Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

A brand new planet, the destruction of humanity—this is what it hoped for, isn't it? It was once full of anticipation, but now it is disappointed, which is why it sits idly by and watches the actions of its entire population.

The Demon King made this judgment.

So he rose from his throne and coldly gazed at all the Demon God Pillars, which caused the Demon God Pillars to cheer collectively.

The time for awakening has come!

"The time of destiny has come!"

The time for transformation has come!

The long-awaited time has come!

The time for exploration has come!

The Demon King opened his arms to all the Demon Pillars:

"The end of humanity's journey, the end of human history, and my great undertaking to rebuild this star—"

"Praise be to the joy of life!"

In an instant, throughout the many eras of human history, a halo that at first glance appeared in the azure sky seemed to encircle the Earth, containing unimaginable and terrifying heat—and this was also—

The moment when human history was completely declared to have come to an end.

……

At the same time, an inexplicable explosion occurred in the control room of Chaldea, where the first spirit transfer experiment was being prepared. This caused a brief power outage in Chaldea, plunging it into darkness. Even in the darkness that caused panic, Chaldea's broadcast system continued to operate.

"An emergency has occurred. A fire has broken out at the central power plant and central control room. The isolation wall in the central area will close in 90 seconds. Please evacuate through the second gate immediately."

"Control room?!"

Roman quickly regained his senses and checked the situation in the control room, only to find it engulfed in flames.

"It's so miserable..."

Ritsuka murmured to herself as she frantically searched through the surveillance footage.

"Fujimaru, you need to go to the shelter quickly. I need to go to the control room. The isolation wall is about to close, and you have to get outside before then!"

Just as Roman called out to Ritsuka, Fou popped out of the doorway, jumped onto her shoulder, and uttered a "Fou!" This made Ritsuka make a decision. She nodded, clenched her fist, and said to Roman:

"I understand! Let's go rescue Advisor Novia!"

And so, the two of them, along with Fufu, headed to the control room, which was engulfed in flames.

"...No one survived, only Chaldea was unharmed...?"

"In fact, that's not the case; I'm just still repairing Trismegistes."

Just when Roman thought no one had survived, Novia emerged from the sea of ​​fire carrying Mash.

"Roman, go to the underground power plant. We can't let the Chaldea's seed go out."

After giving instructions to Roman, Novia said to Ritsuka, "Ritsuka, hold Mash first... I'm sorry for having you perform the spirit transfer without any testing, but I hope you can accept it."

"...Although I don't know exactly what I'm supposed to do, I will definitely do what Novia said!"

Ritsuka, holding Mash in her arms, nodded firmly at Novia.

For some reason, despite being on the verge of life and death, the girl, who had just graduated from high school, felt no fear at all. Instead, she felt a strange excitement about being with Novia.

Immediately afterwards, Novia shouted at Trismegistus:

"With the highest authority of the Atlas Institute, it is declared that the entire project is complete and the first designation has begun, but the vital signs of the Master inside the basket have not reached the baseline value."

"Therefore, Fujimaru Ritsuka, number 49, will be reassigned as Master, the anti-summoning system will be activated, and the spirit particle conversion will begin."

Novia had already thought things through. Since Mash had become a Demi-Servant, it was only natural for her to become one herself.

Anyway, I don't even know my own name.

……

Somewhere in the Fuyuki Singularity.

"This breath..."

Cú Chulainn, the great Celtic hero who appeared as a mage with a hood, gazed at the seemingly eternally burning sky above and revealed a mature smile that was unlike his usual self. "A disaster of this level alone could actually draw that guy out? Well, that makes sense, he really is like that. It's a pity we already took him directly to Valhalla back then..."

Then, Cú Chulainn pulled down his hood, revealing his face completely, and beamed a radiant smile at the distant city, specifically at 'variable coordinate point 0':

"Are you ready to receive the true brilliance of the stars, King of the Knights of Britain?"

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Chapter 349 After the priest comes the pope, which is normal, right?

"So, Advisor Novia, you, like me, had your abilities and Noble Phantasm transferred to you by a Heroic Spirit?"

“That’s right, I’ve become a Demi-Servant.”

Inside Singularity F, Novia, who was undergoing a spirit transfer together, was communicating with Mash, who had already obtained the power of Galahad, a Knight of the Round Table, while Fujimaru Ritsuka was still unconscious on the ground.

