"Huh? Doesn't that mean this place is very dangerous!" Mash got serious right away.
"There's no bad intent here. If Araya Souren wants to do bad things, wouldn't it be easy for him to succeed! No way! I have to stop him!" Gudako said the same thing. "But... if there's no bad intent, isn't Araya Souren also a resident here? Does he have bad intent?"
Tia heard Gudako's words and was also thinking about this question.
Araya Souren probably doesn't have bad intent either, so his goal must be different.
What could it be?
"We're here. My father is in the room inside," Ryougi Shiki said.
At this time, Ryougi Shiki brought everyone to the door of her father's room. Ryougi Shiki said something and pushed the door in. After a while, Ryougi Shiki came out and said, "Come in, everyone."
Tia and the others then followed Ryougi Shiki into the room.
This room was very big. Ryougi Shiki's father was sitting calmly in the center of the room.
Tia remembered this room because it appeared in the animated movie. Ryougi Shiki and her father used to practice sword skills in this room, but Tia never knew Ryougi Shiki's father's name. It was never mentioned in the original story.
Tia only knew that Ryougi Shiki had an older brother named Ryougi You who didn't have the talent to inherit the Ryougi family. The Ryougi family also had a butler named Enomoto Akatoki who was originally responsible for taking care of Ryougi Shiki. But she didn't know where that butler was now. He didn't seem to have shown up.
At this time, there was a practice hall in front of everyone. If Tia had the chance to live in that big house with a warehouse after she grew up, there would also be a practice hall in that house where Emiya Shirou and King Arthur practiced sword skills.
"Are you the ones who helped Shiki solve that machine? Thank you very much for your help. Ask me whatever you want to ask. I will tell you what I know," Ryougi Shiki's father said.
"Um, Mr. Ryougi, do you know where the monk who taught you that method is?"
Everyone looked at each other. In the end, they all looked at Tia, so Tia stood up and asked.
"Oh? Is this seven-year-old child the leader among you?" Ryougi Shiki's father was curious at first, and then said, "That monk doesn't have a fixed home. I can't find him either. Actually, I also have some questions I want to ask him because a step in the ritual can't be done. But I recently heard rumors about Mifune's Mother from the residents of the house. She's someone who can see the future. I'm planning to send someone to ask Mifune's Mother if she can see where that monk lives."
Tia was stunned and couldn't help but complain in her heart.
She didn't expect that after going around in circles, she would return to Mifune's Mother.
The last time she went to Mifune's Mother, the answer she got was to care about the people around her and not let them leave with regrets. At that time, there was only Lancelot beside her, and Lancelot didn't have any regrets. At that time, Tia thought that maybe there would be other companions in the future. She didn't expect that there would be so many more people around her now.
That means that none of them can leave with regrets, otherwise, they will continue to become shackles on Tia, and Tia's cause and effect will be stacked again.
And at that time, Mifune's Mother also said riddle-like words like "The past is not just the past, and the future is not just the future" and especially told Tia "Don't let him be impulsive again. It's better to live well than to die impulsively." At that time, Tia complained about this riddle-maker in her heart. And there was one thing that Tia still didn't understand until now. Root Shiki had said that there was no record of Tia's future, but Mifune's Mother could see Tia's future.
So this time, what kind of answer will Mifune's Mother give?
But speaking of which, this Mr. Ryougi is really telling everything he knows, answering whatever he is asked.
"Then do you know how that machine came about?" Tia continued to ask.
"Shiki doesn't know, so I naturally don't know either," Ryougi Shiki's father said. "But you can ask Akatoki. Akatoki is in charge of those workers. Maybe Akatoki knows something. He's the butler in charge of Shiki's daily life. Shiki can take you to find him."
"Akatoki? Will he know anything?" Ryougi Shiki said with some doubt. She felt that if Akatoki knew, he would definitely tell Ryougi Shiki. But Ryougi Shiki didn't say it, but silently led everyone away.
"Let's go. I'll take you to find him first," Ryougi Shiki said.
Tia and the others didn't say much. In short, they would find the person first and ask about the reason.
Soon, Ryougi Shiki led everyone to find the butler, Enomoto Akatoki.
"Young Miss," Enomoto Akatoki said, immediately giving Ryougi Shiki a bow when he saw Ryougi Shiki had come.
"Speaking of which, is Miss Ryougi Shiki's home originally a place similar to a noble family?" At this time, Mash said curiously in a low voice beside Gudako.
"No way, this doesn't look like a place for nobles, and Miss Ryougi Shiki doesn't seem like a noble lady either," Gudako also said in a low voice.
"The Ryougi family is the local mafia boss in Mifune City," Tia heard Gudako and Mash's words, also saying in a low voice.
"Huh? So it's the mafia. No wonder Miss Ryougi Shiki in Chaldea usually lives that kind of life," Gudako sighed in a low voice.
"Okay, Akatoki, do you know where that machine came from?" Ryougi Shiki asked directly as soon as she came in.
"Young Miss, you and the master don't know about this, so I naturally don't know either," Enomoto Akatoki said naturally.
"Then what about the group of workers you found?" Ryougi Shiki continued to ask.
"This... I really haven't asked them," Enomoto Akatoki said.
"Okay, then we'll go ask them now," Ryougi Shiki said.
"Yes!" Enomoto Akatoki agreed, and then followed Ryougi Shiki away.
Tia and the group continued to follow Ryougi Shiki.
"Don't they doubt people at all? Although I know it's a world without evil, it's too easy to be deceived," At this time, Katsushika Hokusai couldn't help but say, of course, not letting the two people leading the way, Ryougi Shiki, hear.
"That's what it's like here now," Tia said. "And the people here don't understand what deception is at all. There's no such thing as deception, so I'm very curious about what we can ask."
Soon, everyone returned to the construction site, where workers were building rooms.
(End of this chapter)
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