To become a king and a magician

"Director!?"

"Don't talk loudly during the meal. This is basic etiquette. Remember this well, newlyweds."

Sitting there was Olga Marie.

23. Please refrain from throwing flashbangs in public places.

Seeing Olga Marie sitting there, Fujimaru Ritsuka immediately went over to her.

"Chief, you're alright too? That's so good."

"If a newcomer like you is fine, how could I possibly be in trouble? Or are you underestimating me?"

"No, no, no! Absolutely not!" Fujimaru Ritsuka shook her head vigorously. "It's just that when I met with the department head and Ms. Sajou earlier, I didn't see the director, so I thought he had already..."

At the end of the Fuyuki City arc, when Natsukawa Torato and Sajou Rei arrived, Fujimaru Ritsuka did not see Olga Marie. At that time, she wondered if something had happened to the director, but the situation at the time did not allow her to ask in time.

Seeing that Olga Marie was alright, Fujimaru Ritsuka was indeed relieved.

Seeing how concerned the newcomer was about her, Olga Marie remained silent for a while before sighing softly, "To say I'm alright... well, I can't say I'm completely alright. At least for now, I'm still a wounded soldier, just like those who are injured and unable to work."

"Huh? A wounded soldier?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka frowned: "Chief, are you injured?"

"No, senior, the director's injury is not a physical one, but a part of his soul—senior, this is today's signature set meal. I think if you were Japanese, you would want to eat this."

Mash, who was carrying a set meal, said this as she walked over.

After accepting her first meal, Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but ask curiously, "Damage to the soul? What does that mean?"

“You really need to brush up on your magic knowledge. How can you perform human restoration like this… Haha, let me explain it myself.” Olga Marie rubbed her forehead. “Humans are composed of three parts: body, soul, and consciousness. Only when these three are combined can a complete human being be formed.”

"In the previous explosion, my body suffered quite serious damage, and my soul left my body for a time and was caught in the spiritual transfer. Although I eventually returned to my body with the help of Zero, it will always take some time to heal after being separated for a time."

I have died before.

After being resurrected by Sajou Rei, Olga Marie was shocked to learn of this fact, but upon reflection, it wasn't so unacceptable.

After all, she had performed a spiritual transfer.

As the director of Chaldea, Olga Marie actually did not have the qualifications for spirit transfer, but she successfully reached Singularity F through spirit transfer, which in itself speaks volumes. The only possibility that can be thought of is that she did not complete the spirit transfer through normal means, but rather in the form of a spirit.

After all, spirit transfer is a technology specifically designed for spirits.

Originally, she shouldn't have been able to return and should have disappeared along with Singularity F—if it weren't for Natsukawa Torato and Sajou Rei.

(I owe them so many favors that I can't possibly repay them all...)

Over the years, Natsukawa Tora said he would only help Olga Marie three times, but in reality, he helped her countless times. He himself didn't care, saying it was just a small favor. However, Olga Marie, who cared about her image, didn't want to accept his kindness so easily. Therefore, she always said that she would owe him the favor first and would definitely repay him later.

The Animusfia family doesn't like owing favors.

But... those who know, know. Paying back Xia Chuanhu's favor is not an easy task, not to mention that when you want to pay back a favor, you will incur several more favors. As a result, Olga Marie is still in a state of being heavily in debt.

To paraphrase Sajou Rei, it's probably to the point where he couldn't even repay Natsukawa Torata after selling himself to him.

Fujimaru Ritsuka was still completely clueless about magic, and only vaguely understood what Olga Marie was saying, but at least she could understand that Olga Marie wasn't feeling well: "I see... then you must get some rest, Director! Here, I'll share half of my lunch with you, the more you eat, the faster you'll recover!"

"Huh? No way! Not only am I already full, but eating with commoners—hey! I told you not to share!"

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More than half an hour later.

As she walked out of the restaurant, Fujimaru Ritsuka looked satisfied, touching her slightly protruding belly.

