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The situation was tense!

But that was all. After Kobayashi deliberately provoked Lisette, the two separated. ♦♦  ♦♦

Thought a fight would break out?

No, no, no, no matter how you thought about it, it was impossible.

Although it was confirmed that Lisette was an automaton, it was impossible to attack her without finding the real Lisette.

Because once she was killed, it would be easy for Felix to take the opportunity to counterattack. With the other party's identity and the persona that had been operating in the academy for a long time, he could make up several reasons to arrest Kobayashi.

Even if there were doubts, it didn't matter. As long as the [criminal] was caught in the end, all problems would have reasonable explanations. Especially when Kobayashi's application for admission was forged, it would become a strong evidence for the other party to criticize Kobayashi.

The other party couldn't take action either.

In addition to not being completely sure, there was also the reason that she couldn't reveal that she was an automaton, otherwise their plan would have unnecessary effects.

So after Kobayashi left, she had to kick the bushes next to her hard a few times.

Impotent and furious, that was it.

Now it depends on whether Kobayashi will find the real Lisette first and expose their conspiracy, or whether they will force the false accusation on the [criminal] to clear themselves of the relationship.

"Really, if [Five Visions All-Powerful] could see through the hearts of the dolls."

Kobayashi couldn't help but complain softly.

————

As soon as he returned to the dormitory, Akabane Raimon came to visit and got straight to the point as soon as he entered the door.

"How is the situation?"

"Ah, you guessed right, she does have a problem."

It was Akabane Raimon who asked him to test Lisette. After all, it was the first time Kobayashi met her, so how could he deliberately provoke her without a reason?

It was Akabane Raimon's reminder that allowed Kobayashi to use perspective on Lisette and find out the key information that the other party was not human.

"All we have to do is test her afterwards?"

"That's right."

Seeing him thinking hard with his hand on his forehead, Kobayashi gave him a hint and said, "Akabane-kun, Felix once said that he hid his automaton in the [locker], which can only be opened with the [master key] kept by the discipline committee. If Liset is an automaton now..."

"————!"

Akabane Raijin seemed to have thought of something.

The [locker] is a special safe for placing automatons, and it cannot be opened without a specific key.

During the period when the [Demon Eater] was making trouble, many puppet masters kept their automatons there, and Felix, one of the thirteen, did the same.

——That's what the other party said.

This will cause a lot of doubts. If Liset is an automaton now, whose automaton is she, who is the assistant to the head of the discipline committee? Where is Liset's automaton? Where is she herself? What is Felix plotting?

"Tsk. I'm going to check it out! Yeye, let's go!"

"Yes! Raijin!"

After saying that, Akabane Raijin and Yeye hurried out together.

Probably to check something in the [locker].

And Kobayashi used the ability of [Five Visions] in the dormitory to find the [prisoner] who was about to be charged with a false crime

-Charlotte.

From the beginning to the end, Charlotte was played in the palm of Felix's hand. Whether he approached her to win her favor, or deliberately had a headache about the [Demon Eater], or let Lisette induce behind her, the girl fell into the trap he set step by step like a chess piece.

The indifference he showed to Charlotte before was to test whether the girl was out of his control. When he found that it was as he thought, he inadvertently showed a smug mockery.

Because of this, Kobayashi was so angry.

But the academy was too big, and Charlotte was running around everywhere, and it was really impossible to find her location in a short time.

The more you fear something, the more likely it will happen.

An hour passed.

Before Xiaolin found Charlotte, she came to the door first.

Across the old door, the head of the dormitory had an inexplicably clear voice.

"Xiaolin, there's a call for you."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

When he came to the lobby on the first floor, the telephone was set in front of the head of the dormitory's room. Xiaolin was quite interested in this modern product and thought he could bring the old-fashioned telephone back to Axel later.

But there was something important to do now.

When he picked up the long-standing microphone——

"Sorry to bother you so late. I'm Lisette Norden."

"... Is that you? Is there something?"

"I have something to tell you..."

She deliberately waited for a while, and her suspenseful behavior was very much like Felix. After hearing Xiaolin's breathing gradually slowed down, her voice came slowly from the microphone.

"——We found a lot of magic circuits in Charlotte's room."

"…………"

Magic circuits, also known as Eve's heart, are the core of the automaton, and are also what the [Demon Eater] has been hunting for.

I see.

Are they hinting to me that they (the mastermind) have set a trap for Charlotte to step into, so that I can lose my composure?

Liset did think so.

I thought that the man on the other end of the phone would be anxiously asking about Charlotte's safety, or he would be so angry that he would say some harmless words. Unexpectedly, he did not care about the important person in this matter, but instead it was another person——

"Akabane...no, Raijin Akabane and Yeye, how are they now?"

