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Through the remnants on the Heavenly Garment, Yustisa could vaguely sense that she had assimilated with Yue Zhengling, and could also perceive to some extent what he was doing.
"I can't go out yet, but we should be able to meet soon?" Justeza has duties as the Greater Grail, so she can't leave. But if she wants to see Yue Zhengling, she can use a back door to make the Command Seals appear in his hands during the Holy Grail War that will be held three years later.
Although the departure of the evil of this world took away all the magic power in Mount Enzou, the magic power in the other two places of descent in Fuyuki City is enough to make up for this loss.
"Looking forward to our next meeting, my unborn child." Removing her white top hat, Yustissa revealed a bewitching smile and quietly walked back to the center of the large platform. If viewed from above, one would see a huge magic circle. When Yustissa lay down in the very center of the magic circle and closed her eyes, Mount Yuanzang trembled once more, and colorless magic began to fill the area.
Meanwhile, in Eindzbern Castle in Germany, a terrifying aura emerged as the spatial passage opened.
Ahad's intuition immediately told him that what was inside was definitely beyond their capabilities, but once the ritual began, there was no turning back. More importantly, he had confidence in the ritual provided by the Jewel Elder.
Supported by endless magical power, the passage solidified, and a piercing wail came from it. The wail was filled with resentment, anger, and deep despair. Then, an aura even more terrifying than the black mud appeared.
The black mud had initially given him a familiar scent, but that familiar scent had weakened rapidly and been replaced by something he couldn't describe.
The passage was violently stretched so much that cracks appeared in the space on this side, as if some enormous creature had appeared on the other side of the passage and was heading this way. The aura it emitted was incredibly terrifying. If the black mud represented "human malice", then this aura was a terrifying existence that was difficult to express in words, completely subverted existing knowledge, and required no recognition.
But Ahad also sensed that the presence of that aura was extremely weak. Then he saw it—no, he himself didn't know if he really saw it, because the other party's presence was in an unusually ambiguous state, unable to even be properly expressed.
In short, it seems that old man Ahad saw, heard, and felt an existence that could not be confirmed, described, or known descend upon this place and enter that body. Then, the crystal pillar shattered, and that existence, in a wavering and ambiguous state, was defined and descended into this world with unreasonable power.
Like a newborn baby crying.
Like an ignorant child observing.
Like an innocent child touching something.
Like a curious teenager trying something new.
Like a young person who has reached a certain level of maturity, reflecting on their thoughts.
Like a weary middle-aged person taking a break.
Like an old man who has been liberated, chuckling softly.
A person's life unfolds in Ahad's consciousness. When he comes to his senses, a violent explosion has already occurred. If it weren't for the defensive magic that he always has on him, he would definitely be seriously injured. However, the magical chaos caused by the explosion also caused his magic circuits to be in excruciating pain, so much so that he was unable to act immediately.
When Ahad steadied himself and brought order to the castle, the body had already been thrown into the forest. When he found the place by following the lingering scent, he saw what happened next.
In the forest, several winter wolves watched the life that had fallen from the sky to the snow with the explosion. After confirming that there was no danger around, they howled a few times and walked over.
As a highly alert species, wolves would never act so recklessly, but the bloody scent emanating from the other party kept stimulating their nerves, and the aroma that whetted their appetites was something they had never encountered before.
However, as wild beasts, they did not understand that the fine snow that fell on their figures had been tainted with an ominous black meaning.
Driven by their appetites, the two winter wolves eagerly opened their mouths and bit at the man's left hand and right foot, respectively, preparing to work together to tear apart the delicious food in front of them.
The moment the wolf's sharp teeth touched its prey, everything froze. The snowflakes, the two winter wolves, and even the fir trees swaying in the cold wind all seemed to have been paused.
A white-haired girl appeared not far away.
As time passed again, the two winter wolves that touched the human figure instantly turned into two piles of white bones, and the complete skeletons scattered around with a clatter.
The remaining winter wolves seemed unaware of what was happening; they shook their heads, looking at everything in front of them with confusion.
After a long while, the wolves finally came to their senses. They raised their heads and let out long howls, then cautiously and slowly retreated.
Wild beasts also have their own philosophy of survival. Having witnessed everything that just happened, their intuition tells them that what lies before them is not prey, but something they cannot contend with—no matter how powerless it may appear now.
After retreating to what they considered a safe distance, they abandoned the prey they had finally found and ran away from the area.
