I want to just drift through life in Type-Moon.

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Was it because he had accomplished something countless Masters couldn't? Or was there some problem with his brain's hormones? But it didn't matter; the important thing was that he was happy right now.

"Um, could you please let go?" Mash, who had been silent with her head down, suddenly spoke up.

"Hmm? Why?" Yue Zhengling turned around and looked at Mashu, whose face was flushed.

"Um, um..." Mashu was a little flustered under his gaze. One of her hands was being held by Yue Zhengling, and the other was holding Fou. Her petite body had already begun to develop, as Fou was leaning comfortably against her chest.

"Oh dear, are you scared?"

"Yes……"

Yue Zhengling looked at Mashu in surprise, but even though he knew she was scared, he still didn't let go of her hand.

"It's okay, I'm not going to eat people. Besides, the only people I know here are you, Da Vinci, and Dr. Salty Fish. They have something to talk about, so I have to ask you to lead the way."

Le Zhengling continued walking forward, talking to himself, while observing Chaldea. Every so often, there were huge symbols representing Chaldea along the arc-shaped corridor.

The silver-white corridors and floors, the high-tech automatic sensor doors, and the brightly lit areas where no light source is visible—although similar to the advanced technology of spaceships in science fiction movies I've seen in my past life, it doesn't have that cold, impersonal feel.

"Where do you want to go?" More than ten minutes had passed since they left Da Vinci's workshop, and Mashu finally couldn't help but ask Yue Zhengling where she wanted to go.

She was filled with fear of this person as she was being forcibly dragged along. This fear was like the fear she felt when she first learned that she didn't have much time left to live, as if she were facing an unknown road ahead.

But this feeling is strange. Although I am afraid of this person, I also want to get close to him. I always feel that the fear comes from somewhere else, but it is like an illusion that I can't see clearly.

"Oh right, I haven't told you I wanted to find Rafe and Audrey. What was Audrey again? Hmm, I remember now, it's Audrey!" Le Zhengling tilted his head and thought for a while, then said with a look of sudden realization.

“The director’s name is Olga Marie…” Mashu whispered a reminder.

"Hmm, really? Names don't matter. We don't need to waste brain cells remembering something that won't survive three episodes." Yue Zhengling shrugged indifferently, then reached out and patted Mashu's head.

"Compared to her, Mashu, your name is the kind that needs to be etched in your heart; it's incomparable~"

Chapter 165 Interstellar Imagination Player

Mashu was a little happy but also a little lost after hearing what Yue Zhengling said. She couldn't understand why Yue Zhengling was being so kind to her.

Even though this person was a Heroic Spirit summoned by the Director, he didn't seem very close to the Director. What's even stranger is that Fou seemed to know this person and was very close to him.

"How should I address you?" Mashu looked at Yue Zhengling with a little timidity and expectation in her eyes. This person was the first person to help her make contact, besides Dr. Roman and Professor Rafe.

“Ling, you can just call me Ling, but if you’re okay with that, I hope you’ll call me senior.” Yue Zhengling withdrew her hand from Mashu’s head and looked at her with an expectant expression.

When Mashu heard Yue Zhengling ask her to address him as "senior," her eyes widened as if she had done something extraordinary.

"No, Sister Ling, you're not a senior..." Mashu, already incredibly cute and endearing at her age, blushed slightly, her cherry-red lips parting as she inflicted a 9.9-point damage on Yue Zhengling. (A "cut" is a unit of measurement for damage in fighting games; ten cuts equals one health bar, while 9.9 points means almost no health.)

This is not only because Mashu is really cute in Yue Zhengling's eyes, but more importantly, she also got her gender wrong. That soft and sweet "Sister Ling" hit Yue Zhengling inside and out, making her feel both pain and pleasure.

Seeing Yue Zhengling suddenly let go and take two steps back, her expression somewhat distorted, Mashu was startled and quickly went over, asking anxiously, "Sister Ling! What's wrong!"

At such close range, the delicate fragrance emanating from Mashu's lips made Yue Zhengling's heart race. "Oh no, is this what it feels like to fall in love?"

As he spoke, he clutched his heart and secretly glanced at Mashu's expression.

