Or, why don’t you find another savior?

Bai Ye spread his hands helplessly, saying

Then, the retreat of the followers began to happen first.

Enkidu's body began to become transparent, and Hakuno and Gilgamesh were also surrounded by light, the latter of which was closer to a way of leaving similar to soul particle transfer.

This made Xi Jian vaguely concerned, but he had no time to ask about the true meaning of the identity of "Moon King".

Because similar to Enkidu, the goddesses in the singularity also retreated.

This is true for all goddesses, including Anna, except for Ereshkigal, who incarnates in flesh.

There is one person, Shiomi, who needs to say goodbye properly.

He hurried through the others and ran towards Altria who was standing outside the crowd.

"There's no need to say goodbye." He just held her hand, but she shook her head calmly, "The next battle is to face the Magic King and challenge him to a decisive battle in the temple. Even if I am not allowed, I will come to help you, Master."

"Are you still going to call me Master until the end? Our relationship should be more equal." Xijian asked.

"...We'll meet again soon, Tianxi." Artoria called his name for the first time and glanced at Scathach behind him, "Although he is a little different from your master."

"Why do you like to come over and help in person?" Xijian felt relieved and couldn't help but joked.

"Because it makes more sense, right, Queen of Winter?" Scathach asked Morgan.

Morgan crossed his arms and nodded meaningfully, expressing his rare agreement: "Indeed."

A gust of wind blew across the square in front of the Uruk Ziggurat, and the sun illuminated the quiet city.

Everyone looked up towards the direction where the sun was rising.

Behind them was the ziggurat, atop the palace.

Gilgamesh watched the crowds leave and the people returning to Uruk from the north.

"I didn't expect that Beast II would be solved in this way. Even the Grand Spiritual Base specially prepared by the Suppression Force, the old man, didn't need to appear." The Flower Magician said, "After 'she' was killed by Tiamat and retreated from here, I rushed here specially. In the end, even I only need to witness this Good End."

"Human evil is human love. Faced with something that did not originate from malice, that man chose to respond with the same love. Even the Mother of Creation would be more or less touched. Besides, Tiamat originally loved humans." Gilgamesh said.

"That's true. If Beast II can be defeated by means other than fighting, then the other Beasts will surely be defeated as well—"

"At least that man is definitely not that simple." Gilgamesh said, "The guy who calls himself the King of Magic, and the will behind him that guides his actions."

"The existence of 'God' is really incomprehensible. No wonder you led humans to bid farewell to God—"

Another gust of wind blew by, and the figure of the Flower Magician had long disappeared, leaving only the floating petals and the sound that gradually fell into silence.

And the king who waits alone for his people to return.

Prologue About the Future (1)

"Since you have asked for this, you have not asked for long life or riches, nor for the life of your enemies, but have asked for wisdom to hear the case."

"I will answer your request and give you an understanding and a wise mind, so that there has never been anyone like you before or after you."

"I have also given you what you have not asked for, both wealth and honor, so that there will be no one like you among the kings all your days."

Romani Achiman woke up from an old dream and saw someone put a cup of freshly brewed hot coffee on his seat.

"It's Shiomi... am I asleep?"

He saw Shiomi sitting casually at the table, flipping through a book in his hand.

"Mary said that everyone should rest for two hours before officially starting the final operation to the Magic King Temple." Shiomi said, "I came to the control room to see if anyone was working overtime, and I ran into them."

"Ahahahaha... Because I really can't feel at ease, it would be more reassuring to stay here." Romani didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "After all, resting anywhere doesn't mean resting."

He picked up the coffee and raised his hand to Shiomi to express his gratitude.

"Yeah."

"So, what are you reading here? If you want to read, why not go somewhere more comfortable?" Romani sipped the coffee at just the right temperature.

Add milk and sugar, and the flavor has a moderate sweetness and bitterness.

"1 Kings, Chapter 3." Xijian responded indifferently.

Romani nearly spit out the coffee in his mouth.

He had just had a dream, a dream not of Romani Achiman but of Solomon.

The dream of listening to God's voice and praying for wisdom.

