To become a king and a magician

Hearing that neither of them had any opinions of their own, Arcueid clapped her hands and said, "Well, then please come with me! Misaki City is actually quite big. I've been here for two days, but I haven't even finished exploring one district—this is my destination today."

"here?"

Natsukawa Torato and Sajo Ayaka looked around.

"This street?"

"Hmm, I want to check out every shop on this street, and if possible, the street next door, and the one across the intersection. Let's go to these three places today!"

Can you really explore three streets in one day? And do you really want to visit every single shop on every street...?

After exchanging a glance, both Natsukawa Torato and Sajo Ayaka could see a hint of surprise and disbelief in each other's eyes.

"I mean... Arcueid, are you sure you have the energy to shop around for that long?"

"Yes, my stamina is always full! Instead of wasting time talking, let's go now! Hurry up and catch up, Tora, Ayaka!"

Arcueid hadn't finished speaking when she ran into the shop next door.

Looking at her energetic figure, Natsukawa Tora felt a long-lost sense of familiarity with Mordred, as if he had lived with her before. From another perspective, Arcueid was still just a child.

(If that's the case... then I'm the father, and Ayaka is the mother?)

Natsukawa Torama's gaze shifted slightly towards Sajou Ayaka, and whether she noticed his gaze or simply wanted to look at him, Sajou Ayaka looked up at Natsukawa Torama at the same time.

"Tiger, what's wrong? Why did you suddenly look at me?"

"Nothing, but what's wrong? Why are you looking at me all of a sudden?"

"No... I was just thinking that Miss Arcueid really has an inexhaustible amount of energy. If I walked around three blocks with her, I probably wouldn't want to move a single finger when I got back to my apartment."

In fact, in the other world, Ayaka Sajou gets exhausted just from going shopping with Reines. It's said that women have no limit to their stamina when shopping, so why is she different?

"Would you like me to give you a massage when we get home today?"

"Massage? Natsukawa, you can do that too?" Ayaka Sajou was somewhat surprised.

"No, but tapping your back and kneading your legs is fine, that counts as a kind of massage, right?"

"I see... Well, then I'll leave it to you. For now, let's keep up with Miss Arcueid—"

Before Ayaka Sajou could finish speaking, Arcueid, who had just walked into the store a minute earlier, came out and waved at the two of them who were still standing there: "Tora, Ayaka, what are you doing standing there? I'm not interested in this store anymore, I'm going to the next one!"

"You just went in and looked around, right? You weren't planning to buy anything?"

"There's nothing in this store that interests me."

Hearing her say that, Natsukawa Tora looked up at the shop's name—well, it was a clothing store. Most of the street was lined with clothing stores, so it's no wonder Arcueid lost interest after just a minute inside; she probably just glanced at each item and came out.

If you could materialize your imagination, you could create any type of clothing anytime, anywhere, so you wouldn't need to buy it; you could just look at the style.

"At this rate, it looks like we'll finish shopping on this street in no time." Ayaka Sajou breathed a slight sigh of relief. If Arcueid and Lady Reines were to spend ten minutes or more in each shop, it would be a real ordeal.

Thinking of this, Ayaka Sajou followed Arcueid closely, but before she left, she noticed out of the corner of her eye that Natsukawa Tora was looking at the other side of the road.

"Xia Chuan? What's wrong?"

"I feel like there's someone over there... well, it's probably just my imagination. Since my sensory abilities aren't working, I'm getting a little paranoid. Let's go, where's the next place?"

"Over here~~~"

Arcueid waved his hand as he walked into another shop not far away.

On the other side of the street, someone hidden in the crowd stared at the figure entering the store with Ayaka Sajou and Arcueid.

"That's Natsukawa Tora..."

"It's a little different from what the dean said."

55. Don't you really have any self-awareness?

The shopping in Arcueid continued until dusk, lasting a full seven and a half hours from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Compared to Arcueid, who was still full of energy and showed no signs of fatigue, Natsukawa Toramaru and Sajou Ayaka were visibly exhausted, both physically and in their eyes. Following Arcueid for seven and a half hours had left even a superhuman like Natsukawa Toramaru feeling tired, let alone Sajou Ayakaru, who was relatively ordinary.

She's now completely lying down, just as she said before, not wanting to move a single finger.

"Here comes dinner."

Just then, Natsukawa Tora came over with three dinners and placed them on the table.

The three of them were currently at a restaurant on a food street near the center of Misaki City. Since it was almost time for dinner, Natsukawa Torato forcibly dragged Arcueid, who wanted to continue having fun, and brought her here for dinner.

He carried Ayaka Sajo on his back, walking for an entire afternoon across three streets, which was quite a feat for an ordinary girl like her.

"I just spoke with Orange and Hiel. They'll take care of dinner themselves. We'll go back and meet up with them after we finish eating."

"Um......"

After giving a weak reply, Ayaka Sajou picked up a spoon and scooped up a spoonful of rice, but before she could eat it, her arm went limp.

"Ugh... I'm so tired after walking all afternoon, I don't even feel like eating."

Exhausted, both physically and mentally – that's how Ayaka Sajou could describe herself. Actually, the physical fatigue from walking wasn't too bad; the main problem was Arcueid's behavior, which greatly increased her mental stress. She would only go into each store once, look around, and leave without lingering.

