Magical User Aozaki Aoko Case Files

It was for this reason that Qingzi did a good job of the learning tasks set by Youzhu in her daily life, but she did not do anything extra. When she was learning and practicing the magic network arcane, she did not deliberately avoid Youzhu's gaze, but she did not give any extra explanations about this. After all, the magic network arcane did not need to abide by the principle of non-spreading mystery.

Aoko and Arizuma were both very satisfied with each other. They lived together in the Kuonji residence in a way that was both intimate and slightly distant. They spent two years in this comfortable interpersonal relationship. During this period, Aoko wrote a lot of letters to Orange who was in the clock tower from time to time.

I don't know if it's because she's shy or stubborn, but Orange didn't reply much. But judging from the content of her reply, she seemed to want to take action against one of the two people that Aoko warned in advance.

The reason for the action was that she was about to leave the Clock Tower, because Orange's recent research results were somewhat dangerous, and the people in the Clock Tower seemed to want to seal her, and the leader was her teacher, Monarch Baruyeleta.

Thinking that he would be escaping soon, Orange decided to strike first and kill an easy target, then go back to Japan to attack his own sister head-on and beat her up, thus taking back the family inheritance rights with full legitimacy.

Chapter 10 Orange's Big Plan

Aozaki Touko is undoubtedly a person of extraordinary talent.

In just two years, Orange has achieved the title of the crown in the Clock Tower, because she used cutting-edge puppet technology to create a body that is exactly the same as her own. This means that if she dies unexpectedly, her consciousness will be transferred to the new body to replace the original self without any loss.

Outsiders don't know whether Orange's clone technology only transfers memories and creates a copy of himself in the world, or whether it can continuously and uninterruptedly transfer his consciousness and soul to the new body. Therefore, many magicians, including Cornelius Aruba, sneer at Orange's achievement. They think that even if the new Orange replaces the original Orange, it will not be the original person. However, the truth is that only Aozaki Orange herself knows.

Therefore, as long as she didn't cling to the magic of the Aozaki family, she wouldn't be given the nickname "Red of Pain" in the end, and she would be a first-class super genius with a good reputation in the Clock Tower.

In addition to her great achievements in puppet magic, Orange also recast the foundation of rune magic in modern times, making rune magic, which had long since lost its effectiveness with the passing of the Age of Gods, shine again. It is also said that she still has a few rune stones from the Age of Gods...

All in all, after achieving so many amazing achievements, Orange decided to run away.

One afternoon before she was about to flee, she put the C4 plastic explosives she bought into the small spider doll she made, and used the space expansion effect of imaginary number magic inside to ensure that the explosives had enough equivalent to provide destructive power. The technology used by the spider doll itself did not involve any exclusive technology that Aozaki Touko had publicly published. It was the kind of thing that could be bought as long as you had money.

That night, when Cornelius Aruba returned to his bedroom after a busy day, a violent explosion occurred. Mr. Aruba, who was supposed to be the next abbot of Schubertheim Abbey with a promising future, was killed in his own home.

The Law and Politics Department of the Clock Tower immediately sent out an investigation team, but they did not find any clues that Cornelius Aruba was assassinated by his fellow magician. If you insist, in recent years there has been a magician named "Emiya Kiritsugu" in the Middle East who has often used similar methods that combine modern technology with traditional magic to assassinate magicians. He has also earned the title of "Magician Killer", which made the people in the Law and Politics Department wonder if someone paid Emiya Kiritsugu to do it.

Orange herself was naturally on the list of people who could not be suspected, because apart from talking to Aruba a few times, she had no connection on the surface. As long as the time-traveling Jewel was not investigating personally, her crime would not be discovered. The reason why she chose this assassination method was actually because Aoko's letter mentioned the deeds of Emiya Kiritsugu intentionally or unintentionally, and told Orange to be careful of that man...

As for accidentally letting Emiya Kiritsugu take the blame, Orange didn't care at all. Because she had done some research before, the person who led the execution team when Emiya Kiritsugu's father, Emiya Norinaka, was sealed was Cornelius Aruba. This move of hers could be regarded as revenge for Emiya Kiritsugu, so what's wrong with letting him take the blame?

