Becoming Aozaki Touko's Life

Lidell pinched her chin and asked curiously.

"I asked."

Irisviel smiled slightly, "Touko's answer then was, 'Because I really like you, Mrs., so I chose you, Mrs., to be my wife,' which sounds like a very convoluted answer."

"Hmm... it sounds like she was talking nonsense."

Lidell nodded.

"Although it sounds like nonsense."

Irisviel tilted her head, smiling beautifully, "But, I don't think she was talking nonsense at all. What Touko said back then was sincere!"

"..."

Without refuting, Lidell just frowned, "If that's the case, was this actually love at first sight, or were you destined to be together?"

"Mmm~"

Irisviel pondered for a moment and then denied it, "It doesn't feel like it either. Because looking back now, I didn't have any special feelings for Touko at first. I was just playing the role of a wife as a matter of course to fulfill my family's long-cherished wish. If it were love at first sight or destiny, it shouldn't be like this."

"..."

Lidell tilted her head and asked curiously, "So, have you fallen in love with Touko now?"

"Yes."

Without any hesitation, Irisviel answered, "Now I can say clearly that I love Touko, and I sincerely want to be a good wife."

"Can you satisfy a girl's curiosity?"

A spark of gossip flashed in Lidell's eyes, very interested in their relationship.

Moreover, she wanted to use this to judge one thing: whether Irisviel was just a shield for Aozaki Touko, used to fend off those annoying flies from the Clock Tower.

"..."

Hearing this answer, Irisviel rested her chin on her hand and pondered for a while, then said, "I haven't thought about this in detail, nor have I noticed when my mindset changed. Perhaps it was the first impression that was too profound, or perhaps when Touko said she wanted to turn me into a human. It might also be that I was attracted to Touko's way of life."

She couldn't pinpoint the exact reason, only that it seemed to have naturally progressed to the current situation.

"Then why don't you... try to think about the time you were most touched?"

Lidell suggested.

"..."

Irisviel thought along those lines for a while, then finally smiled gently, "Hmm... it was probably when Touko said she wanted to take me to the outside world and make me human. I feel like this memory will never fade, even when I die."

Under the flowing moonlight, it reflected on Irisviel's face, revealing a happy smile, without a trace of impurity, as beautiful as a goddess in the moon.

"..."

Seeing this, Lidell was slightly stunned, then lowered her gaze and said, "It feels quite ironic."

"?"

Seeing this, Irisviel tilted her head in confusion. At this moment, Lidell looked up and explained with a smile, "Compared to Magicians who are like humans but not like humans, you, Irisviel, are much more like a human than a human."

"It's not enough yet!"

Irisviel shook her head, stroking her stomach, "There's still one final, most important step missing. Only by crossing that step will I truly be considered human."

"What is it?"

Lidell was a little confused.

"A child~"

Irisviel said a little shyly, "A child born from me, who can call me mother and Touko father..."

"..."

Hearing this, Lidell was stunned. She looked at the lady radiating maternal brilliance before her and, for some reason, felt she understood Aozaki Touko's thoughts.

"You are truly a good woman, Irisviel."

At this moment, she understood one thing and confirmed one thing: Irisviel was definitely not a shield. She was truly Aozaki Touko's wife, and there was no need to question it at all.

Chapter Sixty: Chase Under the Night

The conversation ended.

Lidell, who had returned to her room to sleep, suddenly frowned, as if she had just remembered something.

"Speaking of which, Touko and Azu also have quite an ambiguous relationship, don't they?!"

Thinking this, she felt her thoughts suddenly become clear.

When she first saw Irisviel and Touko together, what was that instinctive sense of vigilance she felt?

It wasn't the sense of disharmony created by them being a married couple. If anything, it was a sense of crisis for her best friend.

Yes, if Azu and Aozaki Touko's relationship was unusual, it would explain her strange intuition.

Thinking this, she decided not to sleep.

She got up, put on a coat, and hurried to the desk. She took out a sheet of letter paper, intending to report everything that had happened here to Azu.

But halfway through writing, she paused, her expression hesitant, then sighed softly and put the letter back.

"Never mind, it's better not to get involved. Let things develop naturally."

Thinking this, she sighed softly and turned back to bed to sleep, pulling the covers over her head. Her curled-up posture was somewhat like an ostrich burying its head in the sand.

Logically, as Azu's close friend, she should have immediately sent the message to Azu.

However, if she did that, her relationship with Aozaki Touko would likely be ruined.

Furthermore, Touko and Azu's relationship might become strained.

This was a scene she did not want to see.

So, she would pretend she hadn't seen anything and let things take their course.

