To become a king and a magician

"Well... then I won't be polite!"

88. Hiking in Tokyo

After discussing the reward for borrowing the magic power of the spiritual vein with Rin Tohsaka, it was already noon.

After seeing the two off, Natsukawa Tora returned to his room.

"Lord Xia Chuan."

Upon seeing Natsukawa Tora return, Angelica and Pandora, who were cleaning his room, both stopped what they were doing.

"Have you finished discussing matters with Lord Tohsaka and Lord Edelfelt?"

"Well, it's about the same as expected. We can start the final steps this weekend. To be honest, I thought she would ask for an even bigger exorbitant amount."

As for Rin Tohsaka, who practices gem magic and burns money every time she uses magic, she naturally wants to earn as much money as possible. I didn't expect her to give such a reasonable figure in the end.

"Once the Greater Grail has accumulated enough magic power, the puppet will only have one final step left."

"So, that means I'll be useless then, right?"

Pandora, now a maid, asked expressionlessly.

The agreement between her and Natsukawa Tora was that once Natsukawa Tora had completed his puppet using the knowledge and skills contained within her, the God-era doll, he would introduce her to the person with the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, allowing her to die completely.

Now that the doll is nearing completion, the day when this promise will be fulfilled is not far off.

"Yes, that's true. So before that, I will thoroughly study you from the inside out. Even if it's not about puppets, the knowledge of the Age of Gods that you possess is a valuable asset."

"Do as you please. My body is at your disposal. This was agreed upon long ago."

"Then please continue cleaning my room, Angelica. Come with me to the kitchen. Grey didn't have time to make lunch when she went out today. You and I will make it."

"I understand."

Normally, Grey would prepare lunch in advance and put it in the refrigerator before leaving each morning, but today was her shift to clean early in the morning, which required her to get up earlier than usual to go to school, so naturally she didn't have time to make lunch.

So in situations like this, you have to do it yourself.

"Speaking of which, Angelica, I remember mentioning to you before that we could use the Greater Grail to grant you a wish?"

While deciding to have curry rice for lunch and preparing for it, Natsukawa Torama said to Angelica while chopping vegetables, "The Greater Grail is still in my hands. If you want it, I can pour all my magic into it, and it might be able to barely activate the wish-granting function."

Do you have a wish that you want to fulfill?

“No, Lady Natsukawa.” Angelica hesitated for a moment before declining. “I am just a doll. Before, I was a tool to fulfill Eindsworth’s long-cherished wish, and now I am just your maid. There is no need to think too much about me.”

"Ah... but you were human before, weren't you?"

Xia Chuanhu scratched his head: "Although transferring your spirit into the doll caused you to lose 90% of your emotions, you didn't lose them all. Didn't that little bit of remaining emotion make you have any thoughts?"

"For example, revenge against me—or something like that."

The atmosphere in the kitchen instantly became deathly silent.

The two of them had stopped chopping vegetables at some point. Looking at the ingredients on the cutting board, Angelica closed her eyes and pondered for a while before shaking her head: "My remaining circumstances are not enough to make me think like this. If I had to say, it would only be anger."

"My anger at you for killing my brother."

Darius Eindsworth was the head of the Eindsworth family a thousand years ago. In order to fulfill his wish to save humanity, he has been transferring himself into the descendants of the Eindsworth family through displacement magic. The object he transferred in this generation is Angelica's younger brother, Julian Eindsworth.

When Darius Einzworth invaded earlier, he died along with Natsukawa Torato when Darius was killed.

Although she has lost 90% of her emotions, Angelica still retains her feelings for her family, and in the original work, she also expresses her desire to save her younger brother.

"So, do you want revenge? With the Gilgamesh class card, it's not impossible for you to kill me."

“My feelings are not enough to make me think like this. In fact, my anger only lasted for a moment. Right now, I only think of you as a maid to her master, and a maid does not need her master to think of her.”

"Have you ever considered using the Greater Grail to win back your feelings, or to transform yourself from a doll back into a human?"

Angelica shook her head: "Never. Does Lady Natsukawa really want me to regain my emotions, or become human again?"

Well... a little bit.

"If you wish, then this is my wish." For Angelica, who had no desires, her master's thoughts were her thoughts, and she only needed to act according to her master's wishes.

This sentence left Xia Chuanhu feeling helpless, even though it was good that she was so obedient.

"Oh well, never mind."

"Natsukawa Tora sighed."

"It's best to obtain your own wishes. The wishes I give you are not your true wishes. Let's wait until you have your own wishes before bringing this up. Now, let's get lunch ready; I'm starving."

"clear."

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The afternoon passed quickly in Natsukawa Tora's perception. Although he was unemployed in a sense, as long as he devoted all his attention to practicing magic, there was never enough time. This was true for all magicians.

By recreating Aozaki Touko's learning of puppet magic through a reenactment device, and using Pandora as a template to study the knowledge of the Age of Gods magic, Natsukawa Tora basically spends his afternoons like this.

Although in reality he almost never uses magic other than summoning magic, the reason he studied the magic of the Age of Gods was simply out of interest, and because he really had nothing else to do—in addition, considering that Pandora was created by the Greek gods, perhaps she also holds some cosmic-level secrets... Natsukawa Torato was not without such thoughts.

