To become a king and a magician

Resting his chin on his hand, Natsukawa Tora recalled the utterly empty memories in his mind, which were like dry, lifeless documents or reports.

Chaldea, Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mash Kyrielight... Because of their arrival, Britain, which has already settled down, may once again be thrown into turmoil. Although it is easy to suppress it, it would be a waste to use precious magic power for such a trivial matter.

"Never mind, I'll tell Noknare later and have her keep an eye on things—back to the point, Bagst, since you haven't made any requests regarding your reward, I'll make the decision myself."

"As ordered."

"Let me think... Speaking of which, Bagst, how long has it been since [last time]? It should have been about a month, right?"

Natsukawa Tora pondered for a moment.

"How about one of my arms as a reward?"

12. The black dog being kept as a pet

One arm.

Natsukawa Torato made this reward decision with Bagst's personal factors in mind.

The story begins with a great calamity in the year 1000 of the Elven calendar.

Every hundred years, Britain experiences a calamity, and every thousand years, a great calamity occurs. This was also the case in the year 1000 of the Elven calendar. The great calamity occurred on time, but unlike in the past, this great calamity was not one that could be easily suppressed by Xia Chuanhu and Morgan.

The Naraku Worm, slumbering deep within the island of Britain, once again interfered with Britain after the Fairy Era of 400 years. It led to the birth of King Morse, who then led Morse's army to invade the entire territory of Britain.

The result was that, at the cost of the complete destruction of Salisbury, the territory of the Wind Clan, Natsukawa Torama used Moonfall to annihilate King Morse and the Morse Clan.

After that, as Natsukawa Torato knew, King Morse placed a curse on the Fang Clan, which directly led to the birth of Bagst in the Fang Clan in the year 1600 of the Elven Calendar.

Similar to adopting Artoria, shortly after Bagst's birth, Natsukawa Torara heard that a fairy capable of devouring magic had been born in the Fang Clan, so he went to the Fang Clan's territory of Oxford, directly subdued Bagst with pure power, and took him under his command, bestowing upon him the name of Fairy Knight Gawain.

From then on, Bagst became Natsukawa Torato's most loyal knight.

This is not only because Natsukawa Torato possesses absolute power that surpasses Bagst, nor because he is willing to accept being seen as an outsider.

Another important reason is that Natsukawa Tiger has the ability to "raise" Bagst.

Bagst has an innate impulse—she wants to eat the people she loves.

This beloved person is not merely a lover. Bagst's principle is survival of the fittest; she will unconsciously lower her guard and become close to anyone powerful, even turning them into lovers, and she might inadvertently fall in love at first sight.

However, due to her impulsive nature, she often ends up dumping her lover within a month and becoming single again.

Therefore, Natsukawa Torato proposed the following plan: he would allow Bagst to regard him, the most powerful man in all of Britain, as her lover, and he would not mind if she wanted to eat him, whether it was his hands, feet, or body, as long as it would satisfy her.

In any case, he is immortal in every sense of the word.

Even without the Holy Sword and its scabbard, the terrifying magic power possessed in Salvation Mode makes the semi-permanent operation of regeneration magic and even resurrection magic possible.

So from then on, Bagst became Natsukawa Torama's black dog, his most loyal knight. Natsukawa Torama also became her eternal lover, someone who would never leave her and could always be with her.

Although Bagst felt this was disrespectful to Queen Morgan, it only strengthened her loyalty, making her even more devoted to Morgan for allowing her to be with Her Majesty in this way.

Offering his own arm as a reward to Bagst to suppress her impulses is something Natsukawa Torama has done frequently over the past thousand years.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

With a slightly flushed face, Bassigster happily accepted the reward.

Meanwhile, noticing Bagst's slightly flushed cheeks, Bavan Shi couldn't help but speak up: "I say... you're really easily satisfied, Bagst. It's okay to be a little greedy, isn't it? I don't think Father will mind. Right?"

"No, how could I... I am but a knight, how dare I ask for more favor from Your Majesty? I am already overwhelmed with gratitude, I really dare not ask for more."

