Shape Moon, The Road to the Magician

"what are you worried about?"

While Xia Yuan was still investigating the Tono family. In the living room of the stronghold, Arquette looked at the restless Tono Shiki, raised his hands with a sinister expression and threatened.

"Do you think I will take the opportunity to kill you?"

Take Tohno Shiki back to the stronghold, and Xia Yuan arranged a room for him.

At this time, Shiki was still following the Aosaki sisters to sweep away lurking vampires in the city, while looking for traces of Roja and other ancestors of the Dead Apostles. He has not come back yet.

Although he has brought Tono Shiki back, he has not personally seen Tono Shiki's true ability.

Even if there are elements of sneak attacks and Elquit's carelessness, it is just based on him. Xia Yuan would not underestimate him because he could kill Arquette.

If Rang Shi knew that someone had the same eyes as hers, he would be very interested, and then he would drag Tohno Shiki into a sparring match.

"I'm really sorry for what I did to Miss Arquette before."

Facing the victims who had been hurt by him, Tohno Shi���Decisively bow your head and admit your mistake

"ah? It would really be difficult for me to admit your mistake to me so easily."

Seeing Tohno Shiki apologizing so easily, Arquette said with some displeasure.

"Originally, I wanted to give you a good meal."

"Please let me go!!"

Tohno Shiki decisively gave in.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to you"

"Xia Yuan has already explained your problem to me. The reason why you followed and killed me is because of the instinct in your blood. I was killed by you because I was too careless, otherwise I could easily kill you no matter how many of you there were."

Arquette snorted coldly and did not continue to embarrass him.

"Actually, maybe I have to say thank you to you."

"ah?"

Tohno Shiki looked at her with puzzled eyes.

He was obviously killed by him, but why did he still thank himself?

"Because you killed me, I met interesting people like Yuan, Shiki, and Aoko, who made my trip no longer as boring as usual."

Arquitet touched the wound on his body and murmured to himself:"Although it was indeed very painful when being killed, it is also very happy to meet so many new friends."

"Have you... forgiven me? Miss Arquette."

Tohno Shiki cautiously tried.

"Of course it's impossible. Although I don't care, it doesn't mean that I forgive you. I still remember the pain in my heart. According to what Xia Yuan said, before I go back, you have to work hard here until I am satisfied."

Arquitet smiled slightly, decisively dismissed Tohno Shiki's little thoughts, patted him on the shoulder, and said sincerely.

"Although I don’t know what the purpose of Yuan recruiting a guy like you is, he must have his own plan, and you just need to obey the arrangement. Understand?"

"OK, I will try my best."

Under the gaze of Alquette, Tohno Shiki cheered up again.

"However, what can I do to help you? Although I have learned some self-defense skills, but for things like hunting down assassins,……"

"You don’t have to worry about this. Since I brought you back, everything will be arranged naturally."

A male voice came from outside the door. The answer to his doubts was that it was Xia Yuan who had just returned from the Tono family's mansion.

"Yuan, you are back! Did you bring me supper?"

"Of course, here you go."

Seeing Arquette coming towards him, Xia Yuan smiled and handed her the revolving sushi he just bought.

"Great, thank you, Yuan"

"You're welcome."

In response to Alquitt next to him, Xia Yuan did not forget to ask Tono Shiki next to him at the same time:"Do you want to eat too?"

"No, I'm not hungry."He quickly refused.

"In this case, I’ll ask Arquette to eliminate them all."

"Leave it all to me."

Arquitet was full of fighting spirit.

After some investigation at the Tono family, he gave the photos of Tonoji's four seasons to Kuonji Yuju and asked him to help find out the news about Misaki City. After the matter was completed, it was Back.

This time when he went back to investigate, he really found out many secrets about the Tono family, as well as the orphans of Wu Jing and Qiye.

During this period, he also made phone calls. Do they need help?

As a result, Qingzi next to him confidently assured him that there would be no problem, and then there were screams of vampires, and a series of explosions - and then. After hanging up the phone, Xia Yuan, who couldn't find their location, came back soon.

"Mr. Xia Yuan……"

"You didn't actually get into a fight. It seems like you guys get along well."

Xia Yuan entered the room and threw the schoolbag he found by returning to the original route to Shiki Tono.

"Take it, boy, then take a shower and rest later. You have to go to school tomorrow."

"go to school?"

Tohno Shiki was a little confused about Xia Yuan's arrangement.

Didn't he agree to hunt down the disciples? Before he came, he had asked Qiuye to send him a lot of information about the dead disciples, and he was prepared to be aware that he might lose his life next. I thought Xia Yuan would arrange some dangerous tasks for him, but he said:"You have to go to school tomorrow."It was true that Tono Shiki was a little confused.

Seeing Tono Shiki's confusion, Xia Yuan explained to him

"Since you are a junior high school student, of course you still have to go to school."

"Anyway, our combat power here is completely sufficient, and it can even be said that there is a surplus. Although you are very talented, you are essentially no different from fighting the fifth scum. It is useless even if you follow us, just go to school."

If I go to school normally, then what's the point of bringing me here? It's just to change myself.���Save the environment?!

"But……"

Tohno Shiki wanted to say something else, but Xia Yuan had already arrived at his side, patted his shoulder, and said seriously

"Don't worry, you just need to obey my instructions. Don't ask any unnecessary questions, young man."

"yes……"

Then he pulled out several strange-looking weapons from the corner of the room and handed them to Tono Shiki.

These are all the good things he got from Kotomine Kirei and Siel, such as bottles of holy water, black keys, and holy cloth, which are all special attack weapons against the Dead Apostles.

"I leave these things to you for self-defense. With these equipment and your eyes, ordinary vampires will not be your opponent."

