"Click!"

The door was opened, and Aoko walked into the Western-style building.

Sunlight casts from the ceiling of the glass skylight, illuminating the stairwell and the entrance hall.

"Welcome Home~"

Karn, who was sitting on the floor by the fireplace and drawing, smiled and said to Aoko.

"Q!" said the jelly-shaped Q on Karn's head lively, and although he only said "Q", Aoko understood that it was the same "Welcome Home" or something like Karn.

"Uh......" Aoko is very good at dealing with this kind of feeling, and responds very stiffly.

- This guy...... Once in a while, it's a little warmer like this...... Doesn't seem bad?

"Do you want to eat first, or take a shower, or ......" Karn put down his sketchpad and lay on the ground. "First, eat, me?"

- No! I was wrong!

"You go die. ”

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living room

"Did that guy move?"

"Well, after breaking a fulcrum, the magic is released a few times, which is a declaration of war. ”

"But now it's the first time to take a direct face, it should be a temptation, or the other party is not expected to appear, maybe like some time ago, only send a puppet. Qingzi said as she drank black tea and looked at the "mirror" on the table.

"Well, but the other party has already destroyed three fulcrums, and I think it's about the same. "Yuzhu has removed the "mirror" used to explore the entire city of Misaki. "I'll go and prepare tonight. ”

There is a huge spiritual vein underneath Misaki City, and there are five fulcrums for managing and using the magic of the spiritual veins in Misaki City, and at the same time, there are also fulcrums

And the alien magician in Misaki City, that is, Orange, has destroyed three fulcrums.

……

"So...... Come on~Come back early~" Karn said to Aoko and Yuzhu in the hallway. "I'll be ready for you with a late-night snack. ”

"Hmm......" Aoko replied softly.

Youzhu was silent, glancing at Karn, but quickly avoiding Karn's gaze.

There was a faint flush on her cheeks that even Aoko hadn't noticed.

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Aoko and Yuzhu walked on the way to the third fulcrum destroyed by the orange, and they were only about a minute away.

"Na...... There are beads. Aoko glanced at the bracelet with beads hanging on her hand. "You know what? Every woman in Kahn has this chain. ”

"......" Youzhu also looked at his bracelet. "If I didn't wear it, it was amazing what he would do.

And......

Don't you wear it too? Why? You still wear it when you know the meaning of this bracelet. ”

"Eh, me?" Aoko was stunned for a moment, then had a slightly embarrassed and stiff look on her face. "My words...... Should...... It's a dream......"

"Vision?" this time it was Youzhu's turn to be surprised.

"What? Is it strange that I have a vision, or is it too strange to have a vision?"

"It's better to say...... It's all weird. ”

"Cut...... I've been a big admirer of that guy before. Aoko looked at her bracelet with the joy she had always hidden. "At the beginning, it was the eldest sister who kept mentioning him, and I noticed that there was such a person. By the time he came back to his senses, he had unconsciously been following that guy like his eldest sister.

Gentle, careful, and very spoiled for me and my eldest sister, it was unstoppable in the past, plus powerful, even when I mentioned my grandfather, I looked at it with contempt, saying something like 'If it weren't for the orange sauce and green sauce......, how could I have known such a person?' I really feel that my grandfather, who is a magician, is not as important as my eldest sister and me, and my grandfather is also afraid of him. Well...... The magic that I have studied all my life has been easily cracked, and I guess everyone will be afraid......

It was probably around that time that I fell in love with him.

Although he was disillusioned later because of that guy's harem theory and strange words and deeds, I realized that I still like him very much when I saw him again some time ago, this guy!"

Aoko couldn't put it down, playing with the crystal bracelet she wore on her wrist. "So, when I got this bracelet, although I was reluctant on my face, I was actually so happy...... Ah, here it is. I didn't know it all about it. ”

Yuzhu and Qingzi stopped, stopping at this empty fulcrum near the forest.

"Look at this, the other party hasn't come yet. ”

Now it's still empty, except for the street lamps embedded in the concrete floor.

