Chapter 80 - 080: Poster Girl

One week had passed, the recruitment week is over so Echidna can't follow Arthur and Emilia go to school again because she just got permission for one week only.

The recruitment week this year is vastly different with the previous year, and the significant difference is at the rate of students who breaking school's rules and the effectiveness of Public Moral Committee members dealing with the commotion.

It's largely thanks to Arthur and Tatsuya, even if both of them make the largest contributions they have different experiences. In one hand Arthur just leisurely strolling around the school grounds with Echidna and sometimes Emilia when she had time, but there is no one who tries to make a ruckus that involves the use of magic when he is around.

Well, there is a reason for this situation has happened...

*flashback*

There is a time when Echidna want to dress like a student, of course, Arthur rejects her. But unbeknownst to him Echidna mentioned it to Emilia, Mari, and Mayumi who give her a set of uniforms and help her to change, this has happened when Arthur need to head back to the headquarters because Mari call him and said he needs to stand by in the headquarters because she needs to go somewhere, so Arthur leaves Echidna with Emilia.

But just twenty minutes after he stayed there, Arthur picks a call from other members of Public Moral Committee they need him as reinforcements, after Arthur get the coordinate he didn't waste any more time and coming as fast as he can.

And what happened there is...

"What is this? Brawl?"

Magic and objects flying here and there, the scale of commotion is larger than what happened in the gymnasium. After Arthur look at the situation, he found Emilia and Echidna in the center of commotion shield by Emilia ice magic.

At first, this is happened because of a small argument but getting bigger after some people flaming and make it turn to fight between course one student and course two students, and there is also several people who join it just for fun and throwing magic at the crowd.

There are also some people who spread the rumor Arthur didn't available in the school, and the fact that he is not with Echidna make them believe it.

When they busying themselves and didn't bother with Public Moral Committee who try to stop the brawl, cold sensations that make they are in the refrigerator room spreading to the whole area, not just cold sensations that make them stop but because of the zone interference release by Arthur and his voice echoes through the area.

"Well, anybody can tell me what happened here?"

This is a new magic developed by Echidna one day ago after she looks at specific cast jamming releases by Tatsuya, she has a strong interest in counter magic and Arthur provide her with rough detail about how Miyuki's 'Freezing Gram' is work when she said want to develop a zone interference technique that didn't have a weakness again non systematic magic.

And the results are a zone interference that not just only can disable the opponent's magic by using the user's own magic power to nullify opposing magic for disabling other magic, but also freeze the psion in the middle of activation, thus it results in failure of target's magic activation due to incomplete magic ritual. Inside this zone interference area the opponent can't active their magic and if their magic active before the zone interference area is deployed existing phenomena will continue, but will not be sustained by magic, it can be said the magician is not different with commoners if he or she inside this zone interference area cast spell less than the interference strength of the initial caster, then the effects of the spell do not take place.

But the weakness is still there, if the opponent has larger interference strength than they can get rid of this zone interference area. But unfortunately, in this school just Miyuki who has that much interference strength, and she needs to release her seal first. This technique also the combination of some magic that Echidna knew that have similar effects from her world.

The side effects of this zone interference area are the temperature inside the area of effect will gradually decrease to zero degrees Celsius, Arthur didn't have a good naming sense so he leaves it to Echidna. But Unfortunately, she is too lazy and says 'Let's call it the North Pole' and after she said that the system notification ringing inside Arthur's head.

^Congratulations for creating New Techniques combination from two different worlds, North Pole is added to Host skill list^

Arthur Feel upset because that technique now calls as the North Pole, he asks her why she names it as north pole but Echidna replied 'it's better than before! I want to name it as refrigerator before but change my mind' and she dashes to Emilia's room and locked it from inside and act as refuge there.

Well, honestly, Arthur can't blame them. Echidna is described to give others a white impression, with long snow-white hair and beautiful skin. Only her intellectual looking eyes are black, drawing out her beauty, and she is beautiful enough that anyone would be fascinated by her. And now she is wearing First High School uniform she has a ponytail that is tied with a big black ribbon and a pair of black buŧŧerfly hairpins.

" *sigh...* If you finish play around it's time for us to go home" seeing her appearance he can have a rough description of what happened here. "Mari-senpai, Mayumi-senpai, it seems today we need to close the school early, sorry all of this happened because of my negligence"

"Ah, no, thanks for your hard work"

"Yes, right, thank you for your hard work, you can leave early today, Arthur"

Arthur didn't stay there any longer after he gets permission from Mari and Mayumi, he pushes Echidna's wheelchair and leaves the school.

*flashback over*

Today Arthur and Echidna aren't in Tokyo, they're in a hotel at Hokkaido.

Well, they are here not for that type of vacation of course.

Their objective coming here is because the principal Momoyama said he wants to meet with them but unfortunately he can't come back to Tokyo for the time being so he asks for Arthur and Echidna meet him in this hotel.

In the small VIP meeting room Arthur and Echidna waiting for Principal Momoyama there, Echidna have several types of ice cream in front of her.

