To become a king and a magician

Natsukawa Torama asked Artoria, who was walking beside him.

Artoria remained silent for a moment.

"I think we can trust everything Sister Wang says, Master."

All.

"Although I said before that Morgan hated everything related to me, in reality, she only hated me, hated me for taking away the throne that should have been hers... even though in the end it was an accident caused by my father and Merlin."

King Uther and Merlin wanted Artoria to be born because the mysterious blessing of Britain would be severed in King Uther. In order to fight the white dragon Vortigern and save the increasingly weak Britain, Artoria's birth was necessary.

Morgan was not yet born at that time, so neither King Uther nor Merlin knew that the blessing of Britain, which should have ended with King Uther, would be inherited by Morgan, and that the power was even stronger than that of King Uther.

This was the only unexpected aspect: Morgan's accident caused a misunderstanding in King Uther and Merlin's plans, which led to a series of events in Camelot afterward.

“Brother Kai once told me that before I ascended the throne, my sister was actually a very gentle woman, just like we see her now. She started to hate me right after I became king... If it weren't for my birth, my sister would definitely have inherited the throne.”

Therefore, Morgan hates Artoria, hates Artoria for taking Britain from her, the true "Lord of the Island." She must have the same level of love for Britain as Artoria.

That's why she felt remorse, remorse for her actions that led Britain to its worst possible end.

"I'll have another good talk with Sister Wang later. We didn't talk much before. Now that I think about it, most of the conflicts between us were the result of our mutual misinterpretation. If we could sit down and have a proper talk, with Sister Wang's abilities, she could definitely make Britain a better place back then—but I'm getting a bit carried away."

Artoria gave a wry smile: "Speaking of which, where are we going now, Master?"

A few minutes earlier, shortly after Morgan revealed his purpose, Natsukawa Tora, who had hurriedly eaten some lunch, asked Aozaki Aoko and Scáthach to look after Merry and Morgan for the time being before leaving Aozaki Aoko's place with Artoria.

"Go to Grey and the others."

"Natsukawa Tora said."

“Last night, Mordred originally wanted to take me directly there. It seemed that Lingyi needed to talk to me, but I fell into a deep sleep at the time, so it was delayed until now. Now we are going there, and we have the address.”

"Master, should we let Gray and the Queen meet?" Artoria suddenly suggested.

"We'll ask Grey about this later. If she doesn't want to meet, it wouldn't be good to force her to—we've arrived."

Stopping in front of an inconspicuous little house in the residential area, Natsukawa Tiger rang the doorbell.

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Inside the living room.

"I'm so sorry, Master, for troubling you to come all this way. There are some things that need your attention."

Sitting on the sofa, Sajou Rei spoke apologetically to Natsukawa Tora.

Natsukawa Tora waved his hand: "It's nothing. I don't have anything to do during the day anyway, and the Holy Grail War takes place at night. Speaking of which, I really troubled you yesterday, Rei. I'm sorry to have made you worry about me."

"Ah, it's about Ata and Mo, isn't it?" Sajou Rei smiled. "That's what we should do. It would be best if we could help our master. On the contrary, I'm worried that taking such initiative might cause you trouble."

"The reason we split up was so that you could help us if needed. You did a great job last night, so there's no question of you causing trouble."

“Master is right. I also want to express my gratitude to you, Zero, Lady Atalanta, and Lord Mordred.” Artoria said to the three of them, “Because of my negligence, I was unable to stay by Master’s side in time. Thank you for your timely help.”

When Artoria thanked her, Sajou Rei and Atalanta were fine, but Mordred instantly flew into a rage.

"My father praised me! My father praised me! My father praised me..."

(This kid is so easy to understand!)

Seeing Mordred's complete lack of control over her facial expressions, Natsukawa and the others could only smile helplessly.

"So, Lingyi, what exactly is it that you called me here for?"

"It's in the room upstairs, but before that... Master, please come here for a moment."

Sajou Rei beckoned to Natsukawa Tora, seemingly inviting him to sit down.

