My mother's love song

Just like that, Rhodes was kidnapped in broad daylight.

Are there still laws? Are there still royal laws?

"Hi Rod."

This was the first sentence the kidnapper said as he returned to the driver's seat.

Then she complained like a dam that had been opened.

"Really? Do you know how long I've been squatting outside your house?

For five days, you didn't leave the house! For five days, I stayed in the car!

Every day, I had to keep watch and check the barrier on the car. There were several times when I was almost discovered by the people of the Shatiao family."

The woman wearing a black hood and sunglasses took off the hood and threw it on the passenger seat while starting the van.

"Haa ...

"I really want to eat ramen. Rhode, have you eaten yet? Why don't we go eat ramen on the way?"

Rhodes kicked the back of her seat in displeasure.

"You talk too much, Aoko."

After taking off the hood, the young and beautiful female college student Aozaki Aoko appeared in the van.

Under the soft brown long hair is a delicate and beautiful face, and the upright chest trembles slightly with the bumps of the vehicle starting.

The 21-year-old's body was still attractive even wrapped in a leather windbreaker.

The blue pupils reflected in the rearview mirror were staring straight at Rhodes.

"Explain the situation to me clearly within thirty words, or I will beat you up and call the police."

Rather than kidnapping a pure and lovely boy, which seemed to be in line with Aoko's personality, Rhode was more concerned about why she appeared here when she was supposed to be studying in London.

"The Clock Tower was on winter break, so I returned home."

She answered as if she had a telepathic connection with him.

"Where are you taking me?"

"We're going to Misaki City next. It's a bit difficult for Yuzu and I here."

Aozaki Aoko turned around and handed a can of Coke to Rhodes with a smile.

"why me?"

Rhodes asked again, and then he was choked speechless by Qingzi's words.

She said, "Because Youzhu doesn't allow outsiders to enter the house."

Chapter 111 Sister Dispute Mediator, Right?

That evening.

In a restaurant at a rest stop on the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway, Rod and Aozaki Aoko were sitting around a table.

"Well, can I have a drink too?"

Aozaki Aoko ate her ramen while staring pitifully at the can of beer next to Rhodes.

"No, you still have to drive later."

Rod slapped away her outstretched hand and asked.

"So, what exactly happened?"

Aoko's expression turned serious.

She closed her eyes and sorted out the current situation.

Where should I start?

"Rod, since you are from the Sajo family, you must know what the Aozaki family does."

"It is the great fifth magic inheritance family."

Rod poked at the pasta on his plate and replied in a tone that was not at all respectful.

Aozaki Aoko was not angry at the boy's obvious sarcasm, but smiled embarrassedly.

"That's right, the Aozaki family was originally a mediocre family in the modern magic world, and there was nothing worth writing about in terms of history or achievements.

But although our family history is short, our family has been blessed with luck and talent to master magic."

"So-called magic is a reward for reaching the root."

She said, propping her face up with the back of her hand.

"Countless people and countless generations of magicians have made efforts like Jingwei filling the sea to reach the root, but without exception, they have failed on the road to the truth.

And the Aozaki family only made a small effort to hold in their hands what the whole world desires... Rhode, don't you think it's ironic?"

"It's okay." Rhodes said.

If you knew Aika Sajo, you wouldn't think so.

Compared to the Aozaki family and the Ryogi family who reached the source with relatively little effort, Sajo Aika reached the source without doing anything at all.

Just being born is a miracle.

What makes those who work hard even more sad is that they haven’t put in even a drop of sweat.

"That seems to be a bit off topic. Um, Rod, you know I have a sister, right?"

"Is her name Aozaki Touko? There can't be a magician who doesn't know this name, right?

At the age of twenty-something, he became a puppet master of the Grand rank."

Rhodes narrowed his eyes. Is it about Aozaki Orange?

Wait, it should be the time when "Night of the Magicians" has ended a long time ago.

It has been six years since 1995.

Although Rhode had learned that Aoko and Arizuma in this world did not know Soujuro, he never expected that the struggle between the Aozaki sisters here was not over yet.

