Shirou, who returned from the Fairy Kingdom

Shirou knelt down beside Aoko and gently lifted her right arm to perform a healing spell:

"The two sisters are really just as stupid as each other."

Is it really necessary to work this hard? And what are you planning to do with this sudden need for money?

"Enough with the nagging, I need the money for something... By the way, aren't you going to pursue Matou Sakura?"

Sakura, um... she should be fine, right? She's been receiving magic instruction from me for the past three years.

Just as Aoko said, I should trust her more.

Shirou thought to himself, and then said.

"I'm not going. How can I leave my woman unattended?"

"Woo!"

Aozaki Aoko turned her slightly flushed cheeks away.

"...We're going to lose."

Shirou blinked: "What did you say?"

"We won't lose tonight!"

Aozaki Aoko, her face flushed, shouted, "I'll definitely make you beg for mercy, so be prepared!!"

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Volume 4, Chapter 183: You bunch of stray dogs were pretty arrogant when I wasn't around.

"The beautiful high school dropout!"

The girl who was knocked away crashed heavily to the ground, and Matou Sakura quickly ran to her side.

"Seriously... why did they suddenly rush over so aggressively? These female middle school students are really scary."

The young man who had just knocked away Misaki Ayako—Atoram—slowly combed his golden bangs.

"But I didn't strike first, did I? This was self-defense."

If I could, I wouldn't want to lay a hand on a beautiful young girl... I told you not to resist, why don't you listen to your elders?

Left with no other choice, I have to teach you a lesson on behalf of your parents.

Atoram clapped his hands lightly as if brushing off dust, looking down at Matou Sakura and Misaki Ayako not far away.

Although Misaki Ayako is still a minor, she can already be considered an excellent fighter.

He serves as a substitute instructor at a karate dojo in Fuyuki, and is also involved in various other martial arts.

Therefore, her judgment that she abandoned her escape and launched an attack on Athoraam was not wrong.

After all, just now, Atoram was so scared by Shirou that he didn't dare to move and almost got killed instantly.

but--

Being powerless in front of Shirou Amamiya does not mean that Atroram is an incompetent magician.

On the contrary, even among magicians, he was the kind who was warlike and skilled in battle.

Ayako Misaki may be close to superhuman among ordinary people, but she could not possibly defeat Athoram, who won the hereditary wars between Middle Eastern nobles that were rife with fratricide.

Gresta's men, who followed Athoram, also appeared behind him.

After all, they didn't want to stay on the battlefield with Shirou and Aoko; if they were hit by stray bullets, they wouldn't have enough lives to survive.

"Alright, little girls, it's time to surrender... before you become cripples."

Athoram said with a confident smile.

He enjoyed the feeling of having a firm grasp on other people's freedom and lives.

I got humiliated by Shirou earlier, so I'm going to get my revenge here.

The brown-skinned youth said, "As long as you give up resisting, obediently..."

"You're the senior's enemy, aren't you?"

"what?"

Atoram's forehead twitched as his speech was interrupted.

Then he was surprised to find that the one who intended to talk to him was not the karate girl who had attacked him earlier, but the purple-haired girl who was being protected by her.

Sakura Matou stared at Atoram and repeated what she had just said.

"You're the senior's enemy, aren't you?"

The moment his eyes met those deep purple eyes, Atoram had the illusion that his spine had frozen.

what's the situation?

I was actually stunned by this little girl?

This girl seems to have a gloomy and introverted personality and no opinions of her own?

Atoram gritted his teeth and grumbled, "...What's your name?"

“Matou… My name is Matou Sakura.”

The girl stood up as she spoke.

"Hey...Sakura...no..."

Misaki Ayako grabbed the hem of her clothes, and Matou Sakura smiled and shook her head.

"It's okay, senior... leave the rest to me."

She used the suggestion magic of the Shirou Church to make the already exhausted Misaki Ayako fall asleep.

“Matou… I see… so you are…”

"Hmph," Atoram frowned.

The Gresta are an ancient family centered on sorcery.

Every magician who studies spells knows the name Machiri.

