To become a king and a magician

A virtuous and capable wife?

Merry?

Morgan sized her up and down, then couldn't help but sneer twice: "Heh, you call yourself a good wife? When did Merlin become so kind? Shouldn't you both just be people who only care about your own happiness?"

“You can’t say that. At least they are very different from me here,” Meryl laughed. “Alright, please give me that book you’re holding. That’s all I want. You can take the rest if you want.”

“This book? Indeed, although there are many valuable things in this room, the most valuable one is this book.” Morgan tossed the magic book in his hand. “However, after hearing what you just said, I suddenly have a few questions for you. If you can answer them one by one, I will give you the book.”

"What's the problem?"

"That child was involved in what happened in Paris, right? Since you came here on your own initiative, it means you pushed that child to participate in what happened here, right?"

Mary blinked. "Yeah. Do I really need to ask that?"

Clang!

In an instant, several magic circles appeared around Meryl.

"High-speed divine words, hmm, I'd definitely say that if it's you. Your mastery of divine magic is also very high; compared to you on my side, you're not far behind," Meryl laughed. "So, what do you mean by that?"

"That's what I want to ask you, Merlin."

Morgan's voice turned cold.

"What do you mean by pushing that child into the vortex?"

“Oh? Isn’t this what you wanted?” Meryl said matter-of-factly. “Didn’t you say you wanted to see his glory as a ‘hero’? Let him participate in troublesome and difficult events as much as possible, let him experience one adventure after another, so that he can grow and become a ‘hero’ faster?”

“That’s too frequent.” Morgan frowned. “That kid just had Halloween just now, only a few days ago?”

"Feeling sorry for him?"

"..."

"I don't feel bad at all."

Meili took a few steps back and leaned against the window, a dreamy smile blooming on her face: "I believe in Xia Chuan, I believe he will solve everything, I believe he will triumph countless times. Even if he is defeated once, he will definitely win next time."

"The reason for this trust?"

"Because he is my [King]."

"Merry said with a smile."

However, looking at her expression and eyes, Morgan did not feel anything positive; instead, he felt a chill run through his body.

(Is this nightmare... planning to keep pushing that child into the vortex until he completely breaks down?)

Just like a willful child, every time they get a new toy, they will definitely break it to pieces before they stop.

After hesitating for a moment, Morgan sighed helplessly and tossed the book in his hand to Mary: "You said before that although our goals are different, our means to achieve them are the same, so until we achieve our goals, we are allies."

"Yes, that's what I said."

“I’m certain again that you and I just don’t get along,” Morgan said seriously. “This is a piece of advice: I advise you not to go too far, or you’ll definitely fall into that kid’s trap. There’s already a precedent for this.”

Putting away the spellbook, Meryl chuckled, "I'm really looking forward to seeing what methods Natsukawa will use to deal with me—goodbye then, come to London for tea sometime."

"Who wants to see you? Meeting you is bad luck—by the way, how's the child doing now?"

"He is hopelessly addicted to women."

Morgan: "Huh?!"

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Inside a high-end hotel in London.

"Ah!"

Natsukawa Tora suddenly sneezed.

Lydia, sitting opposite him, frowned immediately: "Don't suddenly sneeze at me."

"I didn't want to either, but someone must be talking about me. By the way, Miss Acherlot, how many dishes did you order? You didn't empty my wallet, did you?"

"If you really want to eat all of this, then you can stay and wash the dishes—this tastes pretty good, why don't you try some?"

"Don't put it in my mouth, I can pick it up myself."

空之境界

1. Two years later

Early morning, in a slightly messy room.

"Snap..."

With a soft sound of the door opening, a petite figure walked in with the lightest of steps.

As if she didn't want to touch the various things lying on the ground, for fear of breaking them, the girl in the gray cloak carefully tiptoed past the scattered footholds and came to a bed at the far end of the room.

Looking at the person still lying in bed, completely wrapped in the blanket like a snail, the girl smiled, seemingly both helpless and happy, and then reached out to push the person on the bed.

"Brother, it's already eight o'clock in the morning, time to get up."

"Whoo~~~~"

There was no response, only snoring.

After giving it a little more push, the girl continued, "Ms. Lilyn has already prepared breakfast. It's my brother's favorite Chinese breakfast. It will get cold if we don't get up soon."

"Hmm~~~~Phew~~~~"

The snoring continued unabated.

The girl frowned, then lifted her stockinged feet and climbed onto the bed. She pulled back the blanket a little and said to the blond boy who was peeking out, "Brother, if you don't get up now, you'll be late, and Mr. Weber will be angry."

"Um... five..."

"five?"

"Just five more minutes of sleep..."

That same phrase again.

