Chapter 97

"Can you go check on the hedgehogs, Charlemagne?" Fujimaru Ritsuka stood outside the fence of the stork area, looking towards the hedgehog area on the other side. "Pay attention to the second group of puppets in the Crimson Camp, and ask Kirschtalia-senpai if there are any other regulations related to the croquet court in the 810 Laws of the Queen of Hearts."

Charlemagne: "Are you okay staying out here alone, Master?"

"Although the croquet court is not a safe zone, this is probably a rare time for a voluntary ceasefire." Fujimaru Ritsuka stretched his waist and smiled as he looked at Irene Adler and Surante who were surrounded by a group of storks in the stork area. "Because the seventh puppet group is out - according to the rules of Alice's game, the rose girls of the Crimson Camp will only besiege the seventh puppet..."

"Well, anyway, it should be like the situation where the Servant is eliminated as a result of killing the Lord of the Rings - the elimination of the Seventh Doll causes her Contractor to lose her qualifications." Fujimaru Ritsuka retracted his gaze, crossed his arms and explained to Charlemagne the information that the seven members of the new Group A exchanged with each other last night. "At the same time, the three-three groups in the Rose Labyrinth are also three camps with a one-to-one ratio."

"Irene Adler and the fifth puppet group were the two groups that traveled with Senior Kirshtalia. According to Senior Kirshtalia, there was no exchange of information between the three groups. In addition, the other two camps except our White Camp were all participants from different worlds."

"There is no basis of trust between them. It is absolutely impossible for them to hold a meeting on the first night like us. Even if the Red Camp publicly calls out the name Rose Girl at the beginning, I am afraid that only some participants in the Red Camp will believe what the puppets say; the Black Camp may not even be able to access the detailed information of Rose Girl."

Fujimaru Ritsuka felt the concentration of magic in the air around her lighten - apparently the Servant who had followed the Lord's orders had left her side and drifted to the other end of the croquet court; at the same time, the shadow of the moon appeared next to the sun high in the sky, casting some moonlight that no one noticed.

"When did you notice us coming, Ritsuka?" A stuffed bear suddenly appeared above Fujimaru Ritsuka's head, revealing the identity of the Servant who suddenly appeared. "Did you chase Charlemagne away to prevent the two Servants over there from finding out? Don't worry, nothing can help hide the moonlight 'Artemis' better than the sunlight 'brother'."

"No, I'm not worried about being discovered by the Black Camp, Orion." Fujimaru Ritsuka raised his hand to grab the stuffed bear lying on his head, while setting up a concealing barrier at his side. "Senior Kirshtalia must have arranged for you to keep an eye on the others - after all, with the great magic of the astronomy department in hand, generally no one can threaten his safety."

"Of course, we all know that - except for the magician killer."

"Artemis is with Irene Adler and won't be here for the time being..." Orion struggled out of Fujimaru Ritsuka's hand, floated in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka, held up his head with the puppet's round hands, and his cheeks were flushed with dreamy blushes, "That's great, I also want to get close to beautiful women--"

"Artemis is right next to us." Fujimaru Ritsuka flicked Orion's forehead helplessly and brought the topic back to the right track. "Enough of the nonsense - let Artemis tell Kirshtalia-senpai to be careful of his second puppet group. Although Iwanaga Kotoko appears as a collaborator and partner in the Shibuya Anomaly, please be sure to treat her as an enemy of Koyanskaya's level."

"I mean, she's troublesome - because Mr. Holmes's evaluation of her is... 'Perhaps Iwanaga Kotoko is the Sherlock Holmes 'I' who walks between humans and non-humans.'" Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed fiercely and rubbed Orion's cotton doll body, "Let Kirshtalia-senpai be very careful."

"I never doubted his ability. After all, he was a genius who could defeat Zeus, kill the twin gods, and even deceive the alien gods. Although I don't really want to compare the Belial and Iwanaga Kotoko who have never appeared in front of me, Kirshtalia-senpai is the kind of guy who will completely lose his guard against members who join his side..."

"Make sure he remembers that there are only seven of us in this special point and there will be no betrayal. No matter if the others are helpers with a history, companions of someone, or people who have only been together for a short period of time... no matter what, they must be treated as enemies."

Kirshtalia lived up to the praise he had received in the past. He had already discovered Charlemagne's whereabouts when he floated outside the fence of the Hedgehog Area in spirit form. The blond magician glanced at the other two groups that were quite a distance apart from each other, and his sight, which was floating in the air, focused accurately on the position where Charlemagne stayed, and then he walked quietly towards an inconspicuous corner.

