“The detective investigating me these past two days, he was sent by you, wasn’t he?
Speak!
What do you want with me?”
Upon seeing Lynch, Aozaki Touko didn’t react to his handsomeness.
Instead, she spoke in an indifferent tone.
Her voice was calm, yet it conveyed a sense of danger.
Combined with her overall demeanor, it was as if she was saying that if Lynch couldn’t give her a plausible reason, this matter wouldn’t end easily today.
Her aggressiveness was quite strong, like a hissing hedgehog, a stark contrast to the Grand Magus of Puppetry Lynch remembered from the future, who was confident, proud, and able to face anything with composure after her transformation.
This clearly showed that at this point in time, Aozaki Touko was indeed not doing well.
And it was true, after all, during this period, Aozaki Touko was not only on ‘friendly terms’ with her younger sister but was also being hunted by the Mages Association.
That organization, which loved causing trouble and was devoid of humanity, was preparing to designate Aozaki Touko for sealing.
Therefore, the current Aozaki Touko was very sensitive to being investigated and tracked by strangers; she would hiss when it happened.
One could say that if Lynch hadn’t shown any hostility and his actions hadn’t been completely unconcealed, he would have been attacked by Aozaki Touko the moment he entered.
Thus, Lynch wasn’t surprised by Aozaki Touko’s hostile words.
In fact, Aozaki Touko knowing someone was investigating her was something Lynch had deliberately revealed.
Investigating a top Magus, even one in a low point of her life, was not something an ordinary detective could handle well; being discovered was a matter of course.
What Lynch needed was for Aozaki Touko to know about this in advance, to be prepared, and because the detective investigating her was mediocre, she wouldn’t immediately become fully hostile or even flee on the spot—after all, for such top Magi, as long as they were confident in handling certain situations, they wouldn’t react extremely.
In fact, Lynch had already known Aozaki Touko’s location two days ago, because it was obviously easier for Iron Man Tohsaka Tokiomi to find Aozaki Touko than for a regular detective.
On the night he robbed the Yakuza, Lynch had used his transformation time to also locate Aozaki Touko.
So, when he commissioned the detective to find Aozaki Touko, Lynch even gave a rough location for them to search.
Otherwise, with the capabilities of that detective agency, they wouldn’t have been able to find Aozaki Touko in just two days.
The reason for such troublesome preliminary preparations, besides not wanting to provoke Aozaki Touko into fleeing like a startled Hakimi, was naturally for some fun points.
Lynch discovered that Aozaki Touko could also generate fun points, but because she wasn’t a character in the “Fate/Zero” story, the fun points she could generate were very few, only 158 points.
This number naturally didn’t meet the standard a top Magus should have.
Characters not in his story are truly discriminated against by the system.
Now it was a matter of seeing if Aozaki Touko could trigger new achievements and if the achievement points would be enough.
Of course, even without achievements, Lynch was happy to continue causing trouble.
After all, a qualified Fun Seeker should always be able to cause trouble.
Lynch immediately spoke, beginning his self-introduction with a serious expression: “My name is Lynch, 20 years old, from an ancient sorcerer family in Tōdai.
To put it in terms you can understand, I am an heir to a Magus family in Tōdai.
I don’t smoke, and I only drink alcohol in moderation.
I go to bed at 11 PM, ensuring 8 hours of sleep.
Before bed, I drink a glass of warm milk, then do 20 minutes of light exercise to warm up before sleeping.
I usually sleep soundly until morning, like a baby, and never carry fatigue or stress over to the next day.
Even the Doctor says I’m perfectly normal.”
Aozaki Touko, who had initially been cold-faced, listened to Lynch’s extremely peculiar, almost demonic self-introduction, and her expression instantly faltered.
She was mainly bewildered, and the thought, ‘What on earth is this guy talking about?’ couldn’t help but arise in her mind.
After all, “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” didn’t exist in this World, so Aozaki Touko naturally couldn’t know the related memes.
[fun points +3+4+5+2]
Not a character from “Fate/Zero,” even the efficiency of fun point generation is very low.
After a while, Aozaki Touko realized her lapse, quickly composed herself, and asked again with renewed indifference: “So, what exactly do you want with me?
While your identity as a Magus from Tōdai surprises me, I recall having no dealings with Tōdai.
Or are you here to complete a bounty from the Mages Association?”
Lynch shook his head at her words, then slowly walked forward, finally stopping in front of the office desk amidst Aozaki Touko’s tense body and wary expression.
Only then did Lynch speak, with a serious demeanor imbued with endless resolve, as if burdened by countless stories: “Miss Touko, marry me!”
Aozaki Touko: “…?”
[fun points +5+5+5]
This time, she truly couldn’t hold it together.
Aozaki Touko leaned back defensively, her indifferent expression completely crumbling.
After all, facing a stranger who immediately proposes marriage, even she found it hard to maintain her composure.
Rather, such a thing was completely out of sync with the current era, far too ahead of its time.
Aozaki Touko unconsciously took a drag from her cigarette to calm her nerves, then spoke.
“Excuse me, I have no intention of marrying anyone.
Rather, proposing marriage upon a first meeting like this, uh, don’t you find it a bit too abrupt, sir?”
“And even if I accepted, aren’t you afraid of the Mages Association?
Or do you not know that the Mages Association is currently hunting me?”
By the end, Aozaki Touko had calmed down and become genuinely curious.
She truly wanted to know what the handsome young man in front of her was thinking.
And only then did Aozaki Touko take the time to carefully observe Lynch, realizing that he was indeed handsome.
If she had met him when she was still studying at the Clock Tower, she probably would have found it very difficult to resist his pursuit.
After all, at that time, Aozaki Touko was undoubtedly a sucker for good looks.
Of course, she still was, but as she was no longer a young girl, her immunity to it was much stronger.
In response to Aozaki Touko’s questions, Lynch first expressed regret at being rejected, then displayed the pride expected of an heir from an ancient extraordinary family of that age, saying with a dismissive tone: “I am a person from Tōdai.
What business is the Mages Association to me?
Once I return to Tōdai, would the Mages Association dare to send people to arrest me?
Or rather, without permission, would their people dare to set foot on Tōdai’s land?”
Aozaki Touko heard this, thought about it, and realized it was true.
This wasn’t Lynch showing off or boasting; it was purely the truth.
In this World, Tōdai’s sorcery system and the outside Magus system were not the same, and Tōdai possessed considerable independence and exclusivity.
Its mystique was quite high, and it showed no respect to the Magus system.
To the extent that within Tōdai’s borders, the Mages Association’s power could not intervene; anyone who dared to extend their hand casually would have it chopped off.
Therefore, if Lynch were to really take Aozaki Touko and hide in Tōdai, the Mages Association could only Glare.
At this thought, Aozaki Touko was even tempted.
She felt that given her current situation, marrying Lynch and hiding in Tōdai would be a good option.
At most, she would just have to bear children for Lynch to continue his family’s bloodline, which for Aozaki Touko wasn’t even a problem.
Anyway, for her, a child wouldn’t become a restraint; once this phase passed, she could simply divorce Lynch.
However, Aozaki Touko ultimately abandoned this idea.
It wasn’t because her moral standards were still intact, but simply because such matters had too many unknowns.
Who could know what would happen if she really went to Tōdai?
She was completely unfamiliar with that place, and she knew nothing about Lynch.
If she went, she would truly lose control of her own destiny.
Undoubtedly, Aozaki Touko could indeed be considered a very pure Magus.