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Amidst their laughter and conversation, Orange slowly woke up and lay down on tide Jian's lap: "What incredible eyes! I thought I could be of help, but it seems that's not realistic."

"When did you become as stupid as your sister?" Shio felt that Touko's behavior just now was very similar to the description she had given of her sister, Aoko. "Who would dare to trespass during a battle of Mystic Eyes..."

“After all, it’s hard not to be interested, since this is a planetary-level mystery.” Orange looked at tide Jian’s closed magic eye without any concern.

Whether it was because she was interested in the mysterious, or because he was the one who possessed this mystery, she herself had never thought about it.

"I'm telling you... if Orange were even slightly weaker, your magic eyes would have received an excessive amount of power due to the lenses built into them, causing them to reflect and focus, ultimately burning out your entire brain due to magic overload." Xi Jian was unusually a little angry, cupping her face in her hands and squeezing her closer together. "Even if you have a spare body and aren't afraid of death, this isn't how you play..."

“Perhaps you were certain from the beginning that even if you couldn’t withstand it, your Mystic Eyes wouldn’t be able to kill her, which is why you took such a risk,” Skadi concluded.

"It's good that you trust me, but this kind of recklessness can't happen a second time..." tide Jian said, "However, the training phase for the Demon Eye's output has ended, and there won't be a next time."

He helped Chengzi sit up, then stretched and asked them questions.

"It's already this late, how about we take a break and watch some old movies together?"

The answers received were, naturally, consistent.

written request for leave

I've been quite busy these past few days, so I'm taking a day off.

Updates will be postponed tomorrow.

In addition, Chapter 45 has been banned, and there is no time to revise it at the moment. We'll see how it goes later, since there are quite a few words that need to be changed.

The supplementary file has been uploaded to the full subscription group; the group number is pinned in the comments section.

I'd also like to briefly explain what happened next.

Before moving on to the next part of the main storyline, I plan to write about the story of the Night of the Demon.

Stay tuned.

Chapter 49 A Leisurely Holiday with Morgan (1)

"It feels like I've gone back to the past..."

When tide Jian said this, he was sitting on the sofa reading a book. Morgan was also reading a book, but he was half-lying on the sofa with his legs draped lazily and comfortably over Xi Jian's lap.

“Back then…” Morgan looked away from the book, thought for a moment, “Yes, back then I loved reading with you in the room, especially on rainy days outside.”

Stroking Morgan's smooth, jade-like instep, tide Jian asked with a smile, "And now?"

“Nothing has changed. It’s just that the thought that you no longer belong only to me sometimes makes me feel a little sour.” Morgan covered her face with a book, her eyes sparkling with a lively light.

tide Jian pursed her lips helplessly: "Would you be angry? I didn't tell you anything back then, but I tricked you into becoming my wife?"

“No. Because I also kept it from you and made you my husband.” Morgan squinted slightly, his expression full of pleasure.

"Is that so?" Shiomi exclaimed.

The room was quiet, with no other sounds except for the rustling of pages.

"Feeling bored?" Morgan keenly sensed Shiomi's mood.

"How could that be? You're with me too," tide Jian said. "It's just that I'm a little unaccustomed to having nothing to do for a while."

New Chaldea has passed through the initial period of chaos, and now everything is running smoothly, everyone has something to do, and there is enough time for everyone to rest and recuperate.

Shiomi was no exception.

Today was a day off for him in a sense, a day when he didn't have to do anything, so he spent the time in his room reading with Morgan.

"So, what do you intend to do to amuse yourself, my husband?" Morgan's feet began to move restlessly, making provocative gestures as he spoke.

“My wife’s suggestion is very appealing, but I have something else I want to do right now.” Shiomi put down her book and extended her hand to Morgan. “Let’s go for a walk together. It’s been a long time since we took a walk together.”

But Morgan gently pushed his hand away, as if to refuse.

tide Jian thought Morgan was playing a game of refusing her invitation three times in a row, so she invited her again. As expected, Morgan refused three times in a row.

After only three times, she raised an eyebrow and said, "Go wash your hands."

"Huh?" tide Jian was taken aback.

Then he realized that his outstretched hand had been touching Morgan's feet, which was theoretically inappropriate.

Of course, this is just theory.

“These are your feet, you know. They’re not sweaty, smelly, or dirty.” tide Jian expressed her dissatisfaction and grabbed Morgan’s feet, sniffing them to confirm. “Look, there’s no smell at all, and there’s even a faint scent of shower gel left over.”

Morgan was already amused by his serious attitude, and the open book he was holding to his chest was shaking with laughter.

“If my husband can go to such lengths to ‘prove his innocence,’ then I certainly cannot urge you to wash your hands any further.”

Morgan closed the book, then took Shiomi's outstretched hand and sat up.

