To become a king and a magician

Mashu asked, "So, you mean we have to express our own value... is that right?"

“That’s right. There’s a mountain of work to be done in Uruk right now, and there’s a shortage of manpower everywhere: repairing the city walls, making clay tablets, planting crops, treating the wounded…” Meryl listed them one by one. “Simply put, what you need to do now is to do odd jobs, start with small tasks, and do your best to help Uruk. That way, Gilgamesh will look at you differently.”

Do odd jobs?

Hinako frowned: "What about the magical beasts? Don't we need to deal with them?"

Meryl smiled. "Of course we need them. The more reliable combat power, the better. What I said earlier was for Ritsuka and Mash. Considering their situation, staying in Uruk is the most suitable option right now. As for Miss Akuta and Mr. Xiang Yu, their situations are beyond doubt—they're best suited to go to the battlefield and crush the monsters!"

That's good.

Akuta Hina breathed a slight sigh of relief. If she had to do odd jobs for humans, she would rather be dead. Even if she could barely accept it, she would be so angry that she would blow this place up if Lord Xiang Yu had to do odd jobs.

"However, let's talk about that tomorrow. Today is your first day in this singularity, and it wouldn't be right to make you work right away. So, I'll give you a day off and I'll officially assign you tasks tomorrow."

Fujimaru Ritsuka's brow twitched: "Eh? Did Ms. Meryl assign us work?"

“Of course, since he’s now the head of the Chaldea embassy in Uruk, we’ll leave the external relations to him.” Merry puffed out her chest. “But even though it’s supposed to be a rest day, there are still some things to do. There’s no place for you to stay at the Chaldea embassy right now.”

"Huh?!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't there anywhere for us to stay?"

"Of course, there aren't many rooms there to begin with. Even if Merlin is kicked out later, there will only be room for two more people. One of them was prepared for His Majesty the King a long time ago. Plus, there's Zero, who's tied to Tiger. So the place is actually already full."

"How could this be...?"

"Don't worry, they'll take you to find a house soon. There are plenty of old houses in Uruk, you should be able to find one easily. Also, we need to prepare some furniture, you don't want to sleep on the floor, do you?"

"In other words, we need to sort out the accommodation problem first." Natsukawa Torata patted Fujimaru Ritsuka on the shoulder: "Well, good luck."

Fujimaru Ritsuka glared at him helplessly: "Captain, you're having a good time. I pray that you get bullied by Rei-chan tonight and won't be able to get up tomorrow."

"I don't know how anymore. The endurance I've developed through long-term high-pressure training is no joke. In terms of a Servant's abilities, I'm now at A++ (nighttime only)."

"Well--!"

Upon hearing what Natsukawa Tora said, Meryl's body stiffened involuntarily.

(A++? Are you kidding me? Its durability is E... It'll die, won't it? A person will definitely die, right?)

Originally, Meryl had planned to send Sajou Rei away so she could eat alone tonight, but now it seemed she would definitely eat until she was stuffed, and even after that, she would be forced to eat more until she truly couldn't eat anymore before being let go.

(Hmm, maybe we shouldn't send Lingyi away.)

For the sake of your health.

Just as Meryl was thinking this, Natsukawa Tora suddenly spoke up: "While you're taking care of your accommodations, I'll also go find something to do—Meryl, which side is under the most pressure right now? I'll go and lend a hand."

"Eh? Are you going to the front lines?"

"Is that all I can go there?"

Mei thought for a moment and said, "The pressure is immense... The pressure from the recent monster attacks isn't too great. We've adapted and are holding on. If you want to go, then go to the North Wall. That's where the monsters are most numerous. I'm sure your presence will alleviate a lot of the pressure there."

The north wall?

Xia Chuanhu remembered that the Goddess of Warcraft seemed to be in that direction, but twenty years had passed and his memory had become somewhat hazy.

"Oh, right, Your Majesty, when you get to the North Wall, please remember to give my regards to the general there."

"General?"

Natsukawa Tora, who had already floated into the air, asked with some confusion: "Leonidas I?"

"It's not him. Although he's there, the general over there is someone else now. You'll see when you get there—so let's start our girls' shopping trip, Ritsuka."

Seeing Merry dragging Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others away, Natsukawa Tora smiled, then suddenly flew into the sky, heading straight towards the North Wall.

11. Fish Shredder by Natsukawa Tiger

"So, you've come to my side?"

Uruk, the northern wall of the Warcraft Front, inside its operations command center.

"General," as Meili called him, looked at Natsukawa Tora and said this.

"Anyway, I have nowhere else to go. Please spare me from going shopping with women. Even I don't want to go through that." Xia Chuanhu gave a wry smile. "However, it's really unexpected that you're here. So you're the 'General' that Mei Li was talking about."

"—Oda Nobunaga."

The person standing in front of Natsukawa Torata was none other than Oda Nobunaga, dressed exactly the same way he had when they met at the Tokyo Singularity.

"I thought you had already returned to the Throne of Heroes after the failure to protect the nation. Are you here because you've been resummoned?"

“No, I came here immediately after that,” Oda Nobunaga explained. “I had a pact with that succubus. She would help me complete the Holy Grail bomb, and I would help her after I finished what I was supposed to do. Based on this pact, she intercepted me when I was about to die and brought me here.”

It turned out to be the case.

That girl, Meryl, even made this arrangement.

Natsukawa Torara had pretty much figured out why Oda Nobunaga had been brought to Uruk.

"After all, your Noble Phantasm and its ability to retain power are like trump cards in this singularity."

Oda Nobunaga, who transformed numerous anecdotes and legends from his lifetime into his own skills and treasures, was a formidable and mysterious assassin. The more mysterious and divine his opponents were, the more powerful Oda Nobunaga's fighting prowess became.

