Or, why don’t you find another savior?

Prologue "Life Hangs on a Thread" (2)

Sudden sounds are one of the few things in the world that can scare Shiomi.

——Of course, it must be under specific circumstances.

Such as now.

Because of this sound, he lost his balance and fell backwards with his chair, falling onto the spotless floor of the infirmary.

"At least give me a hand, Master—"

He opened one eye in pain, just in time to see Morgan, with an expressionless face, looking down at him, forcing the end of his words back into his throat.

"We really can't let our guard down for even a moment," Morgan said coldly.

“…Ahahaha…” Shiomi smiled awkwardly.

However, although his tone sounded extremely cold, as if he was going to be tortured with castration in the next second, all Morgan did was squat down and help Shiomi up with the chair.

"Since you are a Servant, you should fulfill your responsibilities as a Servant. The certification work of the sixth singularity has been completed. After the rest is completed, Chaldea will focus on repairing the individual singularities."

This time, the person who played with Xijian's hair was Morgan. She spoke in a nonchalant tone, but her hands restored Scathach's messed-up hair to its original shape.

"Ritsuka, Sakura, Kallen, or any other Master will do when the Director wakes up. Go make a formal contract with them so that they won't be dragged down in the battles ahead, Lancer."

Shiomi added sheepishly: "Well... it seems that Master is not a Servant this time, but... the real body..."

Of course, he couldn't explain clearly what was going on. According to his master's explanation, it seemed that because of the special situation of the burning of human principles, and the fact that the Kingdom of Shadows was also burned, she was able to temporarily ignore the barriers of the world and come to Chaldea alone.

According to Scathach herself, she could have left after the Humanity Burning occurred, but she did not take any action because she did not have the Chaldea coordinates where Shiomi was. Going to the fifth singularity was just an act of responding to the call of the inhibitory force.

However, the result of this is that Scathach's strength has been restricted to a considerable extent, and her level is similar to when she was in the fifth singularity.

The only advantage is that it can be carried out without signing a contract, and it is a true independent action EX level.

"Indeed, those girls are all excellent masters, but isn't there another best master with empty hands here?" Scathach's hand fell on Shiomi's head.

A silent war against Shiomi's hair management has begun, leaving Shiomi with no mood to enjoy her hair and feeling like a thorn in her back.

Although Scathach is not a Servant now, she came to Chaldea by unconventional means. She can use the contract between magicians to let Shiomi leave a mark on her, so as to obtain Shiomi's magical support and increase her strength.

"My husband already has me," Morgan said.

"But as far as I know, you have not officially announced your status as a Servant in Chaldea, and you have not participated in the Soul Transfer." Scathach looked at Morgan sharply, "To you, human history should not matter."

"That's a really bad joke, Scathach." Morgan disagreed.

Shiomi was a little surprised: "So you don't hate human history?"

"It doesn't matter if you like it or not, but there aren't many things that people can like, except for my husband..." Morgan groaned, "Maybe only Habertlot can be called good."

"Wedding goblins of Scottish heritage?"

Xi Jian understood and thought that Morgan would like the fairy story. It was unexpectedly naive and romantic, which made people feel pity for it.

"Then you should continue to follow your usual policy and support the repair work of the singularity in Chaldea." Scathach said with a smile, "Now that I am on the front line, my beloved disciple will have an easier time."

"There's no need for that. Starting from the sixth singularity, I will go to the front line and assist my husband in his work," said Morgan.

"What?" Scathach was slightly surprised.

Xijian was even more surprised: "Eh? You really don't mind going to the battlefield?"

"I am already familiar with the battlefield." Morgan smiled confidently, "Besides, I am also uneasy about letting a woman who only knows Spartan education go to the battlefield with my husband and our lovely children."

Of course, whether Morgan was uneasy about Scathach's strict habits brought from the Shadow Kingdom, or something else, Shiomi knew it very well, but he was smart enough not to add anything.

Although there was no murderous intent, the aura in the room had solidified to the extreme, and even Shiomi felt that she needed to concentrate on her breathing in order to survive.

"Oh? The famous British witch is going to reveal her identity. I think everyone in Chaldea will be surprised." Scathach said.

