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This accountability meeting, which started strong but ended weakly, eventually turned into a work report meeting thanks to Animusfia's efforts to mediate.

After the meeting, the Atlas Institute informed Olga Marie that the spirit calculation device they had ordered was complete and ready to be sent to Chaldea for assembly.

In the next part of the schedule, Olga Marie, representing the Animusfia family, visited the monarchs who had not taken advantage of her misfortune at the meeting, only to learn that they were actually repaying a favor, but they did not tell her whose favor it was.

At first, Olga Marie thought it was her father's legacy, but even the Archerlot family, who were at odds with Animusfia and controlled the Twelve Monarchs of the Plant Family, did not make things difficult for her at the meeting, and were very polite when she visited.

From here on, Olga Marie realized that things were not as she had imagined.

While her schedule was packed, Rafe contacted the Atlas Institute on her behalf and spent nearly half a month secretly transporting the Spirit Particle Calculation Device to Antarctica.

On the day they returned to Chaldea, the last epoch-making device provided by Chaldea, the Spirit Particle Calculator Trismegistus, was finally assembled and assembled, and it was decided to test it that day. The ownership of the device had been transferred to Chaldea and was specified in the Atlas Institute Contract.

The reason for the rush was twofold: firstly, to test the device, and secondly, to allow the Atlas Institute alchemists who accompanied the assembly team to make immediate adjustments if any problems were found.

On the other hand, after the previous Heroic Spirit summoning incident, in order to further demonstrate Chaldea's strength and make those who want to take advantage more wary, they acted in such a hurry.

Of course, because Rafe was doing things in a convenient way, even though Dr. Roman and Leonardo da Vinci were aware of it, they didn't say anything.

At noon Greenwich Mean Time, the first spirit transfer pattern began.

The test subjects were the seven Masters of Group A, plus Le Zhengling, who was later suggested by Leif to go along to ensure the safety of the seven Masters of Group A.

The time of the transfer was based on Le Zhengling, and after calculation by the Spiritual Calculator Trismegistus, the time and place were determined to be Japan at the end of the 20th century.

Many staff members were quite surprised by the time and place, with Leonardo da Vinci looking at Yue Zhengling with surprise, since everyone thought Yue Zhengling came from the future.

After all, heroic spirits are beings that exist outside the timeline, and they can be summoned in all eras. At that time, Yue Zhengling's clothing was extremely fashionable.

Even Leonardo da Vinci had previously speculated that Le Zhengling came from the very near future, but he never expected that she was from the past.

"Why are you looking at me? I was from that era. And let me make it clear, I was this age when I died, and I wasn't a combatant, just a cook. So don't expect me to protect them."

Le Zhengling rolled her eyes. This was the absolute truth, but it seemed that apart from Mashu and Da Vinci, no one else present believed it.

Heroes are those whose names are etched in human history. If they had no great achievements or legends, they would not have been recorded in human history. Therefore, many people do not believe what Yue Zhengling said.

But this does not include Rafe, Leonardo da Vinci, and Romani. The wisdom of the demon god, his innate intelligence, and his remaining life experience all tell them that what Le Zhengling said is very likely true.

After giving some instructions, the seven Masters entered the basket first. Their transfer was no different from sightseeing. At the same time, they also had their own little plans. Although they didn't know why Yue Zhengling, as a Heroic Spirit, was born in the modern era, they took this opportunity to establish a relationship with Yue Zhengling.

During this month, the heroic spirit stayed in Da Vinci's workshop and did not go anywhere else, so even if they wanted to approach him, they could not find an opportunity.

Several of the seven people in Group A felt that this opportunity to learn about his life was an excellent one.

Unexpectedly, just as the transfer began, an alarm sounded from the system, and the seven Masters' containers were ejected again.

Le Zhengling's basket skipped the countdown phase and entered the spirit transfer directly.

Meanwhile, the near-future observation lens Sheba observed spatial distortions beyond the observed values, and seven locations on the simulated Earth environment model Chaldea exhibited unobservable or dimensional overlap states.

When Rafe saw those seven locations, his heart skipped a beat, but after realizing that the seven points were not exactly the same as the locations they had planned, he felt relieved for the time being.

“Da Vinci technical advisor! What’s going on?” Olga Marie looked anxiously at the Da Vinci control panel, staring at the flashing red warning lights.

“I’ve been rejected.” It wasn’t Leonardo da Vinci who answered her, but Dr. Roman, whose expression had become more serious than ever before. As soon as he said this, everyone’s eyes turned to him.

