Magical User Aozaki Aoko Case Files

The meal was a pleasant one. While enjoying the food, the two sisters also talked about a lot of interesting things in life and study. Qingzi even talked to Chengzi about the difficulties she encountered in learning magic. Of course, the topic of magic could not be heard by ordinary people. Chengzi had prepared soundproof magic in advance.

As the meal was coming to an end and it was already completely dark, Orange suddenly looked stunned.

"What's wrong?" Qingzi, who was enjoying the dessert after dinner, asked, "Did you forget to do something?"

Orange took out an antique pocket watch from the bag beside him, opened it, and performed a short magic trick to check it.

"Grandfather asked us to go to his workshop," Orange said with a complicated expression, "probably about that."

That's right, Qingzi had already talked to Chengzi about the issue of the fifth magic inheritance, and reminded Chengzi indirectly that Lao Deng might change his mind at the last minute, so that she could be mentally prepared.

As smart as Orange was, she easily understood what Qingzi meant. However, after so many years of learning magic together, the relationship between the two sisters was no longer as awkward and strange as in the original time and space.

However, people like Orange are not the kind of people who give up their life goals because of emotional reasons. Qingzi also understands this, because in a sense, Qingzi and Orange are very similar.

"Let's go," Orange signed the bill and gave the waiter a big tip, "Don't keep the old man waiting."

Chapter 6 Inheritance

"You will inherit the magic of the Aozaki family," the old magician said in an emotionless, inorganic voice, "Aoko."

From birth to now, Qingzi has been waiting for this moment for too long. Even though she knew the result in advance due to the memory from her "previous life", when this moment really came, she still felt that "fate was rolling towards her".

"Yeah," Qingzi replied in a surprisingly calm tone, "I understand."

On the other hand, Aozaki Touko, who has been working hard to grow as a "magician's" egg, did not react as much as the old magician expected.

The old wizard's gradual loss of humanity made it increasingly difficult for him to judge human emotions, but he still understood that his decision to change commanders at the last minute would make Aozaki Touko extremely dissatisfied.

The old magician ignored Orange and explained various relevant matters to Aoko, asking her to stay in this workshop tonight and prepare to transplant the seal of the Aozaki family. Aoko agreed lukewarmly.

During the conversation, Chengzi had no expression on her face, and she didn't say anything or ask any questions. But as Qingzi had long been trying to figure out her sister's thoughts, she knew that Chengzi was on the verge of exploding.

Things turned out just as she expected. While Aoko and the old magician were discussing the details of the handover, Orange turned around and left the magician's workshop, leaving the place where all her previous efforts were in vain without looking back.

"...Aren't you curious why I changed the heir to you?" The old magician paused for a moment and asked after seeing Orange leave. This sentence might be the most humane one of all the words he said tonight.

"I don't think you will tell me, old man," Qingzi said with a smile, "If you won't get an answer, why ask?"

"..." The old magician seemed to be thinking, and then he closed his eyes as if he was asleep. "Then let's not waste time. Follow me, Aoko."

---Dividing line---

Orange was wearing a beautiful dress, walking in the cold night wind.

As the eldest daughter of the Aozaki family who grew up with everyone's expectations, she achieved all the goals that seemed impossible to achieve to outsiders. So she accepted all the benefits and praises she received because she was a "magician's egg" with peace of mind, which seemed natural to Orange.

A top family background, a wealthy life, a decent sisterly relationship, and excellent talents, any one of these things is what many people pursue throughout their lives. But the blow that Orange suffered today made all her efforts so far seem ridiculous.

Orange, who was born with the magic eye, should not have any vision problems, but she was forced to wear glasses because she tried too hard to meet the expectations of those around her.

Orange returned to his empty home and sat on the comfortable sofa in the living room, his mind a mess.

The only residents of this house are Touko and Aoko. Aoko begged her parents to buy it after she decided to follow her grandfather to study. It is located in the suburbs not far from the old wizard Aozaki's workshop.

Originally, Orange basically lived in his grandfather's magic workshop, but he couldn't resist his sister's constant nagging and finally moved to this house, where he spent more than ten years of mixed joys and sorrows.

Orange stood up from the sofa, walked to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and saw the dessert stored in a glass container.

It was a chocolate lava mousse cake that Aoko had specially made for her. It was beautifully shaped and dotted with fruit pieces and delicious nuts.

Orange took out the container and found a note on it. On the note, someone wrote a message in a timeless font, "Stupid Orange, don't forget to eat it."

