-66- For the battles ahead

It has to be said that Olga Marie is truly very pitiful.

Originally, inheriting Chaldea from her father at such a young age and managing the entire facility under immense pressure already made Olga Marie extremely irritable. Now, she is facing various unexpected situations, making her unlucky in every aspect.

And Olga Marie has to bear a lot of responsibilities.

The failure in the first battle.

The loss of personnel in the disaster.

The financial losses in the facility.

A series of challenges await Olga Marie, enough to make her completely overwhelmed.

But that's not all.

Compared to the real difficulties, those are just child's play.

For example, the appearance of new singularities.

For example, the incineration of humanity issue.

And, for example, the betrayal of the person she trusts the most.

Discovering that the person she trusted the most not only betrayed her but also caused a series of disasters, one can imagine the impact it had on Olga Marie.

All these things, she has to endure on her own.

In comparison, just losing her physical body and becoming an Evil Spirit is rather fortunate.

At least, no matter what, Olga Marie managed to survive, right?

Fortunately, there is also good news.

"Although the Director is in this state now, a spiritual body is originally an unstable existence. If we combine Chaldea's technology to reconstruct the spiritual particles that make up her being, it might be possible to restore her to her original appearance and then find a way to regenerate her physical body, accomplishing a miracle that magic can never reproduce!"

As a medical authority within Chaldea, Roman finally provided some good news when Olga Marie was almost overwhelmed by various events.

Indeed, this can be considered good news, but the real good news would be achieving the "regeneration" miracle as Roman mentioned.

You see, complete resurrection of life is something that magic absolutely cannot achieve. It already belongs to the realm of "Magecraft." It's a shortcut to reach the "Root," something that every magus dream of reaching.

Once accomplished, it would directly lead to the "Root."

For a magus, this is definitely a wealth that they could never obtain in a lifetime.

So, perhaps during this process, Olga Marie might catch a glimpse of the realm of "Magecraft" and eventually reach the "Root." However, this is just an extremely small possibility.

But magus keep researching tirelessly for even the slightest possibility. Some go to the extent of disregarding ethics, going completely insane, and seeking excellent partners like breeding experiments, hoping to give birth to superior descendants who would inherit their will and magical research, ultimately aiming to reach the Origin, the swirling record of all knowledge.

If it were another magus with such an opportunity, they might not only be unwilling but might even willingly give up their physical body to become an Evil Spirit.

That's precisely why Rozen dislikes magus.

Fortunately, Olga Marie has not fallen into madness like other magi due to the term "Magecraft."

"Nowadays, Chaldea can't bear any greater losses. Expending vast resources on research and experiments for just one person, who would do such a foolish thing!?"

This is Olga Marie's determination.

Despite facing increasingly serious and mentally exhausting challenges, she remains resolute and makes her decision without any hesitation.

"Now, the most important thing is to find a way to repair the damaged facilities in Chaldea, increase available resources and means, and put them all into the continuation of humanity. Whether it's a device or a drop of magical energy, no one is allowed to waste them!"

In the end, Olga Marie, who convinced others and herself with such words, tragically accepted the fact of becoming an Evil Spirit.

However, Olga Marie still had her dignity.

"From now on, I will work behind the scenes and won't allow anyone in Chaldea to know my current state. To the outside world, it will be announced that I'm already dead. If I find out that this information is leaked, I won't let that person get off easily!"

She shouted these words with such emotion that her eyes turned red, making Roman think that this emotionally unstable Director was about to kill someone to cover up the secret, almost causing him to turn around and run away.

As for Rozen, naturally, he could only continue to laugh heartily.

In this way, Olga Marie managed to survive, but she no longer took a visible leadership position and decided to retire to the shadows.

Regarding instructions related to the continuation of humanity, those would be conveyed to Chaldea through Roman, the highest-ranking person in Chaldea currently.

Of course, Olga Marie was very unwilling about this.

"Who would have thought that my Chaldea would one day end up in the hands of these two brothers? Why am I always so unlucky?"

Olga Marie was truly disheartened.

She didn't have much of a good attitude towards both Rozen and Roman in the first place, and she couldn't willingly hand over the facilities she worked so hard to maintain to these careless brothers. How could Olga Marie be willing?

But there was no other way; this was reality.

Currently, Rozen was the only suitable Master candidate who could perform Spirit Particle Transference, and Roman was the highest-ranking survivor within Chaldea. Handling the situation of the Human Order Incineration could only be entrusted to these two brothers.

For this, Olga Marie had no choice.

Thus, in the following period, Chaldea would face a busy time.

Repairing the destroyed facilities, reorganizing and deploying personnel, dealing with victims, and conducting investigations and observations of Singularities—all these needed to be handled properly before a new operation could be launched.

"We have less than a year and a half to repair seven Singularities. We can't afford to waste any time. Use all available personnel, concentrate on handling all the tasks, and in the next operation, we must not allow low-level issues like lost communication to happen again!"

After giving this order, Olga Marie staggered back to her room, presumably to wipe away tears alone.

Roman, on the other hand, became completely busy, carrying out Olga Marie's instructions and even checking Mash's physical condition.

"After becoming a pseudo-Servant, what changes have occurred in your body? Are there any strange side effects or burdens? Without checking all of these thoroughly, we won't be able to continue with the next operation."

For this reason, Roman also called Mash away, and for the time being, Mash couldn't be with Rozen and needed to undergo a comprehensive examination.

As a result, Rozen became the only one idle in Chaldea.

"Your task is to rest well and prepare yourself for future battles in the Singularities."

Roman threw these words at Rozen and then let him move freely.

Rozen could only return to his room alone.

In his heart, he thought to himself, "Perhaps this is a good opportunity."