The illusory Olga Marie walked to the edge of the snow pit and carefully examined the skeletons of the two wolves—the fur, flesh, and even the internal organs had all disappeared, leaving only complete skeletons. Moreover, the skeletons were covered with fine cracks, indicating that even the marrow inside had completely disappeared.
It's obvious that the life force of these two snow wolves was completely absorbed. So where was that life force transferred to?
She shifted her gaze to the people in the snow pit.
The original wounds had mostly disappeared, leaving only insignificant bruises.
She looked down at the naked figure with a cold gaze. The hateful nightmare had exploited a loophole in her surface consciousness to send this person into her world, disrupting her plans.
Now, after finally getting him out of my world and deliberately triggering the restraint to try and destroy him, this is how it turned out.
However, she achieved her goal. Although she didn't know why this world had a body that was so suitable for him, as long as he became human again, it would be impossible for him to exploit a loophole and be summoned by Chaldea.
"Eternal peace of mind, I want eternal peace of mind," Olga Marie murmured to herself, looking at him in the snow.
However, the other person seemed not to hear her words, and just stared blankly at the sky in the snow.
"No reaction? That's right, you can't see me at all right now. But that's fine too, it means we have nothing to do with each other anymore." She said softly to no one who could hear her, then looked up at the winter city of Einzbern.
“In every parallel world, there exists a unique individual, one that doesn’t exist in other parallel worlds. They may become extraordinary beings, or they may live an ordinary life. Their lifespans vary, and most of them die shortly after birth. You and I are probably that special case, aren’t we?”
"Although I don't know what you've been through, and I'm not interested, your existence has affected me. But you were destined to survive and came to this world."
"The Goggle Jubstacheit (Father of Man) system in this world has created miracles, but even so, the Einzbern of this world has reached its limit."
"According to Father's investigation, starting from the first year of the Western calendar, the disciples of the Third Magician spent nine hundred years in vain, finally accidentally creating the Winter Saintess, Justessa, a homunculus that can be called a miracle. The ending was already destined from the beginning."
"The fact that they accidentally created dolls with the same performance as their master, but it was really just a coincidence, a sudden mutation that had nothing to do with their technology or efforts, was a denial of their nine hundred years of continuous efforts, even though they later tried their best to use their own technology system to create androids that surpassed Justeza, and even developed an AI for autonomous central control - Golem Jubstacheit (the father of androids)."
At this point, she gave a smile that seemed to be both admiration and mockery.
"For the salvation of all mankind? This goal was meaningless from the very beginning, and the end was inevitable. Even if human hands can create things that surpass humanity, they cannot create things that can save humanity. A miracle is a miracle because it cannot be replicated. If the miracle of Justiza had not happened, the disciples of the Third Magician would not have suffered the most fatal setback. It was precisely because Justiza proved the success of the Third Magic, but this proof could not be replicated, that the disciples ultimately succumbed to the limitations of their own abilities and left the castle. Ha, after all, magic is meaningless if it is not in one's own hands."
"The Golem Jubstacheit (Father of Homunculi) system is essentially just a boring automatic device that operates forever as the price of no progress. I originally thought that the system had changed, but it is still the same kind of thing that tirelessly records time, like an ancient clock that was completely forgotten by people's memory before it destroyed itself."
"So, let me see what the Holy Grail of this world is like."
After saying that, Olga Marie turned to leave, but before she could even take a step, a hand grabbed her slender leg, which was covered by white over-the-knee stockings.
Her mind couldn't process it all at once, because before her true form descended, she shouldn't have been able to be touched by anything in this world, but now her feet were being held.
She lowered her head in confusion, then received an unmistakable answer: "How is this possible? We're clearly not together anymore, so why could you run into me!"
She turned to look at the owner of the hand. His eyes regained their sparkle, but they were different from the man she had seen before. He had never looked at her like that back in Chaldea.
Now, Yue Zhengling's eyes were fixed on her, filled with a burning desire.
Olga Marie, who was being looked at like this for the first time in her life, felt a complex mix of fear and secret delight.
The other person's feelings were what she longed for even before she died; they represented being needed, desired, and affirmed.
"Gotcha—my Master!" Yue Zhengling revealed a wicked smile, pulled Olga Marie to the ground with his right hand, and then pressed down on her!
Chapter 189 The Star Priestess (Part 1)
Olga Marie was caught off guard and panicked. Although she was much older than she looked, it did not mean she was experienced with men.
Before she became this way of being, she had only met a handful of men. Now, however, she was being pinned down by a guy who looked to be the same age as her. Even though she had experienced countless deaths and her heart had become almost lifeless, a strange tremor ran through her.
