Liverpool.

It is a port city in the northwest of England, one of the eight core cities of England, one of the five municipalities of the Mesey-on-Mersey metropolitan county, and the capital of Merseyside, located 325 km northwest of London, less than three hours by train.

It is a famous commercial center in the United Kingdom, but also the second largest commercial port, with a vast hinterland, from which a large amount of cotton produced in Manchester City is transported to the rest of the world, making it not only a boastful trading port of the British Empire, but also an academic city after Cambridge.

And in this world, Liverpool has another name.

———— "Karakuri City".

Even if you look at the world, it is the city with the most advanced Karakuri technology.

So, if you look down from above, you can see that the city of Liverpool is full of pedestrians, shops and restaurants.

In addition to shoe stores, clothing stores, and jewelers, there are also shops selling mechanical parts, magic supplies, automaton finished products, and even simple tinplate dolls selling bread and snacks.

It's hard to see in other cities.

Just above this prosperous, well-developed city, a crow flew from the distant sky, tearing the air with its wide wings and turning at an acute angle, heading towards the city.

The size of the crow is huge even among all birds, and when it flies, it will sprinkle bursts of fire powder like the sun, blending into the air, and it looks so dazzling.

If you look closely, this crow actually has three legs, and even if you search the world, you can't find a crow of this species.

The three-legged golden crow flew towards the Karakuri city of Liverpool, and finally fell straight down the street, spreading its wings while stretching its three feet forward, slowing down in the air, and then lightly flipped over and landed in front of a magnificent building.

In the next second, the three-legged golden crow suddenly turned into a cloak, and with a flip, it turned into a teenager.

The boy was dressed in a gorgeous black coat, between fifteen or sixteen years old, and his appearance had both Oriental temperament and Western delicacy, and he looked like a mixed-race child, unusually handsome.

At this moment, the boy raised his head and looked at the magnificent building in front of him.

"This is the rumored Royal Karakuri Academy, right?"

The boy muttered.

Standing in front of it is a majestic lecture hall, at first glance it will even make people mistake it for Buckingham Palace, the brick wall is five meters high, and there is a gun hole device on the stone gate, but the gun hole seems to be used not to defend against foreign enemies, but to shoot escapees, the evidence of which is that the guards do not look at the street, but all concentrated in the school grounds, although the overall look is conservative and restrained, but still full of momentum, almost like the headquarters of the army.

But...

"It's not so much an academy as a prison, right?"

The boy said this with some sarcasm.

But that's exactly what happened.

Once inside, students are not allowed to go out without permission, otherwise the guards will have the right to execute the dolls.

So, to say it's a prison is understandable.

"It's just, strictly speaking, it's still an academy."

The boy pursed his lips.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, when the Karakuri civilization flourished, with the astonishing development of science and technology, human beings also established a high degree of magic system.

———— "Karakuri Magic".

This modern chanting method, which transforms the concept of magic and allows magicians to easily perform magic by combining automaton with built-in magic circuits and the puppets that manipulate it, can perform magic tricks that were unimaginable in the past.

For example, in the United Kingdom, where Liverpool is located, whether it is the victory at Trafalgar or the victory at Waterloo, it is indispensable to the contribution of the British proud Karakuri Division.

This makes it not only Britain, but also in an era when the world is expanding its weapons of destruction and the atmosphere of world war is extremely strong, the military of the great powers are all desperately trying to find excellent puppeteers.

Under such circumstances, it can be said that cultivating new puppets and educating outstanding talents will become a cause that the whole country will strive to develop, which can be said to be a historical necessity.

This academy was born for this purpose.

———— "Royal Karakuri Academy of Walpurges".

This is the Royal College located in the Karakuri city of Liverpool, although it is located in the United Kingdom, it has the autonomy to allow talented people from all over the world to study regardless of nationality, race, gender or gender, and it can be said that it is an advanced institution at the forefront of Karakuri technology in this era, and it is also the temple of Karakuri magic.

The talents who come out of here are almost all over the world, and as long as they successfully graduate, they are at least excellent soldiers who can be reused by the military, and all countries in the world value the advanced educational institutions and resources of this college, and have been providing a steady stream of students, so that outstanding talents can go here to study, even if the tuition fee for entering this college is expensive, it is not enough to support it alone, unless it is a rich institution or even a country, otherwise it really can't afford it, But there are still many companies and countries that do not hesitate to spend huge sums of money to send talents here.

Now, the boy is here too.

Moreover...

"You're almost supposed to get off me, right?"

The boy said coldly at the "certain piece of luggage" in his coat.

At this time, the boy's coat showed a slight movement.

Specifically, there is a head poking out of the coat.

Peeking out of the boy's coat was the head of a girl with an excessively delicate and beautiful appearance, and her long, straight black hair hanging down like a waterfall, which was enough to make people feel amazing.

It's just that at this moment, this excessively beautiful girl is tightly wrapping herself in the boy's coat, hugging the boy's body, not minding the status quo of her graceful and delicate body clinging to her body, but her face is flushed, and she is looking at the boy with moist eyes.

"Has it arrived? Dear~love~of~"

The girl said such things in a tone that was too sweet to be true.

But the boy was unusually indifferent.

"Who's your dear?"

The boy responded.

"Don't say that." The girl twisted and pinched, as if happy, and as if satisfied, she brought her body closer to the boy, and said, "Narujin's arms are so comfortable, so warm, and the night is almost over." ”

"Really?" The young man closed his eyes, and then the corners of his mouth twitched and said, "Then hurry up and break it for me, don't touch my body with that hand!" ”

The young man who shouted like this slammed his fist and smashed it on the girl's head, making the girl cry out in pain, covering her head, and squatting down with tears in her eyes.

The boy sighed.

"That's enough..."

This was the only feeling of the teenager.