Negi walked casually with like always Camo hiding in his shirt pocket, until he saw one of his students, Gu Fei, being surrounded by many martial artist.
But Gu Fei still looked calm, and she did not look scared at all surrounded by many fighter who wanted to defeat her.
Negi was eager to help Gu Fei who was his own student, but because there were so many people gathered to see Gu Fei battle, Negi who have small body cannot get through the crowd.
One by one the fighters attacked Gu Fei with all their abilities, but unfortunately the fighters who attacked Gu Fei were only amateurs who regarded themselves as highly skilled martial artists. And the final results were predictable, amateur fighters one after another has defeated by Gu Fei until no one was able to stand up again.
The people who watched the battle carried out by Gu Fei all applauded because Gu Fei displayed an amazing battle.
Not long after that, the group of people watching the Gu Fei fight began to disperse and finally in that place there were only Gu Fei and Negi left. When Gu Fei saw Negi there Gu Fei walked towards Negi and greeted him.
"Yo, Negi-bouzo, you saw my fight, aru."
"Gu Fei-san You are truly great when fighting against those martial arts experts!" Negi said.
"Hyohohohoho!" Gu Fei said. "Thank you for your compliment Negi-bouzo!"
Negi gets some idea when he sees Gu Fei fighting earlier, then Negi tells Gu Fei.
"Gu Fei-san, I have something to discuss with you. Can you come with me for a moment?"
"Aru?" Gu Fei said. "What do you want to discuss with me Negi-Bouzo?"
"Something important," Negi answered. "Let's go to a better place to talk, it's not proper to talk about something important while standing in a public place like this."
"Okay aru." Gu Fei said.
And both of them left the place.
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After leaving the cafe, Illya and Kuro whined to Shirou, so Shirou brought the two of them to the venue for a live show of their favorite magical girl anime. Unwilling to disappoint his two younger siblings, Shirou could only follow his two siblings' will.
The live show with the theme of magical girl, which was held in a mall inside Mahora, was really filled with lots of people who were big fans of the anime Magical Girl Biblion.
Illya and Kuro immediately ran towards the crowd of other fans and started shouting just like the other fans.
Miyu and Shirou could only sigh as they saw the enthusiasm of Kuro and Illya, because they both did not want to come jostling in the crowd both of them to wait in a place that was not too crowded.
"They both are really enthusiastic about this live show." Shirou said.
"That's natural," Miyu said. "Even at home Illya and Kuro, spend most of their time watching the Magical Girl Biblion anime."
"It seems they both forced you to watch the anime together with them," Shirou said.
"Don't remind me about that anime again, Onii-chan," Miyu said. "It traumatized me!"
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In the same mall, Negi and Gu Fei were sitting in a fast food restaurant not far from where the live show was held.
"Eeeeeeeh!" Gu Fei shouted. "You want me to teach you martial arts?"
"That's true!" Negi said. "Gu Fei-san you know about my identity as a wizard right?"
"I know aru," Gu Fei answered. "So what's up with that?"
"Gu Fei-san, what do you think the weakness of a magician like me?" Negi asked.
"Most magicians like Negi-bouzo, are better at long range attacks and suck at close combat with bare hands," Gu Fei answered. "That's why there are so many wizards like Negi-bouzo who are physically weak."
"That's the reason why I'm asking you to teach me martial arts!" Negi said.
"Hmmmm," Gu Fei said. "Why didn't Negi-bouzo ask Shirou-kun to teach you aru, Shirou-kun is a Bai ji guan expert who is very adept aru."
"Shirou-nii is also a martial arts expert!" Negi said. "I don't know about that why does Gu Fei-san know that Shirou-nii is someone who is good at martial arts? "
"Because I once fought Shirou-kun and lost," Gu Fei answered. "Many years ago when I was still living in China."
Gu Fei answered Negi's question with a slightly reddened face, and for some reason Gu Fei looked very excited when talking about Shirou.
