Magician in Type-Moon

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Chapter 290 Forest

"You're so cute! Wearing the school uniform of Reien and those black-rimmed glasses, you've instantly transformed from a menacing demon into a literature-loving girl, Ryougi."

The uniform design of Reien Girls' Academy was designed like the dresses worn by nuns attending Mass; the black formal school uniform seemed unsuitable for the Japanese physique.

However, the uniform looked perfectly natural on Ryougi Shiki.

Her jet-black hair and deep, bottomless blue eyes gave her uniform a unique charm.

Her shoulders were slender, her neck long, and her pale skin stood out against the black fabric.

Even Orange had to admit that she made a very strong impression.

Aozaki Touko stood at the door, smiling and teasing.

That was an ominous smile that Ryougi Shiki had never seen before, and she even wanted to kick it away.

"I've always suspected you might have something wrong with your head."

"You're really going too far. If anyone's going to be the victim this time, it's definitely me. I'm almost 30, and I'm still playing the role of a high school girl."

The two walked down the corridor of the high school building, talking to each other without looking at each other's faces.

"Orange, those two people over there keep staring at us."

Ryougi Shiki's gaze swept over the students who had just passed by them. Her tone was calm, but her eyes revealed a hint of vigilance.

It's actually quite easy to deduce what those two students staring at them were discussing...

Reiwon is an all-girls school, where students don't have conflicts of interest with men. Nevertheless, they still harbor a longing for men, so beautiful girls with androgynous qualities are popular in every grade.

People with this kind of temperament are not many in Reien. If Ryougi Shiki really transfers in, she will definitely become a popular figure on campus.

The students who brushed past them must have been whispering and discussing their inner expectations because of Ryougi Shiki's masculine and heroic appearance.

“They just think transfer students are rare,” Orange shrugged. “But it has nothing to do with this incident.”

"Oh, school's on summer vacation, yet there are still so many students here."

"This school is a full boarding school, and quite a few students stay in the dormitories during the summer vacation. Although the school library is still open, not many people stay in the dormitories because they have their own supplementary libraries. Unless they violate school rules and are called back by the nuns, most students will not return here on their own initiative."

Orange explained casually.

"If the nun calls you in three times in a row, you might get expelled," Orange chuckled. "When I was in school, I almost got expelled by the nun a few times too."

Ryougi Shiki glanced at the school building wearily, seemingly showing no interest in the school whatsoever.

Her fingers unconsciously fiddled with the cross hanging on her chest, a hint of weariness in her eyes.

"What a strange place. Are teachers becoming nuns, or nuns becoming teachers? I just saw a church. Do they hold Mass or something like that there? The kind of 'Father...' ceremony."

Ryougi Shiki raised a very simple question.

But how could that idiot possibly be summoned by heaven?

Aozaki Touko chuckled softly, a hint of reminiscence in her eyes, and took over Ryougi Shiki's question.

"As far as I know, there are worship services in the morning and evening, and Mass is held once a week on Sundays. Students are only obligated to participate in worship services, but they can attend Mass freely."

"After all, it has become a school for raising rich girls. As long as you graduate from Liyuan, no matter how bad a girl's character is, you will receive more invitations to be introduced to potential partners."

"But in the past, the whole school would gather there to pray on important religious holidays. The religious atmosphere was so strong that it was hard to breathe."

Ryougi Shiki curled her lip in disdain, clearly having no interest in these rituals.

The two strolled to a window, and Ryougi Shiki said with a sleepy expression.

"That thing must be our destination."

"Yes, the anomalies are so obvious, they're practically right in front of us."

Following Ryougi Shiki's gaze out the window, one sees a dense, foggy forest stretching deep into the woods, covering most of the campus. It's like a vast, deep forest; if you got lost inside, you might not be able to find your way out for most of the day.

"A sweet scent wafts in the air, and the hands of time move slowly like an old woman's knitting needles... Look, doesn't this look like the fairy's homeland in the city center?"

“Not at all!”

Ryougi Shiki vehemently refuted this.

"Alright, let's leave that for last. Just getting close to it makes me feel like the flow of magic in my body is becoming sluggish."

Orange shrugged and said nonchalantly.

"Alright, Orange, where are we going now? To the dorm?"

"Are you a little tired? Anyway, I'm planning to ask around at this school for some information. As for you, going back to your dorm to rest is fine too."

After saying that, Aozaki Touko threw a keychain at Ryougi Shiki, then left Ryougi Shiki behind and disappeared somewhere.

