"Aozaki Touko died together with Araya Souren at the end, but you know her true nature. She should be on her way from somewhere else right now," Tia said.
"Yeah, she is like that," Ryougi Shiki nodded.
Tia was glad that Ryougi Shiki didn't seem to remember Aozaki Touko's body breaking apart, or a little octopus crawling out of Aozaki Touko's body. Otherwise, she wouldn't know how to explain it to her.
But Tia remembered that she threw the demon-killing short sword to Ryougi Shiki after Aozaki Touko's body broke apart and the little octopus crawled out. The fact that she doesn't have this memory now can only mean that Root removed that memory.
According to what Root said just now, if they went back any later, the Chaldean servant Ryougi Shiki would have found out her identity. That showed one thing: The way the servant Ryougi Shiki exists made it difficult for Root to show herself.
As the battle ended, the area around the battlefield completely returned to normal, and people began to come and go again.
At this point, Tia suddenly realized that Araya Souren seemed to have used magic similar to expelling ordinary people at the beginning of the battle, preventing them from approaching. Now that it was over, ordinary people noticed this place again.
Wasn't that situation similar to the black fog in Ryougi Shiki's mansion? Did he still care about the safety of ordinary people until just now?
But before, he relied on that machine to do it. Now it seems that there is no such machine at all. As soon as Araya Souren died, people immediately came in. That means Araya Souren made that machine himself?
Why did he make such a machine? He decided on the idea of that mansion himself. Wasn't that just making trouble for himself?
In fact, as mentioned before, the existence of that machine was only to protect the people in the mansion from being hurt by the construction site where the house was being built, so he deliberately encircled a circle around the outside of the construction site. That black fog was part of Araya Souren's own ability. The black fog actually spread throughout the entire Ryougi Shiki family mansion. Anyone who entered the mansion would feel it.
Naturally, they couldn't feel the black fog, but they would feel happy here.
This feeling of happiness was brought to them by the black fog. For Araya Souren, this was considered increasing the fame of the mysterious.
Just then, a sports car suddenly drove over from a distance and stopped near the group. The person who got out of the sports car was naturally Aozaki Touko.
"Oh, it looks like my box was protected well," Aozaki Touko immediately saw the sealed box that had been closed again as soon as she got out.
However, the sealed box was not actually closed by anyone present. It was closed by the monster inside itself because the monster was also frightened by Root's appearance.
"You came pretty quickly, Touko," Ryougi Shiki greeted her like an old friend. "Thanks for your hard work."
"Of course, I had to come quickly. It's no joke if the things inside the box run out. But it looks like everything is fine," Aozaki Touko said, picking up the sealed box while constantly watching Ryougi Shiki.
Aozaki Touko noticed through her own observation that the current Ryougi Shiki didn't seem to have any memory of Root from before. This made Aozaki Touko afraid to bring up the question about Root because Aozaki Touko herself knew that anything involving Root would only cause more trouble if she spoke rashly.
"But speaking of which, Araya Souren was really unlucky. He was screwed over pretty badly," Aozaki Touko couldn't help but say.
Screwed over?
Tia became curious immediately when she heard Aozaki Touko say that.
"Who screwed him over? He wanted to do it himself," Ryougi Shiki said.
"Himself? Don't be silly. There's no way that guy would be so kind as to do all these good things himself. He has his own goals! You have to know that the more people know about the mysterious, the stronger it becomes. That's why he deliberately planned such a boring joke," Aozaki Touko said. "But someone told him that he should do it this way, so he did it."
He believed it just because someone told him. It's like that again.
Tia complained in her heart again.
But how did another person suddenly appear? Lately, someone has always popped up unexpectedly.
"I know that the more people know about the mysterious, the stronger it becomes, but Araya Souren has always acted alone! This time, he was just targeted by a big octopus!" In Ryougi Shiki's memory, Araya Souren had always been this kind of person. There had never been a person like the one Aozaki Touko described, someone who believed everything he was told. Just like this world's herself, so stupid.
"Hmm? Are you very familiar with him?" Aozaki Touko suddenly noticed the meaning in Ryougi Shiki's words. To Aozaki Touko, the current Ryougi Shiki shouldn't be this familiar with him.
"No, my father said so," Ryougi Shiki naturally blamed her father.
"Is that so," Aozaki Touko didn't continue to ask. Aozaki Touko didn't dare to ask too much about anything involving Root.
"Araya Souren wanted to save the world and naturally believed that the world needed him to save it. People were waiting for him to save them and would be grateful to him, so he couldn't let anyone get hurt. But this kindness of not wanting anyone to get hurt was too extreme, making him unable to bear for anyone to ask him for help."
"In his heart, everyone is a glass heart and must be completely protected. So, the mansion he suggested your father build was also out of extreme kindness, wanting to protect everyone in your home."
"As long as the magician he taught your father succeeded, your body could successfully awaken Root, 'Emptiness'. At that time, you who are empty would naturally treat everyone in your mansion as your own family to fill your 'Emptiness'."
"Because of his kindness, the people living in your house would not have any doubts and would continue to live there, completely giving up their normal lives and actively accepting your protection, which is equivalent to actively accepting the setting that they are glass hearts. And so many people have been accepted by you, which is equivalent to so many people indirectly having a connection with Root."
"Araya Souren could then use a barrier to wrap around your entire mansion, and further transform your home through formations and barriers, turning your home into a part of Araya Souren, naturally including all the people living in your home, as well as you yourself. In this way, you, Ryougi Shiki, would not die, and these people would not die either. They would all live happily forever."
(End of this chapter)
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