To become a king and a magician

Roman's eyebrows twitched: "You really have a lot of knowledge [from the source], you even know about her existence? But that saves me the trouble of explaining it to you, maybe you already know all the causes and consequences, right?"

"Well... more or less, but I'm still a little surprised that you called me here for this."

“I can’t find anyone else to help me besides you,” Roman said, scratching his head. “But let me introduce you first, because Miss Grey seems a little lost.”

“Tsuru. This is Natsukawa Tora, my old friend, a very trustworthy person. And this is his sister, Gray. After I leave here, you can go with them if you wish. With them around, the people of the Clock Tower won't be able to do anything to you.”

"This is Tsuru, a lone Servant who was summoned outside of the Holy Grail War due to some rather accidental circumstances. However, the Master who summoned her has unfortunately passed away and is currently being pursued by the Clock Tower. Although I have been helping to take care of her and shelter her, I would like to ask you to take her in because of what is happening at Chaldea."

7. Two Time Management Masters

Crane—or rather, Miss Klein.

Due to some extremely accidental factors outside of the Holy Grail War, he was summoned as a Servant. His Master was not a magus, but an ordinary fashion designer. Perhaps he had some qualifications as a magus, but at least in his lifetime, he did not know any magic.

"Tsuru's Master passed away not long ago. Normally, a Servant would return to the Throne of Heroes after losing their Master, but Tsuru herself is a Caster. By minimizing her magical energy consumption, she has greatly extended her time in the world."

"Because my gratitude is not yet complete."

Miss Tsuru smiled and explained, “My Master was a fashion designer. Although he was not well-known, he was talented. I didn’t want the many inspirations left in that sketchbook to be buried, so after my Master passed away, I continued to release new clothes to the outside world in the name of my Master.”

“The clothes on the cover of this fashion magazine are actually Tsuru’s designs.” Roman picked up a magazine from the table and showed it to her. “Well, there’s nothing wrong with that. Tsuru hasn’t done anything to reveal her secrets, and she’s hardly ever seen in public.”

“But as you know, Xia Chuan, no matter how well it is hidden, the mysterious realm is only so big. Sooner or later it will attract some people with ulterior motives. Tsuru was discovered by a magic organization some time ago and was hunted down after her identity was exposed.”

"The clock tower, right?"

Xia Chuanhu gave a wry smile: "If you're talking about which magic organization in the world is so idle these days, it's only the Clock Tower. Honestly, they're always the most active when something happens, but they're also always the first to fall. They really don't learn their lesson."

Whether it's a parallel world or this world, Natsukawa Tora has seen far too many of the Clock Tower's reckless actions.

"I've only known Tsuru for about a week. I saw her being chased by the people from the Clock Tower and helped hide her. But I have to go to Chaldea to take up a post now, and Tsuru probably can't go there, so I thought of you, Natsukawa. You don't have to worry about her being discovered, right?"

The guardian of the restraining force, the knight king of Britain, the princess who connects to the source, the dream demon who is a candidate for the Grand rank, the holy swordsman of the half-elf... It wouldn't be wrong to say that the Natsukawa family is the safest place in the world. In addition, with Natsukawa Torato's acquaintances scattered all over the world, there is no need to worry about Tsuru's safety.

"Yes, I'm fine with that. I think Merry and the others will welcome Miss Tsuru's arrival." Natsukawa Torama nodded. "But the question is, is Miss Tsuru willing to come to my place?"

“I would be happy to, Mr. Xia Chuan. Since you were introduced by Dr. Roman, you must be a trustworthy person, and besides…”

At this point, Tsuru's gaze fell on Grey, and as if she had seen a supermodel, she immediately pounced on Grey like a lovesick girl: "This child is so cute! Even though she's just wearing ordinary loungewear, her cuteness is still captivating! Little sister, would you be interested in becoming an idol? If you could just change into a pretty outfit, I'm sure you'd become a super, super, super top-tier idol!"

"Eh... eh? An idol? I... I'm not interested..."

The crane's sudden display of enthusiasm made Grey a little scared, and she couldn't help but shrink closer to Natsukawa Tora.

"It's okay if you're not an idol! A cute girl like you would look like a fairy no matter what you wear! What's your style? What kind of clothes do you usually like to wear? What are your color preferences? Are you comfortable with a certain level of skin showing? Also, please let me measure your body measurements!"

"Wait, wait! Tsuru, calm down! Don't scare Miss Grey!"

