Sumire Tohsaka

"Winter is the best time in the morning——Tohsaka-san, don't you think so?"

Gojo Satoru looked at the snow scene outside the tea room, and suddenly said this.

It is rare for Kyoto to have such a penetratingly cold weather. The air is chilly, and the blood vessels in the lungs seem to freeze when we breathe.Thin snow fell all over the ground one after another, covering the ground with an ignorant and thin layer of white. The frosted branches and leaves revealed a dense black and dark green. The camellias in the courtyard seemed to be frozen through, showing a kind of Bruise-like crimson.

But the girl sitting next to him was completely unaware of the Xiao Shadong's intent that was approaching him, a slight smile appeared on her face.

"But it's 04:30 in the afternoon, Teacher Wutiao."

She made the point in a soft, polite way of saying it.

"Because I wanted to see Tohsaka-san earlier, I couldn't wait to see you as soon as I got off the Shinkansen. I couldn't wait until tomorrow morning."

The man smiled and said insincere words in an unconvincing light tone.Then, without waiting for her answer, he changed the subject and cut to the point without warning.

"I heard that Tohsaka-san transferred from Liyuan Women's College to Luoshan?"

"Yes."

The girl's voice is still soft and almost docile, this is the habit she cultivated in the gift garden since she was a child.As a fully enclosed aristocratic girls' school for "cultivating young ladies", Liyuan's school rules are almost pathologically strict, and it is even more demanding on the students' words and manners. look.

She has been studying in Liyuan since she was seven years old, and even after leaving that girls' school, those long-term and carefully cultivated things can hardly disappear from her.

Gojo Satoru looked at her with interest, and asked another question that hit the core.

"Students transferring from Liyuan are very rare, let alone the second semester... Is it because of the 'accident' last time?"

"...My sister is worried about my safety."

The girl didn't answer the question directly, her fingers caressed the bandage on her wrist unconsciously.Looking at it from Gojo Satoru's perspective, he could clearly see the faint bloodstains on the bandage.

From the perspective of ordinary people, the girl is undoubtedly a very rare beauty.The skin was so white that it was faintly transparent, showing an extraordinarily fragile texture, reminiscent of glazed flowers that would shatter at the touch of a touch.The eyelashes are thick and long, and when the eyes are lowered, they cast a light and gloomy shadow, like a crow's wings, covering those emerald-like pupils, like the shadows of willow branches and leaves hanging from the lake.

Because she was frail and sickly, she was born very slender, and her figure was thinner than girls of the same age. What was even more worrying was that her forehead, hands and feet were wrapped with snow-white bandages, which were wrapped around her lonely wrist bones until they were slightly loose. The inside of the cuffs, extending as far as the eye can't see.

As a conjurer, Gojo Satoru can see more things.

"Oh? Traces of holy water." He looked at the remaining spiritual power on her wound, and found it more and more interesting, "Refused the help of the conjurer, but asked someone from the church to remove the curse attached to the wound for you? It seems that Fuyuki Magic The relationship between the teacher and the church is not as bad as I thought. However, the youngest sister was seriously injured in the Riyuan Garden, which has always been known for its safety and closure. No wonder the sister is so angry that she must transfer you - the relationship between your sisters It's really good."

Anyone can hear the mocking meaning of Gojo Satoru's words. After all, being able to send his seven-year-old sister to a private aristocratic all-female boarding school does not seem to have much affection for his sister.What's more, the other two sisters have been studying in the same school, but the youngest sister transferred to another school and sent her to another distant city... The relationship between the sisters in this family is very interesting no matter how you think about it.

However, the girl nodded slightly as if she was completely unaware of the wit in Gojo Satoru's words.

"Yes." She smiled, "For my sister, nothing is more important than my safety."

Her tone was too natural, which made those who questioned her words look boring.

Gojo Gojo raised his eyebrows: "Then, I think Lingjie has fully understood the whole story of the thing that hurt you—Xiao Jin (Sumire)?"

In response to his sudden change of address, the girl——Tohsaka Sumire raised her face, and for the first time since they met, looked directly into Gojo Satoru's eyes...although it was the eyes under the sunglasses.

"As far as I remember, you don't seem to be a person who knows the art of language very well. Such roundabout and euphemistic inquiries are not your style." Even when he was saying this, Tohsaka Sumire's tone was still soft, "Yes If you want to ask anything, just ask, Gojo-sensei."

"Ah, it's really nothing special."

The smile on Gojo Gojo's face was wider, and his voice was still relaxed and happy, as if he didn't feel how sharp his problem was at all.

"I just want to ask, are you related to that accident-the 'special' curse incident that caused 14 deaths, 25 serious injuries, and more than 100 people in a coma of varying degrees at the private Liyuan Women's College."

What Gojo Satoru was talking about was about the abnormal suicides that had happened one after another at the private Rien Women's College since a month ago.

As a girls' school for nurturing noble daughters, Liyuan has always been known for its strict discipline and strict school spirit. This is a pure land that is absolutely isolated from the outside world, and there is absolutely no violence.Therefore, when someone committed suicide at first, the school just suppressed the news, but did not take any action.In any case, for this kind of school, a scandal is far more terrifying than a death.

