Otherwise, you can find another savior.

As Romani gathered more and more information and discovered that it was all closely related to his long-deceased old friend, he was shocked and confused.

When he was Solomon, although Marisbury considered him a friend, he also considered Marisbury a friend.

Solomon never investigated Marisbury's secret; he only knew that Marisbury was a man who would risk his life for the sake of a magician's mission.

“In fact, when I held a gun to Marisbury’s throat, he said, ‘Chaldea and my life, there is no choice,’ and then he ended his own life with the gun.”

Debit revealed the last bit of information.

What happened in the last moments before Olga Marie's father died.

A classic magician's act.

Compared to the achievements of the demonic path, life is nothing more than something that can be discarded at any time.

“Antarctica…?” Romani looked at Shiomi.

Shiomi then looked towards the South Pole.

The same goes for everyone else.

At that still unbleached extreme point, the old site of Chaldea.

Something called Chaldea awaits them.

The New Chaldea must stop all of this.

Volume Thirteen: Human Rights Protection

Prologue: The Wall of Human Reason (1)

After resting for four hours on the blank land and carrying out repairs on the damage caused by the decisive battle in the Imaginary Tree Sea, they finally got to rest.

Storm Border then flew towards Antarctica.

According to Trismegistus's prediction, the ark would reach the Antarctic Circle 24 hours later in the fictional time.

This is even after Storm Border slowed down its flight speed.

After all, a four-hour rest is too short, and staying for several more days could lead to other problems.

According to Debit, Marisbury's plan to safeguard humanity was completed when all seven Lostbelts were removed.

The longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for Neo-Chaldea.

"You're here."

When they were just a short distance from Antarctica, Shiomi came out and stood on the deck to enjoy the breeze.

He heard Romani's voice behind him.

"Why aren't you staying on the bridge? What are you doing here?" Shiomi said, then suddenly stared at Romani with a suspicious look. "Or rather, you're not actually Romani. The real Romani is still on the bridge. And you're actually Goetia."

“This joke isn’t funny at all,” Romani said, speechless. “Especially considering the existence of Goetia, it’s even less funny.”

“After all, that guy might be watching us from somewhere right now,” Shiomi said. “That kind of trouble comes with having a clairvoyant ability to see the past and the future.”

"I don't even know if what you said was nice or mean," Romani said, slumping his shoulders. "Never mind, I came here to talk to you about something else."

"About the alien Chaldea?" Shiomi asked.

“After all, I am one of the most senior members of the new Chaldea,” Romani said.

In that attack on Chaldea in Antarctica, almost all those with more seniority than Romani perished.

His words were not meant to boast about his seniority, but rather had another meaning.

"Are you saying you feel bad for not being able to discover Chaldeas and Marisbury's true intentions?" Shio asked.

"That's about right," Romani nodded.

At that time, he believed that any sacrifice was acceptable as long as it could prevent the destruction of humanity.

Therefore, Romani did not object to Marisbury's actions; he merely offered humanitarian care to Mashu, who had endured many hardships.

Romani knew that this behavior was undeniably cold-blooded, but for him as a human being, it was within his power.

“Then there’s no need to worry about it. Chaldea and Earth will undergo a massive displacement magic that replaces the ‘fabric’ on their surfaces,” Shiomi said. “It would be incredibly easy to keep it a secret from you, who has now become human, before it’s even performed.”

“I understand this principle,” Romani said. “The size of the celestial sphere and the planets is not important; the key is that the celestial sphere replicates the planets’ information and soul. This replacement is achieved without harming the planets.”

"More importantly, if it weren't for the burning of humanity by Goetia, Chaldea should have begun to whitewash Earth by the end of 2016 in real time."

“The burned-out planetary surface cannot be replaced, after all, the existence of the seven singularities has made even human reason unstable,” Romani said. “Therefore, Marisbury’s plan was disrupted from the moment Singularity F was observed—”

"Just Singularity F?" Shiomi pondered, then remembered something, "...By the way, did you tell Maris Billy about my origins?"

He was referring to Solomon, who manifested as Caster during the Fifth Holy Grail War.

“No, no,” Romani told the truth. “Solomon also didn’t know why he used his clairvoyance to discover your identity and then saw a similar reason for your birth as Solomon’s.”

