Or, why don’t you find another savior?

This amount alone is beyond the financial means of such a division.

Each of these ancient automata is priced sky-high, and Izeroma, who has focused all his energy on creating the ultimate beauty, cannot possibly have any extra financial resources.

"This is what they call a small gift." Xijian said to himself.

He and Orange were back to back.

Izeroma should have noticed the two of them when they entered the forest, and Shiomi didn't originally want to make too much noise.

But under this situation, it is difficult for Shiomi to say how extraordinary the automatic doll left behind by the girl is.

"Who is that girl?" Orange asked.

"I want to know, too." Xi Jian sneered, "Maybe it's someone who has a grudge against me. I'll take charge of the first attack, and you'll be in charge of the offensive?"

"no problem."

Even death doesn't matter, Orange doesn't intend to waste a body like that.

——Especially when the current predicament could have been solved smoothly.

"Then come on!"

Like a signal to start a war, as soon as Shiomi's voice fell, automatic dolls from all directions rushed forward with strange movements and pounced directly on the two of them.

Eleven of the original runes, the Rune of Shield.

Unlike Thirteen's Guardian, this Rune can allow a soldier to return safely from the battlefield. If the initiator is strong enough, it can even rewrite the fate of death.

Shiomi activated her magic, and the automatic dolls swarmed in, surrounding the two of them like a dragnet.

And gradually gathered together.

Light burst out from the gaps between the puppets, and crystal mayflies appeared around Orange, combining into several gun ports and firing powerful magic bullets at the puppets.

The puppets were bombarded by magic bullets and flew around uncontrollably. Some puppets that were hit directly had their bodies pierced through and fell all around.

Having cut open the attack, Shiomi rushed out and went straight for the puppet closest to him.

Chapter 38 The Death of Another Princess

After all, these automata are just antiques, the older they are, the more mysterious they are.

Its combat capability makes it an excellent chess piece, whether it is used as a forest guard or as a vanguard in a head-on confrontation.

The premise is that it did not choose the wrong opponent.

With the cooperation of Shiomi and Orange, a hole was torn open in the encirclement of more than a dozen automatic dolls.

The magic bullets fired from the ceremonial outfit "Crystal Mayfly" held by Aozaki Touko destroyed several puppets at close range.

The first automaton was an automatic defense device installed in the Izeluma Forest barrier.

The rest are the things left behind by the girl whose origin is unknown and who appears and disappears mysteriously.

No matter what the purpose was, there was no need for Shiomi to hold back.

He rushed left and right in the forest, and with the "Golden Blade" he stabbed directly through the neck, cutting off the entire head, or piercing the magic core in the chest.

The automata that were not destroyed by the magic bullets were quickly reduced to only a few.

These puppets also have the ability to judge the battle situation, and they quickly retreated into the depths of the forest in the thick fog behind them.

Based on his battlefield intuition, Shiomi was worried that these dolls would retreat. After all, the original one had been mixed in with the dolls left by the girl, and even he couldn't recognize it.

He took a step forward and quickly chased into the depths of the forest.

Orange, who had just put away his gift clothes, was stunned, but had to follow.

No matter it was because of the so-called "surveillance" or because they were old friends, she couldn't just abandon Xi Jian at this moment.

Shiomi, who disappeared in the thick fog, was not too far away from Orange. She just used a little magic to catch up and found Shiomi in an open area in the forest.

In the lush forest, this is the only space that looks special.

Judging from the gurgling spring water, this should be the location of the spiritual cave controlled by the Izeluma family.

In Western culture, the miracle of making a spring gush out has long been regarded as a miracle of saints.

"I've been tricked." Xijian lowered his hands and stood still and said to Orange who was approaching from behind.

"Tianxi?" Chengzi was surprised that Xijian would have such a reaction.

But she had roughly guessed that Shiomi had provoked an existence that could not be simply understood even with a magician's common sense at a time when she was unaware.

Just now in the darkness, when she and Shiomi were separated, she also had a conversation with the girl.

Orange's intuition and experience told her that the girl of unknown origin was no ordinary person.

Shioji slowly turned around and laughed contemptuously. Chengzi's eyes slowly moved down and saw the golden dagger in his hand.

It was stained with bright red, and a strong smell of blood filled the mist.

That is human blood.

A dagger is a weapon that can be used to kill people, so it's nothing strange that it's stained with blood.

The problem is that the ones who were hostile to them just now were automatons, pure machines. Even if they were smashed to pieces by magic bullets, they would not bleed.

She looked towards the other figure floating in the spring.

Is this one of the "gifts" left by the nameless girl?

Orange was thinking so, and Shiomi was thinking so too.

The more serious reality is how to face Izeluma.

The woman floating there is the other half, or the mirror image, of the dead person found this morning - the Golden Princess.

Silver Princess.

"This is really..." Even though he was still in his cold personality, Orange couldn't help but smile distressedly.

She put on her glasses slowly.

Unlike the dismembered Golden Princess, the Silver Princess' body was almost intact. She had her eyes closed, and she lay motionless, as if she was washing her body in a spring.

But the spring water around her had already been dyed bright red.

The blood that stained the colorless spring water came from under the neck of the Silver Princess.

A long, delicate wound took away this beautiful life and sent her to the same place as her sister.

"Could it be that from the very beginning..." Orange tried to analyze the current situation.

But time waits for no one.

"Oi, wait a minute. Please don't move, Shiomi-kun, and Orange."

Ivanola's voice came from behind.

The old woman in a green dress was looking directly at the two men from the leaf-scattered forest.

