To become a king and a magician

“You mean that magical regalia that can conceal your secrets?” Tsbia shook his head. “Unfortunately, that magical regalia can indeed prevent the villagers from discovering your secrets, but it’s useless against that thing—or to put it bluntly, that necklace was deliberately designed to ignore that aspect.”

"Huh?"

Was it deliberately ignored?

Does this mean that the magical costume that Merry made intentionally left a loophole?

Xia Chuanhu involuntarily gripped the necklace: "What's your reasoning for saying that?"

"Based on my abilities and eyesight as a magician, I have conducted a simple analysis of the magic formula inside your necklace, and combined with the unusual situation that happened to that thing yesterday, I have finally come to this conclusion."

"That thing..."

“Oh right, you probably don’t know yet.” Tsbia cleared his throat, as if organizing his thoughts, “The Contract of Atlas—those were the seven contracts distributed when the Atlas Institute was founded. As long as you hold that contract, you can get the full assistance of the Atlas Institute.”

"This village holds a share of it and therefore uses one of our institute's seven weapons—LogosReact. The reason I'm here is because of my concerns about its operation; you can interpret that as Dean Atlas's sense of responsibility."

"The reason I let you leave here is also related to LogosReact. This village is used to simulate the spirit of King Arthur, to fulfill one of the three conditions required to resurrect King Arthur."

Three conditions for resurrecting King Arthur.

"Body, soul, and spirit?"

Tsbia nodded: "That's right. And the simulation went very smoothly. Although it took hundreds of years, it can now be said to be completed. At the same time, the container used to bring King Arthur down has also met the expected standards. For this village, all that is left is to let King Arthur's soul and spirit enter the container together, and their long-cherished wish will be fulfilled."

"A soul... It's not so simple to bring back a soul from a thousand years ago—the Holy Grail War, is it?"

"While it's not easy to make a specific Heroic Spirit appear from among countless Heroic Spirits, it's not impossible. Furthermore, the possibility would increase further if a Holy Relic were found. Just recently, there were rumors of what appeared to be the scabbard of King Arthur's sword being unearthed."

(Avalon, huh...)

"In a sense, the village's long-cherished wish was just one step away from being fulfilled—but your appearance has caused some deviations in the plan. Because your compatibility is even higher than that of the witch, LogosReact has reacted to you, and the mental simulation of King Arthur, which was already completed, has begun to change again."

"You came here because of Belsac's request, to investigate the cause of the abnormal magic?"

Natsukawa Tora nodded: "Hmm—wait, could it be that the reason for the abnormal magic power is related to LogosReact?"

“Indeed, and according to the data I collected last night, the condition of the ley lines has worsened since you arrived here. At the current rate, the major ley lines in this area will be half-dried up in about a week.”

"So I suggest you leave here. That way, I think you'll still have a good chance of stopping LogosReact's re-simulation. As for the ley line anomaly, it won't recover, but it won't worsen either. At most, it will only have some minor impact on your life, nothing serious."

Tsbia's explanation made Natsukawa Tiger fall into deep thought.

He could understand Tsbia's meaning, but a certain key word in his words made him continue to have questions—

"There's a high probability it will stop, is that what you said?" Natsukawa Torato looked at Tsbia, "Then what about the low probability one might happen?"

"LogosReact, in its pursuit of a complete simulation, has become semi-out of control. Given its unique nature, I think the surrounding area will become singular and continue to expand outwards."

"So, the world is going to be destroyed?"

"Approximately speaking, we can consider it that way."

“Then I have no reason to leave immediately,” Natsukawa Tiger laughed. “I don’t like to leave problems unresolved. It’s better to solve problems as soon as possible, isn’t it? Besides… this is probably a situation that was designed by someone.”

“Right, Meryl?”

Natsukawa Torato touched the necklace in his hand: "I was wondering why you were so well-behaved this time. Now that I think about it, you must have foreseen this situation, which is why you made this Mystic Code."

It might fool most people, but it actually left a backdoor for LogosReact, which clearly shows that Meryl intends to involve Natsukawa Tora in this matter. And if we extend that line of thought, the person Belsak mentioned who suggested submitting a request to the Clock Tower to resolve the magical anomaly might actually be Meryl. That guy isn't incapable of doing something like this.

“It really is something that nightmare would do.” Inside the cage in Gray’s hands, Yad seemed to have reacted to something, his tone somewhat displeased. “It’s such a familiar scene, being led by the nose by that nightmare, acting according to his ideas—little brother, you’d better be more careful in the future.”

"I think so too."

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Meanwhile, in an apartment far away in London.

"Knock knock knock~~~"

"coming!"

As the doorbell rang, Mary, who was cleaning, immediately ran to the door and opened it. But when she saw who was outside, the smile on her face froze slightly.

"Oh my, what a rare guest! What brings you here?"

"Morgan here."

20. Did Zog finish putting on his makeup in the basement?

If you want to fix LogosReact issues, go to the church basement.

This was the suggestion that Tsbyia made to Natsukawa Torato after that.

"The basement..."

In the same square near the church, Natsukawa Tiger sat on a bench almost directly opposite the church.

