Chinatown's Daily Life

"Word Spirit: Seal!"

Inside an ancient castle overgrown with vines, Li Mo was engaged in the final battle with his current mission target.

"Impossible! In my Magecraft Workshop, how can a Magus your age still possess so much magic!"

Facing Li Mo, an old man in black was filled with shock and anger, his face a mask of disbelief.

Even when Magus fixed their appearance, most chose their prime or youth. Li Mo's face, however, clearly indicated his age was directly proportional to his looks.

Yet, most young Magus of this age were still at home learning to cast magecraft. How could he possibly possess such powerful and profound magic!

"Ignorance is a sure path to doom!"

Li Mo sneered, even mimicking a certain child as he looked at the old man with disdain. "How would a wandering Magus like you understand the heritage of my Clock Tower? Charlotte Van Lau, you have committed a crime. Accept your judgment!"

"Projection: Heart!"

"Attunement: Rhythm Collapse!"

With a swish, a phantom heart suddenly appeared in Li Mo's hand. As it pulsed, Charlotte Van Lau's body began to twitch unnaturally, his face flushing with an unhealthy redness, mirroring the heart's beat.

"You... I won't rest even as a ghost!"

Pfft, Charlotte Van Lau spat out a mouthful of blood, his laughter turning into a "GG."

Emmmm, Li Mo almost burst out laughing!

"This is a Magus's soul. You actually want to become a ghost with something so valuable?"

We're both Magus, how ignorant can you be to say you won't let me rest even as a ghost?

Don't you know that spiritual bodies are also a form of magecraft material!

"Heh heh," the phantom heart in Li Mo's hand slowly vanished. He then directly pulled out a crystal ball and tossed it onto Charlotte Van Lau.

High-level spiritual body acquired!

Flamingo's First Feather was already purchased. Now that he had this advanced spiritual body, the only thing left was Banshee's Tear!

With the three gathered, the sun and moon would appear... wrong, once all three were ready, the doll Li Mo had been longing for could finally begin construction!

That's right, this wasn't just his third mission for the Mage Association, but he had also already connected with Touko Aozaki. The recipe for the doll-making materials came from her!

Moved heaven and earth, after waiting for several months, Li Mo had finally waited for this great figure to appear!

If he were to really talk about it, it would be a long story.

Li Mo's face was filled with reminiscence. It was a bitterly cold afternoon...

"Grandma, one portion of stir-fried pork with peppers, plus spicy chicken, and a seaweed egg soup."

Chinatown wasn't a specialty of a certain "free" country. Although it was only 1987, in an international metropolis like London, a street entirely composed of Chinese residents had already appeared.

After spending three months at the Clock Tower, Li Mo searched for an entire day before finding this place!

Every day it was toast, pizza, toast, pizza. He was sick of it. Was that even human food?

Fortunately, there was this place, which was like heaven to Li Mo. And although the two worlds were different, their food cultures hadn't changed much. This street, formed by Chinese people from all over the country, greatly satisfied Li Mo's appetite.

"Hey, little Mo, you're here to eat again," Li Mo had come to this small shop he frequented again today!

The owner's surname was Tang. Widowed early, she was an old woman who had fled with her two children during the chaotic years.

As for why Li Mo frequented this shop, it wasn't just for the taste of home. It was also because she always added a few extra pieces of meat to his dishes and urged him to eat more, which made him feel very comforted.

This reminded Li Mo of his own grandmother, the elder who had taken care of him since childhood in another world.

In her words, it was probably something like, "Young people should eat more to grow stronger?"

Although Li Mo always ordered several dishes and couldn't finish them...

Because he was a Magus, not a knight from a novel...

While eating, Li Mo wolfed down his food and playfully said, "Grandma, tell me about your younger days."

"Heh, little Mo, what is there to tell about my younger days?" Grandma Tang said with a loving smile, but she didn't refuse. Her gaze became distant as she started chatting with Li Mo.

"Back in the day, I was a renowned beauty in the surrounding villages. Many suitors came to propose, but alas, I didn't fancy any of them back then. Otherwise, how could I have ended up with my late husband."

"When I was seventeen, a few young men came to our village. They said they were students from the Imperial University and had come to the countryside to escape.

Don't look at me now, but my family was still a landlord back then. So, their leader came to visit. As it turned out, we fell for each other, and he became my late husband." Speaking of this, Grandma Tang sighed, as if lamenting the displacement of her later life, or perhaps the joys and sorrows of her youth.

"But I never expected that not long after I got married, people started saying that the damn war was coming.

My father told us to run and gave us all the gold and jewelry from our home, wanting us to flee far away. But my late husband insisted on going to resist the Japanese, saying that was what young men should do.

Unfortunately, my late husband couldn't argue with my father, so he took me and ran. But as he ran, he still went to fight the Japanese. Once he ran, I never saw him again."

Li Mo's heart trembled as he heard this. He put down the bowl in his hand and asked, "Grandma, do you regret it?"

Grandma Tang smiled gently. The wrinkles on her face seemed to relax, and she said, "No regrets, why would I regret it?

Back then, he always talked about '*******' and 'Is death truly death?', and I, a simple woman, didn't understand these principles. But as long as I knew he was my man, that was enough. As long as he felt it was the right thing to do, what reason did I have as his wife to feel otherwise?

So, it's truly wonderful that you children were born in this era. That time was truly too bitter.

I know, little Mo, that you're taking care of me, which is why you always order more food than you can finish. But there's really no need. I still have my son and daughter. Opening a small shop isn't about making money. It's just because I'm old now, and I'm looking for something to do when I have free time."

Li Mo chuckled foolishly, not answering, and continued to shovel rice from his bowl.

What was this little money? He could earn a million times that reward from a single mission.

Moreover, in a place like the Clock Tower, it was truly too difficult to find familiar faces from home, let alone eat such delicious food!

Besides, he still had elders back in his other world, so he'd just consider this as accumulating blessings for them.

Seeing Li Mo say nothing and just keep devouring the dishes on the table, Grandma Tang smiled warmly, her gaze fixed on him, and said, "Little Mo, do you have a girlfriend yet? Should Grandma introduce her granddaughter to you?"

"Uh..."

Li Mo put his hand to his forehead. He wasn't even 18 yet, he was still a minor!

Early relationships are bad for your health~

"No thank you, Grandma! I'm still studying, and having a girlfriend would be bad for my studies!" Li Mo refused sternly, stating that he was someone who devoted himself entirely to his studies, a noble person unmoved by beauty!

"You really don't want one? Back in my day, people your age already had children," Grandma Tang's face lit up when she mentioned her granddaughter, and she slowly took out a photo from her embrace.

"Here, take a look at my granddaughter. Wasn't I telling the truth when I said I was pretty in my youth!"

Li Mo was speechless. In that era of information explosion in his last world, what kind of beauties hadn't he seen?

And now, in this Type-Moon World, with beauties like Sakura Tohsaka, Rin Tohsaka, Ryougi Shiki, Saber, and so many others, what kind of beauties were there that he hadn't seen?

Looking up, Li Mo happened to catch a glimpse of the photo in Grandma Tang's hand, and he froze.

His hands trembling, Li Mo stared foolishly at Grandma Tang.

"Grandma, is your granddaughter's name Zhu Yin?"

Before Grandma Tang could nod, Li Mo leaped up from the table. This was the dream girl of so many people!

To think he'd run into her here?