Chapter 168 Visiting the Door

So he didn't have to take Grace away from here.

After all, if there were a choice, a six-year-old child would definitely prefer to stay with their parents and in a familiar environment.

But when the village chief and Grace's parents knew that Sumu did not intend to take Grace away, these people became anxious.

"Please don't! Wang, and wise man, please make sure to take Grace away!"

Su Mu and Artoria were immediately confused by the anxious look of several people, and it was only after Belsack explained that they understood.

It turned out that what Morgan Le Fay told them was that once someone appeared among the people who looked exactly like Artoria, they would be taken away and trained to become a king of Britain, just like King Arthur.

It's not difficult to understand this way. Which parent doesn't hope that their children can have a promising future, let alone becoming a king, which would bring great honor to the whole village.

After waiting for more than a thousand years, we finally waited for Gray's appearance. As a result, Altria said no, can this be acceptable? Isn't this playing with the countless people of their clan for more than a thousand years!

“......”

After listening to Altria, Sumo glanced at her and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"King of Britain? It seems like there hasn't been a king in Britain for a long time, right?"

Unfortunately, looking at their hopeful eyes, he couldn't bring himself to say those words.

"Why don't we wait for a few more years? When Grace grows up a little more?"

"No, Master Xian! Grace is already not so young, and we are also not so young!"

“Yes, wise man! Our tribe has been waiting for over twelve hundred years!”

“Over twelve hundred years! Several generations of people!”

“......”

Seeing the other villagers around him start to chatter, Su Mu felt that if he continued, he might provoke public anger and not be able to leave the village.

"Hey, were these people fooled by Morgan Le Fay? Or were the people in ancient times just so easily gullible?"

Regardless of the sarcasm, in the end Su Mu still took Grace away, bidding farewell to Belsack and those village people who seemed already filled with glory, and returned to London together.

Unlike the extremely unconfident Gray in the original timeline, the current Gray, though not very happy with the awe and admiration from everyone, wants to follow Artoria's side and learn and grow under the brainwashing of the ancestral teachings.

“我好像看到了另一个莫德雷德，不过格蕾的性格倒是比莫德雷德乖巧多了。”

苏暮听完耸了耸肩，反正小樱和伊莉雅她们也需要学习，多一个格蕾也不会多什么麻烦，至于成为不列颠之王什么的，可能等她足够了解外面的世界后，自己就知道这已经没什么可能了吧。

Four of them returned to their home in London. Perhaps feeling a sense of novelty in this environment, Illya and Miyu chose not to return to the Castle of the Snow, but to stay here.

For the newcomers, Illya and the others were naturally curious, especially after introducing each other. Due to knowing Artoria for a long time, Yunai already knew that she was a girl. However, Illya and Fujiné were surprised for a long time to find out that King Arthur was actually a woman.

“Alright? Ready to go eat dinner? I haven't eaten anything all day~”

Dinner is not even a question, even for Yuuna, who is full of curiosity about the city of London. When it comes to food, Japanese cuisine is the most reliable. She's had enough of fries, burgers, and steaks, both in the main world and her previous world.

However, just as they were about to leave, the door of the villa was suddenly knocked on.

“Lainis Archizolti?”

“Ah, it seems that Mr. Sumu also knows about our Archizolti family? But let me introduce myself. I am Lainis Elmero Archizolti, the heir of the Archizolti family of the Clock Tower Elmero faction, and also the future ruler of Elmero. I have come to visit on a very important matter and would like to discuss it with Mr. Sumu.”

Isn't it? Is this sudden girl the second heroine in the Elmer II Incident File? Weber's righteous sister, Princess Lainis, the legitimate heir to King Elmer.

At the same time, she is also the sister of Kenneth, who died in the previous Holy Grail War, but their relationship was very ordinary, and they were only distant relatives by blood.

"What is she coming to me for? Does she want me to temporarily replace Weber as the title holder of King Elmero? But I have no relation to Kenneth."

In the Case Files of Elmero II, she was too young to qualify for the rule of being of age to hold the title of monarch. In order to prevent their rightful place in the line from being taken away, she sought out Weber, who was originally a student of Kenneth's.

Since Weber's participation involved stealing Kenneth's Holy Grail artifact, and there is a record to check, she was blackmailed into temporarily taking on the title of monarch until she came of age.

It's a pity. Due to Weber's poor strength, Elmero, who was originally ranked fourth in the Twelve Monarchs of the Clock Tower, dropped to the bottom twelfth place. It can be said to be in name only.

Now that Weber has followed Iskandar up to the heavens, she needs to find a new adult magician from a non-magic family, with no background, no ambition, average strength, and a good handle to control, to take over the throne of Elmero.

But Su Mu did not expect her to visit so suddenly.

"How did she know about me and find this place?"

Lenis seemed to see Su Mu's confusion and explained with a smile, "Although the Holy Grail War is a magical battle in the Far East and not known to outsiders, our Archibald family has been secretly monitoring it because my brother Kenneth is also participating in this Holy Grail War."

“Mr. Sumo's message comes from Ruri's hand, who is the monitor and judge. Although the mages participating in the Holy Grail War have their own destiny, your killing of Rikerei still leaves him a little dissatisfied.”

"Now, both the Holy Church and the Clock Tower are secretly searching and monitoring all the intelligence about you, especially your ability to summon Servants without the Holy Grail. Such ability has made numerous magi envious."

Su suddenly realized it.

Being able to summon such a powerful heroic spirit without going through the Grand Grail of Winterwood City, this ability is much stronger than the current spirit descending science of the Clock Tower, so it's normal for some people to be jealous.