"Huh?" After a long while, he noticed the gazes of others, and his expression returned to its usual calm and composed state. "I... I just wanted to say something profound..."

“Romani Archiman!” Olga Marie glared at him angrily upon hearing this reply.

"I'm so sorry, Director!" Dr. Roman apologized hastily, clasping his hands together.

Knowing how unreliable this man was, the Chaldean staff turned their gaze away. Leonardo da Vinci gave Dr. Roman a deep look, then looked at Olga Marie with a complicated expression.

Just like her, Rafe stood behind Olga Marie.

In this room, he was probably the only one who knew what was really going on. Looking at the raging Olga Marie, he thought to himself: This is for the best. The heroic spirit being banished from this world is not a bad solution.

"Alright, Olga Marie. Don't be so harsh on Romani. Leave this to us. You should go and appease Group A first."

Olga Marie glared angrily at Dr. Roman one last time, then walked toward the seven people who had already come out of the basket and were whispering among themselves.

Although I don't think I need to appease them, I am, after all, the director, and some formalities still need to be done.

However, the moment she passed by Yue Zhengling's basket and casually glanced inside, the whole world seemed to revolve around her and lose its color.

Whether it was people, instruments, or even Fufu, who was rushing here from Da Vinci's workshop with the "Knot of Fate" in her mouth, everything was frozen in time.

Olga Marie, the only person in the world with color, stood there blankly as if she had lost her soul. However, when she raised her head again, her eyes had become completely different from before.

She glanced around indifferently, then raised her right hand, looking at the fake Command Seal on the back of her hand that resembled a yin-yang symbol. With a gentle swipe of her left hand, the Command Seal fabricated by Merlin vanished.

Looking up at the reactivated Chaldea, he walked through the air expressionlessly and entered.

As Yue Zhengling, who was undergoing a spiritual transfer, looked at the familiar scene around him, his questions grew deeper and deeper. However, this time he did not pass through the flower field outside the Star Inner Sea, so the memories that were deliberately taken away did not return. But because of this, his soul was not divided.

"Ego," "id," and "non-ego"—this "self" that clings to the memories of its past life is the "Ego."

What remains in the end times, what has been stripped away in the end times, is the "Noego," which even he himself is unaware of; what remains in his original body is the "Id."

It was because of this stroke of luck that he was able to maintain his self-awareness and re-enter the new world. However, unexpectedly, when he appeared in the new place, he was maliciously placed on Mount Yuanzang to confront the evil of this world.

When he realized what he was facing, Yue Zhengling immediately chose to give up without even trying to struggle, because no matter how he tried to hide, it was all in vain in the face of this overwhelming black mud.

Lacking his true self and lacking any strong will to survive, he looked at the black mud that resembled a giant wave, enduring the intense burning pain in his legs, and smiled in despair.

"So, I'm going to die again? I guess I have to accept my fate this time too." Faced with something invincible, Yue Zhengling's heart sank once more.

However, at that moment, the black mud—or rather, Angola—let out a piercing scream.

"▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅!!!" The incoherent roar clearly expressed the emotion of anger.

Le Zhengling also sensed something and looked in a certain direction.

At that moment, he saw the saint.

Yes, even though most of his body was embedded in the black pillars, and his once pure white Heavenly Robe had mostly turned black, his peacefully sleeping face still carried a holiness that could redeem the world.

Even though Yue Zhengling was being corroded by the black mud, there was a moment when he forgot about the pain.

"Winter Saintess Yustissa," Yue Zhengling called out the name of the figure in a daze.

"▅▅▅▅▅▅▅!!!" The black mud formed a huge waterfall and surged towards Yustissa.

Golden ripples appeared before the Winter Saintess, and those ripples transformed into faint sounds that echoed throughout the vast void.

The black mud covered the ripples, but it couldn't stop the sounds. Le Zhengling forced himself to stay conscious and stared intently at the spot. He felt he absolutely couldn't lose consciousness at this moment, because something very important was about to appear there.

The Winter Saintess slowly opened her eyes. Her eyes were unfocused, but even so, they were filled with an indelible sorrow—a sorrow that could not save the world.

Just as she opened her eyes, the ripples covered by the black mud dispersed everything that was hiding it, and the spatial passage opened at that moment. What appeared before the Winter Saintess was an unfamiliar body.

