"Masaki! George! It's been a while!"
Masa smiled when he saw Masaki Ichijou and Kichijouji Shinkurou, who came to visit him at the headquarters of the Isshiki family in Tokyo.
If it was someone else, it wouldn't be so easy to meet him, but the two were different since they were childhood friends.
Still, even so, Masa could feel the awkwardness between the two when they saw him for a while. Yes, unlike in the past, while their family status might not be much different, and they often competed with each other, after he came to Tokyo, their status changed so much that the Ichijou family wouldn't be able to catch up.
In the community of magicians in this country, the status of the Isshiki family was that of the Yotsuba family. Their status had risen so high that no one else, not even the members of the Ten Major Clans, could be compared to them.
Rather, if the Isshiki family and the Yotsuba family joined together, even if all the magician families in this country joined together, they couldn't be matched by the combination of the two, showing their overwhelming might.
Yet, unlike the Yotsuba family, which adopted the isolation policy in the country, the Isshiki family was like the US, with many little brothers who would help take care of the mess when something happened.
The act of the "Reaper," which shocked the whole world by how frightening the Isshiki family was by decimating all of the high officials of the Blanche and all of its supporters in the entire world, destroying this anti-magic organization to the pulp, without even any resistance yet still maintained a holy and just image in front of everyone, causing everyone to shudder by the horror in front of the might of this family.
Naturally, Masaki and Kichijouji were also affected, and even if they knew that Masa never changed, they could feel immense pressure and nervousness when they faced him despite him smiling at them as usual.
"What's wrong? Finally, has your family agreed to do that boob enlargement magic? Should I call you Boobs Prince now, Masaki?"
"Bastard! Stop with that nickname, Masa! I won't agree to that plan! Also, stop laughing, George!"
Yet, those words from Masa broke all of the hesitation and cowardice in their hearts, especially when Masa started to call Masaki "Boobs Prince."
Yes, in the past, Masaki asked Masa whether there was a way to make money by using his family's magic, similar to the Isshiki family that could use its bio-electricity magic for the information-related industry.
Hearing that question, Masa thought of Masaki's family's specialty magic, which was related to a liquid so as long as it was liquid, this was the realm in which the Ichijou family excelled, so he thought of breast enlargement magic, which should be mastered by the Ichijou family.
Why breast?
Similar to the size of the man's lower body, the breast was part of the female's complex, and if one had a better size, naturally, one would be more confident, but considering the modern surgery, it had a risk as the small one could only put a silicone inside to make it bigger.
However, with the breast enlargement magic, it would be different as a woman would be able to gain bigger breasts without a risk.
As for why Masa mentioned this magic to Masaki, it was because Masaki's family's magic specialty was liquid, and if Masaki and the Ichijou family wished to, they should be able to develop the magic that could increase the bust size as the size of the breast was related to the amount of fat within the breast.
Thus, Masaki got the "Boobs Prince" nickname from Masa.
While this might sound like a joke, the possibility of this magic being created was huge, and not only the breasts enlargement, it could also extend to a body slim, which could be combined with Masa's family's beauty-related magic, making them dominating the beauty market in this world.
It might sound vulgar, but the money in this market was huge!
The combination of the Ichijou family and the Isshiki family was simply a godsend!
Destiny!
"Masa is right, Masaki. If your family can create this magic, it will help you make a lot of money."
While Kichiouji tried to hold his laugh, he also understood the potential of this business.
"George, even if you too..." Masaki was so helpless and then looked angrily at Masa. "Masa, it's all your fault!"
"You asked me, and I just answered you, but seriously, think about this proposal, Masaki."
"Masa!"
As the two fought and Kichiouji laughed, the three felt that they had come back to the past, where they hardly thought of anything and just had fun.
"Come in. Let's play a game inside."
"Oh!" 2x
"By the way, are you sure that your family won't do that business?"
"...my father will talk to you later. Is that fine?"
"Yeah, it's been a while since I talked with your family, but Akane-chan often called me."
Masa missed Masaki's mother somehow.
"...my little sister is the same age as your little sister, you know?"
Masaki knew that Masa was close to his little sister, but even so, he couldn't help but remind his best friend about the age of his little sister, Ichijou Akane.
"I have a fiancee."
"....."
"Now, you mention it."
"Yeah, congratulations on that."
"No problem." Masa sighed and said, "If the country allows polygamy, it will be great."
"....." 2x
"I was just joking. Don't look at me that way."
'That didn't look like a joke at all!' 2x
Regardless, once again, it was good that their friends didn't change much, so the three of them played a game in Masa's room.
"By the way, my mother made your favorite cookies."
"Thanks." Masa took the cookies without hesitation and said, "I will send your mother a gift."
"Well... okay."
While it might be strange, Masaki didn't really want Masa and his mother to be so close, but when he thought that Masa had a fiancee, Airi Isshiki, he felt that it was okay.
"But you are going to get married, huh?"
"Yeah, but it is something that we have to do whether we want to do it or not."
Every magician had a duty to reproduce whether they wished to or not, except those who had a certain limitation, such as Maya's case, or rather, they were expected to marry early to create descendants, and it wasn't weird to see some female magicians take a break or stop on her university to give birth.
At the same time, it wasn't rare for a magician to be engaged early like Masa and Airi.
Instead, the faster, the better, or else others would try to snatch a magician with good genes, who had always been sought after.
Even the father of Tatsuya and Miyuki was sought and became their mother's husband due to his good genes, too.
Nevertheless, similar to Masa, Masaki, and Kichijou, they also had good genes, so they didn't lack someone who would court them.
"Have you two found someone to marry?"
"No." 2x
The two simply answered 'no' since their focus wasn't on the opposite gender first, especially when they didn't want to be left behind by him. Frankly, the conversation they had previously before Masa left for Tokyo had been on their minds.
To create a Strategic-Type Magic, a magic that was comparable to a nuclear explosion, if Masaki and Kichijouji could do that, then they wouldn't feel so awkward with their friends.
Masa could see all of that in their eyes, but he remained silent since he knew that they would be able to do that sooner or later.
Nevertheless, as they played a game, Masaki said, "Oh, right! I almost called my father."
"Call him, then."
"Is that fine? Aren't we playing a game?"
"It's fine, isn't it? Do you think he will say something serious? Probably, he will talk about boobs enlargement magic."
"...can we not talk about that again?"
While sighed, Masaki, in the end, followed Masa's wish and called his father as they played a game. Naturally, this call was quickly connected, and they heard Masaki's father's voice, Ichijou Gouki.
"...you did a video call?"
"You didn't ask."
"..." Masa.
Still, Masa was speechless by Masaki, who did a video call instead of a voice-only call.
"What's wrong? Are you three playing a game?"
"It's been a while, Uncle. Should I pause the game?"
"No, it's fine. Our talk isn't so serious. You three can play a game while we talk, or rather, let me join."
"....." 3x
While they were speechless, they let Gouki join them in the online match as he also had the game console in his office.
Still, Masa had to say that despite being a father and a son, Gouki and Masaki were so much different.
If Masaki was like that, a prince in the white horse, then Gouki was like that warrior or Viking, considering his dark skin and rough appearance.
However, Masa also understood that considering Gouki's work, which made him often stay on the sea most of the time, it was normal for Gouki to have darker skin.
Regardless, even though Gouki said nothing serious, he suddenly asked, "Say, Masa, do you want to marry my daughter?"
"..."
All of a sudden, the game was crashed.