I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

Without disturbing him, he saw a certain little bastard whom he had lost contact with for many days. Chengzi had an unusually sweet sleep, sleeping until close to twelve o'clock. When he woke up, he didn't have the usual sluggishness of low blood sugar, and was unusually energetic.

After washing her face casually, putting on the coat that was hung on the back of the chair, the woman opened the door.

Standing outside the door was a girl with short pink hair and a maid outfit in a dress. Although she had been waiting for a long time, her expression was still calm, and she could not see any dissatisfaction, as if waiting for Orange was a matter of course.

Yes, she is the Tono family's servant, a professional maid. The moment Cheng Zi opened the door, the girl bowed her body appropriately.

"Good afternoon, Miss Orange."

"Ah, good noon, Jade, what time is it now?"

"It's eleven thirty-five, and it's lunch time in twenty-five minutes." The maid named Jade replied meticulously.

"Is it already so late? Really... Didn't I say that I don't have to wait until it's past 9 o'clock and I haven't gotten up yet? I will go find you when I get up."

Hearing Orange's complaint, Jade just replied expressionlessly.

"It is Jade's duty to serve Miss Orange."

"Ha~ That's right, but don't be so stubborn. Listen to my opinion occasionally. After all, I am also the one you serve, right?"

Chengzi sighed helplessly and said no more, obviously getting used to Jade's answer. This young maid is extremely persistent in some aspects, as if she has been entered into some kind of mechanical program.

"Jade knows."

A standard bow with no fluctuation in the voice caused Cheng Zi to sigh again.

"Sometimes I really feel that you are more like a doll than Danzo."

As if echoing Cheng Zi's comment, the maid beside her still had empty eyes and expressionless face, like a delicate doll.

"But neither you nor Duan Zang are really emotionless. You are just closed by some kind of shackles that you have set. I hope that one day you can find the key to open the shackles."

After saying that, Chengzi walked out of the room and walked towards the Central Mansion, which he had visited many times.

Jade followed Chengzi with small steps, her empty eyes gained a bit of complex expression, but quickly faded away.

"Miss Orange, your hair is messed up. Do you need Jade to help you comb it?"

"Forget it, no... no, please, but can you hurry up? I'm a little hungry."

"I understand, please wait a moment."

Jade quickly untied Orange's hair tie and took out a wooden comb from the pocket of the maid's apron. Feeling the friction between the comb teeth and scalp, Chengzi was a little curious.

"Do you still carry your hair-combing tools with you?"

"It's the eldest lady's order."

"That fussy perfectionist..."

Chengzi snorted and said no more. Although he is also a picky person, he is limited to magic and works, and is very casual in other aspects. But this nominal student Tono Akiha is different. Her pickiness has penetrated deep into her bones and penetrated into every aspect of her life. It is really tiring to live like this.

For this reason, the two had several unpleasant encounters when they first met. In the end, Tono Makihisa intervened.

"That's not the case." Jade's movements paused slightly, and undetectable words escaped from the gap between her lips.

"Did you say something?"

"No." Jade shook his head and continued to comb Orange.

She didn't say that Qiuye's perfection was forced out for someone she cherished.

Nor did she say that the wooden comb had been in her pocket for nearly a year.

Although the reason was that Qiuye went out without combing her hair to prevent Orange from getting up too late, but in fact every time Jade proposed to comb her hair, Orange refused until this time.

You are actually the same. So even though the relationship doesn't seem to be good, you still became teacher and student.

It was already eleven forty-five when Orange and Jade entered the mansion. At this time, Shenji was circling around a man in a cloak, saying words such as "not bad" and "more suitable than me" from time to time.

"What are you and Duan Zang doing?" Cheng Zi asked. Although he was wrapped in a cloak and couldn't see his features, she still recognized the figure under the cloak at a glance.

"Hey, get up." Shenji smiled and waved, "I'm letting Miss Danzo test my cloak."

"Where are the test results?"

"Very good. As expected, this kind of treasure should be used by real assassins, not dabblers like me."

"Oh, you are quite self-aware."

"That is, although I feel that I am becoming more and more like an assassin, but compared with the famous 'Fikato' in history, I am still several floors behind."

The name of the female doll is Kato Danzo, the thief whose name can be seen in the Kana Soko and military books in the early Edo period, Mizuho──that is, a ninja. A ninja who was active at the end of the Warring States Period and inherited the Fuma school, he is one of the most famous ninjas in Japanese history.

According to legend, Kato Danzo can control puppets or machine dolls. However, no one has long known that his true identity is a machine doll. It was jointly created by the magician Kashin Koji and the original Fuma Kotaro. He has worked for the Fuma sect for many years. The master and adoptive mother of Fuma Kotaro for several generations.

Later, it ceased operation due to lack of maintenance and battle damage. It was simply regarded as an antique and circulated in the collection circle. It was unknown when it was bought by one of the heads of the Tono family as a collection, and was finally given to him as a reward for treating Tono Makihisa. Aozaki Yuko, who is famous for her dolls.

Chengzi spent a long time and a lot of precious materials to restart her, and only then did he know her identity and origin.

"Don't you find it strange?"

The world's number one puppet master winked, arousing Shinji's curiosity in this way.

"The famous Kato Danzo is actually a woman and a doll, and he is still preserved to this day."

"It's weird, but I don't think it's that weird. When you find out that King Arthur is actually a girl, Mordred is a girl, the tyrant Nero is a girl, and Souji Okita is also a girl, and these four people all have the same face. , you will find that history books are really unreliable."

"..."

Orange was speechless. I wanted to see this little bastard's surprised look, but I didn't expect to be frightened first.

"What you said...is all true?"

"Have I lied to you?"

"I've lied. For example, last time we made an appointment to see the original magic book from the Catherine Era, but you let me go. And last time..."

"Stop, stop—"

Seeing Cheng Zi start to complain about his mistakes, Shen Er quickly raised his hands in surrender.

"I didn't expect you to still remember it after so long."

"Of course, don't you know that women hold grudges? This is especially true for female magicians."

"You won. Let me put it another way. Did I lie to you on the key issue?"

"No." Chengzi shook his head, "In other words, everything you said is true, but where did you know this?"

"This is a long story. I'll find a chance to talk to you slowly. Now, let's have lunch first."

While talking, the door of the restaurant was pushed open by a girl wearing a kimono but an apron, giving people a sense of anachronism.

"Miss Chengzi, Master Shenji, it's time to eat."

Seeing this girl who was almost exactly the same as Jade, a complicated look flashed in Shinji's eyes.