The light blue illusory city wall spread to the surroundings as Mashu shouted, sweeping away the remaining power of Elizabeth's Noble Phantasm and the remaining Chimeras.
"Eh?"
After realizing that her singing encountered some impenetrable obstacle, Elizabeth stared at the illusory city wall in the distance and blinked.
This magical aura is very similar to the shield-wielding girl who is always next to Piggy.
Standing on the tall sentry tower, Elizabeth glanced downwards. When she could no longer find a remaining Chimera within the visible range of the Dragon Eye, Elizabeth nodded with satisfaction.
Well, in this case, the task assigned to her by Ferenc would be completed, and she herself would have almost eliminated all the depression that had kept her from singing loudly for the past few days.
But is that little girl's shield actually that strong?
Originally, Animusfia told Elizabeth that only Mash was good at defense, so she could safely release her Noble Phantasm.
But he didn't tell her that Mashu's shield was such a powerful treasure.
Moreover, Elizabeth vaguely felt that there seemed to be a hidden part of Mashu's Noble Phantasm, both from the outside and from the actual attack.
Otherwise, the city wall shouldn't be illusory.
Even Fujimaru Ritsuka and Boudica in the distance saw the [Foundation of Human Theory] unfolding.
"That's... Mashu's Noble Phantasm."
Although the power of the Noble Phantasm she saw now was far more powerful than the light as thin as snowflakes she had seen before, Fujimaru Ritsuka recognized at a glance that such a Noble Phantasm should have been liberated by her "junior" .
"That's what it looks like."
After Elizabeth's singing stopped, Boudica also stopped maintaining her Noble Phantasm [The Wheel Unprotected by Oaths].
"I thought that Miss Matthew would continue to be confused for a while, but I didn't expect that she found her true heart so quickly——it may have something to do with the fact that the king is beside her."
After Boudica dispelled the Noble Phantasm, Fujimaru Ritsuka finally saw the sky again after the cobwebs faded away—perhaps after they were scattered.
She was finally able to sense the presence of Mash and Artoria again.
"Hello--? Can you hear me?"
The blue projection was finally transmitted to her eyes through Fujimaru Ritsuka's costume.
"Ah! Finally connected! How is the situation? Fujimaru-chan, the number of Chimeras is beyond imagination. If possible, we should retreat first. Preparations for the spirit children to be transferred back to Chaldea are also in place."
After detecting numerous Chimeras, Leonardo and Roman even lost contact with Matthew and Artoria.
After a few minutes, they finally regained contact with the second singularity that had suddenly changed.
"Finally connected?"
In Chaldea's control room, Roman, who finally got the information from the screen, pushed Da Vinci aside in an instant, completely inserting his figure into Chaldea's small image.
"The number of enemies is far beyond our imagination. Both Mash and Saber are in a hard fight. How is the situation on your side? Don't force yourself. If you can't hold on, just————"
Seeing the scene that was finally transmitted back to Chaldea, Cologne seemed to have been ravaged by a natural disaster, Romani Achiman paused in his words.
The detection results from Chaldeas were also what they had detected before. The Chimeras, which were like dust densely spread on the ground, had disappeared, leaving only a few reaction points that were so weak that they might disappear at any time.
"...Has Director Animusfia joined you already? I remember that he was obviously working with Emperor Nero."
"Well, the director is indeed not here, but this should be more or less his handiwork, right?"
The red-haired girl curled her lips and reluctantly moved her body away so that Roman in the image could see Elizabeth flying down from the sentry tower flapping her wings.
"Little Piggy~, how are you? Your appearance was timely, right? Do you feel like a super idol?"
After finally landing on the ground and folding her wings, Elizabeth swung her tail and said to Fujimaru Ritsuka with a proud look on her face.
"Are you embarrassed to say that?! Why are we included in the attack range along with Mashu and the others?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka expressed dissatisfaction with Elizabeth's attack method without distinguishing between friend and foe.
"No... there is no other way to prevent you and Matthew from being attacked, little piggy, right?"
Elizabeth said with some embarrassment.
"That's what you say... But covering it with a Noble Phantasm is too much, right?! If we don't have any defense, wouldn't we be wiped out by you like you wiped out the Chimeras?"
"But Ferenc said: 'Both Boudica and Mash are servants who are good at guarding. You only need to rescue them when they are surrounded by a sea of people.'"
Elizabeth pretended to be an Animusfia and said with determination.
"That director——————!"
"But in that case, Governor Animusfia had foreseen such a thing happening a long time ago?"
Boudica asked Elizabeth.
"Well, that seems to be the case."
Elizabeth recalled Animusfia's instructions to her to deliberately follow Fujimaru Ritsuka and others before she left, and nodded hesitantly.
"Although he is a disciple of the Military Advisor Department, have you even thought of this step?... That governor is really powerful."
"but why?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka expressed doubts.
"Since the director had already foreseen that we would encounter a large number of enemies here, why didn't he tell us in advance and instead asked Elizabeth to follow behind us secretly?"
"Fujimaru is right."
Da Vinci in Chaldea's control room echoed Fujimaru Ritsuka's question.
"If it's just to avoid danger, it would be a better choice to inform us in advance, right?"
"The governor once mentioned to me——"
Boudicca added appropriately to dispel Leonardo's doubts.
"Rome is not safe inside."
"What do you mean, director...what we do is not confidential?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka said while recalling what happened to him and others.
"Indeed, I didn't even notice when the camp was infiltrated."
Boudica said with some shame.
"I'm afraid Director Animusfia has already fought against the enemies we encountered today."
Roman concluded:
"Then the [backhand] he arranged may not just be a simple way to clear the siege————"
Everyone in Chaldea, including Fujimaru Ritsuka, looked at the blue illusory wall slowly dissipating in the night sky.
Mash and Altria Alter, who were here, looked seriously at the unharmed Mikhail VIII who emerged from the purple silk cocoon.