After confirming that Charlemagne had also noticed him moving towards the corner, Kirshtalia just received a reminder from Ritsuka Fujimaru through Artemis - even though it was not him but Wodeym who was backstabbed by his teammates in front of the two Chaldean saviors in the Atlantic News Belt, when Kirshtalia heard this, he still couldn't control his hand and pressed the location of the earliest piercing wound.

"...Really, I've been assassinated three times, if this is included, by someone close to me." Kirshtalia smiled helplessly, covering her left side with her right hand, as if there was a real wound there that was bleeding non-stop. "No matter how hard you try, it won't happen a fourth time."

"I am such an unqualified senior - I actually made the younger generation worry that I was too trusting of others."

After Charlemagne, in spirit form, floated before Kirshtalia, Kirshtalia pulled down the barrier that blocked out the sound and sight of others, and watched as a young man who looked very similar to the savior of pan-human history appeared before her. He was naive and dreamed of embarking on a splendid and grand adventure, and was totally inconsistent with his status as the father of Europe.

“What a completely different side.” Kirshtalia sighed.

“Haha, after all, I created the fantasy ‘Charlemagne’ because the life of the real ‘Karl’ was so fulfilling that it was almost impossible for him to exist!” Charlemagne laughed heartily, looking up at Kirshtalia, who was at least half a head taller than him. “But I’m actually very curious about the situation of those two…”

“Look, speaking of the side, they are also very famous in the Throne of Heroes, right?”

"The reason why the Asuka Doman in Pan-Human History would not become evil to humanity is that he has no love for humanity." Kirshtalia glanced at Charlemagne, and the content of a certain Heroic Spirit file appeared in front of her eyes. "But our Doman is different. He does love someone to some extent - it's just that he changed the fundamental existence of them as Heroic Spirits."

"You are the 'fantasy' of Charlemagne, who is so affected by Emperor Karl's 'reality' that he can hardly appear. And they are the 'reality' of Asaya Michiman and Abe Haruaki, who are covered by Lord Haruaki's 'fantasy' - the fantasy replaces the reality, so they can only be Alteregos, and they are not like you and Emperor Karl, who both have the possibility of existing as complete Servants."

In fact, regarding the profile of the Heroic Spirit, the reference objects for research in Chaldea are generally the regular original body, Lily, Alter, or the group of Alteregos, and the special reference objects are Emperor Karl and Charlemagne plus Abe Haruaki and Asoya Michiman - the general profile is formed by capturing the Heroic Spirit himself at different periods, and these two special groups...

The research report on the relationship between Emperor Karl and Charlemagne originated from New Chaldea - because Da Vinci Lily was studying why Charlemagne could only achieve the conditions of the present world in the special point Traum. In short, this research report was originally released by New Chaldea along with the spiritual base sharing.

Then this investigation report just happened to give Phoenix Chaldea the inspiration to study another group of special reference research objects. During the period of investigating the South American strange belt in New Chaldea, the magician of Animusphia and Ritsuka Fujimaru were all immersed in the library to study this topic. In the end, the first person to find the answer was Mustard Hinamiko, who was looking for a storybook to read when she was free.

With nothing to do, Mustard Seedling took a story book about the two people from the library - and then the people in charge of the research project dug out all the related non-historical records.

So they found that if Charlemagne existed as an adventurer based on knight adventure stories, then Asaya Doman existed as a story character similar to Abe Haruaki's nemesis, Moriarty to Sherlock Holmes.

Asaya Michimitsu consciously reduced the number of times his real self appeared, replacing their existence with the protagonist and villain in the story - if Charles the Great and Charlemagne were the reality that did not allow the possibility of fantasy to exist, then they used fantasy to erase the traces of reality.

The character of Asaya Michiman depends on Abe Haruaki for his existence, so later on this character even took on the attributes of Abe Haruaki's dark side - he perfectly eliminated the part of his spiritual base that originated from reality.

"…What did Ritsuka ask you to come over for?" Kirshtalia cleared her mind and looked at Charlemagne, "Is she okay? Although I asked Artemis to follow the Saber team of the Black Battalion to observe, and he can also take care of Ritsuka…but based on the degree of danger of the members, I think Ritsuka is more dangerous."

"Master probably thinks that if it's just a matter of force, she can handle it by herself." Charlemagne thought for a moment, looking at Iwanaga Kotoko in the distance through the gap between the rose trees, "Also, although she didn't say it explicitly, let me guess... I'm lucky A!"

"The Master said that the retreat of the seventh puppet group involved the participation of the other six puppets from the Red Faction, and she asked me to come and observe the second puppet group - probably because she thought that Iwanaga Kotoko was involved in the planning of this siege. In addition, the Master asked me to ask you if you have memorized the other regulations regarding croquet grounds in the 810 Laws of the Queen of Hearts!"

"I don't remember much..."