Type-Moon: I! The Magic King! Am going to marry Tiamat!

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It's obvious she was "abused" for sleeping in. This brat has been doing nothing in the Tohsaka family since the Holy Grail War ended. The children who usually play with her have to go to school, so she has gradually developed the bad habit of sleeping in late.

After the amusing little farce, everyone finished their breakfast.

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"Rin and Sakura have to go with me to do some serious business today, so let's split up. Lia will be with me, and Mozai will be in charge of Ilya and Karen. Everyone stay in the hotel and don't wander around. We'll take them out to play when we come back after we've finished our business."

Without any discussion, Marx and Engels made the arrangements directly.

Fortunately, Karen and Mordred, who had already been taught a lesson, were both quite obedient and followed the arrangements without saying anything. Ilya, on the other hand, was a little unhappy, but after Maren promised to take her out to play, she obediently let go.

Then Maren took the two Tohsaka sisters and the Lion King out.

Yes, this was also arranged by Marx and Engels.

One reason was that he wanted to spend more time with the Lion King and build a relationship with him.

Secondly, when you're out on business, you can't bring Mordred, that unruly brat, along, can you?

.. ..

Taking care of two young children is already exhausting enough, let alone a third older child? Please, have mercy on me!

Upon arriving at the clock tower, Ma En led the three straight to the office, but he acted somewhat suspiciously, glancing around from time to time, which made the Lion King beside him a little puzzled.

"What's wrong, Master? Is there a problem around here?"

"No, there's no problem here, it's me who has the problem. I have, well, a 'creditor' working here."

Ma En nervously glanced around, fearing that some girl was hiding in a corner, ready to plot against him.

Seeing this, the Lion King didn't ask any more questions, but he was a little curious: how could someone as wealthy as Marne have creditors?

With Mar and Eng on high alert the whole way, the four of them arrived at the front desk unharmed.

The receptionist, with a professional smile, asked, "Hello, what kind of service do you need?"

Ma En waved his hand and said with a serious expression, "Put business aside for now, and answer a very, very important question for me first."

Seeing how serious Ma En was, the receptionist nodded and said, "Okay, go ahead and ask. I'll answer if it's convenient."

Ma En leaned closer mysteriously: "Is your boss here today?"

"What? You mean?"

The receptionist, who had been listening attentively, suddenly looked bewildered, caught off guard by this abrupt turn of events.

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Chapter 165 What to do when blocked by 'creditors'? Need help urgently!

The receptionist thought it was something serious, but it turned out to be just this?!

However, out of professional ethics, the receptionist did not complain, but instead smiled and replied, "You mean Miss Barthemello?"

Ma En nodded: "That's right, is that big girl Lorelei here?"

The only person who could make Marne feel so guilty was none other than Miss Barthemello, whom he himself didn't know how he had offended, and who was hailed as the pinnacle of contemporary magicians.

At the same time, he is one of the twelve monarchs of the Clock Tower, the current head of the Department of Law and Politics, a strong candidate for the next director of the Clock Tower, and also serves as the assistant to the current director of the Clock Tower. He is the brightest new star in the modern magic world.

Big...Big girl?

The receptionist's eye twitched; she had never heard anyone dare to address that being in such a way.

"Could this person have some special identity, or perhaps some kind of big '397' item?" the receptionist wondered, still smiling as she replied.

"Are you looking for Miss Barthemello? If so, I'm sorry, but she seems to have led a team out last night, and we don't know when she'll be back."

"If you have any urgent business, you can go to her office and find her aide."

Upon hearing this, Marne immediately thought of the incident last night where the El-Melloi family tried to extort money from him, which was ultimately handled by Kishua.

Kishua's handling of the situation was naturally not something he would do personally; it was most likely handed over to the Mage's Association.

So, Lorelei has gone to deal with this matter, and she might not be back for a while.

“Um, Miss Barthellello’s office is in…”

When the receptionist saw that Ma En was silent, she thought he didn't know where the office was and was about to give directions when Ma En interrupted her.

"No need, thank you. It's good that she's not here. Could you please register these two children for me? Please hurry."

Upon hearing this, the receptionist gave Ma En a strange look, but ultimately didn't ask any further questions and began processing the registration.

The registration process is straightforward. You mainly need to show your identification, get the form, go to the other side for verification, and then come back to put it into the warehouse after receiving confirmation.

The main problem is the verification process, which takes a long time. The verification itself isn't that complicated; it's similar to a simple medical check-up, taking only ten or twenty minutes, but you have to queue.

Because magicians are ultimately a small group, the Clock Tower doesn't handle much business, especially the registration service, which is usually only needed for new magicians.

But how many new magicians are there each year when all the magicians in the world are combined?

The numbers fluctuate from year to year, but they never reach four digits.

