To become a king and a magician

Who is that?

"The Clock Tower has now handed him a punishment tantamount to the death penalty. As for your situation, after investigation and the testimonies of Grey and Ms. Lillian, you will ultimately be treated as a 'victim.' As long as you make compensation and accept the Clock Tower's restrictions on you, that will be the end of it."

"That's it?"

“What more do you want? You’ve demolished the whole street. Do you know how much effort it took to cover this up? If it weren’t for Ms. Lillian using illusion magic to cover it all up, the whole of Britain would be in chaos right now.”

Did Meryl clean up her own mess?

"I was wondering why she wasn't here..."

"Given the severity of the situation, as you yourself said, it wouldn't have been an exaggeration to permanently seal you off. But this case is truly exceptional, and you are also a victim caught up in it. So, through layers of reduction, the final result is what we have now. You should be secretly happy."

"Yes, yes, thank you very much—by the way, regarding the compensation... specifically, how should it be compensated?"

"If you add another debt to your existing debt, enough to rebuild the entire street, and you pay back 10,000 every month, you wouldn't be able to pay it off even in dozens of lifetimes. And that doesn't even include interest."

"boom!"

Xia Chuanhu slammed his head directly onto the table.

At only 19 years old, he's burdened with debts that would take decades to repay... Why not just commit suicide? Suicide would probably be easier, right? After all, once you're dead, everything's gone.

"Well, don't despair. The Clock Tower knows it's an impossible task, so it has given you another way."

"What method?"

"From now on, you will be required to handle any matters the Clock Tower needs you to handle, and you will not receive any compensation afterward. In short, you will be working for the Clock Tower for free for the rest of your life. In addition, the Clock Tower seems to be considering whether to make you a Dead Apostle."

Natsukawa Tora wanted to commit suicide.

Really.

This is worse than death! If it's really like that, he might as well just cut himself right now!

"Oh my, I see you have such a dark face as soon as you get back, Xia Chuan. Did something happy happen?"

Just then, a travel-worn-out Mary walked in through the door, leaned close to Natsukawa Tora, pinched his cheek, and smiled.

He slapped Meryl's hand away and collapsed onto the table: "Don't talk to me... I've lost all will to live... This world might as well just be destroyed... Ugh... Can't we just have the incineration of humanity happen right now... And the alien gods should just appear sooner rather than later..."

"Hmm... debt problem?"

"Yes."

"What? That's it?" Meryl patted Natsukawa Tora's shoulder casually. "I've already taken care of your debts."

"Oh... um...?!"

Natsukawa Torato suddenly jumped up and grabbed Meryl's shoulder: "What did you say?!"

"I've already taken care of it for you, using illusion magic—by the way, Weber, I'm sorry to have troubled you with this."

After tapping Weber's forehead to put him to sleep, Mary laughed and said, "Oh dear, I'm so tired. I've been casting illusions on the British administration from top to bottom to change their perceptions, and I've also had to neutralize the fact that that street is already damaged. The amount of exercise I've done in this period of time is equivalent to the total amount of exercise I've done in the past thousand years."

"Wait... wait, wait, wait! There's a lot of information here, let me digest this!"

Natsukawa Tora rubbed his temples hard: "You mean... you cast an illusion on the entire nation of Britain?"

"Hmm. Ah, it's not applied one by one, but through the television. After all, almost every household has a television now, so it can affect everyone at once."

"What about the streets? You said you rendered that fact powerless...you altered reality?"

"Oh, they're not that great. They just found a loophole, a loophole, and covered it up. After all, the city walls were often bombed during wartime, and temporary repairs were useless, so they often acted as engineers. Later, they just sent someone to actually fix it."

This is a lie.

In reality, all Meryl did was dispel the illusion, because it was just a projection of magic. Once dispelled, it wouldn't affect reality at all. The destroyed streets that people saw were all just illusions.

Of course, she didn't cast illusions on everyone in Britain; she only needed to dispel the misconceptions created by the illusions. For her, it was just a matter of a single thought.

The reason for doing this was simply to see Natsukawa Tora's expression of relief and triumph.

(If Morgan knew that she didn't actually need to cover up her actions and turn herself in, he'd probably have a really funny expression on his face, hehe.)

Thinking of this, Mary's mood immediately improved.

46. ​​The correct usage of Logos in React

"Huh? What... what happened to me?"

At the dining table, Weber slowly woke up from his sleep, rubbed his eyes, and glanced around: "Was I asleep?"

"Yeah, you were talking to me for a bit and then suddenly fell asleep. You must have stayed up late again last night."

Across from Weber, Natsukawa Tora spoke while fiddling with a small, bright red ball in his hand.

Weber rubbed his head and recalled what had happened: "Staying up all night... Oh right, because of lesson preparation and the things with Professor Kenneth, I haven't had a good night's sleep for several days. Did I just fall asleep because I couldn't stay awake?"

"Yes, it just collapsed right in front of me, which scared me so much that I thought you had died from overwork."

"It's not that bad yet, although I think if things continue like this, it'll inevitably lead to that sooner or later—by the way, where were we?"

"The aftermath of the Halloween incident. But you don't need to tell me, Ms. Lillian has already told me everything."

"Oh...that's good."

Although Weber felt a little dizzy, as if he had forgotten something, the fact that he could forget it meant that it wasn't a high priority. He could deal with it later if someone brought it up.

Turning his gaze to the small red sphere in Xia Chuanhu's hand, Weber asked, "Speaking of which, what's that in your hand?"

"This is a Halloween gift from Ms. Lillian. It's a magic costume she made for me to use for illusions. By the way, yours is in your pocket."

"Huh? Me too? Speaking of which, Halloween was almost three days ago—what is this?"

