Shirou frowned. "So you're saying it's all my fault?"
"Don't be angry, Shirou. You're so stiff. Is that why you always make Arisu unhappy?"
"That has nothing to do with this! Why is Arisu's name coming up here? Besides, Arisu and I have a very good relationship... probably."
As usual, Shirou was being teased by Touko.
The only difference was that this time, there was an outsider and his familiar in the workshop while they bickered.
"So what's going on now?"
Shirou looked around the room, which was filled with monsters, and asked.
"When did 'Garan no Dou' start expanding into new businesses? Are you filming some lousy B-movie now?
"Give me a break, Touko. I can't stand horror movies or gore films."
Touko smiled. "No, Shirou... Look carefully. These aren't monster props from a movie.
"These are the results of a certain magus's painstaking research over more than a decade.
"Although they're pitiful in every sense of the word, let's give them some encouraging positive feedback on the grounds that he at least worked hard."
"..."
Alba Cornelius was completely certain.
Those two hadn't taken him seriously from the very beginning.
It was truly unbelievable—
Even under these circumstances.
He clearly held an overwhelming advantage. He had clearly defeated her, proving that Alba Cornelius was the greatest Doll Master in the Clock Tower—
Yet Touko Aozaki still looked down on him, mocking him along with her pupil.
Alba felt immense humiliation in his heart, and his anger had reached its peak.
"Now you understand, Shirou. The reason I secretly smoke is because I saw something unbearably boring like this. I can't stand it unless I smoke something."
"Sorry, I misunderstood you... This really is unavoidable."
Carrying Touko Aozaki's body, Shirou walked to a corner of the workshop. After gently