Or, why don’t you find another savior?

The reason why we have to take it seriously now is that a monarch without the mark of family inheritance will first be questioned internally.

"Originally, even if it's a doll, it shouldn't be unable to adapt to the imprint." Orange was also very surprised. "Unfortunately, I don't have that much time now. I can't avoid being seen and heard to do a thorough investigation of you and your original body."

And most importantly, Orange cares a lot about how Shiomi brought Olga Marie's soul back from singularity F and ensured that it was smoothly transferred into the doll's body even though her physical body had already died.

This was not written in the report, but was told verbally by Shiomi.

"So this matter needs to be kept secret for the time being. Only Mari can access the place where the body was originally stored." Shiomi said, "Otherwise, the procedures for re-electing the head of the family will be enough to give people time to seize the authority of Chaldea."

"And in the worst case scenario, the Clock Tower will consider freezing Chaldea's functions and sealing it off." Orange said, "So your first priority now is to protect everyone in Chaldea as the head of Animusphia."

When she said this, her eyes fell on Xijian.

Olga Marie thought Orange was hinting at her to protect Shiomi, and she immediately perked up.

"Yeah... That's right. If I, as the director of Chaldea and the ruler of the astronomy department, can't protect the teacher, who else can do this?"

She stood up excitedly, then realized that she had lost control of herself, so she sat down shyly, lowering her head and not daring to look at anyone.

"...I have a feeling that Lord Animusphia seems to have misunderstood something." Orange smiled helplessly.

Morgan also smiled and said, "It's a good intention after all, my husband should just accept it."

"Let's talk about the next question. Among the Masters who participated in the spirit particle transfer, only Ritsuka is an ordinary person, but that girl has access to high-end secrets in the magic world, so we have to do something." Shiomi awkwardly changed the subject.

"For now... let's erase the records of her activities."

Orange expressed her opinion.

Chapter 23 Goodbye Kiss

According to the original plan, when they received the news from the Clock Tower that a survey team would be sent into Chaldea, Shiomi and the others had already decided to try to fool around and get the survey team off the hook.

When necessary, you can even let Morgan and Scathach take action and use suggestive magic to interfere with the cognition of these magicians.

Let them go back with a bunch of useless but necessary discussion materials, delaying the events in the Clock Tower.

However, the person who came was Orange, and Shiomi immediately changed the plan and reached an agreement with Orange to cooperate internally and externally.

"Even Mr. Inolai couldn't have imagined the relationship between us."

Said Orange as she supported Shiomi as they walked down the corridor of Chaldea.

"I didn't expect that at first." Xi Jian said with a slightly nostalgic tone, "I just wanted to make things easier and claimed to be your disciple, but I didn't expect the real master to come to me."

"After all, if a magician claims to be the disciple of Scathach, the Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows, it would be fine if it was fake. If it was real, it would only attract a series of designated executors of the seal." Orange also laughed, "I just heard that someone would claim to be my disciple, and I was in the designated seal period at that time, so I investigated out of curiosity."

The result was no match at all.

That is Orange's personal experience.

A complete original rune base, even though Shiomi doesn't have as many sophisticated ideas as Orange in the use of rune magic.

But as the saying goes, great strength can make bricks fly. Just with the power of magic, the orange was thrown far away.

"I was just talking about it. I almost thought I beat you to death." Xi Jian still feels amused when he thinks about it now.

Although it's not that there was tension as soon as they met, fighting was inevitable. Shiomi realized it the moment she saw Orange.

Although neither of them was a belligerent person, they still fought.

Plus, he had only heard about Orange, so he fought cautiously and used all his strength, and in the end he almost lost control.

The result was that he took care of the seriously injured Orange for three months.

Later, Xi Jian realized that even if Orange really died at that time, she would continue to live through her own puppet backup.

It's just that he has never been able to understand Orange's open-minded spirit, but he has learned from her to treat each doll backup as Orange herself.

After all, Orange himself cannot confirm which the original body is.

"It was obviously a very reckless thing, but when I talk about it now, I just feel that time has passed quickly." Orange was quite emotional.

"Yes." Shiomi looked at the frozen mountains outside the corridor window. "You are approaching me so blatantly, aren't you worried that the magicians who came with you will tell on me?"

Although Orange's work in Chaldea has been completed, according to the schedule, he will leave later.

