Or, why don’t you find another savior?

"In that case, I would be embarrassed..." Xi Jian smiled helplessly, "Being the center of attention is really not suitable for me."

Final Visit

The successive exits of Queen Maeve and the Mad King Cu Chulainn marked the end of this decisive battle that took place only a hundred or two hundred kilometers away from Washington.

The Celtic warriors that Maeve created using the Holy Grail and her own abilities also retreated from the battlefield as their master disappeared.

The U.S. military suffered heavy losses in this battle. Mechanical soldiers moved around the battlefield, collecting the bodies of their fallen comrades.

Fortunately, the Celtic warriors will not leave any bodies behind, so there is no need to distinguish between friend and foe when cleaning up the battlefield. This is not good news.

Shiomi woke up leaning against a rock overlooking the battlefield. He was now on a cliff that overlooked the southern battlefield, and could also see the central and northern battlefields.

Nightingale was squatting in front of him, observing his condition carefully.

"…What are you doing? Do you think I'm dead?" Shiomi was a little embarrassed.

"No, it's just that she doesn't believe that a person can recover so easily." Scathach sat on the rock behind him, and her voice came from above his head, "Look, I didn't lie to you, did I, Nightingale?"

"What an extraordinary person." Nightingale was quite surprised, but helpless.

No treatment was needed, just a nap of ten minutes or so, and the injuries on his body recovered abnormally.

Seeing Shiomi waking up, the servants all showed relieved expressions.

"Okay, stop looking at me like that. Being surrounded by so many people is really not suitable for me." Xi Jian was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

He was about to wave his hand and ask everyone to disperse, but he found that his hand was still held by Kallen.

"I'm sorry to have made you worry." Shiomi squeezed Kallen's hand.

"I'm glad you're okay." Kallen just shook her head and didn't let go.

With Kallen's help, he slowly stood up and looked at the battlefield where the servants had gradually retreated and only the soldiers were left to clean up.

"The restoration of the North American singularity depends entirely on your support and hard work. If it weren't for your determination to protect human history and human principles, I would still be running around this land with Kallen, Master, and Miss Nightingale."

He solemnly expressed his heartfelt gratitude to those servants who did not have time to say goodbye.

Despite suffering many injuries and paying a huge price, they finally reached their destination, and Chaldea did not lose any personnel in the fifth singularity.

that's enough.

"We just did what we were supposed to do. As the Master of Chaldea, you fought even more bravely than us servants." Nightingale said, "Your courage to face the Mad King alone deserves our admiration."

But at this point, she changed the subject: "But I really cannot agree with the way you fight even if you are injured. For you as a magician and a warrior, this is a 'disease'."

"...As long as you go to the battlefield, you will inevitably get some injuries. There's no need to be so exaggerated, Nightingale." Xijian was shocked.

After all, the reason Nightingale had joined them in the first place was to cure the "cause" of the land's illness.

This Berserker has an astonishing obsession with curing illnesses.

"In any case, that is no longer a problem for me to worry about, so I have explained these views to Chaldea through the Master's communicator." Nightingale said.

“……” Xi Jian was speechless.

Kallen just shook her head with a cheerful expression: "I will pay attention to these aspects of Dad in the future. If you get injured again next time, I will poke your wound."

"You just want to see me writhing in pain."

Shiomi's complaints made everyone laugh, and a relaxed voice was also heard from Chaldea.

After laughing, Nightingale stretched out her hand and shook hands with Xi Jian. They nodded and thanked each other, and then she withdrew from this singularity.

Then, Chaldea's soul particle transfer will begin again, and he and Kallen will also retreat from this singularity.

"Most of the servants have left, and the restoration of the singularity and the calculation of human principles are about to begin." Scathach jumped down from the stone and walked to Shiomi's side, "It's almost time to say goodbye."

"Master..." Xi Jian was quite reluctant to leave.

"You don't have to show that expression. We will meet again." Scathach pinched her chin and said meaningfully, "After all, this is a major event related to the survival of human history. If human history disappears, everything I have done will become blank, and so will I."

