I want to just drift through life in Type-Moon.

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The sex industry is a legal industry in this country, and the social atmosphere has led the entire population to regard certain behaviors as normal. Yes, although they may find them disgusting, they are considered normal.

A small number of stressed-out office workers become perverts on trains, typically during rush hour to take advantage of others for pleasure. Japanese women, being submissive, often allow these perverts to succeed without calling out.

The habitual perpetrators of tram groping have a penchant for targeting female students.

Firstly, their clothing makes them relatively easy targets; secondly, they are naive and inexperienced, easily panicked, and less likely to resist. Furthermore, as mentioned above, if some "sex" industries use female students to solicit customers, it certainly represents more than just these two meanings. It should be argued that female students themselves symbolize something else.

And the person sitting next to Yue Zhengling at this moment was this kind of person.

Chapter Nine: A Pair of Sisters

Fifteen minutes ago, the train stopped at one of the stations. At this moment, among the crowd boarding the train was a man who was nearly forty years old. His sparse hair indicated that he was under great pressure in life, and his short and thin body seemed to have been malnourished for many years. As soon as he boarded the train, he looked around with his evasive eyes.

As he glanced at where Yue Zhengling was, a lewd look flashed in his narrow eyes. He then quickly walked over and sat down next to Yue Zhengling.

Because there weren't many people in the carriage at this time, the man didn't dare to do anything strange, only occasionally stealing glances at his chosen target.

Sitting next to him was Yue Zhengling, the most extreme person he had encountered in a long time. Years of experience as a pervert told him that this person was traveling alone, without any companions around, and that such a person was the easiest to target.

Looking at her long, lustrous hair, her snow-white skin untouched by the sun, and her still-developing, youthful body, and even more remarkably, her unique aura, the man couldn't help but swallow hard, his breathing becoming heavier.

As the train passed station after station, the number of passengers gradually increased, and various chattering and breathing sounds mixed together to create noise, masking some other sounds.

Two more stops later, the train was packed with passengers, shoulder to shoulder. Those without seats stood under the handrails, forming a human wall. Their chaotic posture blocked most people's view, creating an environment perfect for people with ulterior motives to make their move.

After taking in his surroundings, the perverted man placed his hand on his thigh, and then, seemingly unintentionally, slid his hand toward Yue Zhengling as the train shook.

In fact, when this pervert sat down next to him, Yue Zhengling was already on guard. After all, he had lived two lives and watched all sorts of dramas in his previous life. No matter which one, trains were a very common mode of transportation, and the things that happened on this mode of transportation were always the same few things.

After the man next to him sat down, he took a few glances at the population density in the carriage and then he knew what the other man was up to. Why would he sit next to him when there were plenty of empty seats? If he didn't have any other intentions, would a normal person do that?

He inwardly lamented his bad luck, but he never considered changing his position, because doing so would make it seem like he had lost.

Distracted, Yue Zhengling carefully observed the man's every move. When the man made a move, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Yue Zhengling pretended to put down the book in his hand naturally. However, it seemed that he used too much force, and the hard spine of the book hit the man's hand hard.

"Ouch!" The man cried out in pain as his hand was hit by the sharp corner of the book spine, drawing the attention of the other passengers.

The guilty middle-aged man was about to accuse the other party first, but when he saw the half-smile on Yue Zhengling's face and the hand reaching into his bag, he immediately shut his mouth and sighed inwardly. He thought he had met an ordinary Little Red Riding Hood, but he didn't expect it to be the Butcher Little Red Riding Hood!

Although Japanese women at that time did not have the good habit of carrying pepper spray (it started to become popular in Japan between 95 and 00), Yue Zhengling would carry homemade pepper spray with him, so if the other party really made any further moves, he would not mind letting the other party know what it meant to be in tears.

Everything was seen through, and the man's expression became quite interesting. When the others saw the expressions on Yue Zhengling's and the man's faces, they all looked like they had suddenly realized something.

Feeling the contemptuous and condemning gazes of the passengers around him, the man couldn't bear it any longer. He quickly stood up and walked into the crowded throng, soon being swallowed up by the crowd. It was unclear whether he got off the train or went to another carriage to look for his target.

