"While it's still early, let's go back to the Tower of the Sun and settle the matter."
Li Xiang looked at the two people fighting and said with a smile, "I should still be able to catch the train back to London."
"You already know who the murderer is?"
Lenis asked quickly.
"almost."
Li Xiang found an explanation casually and said, "After watching Aozaki Orange's battle, I can already confirm that the new golden princess was created by her. I only need to ask her a few questions to understand."
"Go! Go back!"
Lenis said impatiently.
Although she was a little tired from running from the Tower of the Sun just now, she was about to clear her suspicions, so the hard work was nothing.
"etc."
Astati stopped Lenis who was running out and said, "Let's go back in the tool."
"You're not talking about your snake, are you?"
Lenis turned pale and shook her head, "I don't want it."
Astarte didn't speak. She stretched out her hand, and there was a light golden light in her palm.
The light rose into the sky and turned into a flying carpet a moment later.
The whole is blue and the four sides are gold.
"Magic flying carpet?"
Lenis couldn't help but show surprise and envy.
Any magical gift that can fly is without exception very expensive.
Unless she sells her mercury maid, she won't be able to afford it.
"Come up."
Astarte raised her feet and stood on the flying carpet.
Four people seemed a bit crowded.
"Anna, get bigger."
Astarte ordered.
The flying carpet under my feet immediately doubled in size.
"Have you actually been given a personality?"
Lenis calculated the price and felt sour in her heart.
If the magic costume has personality, its value will be higher.
So is her quicksilver maid.
Even in the entire Magic Association, they are considered to be the top group of magic costumes.
It is also the most valuable item currently owned by the El-Melloi family.
Well, maybe the Mercury Maid is worth more than her own value.
Li Xiang secretly said that the senior sister was indeed a rich woman.
Even a flying carpet needs to have a personality.
Is this the rich woman’s toy?
Love it, love it.
Flying carpets are great, but steel balls or something like that would be too much for your body.
This name is quite common.
I feel like there are many people named Anna.
The speed of the flying carpet is pretty good.
The distance that originally took twenty minutes of footwork only took five minutes.
Four people got off the flying carpet.
"When I came out earlier, I asked Trimmau to stay and guard Karina's body. It is estimated that Byron and the others have learned about her death by now, so we will go directly to her room."
Lenis said as she walked.
Li Xiang nodded, no wonder he didn't see her mercury maid just now.
They soon arrived at the second floor.
As Lenis said, there were already many people standing at this time.
After waking up, Bailon, Princess Silver and another maid Regina.
"Did you kill her?"
As soon as Bailon saw Lenis, he asked.
Compared to the death of the Golden Princess, he seemed relatively calm at this time.
After all, he really doesn't know what's going on with Karina.
"Your Excellency Bailon, don't jump to conclusions so easily."
Lenis showed a faint smile and behaved elegantly like a noble.
She has regained her usual calmness.
Bailon was about to continue speaking when he saw Astarte's eyes and remembered her previous battle with Aozaki Orange, so he immediately shut his mouth.
Even if he uses the ultimate move in his magic workshop, it will probably be difficult to kill her.
"Your Excellency Bailon, please inform Mr. Inolai and Miss Aosaki to come over. Don't you want to know who the murderer is? I will reveal it to you right away."
Astarte said.
"There are also pharmacist Maio and costumer Yisluo."
Li Xiang added.
Bailong's body trembled when he heard this, but his expression showed no abnormality.
He turned around and went downstairs.
After about ten minutes, he returned, followed by four people.
"It seems that Miss Astarte already has the answer."
Aozaki Orange carried a leather bag and said with a smile.
By the way, he also glanced at Li Xiang.
The battle not long ago could be said to be her most profound one in recent years.
She can remember it for a long time.
Li Xiang smiled back.
At the same time, I find it interesting.
He remembered that Aozaki Orange had her familiar in her purse.
A guy stronger than a wolf.
It seemed that Aozaki Orange was wary of him and Astarte or thought it would be difficult to win, so she brought her purse with her in case of emergency.
