“Why does mother make me wear these?” Kurui asked taking the contact case from Ryunosuke.

“Because she’s a Muggle,” mused Takashi.

Ryunosuke threw a wet rag at him. “Shut up!”

“What does that word mean? Kurumi asked.

“It means…she is afraid of things that are different.” Ryunosuke replied.

“Is that why she wouldn’t let the owl with a letter into the house?”

The owl had eventually been let in, but Kurumi hadn’t been allowed to read the contents of the letter addressed to her. Wait a few more weeks, she was told.

“Does that mean mother is afraid of me?”