Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

"She's probably so tough because she's young and afraid of being looked down upon. In the end, she's just relying on her dad... Ultimately, she's not strong enough herself."

Olga Marie was naturally prepared for such gossip, but hearing it still made her feel down.

"Stop talking, it's time to change shifts."

"Professor Rae, I'm so sorry."

After the staff member who was discussing the matter left, Rafe continued softly.

"...Actually, not all colleagues are like that, so don't be discouraged, Olga."

"I know that as long as I produce results, I can instantly overturn the rumors."

Olga Marie, head bowed, walked past Rafe, her tone firm, "Don't worry, Professor Rafe, I'll make them look at me in a new light."

The white-haired girl firmly believed this until six months ago, at the beginning of 2015, something happened: the light on Chaldea that represented humanity's survival into the future disappeared in 2016. Faced with protests from various departments and doubts from her subordinates, Olga Marie's mental pressure reached its limit, and sometimes she would even vomit involuntarily.

"Olga, I got some medicine from Romani. Drink some if you feel tired."

"...It would have been better if you had been made the director back then. Your subordinates trust you a lot, and you have leadership qualities. You're much more suitable than me—"

"Saying such discouraging things doesn't sound like you."

"Not like me?! You talk as if you know me perfectly well..."

“Your father said, ‘No matter what happens, do your best. This is the glory of the Animusphia family.’ And haven’t you followed your father’s teachings, inherited his mantle, and worked hard to get to where you are now? Don’t worry, everyone in Chaldea is gradually supporting you, and I am among them.”

One of Rafe's three personalities, the good side that has not yet chosen suicide, 'Now Floros,' comforts Olga Marie, whose spirit has reached its limit.

However, not long after, in the long-standing judgment of whether humanity could be saved, 'Now' finally felt utterly hopeless about Chaldea's non-human experiments, namely Mash, and ultimately chose to commit suicide, giving her body to the two personalities of 'Future' and 'Past', which led to the incineration of humanity.

Back to the present, facing Rafe's utterly unfamiliar gaze, Olga Marie's mental pressure instantly reached its limit, and she felt an urge to vomit.

"Advisor to the Atlas Institute, do you know? Every time I have to call you by your name, I feel incredibly angry and desperate."

Rafe's tone was filled with undisguised anger, "Human beings have defiled the great to this extent, and a magician like you who has taken this name is beyond redemption. Foolish, so incredibly foolish!"

Then, Rafe looked coldly at the stunned Olga Marie and calmly continued.

"And you, Olga Marie, who was completely unaware of your own death, are utterly pathetic."

"……what?"

"What are you doing standing still?"

A calm smile appeared on Rafe's lips. "Has death dulled your mind? Never mind, talking to you is still so unpleasant. Just now, that foolish advisor was subtly telling you the truth, but you ignored him. What an idiot!"

"It's strange, really. The epicenter of that explosion was right beneath your feet—I deliberately set it up—yet only you, you idiot, died, while the other idiot survived and even became a Demi-Servant."

"What are you talking about? I'm clearly still alive—"

"I already told you, can't you recall what that idiot said? You know the principle of spirit particle transfer much better than I do. How could someone without the necessary qualifications possibly perform spirit particle transfer? If you no longer have a physical body, then that makes sense."

"no……"

Overwhelmed by mental pressure, the director, unable to hold back his tears, could only weakly refute, "No..."

"Therefore, you cannot return to Chaldea, because once you return to Chaldea, your consciousness will have no physical body to return to! Only annihilation awaits you! But in that case, you are truly pathetic!"

Suddenly, Rafe opened his arms, and above him appeared the view of Chaldea, still burning in flames.

"You've dedicated your life to Chaldea, so I'll show you what Chaldea has become now."

"Chaldea...it's all turned red..."

“Take a good look, Animusphia. I specifically connected spacetime for you. The blue that represents the human survival response has vanished, leaving only a faint, burning crimson.”

Rafe laughed. "Great, Mary, this is the consequence you caused."

"Stop...stop joking!"

Olga Marie was completely devastated at this moment, and she rushed towards where Rafe was without thinking.

"It wasn't my fault! I didn't fail! I didn't die! Who are you?! What did you do to my Chaldea?!"

"That's not yours."

With a gentle wave of his hand, Rafe caused Olga Marie's body to float up uncontrollably.

