To become a king and a magician

“Yes, that’s true. For example, the dragon calamity you just mentioned,” Natsukawa Torato asked. “Are those wyverns that appear out of nowhere the dragon calamity?”

"This is probably the smallest dragon calamity. Although it's not a threat to us Servants, it's a real threat to the residents living here. Generally, there are about three to five wyverns appearing at the same time. More or fewer than that is quite rare."

Artoria explained.

"However, since it was Gray who resolved the dragon scourge, I think you two already know the fact that those wyverns were not real creatures, right?"

Grey and Natsukawa Tora nodded.

The wyvern turned into black mist and disappeared after being killed by Gray; this was definitely not the way a creature should die.

"The Dragon Disaster is essentially a phenomenon of this singularity. This is something we have deduced. It is a natural phenomenon, just like wind and rain. Although it only appeared half a year ago, it happened at the same time as the Burning of Humanity."

"According to local residents, all the changes originated from a beam of light that suddenly appeared half a year ago. After that beam of light appeared, the White Dragon Kingdom appeared, and the Dragon Disaster occurred the next day."

half year ago.

A beam of light.

Natsukawa Torato asked, "Could it be that the place where the pillar of light appeared is the location of the White Dragon Kingdom?"

“That’s true.” Artoria nodded. “I came here five days ago. At that time, I happened to encounter a group of ordinary people who were surrounded by the Dragon Disaster. After I rescued them, I was brought here.”

"After that, I discussed it with the local people and decided to use this place as a temporary stronghold. I also summoned Gao Wenqing and others to build city walls to fight against the Dragon Disaster and the Knights of the Round Table."

To fight against the Knights of the Round Table?

Natsukawa Tora raised an eyebrow: "The Knights of the Round Table who Merlin mentioned as guardians of the White Dragon Kingdom?"

“Yes. I was also startled when I first saw them. I never expected…” Artoria hesitated for a moment before continuing, “I never expected that the nobles from the parallel world would be in female form.”

We are Knights of the Round Table from a parallel universe.

This was how the Knights of the Round Table addressed themselves when Artoria first met them. Although their genders differed, Artoria was able to discern their true names through observation.

"The opposing Knights of the Round Table consist of four riders: Lady Gawain, a woman; Lady Lancelot, a woman; Lady Tristan, a woman; and... it should be Mordred, whom we know."

"Is Mordred here too...?"

Natsukawa Torato wasn't surprised that Artoria mentioned Mordred. Mordred had been following Morgan's lead for many years and had even left him a message in the Fourth Singularity saying she would be waiting for him there.

(Thinking about it this way, Morgan is also in that White Dragon Kingdom... She's probably Merlin, isn't she? Did she use magic to disguise herself as Merlin?)

After frowning and thinking for a while, Natsukawa Torama asked Artoria, "Is there any other information? Lia—or you could just tell me everything you've learned since you came here."

"I think this will answer some of my questions."

13. Your stepfather and stepmother are on their way.

The situation of the sixth singularity can be roughly divided into three stages.

First, it happened six months ago, when the burning of human reason had just begun.

At that time, a beam of light suddenly appeared at the location of the present-day White Dragon Kingdom. It was the middle of the night, so no one knows exactly what happened. All that is known is that the White Dragon Kingdom appeared after that.

The following day, the Dragon Disaster began, accompanied by the appearance of the Knights of the Round Table who claimed to be from a parallel world, as well as Mordred.

The Knights of the Round Table repelled the initial dragon scourge and then stationed themselves outside the walls of the White Dragon Kingdom, venturing out to fight whenever a dragon scourge appeared. After defeating the dragon scourge, the Knights of the Round Table would guide the people they protected into the White Dragon Kingdom to receive the dragon's protection.

This is the first stage that Artoria heard from the local residents.

The second phase is what followed that, and what came before Artoria arrived.

Nothing particularly significant happened in this part. The Knights of the Round Table in the parallel world continued to eliminate the dragon scourge and guide ordinary people under their protection into the White Dragon Kingdom—if anything, it was the number of people they guided.