Having narrowly escaped death, Yue Zhengling opened the book again, about to continue reading, when a lively and clear voice said, "Sister, sister! Come here quickly, there's still a seat here."

Le Zhengling looked in the direction of the voice and saw a girl with long chestnut hair emerge from the crowd, holding the hand of another person behind her.

With her cheer, she pulled the man out of the crowded throng.

Looking at the two girls, Yue Zhengling felt they looked familiar, but he couldn't quite place them. Before he could remember, one of the girls walked up to him and said rudely, "Hey, is anyone sitting here?"

Hearing such a blunt way of asking questions, Yue Zhengling was not angry. On the contrary, she found it quite interesting. Normal Japanese people usually treat strangers with a very polite attitude, but this guy in front of her seemed very straightforward, and there was no malice in his blue eyes.

He looked at the interesting woman, then shook his head to indicate that the spot was empty, before turning his gaze to the person behind her who looked troubled.

If the one asking her the question was a girl, then this was a teenage girl.

Unlike her sister, this older sister has long black hair, parted to the right to reveal her smooth forehead. Her bright eyes reveal intellect and intelligence, but she seems to be bad at socializing and has an air of naiveté.

"Is the younger sister a wild girl and the older sister a pampered young lady?" he thought to himself.

Looking at these two beauties, who are clearly sisters but have such different personalities and drive, he became somewhat interested.

After the younger sister said something to the older sister, she pushed the older sister into a seat and then sat on the older sister's lap.

Seeing this, Yue Zhengling seemed to foresee that this younger sister would definitely be a troublemaker for her older sister in the future, and at the same time sighed that the two sisters had a really good relationship.

He had a younger brother in his past life. Although the two brothers often argued, always trying to outmaneuver each other, their relationship was very close. But in this life, he's all alone, which must be a bit lonely.

Some things are only valued when they are lost.

He shook his head, no longer looking at them, and reopened his book to read.

But he couldn't concentrate on watching because the little girl next to him seemed to have ADHD. She would bump into him unintentionally and yell loudly without any regard for her surroundings.

"Sister! Sister! Look, aren't there so many people!"

"Sister, sister! When we get there, stay close to me. It's your first time going out, so don't get lost."

"Sister, sister! Luckily I have sharp eyes. Otherwise, we would have been standing all the way to our destination."

"Sister, sister..."

The incessant chatter, coupled with the other person's hand constantly bumping into him, made him a little annoyed. Le Zhengling put down his book and looked to the side with a disgruntled expression.

Seemingly noticing his movement, the older sister paused for a moment, then realized what was going on. She hurriedly hugged her active younger sister and gave him an apologetic smile: "Sorry!"

"Why are you apologizing, sister?" The younger sister looked confused and then turned to look at Yue Zhengling.

"Hey! I said don't bully my sister. Even though it's her first time going out, I, Aozaki..."

"Alright, Aoko! Stop talking."

Chapter Ten: First Encounter

The younger sister, who had been scolded, immediately shut her mouth and then glared at Le Zhengling with dissatisfaction.

"Is it my fault?" Yue Zhengling raised an eyebrow.

"I'm so sorry, Qingzi is a little excited. She's not usually like this." Her sister's sincere smile made Yue Zheng swallow back the words he was about to say.

Then he remembered what he had just heard: Aozaki + Aoko. What was the answer?

Miss.blue, a walking humanoid emoticon, cough, a human rocket launcher, the fifth magician—Aozaki Aoko!

And who is the older sister she calls "sister"? There's only one person! The Grand Doll Master, Aozaki Touko!

Two sisters so sharp they have no friends, the world's thickest thigh duo!

Recalling this information, he looked at them with eager eyes, his heart filled with excitement. Although their achievements lay in the future, he couldn't help but want to know.

Aozaki Touko can be considered his lifeline. If she could help him make a healthy replacement heart, wouldn't he be saved?

However, upon reflection, he realized the biggest flaw: their growth required time, and what he lacked most right now was time, since the time bomb inside him could explode at any moment.

The Aozaki sisters looked at the person sitting next to them, and had the same thought in their minds: this was a strange person.

After all, if a stranger suddenly looks at you with shining eyes, then their gaze shifts between excitement and dimness, then struggle, and finally they give you a disappointed glance and become utterly despondent, that person is either mentally unstable or mentally ill.

