To become a king and a magician

"Is this really okay, Natsukawa?"

The tenth night since the return of the Sixth Singularity.

It was also the night before the decision was made to go to the Seventh Singularity.

As always, Natsukawa Torato and Olga Marie began their secret late-night conversation after midnight—though this was something everyone in Chaldea knew, so it was hardly a secret anymore.

Olga Marie's own little secret thoughts were also included.

However, it would be strange if it remained unknown to anyone, since it was common knowledge that Olga Marie and Natsukawa Torama had known each other since childhood, and Chaldea's database contained all sorts of things about Natsukawa Torama that were publicly known.

By combining this with their daily behavior, it becomes easy to know this fact.

"What do you mean by 'no problem'? Roman?" Natsukawa Tora asked. "Well, although it looks terrible over there, it's just a terrible appearance. The fact that Roman hasn't come to me to complain means that everything that's happening is still within his control—besides, it's a good thing for him."

"Good news?" Olga Marie frowned. "Romani's work efficiency has been lower than usual lately. If this continues..."

Natsukawa Tora smiled and stroked the hair of Rei lying in the blankets beside him: "You're wrong, Olga. Rather than saying it's a decline, it's more like it's 'returning to normal.'"

Roman always pushed himself very hard.

This has been the case ever since I truly saw the future of humanity being burned away at the end of the Holy Grail War ten years ago.

In the first two years, because Natsukawa Tora was there to crack jokes and relieve his stress, he still had the leisure to go sightseeing and travel. But since he came to Chaldea eight years ago, he has been pushing himself to work as hard as he can.

The fact that he was partly responsible for the burning of humanity made Roman feel that he had to stop it, but as he was no longer King Solomon, he could not confront the mastermind behind the scenes head-on, and his only trump card was taken away by Natsukawa Tora.

All he can do now is work himself to the bone as an ordinary person.

With three, five, or even ten times the effort of ordinary people, and with a fearless spirit and a constant overexertion of energy, they meticulously complete everything they should and should not do.

"As a result, Roman had almost no time to rest, and the little time he had was spent watching virtual idols... But now that Sheba is with him, even if it's by force, at least he has much more time to rest and sleep than before."

Sheba probably saw through everything on the very first day after he was summoned.

The king, who had no freedom in his previous life, still had no freedom after being reborn as a human. Since that was the case, she would forcibly grant him some freedom.

Anyway, he's completely powerless and can't resist at all.

"Since you've put it that way, then I'll accept it. He did have a reckless attitude back then... Well, it's good that he died from overwork. Chaldea would lose a reliable head of the medical department, which would be a huge loss."

"Yes, that's right." Natsukawa Tora smiled. "Compared to Roman, Olga, how are you doing? You've been in rehabilitation for half a year now, have you fully recovered?"

"Thank you for your concern. I am perfectly healthy and have no health problems."

In Leonardo DiCaprio's words, she's at the level where she could have several children in a row without any problem.

After a moment of silence, Olga Marie glanced at the time: "We'll be leaving for the Seventh Singularity in seven hours... It's getting late, you should get some rest, I'm heading back now."

"If that's what you think, then don't sneak up on me at night." Natsukawa Tora gave a wry smile. "You should go to sleep early too. Good night."

"Ah."

The door opened and then closed again.

After confirming that Olga Marie had left, Sajou Rei, who had been pretending to be asleep next to Natsukawa Torato, opened her eyes, sat up with the blanket covering her body, and looked at the door with some regret: "Marie didn't stay this time either? I was prepared to pretend to be asleep halfway and then join in."

"What are you thinking about?" Natsukawa Tora rolled his eyes helplessly. "You're not a dream demon, so why are you thinking about these things all the time?"

"Hehe~~~"

Leaning against Natsukawa Torato's chest, Sajou Rei smiled and said, "But, Master, to be honest, you must have noticed something about Mary, right? Why didn't you respond to her? You like her quite a bit, don't you? In every sense of the word."

