Chapter 049 [Inverted V] 49

“Eh!?”

"That being said, if we use the Lord's own words to explain it, a more appropriate description would be functional decline." Yaken Toushirou recounted the abnormalities that had occurred in the past in a heavy voice, walking in front of the three people, with twisted bone spurs growing from his back with a black mist, "Everything was normal the day before, but after one night——"

The Watcher lost all perception of the outside world.

Although she tried to pretend that everything was normal, she forgot that the swordsman who served as her attendant that day was Toshiro Kobeba, the one with whom she had the closest connection. Toshiro Yagen still remembered that his brother had been shattered on the battlefield, and after searching the entire Honmaru for a long time to collect the fragments belonging to Toshiro Kobeba, the lord used his own blood to reforge the fragments.

His brother thus became the only real sword in the Honmaru - and therefore established a closer connection with the lord than anyone else.

The memories of the past were too heavy - anyway, that day, Kotobuki Toushirou, who was the attendant, discovered the abnormality of his lord earlier than anyone else.

But before that——

"The Lord just met you two at the government office the day before yesterday." Yagen Toushirou, a member of the resident attendant, turned his head to look at No. 48 and Shielder following behind him, and recalled the scene when he followed the Watcher to the Government of Time that day. "You came here half a year ago on the day when the Lord went to the government every month to communicate with them about the next arrangements."

"...Yes." No. 48 nodded, but subconsciously avoided Yagen Toushirou's sight, "That day was the first time we met the Watcher."

The Savior, who had just been brought here from the cage of the Clock Tower by the Time Government, only remembered that he must not abandon the last companion who was still by his side. So the Time Government extended an olive branch to the Lord of Justice and the Sub-Servant who had saved the world to become a Judge, and promised that they could share a Honmaru.

No one would have thought that the Judge of Zero Honmaru, who was even feared by the Time Government itself, would notice these two newcomers from another world.

At that time, they had already signed a contract with the Time Government to become judges, and were waiting to be assigned Kitsunesuke and Honmaru. At this moment, the Watcher came over and took the information about Honmaru that was about to be assigned to the two of them directly from the hands of the Time Government employee.

"A1... I remember that they reported a dark fall not long ago, right? Am I remembering it correctly, Yaken?" The blue-haired girl in a light blue kimono glanced at the information and questioned the employee in charge of allocating the Honmaru, "The dark-fallen Honmaru cannot be allocated to newcomers unless the ultimate means are used to clean it up - I hope you still remember this rule."

"You remember correctly, lord - A1 was corrupted because of the abuse of the swordsman by the Shinsengumi, and the official report was made two days ago." Yagen Toushirou stood behind her and spoke according to the lord's wishes before the employee could react, "If you want to assign the newcomer to the Honmaru, I recommend -"

"I remember that C16 has not been assigned yet, right?" The girl decided where the two of them would go first. She put down the documents in her hand and looked at the employee with a smile, "Give C16 to them, and then let them choose by themselves - or do you want me to set aside five minutes for you at the next meeting?"

"No! I'm so sorry! Lord Watcher!!!" The man bowed down in fear and trepidation, "Please don't waste your precious time on a trivial person like me..."

"Then I'll go back first—" The Watcher stopped walking toward the gate of the Time Government and turned back casually to add, "Remember to add my communication number to C16. There's nothing else you need to do—your name won't appear at the next meeting."

In the control room of Chaldea, everyone is perfecting the plan to eliminate Morseization based on Sheba's observations and the information obtained by Lancermero through spiritual projection. At the same time, they are speculating on the past stories of this world, as well as the past experiences of No. 48, Shielder, and the Watcher.

"These are three worlds." Lansermello took out a whiteboard from under the table and drew a diagram of the three worlds on it. "The Watchers and the Time Government should be in a cooperative relationship - and the Watchers are the aid invited by the Time Government from outside the world. Like Fujimaru and the others, they belong to other worlds."

"And the 48th and the Watcher are not from the same Chaldea." Fujimaru Ritsuka blinked and looked at Lancermello, "Their first meeting was in the office lobby of the Time Government, and the Watcher has obviously been an Inquisitor for many years. The most important point is-"

"How could Mashu become like that!? I don't believe that in a world where Chaldea exists, we would be treated so cruelly."

