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"Sister!" Hearing her sister suddenly say this, Qingzi snapped out of her sisterly affection and looked up into Chengzi's eyes.

"I never even considered taking my sister's inheritance!"

Orange smiled and touched Qingzi's forehead with her chin. "Just like the manuscript left by Lingjun said, it was destined not to be mine. My path is not there. You don't need to worry about it."

"But!" Qingzi became anxious, wanting to say something more.

"No buts. I made this decision to save Lingjun. I don't think you'll stop me for that reason, will you?" Chengzi chuckled softly, her chin nodding slightly.

As she expected, Aoko quieted down after hearing this reason.

“I have things I need to accomplish, and you, Qingzi, also have things you need to accomplish. But remember, neither you nor I can tell anyone else about Lingjun.”

Smelling her sister's hair, Orange felt an immense sense of peace.

"I'm not stupid, I know these things!" Aoko buried her face in her sister's arms, dissatisfied. "Besides, I also know about that ice cube noodles! You should have told her, sister!"

"Oh dear, I'm really not worried about Yuzhu." Orange knew who her sister was, of course, but since Yue Zhengling's manuscript mentioned that her sister and Yuzhu would eventually become friends, it meant that the two of them didn't really hate each other.

Thinking of this, Orange turned her head and glanced at Yue Zhengling lying next to her on the bed. The strange connection method, the special magical costume, another parallel world, and the Grand Doll technology—things in the future might get very interesting.

————————Apocalyptic Worldline——————

"Impossible, how could this be?" Le Zhengling stared blankly out the window at the endless yellow sand, muttering to himself.

Orange, standing behind him, looked extremely embarrassed. She had called out his name because she had seen something, but she hadn't expected that he would misunderstand something.

Just now, when she placed her hand on Yue Zhengling's chest, for some reason, she synchronized with another world, Aozaki Touko, and then she saw another world, where she was sixteen years old, wiping Yue Zhengling's body on the hospital bed.

His own palm happened to be pressed in the same spot, as if a special magical costume and something lurking within Yue Zhengling of this world caused a miracle to suddenly occur across worlds.

Aozaki Touko looked at Yue Zhengling with a headache. With mixed feelings, influenced by another part of her memories, she walked to his side, put her hand on his head, and gently stroked it.

As for explanations, let him calm down first before we talk about them.

On the other side of the city, Arthur looked up in the direction where Yue Zhengling was. "...Strange, I didn't sense anything before, so how did he suddenly appear? And that location—"

"What's wrong, King Arthur?" Bartholomew Loreleia looked at the Heroic Spirit who represented the end of the Age of Gods with some unease, feeling a little uneasy.

Just now, she had briefly explained to him the predicament facing the Clock Tower and the cause of this apocalypse, and also invited him to help annihilate the giant demonic boars surrounding the Clock Tower.

However, just as she was waiting for the answer, the other person suddenly stared into the distance without saying a word.

"Is there anything over there?" Barthemello followed Arthur's gaze in that direction, but even with his enhanced vision enhanced by magic, he still couldn't see anything.

"Ah, sorry, I was a little distracted just now." Arthur snapped out of his reverie when he heard Barthezmello's question. "Your suggestion earlier was fine, and I'd be happy to help you."

He gave an unusually gentle smile. "And I'm also very interested in visiting the Clock Tower. There, they should be able to help me contact Meryl."

“Merry?” Barthezmello murmured, puzzled.

"Oh, it's Merlin, the one you're talking about." Arthur knew what Merlin was like in the legends of King Arthur, so he explained.

"That famous great wizard is a woman?" Barthemello's eyes widened in disbelief.

This is yet another little-known historical truth. She was already shocked enough when El-Melloi II told her that King Arthur was a woman, but now this male King Arthur tells her that the court wizard who serves him is a woman. She doesn't know what expression to make.

“That’s right, Mary is a woman. And,” Arthur paused, looking firmly in the direction they had been, “before I go back with you, I need to find my companions first.”