Unfortunately, Mashu's face only turned slightly red, but she didn't say anything.

“fo~four~fufu~ (How long are you going to keep playing?)” Looking at Yue Zhengling’s affected manner, Fufu couldn’t help but call out twice. Before, it had been playing the role of a mascot and had not spoken to Yue Zhengling, but now it had to speak up.

“That’s true, enough testing is enough.” Yue Zhengling stood up straight, looking at Mashu with eyes that were devoid of any smile.

"Mash Kyrielight".

"Yes!"

When Mashu was suddenly called by name, she immediately stood up straight. Although she was quite free in Chaldea, she was actually under strict military management.

"First of all, I want to tell you something: I am not Sister Ling, I am a man."

"...Huh?" Unable to understand what the other person was saying for a moment, Mashu stood there with her mouth half open.

At that moment, Fou jumped down from Mashu's arms, stood to the side, and wagged her tail as she looked at the two of them.

After Yue Zhengling reappeared, Cathy Parlug sensed a change in him. This change was not in his strength or appearance, but in his personality and temperament.

If he was originally a bottle of clear water, then he is now a dangerous substance created by mixing several liquids that are not water.

He did not see the girl named Ji Ling with his own eyes, nor did he dare to appear in front of her while she was still alive. But it was because of the girl's appearance that He had the opportunity to summon Yue Zhengling.

However, what He didn't expect was that the lingering fragrance of the other party would have such a great influence on Yue Zhengling. The relationship between the two might be even deeper than He imagined.

As a beast of comparison, nothing can see the difference between two things more clearly and meticulously than Him.

Le Zhengling is now deeply influenced by Ji Ling's lingering presence. Ji Ling's presence is too strong. She knows very well what kind of personality and existence her roommate is.

Now, Yue Zhengling's attitude towards things is very abnormal, and not only because of Ji Ling's influence, but also because of the reappearance of his roommate, his mode of existence has undergone a strange change.

The spillover in Avalon has disappeared, and the invasion of foreign objects has been resolved, but now something filling his interior is somewhat incomprehensible to him.

While staying in Leonardo da Vinci's workshop, da Vinci also mentioned that half of his roommate's spiritual origin was occupied by something he couldn't see. But from his perspective, having lived with him for so long, that unseen thing wasn't really that important.

The important thing is to be able to see your other half clearly, but what exactly is that all about?

He knew perfectly well that his roommate was not a Heroic Spirit. Although he had summoned him using the Heroic Spirit Summoning System, Merlin and he had tampered with it. But why did he actually have a Heroic Spirit reaction after being summoned? What exactly happened during the time he disappeared?

Moreover, that spirit origin reaction was quite special. It could confirm that a portion of the spirit origin was the same as Merlin's, but Merlin did not become a Heroic Spirit.

Most importantly, this strange mixture gave him an extremely sinister charm. In the previous Heroic Spirit Summoning Room, he sensed the domineering charm left by Ji Ling. That completely unreasonable ability was still clearly visible in those who had fainted.

But Yue Zhengling's allure is no less, though not as domineering, it is another extreme.

If Ji Ling's approach is unreasonable, then Yue Zhengling's approach is subtle and gradual.

The former makes it impossible to look away from her, while the latter can subtly influence you, and the influence deepens as you spend more time with her.

What's even stranger is that the red Chinese knot that belongs to him seems to be connected to something. Although it's very faint, he can sense an aura that doesn't belong to this world, and that aura doesn't come from the same world.

I don't understand, I really don't understand~

More importantly, it seems that Yue Zhengling understands the people here very well and likes Mashu very much. However, he can see that his liking for Mashu is like a castle in the air, not a genuine liking from the heart, but a liking that follows the crowd and goes with the flow.

It's unclear whether this is due to Ji Ling's influence or if he himself has some opinion about Mashu. If it's the latter, He needs to properly explain to him just how good Mashu is.

He wiped his face with his front paws, squinted his eyes, and tried to see clearly what Yue Zhengling was going to do.

"Hmm, it seems you didn't hear me clearly. Well then, I'll reiterate, I'm a man." Yue Zhengling solemnly took Mashu's hand and placed it on his chest.

"Although there's a saying that seeing is believing, what you actually see can often be deceiving. But touch can't lie, hmm, can you feel it?"

