To become a king and a magician

"Fujimaru, want to come along?"

The boys in the front row turned to the girl in the last row and invited her to have lunch together.

The girl—Fujimaru Ritsuka—smiled and shook her head upon hearing this: "No, I have plans for today. Let's talk about it another time. See you tomorrow."

After saying that, Fujimaru Ritsuka slung her schoolbag over her shoulder and left the classroom.

"That's a bit of a pity."

He hooked his arm around the shoulder of the boy who had just spoken to Fujimaru Ritsuka, and another boy next to him joked, "Well, don't be discouraged. No boy has been able to get Fujimaru to agree to a date in the past four years. Try harder next time."

"It's so annoying. I know that all along, but I'm about to graduate, and I really want to succeed at least once."

"Then you'd better go and join the queue. There are plenty of guys in our department who like Fujimaru—by the way, there's a rumor that Fujimaru actually likes women."

"impossible?"

......

Such conversations could be heard coming from the classroom behind me.

Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't care about the conversation. After all, this kind of situation had happened countless times during her four years of university life. Rather than dealing with such trivial matters, she was more concerned about the person she was about to meet.

After running out of the school building and jogging along the main road of the school for a while, Fujimaru Ritsuka arrived at a small park.

It's called a park, but it's really just a place surrounded by flower beds and trees with a few benches for resting. It's just that the students here are used to calling it a park.

When Fujimaru Ritsuka arrived, there was already someone sitting next to one of the benches.

Upon hearing Fujimaru Ritsuka's footsteps, the person turned around and smiled, saying, "Good afternoon, senpai."

"Hoo...Hoo...Hmm, good afternoon, Mashu."

Sitting there was Matthew Kyrielight.

"Sorry, there were a lot of people when get out of class ended, so I'm late."

"No, I just arrived, and the classroom where I had my last class is quite close to here—more importantly, senior, let's have lunch, I've already prepared it."

"Oh~~~~ Thank you for your hard work, Mashu. I've been troubled by having you prepare lunch for me every day."

Mashu smiled and shook her head: "It's no trouble at all. After all, you prefer to sleep in. But it's been six years. Shouldn't you start learning how to cook? When I went home before, my mother said something like that, like, 'How will you get married in the future?'"

"Ah... well... I'll definitely learn it if I have the chance!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka gave a wry smile.

(But... six years? It's been so long already!)

Yes, six years have passed since then.

After finishing her exploration of the Lostbelts and her journey to find Natsukawa Torata, Fujimaru Ritsuka, like most of the others who had gathered there, left Chaldea with Mash and returned to Kanpoko City, Japan, to start her life as a high school student again.

However, because they had missed so many classes and had not attended enough days, even though she and Mash tried their best to catch up on their studies after returning home, and also asked Atalanta for one-on-two private tutoring, they still had to repeat a year.

Therefore, the two repeated their second year of high school and successfully completed their studies two years later, gaining admission to the same university in Tokyo. However, as mentioned earlier, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu were not in the same major or college.

Because of her experience with the Human Order Burning and subsequent Lostbelt journey during high school, Fujimaru Ritsuka developed an interest in history. So when choosing a major, she chose history, and she even filled in "archaeologist" as one of her desired future careers during high school.

After all, having dealt with so many Servants, it's normal to have these thoughts.

Mashu, on the other hand, is a mechanical engineering major.

It's not that she personally likes mechanics. In fact, Mashu's future has already been decided. As soon as she graduates from university, companies under Chaldea will send her invitations, and she will naturally enter Chaldea to work. Her major is not really important.

The reason Mashu chose this major was that she thought it might be helpful in Leonardo da Vinci's workshop.

Of course, the same applies to Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Fujimaru Ritsuka possesses a rare constitution with 100% Spirit Transfer Adaptability. Even though the Spirit Transfer project has remained unsealed for the past six years, this doesn't mean she's without value. Furthermore, she's one of the heroes who participated in saving the world, the adopted sister of the Chaldea Director, and an honorary member of Chaldea…

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, Chaldea will make arrangements for her.

"By the way, Mashu, how's your graduation thesis coming along?"

During lunch, Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly asked curiously.

"My graduation thesis was completed under the guidance of Leonardo da Vinci during our regular communication with Chaldea."

"Huh? Really?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was stunned for a moment.

"Speaking of which... wouldn't this be considered cheating?"

With guidance from one of the most famous geniuses and omnipotent people in human history... what exactly did that graduation thesis turn into?

Mashu smiled a little embarrassedly: "Because I was preparing for my graduation thesis at the time, Da Vinci just happened to... So, you haven't finished your graduation thesis yet, senpai?"

"Ah... um... it's stuck a little."

"There are only three months left until the deadline, right? Is it too late?" Mashu asked worriedly. "I remember the topic was related to King Arthur, right? Should we ask Miss Ria about it?"

"Huh? Is Liya in Japan right now?"

Mashu nodded: "Yeah, it seems like they're back to visit family."

Visiting relatives?

"Ah~~~~ So that's where we're going, right?"

"Ah."

"Okay! Let's go this afternoon then. Anyway, I don't have any classes until next Wednesday. If I do have classes, it's just to show my graduation project to the teacher. I'll just use this last week to catch up on the progress."

2. Rebirth: The House of Camelot

After what happened six years ago, most people left Chaldea.

However, even though they had left, they still kept in touch regularly. So, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash would receive communications from Chaldea about the other people scattered around the world from Merry or Gray about almost every month.

First up are Aozaki Aoko and Aozaki Touko.