"...Their story ends at Solomon's Temple of the Grand Time." Lancermello sighed helplessly and looked up at Fujimaru Ritsuka, "And I think you also know what kind of creatures magicians are - and once Chaldea lost Leonardo da Vinci at that time, the repatriation procedure of the servants was forced to be executed immediately..."

"I think you can guess where that ends."

In 2017, while waiting for Lancer-Melo to wake up, they had discussed such a future.

"Fortunately, the Magic Association has to quarrel with the United Nations as well as among itself." A staff member of Chaldea sighed in the hallway about the rare stable life now. "Otherwise, they would have come to Chaldea to rob people - to make a relic, or as material for magic research..."

"In the eyes of the magicians out there, this is the most suitable ending for the two children, right?"

"So now it seems that my work is also very effective." The head of the medical department appeared behind the man and smiled and agreed with the terrible prediction, "If the report of the anomaly has not been revised, those magicians will choose to rush to Chaldea to snatch people even if they know that there are a large number of Servants here."

"We must not only ensure that the child can return safely from the special point, but also protect her freedom as an ordinary person. After all, think about it, Ritsuka was completely forced to take on the responsibility of restoring humanity. At the very beginning, she was just an ordinary person who had nothing to do with the world of magic, right?"

——Chaldea will never give up Fujimaru Ritsuka.

So there is no doubt that the only people left in Chaldea of ​​that world are Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu - even if they are regarded as relics or experimental subjects by magicians, their precious materials are always more important than those of other people.

——So the two of them survived to the end, and only the two of them.

"Combining the code name of the Watcher and the fact that both of them were born in Chaldea, I think I have figured out the reason for Morsification." Lansermello cleared his throat and drew everyone's attention back. "She is the lone Watcher of Chaldea - she never even thought about meeting Fujimaru Ritsuka from another world."

"Because a second person from Chaldea has appeared, watching is no longer necessary."

Yagen Toshiro opened the castle tower door for the three people - and the watcher with his whole body dyed black appeared in front of the three people.

"Mysteries from different regions always exclude each other, just like a magician will decline if he leaves his own base." Lansemero carefully observed the layout of the room this time. "The mysteries of Europe are incompatible with the mysteries of Japan. In comparison, the reasons for the expansion of the scope of the mutation are more important than the reasons for inducing the mutation."

"She changed from a human to a non-human similar to the fairy species - but this mystery is obviously incompatible with the mystery of the Japanese god of death. In fact, it is precisely because of the conflict between the two completely different mysteries that the scope of the mutation has expanded rapidly. Generally speaking, this kind of mutation that appears in the fairy species is fatal to fairies, but the spread is not that fast."

"No matter how fast it goes, it will take several years for a normal fairy to completely mutate. And it has been less than half a year since she started to mutate, right?"

"So... it's actually our presence that has accelerated the Lord's transformation!" Yagen Toushirou, who was standing at the door, showed an expression of disbelief, "Then——"

——Is there any way to save it?

"She needs to maintain a long-term coexistence with the Time Government, right?" Lansermello switched the state of his spiritual base, put on the Paradise dress and held the magic wand belonging to the Paradise Fairy, "Then why not synchronize with the mysteries of Japan? Compatibility with the mysteries of the same region is always better, and she herself does not belong to the fairy species..."

"I will fix this problem. Even though this black stuff is poisonous to me, I can fix this problem."

"In the Kojiki, which is considered the greatest document in Japan, there is a record of a god named Kuenbiko." Lansemello produced an ancient book and opened it in his hand, explaining his plan to everyone. "Although he has only one leg and cannot walk, he is said to be a wise god who knows everything in the world. In addition, people with only one eye are sometimes regarded as gods, or as beings close to gods."

"You are the unique Fukuei Gods of Japan. The non-humans of other countries are all spirits without divinity, but you have divinity." Lansermello looked at Yagen Toushirou, who could hardly control the growth of bone spurs, and forcefully closed the book in his hand, causing it to dissipate into spirit particles. "So it is most appropriate to choose a being with divinity from the Japanese region as her synchronization target."

"This is the abnormality caused by the elves losing their name 'Target'." Lanser Mello closed his eyes tightly and rushed out the scene of the savior Jian giving a name to the elf knight Bedivere in the fairy kingdom of Britain. "Generally speaking, as long as the elves who have lost their name 'Target' are forced to give a new name 'Target' - that is the so-called 'naming'."

"But in this situation... since I have been away from the mysteries of the West for too long, I will just associate with the mysteries of Japan."