Nobody knows how to be a villain better than me.

Phew, finally home!

The girl, who was leaning against the door, was about to breathe a sigh of relief when her gaze swept over the piles of books in the room and she was shocked to see a figure lying motionless on the table with his hands hanging down and his head covered by a half-open book.

"Sis! What's wrong with you! Wake up! Wake up!"

Instantly, the girl's expression changed drastically. She hurriedly dropped her handbag, rushed forward, picked up the figure in front of the table, shook him violently, and cried out in panic.

"Snapped……"

Just as the girl's face turned deathly pale and she became increasingly disoriented, a drooping hand suddenly rose up and gripped her wrist tightly. The pale, pretty face buried in the table turned with difficulty to her younger sister, her voice weak.

"Ayaka..."

"I'm listening! Ai Ge, please don't let anything happen to you!"

The girl, her face pale with fright, spoke in a panicked tone, her voice even tinged with a hint of tears.

"I am so hungry……"

"..."

However, in an instant, the listless lament at the table made the brown-haired girl, who was brewing up grief, freeze on her own. She silently turned around and picked up one of the handbags and placed it on the table.

As the aroma of food filled the air, the white figure that had been curled up on the table suddenly came to life. Its eyes lit up, and it immediately sat up straight, snatched the bag, opened the lunchbox, and wolfed down the food.

The girl sitting at the table looked at her older sister, who was devouring food at lightning speed and had no regard for her image, and sighed helplessly.

"By the way, did you faint from hunger just now?"

"Who told you to arrive so late? You're a full half hour late!"

A princess-like girl with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a delicate and lovely face, wearing a light blue lace dress, complained to her younger sister while replenishing the nutrients her body needed.

"We encountered some unexpected problems on the way, so it took a little longer."

The girl sitting at the table patiently explained, then looked wistfully at her older sister.

"But it's only been half an hour, you're not going to faint from hunger, are you?"

"How could it not be! My calculations are infallible. The time I'm giving you is the limit of what I can hold out!"

The blonde, blue-eyed princess raised her head and answered earnestly, but the grains of rice hanging from the corner of her mouth gave her no authority or persuasiveness whatsoever.

"Is it really necessary to calculate meal times to this extent?"

The girl with glasses complained in frustration, then looked around, her eyes filled with confusion.

"Besides, didn't I leave you a case of instant noodles and a case of bread?"

“I finished eating a long time ago. I had been without food for three days before you arrived.”

The blonde, blue-eyed princess picked up a piece of tempura from the box and mumbled something as she ate.

"..."

The girl with glasses was speechless for a moment, looking at the piles of books around her, and tentatively asked with a strange expression.

"Speaking of which, you haven't gone out to eat at all since you moved from Romania to Fuyuki, have you?"

"Yeah, as long as there's food, why bother going out and having pointless negotiations with people outside? It's so boring."

The blonde, blue-eyed princess answered without hesitation, completely unaware of how out of place her words and actions were.

The girl with glasses looked at her older sister, who, after her hunger had subsided somewhat, began to regain her elegant demeanor, sitting upright and slowly enjoying her food, once again becoming like a fairytale princess. She sighed and rubbed her forehead in exasperation.

The two sisters are from the Sajō family, a family of magical cultivation families. One is named Sajō Aika, and the other is named Sajō Ayaka.

According to her parents, Aika Sajou, the older sister, is a miracle-like being who has been connected to the "Root" since birth. Not only did she master her family's magic system, which ordinary magicians spend their entire lives trying to learn, in just a few years, but she also learned several other systems.

Because of their rapid progress, the Sajou family had little left to pass on to this genius.

Therefore, in order to further her studies, Aika Sajou went to the Clock Tower of the Magic Association for advanced training.

Therefore, the two sisters have been separated for a long time and rarely meet. At most, they can only keep in touch through letters to know that the other exists.

But with such a genius older sister, the pressure on Ayaka Sajou is unimaginable.

Ayaka Sajou has always harbored a deep sense of inferiority towards her older sister, Ayaka Sajou, and lived a timid and low-key life under the constant comparisons and mentions from her parents. She even wore glasses to hide her personality, which was fierce at home but cowardly outside.

