To become a king and a magician

"I'm so sorry!"

Rin Tohsaka, having deactivated her magical girl transformation, sincerely apologized to Torama Natsukawa.

"I never expected there would be anyone in the sky besides me and the Golden Drill. I'm so sorry that the stray bullets accidentally hit you—hey! Luvia, you should come over here and apologize too! Have some manners!"

“I already apologized before. But since you interrupted me, you female gorilla, I really should apologize again—I'm sorry, sir and lady, you were caught in the crossfire. Are you alright?”

Luvia and Rin Tohsaka were aware of the power of their magic cannons. Although they couldn't do it themselves, the wands they held were Mystic Codes made by the Second Magician, which could absorb magic power from parallel worlds indefinitely, and the power of the cannonballs they fired was not to be underestimated.

Although I don't remember whether I hit the man in front of me or not, I'll ask anyway.

"I wasn't injured, that kind of thing could have easily cleaved me in two, but I was a bit frightened," Xia Chuanhu laughed. "When I was flying in the air, a stray bullet suddenly flew over, which was quite unexpected."

Rin Tohsaka breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this: "Phew~~~~ It's good that you're not hurt—wait, wait, wait? What did you just say? What did you do to that magic bullet?"

"It's cleaved."

Natsukawa Tora said it as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"It's like playing tennis, you just hit the ball back, what's wrong with that?"

What do you mean by "What's wrong?"

Rin Tohsaka and Luvia remember Natsukawa Torami's self-introduction as a "half-baked magician," right? He managed to deflect their magic bullets so easily? You call that half-baked?

"Who...who are you?"

Luvia frowned, and after slightly increasing the distance between them, asked warily.

"This isn't your average magician, is it?"

“I don’t think a typical magician would freefall from a height of a thousand meters, and I’ve never said I’m a typical magician,” Natsukawa Tiger laughed. “If you want to know who I am, just call your master and ask.”

Master chef?!

"You know the head chef?!"

"After all, it was that bastard who threw my sister and me here. Even though it was my own choice, throwing us directly into the air at a height of a thousand meters, if I could, I would really like to give him a good scolding!"

If he could, Natsukawa Torato would like to fly to England right now and shoot the clock tower.

The Jewel Elder only said he didn't want him to attack the clock tower over there, but he didn't say he didn't want him to attack the clock tower over here. So it shouldn't matter if the clock tower over here loses one or two subjects because of the Jewel Elder, right?

"Ring ring ring!"

A cell phone suddenly rang.

Rin Tohsaka quickly took out her phone and answered, "Hello, this is Rin Tohsaka."

Let that man answer the phone; he's someone I know.

The voice coming from the other end of the phone was that of the person Rin Tohsaka remembered as Master.

Rin Tohsaka glanced at Torakawa in surprise!

"You actually know the head chef?!"

"I rarely lie. Is that the Gemstone Elder on the other end of the phone?"

"Yes! Ah, the head chef said he wants to talk to you."

Taking the phone from Rin Tohsaka, Torara Natsukawa took a deep breath: "Jewel Old Man, what the hell! What do you mean by throwing Gray and me a thousand meters into the air? Are you afraid I won't die from the fall?!"

But you're still alive, right? Then it's all right. Why are you so agitated?

"Because you're not the one doing the 1000-meter freefall!"

Calm down, young man. Being angry all the time will make you an old man prematurely. Besides, do you think I'm just someone you can casually toss around?

"You deliberately?"

"Yes, I need your help with something."

"I remember you said you wanted me to come here to lay low and travel around at the same time?"

Don't worry about it so much. I'll pay you; you need money to live here, don't you? Just consider it as me hiring you.

To be honest, Xia Chuanhu really wanted to fly over there right now and give the Clock Tower a piece of his mind. He finally understood that what the old man called him to come and lay low was actually just a ploy to get him to do some work!

That old guy is really cunning!

"Do you think I'd help you? I'd be lucky if I didn't go to the Clock Tower to challenge you to a duel right now."

There are a few Class Cards in Fuyuki City right now. Can you help those two girls recycle them? You'll get one million for each one you recycle.

"Are you sure?"

Why would I lie to you?

"You've already lied to me once!"

Just tell me if you want it or not.

That old man...

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Xia Chuanhu coughed a few times: "Money and such doesn't really matter. You know I'm a kind-hearted person and I like to help others."

Oh~~~ What an admirable spirit of selfless dedication! It's so kind of you to help me with voluntary work. To be honest, I don't have much retirement money, so I'll leave everything to you.

"One million a dollar, not a penny less and I'll blow up the clock tower for you!"

[Kind-hearted?]

“I’m very kind-hearted,” Natsukawa Torama said with an air of righteous indignation. “After I’ve collected everything, I’ll take the class cards to the Clock Tower to ask you for your money—alright, here you go, Ms. Tohsaka, here’s your phone back.”

"Oh...wait a minute! What did you just talk about with the head chef? I can't ignore what you said!"

Rin Tohsaka

Gemstone Elder's voice came through the phone.

