Abnormal month

Fuyuki City, City Hall, Mayor's Office.

Tohsaka Rin sat at his desk, with a frown on his face, and his attention was completely focused on the information at hand. The white paper covered the entire desktop, making people dizzy just by looking at it.

"Ah, what a trouble! Don't we have more manpower?"

Tohsaka Rin, who had just signed a document, looked at the mess of documents in his hand, couldn't help but bury his head in the documents, and let out a dull wail.

"Damn Roy, he ran away so easily. He ran away so easily. I really want to give up my job!"

Looking at the piles of documents in front of her, she felt dizzy.

I couldn't help but think of Roy Lai, who set off for other worlds a few days ago.

I wonder how he is now, whether he is relaxed and happy somewhere.

Rather than sitting boringly in the office, Tohsaka Rin wanted to go to another world with Roy. Even if they might be in danger, at least they wouldn't be as bored as they are now.

"If you want to give up your choice, it's not impossible."

At this time, Roy, who slipped in through the window silently, happened to hear her mumbling.

"Roy? When did you come back!"

Tohsaka Rin stood up from his chair when he heard the voice and looked at Roy with shock.

"Your reaction is more of shock than surprise?"

Roy raised his eyebrows and looked at Tohsaka Rin up and down.

Could it be that she did something to feel sorry for me while I was away?

"Don't jump in through the window, I won't be frightened!"

Tohsaka Rin rolled his eyes.

"But it's okay that you didn't come in through the front door, otherwise I would have trouble... What are you doing?"

"I was wondering, why do you have so many files here?"

Roy walked to the desk and pulled the files on the table.

It's not that he has never been to the mayor's office before, but he has never seen so many pending documents on her desk, and it seems that they are all issues that need to be dealt with in the near future. Most of them are about eradicating the land curse and solving the surrounding monsters. , looking for refugees around, etc.

"Is it possible that something happened around Fuyuki City?"

Roy made a guess and looked serious.

This world is a testing ground for the roots. No one knows what new ideas the roots will have to realize one day. It is entirely possible that things will change every day. If this is the case, then he may not be able to run around recently.

"That's not true."

However, Tohsaka Rin shook his head and denied his speculation.

"It's just that Fuyuki City has been severely understaffed recently and has been overwhelmed with various tasks. There have been no major problems."

As long as there are no big problems.

Roy was secretly relieved, but then he became confused again.

"Then why is there a shortage of manpower? Aren't there a lot of magicians? Are they disobedient?"

"You are such a noble person who forgets things so much!"

Tohsaka Rin looked at him with a speechless face.

"Isn't it you who destroyed the branch of the Magic Association?"

"Well……"

Roy was speechless.

He really forgot about this.

During the Holy Grail War, he and Miss Okita broke into the Fuyuki City branch of the Magic Association and turned the branch upside down. Later, they attracted Heidi and razed the entire association branch castle to the ground with one shot.

"How many magicians are there in Fuyuki City now?"

Roy immediately understood the seriousness of the matter, and his expression became slightly more solemn.

Before the start of the Holy Grail War, there were more than two hundred magicians resident in Fuyuki City. Although they were basically under the Magic Association, most of the tasks issued by the city hall were still willing to accept them. At least they were paid, not all magicians. Magicians are all big spenders. It is better to say that because they are magicians, money consumption is particularly fierce, because no matter what experiment is done, funds are inseparable.

At that time, Fuyuki City had relatively sufficient manpower.

But that's different now.

The branch of the Magic Association was destroyed. Although there were only about fifty magicians who died directly in that battle, most of the magicians were at the disposal of the association. If the association is gone, it is almost impossible for them to stay in Fuyuki City. , obeying the instructions of an Eastern magician like Tohsaka Rin is completely useless, and magicians will never do it.

"There are only two or three big cats and kittens left..."

Tohsaka Rin covered his face and let out an empty sigh.

The association branch was destroyed, and the Great Holy Grail disappeared. Most of the magicians left the day after the Holy Grail War ended. After a period of time, Tohsaka Rin tried his best to retain them with benefits, and only a dozen magicians were left after all the hard talk. That's all - the gold coins dug out from the underground of the association branch and the old men exploded helped a lot.

At this stage, the number of magicians in Fuyuki City has dropped sharply to less than one-tenth of the past, and the pressure on manpower is like a mountain on Tohsaka Rin's shoulders.

"Fortunately, Bazett, a powerful person, has stayed, and Miss Orange also comes to help from time to time... But it's just a drop in the bucket, and the manpower is completely insufficient!"

Tohsaka Rin flipped through a pile of documents on the table with a look of exhaustion on his face.

This is the result of severe manpower shortage.

"You want too many things, so you can give up some of them, right?"

Roy looked at the documents on the table, and his eyes became a little cold in a flash.

"We have to deal with the monsters outside the city, purify the land, protect refugees, and from time to time search for evil spirits that sneak in... There are too many things in your hands, and the weight naturally becomes heavier. Only by giving up some of them appropriately can you Reduce stress.”

Tohsaka Rin suddenly fell silent.

Of course she understood this, but she still tried her best to take care of every aspect.

This was an act of atonement that she felt she had to do as a descendant of the Yusan family for causing the catastrophe.

"You also know, don't you? The catastrophe is inevitable and it's not your fault."

"Of course I know this, and I don't care anymore."

Tohsaka Rin sighed, a sigh filled with all kinds of complicated emotions.

"But I'm not doing this just to atone for my sins."

"What's that for?"

"Needless to say, of course it's for you!"

Tohsaka Rin raised his head and glared at him with displeasure on his pretty face.

"Didn't you say you wanted to become the king of mankind? In that case, how can you do it without a stable base? Since I have promised to help you, of course I will do my best to create a stable rear for you! Go ahead! Well, don’t tell me you don’t need me to do this, I’ll be angry!”

Roy was stunned for a while, then reached out and pulled Tohsaka Rin into his arms.

I sighed in my heart.

"I understand, this is your intention. If I don't let you do this, it means denying you. Of course I won't do such a stupid thing!"

The girls who are now staying in Aozaki's house have promised to help him, but everyone, including Hayasaka Ai, is still learning. Only Tohsaka Rin has the ability to help him. She feels that she must bear this responsibility first. responsibility.

The reason why she is so stressed is not only because of the lack of manpower, but also because she is the only one who can help Roy at the moment, and she bears too much responsibility.

Otherwise, she would have appropriately lightened the weight in her hands, and there would be no need to maintain the current situation of covering everything.

"I'm glad you have this intention, but I don't want to see you wearing out your body."

Roy lowered his head and pressed a gentle kiss on her forehead.

"I know this myself, so don't worry about it."

Tohsaka Rin's cheeks turned slightly red. It was the first time that Roy had done such an intimate move to her, which made her feel ashamed.