To be king and magician

After cleaning up, he lay directly on the bed, looking at the ceiling with the faint light, Xia Chuanhu stretched his waist vigorously: "From cheap rental houses, to old English-style apartments, to dilapidated wooden houses... .. It's really torture to live in this kind of place after a seven-hour car ride."

And it seems that bathing is not allowed in this village. Although it is the end of autumn and winter is about to enter, and even because of the geographical location in the UK, the temperature has dropped significantly. Logically speaking, a simple wash will be enough, but if it is possible, Xia Chuanhu I still want to take a shower.

Who can refuse to take a hot bath in the winter?

But the current situation can't make Xia Chuanhu ask too much.

"Then, before dinner comes, consider the commission for Blackmoya's Mausoleum."

Turning over and taking out the power of attorney from his backpack, Xia Chuanhu read it again.

The content of the entrustment is roughly like this - some time ago, almost half a year ago, the leylines around the Blackmoya Cemetery suddenly fell into an abnormality, and the Blackmoya Cemetery is relatively rich in magic power compared to other places. Therefore, the abnormality of the ground veins also caused the abnormality of the magic power, which caused some villagers to have physical problems.Therefore, Belsac hoped that the clock tower could send someone to find out the cause of the abnormality of the ley line and restore it to normal.

This is a commission that is both simple and difficult to say.

Simple because it is a completely easy commission for a magician.After all, every magician has his own workshop, and most of the workshops with fixed locations are built on the ground veins. If the ground veins are abnormal, then there will be problems in the operation of the workshop, so in order to ensure that there are no problems in the workshop, Magicians will more or less solve some problems related to leylines.

And it's difficult to say because Xia Chuanhu has never built a workshop, and he doesn't know how to solve the problem of land veins.

How should I put it, it's embarrassing.

Just like a math problem, the teacher just talked about a problem yesterday, and everyone knows how to solve it, but you don’t know how to solve it because you asked for leave yesterday and didn’t hear it—Xia Chuanhu probably has such a mentality now.

"However....It is not impossible. I heard from Weber that most of the anomalies in the leylines are due to [blockage] and [pollution]. As long as the blockage mixed into the leylines is cleaned up, or the pollution Once the source is resolved, the earth veins will basically return to normal after a period of time."

In this case, what Xia Chuanhu has to do is to investigate what is wrong with the ley line, and then go to solve the problem.

It's very simple when you think about it this way.

As for the problem of how to call out the earth veins - the magician's magic circuit is connected to the source, if there is a problem with the magic power in the air, then the magic circuit will also have adverse reactions.At that time, Xia Chuanhu only needs to go for a walk in the village, and there is a problem wherever it makes him uncomfortable.

Of course, this is just a local method. Unfortunately, Xia Chuanhu only knows this method. I hope it can be solved smoothly by then.

"magician."

Suddenly, Belsac's voice came from the door.

I saw him who had gone and returned standing at the door holding a lamp and a plate of simple dinner in his hand.

"I brought dinner here. The conditions in the village are poor, please forgive me."

"It's okay, I'm not picky eaters, thank you."

Xia Chuanhu took the dinner while talking - thick soup and stew, it was indeed very simple.

"Just put it at the door after dinner. I will come to collect it tomorrow morning. I will also provide you with three meals during your stay. Is it acceptable?"

"definitely no problem."

Xia Chuanhu's unexpected good words made Bielsac somewhat satisfied. Magicians are mostly people who don't listen to others and do their own way. Originally, Belsac thought that Xia Chuanhu was also a similar person, but now it seems... ..

"Also, if possible, I hope you can abide by a few rules in the village."

"The rules... are they? Specifically?"

Balsac raised four fingers: "First, you must worship the statue of the Virgin. You have already done this."

"Second, don't go out late at night. Third, don't approach the cemetery alone. Fourth, although multiple people can enter the cemetery, they must not approach the swamp. I hope you can strictly abide by these rules."

"It's really a strange rule, it gives me the feeling of a horror movie. But okay, I know, I will abide by these rules."

"Thank you for understanding, then I won't bother you any more, and I wish you a restful sleep."

After Belsac finished speaking, he disappeared from Xia Chuanhu's eyes again.

Thinking about what Belsac said just now, Xia Chuanhu couldn't help but leaned against the door frame and laughed: "There are so many mysterious places in this village..."

16. Meili, who doesn't make trouble, may only exist in the Lost Belt

The next time Xia Chuanhu opened his eyes was around noon the next day.

"Aw...a stiff neck...ah...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..."

Holding his own neck, Xia Chuanhu yelled and got out of bed.Because I slept on a soft bed when I was in Japan, and I slept on a soft bed in London, but last night I slept on a hard wooden bed. Xia Chuanhu couldn't adapt to the sudden change. Sleeping in a place unfamiliar to me, I didn't sleep well all night.

The result was a straight stiff neck, and now the pain around the neck is dying.

"I knew that I should learn healing magic from Wei Bo, and I don't know if it will work for stiff neck... By the way, is that breakfast?"

Xia Chuanhu said while looking at a meal on the table.

The porridge made of grains, together with sliced ​​bread, is as simple as dinner, after all, it is in such a small village that is almost isolated from the world.

Holding his neck to the table, Xia Chuanhu sat down.

