"Hey, good morning, Chaldea."
After Fujimaru Ritsuka left, she continued to be paralyzed on the hospital bed for a moment. Animusfia, who was trying to recall the soft touch in the blur, finally sat up and walked into Chaldea's control room as if nothing was wrong. , and then said to the staff who were busy as usual and Romani Aqiman who was on duty.
"Hey... Good morning, Director Animusfia."
However, when seeing Animusfia's face, Roman thought of the girl's bold posture just now. Although he was under the influence of Leonardo da Vinci at the time and didn't take it seriously, now he finds it difficult to interact with Animus. Sphia communicates normally.
"What's wrong, is there something on my face?"
Seeing that Roman couldn't look directly at her, Animusfia quickly used her magic power to condense a mirror in front of her and looked at herself.
"No, nothing... It's just that Director Animusfia has red hair on your shoulders. Compared with the simple color of your dress, which always looks like a nineteenth-century British gentleman, it's very conspicuous. ”
"Ah, seriously, that Ritsuka guy should be careful about his hairline. Why does he always leave such marks on my body?"
Ignoring Roman's teasing about her dressing style, Animusfia took a closer look and found out
It's better to say it's intentional than unintentional.
Roman curled his lips and thought as he watched Animusfia pick up the bright hair from her shoulders while complaining.
More than once, he had seen a girl reluctantly pull out her own hair in private, then rub it several times to ensure that there was enough electrostatic charge to adhere to Animusfia's body, and then she would calmly use various methods to remove it. This small movement rubbed or stuck to Animusfiya's body.
In his opinion, this was more like the girl's behavior that was almost like an animal declaring sovereignty.
He is really possessive, and I really like him.
Facing Fujimaru Ritsuka who expressed his love with a beast-like state of mind, Dr. Roman expressed his feelings.
But for some reason, Fujimaru Ritsuka's behavior always reminded him of the red shirts who always put up a flag wherever they went and claimed that the place belonged to the queen or the king.
"Are you okay now? Hydera's snake venom."
Looking at Animusfia, who was no different from before, Roman couldn't help but ask.
Although he knew that Animusfia always had a jaw-dropping ability to solve problems, sometimes it was difficult for him, the former Magic King, to understand how he did it.
But Roman still couldn't believe that Animusfia could so easily dissolve the Hydra poison that the Demon Pillar had hidden for a long time into his body, enough to make both Heracles and Chiron worse than death. .
"Pfft, how is it possible..."
Animusfia seemed to have heard some joke and laughed out loud.
"Why don't we take a step to talk?"
"makes sense."
Roman nodded, followed Animusfia's outstretched arm and walked out first.
It just so happened that he also had something that he wanted to discuss with Animusfia alone.
The sci-fi sound that Animusfia had praised several times sounded again from the automatic door in front of them. Animusfia and Roman left the control room that symbolized the center of Chaldea. room.
"Where's Leonardo? It's really rare that she's not with you."
While walking in the corridor, Animusfia turned around and asked.
"Probably he is working on some unknown new inventions in the workshop. I think this is the normal state of that genius... In your eyes, do we often appear as a pair?"
"Um…………"
After Animusfia carefully searched the memories about Roman in her brain for a long time, she gave an affirmative answer:
"That's right."
"..."
Roman waved his hands angrily, and then said:
"I don't have that much free time right now, and if you use 'her', let me tell you first, Leonardo da Vinci is an out-and-out male."
"But it's hard to think of her as a male when we get along with her on a daily basis. She looks like a female anyway, and I look like I'm enjoying it."
"Do you accept it if I think so?"
Roman suddenly looked at Animusfia with a surprised look.
"No, what's that look in your eyes?"
While Animusfia complained helplessly about the way Roman looked at her, she walked into the unoccupied room where Roman often stayed, and skillfully took out the cake from the secret compartment of the refrigerator in the room, and then He sat unceremoniously on the small white alloy chair in front of Roman, placed the cake on the transparent coffee table in front of him, and ate it without any scruples.
"…………"
"What are you doing standing around? Sit down."
"…………well."
Roman let out a long sigh, and then sat across from Animusfia.
It was obvious that he had made sufficient mental preparations during Animusfia's coma. He had placed all his serious emotions in his heart and tried to express them now.
However, all of this was in vain due to Animusfia's jokes, whether intentional or unintentional.
They obviously wanted to have a serious face-to-face formal meeting, but now it turned into the same casual chat between two people as before.
"In the end, how did you deal with the snake venom?"
Animusfia shook her head, meaning that she was far from completely disposing of the snake venom.
"As the former Magic King, you have gained wisdom from God. Do you have a method to cure Hydra snake venom stored in your mind?"
