To become a king and a magician

Morgan's words made Arthur's eyes and expression darken slightly, but after all, it was a dark history that he had long since accepted, and it wouldn't have much of an impact on him now: "Do you think this will make me lose my mind?"

"Of course not. If you broke down so easily, I would think you were useless. You are the most important part of my plan, and it's not time for you to break down yet."

That's what they say, but the time is almost here.

(I'm really looking forward to it! How will that child react when they see you completely insane?)

"crunch..."

The car stopped in front of a building. Morgan and Arthur got out of the car, and Morgan looked up at the top floor of the hotel—if he couldn't feel that bloodline reaction now, was it not there?

(Well, at least it gives me time to get things ready before he and my lovely sister get back.)

"Let's go, Arthur."

"..."

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Miyama Town.

Inside a house in a residential area, Mordred, Gray, Atalanta, and Sajou Rei were sitting around a table, looking at a map on it.

Looking at the several moving dots on the map, Atalanta couldn't help but sigh, "No matter how many times I look at it, I still think your magic is particularly unfair, Zero."

By using the spiritual veins, one can track down the magicians and Servants in Fuyuki City, and by leveraging the connection between the spiritual veins and the map, their specific locations can be displayed on the map.

Although they couldn't confirm the other party's exact identity and needed to go to the scene to verify it, this could actually be easily solved using familiars. Therefore, through this map, the four of them had already grasped the location of all the Holy Grail War participants in Fuyuki City.

This is the work of Sajou Rei.

Even though her omniscient and omnipotent abilities have been greatly limited, thanks to the magical power constantly transmitted from Natsukawa Torato, Sajou Rei's abilities as a magician have recovered a very small portion. She is still not quite capable of fighting Servants alone, but it is enough for her to use magic to this extent.

"It's not that amazing. If it were before, I wouldn't need a map to grasp this information," Sajou Rei laughed.

According to the information on the map, there are currently three groups of Masters and Servants in action: Natsukawa Torato and Artoria, Aozaki Aoko and Scáthach, and Aozaki Touko and Odysseus.

"Gilgamesh is probably not fully recovered from last night's battle with his master, so he is with that plant-based monarch."

"Although Arcueid is not afraid of the sun, it shows no signs of moving now, so it must be resting."

“Marisbury and King Solomon... these are not matters for us to concern ourselves with, and are not things we can handle.”

Rei Sajou removed her fingers from the pair that were probably the only ones who needed the Holy Grail, and then looked at the seventh group of lights on the map. By calculation, this group should be Morgan and Berserker.

(They arrived on the second day of the Holy Grail War, and went directly to the Fuyuki Grand Hotel where their master was staying...)

With such a clear route, it's hard not to suspect that Morgan has some ulterior motives, especially since it's the Berserker. It's unsettling to think that such a weapon is in Morgan's hands.

“Mordred, Atalanta, you two should head here now.” Sajou Rei said, pointing to the Fuyuki Grand Hotel. “Of course, you don’t need to go inside. Atalanta, find a sniping spot nearby where you can use the hotel’s top floor as a target, while Mordred, find a place on the ground to wait.”

"Understood!" Mordred clenched her fist. She had only been able to watch those two battles from the sidelines last night, and she had been itching to join in for a long time.

"Should we notify Xia Chuan?" Atalanta asked.

Sajou Rei shook her head: "No need. I just thought there might be a battle tonight, so I wanted you to get in place early. Of course, it would be best if it didn't happen... Atalanta, you should be able to see what's going on inside the building, right?"

"If there's no obstruction, it's fine."

"Mordred is on the ground, Atalanta is above. Be alert for anything unusual at the Fuyuki Grand Hotel. If anything is amiss, inform me immediately. Gray, you should also tell the master that Morgan has arrived in Fuyuki City and is also staying at the Fuyuki Grand Hotel."

"Well, I see."

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Just as Sajou Rei was beginning to plan ahead due to Morgan's arrival, on the top floor of the Fuyuki Grand Hotel—

"Knock knock knock..."

Amidst a knock on the door, Mary, who had just woken up, rubbed her eyes and asked, "Hmm... who is it... coming at this hour... didn't His Majesty the King and Lia bring their keys?"

She patted her face to wake herself from her daze, and after sensing the situation outside the door, Mary was stunned for a moment. Then, as if she understood something, she went to the door, opened it, and looked at the two people in the doorway with a smile.

"What a strange combination you guys are."

“I have a topic that you might find very interesting. Shall we stop here, Meryl?”

Glancing at Arthur, whose radiance had dimmed behind Morgan, and the Command Seals in Morgan's hand, Mary smiled and nodded: "It does seem quite interesting. Come on in then—by the way, it's been a long time, Arthur. It's better that you're still so energetic than anything else."

32. Merry's Magic?

New Capital, Central Park.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you for telling me, Grey. Also, thank you to Zero and the others for your help. Please give them my regards."

After hanging up the phone, Natsukawa Tiger sat down next to Artoria on the steps: "Grey has some news. She says that Morgan and Berserker have arrived in Fuyuki City and checked into the Fuyuki Grand Hotel."

Morgan?

Artoria, who was watching the pigeons, frowned. She was unsure how to face her older sister, especially after learning that her sister wanted to resurrect her and had caused Gray's misfortunes.

