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Throughout the examination, Olga Marie remained in a dazed and disoriented state, like a doll whose soul had been ripped out.

Of course, to put it bluntly, her current body is indeed that of a doll.

“And then…” Mash thought for a moment, “There’s a meeting later. Professor Shiomi said that he and Ms. Morgan are going to give a presentation on the current situation, especially regarding the ‘Alien God’.”

Mashu was asking whether Olga Marie should participate.

Karen thought for a moment, then shook her head and rejected the idea: "Let's forget about it for now. Let's record the meeting. Then we'll keep it on file along with the meeting minutes, and we'll talk about it again when the director has recovered his composure."

"Understood, we'll make preparations right away."

After saying that, Ritsuka and Mashu ran out.

But halfway there, Ritsuka turned back and added, "By the way, I heard that those hidden individuals locked in solitary confinement will also attend the meeting."

“They probably need the intelligence they have. Although I think Dad will mainly be asking Kirshtalia Wodim.” Karen waved her hand, indicating that they should go ahead and do their work.

After seeing them off, Karen glanced at Olga Marie's door again, sighed silently, and walked straight to the conference room.

Without a doubt, Father and Mother knew more than anyone else.

Especially Shiomi, Karen always felt that her father had gone too far, and that she and Sakura were starting to feel like they couldn't keep up.

Fortunately, Shio doesn't actually walk too fast; she still remembers to stop and wait for her family.

Where will the world go from here?

Karen didn't have any specific ideas, but doing what she could was already her limit.

Thinking about things related to Shiomi, she arrived at the conference room.

The group of people had almost all arrived, and the Hidden Ones were even seated in a corner of the conference room.

Seeing Karen enter, Shiomi habitually smiled and nodded at her, and Karen returned the smile.

Although she knew it wasn't appropriate, seeing his warm smile as always filled Karen with a sense of security.

Perhaps this is too much of a dependence on her father, but since her father said he would support her and Sakura for life, Kallen naturally has no worries.

Not everyone was invited to this meeting.

After all, Storm Border is still a blank planet for the time being. Even with a hidden barrier set up, people still need to observe the radar's reaction.

Beware of alien apostles, or even the 'alien god' himself attacking.

However, to ensure that no one was unaware of the meeting, it was also broadcast over the ship's communication system, so that everyone could hear it.

Except for Olga Marie, who is sleeping peacefully.

"...To be honest, what I'm about to say is mostly speculation." After giving a general explanation, Shiomi gave everyone a heads-up, "The main information comes from what Morgan learned during his investigation of the British Imaginary Tree, as well as the information he gathered later at Chaldea, and is a combination of inferences."

His words didn't really shake anyone's resolve; rather, everyone was waiting for what he would say next.

"Well then, let's start with the conclusion. First of all, the alien apostles, or even the 'alien gods,' the aliens in their identities do not refer to other planets in the universe, but to Chaldea." Shiomi looked at everyone, "That's right, the simulated Earth environment model that was completed in 1990."

At this point, he looked at Romani.

Before the meeting, Shiomi specifically sought out Romani to share information and had some discussions.

"And another conclusion that follows is that the blank planet we are currently on is not the original Earth, but Chaldea as an 'alien planet'."

These words caused a slight commotion in the conference room.

Including the Hidden Ones—except for Kirshtalia.

Clearly, as Marisbury's prized student, he had access to even more secrets about Chaldea, and even secrets about Animusphia, than Olga Marie did.

After all, even the Clock Tower outside of Animusfia believed that Kirshtalia might take over the Department of Astrophysics.

Although all of this was disrupted by Marisbury's death, Olga Marie became the de facto monarch of the Astronomy, inheriting the legacy of Animusphia, but without knowing the full picture, which ultimately led to the present situation.

"According to Animusphia's magic theory, planets are defined as beings with souls. Then, by replicating these defined souls, a tiny Earth is created, which is Chaldea itself."

Shiomi continued:

"Because they exist in a different dimension from humans, it's impossible to obtain detailed information about Chaldea through human perception and knowledge. That's why a tool called the 'Near-Future Observation Lens - Sheba' was created to observe the existence located on the surface of a simulated Earth model, namely the lights of cities on land. All of this is already known to everyone working at Chaldea. Now, here comes the important part—"

He cleared his throat and continued:

"Chaldea observed the future a hundred years from now. As long as the lights of civilization were still shining there, it proved that human civilization was still continuing. However, Chaldea has now been replaced by the actual Earth. Do you know what this means?"

