Shape Moon, The Road to the Magician

That night.

As the night gets darker and darker, the shadows become more rampant, like a huge curtain, isolating the entire city and turning it into a stage that belongs to it.

The cold moonlight is bright and bright, shining on the ground like lights on a stage.

This drama is still going on

……

……

Time quickly came to about half an hour before Xia Yuan left with Tono Shiki.

Because they saw their brother being taken away by Xia Yuan, and the ensuing crisis of the twenty-seven ancestors of the dead disciples, the Tono family, which claimed to be a demon exorcism family, naturally took action as it should.

With the help of Kohaku, Tono Akiha quickly suppressed the reversal impulse brought by his own blood, and then summoned the experts from the Tono family to go out and start a carpet search for the Dead Apostles in the city.

This shows that the Tono family's defense at this moment is empty, and there are not many people left to defend.

So after asking Arquette to bring Shiki Tono to the stronghold on his behalf.

Someone took advantage of this opportunity to act.

In the spacious courtyard in front of the Tono family's mansion, several blue butterflies flew out of the windows and chimneys of the mansion, passing through the white moonlight and flying into the shadows of the courtyard.

Under the cover of the night, these light blue butterflies gathered into a silhouette, and then a familiar figure walked out of the darkness.

"The situation is probably clear."

Xia Yuan, who was made up of butterflies, walked out of the shadows. He stretched out his fingertips to explore the results of these butterflies, and roughly learned the distribution map of the Tono mansion.

Just now, he also witnessed the distant view through the butterflies in the dark. The scene where Ye Qiuye's reversal of impulse broke out, and the girl from the Wu Jing clan.

The Wu Jing clan, the blood of demons...

He probably already had some guesses about the secrets hidden by this family, and he only had to follow the clues to explore. That's it.

As the result of hundreds of years of management by the Hito clan, the scale of the Tono family's development is indeed astonishing. If you don't count the Aozaki family and the Kuonji family who are really in power in this city, and the fairy tale witch, they are Misaki City can already be said to be covering the sky with one hand.

The Rengai clan not only needs to hide their identity, but also seek development. It is still amazing to be able to do this.

In addition to the rooms where the servants live, the reception room, and the chess and card games. Excluding the room and the like, only the study and the secret room next to it made him suspicious.

Regarding the information about the Rengai clan, the records of the Aozaki family only covered a wide range of information. He wanted to know more details. He had to start from the Tono house. Of course, he also had to look for clues about Roja here.

He had already learned about this house through the conversation between Tono Shiki and his sister Tono Akiha. Di conducted an investigation, and when he followed Jade in, he released a few familiars to check the points. He was ready to wait for the Tono family's defense to be empty, and then come back with a carbine to investigate their hidden secrets.

Xia Yuan's actions were very light. , and very quickly, he just jumped to a balcony on the second floor of the Tono house, then opened the window and walked in.

He began to draw the plane of the Tono house in his mind based on the information collected by the butterfly familiar. , and then began to search some of the more suspicious rooms in the mansion. During this period, they also found alarm restrictions set up on some doors or corners. As long as someone touches them, the owner of the mansion will be notified immediately. However, this does not work.

Simple magic restrictions are nothing to him. With the ice blue magic eyes open, he can clearly see the restrictions in the mansion. It is very clear where he needs to avoid and where he needs to lift while walking through the Tono family. In the corridor, he also saw some servants of the Tono family who were standing guard. These simple things could easily be solved by Xia Yuan.

However, he did not hurt anyone and simply used suggestion magic mixed with illusion to shield them. As long as he didn't let them stop him, Xia Yuan quickly arrived at the room he was looking for, which was the room of the two maids.

It's not clear, but he remembers that these two maids should also be important figures in Yue Ji. Although he doesn't know their plot and life experience, they may also be involved with Roja.

It has just been discovered that Amber is from the Wu Jing clan. They have the power of purification in their blood. And Tono Akiye also said that they grew up in the Tono family, so how much do they know about the secrets hidden in this mansion? That's it, Xia Yuan.

Relying on the illusion technique he learned from the British Sword Master, he opened a layer of illusory body barrier within one meter of his body, and then randomly explored the Tono family's mansion as if he was in an uninhabited land.

After passing many patrolling servants and walking through the long corridor, he soon arrived at the door of a room at the corner of the second floor.

According to the information fed back by Butterfly, this should be the room of one of the two maid sisters.