"...No, although there are indeed ways to eliminate it, it is extremely difficult to implement it on the human body, or the actual physical body."
"I think so, otherwise the sage Chiron would not have sought death so easily."
Animusfia nodded helplessly.
"But that Zhou Yu——you must have noticed his departure a long time ago. He has a lot of confidence in you, and with the magic called Occam's razor you showed before, Maybe it’s really possible to completely eliminate it.”
"Do I actually have such a high level in your heart... That's really scary. But unfortunately, even if I can observe most objects in the world from a human perspective, I really can't observe myself. I have no way to prove my own existence. Correspondingly, maybe I can deny the snake venom before it takes root in my body, but if it has already been deeply rooted in my flesh and blood and even my bone marrow——
I can't rewrite myself while looking at my PET-CT picture. "
"Don't so-called doctors heal themselves?"
"If you really want to say it, it can be like that."
"So since there is no way to get rid of it, how did you deal with it in the end?"
"Thanks to Zhou Yu's departure, although the toxins that were flooding my body are still running rampant, at least they can be controlled by magic. In the end, with my continuous efforts——"
As Animusfia spoke, she untied her tie to reveal the skin that was covered by her high collar.
But this time, not only is the depth like the starry sky revealed below the neck, there is also a mass of cyan in the neck that makes you want to look away just by looking at it, exuding a strong ominous aura.
That is not the color revealed on the skin, but a deeper level, as if the color of the space itself.
"Did you see it? Finally, with my efforts, they were gathered together. If they are controlled well, there won't be any big problem."
With a gentle snap of her fingers, faint ripples appeared from Animusfia's neck, and the dark cyan color gradually disappeared.
"If you cover it up like this, at least it won't look like a big problem from the outside."
"Even this is logically not enough to completely restrain the venom, is it Shiva?"
Roman reasoned as he witnessed this scene.
"As expected of the former King Solomon, yes, it was with the help of Shiva's allusion that I was able to bind his [snake venom] here so easily."
In Indian mythology, in order to obtain the nectar of immortality in the ocean of milk, with the help of Vishnu, the gods and asuras tied the body of the snake king Vasuji to a mandala and stirred the ocean of milk, and finally obtained immortality. honeydew.
However, during the stirring process, the snake king Vasuji spit out a large amount of venom because he could not bear the pain.
As a descendant of the original seven immortals, Vasuji's venom is enough to contaminate the entire three worlds, even the asuras and gods are no exception.
The short-sighted gods and asuras could only pray to Shiva for help in the end.
But even Shiva could not easily eliminate the venom from Vasuji, so he had to swallow it himself.
In the end, it was Parvati, Shiva's partner and the feminine incarnation of Shiva, who used her own power to suspend the venom in Shiva's throat, saving Shiva from the snake venom.
And Shiva has since received another nickname for himself, the Green-throated One.
"Can celestial magic even do such a thing?"
"The power of faith is very powerful. You know this best, Doctor Roman."
Animusfia said as she tied her tie.
"Are you actually starting to talk about faith now? Are you really flexible?"
"If I could stop talking about it, I would stop talking about it. But for the time being, I still need something like faith as a cover. After all, faith is quite convenient when you can't prove it."
Animusfia said thoughtfully.
"Even then, the venom is still burning Shiva's throat all the time. The same goes for you, Director Animusfia, right? You have sacrificed a lot for the sake of humanity. In theory, you should be allowed to It’s best to take a good rest, and we cannot turn a blind eye to the words of the Demon God Pillar from our standpoint. However, the strategy for the next singularity point is only in my own name. I still hope that you can continue to carry out the strategy in the singularity in person. Strategy.”
"That's true."
However, in the face of Roman's long speech, Animusfia did not listen to the end at all, and said with the words she had prepared long ago:
"I admit that I do have a lot of doubts. Although the accusations made by Demon God Pillar against me are not entirely true, they are indeed groundless. I don't know what Zhou Yu revealed to you when he left, but I must also tell you Let me put aside your worries. Even so, I still want to implore you. Even if you let me stay in Chaldea and monitor me from now on, you must let me go to the next singularity. Although it is still unexplainable, But I have a reason why I have to go————————”
Animusfia, who finally reacted, stopped what she was saying and looked up at Roman.
"What did you say?"
"For the strategy for the next singularity point, please continue to move to the singularity point."
"Do you know how big a risk this is? What if I really am the evil person with ulterior motives as the Demon God Pillar said?"
"I'm afraid the consequences will be unbearable for Chaldea and even all mankind."
Roman said solemnly, looking at the empty plate with nothing left.
"Even so, do you still want me to personally participate in the strategy for the singularity?"
"To be precise, Leonardo da Vinci actually disagreed, but I still personally assured him of your reliability."
"So you are the only one who comes to negotiate with me today..."