"You just getting well not long ago, and look at all of this ice cream"

"It's the rare occasion we come to this place, we need to try every dish available here"

"If you have stomachaches after this, I will not take you to the hospital again"

"Don't worry, I can just shout for help and said you're poisoning me and try to **** me before you run away because I call for help"

"... just do what you want"

Arthur really speechless at what Echidna says, it seems she takes wrong knowledge from the internet.

"Sorry for making the two of you coming here" there is a man in his seventies enter the room

"This is our first meeting so let me introduce myself, my name is Momoyama Azuma the principal of First High School"

"Arthur Spencer, clas A year one" Arthur and Momoyama have a handshake while Echidna one step behind Arthur introducing herself

"I'm Echidna, I was... hey Arthur, what I need to say?"

"It's too late to ask me now, just say what you want"

"Oh right! My name is Echidna, I was a freeloader in Arthur home" Echidna introduced herself with a smile

"That's the best thing you can think?" Arthur wondering inside his head, maybe there is a possibility other than her Authority, Echidna got more than half of her brain is sealed too.

"But that's a close one though?"

"Let's have a seat before we talk" Momoyama didn't feel offended with their conversation and let it slide just like that.

"One of my reason for calling the two of you is I hope I can recruit Echidna as a teacher in the first high school"

"The reason is? I thought for a school that Affiliated with National University of Magic, you can't recruit nobody as a teacher"

"For the majority of people she is nobody, but in certain circles, there are people who take note of her from the moment she is coming to this country" Momoyama open his mobile terminal and there is display information about Echidna.

"There is a lot of unknown on her information, like where she is life before work for your parents or even where she is graduated, the only thing we know she is the head of the researcher at your parents' company and it was not a small company either. And having nineteen-year-old girls who have a capability as a core member of your company researcher work as a teacher in my school can boost its popularity, so in the next year we can have a lot of students with great potential"

"So you only want her to be a poster girl of first high school?" Arthur look at Momoyama and look at him like he is some sort of criminal

"No, I didn't dare to ask what you think about me because I have a rough understanding of how you look at me. What I said before is just a good side effect from having her work as a teacher"

"This is my first time seeing this data... can I take a look?" Echidna ask to take a look at the data about her in Momoyama's mobile terminal and it makes Momoyama pause a moment before giving it to her

"For the privilege, jobs and other things we can discuss it as long as you agree with my proposal for working at the first high school"

"I'm sorry, it was not like we didn't want it but Echidna currently is recuperating so she can't use magic normally for the time being and for unknown time so working as a teacher in magic is slightly impossible"

"Then you can work as a staff of the school first, how about that?" Momoyama didn't feel weird when Arthur is the one who rejected him, because from the information in his hand they have unusual relationships. "You can come whenever you want"

"Can I know why you want her joint so desperately? There must be another reason other than what you said before" This time Arthur slightly suspicious about his true intentions

"Well... it's a bit embarrassing, I make a bet with some of my friends and say if I can't recruit her than I will open one of my wine collections from before the world war third is happened" it seems this old man is honest because he is slightly red on his face and also there is a pain expression too.

"That... quite unpredictable... Echidna, I will leave it to you, what's your answer?"

"School, right... can I, Arthur?" Echidna asking Arthur timidly with some hesitation, she is Arthur contract spirits so she needs to ask Arthur permission and if Arthur didn't permit it then there is nothing she can do. Well, except begging to Emilia to make her talk about it to Arthur.

Even if she tends to act like she wants and didn't do everything that he said but she didn't want to hinder his plan, no matter what he is the one who gives her friends a second life, and until now especially for herself, Echidna feels her time spent together with Arthur and Emilia is more special than what she had in the past four hundred years.

"Just do what you want, as long as you're happy with that I'm fine" Arthur has a smile on his face, this is a rare occasion for Echidna ask him with a timid voice but he can't make fun of her in this situation.

"So the answer is yes, right?" Momoyama asks expectantly, it's a damn super rare wine from his collection, there is no way he will open it happily for his friends.

"Yes, I will work in the first high school, but I want to be a librarian for now. Of course with full authority to access the database" Echidna didn't have a timid voice like how she talks to Arthur when she is speaking to Momoyama who will be her superior if she accepts his offer.

"Yes, you can. I will send the contract to you later, but I must remind you, you mustn't try any funny things with this authority. Magic ȧssociation and Ten Master Clans is not just a paper tiger" Momoyama look at Echidna sternly

"You can rest ȧssured if she tries some stupid things I will be the first person who punishes her"

"Well then I will put my trust on both of you this time" Momoyama nodded at Arthur word and stand up from his seat "I need to attend another meeting now, you can take your time here, all of your expenses will be put under my name, and both of you can go for sightseeing, I give Arthur two days vacation from school as an apology for coming to this place. Then, see you next time Arthur, Echidna" after he says what he wants Momoyama leave the room.

And the moment Momoyama closes the door, there is a notification ringing inside Arthur's head.

^Congratulations for achieving hidden achievements, from now on contract spirits Echidna can use her magic power freely except for her Authority^