However, when the number of suicides increased to 8, even Li Yuan could no longer block the news.If it is handed over to the police, there is a risk of being exposed to the media. The detectives they trust only find out that this is not a human crime, but an incident related to the supernatural, so under heavy pressure, the incident was finally handed over secretly to the magician. here.

To be more precise, it was handed over to Gojo Satoru.

"Actually, I felt very strange as soon as I received the task." Gojo Satoru picked up a wagashi and threw it into his mouth, "ah, it's delicious, as expected, I came to Kyoto to eat wagashi from this store—there is no wagashi in Liyuan. Reason will find a male conjurer to solve the problem."

really.The completely closed dormitory management, even the students who visit each other's dormitory must submit an application to Sister Xin, the extremely strict restrictions on leaving school and returning home...all are to maintain the "purity" of the girls.For a girls' school like a sterile ward, men are the deadly poison...or germs.

For the old antiques in the upper echelons of the school, even if they ask the conjurer to exorcise the curse, there is no reason to introduce germs.

but……

"Didn't Mr. Wutiao tell me earlier that the female conjurer who had originally accepted the entrustment had something to do temporarily, so it was handed over to you?"

Sumire Tohsaka picked up the teacup in front of her. Her hand was steady, and the subtle ripples in the cup soon calmed down, reflecting her calm eyes.

"I hope you haven't forgotten what you said when you tricked me into taking you to Meishaye."

"Oh? Did I say that?" The man rubbed the back of his head and began to play dumb.

"Although it's rude, there's something I wanted to say a long time ago." Tohsaka Sumire sighed, "Gojo-sensei, your level of pretending to be stupid is no better than elementary school boys."

"Don't worry about those details." Gojo Satoru clapped his hands, and continued in a cheerful tone, "Although it's a coincidence that this case will be handed over to me--but I don't think there will be such a coincidence. "

The man crossed his hands, and his pupils under the sunglasses turned to her, scrutinizing her coldly.

"And what amuses me the most is your role in this case."

Sumire Tohsaka let out a long sigh, sounding like she was really tired.

"Teacher Wutiao." She said as if holding back something, "Although you may have forgotten it, I must remind you——you forced me to participate in the investigation from the very beginning. Or I should change it to something less elegant. statement?"

She finally turned her head to look at him, and her cold green pupils looked at him without giving in.

"It was you who suddenly broke into my dormitory to extract a confession from me."

"Because Tohsaka-san is suspicious no matter how you look at it."

The disqualified teacher who didn't think there was anything wrong with breaking into the girls' dormitory smiled frankly. If the person sitting opposite was not a well-educated female student from Liyuan, he would have thrown the teacup and the tea tray in his face.

He continued with a clear face.

"Look, the daughter of the magician family, your sister Tohsaka Rin is the master of the Fuyuki Spirit Vein, right? She is also very famous here, a genius of gem magic and Gandr (Nordic curse), as her sister , it’s only natural to suspect you at the first moment. What’s more, you’ve been taking sick leave to stay out of the house, so no matter how you look at it, it’s super-suspicious, right?”

"Unfortunately, I don't have any talent in magic." Tohsaka Sumire stated calmly, "I don't have magic power, nor magic eyes, not to mention the circuits and qualities of a magician, and even my physique is far from enough. Weaker than ordinary people. My father never intended me to be a magician, and my sister never taught me any knowledge in this area."

"Yeah, I was very surprised when I found out that you only have three magic circuits in your body, and you haven't developed them at all. Although I've heard that magicians are different from conjurers, they will combine talented children with those who have not. Talented children are cultivated differently, and it still surprises me that they can be differentiated to this extent.”

"Because anomalies attract anomalies, if it's not suitable for this path in the first place, it's safer not to touch it at all. That's what my father said."

Sumire Tohsaka didn't seem to be unwilling.

"Sounds like a good father."

"Although he is a magician, my father's love for each daughter is sincere." Tohsaka Sumire paused before continuing, "At least, he is loving us in his own way."

"That's not bad." Gojo Satoru said briskly, "Although your lack of magic talent makes me rule out the possibility that you are the initiator of the curse...but you are still the key to that case."

He took a sip of his tea before he continued talking.

"Because the eight suicide victims were all members of Class Four of Liyuan High School. I remember that the first victim was their head teacher, whose name was... Hero Yeshan, right? A scumbag with such a name, It’s so ironic, so it’s very impressive.”

"..."

Sumire Tohsaka fell silent suddenly.

"By the way, you were also silent that night."

Gojo Satoru looked at her, slightly curling the corners of his mouth.

"No matter how hard I asked, I still refused to reveal a single word. I clearly said 'please stop Mei Sha Ye' to me at the end, but he refused to tell me the reason and the whole story."

"..."

"Is that girl, Tachibana Kaori, that important?"

He said the name casually.

The source of this series of tragedies is the special curse that triggered mass suicides in Liyuan-the reason for the original birth.

A week before the tragedy, she was the only victim of the fire at Liyuan Academy.Tachibana Kaori from Class [-] of the year.