"?!?!?!?!" Mashu's brain froze instantly, and she stared at Yue Zhengling with a flushed face.

Whether it was a misperception or not, Yue Zhengling seemed to hear screams of many people coming from somewhere.

In fact, from the moment the two left Leonardo da Vinci's workshop, their every move was clearly seen by the surveillance cameras.

Watching the interaction between Yue Zhengling and Mash, apart from Professor Rafe who remained completely unmoved and focused intently on Mash, everyone, including Olga Marie, was focused on Yue Zhengling.

In the monitoring room, a large group of people were watching Le Zhengling on a big screen, while several other screens were also filming from different angles, and many people were constantly analyzing his data.

About five minutes after he appeared on the screen, the men and women in the monitoring room couldn't help but secretly save some of the footage, and some even secretly synced the recordings to their private spaces.

Although they all had confidentiality agreements, for some reason they ignored them at this moment.

When Yue Zhengling pulled Mashu's hand to her chest, several male staff members unconsciously gasped for breath, while the women blushed and stared at the screen with burning eyes.

Then, when Yue Zhengling explained her gender, the entire monitoring room seemed to be paused. Everyone stopped breathing, and then more than half of the male staff members screamed.

Of the remaining few, some looked like they had left their bodies with lifeless eyes, some banged their heads on the ground, but a very small number were so excited that they started shaking.

All the female staff members let out happy screams. Although some of them had initially clicked their tongues, they soon joined in the happy screams for some reason.

The only two people in the room who didn't do anything strange were a little confused about what had happened. Professor Rafe remained squinting, watching the screen without any emotion.

Olga Marie looked bewildered at first, but she soon figured out why the group was acting like madmen.

She turned around, braced herself on her hips, and shouted, her face flushed, "You are all members of the glorious Chaldea, so pay attention!"

This righteous shout calmed everyone present down, but Olga Marie's next words excited them again.

"The opponent is the fourth Heroic Spirit summoned by Chaldea. We have plenty of time to stay here. Now, you all need to quickly find out everything about him!"

Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized: Yes, the other party is already a member of Chaldea, already in the pot, and we can meet anytime! No rush! Just like the director said, the most important thing now is to find out which historical Heroic Spirit the other party is, what their Noble Phantasm is, what their abilities are, what type of character they like, and three—well, that's not important, we'll find out their physical stats later!

With these thoughts in mind, they began fiddling with the monitors and analysis devices with unprecedented enthusiasm and precision.

Seeing the sudden burst of energy from her employees, Olga Marie snorted and turned to look at the seven people leaning against the wall in the room, who were also watching the screen intently.

Seeing their expressions, Olga Marie thought: What are you all thinking? Do you think I don't know? But no matter what, that guy is a Heroic Spirit I summoned, a Heroic Spirit that belongs only to me, and I will never let him go!

Although she was terrified of Yue Zhengling, the stubborn and strong-willed girl never thought of giving up. Although there were some problems along the way, she managed to summon her own heroic spirit before those potentially useful people in Group A, proving that she was useful.

Next, as long as she controls this Heroic Spirit and makes him obey her every word, her prestige will rise rapidly. Then she can truly become the director of Chaldea, and everyone will obediently follow her orders.

Thinking of this, Olga Marie couldn't help but look up. On the big screen, Yue Zhengling was gently comforting Mash. Seeing this, her heart suddenly ached.

Why is this person so gentle with Mashu?! Why does he allow Mashu to call him by his name directly?! And why does he call Mashu by her name so affectionately?!

I'm clearly his Master! Why does he hate me so much! Why do these two people with the same face both call me a sow! Why does that insulting term somehow arouse me...?

No, no! I can't think about this anymore! If I keep thinking about it, I'll become increasingly strange!

Her sixth sense kept warning her not to delve any deeper, and Olga Marie unconsciously put her thumb to her lips, nibbling at it irritably.

Seeing this, Rafe just sighed but said nothing.

He is now waiting for the results of other people's observations. His initial awakening as a demon god has just been completed, and such an uncontrollable situation has occurred. What's more, the other party seems to know something!

