"...Found it,"
Touko located Enjou's brain in a jar atop a mound of discarded jars, then leaped nimbly to the ground.
"Azaka, do you remember Tomoe Enjou's parents' names?"
"Of course not,"
Azaka sighed as she straightened Mikiya's messy jacket. Shiki was looking around.
"We've only known him for a few hours! Even she'd be more likely to know."
"Don't look at me, I have no idea,"
Shiki waved a hand.
"Mikiya picked up Enjou. He's been living with us for about half a month, but he only mentioned he killed his parents. Never said their names."
"Well, we'll use something else for now,"
Touko thought a bit, then pulled a doll out of her imaginary pocket—a featureless human shape with ball joints.
"We'll sort out the rest back at my workshop."
"You're not going to put Enjou's brain into that thing, are you?"
Shiki eyed the doll suspiciously.
"Even if it's temporary, isn't that a bit...?"
"Shut up and watch!"
Azaka shot back.
"Touko-sensei is the world's best dollmaker!"
Touko didn't care about Shiki's outsider opinion. She placed Enjou's jar beside the doll and wrote three runes in the air, and a stream of bubbles rose from the brain jar as if it gained new vitality.
Then, with her glowing golden right hand, she made a grabbing motion, pulling out a faintly blue substance and placing it into the doll.
The once-lifeless puppet began to move, its surface glowing and gradually becoming more human.
About two minutes later, Enjou was lying on the ground, looking exactly like the red-haired boy everyone remembered—even his clothes hadn't changed.
"Where... am I?"
Tooba looked around in confusion.
"Ah? Miss Touko? Miss Shiki?!"
"How do you feel? Any discomfort?"
Touko examined him like a doctor.
"Did you just resurrect me?"
Enjou flexed his limbs and asked Touko.
"Strictly speaking, you never died,"
Touko pointed at the brain jar.
"As long as your brain lives, your soul persists. Think of it as the anchor for your soul."
Seeing his brain in a jar was a huge shock to Enjou. He knelt in front of it for a long time, unable to recover. Touko understood—he was, after all, just an ordinary kid until now.
"...Miss Touko, is this what you meant by resurrecting me and my parents?"
After a while, Enjou asked with a trembling voice.
"Ha, of course not,"
Touko smiled.
"What made you think that? This body is just temporary. Later, I'll make you a real one and put your brain in it. That's true resurrection."
"Huh?"
Enjou was stunned, immediately realizing his earlier words were improper.
"S-Sorry, Miss Touko! I thought..."
"Sensei keeps her promises!"
Azaka said grumpily.
"Did you think the third Magician would lie to you?"
"Enough, Azaka. That's not important,"
Touko waved it off.
"Enjou, go find your parents' brains. I don't know their names."
"Okay!"
Enjou carefully placed his brain somewhere safe, then went to search the piles for his parents' brains. The sight of so many brains was overwhelming, so he had to fight the urge to vomit as he searched.
"Enjou, what about your parents' memories?"
Touko asked while using magic to adjust Mikiya's condition.
"Memories?"
Enjou paused.
"Is there a problem with their memories?"
"I warned you before,"
Touko said.
"The reason your family ended up like that—the reason your mother had a mental breakdown and killed you and your father—was mostly due to Araya Souren's hypnosis in this apartment. If you'd never moved in, none of it would've happened."
"So, do you want me to delete your parents' memories of moving into this apartment?"
Touko asked calmly.
"..."
Enjou stopped working, recalling his life in the apartment. Not all of it was bad—he remembered many happy moments—but all of that vanished the moment his mother stabbed him in the neck with a kitchen knife.
"Can you... delete only part of it?"
Enjou thought for a while.
"If possible, can you erase just the bad parts?"
"Alright,"
Touko considered.
"Once we're back at my workshop, I'll show you your parents' memories, and you can decide how much to delete."
"But remember, a person's personality is built from memories,"
Touko warned.
"If you erase too much, they won't be the people you knew."
"...I understand. Thank you, Miss Touko."
Once Touko took the relevant brains, she notified the Mage's Association to clean up the apartment.
She wasn't interested in reviving the others—after all, they didn't end up like this because of her. Enjou got special treatment because he earned her respect through his efforts.
Though the apartment's problems were serious, after removing the supernatural setups, Touko bought the place herself. Araya Souren's bounded fields were impressive, so it could serve as a temporary base or be rented out.
The Kokuto siblings, Shiki, and Enjou (now with three jars of brains) temporarily stayed at Touko's workshop, which had enough space for everyone.
Mikiya woke up that night. After learning what had happened, he was very worried about Shiki's condition.
But upon realizing what kind of person Touko was, he became curious and offered to work for her, since she also ran an architectural design business (mainly for fun).
"I have another job perfect for you,"
Touko told Mikiya after learning about his incredible helpfulness.
"Our Aozaki family has a territory with business and logistics issues. Would you like to manage it?"
"Salary's fine. Even if you die, I can bring you back."
Touko added.
Though the notion of dying was a bit scary, Mikiya was interested. But what did "territory" mean? Was the Aozaki family some kind of medieval nobility?
The job sounded ordinary, but Touko was fulfilling a request from Aoko.
The fairies in Ark World had a growing need for human goods, but Aoko and her group couldn't deliver them themselves, so they needed trustworthy managers.
Fairy products were very popular in the world of mysteries, and since Kohaku and Hisui were too young, taking in Azaka as an apprentice was also a way for Touko to find someone to interact with the Mage's Association on her behalf.
In short, the Aozaki sisters had no intention of letting go of such excellent reliable people as the Kokuto siblings.