Orange sat at the dining table with a glass. She removed the cover on the glass, picked up the silver fork that someone had thoughtfully placed inside, scooped a small piece of cake for herself and put it in her mouth to taste.

The bitter aroma of chocolate neutralizes the sweetness of sugar, the soft cake melts in your mouth, and the carefully selected nuts prevent this part of the taste from being too fleeting.

Tasting the cake made by Qingzi, Orange showed a slightly satisfied expression. This was not to say that she had forgotten what happened tonight, but that the food she was enjoying was too delicious.

After finishing the dessert, Orange couldn't help but stretch herself to relax. The abundant serotonin swept away her previous depressed mood. Now Orange's eyes were burning with fighting spirit. She decided to personally question her grandfather tomorrow about the reason for doing this, and then find an opportunity to end it with her sister at the right time.

---Dividing line---

The intense pain all over her body made Aoko who had fainted wake up again. The last time she felt this much pain was when her grandfather activated the magic circuits all over her body. For some reason, Aoko had more magic circuits than her grandfather and Orange, reaching an astonishing 99. It was not an exaggeration to say that she had grown a person on the magic circuits. This was a talent that Aozaki Aoko in the original time and space did not have.

She struggled to sit up from the "operating table" in her grandfather's workshop and looked around, and found that her grandfather was sitting on a chair with his back to her, reading a book.

"I suggest you rest for a while longer," Grandfather said without turning his head, "The seal of the Aozaki family is 'slightly' different."

Is it just a little different? Qingzi thought silently in her heart.

The so-called magic seal is the result of research and training passed down from generation to generation by magicians.

It could be the mysterious embodiment of some unique magic, or it could be the result of condensing and purifying all the magic circuits of a certain generation of magicians.

Ultimately, it represents the inheritance of the magician's path and is an engine that can inject magical power to perform magic without chanting.

In a magician's family lineage, it is more accurate to say that the magician is the shell of the magic seal rather than the magician controlling it. The one who holds the dominant power is not the magician but the inherited magic seal.

However, the seal of the Aozaki family is different. What it inherits is not sorcery, but magic.

Magic and sorcery are essentially different existences. It has never been bound by any rules in this world. Magic comes from outside the sky and is the enemy of the world. It is a disaster that accidentally flows out from the root. And compared with other types of magic, the magic of the Aozaki family is especially so.

Aoko frowned and endured the pain caused by the transplantation of the seal, feeling the pulse of the Aozaki family seal. She injected a little magic power, and the foreign organ in her right arm lit up with a faint light.

The pain made Qingzi groan, and she had to stop the flow of magic. However, she just wanted to try whether the seal that Lao Deng transplanted to her was working properly. The specific test effect would have to wait until this gift was completely compatible with her body.

Aoko pulled her sleeve off her shoulders again, covering her still painful arm, and walked down from the operating table.

"Can you take some books?" Aoko said as she put on her coat. "I have a feeling Orange will come here and have a big fight with you tomorrow."

"Whatever you want." Grandfather said without turning his head, "Don't touch anything except the magic book."

Qingzi didn't bother to be polite with Lao Deng. She endured the pain and performed her own imaginary magic. She stuffed all the magic books that she had been interested in for a long time but her grandfather had not allowed her to read into her private imaginary space. This was like a dimensional pocket that no one except her could crack. Normally, this kind of magic was very difficult, even for a skilled magician. But unexpectedly, Qingzi had a very high talent in imaginary magic. In addition to the wind magic attribute that all the Aozaki family had, she also possessed an extremely rare imaginary attribute.

After discovering this, her grandfather, for the first time, used some of his connections in the magic world to find her a very skilled magician with imaginary number attributes to teach her how to use imaginary number magic.

After stuffing all the grimoires that interested him into the imaginary space, Aoko took one last look at his grandfather.

He still maintained the same posture as when Qingzi just woke up, without any change, just turning the pages of the book from time to time.

Qingzi squinted her eyes and tried hard to recognize the contents of the book, but she only saw the title printed on the footer.

It was Oscar Wilde's De Profundis, about the romantic affairs of a great and eccentric writer.

Qingzi has always been indifferent to this kind of literary works. She left her grandfather's workshop without looking back and without even saying goodbye.

Chapter 7: The Death of Wen Bingyongli

Aozaki Touko simply packed up her belongings and left the home where she had lived with Aoko for many years.

She didn't take all her belongings with her, but only took away some magic costumes that she would use recently, as she thought she might come back soon.

Orange decided to go to the Wada Church first. She wanted to seek that person's advice before breaking up with her grandfather and sister. After all, the Bunbe family has always had close relations with the Aozaki family since ancient times.