The plan to burn humanity should be top secret. Before it is implemented, even if the summoned heroic spirits are saviors or grand-ranked beings, they should not know about this plan.

Could this Heroic Spirit be connected to the seventy-two Demonic Pillars? But Solomon on the Throne of Heroes has disappeared, and they had long since severed ties with the Throne of Heroes. The plan couldn't possibly have been leaked.

Could it be——

Thinking of a certain possibility, Rafe opened his eyes a crack, and a flash of blood-red light disappeared.

No, not to mention the future, I can't even see the other person's past, and even the present is blurry. I am a demon god who knows the past and present and can predict the future, but my abilities seem to be ineffective against this person.

The woman who was summoned earlier doesn't seem to be a Heroic Spirit. Moreover, according to previous records, she was holding a Second Magic Mystic Code. From that conversation, it can be inferred that she was probably hunting down a user of the Second Magic.

It is highly likely that the other party has the ability to travel between worlds. If so, could it be inferred that the Heroic Spirit summoned later was a projection of her on the Throne of Heroes?

After all, Heroic Spirits are beings that transcend time, and the Servants they summon are multifaceted, representing a specialization of a particular aspect of the Heroic Spirit. Furthermore, the same Heroic Spirit can be summoned at different ages.

That makes sense. This unknown being who claims to be a boy must be the past of that terrible woman!

That woman arrived at the Throne of Heroes in the future, and Olga Marie summoned such similar beings twice, so there must be a deep connection between them!

That's right! That must be it! That makes everything make sense!

Chapter 166 Awakening

That woman arrived at the Throne of Heroes in the future, and Olga Marie summoned such similar beings twice, so there must be a deep connection between them!

That's right! That must be it! That makes everything make sense!

Rafe Lenore Floros was smug about his impeccable reasoning. His wise gaze was fixed on Yue Zhengling through the screen. At this moment, he felt that the other party had nowhere to hide in front of him.

Olga Marie, sensing the sudden surge of power from the person beside her, looked up at Rafe with a strange gaze, her lips moved a few times, but in the end, she said nothing.

At this moment, Mashu, still in a state of confusion, had not yet come to her senses. She had no idea what she had just heard, whether she was hallucinating, or even whether she should have pulled her hand back.

When a person is overwhelmed by surprise and their brain cannot process it, their first reaction is to freeze, and their second reaction is to scream. So when Fufu touched her to bring her back to her senses, she couldn't help but open her mouth to scream loudly.

But to her surprise, the other person didn't give her a chance at all, letting go and pushing her away. Then, she covered her head, her face pale, and leaned against the wall: "Damn it, what's affecting me now? Arthur and Merry were clearly..."

Although Mashu herself was unaware, just now, when Yue Zhengling placed Mashu's hand on her heart, an invisible wave suddenly swept over Yue Zhengling.

Le Zhengling sensed that noble aura. If he wasn't mistaken, it was Galahad's spirit origin suddenly resonating with his own. As fellow members of the Knights of the Round Table, Galahad should have sensed his presence at such close range.

Then, realizing that something was wrong with him, he used some method to help himself and bring himself back to his senses.

"Are you alright?!" Sensing the sudden disappearance of the dangerous aura emanating from this person, Mashu quickly stepped forward to support him.

"It's alright, I'm sorry, little eggplant. I think I did something very rude to you and the others just now." Although he was still a little dizzy, he felt that he had returned to normal. He gently pushed away Mashu's support and then looked at Fou, who was wagging its tail at Mashu's feet and looking at him.

"Fufu, you clearly saw something, why didn't you remind me?" He smiled wryly and reached out to the white cat demon. Fufu ran up his arm to his shoulder and then stuck out her little tongue to lick his face.

"Isn't it a bit too late to play the innocent now?" Although he was a little concerned about his earlier state, he had already decided to trouble Da Vinci later. The most important thing now was to find Rafe.

Currently, the power in Chaldea is in the hands of Lev, and Olga Marie is at best a puppet and a scapegoat. Although he seemed to have asked her to add him to the Chaldea staff file before, he thought that was impossible.

It's not that she doesn't have the right, but Rafe would probably stop her.

Therefore, in order to move freely in Chaldea, he needed to talk to Rafe, and the sooner the better.