It was all Touko's fault!
Although it could not compare to Tokiomi, the scapegoat for all the world's troubles, this outrageous claim was an absolute truth to Aoko Aozaki.
"I really can't argue with that."
Seeing that the blame had landed on Touko Aozaki, Roland stopped twisting logic to fool the young girl and nodded in satisfaction, settling the matter.
He was not afraid of Aoko Aozaki catching on afterward, either. After all, he had not lied. Compared to deception, exploiting an information gap to tell only half the truth often left fewer holes.
Just like that, Roland and Aoko quickly reached a consensus.
After complaining about Touko together for a while, Aoko Aozaki even felt that she had found a kindred spirit in Roland and wished they had met sooner. Faced with her troublesome sister, even Alice Kuonji usually just sighed and declined to comment.
Roland, however, could follow every turn of her thoughts precisely and deliver biting remarks, though he was equally merciless when she was his target.
"Although I've never seen Touko fight, I imagine you couldn't stand up to her at your current level."
"..."
Aoko froze at his words, but she did not argue. Her expression merely soured.
Alice Kuonji had also assessed her strength. Although her performance in other areas of magecraft was mediocre, Aoko Aozaki possessed an overwhelming advantage in firepower.
No matter how many flashy tricks a mage had, she only needed to use magic bullets.
And her proficiency in reloading magic bullets was exceptionally extraordinary. If she wanted, she could produce a meteor shower of those blue magic bullets from earlier in a short time.
By way of comparison, an ordinary mage firing magic bullets was on the level of a revolver, while an outstanding individual like Rin Tohsaka could fire