My mother's love song

The rising smoke and light pollution obscured everyone's vision, and Aoko returned to the ground after completing a salvo of fire.

There was no sign of relaxation on Qingzi's face, and she was still frowning.

She knew that Aozaki Touko couldn't be defeated so easily.

The smoke of ether dissipated, and Orange still stood there sternly.

Not to mention being hurt, there wasn't even a stain on the coat.

""

Aoko just stared at the scene.

She was not watching her own magic disappear, but staring at what appeared behind the orange with bated breath.

There are countless magic seals.

Just before the overwhelming amount of magic bullets hit, Orange lightly snapped his fingers with his right hand.

At the same time, a sound came from behind the Grand Puppet Master, and countless magic runes began to appear behind her.

These words are like a work of art, blooming into golden flowers reaching into the sky.

That's a magic seal.

It should have been engraved on the magician's skin.

It shouldn't have belonged to Aozaki Touko.

This should only be known by their respective sect owners.

Behind Aozaki Touko, countless magic marks bloomed dazzlingly under the moonlight.

"Ah, that's what happened. Now you know I don't have to rely solely on familiars and female junior high school students."

Orange's expression remained cold, and there was no smile on her face.

"Those are... the magic seals you stole from other magicians!?"

Although it was hard to believe, Qingzi had to accept this reality for now.

Generally speaking, magic seals are heirlooms unique to each family.

Magic has no form or substance, and its reappearance is uncertain.

In order to make magic present a clear form, it takes a lot of time and effort. It is almost the crystallization of a family's ambition and hope, and the proof of succession.

That is the magic seal.

If the imprint is not attached to the body, it will not be of any value. Even if the imprint is transplanted, it will require a complicated and lengthy operation.

It took Rin Toosaka half a year to inherit Tokiomi's seal.

Therefore, the magic mark that appeared behind the orange was neither reasonable nor effective.

"But my magic bullet was indeed deflected by the magic cast by that seal..."

It’s really unpleasant, Qingzi complained.

"As you can see, this is the magic seal."

Orange nodded to show her satisfaction with her sister's great understanding.

“Ah, since these engravings don’t fit my body, I fixed them in the space behind me.

Although doing so would require an extra step to perform the magic, it wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

Because you don't use your own body when performing magic, you don't feel any pain at all."

"It's just as Rhode said...you evil heretic."

Aoko snorted disdainfully.

Although she already knew that her sister was non-human, she didn't expect Orange to be so non-human.

"...Hehe, it's just as you said. This is a magic seal that I peeled off from someone else, so it's a bit difficult to put the flesh back together.

Also, the guys whose seals were taken away are now locked up somewhere by me. If the owner of the seal dies, the seal cannot be activated. "

"Orange, you!"

"I don't think I should be accused because it was self-defense. The other party provoked me to fight, and I just collected the spoils.

Well, although some of those people said some boring things, I forgave them. In fact, I am very gentle, because I deliberately let those who came to kill me survive. "

"Haha, then I'll just have to pray that those magicians can still maintain their human form now."

"What do you think I am? Do you think I am someone who only saved their brains because I felt it was troublesome, and then piled up hundreds of people's bodies like pieces of meat?

I have provided them with adequate food, entertainment and sleep, right? They don’t need to work at all. Compared with capitalists, this is a conscientious enterprise.”

“…Nonsense.”

Although it is not known how credible Orange's words are, since she was able to use other people's seals, it proves that the owner of the seal is still alive.

Youzhu, who was standing by, frowned slightly. She couldn't understand Orange's behavior.

It is very troublesome to snatch other people's seals and process them to make them useful for your own use.

If you have the time to do that, it would be faster to use the engraving as material and make your own imitations.

Not to mention other magicians, as an excellent puppeteer, Orange should be able to use the seal to create puppets that are more powerful and more obedient than the seal master.

"…Why do you do this?"

"My sister is like that. She is more concerned with the results than the process. I'm telling you something that happened when we were little. One day we saw a pizza ad on TV and we suddenly wanted to eat it. But the tragedy is that most families like mine only have Italian-style sausages."

Aoko frowned. There was nothing worth remembering about her childhood. However, any image that left an impression in her mind must be a dark memory related to the orange witch opposite her.

"You know my hometown is deep in the mountains, right? It takes an hour to get to the city from my hometown. When I was in junior high school, I couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food, so I went to the city. But there wasn't even a pizza shop in the city, so I had to travel a long way back home."

"But after I forced myself to get home, my sister was eating pizza and waving at me, saying 'You're back'. That's when I realized that the three chickens and a whole cow were gone. That's when I realized that this woman didn't consider any issues like equal exchange, time consumption or money issues at all!"

