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Olga wanted to argue, but after seeing the room's layout, she realized that whatever she said would be wrong. Finally, she stammered, "But you've taken the bed, where am I supposed to go—"

"What a boring question." Ling yawned, looking a little sleepy. "Besides the bed, there's the floor, right? There's a carpet on the floor, so it shouldn't be too cold. It's such a big place, why don't you just find a spot to curl up and make do?"

This answer drew criticism from everyone present.

"unacceptable!"

"No manners!"

"Still not a man!"

"You're a demon!"

Olga was heartbroken by Ling's answer, but when she saw Ling lift the corner of the blanket, patting her side with her right hand and looking at her with a half-smile, she suddenly felt a little smug.

Chapter 341 Mutual Humility (Part Two)

However, the girl's reserve and the continued reproaches from the audience left Olga somewhat at a loss. Ling's gesture was undoubtedly an invitation, and with so many people watching, he probably wouldn't do anything reckless. But if she just ran over like that, wouldn't she seem too casual?

After thinking for a moment, she decided not to lie down beside him, but instead sat demurely on the edge of the bed. "Hmph! As my servant, you should be sleeping on the floor, but your master is not one to mistreat his subordinates. Since this bed is big enough to sleep ten people, I'll allow you to take up a corner!"

Ling wasn't surprised that his invitation went unanswered. After all, Olga was clearly a proud and aloof girl, so this little test had already yielded a satisfactory result for him.

Ignoring the large crowd of onlookers, Ling was indeed feeling a bit sleepy. He squinted and his voice sounded weak. "That's right, Olga. Have you ever heard the saying 'Tsundere ruins life'? In novels or anime stories, people with your personality are often the losers."

Olga wasn't a homebody, but she still understood what Ling meant. She proudly raised her head and waved the back of her hand at Ling, the meaning was clear: "I don't think anyone can shake my position as your Master."

This declaration, like that of a victor, reignited the gossip in Chaldea. Although these images could not be preserved, as long as they had heard and seen them now, they would have plenty to talk about in the future.

"I don't really care, but let me remind you, now every move you and I make is being watched by the Chaldea people. Your authority as the director is really almost gone." Ling's eyes were already narrowed to slits, but she could still see the expressions of the people on the Chaldea side, especially the girls' attitude as if they were watching an idol drama. Ling couldn't help but smile.

"It's fine! Anyone who dares to gossip will be punished." Olga glanced coldly at the still noisy control room and announced her decision blatantly in a superior tone.

"Oh, really? Then congratulations on finally being able to make your presence felt." Ling knew exactly where Olga stood among the Chaldea group, but things had changed a lot by now.

At least the people in the control room will no longer underestimate Olga. Since the observation began from Chaldea, Olga's identity and abilities have given them a refreshing feeling. Not to mention that they have seen the true side of the girl named Olga up close. To them, the "Second Director" is no longer a vague symbol, but a concrete existence.

If the two of them return safely this time, and Olga seizes the opportunity to reorganize her staff and build a team that truly belongs to her, then he is certain that the future outcome will not be so tragic.

"hear."

Just as his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, almost closing completely, Olga suddenly called his name softly.

"Hmm?" he replied weakly, trying hard not to let sleep control him.

"What was the point of your deal with that Kiritsugu Emiya just now? It felt a bit anticlimactic, or even a waste of time." Olga had somehow gotten to sit on the edge of the bed next to him.

"A half-hearted attempt? We've talked for so long, you might not be tired, but I am. Of course, we need to end this as soon as possible." Forcing herself to stay awake, Ling reopened her eyes. "If you're talking about wasting time, you mean I repeated certain things several times, right?"

Olga, Leonardo da Vinci, Aster, and even Rafe and Roman all nodded.

Looking at their synchronized movements, Ling revealed a mysterious smile. "I deliberately mentioned those repeated things several times because if Kiritsugu Emiya is smart, he will investigate along those lines, and that will be interesting."