"You annoying little girl who's about to die, I'll be merciful and let you die with 'your treasure'. Chaldea is a high-density intelligence entity, no different from a black hole. If a human touches it, they will be broken down to the molecular level, as if falling into hell!"

Rafe's voice brought Olga Marie back to her senses as she reached high into the air, and she stretched out her hand toward the ground.

"don't want……"

No, I don't want this! Why is this happening? I don't want to die here! Finally, someone praised me! Someone truly acknowledged me! I don't want to die in a place like this!! Why did everything I tried turn out like this?! I've always tried my best to protect humanity to fulfill my father's wish!

"Someone come and save me!"

However, something happened that puzzled Rafe: when Olga Marie's body arrived in Chaldea, it was not disintegrated, but instead remained firmly attached to the surface.

How could this be? How is it possible that someone touched Chaldea and it's still intact?

However, this confusion was quickly resolved when Novia, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up.

“Lev, the completion of Chaldea was aided by the Atlas Institute. It is indeed a ‘black hole’ that destroys the body once touched. Even I need to rely on Shion’s etheric threads to dare to maintain it.”

The silver-haired youth calmly said these words, and then, as if nothing had happened, he said something that sounded utterly absurd to Rafe.

"However, when I became a Demi-Servant, an ability of an unknown Servant within me reacted miraculously with the Aether Threads, transforming into an incredibly powerful defensive ability, which means—"

At this moment, a blank card floated again in front of Novia, rapidly drawing ethereal threads resembling silk threads above it. Once completed, light emanated from this 'ethereal thread' card, linking Olga Marie, Fujimaru Ritsuka, and Mash.

"There are etheric lines on the outside of Director Olga Marie's body that prevent contact, so it will not be destroyed because it has not been fully contacted."

"Absurd, ridiculous! How could there possibly be an ability to isolate the tearing force of a black hole, especially since you are just a Servant?"

Rafe couldn't help but retort.

"This is true."

Novia said calmly.

In fact, the reason Chaldea did not choose to directly destroy Olga Marie was not because of the etheric thread he mentioned, but because Novia was still there, so Chaldea chose to 'ignore' her. Of course, if you have to say something, it could also be because Pretender's spirit origin level reached the EX skill Legendary Defense.

However, Novia still keenly noticed Chaldea's little trick. Taking advantage of Olga Marie's contact with him, it analyzed his soul and spirit. As for the physical body, Chaldea naturally had information about the director, so Chaldea could naturally use the information to create an artificial body.

Novia was no exception to Chaldea's little tricks. After all, even it probably didn't expect the Burning of Humanity to happen. But since it was fine, it didn't care. It could even take this opportunity to help with its future plans.

After Novia's response, Rafe fell silent for a few seconds before laughing wildly again.

"Even so, so what? Chaldea is useless now. You can't see the future, can you? And you can't contact the outside world anymore. At this moment, you humans are already extinct. Hmm, what a pity. Even if you really escaped Fuyuki, it doesn't matter."

Humanity is extinct. This is a denial of human history, a denial of humanity itself. It's not because you reached the end of your evolution and began to decline, nor because you perished in wars with other races, but because you were meaningless! Because you were incompetent! Because you lost—”

In an instant, the entire Fuyuki began to shake violently, as the singularity began to collapse after the swordsman disappeared.

"The favor of my king!"

Outside the circle of Chaldea's scenery appearing in the air, Leif's initial momentum remained undiminished.

"You are like worthless scraps of paper, to be burned to ashes!!!"

Afterwards, as he was about to leave, Rafe bowed gracefully to the people below.

"I, Ravenel Florence, was sent to oversee the destruction of humanity in 2015. Farewell—"

"It's a bit early to say goodbye now."

As Novia spoke again, a flash of light pierced straight through Rafe's body, right before his eyes.

Rafe instantly felt his body uncontrollably rushing towards the rocks below, crashing straight to the ground with a sound no less than that of a collapse.

"This, this is-"

"Didn't I tell you? After my ether threads fused with the Servant's skills within me, they produced some amazing abilities. Why don't you try and see if there's still any... change?"

Novia smiled and said to Rafe, who was lying on the ground.

"..."

A look of surprise appeared on Rafe's face. He thought the consultant was joking, but his body's reaction told him that he was not joking. He was now like an ordinary person who was bound, and he could not even change the posture of the Demon God Pillar.