Barthelon's eyes flashed. "Was it the magical entity that suddenly appeared beside you a few days ago?"

“Yes. It seems you’ve discovered him too.” Arthur showed no surprise whatsoever. After all, if anyone still existed in the Clock Tower, they couldn’t have missed the magical changes so close to them.

“Actually, we also sent two other people to look for your companions.” With that, Barthez took out a magical communication device and began to contact Grey and the others.

Incidentally, Arthur, Bartholomew, and that obscure Imaginary Number Magician are currently hiding in a house.

“Grey, can you hear me?” Barthemello shouted into the projection communication device.

“Please speak, Lord Barthemello.”

Barthezello used a pen-sized transmissive communicator, and once the call connected, Grey's face appeared on the other end.

Upon seeing that face, Arthur gasped but made no sound, because he knew this person wasn't his Mary; it was just that the face looked exactly the same.

"How's the situation on your end? Have you found the target?" Barthez noticed Arthur's unusual behavior but remained silent, as now was not the time to pry.

Grey said with a strange expression, "We've found our target. Miss Orange is talking to that person. I won't go into details, but it seems that Miss Orange knows the other person."

Barthezmero was quite surprised to hear this answer. "Let me see what happens."

Upon hearing her request, Gray's view shifted slightly, quickly turning into Aozaki Touko's back. The other woman was standing by the window, her right hand seemingly stroking something.

“The person next to Miss Orange is the one we’re looking for.” Grey’s voice came again, but Bartheson frowned upon hearing her words.

"I haven't seen the person you mentioned."

Arthur, who was also looking at the screen, became thoughtful. Mary hadn't contacted him for the past few days, making it impossible for him to cheat, but it seemed that it was no longer necessary.

"Huh? Can't you see it from your side?" Gray adjusted the angle again. "How about now?"

“I didn’t see it. You don’t need to continue. I saw Aozaki touching something, but I didn’t see what it looked like.” Barthemello didn’t care about this situation. As a magician, she had several ways to prevent these things from showing their appearance.

“Okay, is there anything else, Lord Barthemello?” Grey’s face reappeared, her eyes seemingly glancing at Arthur, who was standing to Barthemello’s left rear.

Arthur noticed her gaze, so he smiled and nodded gently at her.

“That’s all. Keep him calm as long as you can. We’re on our way.” Without waiting for Grey’s reply, Barthemello turned off the communicator.

"The details are as I just said. Our people have found your companions, and now we can head to the clock tower as soon as we meet up."

As a noblewoman, Bathilde was already in a position to give orders, and even when facing the famous King Arthur, she still tried to maintain the initiative.

Arthur didn't pay any attention to her words and actions. Instead, he said to her in a gentle tone, "That's wonderful. I've been looking for my companions. Now that I've found them, let's set off together."

Chapter 122 The Liberation of the Holy Sword

The slightly cunning Arthur did not tell Bathurr about the bet between him and Yue Zhengling, and now that someone had helped him find Yue Zhengling and seemed to have managed to keep him in check, he was naturally very happy.

Barthezmero didn't say much, but gestured to the magician who was with him, and the three of them headed towards the shopping mall.

They ran in silence, clearing out the reappearing mechanical legions as they went. After half a day, they were close to Le Zhengling when they spotted the enormous demonic boar in the distance. At the same time, the boar noticed them, turned around, and charged towards them.

Bartholomew remained unusually calm this time, because King Arthur was standing next to her. But unexpectedly, upon seeing the giant boar leading a large group of mechanical creations, King Arthur turned and ran away.

After running a few steps and seeing that Barthemello and the others didn't react, he turned around and shouted, "Run!"

Barthezmello stared at him in utter bewilderment, for a moment thinking she had encountered a fake King Arthur.

But seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, she wisely followed Arthur and ran after him.

After catching up with Arthur, Bartholomew, looking grim, asked him, "King Arthur! Why are we running away?"