Olga was somewhat dissatisfied with this completely vague answer. She brushed a stray hair from her forehead and asked casually, "What's fun about it?"

Ling smiled and shook her head. "Now is not the time to reveal the answer. When the Holy Grail War of Dongmu ends, if we can still observe this world, then the answer will be clear."

"So, should we participate in Dongmu's Holy Grail War?" Seeing that Ling didn't answer, Olga gave up on asking and changed the subject.

"Of course we have to participate. Our goal is to make a wish to the Holy Grail. How can we make a wish if we don't participate?" Ling lay on her side, half of her sleepiness gone. "The Holy Grail's wish-making mechanism requires the Master or Servant participating in the Holy Grail War to make the wish. If we don't participate in this Holy Grail War, how can we compete for the qualification of Master or Servant?"

"You mean, to make a wish upon the Holy Grail in Fuyuki City, only a Master or Servant chosen by it is qualified?" Olga certainly understood what Ling meant.

“Of course, even if you and I are a Master and Servant pair, our existence is completely different from that of the Master and Servant in the Holy Grail War of Fuyuki City.” Looking at Olga’s pensive face, Ling suddenly felt a strange sense of satisfaction.

No matter how messy their relationship was, there was no denying that the girl named Olga Marie was his first girl, and he could no longer ignore her existence, nor could he live only for himself as before.

"So, people become weak when they have ties," he remarked unconsciously, drawing a strange look from Olga.

What are you talking about now?

"It's nothing, I just think Olga, you're really beautiful." Knowing how to effectively deal with a tsundere, he naturally diverted Olga's attention.

"You—you—humph, even if you flatter me like this, I won't be happy!" Olga brushed a strand of hair behind her ear and turned her face away.

"Your ears are bright red~" Ling teased her again, making Olga almost punch her.

"Excuse me—excuse me for interrupting you." Suddenly, Dr. Roman's voice broke in again.

Ling looked unhappily at the window that had been enlarged again, "Speak quickly if you have something to say, Your Majesty!"

"The...the harem king!?" Upon hearing Ling's address, Roman couldn't help but glance guiltily at Rafe before immediately retorting, "I! I'm not some harem king!"

"Of course! After all, as a hardcore otaku, you've probably played hundreds, if not thousands, of bishoujo games, right? With all those boys and girls you've played with, what else could you be but a harem king?"

"No way! I've never played with crossdressing X-pulse or crossdressing sea X!" The doctor's voice trembled with tension, but as soon as he finished speaking, everyone, including Olga, looked at him as if they had seen something dirty.

Chapter 342 Mutual Humility (Part 3)

"Oh, you don't need to react so strongly. After all, even if you secretly indulge in some heavy-duty loli island activities, no one will care." Ling looked at the canopy above the bed with an extremely languid gaze. "So, Harem King, what exactly are you trying to say?"

"Huh?" Upon hearing Ling's question, Roman suddenly forgot what he had originally wanted to ask. "Right, right, what was I trying to ask before?"

"Hmm~ Could it be because I've been rubbing too much and it's causing my memory to decline? Hmm, it could also be dementia. Anyway, if you can't remember, just stop talking and sit aside as a bystander." The subtle noises around her grew louder again, and Ling cleared her mind, trying to hear what the noises were saying.

"I have a feeling you're using something really serious to badmouth me." Roman looked at Ling, who was clearly distracted, with a wry smile and sighed deeply.

"————" Ling did not answer, but quietly closed his eyes. Gradually, his breathing became steady, as if he had fallen asleep.

Seeing this, Olga glanced at him worriedly, then said to Shion, "If you're alright for now, shouldn't you explain to me what the Atlas Academy is trying to do?"

Ziyuan pushed up her glasses and looked at Olga with a smile. "As such an important trader, Animusfia has encountered such a big accident, our Atlas Institute should of course lend a helping hand. That's why I volunteered to come here."

