Magical User Aozaki Aoko Case Files

"Please wait a moment," the lobby manager of Brown Hotel took out the reservation book and began to check it. After a while, he found the names of Qingzi and Chengzi.

"What credit card did you use to make the reservation?" the manager asked.

Qingzi handed over the credit card as well and waited patiently for the front desk manager's work results.

After a moment, the manager handed a bunch of keys to Qingzi, and then pointed out the location of the elevator with a perfect business smile on his face.

“Enjoy your stay!”

Going upstairs, the two sisters followed the signs on the wall, found the luxury suite they had booked, and opened the door with the key.

"It looks really good," Aozaki Touko let go of Aoko's hand immediately after entering the room, and ran around the rooms of the suite like a madman, "But I suggest you check it out first. Some magicians have very bad personalities and may leave some disgusting spells in a place like this."

"No problem," Qingzi said, "Then let's split up, shall we?"

After saying that, Aoko and Orange began to check the hotel from two directions separately.

Aoko lit up her own magic seal, and the turquoise light was faintly visible through the part of her shirt that was not blocked by her windbreaker, shrouding her in a mysterious aura.

Aoko made a gesture, and a blue halo with her fingertips as the center continued to spread outward, covering the room she was in.

After checking around, Aoko did not find any traces of magic in the area she was responsible for, so she returned to the living room and sat on the sofa waiting for Orange.

After a while, Orange also finished the inspection. He jumped onto the soft and comfortable sofa in two steps and kicked off his shoes.

"How is it?" Qingzi quietly used an invisible servant to collect the shoes and coats of the two and changed them into slippers they brought with them.

"I didn't find anything here," Orange hummed with satisfaction while grabbing a pillow, "What about you?"

"I don't have any here either," Qingzi said, "Have you ever stayed here before?"

"No," Orange said unhappily, "When I came to the Clock Tower to study before, I had some problems with money, so it was impossible for me to stay in a hotel of this level. I must enjoy myself this time!"

"By the way, do you know who has stayed in the suite you booked before?" Orange's little feet in black stockings were crossed, moving back and forth, as if she wanted Gou Qingzi to catch it.

Of course Qingzi would not indulge her. She grabbed Orange's little feet in her hands at a speed that Orange had no time to react to. This immediately caused a struggle, and Orange glared at her angrily.

"Of course I can't know," Qingzi said with a smile, "Can you please tell me, an ignorant sister, the story behind this suite?"

"Huh," Orange retracted his feet and began to explain to Qingzi, "You know Agatha Christie, right?"

"The one from the Orient Express Murder Case?" Qingzi was stunned. She didn't expect to hear this name from Chengzi. "She also lived here?"

"That's right!" Orange nodded and continued, "The Queen of Detective Fiction once used the Brown Hotel as a prototype and created the novel Bertram's Hotel Mystery with Miss Marple as the protagonist in this suite."

"Ah?" Aoko recalled, "I'm not very interested in detective novels. I prefer Arthur Conan Doyle to Agatha Christie."

"How vulgar!" Orange criticized Qingzi's answer sharply, then ran into the bedroom.

Aoko didn't pay much attention to Orange's comments, but made a hand seal and summoned a box.

She took out some hot food from a compartment in the box, which she had prepared before she left. Aoko didn't trust the British people's eating standards.

She specifically used Leo Meng's secret box because Qingzi had a lot of things that couldn't pass airport security and needed to carry with her, and the flow of time in the etheric plane was slower than that in the material plane, making it more suitable for storing food.

Chapter 57: El-Melloi Classroom

At night, Aoko and Chengzi sat at the dining table in the suite, enjoying the food Aoko brought as dinner while discussing plans for tomorrow.

"Is this the structure of the clock tower?" Qingzi said as she looked at the map drawn by Orange. "It's bigger than I thought."

"I haven't been to all the locations in the Clock Tower," Orange said after taking a bite of food, "but you can understand that the largest academic building in the Clock Tower is for all basic subjects, which is disguised as an ordinary university, while other subjects are disguised as university ancillary facilities and are placed in different blocks."