"Aniki, what I know is, Shirou Aniki is a swordsman not some martial artist," said Camo, who suddenly emerged from the Negi's shirt pocket. "Why did Gu Fei-nee suddenly say that Shirou Aniki is a martial arts expert?"
"That's right, Gu Fei-san," Negi said. "Shirou-nii are a kendoka and not martial artist."
But Gu Fei did not respond to Negi's words at all, because she was truly shocked by the appearance of Camo.
"Whooa aru," Said Gu Fei who was surprised to see Camo appear. "The Ferret picture card in the Negi-bouzo shirt pocket can talk aru."
"Sorry, Negi-bouzo," Gu Fei said. "What were you talking about aru?"
Negi fell from where he sat and his head hit the floor because he saw the innocent reaction from Gu Fei.
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After finishing seeing the live show at the mall, Shirou and his three younger sister entered the fast food restaurant where Negi and Gu Fei were chatting, Shirou entered the restaurant just as Negi had just stood back up after his head hit the floor.
"Ooh Negi," said Shirou who saw Negi. "It's really a rare sight to see you eating at a fast food restaurant like this."
"Aaah, Shirou-nii," Negi said, feeling quite surprised to see Shirou who suddenly appeared in the restaurant where he was chatting with Gu Fei. "I have something to discuss with Gu Fei-san, so I'm here."
"Gu Fei?" Said Shirou who immediately realized, Gu Fei's presence was on the same table as Negi.
His memories that had existed before the memories of his previous life return, currently being played back in his head like a film.
Gu Fei was one of his best friends Shirou knew her when he was on vacation in China with his two younger siblings and his parents. when in China Shirou and his two younger siblings became very close to Gu Fei, even thanks to Gu Fei, Shirou was able to learn several different types of martial arts.
Before Shirou could say hello to Gu Fei, he was overtaken by his two younger siblings.
"Aaah Gu Fei Onee-chan!" Kuro shouted. "Long time no see!"
"Gu Fei Onee-chan! It's great to see you again!" Illya said.
"Kuro and Illya aru," Gu Fei said. "I'm glad to see you again aru!"
Gu Fei immediately hugged Kuro and Illya tightly as soon as he saw Kuro and Illya.
"I never thought that Kuro-chan and Illya-chan really close to Gu Fei-san!" Negi said.
"In the past the three of us got close to Gu Fei while on vacation in China," Shirou said. "I can even learn martial arts because of Gu Fei."
"So Shirou-nii really mastered martial arts?" Negi asked.
"Of course," Shirou answered. "So what?"
"Ah, nothing." Negi said.
"Onii-chan," Miyu said. "Rin-san called me, saying 'Until when, Onii-chan will going around with me, Illya and Kuro, she said Onii-chan promised to accompany her to practice, and now is the promised time but Onii-chan didn't come. "
"Aaaah!" Shirou said. "I completely forgot about the practice with Rin and Evangeline, because I was too busy going around!"
"Then Shirou-nii must hurry to the training ground!" Negi said. "I will also participate because I also want to join in training with Shirou-nii! Moreover, Shirou-nii also promised me this morning!"
"Illya, Kuro!" Shirou said. "Let's go home! I'm late for training with Rin! She will be angry if I don't come immediately!"
"Okay, Onii-chan!" said Illya and Kuro.
Gu Fei somehow felt very sad when she heard Shirou would train together with Rin, with all the courage she had. Gu Fei then said to Shirou.
"Shirou-kun, may I practice with you aru," Gu Fei said. "Coincidentally, Negi-bouzo asked me to teach him martial arts, so I thought why not just go with you."
"That's good!" Shirou said. "It will be fun to practice with you just like in China before."
Shirou's words made Gu Fei's face turn red, she really felt very happy getting closer to the man she admired.
Author Note: Next is the start of story from book 8 which is the first meeting between Negi and his father. The next chapter is Saturday. Support me on Pa.treon.com/Raylight25