"Looking forward to seeing you both."
Enolai sat on the chair, picked up the tea cup leisurely, and smiled, "I have only seen the detective's reasoning on TV."
Bailon frowned slightly when he heard the TV.
As an orthodox magician, he hates technological products.
But Enole is different. She is willing to play MP3, watch TV movies, etc. like young people.
He would definitely scold the others, but Enola...that's all.
He didn't dare.
“It’s guaranteed to be exciting.”
Astarte also smiled and immediately signaled Li Xiang with his eyes that it was time for him to come on stage to perform.
"Miss Aozaki."
Li Xiang stood up and said, "Can you please check Karina's body?"
"me?"
Aozaki Orange was a little surprised and asked, "Why are you calling me? I'm not a professional."
"You'll understand when you see it."
Li Xiang pointed at Karina without explaining.
Aozaki Orange is interested.
She has an eccentric personality, and few people can guess her true character.
And everyone who knows her knows that she has a dual personality.
But after all, she is a magician driven by interest.
If she is interested in something, she doesn't mind becoming a villain, even going bankrupt.
If he is not interested, even if he kills her, she is not willing to do it.
This is why she accepted the commission to stop Li Xiang and others.
She doesn't care if she offends the Legal Affairs Department or the Clock Tower.
The only thing she didn't expect was that Li Xiang's strength far exceeded her imagination.
Aosaki Orange squatted down in front of Karina. After a moment, she was slightly startled, and she reached out and touched her cheek.
"Why am I not impressed?"
She said something without thinking.
"Karina's body has traces of your magic, right?"
Li Xiang asked for the confused people.
"It's my magic."
Aozaki Orange admitted.
She disdains lies.
As soon as these words came out, the others had different reactions.
Especially Bailon and Maiou's expressions were slightly frozen.
Of course you can't tell without careful observation.
"You mean you killed her?"
Isro, the costumer, spoke out what people like Inola were thinking.
"no."
Li Xiang answered on behalf of Aozaki Orange and said, "The magic I'm talking about is the magic that turns Karina into the golden princess at the banquet."
For a moment, there was silence.
Even Enolai was stunned and couldn't help but ask: "What do you mean?"
She didn't know about this at all before.
Bailon didn't tell her either.
If the golden princess at the banquet is fake, then her head of the branch family is undoubtedly deceiving her.
Thinking of this, she glanced at Bailon.
The gentlemanly man in a suit looked a little ugly at this time.
"That's what it means literally."
Li Xiang explained, "The person who appeared at the banquet was Karina, but the real golden princess died half a month ago."
"But this is impossible."
Enola frowned slightly and said, "I also know a little bit about the magic of the Izeruma family. It is based on the sun and the moon, and it has been several months since they have been working together."
"good!"
Bailon said quickly, "The most suitable time points for my magic are two, the sun and the moon are in the same direction or in opposite directions."
Logically speaking, family magic is an extremely secretive matter.
Normally he would never explain.
But at this time, he lost some control.
Once he is found guilty, he will lose everything.
Not only would he lose his life, but the family he had worked so hard to manage would also be destroyed.
Li Xiang was a bit difficult to deal with at this time.
He was not Weber or a student of astronomy, so how could he understand so clearly.
But I vaguely remember it being mentioned in the original work.
"Yes, there really hasn't been a suitable time in the past month."
Astarte suddenly said:
"But Karina is the temporary golden princess, so there is no need for a real sun. There is a planet that can perfectly compare to the sun, and that is Venus! It is the brightest planet in the night sky, the star of dawn, the star of evening, and also the star of Venus.
Star of Si. Tracing back to its origin, its corresponding deity, such as Ishtar, is the goddess of beauty, which is very suitable for Karina’s situation.”
Bailon suddenly turned pale.
Li Xiang heard the familiar name, Ishtar, and couldn't help but glance at Astarte.
Senior sister, she seems to like Venus very much, she said so many kind words in one breath.
Well, he likes it too.
When he was playing the FGO game in his previous life, he liked Ishtar and her opposite sister Ereshkigal, the God of the Underworld, or Aile for short.