"A whim?" tide Jian raised an eyebrow.

“Yes. Solomon envied you, who were born by the hand of God but possessed human freedom, which is why he arranged such a decisive battle with Marisbury.” Romani answered a question, “I originally just wanted to fight you.”

That was a personal intention that Solomon had never expressed during his lifetime.

“He didn’t know my origins, but he must have really wanted to know about me. So when the Clock Tower sent me, the watcher, to Chaldea, he didn’t object.” Shiomi continued to think, “But unfortunately, my death interrupted preparations for something.”

“The Great Command Spell,” Romani said. “Marisbury must have also considered that the emergence of the singularity would hinder his plans, which is why he prepared the Great Command Spell.”

However, Shiomi became the only former Class A Master who was not marked with a Grand Command Seal.

Hinako Akuta, on the other hand, revived by self-destruction, relying on her characteristics as a spirit to break free from the Grand Command Spell.

"Then we come back to the same question: what was his purpose in doing all this?" Shiomi asked. "Chaldea's goal was to achieve a blank slate, but what about Marisbury's goal of achieving a blank slate?"

Goetia desired life and planets without death.

Kirshtalia aspires to progress for the human species.

“To reach the root,” Romani said. “Marisbury said that Animusfia would achieve this goal in a certain way.”

"The three Fuyuki families who established the Holy Grail War ritual were also driven by their own purposes—to reach the Root," Shiomi said, arms crossed. "Was it to bypass the interference of the Primates' Counter Force?"

No one knows what the outcome of reaching the root cause will be.

Whether the magician himself will disappear, or whether humanity will also be affected, no one knows.

Primates' inhibitory force believes this is detrimental to humans, so they set up obstacles, preventing magicians from ever reaching it, no matter how many generations they try.

“And then there’s what Debit said, ‘for the honor of humanity.’” Romani said with some melancholy, “Marisbury’s wish is beneficial to humanity, but it will stigmatize the human species… It’s such a contradiction.”

“That man rejoices in the prosperity of humanity and anticipates the development of knowledge. He is a pure magician,” Shiomi repeated the general impression others had of Marisbury. “Otherwise, Solomon wouldn’t have answered his call.”

"So the key point is still—"

Romani looked up at Shiomi.

His intuition told him that the man in front of him might be the key to breaking the deadlock.

But Shio suddenly grabbed Romani's shoulder.

“There’s a barrier, be careful of impacts.” Shiomi said, then suggested into the communicator, “Ignore the deck, keep going.”

Upon receiving Shiomi's reply, the bridge did not slow down but instead sent Storm Border straight ahead.

Prologue: The Wall of Human Reason (2)

However, Storm Border did not drill through the barrier as easily as it had through the pillar of light in the Fairy Kingdom; instead, it was bounced back.

It bounced back forcefully.

The bow itself has a dimensional drilling function, making it extremely sturdy. It was further reinforced after the addition of the Holy Sword weaponry.

So the result was that nothing happened.

The barrier remains intact, and the Storm Border is undamaged.

"As expected... it won't be that easy for us to get through."

After getting close to the barrier, Shiomi personally investigated it before returning to the ship.

Morgan and her team had already come out of the cabin, ready to see for themselves what was going on.

“There’s nothing much to see here. It’s a defense similar to Galahad’s Noble Phantasm, ‘The Distant Ideal Country’,” Shiomi said. “However, it’s not used to protect Chaldea, but rather as a checkpoint to prevent foreign objects from passing through.”

"A checkpoint?" Morgan raised an eyebrow.

“To be honest, I’ve been thinking about this ever since Britain disappeared.” Shiomi turned to look at Morgan. “Would Pan-Human History really accept beings that originally originated in Lostbelts?”

“However, Morgan did not go to the Fourth Holy Grail War, nor did he live as a Servant in Pan-Human History for at least twenty years.” Artoria had doubts about this.

Morgan disagreed: "That was a special permission granted by Odin in the name of the chief god, disguising my definition as her in the pan-human history, thus bypassing the judgment of human reason."