"But Advisor Novia, your appearance hasn't changed at all. Don't you have any armor like my large shield?"

"No, I don't know that Heroic Spirit's name either, just like you. It's probably because he hasn't been recognized yet."

Mash raised her large shield appropriately, while Novia crossed her arms and shook her head.

Chaldea originally prepared Servants to investigate and resolve Singularity F, and in that emergency, no one could really delve too deeply into anything.

"However, it doesn't seem to be a single Heroic Spirit, but rather a collection of many Heroic Spirits. In any case, I see many of their shadows."

After saying that, Novia waved her hand and used her magic to create some blank cards, pointing to one of them.

"For example, I currently possess the abilities of this Heroic Spirit, while the remaining Servants, due to various circumstances, cannot immediately grant me these abilities. That's how it is."

While situations like Novia described are practically nonexistent in regular Holy Grail Wars, they are not entirely nonexistent. Leaving aside the Burning of Humanity, even Sigma, the True Spear-class Servant in the recent Snowfield Holy Grail War, had 'captains' in his group who were shadows of many Heroic Spirits. Moreover, there are similar situations in the world of Magical Girl Illya.

Moreover, Novia felt that doing this would make it easier to handle certain situations in future singularities.

Now that Pretender is a priest, it would be normal for him to be an ordinary pope next time, right?

"I see……"

Mashu didn't seem particularly disappointed; instead, she gave Novia a bright smile.

"No matter what, it's really great to have you by my side, my advisor. Even though I've become a pseudo-Servant, I'm still very scared. This is really a great help."

"In that case, let's work hard to provide a good environment for Mash after her Master wakes up. Although I'm not exactly a combat-savvy Heroic Spirit right now, my support abilities are quite strong."

"Yes!"

Novia looked around at the numerous skeleton soldiers, dragon tooth soldiers, and two unconscious Servants, one a Lancer and the other an Assassin. Although they could all be easily dealt with, Novia naturally wanted to let Mash take action herself in order to hone her skills.

As Mash wielded her great shield and advanced, water poured down from the sky, gathered together, and gradually adhered to Mash's body, slowly solidifying and taking on the texture of cloth.

This is an item created by Novia using the Spirit Origin Pretender, which has reached EX level. In short, it provides Mash with a high-intensity buff, and with this buff, Mash can naturally defeat the enemy in front of her quite easily.

After everything was resolved, Mash asked Novia, puzzled:

"Speaking of which, my Master? You mean Fujimaru Ritsuka-senpai, right? Aren't you Fujimaru-senpai's Servant, Advisor? How did you manage to supply mana?"

It's normal for the pink-haired girl to be confused. Even among the regular and special classes, there are very few Servants who can survive for a long time without a Master.

"Well, I don't know either. It wouldn't be a bad thing if Ritsuka became my Master, since my magical power is indeed very abundant."

"There was nothing I could do about it, but it's really great to have your help, Advisor. Without you, I would probably be running around with my Master who is still unconscious."

Perhaps recalling the help she had just received, Mashu showed a face full of gratitude.

In fact, based on her personal feelings, the pink-haired girl had a high degree of trust and respect for Novia, the advisor. This was probably because she felt that the person Fou liked couldn't be a bad person. And from their time together, she truly felt that the person's name matched his. In other words, if the first Pope really appeared, she would also feel that it was perfectly normal for someone like Novia, the advisor, to share the same name with him.

"After returning to Chaldea, my Master and I will definitely express our sincere gratitude to you, Advisor—"

"……what……"

Just as Mashu was about to say something to Novia, Ritsuka let out a soft groan. Hearing this, the two quickly helped her up and waited for her to regain her senses before explaining the situation. After all, Fujimaru Ritsuka had only just entered Chaldea and knew nothing.

So, a few minutes later, after learning the whole story from Novia, Fujimaru Ritsuka naturally showed the dumbfounded expression of a recent high school graduate who had just graduated and was suddenly surprised that something beyond his worldview had happened.

"It's still so hard to understand. What's with all this mysterious observation of the future? How am I supposed to understand all this all of a sudden?"

Ritsuka spread her arms wide in an exaggerated gesture and shrugged. "I'm just an ordinary person, and I just graduated from high school."