All in all, Aruba is dead, and Orange feels a lot less burdened.

On the day when the monarch Baruyeleta proposed to seal Orange, Orange went to greet her teacher in the morning, and in the afternoon she fled from the clock tower with all her belongings and went to the place she planned.

Chengzi believed that her sisters knew enough about her and were quite capable in combat. If she wanted to defeat her sister head-on, she had to be well prepared, such as having a powerful familiar that could deal with her sisters' overwhelming magic bullets and those bizarre self-developed "magic".

After two years of continuous searching, she has found her target. Orange believes that if the information she has collected is true, then even if her sister has fully mastered the fifth magic, she can still fight with this "familiar".

Orange once found a clue to his goal in a precious record. It was a pure fantasy species that was still alive, a remnant left in the world when the surface world mysteriously disappeared.

In the early eighteenth century, a golden baby was born in a werewolf community in Europe. The villagers of the werewolf village regarded the golden baby as the golden animal of the forest god, placed high hopes on it, and named it "Luger", which means "sun".

However, as time went by, the villagers were disappointed to find that the baby would not grow up at all. After it turned into a human or werewolf form at around ten years old, it would not change again and had no gender at all. So the werewolves finally realized that this thing was not a werewolf at all, but some other existence disguised as a werewolf.

Orange speculated that this fantasy species might have realized part of the third magic, that is, the existence of "soul materialization". If she could take this golden wolf as her own familiar, then with the degree of its return from the Age of Gods, it would be impossible for modern magicians to have any influence on it, and she would never be able to lose to her sister.

In fact, Orange had obtained this record a long time ago, but because Qingzi's prophecy was a reminder to herself, she had never put enough energy into verifying the record and finding the specific location of the werewolf village.

She sent a challenge to her sister: in eight months, Aozaki Touko will return to her loyal Misaki Town and take back everything that once belonged to her.

Of course, Orange herself knew that all this was not easy, so she had to get the golden wolf as soon as possible, and then go on a tour around the European continent according to the schedule she had prepared. While improving her own strength, she would also get to know the golden wolf Ruger and practice cooperation.

Sitting in the train, Orange's lips curled up slightly. She looked out the window at the natural scenery of a foreign country, and her mood became lighthearted. She was so excited when she thought that her smug little sister would beg for mercy in front of her pitifully in the future.

As long as he gets the Golden Wolf and defeats his sister, everything will naturally be fine, right?

Chapter 11: Magic Pet

The time came to September 1989, half a year after Orange set out on his search journey to Europe.

Qingzi made significant progress in the art of magic. In two years, he raised his mage level to level 8, possessed two highest level 4 spell slots, and increased his intelligence by two points, reaching 20 points.

However, Qingzi is skeptical about whether her growth system is exactly the same as the player career manual published in her "previous life", because before she reached level 8, she obtained the so-called "Spell Mastery" feat through daily meditation and research, which means that she can prepare some spells through quick meditation without using a spellbook, that is, the number of prepared spells corresponds to the intelligence adjustment value ((20-10)2=5), which greatly improves the speed at which she prepares spells every morning.

When she reached level 8, she gained two extra intelligence points without making a choice. Now it seems that even if she does not actively choose intelligence, Qingzi's intelligence will increase as she grows. And if the expertise is obtained in advance through personal efforts and talents, it will also replace the additional expertise awarded when reaching the corresponding level. Therefore, the professional level is a bottom-line mechanism for Qingzi. As long as she is smart enough and has enough physical potential, she may obtain some professional abilities in advance.

In the game rules, the restrictions were set to balance the character's abilities, but now it seems that this is not the case in the real world. Just like when Qingzi chose Vigilance as her first additional feat, her original intelligence attribute still grew by two points.

According to Qingzi's current understanding, the so-called "profession" is actually a certain understanding and application of the universe's rules by humans. But at this moment, Qingzi is not in the Kingdom of Tianyu, so the source of her profession can only be obtained through the "magic web fragment" in her body, because there is no such thing as a "profession" in this universe.

