The End of Singularity F / The Three Holy Sword Strategy / The Real Olga Marie

The memory of Heian-kyō had brought Ian more than just the ability of "insight."

The experience of escaping the land of the dead together with Shuten-dōji had also been transcribed as part of his abilities, deeply embedded within the man's body.

That was a method called "Soul Contact."

Under normal circumstances, because the soul was enveloped by the body, this method would not work at all.

However—

For Olga Marie at this moment, this method was absolute control.

Even more so than Chaldeas's pull on her!

"Give me back my Director!" Ian roared, and Olga Marie moved away from Chaldeas faster and faster.

Finally.

She threw herself directly into the man's arms and was caught securely in his embrace.

"It's alright now, Director," Ian said gently, looking at the girl in his arms.

"..."

Olga Marie looked up at Ian and could no longer hold back her emotions.

"Waaaaaaaahhhhhhh—!" she wailed, tears streaming down her face.

"That was so scary!" she cried, her voice filled with terror.

"I almost... I almost died!" she sobbed, clinging tightly to Ian.

Yes.

Although she was usually efficient and extremely irritable, those were all just appearances that Olga Marie put on.

The real her was cowardly and timid, just a simple crybaby.

However, in order to inherit the glory from her father, she had abandoned this nature, and it was only now that it was revealed for the first time.

"Ian Pendragon!" Lev roared, looking at the scene before him, his face contorted with rage.

"Do you have to disrupt my plans time and time again?!" he demanded, his voice filled with fury.

"I have no choice," the man replied without hesitation. "After all, I am the forty-ninth Master of Chaldea."

"..."

Lev scrutinized Ian for a while, then suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha!" he cackled, his eyes gleaming with a manic amusement.

"Heh, Master," he sneered, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"You're just a hound brought by that foolish little miss, how dare you act like a savior?" he mocked, his gaze filled with contempt.

"Yeah," Ian replied calmly, unfazed by Lev's taunts.

"I'm certainly not any kind of savior," he admitted, his tone even.

"But—"

The man looked at Lev, a scornful smile appearing on his face.

"At least I'm not like some self-proclaimed person in charge of destroying the world who hasn't actually completed a single mission to this day, am I?" he retorted, his eyes filled with disdain.

"What did you say?!" Lev's pupils dilated, his eyes seeming to bulge out of their sockets.

"Since you're so ignorant of your own limitations, then go and die right now!" Lev roared, his voice filled with uncontrollable anger.

Having said those words, the enraged Lev once again reached out his hand towards the front.

He seemed to want to grab something forcibly, just like before.

However, this time, Lev's target was no longer the crybaby Director.

But—

The ruins of Fuyuki City!

They saw the broken walls, rubble, steel bars, and everything else around them fly into the sky.

They pointed downwards like so many sharp swords.

As Lev clenched his fist, they fell like raindrops.

This was the simplest attack, but at the same time, it was the most difficult to parry!

"Danger!" Mashu reacted instantly, deploying her round shield, wanting to protect her companions.

But Ian reached out and stopped her.

"Mashu, let me handle this," he said calmly, his voice firm.

"Eh?" Although the situation was very critical, Mashu's trust in Ian did not diminish.

She would treat everything this man said as an iron rule.

"Understood!" Mashu stopped in her tracks, but she remained ready at all times.

If a situation requiring her arose, she would act immediately!

Ian had chosen to stop Mashu not to show off in front of so many girls.

Hiding behind that round shield was certainly safe.

But at the same time, it would also lose the possibility of observing the outside.

That wouldn't do.

The Holy Grail, which supplied magical energy, was still nearby—Ian had a plan.

He was going to give this Lev a little bit of British shock.

The attack was still falling.

Particles gathered in Ian's hand at an unimaginable speed.

A blue, heavy sword blade appeared in his hand—it was Aroundight!

The man rotated it, and a domain as calm as a still lake rapidly expanded around him.

All the objects in the air were swallowed into this domain that could stop everything.

It was a breathtaking scene.

Even Mashu, who had become a "Servant," couldn't help but feel surprised.

However, Lev was extremely calm.

Because he had already seen through the essence of the domain.

Pseudo-gravity.

