Magical User Aozaki Aoko Case Files Chapter 145

Due to blood filling his lungs, Tohsaka Tokiomi’s speech was now intermittent and extremely blurry. Kenneth had to furrow his brows and listen for a while before he finally understood that the important word Tohsaka Tokiomi said was “pocket.” This was also thanks to Tohsaka Tokiomi’s accent not being as strange as other Japanese people’s.

He searched all of Tohsaka Tokiomi’s pockets and finally found a small, blue-glowing vial in Tohsaka Tokiomi’s inner jacket pocket.

Kenneth stared at the small vial for a moment, his hand holding the bottle trembling slightly, because he realized that the value of the contents of this small vial could probably buy the three mana furnaces he rented, with change to spare.

However, after a period of ideological struggle, Kenneth’s pride ultimately triumphed over his greed.

He used Moonlit Pure Fluid to flip Tohsaka Tokiomi over, then propped him up at a suitable height, unscrewed the priceless small vial, and poured its contents in one go into Tohsaka Tokiomi’s mouth.

He didn’t care if Tohsaka Tokiomi would choke to death, because if he hadn’t misidentified it, as long as this liquid was poured into him, it would be impossible to choke to death.

But the scene that followed made Kenneth clearly realize how much money he had spent to uphold his “noble pride,” because Tohsaka Tokiomi, severely injured and on the verge of death, with all his magic circuits废destroyed, began to recover before his eyes…

This was not some simple miracle elixir that brought people back from the dead, or the most advanced regeneration magic; it was closer to the magical reversal of time!

Every drop of blood, every speck of minced flesh that had flowed out of Tohsaka Tokiomi’s body, returned to his flesh with a tremor. Even the bullet of the “Origin Bullet” that had damaged Tohsaka Tokiomi to such a miserable state was squeezed out by Tohsaka Tokiomi’s rapidly regenerating flesh, dropping to the ground with a plink.

Tohsaka Tokiomi’s body was completely restored in just a few tens of seconds, but just as he was about to support himself with his hands to stand up and thank this respectable opponent from the Clock Tower, an unexpected event occurred.

The process of time reversal in his body had not ended! Although Tohsaka Tokiomi’s consciousness did not reverse with his physical state, his physical state was rapidly transforming back to his younger self!

The subtle wrinkles at the corners of his eyes gradually disappeared, his body, which had become slightly heavier with age, was becoming light again, and even his carefully trimmed beard was slowly vanishing…

At this point, not only was Kenneth dumbfounded, but even Tohsaka Tokiomi, the one who had taken the medicine, was flustered, because he found that the speed of his body’s time reversal was getting faster and faster! Would this medicine eventually revert him back to the state of a fertilized egg!?

However, facts proved that Tohsaka Tokiomi had indeed worried too much, because the final state of this secret time-reversing medicine reverted Tohsaka Tokiomi’s physical age back to that of a child in his early teens… roughly the same age as his daughter, Tohsaka Sakura.

Just as Tohsaka Tokiomi himself and Kenneth were staring at each other in silence, Karna, who had gone to search for the attacker, returned. He first shook his head at his Master, indicating that the attacker had not been found, and then looked suspiciously at Tohsaka Tokiomi, who was wearing an adult-sized burgundy suit.

“Master, who is this child?” Karna asked.

“…He is my opponent, Tohsaka Tokiomi,” Kenneth replied with a complicated expression. “I also didn’t expect it to turn out like this.”

After some discussion, Kenneth finally decided to accept Tohsaka Tokiomi (the child)’s invitation to go to the Tohsaka household to discuss the next strategy and the reward for saving Tohsaka Tokiomi.

Since the Heroic Spirit King’s Vimana Ark had already been destroyed by Karna, Tohsaka Tokiomi and Kenneth were currently both enveloped by Moonlit Pure Fluid, then carried away by Karna flying.

However, when Tohsaka Tokiomi returned home, he was met with another piece of very surprising bad news.

His student, Kotomine Kirei, reported that the administrator of the Fuyuki Church, Kotomine Kirei’s father, Kotomine Risei, had been killed, and the arm that preserved the remaining Command Spells of past Masters had also disappeared without a trace.

“This is a big problem, Mr. Tohsaka,” Kenneth said, rubbing his forehead while sitting on the sofa in the Tohsaka residence’s living room. “Someone actually dared to be so audacious…”

“Perhaps it’s because Brother Risei exposed the total number of Command Spells on his arm when he issued the bounty last time,” the young Tokiomi said in a clear, youthful voice. “While we were fighting, that person snuck into the church, killed the administrator, and stole the Command Spells.”

“Any idea about the identity of the thief?” Kenneth inquired.

“First, you and I, sitting here, are out of the question,” Tohsaka Tokiomi said, crossing his arms (though now being so young, the pose looked a bit comical). “Miss Blue is also impossible; if she wanted to do it, she would have done it openly when she went to claim the bounty that day. No one could stop her, and besides, a Magician wouldn’t stoop to such things.”

“My student, Waver Velvet, is also impossible,” Kenneth said. “Besides, he has already failed; his Servant, Rider, is now dead.”

“Then, removing the unknown Berserker and his Master who were killed first, only Assassin’s Master, Emiya Kiritsugu, and Caster King Solomon’s Master, Marisbilly, remain.”

“The answer is obvious,” Kenneth said. “It’s not that Marisbilly couldn’t do such a thing, but the suspicion on that despicable magus is simply too great.”

“To be honest with you, Lord El-Melloi, I actually signed a Self-Geas Scroll with the Einzbern family’s Master, Emiya Kiritsugu, before,” Tohsaka Tokiomi said, frowning. “But it’s clear that the person who attacked me was very likely that man; he must have found some way to bypass the contract. In that case, the possibility of him sending his Servant to assassinate Brother Risei at the same time is very high.”

Although he gnashed his teeth in hatred, Tohsaka Tokiomi, who had lost his Servant, had no way of dealing with Emiya Kiritsugu, whose base was now high up in the Garden of Avalon. And Kenneth’s Servant, Karna, had also suffered a significant drop in his condition due to sacrificing his Golden Armor.

The two could only look at each other in silence. Karna, however, faithfully guarded Kenneth’s side without saying a word.

“Oh, by the way, I haven’t given you the reward for saving me, Lord El-Melloi,” Tohsaka Tokiomi said after thinking. “Although it might seem like borrowing a knife to kill someone, I’ve decided to give you the remaining two Command Spells.”

With that, Tohsaka Tokiomi revealed the back of his hand, two bright red Command Spells glowing faintly.