Chapter 236.

PART 1.

As he returns to his childhood home, Daphne and Ravina also come with him. Their children follow in their footsteps. Given that Hatori is fifty years old by this point, some might consider that he actually had children very late in his life. But by the standard of magi, he and his partners are at the correct age. If they like, they can have more children later. Besides, Hatori does not look fifty. His training has kept him young.

“Alright, listen up!” he said, and all the children lined up with his command. “I am out to inspect the nearby area, and then I have a meeting. Do not bother your mothers, and do not wander off. Magic is nothing but a fairytale here. If you are caught, they will burn you alive. Is that clear?”

“Clear!” said the children, suitably terrified.

“Hatori!” said Daphne. “You can’t threaten the children like that!”

“I just did.” He smirked and disappeared.

Daphne shakes her head. “I do hope he won’t scar them for life,” she grumbled to Ravina, while the children explored the house.

“Don’t worry. He hasn’t done that,” said Ravina. “Yet.”

“You fail to console me,” said Daphne drily.

“Hey, I found the room of our grandfather!” the rest of the children rush to that room after hearing that.

Sushima is the eldest child of Hatori. Usually, it takes both of his mothers to keep him under control. he is always causing trouble, he either bothers his younger siblings, pulling pranks on them, enraging them enough that they gang up on him and come after him, or tries to tamper with the runes he has learned already.

Though he does like to make fun of his siblings, he is protective of them as well. The warning from his father sounded serious. He is certain that no one will burn them for using magic outside, but just in case, he decides to take this seriously and prevent his siblings from leaving.

“Look, so many books!”

“Grandfather was a lawyer.” Said Sushima. “I hear they have to read a lot.”

“Boring.” They all grumbled.

They go out on the porch to see the surrounding area. It is a rather desolate area, with abandoned houses, and only a few people visible here and there. Sushima could not believe that his father spent his childhood in such an area. The house of their grandfather is nice, but everything else around it is not in the best shape.

‘It must be a great area though.’ he thinks. His thoughts are interrupted by his mother calling to him. Apparently, it is lunchtime.

Deciding that it is none of his concern, Sushima goes to the dining room to receive lunch from their mothers.

PART 2.

Hatori arrives at the office of the mayor. In India, the mayor of a city is not that powerful, but given what Hatori wants to do, it is a perfect position to target. Low enough that no one will take notice, and high enough that it has some authority in the city.

Naturally, if he tries to meet the politician through an appointment, he will be laughed out of the office by the receptionist. But he used magic to get around this problem. He found out the time when the man was alone in his office, and after making himself invisible, he arrived in the office. He senses around for any magic just in case, before putting some spells to guard against potential intrusion in the meeting he is about to have.

To start the meeting, he barged into the room loudly, startling the politician, and for the maximum shock, Hatori made himself visible just when the mayor almost composed himself. Finding his rather tall form with abnormal-looking eyes standing in his office glaring down upon him is stressing the man out, the fact that Hatori summoned a chair from nowhere and sat down also increased his shock.

Hatori looks at the available chairs in the office for the guests. They are not very comfortable, not to mention, no spinning features either. Besides, a man of his size does need a big chair to comfortably sit down.

“Hello there.” smiled Hatori. After all, a smile is meant to put people at ease, so they will do what you want them to do.

That is of course, when the smile is not like a monster who is about to eat you alive. “Hello.” Gasped the man. He has no other choice. This guy snuck into his office, and no one stopped him. The alarm is not working, and all his methods to summon the security have failed. The only thing he can now hope is that this demon will spare his life.

“Excellent! You are already exchanging greetings with me. We are to a great start, don’t you think?” said Hatori, still keeping his dangerous smile.

“Ye—yes.” said the mayor, not sure where this is going.

“Good.” Said Hatori. “The next step,” he suddenly summoned a small booklet, “Is to introduce each other. That is simple enough. Ahem. My name is Hatori Eagle, I am an S-rank mage, currently serving King Avinash in various capacities, along with having a side business of supplying machines.”