"You are really a cold-blooded man. You don't care about her, but you care about a man."

"If she was caught by you, you wouldn't call me. Well, Raijin Akabane and Ye Ye, how are they now?"

"Humph, who knows. The man might have been seriously injured by someone sneaking up from behind, and he might be lying on a stretcher heading to the infirmary now. As for her doll, it has probably been sanctioned by the disciplinary committee members. "

"...I have to say, it's a very interesting guess."

Xiao Lin's tone was calm and calm, without any emotional fluctuations, but his expression had become cold, and the surface of the phone held by his right hand was slightly broken.

Still remaining calm, he asked:

"So, I wonder if Miss Lisette has anything else to do? Maybe she called me to invite her on a date because of the beautiful moonlight tonight, right?"

"What if, I say, it is."

"Place."

"The last place we said goodbye today."

"I'll rush there now."

Xiao Lin gently put down the phone, walked out of the dormitory with his head slightly lowered, and went straight to the date.

————

When he arrived in the back garden, someone was already waiting there.

No, not a human being to be precise.

It was a fully armed automaton. If we really wanted to describe it, it could also be said to be a battle girl.

She was wearing ancient armor, holding a long sword in her hand, and her full-face helmet was full of aura, as if she was wearing a ghost mask.

Although she hid her body well with the tight covering of her body, in front of Xiao Lin, who has the [Five Visions] and can use the clairvoyance ability, she had already exposed her true face naked.

——Automata Lisette.

"Hey, I didn't expect you to dress up so grandly. It seems that you are looking forward to this date."

"…………"

The doll girl in front of her remained silent, but she raised the sword in her hand to Xiao Lin's throat.

It was obvious that she was not here for a date, but to do bad things.

"Hey, hey, are you really okay?"

Xiao Lin was not afraid. Instead, he sighed and spread his hands, and said helplessly: "You exposed yourself so easily, or do you think you can hide your "intellectual" pretty face with just a mask?"

The word "intellectual" is very strong.

Unfortunately, the battle girl did not answer. Instead, she raised the long sword in her hand and slashed at Xiao Lin. The powerful and heavy slash seemed to cut him in two.

The attack was powerful but not dexterous enough, and Xiao Lin easily dodged it.

At the same time his mouth kept moving.

"Except for Liu Zi, this is the first time I have been liked by another female automaton, and they are still so entangled. I said, what is so attractive about me? Can't I change it?"

What responded to him was the fighting girl's more sharp slashes. As time went by, the attack speed gradually increased, and the angle of the slashes became more tricky.

Like a real master of swordsmanship, he dances the bright sword shadow under the bright moonlight, glowing with a cold light and full of danger.

But even so, she couldn't touch Xiao Lin's clothes.

During the battle, Xiaolin kept saying: "I originally wanted to give this opportunity to Akabane-kun. For some reasons, I couldn't attract too much attention, so I took the initiative to withdraw from other people's sight. But you have a special interest in me." Inexplicable persistence, what is the reason? "

"...You can't fight if you don't speak."

Seeing Xiaolin dodge the slash again, the battle girl couldn't help but sneer, her tone was extremely familiar.

No wonder she didn't speak, because if she spoke she would be exposed.

Xiao Lin ignored her and directly revealed the answer to the mystery, saying: "Because you are greedy for my body, you are despicable!"

"————!"

The battle girl's movements suddenly froze, as if she didn't expect Xiaolin to say such narcissistic words.

Xiaolin's statement is not entirely correct.

To be precise, she aimed at Xiao Lin's heart.

"Before I entered the academy, I intercepted a train with Akabane-kun. Although it only occupied a small space in the report, you still noticed it. Therefore, you had a misunderstanding - Xiaolin is actually an automaton. Even though I have repeatedly stated that I am a human being, with the automaton Lisette in front of me, you are still more inclined to think that I am also an automaton. Coupled with the exaggerated strength I have shown since entering the academy, you covet me even more. The magic circuit (Eve’s heart), am I right?”

"…………"

She remained silent.

However, both sides know that this is the truth of the matter.

Xiao Lin was also surprised at the beginning. The other party could have pinned the crime directly on the "prisoner" and won the final victory, but he had to take great risks to attack him when he won.

Even if there is a suspicion of taking the opportunity to eliminate potential enemies and pouring dirty water on the prisoners, Xiaolin clearly said that he would not participate in night parties, so he could not become a potential enemy.

Therefore the reason does not hold.

"But, if we assume that you are a [Demon Eater], the reason for doing this is obvious."