Olga Marie felt this novel stimulation and thought of the descriptions she had read in her adolescent reading materials.
Wait! Could this be...?
"Oh dear, you're overthinking it. This is just a pure expression of desire." Through some unknown means, Yue Zhengling knew what she was thinking.
"Although I knew you were an anomaly from that world line, I didn't expect it to be like this~ That world line was actually reconstructed with you at its center. That's no longer the scale of a singularity or a Lostbelt. Could it be that you made some kind of pact with Gaia or an alien god?"
Le Zhengling pinned down her fidgeting hands, smiling as she looked at the illusory person beneath her. Her red pupils, visible through her narrowed eyes, exuded an unsettling aura.
"How...how did you know!" Olga Marie looked at Yue Zhengling in surprise; what she heard from him was her biggest secret.
“Ah ha, Director, you’re so funny, um, really funny~” Yue Zhengling said with a laugh, finding great pleasure in Olga Marie’s surprised gaze.
Those eerie tattoos reappeared on his body, and then Yue Zhengling's body began to radiate high temperatures. The surrounding snow melted into water under the town's high temperature, and then quickly turned into water vapor.
The cedar trees within a 50-meter radius of him were directly engulfed in flames.
In the firelight and mist, in Olga Marie's eyes, Yue Zhengling looked increasingly eerie.
"Ah, is it doubt? Is it contemplation? Or is it fear? Olga Marie, my Master, you need not be afraid, for I will not harm you~ So, shall we become one? Okay?"
The person above leaned close to her ear and spoke in an unusually cheerful tone. At first, the voice sounded very clear, but as you listened, it sounded like countless people were speaking at once, creating a kind of overlapping sound.
"What are you?" Olga Marie's eyes narrowed. As a magician with profound knowledge and having experienced countless deaths, she immediately realized something was wrong after a brief moment of distraction.
Originally, I came to this world following his scent, and although I was a step too late, I still found him.
Unexpectedly, he obtained a real physical body in this world and gained the ability to capture her spiritual body. Strangely, this person now looks completely different from before, giving her the feeling of facing the great will of the past.
The difference is that the great will that made the contract with her was pure and gentle, while the person now is chaotic and exudes a strong sense of malice.
"Ah ha, how heartless of you, my Master~" Yue Zhengling said in a comical tone, "I am clearly your summoned Servant, belonging only to you~"
Olga Marie frowned and turned her face away from the other person's breath in her ear. "From what you just said, I know you're not the same person you used to be."
"How could it not be? My wise and beautiful Master, I'll be very sad if you say that~" The thing disguised as Yue Zhengling forcibly turned her face and looked at her with a mournful gaze.
Olga Marie stared coldly at the face that was completely covered by strange patterns. "Leaving aside my virtual personality, both you and I should know that the so-called Master and Servant contract is just an empty shell. Whether it's my Command Seals or your Heroic Spirit body, they are all just decorations."
The person on the other end was visibly stunned after hearing these words, then said in a detached tone, "So that's how it is. No wonder my memories of you are so strange. According to what I know, you should be dead, right? Because only a dead person like you would have this ability to become a spirit. But your age doesn't match up at all. In my memory, you should have looked older than you are now."
Olga Marie confirmed once again that the person opposite her knew a lot.
"Ah, are you angry? Don't be like that, my Master." This person suddenly increased the force in his hand, forcing the magical power that Olga Marie was secretly gathering out of her body.
“Struggling is unnecessary. Just enjoy it now~ If it were you, you could truly integrate me completely~” He stuck out his tongue and licked Olga Marie’s face. “Ah, this taste, this taste of death, it matches you so well~ Hey, Master, how many times did you die to build yourself up from those remnants?”
"Thousands of times? Tens of thousands of times? Hundreds of millions of times? More than that, right? Definitely more than that number, isn't it?" He revealed a dreamy expression. "You and I are both miracles, so we are truly destined to be together. Merge with me, let these countless deaths become a part of me, kill off the excess 'me,' and then let me return to oneness, okay?"
These words, spoken by him, possessed a voice that could make one lose themselves, and were filled with an irresistible allure.
"You are a composite consciousness?" Olga Marie ignored the other party's crazy words and his disgusting behavior, because in her opinion, although the other party could touch her, he did not have the ability to truly harm her.
To the magician, this behavior didn't even qualify as indecent assault. What concerned her more was the implication in the other person's words. No rational person would agree to such a verbal request, and even if they did, it wouldn't be binding.