"Great deeds." Shiomi thought of what Scathach had said before, "To be able to surpass the gods and reach that point, what kind of mentality and purpose would one have to do such a thing."

Scathach held Shiomi's arm and said, "Whether it was out of good intentions or bad intentions, at this point, it is difficult for me and other heroes recorded in human history to make simple judgments. But you are still alive and living in the present. You need to find out why the Magic King did this."

Xi Jian shook his head: "Is a person who doesn't even know his own origins really qualified to do such a thing?"

"Qualification is not given by anyone, but earned by oneself. No matter who you were, no matter where you come from, no matter what your identity is." Scathach touched Xijian's hair, "You are my favorite disciple."

"Yeah." Shiomi nodded seriously in response.

Then, the master's body began to become transparent. It probably took her some effort to be the last one to say goodbye to him.

As his consciousness gradually faded, he and Kallen's soul transfer began again, heading back to Chaldea.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw the transparent glass of the basket. After the instrument detected that Shiomi had woken up, it automatically opened the hatch.

He walked out, holding onto the door of the basket, and was met with Morgan's rather unpleasant face.

"Morgan..." Xi Jian wanted to apologize, but felt that it was useless.

Actions speak louder than words.

But this is the control room, and waiting here are not only Morgan, but also Romani and other staff.

The first thing to do after returning to Chaldea is to go to the infirmary for a comprehensive examination.

"About the North American singularity, wait a minute—" Shiomi was about to speak.

"I'll wait for you in the room, come over by yourself." Morgan said lightly, turned around and walked away.

Romani scratched his head, "Oh, it feels like you are in big trouble."

"How can this be called a trouble?" Xijian and Romani walked out and prepared to go to the infirmary.

"No, I mean it, because something happened here before you woke up," Romani said.

"Situation?" Shiomi thought it was about the singularity.

But then, without warning, the voice that I had just said goodbye to him and I didn't know when I would hear it again came.

"I got here a little before you, but it's a pity that someone didn't welcome me very much."

With Shiomi's eyes almost popping out of her head, Scathach leaned against the door of the spirit particle transfer execution agency and waved to Shiomi as gracefully as ever.

"…What kind of expression should I show now?"

Ending

The fourth volume ends here. According to the original idea, the more critical singularity F, London, and North America were described as briefly as possible.

After all, as we all saw at the end, Scathach came to Chaldea.

But please allow me to keep the way this comes in suspense for a while.

The format will change slightly in the sixth and seventh singularities, with each singularity having its own volume, but the length should be shorter than the third volume.

See you tomorrow then.

Prologue "Life Hangs on a Thread" (1)

"Because you have done this, you are cursed above all men and beasts and birds. You will be a wanderer, with no place to go."

Suddenly, Xijian Tianxi opened his eyes from his sleep and saw Olga Marie lying on the hospital bed.

The battle at the third singularity was too arduous and difficult. Perhaps the Magic King had noticed Shiomi's existence, and the third singularity that the director and his party were heading to also showed complex combat power that was inconsistent with the estimated human foundation value.

As for the result, although everyone survived, Olga Marie and Fujimaru Ritsuka, the masters, were injured to varying degrees.

In particular, Olga Marie was hit by Hector's javelin shockwave in order to protect Mash. After her spirit particle was transferred back to Chaldea, she fainted as soon as she came out of the basket.

A week has passed since the repair work on the third singularity was completed.

Although Olga Marie woke up the next day, Romani and the entire medical department advised her to continue resting in the infirmary.

Today, Xi came to visit her. After talking with her for a while, she fell asleep again.

The unfamiliar body might be too much of a burden for such an intense battle, Shiomi guessed.

Fortunately, she is in good condition, so there is no need to worry about her.

He pinched his brows, he just took a nap and had a not-so-clear dream and some confusing words.

Maybe I should go back and rest.

Thinking of this, Shiomi raised her hand to tidy up Olga Marie's hair, preparing to contact the control room to see who could come and replace her.

I heard that Lixiang has almost recovered in the past two days. Although she still has bandages on her body, she has been asking to come and visit the director.

Why not let Ritsuka come over today? Shiomi thought.

呲——

The automatic door of the infirmary slowly opened and a pair of footsteps walked in.