Animusfia finally understood why Da Vinci was not seen today.
I'm afraid he deliberately let Roman face him alone.
"Why do you trust me so much?"
Even Animusfia himself is very clear that nothing he does can change the suspicious nature of his identity.
That's why he was so surprised after hearing Roman's request.
"Although my position and the information I have collected so far do not allow me to trust you so much, I have no room to make such a risky decision now that I am already useless. But... From the perspective of looking at people, let me be a little conceited."
Roman raised his head, looked at Animusfia, and then said calmly but loudly:
"Director."
“……………”
After Animusfia was stunned for a long time, she continued:
"I am truly deeply trusted by you. Is this an acknowledgment from Solomon?"
"Don't make fun of that kind of thing. I gave up my identity as Solomon a long time ago. My thinking and strength are all completely different. I really don't think I have anything in common with that king in the Bible." If so, it may be the only experience I have.”
Roman said with a wry smile.
"Then your vision of seeing people is not that of an ordinary person's?"
Animusfiya keenly discovered the beauty point.
"Speaking of which, have you ever seen that Leif was the villain who blew up half of Chaldea?"
"this…………"
Facing the speechless Roman, Animusfia suddenly felt that her previous move was a bit ridiculous.
Isn't this man in front of me simply stupid for trusting him?
It’s not necessarily true that the real King Solomon died in a fight with Roman long ago.
In the end, the extremely serious (self-confessed) conversation started by Roman ended in something like a chat, and Animusfia was finally confirmed as one of the people who conquered the next singularity.
Due to the painful lesson that the first few singularities always seemed to be a step too late, the date for the next singularity strategy was set on the day after Animusfia awakened.
There isn't much time for them to rest now.
Fortunately, although Animusfia didn't have much time to rest, she was able to get a replacement prosthetic leg from Leonardo da Vinci who worked overtime to prepare for a rainy day.
Turning to look up at Leonardo da Vinci and Roman who were watching her and others in the control room, Animusfia nodded slightly.
Looking at the back of the girl who was slowly preparing to enter the spirit child box, Da Vinci and Roman, who were standing side by side in the control room, looked at each other.
"…………Is this really good?"
Roman asked suddenly.
No matter how much he trusts Animusfia, at this last moment, Roman, who has staked all his hopes on humanity, will inevitably doubt himself.
"Hey, aren't you yourself, Romani, the one who insists on believing in Mr. Director the most? Are you starting to wonder what's going on now?"
Da Vinci looked at Roman next to him in disbelief.
"But Saber Alter also agreed, right?"
"No, no, no, wasn't her original words [Since the Master has chosen to continue to trust his comrades, then as a Servant, I have no position to object]? The subtext is completely unwilling to take risks, right? After all, in that alter Is it really possible to get a thoughtful answer if you ask the lady while you are eating?"
Da Vinci spared no effort in describing Roman's innocence.
"...Could it be that I am the only one in Chaldea who chooses to take risks foolishly?"
Roman fell into deep self-doubt.
"No, that's not the case. In this Chaldea, the person who trusts us the most is not you. Fujimaru and Mashu who are fighting alongside him are the ones who trust him the most. , even the alter, you should consider him as a trustworthy comrade, right?"
After letting out a long sigh, Leonardo da Vinci said to Roman:
"Judging from the results, it's actually not up to you and me to make the decision, Romani."
"Maybe that's the case, but no matter what, I hope our choice is right."
Seeing Animusfia and others entering the spirit child box, Roman slowly closed his eyes, and then opened them again.
Although he didn't explain it to others, every time he saw a similar scene, he couldn't help but think of the loud noise that sounded in his ears when he was taking a break that day——and the scene after the explosion with the girl. The mess we saw in the control room.
Olga Marie and many staff members died on the spot, the Masters of Group A were seriously injured and could not be cured under current conditions and could only be temporarily frozen, and the colleagues who lived with them day and night were wailing one after another.
The firelight after the explosion complemented the red Sheba Observatory.
All of this is intertwined with the tragic scene he saw before he chose to give up his identity as Solomon, become an ordinary person, and lose his clairvoyance, which kept him awake all night.
Yes, even Leif, who was getting along with him every day, he couldn't find any clues.
Just talking about hard work or not, the sleepless days and nights before, and the exhaustive thinking before have become a joke.
If only I could come earlier, if I could observe more, if I could detect it sooner.
ridiculous.
No matter how frightened he is, what can Romani Achiman do as an ordinary person now?
Does he really have the qualifications to put the future of humanity and mankind on such an unknown director?
Is he really qualified to retain the pride that once belonged to Solomon?
[Are you really trustworthy? 】
Filled with self-doubt, Roman finally decisively pressed the start button of the spirit transfer.