At this time, except for the patrolling servants, all the other servants were resting. The two maids were also resting in the room, and the door was locked from the inside.

And there is no magic restriction, just simply locking the door.

If you knock on the door or break in violently, it will inevitably arouse the alertness and even shouting of the people inside.

That would make things very troublesome.

Fortunately, this situation is not too difficult for me to solve.

Xia Yuan stretched out his palm to control the Moon Spirit Essence Liquid and drilled it into the keyhole of the door, then began to change its shape according to the shape inside the keyhole, and finally gradually condensed a mercury key that fit the structure inside.

Then came: [click——】The sound of unlocking.

The door is opened by the key

"Who are you……？！"

Hearing the faint sound of the door being opened by a key from the outside, the maid who was resting in the room immediately stood up from the bed with a look of surprise on her face.

After calling twice and seeing no response, I felt a little scared, so I wanted to shout

"Shhh……"

But before she could make a sound to call other people in the mansion, she saw a silver light piercing through the keyhole and flashing before her eyes.

This rope condensed from the moon spirit marrow was like a flexible silver snake, easily wrapped around her body, and then transformed into one end to seal her mouth, preventing her from making any sound.

"woo woo woo woo……"

The bound Jade looked at the figure walking in and her eyes widened. However, because her mouth was sealed and her body was wrapped, she could not notify anyone and could only watch the man approach.

Then Xia Yuan walked in, closed the door, and locked it from the inside as before

"Was it the younger sister of the twin maids? I remember your name is Jade……"

Looking at Jade who was tied up and struggling in front of him, Xia Yuan shook his head, and then approached her, but he didn't do anything strange to her, he just stood there and looked at her quietly.

Looking at Jade struggling desperately, Xia Yuan shook his head, then stretched out a finger in front of her eyes and whispered:"Relax, I won't do anything strange to you. I just want to ask you something, When you wake up you will forget everything"

"Woo woo woo……"

Jade struggled violently

"Not cooperative? This is also expected, and I have my own solution."

Xia Yuan raised his fingers and stood them in front of Jade's eyes, and then……

——clatter!

With a clear snap of her fingers, Jade soon stopped struggling. Her pupils began to shrink slightly and became hollow. Finally, a static butterfly pattern appeared in her eyes.

"Think of me as your most trusted person. Next, I will ask questions and you will answer them. Do you understand?"

Just now, I have used illusion to temporarily change the cognition in Jade's mind, replacing myself with the person she trusts most, so that she will confess honestly.

"I understand, sister."

Jade nodded stiffly, having recognized Xia Yuan as Wu Jing Amber.

Seeing this, Xia Yuan released the restraint of Yue Ling Marrow Fluid and began to ask Jade:"The first question is, how much do you know about Tohno Shiki's past?"

"I know that Master Shiki, like my sister and I, came to the Tono family later, and that he died once when he was a child, but the previous head of the family did not allow anyone to tell. Jade replied truthfully.

Have you died once?

Xia Yuan was not surprised by this news. After all, Tohno Shiki is also a person with the magic eyes of direct death. Only by resurrecting from the dead and understanding death can he open those eyes. only……

"So how was he resurrected?

Jade replied:"I don't know much about this matter, but I heard from my sister that it was Miss Akiba who gave Master Shiki half of her life to bring Master Shiki back to life.""

Shared lives?

This reason surprised him. No wonder he secretly felt that there was some kind of connection between Tono Shiki and Tono Akiha, but after checking, he found that the two were not real brothers and sisters, but that feeling made him He couldn't tell.

Now Jade's words made him find the reason.

It turned out that they shared the same life.

So Xia Yuan continued to ask:"Do you know any more information? For example, his original surname, and how did he die?"

"I remember……"

Under Xia Yuan's questioning, Feicui recalled what happened that day, but during the process of recalling, her body began to tremble uncontrollably, and then she answered with fear on her face.

"It's Master Four Seasons!! I remember that day, Master Shiki suddenly went crazy and wanted to kill Miss Akiba. Master Shiki was killed by Master Shiki in order to save Miss Akiba."

Master Shiki? Shiki Tono?

Is there such a person hiding in the Tono family?

He seemed to have heard this name somewhere.

Xia Yuan felt that he had grasped the context of the matter.

This name sounded very simple, and Being able to contact Tono Akiha means that he is also a member of the family.

