Type-Moon, I'm a magician, is that true?

"Aozaki, you..."

"Wait!"

As soon as Aiwen opened his mouth, Qingzi shuddered violently and quickly interrupted Aiwen's narration.

She touched her two white arms and smoothed out the goose bumps.

"Don't call me Aozaki anymore. It sounds strange and scary. Remember to call me Aoko from now on."

"What are you talking about, Aozaki? You were the one who said you didn't like people calling your name, right? Although I've forgotten a lot of things, I still remember this."

Looking at Qingzi with a strange expression, Aiwen felt more and more uncomfortable.

"So, do you count yourself among the others?"

Qingzi glared at him unhappily: "Considering our relationship, it's right for me to call you Qingzi."

"You only call me by my last name or full name when you want to teach me a lesson. So now, when I hear that 'Aozaki', I feel a little uneasy."

This is a very simple truth, just like when your parents always call you by your nickname, and suddenly one day they change to your full name, even if their expression is still gentle, you will feel something is wrong.

This is roughly what Qingzi is like now.

"What are you talking about? Didn't Tsukishima call you Aozaki? I don't think there's anything wrong with calling you that."

"Huh?! Tobimaru can be compared with you..."

As she spoke, Aoko's doubts solidified and her voice became lower and lower, as if she was reflecting on her habitual attitude.

"I see. I overlooked it because Aiwen's appearance and personality never change. Perhaps the timeline hasn't been adjusted yet..."

"Aozaki?"

"Alas!"

Qingzi shuddered reflexively and subconsciously wanted to admit her mistake with a wry smile, but fortunately she stopped her body's reflex in the end.

But this only made her even angrier. The shame of being suppressed and the confusion of Aiwen's misunderstanding mixed together, driving her to reveal her inner thoughts.

"Ah~~~ You're so stubborn, don't you understand unless I tell you everything?!"

The blood in her body began to flow faster, and her fair face became as gorgeous as a rosy cloud. This time it was not a side effect of manipulating magic, but simply out of shyness.

Qingzi didn't expect that she, who was in her fifties, could still experience this feeling again. She admired herself in her heart.

"As expected of a time traveler, I can even experience this kind of embarrassment twice!"

She took a deep breath, shook her head, and looked at Aiwen's face with a sharp look that was as if she was risking her life.

"..."

Aiwen took a step back uncomfortably under the overwhelming pressure. He always felt that Qingzi was thinking of some weird plan.

But how could Qingzi let him escape? She stretched out her hand and grasped Aiwen's collar with her five fingers together. This familiar scene reminded Aiwen of the kiss when they met just now.

"you……!"

He might have wanted to say something, but Qingzi didn't give him a chance. She took a step forward decisively, skillfully and happily, repeating the situation at the beginning.

The two people's shadows overlapped.

But this time, Aiwen really felt different.

"So what Konomi and the others said about kissing, is that true?"

Feeling the cool and soft touch, Aiwen was gradually put at a disadvantage by Qingzi's momentum.

As a completely inexperienced rookie, he was led by Qingzi as naturally as scooping up stream water with a gourd, and as sonorous as steel being refined by fire.

Aiwen didn't understand at all. He only felt a blank drowsiness and was immersed in a torrent of emotions.

What flashed through his mind was the orange sun that he and Aoko saw in the school corridor.

In the warm, brilliant and dazzling golden dusk, the edge of the orange clouds melts into the coming night, and the edge of the blue clouds flashes vaguely.

For a long time, the lips are divided.

Aoko blinked her moist eyes, and her breath was as slightly hot as her face.

She looked at Aiwen's ignorant eyes that had no reaction at all, and curled the corners of her mouth, revealing a charming smile that Qingzi would never have had when she was a girl.

The hand around her neck gently exerted force and Aoko pulled Aiwen closer. Their foreheads touched and pressed together, exchanging each other's heat.

"Do you understand the reason now? Why I asked you to call me Aoko?"

Aiwen looked into those blue eyes, which contained colors he couldn't understand, but there was only one thing he realized.

Deep emotions are flowing in Qingzi's eyes. It is a plain but indispensable love like family affection that can only be cultivated with the accumulation of time.

"Time travel?" A hesitant tone came out of his mouth.

Qingzi nodded with a smile, confirming his guess.

I understand, I understand completely. Aiwen regained consciousness, and his wavering consciousness also settled down.

"You are not the Aozaki I knew, but the fifth magician who returned from the future to the past."

"I told you to call me Aoko! Idiot."

He suddenly punched Aiwen on the shoulder. Qingzi pushed him away angrily, looking speechless.

"Anyway, in my time, we've already had a casual and intimate relationship, and you haven't called me by my last name for a long time. So from now on, you'll correct it and call me Aoko from now on."

However, her words did not receive an answer for a long time, and Aiwen just remained silent.

Just when Qingzi thought he couldn't accept it and was about to persuade him again, Aiwen suddenly asked a question that made her face turn red.

"So Qingzi will marry me in the future?"

"puff!"

Chapter 110 A Slightly Immoral Relationship

"Ahem, well, let's just count it as half..."