"Because there's no rush, and... since we're going to say it anyway, we might as well say it all at once."

Together?

Sajou Rei raised an eyebrow: "You're really greedy, aren't you? Master, you've truly become a 'scumbag'."

"I've come to terms with it. So what if I'm a jerk? It's been so many years. From the very beginning, when I decided that I wanted both Aoko and Merry, I had already become a wild horse, heading down this path with no turning back."

Hearing these frank and shameless words, Sajou Rei smiled slightly, and then her body gradually changed, quickly transforming from the appearance of [Sajou Rei] into the appearance of [Olga Marie], with the same measurements.

Turning around to face Natsukawa Tora, Olga Marie wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a deep kiss. She then smiled and said, "Well, it's about time to start the second round. There's still plenty of time before we set off, so we need to make good use of this time. We'll be using a lot of magic in the Seventh Singularity, so please fill up your tank now."

"Yes, yes, Director."

4. Uruk Datti Mama Group

Then, the next day arrived.

7:30 AM Chaldean time.

While yawning, Natsukawa Tora and Sajou Rei walked into the control room together.

Inside, Roman and Fujimaru Ritsuka, who had been waiting, turned around when they heard footsteps.

"Good morning, Minister." Fujimaru Ritsuka greeted him with a smile first. "You got up before noon today."

"So, is it considered abnormal for me to get up now? Should I go back to sleep for a while?"

"If you go back to sleep, we'll be the ones in trouble." Roman, whose expression was somewhat better than usual, said irritably, "Please, as the operations minister, pay more attention to your own affairs."

Xia Chuanhu shrugged: "So I got up early today, didn't I? I wasn't late, was I? The meeting time was 7:30, and I arrived right on time. There are still people who haven't arrived yet."

As Natsukawa Torama said, of those who decided to go to the Seventh Singularity yesterday, only Fujimaru Ritsuka, Natsukawa Torama, and Sajou Rei are present now. The others are not here and are probably still on their way.

And very soon, shortly after Natsukawa Tora finished speaking—

"Shh——"

The control room door opened once again.

With Fou perched on her shoulder, Mash trotted up to the group: "Good morning, senpai, doctor, brother, and Zero-chan. Mash Kyrielight, here to assemble—I'm two minutes late, I'm very sorry."

"It's alright, we just arrived too," Natsukawa Torato laughed. "If Mashu arrives as well, then only..."

"You don't need to rush us, we're here."

Almost right next to Mashu's footsteps, Hinako Akuta's voice followed closely behind, and then she walked into the control room with Xiang Yu.

Incidentally, Hinako Akuta has now dropped her pretense.

Her ankle-length black braids, high-necked bodysuit, black coat, and slightly intellectual black-rimmed glasses perfectly captured the look that Natsukawa Tora remembered.

"Good morning, Senior Akuta, Mr. Xiang Yu." Natsukawa Torama approached the two. "I'm sorry, Mr. Xiang Yu, although I said before that I wouldn't ask you to do anything, this operation will ultimately face a large number of enemies, and we will need your strength no matter what."

Xiang Yu was created by the First Emperor during his excavation of the ruins of the Yin and Shang dynasties. Based on the magical artifacts he unearthed, he was a kind of intelligent machine similar to Nezha. Its original purpose was to suppress, annihilate, and fight against groups. It would probably play a significant role when facing groups of monsters or even groups of Rahm.

Xiang Yu nodded slightly: "It's alright. In my command library, besides the first command, which is to accompany my beloved wife, the highest priority command is the second one, which is [Peace Under Heaven]. Since burning down humanity will hinder peace under heaven, I am happy to contribute to the restoration of humanity."

"This is also so that I can stay with Yu in the future."

"Lord Xiang Yu..."

Even though it was just an ordinary sentence, Hinako Akuta's cheeks still turned completely red.

