To become a king and a magician

Miyu, carrying a schoolbag and wearing an elementary school uniform, approached the two of them: "I've already heard about it from Ms. Luvia. You two will be living next door from now on, right? Please take care of me from now on."

After glancing at Luvia's house next door and then at the Emiya house diagonally opposite, Natsukawa Tora couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

(Looks like things are going to get really interesting from now on.)

17. Meryl: We've gone too far!

Night fell quickly.

After having a simple dinner with Grey, Natsukawa Tora returned to his room and lay on the bed looking at the black card in his hand.

The original reason for coming to this parallel world was for a vacation. Although the old man with the gems forced him to help collect class cards as soon as he arrived, the mission is now over, and Natsukawa Torama can finally get some rest.

"This past week or so has been incredibly busy..."

Nero, Flöf, Roya, Aika, traversing parallel worlds, class cards... Even though strictly speaking only Aika Sajou's matter troubled Natsukawa Torara, the sheer number of events happening in quick succession and the overly fast pace still left him feeling somewhat exhausted.

It's like finally finishing a five-day work week, and before you can even get off work, you're suddenly notified that you have to work overtime on the weekend.

Even if I get paid, it's still unpleasant.

Fortunately, he has a long time to relax. He remembers that Eindsworth won't be coming until the summer, which means it will be at least four months, enough time for him to while away the time.

Of course, it wouldn't matter if he came earlier.

(By the way, before Eindsworth arrived, it seems the Clock Tower might have sent Bartholomew to steal the Direct Card due to power struggles, right? But considering I'm here now... those old guys probably wouldn't dare to do that.)

At worst, we can go to the clock tower and give it a knock before Bazett arrives.

"Mmm... umm... go to sleep!"

He stretched his arms and legs, feeling the soreness all over his body, and then closed his eyes and fell asleep.

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Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Natsukawa Torato should sleep soundly until dawn, or wait for Gray to wake him up.

but.

"Ah, good evening, Your Majesty, you've finally arrived."

In the middle of a sea of ​​flowers in his dream, he sat under a large tree with petals falling, and Merry was smiling and waving at him.

Sitting down next to her, Natsukawa Tora sighed helplessly, "I'm exhausted and want to sleep. Can't you let me get some rest? I've been fighting so many battles lately, I'm almost dead from exhaustion."

"Huh? Is that so? I thought you had rested well after three days in the parallel world."

"When do I have time to rest? That old man Gemstone forced me to do a job of collecting class cards, and I didn't get to sleep until the early hours of the morning."

"Class Card?" Merry frowned, then suddenly realized, "Oh, I see."

"You know about class cards?"

“No, this is the first time I’ve heard of it, but since it’s something you experienced firsthand, I can just read your memories.” Meryl smiled, then came behind Natsukawa Tora and gently massaged his shoulders with both hands. “You must be tired, Your Majesty. Let me give you a massage.”

massage?

Feeling the kneading sensation on his shoulder, Natsukawa Tora couldn't help but look wary: "What do you want to do?"

"Huh? What do you want to do?"

"Unsolicited kindness is always suspicious. You're actually offering to help me relax? Are you trying to mess with me again?"

Not right.

Something's not right!

Over the years they've known each other, the number of times Mei Li has taken the initiative to be considerate of Xia Chuan Hu can be counted on one hand. Ninety-nine percent of her attempts to befriend him are bound to have some kind of conspiracy hidden behind them!

Now that she's suddenly giving him a massage to help him relax, Natsukawa Tora would never believe that Meryl isn't up to some wicked scheme.

Seeing Natsukawa Torama's wary reaction, Meryl immediately looked devastated, her eyes glistening with tears, and she began to sob softly as if she had suffered a great injustice: "Waaah... How could you say that about me... I do good deeds sometimes too... Waaah... You're so heartless... Toramaru, you don't understand people!"

"..."

Could this acting get any worse?

Seriously, Meryl, you weren't even thinking about acting, were you? You were just enjoying playing this delicate, fragile woman character, weren't you?

"Can you stop messing around, Meryl?" Natsukawa Torara sighed helplessly. "Why did you drag me here? Speaking of which, your existence as a magical consciousness is to prevent Sajou Ayaka's dangerous behavior, right? Now that it's triggered...?"

"No, that child is very well-behaved. Because Princess Tsukihime forcibly silenced him without explanation, he's now hiding in a corner, cursing and crying." Merry, who was just crying, instantly put on a smile. "Want to watch the live stream? I can connect to the soul realm and show you that child's embarrassing behavior; it's very cute."

"No need, I think it will only intensify her hatred for me after she sees it."

"What does it matter? You can keep her completely under your thumb anyway. Even if she accidentally escapes, you can immediately knock her unconscious with the Holy Sword and drag her back to the dark room for solitary confinement."

Mary smiled like a fox.

"It's quite surprising, really. That cute girl who gave Arthur and me a headache has fallen to this state. You're really something, Tiger."

