Or, why don’t you find another savior?

"Is that so?" Xi Jian sighed, and looked out the window at the icy world. "You said you saw the destruction of mankind, is that true?"

About a while ago, Romani found him and told him what he saw when he became a human after the Holy Grail War and lost his power as the Magic King.

"If I was the only one who knew, I certainly wouldn't tell you." Romani shook his head, "But there is another person who saw the same thing as me."

Shiomi sat down by the window and nodded slowly: "Hero King Gilgamesh, that man's eyes can also see the future."

"That's right." Romani sat down next to him, "Then when I woke up, the Hero King told me that if I wanted to resolve this crisis, I must seek your help."

"What?" Xijian was surprised.

"Originally, I didn't know what to do. After all, you and I were enemies, and I didn't even know how to discuss it with you." Romani laughed frankly, "But I didn't expect that you would be recommended to Chaldea by the Clock Tower. This saved a step."

"It was a lucky coincidence."

"The problem is that I only saw the future of destruction for a moment, but I didn't have time to see the culprit behind it." Romani said, "I asked the King of Heroes, but he refused to tell me the answer."

"That Gilgamesh..." Xijian really wanted to curse.

"After all, to the Hero King at that time, he and his Master did not belong to this world. They were just passers-by who were accidentally swept in." Romani sighed helplessly, and his tone became loose, "So there is no need to care so much."

"That's what the so-called judge of human history is all about." Xijian patted Romani's shoulder, "Don't expect too much, really..."

“It’s good to be so optimistic,” Romani said.

"By the way, the last master has been found. He should be arriving in the next few days. Pack up your things as soon as possible and don't occupy other people's rooms." Shiomi said.

"Huh?" Romani was stunned.

"Just looking at her information and photos, she's a girl with a very decent temperament and appearance. It's a pity that she's not a magician, she just happens to have the qualifications." Shiomi said.

"That's not the question! How do you know that I was hiding in that empty room and slacking off? I haven't told anyone about it!" Romani grabbed Shiomi's arm and shook his upper body hard.

"It just so happens that the work I took over involves this aspect." Shiomi easily broke free, "But don't worry, I haven't told anyone else. After all, if you don't slack off at work, it's the same as not working."

As he said this, he stood up from the windowsill and prepared to leave.

"You really won't tell the director?"

"What are you afraid of? Even if she finds out, I will still plead for you." Xi Jian gave a thumbs up. "In the eyes of the director, there are differences between adults."

Unfortunately, this sentence made Romani even more depressed.

"…I'll clean up the room as soon as possible."

Chapter 1: Burning Winter Wood ()

After opening his eyes, Shiomi found himself in a burning wilderness.

There must have been a big fire. I lay on the ground and looked around. All I could see were burning streets and buildings.

He sat up from the ground, raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, and his thoughts gradually became clear.

Then he noticed his attire.

The tights with black and white as the main color are the combat uniforms specially prepared by Chaldea for the candidates for Masters who will participate in the work of restoring humanity.

It fits the body perfectly in all aspects, making it easy to move and fight.

Then, Shiomi finally remembered why she was here.

Just a few hours ago, the light of Earth civilization observed by Chaldeas disappeared and Singularity F was discovered. Director Olga Marie acted decisively and summoned all the Master candidates to the control room. After a briefing meeting, she decided to implement the First Order plan.

As a candidate for the Master of Group A, Shiomi entered the basket used for spirit particle transfer.

After that...

"…There was an explosion, wasn't there?" Shiomi stood up and recalled the last thing he noticed before he lost consciousness.

Lepton transfer can transform objects into lepton and transfer them to any coordinates. With the technical cooperation of Atlas, it has even realized a practical time jump technique.

After entering the basket, all the parameters of the Master will be investigated and defined. In this process, the basket becomes a "box of both life and death", and the Master's life activities become unknown.

This process cannot be interfered with by the outside world, otherwise the master will really die.

Having said that, despite the situation, Shiomi's first official soul transfer was still successful.

