To become a king and a magician

Peeking out from the bathroom doorway, Natsukawa Tora, toothbrush in hand, opened it and asked, "Forgot something? Gray... eh?"

What appeared before them was a sapphire floating in mid-air, and a black-haired girl wearing an old tracksuit.

Excuse me, Mr. Natsukawa, good afternoon. I've found another person suitable to be a magical girl.

Sapphire greeted her politely as always, and beside her, the black-haired girl—Emiya Miyu—nodded slightly: "Excuse me, I am... my name is Miyu, and I am currently a magical girl who has a contract with Sapphire."

"We actually found it..."

Xia Chuanhu couldn't help but mutter something under his breath.

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Several tens of minutes later.

Looking at Gray, who had transformed into a magical girl with a pink lace-trimmed witch's hat on her head, and Miyu, who had also transformed into a magical girl and was holding a sapphire next to her, Rin Tohsaka and Luvia couldn't help but sigh and turn to look at Torata Natsukawa, who was eating over there.

"Suddenly, a phone call summoned us over like an order for takeout; we thought something terrible had happened..."

"It is indeed a big deal for us, but... putting Grey aside for now, what's the deal with this child here?"

Luvia is naturally referring to Miyu.

Let me answer this.

The sapphire flew to the two of them.

Last night, after asking Mr. Natsukawa to take care of my sister, I went out to look for Lady Luvia's successor. Then, not long ago, I found Lady Miyu sleeping on a park bench. Lady Miyu seems to care a lot about her Class Cards and offered to help me retrieve them.

"Actively... Sapphire, did you explain the dangers of retrieving class cards to her?" Luvia pressed. "Even with your highest level of physical and magical protection, letting a child fight..."

“It’s alright.” Miyu interrupted Luvia. “Even if there’s danger, it’s alright. Please let me retrieve the class cards. I’ll retrieve them all.”

"but--"

Luvia wanted to say something, but before she could, Natsukawa Torama raised his hand to signal her to be quiet. After putting down his empty rice bowl, he said, "I already addressed the topic of danger last night. I will handle the battle alone. Gray and Miyu only need to open the passage to the Mirror World; there won't be much danger."

"Is Mr. Natsukawa in charge of this alone?"

Miyu frowned in confusion.

"However, humans cannot fight Heroic Spirits with their own power, so I will take care of collecting the cards..."

"Humans can't fight Heroic Spirits? Why would you say something like that after witnessing such a scene not long ago?" Natsukawa Torato suddenly asked. "Although you were ultimately defeated, your brother did it, didn't he? He fought Heroic Spirits with human strength."

"!"

Meiyou's little face was immediately filled with surprise.

elder brother?

How did he know about his brother's affairs? Could it be that he is—

“I have no relation to Eindsworth; I just happen to know about you and your brother.”

"Even Eindsworth... Mr. Natsukawa, you..."

Miyu was starting to distrust Natsukawa Tora. Although she shouldn't have trusted a stranger she had just met, now that he had told her about her brother and Eindsworth, she not only couldn't believe him, but she even wanted to run away from there immediately.

Seeing the obvious wariness and hesitation on her face, Natsukawa Tora sighed softly: "I understand what you're thinking, but please rest assured, I am definitely not your enemy, Miyu."

"Ugh..."

[Wait a minute! Wait a minute! I'm starting to not understand what my brother and Miyu are saying anymore. Why did they suddenly become so tense?]

"Brother, do you know anything about Miyu?" Gray asked. "Could it be that you gained knowledge about Miyu when you came into contact with the Root?"

"source?!"

Rin Tohsaka and Luvia, who were already full of doubts, could no longer hold back.

"How did you come into contact with the Root?! You wouldn't happen to be a magician who has already reached the Root, would you?! Or are you a sorcerer?!"

"Please give me a detailed explanation! It's not just about you, but also about Miyu and the Class Card! I have a feeling there's more to this than meets the eye!"

"Don't put your face right in front of me!"

Boom!

After giving Rin Tohsaka and Luvia a flick on the forehead, Natsukawa Tora sighed, "I knew you'd react like this. Well, it's not a big deal anyway, so I might as well tell you. But before I do, you two have to swear an oath to me."

"swear?"

"[What I am about to say is not to anyone other than Natsukawa Tora's permission] - I will tell you after I make this oath using the magician's method."

8. R-sister: I got instantly killed again QAQ

Over the next half hour, because Rin Tohsaka and Luvia agreed so readily, Torakawa kept his promise and shared with everyone present the knowledge he had gained from the Root.

Parallel worlds, Einzworth, Miyu's background, Shirou Emiya's battles, and the origins of the class cards.

"Well, that's basically it. Einzworth wanted to save the world by using the class cards and sacrificing Miyu, but Miyu's brother only wanted to save his sister. After resolving the Holy Grail War in one night, he made a wish that Miyu could be happy."

So, the Holy Grail granted the wish by sending Miyu to our world, along with her class card.

Ruby understood Natsukawa Tiger's words perfectly.

[The content is so shocking that I'm at a loss for words.]

"Same here." Rin Tohsaka rubbed her temples, feeling a bit of a headache. "I never imagined you'd come from a parallel world... And then? Most importantly, what exactly happened with your past contact with the Root?"

"After hearing about Miyu's story, you didn't feel anything at all?"

"Of course there is, that child is so pitiful—but compared to this, the root cause is clearly more important! What exactly is going on with you having contact with the root cause?!"

