When Animusfia ambitiously issued a challenge to the Moon Goddess, Chaldea had long been plunged into chaos.
"Although this is not the first time, the time of losing contact this time must have been too long..."
Romani Achiman lay down on the table in front of him in frustration. Although the coffee beside his hand had long lost its initial temperature, he still hadn't taken a sip.
As for why I don’t drink black tea anymore——————
Roman looked up at Da Vinci beside him, and then sighed.
After a painful lesson, even he had to be wary of the genius next to him.
And he, who had not slept for several days, did have a reason to be targeted in this way by this genius.
Even if Da Vinci has promised to guarantee him, he will not be exempted.
However, even Roman himself was quite surprised that after experiencing three singular points including singular point F, he did not feel a lot of pressure this time.
It must be said that under such circumstances, Roman's current state of being undisciplined is definitely not a good thing.
But that’s often how people are.
After the string is no longer tight, even if you want to pick up the energy of working hard in the past, you still can't correct it even if you know it won't work if you don't do it.
When did you start to feel relieved?
Roman wasn't very clear either.
Probably all the subtle processes are completed in this way.
In the end, the only effort Roman could make was to pretend to be here.
Therefore, he couldn't let Da Vinci reveal his only superficial efforts.
"Romani, you haven't slept for several days?"
As if feeling Roman's gaze, Da Vinci turned to look at Roman lying on the table, and then continued:
"It's okay if you don't need to stay here. Although the situation in the singularity is impossible to obtain, proving the existence of Fujimaraki and the others is easier than ever."
"That's right."
Ignoring the hint from the genius, Roman sat up straight and spoke sternly to Da Vinci.
"It's okay if you don't work overtime here, Romani."
Roman's forced righteousness was mercilessly shattered by Leonardo da Vinci in an instant, and then he lay down on the table in frustration again.
"Wouldn't this mean that we would be useless at all?"
"Ah, don't add [them], you are the only one who is useless, Romani. As a genius, I have a lot to do. Well, with such a talent, even if we want to do something Isn’t it difficult? Although he is still far from a genius like me in terms of talent, under such circumstances, the new director is probably the most capable.
Coupled with the fact that Mashu and Alter are by his side, the gap in military force has been made up to the point where it is almost invisible————”
"Not to mention that he is now more or less a servant himself."
The addition from Roman made Da Vinci nod in sympathy:
"So it's natural that you can no longer be used for anything other than the role of doctor in Romani."
"In this case, I really can only become a lazy doctor who eats cakes in the medical room every day."
"Eh? Romani... aren't you?"
"...You are also a super high school-level genius at killing dialogue, Leonardo da Vinci."
Roman leaned on the table and responded to Da Vinci angrily.
"…………"
"Why is the conversation paused?"
"Aren't you saying that I killed the conversation? Dr. Romani Achiman."
As if in response to Roman's statement, Da Vinci also deliberately called him by his full name and rolled his eyes at him with the same annoyance.
"No, no, no, that's not the problem."
"If you want to play this kind of embarrassing meme that is not very niche but is a bit niche, I still recommend that you get in touch with the director before doing it."
"Don't you know this very well!?"
"Knowing this doesn't mean I have to answer your questions now. It would be more interesting to let you remain awkwardly silent."
"What a nasty person."
After feeling the gazes from other employees in the control room, Roman decided to stop the blatant chat between himself and Leonardo da Vinci.
………………
"Really, it's a little too relaxing."
After a brief silence, Roman calmed down and sighed.
"Isn't this what Director Animusfia has been working on? You and everyone else in Chaldea were a little too dull before. That Director sometimes I’m afraid the inappropriate jokes were deliberately told to ease the high-pressure atmosphere.”
Da Vinci placed Roman on the table and picked up the black tea that had become cold before taking a few sips. He then used his magic prosthetic hand to slightly heat the black tea in the cup, and then took a sip without caring.
"That's not necessarily true..."
Recalling Animusfia's character, Roman found it hard to believe that all that person's daily actions were all for the purpose of lightening the atmosphere.
"I think you should take a rest, Romani."
"Have I not rested enough?"
Roman opened his hands helplessly.
"Unlike others, who started to feel depressed after the explosion that occurred when they went to Singularity Point F - only you, Romani, from the moment I saw you, you have never been like you are now. I feel relaxed like this, as if I had anticipated today————”
"No, I never expected this situation today."
Roman, sensing that the topic was turning in a bad direction, quickly interrupted the conversation.