In terms of spell learning, Qingzi learned three fourth-level spells: Dimension Anchor, Ice Storm, Anywhere Door, as well as some low-level spells such as Avoid Detection, Protect Energy Damage, Advanced Mage Armor, Dimension Prison, etc. These magics are very useful, but they must be used in appropriate situations to achieve the greatest effect, which is a great test of a mage's experience and wisdom.

Since Qingzi had a high degree in science in her "previous life", she was very good at mathematics. This advantage allowed her to progress very quickly when learning the "numerical magic" of the magicians in this world. Even Yuzu, who was a quiet and cold person, praised Qingzi's talent in numerical magic several times.

The reason why Qingzi wants to learn number magic from Youzhu is because this type of magic is a magic that improves the efficiency of magic operation. She already has inhuman efficiency in the operation of magic power, so Qingzi must seize this advantage, specialize this ability, and bring it to the extreme.

Through counting magic, Aoko has elevated her specialty of magic bullet projection to a level that would make even the monarch of the Clock Tower exclaim "Beast!", fully demonstrating her destructive nature.

At the same time, counting magic is also an auxiliary magic that helps magicians construct spells and magic positions. Improving this skill can be said to be completely beneficial. Even Youzhu, her current magic mentor, can't say anything wrong.

In addition to the improvement of Qingzi's body, Qingzi also spent a lot of money to buy a young New Caledonian Crow from abroad last year and turned it into his own magical pet. This smart bird is the leader in IQ among birds, and the New Caledonian Crow is also known for its intelligence among crows.

After being transformed into a magical pet, this little New Caledonian crow gained special supernatural abilities in a language designated by Qingzi. Considering the breadth of language use, Qingzi set the language to English.

Based on Qingzi's intelligence and level attributes, this New Caledonian crow now has 10 intelligence points, which means it has completely reached the passing line of an ordinary human. Qingzi often chats with it when he is bored, and the relationship between the man and the crow is quite good.

Qingzi named this clever little crow "Da Zhuang". She hopes this cute little bird will grow stronger every day.

Da Zhuang is very smart and obedient. He is very grateful to Qingzi for turning him from an ordinary crow into a highly intelligent wizard's pet. He also cherishes his current identity very much.

It did its best to complete the task assigned to it by Qingzi very seriously, because Dazhuang subconsciously worried that if the task was not completed well, it might lead to Miss Qingzi changing a magical pet, and then it would have to return to the muddle-headed era of an ordinary animal.

Don’t do that! Da Zhuang thought, at least we should wait until the end of our life, right?

In fact, Da Zhuang's worry was unnecessary, because in Qingzi's opinion, Da Zhuang, the New Caledonian crow, was definitely the best choice for a magic pet. Not only was his innate intelligence higher than other crows, but his language ability after becoming a magic pet was also more convenient than other magic pets.

Besides, Qingzi likes Dazhuang's fur color very much. If you look closely, it is that soft "colorful black" which looks very high-end.

Qingzi also spent a lot of money to buy Dazhuang a variety of imported nuts and various health products for pet crows. For the young Dazhuang, these nutritious foods can make it grow better, faster and healthier than its peers.

Youzhu also has a PLOY robin left by her mother as a companion for after-dinner conversation. Of course, it can speak, but it is a man-made familiar after all. The language logic of the robin follows the magician's setting. Outsiders may not be able to see it, but Youzhu, as the owner, understands that the robin's "personality" is actually restricted, and it is far inferior to Dazhuang.

Besides, Da Zhuang is a wizard's pet who can share Qingzi's magical abilities to a certain extent, which is something that the robin can never compare to.

Jiuonji Youzhu is a lonely girl. When she sees the interaction between Qingzi and Dazhuang, she says nothing on the surface, but she is very envious deep down in her heart.

