First Meeting

Is this a world where children can be happy?

So, rather than making a wish and not knowing what will happen next, why not stay and witness whether this world can love these children?

Reika's words still echoed in Atalanta's mind. Looking at Reika Rikudou standing beside her, Atalanta suddenly thought of the question she had wanted to ask but hadn't had the chance to:

"Miss Reika, what are your views on this world?"

"Of course I love her."

Just like Jack the Ripper back then, Reika answered without the slightest hesitation.

"Well, it's time. Atalanta, could you please go and call the children over?"

Looking up at the clock hanging in the room, Reika said to Atalanta.

In the classroom--

"Everyone, please quiet down."

Reika Rikudou spoke to the children surrounding her.

"Mommy said to be quiet~"

With Jack the Ripper's help maintaining order, the children, even younger than her, looked at Reika sitting in front of the piano with shining eyes.

"Teacher, what piece are we going to play today?"

What would you like to hear?

Reika Rikudou smiled and asked the children questions.

"Huh?"

"Um, teacher, I want to hear..."

"No, I want to hear..."

Looking at the children arguing over the music, Reika Rikudou's smile remained gentle.

Although it was noisy, it was much more enjoyable than I had imagined.

Just like her answer to Atalanta, even though the world was once cruel and sad, she still loves the world she now lives in with Ultraman Jack.

"Then I'll play the song the teacher likes. You need to think of the next song before I finish playing."

Reika's fingers danced across the black and white keyboard.

"What song is this?" a child asked Ultraman Jack, who was sitting next to him.

"[Remember] is Mom's favorite song."

The epilogue ends here; the rest of the story involves Xiaoming returning home.

As for Reika's next scenes, who knows if she'll have any more (running away).

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Chapter Recommendation: <The Card Collector in the Ultraman World>

Author: Dang Ming

Synopsis: When you grow up and look up at the starry sky, do you recall the thrill you felt as a child, searching for a bright star in the M78 Nebula?

Mifune City, at the Garan no Dou --

The only sound in the empty room was probably the friction of the flint and steel in the woman's hand.

Sitting behind her desk, Aozaki Touko squinted slightly as she watched the smoke gradually dissipate in the air.

Speaking of which, how long has that guy been gone?

One week? One month?

They said they were leaving for a while, but now they've completely lost contact with us.

Tsk, fine, they left, but they left behind two little burdens. Speaking of which...

Touko Aozaki looked up at the clock hanging in the room.

Hmm, it's not time for school to end yet. I'll have Fujino Asagami pick up the two kids later. Although the Emiya family has helped us before, and because of the distance, the two kids sometimes stay overnight there, but we can't let them keep causing trouble for the Emiya family...

"Miss Touko Aozaki... could you please be mindful that there's a patient here while you're smoking?"

Just then, a delicate voice came from the other end of the room. Although the voice was faint, it still reached Touko Aozaki's ears.

Perhaps because she wasn't wearing her glasses, Touko Aozaki was quite difficult to talk to in this state, and she frowned.

"Since my body is already nearing its end, why worry so much?"

Even so, Touko Aozaki stubbed out her cigarette and casually drew an incomprehensible rune in the air with her finger.

The next second, the airflow that appeared out of nowhere swept away all the smoke that filled the room.

Runes, a mysterious Magecraft from Northern Europe, are mostly lost to time, but Aozaki Touko managed to decipher the original runes that had disappeared in the Age of Gods.

"I always think Magecraft is amazing."

After sensing that the air quality around them had improved, a woman in a wheelchair at the other end of the room sighed with longing, while Touko Aozaki remained completely unaffected by this "compliment."

"Want to learn? Sure, but you'll have to pay tuition first."

Upon hearing Touko Aozaki's words, the woman in the wheelchair shook her head and gave a wry smile. Although she had never stepped into the realm of the "mysterious," she understood that the Magecraft used by someone as skilled as Touko Aozaki must be extremely precious.

"I'm sorry, let alone tuition, I'm afraid I won't be able to afford even the [treatment costs] later."

Seemingly prepared for the other party's answer, Touko Aozaki, leaning back in her chair, replied lazily, "Then I'll just play the role of [research material] properly. After all, I'm quite curious about [the last bloodline of the Wujing family]."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Miss Touko Aozaki."

