To be honest, Duanmu Huai didn't expect that things would turn out like this.

After he consulted with Alice Phil, Duanmu Huai found out that this matter was far more troublesome than the Holy Grail War.

According to Alice Phil, Sakura's existence is indeed tricky, because according to the results of her and Medea's examination, Sakura's magical attribute is an imaginary attribute, a very rare magical attribute. Therefore, Tosaka Tokitomi passed Sakura to the Maki family, although it was difficult to accept, but it was indeed a solution. The reason is very simple, if Sakura doesn't succeed to the Maki family and inherit the seal of the Maki family, then she is likely to be caught by the Magic Association as a rare sample and designated as a seal——— that is, she will be directly soaked in formalin as a specimen.

Then someone is about to ask, can't Sakura be allowed to live an ordinary life incognito?

Hey, I really can't!

According to Alice Phil, the blood of magicians is demonic, and demons and demons are attracted to each other, and Duanmu Huai also understands this. After all, psionics are inherently easy to attract subspace demons. So even if you put Sakura in a normal home, her blood will attract demons or other supernatural, messy things.

So......... Like Tosaka Tokitoki, passing Sakura to a magic family has actually become the best way to deal with it.

It's speechless.

So find another magician to adopt Sakura?

At least not as inhuman as Kiri?

But it also seems to be difficult, because the magicians of this world seem to be looking for the roots, and from the perspective of the Inquisition, all the magicians in this world are all heretics who want to open the doors of the subspace, and they all need to be purified.

If it weren't for the fact that this was the world of the past, Duanmu Huai would have wanted to summon the Inquisition Fleet to directly kill the Magic Association.

Proper heresy.

Therefore, finding a reliable magician family to foster Sakura is really the only way.

But here's the ......... Who to look for?

The Tosaka family is definitely not good, the square has been burned by Duanmu Huai, and the ——— of Einz Belen is naturally not good.

After all, Duanmu Huai and the others basically didn't know anything about this world, and they didn't know who to go to.

However, Alice Fell knew two magician families.

One is the Thousand World Tree located in Eastern Europe, and the other is Orange Aosaki, a magician who graduated from the clock tower and holds the crown. Both parties had traveled to Einzbehren to exchange doll-making experience with the Einzberen family, and met with Alice Phil.

So there's not much more to say.

"Anyway, let's go meet Aozaki Orange first."

Duanmu Huai didn't plan to hand Sakura directly to Aozaki Orange, but the magician's circle was like this, even if Aozaki Orange couldn't, she at least knew other magicians.

Of course, strictly speaking, Duanmu still hopes to keep Sakura in Japan, so he came to find Aozaki Orange first, after all, Eastern Europe is too far away, Sakura is only a few years old now, and it is a little too hard for a child to leave home. So the best thing to say is to let her stay in her home country.

Dr. Roman has no opinion on this, the timeline of the past and the present is divided, and the Chaldea will avoid destruction precisely because it is outside of time. So no matter how long Duanmu Huai stayed in this past, it was only a matter of moments for Chaldeans.

If possible, you can stay here until Sakura is an adult, but ......... Well, it depends.

Duanmu Huai has never raised children.

Normally, it's not easy to find a magician, but luckily Alice Phil once received a business card from Aozaki Orange when she met them. Originally, this kind of thing was just a dispensable exchange, but Alice Phil, who was serious and obedient by nature, solemnly put it away.

I didn't expect it to come in handy at this time.

After calling and contacting Aozaki Orange, Duanmu Huai and his party came to Kanbuko City, located in Tokyo.

"Then, Matthew, you and Lorena take care of Sakura, and I'll go meet that Aozaki orange."

After checking in at the hotel, Duanmu Huai also decisively issued an order.

"Is that okay?"

Matthew seemed excited to be able to come to modern society, but she was still a little uneasy.

"You shouldn't be attacked."

"No problem, in front of Medea, modern magicians are all elementary school students, and unless the other party also summons a heroic spirit, it is impossible to cause harm to Medea and Alice Phil. Of course, you have to be careful, and you have to take good care of Sakura........."