"If we've checked into the Fuyuki Grand Hotel... should we notify Meryl?"

After a moment of silence, Artoria changed the subject.

Xia Chuanhu pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "There shouldn't be any need. Meili should realize it herself, and if she were to take action, she would definitely be able to ensure her own safety."

That's Merry, the Flower Magician. In all the years I've known her, Natsukawa Torato has never seen her get hurt from a miscalculation.

"However, now that Morgan has arrived in Fuyuki City, it means we'll likely have to fight her. Judging from the current situation, Morgan's Servant can only be Berserker..."

Could it be that Berserker? Ignoring relics, the characters connected to Morgan should all be Knights of the Round Table, and among them possess Berserker adaptability...

"Agrave, Mordred, Lancelot... are these the ones?"

"Lord Lancelot and Lord Agravure?" Artoria frowned. "I can understand Lord Mordred having the potential of a berserker, but what about the other two lords?"

“Oh right, Lia, you don’t know yet. Agravure is just my guess, as for Lancelot… actually, it was Lancelot who was summoned as a Berserker in the Holy Grail War ten years ago.”

Natsukawa Tora explained, "Because of Princess Guinevere's incident, he went mad quite a few times afterward. I think that's why he has Berserker adaptability. He himself seems to think that it's a class that suits him as a sinner."

"A sinner...is that what Lord Lancelot thinks?"

Artoria felt a pang of pain. Lancelot, the incomparably noble Knight of the Lake, a paragon of chivalry, how could he ultimately view himself in such a way?

That shouldn't be the case; Lord Lancelot has not made any mistake.

Seeing Artoria starting to blame herself, Natsukawa Tora sighed helplessly.

"Snapped!"

A sharp chop to the head struck her, the sudden attack startling Artoria. She looked at Natsukawa Torata with puzzled eyes: "Master? What are you doing—"

"I can't say anything about the grudges and grievances between you two, since nothing similar happened to this guy, and I can't understand your thoughts. But what I want to say is that you don't have time to regret your past mistakes now."

"Yes, that's true. I'm sorry, Master, I was lost in thought."

The important thing now is not that Lord Lancelot became a Berserker in the past, but that Morgan is here. Now that Morgan has come to Fuyuki City, Artoria does not think that she will not come to see her.

No, I should say she will definitely take the initiative to see me, whatever her purpose may be.

"Speaking of which, Master, did you fight Morgan ten years ago?"

“There were two times… no, I should say three times.” Natsukawa Torama shrugged with a wry smile. “But back then I didn’t have the power I have now. When I faced her, I could only run away. It wasn’t until the third time that she came to my door that I was forced to fight her and her Master.”

Did we win?

"Who knows?"

Natsukawa Torama looked at the Fuyuki Bridge not far away: "Back then, Morgan and Lancelot were besieging Arthur together, while I was in a one-on-one fight with his Master because of Morgan's scheme... Even now, I think I survived that time entirely because of luck, dodging all the shots and stuff."

Given Natsukawa Tora's abilities at that time, there's no other explanation besides incredible luck.

"So, Master, you don't know Morgan's exact strength, is that right?"

"That's true, what about you?"

Artoria shook her head: "To my shame, although I know that Morgan is a magician of the same caliber as Merlin, and in terms of rank as the ruler of Britain, she is even above me, I have never seen what level of magic she can perform."

In reality, Morgan's erosion of the Round Table was mostly focused on political maneuvering, secretly inciting lords in various regions and arranging for her own children to join the Round Table... Morgan almost never used magic openly, but even so, Camelot suffered continuous losses due to her covert actions.

Natsukawa Tora sighed softly, "So, we don't know Morgan's true strength. That's quite troublesome. Although you and I both possess Avalon and have high levels of magical resistance, we shouldn't actually need to worry too much, but..."

“The problem is Berserker,” Artoria said. “I don’t think Morgan would just summon any Berserker. The one she chooses as her Servant must be an ace who can play a decisive role in some situation.”

"An ace!"

If it's an ace, then it must have been prepared for a specific purpose or for a specific person. And speaking of Morgan's purpose...

(Me, or Ria? Does that mean Berserker is a Servant who can definitely defeat me or Ria?)

who can that be?

"Thump—!"

Suddenly, Xia Chuanhu's heart pounded violently—or rather, twitched. Then, a feeling as if his strength was being continuously drained from his body spread throughout Xia Chuanhu's body and then vanished without a trace in an instant.

Just as Natsukawa Torajiro sensed something was wrong, his body immediately returned to normal.

(What is this feeling...?)

He stood up abruptly and looked in a certain direction. Looking at the building in his field of vision, Natsukawa Torato felt a bad premonition. And just then—

"Om-"

A red light suddenly shone on his chest, and a bright red flower pattern appeared on Xia Chuanhu's chest without warning.

"This, this is..."

Merry's magic?

What exactly happened over there... at the Fuyuki Grand Hotel?

33. Holy Sword? Arthur?

"What do you want to do, Nightmare?"

In the dark room of consciousness, looking at Merry who suddenly appeared in front of her, Aika Sajou asked in a somewhat indifferent tone.

The bright red flowers are undoubtedly Merry's magic, and in nature, they are undoubtedly a curse.

"What are you thinking, casting a curse on a vixen?"

"I didn't mean to do anything bad. I was just suddenly invited to participate in a very interesting project."