The woman in the wheelchair showed no concern whatsoever about "certain things" in Touko Aozaki's words; instead, her tone was full of gratitude.

The woman's name is Kirie Fujou.

She was originally so healthy that, apart from her hair, there wasn't a single part of her body that could be considered "healthy." She should have spent the rest of her life alone in a hospital.

Her life and that of [Magecraft] Aozaki Touko should have been two parallel lines that would never intersect, but they did intersect because of a "strange" man.

Ah, yes, it's strange--

"I'm just a reporter passing by."

From that seemingly joking self-introduction, the appearance of that person was like a sledgehammer, smashing the "cage" shrouded in silence and despair to pieces.

The moment sunlight shines into your heart, that person's image is probably already etched within it.

Hey, Mr. Ming

If...

What are you grinning about?

Seeing the silly grin on the face of the "spirit" next to Kirie Fujou, who looked exactly like her, Touko Aozaki frowned.

"Oh, it's nothing."

Realizing what was happening, Kirie Fujou quickly straightened her posture, most directly reflected in the serious expression on her "spirit" face.

"Baffling..."

Completely baffled by the other person's thoughts, Touko Aozaki muttered something.

She handled Kirie Fujou's discharge procedures, because she was going home to recuperate.

After all, the doctors had already concluded that Kirie Fujou's body was "incurable," and the series of illnesses recorded in her medical records already foreshadowed her fate.

No hospital wants to see a patient die in their bed. So when Touko Aozaki submitted her discharge application to the doctor, the hospital approved it immediately, without even giving Touko Aozaki a chance to use her Suggestion Magecraft...

Of course, Touko Aozaki's purpose in taking Kirie back was not so that she could die in peace.

After all, they had received "medical fees" from someone. If they didn't put in some effort, not only would that guy be in trouble, but they themselves would also be in trouble.

"If you want to survive, the prerequisite is to first abandon this [body]."

When these words came from Touko Aozaki's mouth, Kirie nodded in agreement without hesitation after her initial surprise.

No one wants to die if given a chance to live. If one survives, then everything one looks down upon from their hospital bed will have a chance to be verified, and...

Having already met Mr. Ming's two children, they were not much different from what I had imagined—obedient and sensible. If these two were my own children, then Mr. Ming...

Cough cough--

Kirie has learned from Shirou that Mr. Akira and Ms. Touko Aozaki's relationship isn't what she imagined, which means she still has a chance?

Clearly, Kirie didn't learn from Shirou that there was another major boss besides Touko Aozaki...

The office door clicked open, interrupting Kirie's thoughts. Turning around, she saw a Yamato Nadeshiko-style girl walking in from outside.

The girl smiled and greeted Kirie as she entered.

"Good afternoon, Ms. Kirie."

"Good afternoon, Ms. Fujino Asagami."

Fujino Asagami Touko Aozaki's apprentice and assistant. Aside from when she's away at school, she helps out at the agency.

Oh, and recently she's also had the added task of picking up two kids from school.

"Oh, Fujino Asagami, could you please go to the Emiya residence later?"

"Are we going to pick up Shirou and Sakura?"

After hearing what Touko Aozaki said, Fujino Asagami asked.

"Well, those two kids have been staying at the Emiya residence for a while now, so we can't cause them any more trouble."

Perhaps it was the sunset reflected through the window that made me feel drowsy. After rubbing my temples, I picked up my glasses and prepared to get up and stretch.

"If it's Shirou and Sakura, then there's no need. Mr. Akira is already back."

"When?"

Perhaps surprised by the information Fujino Asagami revealed, Touko Aozaki's right hand, which was holding her glasses, froze in mid-air, and she turned her gaze to her disciple.

"Just now, I happened to run into Mr. Akira picking up Shirou and Sakura on my way here. There was also a girl I didn't recognize with him."

Jump--

"Mr. Ming also said he'd be back tomorrow... wait..."

Seeing that Touko Aozaki's glasses were broken in half, Fujino Asagami quietly stopped talking and blinked.

Own...

Did you say something terrible?

Should we open the market now?

Chapter 296. First Meeting

The next day--