Or, why don’t you find another savior?

"Knights of the Round Table..." Scathach pondered, "Did you escape from that chalk city?"

"No, I just came to this singularity for some reasons." Bedivere explained vaguely.

Kallen, who was sitting on the same camel as Morgan, leaned slightly against her mother and asked, "Is it okay? If you come with us..."

"Indeed, after all... the one working with us in Chaldea is the Great Witch Morgan." Romani answered the call, "Originally I thought you would part ways with us after retreating to a safe area."

Bedivere was a little surprised when he heard this voice: "From the impression of this voice, he is a wise man who is delicate and tough, and can adapt to circumstances... Is that right?"

"Oh my... I didn't expect to be praised like this. I feel a little embarrassed."

When he was in Chaldea, he and Shiomi would occasionally flatter each other while chatting and gossiping.

But it is often half a joke and half serious. For example, when celebrating the New Year, Shiomi praised Romani's wisdom as far more valuable than the Ten Commandments.

Among the people who went to the singularity, except for the director who was as strict as ever with Romani, the others were not so harsh.

However, Romani felt a little embarrassed when a stranger heard his voice and started praising him.

"He is indeed a wise man." Morgan teased playfully, "So, Lord Bedivere, why did you stand up at that time to help us become enemies with our old friends?"

"...In fact, I saw you fighting with the Knights of the Round Table a few days ago. The situation changed rapidly, and before I could find an opportunity to help, the Holy Lance had already been launched." Bedivere nodded, "Then I saw you go to the territory of the Sun King, and then go to Camelot alone."

Unexpectedly, he met the girls from Chaldea there, so he helped them.

"But you trust us. Why?" Scathach asked, "Did Merlin say something?"

"It is just as Lord Scathach said. Lord Merlin did say that if we encounter Chaldea, we don't have to be afraid of Lord Morgan being with them. If there is someone named Romani Achiman in Chaldea, we can just seek their help." Bedivere confirmed Scathach's guess.

But he was a little surprised: "I didn't expect that the Queen of Shadow Kingdom also knew Lord Merlin. I'm surprised."

"No, it's just that he was able to take advantage of the opportunity of the burning of human principles to break free from the constraints of the Shadow Kingdom and go to Chaldea to assist his beloved disciple. He was indeed assisted by Merlin..." Scathach said halfway, "No, it should be said that he was assisted by someone who was both Merlin and not Merlin."

"Eh?" Bedivere had no idea about this. "It seems true... Lord Merlin?"

Morgan raised her eyebrows slightly. This was the first time she had heard of this. "If it's not Merlin, then who is it?"

"What do you think? The other party claims to be Lady Avalon, Merlin's sister." Scathach smiled meaningfully, "Since the person claims to be so, we should obey her wishes."

"But I have never heard that Lord Merlin has a sister..." Bedivere always felt that things were becoming suspicious.

But when I thought about Merlin, it seemed to make sense.

“Is this true? Merlin has a sister? That’s impossible! He is indeed a half-human and half-sucker, but I’ve never heard of him having a sister!” Romani exclaimed in disbelief, and then suddenly realized, “Wait a minute… Could it be Magic☆Mei…”

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Romani was knocked unconscious by Da Vinci, so she took Romani's place and continued the communication: "Okay, let's put Romani's gaffe aside for now. Bedivere is willing to assist Chaldea, which means you also intend to stop the atrocities of the Lion King and the Knights of the Round Table, right?"

"That's right. Originally, I planned to blend in with the refugees and take advantage of the opportunity of 'Saint Ba' to enter Camelot City to meet my king..." Bedivere was full of worry, "But I didn't expect 'Saint Ba' to act like this. Lord Gawain even disregarded the chivalry and raised his weapon against the unarmed refugees."

"In any case, with our current number, the invasion is weak." Morgan glanced at Bedivere's prosthetic right arm, sensed the secret, and then calmly and firmly stated, "Now we need to find Servants who can cooperate with us to increase our combat power, so that we can completely destroy the fake Camelot City."

Bedivere said nothing about this.

Although fundamentally, as a Knight of the Round Table, it is difficult for him to trust Morgan, but now that the Knights of the Round Table have become an evil party that practices tyranny, Morgan, who still wants to destroy King Arthur's ideal city, is the more correct party.

Even if the other party still wants to destroy the city of Camelot.

The legend suddenly reversed at the singularity, which even Bedivere found piercingly ironic.

Putting aside irrelevant thoughts, Bedivere concentrated on thinking about what he should do. He held his prosthetic limb and said, "Can I ask you one more question, Mr. Morgan?"

"Go ahead."

"Remember there were many people in Chaldea the day before yesterday. Why are there only three of you left now?" Bedivere expressed his concern.

Morgan sighed silently: "My husband was captured after resisting the Holy Lance alone. One person stayed in the Sun King's territory to make preparations, and the rest of them set out from the Sun King's territory to explore the singularity separately... Now, they should have arrived at the Atlas Courtyard."