"Is that old lady from Baruyereta from the Creative Department?" Aoko asked while looking at the map with interest.

"That's right," Orange pointed to a place and said, "This is the building of the Department of Creation, but Baru Yereta doesn't always stay in the building of the Department of Creation."

"It doesn't look like a very solid structure." Aoko commented as she looked at the photo of the Creative Science Building that Orange had pasted on it.

"Are you planning to blow up the Creative Department building?" Orange glanced at Aoko and said, "It really fits your destructive nature~"

"Don't think of me as that kind of barbarian," Qingzi said helplessly, "But it is still quite attractive to me to just kill this old woman. The sudden death of the head of the three noble families will surely cause a lot of turmoil in the clock tower, right?"

"From your tone, you don't want to do this?" Orange said in surprise, "Don't think that this will make the Secret Ritual Arbitration Bureau Observatory Karion revoke the seal on me. The relationship between Baru Yereta and the Observatory is not a simple superior-subordinate relationship."

"It doesn't matter," Qingzi replied, "At worst, we can start from the Department of Creation and go to the Observatory in Karlion again. I heard that the Arcanum Judgment Bureau is located deep in the Tomb of the Soul Albion?"

"That's right," Orange said with a frown, "but the Tomb of Albion is usually sealed and inaccessible."

"This is a bit troublesome," Aoko thought, "What about the Sealing Designation Bureau? Is it also in the building of the Observatory Karion?"

"That's not the case," Orange picked up a marker next to him and circled an area on the map. "Since the Sealing Designation Bureau is the department in the Arbitration Bureau that is responsible for contact with the outside world, their headquarters is not underground, but in the Clock Tower complex. It's just a little remote."

"It's good to be remote," Qingzi said playfully, "If Baru Yereta is not here, then I plan to pay him a visit."

---Dividing line---

The next morning, Aoko took Orange and left the Brown Hotel (of course they hadn't checked out of the hotel yet). After finding a secluded corner to hide their bodies, they used flying skills to reach the sky.

Orange has always been very interested in Aoko's magic of flying, and scoffed at Aoko's statement that "you can't learn this magic", thinking that her sister must be on guard against her so as not to be defeated by teaching her.

After flying for a while, the two came to an area that was clearly set up with some kind of suggestive magic barrier.

Qingzi looked down and saw ancient Victorian-style buildings dotted all the nearby blocks. From time to time, there were people walking hurriedly on the street. Among them were ordinary people and magicians with magical reactions.

"Are we going to start?" Orange said excitedly, "As a 'wanted criminal', I'm quite excited to be back in the Clock Tower~"

"Don't be impatient," Qingzi said as she held down the impatient Orange. "Let's go into the clock tower and check it out first."

They found a place to land, and after removing their invisibility, they walked upright on the street.

The alarm mechanism of the clock tower is not smart enough to alarm as long as the target designated by the seal enters the clock tower, but if the time is too long, the observatory that observes the universe (the surface) Karion will issue a warning and then send out corresponding combatants to capture it.

"Hmm... We should be near the Minerals Department's building now," Orange said, looking around. "Should we go to the Creation Department's building now?"

"Let's go meet an old friend first," Qingzi said, "after all, there won't be many opportunities in the future."

"Huh?" Orange was a little confused. "Do you know anyone in the Minerals Department?"

"Probably," Aoko said uncertainly, "I'm not sure if those people are here at this time. But do you know the El-Melloi classroom?"

"Ah, you mean the classroom of the Lemonhead?" Orange said suddenly, "That guy is quite famous in the Clock Tower. In a sense, he is a capable person."

"Why, magician Aoko has taken a fancy to a young talent in the clock tower?" Orange teased like a female imp.

"No, I just think it's interesting to see what someone is like at his peak before he gets into trouble." Aoko replied calmly.

"...Are you serious?" Orange sighed and said, "For you guys, I'm afraid the daily efforts of most people are like a joke, right?"

---Dividing line---

The two sisters easily entered the door of the Creative Department building. Rather than being lax in defense, the education department of the Clock Tower was no different from a normal British university - students could attend classes at will, but other rights and rules were set by the classroom owner.

