Or, why don’t you find another savior?

He snapped his fingers, and a circular door opened out of thin air in front of the Holy Grail. Behind the door was the damaged Chaldea control room and the burning model of the Chaldea Earth.

"Eh...how come...Chaldeas is..."

Olga Marie was stunned, but her body was floating uncontrollably and flying towards the burning earth model.

Chaldeas is originally a small black hole. The moment humans come into contact with it, they will be decomposed into molecular levels.

"No...no...I don't want to die..."

Realizing what was about to happen, Olga Marie struggled in fear, but was unable to break free from Leif's control.

"Of course I won't die. At least... I shouldn't be killed by someone like this."

Several chains flew out from the rune magic circle, entangled Olga Marie's body, and pulled her back little by little.

"It's meaningless. Competing with me, who possesses the Holy Grail, in a magic contest is nothing but a last-ditch struggle." As Leif said this, Olga Marie's body was dragged further over there.

"How about adding this, magician!"

Altria's heavy roar sounded from the side, and the pitch-black holy sword was ready.

"The Iron Hammer of the Lowly King, reverse the rising light, and devour the light! 『Sword of Promised Victory』————!!!"

With a blow that destroyed the spiritual base, the Holy Sword of the Stars released its true name. Even Leif finally felt the threat and dared not rely on the Black Shadow Pillar that had been severely damaged by Shiomi.

The dark magic of the holy sword engulfed the platform in front of the Holy Grail and rushed straight into the inner wall of the large void.

Having lost the magic operator, Olga Marie, who was out of control, was pulled back from mid-air by Shiomi's chains and fell into his arms.

Watching this scene, Artoria, who was slowly falling in the air and gradually turning into golden light and fading away, finally showed a faint smile on her expressionless face. She said lightly:

"It seems that my work has ended here, but your work has just begun. The Grand Order, the war over the Holy Grail has begun."

As she spoke, the entire huge cavity began to collapse and the ground completely shattered.

Ritsuka and Mashu, who were calling out to Shiomi, suddenly felt their feet slip and fell down.

Fortunately, the light of soul transfer has already come on.

"We...will I die...Teacher Shiomi..."

Olga Marie asked Shiomi while sobbing.

Shiomi doesn't know the answer either.

Although Olga Marie was saved and only her soul was left, Shiomi still lacked one thing to reach her destination.

"No... the teacher will protect you. You won't die, and neither will I. Everyone... won't die."

This was the only way he could comfort Olga Marie.

Olga Marie forced a smile on her tearful face, she curled up in Shiomi's arms, and then fainted.

The collapse of the ground finally reached Shiomi's feet, and he and Olga Marie fell into the endless dark abyss under the big hole.

Until his vision was also covered by endless darkness.

Chapter 13: Escape from the Imaginary Space

When he opened his eyes again, what he saw was endless darkness.

He seemed to be floating in space, or suspended in the deep sea.

There is no sense of material things, and wherever you touch, all you experience is "nothingness".

This is...imaginary space.

Shiomi gradually guessed the answer.

Just as Kallen had said before, during the soul particle transfer process, his body was affected by the explosion of the basket and fell into the imaginary space. Like other masters, he was in a state of neither life nor death.

But if that's the case...

Shiomi sees Olga Marie floating in front of him.

She seemed to be sleeping peacefully, but perhaps she would never wake up again.

"Really... there should be a limit to carelessness, right, Dad? You were totally unprepared for a magician you didn't even know, and you didn't even notice the bombs set in the key places."

A voice full of complaints, yet not disguising its ease and carefreeness, rang in my ears.

"Is that BB?" Xi Jian knew who the voice behind him was without turning around.

Instead of floating uncontrollably in the imaginary space, BB walked past him as if walking on flat ground, observing the sleeping Olga Marie from the side.

"That's right." BB shook the pointer in his hand, "I am your omnipotent and omnipresent support AI, the almighty BB dear~~"

Judging from the time when Sakura had already started searching for information about Shiomi's body in the imaginary space right after the explosion, BB had apparently grasped his coordinates after falling back into the imaginary space even faster than Sakura.

