"Aoko-chan, pour some tea for me."
Asagami Fujino lay leisurely on the sofa, looking at Aoko Aozaki, who was wearing a black and white maid outfit but had a teeth-gritting expression.
"Understood, Master." Saying it very reluctantly, Aoko Aozaki picked up the teapot on the table and poured tea for Asagami Fujino.
"You seem a bit unwilling?" Asagami Fujino looked at Aoko Aozaki playfully.
Aoko Aozaki's body stiffened, and she struggled to maintain the smile on her face: "How could that be? How could I not be happy to serve my Master?"
Looking at Aoko Aozaki, who clearly had a stomach full of fire but simply didn't dare to vent it out, Asagami Fujino couldn't help but feel a bit bored.
A few days ago, Asagami Fujino led everyone to break the seal on the Energy River and used some small tricks to open the path to The Root. Inside The Root, Asagami Fujino could be said to have had a bumper harvest, directly using the power of Migeiko to copy the authority of The Root's power. It could be said that the current Asagami Fujino possessed the power to change everything, but this power was limited to the Type-Moon World. After all, what she copied was The Root of the Type-Moon World. As for the original consciousness of The Root, Root Shiki, she had also become something like Asagami Fujino's subordinate.
The power of The Root was strengthened by Migeiko. Although the strengthened part was not the ability itself, but the level of authority, Asagami Fujino now held the highest authority, while Root Shiki existed as something like a sub-system.
After returning to the real world from The Root, both Aoko and Touko had the Fifth Magic in their bodies activated because of The Root, but they fell into a coma. As for Alice Kuonji, she didn't obtain the power of Magic, but she also fell into a coma because she received a large amount of information contained within The Root. Those who remained awake were Jibril and Lia. Both had been protected by Asagami Fujino, so they didn't fall into a coma and also gained quite a few benefits from The Root.
Afterward, Asagami Fujino and the others put the three unconscious people into the Alternate Space and then directly occupied Alice's Western-style Mansion. When Alice woke up later, although she was a bit unhappy, she tacitly accepted Asagami Fujino's actions. After all, she couldn't win in a fight, and her body still had the Mark planted by the person in front of her. Most importantly, the other party had even taken her into The Root.
As for Aoko Aozaki, she wasn't the type of person like Alice; she wanted to resist Asagami Fujino's rule as soon as she woke up. But the result could be imagined—it was miserable beyond words. In the end, she even became a maid, frequently bullied and "educated" by Asagami Fujino, and it was the kind with a startling level of shame.
"Eldest Miss, I'm back." With a sound of footsteps, Sakuya walked up to them. However, Aoko Aozaki, who had just finished pouring tea, lowered her head somewhat nervously.
"Sakuya is back! Come here quickly." Seeing Sakuya, Asagami Fujino hurriedly called Sakuya to her side, then hugged her, rubbing her cheek against Sakuya's soft body.
Sakuya was also brought back after Asagami Fujino returned from The Root, when Gaia came down and gave the soul to Asagami Fujino. As the one with the highest authority over The Root, she was even the superior of Gaia and alaya. Afterward, Asagami Fujino used the soul Gaia gave her to completely bring Sakuya back to life, and used her Root authority to strengthen Sakuya and bestow abilities upon her. After all, this soul was born in this world and was recorded by The Root.
"M-Mistress, this isn't quite right..." Sakuya looked a bit flustered, a faint blush appearing on her face. Although it wasn't the first time Asagami Fujino had treated her this way, Sakuya still felt shy.
"How shameless," Aoko Aozaki, who was on the side, couldn't help but say to herself. She didn't dare say it out loud; no one present was ordinary, and they could definitely hear her. She didn't want to receive the punishment from last time again.
"I heard you, Aoko-chan." Asagami Fujino, on the sofa, let go of Sakuya, her purple eyes looking with malice at the already trembling Aoko Aozaki.
"Aoko-chan is being quite naughty, actually saying such things about her own master."
Asagami Fujino led Sakuya over and pressed a hand on Aoko Aozaki. The maid outfit Aoko Aozaki was wearing actually began to turn into points of white light and slowly dissipate.
"Ah!" Aoko Aozaki subconsciously hugged her own body.
"Sakuya," Asagami Fujino said. Sakuya, who was sitting on the sofa, stood up, glanced at Aoko Aozaki with a hint of jealousy, and instantly disappeared from the sofa. Then, Sakuya reappeared beside Asagami Fujino: "Mistress, everything is ready."
"What are you going to do?!" Aoko Aozaki wanted to retreat a few steps in fear, but Asagami Fujino's hand was still pressed on her shoulder, making her unable to move at all.
"What do you think? It's happened a few times already, we're so familiar with it, why act like this?" Asagami Fujino laughed.
"I don't want to be familiar with it!" Aoko Aozaki was on the verge of crying now—actually, she was already crying, with tiny tears slowly flowing from the corners of her eyes. But Asagami Fujino was not a soft-hearted person. She glanced at Sakuya, and Sakuya vanished.
"Alright, now it's just the two of us." By now, Aoko Aozaki had been backed into a corner by Asagami Fujino. Looking at the tearful Aoko Aozaki, Asagami Fujino felt a surge of heat in her heart, leaned down, and kissed Aoko Aozaki's tear-stained lips.
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