As a Ninja, All I Want Is to Live off Others in Type-Moon

So Luvia bowed her head to life.

Higashino Kanade's scarlet, uncanny Mystic Eyes seemed capable of seeing into people's hearts. With one glance, he saw what Luvia wanted most.

For her family's bloodline-upgrade plan, and to absorb the treasure that was Higashino Kanade, Luvia cast aside the elegance expected of a Young Lady and carried books for this reading machine.

I'm obviously the master, so why do I have to act like a maid just to receive Uchiha's so-called reward?

Luvia was furious and confused. Her anger toward Higashino Kanade deepened by several degrees, and fueled by that anger, she carried the books with even more strength.

After Luvia left, Grea felt the hostility around her lessen considerably.

Although most of the Magi around them had strong opinions about Higashino Kanade's Quantum Butterfly Reading, Grea could clearly feel that after Luvia arrived, the hostility coming from the surroundings had directly doubled!

To put it simply, the Magi had originally looked at Higashino Kanade as though he were still a person. But after Luvia arrived, they looked at him as though he were a dog.

Higashino Kanade's status at the Clock Tower today—N.

"Um... Junior disciple, do the students around us have something against Miss Luvia? The way they look at Miss Luvia makes me feel very uncomfortable."

Grea tugged at Higashino Kanade's sleeve, her voice uneasy, like a rabbit warily facing a natural predator.

Higashino Kanade spent five seconds finishing the book in his hands, then stretched lazily and replied, "It's not that the students around us have a problem with Luvia. It's that seventy percent of the Magi at the Clock Tower have a problem with her."

"Eh—"

Grea's mouth fell wide open. Her youthful voice dragged out the syllable, and her utterly bewildered expression was adorable.

"Why?"

"Because Luvia was born into the Edelfelt Family, my foolish senior disciple!"

PS: It's my first time doing PY. I'm so excited.

"Eastern Redemption: The Endless Tomorrow"

(As someone with a completed work of over a million words, I guarantee its quality. Please enjoy with confidence.)

There was nothing left...

Yet I still could not find release...

Only hatred and fury filled my heart...

Then... let me embrace this spiral of contradiction until destruction...

—Neo Avelux, Touhou Gensokyo work

(The title and synopsis are temporary and may change later.)

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(This site solemnly reminds you: This story is purely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.)

PS: The writing style is serious, a clear stream amid the filth.

Olga Marie

Like Uchiha Itachi teasing Second Uchiha, Higashino Kanade extended two fingers and lightly tapped Grea on the forehead.

Grea froze for a moment. It took her a while to realize that her junior disciple had bullied her again.

"Wah... I'm your senior disciple. How can you do that?"

Grea covered her face with a book. Her face was so red it was outrageous, and she even seemed to be steaming like a kettle.

In Grea's heart, Higashino Kanade was a pretty good person. Since he was so young, she had always treated him like a little brother. But this little brother was always looking for chances to bully her. Such insubordination was unacceptable!

Although Grea was somewhat angry, having been bullied by Add so often as a child had given her a high tolerance for Higashino Kanade's antics. So she merely symbolically smacked the book against her soft thighs and complained a little.

"You haven't been studying at the Clock Tower for long, but you should have noticed that the class divide here is severe, right?"

Higashino Kanade interlaced his fingers and rested them on the table, his expression becoming more serious.

Grea nodded. Although Waver had never specifically told her so, even someone as slow as her could see that their classmates did not get along with one another. The situation had become even worse after Luvia arrived.

"Among Magi, there are factions with lineages stretching back a thousand years who call themselves nobles, and there are Magus families with only a few generations of inheritance that are comparatively young. You know that the longer a family's legacy, the deeper its foundations and the higher the starting point for its descendants. So old Magus families often discriminate against younger ones."

A teasing smile appeared on Higashino Kanade's face, and his tone became cheerful. "But Luvia's family is different. The Edelfelt Family are nouveau riche! They rose during the Renaissance and made their fortune by plundering magical wealth across the world. Their family history is clearly short, yet they live better than the vast majority of old Magus families. Do you think those old families, so full of superiority, can accept that?"

"We spent more than ten generations working hard. Why should we lose to your few generations of opportunistic grave-robbing?"

"And so discrimination was born. I can't surpass you materially, so at least I have to surpass you spiritually. Otherwise, how can I maintain my superiority as someone above others? How can I be a Celestial Dragon?"

"...What is a Celestial Dragon?" Grea weakly raised her little hand.

"A spiritual aristocrat who only sees themselves as human and treats everyone else as less than human."