(They're already showing off their love so early in the morning, this couple is really something...)

Seeing this scene, Xia Chuanhu and the others sighed helplessly. Then Roman said, "Now everyone is here."

Natsukawa Torato, Sajou Rei, Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mashu, Akuta Hinako, Xiang Yu.

These six people were the personnel scheduled to go to the Seventh Singularity to carry out repair work.

In fact, Okita Souji and Atalanta really wanted to go on this mission, but as they wished, Natsukawa Torama could only take a limited number of people with them at once, at most two. In addition, considering their combat strength, Sajou Rei was the strongest, so in the end they could only stay in Chaldea with regret.

Of course, Natsukawa Torato was also worried about what might happen to them. The early battles were alright, but after Tiamat awakened, each of the Rahms that appeared had god-level combat power. Putting aside Atalanta, even Okita Souji, who could transform into a counterforce guardian, might be in trouble.

Not to mention Tiamat, whom they also understood.

"Then let's begin the meeting on the strategy for conquering the Seventh Singularity."

As with every previous trip to the singularity, as the lights in the control room dimmed, Chaldea's projection reappeared in the center of the group gathered around, magnified to the vicinity of Mesopotamia.

"At 7:00 AM this morning, Chaldea completed preparations for the spiritual transfer to the Seventh Singularity."

"This is the final singularity, the existence formed by the seventh Holy Grail, which King Solomon personally sent to the past. The location it is situated in is one of the oldest and most genuine civilizations."

"The late Age of Gods, around 2600 BC, in ancient Mesopotamia."

Mesopotamia, a civilization that developed and flourished on the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that flow into the Persian Gulf, is one of the four ancient civilizations of the world.

And this time, we are going to the early period of its dynasty.

In the world of magic, this era is generally regarded as a significant point in time when people parted ways with the gods, who began to leave the earth and humans gradually became the dominant species on the planet.

"The Age of Gods... what would the world before the Common Era have been like?" Mash asked curiously.

"Simply put, it's a world where gods still walk on earth."

Natsukawa Tora explained, "In the Age of Gods, the divine realm and the underworld actually existed on the surface of the world. Flying into the sky would allow you to reach the abode of the gods, and digging a tunnel in the ground would allow you to go to the underworld. The gods did not enter the inner world, but would often appear in the form of mortals or gods."

That's basically it.

"Another point worth mentioning is that in the Age of Gods, the strength of the Great Source would be more than one order of magnitude higher than in the modern era. The True Aether, which has long since disappeared in the modern era, permeates every place in the Age of Gods. In this respect, it is all good for us."

"Let's talk about the rest when we get there. It's better to see it for ourselves than to just describe it verbally, isn't it?"

“Yes, I understand, brother.” Mashu nodded.

After turning off the projection, Roman continued, "We still know nothing about the specifics of the Seventh Singularity. Although we are sure that our assistants have already gone there, we have not received any information so far."

"In short, after arriving at the singularity, the first thing to do is to meet up with the local pioneers, confirm the information, and then make further arrangements."

"We will set Uruk as the location for the spiritual particle transfer. It is the largest city within the singularity. We will use it as a base to begin the final restoration of humanity step by step."

"This is the last singularity; the future of humanity is in our hands now."

5. Start with AI difficulty

All the spirits of everyone were transferred to Uruk, which became the base for the singularity repair work.

Roman's plan failed the moment Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mashu, Akuta Hinako, and Xiang Yu arrived at the singularity.

"Ughhhhhhh!!"

Unable to stop screaming, Fujimaru Ritsuka, plummeting from the sky, watched the ground rapidly enlarging in size: "In the air!? We're in the air!?"

"Yes! This is bungee jumping, senior!"

If that hits the ground, it will definitely turn into mincemeat!

Xiang Yu reached out and put his arm around Jie Chuzi's waist: "Please hold me tight, Yu. Even you would get hurt at this height."