To become a king and a magician

The prerequisite for summoning a Servant is being a magus or having magic circuits. Although Ryougi Shiki is connected to the Root, she herself does not have magic circuits and cannot be a Master at all.

Therefore, Ryougi Shiki does not intend to participate in the battle as a Master.

Furthermore, she had no interest in the Holy Grail, nor was she interested in what Merry said about "Natsukawa Tora's major life event." The only reason she went this time was to deliver a blow to the person who had been on the run for five years.

Ryougi Shiki has held a grudge ever since she was easily defeated by him last time they fought, and for the past five years she has been thinking about getting revenge on him.

"Compared to me, Orange, how are your preparations going? Have you found that thing called a relic yet?"

"Yeah, of course, it cost me a lot of money—so can I come over for dinner tonight? I'm broke."

"can."

This has become the norm between the two of them. When Natsukawa Tora and Gray were around, they could keep an eye on Aozaki Touko's habit of buying relics indiscriminately, but the two of them have been gone for five years, and no one has been able to control her at all.

Therefore, whenever Aozaki Touko runs out of money, she will simply cling to Ryougi Shiki, this super-rich woman, and go to her house for a free meal.

"Speaking of which, Orange, what are you fighting for?" Ryougi Shiki asked again, "For the Holy Grail?"

“That’s a possibility leading to the source, there’s no reason not to try, right? Besides, I’m a little concerned about what that nightmare said.” Aozaki Touko took off her glasses, lit a cigarette and took a puff. “Although nine and a half out of ten of her sentences were jokes, it still concerns my lovely disciple. Merlin wouldn’t joke about King Arthur, would he?”

Ryougi Shiki was eager to agree, but subconsciously, she still felt that Aozaki Touko was being a bit simplistic; the succubus might not care about such things.

"So, you're going to help Xia Chuan?"

"No, I'm just going to watch the excitement and check on my disciples and the Holy Grail War. Well, I'll just consider it as gaining experience. It's never a bad thing to experience the Holy Grail War once."

Right.

Anyway, for this immortal puppeteer in front of me, I can go wherever I want.

Just then.

"Boom boom boom——"

A knock sounded at the door. Ryougi Shiki moved away from the door and opened it, finding a blonde woman with an expressionless face and a blonde girl following her.

Narrowing her eyes, Ryougi Shiki put down her cup and gripped the dagger behind her: "Who?"

"Excuse me, is this where Ms. Aozaki Touko is located? There is a package that needs her signature."

"express delivery?"

"Ah, here it comes, here it comes, it's my relic."

Aozaki Touko stubbed out her cigarette, got up, went to the door, and took the package from the blonde woman.

"You must have had a tough time finding this place."

"Fortunately, Lord Xia Chuan informed us in advance that breaking the barrier was not difficult."

The words spoken by the blonde woman startled the two of them for a moment, then Aozaki Touko couldn't help but laugh: "That's quite an interesting name... Do you know Natsukawa?"

"Yes, Lady Aozaki Touko, Lady Ryougi Shiki."

The blonde woman—Angelica Eindsworth—nodded, then bowed to the two: "Nice to meet you, sirs. I am Angelica Eindsworth, Lord Natsukawa's personal doll and maid."

Doll?

Maid?

Aozaki Touko and Ryougi Shiki exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.

That guy's really having a wild time in that other world, huh? He's even made a doll maid, making no attempt to hide his desires, is he?

"So, Natsukawa has already returned to this world?" Ryougi Shiki asked. "Where is he?"

"London—In addition to delivering the sacred relic to Lady Aozaki Touko, Lady Natsukawa also asked me to convey a message to the two of you."

"A message?"

"The girl who followed Angelica is Pandora, a puppet of the gods who has lived since the Age of Gods, from a parallel world. Because she was determined to die, I made a deal with her. My research data on her is already placed with the holy relics; you can look at it freely, Orange-sensei."

"As agreed, after I finish studying her, I need to bring about her death—I'll leave that to Shiki; the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception should be able to do that, right?"

"Also, I've learned from Merry that you'll be participating in the Holy Grail War. See you in Fuyuki City soon; I'll have a surprise for you then."

"—That concludes Lord Natsukawa's message."

As soon as Angelica finished speaking, Pandora, who was beside her, came to Ryougi Shiki and looked up into her eyes.

"Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, are you the one who can kill me?"

"Please, end my life."

8. Mo Zaizi: Father, you tricked me!

Glastonbury, London.

Natsukawa Tora was walking with Mordred on a nearby path.

“It’s been five years since I last walked this road. In that world, every time I went somewhere, the church and association would be on edge. It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to travel around like this without a care in the world—what about you, Xiao Mo?”

"I just feel uncomfortable all over!"

Mordred crossed his arms, looking utterly displeased.

Glastonbury, of course she knew this place. Although it was just a memorial site, a kind of cenotaph, it was her father's tomb!

It would be a miracle if she were in a good mood here!

"Master, why did you bring me here? You're not planning something bad, are you?"

"How could that be? I just wanted to bring you to meet one or two people. Although I'm not sure if one of them is here, I saw her here last time, so let's try our luck."

As he spoke, Xia Chuanhu pulled Mordred into the dilapidated monastery and brought them to the simple cemetery.