"Then doesn't that make Miss Luvia rather pitiful?"

Grea had just wanted to stand up for Luvia when Higashino Kanade lightly knocked her on the head with a book.

"Wah... Junior disciple, you're bullying me again!"

Grea held her head in both hands, so angry that her cheeks puffed up.

Higashino Kanade sighed like an old man and said, like a teacher disappointed in an unteachable student, "Stop standing up for Luvia. She lives a hundred times better than a poor ghost like you. Instead of worrying about her, think about how to become a billionaire so you can keep me someday."

"What does keeping someone mean..." Pure Grea said she did not understand.

"You'll understand someday." Higashino Kanade could not bear to further taint this pure heart, so he hurriedly continued, "The Edelfelt Family already suffers discrimination outside, and it goes without saying that it is even worse after entering the Clock Tower, a place gathering so many Magi. But Luvia doesn't care about it. She even enjoys it. In her own words, the more others hate us, the more successful our family is."

Higashino Kanade had noticed this when he first accompanied Luvia into the Clock Tower. He had even asked whether she needed him to make some people shut up, but Luvia rejected the offer and spoke those words.

You think Luvia is on the first floor, but she is actually on the fifth.

Poor people should stop worrying about rich women.

After finishing his explanation, Higashino Kanade picked up a book and was about to activate Quantum Butterfly Reading when words that caught his attention came from nearby.

"Go take a look! The nouveau riche princess of the Edelfelt Family is arguing with the young lady of the Animusphere Family. This is an event that only happens once in ten years!"

"What? Great! Someone can finally teach that Edelfelt nouveau riche a lesson. I've disliked the Edelfelt Family for a long time."

"The head of the Animusphere Family is the Lord of Celestial Mechanics, a prestigious family with a thousand-year legacy. They are an existence beyond our reach."

"Let's go!"

Higashino Kanade immediately closed his book and grabbed Grea's arm, running toward where the crowd was gathering.

Three minutes earlier.

Luvia laboriously returned the borrowed books to their proper places. When she reached for a new book, her hand touched someone else's.

"Sorry, I touched this book first. If you want to read it, wait until I return it. I won't take too much of your time."

As she spoke, Luvia pulled out the book, nearly two fingers thick, titled "Encrypted Investigation Records Regarding the Far Eastern Holy Grail War" and tucked it under her arm.

Just as Luvia reached for the next book, a fair, slender hand slapped down on it, stopping her.

"I happen to need this book too. Name your price. I'll pay you right here."

Luvia's hand immediately clenched into a fist, and her expression darkened.

A price? Who is she looking down on? Doesn't everyone have assets worth billions?

When it came to spending power, Luvia had never feared anyone!

Luvia immediately turned around, wanting to see the face of the person who had just made such a bold statement.

The speaker was a little girl around eleven or twelve years old, followed by a proper and graceful female secretary.

The girl had long silver hair that flowed like a waterfall. Her features were delicate and beautiful, her figure petite and adorable. A black dress trimmed in gold displayed her noble bearing, while her slender legs were wrapped in alluring black stockings.

What made Luvia uncomfortable was the girl's arrogant expression and contemptuous manner of speech. Despite her young age, she already displayed the unpleasant habits of an old Magus aristocrat.

"You are Luviazael Edelfelt?"

The girl recognized Luvia at a glance. After a brief moment of surprise, undisguised disgust appeared on her face.

"Olga Marie Asmilet Animusphere."

Luvia could not help clicking her tongue. This time, she had run into a major figure.

Olga Marie Asmilet Animusphere, daughter of Marisbury Animusphere, Lord of Celestial Mechanics. From birth, she stood at the very pinnacle of the Clock Tower, and she would later become Chaldea's Director, the one countless players would grieve for.

Unlike Waver, a fraudulent Lord, the Lord of Celestial Mechanics possessed genuine authority and influence, ranking among the very best in the world of Magecraft.

However, unlike the other Lords, those of the Astronomy Department liked living in mountaintop observatories and watching the stars. They rarely participated in the Clock Tower's power struggles and were a notably low-profile faction.

Thus, encountering Olga Marie, the princess of the Astronomy Department, in the Clock Tower library was an exceptionally rare event, because Olga Marie rarely came down from the mountain to the Clock Tower.

PS: I read the book reviews. As expected, this book's reputation is as terrible as ever, but I somehow made it to third place on the views ranking. I guess that counts as a blessing in disguise. ￣△￣

The Rich Woman's Personal Bodyguard

The two beautiful girls locked eyes, and sparks seemed to crackle through the air. Even a fool could tell that something major was about to happen.