"Are you here to laugh at me? Or are you here to sentence me to my fate and tell me about the failures I have experienced?" Xi Jian asked.

BB shook his head: "No, I'm here to save Dad. Dad knows best, right?"

"why?"

"Does a daughter need a reason to save her father? I'm Sakura!" BB gave the answer with confidence.

"It's obviously just based on Sakura..." Xijian shook his head.

"But, there's no problem in sending dad back to Chaldea. We just need to disguise him as Sakura's achievement." BB tapped her chin with her finger. "But the problem lies in this girl, Olga Marie Animusphia."

"Her body has completely died in the explosion, leaving only her soul floating in this imaginary space. It is only barely able to maintain its existence because of my observation." Shiomi stated the fact bitterly.

"This shouldn't be difficult, right? Even if only the soul is left, you can still survive." BB showed a cunning expression, "Dad knows better than anyone, right? The body is just a container. If the conditions are met, can't I just change to a new body?"

Xijian began to feel surprised: "BB, you actually know about this?"

He was referring to the time when Orange came to visit him a few years ago and gave him a blank doll as a return gift for the original Rune Plate, something he had never told anyone other than his family.

Orange's original intention was that if Shiomi's physical body could no longer be maintained in the future, a doll could be used as a new body.

However, in fact, the blank doll could be Olga Marie's new body. However, unlike transferring the soul while the soul is still alive, transferring the soul of Olga Marie, who has already died physically, requires something.

"I know everything about dad~~" BB blinked her eyes cutely, and Shiomi felt that she was scarier than a stalker.

I hope Sakura doesn't grow up to be like this...

"Even if there is a blank doll made by Orange, Mary's soul will quickly disappear as soon as it leaves the imaginary space." Shiomi shook his head helplessly.

"Holy Grail War." BB said.

"Eh?"

"Why did the original three families create the Holy Grail War ritual in Fuyuki? And why were they able to create it? Dad will not forget it, right?"

Shiomi pursed her lips: "Of course I know. But the third magic requires the souls of seven servants to activate it before it can be completed."

"We don't need that much." BB denied exaggeratedly, "The souls of seven servants, plus the magic power accumulated for sixty years, are enough to materialize the souls of all mankind if we activate the Holy Grail ritual and make a wish. Now there is only one person, why would we need that much."

"Hey, hey..." Shiomi sensed something was wrong. "You're not saying that you can use the limited third method on Olga Marie's body in this place?"

What he originally felt was missing was the third method.

"Unfortunately, with the authority granted by Mooncell, this matter is still within the scope of permission. Although the opportunity was originally prepared for Dad." BB said.

"Mooncell?" Xijian was puzzled. This was another term he had never heard of before.

BB suddenly covered his mouth, as if he had just let it slip: "Oh no, this is forbidden."

Xi Jian had no intention to ask further questions at this time. He knew that BB would definitely not answer: "So you want to use the limited third method originally prepared for me on Mary?"

"That's right. So for the time being, we need the nod of all the original people. If you are reluctant, BB can't do anything about it." BB twisted his body aggrievedly.

Xi Jian couldn't help but laugh: "Why are you reluctant? Just do it quickly!"

"I see. You're really like dad. As long as there's someone he can save, he won't hesitate, even if it means cutting off his own retreat." BB's voice suddenly became sad and calm, just like Sakura herself.

"What weird things are you saying..." Shiomi didn't quite understand.

"It doesn't matter. Since dad is willing, I won't ask again." BB coughed and turned back into the playful little devil. "Because it is a limited third method, the time is limited. After returning there, we must let the materialized soul enter the new body as soon as possible, otherwise it will be really finished~."

"Got it." Xijian agreed solemnly.

BB raised his pointer and lightly touched Olga Marie's body, or soul, as if he were knocking on a blackboard. She turned into a glowing white sphere, then shrank a little bit and turned into a gem held in BB's palm.

