To become a king and a magician

Looking at Mordred beside him, disheveled with his pants kicked up to his ankles and sleeping in a terrible state, Natsukawa Tiger patted his chest to calm the somewhat restless Arthur down, then turned and walked into the bathroom.

When they got back last night, neither of them had taken a shower, and they both smelled strongly of alcohol.

"By the way, what time is it now?"

After taking a refreshing shower, Natsukawa Tiger glanced at the time subconsciously. He remembered that Gray and the others were supposed to return to Fuyuki City at 2:30 pm.

The clock on the wall showed that it was just before 12:30 noon, and there were still two hours before Grey and the others finished their hike and returned to Fuyuki City.

"It's still early, there's enough time to have lunch and get to the meeting point—Xiao Mo, wake up!"

"Ugh... what's all the noise about..."

Rubbing her eyes to wake up, Mordred glared at Natsukawa Tora with a grumpy expression: "I haven't had enough sleep yet."

"We're going back with Grey and the others in two hours. If you don't get up, I'm leaving you here."

"So fast... I feel like I haven't even had a chance to play much."

"It's all because you said you wanted to drink last night! Go take a shower now and wash off the smell of alcohol!"

Mordred caught the towel that Natsukawa Tora threw at her face, stuck out her tongue in annoyance, kicked off her pants completely, and hopped into the bathroom.

Xia Chuanhu sighed and rubbed his forehead: "You should at least have some self-respect as a girl! I'm a guy!"

"I'm not a woman!"

The echo coming from the bathroom left Natsukawa Tiger speechless for a moment—indeed.

Half an hour later.

Inside the restaurant downstairs in the hotel.

"Good afternoon, brother, Miss Mordred."

"You two really got up late. What were you doing last night?"

Grey and Atalanta, who were having lunch, greeted the two of them as they came down – the four of them were staying at the same hotel.

Xia Chuanhu sat down opposite the two: "I didn't do anything, I just ate at a few restaurants and ended up on their blacklist. It's rare for me to eat as much as I did last night, and thanks to that I'm in great shape today."

Regardless of his mental state, in terms of magical energy alone, Xia Chuanhu is in better condition than ever before, thanks to the large amount of food he ate last night, which probably allows him to go all out and act recklessly for about ten minutes.

"Are you two alright now?"

“We’ve already visited the places we were supposed to go to yesterday afternoon and this morning. Now it’s free time; just make sure we meet back before 2:30,” Grey explained. “Ata and I don’t have anywhere we want to go, so we’ll stay at the hotel. Is there anything you need, brother and Miss Mordred?”

Natsukawa Tora shook his head, but Mordred immediately raised her hand: "There's another place I want to go! Let's go after lunch! That place called Akihabara!"

"Huh?"

The group of people were stunned for a moment.

Akihabara? Why would Mordred want to go there?

"Didn't you say you wanted to go over there before, Master? I made you come with me all day yesterday, but today I'll go with you. You have something you want to do over there, right?"

These words immediately startled Xia Chuanhu, who looked at Mordred with disbelief in his eyes: "You actually care about my affairs? Did drinking last night mess up your brain?"

"No way! I can be thoughtful sometimes, okay? So, are you coming or not? Even if it's not Akihabara, Master, I'll go wherever you want to go."

Seeing Mordred's little fangs, Natsukawa Tiger chuckled and patted her head lightly: "Alright then, for the last two hours before I leave, you can come with me for a walk around—Grey, Tamiya, do you want to come along?"

"Don't call me that!" Atalanta bristled instantly. "Fine, but didn't you say I was supposed to keep an eye on Gray? Besides, there are other children, and I was planning to go check on them later."

"I'll be with Sister Ata, and you, brother, have some fun with Miss Mordred, but please be careful not to cause any trouble."

I'll try my best...

Natsukawa Tora said this with a lack of confidence.

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In the afternoon, relying on their Servant-level speed, Natsukawa Torato and Mordred didn't even take the train and walked directly to Akihabara.

Then--

"Master... have you... drunk yourself silly?"

Ten minutes into Akihabara, Mordred stared in astonishment at Natsukawa Torato, who had completely assimilated into the crowd of people around him, who were known as otaku.

Carrying large bags of various figurines, models, and related merchandise, Natsukawa Torama turned around with a righteous expression and said, "What's the problem? I'm perfectly normal, aren't I?"

No, no, no, that's completely abnormal! Who would wear a jacket with cartoon characters printed on it on the street?

Thinking this, Mordred glanced around.

Okay, yes, there are, and a lot of them!

"Master, you...you didn't flip some strange switch, did you?"

“No, this is more like returning to my true nature. I actually quite like these things,” Natsukawa Tiger laughed. “Besides, I’ve always wanted to come here, and now I’ve finally fulfilled a wish. Let me be a little crazy.”

"Are you going a little crazy? If Mother... no, if Grey sees this, she'll definitely drag you back to stop you from embarrassing yourself any further."

"That's true."

99. Next stop is Tokyo

At the entrance of Tokyo Station.

