To become a king and a magician

"Huh?"

Yuther, who had been preparing to take Natsukawa Torato seriously after hearing his words, was stunned when he heard the second half of the sentence.

Throwing stones?

Tossing the pebble in his hand, Natsukawa Tiger explained with a smile, "Youse, do you know what the most important thing to consider in battle is?"

"win?"

“No, it’s ‘survival.’” Natsukawa Tiger tapped Yuther’s forehead with his finger. “First, you have to survive, and then you can think about winning. If you’re killed by the enemy before you can win, there’s no way you can win. And if you win at the cost of your own life, it’s meaningless—at least that’s what I think.”

"Humans are very fragile. Once they die, nothing is left. Sacrificing oneself to achieve some great cause—these are all extreme cases. Under normal circumstances, your first priority in a battle is always your own survival. Only after you survive can you do what needs to be done next."

"Therefore, you need to learn how to defend and dodge."

Natsukawa Tora held up a small pebble in his hand: "I will control my physical abilities to a human level and throw these pebbles at you. The venue is limited to this training ground. You can block them with your wooden sword, roll away to dodge, or find cover to hide behind."

"In short, do your best to hold on for ten minutes before I hit you in the head or chest, or before I hit you three times."

"This is the first thing you need to learn; everything else can wait until you get past this hurdle."

(So ​​that's how it is. This training was to help me survive the battles to come?)

Youse quickly understood the situation.

"I understand, Brother Merlin, please begin—"

"Snapped!"

A pebble hit Yuther on the head.

"Alright, you're dead." Xia Chuanhu tapped his head. "In battle, the enemy won't be stupid enough to wait for you to be ready before starting the fight. You have to be prepared for the enemy to launch a sneak attack at any time."

"Yes!"

"Then let's do it again."

"Yes!"

Snapped!

Another pebble hit Yuther on the forehead.

(This kid... looks like he has a lot to learn.)

36. People who need my help

Training time flies by.

The two, who had started training around nine in the morning, were stopped by Ash when he arrived. They had spent almost three hours on evasion and defense training.

Upon seeing Yuse covered in marks from Natsukawa Tiger's pebbles, Ash narrowed his eyes and looked at Natsukawa Tiger without saying a word.

(murderous look!)

In an instant, Xia Chuanhu felt as if a knife was held to his neck.

"I didn't use much force, just the strength of a normal human being," Natsukawa Tora explained, raising his hands.

"I know."

Otherwise, they wouldn't have just glanced at it.

With a slight sigh, Ash placed his hand on Yuther's body and drew a few runes with his fingers. Yuther, who was originally covered in dirt, instantly became clean, as if he had never been trained by Natsukawa Tiger.

"That's fine. Go and rest for a bit. I brought you some roasted potatoes and water from the dining area. After you've eaten and rested, we'll start our magic training."

"Yes, Master!"

After bowing slightly to Ash and Natsukawa Tora, Yuther ran towards the rest area in the training field.

Then, Ash looked at Natsukawa Torato: "How is Yuser doing?"

"Well, it should be fine in another four or five years."

"So slow?"

"After all, you've handed me a complete novice who doesn't know how to fight at all. Even if I don't have to worry about his basic skills, Yuther still doesn't know anything about fighting and has zero combat experience, so I have to teach him from scratch."

Natsukawa Tora explained, "One morning was only enough to make his movements a little more agile. I was only using human-level strength. There's still a long way to go before he becomes strong enough to lead humanity to defeat the fairies."

"Thank you for your help."

"It's alright, it's something you asked me to do anyway—more importantly, have you had lunch yet?"

Ash nodded: "I ate before I came."

What did you eat?

"Goo~~~~"

Seeing that Ash was not saying anything and hearing the sounds coming from her stomach, Natsukawa Tiger knew that she hadn't eaten anything.

No, she probably ate a little, right? As Qin just said, she went to the dining area. Given her reputation among humans, they will definitely prepare food for her. She would probably eat a bite or two, right?

But having just eaten normal food in the morning, switching to feed now will likely make it difficult to swallow.

"You... come on, let's go back. I'll cook you a meal; I'm hungry myself."

