To become a king and a magician

“I’m mainly responsible for the design drawings,” Ms. Tsuru said. “Only in terms of design drawings, I won’t lose to that genius—so without further ado, Ms. Fujimaru, please let me measure your measurements right away! Also, please go to the fitting room over there and try on the clothes I made!”

"Huh? Wait, wait a minute, why do you need my body size—"

"Because the original purpose was to make a magical costume for you."

Natsukawa Torato's words startled Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"Our goal from now on is to stop the burning of humanity. To do this, we not only need to destroy Goetia, but also go to the seven singularities to repair them. For this, we need equipment that can deal with all kinds of situations—does that make sense? Also, this is for your sake. Since we are going to destroy the Demon King, we will definitely need a suitable set of armor."

"He, the rest is up to you."

"no problem!"

With her eyes shining, Ms. Tsuru grabbed Fujimaru Ritsuka with both arms and forcefully dragged her into a separate fitting room not far away. Then, Natsukawa Toramaru heard a series of shy, undulating sounds, along with clothes flying out one after another.

27. The understanding and considerate Natsukawa Tora

"Whoosh—!"

About half an hour after Fujimaru Ritsuka was dragged into the fitting room by Tsuru, the curtain of the fitting room was finally pulled open.

As if all her wishes had been fulfilled, Crane, her face flushed an unnatural red, walked out of the fitting room first, clutching a thick booklet.

Looking at her like this, Natsukawa Torama couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth—Fujimaru shouldn't have been broken by her, right?

"Tsuru, what about Fujimaru...?"

"Lord Natsukawa! Thank you so much!"

Holding the booklet, Tsuru suddenly bowed loudly to Natsukawa Torato and thanked him, saying, "As expected, the real person is the best! No matter how many videos and images I watch or how much I try to simulate and imagine in my mind, it can't compare to the inspiration that the real person brings me! Look, although they are all just drafts, there are so many of them!"

"With so much inspiration, I'm confident I can create a magical costume for Fujimaru-san that could fill an entire wardrobe! It's just that it will take some time to complete the design... In fact, I can't wait to finish the design right now! I'm going to lock myself away again, so please don't come and peek!"

"Oh, right, Miss Fujimaru is still inside. She seems a bit tired. If you can, Mr. Natsukawa, could you please help her out later?"

After hurriedly finishing speaking, Tsuru hugged the booklet and went through another door. Natsukawa Tora remembered that the other side of the door was the empty warehouse next door, which Tsuru was currently using as her research room.

Seeing Tsuru's condition, Natsukawa Tora breathed a slight sigh of relief—it seemed she was in good spirits. All that was left was to wait for the design to be completed and handed over to that genius. With her around, the creation of the magical costume wouldn't take much time.

"Well, let's go fish out our Gudako first."

Upon reaching the fitting room, Natsukawa Torara knocked on the doorframe: "Hey, Fujimaru, are you alright?"

"Um... Eh? Minister? I... um... I'm fine. You, you wait outside for a moment, I'm still changing. Waaah—crash, crash!"

Before Fujimaru Ritsuka could finish speaking, a gasp came from inside, accompanied by sounds like a clothes hanger falling to the ground.

Frowning, Natsukawa Torama placed his hand on the curtain: "Fujimaru, are you alright? Did you slip and fall while getting dressed?"

"Ugh... It's not about putting on clothes, it's about changing clothes... This outfit Miss Tsuru helped me try on is a bit hard to take off, there's a knot in the back that I can't reach... I can't take it anymore! My arms are so sore!"

Inside the fitting room, Fujimaru Ritsuka was struggling to reach behind her to untie a knot, but the knot was in a rather inconvenient spot, not easily accessible to her.

After several attempts, Fujimaru Ritsuka, whose arms were so sore, sighed helplessly: "Sigh... Miss Tsuru's outfit is beautiful, but why is it so difficult to undo?"

"Fujimaru, do you want me to help you take it off?" Natsukawa Torama suddenly said from outside. "If you can't reach it with your hands, then I'll help you untie it. It's just one knot, right?"

"The minister is here to help me... um... that—"

Fujimaru Ritsuka slightly pulled back the curtain, revealing her back to Natsukawa Torato.

The moment he saw the clothes she was wearing, Natsukawa Tiger knew which clothes they were. Coincidentally, he had quite a bit of experience in how to undo them, having done so at least dozens of times.

"Uh...this outfit...Fujimaru, how did you end up wearing this?"