"Why was my sister's body so miserable?"
The veiled Silver Princess asked in a cold tone.
Before Li Xiang could answer, someone took the lead.
"That's it."
Enolai slowly took a sip of tea and said, "If I stand in this position, I will indeed chop Tiyadra into pieces, don't you think so? Lord Bailon."
"I...Master Nole, I don't understand what you are talking about."
Bailon gritted his teeth and said.
"It would be great if your strength could be as tough as your mouth."
Li Xiang complained to him, and then said, "My senior sister has already explained the problem of Xingchen. Next is the problem of Miss Aosaki. Whose commission did she accept to make Karina into a golden princess? And this person
He is undoubtedly the culprit who killed the real Golden Princess."
"Oops, but I forgot."
Aozaki Orange smiled happily.
"Miss Aozaki!"
Lenis couldn't help shouting.
"I really forgot."
Aozaki Orange pointed at his temple with his index finger and said.
Li Xiang shook his head at the anxious Lenis and others and said: "With your strength, you shouldn't forget, so there is only one possibility. Your memory has been modified."
Aozaki Orange's face gradually turned gloomy.
The rest of the people were suddenly shocked.
The magic of modifying memory naturally exists in the Clock Tower.
The one that is most used is the legal and political science department.
Because they are marketed to be used by ordinary people who are accidentally involved in the world of magic.
But Aozaki Orange is not an ordinary person. Who has the ability to modify her memory?
"This should be your own doing."
Li Xiang continued, "If your commission includes the condition of erasing memory, will you execute it?"
"Yes. Making the Golden Princess is quite interesting. I will definitely agree to his conditions."
After Aozaki Orange finished speaking, he scratched his head again and said with some distress, "I suddenly really want to know what magic I used. It's a pity that such interesting things have been forgotten."
"Besides magic, there is another way to modify memory, elixir."
Li Xiang pointed at Maiou and asked, "Can you make a magic medicine that blocks memory?"
"me……"
Maio was stunned and became hesitant.
But the attitude speaks volumes.
He does have this ability.
"Then let's continue talking about Miss Aosaki. Although this matter is very interesting, as the client, I must give you sufficient compensation."
Li Xiang looked at Bailong and said, "I remember that the head of the Bailong family bought a powerful curse not long ago. It is a Bodhi leaf dyed with dragon's blood. I wonder if I can take it out for a look?"
"Haha! Hahaha!"
Aozaki Orange suddenly laughed, "I understand, I see, that's it, it's Cinderella's magic."
The rest of the people were a little confused.
Even Bailon looked a little confused.
"Miss Aozaki, can you tell me something?"
Li Xiang asked.
"Of course you can, this is a perfect masterpiece."
Aozaki Orange said with a smile on his face, "Siegfried transformed into an immortal hero because of the dragon's blood. The same is true for Cinderella's magic. Using Bodhi leaves to perform the magic means that Karina transformed into a real golden princess overnight.
.”
"As expected of my student, what a great gesture."
Enolai chuckled and said, "Such a precious material is really overkill for magic, and only you can do it."
Atram who attacked the Izeruma family undoubtedly became a clown.
Because the bodhi leaves have been turned into pieces.
Even if he defeated Bailon today, he wouldn't get anything.
So life is wasted.
"..."
Bailon endured everyone's attention and said after a moment, "I did it. There is no reason. It was because I lost the Golden Princess and had to find Miss Aosaki to forge it."
"What's the cause of death?"
Li Xiang asked.
Bailon was silent for a longer time this time, but he finally spoke and said: "Magic has reached a bottleneck, and I have used some extreme methods. But in order to reach the root cause, these are necessary sacrifices. Every magician will do it without hesitation.
Hesitant execution!”
The tone was quite upright and awe-inspiring.
Princess Silver didn't move at all, as if she were dead.
She already knew it.
Even the maid Regina behind her was also calm.
"Don't compare you and me."
Li Xiang snorted coldly, "Kill someone, kill someone, why bother making excuses."
