To become a king and a magician

[Are you planning to strip her naked afterwards and physically demonstrate it?]

(What kind of person do you take me for?)

[A vixen who flirts with three women while claiming to be faithful]

That's quite a long nickname.

(I don't deny that I'm promiscuous. After I had a relationship with Aoko, I wanted both Aoko and Merry, but I'm not that much of a player, am I?)

[Hmph~~~ A guy with absolutely no self-awareness. Never mind, I didn't come here to talk about that. The prince, he…]

I'm here to talk about something related to Arthur.

That's right. Natsukawa Torato no longer has Arthur's power within him, and he has returned to Avalon and fallen into a deep sleep. Unless something unexpected happens, he will definitely not wake up again, which also means that it is basically impossible to see Sajou Aika again.

(Arthur is now completely asleep; don't tell me you're going to drag him out of Avalon.)

I wouldn't do that, and I have no reason to do it now. I saw the whole thing last night...

Although she was unable to contact the outside world due to the seal on Merry, Ayaka Sajou still witnessed everything. Surprisingly, after witnessing the end of her prince, she didn't feel much sadness.

No, you can't say that. There's definitely some reluctance, but if it were the old her, say ten years ago, or seven or eight years ago... she definitely wouldn't have been able to accept it then, and she would have done everything she could to keep Arthur and not let him leave forever.

But she didn't have that thought last night; apart from a little reluctance, she felt nothing else.

[Fox spirit... If something you've been insisting on doing for a long time were suddenly accomplished, what would you do?]

(This is so sudden, you're asking me something...)

Because of Arthur's departure, are you at a loss for what to do?

Natsukawa Tora shifted his hands and feet to avoid being numb by Aozaki Aoko's pressure.

(As for me, I'd probably look for a new goal. For example... Right now I'm thinking about marrying Mary, right? After that, I'll think about how to live with her in the future, and I'll also consider having children—no, it's too early to think about children before Grey is independent...)

Looking for a new goal?

In the pitch-black soul space, Ayaka Sajo clenched her hands slightly.

[Occasionally you can say something useful, you vixen.]

(You can remove it occasionally. If you always talk to me in such a serious manner, I can always talk to you in a serious manner too.)

"Would you let me out then?"

(No way, I'm going to sleep with Aoko.)

【...】

Seeing Natsukawa Torama turn away and embrace Aozaki Aoko to sleep, Sajō Aika gritted her teeth angrily, then closed her eyes, sank her consciousness deep into the distance, and connected with someone in another place.

Can you hear me? My other self, Lingyi, I need to talk to you about something.

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In the town of Fukayama, at Mordred's and his group's base.

Just as Sajou Rei was about to do something to Majin Souji, she was slightly taken aback when she received the sudden telepathic connection.

"That's strange. It's been four years since we've communicated like this. What's the important matter this time, Aigo?"

There's something I need your help with, it's related to a fox spirit.

Is it related to the owner?

Sajou Rei frowned: "What are you planning to do to Master now? Let me make this clear, I'm in a bad mood right now. If you're plotting anything against Master..."

This time, I don't plan to do anything to him. If I had to say, I'd say I'm going to do something to myself.

"To yourself?"

[It's fine to postpone the Holy Grail War until after it ends, I want your help...]

Listening to the information transmitted from her other self, Sajou Rei's dissatisfaction gradually turned into a smile, like a mother watching her child grow up.

"That's fine, just leave it to me. But I'll explain things to the master, okay?"

Okay, thank you for your help.

“It’s no trouble. If things go smoothly, it will benefit me as well, and it will be even more beneficial to the master. I have no reason not to accept a win-win-win proposal—but why ask me? Isn’t this something that Meryl is better at?”

That nightmare is still hanging there, drying out, along with Morgan.

49. Reconciliation should only happen after being beaten up.

Two hours later, in the living room.

Aozaki Aoko, who had just finished showering, glared at Natsukawa Tora while drying her hair as she came out of the bathroom: "It's all your fault. I could have gotten up at 11 o'clock for lunch, but I dawdled until now."

"Please have some understanding of how I've been hugged by you like a body pillow for an hour. I've been putting up with it for a long time, okay?"

Natsukawa Tora looked completely innocent. He was a perfectly healthy and normal male. It would be strange if he didn't react after being held so closely by Aozaki Aoko for an hour. So, it was understandable that he couldn't help but push her back onto the bed after waking her up.

"What about when you were taking a shower just now? You couldn't resist either?"

"Uh... well, I can only say that Aoko, you're really quite a handful for me."

That's a decent answer.

Aozaki Aoko nodded in satisfaction, which proved that she could still control her little man—she completely forgot that just a few tens of minutes ago, she had been utterly defeated and could only beg for mercy.

This is probably what they mean by "forgetting the pain once the wound has healed."