While speaking, Duanmu Huai looked at the girl standing next to Lorena, who was still hiding behind Lorena with some uneasiness, but poked his head out and looked at Duanmu Huai curiously.

"So, so be it."

Duanmu reached out and patted Sakura's head, then left the hotel with Alice Phil and Medea and walked towards the place they had agreed upon.

I have to say that along the way, the three of Duanmu Huai attracted a lot of attention, not to mention Duanmu Huai's burly and tall body and impressive appearance, Alice Phil and Medea who followed him were also extremely beautiful women. So much so that some people looked at them blankly from time to time along the way, and even staged such an old-fashioned play as hitting a telephone pole because they were too engrossed.

As for someone accosting you, don't even think about it, it's a good thing not to have weak legs in front of Duanmuhuai, and if you dare to talk, there is only a dead end.

"The outside world is really interesting."

Along the way, Alice Phil also looked around curiously, and like Matthew, she was full of interest in places such as coffee shops and convenience stores.

"Haven't you been out before?"

"I'm ashamed to say that I've been living in the castle of Einzberen ever since I was made......... It's in the mountains, and there's nothing around........."

It looks like it's similar to the Chaldeans, do magicians like this kind of off-the-beaten-path place? What about cultivating immortals?

Soon, however, Duanmu Huai's idea was challenged.

“…………… Over here? ”

Duanmu Huai looked at the slightly dilapidated commercial building in front of him, which looked like it had been abandoned. From the outside, it looks like it's just an ordinary commercial building, but it's closed off and the surrounding streets aren't populated, making it look like it's going to be demolished soon.

"Yes, this is it."

Alice Fell took out her business card and checked the address on it, and Medea nodded.

"I can also feel that there is an enchantment set up by the magician."

"This is really hidden in the city, I thought that magicians would only cultivate immortals in the deep mountains and old forests."

Just when Duanmu Huai sighed, a woman's voice suddenly came from behind him.

"I want to too, but it's a pity that I don't have that much money."

Hearing this voice, Duanmu Huai turned his head and saw a woman wearing an orange coat, red hair, glasses, and a rather neat looking woman holding a cigarette in one hand, while looking at Duanmu Huai curiously. She looked at Alice Fell first and said hello.

"Hello, Alice Phil. Feng. Miss Einzbellen, long time no see, I really didn't expect you to come to the Far East, and it was a bit unexpected to receive your call. ”

Then, I saw the woman raise her head and squint her eyes at Duanmu Huai.

"That's an impressive face......... Pls are you ..............."

"Duanmu Locust."

Duanmu Huai nodded at the woman in front of him.

"Are you Aozaki Orange?"

"That's right, then again..............."

Orange Aozaki shifted her gaze to look at Medea, and then her eyes froze slightly.

"What are you?"

Although Aosaki's inquiry may sound very rude, both Duanmu and Alice Phil are able to understand what Aozaki Orange means. ALTHOUGH MEDEA IS INDEED A HUMAN FROM THE OUTSIDE, AS A HEROIC SPIRIT, SHE IS AN EXISTENCE CONDENSED BY PURE MAGIC, NOT TO MENTION MEDEA IS A CASTER, ANY MODERN MAGICIAN WHO SEES HER IS SIMILAR TO A MAGE IN THE WORLD OF FERON SEEING A SAGE OF THE GODDESS OF MAGIC, THE SHOCK IS ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE.

Not to mention that Aozaki Orange is still a crown magician, she is at the apex of magicians, I'm afraid she can understand what kind of existence Medea is in front of her better than anyone.

"This is the Heroic Spirit I summoned——— Medea."

Duanmu Huai patted Medea on the shoulder and opened her mouth to introduce, while Aozaki Orange stared at Medea thoughtfully, and the latter also saluted her.

"Hello, I'm Medea."

"Hmm......... Is there a séance in the realm record tape? I've heard of it, but I didn't expect to actually be able to see the finished form. ”

Speaking of this, Aozaki Orange showed a mocking smile.

