Volume 1: The Rainbow-colored Thousand Orders

Prologue: The Puppeteer

In modern times, in the entire history of mankind, only a few of the magicians who were once famous relied on puppet technology to be at the top of the throne. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

They are: Luo Zhen, the father of roses, Aka Aozaki Orange, and Edward Alphons, the father of modern alchemy. The rest, although there are also the Einz Belen family who are proficient in this way, the Momen of the Eastern Immortal Kingdom, and the Ninja Village in the Land of Extreme Winter, but compared with the first three, their skills are still in the category of 'art', and they can't do it yet, to the point of being fake and real.

The Rose Puppet, the Infinite Self, the Immortality Artificial Human—these three most brilliant puppeteers are immortalized precisely because they are miraculous and unsurpassable.

Other than that, there is no other reason.

However, Luo Zhen has long since disappeared into the long river of history, and Eduard Alphonse, who is obsessed with human beings and refuses to transform himself into immortality, has died in World War II against the Nazi 'Tulle Society'.

“・・・”

Puppeteer, there's no way to lose power, right?

After all, even the only confirmed existence of Aozaki Orange can't show up because of the 'seal designation', so what can the magicians of the same faction rely on to fight against the other factions...

Completely, no way.

Mogossos's association 'Key Sword' has clearly realized this, so it will send the ace of the association: Mogossos of a thousand armies to the island country in the far east to find the 'primary color' who has not appeared for a long time.

But how easy is that?

["Ladies and gentlemen, Tokyo International Airport-"]

Carrying a travel suitcase in one hand and a delicate cane in the other, he wears a thick trench coat that matches the season, and a hat on his head, which is also black.

Mogothos walked out of the station and stopped.

Looking around, in the dense crowd, he quickly found the person he was looking for.

--Wearing a blue and white dress that doesn't match the season, and holding a large book in her hand, although the material of the clothes looks quite thick, it is definitely not very warm in this autumn that is not too warm.

So, when he saw the blonde-haired, doll-like girl, who was as beautiful as a dream-like figure, she rubbed her hands together in the cold, and almost burst into tears, and Mogossos was not too surprised.

- It's just a little distressing.

Walk over.

"Alice, didn't you tell you to wear more?"

As he walked, he smiled helplessly.

She was such a beautiful girl, but no one around noticed that the girl was choking on the cold - there was a reason, of course.

Because the girl who came to pick up Mogothos was called Alice, Alice, Margot Loyd. A magician known as the 'Colorful Humanoid'.

Of course, how could such a character not be able to chase away people or charm magic tricks?

However, it doesn't seem like a good choice.

"Who knew the temperature would drop suddenly..."

Grumbling, Alice glared at Mogossos with a nice look. At the same time, on her shoulder, the tiny, tiny puppet made in her own shape raised its little fist and waved at Mogossos.

"And you're twenty minutes late, twenty minutes?"

The eyes more dazzling than the gem stared at Mogosos, but in just three seconds, Mogosos was directly defeated.

"Okay, even though the plane is my fault"

Bow your head and admit your mistake.

Alice nodded in satisfaction.

Although she was cold at first acquaintance, after getting acquainted, Alice is actually a very good person to get along with - although sometimes it can be dangerous.

However, how many magicians are not dangerous... Probably not one, right?

Whether it is the Taoist and esoteric arts of the East, or the magic and rituals of the West, anyone who uses these is not a shiny and harmless character.

Magicians, without exception, are human beings who can make up their minds and act cruelly.

Mogossos is no exception, and Alice is no exception.

Just as Mogossos knew through some channels that Alice had a little story of 'the death of the upright', Alice also knew what kind and warm-looking young man had hidden majesty behind the title of 'Thousand Armies'.

Unlike ordinary magicians, who count the number of kills by one and no more than ten, as the 'Mogosus of a Thousand Armies', who ranks among the top five in combat power among the existing puppeteers, the number of casualties has never been controlled whenever he launches his full force.

Thousands of meters were scorched to earth, as if trampled by thousands of horses, the only thing that could be found after investigating his results.

In addition, whether it is the enemy, or the villages and woods that may have existed here, they will all disappear without a trace and be completely destroyed.

'Although it is only one person, in the pattern of that man, there is a thousand forces like a thousand horses'

I don't know when this saying began to circulate, which is also the origin of his name of 'Thousand Armies'.