Therefore, this verification office has only one window and can only process one person at a time.

Although the processing capacity is more than sufficient on average, long queues can easily form here due to travel factors such as traffic and weather.

When Marx and Engels came last time, they encountered the same situation. Not only did they arrive too late, but they also encountered a small peak, with more than a dozen lines of people already ahead of them!

However, having learned from their previous experience, Marx and Engels wisely decided to stay overnight and return early the next morning.

Hey~, that way, even if someone gets there earlier than them, they won't get there much earlier. There are only two or three people ahead of them, so they'll have to wait in line for quite a while!

Maren silently gave himself a thumbs up.

then……

He was proven wrong.

Because if he can think that way, then everyone else thinks that way too!

When Ma En arrived at the verification window with the Tohsaka sisters and the Lion King, there were already six teams waiting.

The last group of fathers, each leading their child, gave Ma En a strange look, their eyes seeming to say, 'Why is this guy only arriving now?'

Maren: "..."

Well, because of that little 'situation' that you all know about last night, Ma En didn't get up until almost eight o'clock. After washing up, having breakfast, and traveling, it's already nine o'clock now, which is quite late.

After waiting for an hour and a half, plus the two sisters' medical examination time, we went back to the front desk to finish the data entry, and it was already 11:30.

The only saving grace was that he wasn't waiting alone this time; he was accompanied not only by the beautiful Lion Queen but also by two adorable little ones.

"Luckily, it's not lunchtime yet, so we can still make it back in time for lunch."

Maren could only console himself with this thought, after all, he had queued for several hours last time.

However, before he could take more than a few steps, he saw a familiar figure in the distance. The figure had been standing at the doorway for some time, motionless like a statue, seemingly having waited for a long time.

"..."

Maren was speechless; he never expected to run into her again.

What should I do if my door is blocked by my creditors? I need help urgently!

Besides, didn't you say you were going out to run errands? Why are you back so soon?!

Blanch!

This person was none other than Barthele Lorelei, whom Marne desperately wanted to avoid and prevent any further complications.

Yes, Lorelei is her original name, and Basemelo is her surname. The reason she puts her surname first is not to create an Asian style, but to symbolize the head of the family.

The Barthero family believed that only the prestigious name Barthero was worthy of being their true name, so the head of the family would later be given the surname Barthero as a prefix to his name.

"Master? Is there something wrong with her?"

Seeing that Marne had suddenly stopped moving, the Lion King asked with some confusion.

Ma En's lips twitched twice: "So this is my 'creditor'."

"Oh." Prince Zi raised an eyebrow, looked at Lorelei opposite him, and scrutinized her carefully.

However, her question caught Maren's attention.

The fact that Lion King's ahoge (cowlick) warning device didn't react means that Lorelei on the other side doesn't seem to have any malicious intent. Otherwise, Lion King should have sensed it immediately without Maren even needing to say anything.

Therefore, Ma En charged straight ahead, ready to... brush past Lorelei!

Well, it's not that he chickened out; he just didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble.

However, Marne's plan to ignore him was obviously not going to work. Just as they were about to pass each other, Lorelei reached out and stopped him. Then she just stared at him silently with a blank expression, without saying a word.

She didn't say anything from the start, but she inexplicably put a lot of pressure on people. Perhaps it's because she's been in a high position for the past year and has a sense of oppression from those in power.

It's a bit like being called to the teacher's office, but the teacher doesn't say anything and just quietly looks at you, which makes you feel uneasy and guilty.

Marne forced a somewhat stiff smile: "Hi, what a coincidence, Miss Barthemello, I didn't expect to run into you again."

Chapter 166 Do you know how much this hurt me?!

"Hi, Lorelei, what a coincidence! Are you here for inspection again? You're busy, we have something to do and we'll be leaving now."

Ma and Eng greeted the other party with a dry laugh, and without saying another word, prepared to walk right past them.

Of course, such an attempt is unlikely to succeed.

Lorelei frowned slightly, then put her arm around Marne's shoulder and dragged him away, preventing him from slipping away.

"..." En glanced helplessly at the Lion King, who returned a look of utter helplessness.

She had no idea what grudges existed between the two, so she couldn't be of any help at all.

Helpless, Ma En could only wave his hand and say, "You take them back first, I can handle things here myself."

If the two children get into a fight here, they will inevitably be affected.

There's no point in keeping the Lion King around, mainly because of his personal grudges with Lorelei, which she can't get involved in.

Seeing this, the Lion King didn't say anything more, gave Marne a reassuring look, and then left with the two of them.

As the two little girls left, they gave Ma En a deep look. Although they didn't know what was going to happen, they knew that staying behind would only be a hindrance, so they obediently followed the Lion King.

Ma En watched them leave before turning to Lorelei: "So, what do you want?"