FIRST HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AZUMA MOMOYAMA

What brings you here today
on such short notice?

Principal Momoyama...

Lately, we've been hearing disturbing rumors
about the magic high schools' curriculum.

VICE PRINCIPAL YAOSAKA

That you've been brainwashing the
students to join the military.

That's ridiculous.

Yes.

Which is why I'd like to observe
one of the classes here...

so that I can dispel this
irresponsible narrative.

Bursting in on them like this
will fluster the students.

We won't inconvenience them.

Vice Principal, who are all these people?

Diet Member Kanda and some reporters,
here to observe class at this school.

I was told that an extracurricular experiment is being
conducted, but what are the students doing, exactly?

They are independently conducting an
experiment outside of their curriculum.

Why are they conducting an unofficial
experiment during class hours?

Because it has great significance...

not just for academic, but for
practical purposes, as well.

By practical purposes...

do you mean something that could lead, for
example, to the development of a weapon...

like the one used during Scorched Halloween, capable
of obliterating an enemy fleet in one fell swoop?

This is an attempt to solve one of the
Three Major Puzzles of Weight-Type Magic.

It's about to start now.

Let's begin the experiment.

Gravity control.

Fourth phase shift.

Neutron barrier.

Gamma ray filter.

Gravity control.

Coulomb force control.

This concludes the experiment.

Disable the gamma ray filter.

Disable gravity control.

Leave the neutron barrier up.

I have the results of the analysis.

The gas is composed of water vapor,
hydrogen, deuterium and helium!

No traces of any radioactive
substances have been detected!

Start adding water, please.

Release the neutron barrier.

The thermonuclear fusion experiment...

using Gravity Control-Type Magic as its core
technology has achieved its initial goal!

The stellar furnace
experiment is a success!

Congratulations!

Excuse me!

What just happened, exactly?

That was a sustained Gravity Control-Type
Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor experiment.

But the practical application of nuclear
fusion reactors has been abandoned.

No, they have certainly
not been abandoned.

The research itself is still
ongoing in various fields,

and research on nuclear fusion
by magic is one of them.

So, is the goal of nuclear fusion research to
achieve nuclear fusion explosions through magic?

Like the magic used during
Scorched Halloween?

Pardon me, but I wonder what
it was that you just saw.

If all you're going to do is set off a small blast,
there's no need for a precise formula like this one...

and if we were going to set off a major
expl*si*n like the one you mentioned,

we certainly wouldn't use such a formula.

In today's experiment...

the aim was to see if nuclear fusion could be used
as an energy source for social infrastructure.

Should the stellar furnace
be put into practical use,

it will surely allow humankind to use
a far more abundant source of energy.

What are your thoughts, Mr. Kanda?

Of our students' spirit of contributing
to society in a peaceful way?

Well, yes...

I find it commendable of them to try to
contribute to the prosperity of society.

I feel privileged to have witnessed
such a valuable experiment.

Now, if you'll excuse me...

Mr. Tsuzura, don't you think
you went a bit overboard?

Well, how embarrassing!

The way he distorted the students' intentions
made me lose my temper in spite of myself.

Their intentions, did you say?

Technologically speaking, today's experiment
has a long way to go before it can be viable.

But...

their willingness to take on the challenge of changing
the social status quo through magic has value...

- regardless of the degree
of technical perfection.

- THE STELLAR FURNACE EXPERIMENT KEI
ISORI TATSUYA SHIBA MIYUKI SHIBA

- It made me think that their intentions, to try and
change who they are to society through magic...

were quite valuable indeed.

Surprise!

Happy Birthday, Tatsuya!

And how've you been, Miyuki?

Were you surprised?

Not even you ever dreamed that I'd be
sending you a birthday video letter, right?

Oh, but if you thought there was no chance
that I'd send you birthday wishes...

that in itself would make me sad.

Oh! But, uh...

Forget what I just said! I'm
not feeling sad, all right?

I'm totally not sad at all!

So, don't get the wrong
idea! I'm telling you!

It's me, Miyuki.

Are you ready, Brother?

Yes, I'll be right there.

May I celebrate your birthday
alone with you just for a moment?

Um, Brother?

Sure. Thanks.

Brother...

Happy Birthday!

I'm grateful to have you here by my side!

Thanks.

I'm grateful to get to
be your big brother.

MAGIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SUCCESSFUL
WITH THE STELLAR FURNACE EXPERIMENT

It seems that Master Tatsuya
achieved some significant results.

Yes, he did.

NOVEMBER 6, A.D. 2095

It's been three years since I last
sat across from you like this.

This is the first time you've ever
reached out to me like this, Aunt Maya.

Is that right?

Yes.

So, what is it that you
wanted to talk to me about?

You made quite an impression the
other day, didn't you, Tatsuya?

No, I wouldn't say that.

But what you did has made things
awkward for the Yotsuba Family.

Have I inconvenienced the
family in some specific way?

The Stars are on the move.

America?

They've already narrowed you and Miyuki down as
one of the suspects who set off the blast...

that wiped out the Great
Asian Alliance fleet.

If they see you as a threat
to America's supremacy...

they may very well try to use
their power to eliminate you.

Meaning that if there's a chance that
they'll drag the Yotsubas into it,

they might send another assassin after us.

I'll keep that in mind.

Tatsuya, quit the academy.

Quit the academy, and then what?

You'll stay here under confinement.

I'll send someone else to
serve as Miyuki's guardian.

I refuse.

You mean you refuse to obey my order?

The only one who can give
me orders is Miyuki.

I can tell that you held
back quite a bit for me.

And why not?

You are my beloved nephew after all.

Well, even setting that
aside, you did very well.

So, this time, I've decided
to indulge your willfulness.

Thank you very much.

No worries.

It's just a little reward
for having breached my magic.

Was it at least somewhat
worth it to have indulged you?

THE IRREGULAR AT MAGIC HIGH
SCHOOL DOUBLE SEVEN PART IV