As her personality and consciousness gradually awakened, she knew, of course, that the voices calling her were from Einzbern's methods. However, the body before her was completely different from the one Einzbern had created in the past.

That is ultimate perfection, the manifestation of the Dharma.

When the portal opened and she saw the figure on the other side, Yue Zhengling's attention shifted from the appearance of the Winter Saintess. That body and that face were exactly the same as hers, except for the hair color and skin color.

Before he could be too surprised, the Winter Saintess was pulled as if by an unseen hand, and a soul emitting a faint glow was ripped out of her body.

But the black mud did not grant this power its wish. The consciousness hidden within the black mud roared angrily once more. Just as it bound the body of the Winter Saintess, black tentacles tightly wrapped around that soul, trying to pull her back.

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But the black mud did not grant this power its wish. The consciousness hidden within the black mud roared angrily once more. Just as it bound the body of the Winter Saintess, black tentacles tightly wrapped around that soul, trying to pull her back.

This stalemate caused the Winter Saintess to show a pained expression, and also made Black Mud temporarily forget the existence of Yue Zhengling.

Because the black mud had already reached his chest and would soon be completely covered.

"Gurgle..." The needle-like burning pain tormented Yue Zhengling, but he didn't pay too much attention to it, his gaze fixed on the figure on the other side of the spatial gate.

The stalemate did not last long. Under the resentment of the Einzberns that had lasted for a full thousand years, even the evil of this world was gradually affected.

After all, it exists in relation to the Winter Saintess. In principle, the black mud in this large cavity does not belong to it, but is an extension of the Winter Saintess's body.

In the end, He would be pulled to the other side along with the soul of the Winter Saintess. Even with His infinite magic power, He could not resist that irresistible force.

Just as the Winter Saintess drew closer to the spatial gate, the entire Yuanzang Mountain cavern began to rumble, and the black mud, like a receding tide, all gathered on the high platform.

The needle-like pain, along with the receding and disappearance of the black mud, left Yue Zhengling kneeling helplessly in the mud, the scorching ground steaming with black smoke.

His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the body in the portal. His entire soul was shaken like never before. Although the body wasn't calling out to him, he could still feel its yearning for him.

"That's...my body?" Yue Zhengling awkwardly reached out in that direction, which seemed to be a response signal. The force pulling on the Winter Saintess suddenly decreased a lot. The black mud pulled the Winter Saintess's soul back, but it still couldn't pull her back into her body.

After the personality of the Winter Saintess fully awakened, she quickly understood what was happening. Listening to Angra's beast-like and irrational howls, she looked at him with pity. Even when her personality was asleep and she remained in Mount Enzou as the Greater Grail, she still knew everything about the Holy Grail War.

In the Third Holy Grail War, since there was no Lesser Grail, the clones of the departed Heroic Spirits were all taken back by her. As a pseudo-canonical being, a young man who was forced into the body by human will and given the name of God as a substitute for a god, an accident occurred during his taking back.

This young man was just an ordinary person, whose original name had been erased, and whose personality was so weak that it was almost non-existent. To call him a heroic spirit would be more accurate than calling him a phantom spirit.

His existence was forcibly given meaning by his evil will. At the moment of his death, his personality dissipated and only the greatest malice of mankind remained in the Holy Grail. It is for this reason that he did not even have a basic form.

As a collection of malevolent desires, His most basic essence is the same as the Greater Grail. Because of this, He was assimilated by the Greater Grail and thus corrupted it. The instinct of desire made Him seem as if He had been born.

He must rely on someone's personality to take form. In the beginning, He chose her, but after all, she was the core of the entire Holy Grail system, and her personality had long since dissipated the moment she became the Greater Grail.

Over the past fifty years, due to the evil desires of this world, her personality has been slowly reconstructed and she has entered a semi-awake stage. However, unexpectedly, the Einzbern family seems to know this and uses special ritual magic to try to pull her soul away.

After nearly half a century, just when he was about to successfully acquire the evil of this world, his efforts were thwarted by an unexpected turn of events.

The Winter Saintess pitied Him because she knew how much He longed to be born, and in the half-century of companionship, the Winter Saintess also regarded Him as her own child.

This relationship sounds mysterious, but it is the most genuine form of motherhood.

Even if the child's birth is not blessed, even if the child is not accepted by the world after birth, even if the child represents the greatest sin before birth, she still loves Him. (As an aside, it is said that women develop an inseparable bond with their child after ten months of pregnancy, even before giving birth.)

