To be king and magician

Angelica nodded: "I understand. Then Lord Xia Chuan, please come with me. Lord Liangyi should be here."

"No, I'm already here."

Just as she turned around, a gentle voice interrupted Angelica's movements. Looking at the beautiful woman who appeared not far away, Angelica immediately bent down to salute.And Xia Chuanhu said with nostalgic eyes and tone: "Long time no see, two ceremonies."

"Well, long time no see, Mr. Xia Chuan."

[Two Ceremonies] Responding with a smile.

71. Fujimaru Tachika standing at the intersection

Time came to dusk unconsciously.

Walking on the road with his back to the setting sun, Fujimaru Tachika stopped when he came to the door of a house.

Turning around and looking at the [Fuji Maru] doorplate on the wall, Matthew said softly, "This is the home of the seniors, right? I know that the Japanese will put their surnames next to their homes."

Fujimaru Tachika nodded: "Well... it's a bit unbelievable. It seems that I have only been away for two weeks, but it feels like I haven't come back for a long time. Dad and Mom, I don't know what's going on now. They must have been off work and preparing dinner, waiting for me to come back from school—if I didn’t go to Chaldea.”

Looking at the door inside, after taking a deep breath, Fujimaru Tachika patted his face, raised his hand and rang the doorbell next to him.

"Ding dong!"

The doorbell rang.

I don't know why, Fujimaru Tatsuka suddenly felt a little nervous now, just returned home normally, but now there is something wrong with her mood, her heart is beating very fast, as if it is about to pop out of her chest.

And soon, shortly after the doorbell rang, the door inside was opened, and a red-haired woman who looked somewhat similar to Fujimaru Tachika came out of the house, and Fujimaru Tachika's figure came into view immediately. her eyes.

"Lixiang?"

"Well, I'm back, Mom." Fujimaru Tatsuka smiled.

"Why did you come back suddenly? Didn't you go to work for that international organization called Chaldea?"

After being told by her mother, Tatsuka Fujimaru remembered that Chaldea's introduction to the outside world was an international research organization involving various fields...  

Scratching her head, Fujimaru Tachika, who hadn't thought about how to explain to her parents on the way here, didn't know what to do for a while, so she could only fool around in embarrassment: "Well... this... ..It's normal vacation, vacation! My minister over there granted me a vacation, let me come back and rest for two days!"

"Well, at least call us first and tell us you're coming back."

After saying something about her daughter's inattention, Fujimaru's mother noticed Matthew next to her: "Who is this?"

"Hi, I'm Matthew Kyrielight, from Senior..."

"Friend." Fujimaru Tachika continued the second half of the sentence, "Because the department is on vacation, so I brought Matthew back together, otherwise it would be bad for Matthew to stay in the dormitory alone. Right? Matthew build."

Matthew nodded quickly: "Ah, yes... Excuse me."

"Lixiang's friend. It's the first time we meet, I'm Lixiang's mother—by the way, come in first, it's not good to stand at the door all the time. It happens that we are having dinner, do you want to come and eat together?"

"Well! I've been so hungry for a long time, I haven't eaten anything all afternoon. Is Matthew also hungry? Are there enough bowls and chopsticks in our house? Mom."

Hearing that there was food to eat, Fujimaru Tachika's eyes lit up immediately. After walking outside for an afternoon, she was already hungry, so she directly pulled Matthew who was still a little cautious beside her into her home.

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at the same time.

In Liangyi's house, because it was dinner time, Xia Chuanhu and others also came to the restaurant of Liangyi's house.

Although it is a big local family in Guanbuzi City, because the two ceremonies themselves do not like too complicated things, the dinner of the Liangyi family is the same as other things, as simple as possible, basically the same as in Jialan There is no difference in the hall.

And not many people at the table.

Xia Chuanhu, Liang Ri, and Angelica.

The three of them sat around a small round table and quietly ate the dinner made by Angelica. This was also a regular situation every time Xia Chuanhu came back, but it wasn't necessarily Angelica's cooking. All the time is Xia Chuanhu, and the two ceremonies rarely cook.

When the meal was on the way, he put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, and looked at Xia Chuanhu in a root-like manner: "Is this all right, Mr. Xia Chuan?"

"Huh? Which one do you mean?"

"Fujimaru-kun. Is it okay to leave the child alone? If you let her go back to her home like this, maybe she won't want to leave again."

The root-style question made Xia Chuanhu stop eating.

Indeed, this is not an impossible situation.

No matter how great feats Fujimaru Tachika accomplished in the future that Xia Chuanhu knew, she is still just a little girl who doesn't understand anything, far less mature than what Xia Chuanhu knew about her.

Even if she has solved two singularities, experienced several battles, and has not shown any flinching, it is absolutely impossible to say that she did not feel scared in the previous experience.

Afraid that I might be killed, afraid that I might not be able to do it, and afraid that I would be hurt... It is normal to have this kind of thought, and everyone can understand it, but Fujimaru Tachika covered it up very well, or she It's very good to force, she knows that she can only move forward, and can't retreat or stop, so she endured all these feelings.

