To become a king and a magician

"Oh right, you don't need to clean your sister's room. She'll be coming back later, right? Just leave it for her."

"So, Miss Aozaki, where do you live? Are you going to sleep with me?"

"Hmm... Could you help me make a makeshift bed in my junior's room? I'll just sleep in the same room as him."

124. Preparations for the Ceremony

On the second floor, in the room where Natsukawa Tiger was temporarily staying.

After making a makeshift bed with Ayaka Sajou, Aoko Aozaki threw her suitcase into the corner of the room and lay down on the bed—not on the floor, but on the bed.

At the same time, a floral fragrance lingered around her nose, and a faint light shone from the flower pattern on her chest. Before Aozaki Aoko could even blink, the entire room instantly vanished, transforming into a beautiful sea of ​​flowers.

"Merry?"

"Yes, it's the beautiful girl, Merry Tan, who is loved by everyone and admired by all."

Looking at Merry emerging from the falling petals, Aozaki Aoko completely ignored her narcissistic behavior, simply glaring at her before sitting up from the sea of ​​flowers: "Did you drag me into my dream again? I'm not asleep yet."

“No, this is just an illusion I created using the spell I left on you. It’s an illusion, though it’s weak. The advantage is that it can bring you to meet me without you having to fall asleep.” As she spoke, Meryl sat down in front of Aozaki Aoko. “Finally, I’ve reunited with Tora. I’m relieved to see that he’s alright.”

"Not only is he fine, but he's also living a very comfortable life. He truly lives up to his junior status, managing to be with girls wherever he goes. Was he always like this?"

"Hmm... more or less. There are quite a few girls who are attracted to him for various reasons, although he himself is completely unaware of it."

Isn't it because he's putting all his self-respect on you?

Aozaki Aoko glanced at Meryl, then asked, "So, what's up? She seems to miss you. Are you going to meet her?"

"No need for that, they have their own arrangements. The longer we're apart, the deeper the emotions we'll feel when we meet again, right?" Meryl smiled. "Actually, there are two things I want to tell you about this meeting."

"First of all, there's the matter of my existence. Although I'm somewhat unwilling, I'm afraid this technique won't last much longer."

It can't last long?

"what happened?"

"The original purpose of this technique was to allow you to use magic in Tokyo, where magic is not allowed. In effect, it shields your existence, making you essentially non-existent, thus escaping the limitations of the domain."

Aozaki Aoko nodded; this was something Meryl had told her before she arrived.

"However, the situation here is a bit unexpected. It's surprisingly troublesome to shield it. Plus, I just helped you dodge right under that girl's nose, so the spell's effectiveness is probably about to expire."

"Your magic... has such a short shelf life? Aren't you a Grand-rank magician?"

"Even a Grand Magician can't do everything! Using magic across a world and playing hide-and-seek right under Sajō Ayaka's nose, she's already amazing! And she's injured too!"

Because the spell left on Natsukawa Tiger was forcibly erased and the clone was killed, Meryl was also affected, especially in the mental realm, and should have needed to recuperate.

However, considering that the situation would be quite serious if her spells were erased, Mary forced herself to persevere.

Aozaki Aoko understood Meryl's predicament: "So, you can't help me anymore? What should we do then? Should I keep using magic? That should still work."

“No, your magic is needed to deal with Ayaka Sajou. That’s the only way to break the status quo. There’s no reason to use your trump card so casually, right? Besides, your magic power isn’t enough.” Merry shook her head. “The magic power in Tokyo is quite thin. If you want to use magic, you can only rely on your own little source. Before, when you were fighting so fiercely, you were using the other person’s magic power. You almost drained them dry.”

"Uh, I'm really sorry... But what should we do now?"

The fact that she has low magic power and cannot use magic is essentially turning her back into an ordinary person. So, isn't she just throwing her life away here?

Meryl smiled slyly: "That's hard to say. In the end, the reason this spell can't be maintained is simply because it's very difficult for people to provide magic power from another world. As long as there's a way to replenish magic power, these problems will naturally disappear."

"Isn't my own magic enough?"

"No, you only have a fast mana generation rate, but they need a lot of mana. For example, your maximum output is only ten, but they need a hundred mana at once. Moreover, if you consume your own mana source to maintain this spell, what will happen to your magic?"

So what to do?

Seeing that Aozaki Aoko was a little confused, Meryl leaned close to her ear and whispered as if she were coaxing her, "I told you, there are ways. Right now, isn't there a power bank with a huge amount of magic power that you can't use at all?"

A person who possesses a great deal of magical power but is unable to use it?

After frowning and thinking for a while, Aozaki Aoko suddenly clapped her hands: "That's right! Junior!"

Compared to the Great Source, Xia Chuanhu is more accustomed to using his Small Source when using magic, because his own vitality is already so vigorous that it is unbelievable. Even if he uses the Small Source to perform magic, the effect will not be worse than using the Great Source.

But he can't use magic now, which means he can't use all his magical power.

Does that mean it's a perfect power bank?

"Wait a minute..." Aozaki Aoko suddenly realized a blind spot, "Replenishing magic power... exactly how do I do that? It can't be what I'm thinking, can it?"

Mana replenishment is not an unfamiliar concept to magicians. Although Aozaki Aoko has never actually experienced it, she has heard of it. It is said that some scoundrel magicians specialize in studying theories about mana replenishment.

If that were the case...

“It’s just what you think.” Meryl smiled and pushed Aozaki Aoko off the cliff. “Of course, we don’t have to go all the way to the last step. As long as it’s just an exchange of bodily fluids, sweat and saliva are fine, but it will be less efficient.”

"So... all you need to do is make your junior sweat, right? Easy! Just cover his head with a blanket!"