"Ignorant child, what do you know?!"
Bailon was furious.
"If you want to enter the final stage of the Legal Affairs Department now, I don't mind."
Astarte's face darkened, and the surging magic pressure made him almost kneel down.
The so-called final step of the legal affairs department is execution.
"Senior sister, there is no need to be angry."
Li Xiang shook his head and said, "The next step is to solve another mystery. Who is the person who framed Lenis? I wonder if Miss Aangsaki can tell me about the second commission you accepted. You came to me and my senior sister today.
battle."
"It's Regina."
Aozaki Orange narrowed his eyes, "The price is the death of the Golden Princess. Now that I have obtained it from you, this commission will naturally be invalidated."
Everyone subconsciously looked at Regina.
She is quite calm.
"how?"
Lenis asked aggressively, "As long as you are not deaf or mute, you should answer me!"
She was extremely angry.
Just a hair's breadth away, she would be dragged into the abyss of eternal destruction.
But Regina still didn't speak.
"In that case, let me tell you."
Li Xiang took over the conversation and said, "Two reasons. One is that the behavior of Patriarch Bailong has made Princess Silver and Regina feel insecure, for fear of following in the same footsteps. The other is that the seal designation, if the magic is allowed to continue, will inevitably trigger
The seal designation of the Clock Tower. They are unwilling to spend their lives in captivity."
"So you want the body of the Golden Princess to be discovered before escaping?"
Lenis said thoughtfully, "No wonder you came to me the night before to involve the magicians from the opposing factions, so that the two families of Izeruma and Baluyereta would divert their attention."
"The head of the Bailon family was probably very surprised when he saw the body of the Golden Princess."
Li Xiang showed a sarcastic smile, "You are cruel to cut her into pieces just because you want to obtain the data."
"This is not cruel. Obtaining various data from experimental subjects is a magician's natural responsibility."
Bailon said with an ugly face.
Li Xiang didn't want to argue with him anymore about what a magician is, so he continued: "These two matters have been solved, and there is only one last answer left. Why did Karina die? Logically speaking, since it was an escape, everyone's attention was drawn again.
You had a chance to escape if you moved, so why did you die by the spring in the forest?"
Silver Princess and Regina finally felt a little shaken.
"there is only one truth."
Li Xiang crossed his arms and said, "Maio, you are the murderer!"
The pale pharmacist Maio opened his eyes wide and sat down on the ground.
"No...it's not..."
"Miss Aosaki, you should understand why Karina is at the spring, right?"
Li Xiang changed the topic again.
"Cinderella's magic can only last one night. Just like Cinderella in the fairy tale, she was at the spring just to wash away the final magic effect. After all, in the legend of Siegfried, it was at the spring that he bathed in the dragon's blood.
.”
Aozaki Orange explained it very face-savingly.
She has regarded Li Xiang as an equal opponent, and her attitude has naturally changed.
"If Karina is going to run away, she will most likely take Princess Silver and Regina with her. Judging from their reactions, they are aware of this and have no reason to stay."
Li Xiang snapped his fingers and said, "In this case, you are suspected of covering up the murderer. The only person in Izeruma that you two can shelter is Maio, because you grew up together."
Princess Silver was wearing a veil so her expression was hard to see, but her eyes were already quite panicked.
And Regina's face turned pale.
Maio sat on the ground, no longer shaking, and showed a ferocious smile.
"it's me."
His voice echoed in the room, "I have known her for a long time, long enough to know everything about her. But she wants to run away! She actually wants to run away!"
Maio stood up, with a kind of fanaticism on his face.
"This is the ultimate beauty that can reach the root! It is my lifelong pursuit! I prepared medicine for her, tried every means, and dedicated everything I had, but how could she escape?!"
"I will never allow it! Absolutely!"
Maio was roaring, "Even if I kill her, I must keep this beauty! Silver Princess must continue! Because I have already seen the end! How can I stop! As a magician, I must not stop!"
Li Xiang was speechless.
But fuck the magician!