As he got up and sat down next to her, Natsukawa Tiger was about to ask something when Sajou Rei suddenly leaned in and kissed him on the lips.

Artoria: "!"

Mordred: "!"

Atalanta: "!"

Sajō Aika: "!!"

The sudden attack startled everyone present. No one expected that Sajou Rei would do such a thing so suddenly. And the next moment, something even more surprising happened to Natsukawa Tora.

"Ugh... ugh..."

The sudden soft touch in his mouth made Natsukawa Tiger freeze for a moment—it had gone inside?

(No... wait, this is... a magic replenishment?)

As Sajou Rei moved, Natsukawa Torama could feel the magic power flowing into her body. Could it be that she was running out of magic power and needed to replenish it in one go?

(In that case, there's nothing we can do.)

After understanding, Natsukawa Torama did not resist. Instead, he took the initiative to transfer magic power to Sajou Rei. The next moment, Sajou Rei felt a flood of magic power pouring into her body, so much so that she couldn't handle it for a while.

"Waaah... Haa... Ugh..."

After transmitting the magic for about a minute, Natsukawa Torama stopped when he noticed Sajou Rei's slight resistance: "Is that enough? Magic."

"Hmm... there are just too many..."

Sajou Rei covered her mouth, as if trying to stop the excessive magic from overflowing, and with her slightly flushed cheeks, she looked somewhat alluring for a moment.

After a while, Sajou Rei returned to normal: "I'm sorry, Master. I'm sorry for suddenly drawing magic power from you like this. I've been using magic a lot lately, and the magic power transmitted through the circuit last night was interrupted, which has resulted in a shortage of magic power."

"It's alright. Just let me know if you need anything. I may not have much else, but I have plenty of magic."

"Does this mean... I can ask you for mana replenishment anytime?" Sajou Rei smiled knowingly. "I understand. From now on, I won't be polite."

"Then please come with me. What I need to tell you is on the second floor."

51. I should be under the car.

Inside a room on the second floor.

After pushing open the door and walking in with Sajou Rei, Natsukawa Torato immediately spotted Gray sitting at a table.

"Brother? Sister Lingyi?"

Upon seeing Natsukawa Toramaru and Sajou Rei enter, Gray paused for a moment, then stood up: "Are you here to do that thing?"

"That matter?" Natsukawa Tora frowned. "What matter? And Grey, have you been sitting here the whole time?"

"Because Sister Zero asked me to keep an eye on Miss Okita."

As Grey spoke, she looked at the bed in the room. Following her gaze, Natsukawa Torama immediately saw Okita Souji Alter lying on the bed. The latter had his eyes slightly closed and was surrounded by several magic circles, as if he had been used as a sacrifice in some kind of ritual.

"This is......"

"This is what I wanted to tell you, Master—before that, Grey, go downstairs and have lunch. I've already heated it up for you."

"Okay. See you later, brother. Also, I'll give you a good talking to about what you did wrong last night."

Before leaving, Grey gave Natsukawa Tora a fierce glare.

Shajiro Rei said, "Last night, after learning about Master's situation, Gray was very worried. If I hadn't stopped her, she would have gone straight to you, Master. You must comfort her properly afterward."

"Hmm... but what's going on with Assassin's situation?"

Natsukawa Tora looked at the Demon God Souji and asked.

"This is a long story, so let me explain it to you from the beginning, Master."

"Miss Arcueid's servant, Assassin Okita Souji, is actually a guardian and monitor sent down by the Counter Force to check on your situation, Master. After confirming last night that you had switched to Gaia's side, I detained her."

"This is actually my arbitrary decision. Although you may not care, I am quite dissatisfied with the restraints' scheming behavior towards you. Even if it does not cause any substantial harm to you, or even if it is slightly beneficial to you in terms of the result, it is still a scheme against you. I cannot accept this."

"Therefore, I temporarily borrowed Assassin from Miss Arcueid and performed a second contract ritual."

