To become a king and a magician

"boom------!"

He held the holy sword horizontally, poured in magic power, and the excess magic power overflowed from the sword, forming a huge golden blade of light.

This is how the sword is used—as if to say it, Xia Chuanhu swept the holy sword in his hand across the river, and the golden blade of light, which extended for dozens of meters, swept across half of the riverbank with the swing!

"Crack!"

The fake Arthur immediately tried to raise his sword to block, but the moment he touched it, the fake object in his hand shattered and broke apart, and he was also cut in half at the waist.

(The light of the Star Sword, after being infused with magic, is taken out and slashed out with a wisp of it. Just this alone has enough power... This is indeed something I cannot do. It is only the tip of the iceberg of the true use of the Star Sword.)

Feeling his body gradually collapsing, the fake Arthur readily accepted the fact that he had been instantly killed.

(That's all for tonight. Tomorrow night I should be able to manifest a more realistic version of myself, once the full moon arrives...)

"Crack...crack!"

The thought was interrupted by a cracking sound. In front of the trajectory left by the light blade, the gradually disappearing body of the fake Arthur came into Natsukawa Tiger's view, along with a strange scene that looked like a shattered mirror.

Then, from the broken opening, a figure suddenly rushed out and arrived in front of Xia Chuanhu in an instant.

"Huh?"

"what?"

The moment their eyes met, they both froze.

"Xia Chuan?!"

"Ayaka?!"

Natsukawa Tora, who subconsciously reached out and put his arm around the waist to catch the person, stared blankly at Sajo Ayaka in his arms for a moment.

Why did she suddenly appear?

49. Natsukawa threw Ayaka to the ground.

Ayaka Sajo imagined many scenarios of her reunion with Torato Natsukawa. Perhaps they would meet on the street, perhaps she would go to great lengths to find him, or perhaps they would reunite through the machinations of that old man with the jewels.

But the current situation was still somewhat unexpected for her.

She fell straight out of the spatial rift and landed right in his arms... What a coincidence! At least Ayaka Sajou didn't think such luck would happen to her.

But this has indeed happened now. Looking at the face that she has seen again after two years, so close to her, Ayaka Sajou can feel her breathing slow down a bit.

"Ayaka? How could you suddenly... no, it could also be fake."

The image of the fake Arthur flashed through his mind. Natsukawa Torama, who was initially surprised that Sajou Ayaka was there, quickly released his grip on Sajou Ayaka and took a few steps back.

Because of Natsukawa Torato's sudden withdrawal, Sajou Ayaka, who was being held and floating in mid-air, fell to the ground with a thud.

"Ouch—! Xia Chuan, what are you doing!"

"Really?"

"Huh? What really... Ouch..." Ayaka Sajou sat up from the ground, clutching her bottom. Her face was a little pale as she rubbed her skirt. Suddenly, she fell half a meter into the air. She felt like her bottom was no longer her own, completely split into four pieces.

She finally saw this man again, but before she could even feel moved by the reunion for a second, he threw her to the ground and even doubted that she was real...

"fake?"

Suddenly remembering what had just happened, Ayaka Sajou quickly glanced at the spatial rift that had disappeared, then looked at Natsukawa Torata with the same wary expression: "Are you... a fake Natsukawa?"

"Also?" Natsukawa frowned. "To say that, does that mean you really are Ayaka?"

"Then are you really Xia Chuan?"

"..."

"..."

They stared at each other for a long time, as if trying to see through each other completely. After scanning Ayaka Sajou several times, Natsukawa Torama was the first to look away: "It seems to be true... If you are fake, then I can only say that Tatari's disguise is too realistic."

"I'm a little curious how you figured out whether I was real or fake."

“From all sorts of details, and some cheating techniques.”

The main reason is the recovery of his perception ability. Previously, Natsukawa Tiger's perception ability had been hindered and could not be used well, but now it has been recovered without his knowledge. Through his perception ability, Natsukawa Tiger can tell that the Sajou Ayaka in front of him is indeed the Sajou Ayaka he knows.

Hearing what Natsukawa Torato said, Sajou Ayaka frowned slightly: "Then how can you prove that you are really Natsukawa?"

"How do you think I should prove it?"

Given the precedent of people impersonating acquaintances, it's neither reasonable nor ethical to let down one's guard against a sudden appearance of a familiar face. Who knows, it might just be someone impersonating another person?

Considering that the opponent is a Dead Apostle, an Ancestor, and has the ability to impersonate others, and that the location of the appearance is Misaki City—Natsukawa Torato can probably guess who his opponent is.

One of the Twenty-Seven Dead Apostles, Tatarik, also known as the Night of Wallachia.

(I just took down a Fu Hailin, and before I could even rest, I ran into another Ancestor... Do I have some kind of constitution that attracts Ancestors? Or is it really confirmed that I have this weird constitution that makes me get involved in trouble?)

Although he always joked that he was easily drawn into trouble, the frequency of it was quite surprising to Natsukawa Tora, considering that such things hadn't happened as frequently in the past two years.

Hearing Natsukawa Torato's words, Sajo Ayaka remained silent for a while, then sighed helplessly: "I'm sorry, I don't have a way to prove that you are the real Natsukawa, but... you are indeed different from the imposter sister I met, so I'll just assume that you are the real one for now."

"A fake older sister? You've met Zero, Aika?"

"Ugh...it hurts...it hurts..."