From now on, that person will be your assistant. If you encounter any difficulties while retrieving the class cards, feel free to ask him for help. The conditions have already been agreed upon.

"Assistant? What does that mean—Master Chef? Master Chef?"

Before Rin Tohsaka could even ask what was going on, the other end of the line, Jewel Mage, unilaterally hung up. Hearing the busy tone, Rin paused for a moment before rushing to Torata Natsukawa: "What do you mean by 'assistant'?! What did you and Master say to each other?!"

"It's nothing. I think the old man with the gem probably thought you guys might not be able to recover that thing called a class card, so he asked me to lend a hand. We'll talk about the details later."

Xia Chuanhu patted the two on the shoulders: "Don't worry, I'm very strong. Leave all the fighting to me, you can just be my cheerleaders. Also, if possible, could you please help me and my sister arrange a place to stay? It's late at night, I don't mind, but I don't want my sister to sleep outdoors."

3. Magical Girl Grey!

After half an hour.

Inside a large hotel in Fuyuki City.

"Another hotel? Come to think of it, I seem to have been staying in hotels quite often lately."

That's what they say, but in reality, Natsukawa Tora only stayed in a hotel in Misaki City for three days. And all in all, he was only in Misaki City for about a week.

Thinking about it carefully—on the third day after arriving in Misaki City, I fought Nero, and on the second night, I fought Nero again. A day later, I fought Flöf, and just a few minutes after that, I fought Ayaka Sajou.

Although they were mostly in a winning position, the frequency of the battles was just too fast. If it weren't for Ryougi Shiki, Natsukawa Torato probably would have had to fight Arcueid in a berserk mode after defeating Sajou Ayaka.

What kind of Type-Moon Jun-ge is this?

"If you're not happy with this place, I can help you find another one later, but until then—"

Luvia crossed her arms over her chest.

"Could you please explain in detail what you mean by 'assistant'? The master chef entrusted me with the entire task of collecting class cards, so how come there's suddenly an unidentified assistant like you?"

"Wait a minute! What do you mean by 'entirely entrusted to you'?!" Rin Tohsaka directly exposed the lie in Luvia's words. "Master Chef clearly entrusted it to me! It was you who shamelessly followed along!"

"No, it's entrusted to me. After all, how could a commoner like you be trusted so much by the master chef?"

"So what if you're nouveau riche!"

Seeing the two arguing amongst themselves, Grey couldn't help but ask, "Brother, what about these two over there...?"

"Ah, it's nothing, it's nothing. It's just their basic routine. Just leave them there and wait for them to get tired of arguing." Natsukawa Tora had seen this kind of scene countless times on the computer before. Rin Tohsaka and Luvia, it was impossible for those two not to start bickering when they got together. Expecting them to get along peacefully was like expecting Fou not to kick Merlin.

So just ignore it. As for the noise of arguing, just create a vacuum to block out the sound.

Hey~~~ This gentleman seems to know those two older ladies quite well!

Just then, a red magic wand suddenly floated over to Natsukawa Tiger and Gray.

[Nice to meet you, I'm Ruby—though it might seem a bit sudden, may I ask this lovely lady if you'd like to become a magical girl?]

"Huh?"

Grey was stunned when asked the question.

Magical girl?

What is a magical girl?

【Huh?】

This time, it was Ruby's turn to be stunned.

[A magical girl is a magical girl, right? Don't young girls these days know what a magical girl is? She's the kind of magical girl who waves her wand, unleashing lasers and magic bullets to wipe out all the bad guys and evil, fighting for love and justice!]

“I’m sorry, I…I don’t know much about it.” Grey gently shook her head.

This is understandable, since she used to live in a secluded village, and Grey's knowledge was extremely limited. Her understanding of the outside world mainly came from books sold by traveling merchants who appeared periodically.

After leaving the village with Natsukawa Tora, Grey spent a significant portion of her time adapting to her new environment and taking care of him. Furthermore, the Clock Tower was a place where they wouldn't even lay a single electrical wire, so Grey's life was practically devoid of electrical appliances. Only Mary, for entertainment, had paid out of her own pocket to install a television in the apartment.

Even so, Grey usually watches news and science programs, and has never been exposed to animation programs.

It's strange that someone like her would know about magical girls.

[Haaah~~~~ Don't little girls these days even have this much of a dream? Shouldn't becoming a magical girl be every little girl's dream?]

"Don't instill any bad ideas in my sister." Natsukawa Tora grabbed the ruby. "I've already agreed to help with the class card recycling, so both of your wands can go back to collecting dust. Also, for high-risk professions like magical girl, just find some older aunties or grandmas."

[What kind of talk is that?! How can a magical girl be an older woman?! The key point is 'girl'!]

Ruby suddenly retorted loudly, as if her sore spot had been touched!

[Besides! Who said Sapphire-chan and I expanded our magical girl business just to collect class cards? That's putting the cart before the horse! The true meaning of magical girls' existence is to have them wear flowing clothes and do adorable things that melt my heart!]