"But, Master, if you don't understand what these Novia advisors are saying—"

"However, I do understand one thing."

The girl glanced at Novia before standing up. She squinted in the light of the infernal flames and gently raised her right hand, giving Novia and Mash a thumbs-up.

"In order to survive, we must fight to the end... Novia, that's what you meant when you were there, right?"

"Absolutely right."

Novia nodded, then glanced at Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was wearing Chaldea Mystic Code.

"……What's wrong?"

"Ritsuka, the outfit you're wearing now is the one Chaldea gave you to change into when you reached Antarctica."

"this one?"

Ritsuka tugged at her sleeves and said with a smile, "It was indeed something I was given when I first arrived in Antarctica. It's quite warm, considering how cold Antarctica is. At first, I thought it was one of those pyramid schemes where you have to spend a lot of money to buy thermal underwear afterward, since I remember wearing such thin clothes."

"Actually, if you become a full Master, there are three more Mystic Codes for you, but let's talk about that after we resolve the Fuyuki issue and return to Chaldea."

"Three sets, ah, I remember now, Master..."

Upon hearing Novia's words, Mashu immediately spoke excitedly to Ritsuka.

"It's Chaldea's battle suit, the Mage's Association uniform, and the Atlas uniform, which was personally completed and perfected by Novia, the advisor from the Atlas Institute! The advisor once secretly told me that it was an experimental Mystic Code made with the aim of 'creating the strongest existence'. Since it's not perfect yet, we'll probably have to wait until we resolve the Fuyuki matter. Everyone was really looking forward to it."

"Atlas Academy, what kind of academy is that..."

"I'm sorry, Master, I forgot that you don't know much about magic. Anyway, let's just assume it's an organization with a lot of very capable people. Chaldea's many things are made possible by their support."

Ritsuka, barely accepting this knowledge, nodded in response.

The outfit 'Creating the Strongest Being'—what a peculiar title… But it was personally designed by Novia, so I'm somewhat looking forward to it. It should look pretty good. Her height and weight should be listed, so should I know her measurements…?

Just as Mashu was about to speak, a cry for help that sounded very familiar to them suddenly came from not far away.

Upon hearing the sound, the three exchanged glances and looked in the direction of the sound, immediately spotting the white-haired woman who was panicking and looking extremely disheveled.

Olga Marie, the director of Chaldea.

However, compared to Ritsuka and Mash, who were ready for battle, Novia narrowed her eyes slightly when she saw the Servant walking unhurriedly behind Olga Marie.

For him, it was an acquaintance he hadn't seen for many years.

That is, Cú Chulainn, the great Celtic hero who appeared in the world as a Caster, the son of light of Ireland.

Of course, on the surface he is Cú Chulainn, but in reality he is the king of the Norse gods—

Odin.

"Mash? The advisor? And Fujimaru, what are you doing here?! Ahhh, whatever, it doesn't matter anymore, just come save me!!!"

With Cú Chulainn following slowly behind, the director, who had been jogging along, revealed a look of surprise in his amber eyes, and his legs seemed to have gained some power, making him run much faster than before.

Then, when Olga Marie saw the Command Seals on Fujimaru Ritsuka's hand, her eyes widened in surprise.

...Fujimaru Ritsuka signed a contract? Who was it?

Seeing the scene before her, coupled with various other reasons, Olga Marie's already confused mind became even more chaotic, making it impossible for her to calm down.

"Oh dear, little girl, I defeated the Servant who almost killed you and tried to threaten you, and I protected you all the way. Yet now you're still so wary of me."

Cú Chulainn, who was essentially Odin, looked at the four of them and said with a smile, "This will make me—"

"What a joke!!"

Cú Chulainn's words were interrupted by the warden, who hadn't calmed down yet, "Who would believe you if you suddenly appeared out of nowhere! You might even burn me to death with that giant straw man of yours!"

"That was all to save you."

However, it was clear that Cú Chulainn's words could not calm Director Olga down. The white-haired girl was panting heavily, as if preparing for the next question, but at that moment, Novia walked towards Cú Chulainn and bowed to him.

"Thank you for saving the director of Chaldea. I am Novia, the maintenance consultant of Chaldea."

"you……"

Olga Marie immediately deflated, and the questions she had been holding back vanished.