Arthur gave a "I don't want to either" look, "Because we can't fight here, or rather, I can't fight here."

Upon hearing this explanation, Barthez felt he had heard the biggest joke of his life! Did he need a scenic location for his battle? Did he also need to choose a good day?!

Arthur didn't want to explain too much, but to avoid giving the other party any bad ideas, he vaguely explained, "If we fight there, it could have a very serious impact on my comrades."

This is no lie. If the fight had taken place where it was just now, Yue Zhengling would definitely have been able to discover his presence. If Barthezello and his men hadn't been able to keep Yue Zhengling in check, the outcome of this game of hide-and-seek would have been unpredictable.

Barthezmero reluctantly accepted this explanation, asking, "So where are we going?"

Arthur turned back to look at the boars following behind them, a cold glint in his eyes. "Let's go back to where we met before, wipe out these things there, and then come back."

So, we've already run around for half a day, and now we have to run around for another half a day because of your ridiculous reason, and then after we get rid of all this stuff, we have to run around for another half a day to go back?!

Barthezmello sighed inwardly, somewhat speechless, but what could she do since the other party had already said that?

Grey, who had been communicating with her earlier, also saw the departing boar and felt a little strange, but she figured it was probably Lord Barthemello's doing, so she didn't think much of it.

She was looking at the two people not far away, wondering if she should go over and say something. Earlier, because she was afraid of ghosts, she had kept her distance from Le Zhengling and Chengzi. When she contacted Lord Barthemello, the two of them seemed to be engrossed in their own world and did not notice her.

But now quite a day has passed, and apart from Miss Orange taking some action, the person they found seems to have lost all reaction.

Actually, Chengzi's feelings are also very complicated right now. Although she already knows Yue Zhengling's identity, it's really no different from not knowing.

Orange just synchronized a portion of her other self's memories, and she obtained four important pieces of information.

First, there's the name Yue Zhengling; second, his physical body is currently at Guanbuzi City General Hospital; and third, considering the current situation, the Yue Zhengling before us is the soul of that body.

And the last one is that Yue Zhengling knows a lot of things. Chengzi learned about some of the information in the manuscripts he left behind in that world.

As for whether the person in the other world is actually herself, she doesn't need to think about that at all, given that she frequently changes bodies.

She is herself in other worlds, yet she is not herself. However, having gained memories of another world, she is no longer the person she once was. This philosophical question was abandoned by her when she inadvertently discovered the technique of creating dolls that were exactly the same as herself during her pursuit of the prototype of the physical body.

This transcends the absolute rule left over from the golden age of medieval magic: "Even if you create a doll that surpasses humankind, you cannot create something that is the same as a human."

She then had the idea that "with this, I wouldn't need my current self anymore?" Therefore, she always prepared a dormant version of herself, whose memories would be transferred into the prepared body and awaken once the living Orange died.

After awakening, Orange will create a physical body for activity before entering hibernation again. Although even Orange itself cannot determine which original body it was, they are completely identical, and only one Orange is active at any given time.

Therefore, she used the paradox of "Schrödinger's cat" as an analogy: although each self may be a creation, since there is no way to distinguish them, each orange is real.

Now, she simply has an extra memory, and although this memory is imbued with emotions, she doesn't feel anything is wrong with it.

Looking at Yue Zhengling, who had been standing by the window for a long time, Chengzi did nothing strange except to stroke his head and stay by his side without saying a word. Moreover, since she had found him here, Chengzi wanted to take him away with her.

Just as mentioned in her previous conversation with her mentor, she had already planned to leave the Clock Tower before this operation.

After a long while, Yue Zhengling finally looked away. He lowered his head and asked Chengzi in a very calm tone, "Sister Chengzi, why has the world become like this?"

Actually, Chengzi really wanted to tell Yue Zhengling the truth that this world was not his world, but thinking that Yue Zhengling might know something, she decided to keep it a secret for now and answer his question first.