"This means that the Earth we are on now is the Earth a hundred years from now."

Romani joined the explanation of the meeting.

Chapter 122 On the Whitewashing of Human Principles (2)

The meeting room erupted in discussion again, but tide Jian did not ask everyone to be quiet.

He understands everyone's inner unease.

If it were just a simple case of human morality being whitewashed, or simply being replaced, it would be fine. But the problem is that they were replaced a hundred years in the future...

"So you mean that even if human ethics don't change, human civilization... our world will still perish in a hundred years?" Goldov's face was ashen, tinged with fear.

Although he had grown accustomed to life in Chaldea, he still hoped to resolve the crisis and return to his original world.

“Now it seems that’s how it is,” Shiomi said. “Does everyone remember when Singularity F was discovered in 2015, Chaldea observed the disappearance of the Light of Humanity?”

The meeting room gradually fell silent.

In other words, the moment the burning of humanity occurred, the fact that humanity had no future was already a foregone conclusion.

However, it wasn't the burning of human reason that led to humanity's demise, but rather—

"Judging from the current situation, the Human Reason Burning is not as it seems, a great crisis caused purely to destroy humanity. The first Beast who usurped the name of the Magic King and possesses the principle of 'compassion,' the Demon King Goetia, was not lying."

The burning of human civilization was most likely an attempt to save human civilization.

But even with the Magic King's clairvoyance, Goetia couldn't avoid this possibility and chose to start over.

Burn through human history b, collect the heat, and create a completely new human history from scratch that will never be destroyed.

In this respect, Goetia truly deserves to be called a magician created by Solomon. Although he is not human, he has a mindset quite like a magician.

Romani didn't have a clear opinion on this, but he was somewhat pleased.

That guy, in the end, loved humans too.

Human evil is, in essence, human love.

If that's the case...

Suddenly, Morgan whispered to Shiomi, "Husband, everyone is waiting for you to continue."

Realizing she had fallen into deep thought again, Shiomi quickly put her thoughts aside: "Sorry, I've gone a bit off-topic. I'll do a more in-depth analysis of the nature of the Burning of Humanity and its connection to the destruction of humanity later. Let's get back to the Chaldea question and explain the part about the director."

Everyone saw that the "Alien Goddess," who was like a twin to Olga Marie, appeared, and even used the name "Olga Marie."

However, the meaning of the prefix "U" in the name is currently unknown.

“We don’t yet know exactly how Chaldea completed the replacement, or why it was necessary,” Shiomi said. “But—”

“The so-called ‘Alien God’ is actually the control system of Chaldea,” Kirshtalia said, standing up. “In fact, it is not a coincidence that the ‘Alien God’ appears in the form of Miss Olga Marie.”

"Could you please elaborate, Kirshtalia?" Romani asked.

Kirshtalia nodded: "When Chaldea was attacked in Antarctica, we Hidden Ones received an order to 'secure Olga Marie as a vessel.' But in fact, it wasn't her who was with Chaldea, but the body that was damaged in the explosion of the control room before the exploration of Singularity F."

The body bears the Animusphia Legacy Mark and inherits the magical secrets of Animusphia.

“It was only after learning that Miss Olga Marie’s soul and body had separated that we prioritized securing the body and did not pursue the soul that had been placed in the doll’s body.” Kirshtalia frowned. “It wasn’t until I became a Hermit and communicated with the ‘Alien God’ that I learned that she was not only my master’s daughter, but also someone who was destined to become a part of Chaldea from before her birth.”

Kirshtalia has little to say about this fact.

He is a born magician, the future of the magic world, deeply aware of his mission, and understands why magic lineages exist.

If Marisbury raised Olga Marie for the sake of Animusphia's magic, it wouldn't be surprising to a magician.

After all, even Kirshtalia's father hired an assassin to kill his own son because his grandfather wanted to pass the mark directly to his grandson, bypassing his son.

Magicians are a type of person whose human ethics and emotions are not even a fraction as important as their magical ways.

Although he felt sorry for Olga Marie, he didn't say much.

“Wait a minute.” Munir raised his hand and gestured. “Chaldea was something that the old director led the creation and activation of. And the current director is someone who was cultivated for Chaldea, and is even slated to become the vessel for the ‘Alien God’…”

"Not only that, the 'Alien God' that appeared before us is actually a physical body. It's likely that it used the Director's original body, which hasn't been repaired yet and is still frozen and sealed away. Both its personality and character are influenced by the residual information from the physical body, which is why it behaves in a way that is both similar to and unlike the Director," Shiomi said.

