To become a king and a magician

"Hmm... Let's talk about this after Mashu wakes up. After all, to explain that, we can't start without starting with what happened 2,400 years ago."

Two thousand four hundred years.

Upon hearing this unbelievable time span again, Fujimaru Ritsuka fell silent for a moment: "Captain, you...you really stayed here for this long? Only about half a year has passed in the Pan-Human History area..."

“The flow of time is different, that’s common. After all, this Lostbelt has been destroyed twice, so it’s not surprising that there are differences from the Pan-Human History.” Natsukawa Tora explained, “Oh, by the way, I should mention that your communication device with Chaldea is broken.”

"Huh!?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka raised her hand in surprise and looked at it. Just as Natsukawa Torama had said, the communication device that Wei was wearing on her hand was broken long ago. It must have been destroyed by the Fairy Knight Gawain's attack.

"What...what should we do now? Can it be fixed?"

"Once Mash wakes up, let's set up a teleportation array using the round table and have Chaldea send a new one over. This island is situated on a spiritual vein, so I think it should be fine."

"So that means we can't contact Chaldea for the time being..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed softly.

"However, being able to see the minister is already the best outcome. After contacting Chaldea, we can return to Chaldea. Minister, everyone has been very worried about you while you were gone for the past six months, especially your fiancées. You're going to suffer when you get back."

"fiancée......"

Natsukawa Tora was silent for a moment, then asked, "How...are they?"

"They're all clamoring that once you get back, Minister, they'll make you bedridden for a hundred days, and they'll even make you kneel on a washboard until they're satisfied."

"Haha...Is that so? Then it seems that it is really dangerous for me to go back...Well, in the end, we can't go back anytime soon anyway."

There's no way to go back?

Upon hearing Natsukawa Torata's words, Fujimaru Ritsuka was taken aback: "Captain, aren't you planning to go back?"

"Well, I don't plan to go back for now. After all, I still have things to finish here. I plan to stay here until I finish them. The message I sent to Chaldea 2,400 years ago, asking you to bring everyone here, was actually for the sake of what I wanted to accomplish."

"That matter...to be specific—"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Before Fujimaru Ritsuka could finish speaking, Mashu, who was lying next to her, suddenly coughed violently a few times and was awakened by the coughing. She slowly opened her eyes with a pale face.

"Mashu? You're awake?"

"Um... Senior..."

Mashu rubbed her head and sat up from the ground: "We're...right! Miss Artoria, she—"

Halfway through her sentence, the burning pain spreading throughout her body made Mashu lie back down.

Seeing the same reaction as Fujimaru Ritsuka, Natsukawa Tora sighed helplessly: "You two really have a knack for it, your reactions are exactly the same... Well, calm down, Mashu, don't panic. Although Artoria was taken away, she will definitely be alright, I can assure you."

"Brother..."

Seeing Natsukawa Tora say this, Mashu's tense expression relaxed slightly.

And then—

"Alright, now that Mash and Fujimaru are awake, it's time for me to explain the current situation. I'll tell you everything about why I can't leave this Lostbelt, why I brought you here, and what I'm supposed to do here."

After saying this, Natsukawa Tora was silent for a moment, then continued—

"Let's start with [myself]."

"In fact, I am not the 'Natsukawa Tiger of Pan-Human History' that you know, but just a part of 'Natsukawa Tiger of Pan-Human History,' like an impurity that is removed when something is being purified."

"Two thousand four hundred years ago, the 'unnecessary part' was torn apart, separated, and abandoned by 'Natsukawa Tiger of Pan-Human History'."

That's me.

7. The Truth of Two Thousand Four Hundred Years

The divergence point between this Lostbelt and Pan-Human History occurred approximately 14,000 years ago in the ancient period.

The invasion of the predatory stars, the descent of the white giant, the laziness of the six primordial fairies, the absence of the Holy Sword Master... Although this was something that Natsukawa Torato had already mentioned several times, neither Fujimaru Ritsuka nor Mash, nor even the Chaldea, knew about it.

So, immediately after having Mash set up the communication spell with Chaldea, Natsukawa Torato briefly explained the events of this Lostbelt from 14000 years ago to 2400 years ago, a long span of 11600 years.

This includes, but is not limited to, the formation of this island of Britain, Morgan's spiritual transfer, the matter of Cornunos, and the matter of the Naraku worms deeper within.

After hearing Natsukawa Torato's account, Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mashu, and the Chaldea team all fell silent.

"This Lostbelt... has actually been divided for so long."

"Just like back in the Olympics."

The fifth Lostbelt that Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash went to was Olympia. It was during the time when the White Colossus descended. Because the Greek gods made a different decision than the Greek gods of Pan-Human History, a divergence occurred, which eventually evolved into a Lostbelt.

I never expected that this British Lostbelt would be one too.

However, it's also possible that things developed this way. After all, they are fairies, and it's not like they can't slack off.

In the projection on the surface of the Round Table Shield, Mary, who has a deep connection with Britain and is currently acting as Roman's acting commander-in-chief, sits there and communicates with this side.

[So, what happened after that? Tiger Number Two, you only mentioned 2,400 years ago. What happened after that? Something must have happened back then that caused this Lostbelt to become what it is now, right?]

Natsukawa Tora nodded: "As I just said, I am an individual that was split off from the real me 2,400 years ago. In fact, 2,400 years ago was also the time when the real me came to this Lostbelt."

Two thousand four hundred years ago, Natsukawa Torato from Pan-Human History left the Shimousa Lostbelt and came to the British Lostbelt. He was immediately found by Ash, the savior who inherited everything from Morgan. He accepted her request and became her companion, promising to work with her to save the British island that was destined to be destroyed from its birth.