"So, did you foresee something?"
Roman shut his mouth honestly.
If possible, he does not intend to let himself be burdened with the identity and name that he has long abandoned.
It is enough that only Animusfia knows about Solomon's past.
But as expected, it is not an easy task to hide this genius.
"...However, you are right, we may be a little too relaxed now."
After a moment of silence, Da Vinci said this.
"You don't even know the details, but you trust him so much that you can't even worry about the situation of completely losing contact with the Master..."
Roman also began to reflect on his own problems.
"If such a person has ulterior motives————"
"Animusfia should at least be trustworthy."
Roman, who knew Animusfia better than others, temporarily trusted Animusfia.
Even if he doesn't know the details of Animusfia, after what he has done,
"This is just a description of possibilities, Romani, possibilities."
"...If he really has ulterior motives, then we will be completely defeated."
After sighing, Romani discovered that if Animusfada really wanted to do something detrimental to Chaldea, he and the others would be completely forced to retreat.
"However, judging from the performance of our master, if the director really wants to do something evil, I am afraid that even she will rebel there together. She has been completely taken over, hasn't she? ?No matter how much we worry here, it won’t help.”
Da Vinci continued to sip the black tea and said helplessly.
"That's right."
Roman nodded in agreement.
However, there is no doubt that their success here is all due to and benefited from Animusfia.
Animusfia's hard work has been witnessed by everyone since France's first singularity.
It was somewhat inappropriate to discuss and doubt him behind his back like this.
Then just when Roman and Da Vinci thought that this kind of disunity would continue not to go as everyone wanted, the images that had been trying to connect but never succeeded actually successfully projected Mashu and Fujimaru Ritsuka. The figures of the others, and Animusfiana’s explosive words——————
"We choose to go to the Moon——————, listen carefully, ancient goddess of the moon, listen carefully to the declaration of us humans!"
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Roman and Da Vinci looked at each other, obviously still unable to recover from the huge information contained in this sentence.
But the light spots in the control room that had been displayed outside the earth and the vast dark starry sky transmitted in the image did not care about anything, and they continued to impact their thinking.
"snort!"
The goddess Luna above the moon snorted with a stern face, obviously extremely impatient with Animusfia's rebellious declaration.
"I thought you had some trump cards, but I didn't expect it was just a simple big talk. I'll save those kind of lies for you to tell in hell!"
Then she couldn't wait to restore the huge silver lance that she had stopped in mid-air. The lance was flying even faster than before.
Feel threatened? This goddess of the moon has always been aloof.
Animusfia thought with a confident smile.
Sure enough, this goddess is not invincible.
Then, when the seemingly unstoppable silver lance was about to crush the insignificant Argo in space, it seemed as if it was solidified by the space itself, and it was firmly fixed in a position less than a millimeter in front of the cabin.
It's clearly within reach, but no matter what, I can't move forward even an inch.
Goddess Luna's face also changed from cold to livid in an instant.
An aura that was more familiar to her than Animusfia's magic was unabashedly released from the Argonaut.
At this time, inside the Argo, Mashu, Fujimaru Ritsuka and others were also staring blankly at Apollo, who was exuding light and huge magic power, so much so that they temporarily ignored the treasure of Hercules. Communication with Chaldea was restored after the impact was eliminated.
Even if Animusfia had vaccinated them long ago, they still couldn't believe that the little boy in front of them, who had always been harmless to humans and animals, could actually explode with such a powerful force.
"We choose to go to the Moon..."
Apollo silently followed Animusfia's words.
For a long time, with the efforts of countless heroic spirits including Hercules and Jason, the self-dedication of Gagarin and Laika, and the help of everyone in Chaldea, he finally came to this place where he only needed to take "a small step". You can reach the position of the bright moon in just one step.
Even Apollo himself had doubted that even with the spiritual foundation of the great astronaut, he might not have the merit to become a heroic spirit.
But now, having arrived here, Apollo finally understands the reason why he became a Heroic Spirit.
As a project, as an aircraft, and as an astronaut, it was mixed with the heroic spirit that was born. It was by no means just an aircraft, and it was definitely not just an astronaut.
It also symbolizes the long-cherished wish of mankind and the hard work and efforts of countless people.
The milestone finally condensed here is his true form.
"The Noble Phantasm is liberated! My real name is Apollo Armstrong!"
Apollo shouted hard towards the moon in the distance.
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
"This is [a giant step for mankind]!"
Apollo in the cabin took that big step forward without hesitation.