Olga, of course, did not believe this explanation, but considering that Chaldea had found her thanks to their assistance, she at least maintained a certain level of politeness on the surface. "On behalf of Animusphia, I would like to express my gratitude to you, but please remember that you are in Chaldea. If you do anything strange, I will demand an explanation from the Atlas Institute when I return."

"Hehe, rest assured, everything is within my calculations. I will not leave Chaldea before you and Ling return." Shion looked at Olga, who was eager to defend her territory, and revealed a confident smile. "Moreover, Ling and I have an agreement that Chaldea will not retain any images or sounds of today's observations except on my side."

Upon hearing this, Rafe abruptly looked up at the display screen representing Aster. "This isn't in accordance with the rules, isn't it, Special Technical Advisor?"

“No, no, there’s nothing we can do about it. After all, we were able to observe them thanks to the Jade Record. After the Jade Record stopped operating, all the original information was collected by it. After all, it doesn’t belong to this world, does it?” Ziyuan patted the huge jade stone tablet behind her. “The mysteries involved here are beyond even my understanding, so you should understand.”

After saying that, without waiting for Rafe to refute her, she turned off her own image. After all, Ling was already asleep, and she had no intention of talking to anyone else. Moreover, it was not convenient for others to see what she was about to do.

Roman and Leonardo da Vinci looked at each other in bewilderment as they stared at the vanished images.

"This is truly lawless. As the acting director, aren't you going to do anything about it?" Rafe put his hands behind his back, looking at Roman with an indifferent expression, his heart filled with nameless anger.

He didn't know why Olga had appointed Roman as acting director, even though he was closer to her. Was it because that Servant had told her something?

But the situation at the time was different. When Olga gave the order, she clearly intended to give it to herself, and then she suddenly stopped. That pause was very suspicious.

While pondering the question, Rafe probed Roman's reaction.

"Oh dear, this..." Roman ran his fingers across his face, giving Rafe an innocent look, looking at Rafe's narrowed eyes. "Don't tease me, Professor Rafe. I'll need your help a lot from now on."

Seeing Roman's suddenly natural attitude, Rafe felt something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. In the end, he could only smile and say, "Of course, I will do my best to assist you, Acting Director."

As Leonardo da Vinci watched the two men's feigned politeness, knowing their true identities, she found the scene utterly ridiculous.

The former master and the former familiar have re-established a superior-subordinate relationship in the present day. When Rafe learns Roman's true identity, how will he view what is happening now?

"Alright, since I'm free now, I'll go back to the workshop and make something. Roman, just let me know if there are any problems." Da Vinci stood up, patted the doctor on the shoulder, and then left the central control room without looking back.

Rafe watched Da Vinci leave, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Well then, Director Roman, I also need to take care of some other matters. Please prepare a written report on finding Olga, and I'll submit it to the Magic Association later, depending on the situation."

Roman nodded. "I understand. Then I'll leave the rest to you. After the handover is complete, we'll go for a drink together."

Upon hearing the invitation, Rafe gave a polite smile. "Of course, I'd be happy to accept. Well then, I'll take my leave now."

As he spoke, he turned and left the control room. When he reached the door, he seemed to remember something and turned back to everyone in the control room, saying, "What happened today is temporarily classified as Level 3 confidential. After leaving the control room, please go and receive the suggestion magic."

At this point, he looked at the Group A members leaning against the wall, "You are no exception, but the confidentiality period should not exceed three days. After all, we also need to submit a practice report to the Magic Association. Then it's up to you."

After Kirishitalia Wodim, the team leader, nodded to indicate that he had heard, Rafe ignored them and left the control room.

Seeing this, Romani Archman, who was appointed as the acting director, also gave a supplementary order to the people in the control room, "I will notify the security department to lead everyone to receive the suggestion magic, and at the same time, I will ensure that there will be no restrictions on your personal freedom except for the suggestion magic. After all, some of what you just heard is not suitable for too many people to know. I hope you can understand."

At this point, Roman looked at the relatively calm crowd, gritted his teeth, and said, "As compensation, this month's welfare allowance will be doubled!"

