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Aozaki Orange: "..."

"Do you think you're funny?"

"Not really. Anyway, there will be a chance to meet him in the future. Let's put this topic aside for now."

"As for the remaining two magic furnaces, you can pick one and take it away, Senior Orange."

Luo Wei shook his head, and then stopped arguing with Aozaki Touko about the problem of the lost magic furnace, but began to study the distribution of the two magic furnaces in front of him.

The lost magic furnace was the former supreme ceremonial equipment of the El-Melloi School. Since the other party has become a spirit, he can't find it now, so he can only let it go for now and wait for an opportunity to meet the other party in the future.

As for the other two magic furnaces, he planned to personally collect one and return it to Teacher Kenneth, and give the other to Aozaki Touko as a source of magic power for her to build a magic workshop in the future.

Otherwise, Luo Wei felt that once he left, without a source of mana and funds, this extravagant, carefree, and completely incapable of thriftiness would likely fall back into the same predicament he'd faced when they'd first met: a shortage of mana and materials for dolls. Therefore, leaving her with a monarch-level mana furnace should help her settle down. At least, it wouldn't leave her living in the same dire straits she'd been in before.

"Eh?"

Luo Wei's words made Aozaki Orange, who was originally drooling over the magic furnace, startled for a moment. She swallowed, then looked at the young man behind her with an incredulous look, and said in surprise, "Are you kidding me? Junior Crowley, as an alchemist, you must know the value of these things. These two monarch-level magic furnaces are standard equipment in the Clock Tower, and even I have heard of their price..."

"One hundred million pounds apiece."

Luo Wei nodded and directly stated the price of the two magic furnaces.

Unlike Kenneth's Supreme Magic Furnace, these two furnaces weren't as valuable. They were merely monarch-level furnaces, so he knew the price tag: 100 million pounds. Despite the price tag, the Clock Tower wouldn't sell them, only renting them out. Besides those monarch-level figures who could easily rent them, access to these furnaces was difficult for others. After all, these furnaces were a crucial asset to the Clock Tower. So, while Aozaki Touko envied them, she had no intention of forcibly claiming them. After all, Rowe was right beside her. If she took them, it would be like stealing 100 million pounds from the El-Melloi School.

"Then why are you still..."

Aozaki Touko looked puzzled and was about to ask for the reason, but she only heard Luo Wei calmly reply: "It's worth 100 million pounds and it doesn't conflict with giving it to you, right?"

Although these two machines were rented from the clock tower, even Kenneth, who was at the monarch level, had to pay the original price for the loss.

While a hundred million pounds was certainly a painful price for El-Melloi, Kenneth was still alive, the Mineral Science Monarch, and the magician prodigy were still around. He didn't need to pay back the hundred million pounds at all. All Kenneth needed to do was sell some of his new research. So, it wasn't a big deal. As long as Kenneth was still alive, there wouldn't be any problems.

"Don't worry, since I'm the one giving it to you, Mr. Kenneth won't mind. Besides, it's nothing to him since he'll pay it back in a year."

"Besides, didn't you just save his life? It's just the value of a mere magic furnace. Just repaying the Grand Puppet Master for saving your life and forging a good relationship with him is not enough. He won't be angry, especially since I'm here with you."

Seeing Orange's worry, Luo Wei shook his head, then directly comforted her and took the initiative to give her a magic furnace.

"You guy..."

Luo Wei didn't sit idle then. He began to dismantle the magic barrier set by Kenneth and collect the precious gift items in the workshop that were as valuable as the magic furnace. Although he gave away the magic furnace, as long as he took these things back, he could have completed his mission.

"Alas, doesn't this make me owe more and more... How can I repay so many favors?"

Looking at Luo Wei's busy figure, Aozaki Touko let go of the magic furnace next to him, complained, and had a complicated look in his eyes.

After spending such a long time together, she heard such words again. For a moment, she suddenly felt that the stove next to her didn't seem so attractive anymore. Instead, she felt a little distressed about the favor she owed this time.

It's only been a few days, and she already owes Luo Wei so much. She doesn't know how to repay him. Even if she gives away all the valuable things she has, it will be difficult to offset Luo Wei's help and kindness to her.

"Haha, since you don't know how to pay it back, then Senior Orange, are you interested in joining my family?"

Without paying too much attention to Orange's complicated expression at the moment, Luo Wei's attitude was very casual. While packing his formal clothes, he answered her complaint without even raising his head.

"Eh? Crowley-kun, are you trying to add my magic circuits to your family bloodline? Well, although this request sounds a bit embarrassing, if it were you..."

As if she was surprised by what Luo Wei said, Aozaki Touko's expression was slightly stunned, and then after thinking for a moment, she gave her answer.

"No, I mean—become an outside consultant to the Crawley family."

"Eh?"

Aozaki Touko's eyelids twitched suddenly, and the words that were about to come out of her mouth were interrupted by Luo Wei's call.

She suddenly realized that she seemed to be being too sentimental.

