Chapter 143: Want to save the Human Order? Then take me with you!
"Oh? Then let me hear your thoughts, King Arthur from another world!"
Iskandar shifted to an extremely serious expression.
"Conqueror King, the reason you came to that conclusion is because you have no prior knowledge of your own future. Just like 'Okeanos' in your dream, your entire life is a journey in pursuit of dreams, and on that journey, you found joy. But that joy——does not belong to me."
Arthur turned his head and looked toward Ethan, where Lady Avalon was currently hiding behind him.
"From the moment I drew the Sword of Selection, my life was already predetermined. Unlike you, I became 'king' exactly as the prophecy foretold. Everything I do is something that was already decided in advance."
Arthur then looked down at his hands.
"Each time an event in the prophecy occurred, the regret in my heart grew deeper. If I could have done better, maybe the outcome could have changed. Therefore, to save this country, I must become the ideal king!"
"The ideal king is nothing more than a puppet, a prop of the nation! How could that ever be possible!!!"
"No matter how distant it may seem——to save Britannia, this is the only way!!!"
Arthur declared loudly.
"Only by becoming the ideal king can I personally save this country! This is who I am... No, this is the 'king's way' that belongs to King Arthur!!!"
"——————?!"
When he saw the resolute look in Arthur's eyes, Iskandar was greatly astonished.
"Even if in the end I still cannot save Britannia, and the Round Table collapses... It was precisely because of that belief that I became the wielder of the Holy Sword. My belief was not in vain. It gave me the strength to protect even greater existences."
"So that's why you were able to obtain that Holy Sword, gaining the power to oppose the Evils of Humanity without needing a Grand-class vessel?"
Iskandar crossed his arms, closed his eyes and pondered for a while, before finally opening his eyes again.
"I'm sorry, I apologize for what I said earlier."
The Conqueror King bowed his head to Arthur.
"You are not a king who can be judged by common sense. Perhaps that King Arthur in this world was also just like you, embracing a grand ideal to the extent of denying his entire past just to save his nation."
When the scene of Iskandar acknowledging Arthur as a "king" appeared in the livestream room, a flood of comments exploded.
[Wait a minute, this plot doesn't seem quite right!]
[Host, quickly try summoning Our King, maybe she's watching this happily and will respond directly to you!]
[Indeed, Iskandar spent his life chasing dreams, while King Arthur ruled the nation according to predetermined prophecies, of course they're different.]
[If not like that, then how could King Arthur be a legendary king?]
[The kings of each era carry different destinies, so it's not right to have someone unrelated judge whether another is worthy to be king or not.]
[King Arthur's ideals transcend time, that's why the Holy Sword chose him.]
...
"Hey, Father-King from another world, I don't quite get it, but we won, right?"
Mordred turned her head back in confusion.
"Huh? No, how should I put this..."
Arthur also didn't quite know how to answer properly for a moment.
But seriously, do these kinds of debates need a winner or loser?
"Umu, Rebellious Knight, I take back what I said earlier, your Father is a true king!!"
After hearing the affirmation from Iskandar, Mordred finally returned to her cheerful self.
"Awesome! We won!!!"
"That's great, Senpai!"
Mash, who was standing next to him, also happily looked toward Ethan.
"So the crisis has been resolved, right!"
"Hmph, after all, this is the 'king' I taught, how could he possibly lose here."
Merlin, who had been hiding behind Ethan, nodded in satisfaction.
"In that case, before Arthur finds out, Lady Avalon-chan nigerundayo~~~"
Right after that, Merlin's figure instantly vanished from the room.
Ethan let out a sigh.
Although he didn't quite understand how things turned out this way, at least it's finally over for now.
"Oh right, Senpai, it seems the screening was interrupted because Mordred-san broke the projection equipment, should we fix it?"
"No, that's enough for today..."
He adjusted the livestream room interface in front of him, then spoke in a tired voice:
"This event will temporarily end here. If we continue watching part two of FZ later, we'll inform everyone. The prize draw will be selected randomly from the comment section. That's all for today's livestream, goodbye everyone!!!"
After turning off the livestream, Ethan let out a deep sigh.
