Mage×Family

Mission 3: 'Ooting'

'Kill me now!' Tanya internally complained as she audibly groaned, much to Loid's amusement.

He could always rely on Tanya hating dresses for one reason or another, from lack of mobility range to lack of overall protection compared to pants.

After a few minutes, Yor was already unpacked and settled in, the guest room converted into a relatively snug place. The speed at which she unpacked was surprising to Anya, but she didn't have all too many belongings to begin with.

Soon Loid lined them all up on the couch and began explaining, "Eden Academy is a prestigious school that will be judging not only the children but the parents as well. They are evaluated on their social standing and how cultured they are. Let's start with Anya. Please state your name and address."

Anya looked up and around, somewhat confused as she stuttered, "Anya f-horger... A-Address?"

"The place we're at now," Loid explained.

"This is Anya's house!" Any exclaimed, much to Loid's distress.

"That's not what I meant..." Loid sighed and continued, "Miss Anya... How do you spend your days off?"

"Papa forces me to stay home so I watch TV all day since sister is boring and doesn't like to play," Anya righteously stated.

"I mean that's true, but that makes a terrible impression..." Loid moved on to Yor, hoping for some better results, "Now madam, why did you choose Eden Academy and how do you plan to pass this exam?"

Yor nervously muttered, "Uhm pass... Passing... Perhaps because of cardiac arrest or excessive bleeding? Compound fractures throughout the body? Maybe poiso-"

"Kill me now... Tanya," Loid moved on to the one child he had at least some hope in. The bar of his standards had basically been dropped to the floor, possibly below it. All Loid hoped was that Tanya didn't decide to bring a shovel. "What do you consider to be the best tool for a stu-"

"A shovel," Tanya stated matter-of-factly.

"Eh?"

"It is truly an implement born of civilization," Tanya seemed surprisingly confident in her answer, and frankly part of him felt like questioning it further would only lead to some kind of monologue on the benefits of shovels of all things, to which he didn't want by any means.

Loid groaned. "Well, this has been unproductive. Let's head out, I have some things we can do that might help us. It's our only chance at this rate."

There wasn't much choice left, they only had a limited time to get things in order. They simply wouldn't pass the interview if things remained as they were. They needed to look, sound, and appear like the cultured upper-class families that Eden Academy wanted and admitted, and he knew some ways that might help them do just that.

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The opera was Loid's first plan... And his most unsuccessful. Anya fell asleep within minutes, Yor just seemed confused, and Tanya was visibly plain bored (and she always seemed bored, so the fact that she appeared even more bored was concerning). If they wanted to look and act like a cultured family, clearly the Opera wasn't the way to go.

Loid wasn't without his other options, however. The museum would be a great place for them to become knowledgeable about the arts and history, at least he hoped.

The museum in Berlint was large, being the only major one in the city. Other museums were smaller and often specialized in a single purpose or person; this one was focused on all sorts of things as it relates to Ostania or its predecessor states like the Empire. It attracted tens of thousands of visitors every year from all classes and pathways of life, their little ragtag family would fit in fine.