Or, why don’t you find another savior?

"Thank you for saying that."

Then Romani stood up and walked out of the room, just in time to meet Scathach who opened the door.

Out in the hallway, Romani glanced at the closed door.

He also remembered the apocalypse he heard again when the Temple of Time was destroyed.

"Go to Chaldea and offer the man as a burnt offering, as I will instruct you."

Romani never dreamed that the Lord would ask him to kill Shiomi.

"Well, I'd rather just play around and watch Magic☆Merry every day. I'd better ask someone else for help with this kind of thing."

He muttered to himself, rejecting this matter from the bottom of his heart.

At this time, footsteps came from behind.

It was Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu who ran over.

"Doctor, Sakura-senpai is making fruit cake in the cafeteria to celebrate Mr. Shiomi's awakening. If you go too late, it will be gone."

Ritsuka said this while jumping on the spot, then ran past him with Mashu.

"...Wait a minute, take me one!"

Romani was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly caught up with them.

Chapter 17 Rest

His body couldn't move, which was more miserable than Shiomi had expected.

Even if there is always someone by his side, taking care of him in every detail, it cannot offset this feeling of distress.

"If you're in a bad mood...would you like to take a break?"

Altria asked him after noticing Shiomi's emotions.

"No, thanks." Xi Jian realized that his emotions had inadvertently surfaced, and he quickly denied it and shook his head gently.

After all, I have always been used to being free, and it is difficult to get used to being unable to move suddenly.

Romani also said that according to the results of the examination and analysis, it would take at least one month for the body to recover its ability to move.

"Then..." Altria was in trouble for a moment.

She didn't know how to comfort Xi Jian to make him feel better.

"Okay, don't think about it." Xi Jian persuaded gently, "I just feel bored when I can't move. Even if there is someone with me every moment of every day, it is still inevitable."

Altria moved closer and looked at Shiomi carefully, "Really... is it okay? If there's anything I can do, please tell me."

"Give me an order... There is no subordinate relationship between you and me." Xi Jian complained.

"But I have decided to protect you." Altria's expression was quite serious, "You protect humans and the world, and I protect you."

"Isn't this too biased?" Xi Jian thought thoughtfully.

Altria was stunned.

A king who dedicated his life to Britain in the past; unable to die, she became a goddess who made a cruel but correct decision in order to ensure that humans would survive into the future.

She is like this now, and she only cares about one man.

What he said made sense, and his behavior could indeed be considered biased.

"…Maybe I am biased, but I can no longer die normally. Isn't it what you want to see that I can do some of the things I want to do without being bound by responsibilities and missions?"

Then she smiled knowingly.

"So I repeat, if there is anything I can do, please just... ask. After all, it's my turn today."

This time she corrected her wording slightly.

"Um... do you really want me to ask? Don't regret it, okay?"

Shiomi narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Altria's chest.

The white shirt, paired with a dark blue skirt and boots, looks simple yet perfectly sets off her temperament.

Especially the blue ribbon decoration on the neckline, which is just right and makes the whole look harmonious.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is that the top is stretched tight because of the fullness of the chest, as if the buttons will burst at any time.

"...If it's about that, I naturally wouldn't refuse, but now you..." Altria blushed, but still honestly accepted Shiomi's teasing.

There is only each other here, so nothing we say is too much.

"Let me bury it for a while." Shiomi said sincerely.

"I understand."

Then Altria took Shiomi into her arms without further delay, resting his face against her chest.

"What's the weather outside?" Xi Jian asked, smelling the fragrance on her body.

"It has been sunny for a while now." Altria said, "And now we have just entered 2017, and the Antarctic continent outside Chaldea is still in the daytime."

"Is that so..." Xi Jian responded slightly, "Let me get up."

Altria held his shoulders and left his embrace: "Is that enough?"

"Except for feeling safe, comfortable and fragrant, there is no other feeling. It's terrible." Xi Jian grinned, "And it's not good to dirty your clothes."

"Don't worry, the clothes are new ones borrowed from the director, and she has also prepared the same spare ones." Altria smiled confidently.

Xijian's expression was a little subtle because of this: "No wonder the size doesn't look right... I suggest you ask Ba Ying next time, maybe she will be more suitable."

She nodded in acceptance.

"I want to go out for a walk."

Then Shiomi said this.

The medical department has wheelchairs prepared for extreme situations, so as long as someone accompanies her, it is not a problem for Shiomi to go out for some fresh air.

So Altria helped Shiomi change his clothes, then picked him up and walked towards the wheelchair by the door.

"It feels weird to be held like this while awake."

"Perhaps you don't remember, but I did the same thing in Camelot after you passed out in the combat trial I arranged." After putting him down, Altria helped him adjust his sitting position, "But my state of mind is very different now."

She pushed Shiomi in a wheelchair out of the room and moved slowly along the corridor of Chaldea.

"The battle at the top of the tower is the last chance. If that doesn't win back your heart, I might really kill you." Shiomi said softly.

"Fortunately, it didn't come to that." Altria's voice seemed to permeate the quiet corridor, "Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to experience the beauty of being in tune with you."

"That's good."

