To become a king and a magician

So please don't associate anime characters with their voice actors!

The room assigned to Fujimaru Ritsuka.

After opening the door with his ID card and walking in with Fujimaru Ritsuka, Natsukawa Torato heard a sentence that made his DNA react.

On the bed, Roman, holding a plate of strawberry cake, stiffened as he watched the two people enter the room.

"Uh...that..."

"Slacking off again, doctor?"

After Fujimaru Ritsuka hummed in agreement, Natsukawa Torara said to Roman with a helpless expression, "Be careful Olga finds out and you'll get scolded."

"It's alright, you'll handle it anyway." Roman looked used to it. "By the way, what brings you here? The first spirit particle transfer is about to begin, right? Aren't you, the operations director, going to oversee the operation?"

"There's still some time before it officially starts, so I'll let the newcomers familiarize themselves with the environment first."

As he spoke, Natsukawa Toramaru turned to the side, revealing Fujimaru Ritsuka: "Let me introduce you. This is Fujimaru Ritsuka, another Master who just arrived today."

Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Upon hearing Natsukawa Torato's introduction, Roman suddenly realized, "Fujimaru, it's you... Nice to meet you. I am the head of the Chaldea Medical Department, Romani Archman. Everyone usually calls me Dr. Roman."

"Um... nice to meet you, I'm Fujimaru Ritsuka—wait, the head of the department!?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka, who only realized what was happening after eating for a short while, quickly straightened her posture and tried her best to appear serious.

Roman immediately waved his hand: "You don't need to be so serious with me, Fujimaru. You're making me uncomfortable. Just talk to me normally. I'm not some big shot, just a doctor."

"Yeah, he's just a stupid doctor who's obsessed with virtual idols and can't stand not being criticized. There's really no need to have any respect for him."

"Hey!"

Hearing Natsukawa Torato's comments, Roman immediately became displeased: "I'm not obsessed with online idols! And I'm not a masochist! I was just leaving messages for Magical Mary and interacting with her in a friendly way!"

"Is it him?"

"They're all the same!"

Magical Mary – A virtual idol with a virtual image provided by Mary and Merlin acting as the person in the image, jointly operated and maintained by the two, who are currently extremely popular on the Internet.

Although Roman knew the inside story from the beginning and knew that the woman speaking on the screen was Merlin himself, he just thought, "Since I'm bored anyway, I might as well chat with him." But at some point, he became a die-hard fan of Magical Merlin.

To be honest, Natsukawa Tora's feelings were somewhat complicated. The outer shell of Magical Meryl was his wife Meryl, and he felt a little awkward watching her being fawned over like this. But the thought that there was a grown man inside made the awkwardness even stronger.

It's like when your roommate suddenly tells you, "Actually, the virtual idol you idolize is me."

Watching the two interacting amicably, Fujimaru Ritsuka raised her hand with some confusion, indicating that she wanted to ask a question: "Um... Natsukawa-senpai said this is my room... so why is Dr. Roman here?"

"He's just here to slack off. After all, there probably won't be time for him to slack off later, so he's squeezing out every spare moment to do so. By the way, Roman, since you're free anyway, why don't you explain the situation at Chaldea to Fujimaru, specifically the part about the spirit particle transfer?"

Why didn't you come and say something?

"You know it better than I do, don't you?"

But you're the operations officer!

Looking at his old friend with a hint of helplessness, Roman sighed slightly and looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka: "I'll tell you what I'm going to say... Fujimaru, just like Natsukawa said, I'll start by talking to you about spirit particle transfer. This is essential knowledge for your future life, so please remember it."

"Yes... I understand!"

......

Roman's lecture on Chaldea basics to Fujimaru Ritsuka lasted about half an hour.

He meticulously explained to Fujimaru Ritsuka everything about Chaldea's important facilities, such as Chaldea itself, the purpose of Chaldea's existence, and knowledge about spirit particle transfer and Servant summoning—knowledge that would definitely be used in the future—using language that most people could understand.