He remembers that Roja has a relationship with the Tono family, excluding Tono Akiha and Tono Shiki, and Roja looks down on those with low status. An ordinary person with talents, so according to speculation,

Roya is probably this guy.

So he started to further interrogate:"Who is that Master Four Seasons?""

"He is Miss Akiba's brother and the eldest son of the head of the Tono family."

It turns out that the eldest son of the Tono family was the eldest son. It's not difficult to deduce what happened at that time.

He suddenly went crazy, and then he wanted to kill Tono Akiha. This was probably because the reversal impulse brought by the demon's blood caused the whole person to become The beast was completely out of control, but there were still some doubts. Xia Yuan continued to ask:"Do you know his whereabouts?"

"Dead, Master Shiki had been executed long ago by the previous head of the Tono family."

Dead?

This surprised Xia Yuan

"Did you see him die with your own eyes?"

"Yes, I saw with my own eyes that the head of the family arrived and killed the crazy Master Shiji."

Xia Yuan was a little surprised when he heard Jade's answer. Although he felt something was wrong, he didn't say anything. He just continued to ask for useful information.

"Really, how much do you know about the secrets of the Tono family?"

"The secret... I don't know. I have been working as an ordinary maid in the Tono family. I am not qualified to get close to the head of the family and the young master. It has always been my sister who is responsible for taking care of the head of the house and the young master.……" amber? The other red-haired maid you just met?

It seems that she knows more information than this sister.

You have to go there and interrogate it yourself.

So Xia Yuan raised his hand and gave Jade the second step of instructions.

He ordered in a deep voice:"Take me to your sister's room, or ask her to come over."

"yes……"

……

…… five minutes later.

In another room of the Tono family, another interrogation session that scored twice was staged.

Amber, who was knocked on the door by Jade, felt that something was not right about his sister's condition, so he quickly opened the door, helped her in, and then asked about the situation with concern.

Then Xia Yuan, who was followed in, used the butterfly placed on Jade's body as a magic medium, and then indirectly used illusion to control Amber.

Looking at Amber in front of him who was also controlled by his illusion.

Xia Yuan just asked the question again as he asked Jade.

I want to use this analogy to get the same information from the two Wu Jing sisters.

As a result, the answer he got was indeed different.

First of all, after Tono Shiki was executed by the previous generation of family masters, the dead Tono Shiki took advantage of Tono Akiha to give life to Tono Shiki and secretly used the ability of [Communion] to steal half of the life obtained by Tono Shiki. , and then take the opportunity to resurrect.

However, as the previous head of the family of Tono Shiki's father, Tono Shinhisa, he was not willing to kill the resurrected Tono Shiki again, but hid him in a dungeon to protect him.

Soon after, in order to give an explanation to the clan members, he claimed that Tono Shiki had been killed by him, and adopted Tono Shiki as his adopted son. He publicly acted as a shield for Tono Shiki and washed away His memory regarded him as Shiki Tono, and he was sent to the Arima family to be raised.

Shiki and Shiki.

The Roman pronunciation of these two people is really similar, and Tohno Shinkyu is so good at replacing the prince with a civet cat.

By now, Xia Yuan had determined that Tohno Shiki's original surname was Qiye. The knife and the specialness of his bloodline were the best proof.

In a trance, he would open the Demonic Eye of Direct Death and chase after Elquitt to kill him. This was also because of the primitive instinct in the blood of the exorcist family, the instinct called the urge to exorcise demons.

The head of the Ryogi family told him that the Nanye family suddenly disappeared under the attack of enemies many years ago, and now it seems that it is inseparable from the Tono family.

As for the reason why Tono Shinkyu kept him, he probably took a fancy to his demon-repelling blood, and wanted to blend and neutralize him with the demon blood of the Tono family to give birth to stable bloodline offspring.

It's a good idea, maybe neutralizing the blood of the exorcist clan and the demon blood of the Tono family can really allow the offspring to have a stable bloodline.

The two sisters who adopted Wu Jing's family were interested in the purifying power contained in Wu Jing's bloodline to alleviate the reversal impulse caused by the demon's blood, while the children of Qiye's family were adopted in order to cultivate perfect offspring.

The previous head of the Tono family was really good at calculating, and he really planned the future of the Tono family clearly.

So he continued to let Kohaku continue to describe all the secrets hidden by the previous head of the Tono family.

Following the slow reply from the red-haired girl in front of him, Xia Yuan came up with an answer that made his face darken.