Hatori would have used the word yantra, but he changed at the last moment. These people will not understand it here. Yantra is nothing but an obscure Sanskrit word here, used to refer to the strange charms that would bring you good luck, but does nothing aside from taking money from the superstitious fools.

“O--- okay?” the mayor is not sure how to react with this info. Who is Avinash, he is the king of where? He has never heard about any king in India. And what is the S-rank?

“You are supposed to introduce yourself.” Said Hatori.

Now, the mayor was getting angry. But he decides to humor this strange man. “I am Naresh Saini, the mayor of this city.” He puffed up, trying to look threatening from his chair. Given the size difference between them, he only managed to amuse Hatori.

“Good. now, we can proceed to the next point in the list.” Said Hatori, flipping the page. “I believe a demonstration is in order.”

He makes himself invisible. “I am a mage; I have powers of magic. I can bend the reality to my will.” Hatori turns the desk of the mayor into a crocodile, and the man has to jump away with a yelp.

“I can assure you; these are not hallucinations.” Said Hatori, appearing behind the mayor, and helping him to sit down in his chair once his desk is turned into a normal wooden desk.

“Where are you from?” asked Naresh, after regaining his composure. “I have never heard about this king of yours.”

“We live in a different dimension.” Said Hatori. “Initially, we used to live here, but the mages got annoyed with the constant wars, so they decided to create a copy of Earth. Of course, then they decided to have their own war. In fact, there have been five world wars so far, and the fifth one was concluded twenty years ago. I was a participant in that one.”

“What are you. A demon? A Jinn—” Hatori’s laughter stopped Naresh from asking any further questions.

“I am sorry, it is so amusing to hear those questions. No. I am a human. Didn’t you hear me? Mages were living in this world. They are humans with magical powers.” said Hatori.

“Then what, don’t tell me only a select few can use this power?” asked Naresh.

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“No. Though you need training if you want to learn how to use it,” said Hatori. “In fact, I used to live in this world. However, due to some infuriating circumstances, I was teleported to the other side. I lived there for twenty years, before returning here twenty years ago.”

“Okay, fine.” Said Naresh. “But what do you want from me?”

Hatori smiled. “We reached this point sooner than I thought.” He spoke. “I want you to put this entire area under me.” Hatori gives him the map, where his house is located, and the area he wants is surrounded by a red circle.

“That is just a slum.” Said Naresh. “I have been trying to do something with that area, but it has resulted in nothing. To think it was such a posh location fifty years ago.”

He then turns to Hatori. “What will I get in return?” the cunning of a politician has returned to Naresh’s eyes, and he is no longer as afraid as he once was. After all, exchanges, demands, and favors, he understands this way of life.

“Why, I will help you in reaching beyond this city.” Said Hatori. “Don’t tell me that you have the ambitions of remaining a mayor your entire life? Don’t you want to go beyond this?”

“I do.” Said Naresh. “But how? You know what, never mind. I don’t want to know. Just tell me. Can you help me in the coming elections?”

“Yes,” said Hatori. “That is easily done. First, we will make a list of your opponents, and then I will murder them one by one—”

“No!” the mayor denied hotly. “Not that way. I want to win by votes, do you understand?”

“Oh. Fine. In that case, you have to follow this plan.” Said Hatori, giving him a list. “Ignore whatever your party instructs you. You have to put yourself in the front of public, present yourself as a leader, even if you have to undermine someone.”

“What if they come after me?” asked Naresh.

“Then I’ll protect you,” said Hatori. “Here. Wear this ring all the time. It will shield you from the bullets. This is, of course, the most basic protection. I will give you more of such items if you agree to deal with me to protect you from not only physical assaults but magic as well.” Hatori will never give him any item that could protect Naresh from himself. He conveniently left that out.

“Then we have a deal.” Said Naresh. “This entire area I will put under you. In return, give me a win during this election, and help me reach beyond this city.”

“Then it is a deal. Nice to meet you, Naresh Saini.” Said Hatori, getting up from his chair and making it disappear.