The moment Mordred stood before the tombstone, unlike the reminiscence on Natsukawa Tora's face, she instantly bristled like a wildcat whose tail had been stepped on, her eyes fixed straight ahead.

There, though it may seem somewhat unreal, there is indeed a person there.

The man waved to Mordred, then walked to the side. With a complicated expression, Mordred bit her lip and said to Natsukawa Torama, "No, I can't take it anymore, Master. I'll wait for you over there!"

"Huh? Xiao Mo—"

Before Xia Chuanhu could finish speaking, Mordred dashed out of the monastery. Watching her retreating figure, Xia Chuanhu sighed helplessly.

After running outside and confirming that Natsukawa Tiger couldn't hear them, Mordred looked at the figure in front of her and said, "What the hell are you doing here, Kai!"

Kay—the third seat of the Knights of the Round Table—that was the identity of the figure standing before Mordred.

With that same sly grin as he had in life, Kai said, "Well, just think of me as guarding the king's grave, in that earthbound spirit state—you are the one who's here. It's rather ironic that a rebellious knight would appear here. Are you here to sweep your father's grave?"

"Believe it or not, I'll go and dig up that grave right now?"

"Have you changed?" After a moment of silence, Kai said with some surprise, "The old you would never have said such things, you would have just taken action. Is it just my imagination? You seem to have a bit more of a so-called feminine charm."

"I'll kill you!"

His manner of speaking is still the same as when he was alive, very rude.

Kai chuckled: "Well, that depends on whether you can actually hit me. You can't do anything to me in my current state—but the guy over there is a different story."

As a spirit who has been guarding the grave for a long time, Kai actually knows Natsukawa Tora, but he has never spoken to him. One reason is that his eyes are too deadly, and even though he has been suppressing himself, he doesn't want to get close to him.

Would anyone want to get close to an enraged lion?

Kai didn't want to end up as an evil spirit and be purified.

Another reason was to see what was going on with this guy. He suddenly appeared at King Arthur's tomb and started talking about another King Arthur. At first, Kai thought he was an idiot.

"Speaking of which, your pairing is really strange. That guy has the power of another king within him, so why are you, a rebellious knight, following him?"

"He summoned me in another parallel world's Holy Grail War," Mordred said. "And now, I've regained my body after finally obtaining the Holy Grail, which is why I'm here."

Did I get my body back?

Kai's face instantly darkened: "Ah, we're doomed. Of all the bad luck, it's you who's been reborn... Is modern society going to be destroyed? In that case, it would have been better to resurrect that bastard Lancelot."

"Hey, are you saying I'm inferior to that traitor?"

"You two are evenly matched, aren't you? When it comes to betrayal—fine, fine, don't call him over, I don't want to become a Buddha yet." Kai quickly stopped Mordred, who was trying to bring over a nuclear weapon. "But I am genuinely surprised that you would want to be resurrected... What's your reason?"

"That's a long story."

Leaning against the wall, Mordred thought about what happened four years ago: "During that Holy Grail War, I made two wishes to the Holy Grail. One was to have a body, and the other was to return to the day of the King's Selection to challenge the Sword in the Stone."

"It's hopeless. You definitely won't be able to pull it out. You're just not cut out for it."

"So I failed! Tch, mind your own business. I've been indifferent for the past four years." Mordred curled her lip. "After failing the challenge, I thought about going straight back to the Throne of Heroes, but my Master told me something else."

"My father is not completely dead yet. She stayed on the verge of death, waiting to participate in the Holy Grail War to win the Holy Grail and start all over again."

Let's start over.

Kai vaguely understood something: "This means..."

"Isn't it stupid that Father wants to go back to the day of the selection of the king and let someone more suitable than her pull out the sword in the stone?"

"Indeed, she's incredibly stupid, stupider than a pig. Did a donkey kick her in the head?"

"After all, I smashed her skull hard; maybe I damaged it."

"Well done, you did a great job."

King Arthur's sworn brother and his son, two noble Knights of the Round Table, criticized her without giving their king any face—which was only natural, and other Knights of the Round Table would probably have reacted similarly.

That perfect queen, the true queen, the queen whom no one could replace, actually thought there was someone more suitable to be queen than her?

There's a limit to how much you can go wrong with your brain.

"So I made a second wish and got a body so that I could give my father's head another whack in the upcoming Holy Grail War. Generally speaking, a broken thing will be fixed after a few more hits."

"The Holy Grail War... Are you sure she'll come out?"

“Avalon, me, plus the power of the other father within the Master, and the vessel created by the Queen Mother to resurrect the father—there are as many mediums as you need, so it can all be said to be a targeted summoning.”

The insane summoning conditions made Kai's lips twitch twice. In this situation, his adopted sister had no choice but to come. Did he really have to summon her himself?

Kai looked at Natsukawa Tora not far away: "Summoning King Arthur himself and then asking you to kill your own servant, is that guy out of his mind?"

“Really? I think if I had my father in his place, I probably wouldn’t have rebelled,” Mordred laughed. “It was quite fun with him, and I had a lot of enjoyable nights.”

"Hmmmm... I don't think you'll be happy from now on."

"Huh? Why?"