Gloomy, timid, short-sighted, and vain, but most fatally, indescribably ordinary—this is how Ayaka Sajou describes herself.

She had always thought of herself as the most unconventional daughter in the Sajou family.

However, just a few months ago, her genius sister, who had dropped out of school at the Clock Tower and was wandering around the world, actually wrote in a letter that she wanted to return to China and live with her.

However, before that, Ayaka Sajou needs to make a trip to Romania to deal with some historical issues.

Upon arriving at her destination, Ayaka Sajo learned that her older sister had chosen to return to her hometown because she had caused a serious bombing incident there and had been detained by the authorities. She had written to her because she was easy to talk to and could help her get her back to Japan as a relative.

……

And so, after spending all her hard-earned savings, Ayaka Sajou, who was in charge of cleaning up the mess, managed to smooth things over without telling her parents and bring her genius older sister back home.

What surprised her even more was that this elegant princess-like genius of the Sajō family, who had possessed rare magical talent since childhood, was actually a lazy shut-in at heart after all the halos were stripped away.

Aside from some research that interests her and necessary activities, Aika Sajou basically stays at home without fail.

Recently, she has become obsessed with romance light novels and has stopped going out altogether, relying entirely on her younger sister who works part-time to support her.

Because she had to go to school, work, and occasionally return to the old house to hide her sister's whereabouts from her parents, she naturally couldn't fully take care of Aika Sajou in the apartment.

However, to be able to endure three days of hunger until he was almost fainting before waiting for her to bring him food at the last minute is truly remarkable.

Ayaka Sajou even suspected that without her as her long-term, hardworking meal ticket, her pampered older sister, who was as delicate as a princess and a pea, indifferent to the outside world and needed others to do everything for her, might have a questionable ability to survive.

"The stuff! What about the other things I wanted?"

Just as Ayaka Sajou was secretly grumbling to herself, Aika Sajou, having eaten her fill and regained her energy, stretched out her fair fingers and asked excitedly.

“Look, I stood in a really long line to buy it.”

Saya Ayaka snapped out of her daze and handed over another bulging plastic bag.

Excitedly, Sato Aika tore open the packaging, unveiled the brand-new cover, and inhaled the rich scent of ink between the pages. Her blinking blue eyes were captivated by the words, and her emotions rose and fell with the development of the plot.

"The Domineering Prince Falls in Love with Me", "Your Highness Wants Me to Confess", "Please, Your Highness"...

As Ayaka Sajou tidied up the room, she glanced at the book titles on the covers, which were all very similar. Thinking of her meager savings, she couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache and mutter to herself.

"I really don't understand why you watch these things."

"Because reality is always full of flaws and predictable boredom. Compared to this dull world, I prefer the unexpected stories in fantasy..."

Sajou Aika raised the light novel in her hand, turned around, winked, and spoke meaningfully.

"Well……"

As their eyes met, Ayaka Sajou, who was cleaning the house, accidentally bumped her knee on the corner of the entryway, causing the girl to frown and whimper softly.

"You are hurt?!"

In the blink of an eye, before Ayaka Sajou could react, Aika Sajou, who was sitting at the table, came to her sister's side and stared at the bloodstain on her knee with astonishment in her blue eyes.

That shouldn't be the case. According to my prediction, how could she have gotten hurt?

Oh right, I'm 30 minutes late!

"let me see."

Immediately, Sajou Aika, utterly bewildered, raised her hand and pressed it against her sister's knee. As white light gathered in her hand to heal the wound, the contact between their skin made the girl's azure eyes become deep and distant, as if the entire universe contained within them.

However, as far as the eye could see, the world behind her younger sister, Ayaka Sajou, was a chaotic mess, completely unknown.

It's unbelievable that there are futures and pasts that even a clairvoyant eye can't see!

This is absolutely hilarious!

Sajou Aika's bright eyes shone in the darkness, as if she had discovered color that illuminated the world from a boring puzzle of only black and white.

Chapter 176 Hello, Crimson of Wounds! (4.6k)

In a dimly lit, secluded alleyway in the shopping street.