"I really want to show the Eulyphis monarch, I don't know what the old guy's expression will show. Not an illusion, not a puppet, but a séance of a magician from the gods......... Hmmm............"

Aozaki Orange was silent for a moment, then extinguished the cigarette in her hand.

"Come in."

Led by Aozaki Orange, Duanmu Huai and the others walked into the dilapidated looking building and came to the office on the second floor. It looks just as dirty, but there's nothing magic-related, desks, chairs, sofas, coffee tables, and an old TV.

It looks like a normal office.

"Because my lovely assistant isn't here, I can't entertain you to make tea."

Aozaki Orange casually threw her coat on the sofa, then sat down on the chair, staring at the three of them.

"Alright, three, what are you doing with me? I don't think it's like you're buying my dolls. ”

"Then I'll go straight to the point."

Since Aozaki Orange doesn't want to talk nonsense, then Duanmu Huai is naturally too lazy to waste time and be polite.

"In fact, we took in a girl with magical qualifications and wanted to find a good home for her to stay with."

"A girl with a magical credential? What kind of magic attributes? ”

"I can't say that, but all in all, I'd like to be able to introduce a few peers through Miss Aoizaki and see if anyone can adopt that child."

"By adoption, you mean that the other party inherits the magic mark, right?"

Aozaki took off her glasses, and then her face condensed slightly, as if the whole person had switched personalities, staring at Duanmu Huai.

However, for Aozaki's questioning, Duanmu Huai didn't care.

"That's right."

"Do you know how outrageous this condition is? The Magic Mark is the root of a magician family, and it is impossible to transplant it to an unknown outsider, even if the child has very specific magical attributes. Of course, there are some decaying families who may agree to your request, but in my opinion, the kind of magic mark that has decayed and is not worth mentioning is not worth transplanting. ”

Aozaki orange lit a cigarette again and put it in her mouth.

"What about you?"

"Me? I don't have a magic mark. ”

"Huh?"

I have to say that Alice Phil was quite surprised to hear Aozaki Orange's answer.

"Miss Aosaki......... Don't you have a magic mark? But you're obviously crowned........."

"Just because you don't have a magic mark doesn't mean you can't study magic."

Aozaki Orange snorted coldly.

"The Magic Mark is just a prop, and even without the Magic Mark, I can still reach the Root Vortex."

Although Aozaki Orange's voice sounded calm, there was still a hint of unhappiness in it.

"I see.........

Hearing Aosaki's answer, Duanmu Huai thought for a moment.

"In other words, even if there is no magic mark, there is no problem."

"Theoretically, if you can ignore the seal designation of the Magic Society, of course you can do whatever you want, just like I am now."

The truth that a big fist is the truth, and this principle seems to be universal in all worlds.

"To be honest, even if I introduce you to those families, it won't do any good."

Orange Aozaki put on her glasses again, and her way of speaking became casual again.

"Magic sigils are at the heart of every family, outsiders have no idea what form they exist and transplant in, and your request is very surprising...............

"So, as a crown magician, can you give us some advice?"

"Suggestion..............."

"Of course, it's not free."

Looking at the way Aozaki Orange was thinking, Duanmu Huai naturally understood what she was thinking, only to see him reach out and take out a pocket and put it on the table——— the pocket was sprinkled, and large gems gushed out of it like a fountain. Seeing this scene, even Aozaki Orange couldn't help but pause for a moment.

Then she looked up curiously, her gaze wandering between the jewel and the locust.

"It's funny, I was curious just now, why would you come to me for this kind of thing, and not to Einzberen? Isn't that one behind you the Doll of Einzberen? ”

"We have severed ties with the Einzberen family."

"Yes..............."

Hearing Alice Phil's answer, Aozaki Orange thought for a moment, and then looked at Duanmu Huai.

"What you just said couldn't be your and Miss Alice's child?"

“…………… Huh? ”

"Huh?"

Hearing Aozaki Orange's inquiry, Duanmu Huai was stunned, and Alice Phil also blushed.