Orange has very complicated feelings towards Wen Bingyongli.

When Orange was a teenager, she had some vague feelings similar to unrequited love for this "mechanically stylish and beautiful" priest, but she never said it out loud (for fear of being laughed at by Aoko). However, as she grew older, she found that she could no longer understand him.

Although Wen Bingyongli studied magic with his grandfather for a period of time, he undoubtedly has no talent for using magic. However, this reason cannot deny Wen Bingyongli's fighting ability.

If we judge by the occupational classification method in the fantasy world, Wen Bingyongli is probably either an assassin or a monk. In short, she is a martial arts character who is fast and good at disguise.

"That's probably a guy who usually hides a long knife in his cloak," Orange thought, and felt that the possibility was very high.

If you need psychological assurance to meet your grandfather, Wen Bingyongli is undoubtedly a good choice.

After all, he is a guy who will help others out of interest, so if Orange goes to ask for help in person, there is a probability that he will decide to help Orange, right?

---Dividing line---

After a brief conversation, Father Wen Bing Yongli agreed to witness the negotiation between Chengzi and his grandfather as a bystander. Because this involved the inheritance of the magician, it was a very important event both as the eldest son of the Wen Bing family and as a staff member of the Cathedral Church. There was no reason for him not to be present.

However, Orange still subconsciously believed that this person was not telling the truth. He probably just followed Orange to have some rare fun.

Arriving in front of her grandfather's workshop, Orange took a deep breath. She skillfully used magic to unlock the magic mechanism of the door, pushed the door open and walked in first, and Wen Bingyongli followed without hesitation.

This place looks exactly the same as before, Chengzi thought. Nothing has changed since her grandfather transferred the inheritance rights to Qingzi, and Chengzi's rights in this workshop have not been revoked. She led an outsider and went straight to the study where her grandfather often stayed. As soon as she opened the door, she saw the familiar figure.

"Anything else, Orange?" Grandfather asked without turning his head, still sitting in his favorite chair reading a book.

"Why?" Orange asked in a trembling voice, "Why not me?"

Grandfather did not answer immediately, but kept turning the pages of the book at the same frequency and was silent for a while.

"There's no particular reason," Grandfather said, "Maybe I just realized recently that Aoko is purer, so I did this."

"Just because of such a weird reason...?" Orange asked in an incredulous tone.

"Ah, yes." Grandfather's answer was monotonous and indifferent.

Orange lowered her head slightly, her carefully groomed bangs covering her eyes. Two drops of what looked like tears slid to the ground, but immediately blended into the exquisitely crafted carpet and disappeared without a trace, as if they had never existed.

How does that sentence go?

Sometimes people always think that they have suffered a major blow in their lives, and when they are in great pain, life will always give you another blow.

Orange feels that he is in almost the same situation now.

The priest, Wen Bingyongli, who was only brought as a witness or psychological comfort, suddenly jumped up at this moment, pulled out a long sword from his meticulously groomed cloak that looked unlikely to be hidden without a trace, and cut the grandfather who was sitting on the chair in two.

"You..." Orange's usually extremely smart mind almost stopped working at this moment. She almost instinctively questioned the priest who was taking out a handkerchief to wipe the long knife, "Why did you chop grandfather!?"

"I just thought the timing was right and I could kill him, so I did." Wen Bingyongli answered mechanically and stuffed the long sword back into her cloak so that it could not be seen from the outside.

This man has always been like this. He doesn't need a reason, an opponent, or a relationship or hatred when it comes to fighting. He just needs the right time to start like a gun with the trigger pulled.

The sudden attack by Father Goda of the church caused a huge shock to the 19-year-old Aozaki Touko. This was the first time she faced the death of her relatives, and she brought the murderer to the victim herself.

The priest didn't say much. He ignored Aozaki Touko who was standing in the study and strode towards the door.

"Oh, excuse me," a young woman's voice came from outside the workshop, "Father, please wait a moment."

Wen Bingyongli was stunned when he heard the voice, and couldn't help feeling inexplicably panicked. He immediately pulled out the long sword he had just put into his cloak, ready to deal with the sudden uninvited guest.

But unexpectedly, the priest suddenly stopped drawing his knife. Orange could even see his body trembling slightly, but it didn't seem to be because of fear or nervousness, but because he was fixed by some unknown force.

A smiling Aozaki Aoko emerged from the dark shadows. In her left hand she held a beautiful leather-bound book, and in her right hand she made some strange gestures, emitting a faint glow.

"The Human Immobilization Technique," Qingzi said, "Isn't it amazing?"