[91] Resolution

Through Merlin's words.

He also roughly understood...

Originally, the Counter Force's method was to influence him, making him unconsciously ignore his own sister, step by step forcing himself into a desperate situation.

And then... as a last resort, seeking Shiki help. No... Void Shiki.

At that time, he estimated that he would obtain the Red Stone of Aja in her hands. And then... his sister would be saved by her in some way, while he joined the Mage's Association by force.

The result was unknown.

However, it probably wouldn't be a favorable outcome.

But now...

Ah, now it's much better.

He suddenly understood...

The Magician of the Second Magic also known as Zelretch, the one who possesses the "Second Magic, Operation of Parallel Worlds", has resolved everything with just one sentence.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Mage's Association, he was just an experiment. Because the Second Magician instilled something in him, causing his mind to seize up and reveal the mystery.

At that time... even if the magus were resentful, it wouldn't matter.

After all, the big shot above, the Second Magician, had already spoken.

And... it seemed that such things were not the first time, judging by Merlin's tone...

Being able to move between parallel worlds.

The concept of the world was already quite thin for him... whether it was the complete disappearance of mysteries, the depletion of the leylines, or the mysteries covering the earth again, he probably wouldn't care.

He didn't know what had happened in the future to make that person take action.

It's quite an honor, though—

Even so, many magus maybe bear a grudge against him.

However, there shouldn't be many magus of this kind. After all, magus had their own things to do, so it was unlikely that there were many who acted on impulse... probably not many.

Even if there were...

They would be "sent away," well... in a physical sense.

Even if one or two were overlooked because there were too many people coming. They should still be weak enough for him to handle on his own.

After all... there were many matters concerning the Counter Force, so at most, one or two counter guardians would be sent to watch over his side, and maybe not even that.

But after all... Type-Moon was a dangerous place. If a traveler came to this world, they would naturally become a part of Counter Force, Alaya, and then Alaya could just lead them astray in their subconscious, and that person would die unknowingly.

Unless, it was the kind of power that could single-handedly oppose the entire world, that degree of strength could be considered safe.

"So, that's all there is to it. Is there anything else you don't understand?" Merlin looked at Kazuya and asked.

"In that case, what about the Magic Circuits? Does she have the qualifications?" Kazuya asked Merlin, not for himself, but for his sister.

The Second Magician would be responsible for sending his sister, Kazumi, to the Mage's Association in the parallel world as "El-Melloi II's" disciple.

Although this matter could already be preliminarily judged, Kazumi's future achievements would not be lower than other Magus. However, that was under the condition of having Magic Circuits and magical aptitude!

Since Kazumi was a native of this world, she definitely had Magic Circuits, but what about the quantity? What about the quality?

"Indeed, Kurokawa Kazumi's Magic Circuits are average, even mediocre, with only nine circuits. Increasing the quantity is not something that can be achieved by ordinary means, but you can rest assured... increasing the quality of each circuit is still possible with some effort. So, what do you think?" Although Merlin was asking for an opinion, he didn't stop speaking.

"This time we can block it, but... this world is not peaceful either. Mysteries will always attract mysteries, and she has always been around mysteries. Sooner or later, she will be involved, and if there is no corresponding power... she is not a protected target of the Counter Force. And you are her brother, so this matter still requires your decision," Merlin said, placing the decision-making power in Kazuya's hands.

"...No, the decision is not in my hands, it's in hers. Wake her up." Kazuya looked at his sister, who was beside him, and said, "Let her make her own decision; she has the right to know her own fate."

"Is that so... then it's up to you. The only thing I want to say is that even if it's Jewel Magician, traveling in parallel worlds himself is one thing, but taking people with him is not that simple." As Merlin spoke, he stood up and walked towards Kazumi, who was on the side. "Of course, these things may also be lies he told me. After all, it's normal to hide clumsiness and the like. But... even if it's clumsiness, he doesn't plan to take people with him often, which means... it may become quite difficult for you to see her in the future."

"I understand, I'll figure it out on my own." Kazuya nodded... he felt that he could trust the person named Merlin in front of him, not because he was named Merlin, not for any other reason, but... he told himself that he could trust him.

It was like his future self was speaking directly to his present self.

It was such a strange feeling.

As for parallel worlds... well, he had mysterious self-confidence in this matter, sooner or later he would be able to do it himself, even if it wasn't with the Second Magic, he would find other ways to travel in parallel worlds.

So even if that was the case, it wasn't a big deal... even if Kazumi wasn't here, he could still go there on his own, but... it all depended on her judgment.

"Well then." Merlin said as he walked up to Kazumi in front of him. "Good morning~ The sun has already risen, it's time to wake up."

"Ugh~" Kazumi, who had not woken up all along, slowly opened her eyes. "Where is this?"

"This is the world of dreams," Merlin said with a smile. "Welcome to your own dream, Miss Kurokawa Kazumi."

"Huh? My own dream? Then why are you welcoming me? Huh? Onii-chan?"

...

Kazuya woke up...

"El-Melloi... II, huh... that way, I can rest easy for now."

He looked at the bed next to him, and indeed, just in case, he had booked a room, but Kazumi, who had been lying in the bed next to him, had disappeared.

Fortunately, when he was in the dream, he had already taught her the Ripple Breathing Technique. It was really impressive that it could even be taught in such a way in a dream, probably because the dream was created by Merlin.

Now, on the floor of this hotel...

There was something very incongruous.

Flowers were blooming everywhere—

Who knows, there was no soil here, how could there be flowers?

It was as if it was deliberately telling him that everything before this was not a dream... really, it was too deliberately done...

Kazuya got out of bed and stepped into the sea of flowers in the room.

He examined them carefully.

Hmm... they were indeed growing on the floor. When pulled out, they even had stems...

But there were no voids in the floor, it was truly a mysterious magecraft.

He took out a pen and paper and sketched everything from various angles, and even took a couple of photos...

"Didn't Merlin think about how to deal with these flowers? I'm not a magus, and I'm not a vampire, I can't use suggestion or hypnosis or anything like that. Did he just leave it to me to clean up?"

After packing everything up.

Kazuya placed his hand on the ground.

Golden ripples flowed into the sea of flowers from his arm—

"Ripple Dash!"

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—

All the flowers were shattered, and he felt a bit sorry for them.

"Well, in that case, I can leave it to the hotel to clean up..."

Kazuya sighed and smiled slightly.

With that, it was over—

The next thing to do... was to go to the Ryougi residence!

He's been waiting for this day for so long...

On the other hand, at the moment Kurokawa Kazuya woke up, the only thing that felt the chaos was the Counter Force, which existed only on instinct.

Originally, it had returned to normal when it stopped influencing Kurokawa Kazuya, but not only that... why was there a trace of its own power on Kurokawa Kazuya?

The Counter Force was in chaos.

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