Only with his current strength, unless it is the Magic Marshal or the Director who has lived for more than two thousand years but rarely appears, otherwise, even if all the magicians from the Clock Tower are put together, it is not enough for him and Yuna to fight.

But listening to her, Su Mu also guessed her purpose and chips.

"So, Miss Lainis, what's the matter with me?" Su Mu came back to his senses and asked.

"Ah... would Your Excellency not invite me to the inner hall for a seat?" Lenise said, with a pitiful and aggrieved expression on her face, but unfortunately, Su Mu has seen this kind of expression too many times and has basically become immune to it.

"Sorry, we're in a hurry to go out for food."

“......”

Su Mu's unconventional approach caught Lainis off guard for a moment, but with a mind comparable to that of an adult, she quickly reacted.

“May I have the honor of inviting you to dinner? I assume all of you are in London for the first time? Although the most famous food here is fish and chips and roast meat, as a country with over two thousand years of history, there are many other delicious foods here that are not so well-known but still taste very good.”

It has to be said that the proposal made Su Mu feel a little tempted, but he didn't want to be trapped, so he shook his head and declined her invitation.

"I think we should be direct, I'm not a fan of beating around the bush!"

Seeing that he was getting impatient, Laineth stopped pressing and directly stated her purpose.

“Cooperation! Because my brother died in battle, the position of the monarch in Elmero's faction is temporarily vacant, and I still have eleven years before I come of age. So I want to ask you to temporarily take over the position of the monarch for me. With your strength, you can help stabilize the position inside the Clock Tower for Elmero's faction, and with the support of Elmero's faction and the title of the monarch of the Clock Tower, at least no one will dare to cause trouble for you openly."

Su Mu guessed it right, Lainis really came to find him to take over as the ruler of Elmero, and the stakes were pretty much as he guessed. With Elmero as a backer, it really can avoid most of the harassment.

Although Sumu is not afraid of face-to-face combat, he will be very headache if he is always harassed by small people day and night.

Moreover, whether he and Yuna are not in this world, by then, relying only on Illya and them, even hiding in the Castle of Winter may not be safe.

But it's a different story if we have Elmero's support.

The ruling class of the Clock Tower consists of the mostly absent Director and the twelve great magical families who hold royal titles.

Each magic school is in charge of a discipline, directly and indirectly influencing countless magicians and magical resources. In addition, the Magic Association is the largest magical force in the world, and as one of the twelve most powerful individuals, there are not many people who dare to offend them.

"Aren't you worried that I won't return the position of monarch?"

"Haha, there is a magical contract to guarantee that, and if you can really summon powerful heroic spirits with your own necromancy, we, Elmero, can help you obtain the title of designated monarch!"

"Tsk tsk, Crowned designation? That's really bold~"

With the addition of a magic contract and a crowned designation, Su Mu realized that Liness had probably already calculated everything before coming, which also gave him a deeper understanding of the five-year-old girl in front of him.

As a magician organization, the Clock Tower naturally has a power system in addition to the power system. In terms of strength from low to high, they are youngest, eldest, opening, sacrificial, canonical, colored, and the highest crown.

Looking at the entire series, the only ones who can possess the specified crown are the second magical gem master, and Otsuki Oren, who restored the runes magic.

In addition, even the successor of the fifth magic, Otsuki Aoko, only reached the color position at most.

Therefore, the status designated by the title of coronation will absolutely not be lower than that of the monarch, and may even be higher.

In addition, Sumo originally wanted to join the Clock Tower and even wanted Ilyas and others to be able to enter the Clock Tower to study, so he really couldn't think of any reason to refuse Lainis.

"ok! I agree ~"

"Then, let's cooperate happily, Oni-chan!"

Su Mu's agreement obviously did not come as a surprise to Lainis, and she also, as in the plot, recognized Su Mu as her brother, so that she could more legitimately ask Su Mu to take over the throne of the ruler of Elmero.

"By the way, Oni-chan shouldn't refuse my dinner invitation this time, right?"

“......”

Su Mu did not refuse this time.

After all, this is also a show to all those who secretly watch him and the forces, showing that he has already cooperated with Elmero, even though these people still don't know that he will become the Sovereign of the Clock Tower, but it can also avoid some unnecessary troubles to some extent.

Not to mention, he was also quite interested in the food that Lainis mentioned.

Following that, the group followed Lainis to the residence of the Elmero family near the clock tower, a very classical and luxurious five-story building, the area of which was more than ten times larger than the villa that Sumu bought.

Maybe they didn't expect so many people, so they didn't prepare that much food. Lainey first took them around here, visited the magic workshop, and briefly introduced the long history of the Elmero family. It wasn't until an hour and a half later that they finally arrived at the banquet hall.

Not bad, the food on the table did live up to Sumu's expectations. If it weren't for Lynette's invitation this time, he really wouldn't have expected that there are so many delicious foods in London, not just fish and chips.

"Oni-chan, if you like, you can just move in here. There are plenty of rooms here, and it's closer to the clock tower and safer. Plus, I usually live here alone, so I actually want to have more people around to make it more lively!" Renise extended her invitation once again.

At the same time, she subtly glanced back and forth between Altolia and Heida, with a thoughtful look in her eyes, as if she had discovered something.

"Let's talk about this...later!"

Su Mu didn't agree immediately this time.

Although the villa he purchased is a little further from the clock tower, with the enchantment arranged by Medea, the security is definitely much higher than here.

More importantly, visiting this classical European-style architecture is one thing, but actually living in it is definitely not as comfortable as a modernly decorated villa.

He didn't directly refuse, which was actually giving face to Liness's feelings.

It seemed that Lainis also realized this and smiled, did not continue to persuade, but introduced to them some delicious and high-end restaurants that only local nobles would know.