"This is...Fuyuki."

To be honest, Shiomi was also very surprised when she learned that singularity F was Fuyuki.

And the year was 2004.

In 2004, in Fuyuki, Shiomi knew the situation better than anyone else.

He looked around. The broken and shattered road ahead was blocked by collapsed buildings, and all means of transportation except flying were basically useless.

But he did not sense the life breath of other Masters nearby.

Not only that, but not a single person living in the city of Fuyuki was left, alive or dead.

"I'm not the only one alive."

Shiomi thought about it, and after expanding the range of magic detection, he sensed the breath of life several kilometers away.

Regardless of whether it is someone from this singularity or another Master, it is better to find them first.

He clenched his fists, and the magic circuit spread the magic power throughout his body. Shiomi lowered his body slightly and jumped out like a cannonball.

Flying magic.

This was one of the magic tricks that Shiomi performed in the past when he faced the Hero King Gilgamesh.

I don't often have the opportunity to use it, but now is the right time.

In a blink of an eye, he arrived above the area where the sound came from.

"Olga Marie?"

After seeing the figure walking and looking for people, Xijian was shocked.

Because she had no adaptability to spirit particle transfer, she was depressed for a while when she took up the post of director of Chaldea.

Hearing someone calling her, Olga Marie looked up and then showed a surprised expression.

"Teacher Xi Jian!" She quickly ran to Xi Jian, "You are safe too!"

"Let's just say so." Xi Jian was still not sure. After all, he had no idea what happened in the control room after the explosion. "But I didn't expect you to..."

“I’m also confused.” Olga Marie shook her head. “After I woke up, I found myself in Fuyuki. Uwa——!”

She was about to complain to Xi Jian when he pulled her behind him.

"If you have something to say, please wait a moment. Our welcome guy is here."

"Eh? This amount..."

She peeked out from behind Xi Jian and saw dozens of skeleton soldiers armed with weapons constantly emerging from the ruins. In the blink of an eye, they surrounded the two of them.

"There are a lot of them, and they are quite scattered. It will take at least a minute to clean them up," said Shiomi.

Not only that, ever since these skeleton soldiers appeared, he felt several pairs of eyes were staring at this side.

"Is it possible? We don't even have a Servant..." Olga Marie felt reassured with Xijian around. Even if she couldn't defeat these monsters, she could always run away. But she didn't expect him to say that he wanted to kill these skeleton soldiers.

"How will you know if you don't try?"

Shiomi reached out his hand and grasped the void as he always did, and Gae BolgAlternative appeared in his hand.

He looked satisfied.

As expected, it can still be used. The transfer of spirit particles will not reduce anything of the transferor.

“This is…” Olga Marie covered her mouth.

As a famous family of the Clock Tower, she also has a wealth of knowledge.

The thing in Shiomi's hand is definitely not a magic gift, but a real treasure.

Before this, Olga Marie had never received any information about him being the "heritage keeper of bacteria".

"I originally thought it wouldn't be useful, after all, there are so many Masters." Xi Jian sighed, and waved the gun in his hand calmly, drawing a circle with the two of them as the center, "Don't step out of this circle, I guarantee that these guys' attacks can't enter this circle. As for whether you use magic to support me or do nothing, it doesn't matter."

After saying that, without waiting for Olga Marie to reply, Shiomi rushed out, stirring up a gust of wind that made it impossible for her to open her eyes.

Xi Jian was holding a spear and moving rapidly in the ruins. Wherever the red cold light went, the skeleton soldiers were torn into pieces and shattered to the ground, losing their combat capability.

Just as he had promised Olga, none of the skeleton soldiers could get close to the circle.

Half a minute later, the last skeleton soldier was smashed and Shiomi breathed a sigh of relief.

A chill rushed through my body, and in my peripheral vision, countless red arrows rained down at me.

“This move is——!”

Shiomi, who vaguely thought of the answer, threw the red spear in his hand, which spun in the air and turned into a round shield, knocking down all the flying arrows.

