Chapter 006 6

Since that night, the world seemed to continue to move forward as usual, but unknown to people, the world had changed greatly. For example, what was just an ordinary gathering in the eyes of others was already a rare miracle in the eyes of someone.

The same is true today.

『Letter from: Kenji Hagihara

Xiao Zhufu, I'll leave the party after get off work today to you as well——

PS: It's not a friendship, it's just the five of us.

『Reply from: Morofushi Kagemitsu

Got it. Let's go there.

But as for the squad leader...won't Natalie come along? 』

『Letter from: Kenji Hagihara

The monitor has already communicated with Natalie, but we can't finish it too late...』

『Reply from: Morofushi Kagemitsu

Alcohol is prohibited tonight, I will prepare other drinks instead. 』

Morofushi Jingguang put down his phone, sighed as he looked at the half-written case report in front of him, picked up a pen to fill in the remaining parts, and began to think about what to prepare for tonight's party.

"This ordinary day is so blissful and like a dream."

It was time to get off work. The public security in Beika Town had been good in recent years, and the number of serious crimes had dropped significantly. At least by that time, most of the colleagues had started to pack up their things - those who had connections went out together, and those who didn't say goodbye individually. Soon, only Morobushi Kagemitsu was left sitting there.

"Kage..." Furiya Ling turned his head to look at Morobuchi Kagemitsu who was still sitting at the desk, "Didn't you say before that you would be responsible for buying drinks for tonight's party? Was it difficult to write the report on yesterday's case?"

"Yesterday's case was just an ordinary theft." Date Kou walked back from the door and also stood in front of Morobushi Kagemitsu. "Writing a report on this case shouldn't be too difficult for you, right, Morobushi?"

"No, I just thought of something else." Zhu Fu Jingguang smiled gently and quickly wrote the last few words, "Okay, let's go."

"Oh?"

Although they were going to buy things for the party, the three of them did not go together - at this time, Morobushi Jingguang was attracted by the window of a magic supplies store on the street.

The TV in the window is broadcasting a piece of news——

"Recently, the sixteen-year-old son of the famous magician Kuroba Touichi, Mr. Kuroba Kaito, made his professional debut as a magician at the Paris Opera House..."

Through the window, Morobushi Kagemitsu saw a face on the TV screen that looked exactly like the young detective who had been frequently visiting the Metropolitan Police Department recently.

"Ladies and Gentlemen!! Magic show to start!!"

The magician in white turned his hat, raised his arm, and shouted the words announcing the start of the magic show to the camera.

"Stars."

The dream left in the depths of memory surged up, and the words of the black-skirted doll echoed in Morobushi Kagemitsu's ears—

"Would you like to witness a miracle, sir?"

"...How can this be called magic?" Morofushi Jingguang sighed, recalling the scene of the world turning into a blank sheet of paper and then a tall building rising from the ground. He turned around and left the magic supply store, heading towards the department store. "That level can already be considered magic, right?"

The people of Chaldea disappeared from this world without a trace after that night, but the book lover Fenis Chaldea remained in Beika Town as it was - and when Morobushi Kagemitsu woke up, several notes left by Chaldea and the book lover's key were stuffed into his pocket.

Later, the bookshop was still closed, but it gradually became a gathering place for the five people. The reality modified by Chaldea was so beautiful that it was like a dream - there was no high death rate in Beika Town; the shadow of the Black Organization no longer existed, and naturally there was no need for Morobushi Kagemitsu and Furuya Rei to join the public security as undercover agents.

"Mr. Jing..." Jinpei Matsuda, who had arrived at the book cafe earlier, pulled out an unnamed book from the bookshelf and held it up to Morofu Jingguang who had just entered. "Where did you get this book? The content inside looks like a setting collection for a light novel - are you reading any light novels recently?"

“…Let me see.”

Morofushi Kagemitsu put down his shopping bag, walked over to Matsuda Jinpei, picked up the untitled book, and asked, "Where did you find this book, Matsuda?"

——Jinpei Matsuda found this book at the bar counter at the entrance.

An unnamed book with an exquisite binding that looks like a collector's edition of a famous novel is casually placed on the bar, as if someone had put it down halfway through reading it and would come back to pick it up and read it again at any time.

Morobushi Kagemitsu opened the cover and saw the familiar cursive signature, which once again proved that the afterimage in Morobushi Kagemitsu's memory was not a daydream.

There was not much free time before the party, so Morofushi Jingguang skipped the greetings and found the introduction to the book.

“Magicians are different from magicians.

We are not magicians who need to perform for the audience to applaud in order to survive - for us, the most important thing is mysterious concealment.

