To become a king and a magician

The moment she woke up in her own bed, the aches and pains all over her body made Fujimaru Ritsuka gasp involuntarily.

"Ouch...it hurts so much...I really got a good beating from the minister..."

Yesterday, because she asked Sajou Rei some questions, Fujimaru Ritsuka was unable to arrive at the training room on time as Natsukawa Toramaru had requested. As a result, she was practically exhausted from Natsukawa Toramaru's training all afternoon.

Long-distance running, squats, pull-ups, weighted running, push-ups, sit-ups... and so on. They put together almost every training method they could think of, and at an extremely high intensity.

Thanks to this, she didn't even have an appetite for dinner last night. As soon as training ended, she went back to her room and fell asleep the moment her head hit the pillow. She only woke up now.

"Let me see... 8:18 in the morning, that's about breakfast time."

If she could, Fujimaru Ritsuka would love to sit up in bed and have breakfast. She hadn't eaten dinner the night before and was starving, but the aches and pains all over her body made her not want to move at all. If she stood up and tried to walk, Fujimaru Ritsuka had no doubt that she would fall to the ground.

"I can only walk by holding onto the wall..."

This is currently the only way to get myself moving.

With great effort, she picked up the clothes from the chair next to her and put them on. After struggling to stand up by supporting herself on the bed, Fujimaru Ritsuka bent over and walked slowly out of the room, holding onto the wall for support.

The cafeteria wasn't far from the residential area, which must have been taken into account when it was first built. Even though she had to hold onto the wall to get there, Fujimaru Ritsuka arrived at the cafeteria quickly. The moment Fujimaru Ritsuka arrived at the cafeteria, three familiar figures immediately came into her view.

Good morning, senior.

Mashu immediately greeted Fujimaru Ritsuka, asking, "Did you have a good sleep?"

"Well, good morning, Mashu... I can't say I slept well, my body aches and I can't sleep well either." Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled wryly. "The same goes for the Director and Ms. Gray, good morning."

Olga Marie frowned immediately. "Good morning—but don't talk to me like we're old friends, newbie. Even though you saw a bit of my rudeness yesterday, it doesn't mean we're on good terms now, you know?"

"..."

What was wrong with you yesterday?

Fujimaru Ritsuka thought for a moment: "Ah, it was you who got thrown to the ground by Gray-san's over-the-shoulder throw—"

"Stop! Who told you to say that—ouch...it hurts...it hurts..."

Before Olga Marie, her face flushed with shame and indignation, could finish speaking, her body suddenly stiffened, and she quickly sat down, supporting herself on the table.

Seeing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka tentatively asked, "Chief, are you... also sore all over?"

"Oops... I miscalculated. You actually saw through me..."

“After all, you went through that kind of training yesterday, so it’s normal to have this reaction. Just rest well today,” Grey said with a smile. “I’ll go prepare breakfast now. Please wait here for a moment.”

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded vigorously: "Yeah, thank you, Ms. Gray. But resting... I think the captain might pop up from somewhere again and drag me to the training room."

Just imagining that scene made Fujimaru Ritsuka shudder, and her body felt a little cold.

Gently shaking her head, Grey said, "It's alright. I think my brother won't get up until noon today, and he has other things to do in the afternoon, so Fujimaru and the others can get some rest today."

"Great!"

No training is a good thing! Even though she knows that not training might cause some trouble later, Fujimaru Ritsuka really doesn't want to train right now, with her body aching terribly!

but......

"Why does the minister not get up until noon? Did he oversleep?"

"this....."

When this topic was brought up, Grey's expression stiffened for a moment, and then she turned her head away awkwardly: "Well... um, it's just that I like to stay in bed. My brother actually likes to stay in bed."

"The minister is really lazy. He was like that before. Miss Aoko said that one of the reasons he didn't come to help was because he wanted to slack off."

"Haha..."

After responding with a wry smile, Grey turned around and sighed helplessly.

(Sister Lingyi... she won't listen at all when I tell her, really. And her brother doesn't even know how to refuse.)

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Just as Gray said, Natsukawa Tora did not appear in Chaldea all morning and even at noon. It wasn't until after lunch, when it was 1:30 pm, that he appeared in the control room looking like he had just woken up.

Good morning everyone... Hoo-hoo~~~~

"Good morning my foot! It's already afternoon!"

Roman snapped at Natsukawa, who was yawning, and then gave him a once-over before giving him a knowing look: "You got exploited again?"

"Yes, that's what we agreed on, so now my back hurts a lot."

"The couple's life is really happy and fulfilling. I'm starting to wonder if the reason Chaldea used soundproofing materials during its construction was because of this."

"Ten years ago, my situation was not like this. Back then, there was a shift schedule. Now, it's only when Lingyi is around that I'm like this."

