Tokyo Ravens - Volume 5 - Chapter 3.5

Part 5 

The dead of night. The Onmyou Academy Principal Kurahashi Miyo was left alone in the principal's office of the Onmyou Academy building, tidying up unfinished work. 
The room had an old-fashioned and calming interior as well as various furniture that had been taken good care of, matching greatly with the aged yet still elegant master of the room. She felt that she could do more in this place than in her own home. In particular, that feeling had become stronger after she had given the position as the head of the house to her son. She believed that she still had many responsibilities to the Onmyou Academy. 
She had been doing this busy job for close to half a century. Principal Kurahashi's old body had recently been having some trouble with her long working hours. Her old friend, the Mystical Investigator Chief Amami Daizen, had also always joked about similar things. She understood that she was declining day by day without Ohtomo having to say anything. 
"......I hope that I can at least hold on until the day those children are independent......" She murmured to herself, sitting in front of her great redwood table and finishing tasks. 
Just then, a doorknock sounded in the principal's office, and the principal's expression momentarily changed. 
As the Onmyou Academy Principal, she hadn't noticed anyone approaching at all before the doorknock sounded in the principal's office. 
"............" 
She lowered her glasses, placing them on the table and watching the door intently. 
The students and other teachers should have all left already. There was no one left in the academy building, and the two shikigami Alpha and Omega hadn't informed her beforehand that there was anyone entering the building. 
There were no abnormalities in the barrier of the academy building, and no outsider could possibly break through the hurdles set up in the incantation and reach this place - However, if such a thing truly happened, she was definitely unable to deal with the opponent before her, so there was nowhere to run anymore. 
"......Who is it?" 
The principal prepared herself, asking calmly, definitely not allowing the other person to hear how worried she was. 
A reply came from the other side of the door. 
"It's me." 
Once that voice sounded, the principal's eyes widened in surprise. She hadn't expected this surprise guest. 
"......Please enter." 
The principal left her seat as she said this, walking to the door and opening the lock. 

The door opened. A man stood in the corridor. 
It couldn't be told what age the man was. He looked about thirty, but judging by a few thin white hairs, it wouldn't be doubtful if he said he was fifty. He wore a pair of metal-rimmed glasses, with the slightly dark eyes of an intellectual underneath his glasses. He was dressed in a natural kimono, making one unable to help but associate him with an ancient scholar. 
"This is truly......" The principal looked at the guest, smiling nostalgically as she spoke. "What a surprise." 
"......Sorry for bothering you this late." The man let out an indifferent, clear, and deep voice. 
The principal opened the door, moving back and welcoming the man in. The man lightly nodded in respect, quietly walking into the principal's office. 
The principal shut the door. 
"You haven't come to the Onmyou Academy in very long." 
"............" 
"I should tell you, your shikigami has also come to Tokyo. I happen to have a student who is under his care. You came with him, right?" 
"............" 
The man didn't reply to the principal's words. He deliberately ignored her, simply not paying her any heed. He walked into the center of the principal's office. The principal offered to him to sit, but he didn't sit, standing and looking at the bookshelves in the room. He seemed to be confirming something, looking as if he had no interest in the books. 
He gave off an ice-cold air from his body. Even so, the cordial attitude of the principal didn't change. 
"Why didn't you contact me earlier if you were coming? You almost scared me to death. You can't play around in an old person's home." She spoke leisurely and relaxedly, like an elderly old mother that was meeting her son - and also like a teacher reminiscing over a past student. Actually, the man had once studied at the Onmyou Academy and was a graduate of the academy. 
"...Please stop using your 'second-class magic', I didn't come here to reminisce as a graduated student." The man spoke firmly, his attitude as cold as ice. 
"My apologies." Sadness momentarily flashed through the principal's eyes, but her face immediately returned to normal as she prudently lowered her head in apology. 
"Then please allow me to reconfirm - sir, what have you come here for tonight?" The previous head of the Kurahashi family respectfully asked. 
The current Tsuchimikado family head, Tsuchimikado Yasuzumi, looked back indifferently with a cold gaze.