To become a king and a magician

Kill yourself—it was Sajou Aika who gave Natsukawa Tora this order.

Even if she is currently showing only good intentions, it is hard to guarantee that she has ulterior motives.

With a smile, [Sajō Aika] replied, "I'm just stopping the two of you from continuing to fight. Although neither of you will be hurt in the end, Ayaka doesn't have the power of either of you, and it wouldn't be good if she accidentally got injured."

"Also, I'm sorry, Ayaka, I'm sorry you had to go through all this tonight. It's all my fault for not watching your things properly, and you almost got hurt."

"I'm fine, sister, and Xia Chuan has been protecting me the whole time."

"Yes, I know all that, so I also want to express my gratitude to you, Lord Natsukawa Torato. If it weren't for you protecting Ayaka, I wouldn't have come to see you."

Something's not right.

Although what Aika Sajou said sounded normal—she was just thanking him for protecting her sister—for some reason, Torato Natsukawa felt there was something else in her words—she wasn't just there to express her gratitude.

Moreover, this was definitely not an illusion. Natsukawa Torama could clearly perceive that her tone had become somewhat similar to that of Sajou Aika for a moment.

“Oh right, I almost forgot. Ayaka.” [Sajō Aika] looked at Sajō Ayaka, “Have you been happy in Tokyo these past eight years?”

"Hmm... happy... I should say happy. Although I'm a bit lonely because my sister and father are gone, I'm glad I met Senior Sister Hiel a few years ago, and now I've met Natsukawa."

"Oh, that's good. It means my efforts were worthwhile. Ayaka, your happiness is the best thing ever."

Like a child who has received an award and is being praised by their parents, the smile on [Sajō Aika]'s face turned into joy.

"Then, I'll have to work even harder from now on. Not just in Tokyo, but I'll try my best to make Ayaka happy no matter where she goes. A smiling Ayaka is the best Ayaka, right?"

"Eh... Sister, are you... praising me?" Ayaka Sajou suddenly couldn't understand what her sister meant. It sounded like she was happy that she was doing well, but as a magician, Ayaka Sajou's instincts told her that something was off about her sister's words.

Just then, Natsukawa Tora, who had been silent all along, seemed to have realized something and let out a long sigh: "Sigh... So that's how it is? I should say, it really is you, Sajou Aika, that familiar feeling is back."

"Xia Chuan?"

Looking at Natsukawa Torama who was talking to himself with a puzzled expression, Sajou Ayaka couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong...? I feel like there's something between you and my sister..."

“Your sister really loves you, Sajou. This love is so heavy that I feel sorry for you—but I'm sorry, I can't let you continue what you're doing, Sajou Aika.”

"Stop me? You can't do it now, maybe you could before. You can't even defeat another version of yourself, so how can you stop me?" Ayaka Sajou's smile faded. "I won't do anything to you either. You protected Ayaka, so I can promise you that I won't do anything to you, and I can also retract my plan to kill you."

"Then I really thank you for your great kindness."

"Wait, wait a minute, sister, Xia Chuan, what are you talking about? What do you mean by stopping... sister, are you going to do something dangerous?"

"It's not true for you, but it is for the world."

"Your older sister is preparing to rewrite the world so that you, her younger sister, can live happily every day."

114. In short, let's just die once first.

The initial cause was eight years ago, after Hiroki Sajo died because he failed to reach the Root.

Although the Sajō family is a renowned magic family, it is not large and has not split up. After Hiroki Sajō's death, only Aika Sajō and Ayaka Sajō remained in the family. At that time, Aika Sajō was only fourteen years old and Ayaka Sajō was only eight years old.

The head of a family is the pillar of a family. Once he falls, for magicians who wish to have fewer and fewer competitors, a magic family that has lost its head becomes a competitor that needs to be eliminated immediately, and they can also take away the entire family's magical heritage.

This is the norm among magicians.

