Magician in Type-Moon

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After untying the ropes, the lid was lifted, revealing a very simple mask inside the wooden box—a mask that had not been designed in any way.

"May I pick it up?"

"Please."

After receiving permission, Medea raised the mask.

As he ran his fingertips along the smooth surface, the magician's eyebrows twitched slightly.

"What kind of material is this?"

"This thing... It was passed down to me by my master. Although it's a tree that's worshipped as a divine object, I always felt it was a highly desirable material."

Genma smiled in response to Medea's question.

After glancing at it, Matou Ike also negotiated with Genma again.

"This kind of thing does indeed meet my requirements. I will prepare any cursed body that I can."

"...I don't want anything."

Genma shook his head.

"Being able to make masks for the gods has always been the goal of our clan, and our clan's long-cherished wish has been fulfilled. No mask maker would miss this opportunity."

Looking at the expression on the man's face, whose attitude had almost completely changed, Matou Ike began to understand.

I never imagined that the predicted future would come true because of this.

"Is this what your clan's Grand Order designation is?"

"According to Western standards, it should count. Our clan started making masks for this purpose. Ye Jie and we were on the same page in general, which is why we enshrined the masks in the temple. But Ye Jie and the others have probably forgotten about it."

The man smiled. "I never expected to have the chance to see something like a god in this day and age. I thought it was almost impossible. So you don't need to pay."

Matou Ike nodded. "Then..."

"A second mask? That's not free. Is it for this lady? Let me think... How about a Western witch's mask?"

Upon hearing this, Matou Ike saw Medea's hand holding the mask suddenly freeze.

The noodle maker, Genma, scratched his head, seemingly not understanding what went wrong with his words.

Matouchi had no choice but to step in and smooth things over.

“It’s not for her to make the mask. The second mask I want is a Noh mask that represents the ‘Oki no Takami’.”

"Is that so... It seems you still intend to target Nightfall. This is truly a difficult situation..."

Genma seemed resigned to his fate, and said with a wry smile.

After seeing what was on Matou Ike, he knew that this was something he couldn't stop.

On the contrary, Matou Ike did not immediately use magic to control him after being rejected, which surprised him somewhat.

After all, this shouldn't be a difficult thing for the couple in front of them.

"Please forgive me for refusing, but this is the one thing I cannot do."

"Why? For a magician, now that you have fulfilled your family's long-cherished wish, doesn't that mean your ties with the Nightfall family are finally over?"

Genma relaxed his attention slightly and said:

Do you know Ye Jie Xue Xin?

"...Yes, I know."

According to Matouchi's observation, Yakuza Akane's son should be the successor of the previous Yakuza God Body.

“I am his older brother.”

This statement silenced Matou Ike.

“It’s been a long time since I was expelled from the Night Raid. Since then, I’ve been using the surname of the Eagle Fighting Clan who adopted me. By now, I’ve been the Eagle Fighting Clan’s source horse for much longer than I’ve been the Night Raid’s source horse.”

That's why he knew so much about the inside story of the Night Tribulation.

His eyes suddenly softened, as if he were reminiscing about the past.

“That kid’s daughter, Mei and Akira, also come here to play often.”

"Yoru Akira's older sister?"

Matou Ike suddenly said.

She was supposed to be the heir to the Black Cabinet of Night Robbery. Because of her sudden death, Akira is hunted down as a replacement.

This information comes from Kanya.

"That's right, the older sister is very smart, and the younger sister is very lively. However, they both play near the stove, which is too dangerous, so we had to put away the charcoal and hooks."

Genma took the unfinished mask prototype from Medea's hand and began to slowly carve it while looking at Matouchi's face.

Rather than observing, it was more like an unusual focus, as if trying to etch what was before their eyes into their very being.

“Akira escaped with a magician, but ended up in my hands.”

Matou Ike told the man honestly.

"Is that so? That's really bad news for Ye Jie... Your goal is the divine body, isn't it?"

Genma murmured bitterly.

"Yes."

Matou Ike watched the noodle maker, making the same strokes again and again in the same spot.

It seems to be trying to make the fingertips remember the differences in shape. This is completely different from the method of making ordinary masks.

"So you should already know about the black box, right?"

"Hmm, as something used to seal the gods, the person in the Black Box must have been used by the Night Raid family as a shared magical foundation, right? In order to steal the gods' authority."

This is the true face of the Night Raiders' Black Cabinet, a coffin that buries the corpses of gods, and tightly binds the clan's magic to it.

"Yes, but for the one who acts as the divine body, it is a curse."

Genma sighed softly.

This is easy to understand; the sheer volume of human consciousness simply cannot accommodate the sheer number of deities.

Separating the divine body is not difficult, but in any case, transplantation cannot get rid of certain risks.

It was only because of the Imaginary Tree that Matou Pond was able to accommodate Beelzebub.

"This person should have been me..."

Genma said, stroking the mask.

"Why is that?"

According to the selection of successors in Western magic seals, the eldest son should indeed bear this responsibility.

"Xuexin protected me. He said he wanted to be a blacklisted person and fulfill his responsibilities as the head of the family, and let my brother choose his own path in life."

Matou Ike raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

Is this what they mean by "exceptions"?

It's not about forgiving the person's willfulness, but about forgiving the willfulness of others.

“Because of his protection, I was able to leave the family to make masks. Fortunately, I also have my own talent. If Xuexin inherits the family business, I will create the best masks. He gave me this freedom.”

Genma's voice was somewhat melancholy, yet also tinged with pride.

"But why is God manifested in Akilhata?"

Matouchi pointed out the suspicious points.

"Because Xuexin's rejection reaction was getting more and more severe, and he might die if it continued, his mother ordered him to transplant his divine body to his daughter."

"Oh? This doesn't seem like the style of the Night Robbery Clan Head." Matou Ike said with some doubt.

"Because of talent, in your words, Xuexin's talent as a magician is 90 points, but as the inheritor of the divine body, it's only 30 points..."

"I see," Matouike nodded.

"Is that so? Preserving the skills of the art and abandoning the mediocre does indeed make one a qualified head of the family... So, after saying all this, what are your demands?"

Chapter 381 Unreasonable Orders (4k)

In Japan, there is a concept called "Kami-gaze".

Alternatively, it can also be called "rock seat".

As its name suggests, it is mostly composed of trees and rocks, sometimes grassy areas and coastlines—places where deities reside. In Japan, such places are the foundation of faith.

Especially the mountains.

Because mountains are where the sky is connected.

Furthermore, rivers also originate from the mountains. The mountains bestow their blessings and sustain the lives of the mountain people. In such a complex interaction between people and mountains, it is only natural that the mountains themselves become objects of faith.

In the mountains and forests, the objects that are revered as the embodiment of the gods are the sacred fence and the rock seat.

The one that caused the night robbery was a large tree.

Deep in the mountains, in the secret depths of the forest.

The large tree stood deep within the mansion.

black.

It's not just the bark of that tree.

The branches and leaves were unusually black.

In autumn, this color may appear depending on the deposition of anthocyanins, the pigments that produce red leaves.

But now that it's the height of summer, such colors are rather unusual.

This is why Nightfall revered it as a belief.

This incredible phenomenon was identified as a manifestation of the divine.

Therefore, he was named Yu A Li.