After a while, Tia and Kokutou Mikiya arrived.
The others naturally didn't know Aozaki Touko, but Tia couldn't possibly not know her.
Of course, Tia hadn't seen the real Aozaki Touko in this world, but with such obvious characteristics from "The Garden of Sinners" and a face that felt familiar, Tia recognized her immediately.
Aozaki Touko?
Tia was surprised for a moment.
Aozaki Touko noticed that Tia, a 7-year-old child, actually glanced at her, while the others, who were clearly Caster people, didn't (except for Kokutou Mikiya). She immediately became interested in Tia.
"Tia, this is the place, right?" Kokutou Mikiya asked Tia.
Tia looked back at Kokutou Mikiya and nodded: "Yes."
"Let's not go in. Let's wait here," Katsushika Hokusai said to the Gudako group.
"Okay," Gudako nodded.
"That's fine. It wouldn't be good if too many people went in and disturbed Ryougi Shiki," Mash finally changed into casual clothes.
"I'll wait here too," Lancelot also nodded.
In reality, Lancelot was focused on Aozaki Touko since Tia had specifically noticed her.
"Are you Ryougi Shiki's family?" Aozaki Touko asked near the window.
"No, we are... friends," Lancelot said.
"Is that so? Friends, huh? I didn't expect Ryougi Shiki to have so many Caster friends. That's quite unexpected," Aozaki Touko said. "In that case, my coming here was completely unnecessary..."
Of course, Aozaki Touko didn't know that Lancelot and the others were Servants, but she could clearly feel the flow of magic power, so she naturally thought they were Casters.
"You guys look very strong. Did you come from the Clock Tower?" Aozaki Touko continued, "But with the chaotic state of the Clock Tower right now, they're still willing to send out important forces. It seems the Clock Tower is in a pretty bad state."
"Clock Tower?" Lancelot naturally knew about the Clock Tower, but Lancelot was a Servant, so he never paid too much attention to it. "What's wrong there?"
"Is the Clock Tower in a bad state?" Mash whispered to Gudako.
"How would I know? I've never been there. If the new head was here, he would definitely know," Gudako also whispered to Mash. "But it's probably related to the disappearance of evil and pure good thoughts. Maybe Casters have different ideas about evil and good thoughts."
"You'd think so. That Araya Souren could do something like that, so those Casters are probably even worse," Katsushika Hokusai also whispered to Gudako and Mash.
At this time, Tia hadn't told them about Araya Souren yet. Even Tia herself didn't know many things.
Therefore, to Katsushika Hokusai, Araya Souren was just someone purely trying to do good, helping Ryougi Shiki and giving normal people a new place to live. The Casters of the Clock Tower are probably also like that, all trying to do good, using magic to help ordinary people everywhere.
However, Katsushika Hokusai believes that using magic without restraint to help ordinary people will ultimately only bring disaster to them. Although Katsushika Hokusai doesn't know exactly what kind of disaster, seeing Tia order Lancelot to directly kill Araya Souren, she understands that there must be a big problem with Araya Souren's actions. Therefore, she naturally thinks that the current Clock Tower, doing good without restraint, has also caused various big problems.
Lancelot's idea is different.
Lancelot knows very well what Araya Souren was going to do in the original story. That's why he didn't hesitate to kill him. Even though Tia doesn't know what Araya Souren's purpose is in this world where evil has disappeared, she doesn't think Araya Souren can do anything good. Therefore, Lancelot naturally understands that those guys at the Clock Tower, who are also Casters like Araya Souren, will definitely be even more outrageous than Araya Souren. Moreover, the Clock Tower is the main base for Casters, so it's definitely not going to be good with a bunch of those Casters there.
"Haha! You guys don't know! Looks like you've been away from the Clock Tower for a while."
Aozaki Touko doesn't know the exact identities of Lancelot and the others, whom she is meeting for the first time. She just feels that Lancelot exudes British charm everywhere, and since Lancelot took the initiative to ask, she assumes they are from the Clock Tower.
"The Clock Tower is fighting almost every day now. The attacks on the El-Melloi faction's Casters are the most frequent, especially the attacks on Lord El-Melloi himself, which almost never stop. But Lord El-Melloi seems to have greatly increased his strength after returning from Fuyuki City, and all the attacks have been repelled. This has caused the entire Clock Tower to become interested in that Lord El-Melloi, and they've collectively joined the attacks. If you're interested in this, you can go to the Clock Tower and participate. Maybe you can even get some benefits. After all, the more mystery is known, the stronger the power of the mystery becomes. The chaos in the Clock Tower is almost making all of London restless."
Aozaki Touko seems very excited about the current state of the Clock Tower.
Although Tia is inside the room to see Ryougi Shiki, she is actually just standing at the door. Only Kokutou Mikiya and the other two have come to Ryougi Shiki's bedside. So, Tia clearly hears Aozaki Touko's words.
The war at the Clock Tower. Kenneth was attacked.
This is getting even bigger.
Moreover, now that evil has disappeared, why are the Casters fighting? And why Kenneth? Could it be...
Tia suddenly realized something.
Is Kenneth not dying one of the reasons for the Divergence? It seems that Kenneth dies in the Fourth War in every world. Could the formation of this different world also be related to Kenneth not dying?
Then, has Kenneth himself been affected by the disappearance of evil? What about Waver, who went back to the Clock Tower, and Alexander the Great? Sakura Matou and Matou Kariya should have been taken back to the Clock Tower, right? How are they now? And what is Reines up to now?
After hearing Aozaki Touko's words, Tia suddenly became interested in the current chaos at the Clock Tower. But with the whereabouts of that giant octopus unknown, Tia doesn't dare to leave easily. Who knows if the giant octopus, which may be interested in Ryougi Shiki, will suddenly attack.
(End of Chapter)
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