If she were to face the Three Goddess Alliance as an opponent, she could probably unleash power that rivals, or even surpasses, their combined strength. In Uruk's case, this is indeed a powerful trump card.

Oda Nobunaga snorted coldly: "Hmph! Even if you praise me, I am not happy at all. Don't think that our matter can be settled like this."

"You really hold a grudge." Natsukawa Tora shrugged. "But if I had to choose again, I would still do the same thing. Besides, I wasn't just sitting idly by. While you were risking your life to protect the country on the front lines, I was also helping to aid refugees. So we're even, right?"

"cut."

Oda Nobunaga curled his lip.

"Speaking of which, how did she become after that? I asked you to take care of her, didn't I?"

“As for Xiaoyao, she’s working as a cook at Chaldea now,” Natsukawa Tora explained. “Post-war Japan isn’t an environment where a girl can live alone. If she had stayed there, she would have definitely had a terrible time, so I brought her back to Chaldea. She’s much more energetic than before and is preparing to strive for her goal of becoming the head chef of Chaldea.”

Asama Kaname, Oda Nobunaga's master in the Tokyo Singularity.

(Now she's under his protection and has been taken to the future world... That's good, at least I don't have to worry about her safety anymore.)

"Thank you," Oda Nobunaga said softly. "Although I don't like you, I at least like what you've done. For that reason, I've changed my opinion of you a little."

"I really want to get to know you better, Nobunaga. If possible, would you like to visit Chaldea sometime? I think Kaname would love to see you too."

"Huh? Is that okay!?"

Oda Nobunaga, who had been maintaining a cool expression, immediately lost control of his emotions upon hearing this: "No, no, no, I can't go to your side, can I? I am a Servant, and I will leave this place when the Singularity collapses. I can't go to your side."

"That's not a problem. We can just summon it again. Chaldea has plenty of resources right now, and we can afford to send another Servant."

"Hmm... I'll consider it!"

"Just let me know if you want to go," Xia Chuanhu said with a smile. "But it really surprised me. Mei Li said that the number of monsters in the North Wall is the largest. On the way here, I was thinking that the battles would be very intense, but it's very quiet."

At least within Xia Chuanhu's perception range, the number of magical beasts was very small. Judging from the situation on the battlefield outside, it seemed that a battle had just ended.

Oda Nobunaga laughed, hands on his hips: "Of course! This is the monster battle line I command! Against these monsters, the power my arquebusiers can unleash is something that would surprise even myself! Plus, with the other Servants around, these mere monsters are nothing to fear!"

"You're not the only Servant in the North Wall, who else is there?"

"They are all my fellow countrymen—ah, they've come as soon as I told them to!"

Oda Nobunaga pointed behind Natsukawa Torama, turned around, and saw several figures that Natsukawa Torama was quite familiar with walking towards them.

Ushiwakamaru, Leonidas I, Musashibo Benkei, and—

"It's almost lunchtime, Lord Oda."

A female samurai with white hair and red eyes, exuding a strong Yamato Nadeshiko aura, spoke these words to Oda Nobunaga, and after seeing Natsukawa Torato...

"And who is this gentleman?"

"Natsukawa Torato, a member of Chaldea, is a stranger who came to this singularity in order to restore humanity," Natsukawa Torato introduced himself.

Chaldea.

Upon hearing this term, the Servants present all understood.

"You must be the one that Lady Meryl and Lady Morgan have mentioned time and again. It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Tomoe, and others have called me Tomoe-gozen. Please take care of me."

Tomoe Gozen.

If Natsukawa Torama remembers correctly, the Servant in front of him should have perished together with one of the monster generals before he arrived, but he didn't expect him to still exist now.

(Was it Merry? Merlin and Morgan only arrived recently, and Tomoe Gozen's death must have been before that. The only one who could have saved her was Merry... Or did Oda Nobunaga's arrival change the outcome?)

But no matter what, it's good that she's still alive. At least Natsukawa Torato really wants to see her, the Servant who once ate a stone from him.

With white hair, red eyes, a side boob, and a ponytail, Natsukawa Torara felt like his eroticism was about to be shattered by Tomoe Gozen.

(I need to arrange a meeting between Rei and Tomoe Gozen later.)

Natsukawa Torama believed that Sajou Rei would definitely know what he was planning to do.

And at that very moment—

"Waaaaaahh ...

A deep and long horn sound suddenly rang out on the north wall.

The Servants who were just discussing lunch immediately became serious upon hearing the horn and rushed out of the house to the city gate!

Upon seeing the large number of magical beasts gradually gathering outside the city, Oda Nobunaga immediately put on a stern face: "Tsk, they really are persistent, not even giving me time to eat?"

"I will go and prepare to meet the enemy. Lord Leonidas, please come and assist in organizing the soldiers."

"no problem!"

"Then Benkei and I will take the initiative as usual."

"Please don't rush too far, Lord Ushiwakamaru."

The Servants quickly assigned their tasks, but just as they were about to take action, Natsukawa Torata raised his hand: "Well... actually, you don't need to be so nervous. Leave this situation to me."

"Huh?"

Everyone was stunned.

Tomoe Gozen couldn't help but ask, "Does Your Excellency mean you intend to deal with the horde of monsters alone?"

"Pretty much. That's exactly why I came here. Judging from your expression, it seems like you're saying, 'This is too dangerous.' Don't worry, I'm very good at dealing with large numbers of enemies. Besides, we'll probably be spending a lot of time together in the future, so it's good for me to demonstrate my strength so I can help you with your future plans."