Generally speaking, this would be fine, but the problem is that her "look around" is a look around the entire store—including but not limited to the storefront, even the warehouse in the back and the kitchen of the restaurant.

Because I'm really curious about what's behind it.

This was Arcueid's reason, and the consequence of doing so was that she was forcibly kicked out by the shopkeeper. Fortunately, Ayaka Sajou and Torato Natsukawa were there to mediate, otherwise, given Arcueid's personality, there might have been several bloody incidents.

She is close to Natsukawa Tora and others, but that doesn't mean she'll be close to other strangers.

Looking at Arcueid, who was happily eating beside her, Ayaka Sajou sighed wearily, "Miss Arcueid... have you always been like this?"

"Ah."

"Why are you shopping like this? Normal shopping doesn't involve going into the back of a store; you only browse around the open areas."

“Hmm—actually, I don’t really like shopping.” Arcueid thought for a moment. “As you all know, I used to spend most of my time when I was awake chasing Roya, so I didn’t pay much attention to the changes in this world. But now that I have some free time, I’m quite curious about the current state of this world, so I want to go and see every place.”

"Actually, I did ask Gaia, but compared to being told something in general terms, it's more intuitive to see it with your own eyes, right?"

Xia Chuanhu sighed: "But you can't just barge in without considering other people's feelings, can you? I told you this morning that humans have a sense of shame and there are some places they don't want others to touch."

"Huh? Does that include the space behind those shops?"

"In a sense, yes, so you better watch out from now on, because someone won't always be there to clean up your messes."

Hearing Natsukawa Torato's lecture, Arcueid smiled optimistically and said, "It's alright, it's alright. If I encounter any trouble, I'll just use my Mystic Eyes to solve it."

The Mystic Eyes of Enchantment possess a range of abilities, including imprisonment, brainwashing, and memory manipulation; they are Arcueid's innate Mystic Eyes.

Indeed, if it were those magical eyes, Arcueid could easily leave no matter what trouble she encountered, leaving no evidence or impact—at most, the person involved would have some confusion in their memory.

"However, since Tiger said not to cause trouble for others, I will be more restrained in the future."

"It's best if you can listen to me. Here, have this."

As he spoke, Natsukawa Tora stuffed a large chicken leg from his own rice into her bowl. Although Arcueid didn't actually need to eat, Natsukawa Tora's gesture of kindness genuinely cheered her up.

Watching Arcueid happily begin eating like a child, Natsukawa Torama smiled, then looked at Sajou Ayaka: "Ayaka, if you can't eat by yourself, do you want me to feed you?"

"Huh? You'll feed me? Is that okay?"

"It's just feeding you, it's no big deal."

As he spoke, Natsukawa Torama had already picked up a spoon, scooped up a spoonful of rice, and brought it to Sajou Ayaka's lips: "Come on, open your mouth, ah~~~"

Ayaka Sajou's cheeks flushed slightly, and she puffed out her cheeks: "I'm not a child, you can just feed me normally."

"But you eat pretty fast, don't you?"

Natsukawa Tora scooped up another spoonful of rice and fed it to Sajo Ayaka.

While watching the feeding scene, Arcueid, who was eating, suddenly stopped, pushed his own bowl in front of Natsukawa Tora, and handed him the spoon.

Natsukawa Tora blinked: "You want me to feed you too?"

"Ok!"

"Don't you have the strength to eat?"

"We can't be biased. Ayaka was fed by you, so I should be fed by you too. It seems like you're making Ayaka very happy, so I want to see if I'll feel happy too."

happiness?

Upon hearing Arcueid's words, Ayaka Sajou quickly turned her head away, her cheeks instantly burning hot and turning bright red.

Being fed by Natsukawa Torama did make her quite happy, but why did Arcueid say it out loud?

(I hope Natsukawa doesn't think I'm weird?)

"Isn't it natural to feel happy when you're eating? Delicious food is bound to make you feel good."

(…)

That's true, he would definitely say that.

With a slight sigh, Ayaka Sajou withdrew her spoon: "I've regained some strength and can eat by myself now. Thank you for feeding me earlier, Natsukawa."

"Huh? You replied pretty quickly."

"Tiger, feed me now!"

"Yes Yes Yes......"

It really feels like I'm leading another Mordred.

He wondered if it was just his imagination, but Natsukawa Tiger felt that quite a few people in the restaurant were looking at him strangely, and most of them were men.

Did he get something strange on his face?

56. Professor Nero is truly a workaholic!

Ziyuan Altram Atlasia felt somewhat disappointed.

"Go to Misaki City and kill Tsbia Eltram Atlasia"—this was the instruction given to her by the headmaster of the Atlas Institute and her adoptive father.

To be honest, when she heard this instruction, Shion wondered if her adoptive father had lost his mind. If he wanted to kill himself, wouldn't it have been simpler for him to just cut his own neck? Why did he make her travel all the way to the desolate world of magic, Japan?

In fact, Shion did ask the same question, to which Tsbia gave an ambiguous and enigmatic answer: "You'll know when you get there."

Then she was semi-forcibly expelled from the Atlas Institute.