Thinking of this, Qingzi's hostility towards him subsided. She patted Yue Zhengling's shoulder and said with pity, "Don't be discouraged. Japanese medicine is so advanced now, your illness can be cured." She knew that Japanese psychologists were very skilled.

Having caught up with Aoko's train of thought, Orange covered her sister's mouth and gave Yue Zhengling an apologetic smile once again.

Le Zhengling found it very strange that Aozaki Aoko knew about his physical condition.

Looking at Aoko with a puzzled expression, he asked, "I don't think modern medicine has developed to the point where it can save me. There might be hope in about twenty years, and this kind of technology is only available overseas, right?"

He was referring to a fully implantable artificial heart.

Aoko, whose mouth was covered, stared in surprise. Did the other person know what she was thinking?

Orange, the only outsider, was quite surprised that the two could keep up with the conversation. However, being clever, she guessed that they might not be talking about the same thing, and it was just a case of mismatched ideas. But she felt there was no need to say it out loud—because she found it quite amusing.

And so, all three of them fell silent.

The Aozaki sisters: the older sister doesn't want to interact with ordinary people, and the younger sister, after being told by her sister that she had just caused trouble for the other party, apologized and then didn't say another word.

Yue Zhengling realized that the other party was not capable of helping her at the moment, and even though she wanted to build a good relationship, she couldn't speak because of the awkward atmosphere.

In the end, the three of them went about their own business. Qingzi lowered her voice and chatted with Chengzi, while Yue Zhengling reopened the book and began reading it for the third time.

The train stopped again, and another group of people boarded. The three of them had gotten used to each other's presence. Le Zhengling quietly read her book, exuding a calm and serene aura.

It was a kind of temperament that seemed isolated from the world, a self-contained entity.

This kind of temperament made Chengzi take a few more glances at him; after all, it was quite unexpected for an ordinary person to have such a temperament.

In order to be raised as the successor of the magician, Touko lived separately from her younger sister. Aoko lived in her parents' house, while Touko lived in her grandfather's workshop deep in the mountains. Moreover, at the young age of ten, countless magicians from prestigious families came to visit her.

It can be said that, apart from family members, Yue Zhengling is the first normal person with whom he has had any interaction.

The reason I went out today was because I had promised Aoko that I would go out with her, but I didn't expect that Aoko would not just wander around Misaki Town as usual, but go to a place she had never been before.

She was led by Aoko and actually went out.

It was the first time she had walked on unfamiliar streets, the first time she had boarded a train, the first time she had seen so many people, and the first time she had taken the initiative to talk to ordinary strangers. Everything today gave her a special feeling.

The ordinary person she met was quite interesting to her. The more she looked at the person's aura, the more comfortable she felt. She was even infected by it and gained a sense of peace in her heart.

Just as she was savoring this feeling, Qingzi suddenly spoke up: "Hey you, why are you still reading books on vacation? Since you're out having fun, you should put everything down and enjoy yourself to the fullest!"

Startled, Orange snapped back to reality. "Qingzi!" Her tone unconsciously carried a hint of anger, because Yue Zhengling's peculiar temperament had been shattered after Qingzi spoke.

"The world is so beautiful, yet you are so irritable..." Yue Zhengling, who was disturbed again, glared at Qingzi with annoyance.

"What did you say! You look like a child, why are you pretending to be so profound! I hate people like you who put on airs!" Angry, Aoko snatched the book from his hand, acting just like a spoiled child.

"What people lose, sister, how do you pronounce these two Chinese characters?" Qingzi looked at the title of the book she had snatched and realized that she didn't recognize two of the characters, so she turned to Chengzi and asked.

"It's 'No Longer Human,' written by Osamu Dazai." Although Orange is a genius girl and is naive, she still has the necessary knowledge, and it is much higher than that of ordinary people.

"Is this book interesting?" Aoko continued to ask.

"I haven't seen it before." Orange looked embarrassed, then picked up the pocket-sized notebook and started reading.

So, what's my opinion? Seeing that the two sisters had already taken his book while talking to themselves, Yue Zhengling felt very incredulous. It's one thing for Aozaki-mei to leave, but Aozaki-jie, aren't you ignoring me too much?