"Isn't it? I thought you had given birth to a child with Miss Alice Fell and sought refuge in her. After all, it is not common for magicians to be able to give so much. ”

"You're quite associative."

Duanmu Huai decisively changed the topic, as a judge, of course Duanmu Huai knew that Aozaki Orange was not just joking, but also investigating the origin of himself and others.

"How? I'm just buying a few suggestions. ”

"Aren't you afraid that I will lie to you?"

"Hehe, you can give it a try."

Looking at the red-haired magician in front of him, Duanmu Huai smiled coldly and joked, if this guy dared to make a ghost, Duanmu Huai would screw her head off on the spot.

"Interesting...............

In the face of the murderous aura exuded by Duanmu Huai, Aozaki Orange was not afraid, on the contrary, she narrowed her eyes and showed an interesting smile.

"I do have an idea, it's adventurous, but it's fun, and it should be good for the kid you're talking about."

"Oh?"

"You know what? I heard that not long ago, the director of the Clock Tower Ore Section Kenneth. Ermelo. Archibald died unexpectedly, as if he had died with his fiancée in the Far Eastern island. ”

“…………………？”

Duanmu Huai and Alice Phil looked at each other suspiciously, of course they didn't know that Kenneth was actually the master of LANCER, originally after Lancer was eliminated by Duanmu Huai, Kenneth was also hit hard and wanted to leave Fuyuki and withdraw from the Holy Grail War, but he was ordered by the crazy Tosaka Tokitomi to kill him——— after all, since the beginning of the Holy Grail War, ASSASSIN has been monitoring each master, so Kenneth's whereabouts can't escape Tosaka Toshito's eyes.

"Oh, the current Ermelo family is really unlucky, their excellent talent is dead, the life-and-death competition in the clock tower does not allow the Ermelo family to go on like this, if there is no help, I'm afraid the Ermelo family will be defeated."

"It doesn't seem to have anything to do with me."

Duanmu Huai opened his mouth and said, he didn't bother to care about the clock tower.

"Yes, but not necessarily."

Aozaki Orange stared at Duanmu Huai with a grin.

"I heard that the monarch came to this island country to participate in the Holy Grail War——— summoned the heroic spirits of the ancient era, fought each other and finally obtained the Holy Grail, but I didn't expect to die in the end, it's really pitiful, isn't it?"

“………………！”

Hearing this, Alice Filton's face changed slightly, while Duanmu Huai folded her arms and raised her eyebrows.

"So you know it from the beginning."

"Of course, it's just that I heard that the Heroic Spirit was supposed to exist during the ceremony, but I didn't expect it to appear after the ceremony........."

"The Great Holy Grail has been dismantled."

Duanmu Huai decisively blocked the mouth of Aozaki Orange.

"You won't find anything where you go now."

"I don't have much interest in the Holy Grail War."

Orange Aozaki snorted softly and leaned back in her chair.

"Here's my advice to you......... The clock tower has always wanted to recreate ancient magic, and you happen to have a magician from the age of the gods next to you..............."

"You mean you want me to trade Medea and the Clock Tower?"

"That's right, the Ermelo family is in need of a helper right now, and if you can take this opportunity to join the Ermelo family and become one of the twelve monarchs, then you can make a deal with the clock tower. And your children can also receive formal magician education at the clock tower, without worrying about being designated as sealed, after all, the clock tower is one of the three major institutions of the magic association. ”

I see.

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai nodded.

"So, what's in it for you?"

"Of course, if you succeed, I hope you can help revoke my designated seal......... After all, with this wanted warrant, even as a crowned person, it will be very troublesome to do things. ”

"That's your condition."

Duanmu Huai naturally understood the meaning of Aozaki's words, even if she was now the crown magician of the magician's apex, she also felt very tricky in the face of the designated seal of the Magic Association. So it's conceivable that if Sakura is designated to be sealed, things will only get worse.

"I'll think about it."

After thinking for a moment, Duanmu Huai nodded.

"Thank you for your advice."

(End of chapter)