He always felt like he was living with a group of non-human beings.
Astarte raised his hand without hesitation, the brilliance of the gem shining.
But Princess Silver stood in front of her.
"Why?"
Astati asked in confusion, "Isn't Karina your sister who you grew up with?"
"yes."
Princess Silver took a deep breath and said, "I don't have much feelings for Maio, but Karina only has her in her eyes. It was she who said before she died, let us help Maio."
Astarte was silent.
Sad love.
Poor Karina.
At this moment, Aozaki Orange suddenly made a surprised sound.
A bud appeared on her chest.
"Success!"
Maio instantly became very old, but his expression was still crazy.
"I planted something else for the elixir that blocks your memory. Now you can only listen to me, otherwise you will die!"
"Come on! Let's do it again! Make another miracle of beauty!"
He looked at his two childhood sweethearts and said, "Estella! Regina! Get chopped into pieces for me!"
Maio has gone completely crazy.
Aozaki Orange smiled faintly and said: "Death to me is just a new life. It would be too embarrassing for me to be coerced by someone like you."
She threw a pack of cigarettes to Inolai.
"Sorry, please keep it for me."
After she finished speaking, a rune cut her body open.
Enola stayed for a moment and said loudly: "No! Let's go!"
Alien breath.
Desperate magic.
Aozaki Orange's abdomen was broken, and a crack appeared, like a door.
Dark hell.
The body of the monster in the bag has been released.
An unimaginable fear welled up in everyone's heart.
Even Inolai froze in place.
She remembered a previous tragedy.
The designated executor of the seal spent a lot of time and energy to finally arrest Aozaki Orange.
But she chose death.
Monsters poured out, and none of the remaining magicians left alive.
Li took a few steps back.
Um?
He didn't seem to feel anything.
Strange things.
The rest were too scared to leave.
Oh, except Astarte.
Thorny tentacles stretched out from the leather bag and grabbed Maio.
In the blink of an eye, he was dragged in and chewed by thousands of sharp teeth.
"Maio!"
Estela and Regina shouted.
Li Xiang suddenly remembered that it was Gray who rescued Maio in the original work.
Because she felt like her, if she was as bold as Maio, she would have become a hero in the past and make the people in her hometown happy.
It's simply stupid and typical magician thinking.
Li Xiang flashed in front of Gray, held her hand, and said, "Gray, you are different from her."
She was stunned when she was about to use the holy spear.
Being interrupted like this, Maio became a complete mess.
But the monsters didn't stop.
Enola was worthy of being a monarch. She quickly got rid of her fear and was about to take action, but someone was faster than her.
Astarte said coldly: "If you don't want to die, just go back!"
The next moment, all the tentacles retracted as if fleeing for their lives, broke away from Aozaki Orange's body, and got into the bag.
Finally, I consciously closed the zipper.
Li Xiang was stunned.
[You have been blessed by the goddess of the underworld, your body has changed, and new talents and panels have been generated. 】
[Underworld Protection (Level EX): Any creature in the underworld or the spirit of death will not be able to cause harm to you.]
[Attribute: Durability e(1) is corrected to durability a(100).】
The main criterion for durability is blood volume.
So now I’m a near-immortal blood cow?
Li Xiang looked confused.
Although it feels useless, after all, it can be resurrected infinitely, but with this talent, it should be particularly strong in the sub-world, and it can save simulation coins.
It is indeed Ai Lei’s blessing.
But why?
Why does Li Xiang feel that he has been eating soft food since he came to the Clock Tower?
Still fed by various rich women.
Strange things.
It feels like triggering achievements, with various scenarios triggering different blessings.
Li Xiang touched his chin, could I really be God's illegitimate son?
Speaking of which, he suddenly thought of Fujimaru Ritsuka.
The protagonist in the fgo game.
Player-controlled character.
Only he can establish bonds with all heroic spirits and gain their trust.
Maybe there is no Fujimaru Ritsuka in the world, or maybe everyone is Fujimaru Ritsuka.
There's nothing wrong with it, all players are Fujimaru Ritsuka.