"It's just because I have these Demon Eyes." Touching his eyes, Natsukawa Torato continued, "You came to me for this? If there's nothing else, I'm going back."

"Hey~~~No, no, no, please spend more time with me~~~"

Mei quickly reached out and grabbed Xia Chuanhu's sleeve.

“Since that night, you’ve only spoken to her twice, one of which was even a goodbye, and you haven’t met her in person even once. Do you know what this behavior is generally called?”

"I roughly know."

"If you know that, then just sit here obediently, and then... let me lean against you like this for a while."

As soon as Mei finished speaking, she leaned her head on Xia Chuanhu's shoulder.

This sudden intimate contact stunned Xia Chuanhu, or rather, left him somewhat bewildered.

(What's going on?)

What is Mary planning to do? What mischief is she up to now? She's so close, her fragrance is wafting into my nose.

“My heart is beating fast,” Meryl suddenly said, raising her head slightly to meet Natsukawa Tora’s gaze. “Excited?”

"No."

"That's a lie."

Mei smiled as she placed her hand on Natsukawa Torato's chest: "I can feel it in my palm, your heart is pounding. Does it excite you to be leaned against like this? Or... are you attracted to me?"

"Just to confirm, you're not thinking of taking a screenshot of my panicked expression in your mind to make fun of me later, are you?"

"Don't think so badly of me. I really didn't mean any harm this time." Mary pouted. "I just... missed you a little."

"Missing me?"

Xia Chuanhu was somewhat surprised; he truly never expected to hear those words from Mei Li's mouth.

"You think it's because I'm gone that no one will let you play pranks on me anymore, right?"

"That's undeniable. I've felt really unmotivated these past few days since His Majesty left, and the thought of him and little Grey being away for five years makes me worry that they might bring back some established facts, like a cute child who'll call me 'Auntie'—just kidding~~~"

The last sentence that Merry added completely silenced Natsukawa Tora.

Seeing Xia Chuanhu's expression—a mixture of wanting to say something but unable to, a mix of anger and embarrassment—Merry couldn't help but chuckle: "Hehehe, this is much more comfortable. Although it's possible to access memories and revisit past events, it gets tiresome after a while. This is the best way."

"You're just here to make fun of me, aren't you...?"

“Yeah, right,” Mary readily admitted. “I was bored for three whole days, and since you’re in a parallel world, I couldn’t see what was going on with you. But that’s good, I’ll send you back now so you can get some sleep.”

"Wait a moment."

Xia Chuanhu suddenly grabbed Meili's arm, then leaned in and kissed her hard, while she looked on in surprise. He then pushed her towards the ground and pressed her down beneath him little by little.

"Woo~~~Woo~~~Haa......"

After Natsukawa Tora took all the air from her mouth, she panted with a slightly flushed face. Meryl glared at him, annoyed, "That's really going too far. He just suddenly kissed me, and his technique was terrible."

"You pulled me over without a second thought, satisfied your own desires, and then you said you were going to send me away. Who's really going too far here?" Xia Chuanhu looked down at Meili. "Besides, if you say my skills are bad, then why don't you teach me? What does it mean to have good skills?"

"Wait a minute, let them rest for a bit—wooo!"

It seems like she hasn't quite grasped the right balance—that's all Meryl has in mind right now.

18. Strange nicknames increased

When I opened my eyes, I saw the ceiling and the room that was already illuminated by sunlight.

After standing silently for a while, Xia Chuanhu suddenly grabbed his pillow and started rolling around in it! He even laughed as he rolled, his body moving like a maggot!

excited.

Right now, Natsukawa Tora's heart is filled with nothing but excitement.

Although the previous dream had also excited him, it was at Arcueid's instigation, and strictly speaking, it was a case of half-hearted consent. But this time, he spent the night with Merry in his dream without any external influence.

Even if the final connection summoning didn't happen, and at most the lips and hands were stacked together, it was still a huge step for him personally, like landing on the moon!

Recalling the genuine shyness that Merry had almost never shown in his dream, Natsukawa Torato felt as if something strange inside him had been touched, and it was the kind of touch that felt like being poked hard!

(So, I really am a sadist?)

Actually, it wasn't that. It was just the excitement that came from finally getting back at Meryl after being manipulated by her for the past few years and having her position reversed.

But this truth is not important to Natsukawa Tora; what is important is that he has taken a milestone step!

Refreshing!

[Perverted vixen]

Suddenly, Aika Sajou's voice echoed in my mind.

[To have such a dream, especially about that wicked woman who toyed with the prince's feelings... I must admit my judgment of you was somewhat flawed. You're not just a vixen, you're a vixen with a twisted mind.]

"Are you done crying?"

[I wasn't crying! If it weren't for the fact that I'm currently sealed away by you, a mere princess of a True Ancestor wouldn't matter even if she had something to do with the Counter Force.]

"But you've been banned, haven't you?"

Hmm...

"And you're completely powerless to resist. If I were to rank the contents of my body, you'd be the last one, right?"

[Waaah...]