Orange didn't take it seriously: "The people in the Clock Tower didn't completely trust me in the first place. It was only out of interest that Teacher Inolai asked me to be in charge of the investigation. Besides, I've already had a private meeting with the monarch, Animusphia. This alone is enough to make the various factions suspicious of each other."

Because Shiomi suggested providing additional reports to Inole, deliberately giving the Democrats some advantage.

This little trick is not enough to provoke a fight, but it can cause the three major factions, who have rarely cooperated in order to divide the power of Chaldea, to fall into a certain degree of disagreement.

"Even my own mentor is like this. The world of magicians is truly cruel." Shiomi commented truthfully.

Orange looked at Shiomi and said, "That's why I find people like you so strange. It's only a matter of time before you can establish your own power in the Clock Tower as long as you survive like a magician."

"Compared to being a magician, I can even give up my humanity in order to pursue a career in magic. I still want to be a human being. Otherwise, meeting my ex-lover like this and not even being able to reminisce about the past, don't you think it's sad?" Ximi said.

Hearing him say this, Orange just smiled faintly and nodded slightly to show his agreement.

"According to the current situation, I won't be among the next group of people sent by the Clock Tower." Orange said, "But it's hard to say the exact time. I will contact you as soon as possible to let you know."

"I'll leave the Clock Tower to you," said Shiomi. "After all, you are an independent person, so you will attract less attention than Lanis and the Second."

At this time, Orange seemed to remember something and tapped the side of his forehead with his fingers.

"Look at me. I was so happy to see you. I was so busy with both personal and professional matters that I almost forgot about this matter."

"What?" Xijian was also surprised.

I saw Orange reaching out to touch the inner pocket of his windbreaker, pulling out an envelope and handing it to Shiomi.

"Just half a month before I left, a letter came to me through some channels." Orange said, "One letter was for me, and the other was hidden inside the letter, asking me to pass it on to you."

"Whose letter is this?" Xijian took the letter but did not open it immediately.

"Zbia Aitongertenam Atlasia." Orange said, "It seems that the dean of Atlas College knows our relationship very well and knows that no one is more suitable than me to pass on this letter."

"Him?" Xi Jian raised his eyebrows.

"The letter he sent me said that he decided to return the favor to thank you for helping to recycle the things in Atlas Institute." Orange continued to explain, "So this letter was sent."

"That thing." Xi understood.

"Zbia also said that he hoped you would not open the letter unless it was absolutely necessary." Orange added helplessly, "The style of Atlas Academy is incredible even to me."

"What a great plan..." Xi Jian teased, but put the letter away very seriously.

Because the man who turned into a dead apostle would not do meaningless things.

"In this way, I have completed all the things I came here to do." Chengzi let go of Xijian's arm. Even without Chengzi's support, he could still stand steadily with the help of his cane. "Just send me here. It's almost time for the helicopter to return."

"...Take care of yourself." Xijian's lips moved and he only said this sentence in the end.

"You are. One of the reasons why the Clock Tower is afraid of Chaldea is because of your existence." Orange smiled, "Get well soon."

Shiomi nodded silently, and then Touko took his arm and kissed him as a goodbye.

A kiss mixed with a hint of tobacco bitterness and aroma.

This taste brings memories from more than 20 years ago back to life.

Even though we were only together for about a year, it seemed like the love would never fade.

That's the case for him.

The same is true for oranges.

After the kiss, Aozaki Touko let go of his hand, turned around and waved her hand casually, disappearing around the corner at the end of the corridor.

Chapter 24: One wave has not yet subsided, another wave rises

After the first investigation team from the Clock Tower left.

Chaldea returned to its original rhythm, with Olga Marie leading everyone in making preparations for the next investigation by the Magic Association.

Shiomi continued with his routine rehabilitation work.

However, compared to the initial situation where Morgan and the other three were all watching here, now it has changed back to a shift system.

"Is this really necessary?" Altria was a little worried.

"You have to try everything, otherwise your body will forget." Shiomi said, letting go of the cane.

The physical rehabilitation went very smoothly. Shiomi was already able to walk without relying on the balance bar, but he needed a special cane magic gift to provide additional balance assistance.

It's not great, but it's not bad either.

"Then... just ten meters at most." Altria stood ten meters away from Shiomi.

"That's enough."