By creating something similar to gravity, all objects trapped within would maintain absolute equilibrium under the influence of force, thereby achieving the effect of stillness.

However—

This seemed to be a fake.

But with the support of the Holy Grail's excessive magical energy, it had a performance close to the real thing.

"Foolish trick," Lev sneered.

Others might find it difficult to break through this domain, but for him, it was just a matter of snapping his fingers.

Because—

He was also manipulating gravity now.

Lev snapped his fingers.

The still domain created by Aroundight was instantly destroyed without a trace.

The attack composed of rubble flew towards the eyesores once again.

However—

Ian was not flustered.

He saw his weapon change once more.

A silver-white sword blade appeared in the man's hand—it was Excalibur Galatine!

A fiery slash like the sun's corona flew from the ground, directly attacking the objects in the air head-on.

Similarly, Lev saw through the essence of this slash.

Pseudo-sun.

The wielder uses it to convert their own magical energy into a substance like sunlight, thereby releasing a scorching blow.

And this conversion would reach its maximum level under sunlight.

However—

This was also a counterfeit.

This guy didn't seem to have anything that could be called genuine.

Bang!

The solar slash collided with the falling rubble, forming thick black smoke that enveloped Ian and his group.

Lev wasn't in a hurry to find out what was inside—after all, he held the absolute initiative now.

Since fighting under sunlight was advantageous for him,

Then—

He just needed to block it out, right?

Lev reached out and summoned more rubble from the ruins of Fuyuki City.

It was a scene like a flock of crows passing by, and the sky above was thus obscured.

With this, there would be no more means of resistance, right?

"Just as I expected," Ian's cold laughter came from within the smoke.

"Excalibur Morgan!"

"What?!" Before Lev could react to what was happening, a purplish-black light broke through the smoke and rushed towards the mad professor.

Caught completely off guard, he was hit squarely.

"Aaaaaaahhhhh!" Lev screamed, then was blasted away.

The smoke dissipated, and Ian's figure reappeared on the ruins of Fuyuki City.

Only this time, the weapon in his hand had become Excalibur, radiating black light!

This was not something he had suddenly picked up.

But rather an instantaneous projection formed after observing it at close range under Mashu's protection earlier.

Because it was projected based on recent memories, it was very close to the original in terms of various concepts.

Compared to ordinary imitations, its power was a notch higher.

The man's plan was actually simple and clear.

Use Aroundight to feign weakness, relying on the stopped time to remember Lev's location;

Then use the collision explosion between Excalibur Galatine and the rubble as cover to prevent Lev from recognizing his intentions;

Finally, under the premise that Lev believed he had everything under control, let him be hit by Excalibur Morgan in a completely defenseless state.

"I told you—" Ian came to Lev and held the jet-black Excalibur against his heart.

"You are nothing more than someone who has never succeeded in doing anything."

"..."

Lev was stunned for a moment—he hadn't expected to be beaten this badly by Ian.

But the next second, he returned to that mad state.

"Interesting!"

"So interesting!"

"I didn't expect there to be someone like you among a bunch of rabble!"

"It seems this world still has a bit of hope—but can you really bring it back?" Lev widened his eyes and looked at Ian as if in provocation.

"If you have the ability, then come and prove it to me!"

"Hahahahahahaha!"

The next moment, the laughing Lev actively welcomed Ian's sword, as if he had no fear of death.

The jet-black blade pierced through his body, but no blood splattered.

He fell to the ground motionless.

The surroundings fell into a deathly silence.

Then—

The earth shook and the mountains trembled!

They saw the entire Fuyuki City begin to distort, and the boundary lines of all the scenery transformed into particles and began to scatter everywhere.

"Hello?! Is anyone there?!"

Romani Archaman's voice came from the device on Lev's corpse.

Ian immediately bent down and picked it up.

"Yes!"

"...That's great," Romani Archaman breathed a sigh of relief.

"Singularity F is about to disappear, I must transfer you back now!"

"Can Chaldea still do something like that?" Ian asked, somewhat doubtful.

"Yes."

Romani Archaman, who was in Chaldea, glanced at the old-fashioned machine behind him.

It was a model that had long been kept unused.