She played with her red hair with a wandering look in her eyes, and spoke casually. It was obvious that Qingzi was not very good at talking about this issue.

Because in fact, there was no written agreement between her and Aiwen, but the two of them maintained this relationship tacitly.

Although they weren't even his girlfriend, they had comforted and vented their feelings to each other many times; Qingzi would usually stay at Aiwen's house, feeling comfortable as if she were a part of it.

But just as her magical attribute is [Wind], Aozaki Aoko will never stop and she will always embark on a journey.

She will not be restrained by anyone, nor will she restrain anyone. A woman who is as untouchable as the wind cannot have a family.

Even when she travels, she goes alone.

Therefore, the relationship between her and Aiwen may only be able to remain like this tacit understanding forever.

But the only good thing is that Aiwen is also a person who cannot stop. Even if he doesn't specifically inform her, the fate of the two people will intersect, and their travel trajectories will always overlap for a few days.

During those days, Qingzi was able to convince herself to follow her inner feelings. After all, this was part of being free and easy.

[We enjoy each other when we are sober, but go our separate ways when we are drunk]

She didn't know where she heard this poem from, but Qingzi felt that there was no better description of her relationship with Aiwen.

To sum up, Aozaki Aoko really couldn't tell Aiwen, who was still a simple child, about their complicated relationship.

"There's no such thing as half, Aoko."

Aiwen changed his tone quietly. He was now interested in his future.

"If I say yes, then yes! Well, this isn't information you should know right now, so let's stop here."

Qingzi waved her hand, resolutely dropping the subject, which made Aiwen feel a little regretful.

But it was just as she said, there was something else important to ask.

"So, Aoko, you're the fifth magician, and the unusual movement across world lines is also your doing?"

Forgetting what happened just now for the moment, Aiwen had a lot of questions in his mind that he wanted answered.

"That's right." There was nothing to hide, and Qingzi readily admitted her behavior.

"So your target is really me?"

The moment this question was asked, Aiwen actually had the answer.

This ash space is nowhere to be found and is definitely not a place that can be reached by luck, because it was opened up using the fourth method and is naturally aggressive.

Anything that accidentally intrudes will lose its existence in an instant and become part of the ashes.

But since Qingzi is standing here, it means that she has overcome the influence in her own way, and her feelings towards him just now all indicate that this is a premeditated plan.

"Nonsense, otherwise I wouldn't come to such an ugly place. There's nothing here, and it's incredibly dangerous."

"I came here for only one reason, and that is to bring you, Aiwen, back home. At this age, my wish is so simple."

Aoko reached out and held Aiwen tightly, her brilliant blue eyes gleaming with an unshakable determination.

"She and I can't bear to see you alone. We've all done our best for this. Don't you dare say anything so stubbornly as to refuse?"

"Everyone?"

Aiwen repeated the word silently.

"Yes, my younger self, Youzhu, and Elquet all paid a price. Are you going to ignore that?"

Aoko half-hugged Aiwen's right arm in her arms and recounted word by word everything they had done there.

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In winter, the sun goes off work early as if it is afraid of the cold, and the night takes over the job and brings darkness to the earth.

At this time in the mansion, the lazy tapping sound of Aoko's slippers caused Youzhu's dissatisfaction.

She grew up in England and was used to the solid sound of boots stepping on wooden floors. The "clacking" sound of Qingzi's slippers was really annoying to Youzhu.

If it were in the past, she would probably have started to "stab" Qingzi with her cold gaze, but now Youzhu decided to let her go.

The series of battles over the past month have thinned the gap between the two "witches". Even if they are unwilling to admit it, Azusa and Aoko already regard each other as friends.

"Ah~~Wu, Youzhu, are you awake already?"

Yawning, Qingzi came to the sunroom and sat down, rubbing her relaxed eyes.

"I woke up yesterday. Only Aoko would sleep like a Cyclops until now."

"Yesterday?" Qingzi was stunned. She looked back at the sky outside and pointed at herself in disbelief.

"Did I sleep for two days and one night? You must be kidding."

"No, maybe you were too tired the day before yesterday. After all, transforming into a magic bullet machine gun took a lot of damage to your circuits and mind. Your body instinctively fell asleep to relieve the remaining injuries."

Yuzu's voice was calm and soothing to Qingzi, which was very unusual.

But in a sense, Youzhu did remember the words that Aiwen gave her.

However, Qingzi had no time to care about Youzhu's changes. She was now looking at the back of the chair with a speechless expression.

Yes, the back of the chair.

"Hey, Youzhu, did I offend you in any way? Why do you have your back to me? Looking someone in the eye when you're talking is basic courtesy."

Aoko complained in dissatisfaction, but her aggression was too weak and Youzhu didn't pay any attention to her.

"No." She responded lightly.

"Liar! You definitely have something against me now!"

Now Qingzi was even more certain. She knew that if Youzhu inexplicably responded in such a girlish and cheerful tone, her heart must be full of malice.

"Could it be because I slept an extra day and didn't do my regular magic training? Or is it because you were lonely, Yuzu?"

"Ah."

"Don't laugh, at least let me die knowing full well!"