Logically, after her father's death, Sajō Aika, as the eldest daughter, should have succeeded as the head of the family. However, she had long abandoned magic and, being omniscient and omnipotent, had no interest in anything in this world, so she did not intend to succeed him.

Therefore, in reality, Ayaka Sajou will be the successor.

But how could Ayaka Sajou, who was only eight years old at the time, possibly withstand the darkness of the magic world? Once she succeeded as the head of the family, she would inevitably be corrupted by the magic world.

This is something Ayaka Sajou doesn't want to see.

As Ayaka Sajou had previously mentioned, Aika Sajou was very kind to her, more like a mother than a sister. Although the omniscient and omnipotent Aika Sajou had lost interest in everything in the world and only maintained a facade of enthusiasm, she cared deeply for her only remaining younger sister.

Therefore, Ayaka Sajō committed suicide.

By abandoning her own body and merging with the spiritual veins of Tokyo, she completely forbids anyone other than Ayaka Sajou from using magic. In this way, magicians outside the Sajou family can no longer live as magicians and are forced to leave, thus posing no threat to Ayaka Sajou.

Of course, Aika Sajou could easily eliminate all the magic families; she could do it. But that would only be a temporary solution. After killing one group, another would inevitably come. Once the association found out, they would send even more people over, and the Sajou family would never have peace.

Besides, she had long since lost interest in life, so death might be more interesting.

Due to a combination of factors, Ayaka Sajou chose to commit suicide, satisfying herself and eliminating anyone who might have affected her sister's happy life. And as it turns out, no foreign magician has come to Tokyo in the past eight years.

Until Natsukawa Tora arrived.

"Anyone who gets involved with magic, whether they like it or not, will eventually fall into tragedy. There is no happiness in the end for a magician." [Sajō Aika] said, "Ayaka, I hope you can live a happy life forever, so I will make the magic you hate disappear and prevent you from being destroyed because of magic."

Making magic disappear completely—that's impossible. Even if someone were omniscient and omnipotent, it would be nearly impossible to accomplish. This planet has existed for a very long time and cannot be easily changed by one person.

Since we can't change the overall situation, let's change the present.

Using Tokyo as a model, create a realm that is exactly the same as Tokyo, but where magic is completely forbidden, and continuously expand it until it spreads throughout the entire world, eventually replacing the original world.

In this way, magic will no longer exist in the world.

"A pseudo-realistic barrier—you could say that? Although it's still within the concept of magic, it affects the entire world... Would you do something like this no matter which world you're in, Aika Sajou?"

“Perhaps. It seems you are quite familiar with what another version of me has done.” [Sajō Aika] said. “Then you should also understand that what I did will not have any effect on you. I just want magic to disappear. No one will die because of this, and the world will not change because of this.”

"The fact that Alaya and Gaia haven't sent any guardians yet already shows that they allow this behavior, right? It's been eight years already."

Indeed, this is not a crisis that will affect the survival of humanity, nor will it cause a devastating blow to the planet. It just means that from now on, magic will be completely unusable.

Without magic and the various reckless actions of magicians, Alaya and Gaia might be less troublesome.

"Sister, you...you actually want to do something like this?"

Ayaka Sajou was beyond words with shock. She had thought her sister had died eight years ago, but it turned out she was plotting this, and all for her sake...

A world where magic has completely disappeared?

"It does sound wonderful, doesn't it?" Natsukawa Tora laughed. "Indeed, there would be far fewer tragedies in the world without magic, I don't deny that. I can't think of a way to refute you, but only if you can answer my next question."

"Please tell me."

"Why did you kill me? And what was your purpose in creating another version of me?"

“It’s just an experiment,” [Satō Aika] replied. “A simulation experiment scaled down to the individual. To ensure that the rewritten world is exactly the same as the previous world, without any discrepancies, I need some experimental results to verify the theory.”

theory?

What theory?

Xia Chuanhu frowned slightly, his gaze sweeping over his other self, a sense of disharmony suddenly rising in his heart.