There's even a shift schedule?!

(I'm so envious of you, Minister Natsukawa!)

(It's less about envy and more about the explosive information this reveals!)

(Is there a real harem? What's the minister's nationality?)

(This is probably a joke; how could a minister who's only about twenty years old possibly have a harem?)

(That's true...)

(That's something only eighteen-year-old high school students can do.)

After exchanging glances, the staff in the control room rolled their eyes at one of them before continuing their work.

Meanwhile, after exchanging a few jokes with Roman, Xia Chuanhu turned his attention back to work: "How's the situation at the singularity? Have you found out anything about the next singularity?"

"It's alright, I guess. Apart from the first singularity that we've already resolved, we also have a basic understanding of the second singularity, which has the least fluctuation. My idea is to let Fujimaru and the others rest for two more days before we start... combat... huh?"

Roman was speaking, but then suddenly stopped, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

Below, the staff observing Chaldea through Sheba, like Roman, stared in astonishment at the situation on the monitor.

"This is......."

"What's wrong, Roman?"

"Natsukawa...look at this!" Roman quickly pulled Natsukawa Tiger to his seat. "Besides the original six singularities, now...two new singularities have appeared?!"

63. That place is absolutely super safe.

To date, a total of eight singularities have been observed by Chaldea.

Fuyuki City, France.

Excluding the two singularities that have already been resolved, there are six remaining.

However, now, through the Sheba lens, it can be clearly seen that two more points of light have appeared on the fiery red Chaldea, and the various analyses in the control room are also showing reports similar to those of the singularity.

Two new singularities have emerged.

This is something that everyone in the control room can understand, and after understanding this, everyone felt the same emotion.

--Fear.

Having just resolved two singularities, two new ones immediately appeared. Considering what Natsukawa Tora had said before, that the singularities were created by King Solomon, the final enemy Chaldea would face on its path to restoring humanity, a somewhat terrifying thought arose in most people's minds.

Could it be... that the other side can replenish singularities at any time? Even if one singularity is resolved, the other side can immediately replenish another.

If things continue like this, wouldn't the task of restoring humanity become—

"Everyone, calm down."

Natsukawa Tora's voice suddenly echoed throughout the control room, like a blast of freezing air in the middle of summer, instantly cooling down everyone's restless mood.

With his hands resting on the table at the command post, Xia Chuanhu stared at the report displayed on it, remaining silent for a long time before speaking again.

"I don't think these two singularities were created by King Solomon."

"Huh?" Roman frowned. "Why do you say that?"

"In Japan, are there any major events that could significantly impact the continuation of human history? And two of them at that?"

When asked this question by Natsukawa Tora, Roman fell silent. The others in the control room immediately opened Chaldea's database and began their investigation.

A few minutes later, a somewhat weak voice came through: "Minister, if we're talking about World War II... then Japan was indeed a very important part of it, wasn't it?"

“There’s only one, not two. And World War II didn’t happen on Japanese soil, so why would two singularities appear in our own country?” Natsukawa Torama said, zooming in on the locations of the two newly appeared singularities.

"Furthermore, the locations of these two singularities..."

Having visited Japan many times, Natsukawa Torato had a clear impression of the general map of Japan. If he remembered correctly, the two newly discovered singularities were located in Tokyo, Japan, and... Kanbuko City.

Natsukawa Torato doesn't know what happened in Tokyo, but as for Kanbuko City, it's probably related to those people there.

Of course, this is just speculation. The most direct way to confirm it is—

"Roman, the analysis of the second singularity is almost complete, right?"

"Ah."

"Now let's begin analyzing the situation of these two newly emerged singularities, focusing on the era in which they occurred. Leaving aside the one located in Tokyo, Japan, if it's in Kanbuko City, once we determine the era, I can roughly understand the situation there."

Xia Chuanhu's somewhat confident words made Roman frown slightly: "So confident? Are you very familiar with that place?"

"When I went to Japan, I stayed at my fiancée's house there."

"..."

Another one?!

Do you have fiancées all over the world?

If looks could kill, Natsukawa Tora would probably be riddled with arrows by now. You know, there are single people in Chaldea. Now, hearing that Natsukawa Tora, who is only around twenty years old, already has so many fiancées... What's that saying again?

The urge to kill someone is impossible to hide in one's eyes.

Envy, jealousy, and hatred filled the eyes of every single man, while Xia Chuanhu could only look away and pretend not to see the employees glaring at him.

However, emotions aside, the Chaldean staff were all working diligently and quickly analyzed the general situation of the two newly emerged singularities.

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"Huh?! Going home?!"

Several tens of minutes later.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, who rushed to the control room after suddenly receiving a notice to assemble, was immediately bombarded with a bombshell by Natsukawa Torato.