At first, everyone was allowed to enter, but at some point, the number of people allowed to enter the White Dragon Kingdom gradually decreased. Then one day, a Knight of the Round Table left alone after defeating the Dragon Plague, without taking anyone with him. After that, the gates of the White Dragon Kingdom were locked with heavy chains and never opened again.

Those ordinary people who were abandoned questioned the Knights of the Round Table, asking why they weren't brought to the Land of the White Dragon, and received the following answer—

[The castle is completely full, and we are very sorry that we can no longer shelter more people. But rest assured, wherever a dragon scourge strikes, we Knights of the Round Table will arrive at the first sign of trouble.]

This explanation sounds like it's saying that the White Dragon Kingdom is already full and can't take in any more victims, which is theoretically correct, and the Knights of the Round Table have also guaranteed to help those attacked by the dragons at any time.

Therefore, people expressed their understanding.

Then comes the third phase after Artoria's arrival.

With Merlin's help, Artoria arrived here before the singularity became inaccessible, and shortly after arriving, she encountered the victims of the Dragon Plague.

Next, they accepted the locals' request, summoned the Knights of the Round Table, built a town, used it as a base to gather intelligence, awaited the arrival of Natsukawa Tora and others, and, like the White Dragon Kingdom, accepted refugees attacked by the dragon disaster.

The encounter with the Knights of the Round Table from a parallel world happened three days ago.

At that time, Lancelot, who was searching for refugees outside on Artoria's orders, was attacked. His opponent was a female knight with a purple high ponytail, wearing silver armor, who used the same [Indestructible Lake Light] as Lancelot, and whose appearance was also somewhat similar to Lancelot's.

Lord Lancelot, a woman from a parallel world—this was the thought that came to Artoria's mind upon seeing him as she rushed to the battlefield.

As she expected, the other party revealed his real name, Lancelot, and declared that he would follow the decision of King Arthur to eliminate Artoria and the others who came from outside the singularity.

That was no easy battle.

In terms of combat strength, the opponent was exactly the same as Lancelot, and logically, with Avalon around, Artoria should not have been defeated. But the final result was a draw.

Because Lancelot, who comes from a parallel world, possesses a power that Artoria didn't expect—

The Holy Grail.

With the Holy Grail's blessing, Lancelot in the parallel world forcibly repelled Artoria and seriously injured him. If it weren't for Tristan's secret support at the time, with the power of the Holy Grail, the other party would probably have continued to entangle him.

After that, Artoria also had several encounters with the other Knights of the Round Table from parallel worlds, and determined their true names one by one.

Gawain, Lancelot, Tristan.

As expected, they were all women, and all possessed the Holy Grail. Adding to this was Mordred, who had inexplicably switched sides. These four riders were the Knights of the Round Table from the White Dragon Kingdom. In the past few days, they had already clashed with Artoria's side several times.

—The above is a general overview of the situation within this singularity.

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Inside the room that Artoria arranged for Natsukawa Torato and Gray.

Lying on a simple makeshift bed on the floor, Natsukawa Tora looked up at the ceiling, pondering matters concerning this singularity.

First of all, the biggest question remains unchanged: why did Arthur become like that?

The reason is probably related to the beam of light from half a year ago and the imposter Mary. It's highly likely that Mary was Morgan in disguise, and now Mordred is following Morgan's lead, so it's probably true.

The key point is why Morgan could control Arthur, and why Morgan wanted to control Arthur.

Was it out of hatred for King Arthur? If so, they should have put aside their hatred a few years ago when Natsukawa Tora took Artoria to Glastonbury. They were even in the same bed. Surely the couple hadn't made up yet?

Then came the Dragon Disaster.

The conclusion that the Dragon Plague is a natural phenomenon is correct. The question is why this natural phenomenon occurs. Is it related to the anomalies within this singularity? Is the disappearance of the halo in the sky for the same reason?