On the living room ceiling, watching the young lovers who had been living a decadent life since the morning, Mary, as the nominal leading lady, suddenly trembled a few times: "Could you two please stop showing off your love in front of me? My eyes are going to go blind."

"How about I use chopsticks to actually blind you?"

Aozaki Aoko picked up her chopsticks and waved them in front of Meryl.

"Consider it my punishment, and Grey's punishment will follow."

"Protest! We want to protest! This is mistreatment of prisoners! It violates international humanitarian law!"

"You're not human." Aozaki Aoko's words sank the Going Merry. "Speaking of which, Tiger, how long are they going to hang them like this?"

Natsukawa Tora thought for a moment: "If possible, I would like to drop them until the end of the Holy Grail War, but hanging them for so long would be useless to them, and hanging them here would take up space and get in the way."

"Ugh—!"

Both Mary and Morgan froze for a moment; it was clear that being disliked like this made them both feel somewhat embarrassed.

"So, put them down?"

"Ah."

After Xia Chuanhu finished speaking, he snapped his fingers, and the chains suspending the two disappeared instantly. Meryl and Morgan fell directly from mid-air—Meryl was still headfirst.

Grabbing the edge of the table, Meili managed to stand up, looking at Xia Chuanhu with utter resentment: "Your Majesty, you're really getting more and more heartless. Where did the person who used to be easily fooled go?"

"Is this all you've got? If I have to participate in the Holy Grail War again, I'll try summoning Chen Gong and show you what true heartlessness is."

"Chen Gong? That strategist from ancient China?" Meryl tilted her head in confusion. "Why do you want to summon him?"

"Chen Gong's Noble Phantasm uses some ultra-small magic circuit super-accelerators to super-enhance a person, thereby gaining super attack power, but in return, that person will directly self-destruct - well, using other people's lives to release a meteor, that's roughly it."

Meteor Shower, the Noble Phantasm of the great hero Arash, was something Melly knew, but it was precisely because she knew it that she was able to understand what Natsukawa Torato meant.

If I had the chance, I'd turn you into a shooting star.

"Tiger, what made you so cold-blooded? Is it reality?"

"You, the root of all culprits, should at least have some self-awareness."

Natsukawa Tora gave Melly a flick on the forehead in an annoyed manner.

Watching the two of them quickly become familiar with each other, as if nothing had happened yesterday, Morgan was slightly surprised: "You two really have a good relationship. I thought there would be some tension between you."

"It's alright, although not as bad as yesterday, but she's still done the same inhuman things. If there's any rift between us, it's been there for ten years."

"Hehe~!"

"Hey, you!" Natsukawa Tora immediately gave the cute-looking Mary a flick on the forehead, knocking her down again.

These two really have a good relationship.

Morgan felt a little envious, then looked at Artoria, who was sitting quietly at the other end of the table eating her meal. He sat down in front of her and looked at her with a smile.

"..."

Artoria paused involuntarily, her hands and mouth moving, and looked at Morgan with extreme vigilance: "Is there something you need, Sister Wang?"

"Is it wrong to just see my cute little sister?" Morgan laughed. "Don't be so wary of me. I can't do anything anymore, since I can't achieve my goal anyway."

Morgan's objective.

At this point, Natsukawa Torato couldn't help but ask, "Speaking of which, I didn't continue asking last night because the topic changed halfway through. Morgan, what exactly are you trying to do? What is your purpose in teaming up with Meryl to do that to me?"

"Shouldn't you have known my purpose long ago? The child is right beside you."

“That child…Grey?” Natsukawa Tora frowned. “You want to…resurrect King Arthur?”

"To be precise, it was an experiment. I wanted to see if I could revive Arthur through your body. If it went well, Leah's revival could proceed as planned—unfortunately, it failed."

As Morgan spoke, he pulled out a golden short sword from his sleeve, which was now only half a blade.

"Mystic Code, Blade of Gold, a Mystic Code that can separate the spirit and soul."

“So you do know about this.” Morgan smiled. “Last night, during the battle with Mordred and that unknown Archer, this thing was accidentally hit. As a result, it became a piece of scrap metal and can no longer be used.”

"So, I can't do anything now, so you don't need to be so wary of me. Just treat me like a prisoner."

Morgan sounded somewhat dejected. For her, resurrecting Artoria was a plan she had meticulously crafted for a thousand years, but now it had all fallen apart because of the crucial Craft Essence being destroyed...

Artoria put down her fork and asked with a complicated expression, "Sister... there's something I've never understood. Why do you, who hate me so much, hate Camelot, and hate you at the Round Table, want to resurrect me now?"

This was the only thing that Artoria couldn't figure out no matter what.

"There's no particular reason. If I had to say, it would be that after your death, I felt what you call... [regret]."

50. Sajō Aika is furious!

Not long after, in Fukayama Town.

"How much of Morgan's information do you think you can trust, Leah?"