But now it seems that Alaya is preventing His birth. He should have been able to completely assimilate Himself and leave this dark and sunless mountain after just a few more years when the Fourth Holy Grail War began.

Ironically, at this very moment, the most sincere and initial prayers of all living beings in the world cannot be fulfilled—even the evil of this world, this wish is without any impurity or malice.

Having foreseen his fate, He went berserk and rioted, causing the Great Void to tremble even more violently, while the suction force of the spatial gate increased once again.

“…This is an inescapable fate, my child.” The soul of the Winter Saintess sighed softly. The black mud paused, then became even more hysterical.

But reality once again revealed its cruel side: a portion of the evil in this world had entered the portal and flowed into the crystal pillar.

Just then, as the black mud receded, Yue Zhengling reappeared, and the Winter Saintess sensed that there was another being in the Great Void.

As Yustissa's gaze swept across Yue Zhengling's face, her expression changed for the first time. Sensing this change, the black mud suddenly shot out a black strip of cloth that wrapped around Yue Zhengling. Rage and hatred drove it to destroy everything it saw, even if it meant its own demise.

"No! He is—" Yustissa hurriedly tried to stop her, but it was too late.

The moment the black mud enveloped him, it became the medium through which Yue Zhengling's soul and that body finally connected.

A dreamlike seven-colored light emanated from Yue Zhengling's chest, and then seven-colored electrical wire patterns began to form on the surface of the black mud, as if countless carving knives were rapidly slicing across it. These patterns suddenly illuminated the entire space.

Like a thousand birds singing, the black mud, using these patterns as channels, was drawn into Yue Zhengling's body at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Yustissa watched this scene unfold, and as these patterns were finally etched onto her body, she sighed softly.

However, just as these patterns were about to touch her, the black mud released Yustissa on its own initiative, and the Winter Saintess regained her freedom, both in body and soul.

Yustissa, who had fallen from mid-air to the ground, stared blankly at the black mud that had been completely swallowed up, feeling endless sadness and loss.

She looked at Le Zhengling, who was surrounded by dazzling light, with a complicated expression. From the first day of her birth, an emotion called resentment appeared for the first time, but when she saw Le Zhengling's body clearly, this resentment immediately turned into a strong sense of surprise.

Original and eerie blue patterns covered Yue Zhengling's entire body, while the floating electrical cables slowly dissolved him. A Metatron cube appeared in his original position and was finally sucked into his body on the other side of the space along the electrical cables.

After the cube disappeared, the portal slowly contracted, and at the same time, a huge explosion came from the other side.

The whole process took only about two blinks, but Yustissa saw the entire change.

"Was this ending an accident?" As someone who had once been connected to the Root, she knew the origin of Yue Zhengling the moment she saw his soul.

Although it differed somewhat from what she knew, the mark on the soul was correct; the child was indeed a descendant of that family.

The race from that timeline has been extinct, and the child who appeared here is clearly from another timeline, and his way of existing is very strange.

“Uncertainty—abnormality—possibility, so that’s how it is.” Yustissa’s eyes looked into the void. As a magician, she could see the information she wanted to know through the source, but the child from before had several layers of barriers that prevented her from seeing it.

"Is it because it was a possibility that I was shown this ending?" Yustissa stood up from the ground, looked at the black mud that had completely disappeared in the great void, and then looked at her Heavenly Robe, which was now completely black except for the hat, and revealed a gentle smile.

"Isn't this the perfect ending for you before you were even born?" she said, looking at the vast, magically corrupted void with a sorrowful tone.

"Rather than staying here, waiting for an opportunity in the dark, it's better to experience the world through that child's soul. After all, even if you completely corrupt me and obtain my body, you still cannot be born. At that time, you would only be a part of me—after all, as a collection of desires, you cannot possess a 'self'."

The evil in this world is a collection of the "id," which refers to the original self and includes the basic desires, impulses, and vitality necessary for survival.

The id is the source of all psychological energy, acting according to the pleasure principle. It disregards social morality and external behavioral norms; its only requirement is to obtain pleasure and avoid pain. Its goal is to achieve individual comfort, survival, and reproduction. It is unconscious and not perceived by the individual.

The complete liberation of the id is the collection of desires, which is also known as great freedom.

When Yustissa saw Yue Zhengling, she discovered that his soul lacked the "true self," which is why he was able to so easily absorb the evil of this world into his body through the Metatron Cube.