Chapter 24: Atlas Courtyard in the Desert

As Morgan expected, Sakura, Ritsuka, Gray and Mash took a dune buggy to the northern part of the Sun King's territory, searching according to the coordinate data of Atlas Academy known to Chaldea. Finally, after fighting a monster in a desert, they suddenly fell into a big pit.

Below the pit was an underground building, and they were in the corridor.

They arrived at the Atlas Courtyard, but met people who had arrived before them.

His name is Sherlock Holmes.

He claims to be the crystallization of the concept of detective, the representative of "the one who finds out the truth", and the final key that leads several people to the truth.

According to what Holmes told Sakura, he had previously contacted her in the form of intelligence.

In the underground library of the Magic Association in the London Singularity, the information that had been sorted out in advance was specially arranged by him so that those who come later can quickly consult it.

But compared to this, Grey and Matthew, as fans of Conan Doyle's books, were more surprised at the reader level.

They didn't expect that the classic characters in the book would appear in the singularity in the form of servants and show a helpful attitude.

"But as far as the current situation is concerned, this is truly an unprecedented murder case, ladies." Holmes led the way and explained to everyone, "'Total extermination of primates through human incineration', it is only natural for me to appear in an incident of this magnitude, right?"

"Then why did Mr. Holmes come to this singularity?" Sakura was slightly puzzled.

A Servant can travel through different singularities. Is this power really something a Servant without a Master can possess?

Or is this the result of a deliberate selection by the inhibitory force? Summon Holmes at different singularities and keep all records.

"Like you, I came here to gain knowledge," Holmes said, "but... it seems that the person who should have come here in person is not with me."

"Are you referring to my father?" Sakura asked, "He is currently captured by the Lion King and imprisoned in Camelot."

"Captured, not executed?" Holmes raised an eyebrow. "If someone meets the requirements to enter Camelot, he must have been taken away for another reason."

Ritsuka asked hurriedly: "Then do you know why Teacher Shiomi was captured?"

"Perhaps we can only get the answer by going to the center of this academy." Holmes smiled kindly, "And I also have things to accomplish there. This is simply a cooperation without any redundant matters. So ladies, please speed up, the endless knowledge of Atlas Academy is waiting for us."

Although he speaks politely, he cannot conceal his passion for knowledge and the unknown as a detective, although he is slightly different from the Sherlock Holmes we read about in books.

But everyone still tried to keep up, passing through the long underground passage of Atlas Court and heading to the center.

On the way, several people had a general discussion with Holmes about the situation of the singularity and other things about singularities.

When Ritsuka briefly explained the purpose of their visit, Holmes asked if he could look at the Yad in Gray's hand. After getting permission, he took the cage and examined it carefully.

"I see. This is a replica of one of the seven weapons of Atlas. It is rumored that Atlas once assisted Morgan in his plan to resurrect King Arthur. Now it seems to be true." Holmes returned the cage to Gray and looked at her. "It's just that I'm surprised that you have met the last dean of Atlas, Zibia Eltnam Atlasia."

"No... I've only met him. The only one who actually had in-depth communication with that person was Teacher Shiomi." Gray shook her head.

She couldn't quite make sense of what Zibia was doing in Blackmoor Village.

But in the end, I heard from Shiomi that the other party wanted to take back the weapons that Atlas Academy had lent out because of the contract, so they took advantage of them a little and destroyed the entire resurrection ceremony, thus ending the fulfillment of the contract.

"That guy again?" Holmes raised his eyebrows, as if he had grasped some key clue.

"Dad, what's the problem?" Sakura asked slightly unhappy.

She knew that this might be Holmes' instinct as a detective, to question people or things that were full of secrets.

But to Sakura, who had never doubted her father, it was a somewhat offensive behavior.

It's not strange to be betrayed by anyone, but the only person who won't betray you is your father. Sakura is more convinced of this indisputable fact than anyone else.

"No, I just thought of one thing. Miss Sakura encountered the Magic King in the London singularity. The Magic King appeared in front of you and your father at that time. Looking back now, is there anything different?" said Holmes.

Sakura frowned slightly, "It's not right if you say it's wrong... After all, strictly speaking, although that was my first time seeing the Magic King, it wasn't my first time encountering the Magic King."

"Oh?" Holmes said, all ears.

The three girls were also surprised.

"In 2004, when I was only sixteen years old, I returned to my hometown of Fuyuki alone for some reasons and participated in the Fifth Holy Grail War." Sakura said, "Although I failed to win the Holy Grail. But I know that the final Servant is Caster, the Magic King."

"You were able to survive when the Magic King appeared as your enemy Servant. It seems that the Holy Grail War twelve years ago was not simple." Holmes commented, "Miss Sakura, can you tell me and your companions why you were able to survive the Holy Grail War when the Magic King appeared?"

At this time Gray spoke up: "Because... Shiomi-sensei returned to Fuyuki."

She likes detective novels, and in this series of conversations, she accurately captured the core of the topic.

Xijian Tianxi.

The person that Grey respects the most and treats Grey as his own child.

Sakura and Kallen's father.

Now the Chaldeans are the backbone of the restoration work.

But it is undeniable that he has been full of secrets since the first day he appeared in Gray's village.