"Is it alright?... No, no, that would be too much trouble for you. Besides, I'm a fairy, so eating isn't really necessary for me. I can just bear with it for a little while—"

Before Ash could finish speaking, Natsukawa Tiger grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his spatial portal.

Not far away, Yuther, who was halfway through his meal and wanted to take a break, looked up.

"Huh? Where are Master and Merlin?"

How could the two of them have disappeared in such a short time?

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In the house of Ash, Natsukawa Tiger, and Tertrol, after Ash was forcibly pressed down to the dining table, Natsukawa Tiger rolled up his sleeves and said, "Wait over there for a little while, I'll make something simple."

"Tiger, you really don't need to go to all this trouble..."

"Then consider it as me cooking too much and not being able to finish it all; please help me finish some."

"Well......"

Since Natsukawa Tora had said so, Ash couldn't refute it anymore, since what Natsukawa Tora said was indeed reasonable.

The food that humans eat, which is no different from animal feed, is hard for Natsukawa Tiger to swallow. He has to cook for himself if he wants to eat, and he certainly can't waste the parts he can't finish.

Ash felt that she could avoid this waste.

"Well... then I'll leave it to you, Tiger. Thank you."

"You're welcome."

As they spoke, Natsukawa Tiger had already finished preparing the leftovers from the morning and started cooking. Because there were so few ingredients, the options were quite limited.

(Since Ash is in charge of teaching Uther this afternoon, I might as well go out and find something to eat. I remember there are wild animals in the Fairy Kingdom, right?)

Although those "wild animals" are probably fantasy species no different from monsters, they still need to eat meat, and they also need to find some edible plants.

(Why do I sound like Shennong?)

Natsukawa Tiger thought to himself as he stirred the contents of the pot.

Meanwhile, as Ash watched Natsukawa Tora's back from behind, some memories of Morgan surfaced in his mind.

She received Morgan's memories from 3,600 years ago. Such a long time had made it difficult for her to remember many of them clearly, but as she looked at Natsukawa Tora, those blurry parts gradually came back to her mind.

At the same time, Ash also realized something she hadn't experienced in a long time.

She was being taken care of by Natsukawa Tora.

The last time she was cared for like this was during her childhood, when she was carefully looked after by the members of the long-vanished Rain Clan. After the Rain Clan was wiped out, Ash embarked on her pilgrimage as a savior and was never cared for again.

On the contrary, she has always been taking care of others, taking care of fairies, and even taking care of Britain and the world.

Her status and power as a savior meant she didn't need to be taken care of, and no one would even think of taking care of her.

But in front of Natsukawa Torato...

"Tiger."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"This question comes a bit suddenly... What's your opinion of me?"

His hand paused for a moment, and Natsukawa Torato turned around: "Why are you suddenly asking this?"

"Your attitude towards me is something I've never experienced before. As someone who has just met you, I want to know why you trust me so unconditionally and do these things for me. You must be treating me this way because of the impression you made on me, right?"

"Ah, this..."

Natsukawa Tora turned back.

"[People who need my help]".

"that's it?"

"Otherwise what? What do you want me to think of you?" Xia Chuanhu counted on his fingers. "When we first met, you asked me to help you. Besides, I was the one who brought you back drunk last night, made you breakfast this morning, and I'm making you breakfast now—basically, I've been helping you all along, haven't I?"

"In other people's eyes, you may be a savior worthy of faith, the strongest and invincible fairy in the paradise, but to me, you are just a woman who needs my help."

Snapped!

He placed the rice bowl in front of Ash and sat down opposite her. "Alright, eat up. By the way, I'll be going out this afternoon to find some other ingredients, so you can look forward to tonight's dinner."

Ash has been identified.

In Natsukawa Torata's eyes, he was neither a savior nor a fairy of paradise with a mission.

In his eyes, she was just an ordinary woman who needed his help.

"Yes. I'm looking forward to it. Thank you, Tiger."

37. A Call from the North

Britain's scarcity of resources was much as Natsukawa Tiger had imagined.

After all, the entire island of Britain was built up from the corpses of fairies. The original continent had long been wiped out by Sephalus, so naturally, no species remained in this world.