"With the example of the Queen of Shadow Kingdom, I dare not say that I am eye-catching enough," said Morgan.

It sounded like a conversation of business flattery, and Shiomi felt like she was about to break out in a cold sweat.

"It's almost time for dinner... How about I cook today?" Shiomi tried to reconcile the conflict between the two.

After all, the sin was caused by his greed, and he has absolutely unshirkable responsibility and obligation.

"That's a good suggestion. My husband hasn't cooked much since he entered Chaldea. Even I miss his cooking skills." Morgan was a little surprised when she said this. "Come to think of it, as his master, you have never eaten his cooking, right?"

Scathach looked nonchalant and said, "I've tasted some of the camping food in the fifth singularity... but you've never eaten the apples he grew, right?"

As they were talking, Shiomi was dragged by the collar of the two men and rolled off the chair. With his hair messy on one side and neat on the other, he was dragged on the ground by the two men and headed towards the cafeteria of Chaldea.

Ritsuka and Mashu, who arrived after Morgan came in but only dared to hide at the door and spy, were so scared that they made way to both sides and watched Shiomi, who was almost strangled to unconsciousness by the collar, being dragged away in a miserable state.

Ritsuka and Mashu then rushed into Olga Marie's ward, only to see that she had also woken up.

"Chief, you're awake." Li Xiang asked in surprise.

“…I woke up, but I didn’t dare to open my eyes.”

Olga Marie's eyebrows twitched unconsciously, she probably woke up when Shiomi fell.

I wanted to act coquettishly when I woke up, but in the blink of an eye, I saw a Shura scene unfolding that was enough to suffocate all the onlookers present, so I could only close my eyes and continue pretending to sleep.

"Is it really okay for Mr. Shiomi to be like that..." Mashu was originally worried about the director, but now she had to worry about someone who was in a more "dangerous" situation.

Olga Marie slowly sat up:

"...Don't ask me, I don't know anything, and you didn't see anything either, remember that."

"That's right..."

Li Xiang deeply agrees with this.

Chapter 1: New Year of Chaldea ()

"So you are here, what information are you looking for?"

Deep inside the library of Chaldea, someone called out to Shiomi.

Romani Achiman.

"Hasn't the sixth singularity been confirmed to be in Jerusalem?" Shiomi put the Bible in his hand back on the bookshelf. "I just want to make some more preparations before we set off while there is still some time."

"Haven't you ever been to Jerusalem?" Romani asked.

Shiomi shrugged. "I've been there, but it was in this era. The sixth singularity was measured in 1273 AD, right at the end of the Crusades..."

"Yes. So I'm also very curious. The Crusades are indeed very famous, but what is the reason that caused the measurement level of the basic value of human logic in this singularity to reach the unmeasurable EX..." Romani could understand.

Hearing him say this, Xi Jian was amused: "If the singularity time of Jerusalem is the era when the Magic King was alive, then I can understand it. For example, King Saul successfully killed King David, which led to a drastic change in that period of history-"

"Hey, hey..." Romani complained a little helplessly.

In the third singularity, Oceanus, the Magic King's father, King David, did appear as a Servant and assisted Chaldea.

But Romani did not reveal his identity to the other party. There was neither the time nor the need.

However, the director and his colleagues did ask King David about the purpose of the Magic King's use of the Human Incineration.

King David didn't understand this either, and only said that "it would probably only be possible if there was a small probability event like "he was dating ten women at the same time and was dumped by all ten women at the same time."

——Although this is the opinion David came to after thinking from his own perspective.

This statement hit Romanonni hard.

Thinking of this, Xijian was also very curious and asked:

"So what is the relationship between King David and the Magic King as father and son?"

This question seemed a bit complicated. Romani touched his neck and thought for a moment before saying, "Well... if I must say, King David and Solomon had basically no connection except for blood. They didn't care, didn't mind, and weren't interested. If you use the relationship between you and your adopted daughters as a reference point of plus one hundred, it would probably be around minus fifty..."

"This is too bad..." Xijian thought it was zero, but it turned out to be a negative number.

