Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 335 You have to be responsible for me!

Back home, Akane Koizumi hurriedly pushed open the door to her study.

"Didn't you say you were going to find your mother?" Lin Xiuyi questioned from the doorway.

“Let me contact my mom first,” Akane Koizumi said as she walked to the magic mirror. “Maybe the problem will be easy to solve.”

"Master, you're back?" Ripples appeared on the surface of the magic mirror.

"Contact your mother, I need to speak with her," Akane Koizumi instructed.

"Yes!"

The magic mirror responded, and a spacious room immediately appeared on its surface.

That room was much larger than Akane Koizumi's study, and it was filled with heavy magic books and all sorts of strange and unusual items.

A black cat lay lazily on a pile of books, its green eyes gleaming in the darkness.

"This mirror can even make video calls?" Lin Xiuyi looked at the magic mirror with curiosity, reaching out to touch the mirror surface, but was slapped away by Koizumi Akane. "It even has AI functions."

"What is AI?" Akane Koizumi blinked in confusion.

“It’s similar to this magic mirror,” Lin Xiuyi explained casually, his eyes fixed on the image in the mirror.

Just then, the image in the mirror suddenly shook, and a disheveled woman appeared in front of the camera.

Her nightgown was wrinkled and her face had some ink stains, but it couldn't hide her delicate features and elegant temperament.

"Xiaoqian, didn't I tell you to rely on yourself and not to come to me all the time?" The woman impatiently scratched her messy hair, her voice clearly tired.

“Mom, I didn’t want to come to you either,” Akane Koizumi chuckled dryly and recounted the events of the evening in detail. Her voice grew softer and softer as she spoke of the voodoo doll, until she was almost muttering.

Lin Xiuyi, who was standing to the side, looked increasingly grim after hearing this.

Only then did he realize that the little doll was made by Akane Koizumi using his hair as a form of revenge and a curse.

"I was just thinking, although the doll was made, it didn't really torture you," Akane Koizumi noticed Shuichi Hayashi's gloomy expression and hurriedly explained, her voice trembling slightly with guilt.

"You tickle me, isn't that torture?" Lin Xiuyi clenched her fists.

“I was just too curious,” Akane Koizumi said, taking a step back in fright. “I just wanted to see if that doll still worked on you.”

"I really want to strangle you!" Lin Xiuyi said angrily.

Mrs. Koizumi in the mirror sighed: "I told you long ago that magic is dangerous, don't do anything reckless, but you just wouldn't listen..."

After lecturing her daughter at length, Mrs. Koizumi turned her gaze to the doll-like Hayashi Shuichi, her sharp eyes seeming to see right through his soul: "You're the one who influenced Akane's fate?"

“I can’t answer that question,” Lin Xiuyi shook her head, “but if she says so, then it probably is.”

“It’s not just a possibility, it’s definitely true,” Akane Koizumi quickly interjected.

“Madam, let’s not discuss these things for now,” Lin Xiuyi stepped forward. “Is it possible to turn me back?”

"Don't worry, turning you back to normal is no problem," Mrs. Koizumi replied confidently, casually tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

"See? I told you Mom would have a way, didn't I?" Akane Koizumi breathed a sigh of relief, her shoulders visibly relaxing.

"Madam, please turn me back to normal as soon as possible," Lin Xiuyi urged anxiously. "I really don't want to be a puppet anymore!"

“It’s possible to turn back, but…” Mrs. Koizumi suddenly paused, and this turn of events made Lin Xiuyi’s heart sink. He subconsciously grabbed Koizumi Akane’s wrist: “What do you mean?”

"Is there any other problem, Mom?" Akane Koizumi asked hurriedly, her wrists aching from being gripped, but she didn't try to break free.

Mrs. Koizumi pondered for a moment: "Didn't you just say that his physical body is very strange, capable of rendering magic ineffective?"

"The reason you were able to summon his soul into the puppet this time is probably because his hair was used when the voodoo puppet was made."

"Your magic only succeeded because the hair lost its peculiar ability after it was separated from the original body."

"However, to transfer his soul back to his original body, magic is still required."

Mrs. Koizumi's gaze swept back and forth between Hayashi Hideichi and Koizumi Akane.

"But once the magic touches his body, it loses its effect, so sending it back is a bit of a problem..."

"It does seem a bit difficult..." Akane Koizumi scratched her head in distress, her hair disheveled from being pulled. "What should we do? We can't just keep him as a doll forever, can we?"

As Lin Xiuyi listened to the mother and daughter's discussion, her despair deepened.

He looked down at his current doll-like body. After dying in his previous life, he had finally managed to travel to this world and live again. Was he going to be trapped in this lifeless shell again?

Fortunately, before he could be disappointed for long, Mrs. Koizumi pondered and said, "Actually, there is a way. As long as we send his soul back into his body without touching the surface, it should work."

"Then what should we do?" Lin Xiuyi asked anxiously.

Mrs. Koizumi looked at him, then at her daughter: "The method is simple. Let Akane use magic to summon your soul from the doll, then put it in her mouth, and then send the soul back to your body directly through her mouth."

"what?"

Akane Koizumi's pretty face instantly flushed bright red, all the way to her ears.

"Then, doesn't that mean I have to kiss him first? I don't want to!"

The girl frantically waved her hands and backed away, accidentally bumping into the bookshelf behind her. Several magic books crashed down and hit her on the head.

"It hurts!" Akane Koizumi groaned, clutching her head.

"Besides that, I have no other choice for the time being," Mrs. Koizumi stretched. "Oh, and let me remind you again, if his soul does not return to his original body within seven days, he may never be able to return again."

"what?"

Her words startled both of them.

Lin Xiuyi felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, and the doll almost lost its balance. Koizumi Akane suddenly covered her mouth, her eyes wide open.

"Alright, I still have magic experiments to do," Mrs. Koizumi waved her hand impatiently. "Since you caused this mess, you'll have to deal with it yourself."

As she finished speaking, the mirror flickered a few times, and then the image disappeared.

The room fell silent, with only the rapid breathing of Lin Xiuyi and Koizumi Akane remaining.

"Madam has cut off contact," the Magic Mirror reported, breaking the silence in the room.

"You must turn me back!" Lin Xiuyi glared at the apprentice witch. "You're the one who turned me into this, you have to take responsibility!"

(End of this chapter)