“Nice to meet you as well, Hatori Eagle.” Both of them eyed each other like two sharks circling each other before Hatori turned around and left the office. He also took down those spells used to stop people from paying any attention to what was going on in the office and interrupt Hatori’s discussion with the mayor.

By the time Hatori got back, the kids and his partners were both gone. The area is under his control, though the documentation for it will take some time. But he can start with something he has been putting off for a while.

Making a circle, he channels some magic into it. A floating spirit appears in this circle, which looks like his father, and his mother from certain angles. “So. How long since you were formed here?” he asked this spirit.

“I believe it has been close to thirty years at least.” the spirit answered. “Though I wasn’t powerful enough to fully manifest, or exert my will.”

“Until now,” said Hatori.

“Until now.” agreed the spirit.

“Tell you what, I will connect you with the wards around here, and then you can anchor yourself through them. In return, I want you to manage everything for me. Is that acceptable?” asked Hatori.

“I am the spirit of this house.” Said the spirit. “It is my purpose to serve my master. What is your command?”

“Well, for now, I want you to take over everything, and automate everything. Rest we can discuss later.”

“Very well.” the spirit disbursed after this conversation, and Hatori checked off another item from his list.

Once he gets everything set up, he will give complete access to the spirit. It will serve the same purpose the central yantra serves in his own house in the mage world.

PART 3.

“Overall,” said Josh, concluding his report, “We are doing fine, and the manufacturing has improved. Though we do have to pay attention to the services.”

“Excellent.” Said Avinash. “Do you have anything to add, Raven?”

“Not much.” said the general. “There are a few pockets of resistance. They have gotten bolder in the last five years, but for now, I can keep them down.”

“Keep them contained. We are interacting with the other races more; we can’t have them causing us trouble.” Said the king.

“Don’t worry.” Said Raven. “Between me and Suresh, we have everything under control.”

“Good. meanwhile, I’ve heard from Hatori. he has taken the first step for our plan.” Said Avinash. “Apparently, it has gone well.”

Josh has a horrified expression. “Let’s hope he didn’t murder someone.”

“Not for now,” said Avinash. “Apparently, the politician was unusually easy to deal with. He didn’t have to use any threats.”

“I would have loved to see that live.” Smirked Raven.

“I wouldn’t,” said Josh.

PART 4.

Shin receives a letter from Daphne. She has invited him and Lavanya to see Hatori’s renovated house in the other world. He does have time since he is done with his tour, and he also has no project to work with either.

“Lavanya, do you have time?” he asked.

“Why?” Shin gives her the letter as an answer to her question.

After reading it, she replies. “Yes, I do have some time. I think we should go.”

“Good. I haven’t seen his world that much,” said Shin.

“I doubt you will be allowed to explore.” Said Lavanya.

“Eh, just try to stop me,” he said with a smirk.

PART 5.

With the final rune, Hatori channels the magic. The new dimension comes into existence. It is filled with huge landmasses, as well as oceans. It is anchored in the area of Hatori’s home and the surrounding area.

Currently, the oceans and the land are empty. But soon, it will be filled with flora and fauna. Especially fauna.

‘This should be interesting. I can’t wait to populate the area.’ Thinks Hatori. ‘Especially with prehistoric creatures.’

The wards alert him to someone entering the area, and Hatori goes to the door to greet the mayor. The politician has come here to meet him secretly. “You do have the plan, don’t you?”

“Yes. I’ve already implemented some of it. though some people are angry with me, they are saying that I am wasting the city’s budget.” Explained Naresh.

“Ignore them,” said Hatori. “They will be quiet when you win.”

“Sure. I am already doing better in the poles.” Said Naresh, quite happy to see those results.

“True. But don’t get overconfident. Also, don’t rely on poles too much. Voters don’t reveal their true feelings in them anyway.” said Hatori.

“You’re right. I’ll go and implement the next step.” Said the mayor. “I think it is highlighting my achievements, and doing big events to win their approval.”

“You are going in the right direction.” Said Hatori, and bid him goodbye.