Reborn in Type-Moon, My Sister is Aoko Aozaki

The compensation, naturally, wasn't something the Aozaki family would really have to pay. It was just a joke.

A rare hint of annoyance appeared between Aozaki Touko's brows as she thought that guy's personality really was quite odious at times.

As for Aozaki Rin beside her, in that brief moment, he had genuinely broken out in a cold sweat.

Although Touko had taken the blame for him in the conversation, he was the one who had actually destroyed the train. And the price of a train was clearly something the Aozaki family's current financial situation could not afford. For a moment, he couldn't help but imagine his family becoming homeless due to his mistake.

Fortunately, Eiri Fumizuka had laughed afterward and said it was all just a joke, and that they shouldn't take it to heart.

After leaving the church, walking along the country road back home, unlike the boy who was feeling guilty and fearful about the train incident, Aozaki Touko began to ponder the true nature of the matter.

For a Dead Apostle, one of the [Twenty-seven Ancestors], to come to Misaki City, the person he was searching for was certainly no ordinary person.

And to be honest, Aozaki Touko didn't believe that her grandfather would have been unaware of the Dead Apostle's entry into Misaki City's territory.

To have been aware but not have stopped him... was it because he didn't care at all, or were there other considerations...

Unable to guess what her grandfather, a Magician, was thinking, Aozaki Touko felt a trace of frustration in her heart.

Apart from this, the boy's inexplicable abilities also puzzled her.

That strange power, was it something he had always possessed? Or was it something he had recently acquired?

Her confused thoughts, combined with the image of herself in the train tunnel, having no choice but to leave the boy behind to block the Dead Apostle alone, gave rise to a loathing for her own powerlessness. A craving for power, one she had never felt before, arose in her heart.

If I had already inherited the True Magic back then...

—I wouldn't have needed that child to protect me alone.

Not quite understanding why her grandfather was still delaying passing the True Magic on to her, she, who could have patiently waited before, now felt an impulse to go and question that person about it.

But just then, on the quiet path illuminated by a few streetlights, the boy's clear voice suddenly sounded.

"Sister Touko, why didn't you just tell Father Fumizuka that I was the one who destroyed the train?"

"...Although that person has a good relationship with the Aozaki family, fundamentally, he stands on a different side from us. So, some things don't need to be explained so clearly."

Aozaki Touko came back to her senses, stroked the boy's head, and explained with a light laugh. After all, telling Eiri Fumizuka that the boy had sliced a train in half with his arm—setting aside whether he would even believe it—would first and foremost draw unnecessary attention to the boy.

Although she still couldn't figure out the source of the boy's power, Touko didn't want Aozaki Rin to be seen as an "anomaly."

"Is that so..."

Aozaki Rin nodded, as if he half-understood, then looked up and asked.

"Aren't you going to ask me why I was able to do that before, Sister Touko?"

A hint of troubledness appeared in the girl's smile. Admittedly, she was indeed curious about it, but on one hand, she felt it might involve the boy's privacy and was hesitant.

On the other hand, she didn't want to alienate the boy by prying presumptuously.

But before she could think of how to answer this question, Aozaki Rin, as if recalling a memory, began to speak on his own.

"Actually, I just had a dream. In the dream, I became the little brother of a girl destined to be King Arthur. Then I became her knight and accompanied her to make Britain prosperous. And what I did before, I was just trying to use the swordsmanship I learned in the dream, and it just came out inexplicably."

"A dream?"

Touko was taken aback for a moment, as if she hadn't expected this to be the answer. But this way, she now understood why Aozaki Rin had suddenly asked her about King Arthur earlier.

But could a mere dream really allow a person who had been so ordinary before to do such a thing?

Don't tell me this is what Buddhists call "sudden enlightenment"? And my little brother actually has the aptitude for it?

Feeling that this question was probably something only her grandfather could answer, Touko understood that the boy himself only had a partial understanding of his own situation. Coupled with her earlier considerations, she felt that she really did need to make a trip to the mountain behind their house.

However, the boy's trust in her had also dissipated much of the lingering annoyance in her heart. Touko's lips curled up, and she said with a smile.

"If you can't figure it out right now, don't keep dwelling on it. When I get the chance, I'll help you investigate this matter."

"Mhm, thank you, Sister Touko. By the way, are you staying at the workshop again tonight?"

Aozaki Rin nodded. Seeing that he really had no clue, and not understanding why the skills from his dream could be reflected in reality, he temporarily put aside some of his doubts and asked.

"...No, I think I'll go home today. I'm a little worried if it's just you and Aoko. Also, you don't need to tell Aoko about the Dead Apostle. Just tell her that it's a bit unsettled outside recently and that she should take a day off to stay at home."

Aozaki Touko thought for a moment and answered thusly. Speaking of which, she still had some things she needed to talk to Aoko about alone.

And before they knew it, by the time the two siblings had returned to the Aozaki household, just as they opened the door, Aozaki Aoko was looking at Touko and the boy with an "I'm waiting for an explanation" expression and said complainingly.

"You're so slow! Do you know how long I've been waiting? If you hadn't come back soon, I was about to call the police!"

"Ahem, let's not talk about that for now, Aoko... Come here, there's something I want to talk to you about."

"What is it? So secretive. Can't you say it in the living room?"

"It's nothing, I just heard from Rin... It seems you were still bathing with that child until recently. Don't you have anything to say for yourself?"

"Eh?!"

Meanwhile, at the Goda Church.

After sending off the Aozaki siblings, Eiri Fumizuka was writing up a report on the aftermath.

After all, with the train in that state, there was no way to hide it from the public. They would have to use some excuse to cover up the incident.

As for the excuse... This time, let's use old and in disrepair, electrical damage.

And just as he was about to finish the report, as if noticing something, Eiri Fumizuka stopped the pen in his hand, stood up, turned toward a shadow, and smiled.

"Welcome back, Lord Censor Bestino. May I ask how the pursuit went?"

"...He still got away."

The golden-haired priest who emerged from the shadows shook his head with some regret. With a voice that seemed to carry a sense of dignified justice, he asked back.

"And your side? Did the Aozaki family say anything?"

"They only mentioned that the [Tenth Ancestor] seemed to be looking for someone. As for how the train was destroyed, they didn't reveal the specific means."

"That's to be expected. After all, that is a family of magi; there are some things they won't easily tell others. And the attitude of that Magician is also a bit subtle, making it hard to know what he's thinking."

Bestino signaled for Eiri Fumizuka not to worry about it, a friendly smile on his face. Eiri Fumizuka just smiled back and didn't offer any opinion.

The two maintained a strange rapport, as if they both sensed that the appearance the other was showing at this moment was nothing more than a "mask," but neither of them pointed it out.

"Then for now, we'll proceed as planned, expanding our manpower to search for that Dead Apostle. We must find his hiding place as soon as possible. The longer we drag this out, the greater the risk to the public."

"You're right. I'll go notify some of the surrounding churches and have them send reinforcements."

"Mhm."

Watching Eiri Fumizuka leave with the report, Bestino was silent for a moment before frowning and muttering to himself.

"Looking for someone? Could it be this generation's 'Serpent'...?

His voice was filled with a mixture of confusion and anticipation. The golden-haired young priest looked at his own body and sighed silently.

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