Qingzi discovered more than once that Youzhu would secretly leave some snacks for Dazhuang in obvious places. Qingzi would not expose it, but just told Dazhuang that he could eat whatever snacks Youzhu left for him.

Of course, Youzhu was not without dissatisfaction with Dazhuang. However, this dissatisfaction was not with Dazhuang, but with Qingzi. Youzhu of Jiuyuan Temple was a girl who paid great attention to the taste and style of life. When she first learned that Qingzi had given her important magical pet a strange name like "Dazhuang", she almost quarreled with Qingzi. However, Qingzi was practicing Tai Chi at the time and talked about other things, which made Youzhu's punch hit cotton. She gave up the question of Dazhuang's name and gave up the entanglement.

Maybe Qingzi will give Dazhuang a new name in the future, but she is too lazy to think about it now. Dazhuang is good enough, and a humble name is easy to support.

Chapter 12 Determination

Let's put aside the issue of magic pets for now. Now Aozaki Aoko is a completely independent magician. Even though she is still learning all kinds of magic knowledge from Kuonji Yuju, in fact, this kind of learning is more like communication between magic scholars who are good at different fields. Because this version of "Aoko" has very unique insights in many fields of magic, she is also happy to share these insights and research results with Yuju, making the communication between the two more fruitful.

Of course, Aoko also tried to learn Yuzu's unique "Fairy Tale Magic" system, but she failed when learning the most basic "Sixpence Song" magic of the Gray Starling Familiar. Fairy Tale Magic, a magic system based on a special base, has no possibility of being learned by anyone other than the descendants of Yumina who hold the remnants of the First Law. This inheritance is completed by the unique witch bloodline, and Aoko confirmed this through repeated attempts.

The so-called "membership-based magic" is probably this kind of thing, Qingzi thought with a sigh. Maybe in the future she will have the opportunity to go to the continental countries in the west to see if there is a chance to learn the thought key pattern, but that is something completely different from the existing magic system. The qualification issued by the God Council such as the Mountain Court may be more strict than the blood inheritance of the witch in a sense.

Really, why are all the magic in this world so xenophobic? (annoying).

But to be honest, Qingzi's magic of the magic web is even more exclusive, because only she who holds the magic web fragment can use the magic web magic in this world, and she can't even teach this alien knowledge to others.

This is a completely out-of-bounds method, and Qingzi is aware of this.

However, although she inherited the fifth magic seal of the Aozaki family and also had plug-ins such as magic web fragments, it is still not very stable for her to survive the next challenge of Orange.

After all, the golden werewolf Beo is a fantasy species that has completed the materialization of the soul. It is actually not accurate to call it a werewolf, because Beo's essence is closer to a fairy or a true ancestor. Aoko believes that Beo's combat power is far stronger than that of the poppy who can repeatedly self-destruct and revive. After all, it has super high defense and the ability to change its own form at will.

However, it is not impossible for Aoko to defeat it. After all, Beo is a mentally immature brat. In the original time and space, Kusajuro could scare it away by making it feel pain with a desperate blow. It is much easier for Aoko to do this than Kusajuro.

There is not much time left before Orange launches his attack... Aoko doesn't want to be ridden by Orange after she falls over, and be treated as a stinky little sister for the rest of her life, so she has to take some risky actions recently to gain the strength to defeat the Golden Wolf head-on.

The best route she could choose in the short term was the blocked passage leading to the source deep in her grandfather's workshop.

Qingzi, who inherited the fifth magic, did not fully master its full effect within two years. Although Qingzi was confident in her talent, time waits for no one. She did not want to awaken by sacrificing spare tires and best friends like in the original time and space.

Therefore, she must convince her grandfather's soul to unlock the passage, go through the passage to the source, and obtain full access to the fifth magic. The old magician sealed it after obtaining the fifth magic. Qingzi guessed that it was not because he expected future generations to make research progress and reopen it, but because the minions sent by the suppression force of Lao Deng were tired of it, so he blocked the road.