"Of course, if you encounter any abnormal situation or danger that is difficult to solve, please contact me directly. Don't be brave, understand?"

As he said this, Xia Yuan threw a communicator equipped with a positioning system to Shiki Tono.

After confirming that the preparations were almost completed, he felt relieved.

Although he wanted to use this kid as bait for fishing, as a A good boss, of course, it is impossible for him to be exposed to danger like this.

The holy cloth, holy water, black key, and mithril cross are all equipped in his bag, and he is also attached to him. The special attention left can be said to have reached the full point of humanistic care.

When the time comes, I will tell Xier to pay more attention to the safety of this kid. If one dares to give it, the other will accept it silently.

He put it away, and soon the whole bag was stuffed.

Although he didn't understand Xia Yuan's specific intention, since it was his order, he just had to obey silently.

But did he mean that a vampire was already targeting him? ?

Tohno Shiki was very smart and quickly guessed it, but when he thought about this possibility, he felt a chill in his heart.

"And this, don’t forget to take it back."

Seeing Shiki Tono put away all the weapons he gave, Xia Yuan took out the spring-type folding knife that he had snatched from Shiki Tono from his pocket.

This knife is not ordinary. It has a There is a faint fluctuation of magic power, and the blade is very sharp, even compared to the standard dagger made by the Holy Church.

Moreover, the [Nanayo] engraved on it should be Tohno Shiki's original surname. Later, he was adopted by Tono Shinkyu and changed to Tono. His real name was Nanaya Shiki, so Xia Yuan wanted to get some clues from Tono Shiki. He turned the switchblade slightly. He stored it and finally put it back in front of Tohno Shiki

"This is...the knife my father left for me?"

Seeing that the knife his father left for him as a souvenir was lost again, Tohno Shiki carefully picked it up.

Seeing this, Xia Yuan then asked

"Who is your father?"

"Tono Shinkyu...the last head of the Tono family, the father of Akiba and I"

"……"

Asking directly did not get the answer I wanted.���Yuan thought for a while, and then asked:"My name is Tono Shinkyu, so what is his attitude towards you?"

"How is your attitude towards me?"

Hearing this question, Tohno Shiki's expression was a little strange, but he still tried to recall things about Tohno Shinhisa.

"I can’t remember many things from my childhood, but I remember that my father was very lenient with me, not as harsh as he was with Qiuye, and I was often ignored by him."

"Maybe it was because I was too unsatisfactory. I could feel that my father didn't value me, so he sent me directly to the Arima family to raise me for many years. It wasn't until Akiba took over as the head of the family that he took me back."

Trying to recall things related to his father, Tohno Shiki felt a slight pain in his head. Although many things could no longer be remembered clearly, Tohno Shinkyu's blurry figure still had an impression.

It's just that this When he thought of the ordinary words, it sounded different to Xia Yuan's ears.

Regardless of it... this is too normal. The child of the Qiye family was only adopted by him because he wanted to plot your bloodline.

In the eyes of Tono Shinkyu, Tono Shiki, Wu Jing Kohaku, and Wu Jing Jade are just tools to continue the family. The one he used was for his daughter.

But this boy obviously didn't know it yet.

After a brief contact, he was sure that Tono Shiki's memory must have been touched by Tono Shinkyu when he was a child. Hands and feet, that's why he lost his previous memory.

It is not difficult to remove the magic influence exerted by Tono Shinkyu in his head in a short time.

However, doing so will inevitably cause a rebound in Tono Shiki's mind. Recalling the tragic past in an instant, if he couldn't bear it for a while, he would faint at best, or suffer a nervous breakdown at worst.

It would be troublesome if things really developed like that, so he should use gentler methods to help. Just help him.

Thinking of this, Xia Yuan put his hand on his shoulder, and then said seriously:"Brother Tono, I have something to ask you."

"Okay, okay, please tell me."

Having Xia Yuan's hand on his shoulder and seeing the other person's serious expression, Tohno Shiki was a little flattered and hurriedly answered

"Okay, if, I mean if"

"The family that raised you for more than ten years is actually the enemy that killed your parents. What will you do?"

"ah?"

This sudden and outrageous question caused Tono Shiki's brain to shut down at that time, and his face was at a loss. He froze in place and thought for a while, and then shook his head.

"I have no idea."

Don't you know?……

"I think so……"

Seeing Tohno Shiki's confused look, Xia Yuan sighed, let alone him, even he didn't know how to handle this kind of thing correctly.

But one thing is for sure, it is absolutely wrong to trap a young man in a false and fabricated lie.

Such deception���If it is not long-term, it will only bring more serious consequences.

If the truth causes pain, lies only make it worse.

So he raised his fingers and put them on his forehead, and then activated the magic power to flow through his fingertips, emitting white fluorescence.

At this moment, Tohno Shiki felt that his groggy brain suddenly relaxed a lot, as if something had moved out of his mind. He looked at Xia Yuan unexpectedly and asked,"What was that just now?"……"

"Don't worry, it's just a little magic trick. I have solved the little problems in your brain for you."

"Is there something wrong with my brain?"

"Well, it was tampered with, but I just helped you solve it."

After a brief explanation, Xia Yuan stood up slowly, patted his shoulder again, and said with sincerity.

"Tohno Shiki, in the following time, you will gradually recall the things you have lost. But they won’t wake up too suddenly, leaving you some buffering time to accept everything."

"Think carefully about what I just said, and then go to the room to take a nap. If you have any unresolved knots in the future, you can ask me for help."

After some confusing communication, Tohno Shiki only felt more confused.

But in the end, he followed Xia Yuan's suggestion and went back to the room to rest.

Perhaps it had something to do with it just now. His head suddenly became confused at the moment. Some drowsy memories are awakening.