Durandal didn't know what Takatsuki and Aozaki Touko had experienced in another world.
But in her eyes, they had only been gone for about ten minutes before returning.
And upon their return, Aozaki Touko agreed to Takatsuki's request.
However, the talk of learning wasn't something that would start immediately.
On the way to the hotel with Takatsuki, Takatsuki said apologetically, "Sorry, Bianka, for making you accompany me for so long. We'll probably have to stay in this world for a while longer."
Durandal shook her head.
"Don't worry too much about me, just do what you want to do."
Durandal subconsciously brushed a strand of hair from her neck: "Takatsuki, did you really come here to resurrect... Mom?"
Takatsuki's steps paused; he heard the emotion in Durandal's tone, a mix of nervousness and anticipation.
"Yes, but as I said before, or as you saw from Aozaki Touko's mockery, this is just my personal fantasy, and the success rate is not high."
Takatsuki shook his head.
This was just an idea of Takatsuki's, but if this idea had a high success rate, why wouldn't the mages in the Type-Moon World do such a thing?
Not to mention summoning mages from the Age of Gods, summoning their family's predecessors to retrieve lost knowledge would also be possible, right?
"Thank you, Takatsuki."
"You're welcome, this is something I wanted to do myself. Although this world isn't so beautiful, someone has to strive for it, right? Besides, you're my wife, if I'm not good to you, who should I be good to?"
Takatsuki's words made Durandal's cheeks flush.
"Not yet."
"Alas..."
Durandal stared at Takatsuki and said, "Whether in the dream created by the Holy Grail or in reality, you owe me a ceremony."
"Uh... Bianka, are you talking about the wedding?"
"What else?"
Durandal's words made Takatsuki a little embarrassed. Takatsuki had thought for a long time about how to introduce Durandal to others.
Their relationship began in a dream, and in the dream, Takatsuki directly referred to her as his wife, so Takatsuki initially tried introducing her that way.
Durandal didn't object, but tacitly accepted the title, and then Takatsuki became bolder.
He even ran to Durandal's room for a night raid when they stayed at a hotel, and the result was that he got a beating.
However, besides that, there was good news: at least his initial goal was achieved.
And he also confirmed one thing because of this: what happened between him and Durandal in the dream was not entirely a dream; they really had that kind of relationship, which also strengthened his resolve.
"Sorry, Bianka, I will make up for the wedding."
Takatsuki clasped his hands together, expressing his apology to Durandal; there was nothing he could do.
He could have irresponsibly held a wedding with Durandal here and gotten away with it, but upon returning, he would inevitably face a storm.
Although bringing back a fiancée would be similar, he couldn't even imagine the outcome of abandoning Mei to hold a wedding.
"Is that so? Then I'll be waiting."
As he said this, Takatsuki saw Durandal take off the Ring of Eden from her left ring finger and put it on her right hand.
"..."
The difference between married and engaged...
Takatsuki still knew, and this also showed Durandal's attitude.
He remembered that after returning, Durandal's ring had always been on her left ring finger.
Although she didn't say anything, Durandal was actually throwing a small tantrum.
The most direct manifestation was that tonight's night raid was a complete failure; he got a beating for nothing and was kicked back to his own room.
However, they would stay in the Type-Moon World for a long time, and there would be plenty of opportunities.
The next day, Takatsuki went to learn puppet techniques.
Durandal didn't follow him.
While Takatsuki went to learn new techniques, she also wanted to take this time to diligently improve her own strength.
The most direct way was to master the newly acquired power.
With the new power of magic, Durandal wanted to abandon Honkai Energy, as Honkai Energy's limitation to the Original World and its corrosive nature were both troublesome.
Although she didn't say it, she had already made plans to travel to other worlds with Takatsuki next time.
She didn't have very advanced magical knowledge, but she had a simple method for using magic, which was the Magic Power Emission skill from Artoria, whom she had defeated.
The so-called Magic Power Emission was different from the crude burst of magic she used during combat; it was a very advanced technique that could transform magic into attack power, strength, and defense.
It far surpassed a mage's reinforcement magic.
Even a small wooden stick, when reinforced with Magic Power Emission, would become a highly destructive weapon.
Although this sounds like it overlaps with Knights of the Unarmed.
But in reality, Magic Power Emission is best not used on such wooden sticks, but on actual weapons.
Knights of the Unarmed ensures the lower limit and control over the held weapon, while Magic Power Emission increases its upper limit and destructive power; when combined, they can achieve a result of 1+1 > 2.
Meanwhile, Takatsuki's learning was slowly progressing.
Takatsuki felt that the so-called Grand Puppet Art had already surpassed the scope of puppets, it was entirely about creating life.
In fact, it was true, except that Aozaki Touko suppressed the birth of souls; otherwise, it would be only a matter of time before those puppets developed self-awareness.
And Takatsuki also showed Aozaki Touko the techniques he had acquired from his Puppeteer inheritance.
Aozaki Touko said she also learned a lot from these techniques from other worlds.
Takatsuki didn't mind others learning from him, as long as they could provide him with enough in return.
Anyway, Aozaki Touko couldn't be his enemy, and once he finished learning and left, could she really chase him across worlds?
And this learning lasted for over half a year.
Or rather, to be able to learn a Grand Puppet Art is already a sign of extraordinary talent.
But fortunately, Takatsuki had a cheat.
After learning the puppet art that Aozaki Touko had refined based on his characteristics, he discovered that his Puppeteer skill had also changed, and he could even directly add points to it with crystals.
It was only after spending 1,900 crystals to directly raise his skill level to seven that Takatsuki realized he had been tricked.
But even if he was tricked, he would still have added the points.
Although a Puppeteer's main focus is on making puppets, its core is actually control, that is, control.
Using strings to control puppets, when reaching the highest realm, one can even manipulate people like marionettes, without the person even realizing it.
But after being improved by Aozaki Touko, the control aspect of the skill was completely separated from Takatsuki, forming a brand new puppet-making skill.
[Life Creation LV7]