To become a king and a magician

until now.

Now, Fujimaru Ritsuka is sitting at her desk, typing away on her computer to while away her weekend.

"senior!"

Just then, as the door behind her was pushed open, Mash hurriedly ran into Fujimaru Ritsuka's room.

"Huh? What's wrong? Mashu, is something urgent?"

“Yes, Chaldea… The director and the doctor just contacted me, saying we need to return to Chaldea as soon as possible,” Mashu said. “[We need to go and bring back a certain unfaithful man who hasn’t been home for over half a year]—that’s what they said.”

2. The team that arrested Natsukawa Tiger

Chaldea, the institution that safeguards human rights.

An observatory located at the planet's pole, gazing at the starry sky.

A savior organization whose deeds were unknown to the public six months ago saved the world from the brink of destruction.

Now, Chaldea, which should no longer need to perform acts of salvation after receiving assurances from the Daughter of Origin, has once again gathered its companions scattered throughout the world.

After half a year, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu returned to this place that was so important to them, after flying through the defensive barrier formed by the seventy-two demon gods.

Compared to six months ago, there haven't been many changes in Chaldea. Although the building was quite deserted due to the resignation of most of the staff, Olga Marie has since used her connections as the monarch of the Astronomical Society and the resources of the United Nations to recruit a new batch of staff from all over the world.

Currently, Chaldea has a total of two hundred employees. One hundred of them are permanent staff members, while the other one hundred work in the field, serving as Chaldea's public face and carrying out the task of advertising when recruiting.

"I feel a lot of nostalgia."

As she walked toward the conference room, Fujimaru Ritsuka looked around and spoke.

"It's only been about half a year since I left here, but it feels like I haven't been back for a long time. At the same time, it also feels like the burning of human affairs has only just ended."

“Because what happened last year was just too unforgettable,” Mashu laughed.

For the two of them, everything they experienced last year is a memory they will never forget. Even decades later, they will still feel as if those things happened just yesterday.

"That's true... Ah, we've arrived."

Walking through the familiar corridor, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu opened the meeting room door with their ID cards and immediately saw several people sitting on the sofa.

"Oh, you've come. It's been a long time, you two."

After tidying up his appearance, Roman, who looked much more energetic and handsome, smiled and waved to the two of them.

“Dr. Roman, it’s been a long time!” Fujimaru Ritsuka immediately replied with a smile, “Sister Sheba and Goetia are the same.”

Beside Roman, the Queen of Sheba, now dressed in normal clothes, smiled and nodded, while Goetia remained silent as always, like a cold, aloof iceberg, standing icy behind Roman.

Anyone who didn't know better would think Roman was the president of some big company, attending a meeting with his wife and bodyguards.

Although in reality they are about the same.

"You're just greeting Roman? Aren't you two showing a bit of favoritism?"

Da Vinci raised an eyebrow, feigning displeasure: "The rest of us were there too."

"Of course I saw you all! Long time no see, Leonardo da Vinci, and—"

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu looked at the group on the other side: "Director Olga, Ms. Meryl, Grey, Zero, and Ayaka, it's been a long time since we last met."

The group from Camelot Apartments in London, along with the Director of Chaldea, have now arrived at Chaldea's conference room.

"It hasn't been that long," Meryl smiled. "For us, half a year is just a blink of an eye, but you two have both grown a lot, especially..."

Judging from the angle, everyone could clearly feel that Merry's gaze was fixed on Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu about 30 centimeters below their eyes, and she was also scanning up and down the two girls' most fertile areas.

“Merry, look away.”

"Hehe~~~"

After laughing and ignoring Sajou Rei's cold look, Meryl clapped her hands: "Well then, everyone's here, it's about time we got down to business."

"Huh? Everyone's here? Just us?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was somewhat surprised: "I thought everyone from London would be coming."

Grey shook her head and explained, "Although we did extend an invitation to everyone, everyone has their own things to take care of right now."

"Aoko has gone to some unknown parallel world and we can't contact her for now. Touko is busy developing alchemical attachments to change her appearance anytime, anywhere; she's been holed up in the workshop for a month and hasn't left. Lydel is in a slightly dangerous situation inside the Clock Tower because of her comments at the Grand Order decision; currently, Souji, Lia, and Mordred are protecting her..."

Arcueid went back to Millennium City to sleep as soon as Natsukawa Tora was gone, while Hierle and Angelica stayed in London to look after the house, and Atalanta was busy preparing the exam papers for the upcoming exams.

Basically, everyone has their own things to do.

After listening to Gray's explanation, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu understood the situation: "It feels like... no one is really interested in finding the captain. Are they all planning to marry him?"

Meryl: "Yeah, that's right. But... in general, it's a matter of trust. Those who don't come believe that Tiger will definitely come back, so they feel it's okay if they don't go looking for him."

"Then why go to see the minister?"

“Because if we don’t go find him soon, my brother will definitely come back with a bunch of women,” Grey said helplessly. “My brother is incredibly popular with women; he basically brings back a bunch of strangers every time he goes out. We didn’t pay much attention before because he said he’d be back soon, but it’s been half a year…”

In just six months, they would never believe that Xia Chuanhu wouldn't bring a new wife back from outside!

Therefore, it is necessary to capture that self-propelled beautiful girl decoy before the sisters continue to increase in number.