"Ding Dong..."

Accompanied by the crisp sound of wind chimes, the exquisitely carved door was gently pushed open. A tall figure wearing an orange-red trench coat and a neat ponytail stood in front of the door for a moment, as if she had thought of something. She skillfully took out a pack of cigarettes from the inner pocket of her trench coat, and with her head lowered and her wrist trembling, she took a cigarette from the pack.

Then, with a flicker of his fingertips, a tiny spark ignited the cigarette.

call……

The seasoned smoker in front of the door took a deep drag, thoroughly enjoying his smoke, before finally picking up his large black suitcase from the ground, crossing the alleyway, and heading towards the main road.

Got you!

As that tall figure gradually disappeared into the distance, Bazett, dressed in a smart action outfit, quietly emerged from around the corner, his gaze both cold and excited.

Under the streetlights, a bright "$" symbol seemed to gleam within those red eyes.

As designated seal executors under the Clock Tower, their mission is to assist the Mage's Association in sealing, recovering, or destroying dangerous people, objects, and forbidden technologies.

The one who just walked out of the alley is the famous bounty target on the Clock Tower list. Because of his powerful strength, he has already caused the designated seal executors to be defeated in several rounds of pursuit.

However, high risk also means high reward.

The commission for this mission is naturally quite generous.

Bazette has always had a problem.

She was short of money, desperately short of money...

Adding to the burden of the Clock Tower's delayed mission funding, and the addition of a queen-like mentor who treated money like dirt, her life became even more constrained.

I never expected that a casual trip to Fuyuki City would lead to such a large order.

If she could successfully achieve this goal, Bazett estimated that her precarious financial situation would not only improve significantly, but the remaining reward would also allow her to avoid worrying about making money for a long time.

Simply perfect!

Under the deep darkness of the night, Bazette, who was following behind, was in high spirits.

However, due to his strict professional ethics, this fully armed designated seal executor quickly calmed his excited mood, patiently concealed his aura, and, under the cover of night, carefully made his way through the dimly lit alley, following the target he had been eyeing.

The tall figure ahead, carrying a large black suitcase, seemed unaware that she was being watched and continued walking at a leisurely pace.

Moreover, the half-burnt cigarette, with its flickering embers, served as the best guiding light in the night, giving Bazett no worry about losing track of them.

Several tens of minutes later, a tall figure carrying a suitcase walked into a dark tunnel.

The surroundings were quiet and deserted.

Even on the empty roads, there were no vehicles traveling.

good chance!

Bazett gazed at the excellent hunting ground before him, quite satisfied. He strode into the deep tunnel, ready to complete his task for the day.

However, the designated seal executor was startled the moment he stepped into the tunnel.

Wait, it's only a little past 10 p.m.

If I remember correctly, this tunnel in the shopping street is half of the main access road. Even if it's deserted, there shouldn't be not a single person or car in it.

Could it be that……

"Are you satisfied with the place I chose for you, little one?"

Just as Bazett noticed something, a tall figure in the empty tunnel put down his suitcase, slowly turned around, and a ferocious smile appeared on his upturned lips. Beneath the black-rimmed glasses perched on his nose, a sinister light shone like that of a predator hunting its prey.

At the same time, as his eyes focused, an immense pressure rushed over him. Bazett's agile and strong body seemed to be bound by heavy shackles, frozen in place, unable to move an inch.

Damn it! Mystic Eye! Projection binding type!

Bazett's pupils contracted, and his heart sank.

As those fair fingers and palms lifted and guided upwards, the body of the designated seal executor inside the tunnel, like a puppet being manipulated at will, rose uncontrollably inch by inch.

"Don't those old guys at the Clock Tower have anyone else? They actually sent a rookie like you to come and cause me trouble?"

The tall figure glanced at the pursuer in front of him, then chuckled and shook his head.

"Buzz!"

However, Bazett, who was lifted into the air, seized the opportunity when his opponent's gaze shifted, clenched his fists tightly, and the runes on his black leather gloves suddenly lit up. The exploding red and black halo instantly broke through the strange force field that was controlling him.

"Whoosh!"