To become a king and a magician

"Lord Xiang Yu..."

Mustard Seed tightly gripped Xiang Yu's clothes.

"Yu... understands."

"If you disappear after this battle, Yu will definitely summon you again!"

3. A promise that has been delayed for ten years

While Fujimaru Ritsuka and Akuta Hinako were making their final preparations in their own ways, Natsukawa Torato was doing the same thing—

"Ugh...it's over~~~"

Closing her laptop, Meryl lay back on the sofa: "It's unexpectedly a little strange to have to play someone I've never met before."

Behind Meryl, Natsukawa Torama rubbed her temples: "Thank you for your help. You've only been awake for a short time and I'm already asking you to do chores again. But you really need to take care of Ritsuka's situation."

At this point in time, Fujimaru Ritsuka's parents could actually be considered dead.

Kanbuko City was a reality maintained by the power of the Root, but because she left there for the Seventh Singularity, even in just one minute, Kanbuko City had already turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Everything there has been affected by the burning of human reason.

Therefore, everyone, including Fujimaru Ritsuka's parents, is dead. Even after the Human Retribution ends and everything returns to normal, it is impossible to contact them now.

The reason Fujimaru Ritsuka is able to contact her mother now is simply because Merry temporarily impersonated her.

"You really know how to take care of Ritsuka's feelings," Meryl said, leaning against her king's chest. "When will you be this considerate to her?"

"Don't talk like I've always been rude to you. I've been more than lenient with you, haven't I? On the contrary, you've been constantly testing the limits of what's acceptable."

"Hehehe~~~~"

Nuzzling against Natsukawa Tora's chest, Meryl smiled and said, "Well, now that we've settled things with Ritsuka, shouldn't we start our own meeting about the start of the battle?"

"Yes, that's true."

As he spoke, Natsukawa Tora snapped his fingers, and the Chaldea room vanished instantly, transforming into a vast space that resembled a castle hall.

Inside the hall, almost all the women who had any connection with Natsukawa Tora had gathered there.

Arcueid, the Sajō sisters, Aozaki Aoko, Artoria and her father, Lydel, Siel, Atalanta and Okita Souji (two Servants), Angelica...

The only ones not here are Olga Marie, the director of Chaldea; Aozaki Touko, who is making Fujimaru Ritsuka's special costume with Da Vinci; and Gray, who is preparing lunch for everyone in the kitchen.

After glancing at everyone, Xia Chuanhu said in a deep voice, "I think everyone already knows the situation. Although the battle at the Seventh Singularity only ended a few hours ago, the final battle will begin in a day."

"The opponents are the seventy-two demon gods and Beast I - the demon king Goetia. Although I want to show off and say that I can handle them all by myself, in reality, they are not enemies that I can deal with alone, nor are they enemies that Chaldea's power can handle."

The seventy-two demonic pillars each require multiple top-tier Servants to suppress them. Chaldea's power is simply no match for them, even if Natsukawa Torato could hold off half of them by himself.

"Well, so you mean we'll all come together?" Aozaki Aoko laughed. "There's no need for you to come and tell us this. Anyway, apart from a few people who are really lacking in combat strength, everyone else here will fight alongside you."

"Aoko... um, thank you."

Fourteen years ago, in a parallel world, Aozaki Aoko told Natsukawa Torato, "Saving the world is not your responsibility alone," and intervened in his actions in the most forceful way.

Now, before truly saving the world, Natsukawa Tora didn't rush in alone like he did when he was young. Instead, his first thought was to gather the strength of everyone.

In a sense, Aozaki Aoko was also the person who had the greatest and most profound influence on Natsukawa Tora.

"So, what are the plans, Master?" Artoria asked. "If the opponent is the Beast, do we need to devise any countermeasures?"

"No... We don't need too many people to deal with Goetia, just a few will do. I already have an idea for that. And now I want you to deal with the Demon God Pillar."

As he spoke, Xia Chuanhu activated his bracelet, projecting a three-dimensional analysis diagram of the Grand Temple of Time in mid-air.

As you can see, the Temple of Time is shaped like a circular altar, with the central area completely isolated from the outer areas. Endless magical power converges towards the central location, while red dots appear on the outer edges of the central area.

"These red dots are all individuals with extraordinary Spirit Origin reactions. After comparison with the database, they are completely consistent with the Spirit Origin patterns of the Demon Pillars that appeared in the Singularity, and there are exactly seventy-two of them."

"Seventy-two demon gods surround the temple?" Artoria frowned. "To break through this situation..."

“Breakthrough is not the problem. The biggest trouble is that these Demon God Pillars are basically immortal. After all, the total number of Demon God Pillars is kept constant at seventy-two. No matter how many Demon God Pillars are destroyed, Solomon can summon them again to maintain the number of seventy-two Pillars.”

This is the most troublesome aspect of the Demon Pillars; they are essentially infinite in number and immortal.

“One day later, Chaldea will transfer us to the Grand Temple of Time via Spirit Particle Transfer. We need to defeat King Solomon before Chaldea makes contact with the Temple of Time. To do this, the first thing we need to do is break through the defensive circle formed by the seventy-two Demon Pillars—I will handle that. But after we break through, the Demon Pillars will still come after us. I hope you can stop them then.”