Weber pulled a bottle full of small blue pills from his pocket.

"Let me see... [A little energy booster pill; just one pill can keep you focused for a week, but you'll be drowsy for a week afterward. Suitable for those who frequently work overtime to meet year-end targets]..."

"This is a perfect Halloween gift for you, are you happy?"

"Do I look happy to you?" Webber's face turned as black as coal. Although it was a gift, this wasn't the kind of gift he wanted! Even if it was medicine, he should have gotten medicine for his stomachache!

Ignoring the sullen Webber, Natsukawa Tora continued fiddling with the small ball in his hand—although it was said to be a Halloween gift from Meryl, it was actually entrusted to Morgan by Tsbia to be given to him, but Morgan gave it to Meryl to pass on to his [LogosReactReplica].

After Xia Chuanhu resolved the matter at the Blakemoya Cemetery, Tsbia mentioned that she had prepared a thank-you gift for him, but due to some reasons, it would take some time before it was delivered.

(I never expected it to be such a valuable item. It's one of the seven great weapons capable of destroying the world. Even a replica is incredibly valuable, and perhaps even dangerously so.)

After all, it's a magical artifact that could potentially create a singularity if it malfunctions, and if handled improperly, it could be a devastating blow to London.

Speaking of which, Natsukawa Tora always felt that London was just as dangerous as Fuyuki City. There were gas explosions there every now and then, and since he arrived here, there were always world-destroying dangers appearing.

As if to avoid such a dangerous situation, Tsbia thoughtfully gave Natsukawa a user manual – which was transmitted directly to Natsukawa's mind the moment he touched the sphere.

Although described as a dangerous weapon, LogosReact is actually just a hypothetical computing device used to conduct various theoretical experiments that are impossible under current conditions, or to find ways to deal with the destruction of the world. In the end, the Atlas Institute developed this weapon in order to avoid the "end of the world" that the first Dean had proven.

The replica in Natsukawa Tora's hands wasn't as powerful, and Tsbia had added various restrictions for security reasons, resulting in LogosReactReplica being able to do extremely limited things—at most, only—

"What's with that expression, Webber Velvet!"

"Ugh!"

The sudden sound of Kenneth's voice startled Webber, and when he saw Kenneth appear beside Natsukawa Torato, he trembled even more: "K-Kenneth-sensei?! What are you doing here?!"

"......"

"T-Teacher?"

Seeing Kenneth remain silent, Weber immediately panicked.

(He's angry. I don't know which of his trigger points I stepped on this time, but he's definitely angry! I'm doomed!)

"puff!"

Just as Webber was in a panic, Natsukawa Tora let out an untimely laugh, then snapped his fingers. Kenneth, who was standing next to him, instantly turned into countless red dust particles, which then gathered in his hand to form the red sphere that Webber had just seen.

"Huh? What is this... what is this?"

"Sorry, sorry, Waver. I couldn't help but scare you because you looked so listless," Natsukawa Tora said with a smile. "Professor Kenneth wasn't here. It was just the function of this Mystic Code. I told you, this Mystic Code was a gift from Ms. Lillian. She's a master of illusion, so naturally, the Mystic Codes she makes are related to illusion."

This is certainly not the truth; it's more accurate to say it's a mixture of truth and falsehood.

The Kenneth we just saw was actually a simulation created by LogosReactReplica—a form simulation. All Natsukawa Tora needs to do is inject magic and set the parameters, and LogosReactReplica can simulate the appearance of any being. Of course, it's only the appearance; knowledge, magical skill, physical constitution, etc., are not possible. Due to the limitations set by Tsbia, to do anything more, Natsukawa Tora must solve the puzzles he set.

With Xia Chuanhu's current level, even the simplest question felt like reading gibberish to him. He couldn't understand what it was saying at all, and he couldn't even figure out what Tsbia was trying to ask, let alone answer it.

(Well, if I hadn't set these conditions, he probably wouldn't have entrusted this to me with peace of mind... Although I think I could have solved it all with Meryl's help, this is a rare opportunity, so I'll just treat it as an extra math problem in the learning process.)

Natsukawa Tora thought to himself.

Upon hearing Natsukawa Torato's explanation, Weber immediately understood: "So... what happened just now was just an illusion?"

"Huh? That startled me—Holy crap, don't grab the chair!"

"You bastard, you scared my heart almost jumped out of my chest! (crying voice)"

"I'm so sorry! I was wrong!"

"From now on, you'll have to hand in three times the amount of homework—no, ten times the amount!"

"What a deep grudge!!"

47. The correct way to use Logos in React (Part 2)

"Bang----!"

Slamming his hand on his bedroom door, Natsukawa Tora quickly caught his breath and plopped down on the bed. "Haaah~~~ That should work. Looks like I can't suddenly scare Webber anymore, his outbursts are terrifying. Or is Professor Kenneth really that much of a monster to him?"

It's not just similar, it's exactly the same.

"Well... it's about time to get down to business!"

He closed and locked the window, then used magic to add an extra layer of security to both the door and the window, and finally drew the curtains—after confirming that all the security measures were foolproof, Natsukawa Tora took out LogosReactReplica from his pocket.

For a magician, shape simulation is undoubtedly a trivial ability, so simple that any professional magician can do it, without needing world-destroying weapons to do it.

But in Xia Chuanhu's eyes, this ability represented a possibility, a possibility that only he could discover!

However, it was really inappropriate to reveal that to Webber, or rather, only by secretly realizing his ideas like this could Natsukawa Tiger feel more satisfaction and excitement!

Gently placing LogosReactReplica on the ground, Xia Chuanhu took a deep breath, adjusted his mindset several times, and then activated all his magic circuits in one go, focusing all his magic power into LogosReactReplica!

"Zheng—!"