Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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Learning from real-world experience, then reflecting on one's mistakes to identify strengths and weaknesses, correcting them if they exist and striving to improve if they don't—this is Xiangzi's teaching philosophy.

So far, Aine has done better than she imagined.

After leaving the white house, the witch began to summon her familiars. The raven familiars surrounded the witch's body, forming a protective wall around her.

These crow familiars themselves have no combat ability; at most, they can only obstruct the line of sight. But obstructing the line of sight is their greatest function.

"Hey!"

Aine jumped down from the gap on the second floor, landing on the ground and rolling once. Her view was completely blocked by the familiar; Aine couldn't even find herself, let alone where the witch was.

"Oh no, is it going to escape again?"

Aine gritted her teeth.

"This won't do, your little master will be unhappy... Aiyin, Aiyin, think about what your little master just taught you..."

"Your magic is called 'Air Blade,' and its effect is to attach magic power to the blade to increase its sharpness. Is it really that simple?"

"Ah, right?"

"Have you tried any other uses?"

--"ha?"

"For example, flicking out the air blade attached to the blade."

"Huh?!"

"Swing forward, is that really possible...?"

Aine recalled what Xiangzi had told her and tried to focus her attention on the greatsword, which had already reached the red blade. The red blade of energy was the maximum she could compress; any higher and it would become unstable and easy to lose control.

She usually pays close attention to controlling the amount of air blades attached to the blade. By compressing magic, she upgrades the air blades attached to the blade from white to yellow and then to red, with the magic content tripling with each level.

The red aura blade contains twenty-seven times the magic power of the white aura blade, making it very difficult to control.

But if we're going to throw it out of control, wouldn't it be better if it got out of control?

Aine blinked.

Just do it.

The blade swung forward, probing into the flock of crows.

Although a few crows crashed into the blade and were cut in two, one or two crows were not enough to cause any trouble for the entire flock.

However... what Aine needs is not to stir up a storm of crows.

All she needed to do was convert her magic into a blade of air through slashing—until she reached a critical point.

The red blade began to tremble, making it increasingly difficult for Aine to grip the knife, and two drops of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Finally, the trembling of the aura attached to the blade increased to a point that Aine could barely control. She turned and sheathed the katana, and then—

"Hasage—!"

The unstable air blade detached from the sword as a whirlwind, its tip sweeping across an area in front, creating a violent tornado.

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The swirling whirlwind swept away all the crow familiars, instantly making the path between Aine and the witch unobstructed.

The witch turned her head around and stared at Aine.

Its wounds haven't fully healed yet; in this short time, they've only been able to treat the few cuts on its legs that were affecting its mobility.

But it's enough.

The witch and Aine were like a hunter and a deer meeting on the road. After staring at each other blankly for a long time, the deer turned around and ran away.

"Hey, don't run!"

Ai Yin, with her short legs that barely reached 1.6 meters, chased after him.

Near the white house is a train station with a steam train parked on the platform. That's the exit of the barrier, connecting to the trams in the real world.

If it escapes, it will probably be very difficult to catch it again.

"Hey, why are you running so fast!"

But how could Aine's two short legs compare to four legs specifically designed for running?

The witch transformed into a whirlwind, her four hooves making a crisp clattering sound on the stone road, kicking up clouds of dust as she galloped toward the distant station.

It wants to escape from here, to escape this place that has trapped it, to escape the hunter who is chasing it.

but.

As it approached the train station, it heard a beeping sound.

Its hoof had just stepped over a red laser line.

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P.S.: The witch was inspired by Cream's White Room~

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drop--

A dense array of red lights illuminated the witch, and then...

Boom——!

Rumble rumble rumble—!

The laser beam triggered the first explosion, which in turn triggered more explosions, engulfing the witch completely.

The witch was so dizzy from the explosion that she actually stopped in her tracks.

"Now let's see where you run!"

Aine caught up, sliding past the witch in a tackle, and then drew her greatsword, leaving several wounds on its calves, enough to make it stagger. Finally, she slid to the witch's side, and just before crashing into a station pillar, she stepped on it. Using the momentum, she pushed off with her toes, converting the forward force into an upward force, like a martial arts master performing light footwork. She took a few steps along the vertical wall and arrived directly above the witch.

Just then, the witch came to her senses and saw a figure blocking the sunlight.

Aine performed a graceful somersault on the witch's head and landed lightly on its horse's back.

By this time, it realized that it had nowhere to escape.

"Drink!"

The greatsword, adorned with a cherry blossom pattern, severed its head, and black blood, formed from magical energy, gushed upwards.

thump--

The witch's headless body lay on the ground.