Compared to some down-and-out magicians selling their own semen and bodily fluids, such things as intermarriage within families and intermarriage with outsiders were far too common. Not to mention the world of magicians, even in ordinary society, there were countless such cases.

After all, when she was in the Clock Tower, many great magic families with a long history took a fancy to her talent and proposed marriage to her, but those guys were all driven away by Aozaki Touko.

So, when she heard Rowe say that he wanted to join the Crowley family, she subconsciously thought that Rowe wanted to marry him to further improve his bloodline.

However, the other party actually had no interest.

After all, people from the Aozaki family all have the wind attribute, so they are destined to be restless and even more difficult to stay.

At this moment, Orange didn't know whether to be happy or sad. In short, it was quite complicated.

"You idiot..."

She muttered silently.

"What's wrong? Orange-senpai."

After packing up all his ceremonial attire, Luo Wei stood up again and prepared to leave. Seeing Aozaki Touko with a complicated expression behind him, he thought that his request had embarrassed her, so he stopped talking about it.

"..."

Looking at this guy, the corners of Aozaki Touko's mouth twitched, as if she was suppressing some emotion and not letting it burst out.

After taking a deep look at the other person's eyes, which were as pure as gold and had no distractions other than exploration, Aozaki Touko sighed.

"...Never mind, I promise you. But I have one condition, no, two. First, help me get rid of the seal first. As for the second one, I'll tell you when the time is right."

Then Aozaki Touko called out to Luo Wei who was about to leave, and spoke as if she had made some decision.

"Hmm? Deal."

Luo Wei agreed without hesitation.

Although there is one condition, if he can't do it, Aozaki Touko wouldn't bring it up. If he can bring it up, it means he can do it. What's there to worry about if he can do it?

Very good, this time I gained not only the costumes and magic, but also a powerful magic assistant before going back.

With the top puppeteer Aozaki Touko and teacher Kenneth in charge, he won't have to worry about problems at home even if he goes out to have fun again.

Although it is only an external hire, it seems that Teacher Kenneth's dream of winning three titles has been realized ahead of schedule.

In that case...

"Then let's go together, Senior Sister Orange. First, let's go to Guanbuzi City to meet up with Teacher Kenneth and Weber and the others, and then we'll take a plane home together."

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[Journey to the Far East: End]

Chapter 101: The Wonderful Adventure in Guanbuzi City

Visit Buzi City.

This is a very mysterious and important stage that exists in the Type-Moon worldview.

An extremely important part of the entire Type-Moon worldview, called "The Garden of Sinners", takes place on this stage.

Moreover, the situation is not just that. This small stage, or this small city, can be said to be full of talented people, and the stories in it are no less exciting than those in the neighboring Fuyuki City.

Whether it is the descendants of Qianshen and Liangyi, two of the four major demon-killing families in the Far East, or a mysterious old lady with absolute future vision who can see through future developments, the mother of Guanbuzi City, they all appeared in this mysterious city.

In the original world line, Aozaki Touko was beaten up by her younger sister, Aozaki Aoko, using the fifth magic in Misaki City about six or seven years ago, and all her accumulated wealth was depleted. In addition, she was sealed by her teacher after returning, and was therefore wanted by the Law and Politics Department of the Clock Tower. Lacking resources and exhausted, she could only run around and hide all over the world. Finally, she could only return to East Asia, where the Clock Tower's influence was weaker, and hid in the mysterious and barren Far East, that is, in this city called [Guanbuzi].

A mere city in the Far East boasted a grand puppeteer, a visionary, and two exceptional descendants of demon-exorcist families—a veritable hive of hidden talents. Not to mention the ordinary people with those whimsical special abilities. The mere presence of a single Root Form was already incredibly significant. After all, the ultimate goal of a magus was to reach the Root, and now the Root was directly before their eyes.

This shows that this small city not far from Fuyuki City is also very important. And not far from here, there is also an equally important city called Misaki City, whose story is much more complicated than this one, and it is also the hometown of Aozaki Touko, but that is all for later.

In short, in Luo Wei's opinion, although Western Europe often talks about the Far East as a mysterious and barren land with few magicians, he actually believes that the Far East is truly a very important place. Many great figures have failed here. If a magician from outside the country is not mentally prepared, the probability of failure is extremely high.

There are some things that even if he has reached his current level, he is actually not willing to actively touch upon, such as the current situation...

"No way... is this true?"

A long sigh came from the dense bamboo forest.

He had just been walking on the streets of Guanbuzi City with Aozaki Touko, chatting and laughing as they headed towards the hotel where Kenneth and Weber were staying. However, in just a moment, Aozaki Touko had disappeared without a trace, and now he was in front of a dense bamboo forest.

"……Um?"

Because of the abnormality, in the next moment, Luo Wei's senses were fully opened and he was ready to deal with special situations at any time.

Then, an indescribable aura enveloped Luo Wei's heart. He followed the bluestone steps that stretched upwards, and soon his eyes were attracted by a beautiful figure wearing a light yellow kimono decorated with many flowers. His eyes met hers for a brief moment.