However, Olga Marie knew that if she had agreed to his request, it would have become an inescapable contract, and she would have been devoured by him.
Because what the other party said was not ordinary words, but the origin of the oldest magic, known as "word magic".
"It seems you've refused—ah, that's such a shame. I was hoping that if you had agreed, I could have saved some of my power. After all, being condensed into this body, allowing me to rely on [me] to generate consciousness, and then having [me] sealed away, has already wasted too much power."
Regret flickered in his crimson eyes. "In that case, I can only subject you to physical harm~ and then do some pleasurable things, eroding your magic circuits, letting you be devoured by me while you cry and scream in enjoyment~"
Chapter 190 The Star Priestess (Part 2)
These words finally moved Olga Marie. Although she didn't understand what the other person was going to do, she knew that if she were to suffer in this world, she might not be able to return to her own timeline.
That was the world she had chosen from countless possibilities after going through countless hardships, as compensation for the contract. She entrusted everything to that world, hoping that as long as she could stay in it, she could find eternal peace of mind.
In return, she is only required to help with things that Chaldea should have done in special circumstances.
"Ah, you still have the mind to think about other things. It seems you have plenty of time. In that case, let's begin!" The pattern on the body of the being that seemed to have taken over Yue Zhengling's body began to writhe and spread from his body to the surrounding snow water. The snow water, after being touched by these blue patterns, quickly turned black and then slowly became viscous.
"See that? See that? This is the application of the Third Law of Heaven's Cup, a miracle that can grant formless life forms! This is the power I possess, the source of my birth!" Showing off his treasure like a child, this person appeared extremely pure at this moment.
As he spoke, the ominous black water turned into a muddy consistency.
"Aha~ That's it, that's it! My Master! Accept this flesh! And then! Become one with me!"
At his command, the red and black mud, like water in a pool, began to swirl around the two of them and surged into Olga Marie's position with unstoppable force.
However, in that instant, the figure pressing down on Olga Marie was thrown into the air by the enormous impact.
"I really have to thank you for your magic." The black mud did not enter Olga Marie's spirit body and be made to take its physical form as its original body wished. Instead, it was forced to turn into spheres of varying sizes and surround her.
Animusfia Family Genealogy - The Great Magic of the Stars.
This is the name of the magic spell used by Olga Marie.
The Department of Astronomy, one of the twelve disciplines established during the founding of the Clock Tower, holds the lineage of monitoring the starry sky and continuing the life of celestial bodies. Animusphia has always existed as the monarch of the Clock Tower.
Born into a family with a Grand Order designation, Olga Marie naturally possesses the corresponding magical abilities.
She had once hated the fate she was burdened with, but at the moment of her death, she truly understood the meaning of that fate.
Grand Rank is the highest blood commandment in the world of magic. It is the original command held by families that have continued from before the Common Era to the present day. They must sacrifice themselves for that mission until the extinction of their clan. It is an absolute and unwavering pride, like a curse, that is the meaning of Grand Rank.
She was given the same death in countless timelines, but she forgot that she was already dead from the very beginning. She was reconstructed in the form of a spirit particle in an unstable singularity. Finally, after being told that she was already dead, she was thrown into the magical crystal of their Animusphia family - Chaldea.
When Rafe sent her into the simulated Earth environment model Chaldea, which was itself a basic component of the world, namely spirit particles, her concept of death was already rewritten.
The cycle of decomposition, recombination, and decomposition repeats endlessly. It drifts in a world that has become unstable due to the burning of human reason, constantly encounters itself in similar worlds, and witnesses the birth of various parallel worlds, the removal of Lostbelts from erroneous paths, and the convergence of the entire worldline.
Throughout this endless time, countless worlds named Olga Marie constitute her basic spiritual particles, scattered across the unstable gaps between worlds.
These fundamental particles are countless Olga Marie's, both a whole and a single entity, neither one nor one. These particles, mixed together, sometimes accidentally coalesce into a new Olga Marie.
Then Olga Marie had to choose her own destiny: to accept the will of the alien god and become an alien witch, or to continue the cycle of decomposition and recombination, waiting to be formed into another Olga Marie?
She should have only had these two choices, yet she received a miracle from fate that infinitely approached zero.
Yes, even if it approaches zero infinitely, it is not zero. As long as the probability is not zero, even if it is necessary to constantly recombine to the power of one (gai, gai, yiyi is zhao, zhaozhao is jing, jingjing is gai), miracles (abnormalities) will still happen.