"In the end, we only managed to figure out a few of the simplest questions," Natsukawa Tora sighed helplessly. "We really hit a brick wall right from the start."

"There's nothing we can do about it, brother. Everything has to be done slowly." Grey gave a wry smile.

"I know, but I just have this unpleasant feeling. I always feel like someone is doing something behind my back that could make me incredibly famous... I have this feeling, and it's making me very irritable."

Natsukawa Torato doesn't like being a riddle-maker, nor does he like riddle-makers, but the situation in this singularity is full of mysteries.

Mysterious pillars of light, vanished halos, the Knights of the Round Table wielding the Holy Grail, the manipulated Arthur, the Kingdom of the White Dragon... all are mysteries.

"Haa~~~~ Forget about it for now, I'll just go check it out tomorrow."

"Huh? Tomorrow?"

"Well, I'm planning to go to that White Dragon Kingdom again tomorrow. Today I'm just going to say hello, and tomorrow I'll go and have a proper talk with the guy. Also, there are those Knights of the Round Table, and... that brat Mordred, I reckon she's itching for a beating after not seeing her for years."

"Well, that's how it is. You're smart, but since you have the ability to solve everything with brute force, why not just fight your way through? Right, Grey?"

Hearing Yad's words, Grey smiled helplessly: "Please be careful not to go too far, brother—if you want to teach Mo a lesson, I'll also lend a hand."

"very good!"

14. A good man at the round table!

The next day at daybreak, they went to the White Dragon Kingdom again.

That was Natsukawa Torato's plan, but before that—

Watching Artoria gracefully devour the food on the table, sitting across from her, Natsukawa Torato couldn't help but ask, "Lia, how long has it been since you last ate?"

Artoria has a big appetite, something Natsukawa Tiger already knew and was used to. After all, they had lived together in the Camelot Apartments for so long, and Natsukawa Tiger knew exactly how to feed this queen's stomach.

Even so, Artoria's eating speed surprised him—she looked like she hadn't eaten for a week.

"Ugh... Ahh!"

After chewing and swallowing a large piece of steak, Artoria licked the sauce off her hands and the corners of her mouth: "No, Master, I eat three meals a day normally, and I'm full at every meal."

"Then why do you still look like you've been starving? Even though you have a big appetite, you still eat at a normal pace, right?"

"Because there's nothing good to eat in Avalon and here, I couldn't control myself after tasting Master and Gray's cooking for the first time in so long."

"..."

Although Artoria is not picky about her meals and basically eats whatever is made, it is only natural for her to crave delicious food. When she eats something delicious, she will naturally have a good appetite.

That's the situation for Artoria right now.

It's been more than half a year since we went to Avalon. During this time, the people who have been taking care of our meals there are Ayaka Sajou and Hiel. Lydel and Aoko Aozaki will occasionally cook, but compared to the skills of Natsukawa Torama and Gray, what they make can only be described as average.

Especially Hiel—because all she can cook is curry rice, so she has curry almost every meal, which makes Artoria feel a little uncomfortable whenever she sees curry.

After arriving here, Gao Wenqing became the one in charge of meals.

Anyone with a brain knows what Artoria has been eating these past few days. She's had mashed potatoes for every meal, enough to fill her up. While the taste isn't bad, like curry, eating it every day has made Artoria almost unable to taste the mashed potatoes anymore.

Therefore, after eating Natsukawa Tora and Gray's cooking again after more than half a year, Artoria looked like she hadn't eaten in a long time and devoured the table like a whirlwind.

This child has really suffered.

Natsukawa Tora smiled helplessly: "Then you should tell Merlin to let me know. It's not like I can't bring you to Chaldea."

"No, that would be too much trouble for Master—please have another bowl."

"You don't hesitate at all in this regard."

After taking the rice bowl and filling it for Artoria, Natsukawa Tora said, "Then you can come here for dinner. It's just Gray and me here anyway, so it's better to have more people around. Also, it's fine to invite Gawain, Lancelot, and Tristan over. I'd really like to chat with them."

"I understand. Master, please wait a moment."