That's typical of a magician's thinking. Although she's different from those old fogies, Rin Tohsaka is undoubtedly a standard magician. Once the root of the problem is involved, she won't care about anything else.

Luvia was the same; even though she didn't say anything, her eyes said it all.

Picking his nose, Natsukawa Tiger casually said, "As for the origin, it's just because I died once before and accidentally came into contact with the origin."

"That's all?! What do you mean, 'that's all'?! Do you even know what the root means to a magician—"

“I know, but I have had contact with the Root. What does that have to do with you?” Xia Chuanhu asked in return. “After I arrived at the Root, I didn’t gain anything or lose anything. I just saw some content from countless parallel worlds. And that has nothing to do with you. Knowing this won’t allow you to directly reach the Root, nor will you obtain the method to reach the Root.”

"That's why I said it's not a big deal."

After saying that, Natsukawa Tora ignored the two who wanted to say something more and turned to Miyu: "I'm sorry, I have to apologize to you, Miyu. This is a past that you don't really want to remember, right? I just blurted it all out."

“No, that’s not true. On the contrary, I’m very grateful that you told me so much.” Miyu shook her head, then looked solemnly at Natsukawa Torato. “Could you please grant me a request, Mr. Natsukawa?”

"what's up?"

“Please teach me how to use this power,” Miyu said. “My brother sacrificed himself to save me and is now imprisoned in Eindsworth. I want to go and rescue my brother.”

"The sapphire gave me power, making me a magical girl, but I don't know how to use this power yet. If you can, please teach me."

Emiya Shirou prays that Miyu can find happiness, but for Miyu, the happiness she knows right now is living with her brother.

After a moment of silence, Xia Chuanhu sighed softly: "You've got things backwards. You two siblings... are you just jumping back and forth like this? You save me, I save you."

"Can't I, brother?" Grey couldn't help but ask.

"I didn't say no, don't look at me like that."

Scratching his head helplessly, Natsukawa Tora said, "Miyu, I can teach you how to use your power, but let's talk about that tomorrow. We still have things to do today."

"Do something? What is it?"

"We'll recycle your class cards, just like how your brother finished the Holy Grail War in one night. We'll finish the recycling mission in one night as well. That way, we can give you the maximum training before Einzworth arrives."

Actually, the best method is still the same as before: let Miyu fight each of the Shadow Heroic Spirits one by one and improve her strength through actual combat. But since it's all about actual combat anyway, wouldn't it be the same to use Natsukawa Tora as an opponent? At most, she'd just suffer more.

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Mystery should be kept hidden—based on this clock tower rule that has been broken countless times, the class card recycling time was finally set for the evening.

At midnight, in the center of the playground of Hohara Gun Academy High School—

"Is this the place? The location of the class cards."

Natsukawa Tora looked around at the empty surroundings, then looked at Gray and Miyu.

"Then let's begin. Please take me to the Mirror Realm."

"Yes."

The two children, who had already transformed into magical girls, raised their wands. The next moment, a complex circular magic circle expanded outwards from Miyu and Gray, encompassing all five people present.

[Add an imaginary axis to the fifth measurement variable and begin preparations for reversal.]

[Confirming the existence of complex space, fixing the center coordinates, forming a reflection path within a two-meter radius, and reversing part of the mirror boundary corridor]

With the sounds of sapphires and rubies and the rotation of the magic circle, the magic in the surrounding environment clearly changed. Then, as if everything suddenly shifted for a moment, Natsukawa Tora felt a flash before his eyes. When he came to his senses, he found himself in a world that was slightly different from before.

The surrounding environment was largely unchanged from before, but everything seemed to be reversed like a mirror image, and a sky curtain appeared in the sky as if composed of lenses.

"Is this the Mirror Realm?" Gray looked curiously at the mirrored screen in the sky. "Something feels different, but I can't quite put my finger on it..."

[I'll explain the details later. The class cards have been materialized. Gray-tan, Miyu, prepare for battle.]

As soon as Ruby finished speaking, a black, mud-like magical energy suddenly gathered in an open space not far from them, and the strong shockwave it released simultaneously stirred up thick dust.

Within the dark red aura, a graceful figure wearing an eye patch inlaid with rubies gradually emerged.

"It's here! The materialization of the Class Cards! In terms of magical power, they're practically on par with Servants, and they can even use a portion of a Servant's power. Gray, Miyu, you two little—"

Before Rin Tohsaka could finish her warning, Torata Natsukawa, who was standing to the side, had already rushed out and arrived in front of the fake Medusa in less than the blink of an eye.

Without even using summoning magic, but only enhancement magic, with his body glowing with a hint of blue flame, Natsukawa Tora threw a punch directly at the fake Medusa in front of him.

It was an ordinary punch, delivered without any special techniques, but to Rin Tohsaka and the others, and even to the fake Medusa, it was incredibly fast. So fast that the fake Medusa had barely reacted and was about to raise her chains and broken sword to attack when Natsukawa Torato's fist had already pierced through her body.

"Pfft!"

A single, decisive blow.

The fake Medusa collapsed to her knees, powerless, and vanished into a wisp of light.

Reaching out to catch the bronze card that appeared before him, Natsukawa Tora turned around: "Alright, retrieval complete, let's move on to the next location—what's with those looks? Like you're looking at a monster."

Because we're looking at monsters!

9. Natsukawa Torato is on a killing spree.