The beginning of 1 Kings records this part of the story.

Although it was far from the actual situation, Romani didn't think it was a big deal.

"Why are you looking at this here? Could it be that the dream I just had was the result of you reading it out loud?" Romani laughed dryly.

"No, I didn't make any noise at all. It's very rude to make noise when others are sleeping." Shiomi raised an eyebrow.

"...Okay." Romani believed in Shiomi's character.

Although it is difficult to comment on the relationship between men and women, other aspects, especially the way of dealing with people, are undoubtedly worthy of praise.

"So why are you reading the scriptures again?" Romani thought that Shiomi was full of doubts about the upcoming battle, so he couldn't help but want to read some theological works to calm his heart.

Shiomi closed the book. "No, I just remembered what happened in Uruk. I touched the Tablet of Gilgamesh's Fate and saw what was written on it."

"About Solomon?"

"Regarding why the man who calls himself Solomon wants to carry out the burning of human affairs," Shiomi looked at Romani. "Can you tell me, if Solomon saw all the suffering in the world and was asked what he felt, how would he answer?"

Romani pinched his chin: "Well... probably said 'No, no. I don't feel anything' or something like that. After all -"

Shiomi raised his hand to indicate that he was not asking about Solomon's character.

"The content revealed by the clay tablets is consistent," Shiomi said, "but it is narrated from the perspective of an observer."

"Bystander?" Romani was concerned.

Although he had read the Clay Tablet of Destiny, Shiomi never told anyone else about its contents.

At that time, Romani guessed that the content was most likely closely related to Solomon, so he wanted to avoid leaks.

"It sounds like a subject or a servant or something like that." Shiomi said, looking at Romani.

"That's probably it. I didn't have any idea at first, but the Jingu that appeared in Uruk gave me a good reference." Romani said, "Maybe it's a similar form here, or it's because this result was achieved here that Jingu can appear in that form."

"That's your personal problem." Shiomi smiled helplessly, "What I'm about to say may sound even worse to you."

"Huh?" Romani felt a little uneasy.

"According to the description of the clay tablet, there is a being who promised something almost the same as Solomon to a minister who was dissatisfied with Solomon," said Shiomi.

Romani almost spilled his coffee: "What did you say?"

"That's why I'm reading the 1st Kings." Shiomi put down the book in her hand. "If that's true, even if the human burning was done by the man who called himself the Magic King, I'm afraid--"

"This is impossible, how could this happen?" Romani held his forehead.

"Although it has become a human, don't try to judge it with human thinking." Shiomi's hand was on his shoulder. "I'm just telling you that Renrishoku may have changed at some point. It's no longer just that man's thing."

Of course, Shiomi also felt that the word "deterioration" was not quite accurate.

The Burning of Humanity was of course completed as the Magic King expected, and he was able to re-edit the planet according to his wishes.

It’s just that during the execution process, there are some things that are taken for granted and seem not to need attention.

"If... Solomon received a revelation..." Romani looked at the information on the screen, "I..."

"A loyal servant of God, and a human being. Which side do you want to be on?" Shiomi suddenly asked.

Romani doesn't think there's a need to choose this question: "Of course it's human."

"If you become a human, if you save the world, if you take back the future that originally belonged to humanity, will it lead you to go against the beliefs you once had?"

"...So that's why you came to me for this matter?" Romani suddenly realized and smiled bitterly.

"I'm just here to tell you that there might be a time when you have to make such a decision, not to force you to give an answer—"

"Fuuuu——?"

Before he finished speaking, Fu Fu's voice sounded beside him.

Fufu ran into the control room and landed on Romani's desk.

"When did you come here? Did you hear our conversation?" Romani asked.

"Fu——." Fu Fu nodded.

"I could understand it in the past, but now I don't understand it at all." Romani muttered to himself, then put down his coffee, picked up Fu Fu and said to Oh Xijian, "There's no one else here, so I'll tell you that this guy is actually--"

"No need, I know." Shiomi raised her hand to indicate, "The essence of 'beast' is human love. As long as it loves humans like a mother and does not harm us, I will not care no matter where it is or what it does." Shiomi stood up from the table.