"They're so easily satisfied, unlike me."

Bawan Xi smiled and approached Xia Chuanhu: "Father, now that everything is settled, you can talk to me—"

"What are you doing, Bavan Shi?"

Just as Bavan Shi was trying to curry favor with his father, a cold voice suddenly came from the entrance of the throne room.

Bavan Shi and Bagst froze, looking towards the doorway and bowing to the person who appeared there.

"Mother."

"Queen."

The newcomer was none other than Morgan, who had become the Queen of Winter.

Morgan didn't look at Bagst kneeling on the ground or Bavan Sheehan, who had hurriedly left Natsukawa Tiger. Although they were his trusted knights and his beloved daughter, Morgan's heart was no longer with them when he entered the Throne Hall.

Morgan approached Natsukawa Tora and sat down on the throne with him. After connecting his magic circuits to the throne, Morgan naturally leaned against Natsukawa Tora's chest.

"I sensed Artoria entering my courtyard. Did you let her in?"

"Hmm. Just need to deal with my rebellious daughter who ran away from home. Locking her up for a while will be enough." Natsukawa Tora brushed her hair from behind. "What are you doing here?"

"It was just an inspection of the Great Hollow. Even with you here, I'm still a little worried. Just think of me as worrying too much," Morgan said. "Is everything settled?"

"Afterwards, I need to contact Noknare. Chaldea has arrived in Orkney. If they stay there, I don't plan to annihilate them. But if they show any intention of leaving Orkney, then I'll eliminate them all or capture and imprison them all when they set foot on British soil."

"Noknare... well, you can rest assured about Maib's daughter."

After saying this, Morgan looked down at Bavan Hill and Bagst.

"Step back, Tristan, Gawain, Lancelot is already waiting for you in the back garden. You had arranged to meet, hadn't you?"

"Eh—ah~~~~~You're right!"

This was her mother giving her the boot—Bawan Shi realized this instantly.

My mother has a strong possessive desire for my father. If it's a helpless situation like Bagst's, it's fine. But if someone else tries to get their hands on my father, my mother's mood will instantly turn sour!

(Tsk, what a pity. It was such a good opportunity to get close to Father... I guess I'll have to wait until next time with Sister Meloshin?)

With these thoughts in mind, Bavan Shi took his leave along with Bagst.

After the two left, only Morgan and Natsukawa Tora remained in the empty throne room.

"Well......"

Without any words or eye contact, their 2,400-year-old bond allowed them to naturally embrace and kiss.

This is a time for the two of them to be alone; their daughter and the knight are too much of an eyesore at this moment.

13. The marriage-urging team is about to arrive on the battlefield.

Pan-human history, within Chaldea.

A week passed quickly after Chaldea received a communication from Natsukawa Tora, who lived 2,400 years ago.

Thanks to the connections made by Merry and Grey, all the women associated with Natsukawa Tora, except for those who cannot be considered direct combatants, have now gathered in Chaldea.

The Aozaki sisters, who are the Fifth Magicians and Grand Puppeteers, King Arthur and his son, the Sajou twins, the captain of the first division of the Shinsengumi, the former agent of the Church... Now that everyone has gathered together, the newcomers in Chaldea realize just how influential the person they have been searching for all this time really is.

If he doesn't come back, the entire magic world will be in big trouble!

"Okay, now everyone is here."

As the eldest sister of everyone present, Mary became unusually serious when facing the crowd gathered in the central control room.

“Besides Lydel and Olga Marie, who can’t be considered combatants, Ayaka, who is weak in combat, and Shiki, who refused to come, plus me, who needs to stay here for coordination—you who are gathered here next will be transferred from Pan-Human History to the British Lostbelt via Spirit Particle Transfer.”

"The purpose of this trip is probably self-evident; everyone present knows it perfectly well."

"That means bringing back that bastard who's been running around alone for 2,400 years, neglecting his family, and even secretly getting married and raising kids while we were away, and then punishing him according to family rules!"