"That's right...even Rhodes knows about her."

Aoko picked up a piece of shrimp from Rhodes' plate with chopsticks and put it into her ramen.

“In fact, it was Aozaki Touko who was supposed to inherit the ley lines and magic of Misaki City, not me.

Until I became a disciple of Yuju at the age of 16, I had never been exposed to magic.

After all, my family's financial resources are average in the magic world, so my elders never planned to train me as a magician.

However, something unexpected happened.

My sister is indeed a rare genius, but that is not the talent that the Aozaki family needs.

As a result, in the winter when I was fifteen, my grandfather explicitly named me as his heir.

Orange was suddenly deprived of her magic inheritance rights by her younger sister, who was four years younger than her and had never been exposed to magic before.

Orange was only 95 or years old in ? Really young, Rhodes thought to himself.

I can understand my sister's feelings, Qingzi said to herself, and then she told Rod a story.

The story of how her sister Aozaki Touko became nearsighted.

When she was a child, Orange had very good eyesight because she was a monster born with magic eyes.

However, because she wanted too much to meet her grandfather's expectations, she worked too hard and her eyesight deteriorated.

On the day he ran away from home, Orange broke his eye after arguing with his grandfather.

Aoko said: "That's not full of hatred, those glasses are important to my sister, because they can let anyone know how hard she works.

And she smashed the glasses. Sister Orange must be in great pain, so much so that she wanted to destroy her own memories with her own hands. "

...a remake of the story of the Pendragon sisters.

…Why am I always dragged into these family disputes?

Rhodes listened to Aoko's words silently while slurping his noodles.

"So Aozaki Touko is now here to compete with you for Misaki City, right?"

Qingzi took a sip of water and said, "I'm not your elder sister, so I don't know what your elder sister thinks. She had a dispute with her grandfather and ran away from home nine years ago.

After that, my sister disappeared without a trace, so I took her place. In the winter of 1989, my sister came to Misaki City to take over the Aozaki family from me. "

"and then?"

Realizing that the plot here was different from that of "Magic Night", Rhode raised his voice.

"Orange killed... Orange injured Youzhu, but the fight between her and me ended inconclusively."

"It's nothing?"

"Sorry, it's not that there is no result."

Qingzi said: "It's not that there is no result, but I was let off again.

She could have killed me and seized control of the Aozaki family and Misaki City when I had just become the heir and knew nothing about magic.

But she didn't do that.

In the winter of 1989, she could have killed me for my immaturity, but she spared my life that time.”

“Now the orange is back.”

"Hmm, could it be that he changed his mind after experiencing the hardships of the world...?" Aoko thought, holding his chin.

"No, it's not like that. You've already given me the real answer, Aoko."

Qingzi looked at him in surprise.

"H- ...

"Because you were immature that night."

Rhode said calmly, "Orange is waiting for you, Qingzi, to be able to stand on your own. She wants to prove to her grandfather, to you, and to the world that she is the better one."

"……I see."

Qingzi accepted his statement.

"As expected of Mr. Rod, the final victor of the Holy Grail War, you are very perceptive."

Because of the relationship between Weber and Kenneth, the news that Rod was the last survivor of the Holy Grail War had already spread to the center of the Magic Association.

"Don't be so sarcastic."

After drinking the last mouthful of soup in the bowl, Aozaki Aoko stood up.

"Haha, are you shy? We're going to drive all night today, so tell me the story of the Holy Grail War?"

Aoko felt tired after talking about her sister for too long, so she changed the subject.

"Don't. It's too early for the immature Aoko to talk about these topics."

"What? You arrogant little brat, you actually look down on adults?"

Rhodes chuckled and walked towards the pay phone in the corner of the restaurant.

Anyway, let me contact Ai Ge first, as I may have to leave home for a while.

……

……

……

“Beep, beep, beep

This is the Shajo family."

Even for Beast, he still felt a little nervous and guilty about lying to the person who cherished him the most.

So when the girl's voice came from the other end of the phone, Rhodes called out the wrong name incoherently.

"Mom... No, Aige!"