Or, why don’t you find another savior?

"The banquet was about to start, but the director noticed that he didn't see you. Sakura said he saw you go to the library in the afternoon, so the director asked me to run errands..." Romani explained.

At this time, Olga Marie, who was in charge of directing the employees, saw Romani and immediately issued a new order: "Romani, go and see if Ritsuka and Mashu are ready! Don't be lazy there!"

"I just finished running errands." Romani hung his head and pointed at himself and complained.

Xijian also pointed at himself: "What about me? What should I do?"

"Teacher, please find a place to sit down and rest." Olga Marie crossed her arms and smiled proudly.

"The difference in treatment is so huge..." Romani rolled his eyes and looked at Shiomi resentfully, then turned around with drooped shoulders to look for Ritsuka and Mashu.

Although he was very curious about what the two girls were preparing, Shiomi decided to keep it a suspense for himself.

As he looked around the rearranged seats in the cafeteria, searching for a suitable spot, he saw his master waving at him.

Next to her, Morgan was also sitting there.

There was exactly one empty seat between the two of them.

No matter how you look at it, this is a position that must be filled by him.

Although I really want to avoid being caught between the two of them, since the situation has come to me, I can only accept it calmly.

He walked over and sat between Morgan and Scathach.

"I don't drink." Shiomi looked at the cups in the hands of the two people.

"I wasn't going to drink today." Scathach poured grape juice into the glass.

Morgan drank orange juice and said, "The red wine stored in Chaldea is just so-so."

"Oh? So in your opinion, what kind of wine can be called fine wine?" Scathach leaned on the table and asked Morgan.

"Well, if I have to give an example, at least I should take a pot of wine like the one my husband has at home." Morgan showed a subtle smile, "Unfortunately, that pot of wine has been drunk a long time ago, and only the golden wine vessel is left."

“…That’s just a simple trophy…It’s not entirely correct to call it a trophy.” Xijian grinned.

That jug of wine was what Gilgamesh left behind during the Fourth Holy Grail War.

Because everything from the wine vessels to the wine itself were top-notch stuff, Shiomi did not waste them and shared them with Morgan after the Holy Grail War.

Currently, there are only pure gold wine vessels in Japanese homes.

"But the taste of that wine is indeed very good." Shiomi did not deny Gilgamesh's taste for wine.

Morgan suddenly showed a seemingly smug expression and looked at Scathach: "It's a great pity that I couldn't share that good wine with my husband, Scathach."

Shiomi slapped her hand on her face with a snap.

It turns out that the reason why I mentioned wine was for this purpose.

"It is indeed a bit regrettable, but it is precisely because of the regrets that it has value." Scathach said leisurely.

Although under the table, she pinched Shiomi's lower back quite hard.

Xijian could only endure it in silence.

"Do we really want to continue bickering like this here?" Shiomi asked embarrassedly.

"How could that be? Today, everyone in Chaldea has made many special preparations to celebrate the New Year." Morgan shook his head. "Even if it were me, I wouldn't be so ignorant."

"You don't have to be so serious..." Xi Jian laughed, "I just hope you can relax a little."

Scathach smiled softly: "In that case, there is no need to worry. The atmosphere in Chaldea is indeed too soft, but it is also very reassuring. After all, no matter how much it is a magician's camp, it is enough for you to be here."

"Master..." Xi Jiangang was a little moved, but Morgan pinched his lower back again.

He thought to himself, fortunately he had a good recovery ability, otherwise the soft flesh around his waist would have turned blue and purple.

At this time, he glanced at Sakura and the others who were talking to Olga Marie, he smiled with relief, and finally his eyes fell on Gray.

"Come to think of it, Master seems to have been accompanying Gray and Mashu in combat training recently?" Shiomi asked with a smile, "I've seen it, and he's a lot gentler than when I was in the Kingdom of Shadows..."

