After lunch was over, I made Arihiko go with Akiha and the others, just so I could have some time alone with Ciel.
A few minutes passed and we both had complicated expressions on our faces.
What can be done to it?
With me here, it's impossible for Ciel to do his job by ignoring me. Sooner or later we were going to meet, that's what I think now in this situation.
In line of hierarchies, because there are two [Magicians] in town, they would send me first at the slightest sign of trouble.
Aoko Aozaki > Touko Aozaki > Shiki Tohno.
That is the way we can summarize our hierarchy. If I am like a squad of soldiers, then Aoko-san who is at the top of the pyramid is like a multipurpose weapon of mass destruction.
If Aoko-san has to get involved in a battle, we are really in a [Black Code] when we are talking about levels of enemy dangerousness.
Also, I must receive permission from my tutors if I want to use the [Mystical Eyes of Death Perception]. They established that it was extremely forbidden for me to use my ability unless it is something that puts my life at risk.
On the other hand, the use of [Spells] and [Charms] are allowed only if I am careful.
But anyway.
About three years ago, I met Ciel. We got into a fight where for obvious reasons, I ended up losing beautifully to her. I had not foreseen that she was also a very good martial arts user and for that very reason, she applied a wrench to me from which I could not let go.
It seems that in order for [The Burial Agency] to sneak into this school without any problems, Ciel used her own [Mystic Eyes of Whisper] thus managing to convince all the students that she and Noel are respectively a student of a higher grade and a teacher.
I'm not surprised they fell, as there is no other [Spellcaster] in this school other than me.
Without a doubt, everything I learned from the Aozaki sisters helps me a lot for things like this.
─So what is your job here? ─. I decide to start a suitable topic of conversation.
Ciel, who seemed depressed until now, responds with a remote but palpable dissatisfaction.
─Nothing out of the ordinary, Tohno-kun. I am here to search for the next reincarnation of Roa that I feel will be in this city. She would advise you to tell the [Witches] since you live with both of them, a little extra help would do me no harm.
Roa? That crazy vampire with eternal life?
─Do you have any idea who he could be?
─No idea, since the people who can be suitable recipients for Roa in this city are very few. I doubt he's going to get into someone like the [Witches], so, that would only leave you or someone close to you.
─Ugh...
That statement bothers me.
Michael Roa Valdamjong was once a human, but he made the [Princess of True Ancestors], Arcueid Brunestud, drink his blood and this is how he obtained the abilities of what we know as a [Vampire]. Originally the [Vampires] themselves did not exist, there were only the [True Ancestors] from whom the [Dead Ancestors] were derived because of Roa.
The differences between a [True Ancestor] and a [Dead Ancestor] is that the former of these vampire classes do not feel the need to take blood and are not affected by sunlight.
Arcueid Brunestud is the last in her class and from what I've been told, even as monstrous as she sounds, she can easily lose to Aoko-san.
Surprising how many things a single woman like Aoko-san can do, she undoubtedly deserves the mocking nickname "car that can run a thousand kilometers on a single liter of gasoline". Touko-san and I made fun of her a lot using that nickname.
The reason why Aoko-san is so strong... maybe it's because she couldn't save someone when she wanted to. Her lack of skills and experience cost one person's life. Although I don't criticize her for that, I think Aoko-san is still affected by not being able to use [Fifth Magic] to save someone she cared about.
Anyway.
─Why do you say that? If you tell me to clean my gut because I have parasites, then I will.
─Haha... nothing like that. Tohno-kun, you must be careful from now on. A user of the [Mystic Eyes of Death Perception] enters the possibility of being a vessel for Roa. Aoko-san had to have explained to you sometime that that ability mostly attracts misfortune.
...
─I contradicted her on that.
─Huh?
Ciel sounds completely confused at my answer to what she just said.
It's true.
Aoko-san once told me that [Mystic Eyes of Death Perception] bring misfortune to the one who uses them. I was on the brink of death in the accident I suffered eight years ago and that activated the ability in the first place.
But when Aoko-san told me that, I...