However, for more specific content, it is better to understand it through this book.

You just have to remember that for us - in this day and age, phenomena that are achieved through miraculous means, which can be achieved by technology in terms of results, are called "magic"; achieving phenomena that are impossible for magic or science and technology is called "magic".

…………

Also, if someone you know asks what kind of book this is, you can say it's a collection of settings for a light novel or a comic.

Don't worry, this letter is hidden using magic and only you can see its contents.

As for the title of the work, we have prepared a prefix for you.

We respect fate, we follow fate, we never go against fate, and we cannot escape fate——

So, the second half of the name is up to you.

"Fate/____________"

…………

In addition, this book is the lesson plan of Lord El-Melloi II that the deputy director took directly. 』

"It's a collection of settings I bought a few days ago." Morofushi Kagemitsu closed the book and answered Matsuda Jinpei with a smile, seeing the gold-plated English letters gradually appearing on the cover, "The original work is "Fate/The World" - it tells the story of the five protagonists saving the world. It's unexpectedly good - well, compared to most light novels about saving the world."

"Eh——" Hagiwara Kenji turned his head and looked at Morobushi Kagemitsu, "What's so interesting about this, Morobushi?"

"It's about the setting and world view." Morobushi Kagemitsu stuffed the book into the bookshelf and watched Furuya Rei and Date Kou drag the long table for the party to the middle of the bookshelf. "Because the setting is very interesting and the world view is very grand - so I bought the setting collection and studied it carefully. If you want to read it, you can just take it and read it later."

The empty space in the middle of the bookshelf was cleared by Chaldea in the past in order to draw a magic circle, but Chaldea left this world after that night and naturally did not move the bookshelf back to its original location, which made it convenient for the subsequent gathering of the five people.

The five people sat down at the table, and the scene of them raising their drink cups and toasting them froze on the Chaldea projection screen.

The projection ended, and Chaldeas fell into a state of extinction once again - but the few staff members began to arrange the follow-up actions in an orderly manner.

"The magic power left by that world consciousness is a huge investment, but it's not enough to rebuild the Throne of Heroes or a certain pantheon..." Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at the resources compressed into magic prisms by Da Vinci in front of him and sighed helplessly, "But we have been in Chaldea for nearly hundreds of years... It would be good to change the environment."

"Don't set your sights too far ahead." Lancer-Melloi and El-Melloi II walked into the control room one after the other. "For the time being, the Heroes' Throne still has the Spiritual Base Atlas to replace its functions. As for the pantheon... no matter which pantheon it is, they all like to compete for first place. And for the gods, the most important thing is to fight for power - do you think Chaldea can be used by these guys to fight?"

"After our discussion, we decided to rebuild the materials on the planet first." El-Melloi II cleared his throat. "After all, Mystique has been declining in the past. In addition to rebuilding the world, we also need to stop Mystique's decline. The Lord already has a preliminary plan to revive Mystique, but the steps are not clear yet, so we will postpone the reconstruction of Mystique for now..."

"We are still unsure how long we will have to drift before we encounter the next world that is willing to pay us with magic power." Kirshtalia pointed at the Chaldeas that had not yet lit up, "and we have already cut off contact with this world... Although our original plan was to cut off contact after confirming that the Spiritual Base Atlas was successfully recorded, after all, we don't need to be careful with magic power while maintaining contact."

——Chaldea's operation also requires magical power to maintain. Although all members have accepted the transformation of the third law and can drift indefinitely, if Chaldea's energy is completely exhausted, it means that the hope carried by the entire Chaldea will be completely extinguished.

——That is to say, considering the practical situation, they may need to store all the magic power they obtained this time.

Fujimaru Ritsuka sneered subconsciously, but before she could reluctantly leave the magic prism, she heard Mashu smiling and speaking beside her -

"In that case, the deputy director should have already decided which area to rebuild, right?"

"It's not really a zone, let alone a reconstruction." Lansemello turned the tablet in his hand and looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka with a smile, "It's just that we have been drifting in Chaldea for hundreds of years - you haven't been sealed, so I'm just going to change the scene for you."

"To be more precise, I came here after the project was completed."

"El-Melloi classroom!!!" Ritsuka Fujimaru exclaimed as he looked at the photo on Lancer Melloi's tablet.

More than half of the Chaldean staff were members of the El-Melloi Classroom who were tricked onto the pirate ship before the start of the White Paper Movement. The cheers almost overturned the control room.

At this moment, a sharp alarm suddenly sounded in the control room, and the red light representing the appearance of a special point appeared prominently in the position of London on Chaldeas.