“Not only that, besides Morgan, besides the fairies.” Scáthach looked at Skadi, “it’s the same in Northern Europe and the Atlantic. We took away beings from those Lostbelts that didn’t belong to Pan-Human History, beings that should have disappeared along with the Lostbelts.”

“So… the journey has come to an end.” Skadi pressed her hand to her chest. “If you don’t abandon us, these alien beings who don’t belong to Pan-Human History, you won’t be able to enter Antarctica, let alone retrieve your original Pan-Human History…”

At this point, she calmly raised her head: "Then, leave us here, and then you should be able to enter Antarctica."

This is the answer that will be generated immediately after the problem is identified.

Correct yet cruel.

However, this was not the answer Shiomi wanted.

“Indeed, Skadi’s words make some sense. We could even try to test the possibility by leaving everyone who left the Lostbelt with me here, including my wife and daughter.” Shiomi stared at the now invisible barrier, crossed her arms, and said without turning her head, “If we throw away unqualified companions as superfluous luggage, we might be able to pass through the Wall of Humanity.”

“Tianxi…” Skadi’s nose felt a little sore.

She hadn't figured out how to say goodbye, and she hadn't even immediately grasped the hidden meaning in his words.

“But that’s the mindset of a ‘useless’ person.” Shiomi turned around, revealing a somewhat mischievous face, and stared at Skadi.

Seeing his funny face, Skadi, who was initially a little sad, suddenly felt like laughing, but was also a little annoyed.

"I'm not a piece of trash!" she protested angrily, punching Xijian's chest several times with both hands.

“The existence of the Wall of Humanity is to separate the pan-human history from ‘foreign objects’ that do not belong to the pan-human history,” Shiomi said. “I don’t want to abandon everything that is so important because of this so-called ‘censorship’.”

Morgan smiled knowingly at that moment.

She knew very well that Shiomi would never accept any condition that would involve abandoning her companions.

Even if the conditions are set by human reasoning, the same applies.

“I understand you don’t want to abandon us, and neither do our companions on Storm Border,” Skadi said. “But that doesn’t solve the problem. How will New Chaldea get to Antarctica—”

Before she finished speaking, she saw Xijian and Morgan clasp hands and transform into a unified god.

"It is unclear whether Nuwa and the other gods took this outcome into account in their plan to create and guide me."

The One God raised his hands, repeatedly clenching and unclenching his fists to check the situation.

“Wait, who’s leading the actions of the One God now? His beloved disciple, or Morgan?” Scáthach interrupted the One God, her eyes filled with conflict. “Wearing Morgan’s face but speaking in his beloved disciple’s tone, it’s a bit disgusting… to be honest…”

"What's disgusting about it?" The One God stroked his chin. "My wife's face is unparalleled in beauty, Artoria, you should understand, right?"

"To be honest... I don't quite understand." Artoria also looked conflicted.

"Ugh, you guys are such a nuisance. My wife, it's your turn."

As he spoke, the tone of the One God changed.

"To still be able to joke around at a time like this, it seems my husband is indeed very calm." Morgan sighed, turning around to look towards the inner Antarctic Circle.

The barrier that had been blocking the warships' advance disappeared as Storm Border retreated.

The barrier will not appear as long as you don't keep moving forward.

“If human reason… no, the barrier of human reason does not allow it, then we will allow it.” Morgan flew into the sky and stopped in front of the barrier that had reappeared.

When a hand reaches out to the barrier, the barrier naturally blocks the hand.

But it was only for a moment; the hand of the One God pierced through the barrier of human reason as if passing through water.

"If a hole has been confirmed in the Wall of Humanity, even if it's a unified god, what exactly is this—?"

The exclamations of Leonardo da Vinci and Sion from the bridge made the communicator's receiver noisy.

“Return to the cabin immediately and prepare to attempt another infiltration.” Scáthach urged the others back to the cabin. “Use this small hole to initiate the imaginary submersion of Storm Border, setting the coordinates to the Antarctic continent inside the barrier.”

"Yes, Captain Nemo! Please hurry!"

"Confirming the possibility of imaginary underwater navigation, surfacing coordinates: Antarctica, former Chaldea site." Nemo quickly arranged the underwater operation, "Deploy imaginary underwater navigation after the hypothetical time."

"Don't waste time, begin the submersible dive immediately!"