Regarding the two thousand four hundred years that Natsukawa Torama experienced in the British Lostbelt, after communicating with Natsukawa Torama No. 2, Merry had already compiled it into an archive file and distributed a copy to everyone who arrived.

Therefore, as Meryl said, everyone present knew what Natsukawa Torama had done over the past two thousand four hundred years.

Then, they both felt varying degrees of anger towards their loved ones.

Even if some of them could accept Xia Chuanhu's actions, and some might even go to help him when they got there, at least on the point of wanting to beat him up, everyone was in agreement.

Even Artoria, who was most deeply affected, was no exception.

"That's true, but... I still find it hard to accept." Artoria sighed softly. "Impersonating Merlin to teach the Lostbelt's father, marrying the Lostbelt's queen, and even adopting me from the Lostbelt as his daughter... What is Master thinking?"

"The relationships are completely messed up."

Aozaki Aoko smiled wryly and said, "Well, based on what I know about him, putting aside the marriage, the other two are probably just to cover up something, right?"

“That’s right.” Merlin nodded. “In fact, apart from those of us in the know, according to Number Two, Natsukawa Tora, Merlin and the Elf King are two completely different people in the Lostbelt.”

Merlin, a famous sage in the history of the Fairy Kingdom, taught the human knight Uther and trained him to become a qualified king, but left before he won the Autumn War, leaving Uther to be poisoned by the fairies—this is how it is recorded in history.

There is no connection whatsoever with the [Holy Sword Wielder], [Savior], or [Elf King].

"Well, maybe it's just an error that occurred during the transmission of history. After all, it's been a long period of two thousand four hundred years, so it's not surprising that the legend has changed in any way," Meryl said with a smile. "Also, Aoko, please keep this safe."

"Huh? What is that?"

Aozaki Aoko took the item from Merry's hand and discovered that it was actually ten gold rings, which made her subconsciously start looking for someone.

“Romani isn’t with Chaldea for the time being,” Merry explained. “Well, in his own words, things are now on our side, and there’s nothing left for him to do, so he’ll be slacking off in the infirmary until it’s all over.”

"He's at least an acting commander-in-chief..."

"I'm handling that now. And regarding the Ten Commandments, Romani gave the same reason as Tiger did back then."

More than half a year ago, after obtaining the Ten Commandments and corrupting Goetia, Natsukawa Torato had Aozaki Seiko take the Ten Commandments and Goetia back to Chaldea, telling Ramani that he did not need these things and that he, as King Solomon, should keep them for himself, thus returning them to their rightful owner.

But now, Romani is giving the Ten Commandments and Goetia to Merry for the same reason, hoping she can find someone to deliver these things to Natsukawa Torato, who is far away in Lostbelt.

"【These are indeed my things, but that was in the past. Now I am just an ordinary human being with no relation to King Solomon, so these things should be given to someone who can use them better】—that's what he said. By the way, Goetia is currently sleeping inside the Ten Commandments."

Hearing Merry's explanation, Aozaki Aoko sighed helplessly: "The Ten Commandments and the Human Reason General, who are treasured by everyone in the magic world, are being tossed around like trash by these two?"

"But in the end, it will still return to the tiger's hands, won't it?"

"I understand. Once I get there, I'll give him a good beating and then hand him over."

When Aozaki Aoko said those words, she wasn't really confident.

Although she traveled to various timelines using magic to train herself after the Human Incineration ended, and considered herself to have made considerable progress in the past six months, she was still far inferior to Natsukawa Torama, who was in that "Salvation Mode" and could directly suppress Beast.

"Will I be the main player then?"

Arcueid, who had been dragged out of her dream by Meryl, said with a smile.

If the combined power of everyone present is one hundred, then Arcueid alone accounts for about ninety percent, since only monsters with infinite magic power can fight against monsters with infinite magic power.

"Ms. Meryl! The adjustments to the entire basket are complete, and we are ready to perform spirit particle transfer at any time!"