"After breakfast, let's walk around the village first. If the magic circuit is in operation, you can quickly detect which area has abnormal magic power, and then investigate the details of the land veins in that area... In other words Is there an underground in this place?"

Although it is not absolute, and the leylines do not exist in the world with physical properties, in most cases, the leylines are located [underground]. Therefore, when magicians build workshops, most of them will choose to build them underground, so that to be closer to the ground.

If you want to investigate the leylines, going directly to a place like the basement is the most straightforward way.

But the Blackmoya Mausoleum... Xia Chuanhu can only expect that some residents have basements in their homes.

"Boom boom boom..."

Just when Xia Chuanhu was thinking this way, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Which one?"

"I... I was arranged by the teacher, the tour guide who will lead you to visit the village..."

A soft voice sounded outside the door, and it sounded like a young child.

However, a tour guide?

(Could it be.......)

Frowning, Xia Chuanhu stood up holding his neck and walked over to open the door, and then a petite figure appeared in his eyes.

It was a little girl wearing a black cloak, with a few strands of silver hair hanging down from the gap in the hood.The age was just as Xia Chuanhu thought, not very old, it could even be said to be very young, not even reaching his waist, and his whole body was wrapped in a cloak.

Probably only five or six years old?

Looking up at Xia Chuanhu in front of her with emerald green eyes, the little girl said a little timidly: "You... Hello... Good morning, I'm Grey... I'm the teacher Ask me to show you around the village..."

(Grey... sure enough...)

Although he had guessed for a long time, guessing and actually seeing it are two different things. In addition, Xia Chuanhu is actually not sure whether the situation here will proceed as he knows.

As far as he knew, in 1994—that is, last year, after Artoria was summoned during the Fourth Holy Grail War, the little girl in front of her would change into a face that was almost exactly the same as Artoria's. , thus being regarded by the whole village as the Son of God who can resurrect King Arthur.And shortly after that will be the next Gravekeeper chosen by Belsack.

This is what would have happened in the original worldline.

But it is different now. In the Holy Grail War last year, it was not Arturia who was summoned, but Arthur.Therefore, it stands to reason that Grey's face should not change, and it will only maintain a [-] to [-]% similarity with Arthur.

however--

(Is it still like this? Besides, the teacher she just mentioned... has been selected by Belsack as the next gravekeeper, right?)

In other words, the situation here has not changed because of the Holy Grail War......

No, in a sense, the Holy Grail War was not different. Although Arturia was not summoned, [Morgan] was summoned.

The reason why Gray's appearance changed was because her body resonated with the summoned Artoria.In the Holy Grail War last year, [Morgan], who has the same blood as Artoria, appeared, and another [King Arthur] from another world also appeared.From the point of view of magic, the situation where the two coexist in the world can be regarded as [Arturia] manifesting in the world.

Although this is only a rather reluctant statement, it is like mixing peaches and apples as the same fruit because peaches and apples belong to the same fruit.But this was the only explanation Xia Chuanhu could think of.

"Grey...is that right? Hello, first time meeting, I'm Xia Chuanhu."

"First... first meeting." Gray nodded hastily, "Well, did I bother you?"

"No, it's just that I was having breakfast just now. By the way, you are here to be my tour guide, right? Let's talk about it after I finish breakfast. Don't stand still, come in and sit down first."

"Okay thank you....."

Just as Gray raised his foot to follow Xia Chuanhu into the hunting lodge, an untimely voice suddenly sounded——

"Ahhhhh! Wait a minute, idiot Grey!"

Unlike Grey, this sounded quite lively.

Hearing the sound, Gray hastily pulled something out from under the cloak: "Yard, this is in front of the guests, keep your voice down."

It was a cage shaped like a birdcage, and inside it was a thing with special patterns and textures, like a Rubik's cube.

【Yade】

That's what Gray called it.

"Ah, of course I know to be quiet, but I can't be quiet when facing this guy, because I feel a familiar death in him, and it even makes me feel like I'm dreaming!"

"Does that feel familiar to you?"

Gray frowned: "Didn't you never leave this village? And you also said that you were asleep before I woke you up...... Could it be that Mr. Xia Chuan is your acquaintance? "

"It's not him! Although there are some similarities in appearance, it's not him that makes me feel familiar and nauseated, but something about him, ah~~~ I'm going to die, bad memories have been brought back."

Yade looked at Xia Chuanhu.

"Hey, little brother, you have something related to that succubus, right? There is something related to that succubus who would have been killed hundreds of times, right?"

17. A little secret with Gray Tan

Even if he was beaten to death hundreds of times, he still deserved to die?

Because the description was so accurate that Xia Chuanhu immediately thought of who Yade was talking about.

"You mean Merlin?"

"what!!"

Yade immediately screamed—or wailed.

"I knew it was that idiot! Is that guy still alive? Did he run out of that tower long ago? Hey, hey, brother, tell me, is it the end of the world outside now?"

"Is your reaction too intense?" Xia Chuanhu was a little frightened by Yade's attitude, "Is it necessary to be so afraid of Merlin? You can do immoral things like popping balloons in your ears, but it’s not at the end of the world, right?”

"Isn't that kind of the end of the world already—wait, wait, wait, you were talking about [her]?"

Yad, you noticed a little bit.

After being silent for a while like a ship that was suddenly sunk, Yad asked in a gloomy voice: "That guy...Merlin finally made up his mind to cut off the thing under him. gone?"

"..."