Aoko opened the cylinder in front of Touko and poured out the three documents inside.
One was personally written by Barthomeloi Lorelei, informing Aoko of the Crown Resolution's voting results and the granting of the Three Primary Colors title.
The second was a certificate awarding the Three Primary Colors title, imbued with thaumaturgical force and issued in the name of the London Mage's Association.
The third was issued by the Sealing Designation Enforcement Bureau to Aozaki Touko, informing her that her Sealing Designation had been completely revoked.
"These people aren't terribly slow when it comes to getting things done." Aoko handed the documents to Touko for inspection. "Though they don't seem to have offered any material compensation. Just a title with no real substance."
"That alone is already rare for the Mage's Association," Touko said sarcastically. "Those people only backed down this time because of your status as a Magician and your overwhelming destructive power. Otherwise, the Association would never have revoked my Sealing Designation."
"Well, at least we have a result." Aoko casually stuffed the documents back into the cylinder and tossed it into her Imaginary Number Pocket. "Then it's about time we headed for the next stop. I'll be relying on you to guide us through Europe as well."
"You'd better keep me safe." Touko studied Aoko with a scrutinizing gaze. "I offended those people quite badly when I dealt with you last time..."
According to longstanding records in the world of magecraft, the First Magic was called the First because it had sustained—or rather, created—the foundation of mystery on the surface side of the world. By negating the concept of nothingness, it created and proved the existence of the hypothetical element Ether, allowing magi to endure after the Age of Gods had ended.
But in truth,