That could hardly be considered cheating, could it?
After all, what Shirou had taught Aoko was something the "Aoko of the future" had originally taught him.
"What a vulgar trick."
Touko mocked her sister's immaturity.
In her eyes, an opponent like this was unworthy of facing her head-on. As a magus, using underhanded methods was tolerable, but what she could not tolerate was a woman sharing her bloodline resorting to such an inelegant way of fighting.
"SWEL--"
Touko Aozaki's slender fingers began tracing the letters of the Primal Runes.
The surging air was like a fuse crackling with sparks.
The spell wrapped around the invisible body in midair, and within a second, flames erupted.
Aoko, who had launched the attack, had no way to resist the magecraft from within the spell.
The Runes were not burning Aoko to death. They were using the flames to surround her.
She wailed as she fell into the snow, her scorched body and arms raised imploringly making her look utterly miserable.
But the flames still did not go out. They would continue burning until the enemy was completely dead.
Crackle, snap.
"..."
Touko Aozaki lowered her eyes.
The smoke from the burning obscured her vision.
When Touko saw the figure fall without putting up any resistance, she knew it definitely was not her foolish little sister.
So she had used one of Arisu's familiars?
Although Arisu's side had also run into trouble, she had given Aoko several familiars to patrol the leyline nodes at night before anything had happened.
Touko had thought that since she had lost the Golden Wolf, she could at least take out one of Arisu's assets. She had not expected the witch to keep haunting her.
Touko clicked her tongue in slight irritation as she stared at the place where