Scathach disagreed, with a dangerous smile: "Those two children are just asking me for advice, they are not my disciples, so there is no need for me to do it the same way as before. But if my beloved disciple is willing to train again, I don't mind helping you review the training in the Shadow Kingdom."

"Thank you." Xi Jian really declined this time.

"There's a saying in human society that being too strict will lead to alienation." Morgan chuckled.

Scathach was a little surprised: "Oh? My beloved disciple also wants to distance himself from me?"

"That's not the case." Xi Jian looked at Morgan helplessly, but all he got in return was a look of joy from the other party.

The three of them chatted for a while, and the already bustling cafeteria suddenly became even more lively.

Looking up, I saw Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu walking out of the gate.

Two girls came out, both wearing kimonos.

"What is this?" Xijian was surprised that they would dress like this.

Ritsuka is easy to deal with, after all, she is a girl from Japan.

Mashu also changed into a kimono.

"It was Leonardo da Vinci's idea, and she made the kimonos for the two girls." Scathach explained the situation, "But those are the clothes from the country you lived in. They look interesting."

"Looking back, my husband ordered several sets of kimonos for everyone in the family. Unfortunately, I didn't think about it when I came to Chaldea." Morgan looked regretful. "That blue kimono was my favorite thing, and now it has disappeared along with the burning of human law... It's an unforgivable sin, Magic King."

"Okay, okay... At worst, I can go back and talk to Da Vinci and have him make you a new set." Shiomi quickly comforted him.

Scathach poked his shoulder with a subtle expression, as if she had something to say.

"Of course, Master has it too." Xijian had to add immediately.

He suddenly felt that today was extremely tiring. It would be better for him to challenge the Magic King right away.

However, when he felt the two people moving their stools towards him and leaning slightly on him, the previous thought suddenly became insignificant.

On the makeshift stage in the center of the cafeteria, Olga Marie, accompanied by Ritsuka and Mashu, announced the start of the New Year celebrations.

Shiomi also said those words to the two of them for the first time in a long time:

"Happy New Year."

Chapter 3 Gray's Change Again

Three months later, the exploration and restoration of the sixth singularity officially began.

This singularity has an unprecedented human foundation, and the Seventh Singularity is the only one among the seven singularities that is located in the primordial dawn of the distant Age of Gods.

In addition, the first to fifth singularities have all been repaired, and the plan to carry out repair work independently has come to an end. From now on, the remaining Masters and Servants of Chaldea will gather together to capture the last two singularities.

The year was 1273 AD, the year in history when the Ninth Crusade failed and Catholicism lost its influence over Jerusalem.

It was an era of conflict between the Mamluk Dynasty, the Mongol Empire, and Christian countries.

According to Romani's speculation, the people who obtained the Holy Grail might be the Crusaders.

Only by letting the loser in history obtain the Holy Grail can it be more appropriate to distort this special period of history.

With this prediction, the group completed their soul transfer and arrived in a desert.

If it were just that, it would be fine. The Middle East is mostly desert terrain, and a severe sandstorm suddenly blew up here, making it difficult for everyone who had just opened their eyes after the evacuation to open their eyes.

"Master, Chief, come over here quickly! You'll be blown away if you stand there!" Mashu stood in the dust and stretched out her hand to Ritsuka and Olga Marie.

Fu Fu also let out a series of cries, and then wailed behind Ritsuka's shoulder.

"Eyes... My eyes...!" Ritsuka made a painful sound.

Having gained a firm foothold, Shiomi decisively used the Original Rune to create a calm area in the sandstorm that suppressed the storm and enveloped everyone in it.

"Huh..." Ritsuka suddenly felt that the strong wind blowing on his body disappeared, only the sand stuck to his body remained.

"The wind stopped?" Olga Marie was stunned.

Scathach pulled Sakura and Kallen up, smiled and nodded to Shiomi: "Very timely judgment."

"Everyone, are you all here?" Shiomi brushed the sand off her body and then confirmed the movements of others.

Sakura, Kallen, Olga Marie, Ritsuka, Gray.

