Chapter 683

【Magdanyl laughed heartily; if it appeared in a TV commercial or something, those white teeth would likely shine.】

【This guy is definitely a qualified politician.】

【Melvin: "No, no, since it's the wish of both my mother and Mr. Magdanyl, I can't refuse. For my best friend, this shouldn't be a bad thing either. Right, Waver?"】

【Waver: "That's for sure, it's an honor to meet you."】

【Then Waver and Reines took their seats; Magdanyl kept getting close to them and specially brought a chef; several people chatted while eating.】

Rin Tohsaka: "So this guy is a mama's boy."】

Caules: "Lord Trambelio looks very kind."】

Fiore: "After all, he is the leader of the Democratic faction; if he weren't kind, how could he sit in this position."】

Kayneth: "Hmph—"】

Rin Tohsaka: "Lord Kayneth seems to dislike this one very much."】

Extra Feng Xi: "After all, one is the Aristocratic faction, and the other is the Democratic faction."】

Rin Tohsaka: "But Waver should also be inclined to the Democratic faction, then Waver—"】

Illya: "In the future, it might evolve into a master-disciple competition."】

Waver: "(ーー゛)—"】

Kayneth: "Hey! I'm talking to you guys!!!"】

【On Gray's side, they are investigating Geshelz Tolman's workshop.】

【Waver still doesn't trust Aoko Aozaki.】

【Aoko Aozaki doesn't care either, drinking coffee leisurely and chatting with Waver.】

【Waver: "You said Heartless's disciples are all survivors; what's going on?"】

【Aoko Aozaki: "Well, I also saw your list to be sure they are all survivors. However, I have heard news about the remaining two. I remember they were in the same team when they sneaked into the labyrinth, right?"】

【Waver: "Same team..."】

【This is definitely not a coincidence; what kind of meaning does it have?】

【Looking at the various spell bodies in the bottles and jars around, this is definitely not something that can be obtained on the surface; it is undoubtedly from Albion.】

【Geshelz Tolman hasn't entered Albion for a long time; how could he have these things?】

【Does this mean that Albion has a smuggling pipeline, and Heartless knows about it?】

Rin Tohsaka: "Ah! Smuggling? Does this kind of thing happen in Albion too!"】

Extra Feng Xi: "This kind of thing happens everywhere; after all, profit moves people's hearts."】

Ishtar: "I really don't understand you humans; these residues were everywhere in our time, and they were all treated as garbage."】

Waver: "You said it was your era."】

【Just then, an explosion sounded.】

【It was Flat; this kid forcibly broke open the door of the room behind, making himself covered in dust.】

【Waver: "I told you not to do this kind of thing without authorization!"】

【Flat: "No, look, because the doggy sniffed and said this area is probably the center of the workshop, I couldn't help it!"】

【Svin: "Wait, Flat! I clearly gave you advice not to touch that place; don't take things out of context and push the blame on me! I should say, don't call me doggy!"】

【Flat: "Seeing a fun puzzle game in front of me, of course I would want to try to solve it! Tracking the shadow of the formula branded on the wall is interesting, so I wanted to try it... ah, however, it seems someone hacked into this workshop a step ahead, and as a result, I just touched the central formula, and it disintegrated by itself."】

【"Someone hacked into here a step ahead?"】

【Waver's tone became tense, and Aoko Aozaki narrowed her eyes slightly.】

【"Ah, kid, are you that type? I originally thought you belonged to the type who could make dolls directly without a design drawing; it turns out you are the type who can reverse-engineer a design drawing by looking at a doll?"】

【Flat: "The tendency of that formula in composition, I have seen it in little Gray's hometown. Having said that, I saw it through Mr. Zepia's crystal ball."】

【Waver: "Gray's hometown? Don't tell me you mean the one in that hut..."】

【Flat: "Yes, the tendency of the formula in composition is the same as Mr. Heartless's formula."】

【Heartless hacked into his disciple's workshop? What is going on? Could it be related to the disappearance event?】

Rin Tohsaka: "This is not surprising; after all, the biggest suspect is Heartless."】

Waver: "However, Heartless grabbed his disciples one by one at this juncture; what exactly does he want to do?"】

【Before he could think deeply, Waver had to touch his temples: "Sorry, Magdanyl is asking me a question. I want to focus on the meeting for the time being."】

【Coming to Waver's main body, the dishes have been served one after another at this time.】

【How should I put it, it's really bold; modern British-style meals, but the scene is an American-style lunch meeting style.】

【If seen by the Lords of the Aristocratic faction, they would probably spray directly.】

【However, this is also the source of the Democratic faction's drive. As long as the method is more reasonable and more efficient, they will calmly absorb and adopt it.】

【Their goal is to guide society to further prosperity; they will not spare doing what is needed to achieve the goal; this is their guideline for action.】

【I see, it is natural for people to think that the Department of Modern Magecraft is closer to the Democratic faction than the Aristocratic faction.】

Kayneth: "Hmph, neither fish nor fowl."】

Shishigou: "Sure enough, Lord El-Melloi can't stand this way."】

Mordred: "Tch, hypocritical formalism, can this little thing fill you up?"】

Waver: "It wasn't meant to fill you up anyway."】

Rin Tohsaka: "Finally understood. The so-called Aristocratic faction and Democratic faction can actually be said to be the conservative faction and the reformist faction."】

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "... About the same, but there are still some differences."】

He didn't explain in detail; after all, the Tohsaka family is strictly speaking also a conservative faction.】

Rin Tohsaka is almost 9 years old now, but she knows nothing about modern electrical appliances.】

Because there are none at home, and Tokiomi Tohsaka also rejects using them.】

But now that he has seen so much, Tokiomi Tohsaka can't help but start thinking about whether to make some changes.】