Upon hearing this, the people in the control room cheered. Indeed, after entering Chaldea and learning about its duties and functions, they all knew that they had shouldered responsibilities that outsiders could not understand. Even when they contacted their families, there were monitoring measures. The only compensation was probably the extremely high salary and amazing welfare benefits. Now, with Roman's words, their slight displeasure finally disappeared.

Chapter 343 Mutual Humility (Part 4)

They certainly have a sense of responsibility and mission, but their work purpose is too vague and lacks any real substance.

Especially for the ordinary employees, after entering this special institution, they even suspected that they had been taken to some kind of cult. The existence that repeatedly challenged their understanding brought them a long period of disbelief.

Especially just now, hearing about parallel worlds, omnipotent wish-granting machines, the Holy Grail, the evil of this world, and so on, completely overturned these people's worldview. However, after they saw the suddenly appearing entity called "Counterforce," they no longer doubted the authenticity of these things.

Whether they are ordinary people, magicians, or even non-human beings, after being impacted by the [Restraint Force], they gain a deeper understanding of the world to varying degrees. They may not even realize that their thoughts have been subtly influenced to make choices that are beneficial to the world.

Having witnessed the "greatness," one understands one's own "insignificance." No matter who has seen that thing, the "restraint force" cannot allow them to speak recklessly. This world is the timeline agreed upon by "Gaia" and Olga, and the restraint force cannot even actively abandon it. Therefore, it can only use this method to ensure that some things that endanger the world are not spread, such as pushing for the Chaldea bombing incident to make some people completely disappear.

This mechanism regarding the operation of the world not only corrects deviations in the world's development but also protects the worldline itself. In other words, no matter how hard one tries to change things, what is destined to happen will still happen. Unless one obtains the method to change the operation of the world, the impact of one's actions will gradually fade in the future.

The current Ling is unaware of this, but the self-proclaimed "useless Ling" in the Unknown Realm knows this mechanism. So, in order for the future Ling to kill him with his own hands, he is already trying to let Ling know more while watching the show. One of his methods is to let Attila see the stories that happen in other timelines.

Not to mention, the constant whispers in Ling's ear are his way of using Yog's power to continuously instill the knowledge of the Outer Gods into Ling. One day, when Ling can clearly understand these words, everything will change.

An hour and a half later, Ling opened her eyes again and found Olga lying next to her, looking at her.

He didn't know what she was thinking. After staring at her for several seconds, she finally reacted, sprang up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and sat down far away from him, her face flushed.

"Slept well~" Ling sat up and stretched, then tossed her long hair behind her head and asked Olga, "What time is it, Olga?"

"Who, who, who knows what time it is!" Finding herself embarrassed to look at Ling, Olga casually got out of bed, walked to the huge window, and stammered as she looked at the wind and snow outside.

"Oh, I see. How long have I been asleep?" Ling asked, ignoring Olga's actions.

"Approximately one hour, twenty-eight minutes, and forty-three seconds." Ziyuan's avatar popped up beside him, then gave him a time accurate to the second.

Ling stared at her speechlessly. As her projection popped up, Da Vinci's projection followed immediately. However, there was no action from the control room, or rather, Ziyuan deliberately did not connect to the control room.

"Da Vinci-chan has already returned to the workshop?" Looking at the background behind Da Vinci, Ling nodded with satisfaction. "And the control room shouldn't be able to hear, see, or even know about our actions right now, right?"

Olga, who had originally intended to look cool by the window, changed her expression several times upon hearing this.

“You guessed right, right now only Leonardo da Vinci and I can talk to you. By the way, I originally only wanted to talk to you alone, but this person managed to cut into my channel. I have to say, he’s an all-powerful person, but it was all within my calculations!” Ziyuan looked at Leonardo da Vinci with admiration.

"Well, praise me more, praise me even more! I'm such a genius that even I'm afraid of myself! Ah, even the crystallization of divine wisdom can't stop my progress, it's terrifying!" Leonardo da Vinci's self-absorbed expression left everyone speechless.