Qingzi did some research and made a calculation based on the memory of her "previous life". If she insisted on entering the root, the biggest obstacle might be the "primate killer" Casey Palug sent by Alaya. The combat power of this large Fufu was not outrageous, but it had the absolute right to kill primates and the principle of comparison that had not yet fully developed in her world line.

Qingzi had talked to her grandfather before about the primate killer, but her grandfather's answer was "Although it is difficult to deal with, the First Ancestor can't kill me."

Qingzi now has reservations about this statement, because she doesn't know whether Wen Bingyongli's splitting Lao Deng in half is considered killing, but seeing that her grandfather's soul walked away as if nothing had happened, it shouldn't be a big problem. It is also possible that Lao Deng was holding on for the sake of face, otherwise there is no way to explain why Orange could use magic to trap Lao Deng in the workshop in the original time and space.

In order to deal with this big white dog, Qingzi prepared a large number of scrolls of spells such as "Monster Stun", "Monster Freeze", "Phantom Steps" and "Door to Anywhere". Since the primate killer is 100% native to the Earth, spells like expulsion and banishment are useless to it. Qingzi can only fight it head-on and try to use the magic web arcane to delay it before entering the root. After she has fully mastered the fifth magic, neither Alaya nor the primate killer can do anything to her, as can be proved by the fact that Lao Deng has lived so freely for many years.

---Dividing line---

After making a series of preparations and adjusting her condition to the best level, Aozaki Aoko set off for her grandfather's workshop.

Before she left, she told Youzhu that if she couldn't come back this time, all her property in the villa where she and Chengzi lived together should be transferred to Chengzi's name according to her will.

Also, even if she succeeded, she wouldn't be able to go to school in the short term. She hoped Youzhu could help her ask for leave from school. There was a lunch box she had prepared for Youzhu in the refrigerator, which she could just heat up and eat.

Youzhu watched Qingzi leave in silence, and her heart was moved for the first time in a long time. Perhaps she was worried that her roommate was about to take a risk, or perhaps she was sad that she might lose her long-term meal ticket.

Some smart readers may ask, why not take Kuonji Yuju with you to explore the Root Cave? Qingzi will answer that there are two main reasons.

The first reason is that although Kuonji Yuju's fairy tale magic is very effective against magicians, it is not very effective against primate killers or golden beasts with materialized souls, and she is likely to be taken away by Casey Palug in one wave.

The second reason is that Arizuma Kuonji herself has too profound a relationship with the first magic, and taking her to the place where the fifth magic is obtained may involve unpredictable risks.

So in order to protect her lovely roommate from getting hurt, Aoko decided to face this challenge alone.

Two years later, Qingzi once again came to her grandfather's workshop. The house had not changed at all since she last saw it, and even the grass in front of the door didn't seem to have grown much.

She took a deep breath and pushed the door open to enter her grandfather's workshop. There was no sound or figure on the three floors above ground. Aoko walked straight to the basement entrance leading to her grandfather's real experimental workshop, then used the magic seal of the Aozaki family to unlock the restriction at the entrance and walked in without hesitation.

Pushing open the door of her grandfather's study in the basement, Aoko saw the chair that her grandfather had sat on before. On the desk next to the chair was an open book, but it was not the De Profundis that she had read a few years ago. Perhaps a guy like her grandfather, who lacked humanity, would not always read the same book, right?

Qingzi paused for a moment before heading to a deeper room. That was the "real workshop" that her grandfather had never allowed her and her sister to enter since they were young. She guessed that the "entrance to that place" was in that room, and her grandfather, after losing his body, had been guarding there and not letting anyone in.

But now that this ban had been broken by her, and after arriving at the old magician's private room, she saw the translucent spirit of her grandfather.

"Do you want to go in there?" Grandfather asked. "Are you sure you are stronger than me?"

"That's right," Qingzi said confidently, "I am stronger than you, grandfather, so I want to enter the path to the root."

"I see." Grandfather lowered his eyes slightly. Aoko could sense that he was thinking. "So far, no one has ever made it there and returned alive."

"Why?" Qingzi was stunned and asked, "Didn't grandfather obtain the fifth magic after he reached the root?"