To become a king and a magician

Two saviors.

Ash smiled slightly: "You mean Tiger... Indeed, with him around, resolving the calamity would be a piece of cake—provided he's willing to help resolve it."

It was true that Natsukawa Tiger would help him, and Ash knew that too. But he also knew that he would only help himself. He had no intention of protecting the fairies whatsoever. If the calamity came, he would most likely sit idly by and watch the fairies be destroyed by the calamity.

However, Lentinion is a human city. If all goes well, Lentinion should become the capital of a new fairy kingdom, a city where humans and fairies coexist.

In that case, Natsukawa Torato should be able to lend a hand, right?

(No... you can't think like that, Ash.)

Ash shook his head, banishing the idea from his mind.

Thinking in this way, while it's possible to get Natsukawa Tiger's help, it would be tantamount to taking the humans of Lentinion hostage and using morality to coerce Natsukawa Tiger into fighting the calamity—which goes against Ash's original intention.

She didn't want her partnership with Natsukawa Tiger to deteriorate, especially since it was just a calamity, which she could handle on her own.

Seeing Ash thinking like this, Einser couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Savior, you really care about that other savior."

"Is that so?"

"In my opinion, yes, the expression on your face is one I've never seen before. Of course, it's also possible that I haven't met you often and don't know you well."

An expression Einstein had never seen before?

Ash frowned: "What...what kind of expression do I have right now?"

"To be honest, this may be offensive and may upset you."

"Whatever, go ahead and say it."

"To me, the expression on your face when you talked about the other savior was a mixture of conflict and joy."

"..."

That's a very fair assessment. Ash herself thinks so too. She's not completely ignorant of people's hearts; she can still make rational judgments in this regard.

"After all, this is the hope I have waited for for 3,600 years. I don't want to let my momentary willfulness lead to failure and the shattering of my hopes."

"You've worked hard."

Einser once again offered his sincerest gratitude and apology to the guardian who had protected Britain for 3,600 years.

And at that very moment—

"Fragrant Ash, are you in there? It's me, Tiger."

Natsukawa Tora's voice rang out from outside.

"I've finished my business here, have you finished yours?"

"Ah... um... I'm done here too."

Ash quickly responded, and after exchanging a silent glance with Einser, he got up and left the house.

Then, outside, Ash saw a scene that nearly caused her heart to stop.

Natsukawa Tora himself hadn't changed much from a few minutes ago, except that his clothes were slightly disheveled.

The focus is on his arm.

Miss Melishin, dressed in children's clothes materialized by Natsukawa Tiger, was hanging there like a koala, her petite body pressed tightly against Natsukawa Tiger's body, looking extremely dependent on him.

"Oh, Ash, you're out?"

When he saw Ash come out, Natsukawa Tora waved to her.

"Let me introduce you, this is Melusin, I retrieved her from the wreckage of the dragon Albion—"

"Lovers!"

Meilushin spoke first.

"Tiger and I are truly in love!"

"..."

In that instant, Natsukawa Tora clearly felt the temperature around Ash drop significantly.

44. Melusin is wreaking havoc in Gaga.

Lover?

Ash knew what this word meant from Morgan's knowledge. Hundreds of years ago, during the war with the royal clan, she had also seen fairies who became lovers with humans, and even husbands and wives.

Although she herself had never had a lover, she still possessed the relevant knowledge.

But what did she hear now?

Are Natsukawa Tora and this little girl called Melishin lovers? Or are they truly in love?

"Tiger......"

As if she had awakened to the fact that she had become a queen ahead of time, Ash herself did not realize that her voice had turned cold as she approached Natsukawa Torata step by step.

"you--"

"It's so cold, don't come any closer."

Before Ash could finish speaking, Melishin, who had been hanging on Natsukawa Torato's hand, suddenly jumped down, revealing a very obvious and strong resistance, and looked at Ash with hostility.

"I hate the cold, and you are very cold, so please do not come any closer."

"..."

Ash seemed completely unconcerned about Melosin's hostility and xenophobia. Even after stopping, her eyes remained fixed on Natsukawa Tora, as if questioning, "What on earth is going on?"

Patting Melusin's head, Natsukawa Tora said, "Don't be like that, Melusin. Ash is my friend, and he will be your friend in the future. Don't break up now. Say hello properly."

"friend?"

Upon hearing Natsukawa Torata's words, Melishin immediately suppressed her hostility and revealed a very bright smile: "I see~~~ Nice to meet you, Ash. Although we've already introduced ourselves, let me introduce myself again."

"I am Melosin, Tiger's lover. Please take good care of me from now on."

"..."