For the past two years, the girl would hear this sentence almost every morning when she came to wake the boy up. At first, the girl naively believed it, but although she said it would take five minutes, the boy would not wake up for at least an hour.

With a helpless sigh, the girl stood up and pulled open the curtains beside her. The bright morning sunlight immediately streamed into the room, instantly brightening the dim space.

Because of the sudden reddening of his vision, Natsukawa Tora, who had been lying in bed, couldn't stand it anymore and opened his eyes. After reaching for his glasses on the bedside table and putting them on, he said to the girl in front of him with a reluctant look, "This trick again... It's bad for your eyes, Gray."

"Only then will you get up, brother."

Jumping out of bed, Grey smiled and said, "Good morning, brother. Your clothes are all ready, get up quickly. I'll tidy up these books on the floor for you, shall we put them in their usual place?"

"Yes......"

Sitting up in bed, Natsukawa Tora watched as Gray began tidying up the room and couldn't help but chuckle: "Ha... I really have been spoiled by you, Gray. If you hadn't come to tidy up for me every day, my room would have been a complete mess by now. You've worked so hard these past two years."

"It's nothing, after all, I'm my brother's sister," Grey said with a smile. "Alright, leave this to me, brother, go wash up and change your clothes first."

"Ah."

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A few minutes later, in the restaurant on the first floor of the apartment building.

Seeing Natsukawa Tora walk in, Mary, who was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, immediately smiled and said, "You're up? Did Grey wake you up again?"

"Haven't I been like this every single day for the past two years?"

"Honestly, can't you wake up on your own once in a while? What will you do if Grey isn't around?" Mary said in a tone of exasperation. "Breakfast is ready for you. Eat and then hurry up and go to class."

"Don't rush me, it's not like I'm running out of time. With my speed, I can make it in no time."

As he spoke, Natsukawa Tora sat down and slurped up a mouthful of noodles.

"Besides, I've basically learned all the basic courses. Now I just need to get the credits I need to graduate. As long as I maintain my attendance and pass the graduation test, it won't matter if I miss a few classes."

"Not to mention that it's almost the end of the semester now, so they wouldn't be teaching anything there anyway."

"You..."

Looking at Natsukawa Tora, who had become noticeably lazier, Meryl was momentarily at a loss for words, since what he said was indeed true.

Although he has only been at the Clock Tower for about two years, thanks to his two roommates, Webber and Meryl, Natsukawa Tiger has already mastered most of the basic course material. If there were a written test out of 100, he should be able to get 80 points.

Therefore, even if Natsukawa Tiger was late every now and then, Waver would not scold him, not to mention that the reason for Natsukawa Tiger's lateness was to develop his self-made magical costume.

"Speaking of which, how's the research on that magic trick going?" Meryl asked. "It's been about six months. Have you learned the basics yet?"

"Ah, you mean summoning magic?"

Summoning magic.

About a year and a half ago, shortly after the incident in Paris, Meryl found an excuse to give Natsukawa the grimoire that she had asked Morgan for Aleister. After receiving the grimoire, Natsukawa showed obvious interest for some reason, and devoted almost all his attention to the study of summoning magic.

Of course, at that time, Xia Chuanhu was just a novice and could not possibly have researched anything. It was only after he pestered Webber and Kenneth to explain the complete set of professional courses on spirit summoning techniques that he began to understand it little by little.

The formal research began about six months ago.

"Hmm... I understand the theory, but I haven't tried the actual summoning yet. I'll go to the Summoning Department today and see if I can borrow a summoning catalyst that meets the standards. I can give it a try."

There are two conditions required for summoning magic: the environment and a catalyst.

Magic can only be used perfectly in the right place, at the right time, and under the right natural conditions, with a catalyst of a certain strength. If you try to use it by force, you won't be able to summon any fairies, let alone fairy mutants.

That's what the theory says.

Natsukawa Tiger has a solution for the natural conditions, the only problem is the catalyst, but what can he do when he really has no money? After deducting the monthly rent, what's left is simply not enough to buy any good catalyst.

"Sigh...when will I ever be rolling in money?"

Sighing as he finished his noodles, Natsukawa Tora wiped his mouth. Just then, coincidentally, Gray came up to him with her packed schoolbag: "Brother, the schoolbag, textbooks and stationery are all in there. And this, you always carry the re-enactment device with you, right?"

"Yeah, thanks, Grey."

After putting away the replay device, Natsukawa Torato stood up: "Well then, Meryl, Grey and I will be leaving now. We have classes all day today, so we'll be back for dinner tonight."

"Be careful on the road, and don't jump onto the roof again because you're in a hurry."

"I will keep an eye on my brother."