Walking in the Question and Answer System of Heroic Spirits

[Trimmau, who had just been released, whispered.]

Reines was exasperated. This must be something that bastard Flat taught her again.

Feng Xi: "Pfft!"

King of Heroes: "Hahaha, that's an interesting way to put it."

Red Hare: "What's wrong? What does that English phrase mean?"

Feng Xi: "I didn't know they piled up the shit so high."

Zhang Jiao: "Hehe, that's really fitting."

Danic: "Hahaha, that's absolutely right, that description couldn't be more fitting."

Lion Jie Li: "But you really dare to say that. If someone hears this, you'll probably be asked to destroy it."

Kenneth: "Webber, it seems you haven't taught yourself how to make puppets properly in the future."

Webber: "What does this have to do with me? Shouldn't you be talking to Reines about this?"

[Then, Reines scanned the participants. Sixty percent were from the Transpellio faction, thirty percent from the Meastia faction, and one-tenth from the Barthemello faction.]

[Grey: "Are these the names of factions?"]

Reines: "I suppose so. The representative of democracy is Transpelio, the representative of aristocracy is Barthezello, and the neutral one, Meastia, doesn't care about anything as long as he can do research."

Danic: "Heh, democracy."

Having witnessed the ugliness of the Magic Association, Danic found the word rather ridiculous when applied to them.

"Oh? You think you can leave any mark on the noble history of magic with such shallow bloodlines?"

"Do you really think you can maintain magic on your own now that it has declined to this state? When will you wake up and realize that it's an irretrievable illusion?"

"Are you suggesting that the current clock tower can survive without the new generation of clocks?"

"Hahaha, the Clock Tower was originally built for the nobility. Do they think they're so great just because they got a few sips of the soup?"

[A false peace cannot last long, as expected; now, conflict has begun.]

After several drinks, the young people, who didn't get along with each other, started attacking each other.

[With these two individuals at the center, the atmosphere between the two factions gradually became tense.]

Danic: "Ha, what a hypocritical peace."

Shizi Jieli: "Young people are indeed still impatient; they can't handle even a little bit of alcohol."

Kenneth: "Hmph, making a scene in this kind of situation is simply shameful."

"Ouch, ouch, ouch... I'm so sorry."

Just as tensions were about to rise, a figure appeared, swaying between them.

The young man, seemingly drunk, spun around unsteadily, his wine glass flying into the air before he collapsed to the ground in a spread-eagle position.

The strong smell of alcohol forced both parties involved in the argument to take several steps back.

[The banquet has only just begun, how much has this guy already drunk?]

"No, I'm sorry, I apologize to everyone..."

The person crawled like a caterpillar, their speech becoming slurred, and they even covered their mouth in a nauseous manner.

[Because it was so offensive, both groups were extremely disappointed, sighed, and dispersed.]

【"that..."】

Grey caught the wine glass that the man had thrown earlier, without spilling a drop of wine.

"Perfect timing."

Reines took the glass and handed it to the young man who was swaying as he stood up.

"No, I'm sorry."

The young man's face was pale, and he gripped the glass tightly with trembling fingers.

Reines: "You're welcome. This method is quite effective at quelling disputes."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "This young man is quite clever; he defused the tension between the two sides in this way."

Sora: "Looks like a neutral party member, but to choose such a self-degrading method, they really don't care about the details."

[Young man: Haha, do I seem to be doing it too much?]

Reines: "No, no problem. Most magicians are too proud to think of exposing their own ugliness."

"Your acting skills are definitely at an extra's level, but your performance is fine."

"But were you really drunk? How did you manage that?"

"This is a drug that can make you drunk instantly."

The young man took a small pill from his inside suit pocket, then turned his palm over, revealing another pill between his index and middle fingers.

"And then, this is a hangover cure."

[After taking the pill, the young man stopped smelling of alcohol in less than ten seconds.]

Rin Tohsaka: "There's actually such a medicine?"

Weber: "Plant research has produced many strange and wonderful medicines, but most of them are useless. However, if you find the right time, they can still have a miraculous effect, just like the video."

Ilya: "What kinds of medicines are there?"

Weber: "Well, as far as I know, there are medications that give you cold symptoms, medications that make you feel full when you're hungry, and medications that make you feel greasy when you take them if you can't eat meat, and so on."

Shiki Jie Li: "There is also a drug that prevents people from falling asleep no matter how tired they are. It is said to be used for torture."

Kiritsugu Emiya: "This medicine is indeed quite suitable for torture."

Rin Tohsaka: "What a bunch of weird and wonderful medicines."

Reines: "That's quite something."

The young man scratched his cheek shyly and said, "I suppose I'm a pharmacist too."

Reines: "Oh, are you from the plant family?"

[Young man: "No, I'm Brishisan from the Heritage Department. My name is 'Mao Brishisan Kleiners.'"]

Reines: "Oh, so you're from Brishisan."

The Brishisan family, one of the prominent neutral families, while lacking the power of the three great noble families, is in no way inferior in its achievements in history and research.

[If the name is in the middle, it indicates that he/she is a member of the family line or under the protection of a member; he/she is most likely someone who has branched out of the family.]

[Maio also recognized Reines as a member of the El-Melloi faction, and at the same time showed great interest in Trimmau.]

"Wow, amazing! Without resorting to the 'fading' concept of a replica of the human body, the result of 'fluid manipulation' and 'personality bestowal' takes the most suitable form. The container's adherence to its contents may seem contradictory, but it's correct as magic. A mechanism is also formed to maintain a minimum level of magical power, creating a complete cycle..."

"Is this your work?" Mai asked.

Reines: "Yes, but my brother offered some advice."

[Mao: "Brother! So, you are...?"]

"Mao."

At that moment, an Asian woman wearing glasses approached and said softly, "It's good to be passionate about research, but you'd better be more careful when you touch other families' magical costumes, so that even if you die, you won't have anything to complain about."

This woman had a head of dull red hair, a color rarely seen among East Asians, but it looked very natural, probably not dyed.

Although his red pupils were different from others, they seemed to better reflect the woman's true nature.

[Maio: "Oh dear, I'm so sorry, Ms. Aozaki."]

"You're welcome. I thought your method of mediating the fight was quite good."

The woman looked at Reines and Gray and said, "Nice to meet you. My name is Aozaki Touko."

Rin Tohsaka: "Sigh, so this is that Grand Magician."

Kenneth: "Yes, it's her."

Rin Tohsaka: "I always thought she was a very old woman, but I didn't expect her to be so young."

Ilya: "Could it be some kind of ageless old monster?"

Kenneth: "No, she is indeed very young. She was just over twenty when she became the Grand Magician a few years ago."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Around twenty years old!"

Kenneth: "Yes, this woman is a true genius that everyone envies."

Kenneth: "Based on the timeline in the video, she should only be in her early thirties."

Chapter 173 The Unreal Beauty

"A Grand Master in his twenties."

Danic felt a mix of jealousy and regret.

Although he is also a Grand rank, he did not obtain it through his own strength, but through years of deception.

Compared to Aozaki Touko, he's a complete waste.