Xiao Lin had a confident smile on his face.

The fighting girl became more and more silent, and the aura on her body became more and more dangerous. It seems that all her reasoning is correct.

"But you should have said so earlier if you wanted my body."

Kobayashi blamed the other party and said, "Although I can't give you my body, I can still let you taste a part of it."

"Taste a part?"

"Yes, a part."

Kobayashi lowered his head and looked at his pants.

"..."

"..."

Both sides fell silent at the same time.

But then, the fighting girl said with disgust: "Just wait until you fall asleep to talk in your sleep, bug!"

The generous behavior only earned the girl's rebuke and violence. The long sword in her hand was swung tightly and was much more fierce than before.

But that's all.

The automatic dolls around them can't use magic without the puppets. Don't they think they can defeat themselves with swordsmanship?

They underestimate people too much!

Seeing that the attack was unsuccessful, the fighting girl also tried to disturb Xiaolin, saying in a cold voice: "You, a stink bug, it would be great if you were as easy to deal with as that cockroach."

What she meant was that Akabane Raimin had been dealt with, and she wanted to use the other party as a threat to make Xiaolin panic.

Xiaolin laughed instead.

"Hahahaha - you know, the vitality of cockroaches is very tenacious, I believe he will never just stay silent."

"I've talked in my sleep, let's talk about it after I fall asleep... What?!"

Just at this moment -

There was an earthquake, followed by a sudden strong wind.

The red magic turned into a violent tornado and soared into the sky, the surrounding trees rustled, and the powerful pressure slowly spread, making people feel scared even at a long distance.

It is worthy of being an automatic doll produced by Hualiuzai, and its power is a bit exaggerated.

"Hahahaha - the situation is reversed, what should you do?"

Xiaolin's bad ridicule followed.

The fighting girl looked at the magic storm rising in the distance, and without any hesitation, she immediately distanced herself and flew straight into the distance.

"Do you think you can escape?"

Kobayashi exerted force on his legs and flew into the sky to catch up.

——————

The turmoil that occurred every night also disturbed another battlefield.

The [prisoner] Charlotte, who was attracted by the bait, and the ten members of the discipline committee who besieged her, and Felix who made a sad expression.

After feeling the pressure from afar, the discipline committee members panicked.

But under the command of Felix, they calmed down and were arranged to support the place where the riot occurred.

After everyone left, when the surroundings became quiet.

Felix finally smiled as usual and whispered: "In this way, we can have a good chat, Charles."

"Felix..."

Charlotte felt a chill in her heart.

It was a warm smile that she could feel before, but now it made people scared.

Her throat was dry and she asked hoarsely: "... You don't believe that I am the [Demon Eater], right?"

"Of course, otherwise I would be very troubled." Felix gave a confusing answer.

What does that mean?

Without waiting for Charlotte to ask questions, Felix spoke again: "I originally planned to let Xiaolin get rid of you, but that guy was too smooth. Fortunately, that guy was tricked out for you."

"... Xiaolin?"

Charlotte had a strong ominous premonition and asked quickly: "What did you do to him?!"

"He was just dealt with, and my companions will help clean up the mess."

"You killed him?!"

"... I just destroyed him."

"Why...!"

"Because he has an excellent magic circuit."

What? Excellent magic circuit? What on earth is he talking about?

Charlotte didn't understand at all.

In her chaotic mind, another sentence quickly passed by.

-Xiaolin was tricked out because of her.

She asked again: "Why, why do you do this?"

"...Alas. I had a high opinion of you, but I didn't expect your brain to be so slow." Felix sighed and shrugged his shoulders, his face full of mockery.

And an idea flashed through Charlotte's mind like lightning.

"You...used me."

"Because it's too coincidental, Charles. If you want to hate, then hate fate. Hate that you and I are in the same year of the demonic eclipse and attend the same academy at the same time. No...hate that your [Dragon Roar] is so similar to my [Demon Eater]."

Felix's words dealt a heavy blow to the girl who loved him.

It's fake, all fake.

Everything was carefully arranged by the other party, whether it was the words said, the tenderness shown or the kindness released, it was all fake.

The girl's heart was broken into pieces.

When Charlotte was desperate, she felt the puppet approaching her quickly. Felix raised his right hand and said excitedly: "Just in time! My automaton has arrived. It's time to end this [Demon Eater] riot!"

The next second.

Boom——

The automaton fell from the sky and smashed a deep pit on the ground. As the dust flew, a figure slowly appeared in front of the two.

He stepped on the fighting girl below with an unpleasant smile on his face.

He greeted the two:

"——Good evening, both of you."