Seeing that she had fallen into her old habit again, Roman quickly grabbed her and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Grey, this is one of Crane's bad habits. She gets very enthusiastic when she sees a cute girl."

"As expected."

Natsukawa Tora looked at Tsuru in DD mode with a touch of nostalgia. After all, she was the kind of person who could have her eyes shining and wave glow sticks wildly at her idol during an event, so it wasn't surprising that she saw Gray react this way.

He patted Grey's hair to calm her down and said with a smile, "Then it's settled, Miss Tsuru. I'll call my husband right now. If things go quickly, you should be able to get to my place tonight. I need to apologize to you because I have some things to take care of and can't go back with you."

"Xia Chuan, is there anything else?"

"It's just a personal matter. I haven't been back to Japan for a while, and I wanted to go and check on Ata's situation."

Atalanta – Two years after the Holy Grail War ended, she did not come to England with Natsukawa and the others, but went to Kanbuko City, where Ryougi Shiki was located, to work as a teacher at a primary school. After all, she liked children very much, so Natsukawa went with her.

Incidentally, Mordred and Morgan were in the same boat. In Meryl's words, "It's too crowded for so many people to live in one house, and it's also difficult to arrange the time and itinerary. In order to properly allocate His Majesty's time, let's live in several different places."

At Mary's suggestion, the group ended up being scattered between England and Japan. In addition to regular correspondence and phone calls, Natsukawa Tora would often take time to visit the people in other places.

This time it's time to go to Atalanta and Ryougi Shiki's place. Unfortunately, Aozaki Touko left Kanbuko City half a year ago, and now we don't know where she has gone.

Listening to Xia Chuanhu's explanation, Roman couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder and said in a tone of someone who had been through it all, "You've had it tough too. Managing time is quite a troublesome thing. Keep it up."

"Then give me some advice. The records show that you had countless wives and lovers, and in your later years you were still extravagant and indulged in women. I also want to know how to manage my time as skillfully as you."

What are you saying? I don't understand.

Roman simply started playing dumb. He wasn't King Solomon anymore; he was just an ordinary person, and he had no idea what Xia Chuanhu was talking about.

"Just you wait. I think the Destiny System is almost complete, right? After that, I'll take the Queen of Sheba's relics to Chaldea and see if I can summon her. Or maybe I can summon King David to discipline his good son."

Upon hearing Xia Chuanhu's words, Roman's face turned pale instantly!

(Oh... demon...)

8. Nyanko-sensei (Cat Teacher) of Kanbuko City

Visit Buzi City.

Inside the teachers' office of a primary school.

"Phew~~~~ That's all for today's work, time to go home."

Atalanta, dressed in a teacher's uniform, tidied her desk, turned off all the power, and left the office.

It's already 5:30 pm. In a middle or high school, there would still be students, but this is an elementary school. Even the kids who participate in club activities have long since left school and gone home, as have the teachers.

Atalanta was the last teacher to leave the school, a situation that had persisted for the past two years since she took the position.

It should be said that it was out of concern for the children, because there had been a case in the past where a child was locked in the sports equipment room, which led to the family calling the police. In order to prevent such a thing from happening, Atalanta would check the entire school every day after school before leaving.

Thanks to this, there have indeed been no more misunderstandings about children being locked up in the past two years, and Atalanta's reputation as a teacher has gradually improved, with some news outlets even reporting on her.

Of course, Atalanta didn't care much about what others thought. She just liked children and didn't need to use them for her own benefit.

"It's really getting late; this is all the ingredients we could buy."

Carrying the groceries she had just bought from the supermarket, Atalanta sighed slightly. Even though she had been in this body for six years, she still hadn't figured out how to snatch groceries from those housewives. In addition, with her job as a teacher and her after-school patrols, she could only buy leftovers each time.

Fortunately, she grew up in the forest and could accept any hardship, whether it was food or lodging.

Atalanta's residence is the Ogawa Apartments in the newly developed area of ​​Kanbuko City. Although there were some bad ghost rumors about this apartment building when it was first built, after it was bought by the Ryougi family in the past two years, those rumors have gradually been forgotten. Atalanta was one of the first residents to move in after the Ogawa Apartments were renovated.

Ryougi Shiki gave her a special spot, and even the rent was only symbolically charged. After all, they were acquaintances to some extent, so taking care of her wouldn't be difficult, not to mention Natsukawa Tora's instructions.