"Just go in and tell me to go into the basement... that probably won't work, right?"

Although it's unclear how much of a relationship exists between the church here and the Holy Church, one thing is certain: barring unforeseen circumstances, the relationship between the church and the magician is absolutely one of mutual hostility, like meeting one's father's killer.

In this situation, even if Xia Chuanhu explained the situation to them, they probably wouldn't listen.

"Grey, do you know how to get into the church's basement?"

"Do not......"

Grey shook her head.

"Don't tell me how I got in; it's the first time I've ever heard of a church having a basement. But I think what the teacher said should be—"

"Did you need something?"

Grey had only finished speaking when Belsack's voice suddenly rang out behind them, startling Natsukawa Tiger so much that he jumped up and looked behind him: "Holy crap, you scared me! Don't scare me like that!"

"teacher!"

Seeing the two startled people, Belsac simply said, "I just happened to be passing by. I heard you mention me. Did something happen?"

"It's about the church's basement—"

"Um?!"

Before Grey could finish speaking, Belsac's eyes suddenly sharpened, and the atmosphere emanating from him seemed to drop several degrees in an instant, causing Grey and Natsukawa Torato to instinctively shiver.

"Grey, you should go back now."

After a moment of silence, Bersak said this.

“I’ll talk to Mr. Natsukawa about the basement. You should go back and finish your homework for today. The training is the same as usual, so I shouldn’t have to lead you. Magician, come over here.”

"Hey—slow down..."

Before Natsukawa and Grey could respond, Belsac grabbed Natsukawa and headed towards his house, leaving Grey standing there alone with the birdcage.

Watching the two leave, Grey blinked, then picked up the birdcage and looked at Yad: "This is the first time I've seen a teacher like that... She seemed a little flustered."

"This proves that the basement is a very important matter, and it also means that what Tsbia said was pretty much true, hehehe." Yad laughed. "So, how about it, crybaby Grey, do you want to sneak up and check it out?"

"But homework..."

"Anyway, you already know all those things, right? You used to be able to finish them in an hour or two, so it's okay to take a day off now and then. Besides, aren't you curious about the secret in that basement?"

"Hmm..."

Grey was caught in a dilemma. Rationally, Grey wanted to prioritize completing today's homework, since it was a task assigned by Belsak, and she might get scolded if she didn't obey.

But at the same time, just as Yad said, she was also curious about what Tsbia and Natsukawa had just talked about. It was a child's nature, not to mention that it seemed to be related to her.

"Grey".

Just as Grey hesitated, a woman's voice came from not far away, and then a blonde woman came up to her.

“Mom,” Grey said to the visitor.

The blonde woman—Margaretina—pressed Gray's shoulder: "It's good that we found you. Don't keep standing here. It's time to go back and eat. It won't be good if you don't eat on time."

"OK,"

After glancing one last time in the direction where Natsukawa Tora and Belsaac had left, Grey put away Yad and followed her mother.

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Inside the wooden house in Belsac.

Belsack poured Natsukawa another cup of coffee that tasted no different from diluted mud water, sat down opposite him, and asked in a somewhat cold and gloomy voice, "Who told you about the basement?"

"The guy who lives in that windmill, his name was Tsbia, what was it? His full name was too long to remember." Natsukawa Tora said frankly, "By the way, he told me almost all the secrets of this village. For example, that little girl Grey was the vessel for King Arthur's resurrection, and there's a mental simulation of King Arthur in the basement."

Upon hearing this, Belsac's face instantly darkened, as if he had found a bug in his food halfway through eating: "The magician really can't control his mouth—drink this coffee and leave, and never set foot here again."

"That commission—"

"Cancel. This is none of your business anymore, Magician." Belsac's voice was unusually loud, and his expression and eyes were somewhat different from their usual calm.

An expected reaction.

Xia Chuanhu shook his head slightly: "If I could, I would like to leave, but unfortunately, it seems that my coming here was planned by someone from the very beginning. Even if I leave this time, I think I will come back here for various reasons in the future."

"What do you mean?"

"It's up to you to interpret it literally. Also, the magical anomalies happening in this village seem to be related to that thing underground, and I can probably be blamed for half of the reason that thing is having problems."

"In other words, I was at the very heart of this village's secret from the very beginning, and you can't just persuade me to leave with a few words."

At this point, Natsukawa Tora pressed his hand on the table and stared at Belsak: "So, can you tell me about the church basement, just like you said? Gravedigger."

“You should give me an explanation first.” Belsak stared into Natsukawa Torato’s eyes. “It’s related to that thing? What makes you say that?”

"I summoned King Arthur during the Holy Grail War a year ago."

"—!"

It was obvious that the Belsak ground trembled.

King Arthur.

If you want to get involved in the affairs of this village, whatever the reason, this one reason is more than enough.

"I never expected this..."

Belsac sighed, then stood up and walked towards the door: "Since you're the one who summoned King Arthur, you certainly have the right to get involved in this matter. Come with me. Going through the church will be more troublesome. I know another secret passage."

"You really believe me that much?"