After listening to Roman's explanation, Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but exclaim, "Amazing! To be able to travel back in time and save the world with the heroes of the past... Is that what I'm going to do in the future?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, yes. Also, I'm sorry to dampen your spirits when you're happy, but repairing humanity isn't something that makes people happy. The journey is fraught with danger, and I hope you keep that in mind, Fujimaru. As a doctor, I don't want to see you get hurt."

"I know......"

"That's true, but as long as this guy is around, and Fujimaru himself doesn't wander off, he'll basically be fine, not to mention Akuta is there too."

Roman looked at Natsukawa Tiger sitting in the chair in the room: "As the operations minister, you have to protect the safety of your men, Natsukawa."

"With Hinako-senpai here, 99% of the problems won't be problems. I'll be ready to handle the remaining 1% at any time. Besides, I have my support team at home. Doctor, you can rest assured."

Natsukawa Tora smiled and comforted him.

Mustard? Mustard chickpea?

"Who is that? That person named Akuta Hinako?" Fujimaru Ritsuka asked. "Is she, like me, one of Natsukawa-senpai's subordinates?"

"Pretty much. You should have seen a girl with glasses and twin tails in the control room just now, right? That's Hinako Akuta, your senior. You two are the only two Masters in Chaldea. Remember to get along well from now on."

After Natsukawa Torato said that, Fujimaru Ritsuka remembered that she had indeed seen such a person just now.

Just then—

"Beep beep beep~~~~"

With a ringing sound, Professor Rafe's image suddenly appeared on the communication bracelet on Xia Chuanhu's wrist: "I have completed the final debugging on my end. Xia Chuanhu, you and the newcomer can come over now."

"Okay, I'm coming right now. By the way, should I bring the doctor? I'm in the infirmary right now."

Natsukawa Tora shifted the camera's focus to Roman.

Rafe nodded: "That would be best. There might be some physical discomfort during the initial spirit transfer, but Roman will be there to help. Hurry up, we still need to help the new recruits change into their combat uniforms."

"learn."

After turning off the communicator, Xia Chuanhu and Roman exchanged a glance, and then Roman asked, "This should be the last time. Are you sure no one will be in trouble, Xia Chuanhu?"

"Yes, everyone will be fine, trust me, Doctor. Also, about Rafe... are you sure you don't want to surprise him?"

"Forget it, there's no need for that. Besides, you confiscated my ring and I don't know where you put it. Even if I told you, Rafe wouldn't believe me."

Roman felt helpless thinking about Natsukawa Tora's banditry a long time ago. Even if it was for his own good that he didn't want to let him use his Noble Phantasm to self-destruct, there was no need to just steal his ring!

Getting out of bed, Natsukawa Torara waved to Fujimaru Ritsuka: "Let's go then, Fujimaru, it's about time to go to the control room—and keep this safe."

"Huh? This is... a talisman?"

Looking at the amulet placed in her hand, Fujimaru Ritsuka frowned in confusion: "Why are you suddenly giving me this, senpai?"

Consider this a welcome gift to Chaldea. Be sure to keep it with you at all times. I made it myself, and it's guaranteed to be effective.

7. Rafe: I came back from the Conan movie!

Several tens of minutes later, led by Natsukawa Torata, Fujimaru Ritsuka once again set off for the control room.

This time, however, she didn't need to go to the control room. Instead, she went to the plaza directly below the control room, changed into the Chaldean-made battle suit, and began her spirit transfer to carry out her first mission.

For a little girl who was just an ordinary person an hour ago, the situation has developed rapidly. But now she can no longer adapt from scratch and can only accept it little by little in the future.

"Senior... no, I should say Minister, right?"

Just as the elevator was about to reach the bottom floor, Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly spoke to Natsukawa Torama, "May I ask you some questions?"

