The silent atmosphere lasted for a long time until Aoko Aozaki finally broke it. "Alice, what are we eating tonight?"
"..." Alice Kuonji looked at Aoko Aozaki in surprise, as if she were meeting her for the first time.
"Hey, hey! Alice, what's with that look?!" Aoko Aozaki felt a bit of a chill from Alice's gaze.
"It's nothing." Alice Kuonji looked deeply at Aoko Aozaki before turning her gaze back to the mark on her hand. "Although I don't know what this mark is, I don't sense any power related to a contract or restraint. Instead, it has increased our mana. What exactly is this mark?"
"I don't understand that either. After all, I'm just a half-baked amateur," Aoko Aozaki said helplessly.
"Aoko," Alice Kuonji looked at Aoko and asked, "how many magic circuits do you have left now?"
"I have about half or so left," Aoko Aozaki replied. "But my mana has also increased significantly."
"Is the mark devouring the magic circuits and then refining the mana?" Alice Kuonji pondered, yet she couldn't find a definitive answer.
"Alright, Alice, don't think about things you can't figure out." Aoko Aozaki wore a helpless face, one hand rubbing her stomach. "Let's order something to eat first. I haven't eaten a thing since we got back. I'm starving to death."
"..." Reminded by Aoko Aozaki, Alice Kuonji also felt a bit hungry. She intended to order takeout, but when she reached into her pocket, she felt nothing. Alice Kuonji suddenly realized something, her face darkening. "We're out of money."
"Ah!"
On the other side, in the dilapidated building where Fujino Asagami, Touko Aozaki, and Jibril were, the rich aroma of food wafted through the small room.
Fujino Asagami and the others had a very rich dinner: sushi, beef, hot pot—all sorts of ingredients were laid out on the table. It clearly cost a lot of money.
"By the way, you're actually this rich? Did you take the assets of the Asagami family?" Touko Aozaki asked curiously as she put a piece of meat into the pot.
Fujino Asagami shook her head and smiled. "This stuff was all bought with the money your sister and Alice were going to use for food."
"Eh?!" Touko Aozaki looked at Fujino Asagami in surprise. "How did that happen?"
"I know!" Jibril said from the side. "Master took all the money from that girl while she was unconscious."
"That's right." Fujino Asagami nodded and smiled. "So they should be quite troubled right now."
"Good job." Hearing that her sister would be going hungry tonight, Touko Aozaki's mood instantly improved. Even the wounds inflicted by Fujino Asagami and Jibril during the Observation Haki training didn't seem to hurt as much.
Thinking of Observation Haki, Touko Aozaki looked at Fujino Asagami and said quickly, "I've already learned that Observation Haki. You can give me the gift now, right?"
For the sake of Fujino Asagami's gift, Touko Aozaki had really given it her all. Under the frantic wooden stick attacks of Fujino Asagami and Jibril, she had finally reached the bare introductory level of Observation Haki.
"Alright, the gift is ready for you." Fujino Asagami put down her chopsticks and looked at Touko Aozaki with an enigmatic smile. "Are you ready to receive it?"
Though she felt Fujino's smile was a bit strange, Touko Aozaki didn't sense anything wrong. She nodded and said, "I'm ready."
"Good." Fujino Asagami glanced at Touko Aozaki and then said to Jibril, "Jibril, seal the space here."
"Yes, Master." No sooner had Jibril answered than the surrounding space instantly shifted, turning into a purple alternate dimension.
"Now, prepare to receive your gift." While Touko Aozaki was observing the alternate space, Fujino Asagami pressed a hand directly against Touko's chest. Purplish-black mana surged violently into Touko's body. Touko's clothes instantly disintegrated into fragments, and she herself lost consciousness.
"Tch, as expected, I still don't feel anything?" Looking at Touko Aozaki's shapely and seductive body, Fujino Asagami's heart remained completely unmoved.
"Does Master like this kind of thing? Should I strip too, Jibril?" Saying this, Jibril's clothes vanished completely. Before Fujino Asagami could say anything, Jibril hugged her tightly, her beautiful body pressed firmly against Fujino's.
"It seems I must have Touko start the plot of Mahoyo."
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