According to Aozaki Aoko, in order to deal with those with ulterior motives in the Clock Tower, the two of them would help Chaldea outside—although Aozaki Touko herself didn't have this idea, she was still forcibly dragged by Aozaki Aoko to work together.

Over the past six years, there have been frequent reports online of sudden gas explosions or fires in various locations.

Even if not all of them, probably five or six out of ten were caused by Aozaki Aoko.

Thanks to this, Chaldea has encountered no major troubles in the past six years.

Of course, the efforts of monarchs Lydel and Olga Marie also played a part. One was a monarch of the plant family, and the other was a monarch of the celestial family. Their words and decisions within the Clock Tower carried considerable weight.

Furthermore, it seems that the Mineral Science Department and the Modern Magic Department are also helping to protect Chaldea. In fact, with four departments as its backers, Chaldea is quite safe both internally and externally.

Next are Artoria, Mordred, Okita Souji, and Angelica.

Artoria and Mordred returned to London to continue serving as Lydell's guards. Moreover, England was their homeland, and King Arthur continued to protect Britain in the modern era—just as the legend had prophesied.

Okita Souji and Angelica are both in Japan. Angelica was originally the head butler of the Ryougi family, while Okita Souji, being Japanese, now lives with Atalanta and works as a sword instructor at a Ryougi family-owned kendo dojo in Kanbuko City, teaching the Tennen Rishin-ryu style.

Then there are Arcueid and Chiel. Arcueid was originally sleeping in the Millennium City, but it seems that two or three years ago she and Chiel opened an agency in Italy, specializing in exorcising demons and vampires.

It seems that a few years ago, Hiel played a game and decided to open it on a whim; the name was [DevilMayCry].

To be honest, when everyone found out about this, they were all at a loss for words.

An agent of the original church and a princess of the true patriarch, the two practically opened an agency for exorcising demons and vampires right next to the Holy Church—it was blatantly stealing their business, and the church had no way to complain.

After all, who can beat Arcueid?

As for the rest...

At Lydia's invitation, Ayaka Sajou joined the Botany Department, continuing her training in summoning magic while also studying dark magic. Although this system's magic wasn't suited to her in terms of compatibility, it was a regret from the past that she hoped to make up for now.

Last year, I officially became the Clock Tower's Master Magician, and it seems I could be promoted to a higher rank at any time.

As mentioned earlier, both Merry and Grey stayed in Chaldea to coordinate with Natsukawa Torato.

That happened about ten days after everything was over. Chaldea received a message from another world—in fact, it was sent by Natsukawa Torato from another parallel world fourteen thousand years ago.

The message said that he had successfully defeated the White Giant, whipped the six goblins to urge them to complete the Holy Sword, and was now the unified king of Britain. Since he had finished his work for the time being, he was just letting everyone know that he was safe and sound. After that, he would continue to send messages to Chaldea every hundred years.

【This is also a way for me to remember you all, to write down all your names so that I won't forget any of you】—That's what Natsukawa Torato wrote.

After that, because the time flow was different on both sides, Chaldea would actually receive Natsukawa Tora's communications about once a week. Merry and Grey, as the people directly involved, were in charge of this part.

As for Sajou Rei, she fell into a deep sleep—or more accurately, she put her consciousness into hibernation, but her physical body was still functioning. After all, she was a replica of one of the seven great weapons of the Atlas Institute, which operated with the Greater Grail at its core. Now, as the central core computer of Chaldea, she was observing the future together with Chaldea.

I am a puppet serving my master. In a world where my master is not present, I have no reason to exist. Therefore, I will fall into a deep sleep until my master returns.

This is a message that Sajou Rei left in her room six years ago before she fell into a deep sleep.

The above summarizes the events and current situation experienced by everyone in Pan-Human History over the past six years.

Similarly, the five Morgans brought back from the Lostbelt by Sajou Rei, as well as Miyamoto Musashi and Tomoe Gozen, also went on with their own lives during these six years.

Because of her unique characteristics, Miyamoto Musashi continues to drift between different worlds, undergoing training to reach the Void Realm. Six years ago, she experienced the power of her future self, so she has always longed for that form of herself.

Tomoe Gozen accompanied her as her companion and also served as her "guide".

According to Merry, because Tomoe Gozen is a being of Pan-Human History, as long as she is still by Miyamoto Musashi's side, Chaldea can locate the two of them and, if conditions permit, can even guide them back.

In fact, Miyamoto Musashi and Tomoe Gozen had returned several times in the past six years. The two even went to the parallel world where Natsukawa Toramaru lived once and met Natsukawa Toramaru, who had left Britain and become a hero of the Argonauts in Greece. It seems that he was favored by several Greek goddesses at that time. This point was later explained in Natsukawa Toramaru's century-long correspondence.

As for the people of the Lostbelt—

......

It is located in Kanbuko City, about a two-hour drive from the university of Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu.

They arrived at a building by taxi, paid the fare, and went up to the second floor together. Fujimaru Ritsuka knocked on the door.

"The door's unlocked, come in."

"Sorry to bother you."

Pushing open the door, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu entered the house.

The room looked somewhat messy, as if it had been tidied up but also as if it hadn't. There were cans containing strange corpses and experimental equipment scattered on the table, making it look like someone's laboratory.

And next to the desk by the window in the room.

"I thought it was someone else, but I didn't expect it to be you guys."

Wearing a white shirt and black skirt, looking like a female CEO in her office, Morgan pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses and looked at the two of them.