"Alright, now that we have a break, Director, use your fists on Rafe."

As the director, who could no longer contain his anger, swung his fist at Rafe's face, he gritted his teeth and reached out to Novia, asking her this question.

"You, who are you!"

"Just a pseudo-Servant whose real name is unknown."

In the end, the director, enhanced by Novia's abilities, gradually rendered Rafe helpless and caused him to dissipate into specks of light. If Mash and Ritsuka hadn't held him back, the fight would probably have continued, and the blows wouldn't have stopped even as they hit the stones on the ground.

Looking at Olga Marie, who was panting heavily, Novia smiled gently and then said to the others.

"We can't stay here any longer. The singularity has reached its limit. We should leave, or the collapsing singularity will devour us."

Upon hearing this, Olga Marie's face turned pale, and she took two unsteady steps back. But soon she seemed to remember something, and suddenly stepped forward, grabbing Novia's sleeve.

But then, as if remembering something, the white-haired girl forced a smile.

"You go."

She released her grip on Novia's sleeve and said this with her head down.

"Chaldea's future rests on your shoulders. This is my entrustment to you as the director of Chaldea. You must... live well..."

Actually, she had a lot more to say, but she no longer had the time.

To be honest, Olga Marie really wanted to leave with them, but she knew it was useless. Since she was dead, she couldn't leave even if she held onto them. So rather than making them feel guilty, she decided to be more open-minded and accept her death.

In the end, giving Rafe a good beating was enough, but... it's still a bit hard to accept.

Just as Olga Marie lowered her head, Novia reached out and grabbed her loosened hand, handing her a card.

"Director, the Servant within me has the ability to preserve your soul and return to Chaldea. However, without a physical body, you can only remain within ten meters of this card like a bound spirit. How about it, are you able to accept this situation?"

Of course! I'd love to!

The director was so excited that he couldn't speak, and could only nod frantically to show that he was willing.

So, just as she nodded, she transformed into a ray of light and entered the card.

Thus, Singularity F was successfully resolved, and the four returned to Chaldea unharmed.

Ritsuka, upon returning to Chaldea, naturally collapsed from exhaustion once more, while Mash went to take care of her. Meanwhile, the two Leonardos, the younger one, and Roman, under the command of Olga Marie, who was trapped inside the card, began the restart of Chaldea.

Of course, the question of who the Servant who possessed Novia and Mash was during this period was a big topic of discussion, mainly because Novia's abilities were described as too mysterious by the returning group.

For example, the skill of combining the shadows of several heroic spirits with the spiritual analysis ability of the Atlas Institute can actually replicate an imperfect, multicolored holy sword, rain that can devour magic power, and the ability to fuse with ethereal threads and possess powerful defensive capabilities...

Is "spiritual particle analyst" a title for a special ability of the Atlas Institute? I've never heard of that.

Da Vinci, having consulted all the information he had gathered about the Demi-Servant Novia, was unusually perplexed.

However, she probably couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she tried, because even if she asked Novia, she would only get a similar answer, which was—

"I do not know."

……

Fujimaru Ritsuka had a dream in which she woke up in her familiar bed at home.

"Am I dreaming..."

All those things before—Chaldea, Novia, the destruction of humanity—were just dreams?

He got out of bed with the confused girl in his arms, walked into the hallway, went to the kitchen on the first floor, and came to the dining table. Everything seemed as if nothing had happened, completely indifferent.

After reaching the window, the girl gently pulled back the curtains.

I'm so stupid, how could I have such a dream, dreaming that I went home...

As the curtains were half-drawn open, Ritsuka's face was suddenly shrouded in shadow. All the familiar scenery outside the window was engulfed in flames. Turning around, she saw that her house was already ablaze.

The mother standing in the kitchen was engulfed in flames, the father sitting at the dining table was engulfed in flames, and everything was being relentlessly burned.

So this is what it feels like to have the whole world burned to the ground—

"Hahaha……"

In her room at Chaldea, Ritsuka, waking up again covered in sweat, clutched her chest and cried out in pain.

"I came in because I heard you sounding like you were in pain, Ritsuka."

Novia, who had entered after hearing the earlier cries of pain, spoke in a comforting tone.

"I'm fine..."