What man could resist spaceships, Gundam, and Kamen Rider? If he had the chance to summon Odysseus, he'd definitely want to personally pilot the Trojan Horse!

As time passed, and dusk began to fill the sky...

We're back!

"I'm back......."

Unlike the energetic Gray, Atalanta, who returned with her, looked quite tired. Despite having only worked as a teacher at an elementary school for a day, she exuded a faint aura of an older female office worker.

Natsukawa Torama looked at Atalanta with some surprise: "You don't look well... I thought you would come back happy. Isn't becoming an elementary school teacher exactly what you wanted?"

"Ah...yes, that's true. I'm very satisfied with the job you gave me. Being able to watch these children grow up and live happily is like heaven to me."

"So what are you doing...?"

“Brother, Miss Atalanta is so tired because of teaching,” Gray explained. “Since it’s her first time being a teacher, Miss Atalanta wants to learn from other teachers how to be a good teacher.”

"Oh, that's great."

"However, the teacher she consulted, Mr. Fujimura..."

Alright, now Natsukawa Tora knew the general situation without Gray having to say anything. He looked at Atalanta with a hint of pity in his eyes: "Going to learn from that guy... I really have the courage to do that. I was tormented by her when I was in school. But you get used to it and you'll find she's a very nice person."

"Habit...Are you very familiar with her?"

“I’m not familiar with this area.” Natsukawa Tora shook his head. “Moreover, Gray, did anything happen at school today? Atalanta shouldn’t have caused any commotion, right?”

"It's just that some male teachers are a bit excited—oh right, there's something I need to tell you, brother. The week after next, the school has a... uh... field trip? It seems to be unique to my grade, where the whole grade goes out to play for a day."

Spring outing—no, this season should be called autumn outing.

"That's great! Where to?"

"Tokyo."

89. Sand strips

Tokyo.

On a sunny day.

As usual, Ayaka Sajou went to the cemetery to pay respects to her father and sister, who had passed away eight years ago.

The reason for his death was simple, at least for a magician. As long as it was to reach that so-called Root, it would not be surprising for a magician to sacrifice himself at any time. Hiroki Sajou died in this way.

My sister isn't.

Although my older sister had an exceptional talent for magic—in my father's words, she was like a monster—she wasn't a magician. She only studied magic for a short time before giving up, living a mostly ordinary life. Eight years ago, the day after my father's death, my sister was found dead in her room. A subsequent examination confirmed it was suicide by overdose.

Therefore, the Sajō family now only has Sajō Ayaka as the nominal head of the family, who controls the magic world in the Tokyo area. Originally, there were actually several other families, but shortly after the death of her sister and father, those families suddenly declined one after another, and five years ago, none of them remained.

In fact, the Sajō family is now the only magic family in Tokyo.

That being said, Ayaka Sajou doesn't have many responsibilities. Her family has a good relationship with the local church, and for the past eight years, matters related to magic have been mainly handled by the church. It wasn't until she entered high school this year that these matters gradually shifted to her.

And the method of transferring transactions...

"It seems I'm late, Ms. Sajou."

A girl wearing the same school uniform as Ayaka Sajou came to her side, bent down to place the flowers, and nodded to her in greeting.

Hier—that was the name she told Ayaka Sajou. She was a nun who had been sent to the Tokyo church in recent years. A few years ago, it was someone else, but she was transferred away for some reason.

To be honest, Ayaka Sajou would much rather work with Chiel than with the man who made her uncomfortable.

Of course, the relationship between the church and the magician was never good, but since neither of them really cared about the feud between the two families, it never turned into an enemy situation.

"Do you have any magician-related matters to assign me today, Senior Hiel?"

At school, Hiel is a year ahead of Ayaka Sajou, which is why Ayaka Sajou calls her that.

Hiel nodded: "There's a slightly troublesome magician who might be coming to Tokyo, so I wanted to discuss the situation with you first. Of course, this is just in case, since it's still uncertain whether he'll actually come."

"A magician?"

"You've heard about what happened in Fuyuki City before, haven't you?"

Ayaka Sajou nodded: "Yeah, it caused quite a stir. Even if you're not a magician, you should know from the news that the moon set, right?"

"That was done by a magician, and it's a magician who might be coming to Tokyo this time."

"Huh?"

Hiel's words stunned Ayaka Sajou.

Was that done by a magician? Can a magician do something like that? Ayaka Sajou herself is a dark magician, so she has a rough idea of ​​what magicians are capable of—even ten thousand magicians couldn't make the moon fall, right?

Why did that magician come to Tokyo?

“He has a younger sister who is in elementary school and will be coming to Tokyo for a field trip in two weeks. The church is considering that he might come along as her guardian, since, based on the reports uploaded by his monitor, he seems to be a sister-complex.”

"..."

Magicians are all oddballs and monsters, and many of them have mental problems—even so, Ayaka Sajou couldn't help but marvel at how strange there could be such a magician.

Does the concept of a "sister complex" really exist?

If Ayaka Sajou had a brother who was obsessed with his sister, she would probably just feel miserable.