"I didn't expect to meet you at the crime scene. Or am I arresting a criminal in the act?" Inolai's tone was not relaxed, but rather serious.

Shiomi still stood there: "After all, it is the place of Baliuereta. When Orange and I were imprisoned in this barrier, you already knew it, right, Mrs. Inole?"

"That's right. After all, there are no restrictions on your movements, and this is a forest with a barrier. I just came to see what you are doing." Inolai said bluntly, "But judging from the current situation... what you did may be a bit exaggerated."

Cheng Zi adjusted his glasses and tried to explain the situation: "Wait a minute, teacher. We were indeed just following--"

"Give up, Orange." Shiomi lowered her voice and said, "Look around here, are there any remains of the automaton?"

When these words came out, even Orange was shocked.

Indeed, as she came here, she saw some scattered automaton debris nearby.

But now, the debris has disappeared.

It was as if Inole had no idea that the unknown girl had appeared here.

"Use a dagger to pierce the throat, killing the target cleanly and neatly. It doesn't seem like a magician's approach, but it is very much like the style of sealing the designated executor." Inola slowly walked forward and looked at the Silver Princess in the fountain.

"So, have I caught the criminal red-handed?" Xi Jian raised his hand, still holding the golden dagger in his hand, with blood still remaining on it.

Whether it is the blood of the Silver Princess is something that a magician can easily verify.

"No, the more this is the case, the more question marks there are." Inolai's expression was cold. "If the death of the Golden Princess was just a suspicion, then when it came to the death of the Silver Princess, you appeared directly at the scene, and happened to be holding the murder weapon you just used to kill someone."

She smiled, but it was hard to tell how warm it was.

"Especially with my students accompanying and monitoring us."

Not only that, but in this forest covered with a barrier, every move will be noticed.

Such an unclean and untidy method would push Inola's suspicion in the opposite direction.

"So... the answer is becoming clearer?" Orange took out a new cigarette, lit it and took a deep breath.

Inole acknowledged Orange's idea: "Yes. At this point, there is no doubt that someone wants to remove Shiomi-kun from Baluereta and then weaken Baluereta."

Chapter 39: House Arrest

After the death of the Golden Princess, the Silver Princess died in the forest of Izeluma.

After hearing about this, Karina, one of the twin maids, collapsed on the ground and was unable to move. The collection of the Silver Princess' body was carried out by her sister Regina.

After the mistresses they served died one after another, the sisters showed completely different abilities to withstand the test.

Xijian thought, there are indeed some differences between twins.

Thinking back carefully, it was really ironic that the Golden Princess wanted to escape with her sister last night, but the two sisters died one after another in a short period of time the next day.

"This is really a situation that makes one feel uncomfortable," said Lanis.

Due to financial reasons, she was unable to return from the social gathering that day and also stayed at the Sun Tower in Izeluma.

Raising his eyes slightly, Xi Jian looked at Lanis who was grinning, "You said something nice, but in the end you smiled happier than anyone else, didn't you?"

"Not really. It's just that when I think about how the usually steady Shiomi-sensei would get stuck in this kind of quagmire," Lanis said with a smile, "I'm curious about how the teacher is going to get out of this predicament."

"It can't be considered a dilemma." Xijian sighed.

The sudden deaths of the Golden Princess and the Silver Princess of this generation meant that all of Izeroma's magical achievements were destroyed.

Under such circumstances, Byron Baruereta Izeroma almost lost his composure and wanted to accuse Shiomi and send him to the Clock Tower to be tried by the Law and Politics Department.

The crystallization of magic that kills people and destroys an entire generation, in the world of magicians, the latter's sin is too serious.

Especially since Izeluma is not some low-ranking mage family.

But with the monarch Paliureta personally guaranteeing the favor, Byron had to exercise restraint.

Shiomi was the most suspicious person, but because all the suspicion was on him, Inolai did the opposite and adopted a conservative attitude.

Now, he was just kept in his room and was not allowed to go out. As for the "Golden Blade" that might be the murder weapon, Shiomi temporarily sealed it in a crystal in front of everyone and placed it in his room.

In addition to Kallen and Glaure in the room, Lanis also came to visit. Princess El-Melloi said this for this reason.

"But how did they do that?" Gray was very confused. "According to what the teacher said, the ones fighting with the teacher in the forest were all automatons. Why was the teacher's weapon stained with the blood of the Silver Princess in the end?"

Karen shook her head. "I know you like to read detective novels. But for a magician, it is basically meaningless to discuss how to do this. The better the magician, the more irrational means he has to kill people. As for transferring the wound--"

As she spoke, she reached out to hold Gray's hand, and after exposing their arms, Kallen let go again and poked her arm with the tip of the pen on the coffee table.

"It hurts!" Gray let out a low scream.

Kallen's arm was completely unharmed, without even a dent, but Gray's arm was stabbed with a bloody mark.

She only had a brief contact with Gray to connect this magic of transferring harm to Gray.

If the injury is more serious, a more detailed and prolonged procedure will be required.

In other words, among the automatons that Shiomi and Orange fought against in the forest, one was cast under this kind of spell.

An automaton is the kind of thing that won't stop unless it receives a "fatal" attack.

If Shiomi wanted to solve the current situation at that time, he had to accurately deal with the automaton.

"Gold Invading Blade" is not only a magic gift of the Noble Phantasm level, but also a very useful magic medium. In the two or three months since returning from Blackmoore Village, Shiomi has basically been able to use the dagger as a reliable magic weapon.

It is also easy to pierce the puppet's neck or heart and deprive it of its ability to move.

This just led him into another trap.