(There are indeed some reasons... completely different from what I thought!)

Fujimaru Ritsuka thought something serious might happen if Natsukawa Tora didn't come back, but it turned out to be a family dispute.

"Then... why did you call Mashu and me here too?"

“Because we may encounter places where your strength is needed,” Olga Marie explained, then looked at Roman. “You explain, Romani.”

"Yes."

Roman responded, "In fact, in the past six months, we have roughly figured out where Xia Chuan went. With the help of Getia, tracking him has been quite easy."

"Xia Chuan should be in the [Otherworld] right now."

Lostbelt.

This was a term that Fujimaru Ritsuka had never heard of before.

Seeing through Fujimaru Ritsuka's doubts, Roman continued to explain: "Just as there is competition in life, there are winners and losers in history. The 'present' we live in is the history of the victors who made the right choices and prospered correctly. In the magic world, this is called 'Pan-human History'."

"The history of the losers who made wrong choices and prospered wrongly, which was interrupted as an 'unnecessary thing' and even abandoned by the parallel world theory, is called the 'Loserbelt'."

"You can think of it as the part of a tree that has already grown but is no longer needed during its growth process."

"Because they are not needed, Lostbelts are cut off the moment they are identified as Lostbelts, regarded as remnants of history, and discarded into a corner."

Simply put, it will be thrown into the trash can.

“Natsukawa is right there.”

"In one of the countless Lostbelts that have already been cut."

At this point in Roman's explanation, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu understood: "So, do we need to perform another spirit particle transfer? But spirit particle transfer has been banned by the United Nations—"

"Ah, that's been lifted."

Mei Li smiled and pulled a document from her chest: "They had a good talk with everyone at the United Nations, and they were all very reasonable people. They agreed without much effort."

"......"

"......"

"......"

(This nightmare must have used illusion magic to obtain this consent form!)

3. Tiger and Musashi traveled together.

Just as Chaldea was preparing to capture Natsukawa Tora, who was away from home and had not returned, they were...

In the distant Lostbelt.

"Another bowl, please! Tiger!"

With two swords at her waist, the beautiful white-haired female swordsman was holding a bowl and reaching out to Natsukawa Tiger to ask for her next bowl of rice.

Reluctantly taking the bowl from her, Natsukawa Tora refilled it and said, "Can't you eat a little less? Do you think rice is free, Musashi?"

"Hehehe~~~ It's all because Tiger's cooking is so delicious! I could eat more than a dozen bowls of rice with it!"

The girl named Musashi smiled innocently.

Musashi – full name Musashi no Kami Fujiwara Genshin – abbreviated as Miyamoto Musashi.

It was the female swordsman who suddenly bumped into Natsukawa Tiger when he first entered that crevice and brought him to this world.

For Natsukawa Tora, meeting this person was truly unexpected, after all, this Miyamoto Musashi was a true "Vagabond" and "drifter".

Although Miyamoto Musashi himself never said it, Natsukawa Torara still remembered that the swordsman in front of him came from a Lostbelt that had been cut off and was destined to be extinct. Because of his special Mystic Eyes, the Heavenly Eye, he was able to drift between different worlds.

However, this drifting was not controllable. Miyamoto Musashi herself did not know when the drifting would occur or where she would eventually drift to. Fortunately, she was carefree and thought it didn't matter where she went, so she had never encountered any trouble.

The first time the two met was when Miyamoto Musashi triggered another drifting event and bumped into Natsukawa Tora, whose path had crossed with hers, on her way to another world.

As a result, the two of them ended up in the world that Miyamoto Musashi would have originally drifted to.

After arriving in this world, Natsukawa Torato and Miyamoto Musashi, being from the same other world, got to know each other after a brief conversation. Out of a desire to help each other, they began to travel together in this world.

It has been a month now.

And during their journey together, the two of them also figured out what kind of world this was.

This is Japan—ancient Japan in 1639 AD, the sixteenth year of the Kan'ei era. As for the somewhat simple wooden hut where the two of them are now, it is a corner of a capital city called Shimōsa Province, which they arrived at just two days ago.

[Stage of Corpses and Bloodshed: Shimosa Kingdom]

Upon learning that he was in Shimousa Province, Natsukawa Torara knew exactly where he was. Originally, this place should have been a subspecies Lostbelt, appearing as a subspecies singularity as one of the remnants of the incineration of humanity. However, since the pan-human history of Natsukawa Torara's side did not include the various crises that occurred after the incineration of humanity, the subsequent events would not happen.

(So ​​we ended up here after all. Is this some kind of fate?)

Watching Miyamoto Musashi, who was sitting across from him, shoveling food into her mouth, Natsukawa Torama couldn't help but smile. Regardless, meeting her was still a very happy thing for him; just sitting there watching her eat so happily made the meal worthwhile.

Upon noticing that Natsukawa Torama suddenly revealed a gentle, centrally-friendly smile, Miyamoto Musashi couldn't help but shrink back: "Um—Torama, why are you suddenly smiling like that? It gives me the creeps, like you're about to eat me up."

"I'm not some man-eating beast, I'm just enjoying the beautiful sight of a pretty girl eating."

"Eh? Are you referring to me as a beautiful girl?" Miyamoto Musashi scratched the back of his head shyly. "Oh dear~~~ I'm really embarrassed by your sudden compliment. Beautiful girl and all that... hehehe."