"I'm so full... The food at Chaldea is so delicious! I'm so envious of Mashu. She used to eat such delicious food every day."

“No, I don’t come to the cafeteria very often. I prepare my own food most of the time.” Mashu shook her head unexpectedly. “The cafeteria’s food is indeed very delicious, but it’s a bit unbalanced in terms of nutrition. After all, there are quite a few employees, so it’s impossible to achieve a perfect balance.”

With over three hundred employees, Chaldea faces the challenge of ensuring both the taste and nutritional balance for everyone. This is indeed a difficult task for the chefs, and Fujimaru Ritsuka understands this.

"Speaking of which, Mashu, where are we going next?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka asked with some confusion.

After having what was probably breakfast, Mashu said there was a place she wanted to take her to.

"Go to the control room. The reason I was near your room was to see if you had woken up. My brother said that if you woke up, he would let me take you to the control room. I just didn't expect you to have woken up on your own."

"Brother—Minister! Has he returned yet?"

"Yes, shortly after we got back."

They actually came back?

Fujimaru Ritsuka knew that her captain was incredibly powerful, so powerful that he was practically inhuman, but since the opponent was a super demon king like King Solomon, she couldn't help but wonder if her captain might not be able to come back.

It turns out she was overthinking things.

Soon, as Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu were talking, the door to the control room came into view. After opening the door using Mashu's ID, the two heard Roman's complaints coming from inside before they even entered.

"Hey you two, can you stop showing off your love so openly in the control room? This is a public place! If you want to do mouth-to-mouth feeding, go outside!"

"It's really not my fault, Roman, it was Zero who insisted—"

"Master, please don't get distracted during your meal. Come on, ah~~~~~"

"That's enough! Can't you just stop disrupting the harmonious work environment?!"

Looking at Roman, who was sitting in the command center in a state of "impotent rage," and Natsukawa Torata, who was holding Sajou Rei and being fed mouth-to-mouth by her, Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly felt that she might have come at the wrong time.

Speaking of which...

(Are the minister and Ms. Sajo really that bold? Wow~~~~ I can almost hear the sound of their wet kiss.)

At only 17 years old, Fujimaru Ritsuka had never seen Natsukawa Torato and Sajou Rei in such intimate contact before. She froze on the spot, her face turning completely red.

After replenishing her magic power, Sajou Rei noticed Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash standing at the door and waved with a smile: "Good morning, Mash, and Fujimaru. You've finally woken up after sleeping for so long?"

24. Minister, your age is fake, isn't it?

The rest area outside the control room.

Natsukawa Torara handed a drink to Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was sitting on a bench, and said with a helpless smile, "Sorry, Fujimaru, you saw some bad things... Uh, it would be a big help if you could forget about what happened earlier."

forget......

Recalling what she had just witnessed, Fujimaru Ritsuka shook her head apologetically: "I can't forget it even if I want to. Rather, it's because it was so surprising that I can't help but think about it even if I don't try... Are the captain and Sajou-san always like that?"

According to Chaldean time, it is currently noon, which is still daytime.

To make such intimate physical contact in broad daylight, especially in front of so many employees in the control room, Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't know what to say. Should she say that the relationship between the two of them was too good?

Xia Chuanhu gave a wry smile: "That can't be denied. Lingyi's possessiveness is stronger than most people's. Besides, that's also her way of expressing her love for me... Well, that's about it."

"It's amazing that you, Minister, can accept this."

If her future lover did this to her every day, Fujimaru Ritsuka definitely wouldn't be able to accept it, as it was simply too embarrassing.

"It's less about accepting it and more about getting used to it. It's been ten years, and at first I couldn't accept it either."

"I see... huh?"

Subconsciously responding to Fujimaru Ritsuka, she immediately noticed an important piece of information in Natsukawa Torato's words that could not be ignored. Even though it was mentioned casually, Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was quite sensitive to this kind of thing, noticed it immediately.