Although countless Servants may come to help at that time, it is not a certainty. After all, Natsukawa Torata did not experience all the singularities with Fujimaru Ritsuka, so it is hard to say whether Fujimaru Ritsuka can get Servants to come to help spontaneously.

Therefore, we still need to make some arrangements.

"Lia, Mordred, Atta, Angelica, Zero, Chiel, Souji, Merry, and Gray who isn't here—you all stay on the fringes and with the Chaldea people, to hold back the Demon Pillars."

"The same goes for Arcueid."

Arcueid also went to fight the Demon Pillar?

Everyone was slightly taken aback, but they quickly understood—after all, there were simply too many Demon Pillars, and the number of people on the top might not be enough to completely restrain them. Arcueid, like Natsukawa Tora, could use Imaginary Manifestation to hold off most of them single-handedly.

And so, when calculated this way...

"This is a rare opportunity to fight alongside you one last time," Aozaki Aoko said with a smile. "It seems I'll be using my magic."

"Okay, please, Aoko."

"Let us end this final battle."

This is a two-person combat team against Goetia.

—Natsukawa Tora.

——Aozaki Aoko.

(We've waited ten years. The duel that couldn't be decided ten years ago will finally come to a decisive end this time.)

(Then, I can talk to them here...)

4. Natsukawa Tora likes everyone.

There is no concept of day and night in Chaldea.

To determine whether night has fallen, one can only rely on a clock that flows at a standard time rate.

And then, around midnight...

"Click..."

As usual, the door to Natsukawa Torato's room was opened from the outside by someone other than him.

In a sense, Xia Chuanhu's private room can be considered a public place, since there are quite a few people who can freely come and go here, but there is only one person who will come to his room in the middle of the night.

Using the dim light from the clock on the desk, and relying on his body's memory to easily find his way to the bed, the person in the darkness carefully examined the bed.

"Hmm? Only one person. Isn't Lingyi here today?"

Normally, there should always be two people lying in bed, but unexpectedly, there is only one person now.

It's a little surprising, but that's actually better.

Crouching down beside the bed, the woman reached out to shake the sleeping person awake, but just as she made her move—

"Clap!"

The sound of lights being switched on came from the doorway, and in an instant, the dimly lit room became brightly lit, revealing the figure of the person in the darkness.

It was Olga Marie.

"Ugh...!"

The sudden brightening of the environment caused Olga Marie to squint instinctively, then, after looking towards the doorway—

"Huh? Xia Chuan? What are you doing here...?"

"How did I get here?" Natsukawa Tiger smiled. "Because I was waiting for you. I thought you might come looking for me around this time, so I've been waiting. Anyway, elves don't need to sleep."

"And the one on the bed is...?"

"It's just a little illusion magic, not as good as Meryl's level, but it's still pretty basic. I get attacked by you every night, and I sometimes see how you react when you miss."

As he spoke, Natsukawa Tora came to the bedside, put his arm around Olga Marie's waist, and sat down.

"Alas--!"

As if she had been electrocuted, Olga Marie let out a strange cry due to the sudden intimate contact, blushing as she jumped up from Natsukawa's legs, looking as if she had touched a sore spot.

Xia Chuanhu frowned in confusion: "What's wrong, Mary?"

"Uh...it's nothing, it's just...I'm not used to it."

With her cheeks flushed crimson, Olga Marie sat down beside Natsukawa Torama like a shy young girl: "This, this is fine, this is how it is for now..."

If there were other women here who knew the inside story, they would probably understand Olga Marie's situation very quickly.

Simply put, it's just that they haven't fully adapted yet.

After all, just a few days ago she ended her one-sided crush and officially became husband and wife with Xia Chuanhu.

For Olga Marie, this transformation was sudden—she was suddenly informed by Melly about Natsukawa Tora's shrunken state, suddenly transported to Avalon, and then, in a daze, had her long-held wish fulfilled...

She got together with the man she had liked since childhood.

This fact made Olga Marie very happy and satisfied, but because it all came so suddenly, it gave her a dreamlike feeling.

That's why she reacted that way.

Unfortunately, Natsukawa Tora couldn't see the trick at all.

"Are you feeling unwell? Why don't you lie down and rest for a bit?"

As Xia Chuanhu spoke, he tried to help Olga Marie lie down. But seeing Xia Chuanhu approaching, Olga Marie, who was extremely thin-skinned, was instantly overwhelmed by the double-penetration attack and quickly moved to the foot of the bed!

This somewhat unusual behavior made Xia Chuanhu even more puzzled.

“Mary?”

"Well--!"

Unlike its previous name, this affectionate nickname caused Olga Marie, who was still floating on the sea, to sink directly into the Mariana Trench.

(Calm down, Olga Marie, calm down. It's just a change of address, nothing to be happy about. Calm down, show your monarchical dignity. This girlish behavior is too embarrassing in front of him...)

Clutching her chest, she took a few deep breaths until her heartbeat gradually calmed down. Olga Marie then turned to Natsukawa Tiger and said, "I'm sorry, Natsukawa, I showed you my immature side. I wasn't calm enough just now. Let's get down to business."