Today... was truly exhausting.
...
In the following days, Ethan kept his promise and drew several lucky audience members from the comment section.
Strangely, aside from one viewer who wanted a birthday greeting and a "Ohaiyo Darling~" in Mash's voice, the rest all requested Jeanne Alter to record some aggressive insults—the more savage, the better.
All one could say was, viewers these days really go all out?
After letting Jeanne Alter fully unleash her insults, Ethan selected a few clips that could be considered as meeting the basic requirements, then sent them out as gifts.
Not only did this earn him another wave of gifted items, but the livestream room occasionally echoed with various compliments.
For a while afterward, everything at Chaldea was relatively peaceful.
The relationship between Mordred and Arthur seemed to have improved slightly, Jeanne Alter had vanished somewhere, and Reines constantly clung to Waver.
Merlin still avoided Arthur every day but continued pulling sneaky tricks that gave Arthur headaches. Draco voluntarily stayed in the isolation room and never caused Ethan any trouble.
Perhaps the only thing different from before was that whenever Ethan mentioned working for a company—
In the livestream room, a wave of repeated spam would appear:
[Chaldea is the organization responsible for protecting all of humanity, we ask viewers of the livestream to understand that.]
[Chaldea is the organization responsible for protecting all of humanity, we ask viewers of the livestream to understand that.]
[The host's job is to protect humanity, please take this seriously everyone!!!]
[The host's job is to protect humanity, please take this seriously everyone!!!]
[Host, stop pretending—you work at Chaldea!]
[I visited the host's company the other day, seriously, they really are protecting the Human Order. I cried.]
...
Currently, the style of the livestream room felt a bit off, to the point that Ethan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Though he had a hunch that something else would definitely happen later, for now, he decided to leave things be. After all, if something really came up, then it would be up to future Ethan to deal with it.
Until one week later, when Doctor Romani finally informed Ethan that they were about to begin repairs on the third Singularity.
"Doctor, Da Vinci."
Ethan and Mash stepped into the control room.
"You're here."
Doctor Romani looked utterly exhausted, as if he hadn't had a good sleep.
"Doctor, are you alright?"
Seeing the pale look on his face, Mash immediately asked with concern.
"No, I'm fine…"
Doctor Romani waved a hand, then motioned for Ethan and Mash to sit.
"This time I called you both here to discuss matters regarding the third Singularity."
"So the data calibration is finally complete?"
Ethan got straight to the point.
Because during the previous Rome Singularity, not only had Ethan and Mash failed to be transferred directly into the city of Rome as expected, but there also seemed to be a discrepancy in the timeline.
They were supposed to arrive to assist Nero, yet the opening scene was already Nero being captured.
In other words, they had arrived at that Singularity much later than originally scheduled.
"How should I put it, no matter how many times we confirmed it, Chaldea's Spiritron computation device—Trismegistus—continues to give the same conclusion: there's absolutely nothing wrong."
"Then could there have been an error somewhere else?"
Mash asked suspiciously.
"No, this is a new-generation Spiritron computer developed with technology from the Atlas Institute. It can confirm the existence of a Master no matter what era they are in. If there had been a serious issue, the two of you wouldn't have been able to perform a successful Spiritron Transfer in the first place."
Doctor Romani answered firmly.
"Then why weren't we transferred to the correct coordinates? Where exactly did the error come from?"
Ethan pressed on.
If this issue couldn't be resolved, then next time he might be sent to the wrong location and immediately get a "game over."
"Right now, Chaldea's technicians are working on recalibration, but regardless, we can't delay any longer—our time is running out. We must carry out the third Rayshift soon to repair the Singularity."
It was clear from Doctor Romani's expression that he was deeply worried.
In such a situation, the Spiritron computation device—the most critical component—seemed to be problematic.
"But Romani, if the Spiritron calculation device really is malfunctioning, then sending Ethan recklessly will only cause us to lose our last Master."
Da Vinci immediately spoke up to stop Doctor Romani.
Previously, they had stabilized communications by converting Chaldea's power into mana, but errors in Spiritron Transfer were absolutely unacceptable.
