To become a king and a magician

21. Remember to come home on time for dinner.

A month has passed in the blink of an eye since Ryougi Shiki joined the Garan no Dou.

Because of her personality, even if Aozaki Touko wanted to arrange a suitable job for her, Garan no Dou didn't have the resources for that. Therefore, even after joining Garan no Dou, Ryougi Shiki's daily life wasn't much different from before.

I sleep until I naturally wake up in the morning, drink some water, and then go out for a stroll. I can go wherever I want, whether it's the street or the alley. If I encounter any clueless delinquents, I'll beat them up and take some of their pocket money.

Of course, there are still some differences compared to before. In the past, she would spend most of her afternoons in Ogawa's apartment cutting dolls, but ever since Natsukawa Tora brought her out of Ogawa's apartment, Ryougi Shiki has no desire to go there at all, since it's not on the way at all.

There is also the most important point.

"Ring ring ring ring~~~~"

On a pedestrian overpass, Ryougi Shiki, leaning against the railing and admiring the scenery, took out her ringing phone from her pocket: "What?"

Come back for dinner

"Oh."

The caller was Natsukawa Tora. Although the time was not fixed, it was usually between 5:30 and 6 pm every day when Natsukawa Tora would call her to come back to the office for dinner.

This is the biggest change in the couple's life over the past month.

Although Ryougi Shiki still found Natsukawa Tora's cooking unpalatable, she could definitely taste his improvement, which pleased her greatly.

"Let's go back."

After glancing at the vehicles below, Ryougi Shiki put her phone in her pocket and was about to turn around and walk off the rooftop when her eyes keenly caught a fleeting glimpse of light on a floor of the building directly opposite.

She frowned slightly, focused her gaze for a while, and then took out her phone again: "Hey, idiot? I'll be back a little late for dinner, save me a portion."

After finishing her monologue, without giving Natsukawa any time to ask questions, Ryougi Shiki hung up the phone and walked towards the building directly opposite.

I suddenly feel like going somewhere.

This is a scene that often occurs in her countless daily routines.

......

Inside the Hall of the Sangharama.

"Brother, Miss Shi said she'll be back a little later."

Looking at the phone call that ended, Grey turned around and conveyed Ryougi Shiki's message to Natsukawa Tora, who was placing a freshly baked cake on the table.

"Also, she said you're an idiot."

"Is she really not going to change that nickname?" Taking the phone from Grey's hand with a hint of helplessness, Natsukawa Tora sighed slightly. "Because she said she wanted to eat chocolate cake yesterday, I even made one for her. It'll probably be cold by the time she gets back."

"After all, she's Miss Shiki."

After spending a month together, Grey had come to understand more about what kind of person Ryougi Shiki was.

Free to do as one pleases, go wherever one wants, do whatever one wants—in some ways, he's quite similar to Natsukawa Tora.

"Oh, it smells really good."

Accompanied by voices, Aozaki Touko, using the world as a prop, entered the room.

"Chocolate cake? Kid, why are you suddenly making this?"

"Didn't that guy mention it yesterday? So I'll try making it. Teacher, you can have it if you want."

"Hmm? Let me try it..."

She cut a piece with her fork and put it in her mouth. After a pause, Aozaki Touko smiled and said, "It tastes alright, but I think Shiki would definitely say it's awful. Besides this, where's Shiki? Hasn't she come back yet?"

"He said he would be back a little later."

"The same as always."

The answer was as expected, but after sitting down, Aozaki Touko suddenly remembered something: "Speaking of which, have you heard about that incident recently? The high school girl who jumped to her death from the Wujo Building."

"What happened the week before last?"

Natsukawa Tora thought about it for a moment.

Two weeks ago, a high school girl suddenly jumped from the Wutiao Building and died. A pedestrian happened to be passing by at the time and was reportedly stunned and fainted on the spot. The girl who jumped ultimately died while being moved.

The subsequent investigation revealed that she was a well-behaved girl with no problems whatsoever, no motive for jumping off the building, normal interpersonal relationships, and naturally, no suicide note.

The bizarre circumstances of the case left the police struggling to reach a conclusion, and it was even featured on television for a week straight.

(Witch... overlooking the view, it's May now... the timeline is a bit early, but considering this is the first victim, it's not a big deal.)

"And then? What happened to the Wutiao Building?"

"Just now, the TV reported that another person has died," Aozaki Touko said. "Like the first one, he was a perfect student from Reien High School. He had excellent interpersonal relationships, but suddenly he jumped off a building and committed suicide. There was no suicide note either."

Liyuan—Liyuan Girls' Academy.

"I remember you used to be from Liyuan, teacher..."