But more importantly, although he didn't say it, everyone already had the same answer.

The human reasoning process is intricately linked to the deceased Marisbury. To find out the answer, one must travel to Antarctica and re-enter Chaldea.

Before that, the remaining Lostbelts need to be removed to ensure there are no future concerns or destabilizing factors.

After Shiomi finished her explanation, the short meeting ended.

After all, the original intention was simply to explain the relationship between Olga Marie and the "Alien God" as much as possible.

Fortunately, everyone was willing to believe in Mary, and Shio was actually relieved.

The others left the meeting room one after another.

Only the Hidden Ones, Shiomi, and Romani remained.

“There’s one more thing I feel I need to mention,” Pepe Roncino said. “You may not know this, but on the day Maris Billy committed suicide in his room, he had an appointment to meet someone.”

Romani was taken aback: "Who?"

“Debit Zem Void,” Kirshtalia said. “He told me this when I was gathering the others to prepare for the battle against Chaldea, and I then told the rest of my companions.”

Because he was going to stay in the South American Lostbelt, Debit probably thought that Kirshtalia couldn't stop Chaldea either, and wanted to indirectly use this information to tell Chaldea something—

"It seems that to find out why Maris Billy committed suicide, I have to go to the South American Lostbelt myself."

tide understood. As he spoke, he looked at Morgan, who was waiting at the door, nodded to indicate that she didn't need to wait for him, and then continued.

“I was hoping you would persuade Debit to surrender, but it seems that I can’t solve the problem without defeating him in person.”

Chapter 123 On the Whitewashing of Human Principles (3)

The meeting room quickly fell silent again.

But Storm Border won't get busy right away. The meeting wasn't long, but everyone needed some time to process it.

"What are you thinking about, Romani?"

Shiomi looked at Romani, who had casually found a seat and sat down, and asked him this question.

“There are many. If this crisis called the whitewashing of human reason was caused by Marisbury... then I may never have truly understood the man who called me a friend from the very beginning.”

Romani noticed that Fou had entered the meeting room at some point and had not left with Mashu and the others, so he picked her up and looked at her with a sigh.

“It’s not that you didn’t understand, but that the other party was holding back. Even with trusted friends, humans keep secrets.” Shiomi looked at Romani. “I’m the same in that respect.”

“...That’s true.” Romani smiled. “You’re staying here not because you’re a friend and want to comfort me, are you? It’s alright, I’m fine, just a little shocked.”

"That's good." Shio leaned against the door. "It wasn't convenient to talk earlier because there were too many people around. I wanted to ask, is there anything about Marisbury that left a deep impression on you?"

"Impressive?" Romani thought for a moment. "It's hard to believe. That man always seemed so calm. Whether it was Mashu going berserk after summoning Galahad as a catalyst, or anything else, he was always very composed."

As a magician, he possesses impeccable calmness and composure.

One can glimpse Marisbury's influence in Kirshtalia's words and actions.

“If that’s the case, then the old director is pretty boring.” Shio shook her head, her eyes filled with reminiscence. “Even at the end of the Holy Grail War, when he used Sakura as a hostage to negotiate with Morgan and me, asking me to take my family and withdraw from the Holy Grail War when there was only one Servant left, that man didn’t show any subjective emotions.”

One careless word could lead to a lose-lose situation.

Marisbury, however, seemed unperturbed. Even if he couldn't win and died there, there was nothing to regret.

"Hahaha..." Romani laughed a few times, embarrassed.

During the Holy Grail War, Marisbury asked him to use his clairvoyance to confirm the participants' information. As the Magic King, Solomon developed an unexpected interest in Shiomi when he saw her, which led him to approach Gilgamesh and ask for his assistance in creating an opportunity to fight Shiomi and Morgan one-on-one.

Despite having no desires whatsoever, an inappropriate competitive spirit arose at that moment.

"Speaking of the end of that Holy Grail War—" Romani was about to say this, but suddenly paused and fell into deep thought.

Fufu tilted her head and stared at him, letting out a puzzled cry.

"What came to mind?" tide Jian raised an eyebrow.

“No, I remember something else.” Romani looked up. “After the negotiations, when we were dealing with the revealed Holy Grail and deciding how to use it, Marisbury joked with Solomon that there was only one last step left: to use a Command Spell to make Solomon commit suicide.”

He still habitually viewed Solomon and his current self as two completely different beings, and his tone carried a somewhat detached, detached attitude as if he were telling someone else's story.

"Oh?" tide Jian raised an eyebrow.