Because his specialty was not orthodox Western magic but curses, Marich's research was not valued by the magic community at the time, and he eventually only received the "Clock Tower" rating.

But in the world of sorcery, he is a true legend, his fame spreading from Eastern Europe all the way to the Middle East—

However, that happened hundreds of years ago.

"The Matou clan, the last descendants of Machiri, weren't they wiped out in the ritual eight years ago?"

Sakura Matou said calmly, "Grandpa did die eight years ago, but the Matou clan did not perish..."

As you can see, I am the heir to the Matou family.

"..."

Atoram curled the corners of his mouth and smiled.

—Plan changed.

In addition to "taking away Shirou Amamiya", the purpose of this trip to Japan will include another item: "acquiring the research of the Matou family".

"So that's how it is! So you're the eldest daughter of the Matou family! Oh dear, I was so disrespectful earlier!"

Please allow me to apologize, Ms. Matou Sakura—

If you had given your name earlier, I wouldn't have offended your companion in that way.

As he spoke, he placed his hands on his abdomen and bowed deeply.

Matou Sakura remained unmoved.

After all, although Atoram seemed to be apologizing very sincerely, his murderous aura had not diminished at all.

The brown-skinned youth looked up and then made a suggestion.

“Ms. Matou Sakura, how about we make a deal? Are you interested…”

"……I reject."

Sakura Matou interrupted him.

Atoram was taken aback, then his expression immediately turned cold: "I haven't even finished speaking yet, how rude of me, Ms. Matou Sakura."

"I will not make any deals with my senior's enemies," the purple-haired girl said coldly.

"........."

Atoram shook his head regretfully.

He has lost count of how many times he has been rejected today.

Since inheriting the throne of Golesta, he has never heard anyone say "no" to him.

But today, he was repeatedly rejected, rejected, and rejected again!

"Alright... since you insist on this, there's nothing I can do about it."

"Let me, Athoram Gresta, play with you, Sakura-san of the Matou family."

As he said this, the young man reached into the inside pocket of his suit jacket.

What was taken out was an object shaped like a small pot.

"The original battery... do you understand what I mean?"

The world's oldest battery was discovered in ruins outside the Middle East.

Scholars believe that the inhabitants at the time were unaware of the battery's structure; it was a gilded device developed through a series of coincidences. However, the same structure was passed down through magic, evolving along a path completely different from science.

When one of the families researching the original battery fell into decline, Gresta used his money to buy the original battery along with its history.

Gresta originally studied minerals and cost magic, and the primitive battery form was very convenient for them.

Indeed, they successfully added their magic to electricity.

By controlling the "power" that has been revered as divine might or divine sound in many regions since ancient times, the Golesta family has enjoyed prosperity and has even been able to control the local weather.

“Gush Out.”

As Athoram uttered these words, pale lightning began to surge.

The lightning bolt, shaped like a giant's hand, slammed down towards Matou Sakura's petite body—!!!

"…………no problem."

The girl used the suggestion magic she had learned from her beloved senior again—this time she used it on herself.

I can do it.

Although I can't compare to my sister, I'm still a magician.

I can also perform magic tricks—

Even if it's a forbidden technique that's not allowed to be used, I can still master it... because I've also put in a lot of effort!

Just as the giant hand of lightning was about to engulf the girl, Matou Sakura parted her lips and murmured something.

“Es erzahlt——Mein Schatten nimmt Sie! (The voice is in the distance, my feet are enveloped in green.)”

In an instant, the earth turned into a pitch-black plane centered on Matou Sakura's position.

“Es befiehlt——Mein Atem schliest a lles! (The voice is over there, my cage binds the world)”

Immediately afterwards, countless black ribbons shot out from the pitch-black plane.

That is a substance that does not exist in the present world.

It does not possess any mass in itself, but it can also be said to have infinite mass.

Yes, it was like a shadow—

This is the power that Matou Sakura possesses as a magician.

The rarest attribute among magicians is the imaginary number.

Regardless of what kind of being it is, even if it's lightning, which has no physical form—

The pitch-black shadow firmly bound the pale giant hand, along with the power and heat of the lightning, in mid-air.