Atalanta's apartment is located on the tenth floor, east of Ogawa's apartment building. It's the last apartment after you come out of the elevator. Since she lives alone, theoretically, Atalanta's door should be closed.

Incidentally, when Atalanta registered, the resident's surname was listed as "Natsukawa".

However, as she carried the groceries back to her front door, Atalanta frowned upon seeing the half-open door: "The door's open... Is someone here? Is it?"

After two years of living together, Atalanta and Ryougi Shiki's relationship was fairly good. Since they had both lived in the apartment building before, Ryougi Shiki would occasionally come to Atalanta for a night.

Even now, the eldest daughter of the Ryougi family still enjoys wandering around at night.

Pushing open the door and walking in, Atalanta said as she entered the living room, "Shi, just let me know if you're coming. I didn't buy any groceries, and remember to run into the front door too."

"Oh? The door wasn't closed? Sorry, sorry, I must have left it a little open when I came in."

The voice came from the kitchen, but it wasn't Ryougi Shiki's voice; hers sounded somewhat cold, while this voice was the opposite, and it sounded very familiar to Atalanta.

Atalanta's gaze shifted to the kitchen, which was adjacent to the living room, and she then noticed the person standing inside.

"Welcome back, Ta-Miao. Please sit over there for a moment. I'll have dinner ready soon."

Wearing an apron, Natsukawa Tora spoke while tasting the food in the pot.

Blinking, recovering from her initial surprise, Atalanta couldn't help but chuckle, "Why did you suddenly come here? Isn't anything else for you in England?"

"I took a leave of absence. Roman needed my help with something, and I figured I was going to take leave anyway. It's been a while since I last saw you and Shiki, so I flew over here after I finished my business there."

"So I just happened to be passing by?"

Upon entering the kitchen, Atalanta lightly flicked Natsukawa Tiger's waist with her tail, then wrapped it around him: "You really have no conscience, you man."

"Even without Roman's matter, I was planning to come back and see you soon. Wasn't the last time we met last month? How have you been lately?"

"Same as usual. By the way, is it just you who came back this time? Gray and Zero didn't come with you?"

"Grey won't be here for another day or two. Roman asked me to take care of someone, so I had Grey take her to Mary's place."

Normally, Natsukawa Tora would definitely be accompanied by one of two people, so it was quite surprising that he was alone this time: "Hmm~~~ You're not planning something bad, are you?"

"What do you think?"

Natsukawa Torama deliberately turned his head and blew on Atalanta's cat ears, the heat making her face instantly turn red, and the tail wrapped around Natsukawa Torama's waist immediately twitched back forcefully—

"Ouch... my back is going to break..."

"If you keep doing that, I'll scratch your face, you believe me?"

Atalanta flicked Natsukawa Tiger's back a few times with her tail, then turned around and took out a few plates from the cabinet above, handing them to Natsukawa Tiger.

Looking at Atalanta's feigned ferocity, Natsukawa Tiger smiled wryly: "If you wanted to scratch, you would have done it already. You don't feel anything when your tail whips you, and you can use a little more force."

"Snapped!"

Atalanta lashed out at Natsukawa Tiger's head with her tail, and then, as if she hadn't had enough, she lashed him four or five more times. However, the force of her lashes... Natsukawa Tiger felt that it wasn't even as strong as the force Gray used to slap him with her paper fan.

"By the way, how many days are you planning to stay this time?"

"Same as usual, one week. I've taken two weeks off. I have to go to Antarctica in a week to see how Chaldea is doing."

A week.

Atalanta's ears twitched: "You must be really busy. When are you planning to go to Shi?"

"tomorrow."

"Then come with me to that tomorrow morning, okay?"

"Want to do it again?" Natsukawa Tora chuckled, counting on his fingers. "We've had that competition more than ten times already, haven't we? Want to do it again?"

"It's not my style to be constantly suppressed by you in my area of ​​expertise. Anyway, you don't have anything to do, right? It's just a morning, I know you can spare the time."

In that case, I can only go to Ryougi's house this afternoon.

After considering the time, Xia Chuanhu nodded: "Then I'll listen to you—"

"Gurgle~~~~~"

An untimely voice came over.

Carrying a bowl of soup out of the kitchen, Natsukawa Tora pulled Atalanta to sit down: "Looks like we should have dinner first. Let's talk about that later. Anyway, neither of us can escape it."