"Hmm... then you'd have to lick his face, wouldn't you? I think that's even more exciting than French kissing." Meryl was a little surprised. "Miss Aoko, you... want to go this far on your first time?"

Lick lick lick lick your junior's face!?

Aozaki Aoko subconsciously imagined the scene—her junior, shirtless, lying on the bed, glistening with sweat, pinned beneath her...

"Bang------!"

Aozaki Aoko suddenly slammed her head against the ground.

Seeing the blue smoke rising from her forehead, Meryl couldn't help but smile—how could a mage be so cute? She's just too worthy of being toyed with.

"Well, it's not really necessary to replenish mana. With Tora here, you won't get hurt, Miss Aoko. Just leave everything to him, our savior. He should be fine."

"Then I shall take my leave. The spell will disappear when the sun rises again. Make your decision before then."

125. Go back to your room early tonight.

Night fell unexpectedly quickly, perhaps because they were busy teaching summoning magic. By the time Natsukawa Torato and Sajo Ayaka were free, it was already completely dark.

"Magicians really do lose all sense of time when they get into things."

Hier, who had been watching from the sidelines, smiled and remarked.

"But Mr. Natsukawa, are you sure this is alright?"

Do you think I look like I'm okay?

Now, Xia Chuanhu's face was covered in black patches, his clothes were tattered, and his once brilliant blond hair was now covered in dust. He looked like a homeless man living under a bridge, looking quite disheveled.

Ayaka Sajou blushed slightly, a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, Natsukawa, um... I can't control those fairies very well."

Yes, the reason why Natsukawa Torama was in such a sorry state was all because of the fairies summoned by Sajo Ayaka. For some reason, every time those fairies appeared, they would first give Natsukawa Torama a hard blow. Although the damage was not great and could not even break his defense, the insult was extremely strong.

It's practically revenge on him!

Xia Chuanhu thought to himself that he hadn't made enemies with any fairies. It couldn't be that he used to summon fairies to do his work all the time, which gave him a bad reputation among the fairies, could it?

"I'll take care of cleaning up the workshop. Xia Chuan, why don't you go take a shower first, and also call Miss Aoko so we can have dinner together?"

"Then I'll continue to freeload here. Just prepare curry rice for me."

"If you want curry rice, then we'll have to eat curry rice together."

"Hehe, sorry, but I really don't have an appetite without curry."

After putting the catalysts back in their places and cleaning up the traces left by the fairies, Ayaka Sajou turned around: "Senpai, you can sometimes—Eh? Senpai?"

Just seconds before, there were voices, but when Ayaka Sajou turned her head, she found that there was no one else in the workshop except her, and Chiel had disappeared without a trace.

"Hmm...did you go to the restroom?"

After thinking for a moment, Ayaka Sajou didn't pay any more attention and turned back to tidy up the workshop.

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Meanwhile, in the bathroom.

Drying herself, Aozaki Aoko, who had just finished her bath, let out a comfortable sigh: "Phew~~~~ Taking a bath after a good night's sleep is the best thing ever. It feels like being reborn. It's a shame there was no milk."

Drinking a glass of milk after taking a bath is something Aozaki Aoko learned when she traveled to a hot spring resort. She doesn't know if it's just psychological, but she feels refreshed afterward.

(But then again... it does seem like this is starting to dissipate.)

Wiping away some of the fog on the mirror, Aozaki Aoko looked at the flower pattern on her chest in the mirror. Just as Meryl had said, it was already showing signs of dissipating, and some of the edges had even broken off. She estimated that it would disappear completely in another half day.

She came to this world to repay her junior's favor and to help him. If she were to let it dissipate like this, she would have to be protected by her junior again. Thinking about this, Aozaki Aoko felt unwilling. She was not the kind of person who needed to be protected all the time.

But if we want to maintain this technique, we need to work with our junior...

Her hand involuntarily rose to touch her lips. Looking at her slightly flushed cheeks in the mirror, Aozaki Aoko suddenly snapped out of her daze and slapped her face hard: "Calm down, calm down, Aoko, calm down. It doesn't have to be like that. Sweat is fine... Take it easy—"

The scene she had imagined before popped into her mind again, and Aozaki Aoko's composure, which she had just regained, shattered once more, and a feeling of irritability welled up inside her.

Why is she so annoying?

"Huh? The door's locked. Is anyone inside?"

Suddenly, Natsukawa Tora's voice rang out from outside the door. Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, Aozaki Aoko trembled several times, quickly grabbed the towel that was about to fall off and ran to her clothes, calling out, "It's me, junior. I just woke up from a nap and came to take a shower."

"Qingzi? Oh, is that so? Are you done yet? I also want to take a shower. Those bastards messed with me several times, and I'm a bit dirty."

"I'm getting dressed and I need to blow-dry my hair in a bit. You can wait outside for a while, I'll be done soon!"

Hearing what Aozaki Aoko said inside, Natsukawa Tora, who was holding his clothes, could only lean against the wall and wait. However, he felt that Aozaki Aoko's voice sounded a little flustered, even if he had misheard.

Did you slip and almost fall?

Just then, another voice came from the other end of the corridor.

Is anyone inside?

It's Hierre.

Natsukawa Tora looked at this familiar stranger he had hardly ever spoken to and nodded slightly: "Aoko is inside, she just woke up."

“Oh, that’s good. I had something I wanted to tell you, and it’s great that you have time.” With his hands behind his back, Hiel leaned forward slightly in front of Natsukawa Torato. “First of all, this is a belated greeting. Nice to meet you, new Holy Sword Wielder, I am [Gaia].

"!"

Natsukawa Tora's expression froze.

Gaia.

The planet's inhibitory force?