As soon as she raised her hand, the gem came into Xijian's hand.

"Oh no, no, there are other competitors in this imaginary space. We have to send Dad out quickly."

Without waiting for Xijian to thank him, BB suddenly pretended to be nervous and turned around, with his pointer drawing a trail of purple light.

Then, Shiomi felt his body begin to move to one side uncontrollably.

In a distant direction, a tiny glimmer of light suddenly appeared and gradually expanded.

From there, Shiomi seemed to hear Sakura's voice.

"Your journey has just begun. BB can no longer intervene until the burning of human affairs is over. Please be careful... Dad."

BB's voice gradually faded away, and before Xi Jian could ask another question, he was swallowed up by the light at the boundary of the imaginary space again.

Chapter 1: A New Singularity ()

After suddenly opening her eyes from the nightmare, Olga Marie saw the ceiling of the Chaldea Infirmary.

Gradually regaining consciousness, she turned her eyes and saw Karen sitting beside the bed reading the examination report.

"Oh, you're awake. It's much shorter than expected." Karen said, and made a mark on the report clipped on the board with a pen, as if she had changed something.

Olga Marie sat up. The fatigue from just waking up had not completely subsided yet. She was a little confused about the current situation.

"How is it? Do you remember who you are? Do you know where this place is?" Karen looked at her and asked.

"...Olga Marie Animusphia, head of Animusphia, director of the Human Security Agency Phoenix Chaldea, this is... Chaldea's infirmary."

She looked at the hospital gown she was wearing and slowly answered Kallen's question.

"Well, he knows who he is and where this place is. There doesn't seem to be anything unusual." Kallen continued to nod.

But for Olga Marie, it was the exact opposite.

The director gradually recalled some facts about singularity F. Looking at her arms and hands exposed outside the sleeves of her hospital gown, she asked in confusion:

"I don't think I'm dead?"

"To be precise, the body died, but the soul and spirit survived because of the transfer of the spirit particles to the singularity," Kallen corrected.

“Then…” Olga Marie looked at Kallen in confusion.

She still remembered that Professor Leif, who had transformed into a strange enemy, had said that as long as they returned to Chaldea, Olga Marie would disappear completely.

"This matter is a little complicated to explain. To put it simply, I have prepared a brand new body for you, and transferred your soul and spirit into the new body." Kallen showed a thoughtful expression, and then explained the problem as simply as possible.

Olga Marie was stunned: "This is impossible! Chaldea does not have the conditions to create a backup body..."

Halfway through her words, she thought of something else.

Aozaki Orange.

A top puppeteer who has a close relationship with Shiomi Tenkei.

It is said that the puppeteer can create a body that resembles the original, and it is rumored that even Orange's own body is a puppet.

"As expected of the monarch Animusphia, you react quickly." Kallen said in a half-joking tone, with a faint smile on her face. "Yes, Dad originally had a spare blank doll. It was given to Dad by Ms. Orange, just in case."

"So, the teacher gave me his puppet to use?" Olga Marie clenched her palms and activated her magic circuit.

The magic circuit was successfully activated, and magic power flowed through the body.

Even though she already knew that the body was a doll, Olga Marie had no way of telling the real thing from the fake.

"After all, it's a puppet made by a magician. It has a magician's body, but it's a blank puppet. I can't fully reproduce your original magic circuit level." Kallen turned a page of the report. "According to the original records, the number of your magic circuits is E-, but the quality is EX, which is out of specification. The programming is normal."

"now what?"

"The quantity has increased, reaching the D+ level, but the quality has dropped to the A- level. Dad can't tell whether it is a good thing or not. You can only judge for yourself." Karen calmly informed her of this fact.

Olga Marie clutched the bed sheet tightly, and for a moment she couldn't tell whether she was happy or sad.

She is a human, but also a magician.

After surviving a near-death experience, there are other things to worry about.

"Where is the original body?" Olga Marie asked.