"Of course I know that, but right now it's only a slight deviation in coordinates. In such an urgent situation, we can proceed with a Rayshift within an acceptable margin of error—send Ethan there first, and then confirm and adjust the data afterward."
Doctor Romani proposed a relatively compromise solution.
"Phew… In terms of effectiveness, Romani's plan is certainly reasonable. But doing so would also significantly increase the risk."
Da Vinci looked at Ethan and Mash with deep concern in her eyes.
"I can't help with technical matters, but please, Doctor and Da Vinci-chan, don't worry. No matter what happens, I will protect senpai!"
Seeing Mash's resolute eyes, Ethan couldn't help but instinctively say thanks.
"Mash, thank you…"
With kouhai-chan always by his side, he felt much more at ease.
"There's no need for that. It's my duty—senpai doesn't need to thank me."
Mash bowed her head shyly and gave a gentle smile.
"Hehe… Such foolish humans."
Suddenly, Draco's image appeared on the monitor overhead.
"Again with the harassment..."
Da Vinci sighed, seemingly already too used to Draco's behavior.
"Beast of Sodom, we've already done our best to fulfill your previous requests. What is it this time?"
Da Vinci then looked straight at the screen and asked directly.
"Hehe, those things were nothing more than little amusements for me. Honestly, your desires are so shallow they bore me."
As she spoke, Draco gently caressed her Holy Grail with her hand.
"As for me, seeing Chaldea's last Master about to walk into death—I came especially to have a little laugh."
On the screen, Draco's eyes were locked onto Ethan.
"————————?!"
Doctor Romani and Da Vinci were both utterly horrified.
"What are you talking about?!"
"This so-called transfer of yours, the deviation that occurred—wasn't due to a technical problem or anything like that. It was because the era itself rejected you."
"Rejected by the era? No, that's impossible!"
Doctor Romani immediately refuted Draco's words.
"Trismegistus is a Spiritron computer that can prove a Master's existence in Spiritron terms in any era, thus enabling interference with the past. In theory, it should completely overcome any rejection from the era."
"Hahahaha… That's exactly why I say humans are always so arrogant—only to be destroyed in the end by that very arrogance."
Draco licked her lips with enjoyment.
"Although that destruction is absolutely delicious, it's still not the time for me to savor it. Let me tell you this—perhaps you've already been defined by the Human Order as unstable 'foreign object.'"
"Defined by the Human Order as 'foreign object'?!"
Draco's words once again left Doctor Romani and Da Vinci stunned.
"Why are you so surprised? Hey, Doctor—you of all people know exactly how that girl fused with a Heroic Spirit. You're the one who did it, and yet you think the Human Order wouldn't be on guard against you?"
"..."
Doctor Romani said nothing, only silently looked at Mash.
"Romani..."
Da Vinci cast a worried look in Doctor Romani's direction.
"You've said all that, so I assume you also have a countermeasure, Beast of Sodom."
After a long silence, Doctor Romani finally spoke, looking toward the screen where Draco appeared.
"Hehe, seems there is someone clever among humanity after all."
Draco appeared very pleased with Doctor Romani at that moment.
"I, who can traverse countless worlds, saw through the petty tricks of the Human Order long ago."
"Could it be that you can correct this deviation?!"
"Of course. My Authority is far greater than you can imagine. Even sealed inside this fragile saint graph, I can still accomplish that."
Draco sat confidently behind the screen, speaking with pride.
"But if we do that, we'll have to bear additional risks."
Doctor Romani frowned.
"That would mean Chaldea is relying on the power of a Beast… and there's no way to guarantee that if we bring you to another Singularity, you won't become a threat to Ethan…"
"Oh? I just praised you, and it turns out you're only this capable after all…"
Draco's face twisted with displeasure.
"What I desire is to savor the Depravity and Immorality of humankind in its most perfect state. Right now, neither you nor I are in that state! Even if I killed you now, I wouldn't find it satisfying."
After clearly stating her position—
"Before you all—especially the final Master of humanity—grow strong enough to fight me, I will absolutely not kill him so easily."
After saying that, Draco once more glanced at everyone in the room.
"Now, make your choice, oh foolish humans still deluded into thinking you can reclaim the future!!!"
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