"It's really unacceptable to do this to a little girl." Scathach's voice rang out.

Shiomi retracted her hand: "Don't make it sound like I'm doing something weird."

"I heard that this child admires you very much and regards you as her father." Scathach put her hand on Shiomi's shoulder and said softly, "Even if you did adopt and raise two girls, you can't take it lightly, my beloved disciple."

"Take it lightly?" Xi Jian was stunned.

"For humans, it is easy for the opposite sex who has no blood relationship but can provide a substitute for parental love to alienate this relationship unintentionally." Scathach put her hand on Shiomi's shoulder.

"I didn't expect that Master is so knowledgeable about human psychology. I thought you stayed in the Shadow Kingdom and didn't care about worldly affairs." Xijian said.

Scathach snorted complacently: "I am the reference sample, so it is easy to get the answer."

"...Uh..." Xi Jian was choked and speechless.

Although his master did not raise him during his time in the Shadow Kingdom, a mature woman could easily lead to something like the Oedipus complex for a man who was homeless and unaware of his origins and past.

"Oh? Do you really think so?" Scathach seemed very surprised. "Could it be that in your eyes, besides being a master, lover, and most trusted comrade, you also regard me as a mother?"

"No..." Xijian denied weakly.

Although similar sentiments are there, it has never and will never come to that point.

"There's no need to be so shy." Scathach ruffled his hair happily, as if it was a treasure worth playing with. "What I said just now was just a joke. To you, this child is similar to Sakura and Kallen. They are of similar importance in your eyes."

Xi Jian nodded and pointed to the chair next to him: "Master, please sit down. Aren't you tired of standing?"

"I'll sit when I want to." Scathach stood behind Shiomi and sorted his hair one by one.

"Okay." He could only respond with a wry smile.

"The end of the third singularity happened right after I arrived in Chaldea... This kid tried his best to protect Mashu." Scathach said.

So, Xijian sighed and told the story of Olga Marie: "Probably to atone for her sins. Master also knows that Mashu is a test-tube baby born from an experiment led by the former director, but for Marie, she actually only found out about it after Malis Billy died-"

Because of the blow of this incident, she suffered from psychogenic anorexia for a month after learning the fact, and the degree of hysteria increased by 30% compared to usual.

The sudden death of her beloved father was enough to be a blow to her, and the truth, which even a magus would find inhumane, was terrifying to Olga Marie.

"'Mashu will definitely take revenge on me! I will definitely be brutally murdered in a toilet or something like that! It's only natural!' Out of sympathy, I went to see her, she was dying because she refused to eat, and she was almost entirely relying on magic circuits and inherited seals to survive. She kept repeating these words to herself." Shiomi said, "But fortunately, even so, she did not avoid facing Mashu."

After noticing her hysterical appearance, Shiomi would visit her every day and prepare meals she cooked herself.

Although it was just porridge and noodles, Olga Marie still refused to eat at first, but when she found that if she didn't eat it, Shiomi would just sit in the room and stare at her.

Like a cruel old father putting pressure on his children.

"It took some time, but at least I made it through." Shiomi held her forehead with her hand. "It is also thanks to her that Mashu can be treated as a human being in Chaldea and gain freedom of movement."

"So you come to see her every day now, is it also a kind of parental love?" Scathach asked.

"Maybe, maybe I'm just meddling in other people's business. After all, when she was her age, Sakura and Kallen no longer needed my concern." Shiomi shrugged and said helplessly.

Then, he tilted his head back, freed himself from those hands, and looked up at his master who had messed up his hair: "Are you used to staying in Chaldea, Master?"

"There's nothing to get used to. I came here of my own will. After all, there's a stupid disciple named Biku Chulin that people can't let go of." Scathach looked at Shiomi deeply, her eyes falling on the gap between his neck and collar.

From there you can see strawberry-like marks and slightly clear tooth marks.

This kind of wound could have healed in the blink of an eye, but he didn't cover it up. It seemed that someone forbade him to do so.

Thinking of this, Scathach lowered her head, and their faces intertwined, leaving only their lips facing each other.

"What are you doing, my husband?"