"That's a very Son of Tiamat-style statement." Romani was delighted.

"Just pretending." Xi Jian shrugged and smiled, then walked out of the control room. "I won't disturb your rest, doctor."

Romani picked up the book, turned to the part that Shiomi had just read, glanced at it, and closed it again.

Then he held his coffee and stared at Fu Fu.

Prologue About the Future (2)

Outside the glass windows of the Chaldean Corridor, there were unchanging dark clouds, wind and snow. The faint red light in the sky showed that the world outside was still burning.

More than a year and a half has passed since the restoration work began.

If time had not stopped, according to common sense, the world should have reached the end of 2017.

It seemed as if the last time they celebrated the New Year in Chaldea was just yesterday, and Olga Marie couldn't help but feel that time was passing by so quickly.

"Are you thinking about the next battle, Mary?" Shiomi's voice sounded.

Olga Marie suddenly felt awkward, and she subconsciously straightened her already perfect appearance.

“No, just a subconscious review of the work so far,” Olga Marie said.

"Thanks to you, Chaldea has been able to hold on until now." Shiomi praised with a smile.

Olga Marie blushed: "The teacher is obviously the most important person in Chaldea... I just..."

"I am just a pure combatant. It was you, as the director, who did your best to coordinate the surviving Chaldea and knew what to do next." Shiomi said, "You brought everyone together and worked tirelessly for the great cause of restoring humanity."

“Is that so?” Olga Marie felt that the compliment was a bit excessive, but she accepted it embarrassedly.

"So cheer up. Master said that the burning of human principles performed by the Magic King is a great feat that surpasses the power of the gods. So I think that we who intend to stop the Magic King from doing things are undoubtedly accomplishing a great feat, right?" Shiomi encouraged.

Olga Marie slowly put away her smile and nodded hesitantly: "Hmm..."

"The reaction is very calm. Was I too exaggerated?" Xijian was a little surprised.

"No, I just started to understand my father's feelings of devoting himself to the completion of Chaldea when I reorganized everything from the establishment of Chaldea to the present after the work of the Seventh Singularity was completed." Olga Marie looked a little melancholy. "Teacher is right. We are indeed completing a great cause."

Xi Jian nodded: "But you feel some unknown uneasiness in your heart?"

"Hmm. I always feel like we made a fatal mistake somewhere. Human restoration is a cause to guarantee the future, but... for whom?" Olga Marie asked seriously, "Even though we are talking about 'taking back the future', what kind of future do we think is a good one? We——"

She bowed her head deeply and hugged her arms: "——We open up the land, build cities, cross the ocean, and tear up the sky. What is the purpose?"

Olga Marie's questions were too huge, and even Shiomi herself couldn't answer them well.

Obviously, she also knew that this issue was too far-reaching. It did not concern the final battle at hand, but the future of hundreds or even thousands of years to come.

"I'm sorry, teacher, I've been thinking too much. I just started thinking about these problems recently, and I've become a little scared and unable to sleep." Olga Marie smiled embarrassedly.

"To greatly change the future, perhaps it will require the powerful strength and great talent of the Magic King." Altria's voice sounded, "But... to change the future for the better, it requires the efforts of all mankind, not just one person--"

They both looked up.

“The Lion King…” Olga Marie was stunned.

She remembered that The Lion King had a similar problem.

"My previous choice was 'the happiness of the next visitor to this planet'. But Tianxi, your teacher chose the happiness of the human beings that exist today. Even if the planet will come to an end and humans will eventually perish, but... that should be a more distant, more stable and peaceful extinction, like dying in a dream, just like the Britain I once hoped for." said Altria.

"...I didn't think that far." Xijian said softly, but it was more like he was talking to himself than answering others.

Perhaps, in fact, I had thought that far, but my deeper consciousness refused to notice it and put the reason for fighting more directly in front of me.

In order for the world where Sakura, Kallen and Gray still live to continue to welcome tomorrow, Jia then extended his love to others and accepted this huge responsibility.

"Really?" Olga Marie