The living room of the mansion was very quiet, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
At this time, Tia had finished telling Emiya Kiritsugu and the others about what happened in Kanbushi City, but she didn't tell them the story of Chaldea, only that Gudako, Mash, and Katsushika Hokusai came from elsewhere.
But that was why the living room became completely silent after Tia finished speaking, because Emiya Kiritsugu and King Arthur both looked at Katsushika Hokusai.
"That true foreign god who could threaten this planet, force my Holy Sword to unseal, and even bring a god-killer to this world, actually came out of your body! Katsushika Hokusai, you are amazing!" King Arthur sincerely praised.
"I didn't expect you to be the famous painter Katsushika Hokusai. You were able to resist the temptation of a god. You truly deserve to be called the legendary painter," Emiya Kiritsugu also praised. "Back then, we used the power of all our Servants to destroy that giant octopus god."
"Ahaha~~ It's nothing, you're exaggerating too much. I'm not that great, although I'm good at drawing," Katsushika Hokusai said with a laugh, but she didn't seem embarrassed at all.
"Katsushika Hokusai? Is that the legendary ukiyo-e painter?" Irisviel asked doubtfully. "I think I've seen it in a book."
"I think I've seen it in a book too," Illya added.
As for Gudako and Mash, they didn't cause much of a stir for Emiya Kiritsugu, but King Arthur took a few extra glances at Mash, although Mash was dressed in casual clothes and her battle suit was put away.
"Maybe it's just my imagination, but I feel a familiar presence from this girl named Mash," King Arthur said casually.
Lancelot became interested as soon as he heard King Arthur's words, and said, "Mash is a semi-Servant who was possessed by Galahad! But now Galahad has left Mash's body, but there are still quite a few traces left. I can still feel Galahad's presence on Mash."
"Is that so? I see," King Arthur nodded. "Since she is the person chosen by Galahad to be possessed, then she is absolutely worthy of my trust. Yes, you are also a member of my Round Table, Mash!"
King Arthur said very seriously.
"Ah? Yes!" Mash immediately said with a serious expression when she heard King Arthur say that.
"Not bad, your reaction is quick," King Arthur added.
At this time, Mash scratched her head: "Actually, it's because I've met... other King Arthurs before. At that time, Mr. Galahad was still in my body, and I had already been personally recognized by that King Arthur as a member of the Knights of the Round Table. Ahaha..."
Mash smiled a little embarrassedly.
"By the way, King, Mash has already met other Kings, and they were... Kings who departed in perfect form, the kind of King you most wanted to achieve," Lancelot said directly at this time.
"What? Other... me? In the most perfect form that I wanted to achieve in my heart, saving Britannia?" King Arthur suddenly looked distracted. After hearing Lancelot's words, she muttered to herself, "How did the other me do it?"
"It's simple, it's The King whose main weapon was changed from the Holy Sword to the Holy Lance," Tia said with a smile at this time. "That is The King who is no longer affected by the Holy Sword's halting of growth, and whose physical age has grown to a stage in line with The King's identity. Although still possessing a human body, it is difficult to call her a human or Servant. Because of the nature hidden in the Holy Lance, she has transformed into a god, or even closer to a goddess. Therefore, she is more calm and rational than the current The King, and still retains her humanity. It is better to say that because she has become more mature, she is able to make more relaxed choices."
"Is that so? If you say that, it really is the ideal self," King Arthur said with a sigh after recovering from a brief distraction after hearing Tia's words. "What would it be like if my body grew up?"
King Arthur couldn't help but say.
"It is a woman with a body even more developed than Irisviel's, so no one would possibly think that she was male!" Tia became very serious and said this sentence. At the same time, she mumbled in her heart about the northern hemisphere, a King who understands people's hearts.
"Master!" Lancelot's voice suddenly sounded in Tia's heart, startling Tia.
Tia then realized that Lancelot was angry, but...
"Lancelot, don't you want to see the adult northern hemisphere version of The King with your own eyes?" Tia asked back. "The King also has an Archer class, and the Archer class King is directly wearing a swimsuit..."
"Chaldea... is truly an evil place!" Lancelot complained to Tia in his heart.
"But it's also a wonderful place, isn't it? You definitely want to see it, Lancelot..." Tia continued to say amusingly in her heart.
Lancelot stopped talking.
King Arthur heard Tia's words, subconsciously turned her head to look at Irisviel's body, then looked down at herself, and couldn't help but frown.
"In other words, is that me whose female identity is destined to be exposed? Then how did she deal with it? How was she able to make Britannia continue to exist?" King Arthur really wanted to know this. "I... can I meet her?"
Tia curled her lips in her heart. After King Arthur returned to Chaldea, the memories of Chaldea that had been erased would be restored. Then there would be no need for Tia to explain her wish to her.
Because the King Arthur in Chaldea is the King Arthur who has already seen through things.
"Won't you know everything when King Arthur returns to Chaldea?" Katsushika Hokusai couldn't help but say this. "Anyway, you're going to find out sooner or later, aren't you?"
"Chaldea?" King Arthur looked at Katsushika Hokusai with some doubt.
Tia curled her lips. She didn't expect Katsushika Hokusai to say it directly.
Originally, Tia didn't plan to talk about Chaldea. Anyway, she would know everything when she went back to Chaldea. Now, saying it would make her want to go back sooner.
But unfortunately, since Katsushika Hokusai had already said it, there was no need to continue hiding it.
"That is a human reason protection organization to ensure that human reason can continue to exist. It guarantees that the flames of future civilization will not be extinguished within a hundred years, and that humanity can continue to exist," Tia explained directly. "But the existence of our current Lostbelt might eventually develop in ways that cannot be predicted at all."
"It might even replace our common human history. That's why we in Chaldea came to destroy this Lostbelt," Gudako interjected at this time.
(End of chapter)
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