The next moment, Olga Marie was the first to start the fight!

"Oh, I was wondering who it was. So it's the little girl from that Renaissance nouveau riche family. Why aren't you searching the world for tasty bones? What are you doing at the Clock Tower? The Clock Tower is a place of study, not a grassland for hyenas to run across."

Though Olga Marie was young, she already possessed the skill of a master trash talker. She could insult people without using a single curse word.

"Hehe, compared to hyena, I prefer the title of hunter. Instead of worrying about why I came to the Clock Tower, why not try acting cute with your father? I heard that Lord Marisbury has not cared about you at all since investigating the Holy Grail War seven years ago. It seems he has given up on having you inherit the Animusphere Family's magecraft." Luvia sneered.

Olga Marie's verbal attack did not hurt Luvia in the slightest. Luvia had spent many years moving through the world of Magecraft and had heard far more vicious remarks than that. She had long grown used to it.

But Olga Marie was different. Still a fledgling, her skin was not nearly as thick as Luvia's. Luvia's words struck directly at her pain, and she shrieked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"You vulgar hyena! What do you know about the Animusphere Family? I am the princess of the Animusphere Family! I am the one who will inherit the Lord's title someday! Stop spreading such nonsense!"

Olga Marie pointed at Luvia, her chest heaving violently with rage. But at her young age, she was still completely flat, leaving nothing to see.

On the other hand, Luvia's full peaks exerted tremendous pressure on her, making her feel both wary and a little envious.

A smile curled across Luvia's lips. As an experienced veteran, she could tell at once that Olga Marie was merely putting on a brave front. Her words carried more than a hint of trying to conceal the truth.

Luvia was certain she had guessed correctly. It seemed the current Lord of Celestial Mechanics truly had given up on his daughter.

"I truly don't understand your Animusphere Family, but it is an acknowledged fact at the Clock Tower that Lord Marisbury is too immersed in his research to teach his daughter."

Luvia lowered her head and looked down at Olga Marie from above, mercilessly mocking her. "Miss Olga Marie, you should be eleven or twelve this year, right? At your age, I was already systematically studying my family's magecraft under my father, and a year ago, I began managing most of the family's businesses. And you? What have you learned from your father? I'm afraid Lord Marisbury has not even taught you the family's secret arts."

"Shut up!!!"

Olga Marie stomped down hard. Her thick heel struck the floor with a crisp sound, and the vast library seemed to tremble under her fury.

"Oh? Did that hit a sore spot? How pitiful. You are clearly the family's only daughter, yet your father abandoned you. Even I can hardly bear to watch." Luvia put on a sorrowful expression, as if sympathizing with Olga Marie's plight.

"I... I haven't been abandoned by Father!"

Olga Marie glared at Luvia. Even her milky-white eyes had turned red with blood from anger. Like a young lion driven into a corner, she bared her fangs, ready to fight a powerful enemy to the death.

"Marie, that's enough. A lot of people are watching already."

The golden-haired female secretary behind Olga Marie placed a hand on her shoulder, trying to soothe this young lion whose eyes had been blinded by rage.

"Tricia, Father hasn't abandoned me, right?"

Olga Marie lowered her head. No one could see her expression at that moment, but it was probably quite awful.

"Of course not. Lord Marisbury will never abandon you. You are destined to become the future Lord of Celestial Mechanics."

The secretary gently stroked Olga Marie's waterfall-like silver hair, as though smoothing down the fur of a cat whose coat had bristled.

"Duel me!"

Olga Marie raised her head, her eyes filled with fighting spirit as she stared at Luvia. Enunciating every word clearly, she said, "For the honor of the Animusphere Family, I will defeat you and make you pay for what you said!"

"Huh?"

Luvia froze. How had a verbal spat escalated into physical combat? She did not want to bully an eleven- or twelve-year-old girl.

This was a duel where winning or losing brought no benefit.

Luvia was seventeen this year, while Olga Marie was only eleven or twelve. If she won, people would only say she bullied a child, and she would also offend a Lord with real authority for no reason.

If she lost, it would be even more humiliating. If she could not even defeat an eleven- or twelve-year-old girl, the Edelfelt Family would become the complete laughingstock of the Clock Tower, and the prestige the family had built over the years would suffer a severe blow.

"What? Are you afraid? It seems the Hyena Princess is only good with her mouth. Your attainments in magecraft must be nothing special." Olga Marie smiled disdainfully, the contempt on her face becoming even more obvious.