"Huh? Miss Tsuru said this is the most suitable one for girls, and I also think it looks great, so I wore it. What's wrong?"

"No, that... this garment... um... has a rather unusual construction. If you were to untie that knot you mentioned, the whole garment would fall apart," Natsukawa Tora said somewhat awkwardly.

As mentioned many times before, because she can freely change her body size and even conjure up various clothes anytime, anywhere, Sajou Rei often changes into all sorts of outfits.

However, even if she wanted to change clothes, she needed a template first. Coincidentally, Tsuru was very enthusiastic about making clothes, so Sajou Rei would go to Tsuru every now and then to replenish her stock, and then wear them to Natsukawa Tora.

The outfit that Fujimaru Ritsuka is currently wearing is the one that Sajou Rei wears the most, after all... it's the one she herself decided to wear when she becomes a bride in the future.

As for why Natsukawa Torato knows so much—practice makes perfect.

Upon hearing Natsukawa Torato's words, Fujimaru Ritsuka, who had her back to him, immediately blushed bright red.

(W-This is a onesie?! Wait, this structure does seem a bit... Miss Tsuru, what kind of clothes did you put on me?! It's pretty, but why is it structured like this?!)

Girls love to look pretty, and since such beautiful clothes can be tried on unconditionally, there's no reason not to try them on. But... Fujimaru Ritsuka feels her level of embarrassment is about to explode.

"Then, Fujimaru, shall I untie you first?"

"Wait, wait a minute, Minister—"

Before Fujimaru Ritsuka could finish speaking, Natsukawa Tora had already completed his actions. With a feeling of relief coming from behind, Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly felt all her clothes, except for the stockings on her legs, slip down.

"!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka hurriedly covered her clothes to prevent herself from being exposed, her cheeks flushed red, and quickly glanced behind her—the curtain had been drawn at some point, and the marks on the side seemed to be pressed down firmly.

"Minister...you saw it?"

"No, I took it off with my eyes closed. I'm very familiar with your clothes." Xia Chuanhu's calm voice came from outside. "Then I'll go wait outside first. Hurry up and come out after you change your clothes. We still have somewhere to go."

"Oh...oh, I understand."

It's good that you didn't see it!

Fujimaru Ritsuka, clutching the clothes in her arms, breathed a slight sigh of relief. If the club president had seen her in her underwear like this, she wouldn't have been able to calm down for at least the day.

(However, the minister can actually take off this outfit with his eyes closed... Doesn't the minister have a lot of impressive skills?)

28. True geniuses can even transcend gender.

After providing Fujimaru Ritsuka with the design blueprints for her Mystic Code, Natsukawa Toramaru took her away from Tsuru's workshop and headed to another place she needed to visit.

"Leonardo's personal shop?"

In another corridor not far from Tsuru's workshop, looking at the plaque hanging next to the door, Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was beginning to get used to the situation inside Chaldea, looked at Natsukawa Torara: "Captain, is this also... uh, the location of Servants?"

Why do you think that?

"Well... that's the feeling, and Leonardo—he's not going to take me to see Leonardo da Vinci, is he?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka had learned about that famously omnipotent figure in history class. If we're talking about a follower, especially one as famous as Leonardo da Vinci, then the only one that comes to mind is indeed Leonardo da Vinci.

Natsukawa Tora smiled and said, "Well, I think the Leonardo da Vinci of Chaldea will be a little different from the Leonardo da Vinci you know—you should understand after you actually meet him."

After saying that, Xia Chuanhu opened the tightly closed door.

But the moment the door opened—

"Bang------!"

A sudden explosion erupted from inside the door, the powerful impact slamming right into Xia Chuanhu's face!

"Minister—ah, is he alright?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka gasped in surprise, but quickly remembered what kind of person her captain was and immediately calmed down. After waving away the smoke around him, a completely unharmed Natsukawa Torama walked somewhat helplessly into the room.

"Miss Da Vinci, and Orange, what are you two doing again?"

"Cough cough cough! It's nothing, nothing at all. I just got a little interested after seeing Hinako Akuta's fighting style and wanted to try making a puppet that can repeatedly self-destruct like her..."

"As you can see, it can only be used once. A perfect failure, though it's not bad as a bomb."

Inside the room, accompanied by a cough, two voices rang out one after the other. One of them was a red-haired beauty with glasses, wearing cheap jeans and a T-shirt. Perhaps because of the explosion just now, she looked somewhat disheveled and dirty.

And the other one...

"Mona Lisa?!"