"I think you could say a little more. ”

"You guy, it's hard to talk to you more!"

Youzhu looked at Aoko suspiciously. Their relationship is not so good, and it is estimated that they are too lazy to say more words if they don't make sense.

"Nothing...... That guy told me to make peace with you, and I'm 100% going to attack you. Aoko looked at Youzhu with a mocking expression.

"......" Youzhu's face flushed a little, but her brows were deeply furrowed. Aoko understood that it was a tangled and depressed expression. Presumably he was very helpless at Karn's arrogance. "What about you? I like that guy so much, but he has so many women, is it okay?"

"Ah~ I've thought about this question many times before, well~ let it be...... Let it be......"

At this time...... "It seems that we sisters are both fascinated by that bastard~" The voice came from the shadows that could not be illuminated by the light of the street lamp.

"!"" Aoko and Yuzhu quickly looked towards the place where the sound was coming from.

"It's been a long time since I saw ~ Aoko, there are beads. ”

"It's you!orange!" Aoko suddenly realized. "That's right, the magic array that can freely enter and leave Misaki City has not been discovered, and there are not many people except you. ”

Misaki City is used to explore, guide the magic of the spiritual vein, use and other various magic arrays are developed and arranged by the owner of the spiritual vein of Misaki City, the Aozaki family, and these magic arrays are easy for Aozaki Orange, who studies magic under the teaching of the Aozaki magic envoy.

"What are you coming back here for?" Aoko looked complicated.

In the past, the two were still very harmonious when Karn was there, but since Karn left, the relationship between the two has plummeted, and Karn is almost a mediator between the two.

And after Karn left, Orange faced her grandfather's strict teachings and no one came to comfort her, and later the Aozaki Magic Envoy also changed the magic heir of the Aozaki family from Orange to Aoko, almost negating Orange's efforts all along, so that Orange left the Aozaki family in a rage, and there was no contact with Aoko.

"For what?" Orange tilted her head. "Sa~ for what?~ Is it necessary to ask this kind of question?" Orange finished speaking, and a dense spot of light appeared in the shadow behind her, which were a pair of dark blue glowing eyes.

Is that...... Dolls with the shape of a humanoid owner.

"Let's let these little ones play with you today. Actually, I'm just a puppet here. How's it like me?" Orange teased Aoko and Yujo, as if mocking them for not recognizing themselves as dolls. "This is a skill that I have only recently mastered, and after a period of research, it is estimated that it will be completely indistinguishable from a real person...... Hawkers~ One of the other two fulcrums has also been destroyed by me now, and my true body will be waiting for you at the last fulcrum, remember to come tomorrow night~ I will make a trap and wait for you. Actually, I was going to play for a while longer, but ...... Hawkers~ Forget it~ Good luck ~ Sister. ”

After saying that, the eyes of the orange puppet lost focus, and a dark blue light appeared, which was exactly the same as that of the puppet behind him, and the expression disappeared completely, and the movement became mechanical.

"Cut ......," Aoko smacked her lips dissatisfiedly at Orange's behavior of not letting people fight back after speaking. "It's annoying! This woman is still arrogant! It's all Karn!"

"I don't know why I have something to do with Karn again, but let's get the things done now. Youzhu, who had been silent, finally said the first sentence.

The puppets around them also quietly gathered around.

"Leave it all to me, if you really can't do it, you can go again, it's an experience. Qingzi said as she rubbed her hands, her wrist glowing with a faint blue magic light.

"I was going to do that. "Youzhu has no expression.

In fact, these puppets are just small monsters, Aoko has dealt with many times in Orange's previous actions, but the previous ones were dealt with one or two, and this time the number is several times more, although it is very likely to be a fiasco, but with Karn's bracelet, you can rest assured and bold to hone your skills.

It's just that...... Injuries are inevitable, and Karn's bracelet for Aoko is the same type that it will activate unless it is triggered or if it is fatal. But this is also in line with Qingzi's wishes, otherwise there is no point in honing.