"Ten years? Minister, have you and Ms. Sajou been together for ten years?"

"Well, if we really want to get to the bottom of it, it's been about twenty years."

Twenty years!?

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at him incredulously: "Captain... um... you're not kidding, are you? We've known each other for twenty years... how old are you anyway?"

Judging from his appearance, Fujimaru Ritsuka thought that Natsukawa Tora should be the same age as her. After all, he looked like an overly handsome high school or college student, at most twenty-one or twenty-two years old.

If they knew Sajou Rei twenty years ago, does that mean they knew each other when they were babies?

When asked by Fujimaru Ritsuka, Natsukawa Torama fell silent for a moment: "Age, you're right. I haven't been paying much attention to that in recent years. After all, for me now, a day or a year makes little difference. But if we calculate it normally, I should be almost forty years old this year."

"Forty years old?!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

(Are you kidding me? The minister is almost forty years old? About the same age as my mother?! But his face looks like that of a forty-year-old man! He looks way too young!)

Honestly, even if you threw Natsukawa Tora into a high school, Fujimaru Ritsuka believed that he would fit in perfectly. He's just too young, and that can't be explained by just looking young!

"Minister, could it be... that you have some method to maintain eternal youth?"

"No, how could I possibly have such a thing? It's just that my body is a bit special," Natsukawa Torama laughed. "Actually, I'm not human. Fujimaru, you seem to have read a lot of light novels, so you should know about spirits, right?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded: "Yeah, I know. In fact, in light novels these days, as long as it's an isekai or fantasy genre, spirits are practically a fixed character."

"I am a spirit, although I am probably not exactly the same as the spirits you know—by the way, Akuta-senpai is one too."

Xia Chuanhu casually revealed his identity: "You can ask Roman for more specific information later. Although he's not a magician, he's like a Wikipedia-like figure in this field, and he can also help you fill in some common knowledge you need to know."

"After all, you are the most important person in Chaldea right now, Fujimaru. You absolutely cannot continue to remain ignorant."

Most important?

I?

Natsukawa Toramaru's sudden shift to serious mode and his subsequent words left Fujimaru Ritsuka momentarily bewildered: "Captain, what...does this mean? I'm the most important...why are you saying this?"

"This is the final answer reached after a discussion among all the Chaldea members, taking into account all the current information. In terms of importance, you, Fujimaru, are number one first, followed by the rest of us. I know this is a bit hard for you to accept, but I will now give you a brief explanation of the specifics."

As he spoke, Natsukawa Torama activated the device on his wrist, conjuring a screen in mid-air. The screen displayed King Solomon, whom he had met once before in Fuyuki City. On the other side of the screen was a peculiar, fiery red globe-like object.

"Let me first tell you about the current situation. The picture on the left is Chaldea, which was originally used to observe whether human history could continue for another hundred years. However, it can no longer observe that far into the future. The fiery red appearance it shows now represents the scene of the Earth being completely burned in the not-too-distant future."

"No, to be precise, it should be called human history. Humanity will completely disappear from this planet, leaving no trace, and will be burned to ashes. And the one who caused this is him, King Solomon."

Pointing to the full-body statue of King Solomon, Natsukawa Torato continued to explain: "It is not an easy thing to completely burn down the entire history of mankind. In order to do this, King Solomon created seven singularities in the entire history of mankind."

"Singularity?"

"In other words, it disrupted the normal course of history. For example, our lives are now filled with light because the light bulb was invented. But if Edison hadn't invented the light bulb, subsequent human history would certainly have been drastically different—does that make sense?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded with difficulty. She could understand it, but accepting it was still a bit difficult.

"You don't need to accept it now; you'll have time to adjust. In short, because of the existence of the seven singularities, the burning of human history has become possible, and therefore, human history is set to end in 2015. If we want to reclaim our future, we have to defeat this guy."