However, on the island of Britain at that time, humans and fairies were engaged in a civil war, so Ash decided to unify the entire fairy kingdom before saving Britain.

For this reason, Ash and Natsukawa Torata, who goes by the alias "Merlin," tutor a human boy named Yuse.

【puff!】

Upon hearing that Natsukawa Torato was using Merlin's identity to become the teacher of a boy named Yuse, Merlin couldn't help but laugh. Meanwhile, Merlin, who had been secretly watching Chaldea from the unknown Avalon, had the same reaction.

Neither of them expected that Natsukawa Tora would do something so perverse.

[Sorry, sorry, I couldn't help myself. Please continue, Tiger Number Two.]

"It's alright, I understand. It's quite strange for me to recall that incident myself, and I only called myself that way because I wanted you to have that kind of reaction," Natsukawa Tora laughed. "Let's get back to the main topic."

Merlin's life lasted for about six months. Nothing major happened during that time; at most, the food and living conditions of the humans at that time were improved, and their living standards were raised.

The key point is six months from now.

"Six months later, Ash and I went to the north of Britain, which is the south of the island of the End where we are. We retrieved a life that had been born from the right claw of the dragon Albion from its remains. After that, we went to the Royal Clan, one of the six great clans, and received a promise from the Royal Clan Chief."

Mabu, the clan chief of the royal clan, promised that after the human uprising was victorious, he would arrange a political marriage between his daughter and the human king, and together they would rule the fairy kingdom.

However, just after Peng received the promise, and as Natsukawa Torato and Ash were returning to their base after having accomplished all their objectives, while destroying Morse, a demon who had fallen from grace, the reason that led to the fairy kingdom becoming what it is today occurred.

The Naraku Worm, slumbering in the deepest part beneath the island of Britain, is known in pan-human history as the Vortigern. In order to destroy Britain, it triggered the first super-catastrophe in history.

"Twenty thousand killing weapons, enough to wipe out the entire Britain, suddenly appeared out of nowhere, driving both humans and fairies to the brink of destruction. And because of the impending apocalypse, the ugliest sides of both humans and fairies have been exposed. Mary should be well aware of this, right?"

[Yes, using others as shields to survive, placing your hopes on others while doing nothing yourself, and then criticizing and insulting them when they don't do well, even though you haven't done anything yourself—things like that, right?]

"Yes, and such things happened countless times throughout Britain at that time. Having witnessed this depravity, Ash was utterly disillusioned with both fairies and humans, while I was disillusioned with fairies from the very beginning."

"So Britain was destroyed—not by those 20,000 killing machines, but by [Natsukawa Tora], who followed his own heart and Ash's ideas, and used Moonfall to destroy the entire Britain."

Natsukawa Tora destroyed the entire United Kingdom.

Hearing this story from Natsukawa Torato's own mouth, Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others fell silent. They hadn't experienced that event, but for that minister to be so ruthless as to destroy the entire island... it was hard to imagine how depraved Britain had become back then.

But what is the state of Britain now?

"Merry continued to ask."

[You said Britain was destroyed 2,400 years ago, but isn't it still perfectly fine now? Although we can't observe anything here, based on your description, the island of Britain should still exist, right? Humans and fairies should still live on it, right?]

"Because after that, Natsukawa Torato and Ash together gave the entire island of Britain a new life."

"Whether it was the dead humans or the dead fairies... together, they destroyed the entire island of Britain, and then resurrected it."

"I was also born at that time, as the price that Natsukawa Torato had to pay to revive the entire British Isles."

8. The Kingdom Ruled by the Elf King

Two thousand four hundred years ago, after destroying the entire Britain with Moonfall, Natsukawa Torato and Ash went to the only place that was not affected by Moonfall.

That is Orkney, the island of the end, the home of the ash tree.

Ash wanted to save the island of Britain, and Natsukawa Torama decided to help Ash. So the two who destroyed Britain decided to resurrect the entire country and let the history of Britain continue as they knew it.

However, resurrecting the entire island of Britain would require an immense amount of magical power.

Originally, Ash had to burn the magic of the entire Imaginary Tree to accomplish this feat, but there is no Imaginary Tree in this Lostbelt.

Therefore, Natsukawa Tora made a sacrifice.

He abandoned his holy sword and his identity as the Star Swordsman, offering this Star Sword, which did not exist in Britain, to the world, sealing it forever on the Isle of End, and severing all his past memories.

To put it dramatically—

"In order to realize Ash's dream and to respond to her waiting for him for 3,600 years, Natsukawa Torato gave up everything he had in the past, which was less than 40 years."

Abandon everything.

This is yet another incredibly heavy topic, even heavier than the one about the destruction of all of Britain.

"Does this... mean the minister has completely forgotten about us?"

“No, I think he should still remember us.” Xia Chuanhu shook his head. “If we compare memory as a whole to a bottle of water, then what Xia Chuanhu did was throw away all the water but keep the bottle.”

Natsukawa Tora still remembers what he experienced in Pan-Human History, the people he met in Pan-Human History, and everything he did in the past.

But it's just a memory.

He no longer felt any sense of reality; at best, he was like a country bumpkin who had heard of Tokyo but had never been there.

"To both of us, we are now just familiar strangers."

"And after making such a huge sacrifice, the only reward he received was [magic]."

Just like what Gilgamesh did in the Seventh Singularity.

Gilgamesh, by sealing Ea, fully activated his magician bloodline and gained immense magical power. Similarly, Natsukawa Tora, by sacrificing everything, also gained immense magical power.

[Just how massive is it?]

"The maximum magical support from the planet that he could only obtain when facing a threat of Beast level, let's call it the 'Salvation Mode', allowed him to block Tiamat and even gain the upper hand in a direct confrontation with Goetia—he can now maintain that state indefinitely."