Ignoring Melusin, Ash went to Natsukawa Toramasa's side, stood on tiptoe, and whispered in his ear, "Explain, Toramasa, what exactly is this 'lover' thing? What happened to you during those few minutes you were at Albion's Dragon's place?"

"Haha, about this..."

Natsukawa Tora smiled somewhat awkwardly, and then explained to Ash the conclusions he had drawn from his previous conversation with Mirushin.

After hearing the explanation, Ash frowned slightly: "So, when Morgan transferred here through spiritual particles 3,600 years ago, he also allowed Melusin to witness some of the scenes related to you?"

"Well, to be precise, it's the light of the holy sword."

The essence of spirit particle transfer is to break down the body of the eligible candidate into spirit particles, and then recombine them at the target location. This is a technique that normally requires very sophisticated instruments and magic to accomplish, but Morgan accomplished it all by himself.

However, her personal spirit transfer was not without some flaws. When she traveled to 3,600 years ago through spirit transfer, a very small part should have been left behind at the remains of the Albion Dragon.

The result was that through that part, the then-naive Melousin witnessed the brilliance of the Holy Sword in Morgan's memory, which gave her intelligence and a desire for the Holy Sword and Natsukawa Tora.

"In conclusion, she's completely attached to me... It's similar to how a newborn baby is very attached to the first person they see. I think she won't be like this anymore once she matures."

"Is that so? That's good."

Ash breathed a slight sigh of relief.

To be honest, she personally didn't care much about Xia Chuanhu and Meilushin's situation, but considering that she would still have to return to Luntinion later, if the two of them continued to shamelessly stick together like this every day, it would probably cause quite a commotion.

Even for the sake of the stability of human organizations, Ash must keep the contact between Melosin and Natsukawa Torata within a suitable range.

"I'm saying... how long are you two going to keep being so intimate?"

Just then, Melusin's somewhat dissatisfied voice rang out from between the two.

As if trying to separate the two, Mirusin stepped in and took Natsukawa Tora's hand, pulling him away from Ash a short distance away: "Tora is my lover. Please don't take him away from me, or I will be very lonely, because he is a dragon."

Melusin is a dragon who fears loneliness.

Because her original form was something abandoned and alone, she, born from that form, was naturally also something abandoned. This position of being unwanted made her extremely afraid of loneliness.

The starlight she witnessed 3,600 years ago can be said to be her only spiritual sustenance.

"I won't be taken away." Natsukawa Tora gently stroked Melishin's hair. "Ash won't take me away from you, Melishin. If you have to say, it's the other way around."

"The other way around?" Melusin frowned. "So that means Ash is here to join us?"

"jump!"

Ash felt as if something inside her head had snapped off.

Natsukawa Torara immediately realized his mistake: "No, no, it's not entirely the other way around..."

"Does Ash also like tigers?"

Melusin asked again, then revealed an innocent and cheerful smile like a child: "I can understand. After all, Tiger is like the sun, making people unconsciously want to get close to him and be attracted to him. That's how I fell in love with Tiger (Light)."

"However, this doesn't apply to lovers. Those seats are reserved for the next person. If Ash wants to join, please find another seat."

Completely oblivious, Melusin kept throwing bombs outside, and seeing Ash's head drooping lower and lower, Natsukawa Tiger quickly covered Melusin's mouth: "Melusin, don't talk for now—Ash, don't take it too seriously, the child is just joking, she's only been born for less than half an hour, please understand, bear with it, I'll make you something delicious later."

"Do you think I'm some kind of pet that needs to be fed?" Ash glanced coldly at Natsukawa Tora. "I'm not angry. It was just a child's joke. It's not worth me taking it seriously. Besides, I don't have any romantic feelings for you, so naturally I won't confront Melosin."

"Huh? Ash doesn't like tigers?"

Meilushin, who had somehow emerged from Xia Chuanhu's grasp, tilted her head in confusion, then grabbed Xia Chuanhu's arm, jumped up, and forcefully kissed Xia Chuanhu's mouth.

"I like tigers. Ash, would you like to have some contact with a tiger like this? It's a very comfortable feeling."

Natsukawa Torato: "......"

Ash: "..."

Hearing Melusin's overly direct and naively childlike remarks, both mature adults fell into a long silence.

(Should we just throw this dragon back into the swamp?)

45. Who exactly broke the law?

In the end, Natsukawa Torama and Ash didn't throw Melishin back into the swamp. After all, if they did, Melishin would probably go berserk because her loneliness level would be maxed out.

Besides, she's just a child, so it's normal for her to say things randomly. Xia Chuanhu and Chen, the two adults, are quite tolerant of children.