"Okay, sure. By the way, you don't have to call me Minister. Although it's called the combat department, there are only three people in the official staff: me, you, and Senior Akuta. So there's no need to be so formal. It's fine in formal occasions, but you can just call me Natsukawa in private."

"I see... So, Natsukawa-senpai, what was the meaning of the last thing you said to Dr. Roman just now?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka asked with some doubt, "Professor Rafe is the one in the green coat, right? From what you're talking about, it seems to be related to him... Could it be something dangerous?"

Xia Chuanhu's eyebrows twitched upon hearing this: "Why would you think that?"

"Uh... should I call it an intuition, or did I just use some templates?"

"template?"

“Natsukawa-senpai, have you read light novels? There are similar plot points in some popular stories where a friendly character is actually from an enemy faction, and someone on your side sees through it—like this.” Fujimaru Ritsuka scratched her head shyly, as if embarrassed. “Because what happened today really felt like a light novel plot, I couldn’t help but overthink it… If it’s really nothing, then forget it. I’ll apologize sincerely!”

Seeing Fujimaru Ritsuka starting to regret her decision, Natsukawa Torama smiled slightly: "Well, it's probably just as you think. Professor Rafe isn't exactly a good person these days."

"Huh? Now?"

"It's a bit complicated to talk about what happened before, so I won't go into it here—to put it bluntly, the control room I'm going to now, and the location you're going to relocate to, have probably been planted with a lot of bombs by Professor Rafe."

Bomb?!

Fujimaru Ritsuka's face turned pale. Seeing this, Natsukawa Torama quickly explained, "Maybe! Just maybe! Chaldea was built with comprehensive explosion-proof equipment from the very beginning, and the materials used were also specially designed for explosion protection. Even if there were bombs, they wouldn't cause any trouble."

"Really!?"

"Really... but if it were Professor Rafe, I think he would have made corresponding preparations long ago."

Originally, Professor Rafe used a regular bomb. Although after the members of Group A revealed their identities, there were rumors that Rafe used a bomb that was definitely not ordinary, this was not the case. In the end, the reason why the original members of Group A were on the verge of death was not the bomb, but the explosion that occurred during their spirit transfer, which forced their bodies to remain in a half-dead state.

This is the real reason why the group of geniuses in Group A were wiped out; it has nothing to do with the bomb.

To put it bluntly—I was interrupted by a control skill during the teleportation process, and then I got stuck inside the map model and couldn't get out.

Upon hearing what Natsukawa Torato said, Fujimaru Ritsuka, who hadn't completely relaxed yet, tensed up again: "Isn't the situation very bad? We need to tell the director and the others right away."

"No, there's no need for that. With me here, there won't be any problems."

"Ding~~~~"

The elevator stopped, the doors opened, revealing a path leading to the transfer site ahead. Mashu and Hinako Akuta could be seen there.

Patting Fujimaru Ritsuka on the back and pushing her forward, Natsukawa Torama said with a smile, "Anyway, Fujimaru, you don't need to worry about anything. Just keep moving forward, and I'll take care of everything else—isn't that what a 'senpai' does?"

"Yes, I understand."

“Very well, then go ahead. If Olga waits any longer, she’ll definitely start cursing.”

"I'll go right now!"

Upon hearing that the director would be angry, Fujimaru Ritsuka immediately took off running towards Hinako Akuta and Mashu. Although they had only met once, Fujimaru Ritsuka had already listed Olga Marie as a truly dangerous person.

She's on the same level as her teacher!

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Stepping out of the elevator and into the control room, Natsukawa Tora looked at Professor Rafe, who was sitting at the main control desk, and Olga Marie, who was standing to the side.

"Am I late?"

"No, the timing is perfect. We just need to wait for the new recruits to finish their preparations before we can begin the spirit transfer."

Professor Rafe said this while watching the data changes on the screen.

Meanwhile, Olga Marie frowned and asked, "Xia Chuan, how's the newcomer doing? I saw on the monitor earlier that you seemed to have talked to her about something, maybe some psychological counseling?"