She sat on the edge of the sofa, her feet rhythmically tapping the carpet, and made a request to Shio:

"Since you're inviting me for a walk, could you put on my socks and shoes?"

"I don't care at all." tide Jian fetched the shoes and socks. "Seeing you so lazy, still the same as before, makes me feel at ease."

“Hehe~.” Morgan chuckled as she watched him put on his socks. “We can only do this when we’re alone. In front of the children and other people, I still have to act like a mother. I’m the Winter Queen who has reigned over the Fairy Kingdom for 2000 years. It wouldn’t be proper for people to see me like this.”

tide Jian's hand paused. He slowly raised his head and looked into Morgan's eyes: "You... really think so?"

"Why do you ask that?" Morgan asked, puzzled.

"It may sound strange for me to say this, but the so-called cold and ruthless Queen of Winter is just your own subjective perception, right?" Shiomi reminded him while suppressing a laugh, "Leaving aside the Fairy Kingdom, during the years you were with me as a Servant, you only really had that impression during the initial Holy Grail War."

Morgan's eyes widened slightly, her surprise evident: "So that means..."

"Whether in Sakura's eyes or in the eyes of your other Chaldea companions, you have never been the cold-hearted type." Shiomi, who was helping Morgan put on her shoes, explained a fact that Morgan was unaware of.

In fact, he didn't expect that Morgan always thought his "persona" was very convincing.

It's a minor, somewhat laughable error.

After all, Morgan during her Servant period always consciously or unconsciously played the role of another version of herself from Pan-Human History in her words and actions. Perhaps that was to try to avoid problems caused by facts from the Lostbelt, but in terms of the outcome, the success or failure of the role was about 50/50.

Ultimately, she was still that kind-hearted little witch. Monsters and demons were one thing, but in fact, Morgan had never personally killed any human or fairy.

The wars were always started by Shiomi, and she never had the chance to kill any of Lentinion's soldiers on the battlefield.

From beginning to end, the only one whose hands were stained with blood was Shiomi.

"Ugh..." Morgan covered her face, a blush spreading to her ears.

She's not evil at all, yet she insists on playing the role of a wicked witch. In everyone's eyes, she'll probably be seen as having some strange fetish.

In layman's terms, it's what's known as chuunibyou (middle school syndrome)...

"Alright, alright, everyone probably didn't point it out because they thought it was unnecessary, so don't take it to heart." tide couldn't help but hug her to comfort her. "At worst, I'll go back and criticize them for bullying you like that."

“It’s not exactly bullying…” Morgan just felt incredibly awkward. “It felt like everyone was playing along with me in a play, like that show called ‘The Truman Show.’”

"What a brilliant metaphor! If this were during the Fairy Kingdom era, you probably wouldn't have even thought of such a description," tide Jian said with a smile, further easing her discomfort.

After getting up from Shiomi's arms, Morgan held his hand and said, "I don't know who it was, but back then, they would take me shopping, on dates, and to the movies all the time, and then we would pick up Sakura and Karen from school together."

"Because I was so happy, especially when I was walking down the street, people would look at me with envy," Shio said. "Looking back now, I was really a bit cocky back then. A stunningly beautiful woman appearing in a small city like Fuyuki was bound to become a topic of conversation, and I was quite careless."

"In the end, there were no problems, it's all in the past." Morgan stood on tiptoe and patted Shio's head. "Let's go out."

Seeing that her mood had improved, tide Jian nodded and said, "Mm."

Chapter 50 A Leisurely Holiday with Morgan (2)

In fact, the newly rebuilt Chaldea in the Wandering Sea simply used an area of ​​this ancient organization that served as its entrance hall, transforming it into a new frontline base.

Even so, this region is incredibly large, comparable to Chaldea in Antarctica.

“‘Maintain,’ ‘Develop,’ ‘Preserve,’ ‘Belong,’ and ‘Regenerate,’” Shiomi explained to Morgan, pointing to the five heavy, tightly closed stone doors. “Although I don’t know what each door represents.”

Morgan glanced indifferently at the five doors, which held mysteries that even a human magician might not be able to unravel in a lifetime, but she didn't pay them much attention.

“According to Sion, she was also given the task of resolving the ‘Earth’s blanking’ by leasing the right to use the outer area in exchange for the Atlas Contract.” Morgan smiled at Shiomi. “Are the Wandering Sea Mages, who have locked themselves behind closed doors, truly trusting Chaldea’s abilities, or are they so at ease because they know of Ake’s existence?”

“Either way is fine.” Xi Jian took her hand and they slowly left the area where the stone gate was located. “As far as I know, the Wandering Sea was a workshop in the distant past that hid the entire island in the universe in order to isolate itself from humans and gods.”

It is for this reason that the shadow of the Wandering Sea is projected across different eras, and even if the entire workshop is destroyed, it will not have any effect on the main body.

