Chapter 325: Scarred Red is a Forbidden Word
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A somewhat old streetlamp cast a dim, orange glow, providing faint illumination for the alley.
Touko Aozaki removed her black-framed glasses, her expression cold as she faced the three figures in hooded cloaks at the alley entrance ahead.
Without turning, Touko knew the rear entrance was also surrounded by mages; a ’Bystander Dispersion’ barrier had already been cast over the alley.
"Quite the production. Only thirty Sealing Designation Enforcers, and you send three of them after a mere puppet master like me, who isn’t even skilled in combat?"
Touko’s lips curved upwards, her voice icy.
"Correction, two. I am not an Enforcer," the man at the head of the trio said, pulling down his hood to reveal his face, his tone flat.
"You’re that Magus from this evening?" Touko frowned, her expression darkening slightly.
"The inheritor of ’Orange,’ or perhaps, Touko Aozaki, the Scarred Red. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Kellar Barthomeloi Verlaine." Kellar gave Touko a gentlemanly bow, his expression gentle, his voice calm.
"Scarred Red? Indeed. Orange, so close to the primary color ’Red,’ yet not quite red. A flawed, painful red indeed." Touko looked at Kellar, a humorless smile on her face, her previously cold gaze now fiercely sharp.