"It's truly wonderful that you're alright, Miss Rita."
The young man's arm tensed, and he pulled the bewitching maid, who had intended to escape by jumping off the building, back up in one motion.
"Thank you so much for your help."
Although she felt like she'd just wrestled a demon, Miss Rita, by virtue of her upbringing, still managed to maintain a strained smile.
"Please don't use 'you' in such a formal way. My name is Li Zihan. You can just call me Ah Li or Zihan."
The young man, holding Miss Rita's hand with one hand and the Twelfth Divine Key, Jizo Mitama, with the other, said with a smile.
"Being overly deliberate in closing the distance with a lady can cause her to feel repulsed, sir."
The maid, who used honorifics with nearly everyone, sighed, and then her expression became rather colorful.
The poison gas in this space hadn't completely dissipated yet. In the time it took her to speak, she had inhaled another breath of it.
"My sincerest apologies."
The magus apologized—whether intentionally to mess with her or because he had genuinely overlooked the poison gas still in the air—and then placed a hand on the maid's shoulder.
As if the world had been turned upside down, the maid, who was quite heavily poisoned, suddenly found her surroundings had changed to a different scene.
She blinked, surveying the environment.
The floor here was entirely transparent, allowing for a clear view of the ground below.
Looking into the distance, she could see a series of facilities, including restaurants, cafes, and shops.
Rita, who had followed Li Zihan up the tower, had naturally been here before and knew its name.
This was the first observation deck of the Tokyo Skytree, at 350 meters.
From a special floor nearly five hundred meters high back to a tourist spot in an instant?
Miss Rita, realizing she had just walked a tightrope between life and death, felt a chill in her heart.
Spatial abilities, no matter the world, were basically top-tier powers.
And their destructive potential could be astounding.
Miss Rita looked at the young man who had only demonstrated teleportation, and a clear wariness entered her beautiful eyes.
A teleportation doesn't necessarily have to move an entire object.
Lock onto a part of a person's body, then activate the teleport...
The mere thought of that scene was enough to make one tremble.
Rita had to admit, her loss might not have been for nothing.
"To possess the ability to manipulate space yet only use it for teleportation... you are truly a gentle person."
"Miss Rita, you don't have to praise me like that."
The young man, who was not without experience in using spatial Magecraft for lethal hunts, shook his head.
"I let you go simply because you and I have a bit of fate between us. I didn't want to see you die."
"If you were Welt the Second or Welt the Third, I would have dismembered and buried you long ago."
"Fate?"
Rita, who had no memory of ever meeting the young man before her, was stunned. She then carefully studied his face.
His handsome face seemed to have been carved by a master sculptor, his features exquisitely defined. His eyelashes were so thick and long they were almost girlish.
His eyes held an extremely attractive, heroic spirit, yet his vibrant red pupils had a dark, demonic quality. The combination of the two created a contradictory kind of beauty.
In a year or two, this guy will definitely be a super handsome man.
A normal person might feel envy, jealousy, or perhaps a touch of admiration.
However, Miss Rita's thoughts were a bit different from a normal person's.
This guy must have been super cute a few years ago.
Small, soft, incredibly comfortable to hold... just like Lady Theresa.
Feeling as if she had missed out on something, Miss Rita's thoughts began to drift. For a moment, she even forgot about the injuries on her body.
"What are you looking at?"
Li Zihan frowned, suddenly feeling a gaze similar to that of Aozaki Aoko or Aozaki Touko.
"It's nothing. I just think you're a bit like Lady Theresa."
Miss Rita, who had her own issues, quickly reined in her slightly off-kilter gaze and replied.
Li Zihan was clearly startled by Rita's bizarre comparison, his expression one of horror.
I have no quarrel with you, Miss Rita, so why have you placed such a vicious curse upon me?
"May I ask, have we met somewhere before?"
Rita, still a bit curious about this "fate" he mentioned, asked.
She could tell that Li Zihan wasn't old, probably around the same age as Bianka.
If they had met before, there was no reason she would have forgotten.
"It's just that I know you, but you don't know me."
The young man, who had spent quite a bit of money on this woman who was cut from the same cloth as him in his past life, sighed.
"You can just think of me as the kind of simp who would offer up his wallet to a goddess after just a few nice words."
"Is that so?"
The maid, who had thought she would be facing a life-or-death crisis but instead found her target to be exceptionally friendly, mused, a playful smile touching her lips.
Has he reached puberty and started to instinctively become infatuated with older sisters?
Well, that's rather interesting.
"If that's the case, may I treat you to a drink to compensate for your losses?"
As if she had completely forgotten her mission, the maid pointed to a small cafe to the side, her smile radiant.
She did have a mission to capture Li Zihan, but she had already been defeated, and defeated so thoroughly that she saw no hope of victory.
The sorrow of having the wrong professional expertise was now on full display.
Knowing only about Honkai energy and being completely ignorant of the nature of Magecraft, Miss Rita was truly at a loss against Li Zihan.
Coupled with the power of the Divine Keys Jizo Mitama and Judah, as well as the extensive leak of her own intel, her chances of winning against Li Zihan were nonexistent.
Since that was the case, she might as well just pretend this mission never existed.
"Hey, hey, hey, big sister, you attack me without a word, and you plan to treat me to a cup of coffee as an apology?"
The magus, who hadn't been harmed at all and had, in fact, managed to take over a signal transmission station during the fight, grinned and retorted.
"Oh? In that case, little mister, how would you like me to compensate you?"
The maid gazed at the young man's face beside her, which still held traces of his past cuteness, and sighed internally.
He's growing up a bit too fast. Can't he slow down a little?
"How about being my maid?"
Li Zihan, who was very disappointed with the Rice Cooker's cooking skills, suddenly felt a spark of interest.
According to her profile, Rita's culinary skills were absolutely top-notch, on the level of a world-class chef.
"I'm very sorry, but this big sister has other work to do."
Miss Rita smiled, politely declining.
"Of course, if little mister is willing to return to Vienna with me, I could consider it."
And then—
Words that were slightly beyond her expectations entered her ears.
"Mm. I'll be going to Vienna in a few months. Please take care of me then."
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