Besides, Touko should have a way to solve this problem.

Her interference would only mess things up.

Finland.

Outskirts of Helsinki.

A Hummer sped madly down the road, like lightning, swerving a few times before quickly disappearing.

"Stop, you thieves!!!"

A middle-aged man in pajamas, barefoot, chased after the Hummer, holding a flaming sword and pursuing the thieves with murderous intent.

"Don't talk nonsense. Does the law protect the property of Dead Apostles?"

At this moment, a masked woman poked her head out, raised a pistol, and aimed it at the middle-aged man, firing continuously. In a clearly disguised voice, she said, "...How can you call this stealing? We're taking it~"

"I'll kill you all!!!"

The utterly shameless words echoed in the night, enraging the pursuing Dead Apostle, whose eyes glowed red, and his footsteps quickened.

Today, he would kill these thieves who stole his property. It was his accumulated Rune stone tablets, and now they had all been stolen. To make matters worse, they had also taken a large number of antiques from his home.

"Hey, hey, hey... What do we do? He's catching up. Che Guevara, think of something quickly!"

Seeing this, the woman retreated into the car and asked the man driving.

"Don't provoke him..."

Emiya Kiritsugu said coldly, then pointed to the trunk without looking back.

"There's a machine gun in the trunk. Use it to hold him off for now."

"Oh, I understand."

Aoyama Aohana suddenly realized and crawled into the trunk, taking out the machine gun and a small box of bullets.

Then, she opened the sunroof, mounted the machine gun, and looked at the pursuing Dead Apostle.

"Dead Apostle, times have changed!"

"...Damn."

The moment the Dead Apostle saw the machine gun, his mouth twitched. Then, flames erupted, and countless bullets poured down like a torrential rain. Even with the spiritual outfit Levantine, he couldn't block them all.

The next moment, bullets pierced his flesh, and the powerful impact sent him flying, rolling several times on the ground.

"Thanks for your treasure. We'll be back to visit again next time."

In the night, the mocking laughter faded. The Dead Apostle stood up and watched the departing car, his gaze extremely grim.

If he hadn't used Levantine to protect himself just now, he might have been seriously injured by that hound.

However, even so, the physical pain could not compare to the mental anguish.

His accumulated Runes, collected from all over the world over many years, had all been forcibly taken tonight.

He knew that in his long life, he had few hobbies left. He had already enjoyed beauties and power.

Now, he only liked collecting difficult items.

But he never expected to be robbed of them.

"What kind of crazy person steals my Runes when the magical foundation of Runes is already ruined!"

After a long contemplation, the middle-aged Dead Apostle cursed and then headed home barefoot.

Since his Runes were stolen, he would find another difficult target.

Hmm... He would collect various rare angel statues.

Chapter 61: Peeping in the Library

Clock Tower.

In the library.

In a corner that was not easily noticed, three pretty girls gathered, looking somewhat cautiously at Aozaki Touko, who was sitting at a table reading a book not far away.

"…Sola, that's the person Kayneth wants to pursue,"

A girl with short black hair gently nudged the red-haired girl beside her with her elbow, saying with some displeasure, "She doesn't seem all that special now, just a bit better looking and a bit stronger. What's there to be so proud of?"

"Exactly, exactly."

A blonde girl beside them nodded in agreement.

They were upset on behalf of their friend. What happened a few days ago had basically spread throughout the Clock Tower. The child prodigy Kayneth was willing to give up his engagement with the daughter of the Lord of the Department of Spiritual Evocation to pursue Aozaki Touko. Such a thing was practically an insult to Sola-Naizare-Sophiarei, who was the daughter of a Lord herself.

Moreover, for Sola, Kayneth was indeed a very excellent marriage prospect. Finding an even better one was almost impossible.

That's why they were upset for their best friend. Her originally destined brilliant future was being disrupted because of Aozaki Touko.

Yes, disrupted, not changed.

As long as Aozaki Touko was unwilling to accept Kayneth's proposal, Kayneth would marry Sola.

"…"

Sola remained silent, offering no reply. She simply watched the girl in the distance, her eyes showing no hint of hostility. She knew that as the daughter of a Lord, she was not permitted to show hostility towards such an important figure.

On the contrary, her two best friends, lacking the proper status, could freely speak their minds.

"Sola, why aren't you saying anything?"

The girl with short black hair turned her head to look at her friend in confusion.

She was clearly upset on Sola's behalf, so why wasn't Sola reacting at all? Had she not heard what she was saying clearly?

"There's nothing to say. This has nothing to do with Miss Aozaki. What happened can only be attributed to the inherent nature of Magicians."

Sola shook her head and replied with such certainty.