(Wait a minute, I remember she just said... "replace", right?)

Did you notice?

Sajo Aika spoke up.

It wasn't a rewriting as you might think, but a replacement. While she didn't lie in the end, she didn't tell the whole story either.

That's right, not all of it was said.

According to Aika Sajou, all she wants to change is the present, starting from this point in time, replacing the original world with the world she created—she didn't say what would happen to the original world.

"Hahaha... I see... So that's how it is. Indeed, in terms of the outcome, no one will die, since that person has always existed. Although it's a far-fetched argument, it's true that you can say that."

Natsukawa Tora couldn't help but cover his face and laugh.

His sudden laughter once again confused Ayaka Sajou: "Natsukawa, what...what have you figured out now? Is there something wrong with what my sister said?"

"No, no problem, there's no problem at all. Your sister is absolutely right. In the end, it is indeed possible to achieve a world where magic completely disappears without any effort being put in."

"—It's just that everyone in the world needs to die once first."

115. Deep sisterly affection

Rebirth is always accompanied by destruction. Out with the old, in with the new. To create a new world on the existing foundation, the existing world must be destroyed once.

Even though in Ayaka Sajou's plan no one would die in the end, in reality, everyone from the original world would die, and the only ones who would survive in the newly created world were the countless fakes she made.

Just like [Natsukawa Tora].

In this way, we can achieve the goal of survival for all participants.

“This is tantamount to murdering the current Alaya and then making yourself the new Alaya.”

“Yes, that is true in nature, I don’t deny it.” [Sajō Aika] nodded. “But it is a necessary sacrifice. I will record everything about each person and then reproduce their existence in the new world. They will live on in another way.”

"A murder that has killed as many as seven billion people."

"If this can create a world where Ayaka is always happy, then it can't be called a sacrifice, it's just a necessary process."

【Sajō Aika】 looked at her younger sister, a gentle smile on her lips: "Wait a little longer, Ayaka. Your older sister will soon be able to create that kind of world. In that world, you will definitely be able to live a happier life."

She firmly believed this.

Faced with her sister's well-intentioned words, Ayaka Sajou was at a loss for words. She couldn't even think straight; the overwhelming amount of information made it impossible for her to comprehend the conversation between Natsukawa Torato and [Sajō Aika].

The only thing I can understand is that my sister wants to create a world without magic for me.

A world without magic?

Can one truly find happiness living in such a world?

Ayaka Sajou couldn't help but fantasize about that kind of life: not having to get up especially early every morning, not having to endure nausea to practice magic, and not needing to use her own blood as a catalyst. She could go home early in the evening, without any sudden work commitments, and naturally, no need for battles.

They will usher in a truly peaceful life.

"Isn't that... pretty much the same as before?"

Subconsciously, Ayaka Sajou blurted it out.

Before entering high school and gradually taking over the duties of the head of the Sajō family from the church, Ayaka Sajō lived a similar life. The only difference was that she had to study magic in the morning and evening. Sometimes, if she wanted to stay in bed or be lazy, she would skip her magic training.

Anyway, she's the only magician in Tokyo right now, and there's no one supervising her.

In other words, the life her sister envisioned for her to live a truly happy life had almost come true. But was such a life happy? Ayaka Sajou didn't think so.

She was always alone at home, and because of her gloomy personality, she didn't make many friends at school. Although her studies were okay, they didn't bring her any benefits. In the past eight years, Ayaka Sajou rarely felt genuinely happy, except in recent years when she was with her senior, Hiel, and when she was taken into the sky by Natsukawa Torato during the day.

Although being so high in the air was scary, Ayaka Sajou also felt incredibly liberated by the feeling of being so free and empty of all worldly concerns. It was as if she had cast aside all her burdens and could do whatever she wanted.

"Do you think that kind of world isn't happy enough, Ayaka?"

[Sajō Aika] suddenly asked.

She could sense her sister's thoughts; she was now more omniscient and omnipotent than she had been in life.