Seeing the woman sitting on the ground in a somewhat ungraceful posture, Fujimaru Ritsuka was immediately filled with astonishment.

The reason is simple: the woman's appearance is so similar to the world-famous painting "Mona Lisa" that it can even be said to be exactly the same!

Hearing Fujimaru Ritsuka's exclamation, Mona Lisa, who was slumped on the ground, couldn't help but chuckle: "Oh my, you really are famous, aren't you? You were recognized right away. But your reaction was great, Fujimaru, that's the kind of reaction you need."

"Fujimaru... Ah, you're that newcomer? The one the boy has been waiting for for so long."

“Hmm.” Natsukawa Tora nodded, then turned to Fujimaru Ritsuka and said, “Let me introduce you, Fujimaru. These two are the heads of the Chaldea Equipment Department. In the future, you can come here to them for any Mystic Codes you use, whether it’s for manufacturing, repair or maintenance.”

"First of all, this is Aozaki Touko, a magician, the strongest puppeteer in modern times, and also my teacher. I only invited her to Chaldea recently."

Aozaki Touko pushed up her glasses: "You were my teacher in the past. You graduated from my tutelage a long time ago. And you call that an invitation? You clearly lured me here by offering me a bunch of conditions I couldn't refuse."

"But you can refuse the orange."

"You've gotten quite the smooth talker..." After glaring angrily at her boy, Aozaki Touko turned to Fujimaru Ritsuka: "Your name is Fujimaru Ritsuka, right? I'm Aozaki Touko, just call me Touko. Using my surname might cause misunderstandings. Just like the boy said, my specialty is in the doll field. If you ever lose an arm or leg or have your internal organs removed, I can make you an exact replacement, quality guaranteed."

"Yes...yes..."

Because what Aozaki Touko said was so far beyond common sense, Fujimaru Ritsuka could only give a blank reply. Natsukawa Torara sighed and said, "Touko, don't say such unpleasant things. You should say something nice when you first meet someone."

"Well... Fujimaru, if you need anything like that tonight, I have some too, sob sob sob!"

Natsukawa Torara immediately covered Aozaki Touko's mouth with his hand, dragged her to a corner of the room, and held her down firmly. He said apologetically to Fujimaru Ritsuka, "I'm sorry, Fujimaru, Touko seems to be going through menopause recently, and since she's single, she's a little—"

"Who are you calling menopausal? Besides, my body is like a doll, there's no such thing as menopause for me. And what's wrong with me being single? Does it make you so great if you're not single?"

Touched on a sore spot, Aozaki Touko was unusually unable to remain calm, her tone clearly barbed, leaving Natsukawa Tora looking helpless. Seeing the couple begin their traditional act again, Mona Lisa—Da Vinci—had no choice but to introduce herself to Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"Sigh, I really can't stand those two. As for the newcomer, just as you guessed, I am the all-powerful genius Leonardo da Vinci. I hope you can call me Leonardo da Vinci affectionately."

"It really is Leonardo da Vinci..." Fujimaru Ritsuka still couldn't quite believe it. "It's completely different from the portrait in the history textbook..."

“Because I changed my appearance when I was summoned,” Leonardo da Vinci laughed. “In the face of true genius, gender and age have no relation. Ideologies and trends change with the times, so in order to adapt to modern society, I set my appearance to the most perfect image in my mind and made some modifications to follow modern trends.”

"However, you really don't need to care too much about the gender of us Servants. After all, mythology and history are not always based on facts. For example, those people in our operations department—by the way, Natsukawa, why did you bring Fujimaru to my place?"

Upon hearing Da Vinci's voice, Natsukawa Torato, who was comforting Aozaki Touko who was going through menopause, turned around and explained, "It's about the Mystic Code I mentioned to you before. I just took Fujimaru to Tsuru's place, and I think the design drawings can be delivered in the next day or two."

“Oh, so that’s what it is. Hmm… If it’s finished in the next day or two, it will probably take about a week to complete, plus the subsequent adjustments… it will take at least ten days.” Da Vinci thought for a moment. “But are you sure you want Fujimaru to wear the finished product right away? Shouldn’t you let her wear a trial version first to experience it? At least let her know how to use the Mystic Code.”

Xia Chuanhu nodded: "That was my original plan. I was going to take her to the training room afterward."

"Training?" Aozaki Touko suddenly laughed. "Does that mean our Clock Tower's devilish teachers are going to go back to their old ways?"

"No, I've already chosen the person to train Fujimaru. He should be waiting in the training room by now."