Perhaps realizing that the person in front of her was unlikely to be an imposter, Ayaka Sajo relaxed her vigilance slightly. However, this relaxation caused a sharp pain in her buttocks that made her gasp involuntarily.

"Your butt still hurts."

"A bit... Hey? What are you doing? Why are you carrying me?"

"Let me treat you."

Carrying Ayaka Sajou to a park bench, he sat down and laid her across his lap. Then, Natsukawa Tora gently covered her skirt with his hand. A faint blue light appeared, and the burning pain Ayaka Sajou felt quickly subsided.

"That should solve the problem, right?"

"Um... thank you."

"After all, I'm the one who made you fall, so I have to take responsibility for you."

If Lingyi finds out later that she threw her sister to the ground and didn't treat her, who knows what kind of treatment she'll receive!

I'm afraid I'll really have to be hospitalized then—in every sense of the word.

Ayaka Sajou, who was lying on Natsukawa Torata's lap, was now feeling more shy and her heart was racing than ever before!

(This...this...this guy is definitely Natsukawa! Only he could do something like this without a care in the world...Hmm, her skirt feels wet, is it some kind of healing magic from a water spirit?)

Hopefully, she won't lose her dress along with her underwear later, since she's in a parallel world and doesn't have any spare clothes with her.

No, compared to this...

(So ​​close!)

This wasn't the first time Ayaka Sajo had had close contact with Natsukawa Tora. Several years ago, when they lived together, they had had some intimate encounters, not to mention during battles, when she was still weak and Natsukawa Tora protected her quite a bit.

However, the two had not seen each other for two years, and such close contact had not occurred since they left Tokyo—if you don't do something for a long time, you will feel uncomfortable doing it again, and Ayaka Sajou is in a similar situation now.

Her heart was pounding, and the scent emanating from Natsukawa Torato, who was so close at hand, made Ayaka Sajo feel suffocated.

"I...I'm alright!"

As if trying to escape him, Ayaka Sajou suddenly got up from Natsukawa Tora and quickly sat down beside him, lowering her head deeply, her flushed cheeks faintly visible through her hair.

Seeing Ayaka Sajou's sudden action, Natsukawa Torama blinked in confusion: "So fast? I thought you'd need a little more time to recover. But it's good that you're alright. If you feel unwell, tell me later."

"I know."

"Let's get down to business. Ayaka, what brings you here all of a sudden?"

50. Sister-in-law and brother-in-law

Ayaka Sajou is in another parallel world. Apart from the old man, Jewel King, no one else has the means to move between parallel worlds.

Therefore, it's impossible for Ayaka Sajou to have come here on her own. Whether directly or indirectly, her appearance in this world is definitely related to the Jewel King.

Reaching into her pocket and pulling out a somewhat damaged amulet, Ayaka Sajou explained, "This is a rather long story, so I think I'll start by explaining it to you from the beginning, Natsukawa..."

As she spoke, Ayaka Sajou roughly recounted what she had experienced over the past two years to Torato Natsukawa.

She didn't go into detail about the "part-time jobs" that the Gemstone Elder entrusted to her. In essence, they were just disputes between magicians. Even though they had the potential to cause great harm, they were mostly resolved without serious incident.

"--This time the situation is similar. Lord Gemstone said that a special Dead Apostle named Tatari will appear in Misaki City, and asked me to come and deal with it as much as possible. However, he also said that it doesn't matter if I don't deal with it, because it involves this world and you, so you will definitely take the initiative to solve it in the end."

(That old man with the gemstone...)

Xia Chuanhu felt he needed to have a good talk with Gemstone Elder when he got back. Although Gemstone Elder did not object to him helping him with some things, he just dumped the work on him without saying a word. Did Gemstone Elder really think he was doing free labor?

When we get back, I'll just pluck out a few hairs from his beard.

"Then how did you come to this world? And why does the appearance of the Tatars affect my world?"

"The Jewel Elder said that there were some minor problems with the axis between the two worlds. It would have been repaired automatically over time, but the appearance of the Tartars happened to occur during this repair period, so it would affect both worlds at the same time—similar to a reflection in water."

Ayaka Sajou explained, "I think the reason I came to this world is probably because of this amulet."

"This was originally given to me by the Jewel King so that I could temporarily exist in both worlds at the same time during Tartarus's manifestation. However, I was attacked by Tartarus, who was impersonating my sister, and this amulet was hit at that time."

Did the Mystic Code activate erroneously due to external stimuli, sending Ayaka Sajou to this world?

(There's reason to suspect that this was exactly what the old man with the gemstones intended.)

Glancing at the amulet in Ayaka Sajou's hand, Natsukawa Torato asked, "Ayaka, could I take a look at this amulet? I have some things I want to confirm."

"Okay, no problem, here you go."

As soon as Natsukawa Torama received the amulet from Ayaka Sajou and grasped it, a message suddenly appeared in his mind.

It's a magic message, where you record your voice or message using a pre-set magic trick and then convey it to the person you want to tell.

【Natsukawa brat, you've left Sajou's little girl here for too long. Take her back and take care of her yourself.】

It was a message from the Gemstone Elder.

(I knew it, this old man was definitely doing it on purpose. What kind of magical artifact can temporarily exist in two worlds at the same time? How could he even say something like that?)

This amulet is probably a portable teleportation Mystic Code that can directly transport Ayaka Sajou to his side when she is in danger or when it is activated, and it can even cross parallel worlds.

Is the Gemstone Elder complaining that he doesn't have enough people on his side? Why is he shoving in another one, Ayaka Sajou?