Shiomi spread his arms to maintain his balance, and he took one step at a time and walked towards Altria.

My legs seemed to be rooted to the ground, and every time I lifted them I had to concentrate and use all my strength.

However, standing and walking without a cane are human instincts, but now it seems so unfamiliar that I feel like I have to learn it from scratch.

"...Five...Four...Three..."

Altria quietly counted the distance between Shiomi and him. She could see clearly that Shiomi's movements were getting worse and worse as they got closer meter by meter. Any slight movement could disrupt his balance.

When the distance was less than two meters.

Shiomi's expression had become distorted. He gritted his teeth and forced himself to move forward, but he lost his balance the next time he took a step.

"Tianxi!"

Before he fell to the ground, Altria caught him and used her body to support him standing.

"In the end, I couldn't even walk ten meters today. It's terrible." Shiomi sighed dejectedly.

"It's good enough. It's only been half a month since you regained consciousness." Altria advised, "Being too impatient will not benefit your body."

"But if it keeps on like this, I won't be able to hug you like before." Xi Jian made a joke to hide his inner impatience.

"Tianxi..."

Even though she knew it was a joke, Altria couldn't help but feel her ears warm up when he whispered sweet words into her ear.

The body expresses the answer before reason.

That was why she would unconsciously touch his body when she was the Lion King.

"Ah, no, no. We have other things to do today, and someone will come over later." Xijian patted Altria's back, motioning her to push him away.

"I remember it was... a meeting with Ritsuka?" Altria pushed Shiomi aside, supported his body, raised her face and asked, "Do you need me to leave?"

"It's nothing private. Maybe you can help provide some reference opinions." Xijian shook his head and explained.

Then, the video communication on Shiomi's door rang, and Fujimaru Ritsuka came outside.

After he sat down, Ritsuka entered the room and sat down in the chair across from him.

"Um, Mr. Shiomi is looking for me?" Ritsuka asked.

"Originally, this matter should be discussed by Romani or Mary, but they are too busy dealing with the affairs between Chaldea and the Association." Shiomi smiled, "What I want to discuss is your future whereabouts."

"Where to..." The girl was stunned.

Ximian smiled apologetically and said, "You are from Chaldea. You were found to have the adaptability to soul particle transfer by chance, so you were invited to Chaldea as a part-time worker. Although as someone who knew the situation at that time, I think this process was full of deception."

"No, how could it be..." Ritsuka didn't think it was that exaggerated.

Everyone in Chaldea is doing well. Over the past year or so, it was because of everyone's mutual support that we were able to overcome the crisis of the human incineration.

"But Da Vinci should have told you that as someone without any background in magic, you have come into contact with many secrets that magicians will never be able to access in their lifetime. Chaldea itself has violated the regulations on hiding mysteries." Shiomi explained the situation. "And now Chaldea is facing a confrontation with the headquarters of the magic world. As a non-magician, you have every reason to avoid these things."

"Do you want me to leave Chaldea?" Ritsuka asked hurriedly.

"No, that's not what I meant." Xijian shook his head, signaling her to listen patiently. "I just told you as much as possible about the options you can take. First, you can choose to return to your hometown, but not now. At least wait until Chaldea has dealt with these things and we have enough energy to protect you from being noticed by the Magic Association, then we can let you go back."

"I see..." Ritsuka could understand.

"Then, try to enter the world of magicians. You have already opened the magic circuit. Although your talent is ordinary, most of the new magician families in the Clock Tower during the Industrial Revolution have accumulated from scratch from generation to generation." Shiomi said word by word, "Once you enter the magician society, it does not mean that you have to break away from your past life. It's just that your life will always be related to magic, and you need to think about many problems in a magician's way, which is not easy."

"But I can't even use decent magic. Without Chaldea's magic costume, I can't fight." Ritsuka said shyly.

"So this is just one of the suggestions. But no matter which one it is, it will be something for later. I tell you now because I hope you can have enough time to think about it and come up with an answer." Shiomi said, "More importantly, as an ordinary person, you have already taken on responsibilities for this world that you shouldn't have to bear."

"No, I was just following the director, my seniors, and my teacher in the battle. I was just doing what I could." The girl waved her hands quickly and honestly denied the whole thing.

"No, what I mean is..." Shiomi pursed her lips, "I hope you can relax as much as possible in Chaldea, without having to worry about-"