Even so, he still won the trust of the shy girl.

Now, he seems to have suddenly become a mysterious person whose identity mystery needs to be solved.

"That's right, the one who faced the Magic King in the end was not me, but my father and mother," said Sakura.

Holmes did not immediately ask who "Mother" was, but only reminded Sakura to think:

"If that's the case, your father must have faced the Magic King more than once. Think back to those times, when your father faced the Magic King, and when the Magic King faced your father, did they make any small mistakes that made you feel 'huh'?"

Sakura was stunned. She spoke slowly:

"It wasn't the first time I encountered the Magic King, but my father was so anxious and prepared that it was as if he was seeing the Magic King for the first time."

Chapter 25: Hermes Trispire

In the center of Atlas Court, there is an underground cave comparable to the size of a city, and above it is a simulated blue sky.

All the necessities needed for human activities are available here. Even if it is a simulated sky, the apprentices of Atlas Academy can still maintain a good body and mind and carry out their research.

Standing in the center of the sky is the largest recording medium of the Atlas Institute - the Pseudo-Lepton Calculator Three-pointed Hermes.

It is also the prototype of Chaldea's spirit particle calculator Trismegistus.

"Hermes..." Gray was impressed by this name.

The giant bird that finally fought with Shiomi and Morgan in the cemetery under Blackmoore Village also had this name.

After Holmes led everyone to the bottom of the obelisk, he took back the access rights here, but because it had become a ruin, he could not greet the people of Atlas Academy, so he could only use it without permission.

"But...why are the machines here still functioning normally even though they are buried under the desert?" Mash was curious.

Holmes explained: "The reason is simple. This is Atlas Court in 2016."

"I heard that Atlas Court is like the Wandering Sea. For some reason, it can exist independently of the time coordinate. No matter what era you visit these two places, you will only arrive at the same place at the same time." Sakura explained, "But the specific reason is only known to the magicians here."

"Miss Sakura is well aware of the problems in the Magic Association." Holmes laughed heartily, "As I said on the way here, we have several things to investigate this time. One of them is about your father, the magician named Shiomi Tenki."

On the way here, Holmes pointed out the peculiarity of Shiomi Tenkei, and with Sakura's permission after thinking about it, he announced the things and secrets he wanted to investigate.

"But before investigating Shiomi Tenkei, I need to investigate another matter." Holmes operated the instrument under the obelisk. Since he was not a magician of the Atlas Institute, he could not know all the records, but this instrument recorded everything. "As Miss Sakura said, the winners of the Fifth Holy Grail War were Marisbury and Magic King Caster, but the public records show that the winner was Saber."

Sakura also knew a little about why the winner was changed.

Marisbury found Shiomi afterwards, but since it was impossible to silence someone who knew the truth, the former director chose to cooperate.

As for the reason for the cover-up, Marisbury claimed that victory in the Holy Grail War would make the actions of the Astronomy Department more noticeable.

Through the operation of money, Sakura was given the title of winner with a generous reward, and the fruits of victory in the Holy Grail War were generalized as much as possible.

Sakura herself was somewhat resistant to this matter, after all, it meant insulting the fact that she and Saber fought side by side until the last moment.

But Shiomi convinced her to accept this option.

Dad seemed to have some other reason. Ying didn't ask, and she felt there was no need to ask. She would know when the time came.

"But these are secondary. The problem is that the year after the end of the Fifth Holy Grail War, Romani Achiman became the head of Chaldea's medical department at the age of 22. However, there is no record of this person's activities before 2004, as if he suddenly appeared in that year." said Holmes.

"Does Dr. Roman's background have anything to do with Teacher Shiomi?" Ritsuka was puzzled.

"This is just my speculation. The reason why Miss Sakura's father accepted Marisbury's deal may be related to Romani Achiman." Holmes said, "In other words, Shiomi Tianxi knew Romani before that, or his original identity."

Ying tried hard to recall the experiences before 2004: "But as far as I can remember, Dad never mentioned anything about Dr. Romani before 2004..."

"Come to think of it, I remember when I was listening to Teacher Xi Jian's lecture in Chaldea." Ritsuka pinched his chin, "After Dr. Roman joined in the fun, the teacher seemed to have choked on a joke--"

"'I can only think it's ironic to hear you call me teacher during magic class', right, senior?" Mashu also recalled immediately, "But I remember that Dr. Roman didn't have the qualifications to be a magician, and he didn't even have magic circuits."

Gray also began to feel confused: "The teacher is not the type who would look down on someone just because he is not a magician. On the contrary, he would mock those magicians who are of noble birth and have a long history."

"Oh?" Holmes raised his eyebrows. "Even if it's a joke, it often contains some truth. He can say this about Romani, but literally speaking, it seems to be implying that Romani's level as a magician is far superior to his. Is this really an evaluation that can be given to someone who has no talent for magic?"

It was still just speculation, but Holmes's guess did make everyone realize that Shiomi was very familiar with Dr. Roman, and it was not limited to Chaldea.

Gray then remembered the time when she first set foot in Fuyuki, when she, Kallen and Shiomi were out and about, and they met Dr. Roman on the road.