Magician in Type-Moon

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Matou Ike stopped scanning the entire ward and instead focused her gaze on the almost transparent body in front of her.

The dappled light penetrated Xuanwu Gaoyue's skin, shattering her phantom-like silhouette into fragments.

Xuanwu Gaoyue lowered her head slightly and said casually:

"Why are you looking for that child? Do you want to kill her? She's innocent in this whole thing."

This statement is true, but Matouchi did not simply accept the ambiguity in the words of the person in front of him.

He was already on guard against the book of false gods.

"Did you become addicted to lying as soon as you learned it?"

Genki Satsuki, facing Matou Ike's gaze, gave a slightly guilty, bitter smile.

"Ah, so it seems that after losing your body, you've also lost most of your ability to 'language'. I was really trying to trick you into killing Huang Lu just now, I'm so sorry."

Genmu Satsuki seemed genuinely saddened; he paused for a moment before continuing:

"But you were able to resist my 'language' so easily, you must have known everything beforehand, right? You probably even know the relationship between Huang Lu and Wu Tiao. But that makes things simpler..."

This is really troubling... Genmu Satsuki added this sentence.

Ignoring Genki Satsuki's sentiments, Matou Ike realized that Genki Satsuki was trying to stall for time.

But it doesn't matter, he also needs some time to find out Huang Lu Meisha's location.

So Matou Ike didn't mind chatting with this guy for a while, since everyone was well aware of the current situation anyway.

"If Misaya Huanglu is innocent, then why did you harm her?"

"How could this be harming her? I'm just fulfilling her wish."

......

"Close friends? I really don't think the two of you will ever become that kind of relationship."

I've heard Orange's message from Ryougi Shiki, and I've even listened to it twice.

But she still couldn't figure out how these two completely opposite people could become friends.

Misaya Huang Lu's movements visibly paused, then she lowered her gaze and whispered:

"Well, at first it was because I was jealous of her, because she always managed to follow my brother around."

"Brother, the person you said you liked before, could it be this 'brother'?"

Ryougi Shiki smacked her lips and asked, somewhat speechless.

"That's right, so I made a wish that day."

......

"You mean the reason you extracted and swapped the 'records' of Kirie and Misaya, causing their consciousnesses to overlap and interfere with each other, was simply because of their respective desires?"

Matou Ike looked at the man in front of her and twitched the corner of her mouth.

"That's right. After all, back then I could only listen to other people's wishes. Huang Lu's wish was to get my special attention, Wu Tiao's wish was to make friends in Reien, and Araya Sōren's wish was for me to help him complete his plan."

Genmu Satsuki placed his hand on her glasses, then said slowly and deliberately:

"That's why I had Wu Tiao and Huang Lu switch bodies. After all, by doing this, multiple wishes can be fulfilled at once."

......

"After that, I suddenly swapped bodies with Wu Tiao and gained some of her memories. We even developed a strange connection. Sometimes, even when we were in different places, we could sense each other's emotions."

"and then?"

As Ryougi Shiki listened, she began to look around at the layout of the entire ward.

"Because of this, I learned that she wanted to make friends."

"So you think it was your own wish that led to the two of you swapping bodies, and you feel a little guilty, so you started using her body to make friends for her? You're quite socially adept."

Ryougi Shiki recalled that Touko had said that when Kirie Wujou, who was originally a transfer student, first arrived at this traditional school, she was isolated because she was not good at speaking.

However, after making contact with the guy in front of him, he suddenly became one of the students at Liyuan.

So that's the reason.

Faced with Ryougi Shiki's teasing.

Upon hearing this, Huang Lu Meisaya froze for a few seconds, opening her mouth but not knowing what to say.

Ryougi Shiki ignored Misaya Konji's emotions and, as if she had thought of something, continued speaking to herself:

"You said you swapped bodies with Kirie, but the body you're using now is still your own, right? After all, you just said that this body is being transformed into Kirie's appearance."

Upon hearing these words, Misaya Konji, whose expression had already frozen, suddenly seemed to break down, and after a long while, she slowly spoke:

"Because she eventually gave her body back to me..."

......

"Yes, you did fulfill their wishes, but you were also pushing them into a fire pit, weren't you?"

Matou Ike narrowed his eyes with some annoyance and said, word by word.

Xuanwu Gaoyue smiled faintly, slightly raised her chin, and adopted a listening posture.

To this, Kirie simply snorted, and then continued:

"Since you've compared yourself to a wish-granting machine, there's no reason for you to only grant the wishes of these few people. You should also consider the wishes of everyone else in this school."

The composition of the students in this Catholic-run aristocratic girls' college was already quite diverse.

Whether it's Hayama Hideo or any other demons and monsters, they're all there.

Especially since that time should have coincided with the cannibal incident involving Shirai Rio.

Lured by Keita Minato—no, Hayama Hideo, who was already depraved, was at that time also brazenly recruiting already delinquent students within Reien to engage in compensated dating.

"You're the one who triggered that swarm of beasts hunting 'Witchwood Mist,' aren't you? After all, that guy isn't bold enough to target students who don't want to associate with them."