However, upon closer reflection, he found nothing strange about it. In fact, both sisters were quite self-centered, just in different ways.

A slightly annoyed Yue Zhengling didn't notice the sly glint in Aozaki Aoko's eyes. She did it on purpose so that her sister could have more contact with other things.

Born into the Aozaki family of magicians, although she is not yet the heir, she still knows what a magician is. So whenever she has the chance, she goes to play with Touko, just so she doesn't turn her into a cold-blooded monster.

This trip was an operation she had planned for a long time. The main purpose of the trip was to let her sister meet ordinary people. Unexpectedly, the first thing she saw when she got on the bus was a guy she liked. After testing him out, she felt that he was very suitable for her, so she started to mess around and pester him.

Chapter Eleven: Aozaki Touko

The Aozaki family is a prestigious magical family labeled as heretical by the Mage's Association, and they are currently in their sixth generation. The third generation's great genius unearthed the path located beneath the crooked spiritual vein in Misaki Town, leading directly to the Root.

Therefore, future successors have a high chance of becoming "magicians," which is why they are resented and called heretics by those families with longer histories. However, because of the existence of the Aozaki family's magicians, they have no way to stop them.

When the identity of the magician was passed down to Aozaki Touko's grandfather, the magic circuits of the Aozaki family were gradually weakening, and Touko's parents almost lost their magic talents, which led to the problem of succession. Other magicians who realized this were preparing to take action, but a turning point came in the next generation.

The Aozaki family produced a girl whose magic circuits were of the highest quality, even compared to her ancestors. She was the older of the two sisters, Aozaki Touko.

Despite their modest quantity, their magic circuits are incredibly precise; they possess an innate magical eye; their five senses are keen enough to perceive the subtleties of the world; and they have the intellect to handle things appropriately without having to deliberately diminish their uniqueness.

She is an undeniable collection of talents, and unlike other magicians, she does not need to have close contact with modern society. She was raised purely as a "magician's egg".

The association also noticed her exceptional talent as a pure "magician," but what caught their attention was more her identity as a successor to the magician than her talent itself.

At the tender age of ten, countless magicians from prestigious families visited her; and Orange, who accepted all of this with a sense of entitlement, made people increasingly anticipate her future as a true magician.

While her younger sister Aoko also possesses magic circuits, she is considered to be at a fairly ordinary level among magicians. Therefore, unlike Touko, who was trained as an heir from a young age, Aoko grew up under the gentle care of her parents.

A magician's family can only have one heir; one is raised as a magician, while the other is raised as an ordinary child.

The two sisters harbored feelings for each other that were difficult to explain.

Orange has a complex sisterly love for Aoko, who lives an ordinary life, but she is also a calm and good older sister. After hearing about Aoko's strange failures, she will give her serious advice and comfort.

Aoko knew her older sister was going to inherit the Aozaki family's magic, and although she was a little jealous, she also knew what magicians were all about, so she didn't care too much. At the same time, in order to prevent her sister from becoming that kind of cold-blooded and ruthless magician, she would often go to the workshop deep in the mountains to chat with Touko, so that she wouldn't become detached from the world.

These are a very heartwarming pair of sisters.

The reason why Orange agreed to go on this trip with Aoko was because Kuonji Aratsumi had recently moved to Misaki-cho. Orange had been getting too close to the new Aratsumi, which caused Aoko to be neglected. So, as compensation, Orange agreed to go out with Aoko today, but she didn't expect that they would be going to Kyoto.

What was even more unexpected was that Aoko, who had been relatively well-behaved throughout the journey, started to provoke the ordinary person sitting next to her after boarding the train, and eventually even stole the other person's book.

Although Orange often steals Aoko's dolls and such out of her unspoken ulterior motives, no one expected Aoko to have this side to her.

"We really are sisters," she thought, patting Aoko's head with a hint of happiness.

Then she saw Aoko skillfully chatting with the boy who had been robbed.

Yes, she could tell that Yue Zhengling was male. Although she was confused at first glance and thought the other person was a girl about the same age as Qingzi, her keen senses, which could see the subtle details of the world, told her that the child was male.

Looking at the boy who looked just as much like his sister, Orange thought the world was truly full of wonders. However, Aoko didn't seem to notice, but it shouldn't matter since he was so young.