The Magician of Sound

The army had a chaotic battle that night, whether in the military base or the terrorist base. Luckily, the army managed to catch them off guard and struck a great first blow.

They mainly used helicopters and transport aircraft that could hold more than 20 people, letting the soldiers fight instead of relying on their weaponry. Unlike fighting with magical beasts, the enemies would be able to steal or attack their fighter aircraft, resulting in more loss to their side. Even without them, the elite soldiers managed to control the enemies swiftly.

Although the terrorist fought bravely, they were eventually routed by the main force. The army also found all names that were disguising as the army.

The general ordered his soldiers to split up to several bases and wiped the terrorists out, including the terrorists inside Brazil Military Base.

Kai and the others went back to the base while Evan started healing the injured soldiers. Unfortunately, the talk about recruiting him was forgotten by them.

The next day, Michelle's father sent a group to pick them up because he worried if they missed someone.

As soon as they arrived at the US Main Military Base, they were greeted by Michelle's father, Michael Graham.

"Father, what are you doing here?"

"I have three reasons for being here. First, I need to make sure you were alright, also to ensure the army would dispatch their soldiers as soon as they received Kai's signal. Besides, I am still angry with the government, who has taken advantage of my son-in-law.

"The second reason is to inform you guys that the mission has finally ended. The situation is still pretty chaotic, but this will surely reform the army. The army will surely use all of their soldiers to conquer Brazil. Meaning, students might be able to participate in a mission.

"Third… This is a bit related to the first reason…' He paused a bit, glancing at Kai.

"Uncle?" Kai furrowed his eyebrows, wondering what kind of trouble he had gotten into.

"No… I mean, you forgot to visit Michelle's Grandfather, AKA my father… In fact, he is the one who forced me to come here." He sighed.

"..." Kai opened his eyes wide. He indeed forgot about this matter, because he spent too much time with Michelle when he just arrived at this base. "Sorry."

"Anyway, Michelle's birthday is next week and we will hold it at our resort in South Carolina." He then looked at Tasha and Ayaka, "You two can come too. They are pretty curious about you guys, especially about Kudo Ayaka."

"Ehm… Will do." Kai nodded.

"Alright. There is a vehicle for you ready outside the base that will take you to your home."

"We will be going then." After Kai said that, Michelle led them outside.

…

The next day, they started going to school again. The school went as usual and without a mission, the group relaxed in their room after school.

It turned out next week, the start of fall, 1st September was really a very special day. The first was, of course, Michelle's birthday.

She received a bunch of presents since she was popular. Even Tasha gave her a present on this special day.

As for Kai, Michelle asked him not to give her any presents. Instead, she requested his time for a date.

Kai had no problem with that and dedicated a day just for her. They tried everything they could, like eating in a good restaurant, shopping, watching a movie and such. Even so, at the end of their date, he still gave her a present, which was a matching necklace.

He brought an expensive one with the money he got recently. In fact, the majority came from Michelle's fight. Because of the difficulty of the task and their achievement, the student council raised the reward, filling Kai's and Tasha's pockets. As for Ayaka and Michelle, they only stored it, thinking of donating to the group if needed.

Michelle did not really mind about the present since she could practically have anything she wanted. That was why she asked for Kai's time as her present as she thought it was the most expensive thing. And the necklace was a good bonus at the end.

The second reason that made this day special was because of the coming of Shirotsuka Sanae. After recovering and processing the paperwork, she had officially become a teacher in Sacred Elite Magic School.

She was introduced as Mano Yuki's assistant before becoming their instructor. Having a familiar person as their instructor was a plus while Michelle did not really mind because she was her teacher's friend. If they only had a fifth person, it would be perfect.

It was at this time, Michelle gave him the information about Evan Young. Kai was certainly surprised by Evan's profile and managed to pique his interest while Michelle shared the same sentiment.

Tasha's and Ayaka's opinions also changed after seeing his profile and agreed with Kai's decision to invite him to their group.

As Michelle expected, they were interested in Evan's past as well as his relationship with their opponent, Isabelle Fisher.

Kai then met Evan, trying to persuade him to join. Surprisingly, Evan swiftly nodded his head without hearing his argument. Although he said because he wanted to rest from his responsibility to heal people here and there, Kai knew he had another reason. At that time, he tried to ask a few questions to him and was amazed by his answer. Unfortunately, Evan asked for him not to tell anyone about it, which he agreed.

Besides, Evan's ability was really unique. Not only his healing ability was precious, but his computing skill could also increase their stability. And with Sanae taking charge of the HQ, their group was perfect.

Lastly, but certainly not the least, the good news came from Graham's Family. According to Michelle, it seemed she would have a little brother or sister in 9 months. She told Kai the reason why her mother was pregnant was because of him.

Kai was startled upon hearing that, but Michelle quickly explained. It turned out Michael had a good mood because of Kai's appearance and became a bit energetic. Although it was a bit late, Daisy Graham managed to conceive a second child.

The entire Graham family immediately threw a party. Kai was invited but he rejected and only sent his regards.

Kai rejected because the next day was the promised day. Although Evan did not join, the rest were going toward Michelle's family resort, including Shirotsuka Sanae, who tagged along because of Mano Yuki. As Michelle's teacher, she certainly had enough qualifications to come to a party like his.

Kai was wearing his casual clothes while bringing a few changes. This was his usual style if Michelle's family visited him in United Japan, so he did not really care about his appearance that much.

Michelle was the same. She just wore a sweater with long pants while bringing some personal clothes. Tasha also had a similar preparation as her. The only different one was Ayaka.

They were going to stay there for three days, so she brought a bunch of stuff, afraid of forgetting something. Ultimately, she brought two suitcases along with her.

Of course, none of them laughed at her, and she somehow felt more embarrassed than she was supposed to. She accepted the invitation because Michelle said that her grandparents were curious about her and the amount of support of her family, telling her not to lose.

Hearing it, she could only accept her fate and follow them to South Carolina.

As for the two teachers, Mano Yuki wanted to pay her respect to Michelle's grandfather as he was the one who saved her back then. Sanae also wanted to say her thanks to him, but her real intention was the expensive wine.

Both of them were wearing semi-formal outfits to meet him since they respected her grandfather too much.

The journey was not longer than three hours before they landed. And of course, seeing how eager Michelle's grandfather was, he quickly sent his butler to pick them up.

"Young Lady, Master asked me to bring you to the estate." The butler said without any expression.

As far as he could remember, the butler was a stiff one who only thought about Graham's family. Back then, Kai tried to talk with him, but to no avail.

The butler completely ignored him and after several attempts, he gave up. That was why when he saw the butler, Kai only nodded to him, who nodded back. And that was all for their greeting.

He opened the car door for everyone politely, asking them to come in. After that, they drove them toward a certain estate near the sea.

Ayaka and Sanae, who did not know about this, thought it would be too dangerous to have a settlement around the sea, as there was a certain possibility for flying beasts or sea creatures to attack them. However, for those who already knew about it, they would know it was because of this estate, Graham family was known as the guardian deity of South Carolina.

They indeed stemmed from Colorado, but after several generations of hard work, they were rewarded South Carolina for their effort. That was why the family usually stayed in this area while the current head took charge of their estate in the capital since the US moved its capital to Colorado after the incident.

While wondering that, the car had stopped and the butler opened the door. They had arrived. When they came out, they saw an old man where Kai and the others immediately paid their respect.

"Good Afternoon Sir!"