Morgan, Scathach, Mash.

A fairly large team of people working on singularity repairs.

"Everyone, everyone is here." Ying quickly glanced around and asked to count the number of people here.

Kallen raised her head and looked upward. The sandstorm bypassed the group within a radius of several meters, and a huge invisible cover enveloped everyone.

“Is this really Jerusalem?” she asked.

According to Chaldeas' calculations, the group's destination should be near the city of Jerusalem.

But not only is the sky full of dust, there is not even any trace of a city.

"Chaldea's communications cannot be restored for the time being, so we can only see with our own eyes." Scathach said.

Shiomi spread his hands: "There is a problem with the coordinates of Jerusalem. Maybe it is also part of the distortion of this singularity..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw Morgan helping Gray sit down, and turned his head to call him seriously:

"My husband, come here for a moment. Something is wrong with Gray."

Shiomi hurried over to check.

In fact, the reason why Gray sat down was not because she was weak, but because her body had changed.

The originally silver-gray hair color began to change. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, it seemed as if it was dyed by something, and some strands of it were dyed with the color of gold.

"This is——!" Olga Marie was shocked.

Her knowledge of Gray was limited to Chaldea's present. As for her past, she only knew that she was a gravekeeper from a mountain village in England, and that for some special reasons, she possessed abilities far superior to those of modern people.

"My body is starting to change again..." Gray pulled her hood up to cover her hair.

Since more than ten years ago, her body has not grown at all and has remained the same as when she was fifteen years old.

Fortunately, this kind of fixed state is not strange in the world of magicians. When other magicians saw it, they simply thought that the girl fixed herself a little too early.

But now her body was changing again, and even though she couldn't see it without a mirror, Gray could still feel it.

Just like it was twenty years ago.

That time, her appearance gradually changed and became exactly like that of the Knight King Artoria.

This time...the hair color that originally belonged to me suddenly changed.

"Is this also the influence of the singularity?" Ritsuka asked worriedly.

Shiomi stood up and looked at the other side of the dune: "I'm afraid it's not the influence of the singularity, but this singularity...King Knight Altria has also reappeared."

"Eh? But isn't this the year when the Ninth Crusade failed?" Sakura also felt strange.

"That's the question. Why would an era that has nothing to do with the King of Knights cause this child's body to change?" Scathach turned and walked up the sand dune to check the situation of the sandstorm outside.

With the help of magic, her eyes could see through this extremely low visibility environment.

Fortunately, Gray's transformation was limited to her hair being dyed a few strands of blonde, and then it stopped.

Morgan raised his hand at this time and cast a suppressive magic on Gray: "Before the next change occurs, I will try my best to suppress the power related to Altria in your body. Before finding out whether it is related to Altria, you should try to avoid fighting."

"Hmm..." Gray said, picking up the cage hanging on her body. Another strange phenomenon appeared again, "Yade?"

Yade, who could still laugh and laugh at Gray until before departure, now fell into extreme silence, like a pure cube.

Gray tried to wake Yad, but it seemed to be emptied and no longer responded.

A strange feeling began to spread in Gray's heart, making everyone feel uneasy.

Olga Marie grabbed Gray's hand and said, "Anyway! The first goal of this singularity exploration has been determined, which is to find out the changes in you and why Yade suddenly fell into deep silence."

And Shiomi walked aside and operated the gift in his hand, and then a huge desert sailing car appeared in everyone's sight.

That was a means of transportation that Leonardo da Vinci prepared for everyone using the materials he had at hand, with the help of Morgan, who was also a magician, in order to cope with the terrain of the sixth singularity.

This vehicle can run on a combination of the power of its internal magic core and sails, and can accommodate a group of people responsible for exploring singularities.

"Everyone get in the car first, try to get out of the sandstorm, and find a place to settle down." Shiomi gave instructions to everyone.

But Scathach's voice came from the top of the dune, mixed in with the sound of the wind:

"Until then, be prepared for the battle."