"She is the kind of person who does whatever she wants. She could have easily achieved her goal by chanting a hidden spell, but she insisted on using magic to create a doll, stupid sister!"

Thinking of the dolls in the subway station that looked exactly like her, Aoko scolded even louder.

Now that he thought about it, it was a manifestation of Orange's intense hatred for her.

Aoko's scolding made Orange raise an eyebrow slightly.

She had always had a blank expression on her face, but after hearing the criticism of the doll she was so proud of, her mood seemed to be affected.

"…You are the one who is still haunted by the past."

Orange suppressed a sinister laugh while injecting magic power into the cluster of seals behind him.

"Enough with the small talk. Aoko, since you don't plan on using magic, it's almost time to end it."

Ansuz!

She snapped her fingers.

After writing the words in the air, the elongated rune of light turned into a blazing flame and flew towards Qingzi.

This is the God-era fire that is enough to suck all the air out of the old school building.

However, Aoko simply waved her hand wrapped in magic power to neutralize her attack.

Seeing the flame being shattered, Aozaki Touko complained.

"Tsk, is there something wrong with the firepower adjustment? No, this is... eh?"

For the first time, a look of astonishment appeared on the face of the Grand Puppet Master.

The reason was that she didn't even see the process of Aoko performing magic.

"Before coming here, Qingzi took the herbs I prepared. She limited her strength to the level of five years ago, saying that she wanted to compete with you again under the same conditions."

"...!"

Youzhu explained Orange's confusion calmly.

"That is to say, the one you fought until just now was Aoko from five years ago.

And the one you have to face next is her now.

Aoko has been working hard since she lost to her elder sister five years ago. "

“…You must be joking!”

Youzhu's remarks seemed to hurt Orange's self-esteem.

But she no longer had time to feel sad, as Qingzi's loud voice echoed on the snow.

"That's what happened. I was no match for my sister in the past, but...

Loop, continue

The amount of magic power generated in the body has reached a level that can be detected by the naked eye... no, the difference can even be heard by the ears.

It was a crisp sound that Orange had never heard before.

In the eyes of ordinary magicians, Aoko's magic circuit is a low-level magic circuit that can't be used for anything other than one function, and the amount of magic power it generates is far less than Orange's.

But the speed was extremely abnormal.

It is obviously flowing faster than blood, and leaving aside the shock caused by magic, the fact that it can launch an impact simply by activating the magic circuit is enough to shock the Magic Association!

"...Do you think you have already won?"

A chill ran through his body, and Orange drew the rune in the air again.

The power of engraving turned into an iron wall.

On the other hand, Qingzi didn't mind at all, and didn't even raise her hand as she should have.

"Magic bullet, deploy!"

Short and sharp, he gave instructions to himself.

Still, even the magic loading process is nowhere to be found.

With a single word, twenty magic bullets were unleashed, lighting up the cement-colored sky into blue.

"……Well!"

Aoko's magic bullet dissolved the Rune Wall that could even deflect a rocket launcher like a meteor, and pierced straight through Aozaki Touko's ceremonial robe.

Aozaki Touko's body was shaking, and the protective rune embedded in her ceremonial dress also let out a mournful cry.

If I get hit by that kind of strafing again, I won't be able to hold on.

More importantly, his internal organs must have been damaged in this attack.

Although I don't want to admit it, Qingzi is better than Chengzi in terms of firepower.

In just a few years, Qingzi has grown to this point.

What is even more unacceptable is that this woman still hasn't used her full strength...!

"...Tsk!"

Orange reluctantly released all the marks on his back.

The proud girl no longer sticks to the rune magic she is good at, but uses all types of magic she has plundered so far to fight against her sister.

In an instant, lightning blades crossed and flew, and magic bullets hit Qingzi like a storm.

The roaring sound is endless.

The earth shook violently and the sky was dyed orange.

However, Orange's full-strength attack still failed to change the situation.

If it was a more outstanding magician, let's not talk about it for now, but just the group of seals taken from mediocre magicians

Magical skills alone cannot defeat Aoko, who is like a high-speed turret.

His excellent motor skills and attack prediction, coupled with the power of the magic bullets wrapped around his hands, completely burned up the ether barrage fired by Orange.

"Single-celled organisms, haven't you learned anything other than destruction over the years? How stupid!"

At the same time as the angry curses, the sky also collapsed, and a rune hammer with hundreds of times the gravity smashed down towards Qingzi.

Qingzi nimbly stopped in front of the distorted atmosphere, tapped the ground with his right foot and bounced up lightly.

A kick from a figure falling from the sky cut through the air and shattered Orange's last struggle.