Aoko took Orange for a walk in the mineral science building, and finally found the famous El-Melloi classroom on the third floor.

However, the current El-Melloi classroom is not in the modern magic department, and the person in charge of teaching the course is not some second generation, but still a genius from a clock tower.

Aoko looked into the classroom from the back door. It looked like a tiered classroom with space for about a few dozen people.

The teacher in charge of teaching the course has not arrived yet, and only the students are chatting busily in the classroom.

"Go away, don't block the door!" A rude voice sounded behind Qingzi, "El-Melloi's classroom is not for just any ordinary kid to join!"

The two turned around and saw a brown-haired, sturdy magician who looked to be in his late twenties looking at Orange who was standing next to Aoko with contempt.

Orange didn't react much, he just stared at the arrogant and domineering man. The light in his left eye flashed, and the unknown magician lost the ability to move and speak, and was completely fixed in place.

Aoko ignored this guy and just found an empty seat in the back row of the classroom with Chengzi and sat down.

The other students suddenly became quiet at first, but after noticing what happened to the clown at the door, they resumed their conversation as if nothing had happened. After all, the first rule in the Clock Tower is not to meddle in other people's business.

Chapter 58 Kenneth's Decision

About ten minutes later, a young man wearing a well-tailored windbreaker, with blond hair combed back and an arrogant look, walked into the classroom and stood behind the podium.

He first looked around the classroom, and then when he set his sights on the last row of the classroom, where Aoko and Chengzi were sitting, he was stunned.

Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald's expression was slightly stiff.

Although it was hard to believe, with his level of knowledge, Kenneth had already identified the two young girls sitting there.

A strong sense of alienation, a powerful hint of repulsion brought about by the force of inhibition, a "difference" that can only be perceived by a magician of at least Kenneth's level.

The ultimate mysterious holder of the "Law" that is hostile to the world is sitting in his classroom, waiting for his lecture.

Kenneth suddenly felt his throat a little dry. He loosened his collar, picked up the water cup on the podium, unscrewed it and took a sip to calm himself down.

Young women, magic, East Asian.

Through these three elements, Kenneth deduced the specific identity of this person. He must be the protagonist of the fifth law inheritance incident that caused a lot of controversy some time ago, Aozaki Aoko.

Kenneth has admiration for the "Magician's Egg" Aozaki Touko who once studied in the Clock Tower. Although he is not familiar with Aozaki Touko, Kenneth believes that since she is a genius and I am also a genius, it is normal for geniuses to appreciate each other.

However, ever since Aozaki Touko escaped and was put on the list of people designated to be sealed, she disappeared from Kenneth's sight.

After that, he heard some rumors from Northern Europe, but Kenneth did not take those things to heart. Instead, he refocused his attention on his research.

I heard that Aozaki Touko returned to the Far East to compete with her sisters for the inheritance of the fifth magic, and now the one sitting here with the complete breath of "law" is not Aozaki Touko, so...

Kenneth moved his gaze slightly and saw the little girl next to the magician, and immediately became confused.

Who is this? Kenneth thought quickly, could it be Aozaki Aoko's sister?

Aozaki Touko and Aozaki Aoko are the only two descendants of the fourth magician family of this generation, so this little girl is likely to be...

"Teacher Kenneth?" A thin boy with a feminine short hairstyle interrupted Kenneth's thoughts, "What's wrong with you?"

"You don't have to remind me, Weber," Kenneth came back to his senses and said with a little arrogance, "I was just thinking, let's start the class now!"

After being rebuked, Weber shrank his head, sat back down obediently, took out his textbooks and notes, and prepared to listen to the lecture.

Aoko listened to the lessons of El-Melloi, the Lord of the Mineral Department, with great interest, just like an ordinary student.

Orange felt very bored because what Kenneth was talking about was knowledge she had already learned a long time ago, and listening to it now only made her drowsy.

She did fall asleep, and Orange was lying on the table in the middle of the lesson, breathing steadily.

The entire class lasted about two hours.

After it was over, Kenneth glanced at Qingzi, hesitated for a moment, and then picked up his lecture notes and left the classroom.