“・・・”

Thinking of this, Alice gave Mogossos a deep look.

Yes, he is such a dangerous being.

But before that, he was one of her limited few friends.

――If that weren't the case, how could she have given up her plan to go to Marisa for afternoon tea because of a phone call and went to Tokyo to pick him up?

"Well, do I have something on my face?"

"No, nothing"

However, as long as there is a tacit understanding of this kind of thing, it is fine.

Alice shook her head and said nothing.

・・・

On the way, the two of them talked about Aozaki oranges.

・・・

"That is, the woman is already sure to be in this country?"

Alice had an incredulous look on her face when she asked this question.

Although 'insider' has always said this, for her, this practice is still incredible.

"Too careless, isn't it?"

Apparently she was searched by the clock tower in name for the reason of 'seal designation', and in the actual sense of 'hunting', but this woman swaggered around her home country - although it does not mean that you must go to another country to escape, but it can make people have conclusive evidence, and you are 100% sure that 'Aozaki orange is in Japan!', which is too arrogant, right?

"Who knows... But since it was the chairman who said it, it shouldn't be wrong."

"Is the president an outsider again? I really don't have the ethics of a magician..."

"Well, it's also my top boss, so let's save me a little face..."

"Didn't I say you, Mogg, it's better to get out cleanly than get caught up in a nondescript association like the Key Sword, right?"

"Are you a lobbyist, Alice?"

"No, just from the standpoint of a friend"

On a Shinkansen train.

- As a magician, I don't use a teleportation array or a broom carpet, so it sounds a little unseemly. But since using a train is more time-saving than the traditional 'magician's method of transportation', it's not a bad idea to choose a more convenient means of transportation at a cheap price, isn't it?

However, for Alice, it was the first time to take such a vehicle...

"By the way, how did you end up in Tokyo?"

"Don't ask"

As a result, as soon as she asked, Alice's face became very strange.

But... Thinking about Alice's outfit that is seriously out of season, the person who can make this family squat in this costume and run to Tokyo to get cold... There seems to be only one place where she settled, called Gensokyo?

"Well, it's ...

“・・・”

Before the name of the person was spoken, she was glared at very sternly, but Alice, who is usually very gentle, now has an unusually sharp eye, as if she is saying "I will kill you if I dare to say it!"

So, wisely shut his mouth.

When Alice saw this, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief...

She knew, and Mogossos had probably guessed, that it was Yakumo who had sent her to Tokyo—that bastard old woman!

'If I had known...

"I can't help it... Even if I knew it was going to happen, could I still not give her the Reimu doll I had agreed upon?"

If you do that, you're going to die a miserable death.

Alice already had a black line on her face when she thought of this.

"Alice?"

"Huh?

As a result, Alice, who is obsessed with her own thoughts, seems to be missing something.

When he shook his shoulders and came back to his senses in a little panic, what appeared in front of him was Mogosus's somewhat curious face.

"What are you thinking?"

"Huh?

"So, lunch, no?"

He pointed to the trolley that had been pushed at some point and the smiling waiter.

"I told you a lot and didn't say yes, so I asked you if you haven't had lunch yet, right?"

"Huh?"

Of course she didn't, but it was about nine o'clock in the morning when Alice went out, and it was twelve o'clock in the morning.

Alice herself is a magician, but, a magician, she also has to eat, right?

"So, which one?"

Before he could react, Mogssos had already pulled out his wallet and asked himself seriously.

"You're going to invite me?"

"Of course, for such a great help, you have to have a little thanks, right?"

Then send me away with a meal...

"Of course, just kidding, there is something else to thank you, but you can't watch the lady pay for it, right?"

Mogsos' smile was not the sun's rays.

Although he looks very energetic, he is not a very kind type.

This blonde young man, from the very beginning, has the impression of being shrewd and cold, but it is precisely because of this that when he rarely shows kindness, it will seem extraordinary, right?

“・・・”

Alice gave him a deep look before she nodded.

"Well, understood"

Then, without hesitation, I chose the most expensive one.

“・・・”

You should be humble, right?

Looking at his companion's childish move, Mogossos smiled dumbly.

"So, it looks like you've already decided on our first stop?"

"Well, let's go to Ayamegaoka first, and we'll go and meet the person in charge of the church here."

"Church, why go to them?"

"Because, it is said that there have been people from the Red World here recently."

“・・・”

"So, say hello"