Twin-Faced Tower Izermar: Aoko and Touko's Reunion

As they prepared to head to the battlefield, Olga Marie's group received an unexpected visitor.

It was a very simple, even crude puppet—something even the greenest beginner could make. Yet this very puppet had come to their door carrying a letter.

"Tch—"

After quickly skimming the letter's contents, Aoko clicked her tongue, her face twisting into an expression of great displeasure.

"I'm sorry, Marie, but I'm afraid I won't be able to help you deal with Galiasta."

"What happened, Sister Aoko?"

Though she asked, Olga Marie already vaguely knew the answer. There were probably only two people in the world who could make Aozaki Aoko wear such an expression.

"My sister invited me for a little gathering. Heh—"

Aoko waved the letter in her hand—or rather, the invitation—and let out a mocking sneer before folding her arms.

"Although I think you should have no trouble handling a Galiasta, if anything unexpected happens, my heart will ache."

That was what you said. Yet because of that person's intervention, you ultimately won the war's verdict.

"My hair's all messed up... And Sister Ye Chao, you're not little children anymore. Don't worry about that sort of thing."

Thinking of that, she threw a punch into the air.

Why did she want to teach Touko a lesson?

She should have been grateful that person had stopped her. If she had really killed Touko, she would surely have regretted it.

That person was not far ahead.

Gray carefully looked the two of them over, then broke into a hearty laugh. She walked up to them and rubbed their heads.

---But that was wrong.

When she had faced Touko's revenge in Misaki City, she had struggled with all her strength, but deep down, she had also prepared herself to be killed by Touko.

But when she