Although he was usually somewhat lazy, he was now incredibly serious.

"I'll operate it manually!"

"..."

There was no reason to doubt further.

After all, continuing to stay in Singularity F was a dead end.

"Then I'll leave it to you," Ian said, his voice filled with trust.

"Yeah."

They saw a pillar of light being cast down in the gradually distorting ruins of Fuyuki City.

Needless to say, that was the transfer channel that Romani Archaman had mentioned.

Mashu and Fujimaru Ritsuka, who understood, stepped into it one after another.

Olga Marie, however, remained in one place—she could no longer return like the other two girls.

Chaldea... did not have a body for her.

But Ian bent down at this moment and picked up Olga Marie in a princess carry.

"Director, let's go back," he said softly, looking at her with a gentle smile.

"..."

A simple sentence brought tears to Olga Marie's eyes.

"Ian, I can't go back..." she whispered, her voice filled with sadness.

"No."

Ian kissed the little crybaby on the forehead.

"If I say you can go back, then you definitely can."

The group stepped into the pillar of light for the transfer.

The next second, the pillar of light disappeared.

Singularity F also met its collapse.

Light and shadows flashed by.

Olga Marie felt very warm.

She slowly opened her eyes and found herself in a pure white area.

"Where is this?" she couldn't help but ask.

The answer came quickly.

"Director, this is my consciousness."

"Consciousness?"

The moment she heard these words, Olga Marie looked up and saw Ian's face.

She realized that she was still lying in his arms, but Mashu and Fujimaru Ritsuka were no longer beside them.

Her face flushed red.

But she didn't have the slightest intention of escaping from his embrace.

"Is this how you're taking me back?" she asked softly, her gaze fixed on Ian's face.

"Yeah," Ian nodded. "Don't worry. I've used this method to save someone very important before."

"Oh... calling them a person might not be quite right, they should be called an oni instead," Ian muse.

"Oni?" Olga Marie felt a bit scared.

"Have you seen an oni?" she asked, her voice trembling slightly.

"Don't worry, Director... oni aren't scary creatures," Ian reassured her with a gentle smile.

"On the contrary, they're actually quite cute," he added, a playful glint in his eyes.

"But those aren't things to talk about now."

Ian looked down at Olga Marie, his eyes filled with tenderness.

"Director, once we get back, we'll find a way to get you a body," he promised, his voice soft and comforting.

"And then we'll slowly solve the other problems—everything will be alright!" he declared, his eyes filled with a reassuring warmth.

"..."

Hearing this, Olga Marie was silent for a long time before speaking again.

"Ian, Lev was right, I'm really useless, I can't do anything," she confessed, her voice filled with self-doubt.

"Yeah," Ian nodded, not denying Lev's words at all. "And you have a terrible temper too," he added playfully, a gentle smile on his lips.

"As expected," Olga Marie said, feeling very disappointed. "Even you think so."

"Yeah."

Ian gently twirled a strand of Olga Marie's hair with his finger.

"But what does it matter?" he asked, his gaze soft.

"Does that mean useless people don't have the right to live in this world?" he questioned, his voice filled with a quiet conviction.

"Does that mean the efforts of useless people are not worth acknowledging?" he continued, his eyes filled with sincerity.

"There will always be geniuses, but not everyone can become a genius," Ian pointed out, his tone gentle.

"The human race should never be simply divided into useful and useless," he declared, his voice firm.

"As long as someone has burned like firewood and emitted their own light, that is an act worthy of praise," he concluded, his eyes filled with warmth.

"So—"

Ian gently patted Olga Marie's head.

"From now on, please boldly admit that you are a hard-working mediocrity, and then actively seek help from others," he advised, his voice filled with encouragement.

"This is not something to be ashamed of," he reassured her, his smile widening.

Hearing this, Olga Marie's tears could no longer be held back.

She buried her head in Ian's chest and sobbed.

"I'm sorry... I'm mediocre," she cried, her voice muffled.

"So, please help me!" she pleaded, her grip tightening on his shirt.

The man smiled gently.

"My Director."

"Isn't that a matter of course?" he asked softly, his eyes filled with affection.

"Chaldea... is something that everyone cherishes, after all."