However, the archer did not give up and an even more dangerous arrow flew over.

Shiomi caught the red spear that flew back into his hand, threw it again, and released his real name, and the arrow that was already flying towards him collided with each other.

The collision between the gun and the arrow caused a violent explosion in mid-air. The nearby ruins collapsed again, raising smoke and dust ten meters high.

Is a follower.

Whether they are shooting arrows or firing fireballs, they are all Servants.

Xi saw clearly, caught the gun that flew back, turned around to confirm Olga Marie's safety, and saw two people coming towards this side again.

"You guys...are you okay too?"

Olga Marie turned around and saw that Master Fujimaru Ritsuka, who had dozed off during the briefing, was coming towards them with Mash Kyrielight holding a large shield.

Chapter 2 Burning Winter Wood ()

Ritsuka and Mashu rushed over immediately after hearing the sound of fighting.

As a result, we saw the scene where Shiomi swept away all the skeleton soldiers on the battlefield like a whirlwind.

"Director? And... Mr. Shiomi?" Ritsuka was surprised. "Are both of you okay?"

"Let's just forget about it." Xijian put away the gun and looked at Mashu beside him.

"What's going on?" Olga Marie asked Matthew.

"This is Singularity F, Fuyuki City, Japan in 2004. It's hard to believe, but I..." Mashu's voice was low and restrained.

"That's not what I'm asking. What I want to ask is why it only succeeded now—" Olga Marie interrupted Mashu and asked a more important question.

But she was interrupted just as well, though in a more gentle way.

Shiomi patted Olga Marie's shoulder.

"Calm down, Mari." Shiomi said, "In order to investigate Singularity F, Chaldea prepared a Servant in advance, the Heroic Spirit Summoning No. 2. It is said that it caused considerable commotion and destruction at the time, and has refused to manifest its spiritual base since then. Now that Heroic Spirit has lent its power to Mashu, making her a Demi Servant. In my opinion, something happened that made the Heroic Spirit change his mind."

"Mary" is Shiomi's nickname for Olga Marie, which also allows Olga Marie to calm down quickly and listen to Shiomi.

"Yes. When I was on the verge of death, that Servant made a contract with me, transferring his power and Noble Phantasm to me, so that I could merge with him and become a Sub-Servant." Mashu nodded, confirming Shiomi's guess.

Shiomi crossed his arms and looked at Ritsuka beside him: "Although he is a sub-servant with a physical body, he needs the support of the Master in order to maintain his movements and fight in all aspects. So you chose Fujimaru Ritsuka?"

"Hmm... should be like this?" Qu Lixiang touched her orange-red hair embarrassedly, "After I came to my senses, I was already here."

“Although it’s a little different from the Holy Grail War, it’s not uncommon for an outsider to become a Command Seal because of his qualifications.” Shiomi smiled bitterly and comforted Ritsuka who might be uneasy, “Relax, now that we’ve reunited, I’ll take good care of you.”

"Indeed, according to what happened just now, Mr. Shiomi's combat power is already far superior to that of ordinary servants. If there is another Servant Contract——"

Mashu analyzed calmly, but Shiomi raised her hand, signaling her to stop.

"Okay, okay, let's talk about these things later. What we need to do now is to find a place to stay in this burning Fuyuki City." Shiomi said, "But you are lucky, besides the newcomers, there is still me."

"From the perspective of combat power alone, we are indeed lucky." Ritsuka nodded continuously.

"No, I mean--" Shiomi looked towards the city solemnly, "What a coincidence, I'm from Fuyuki. Even if this city doesn't conduct any prior investigation, I know the situation here better than anyone else."

Olga Marie suddenly realized: "Come to think of it, I heard from Lanis that you participated in the Fourth Holy Grail War—"

"Before that, I had already settled in Fuyuki." Shiomi shrugged.

At this moment, the communicators on his and Ritsuka's wrists suddenly rang.

Together with the flustered Ritsuka, he pressed the communicator, and Romani's figure appeared on the projected communication screen.