The core area is a special realm completely independent of the timeline.

The only thing capable of interfering with the main body is those five stone gates.

Those doors are the time portals that connect the Wandering Sea with various eras.

"In a sense, it's somewhat similar to the Demon King's Temple of Time. However, no one knows whether the Wandering Sea is located in the Imaginary Space or in a more distant place." Morgan leaned close to Xi Jian, his free hand holding tide Jian's arm, casually teasing her.

"We'll ask Romani for his opinion when we have the chance," Shiomi replied with a smile.

As they traveled through the New Chaldea base, they encountered many staff members who would nod and greet them.

At this time, Scáthach and Artoria were accompanying Gray and Mash during combat training; Skadi was comforting and caring for the three Valkyries who were the survivors of the 23 villages; and Orange was in Leonardo da Vinci's workshop, discussing with the two geniuses how to design mass-produced combat automatons, intending to form an "army" belonging to Chaldea during the subsequent Lostbelt exploration.

After all things considered, tide Jian and Morgan were indeed quite free today, with no important matters to discuss.

However, this was also because everyone wanted Shiomi and Morgan to rest more, since they had been fighting for thousands of years in Chaldea, where time was unknown.

After aimlessly wandering around the base, the two sat down by a large window, gazing at the relentless storm outside.

“Unlike Antarctica, all you see here are storms,” Shiomi said casually.

“Using extreme weather as a cover for inherited defenses, they probably don’t want to be easily found by human magicians,” Morgan said softly. “But in exchange, even if the Earth is turned into a blank sheet of paper, it won’t affect this place… Not a bad idea.”

"What are you thinking about?" Shio asked with a sly smile.

“After this is all over, we can buy a decent uninhabited island, whether it’s in the Pacific or the Atlantic, and move there to settle down. We can then set up some traditional defenses around it,” Morgan said, a satisfied smile spreading across his face. “In a sense, it could be called a paradise.”

tide Jian nodded in agreement: "It's a good idea, but it's a bit unlucky to say it now, like a death flag."

“Hasn’t my husband thought about this?” Morgan grabbed his hand, trying to persuade Shiomi.

“I’m not against it, but it will cost a lot of money, and I’ll have to sell my assets to make it happen,” Shiomi replied seriously. “Besides, I’ve always wanted to be with you as you are, not just as a servant.”

“Although I don’t think the difference is that big, I still want to ask, what does my husband want to do with someone like me?” Morgan asked again.

"Of course... I want to have one or two children," tide Jian said, pursing her lips and lowering her voice slightly, sounding a little embarrassed.

Morgan blushed slightly: "Leaving aside Sakura and Kallen, then there was Gray, and now there's Bavan Shee. So, it's true that children who aren't your own are unacceptable?"

“They’re all good kids, but I always feel like something’s off about them.” tide Jian couldn’t quite put her finger on it. “And when you’re with someone you love, it’s impossible not to feel that way.”

Although the current situation is special, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble caused by pregnancy, we have been using magic methods for contraception.

But things always come to an end eventually, and peaceful daily life is destined to return.

This is not just wishful thinking, but a hope for the future.

“Is that so?” Morgan understood. She leaned forward and whispered in Shiomi’s ear, “But does my husband only want to have children with me, or is it…”

“…Well…” tide Jian touched her nose, “You know what I mean.”

While Orange probably doesn't want to, her master and the others might.

Moreover, even if you regain your original daily routine, it doesn't mean you have to immediately start having children.

He and they are not ordinary people; they have plenty of time to waste.

“I don’t understand.” Morgan gently tapped tide Jian’s forehead. “Then at least the first child has to be mine.”

"You really are very jealous," Shio teased softly. "It must have been... tough for you to accept me like this."

“That’s still better than forcing you to give them up and stay by my side.” Morgan pinched Xijian’s face without any politeness. “Happiness and pain are two sides of the same coin. It would be too cruel for both of us to make you struggle between happiness and pain. Besides—”

"Besides?"

"It's actually much easier than I thought... After all, it would be quite difficult for me to bear all your desires alone," Morgan said in a barely audible voice in his ear.

“Ah…” tide Jian did not deny this.

“But since we’re discussing the future, let’s get back to the practical stuff,” Morgan advised. “Go take stock of your assets now and see how much more money you need to buy a suitable island.”

"A rare day off, and I have to deal with numbers again..."

Faced with Morgan's enthusiastic suggestion, Shiomi could only laugh and sigh as she was dragged into participating.

Chapter 51 Melusin's New Equipment

Melsin ran quickly down the corridor of the New Chaldea base, using her exceptional agility and reflexes to avoid oncoming people and head towards the Magic Workshop.

She had just heard a message that tide Jian wanted her to come over later.

Melsin, who was originally accompanying Mashu in combat training, suddenly lost the will to continue training and ran straight over.