It was already 2 PM, and since we were about to return to Fuyuki City, quite a few children had gathered there.

Among these children were Natsukawa Torato and Mordred, who had just finished their trip to Akihabara.

Looking at her brother, who had bought a huge pile of anime figurines, various paintings and posters, and even several large bags of comics and magazines, Grey was at a loss for words. There were just too many things she wanted to say to her brother that she couldn't utter a single sentence.

"Hmph hmph~~~ I really bought quite a few good things, it's a pity I didn't have enough hands to carry them all, otherwise I could have kept buying."

Natsukawa Torato's only regret now is that he's not a magician with imaginary attributes, otherwise he could just put them directly into the imaginary space, and he could buy as many as he wanted.

Mordred quietly approached Gray and shrugged helplessly, "I'm sorry, I tried my best to stop him, but Master said that buying these is for research purposes, all of them are essential materials and templates for magical research projects..."

"Materials... oh, that's it."

Grey immediately understood. She knew that the creation of Natsukawa Tora's doll was in its final stage; all that was needed was to absorb enough magic power to complete the final step. She figured that buying these things was for that final step.

Yes, you can understand it if you think about it that way.

When they reached Natsukawa Tora, Grey took the bags from him and said, "Let me help you carry these, brother."

"Oh, be careful, there's a lot of stuff, and it's quite heavy."

"I can still lift this weight."

Seeing Gray suddenly understand, Mordred rushed to Atalanta's side and asked in surprise, "Grey actually understood? Could it be that those things really are related to magic?"

"I don't know either, but I can think of some similar things. For example, religious worship or something, those little dolls should have a similar effect to statues of gods, and posters would be like murals..."

"Is...is that so?"

Mordred glanced at Natsukawa Tiger's side again, half believing and half doubting.

Just then, behind Natsukawa Torata, Sajou Ayaka, dressed in a uniform, quietly appeared: "Mr. Natsukawa, are you leaving?"

"Ah, Ms. Sajou Ayaka." Natsukawa Torama turned around. "Well, it's almost time. I hope I haven't caused you any trouble these past two days?"

Ayaka Sajou nodded. Lately, she'd already been completely occupied with paranormal phenomena and school matters. If Natsukawa Torato caused her any more trouble, she figured she'd really be overwhelmed.

Fortunately, just as he said, Xia Chuanhu hasn't caused too much trouble in the past two days.

Are you here to say goodbye?

“Yes, I am your temporary monitor. I think it’s important to keep track of where you’re going, but I’ll be handing this job back to Rin Tohsaka soon,” Ayaka Sajou said. “Even though what happened before, I hope you have a pleasant time in Tokyo.”

Are you happy?

Natsukawa Tora thought about what he had done in the past two days, and then smiled and said, "It was quite enjoyable. I can say that I had a rare chance to relax. Although there are still some things I want to know, since I'm leaving anyway, I don't plan to delve into them further. Oh right, although I think you might not need them, I'll still give you my phone number."

"Huh?"

Looking at the phone number handed to her, Ayaka Sajo blinked in surprise: "What's this...?"

"Well, just think of it as me being nosy. If you run into any trouble, feel free to call me. If the situation allows, I can help you. Consider it compensation for the trouble I've caused you these past two days. Also, here's some coffee."

"Coffee...you're too kind." Ayaka Sajo smiled.

"Hey! Master, get ready to get on the bus!"

Mordred's voice came from not far away. Natsukawa Tora waved his hand and then said to Sajou Ayaka, "Well then, see you again sometime, Ms. Sajou Ayaka."

"Be careful on the road."

She waved to Natsukawa Tora and watched him walk into the station before Ayaka Sajou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

That concludes the discussion.

"Do you feel like you haven't had enough?"

"Wow!"

The sudden sound of Hiel's voice behind her startled Ayaka Sajou, who turned around and scolded, "Senpai, please don't scare me."

"Sorry, sorry." Hiel smiled. "He's gone?"

"Hmm, we just entered the station, so this temporary surveillance mission is over... It doesn't feel quite real."

For Ayaka Sajou, the past two days have been no different from usual. She had thought that having an additional surveillance mission would make things a bit busier.

Hier smiled slyly: "So, you feel like you haven't had enough?"

"What do you mean, 'not quite done yet'?"

"Hmph, what do you think it is? But anyway, as long as he didn't give us extra work, that's fine. If something like what happened in Fuyuki City and Romania had occurred, we'd probably be exhausted. —By the way, what did he just give you?"

"He gave me his phone number, saying I could call him for help if I ran into trouble. I guess I probably won't need it," Ayaka Sajou said. "By the way, senpai, has there been any news about yesterday's incident?"

Hiel nodded: "About that, actually..."

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On the train.

"Master, why did you give her your phone number?" Mordred asked curiously. "Do you mean you've fallen for her?"

"It's just Arthur's idea. In another parallel world, Ayaka Sajou was Arthur's previous Master, before me. Now that he's met another version of her, this idiot's overly kind nature has kicked in, and he can't help but want to take care of her because he loves her so much."