Ryougi Shiki stared at the keychain in her hand, and before she could react, she found herself all alone.

"Damn it, Orange, you're seriously out of your mind!"

......

Ryougi Shiki left the school building and decided to go back to her dormitory first.

She walked into the first-floor corridor and crossed into the atrium.

The campus of Liyuan Women's College is so vast that it resembles a small university, with teaching buildings, gymnasiums, dormitories, and other buildings scattered and not closely connected.

The design here makes you feel like you're wandering through a giant amusement park, with each building standing alone, unlike other high schools that maximize space utilization.

The journey from the high school buildings to the dormitories is quite long, especially since it involves passing through a forest used for marathon races.

Although the route is long, the school has specially laid a wooden walkway along the way for the students' convenience, so that students can easily walk to their dormitories even if they are wearing indoor shoes.

Walking down this empty corridor, the wooden planks creaked slightly under Ryougi Shiki's footsteps.

This place is very close to that strange forest.

The silent woods appeared tranquil, yet filled with a certain hidden sense of oppression, as if some unnoticed entity was observing her every move from the shadows.

Ryougi Shiki's face showed a complicated expression as she murmured to herself:

Is it alive?

At this point, Ryougi Shiki suddenly stopped in her tracks, staring into the depths of the forest as if she were staring at trees.

"I really want to go and take a look, Zhi, what do you think?"

"Hey, Shiki, wait! Didn't we agree with Orange that we couldn't go to that place?!"

Although someone tried to stop it, but...

Ryougi Shiki's black dress-like skirt billowed as she quickly disappeared into the forest.

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Chapter 291 Exploration (Two Chapters Combined)

thump, thump, thump

"Knock, Knock, Knock!"

Who's there?

"Aozaki Touko"

"AozakiTouko who? (Who is Aozaki Touko?)"

“By the shores of Tokyo Bay, I call upon the path steep and verdant, where the winds weave through the cliffs, and beauty reigns in every breath.”

(On the shores of Tokyo Bay, beckon to that verdant, steep path, where wind and scenery dance together, and breathtaking beauty unfolds with every breath.)

"Yes, Miss, my beautiful, verdant, steep path in Tokyo Bay, please come in!"

A gentle and mature female voice rang out from inside the door.

Aozaki Touko couldn't help but facepalm, feeling somewhat speechless, wondering if she had stumbled into some kind of reality show like 'The Maury Show'.

She gently turned the doorknob and pushed the door open.

The principal's office was filled with a faint floral fragrance, and the light was soft, with sunlight filtering through the curtains and spilling into the tidy room.

The interior was decorated quite warmly, with several landscape paintings hanging on the walls and some books and small ornaments on the table.

"Aozaki, it's been a long time!" The owner of the room strode in, a kind smile on his face.

Without a doubt, she was a real nun.

“Sister Liz Beffer, it’s true that I haven’t seen you since I left the school, but you… are as humorous as ever.”

Aozaki Touko hadn't expected to have to play the Knock Knock joke before even meeting him, and she couldn't help but feel a bitter smile.

“Aozaki, isn’t it you who taught me to keep a childlike heart?” Sister Liz Beffi said with a smile.

"Please don't say anymore..."

Aozaki Touko felt a little embarrassed, recalling the scene of being called in for a talk by the headmistress, and felt a vague unease in her heart.

She was called in several times for minor matters back then, and almost got expelled by the school.

“Seeing you dressed like this brings back a lot of memories, it’s like going back to the old days,” Sister Liz Beffer continued. “Back then, the atmosphere at the Li Garden wasn’t so frivolous, and everyone was so innocent.”

As she spoke, Sister Liz Beffer took off her reading glasses hanging from her ear and sighed.

"But now, in such a sacred place, this kind of thing has actually happened. If you ask me, we shouldn't have lowered the admission threshold in the first place and let these guys sneak in."

Aozaki Touko knew perfectly well what the headmistress in front of her was referring to.

Because of the bursting of the bubble economy in the 80s, Japan entered the Great Depression.

Originally a Catholic girls' college, it was forced to loosen its admission restrictions due to financial problems.

This has led some executives and business leaders to send their uneducated children in for a "gilded" education.

The headmistress was determined to reject the proposal, but it ultimately failed to make any significant impact.

Because of this incident, the headmistress left this orthodox Catholic girls' school more than a decade ago.

Even Orange, who was far away in Europe at the time, had heard about it.

Moreover, the school originally had some connection with the Holy Church, but that connection was also broken because of this incident.

Their relationship gradually became distant.