─That's a lie. Thanks to this ability, I was able to meet Touko-san, I was able to meet Ryougi-san and Kokutou-san, I was also able to meet Kiritsugu-san, Shirou-kun, Ciel-san, Waver-san, Tohsaka-san, Edelfelt-san, and everyone else. But above all of them, I met Aoko-san.
─That's why. I consider that my having obtained this ability is not all bad. If it hadn't been for that, I would never have met you, Aoko Aozaki-san.
There are the words that I once said to Aoko-san when she was being pessimistic about it.
Yes, using the ability may only cause chaos and destruction. But as long as I use it to protect those I care about... it's worth everything.
─Ehh, Tohno-kun. By any chance, are you in love with Aoko-san?
!
Hey!
─Why do you think that?! I just... respect her as my tutor and [Teacher]! I don't see Aoko-san that way!
It's normal for her to panic.
If they use the words "in love" and "Aoko-san" in a sentence against me, panic comes by itself. I can't just help it.
Ciel-senpai just looks at me with a mischievous expression saying an interested "Ehhh".
It is clear that she is not going to drop the subject now.
Curse...
In the end. The hours passed and the school day ended. I just couldn't get Ciel-senpai out of it at all.
─See you, Tohno-kun. I will let you know if I need you to help me with something since you offered to do it. ─. Ciel sounds happily satisfied with what she accomplished as she says goodbye to me.
In order for her to be satisfied, I told her that she would do whatever she was if she dropped the subject.
And acting as pragmatic as ever, Ciel accepted what I said without hesitation.
Damn, now I owe you a favor.
Either way, now that classes were over, it's time for her to step into the second act of this day.
After saying goodbye to Arihiko and Yumizuka-san, I walked over to where the other people I spoke to today were. My little sister Akiha and the pair of twins, Kohaku-san and Hisui-san. The three of them were waiting for me with smiles on their faces. As my old man sent them to this school, he thought that he would send them to collect them in a car, but I think I'm wrong.
...
I will not deny that after all the mental exhaustion that Ciel imposed on me while he was getting information about my love interests, I wanted to travel by car to the Tohno Mansion. It's a hassle to have to walk now and Touko-san must be asleep or playing video games quietly at home.
While she's not working, that woman is lazy, seriously.
─That Ciel-senpai. I don't like her. ─. Akiha comments as soon as I reach the distance range where we can have a conversation.
I am not going to deny that she is very annoying and all that, but it is not so bad. Ciel is quite nice... in a masochistic sense to tell the truth.
─Quiet, calm, I did not like him at first either. She's an irritatingly hard-headed, that's why at her age, she still doesn't have anyone to fuck her.
─Nii-san, talking about a woman's purity is a sign of rudeness.
─Shiki-san, that's horrible for a boy your age.
─Shiki-san, you are a monster.
...
Getting three different reviews is enough to drive the nail further into my heart from mental exhaustion.
I apologize...
There are times when the words I learned from Touko-san are absolutely useless in the world.
The four of us decided to start walking towards the Tohno Mansion. It's not very far from here, but it still bothers me to have to walk.
On the way we talk nonsense nonsense, something like:
─Huh?! Shiki-san, aren't you gay?!
─That's a surprise.
─It doesn't matter that it isn't... Nii-san likes women?! When did you become a predator?!
Hey, calling me a predator was rude coming from you guys. Especially from you, Akiha.
─Hm, Arihiko-san seemed like a good person to me.
─I think Arihiko is someone I can agree with, Nee-san.
─I say the same, Arihiko-senpai seems very trustworthy.
The truth is, it doesn't reassure me that they talk about Arihiko as a topic of conversation. But I see that the three of them got to know him a bit after I pushed them aside to talk to Ciel in the schoolyard.
I'm glad you didn't dislike my friend.
Of course there were also things that I couldn't hear. But because of the format, they can still know.
─By the way... What's up with that Yumizuka-san? She was looking at Shiki-san the whole time.
─That's true, I think Shiki-san is a love interest for her. Hm, Akiha-sama, is something wrong?
─I-it's nothing... just don't let Yumizuka-senpai get too close to Nii-san in the next few days.
It was quite fun hearing them talk about such diverse topics.
I think I can get accustom oneself to this.