“This is not difficult. You don’t even need to hypnotize that beast directly. After all, the Wujo family has declined to the point that only Wujo Kirie is left.”

"At this point, all that is needed is to let Hayama Hideo see the information about Wujo Kirie at the right time. For Hayama Hideo, a student without any family support is simply a piece of fat meat delivered to his doorstep."

Hearing this, Xuanwu Gaoyue nodded and said:

"That's pretty much it, but I didn't do the last thing. I just accomplished the miracle of Huang Lu and Wu Tiao swapping bodies."

Matou Ike looked enlightened upon hearing this, then chuckled.

"Indeed, it doesn't need to go that far. After all, once Misaya Huanglu started using Kirie Wujo's body to act, her appearance and charm were already enough to make Hideo Hayama flock to her."

"The original identity of Huang Lu Meisaya prevented that beast Hayama from making a move. Now that there is a meal replacement of this level, how could he possibly give up that fake human thing?"

Before Genmu Satsuki could respond, Matou Ike began to speak to herself:

"Considering all these events, it's not hard to guess what will happen next. It's nothing more than Hayama Hideo taking some action to push the indomitable 'Witcho Kirie' to the brink of despair."

"Then, when this 'Mori' was about to die, there was an overlap and interference with her records. The original Mikijou Kirie, after realizing that feeling of despair, could only have taken one possible action."

"That was a subconscious use of the 'Witch Cleansing' ability; she used a curse to preserve Huang Lu Meisha's 'consciousness record'."

"But the essence of magic is equivalent exchange. Even innate bloodline abilities cannot escape this concept. Since Wujou Kirie made this choice, she can only pay the price—"

"The price is that her 'consciousness record' dies in place of Misaya's 'consciousness record,' but she dies in Misaya's body, which is still alive."

"In this way, the 'Wujou Kirie' who died in the past but lives in the present is created. Once the living 'Wujou Kirie' dies, Araya Sōren's 'past' part can be initially achieved."

"Truly, it grants multiple wishes at once! Is this the Book of the False God? You, who only possess language and clearly lack normal human emotions, are able to manipulate the emotions buried deep within the hearts of others."

"Truly a genius who even makes oranges grit their teeth."

At this point, Matou Ike stopped, staring intently in the direction in front of him. It was unclear whether he was observing Genki Satsuki's reaction or staring at the reflection on the window.

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Xuanwu Gaoyue clapped her hands.

"From the moment I heard it until now, I've suspected that the whole process was under your surveillance. Can you really deduce so much just by reasoning? But since you already know the whole story, shouldn't you also understand that you can't overturn the outcome of this matter?"

He continued, as if afraid that Matou Ike wouldn't understand him:

"Even if you find Huang Lu Meisaya's location, there's nothing you can do about her. You can neither kill her nor stop her from dying, so why not give up?"

Kiriike merely gave a cold laugh in response.

"I've already said, your 'language' in this state can't affect me, and are you really addicted to lying?"

After making a sarcastic remark, Matou Ike continued:

"As I just said, you've only completed the initial part of bringing the past into the present. After all, that's much more difficult than bringing the future into the present."

“Unlike the ‘future,’ the ‘past’ is something that has already happened. If you want to bring it into the ‘present,’ you can only rely on deception. And to turn deception into reality, you can only keep repeating and reinforcing it. But no matter what, deception itself is a loophole.”

“There are two pieces of evidence to prove what I’m saying. The first is the corpse I just saw. Her face was so unrecognizable that it was impossible to tell who she was. This is part of what you’re using to obscure the truth.”

Matou Ike watched Genki Satsuki, whose smile was slowly fading, without giving him any chance to speak.

"And another piece of evidence is you. You are the only one in your entire plan to reach 'eternity'. If you have really completed the 'past' part, Araya Sōren would not still be in this state. He would truly become a god and then kill Tōko with overwhelming force, and prevent me from coming here."

"But he didn't, while you—"

“Xuanwu Gaoyue, you already possess the past; what you lack is only the future. That ritual can allow you to reach ‘eternity,’ can’t it?”

At this point, the smile on Genmu Satsuki's lips had completely disappeared, but his expression still seemed completely unconcerned, as if he still had a winning trump card.

"It seems you already know the most crucial part, so please continue. If you're wrong, I can correct you."

Xuanwu Gaoyue said calmly.

"Ha... How arrogant. Compared to the current you, I still prefer the inhuman you from before."

Matou Ike's dislike for the guy in front of her had reached a point where she didn't know how to put it.

But it doesn't matter. These past ten years as a magician have made Matou Ike very patient. Since this guy in front of me wants to hear it, I might as well tell him.

"Origin Magic, is it the Origin Awakening Magic that Araya Souren is best at? As long as you repeat this magic over and over again on the current Misaya Kyouji, covering her with the Origin of Kirie Wujou, then even the fakest thing will infinitely approach the real thing."

Xuanwu Gaoyue nodded slightly and said:

“You’re right, we are indeed planning to use Origin Magic to achieve this, but I have something else I want to tell you. Would you like to hear it?”

Matou Ike frowned. Since Genki Satsuki still had something to say, it meant that he still had a card in his hand that could stop his actions.