"I don't know the specifics, but it was probably caused by the Atlas Academy." Orange still had her hand on Yue Zhengling's head and began to explain to him.

After seeing the two of them start talking, Grey cautiously approached, wanting to hear what they had to say.

As she walked over, she activated the three lines of the communicator. Although she probably couldn't record Yue Zhengling's figure, she could at least record his voice through Yad.

The first thing she did was connect to the clock tower. There should be someone on duty at that time, and she felt she should record the conversation.

The second was to directly contact her mentor, King El-Melloi II's, office, hoping he could receive these messages as soon as possible.

The third one is Lord Barthemello. Although the other party should be fighting, it should be fine.

As a result, without being able to see Yue Zhengling, the three parties heard many unexpected things, which caused a huge uproar.

"In other words, on the day of the Atlas Academy's inauguration ceremony, Egypt suddenly unleashed a magical power that exceeded the detection limit, and then the place became the Age of Gods, causing all of humanity in the world to disappear for unknown reasons."

Hate flashed in Yue Zhengling's eyes. He was more furious than ever before in his life at the existence that destroyed the world he knew.

No, to be precise, he has transcended the boundary of anger and reached the point of calm after extreme anger, because at this moment, his mind is completely empty.

"That's how I know it." Orange didn't notice Grey's subtle movements, and when she saw Grey walking over, Orange didn't stop her.

"The Clock Tower is as useless as ever," Yue Zhengling said in a cold tone, which angered the personnel who had started recording at the Clock Tower and almost caused Barthezello, who was in the middle of the battle, to get injured due to distraction.

“I don’t know what the Holy Grail War is all about in this world, but since Gray is here, it shouldn’t be a timeline where the Holy Grail War only happened once! Even if Maris-Billey Animusphere didn’t participate in the Holy Grail War, some things must have been accomplished long ago!”

"Sister Orange, you said that the end of the world happened five years ago. Now it's 2018, and three years ago was 2015. So, were all the Animusphias of the Clock Tower's Astrophysics Department dead before 2015?"

Le Zhengling looked at Chengzi and said, "According to the timeline, haven't they already completed the Phenomenon Recording Computer Familiar Laplace, the Simulated Earth Environment Model Chaldea, and the Near-Future Observation Lens Sheba?"

"Didn't the astrophysics department give any warning before the end of the world?!"

Upon hearing this rather substantial information, all three parties that Gray had unilaterally connected with sent communication requests.

Hearing the continuous "beep beep beep" sound, both Yue Zhengling and Chengzi turned their attention to Grey.

After a flurry of activity, Grey took out the communicator. At this moment, Orange squinted and realized that Grey had been keeping it running. She had originally planned to leave with Yue Zhengling directly, but it seemed that she would have to wait until this communication ended before bringing it up again.

"Can I... take this call?" Grey asked Le Zhengling cautiously. After he nodded, she turned on the communication device.

In an instant, three different images popped up.

The first scene is a large hall with many people, the second is Webber's room, the third is Barthez, who is clearly in the middle of a battle, and in the last scene, Yue Zhengling also sees Arthur wielding the Holy Sword. Only then does he realize that the game between the two is not over.

"Our Clock Tower is not useless!"

"Grey, where is the person who just spoke?"

"Orange, tell the person you were talking to to wait!"

The three voices spoke in no particular order, but only the person in the middle image caught Yue Zhengling's attention.

That was the exact same person as his first Bond Pair 10 Servant, the ultimate power bank who worked overtime while others were on holiday, Lord El-Melloi II.

"It's you, Weber. In this world, you're always working overtime, and you're already in the late stages of overwork syndrome, about to die from overwork."

Looking at Weber's pale face and deep dark circles, Yue Zhengling suddenly felt a sense of kinship.

Upon his arrival, Weber was immediately annoyed. He scanned the scene before him and, although he could hear the person's voice, he couldn't see the person at all. This left him unsure of how to proceed, so he had no choice but to ask his disciple for clarification.

"Grey, where is she?"