Aiyin stood beside it, breathing heavily.

Meanwhile, the surrounding scenery, resembling streets from a Western movie, began to gradually melt away.

"Luckily I'm here." Xiangzi emerged calmly from the smoke created by the bomb. "Otherwise, it would have gotten away."

Xiangzi casually picked up the Seed of Sorrow from the ground and glanced at it again in his palm.

This guy is really good at running.

"Little...Master..." Aine gasped for air, her voice choked with breath, "I...I tried my best...but it has...four legs...I really..."

The most physically demanding part was actually the whirlwind that unleashed all the air blades. Just controlling their direction took Aine a lot of effort. Then she chased after the four-legged creature for a long time, watching it run further and further away.

She really did her best.

"Well done." Xiangzi had seen all of Aiyin's efforts, and slowly walked over to her side, patting her on the shoulder. "It would have been even better if you hadn't let it get away."

"Little Master...you're quite the sarcastic one." Aine wiped the sweat from her cheeks. "How could I possibly catch a four-legged thing..."

Voices began to circulate around them; they had returned to the real world, to the tram platform. It was rush hour, the busiest time at the tram station, and no one noticed the two girls who had appeared out of nowhere on the busy platform.

Just then, the tram pulled into the station, and the automatic doors opened in front of them.

"I know you tried your best, and I know you really can't catch up."

“Is that so? Is that so?” Aine chimed in.

"So, you have to know how to treat the symptoms and use different tactics for different witches." Xiangzi patted her shoulder. "Get in the car, I'll tell you all about it there."

"Huh?" Aine scratched her head. "But I don't walk this way after school."

"Then you'll have to talk to your parents and tell them you're studying at a classmate's house tonight..." Xiangzi shrugged and boarded the tram.

"why?"

Although she kept asking why, Aine still followed the train before the doors closed.

"There's something I need to confirm tonight," Xiangzi said. "But we'll talk about that later. Let's talk about you first."

Xiangzi's current appearance is exactly like a homeroom teacher calling a student into the office to begin a long lecture.

"Ah..." Aine's expression fell. "Okay..."

As expected, I'm going to be criticized and denounced.

Although Aine is usually an exemplary student at school, her fear of teachers is ingrained in her DNA. After all, no one likes being called to the teacher's office after making a mistake.

As the tram pulled away from the station, golden sunlight streamed into the carriage, casting silhouettes of the two girls.

“Do you know what the first wrong choice you made was?” Xiangzi said.

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"Your first mistake was to confront it head-on."

"Huh?" Ai Yin's mouth dropped open. "Wasn't this wrong from the very beginning?"

“Yes, you were wrong from the start.” Xiangzi nodded, speaking in a condescending tone. “You already knew from intelligence that she was a witch who was good at escaping, so you should have been prepared for her to run away halfway through.”

"I know that... but my ability is more suited to direct combat... unlike yours, Master..."

"I'm your teammate, did you discuss this with me?"

"Can it still be like this?"

"You think I'm just here to watch?" Xiangzi sighed.

"Didn't you say... oh, I don't think so." Aine stuck out her tongue.

“Even if you asked me, reminded me, or begged me, you didn’t even think about it before subconsciously relying on yourself.” Xiangzi gently tapped her forehead. “There are many things you can’t do by relying on yourself alone.”

Xiangzi understood this deeply.

"Waaah..." Ai Yin covered her head, looking aggrieved. "I... originally intended to rely on myself."

After all, it feels like we can never go back to that superficially harmonious atmosphere we had before.

"Sigh..." Xiangzi rubbed his forehead.

She forgot about the psychological preparation stage.

"Don't worry, they'll come back," Xiangzi said.

"Really."

"Really, you have to believe Lixi."

Or rather, do you trust Hailing?

"We've gone off on a tangent." Xiangzi cleared his throat. "When you were with them, including yourself, you were probably the type to fight head-on, and Su Shi was purely a support type, not someone who controlled or controlled the situation, right?"

"Um......"

“Therefore, choosing the right tactics is sometimes more important than your ability to execute them.” Xiangzi raised an index finger and emphasized, “If it were Lixi standing here instead of me, what would you do?”

"How to do it?"

"Should I ask you or should you ask me?" Xiangzi kowtowed on the ground again.

"Aww!" Ai Yin cried, covering her forehead. "I know, stop hitting me."

"Then tell me quickly." Xiangzi took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"Let's discuss it with Lixi first. Have her, with her powerful killing ability, guard the barrier exit. I'll go and force the witch out, just like before..."

Ding dong.