In just the moment of contact, those black pupils that seemed to be able to accommodate everything seemed to make Luo Wei's consciousness sink. The magic imprints, blood and magic power from this body began to tremble unconsciously. The invisible refining array engraved in the palm of the hand also began to heat up at this moment. For all magicians, the breath of the girl in front of them was like a sweet poison that plucked the heartstrings, making the body instinctively want to touch her [root].

"Touch her! Contact her! Enter and exit her! That's what you're after!! Go and enter her quickly!!" (referring to the source.)

At this moment, the memory hidden in his blood kept shouting, and Luo Wei's body subconsciously took a step towards the stairs. The next moment, he was about to move towards the figure like all the magicians who pursued the mystery.

but……

"...It's okay. Although you are indeed very tempting, I can still control myself. It seems that your attraction to me is not as strong as I thought. The source? No, it should be Miss Ryougi Shiki."

Luo Wei stopped and in less than a second he suppressed the so-called blood riot and the nature of a magician.

The power he possessed, which came from the Supreme Being and did not belong to this world and therefore could not be understood by common sense, easily suppressed the body's desire for the root.

The so-called source of inflow and outflow is not that attractive in Luo Wei's eyes.

If he wanted to, even without the power of the Holy Grail, with enough rituals and special preparations, he would still have a way to reach the Vortex of Origin, but there was no need for that at all.

Because reaching the root does not mean getting out, the uncertainty is too great.

Then, the picture suddenly stopped.

The wind in the bamboo forest blew gently, ruffling the hair of the two people. Luo Wei, who was standing at the bottom of the steps, stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the girl at the top of the steps from a distance. Different emotions flashed in each other's eyes, making it difficult to understand what they were thinking.

"You... are really interesting."

Finally, it was that ethereal voice that broke the peaceful atmosphere. After realizing that he might not be able to leave if he turned around and left, and after getting the other party's consent, Luo Wei took a step forward and walked up to the girl.

At this moment, his eyes remained calm.

"You're very interesting, outsider."

Raising her head and controlling Ryougi Shiki's body, Origin Shiki looked directly into Luo Wei's eyes with her dark, star-like, bright eyes without any anxiety. In those eyes, she could see a figure flashing with extreme colors. That was the soul, and more importantly, Luo Wei's consciousness, a treasure and miracle that did not belong to this world. It was also what the Hero King had been thinking about until the moment he left.

Facing the figure that still appeared before him, Luo Wei lowered his head and asked in a low voice, "Even if you didn't go to the source, you still came to me. So, what are your thoughts and your attitude towards what I did? Can you answer?"

Although it was just a question, the moment the words fell, a silver magic wand appeared in Luo Wei's palm, and an extremely special magical power began to ripple around, creating layers of ripples in the bamboo forest.

"I just wanted to meet you. After all, you're very interesting. And the changes you bring are also new possibilities.

"In short, seize every opportunity. The future is bound to become even more interesting, Outsider."

A peaceful smile appeared on that beautiful face, and then she turned around and began to walk up the bluestone steps. Although she only got an ambiguous answer, Luo Wei did not think of catching up, because although the other party seemed to be walking, the figure appeared ten meters away the moment she took a step.

This method of movement is completely different from the wind element acceleration that Luo Wei often uses, or the space movement of special magic. It is not simply to increase speed, or to move from one position to another, but it is very natural and integrated into this world, as if it is a natural world principle that one can cross more than ten meters in one step.

So even if the other person didn't do anything, it was enough to perfectly unify the integration with the world, the disharmony with the world, within its own body. Or simply put, this was an existence that couldn't be understood with simple common sense.

Root type...

It's really an outrageous existence.

When facing her, Luo Wei felt as if he were facing the world himself. This special feeling was more distinct than the oppressive feeling he had felt when facing Bao Shi Weng, and it was also more uncomfortable.

"Really... Aren't other people who travel to this world instantly defeated? Why is it that I feel so weak? Even though I've learned some of the contents of the Book of Law and my own magical attainments have reached the [Grand Rank], I can only count the number of people in the entire modern mystical world who can beat him. But why does he always hit the ceiling?"

“This is absolutely outrageous…”

"Although mystery attracts mystery and anomalies attract anomalies, the intensity of this is too high."

He thought that after completing the plan for so long during the Holy Grail War, he could finally take a good rest and catch his breath. But now it seems that he was thinking too much.

[Type-Moon] This world is far more complicated and dangerous than he imagined.

"It's time to get stronger. Besides... he'll never go back to the Far East, a place full of monsters and demons. He's already destroyed the Holy Grail, and the Fifth Holy Grail War is over. Now, if he can't afford to offend them, can he just hide away?"

He does not have the arrogance of a time traveler who would revel in his heart when he saw a beautiful character, arrogantly thinking that he was the only one who could bring happiness to the other person.

However, although Luo Wei did not speak, Genyuanshi, who was about to leave, seemed to have noticed Luo Wei's thoughts at the moment.