Outside the wide floor-to-ceiling windows in the corridor is the bright Antarctic sunshine and the clear blue sky.

Just by looking out at the view from the corridor for a while, Xi Jian suddenly felt less suffocated.

Without waiting for Shiomi to speak, Altria seemed to know where to go and pushed Shiomi's wheelchair towards the door leading to the outside.

The gate of Chaldea is usually not opened, especially in Antarctica where there are constant winds and snow all year round, and coupled with the crisis of human incineration, it is always closed.

Now that the crisis has finally been resolved, the weather has finally cleared up.

When the heavy door slowly opened, the cold air from the Antarctic plateau blew in his face, and Shiomi couldn't help feeling like it had been a long time since he had been there.

Altria threw her cloak over Shiomi to protect him from the cold and pushed him down the slope.

"How is it? Is it too cold?"

Altria clearly felt the huge temperature difference between indoors and outdoors, which was fine for her, but for Shiomi right now, it made her feel a little uneasy.

"It's okay to stay for a while." Shiomi said, "It's been a long time since I saw a sky like this. Not through the transfer of spirit particles, but to feel it in person."

"This is what you have fought so hard for all this time and finally won."

"That includes you," Shiomi said, "Your strength is indispensable in the final battle at the Temple of Time."

"Thank you." Altria responded.

Shiomi suddenly thought of something: "Although this question is a bit redundant...After the follow-up work in Chaldea is settled and my body recovers, will you come with me?"

Although as a "dead person" in a sense, she should not continue to stay in the world of this era, but if she does nothing and just stays by someone's side, it is not a problem.

"of course."

Altria gladly accepted his invitation.

Chapter 18 Reasons for regaining consciousness

"Oh, be alone."

When Scathach came to the room, Shiomi was watching a documentary about Antarctica on Chaldea's hanging TV.

Romani came over as usual to check on him, turned on the TV for him, and then left.

"So, Master, is it necessary for you to change clothes before coming here?" Shiomi retracted her gaze and looked at Scathach who was taking off her clothes quietly.

After entering Chaldea, he was assigned a larger room because of his well-known marital relationship with Morgan.

But with the arrival of Master and Altria.

This cabinet, which originally had ample capacity, was gradually filled up with the three people's uniforms, and even Shiomi's clothes were squeezed into the corner.

——Actually, Chaldea also had extra rooms for them, but they basically didn’t use them.

"Nothing. You should look like you're resting when you're resting." Scathach said, pulling down the hem of her off-shoulder sweater and adjusting the neckline. "Besides, my beloved disciple likes to see it, right?"

The off-white sweater has a loose collar that hits just the right spot near the shoulders.

Even whiter than the sweater is Scathach's fair shoulders.

Her legs were wrapped in medium-thread stockings, which formed a wonderful contrast with the color of her clothes.

"I like it, but Master is dressed so seductively, and I can't do anything—" Xi Jian looked regretful, "I'm just like the fox in the fable who can't eat the grapes."

Scathach gathered her hair and parted it to the sides, letting her long purple-red hair fall down softly.

She walked to Xijian's bed and looked at him with a smile: "So...dear disciple, do you want to taste Master's grapes?"

"...Master." Xi Jian swallowed his saliva, "You are not here to tease me to relieve my boredom, are you?"

"If my beloved disciple really wants it, Master is willing to make you happy." Scathach touched his face with one hand and hooked her fingers around his collar with the other hand, gently pulling it down to show him more of his beauty, "Just like it has always been."

"Did Altria say something?" Xijian asked suspiciously.

"How perceptive. The Knight King said that his beloved disciple is easily depressed because he can't move." Scathach added, "So it is also important to cheer you up and regulate your emotions like this."

Xi Jian pursed her lips and said, "But if you can see it but not touch it, it will only make you feel more depressed."

"Here's a trick." Scathach thought, "But the master also has his own tricks."

She held Shiomi's hand, slipped it into the gap between her collar and body, and placed it against her heart.

"Even if Master is so proactive, I can't feel anything." Xi Jian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "After all, my hand is still completely unconscious, and the magic circuit is also in a dormant state."

Scathach immediately sighed: "Really..."

"But I'm really happy that Master treats me this way." Shiomi answered honestly, "So can you maintain this state for a while longer?"

"Of course." Scathach chuckled and nodded.

Xi Jian looked at her own hand. It was clearly there, but she couldn't even feel the softness of her master. She simply stopped thinking about it and turned to talk about something else:

"What is the current status of Chaldea?"

More than 200 employees were killed in the control room explosion caused by Leif Lenore.

In addition, 46 masters are still in a frozen state.

Although she has made contact with the outside world, Olga Marie is still unsure about how to negotiate with the Magic Association and explain the whole matter.

After all, including the Masters of Group A, many Masters are valuable talents of the Clock Tower.

With such a heavy loss, it wouldn't be surprising if the Magic Association held a "Grand Resolution" regarding the future of Chaldea.

After all, the director of Chaldea involved is the aristocratic monarch of the astronomy department.

In addition, this also involves most of the masters who come from ordinary backgrounds, as well as ordinary people like Fujimaru Ritsuka who do not have a background as a magician but are still involved in the work of restoring human order.