"Die----!!"
Before the tsunami-like surge across the hall could swallow Ryougi Shiki's slender body, she leaped into the air to evade the attack and charged toward where Fujino stood.
"Garan no Dou."
Touko Aozaki awoke from her groggy sleep.
"Tch... Can't a person get any sleep? I'd finally recovered halfway from this cold, and now it's gotten worse. What am I supposed to do?"
The orange-clad mage complained as she dragged her feeble body out of bed.
She put on her coat, then pressed the answering machine's record button. A boy's recorded message soon echoed through the room.
"I'll be there soon. If you're still asleep, just keep lying down. You don't have to get up!"
"Honestly... Do you think I can still sleep after all that?"
Touko Aozaki smiled as she picked up the coffee Shirou had left on the table and drained the completely cold drink in one gulp.
When she returned to her seat, footsteps sounded outside at just the right moment.
Touko Aozaki took off her glasses and fixed the uninvited guest appearing in the doorway with a gaze as cold as a bullet.
"Cornelius Alba. What brings the next abbot of Schonleben Abbey to such a remote countryside?"
Volume Three, Chapter 158: Touko: I Finally Get to Enjoy Being Rescued by a Hero
The person who appeared at the office door was not Shirou, but a blond man in his twenties dressed entirely in red.
As he entered the room, he raised a hand cheerfully.
"Hey, Aozaki! Long time no see! How have you been?"
The man, wearing a fake smile, stopped in front of Touko Aozaki's desk.
Touko remained seated, her expression showing not the slightest hint of welcome as she merely cast the young man a cold look.
"Cornelius Alba.