The Prince Of Magic

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Noticing that his first question was unanswered, Lord El-Melloi II spoke again.

"You didn't answer my first question, what are you doing here, Reines?" He repeated, observing his 'little sister' carefully for any signs of lie.

The smirk from before made a return as she noticed the suspicious look on his face.

"Oh nothing, I was just on my way to your office and I found something interesting." She explained vaguely.

"And what's that?" Lord El-Melloi II inquired, his frown deepening at the mischievous tone lying beneath her gentle voice.

"Like I said, something interesting." Reines grinned.

The mere sight caused a seed of dread to appear in the pit of his stomach.

Just as he was about to insist on getting a real answer out of her instead of vague words, a loud noise of something breaking thundered above their heads.

Four eyes snapped to the ceiling with expressions that varied from surprise and curiosity, then they heard muffled voices that were loud enough to pass through the concrete. Two female voices were heard, shrieking at one another, and Lord El-Melloi II recognized both of them entirely.

The color from his face began to drain the longer he listened.

"HAH! YOU THINK THAT SUPLEX'S ENOUGH TO KNOCK ME OUT?! C'MON, GORILLA!"

"I'M GONNA RIP THOSE STUPID PIGTAILS OUTTA YOUUUUUU!"

*BANG*

*CRASH*

"OI! THAT'S ENOUGH!"

"STOP THEM!"

The second he heard another crash, the long-haired professor bolted, going pass an amused-looking Reines and an impassive-looking Trimmau and up the stairs as if the hounds of hell were nipping at his feet. He didn't even heard Gray calling after him as he went up the stairs as fast as his weak body can allow.

His destination: the office.

By the time he arrived, he was panting and ready to keel over out of pushing his weak body past its limits.

But Lord El-Melloi II persevered, gritting his teeth as he forced the doors to his office to open.

Only to gasped as he was immediately horrifying sight.

His office was in disarray. Splinters of wood and broken glass were littered in the center of the room where the coffee table was once standing. The couches were moved and tumbled over, and there were small holes spread all over them that were two to three centimeters wide. The bookshelves were also damaged and skewed, with most of the books on the ground, dirtied and trampled upon.

Seeing his precious tomes and research notes lying carelessly on the dirtied floor was enough to bring the normally composed professor onto his knees in despair.

"NOOOOOOO!" He wailed.

The sound his voice caused the occupants in the room to snap their attention to him in surprise.

Lord El-Melloi II, however, didn't care about that.

Instead, anger had replaced his sadness like a switch.

Immediately, his eyes sought out the probable suspects for the cause of his once clean office.

Immediately, his eyes sought out the probable suspects for the cause of his once clean office.

Taking notice of the two twin-tailed haired cousins, who were still fighting and pulling each other's hairs… and somehow remained oblivious to his presence.

"Grrr… let go, you gorilla!" Rin shouted, glaring at the blonde.

"You let go first, you insolent barbarian!" Luvia fired back, returning the glare with equal ferocity.

Righteous anger bubbled up in his c.h.e.s.t, Lord El-Melloi II didn't noticed Gray nervously backing away from him as he pointed an accusing finger at the two idiots with his teeth bared in anger.

"NOT YOU TWO AGAIN!"

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[... A little while later ...]

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"Uh, so what'chu want?!" A highly disgruntled Lord El-Melloi asked with a glare on his face.

Hadrian, who was at the receiving end of said glare (that doesn't really have any anger behind, but mere annoyance), chuckled nervously.

His former mentor had just kicked out his friends after giving them all a lengthy scolding in the current condition of his office.

Hadrian himself did not get excluded, seeing as he was forced to kneel on the floor and received his own share of admonishment from his former mentor, much to the quiet amus.e.m.e.nt of a certain cheeky retainer with dual black and white hair.

Rin Tohsaka and Luvia Edelfet, the two troublemakers, were also scolded as well, and a punishment was also passed unto the both of them for they were the ones who caused Lord El-Melloi II's office to end up in a mess.

As a result, the two mages were forbidden from entering his office (unless they were specifically invited) and they must pay for the damages they caused.

With a bit of grumbling from the two, the twin-tailed haired cousins paid the costs and had been ordered to leave the building.

Coincidentally, two female mages stopped by during that time and one of them visited the office due to having intended to pick up the two troublesome cousins.

The two female mages in question were Rani and Sakura Tohsaka.

Hadrian knew Rani, considering as she was one of the participants in the Holy Grail war and one of the people that helped him in the later events. The latter though, not so much.

Sakura Tohsaka was a close cousin of Rin Tohsaka and Luvia Edelfelt. Hadrian had encountered her when he had met up with Rin a month after the Holy Grail war was over.

And the first time he met her, he had experienced a brief flashback of a certain purple-haired young woman dressed in a white doctor's coat.

From what he found, Sakura Tohsaka had been one of the models to create the NPC Sakura Matou that he had encountered during the Holy Grail war.

It was a strange feeling, seeing the real Sakura. But, with a different surname and certainly a human-like one instead of an NPC.

Nevertheless, it was a humbling discovery that the Sakura Tohsaka on earth was also the similar in temperament to the NPC Sakura Matou.

Recalling the scary smile that Sakura wore and sent towards Rin and Luvia, who had both flinched at the sight before they were 'gently' ushered by the former and escorted them somewhere that they need to be (according to Rani), Hadrian had decided that the two Sakura's were nearly similar.

Noticing that his former mentor was waiting for him, Hadrian cleared his throat and began to speak.

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