“I did attend high school there for a while, but it was mostly just a nominal position,” Aozaki Touko laughed. “But now there are two of us. It feels like there’s something fishy going on here, like an urban legend.”

"Isn't our place already practically an urban legend?"

Natsukawa Tora gave a wry smile: "I don't know when Shiki will be back. Anyway, let's start eating. Just leave her some leftovers."

"Aren't you afraid she'll come back and kill you?"

"Can she beat me?"

A straightforward sentence left Aozaki Touko speechless.

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at the same time.

Reaching the edge of the building's top and gazing at the sunset over the distance, even Ryougi Shiki couldn't help but feel a little better: "What a beautiful view. I came here on a whim, and I didn't expect to have such an unexpected surprise."

Ryougi Shiki's purpose in wandering the streets and alleys was simply to see what she might encounter wherever she went. Although she usually only saw boring things, this time she did see something interesting.

Of course, this wasn't just a sunset, though it was nice, but what Ryougi Shiki found even more appealing was a building in the distance bathed in the setting sun.

The Wutiao Building.

Built in the 70s as a symbol of the city's rapid economic development, it attracted many people at the time because of its unique observation deck. However, from Ryougi Shiki's current perspective, all that can be seen is a completely abandoned building.

The abandoned building under the setting sun is a truly auspicious sight.

"Speaking of which, someone died over there the week before last, right?"

dead.

Because she possesses the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, Ryougi Shiki is quite sensitive to this aspect.

After staring at the Wujou Building for a while and glancing at the time on her phone, Ryougi Shiki sighed, "Forget it, I'll go there tomorrow. If I don't go back soon, I'm afraid I won't have any food to eat."

22. Aozaki Touko is a bad boss.

"That's really tragic."

Carrying a bag of vegetables, standing among the onlookers and separated by the yellow police tape, Xia Chuanhu looked at a corpse not far away and sighed.

The third person to commit suicide by jumping from the Wutiao Building.

Looking up at the sky, although he didn't remove the Mystic Eyes, thanks to their properties, Natsukawa Tiger was still able to see some of the situation above the Witch Building.

There were eight ghostly women floating there.

"Eight... that makes five left. If we subtract Wuzhao Kirie... seven people then?"

Recalling the experience of overlooking the scenery, Natsukawa Tora sighed softly.

This matter was beyond his capabilities.

Of the several incidents in Kara no Kyoukai, he had accidentally resolved the residual pain, the Paradox Spiral had been aborted two years ago, and the Cave of Garan did not exist. As for the remaining murder investigation, the overlooking scenery, and the recording of oblivion... the murder investigation and the recording of oblivion were fine, but the overlooking scenery was something that Natsukawa Torato was completely unable to solve.

It's not that he doesn't want to, but that he can't.

To give an example, the root cause of the residual pain sensation is that Asagami Fujino's pain relief was accidentally rendered ineffective due to long-term abuse by thugs, while Natsukawa Tora saved her when she was first kidnapped, and her appendicitis was treated at the hospital.

Therefore, this can be seen as a fundamental solution to this incident.

If we consider murder investigations and forgetting recordings, then if it were to actually happen, the outcome would likely be similar.

The view from above is different.

That was something that was about to happen before Natsukawa Torato arrived, and he was powerless to stop it. The condition of Wuzhao Kirie was the result of Araya Sōren's long-term influence, and it was irreversible, with only one path: destruction.

If Natsukawa Torato were to intervene, all he could do would be to hasten the demise of Wujou Kirie.

Of course, there was also the option of him staying at the Wutiao Building and saving everyone who wanted to commit suicide in advance, but in reality, he didn't have that much free time.

Therefore, he had no solution for overlooking the scenery—or rather, no new solution.

(Go back.)

I came out to buy groceries anyway, and if I don't go back soon, Aozaki Touko will start complaining again.

As Natsukawa Tora turned around, he met the eyes of someone standing behind him.

Black tung blossoms.

Upon seeing Natsukawa Tora standing in front of her, Kurogiri Senka felt a momentary sense of familiarity before quickly recalling who he was: "Ah, you're the one I met at the supermarket before..."

"You actually remember me. I'm Natsukawa Tora, nice to meet you."

"Hello, I am Heitong Flowers."

Because it's rare to see a young, handsome guy like you with blond hair—Kurotong Senka didn't say that out loud. After a simple greeting, she looked past the crowd back at the corpse not far away.

Are you interested?

“They were seniors from the same school,” Kurotori Senka explained. “The previous victim was also my classmate.”

Is this also from Reiwon Girls' Academy?

Xia Chuanhu was silent for a moment: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

"It's okay, I only came here out of curiosity anyway."

"curious?"