"Oh my, is this the true side of the omnipotent one? That's quite unexpected~ But everything is within my calculations." Whether it was Da Vinci's performance that provoked Shion's rebellious emotions, she made a gesture full of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) vibes, covering her face with one hand and peeking out a cold gaze through her wide-open fingers.

"Alright, enough nonsense. Before anyone suspects us, get to the point." Ling propped his cheek up weakly. If he could, he would like to say that he didn't know these two problematic people. However, he already foresaw that his future interactions with these two people were inevitable.

Olga finally couldn't hold back any longer and came back. She stood by the bed, looking down at Ling, "Aren't you going to explain yourself to me?"

Da Vinci and Ziyuan seemed oblivious to this scene, still immersed in their own world.

"Explain what?" Ling rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Explain when I and these two people reached a consensus to hold a secret meeting away from everyone else?"

Olga hadn't expected Ling to react this way, but before she could get angry, Ling grabbed her hand and pulled her onto the bed. "Alright, enough nonsense, let's get down to business. We don't have much time left. After all, no matter how rich Animusfia is, this kind of cross-world communication can't last long, not to mention we'll be staying in this world for at least six months. No one can afford that kind of expense."

Da Vinci looked in Shion's direction and said, "Indeed, even if this person is a candidate for the next dean of the Atlas Academy, a divine artifact like the Emerald Record cannot stay in Chaldea for long."

"That's right, it can only be used for a week at most. If it exceeds a week, the Atlas Institute will send troops over. After all, this is public property~ But don't worry, everything is within my calculations." Shion also stopped her chuunibyou gesture and spoke seriously.

"Then I'll get straight to the point. Before Shion returns the Jade Record, you and she need to find a way to create a real cross-world communication device, the low-consumption kind. I think with your abilities and the resources of Chaldea and Atlas Institute, you should be able to make one, right?" Ling said casually while stroking Olga's ear.

"Time is a bit tight, but I'll find a way to finish it. After all, I'm an all-rounder!" Da Vinci gave Ling a thumbs up and answered confidently.

Chapter 344 Mutual Humility (Part 5)

“But Olga, is it really okay for you to just watch Ling bypass you and give me orders like this?” Da Vinci looked at Olga, who was being held down on Ling’s thigh and had her ears rubbed, with a mocking gaze.

As a proud and arrogant person, Olga would never admit that he was so infatuated with Ling that he forgot his duties, so he stubbornly said, "I believe in his abilities, and with his knowledge of other timelines, he is more suitable than me to handle this kind of situation."

Da Vinci couldn't help but chuckle. She looked at Olga with the gentle gaze of an elder looking at a mischievous child, "If that's really what you think, you might end up being sold off by Ling and still counting the money for him."

“It doesn’t matter, he’ll never be able to leave me for the rest of his life!” Olga slapped Ling’s hand away and sat up. “Our contract is unbreakable! He is destined to be my servant for life, and I will be his master for life.”

Actually, Ling really wanted to tell her that if he wanted to break the contract between the two of them, there really was a way. At the very least, he knew of a treasure called the "Lulu Bulei Card," or rather, the "Rule.Breaker." In any case, using that thing should be able to break the contract between the two of them. However, it was better not to say such things.

"Hum, but according to my calculations, the contract between you two isn't very strong. Your Servant should have a way to break it if they want to." However, Shion completely ignored the atmosphere and pointed out the truth in an extremely unromantic way.

An awkward atmosphere ensued. Olga turned her head and stared directly at Ling, while Ling turned her head away without making a sound.

"Alright, let's leave this issue for you two to discuss alone. Now tell me, Ling, are you really confident that you and Olga can come back here?" Da Vinci certainly didn't want to see the two of them argue. Although she knew that what Ziyuan said was based on solid evidence, now was definitely not the time to discuss this.

"About 70-80%." Ling pondered for three seconds before giving this answer.