"During the Holy Grail War, Assassin's Master will still be Arcueid, but even after the Holy Grail War ends, she will not return to the Throne of Heroes. Instead, she will immediately become your Servant after the war ends. I have also made some changes to the ritual—but I won't go into that for now."

"In short, the ritual has now reached its final stage. As long as you place your hand on her, Master, the ritual will be completed, and you will be able to snatch her directly from the Counter Force and make her your Servant."

Sajou Rei's explanation left Natsukawa Torama momentarily speechless with surprise.

He clearly understood what Sajou Rei meant. He was dissatisfied with the Counter Force's little scheme, so he planned to directly snatch her away to retaliate. It's easy to say, but to actually do it... only she, the Root Princess, could do that, right?

"No wonder your magic power is insufficient; it's all because of this ritual, isn't it?"

"I guess so. Besides that, there are familiars and surveillance magic used for situational awareness, remote communication magic, and last night I even used a powerful spatial teleportation spell to speed things up..."

Listening to Sajou Rei's example, Natsukawa Tora couldn't help but twitch his lips. With her mana consumption rate, it would be a miracle if she could still retain any mana. No wonder she was so eager to replenish his mana. The little bit of mana transmitted through the circuit wasn't enough for her to squander so recklessly, not to mention that Natsukawa Tora's condition yesterday made it almost impossible for him to provide her with mana.

Natsukawa Torara raised his hand and patted Sajou Rei's head: "Why are you pushing yourself so hard? If you use up all your magic, won't you just turn into a ball?"

"Because you asked me to help you, Master, I did my best," Sajou Rei said with a playful smile. "Besides, you took good care of Ayaka for the past four years, so this is a way of returning the favor."

"I took care of Ayaka, not so you would go to such lengths to help me, sigh..."

With a slight sigh, Natsukawa Tora pulled Sajou Rei into his arms and kissed her lips again, channeling some of his magic into her: "This should be enough, right? I'm starting to consider whether to prepare an external magic storage function for you."

“It’s too much, Master. The magic power is almost overflowing.” Sajou Rei touched her lower abdomen with slightly flushed cheeks. “Let’s forget about the magic power storage function. I don’t think there will be many special situations like last night. Besides, the magic power I have stored now is enough for me to squander for a week like last night… Also, Master, didn’t you allow me to ask you for magic power replenishment anytime, anywhere?”

As she said this, Sajou Rei could feel her consciousness being constantly challenged—was her other self jealous?

(Just bear with it a little longer. I've been secretly doing that for you while I'm replenishing your mana. It should only take about ten more times. Just watch from the sidelines until then.)

The impact suddenly intensified—it was as if someone was banging on the door with a hammer.

"That makes sense... So, all I have to do is put my hand on her?"

Natsukawa Tora came to the bedside and looked at the Demon God Souji on the bed, asking a question.

He spent over half a year stockpiling the goods to ship them, but in the end, the ship sank. Now he can just get them for free...

"Okay, just place it there. Then I'll perform the ritual—ah, Master, please remember to place it on your chest~~~"

"The look on your face tells me you absolutely don't need to."

Seeing Sajou Rei's strange smile, Natsukawa Torama knew she was talking nonsense, and obediently placed his hand on Majin Souji's stomach. The moment his palm touched Majin Souji, several magic circles surrounding her suddenly burst into a dazzling light, and countless blood-red threads extended from Majin Souji's body, rapidly wrapping around Natsukawa Torama's arm.

He felt a loss of magic power within his body, not much, just enough to replenish Sajou Rei's magic. As the magic power flowed into Majin Souji's body, Natsukawa Tora gradually felt a faint connection between himself and her.

(Similar to the connection circuit with Zero... Speaking of which, this connection... seems to have another end?)

In Natsukawa Torato's perception, besides the connection between himself and Majin Souji, there was another connection existing between her and Arcueid, which should be the connection between Majin Souji and Arcueid.

According to Sajou Rei, that connection would be severed after the Holy Grail War ended, leaving only Natsukawa Tora's side, which was essentially forcibly binding her to his side.