Romani shook his head. “As you can see, King David only acknowledged the possibility of Solomon’s proposal to carry out the human burning.”

There was no consideration even as to whether this Solomon was real.

"Really? Then you must be very disappointed by what King David said, but what if it was... the Magic King?" Xijian raised his eyebrows slightly.

He also consciously distinguished Romani from Solomon.

It's not considered as two people.

One is a human with free will, and the other is a king without any freedom.

"That's about right. Even if King David said Solomon was a failure as a human being, Solomon would just admit it."

But Romani became more and more depressed as he spoke, as if he cared a lot about whether David thought so.

"Who would bring disaster upon themselves..." Xi Jian looked helpless.

He patted Romani on the shoulder and walked out of the library.

"So why did you come to me?"

"Oh..." Romani perked up again, "What are you talking about? Today is New Year's Day and everyone is preparing to celebrate. Have you forgotten?"

"It's already 2016." Xijian stopped and sighed lightly.

Because my time has stopped, I can't feel the passage of time at all. After the human logic burning occurred, I rarely think about these things.

However, the atomic clock inside Chaldea continues to work.

In about half a year, relying on the strategy of advancing the restoration work separately, Chaldea had resolved the crises of five singularities before the arrival of 2016.

Let’s not talk about Xijian himself for now, everyone else is on edge every day.

That is why Olga Marie, as the director, ordered everyone in Chaldea to take a break for the next two days, celebrate the New Year as the last bastion of humanity, and pray for the successful completion of the arduous task of restoring humanity.

"New Year..." Xijian couldn't help but sigh.

Then, thinking of the origin of the New Year and the Gregorian calendar, he couldn't help but blurt out:

"Come to think of it, the god who grants miracles to the Magic King and the god the Cathedral Church believes in... seem to be the same person."

"You can say that." Romani also seemed very secretive about this.

"The faith foundations of magicians and the Holy Church are actually the same. When you think about it this way, it seems that the two thousand years of conflict between the two is meaningless..." Shiomi made a joke.

Romani thought for a moment and said, "You may be right, but I don't have such a deep faith right now."

"Oh?" Xijian was surprised.

"Because destiny should be in the hands of human beings themselves, rather than being guided and determined by gods." Romani honestly expressed his thoughts.

Whether it was when he was King Solomon a thousand years ago, or now as the human being Romani Achiman a thousand years later.

"Compared to the ring you entrusted to me, this wisdom may be your most important trump card." Shiomi said.

The two walked out of the library and along the corridor towards the Chaldea cafeteria.

The venue for the New Year celebrations was set there.

"Oh... this can be considered as a wise remark, which is a bit embarrassing." Romani felt that the compliment was too much, and modestly denied it. Then he remembered the book that Shiomi had stuffed back earlier, "You suddenly talked so much about religion today... Is it because you just read the Bible?"

"I just didn't expect that there were documents of the Holy Church in the magician's fortress. I thought there would be some deletions and changes, but after reading Genesis, I found nothing interesting." Shiomi waved her hand, as if she had wasted time, "I should have known not to waste that time."

"After all, the library was planned by the former director himself, and the books there are guaranteed to be as free of distortion as possible." Romani admired Shiomi's idea very much, "Also, you must not mention such things in the Jerusalem singularity, otherwise something bad will happen."

"Don't worry, don't worry. When the singularity appeared, it no longer belonged to the believers of the church." Shiomi laughed nonchalantly, waved his hand and quickened his pace.

Romani could only try his best to keep up, and he suddenly had a strange feeling.

That is, Xi Jian didn't tell the truth just now, but the only thing that was true was that he was disdainful of the gods of religion at this moment.

This is such a magician...

Chapter 2: New Year of Chaldea ()

Chaldea itself is an organization approved by the United Nations in its name. The magicians here come from various countries, so everyone has decorated the corridors and cafeterias of Chaldea with decorations in various styles within their capabilities.

“Everyone did a great job.”

Xijian looked at everyone busy running around in the cafeteria, with one hand on her waist, and couldn't help but be infected by the lively and warm atmosphere, and couldn't help but smile warmly.