This is also the choice of the original Fujimaru Tachika, but here, there should be some because of Natsukawa Tiger, Fujimaru Tatsuka believes that when the fear reaches the limit, his own minister will definitely come to hold him back.

But it's different now.

Now there is such a [retreat] in Guanbuzi City.

If there is a retreat, people will not be able to do their best, and the same is true for the spirit.

【Even without me, the minister can solve everything】

[For humans, Miss Qingzi is already very strong, just leave it to her]

【I'm just dragging my feet when I go back】

[Fighting is really scary, and I have to fight the Demon God King later, can I really do it? 】

.......

Thoughts like this will appear more or less after Fujimaru Tachika calms down from the excitement of returning home.

"Your departure time is noon the day after tomorrow, isn't it?"

"If at that time, the child has the idea of ​​not wanting to leave here, what are you going to do? Will you take her back forcibly through spiritual transfer? Or..."

The root formula didn't finish the sentence.

Biting his chopsticks, Xia Chuanhu sighed: "Isn't that forcing her to fight? Chaldea is not a heartless organization that would not force a minor girl to fight. things."

"But what you said is also reasonable. If that kind of situation really happens, there is nothing to do."

"But... Shiki, the final situation may be completely opposite to what you said."

Quite the opposite?

Not thinking of fleeing, but more determined to fight.

"Let me take myself as an example."

"If it's me who is in Fujimaru's position now, then after I come back this time, I will be more determined to complete the restoration of human nature. After all, I have a more specific goal than the empty goal of saving the world. "

"That is - to return to my parents, and to protect this place where I will eventually return."

72. Something you want to protect

Fujimaru's house.

Inside Fujimaru Tatsuka's bedroom.

"Huh~~~~ It's really comfortable after taking a bath."

Wearing a cute pink pajamas, Fujimaru Tatsuka who just walked out of the bathroom said so and returned to her room.

On the window sill outside the bedroom, Matthew, who was looking at the night sky, heard her voice, turned around and said with a smile, "Have you finished your bath? Senior."

"Well. By the way, Matthew, here, your milk."

While talking, Fujimaru Tachika walked over and handed one of the two bottles of milk in his hand to Matthew.

"In Japan, you must drink a glass of milk after taking a bath. It will feel very comfortable, and you have to drink it all in one go."

"Eh? Really?" Matthew looked at the milk in his hand with some doubts, "I haven't read anything like this on the Internet or in books."

"This kind of thing is not mentioned on the Internet or in books. Many things in Japan can only be known when you come to Japan in person. There are still many things you need to know, Mash."

While saying this, Fujimaru Tateka had already opened the milk bottle in his hand, and gulped down the milk with one hand on his hips.

Seeing this, Matthew also learned and behaved, imitating the action of Fujimaru Tachika and drank the milk.

"Well......"

Covering the milk that covered his mouth, and gradually drank it all, Matthew wiped the residue at the corner of his mouth: "Yes...it's a little comfortable, it's cold. Japanese culture is really profound what."

"Right?"

Fujimaru Tachika smiled and said, "Speaking of which, Mash, what are you looking at? Is there anything in the sky?"

"I'm just looking at the night, because it's rare to see the night sky in Chaldea, basically it's a snowstorm, and it's even more rare now." Matthew explained, "And... such a night sky, I've never seen one either."

The night sky in the city is different from the night sky in Chaldea. Although I can't say exactly where the difference is, Matthew has this feeling.

After continuing to look at it for a while, Matthew suddenly turned his head and said to Fujimaru Tachika: "I really thank you, senior, for taking me to so many places and seeing so many things that I have never touched before. I I am really happy today, thank you, senior."

For Matthew, who has never left Chaldea since she was born, today is definitely the happiest day for her.

She didn't know that the outside world would be so colorful.

Lie on Mash's side, Fujimaru Tachika also smiled and said: "You're welcome, this little thing is a matter of course. And I'm also very happy to be able to come back here again, to be able to appear in this place again."

"Mom's cooking is really super delicious. It feels like it's not inferior to the minister. Dad hasn't changed for a long time. In fact, it's impossible for him to change after two weeks."

"Ms. Atalanta is still the same. Although I didn't see my old friends because it was the weekend, I don't think they have changed much."

"After a day like this, I always feel that the burning of humanity is like a dream."

dream.

This is Fujimaru Tachika's most real thought now.

Going back to Guanbuzi City, goodbye to the teacher, goodbye to my parents, and eating the dishes made by my mother again... Before today, Fujimaru Tachika really couldn't even think about it, after all Now that human incineration is happening, these things should be impossible.

But now it happened, it happened to her.

The moment he met his mother before, Fujimaru Tatsuka really felt the urge to cry.

I went to a completely unfamiliar place by myself, and accepted the inexplicable experiment as soon as I came up. Afterwards, I got involved in a particularly serious matter half-heartedly, and walked in front of the gate of hell in a daze...

For the two weeks in Chaldea, there was not much happiness for Fujimaru Tachika. Although it is better to have ministers, but more often—whether it is the training of Teacher Meili, It was still a series of thrilling battles later - all made Fujimaru Tachika a little uncomfortable.

To put it bluntly——