Chapter 89

The night deepened gradually.

The entire residence area seemed to have fallen into slumber, quieting down.

Toriya Satone lay on the bed, eyes closed, but after a good while she opened those splendid ruby-like pupils once more.

In the darkness, only the tick-tock sounds intertwined and reached her ears — the sound of the wall clock's second and minute hands, from modern styles to twisted metal ones, there were four or five wall clocks alone.

At this moment, these clocks wove together into a monotonous, tedious white noise, becoming the most obvious background sound in the dark room.

Listening to such sounds, as long as one relaxed, consciousness would quickly grow hazy, and then one would fall asleep.

But Toriya Satone remained wide awake; she kept her eyes open, unable to sleep no matter what, all sorts of thoughts surging in her mind, the words that person had just spoken flashing through her thoughts incessantly.

Hearing the faint breathing from beside her, Miss Tenka let out a soft sigh.

Only her own younger sister could be this carefree, still sleeping so soundly right now… Does she even know what it means to be caught up in a situation like this?

No, perhaps she actually does know —

Because that was precisely the thing Rikka had always been pursuing, that so-called Invisible Boundary Line.

Thinking of this, Miss Tenka turned her head, staring toward her sister's direction in the darkness; she had always wanted her sister to face reality, after all, watching a loved one escape into a world of fantasy to flee past pain…

That is not a pleasant thing.

Only the effect has never been good; even now, Rikka has not broken free from the fantasy… even making her hold on until the day fantasy became reality and descended upon the real world, such a development is simply absurdly magical…

It seems she has weathered it, after all fantasy became real, chuunibyou is no longer chuunibyou, but has become reality to a certain extent.

However, actually?

Miss Tenka still cannot help but worry; fantasy becoming real only means the world truly has another unknown side, it does not mean the things Rikka previously set up herself, brain-supplemented, are real.

She could not help but sit up from the bed.

Glanced at the door crack.

Pitch black; the living room seemed to have no lights, could it be… they really went to sleep?

………………

………………

In the living room.

Xia Zhi was still studying the Holy Sword in his hand.

The Holy Sword had turned from one blade into two — the normal version and the fallen version — he was comparing the differences between the two Holy Swords; although theoretically there was only a difference in the nature of magical energy between them —

As for internal structure and such, there should be no change.

Only…

To be cautious, Xia Zhi still decided to figure it out a bit, so he specially brought the original Holy Sword Sample, and did not intend to rely solely on the reversed Magic Sword as his only reference Blueprint.

His two hands each gripped a different sword, simultaneously infusing magical energy into them, feeling the process of magical energy transformation.

He controlled the input of magical energy quantity well, injecting it thread by thread.

After all, the purpose was not to unleash the Holy Sword's power, but simply to feel the process of magical energy undergoing transformation and amplification.

The movement of celestial bodies…

The rotation of Earth…

The Holy Sword's internal structure, Conversion Circuit, faintly revealed that kind of profound implication, like a grand mighty force rotating beneath the earth's crust…

"So… the essence is actually the Planet's Memory?"

Xia Zhi was thoughtful; because the Lostbelt on the Fairy Kingdom side was actually an erroneous history born at the divergence point of "Holy Sword Forging", he had already learned about this point.

Pan-Human History, that is, correct history, fourteen thousand years ago —

The White Titan invaded Earth; at that time, most civilizations on Earth, almost everything on the surface, were utterly destroyed.

Not only were civilizations shattered, even gods were shattered.

Yet, invaders who could defeat even gods were ultimately defeated by insignificant humans.

The hope that saved the world was the Holy Sword forged inside the planet, a single strike swung by human hands bisected the Titan… a body tougher than any mineral on Earth, bones that could withstand the heat of stars, pierced through by the Holy Sword.

— This is the correct history.

However, the erroneous history of the Britain Lostbelt went in another direction.

That is, the Six-Winged Primordial Fairy responsible for forging the Holy Sword neglected her duty, failed to forge the Holy Sword, leading to the White Titan completely destroying prehistoric civilization in this IF Timeline history of possibility, burning everything on the surface to nothing.

The entire surface turned into the Sea of Nothingness…

After that, the Six-Winged Primordial Fairy poisoned the God of Beasts that sheltered them, used the Beast God's corpse as an island, and through a long time of proliferation, generations of fairies' corpses piled up, finally evolving into that Britain Island.

— This is the origin of the Fairy Kingdom.

Comparing two different historical routes from the absolute timeline, Xia Zhi thoughtfully observed the two Holy Swords placed on the tea table, then concluded with a deep expression: "This sword indeed has fate with me…"

Isn't that right…

Otherwise, why would I be summoned into the Fuyuki Holy Grail War, meet Artoria, and incidentally abduct her back?

Although the Noble Phantasm is not the prototype, it completely replicated the prototype, so there would be no difference in this aspect either.

Xia Zhi could also roughly confirm the essence of the Holy Sword — it is the Planet's Memory.

Because the earliest forged prototype required the Six-Winged Primordial Fairy to forge the sword, and after this mission failed, to correct the Lostbelt's erroneous history, the Star's Inner Sea dispatched Paradise Fairy Vivian to forge the sword…

Be it that Six-Winged Fairy or Vivian —

The common point is that as pure Fairies, both were born from the Star's Inner Sea.

They can be regarded as Gaia's tactile sense, like a split spirit of the Earth's soul… or something.

"Let's try it first…"

Xia Zhi withdrew his gaze from the two reference samples, raised his palm and looked at it. His current body is an Ether Constructed Body; although it can simulate the phenomenon of a flesh body, the essence is still magical energy particles.

Therefore, this creates the possibility of Self-Modification.

He can open Jin Zhi Xiang on his current body, simulate a Conversion Circuit… if successful, according to last time's experience, perhaps this achievement can directly synchronize and reflect on the Main Body's growth.

And taking a step back, even if results cannot be brought back directly, at least a successful case experience has been left behind, which is equally precious.

Of course……

Self-Modification definitely must be carried out, but it is also absolutely not something to start recklessly right now; it still requires extremely precise calculation and Simulation.

Perhaps…… the Fantasy Tree's Function can be utilized?

A flash of brilliance passed through Xia Zhi's eyes; his thinking was extremely Agile, and in an instant he thought of the greatest Advantage he could utilize, although that thing was fundamentally still just a juvenile, a mere sapling……

But the Fantasy Tree in this world has no Human Rights legislation protecting it, so employing child labor is justifiable.

Anyway, it was originally his own thing to use; if it cannot amount to anything, it would wither and die in non-existent history anyway, so before that, might as well squeeze its remaining value to the utmost, let it exert its residual heat a bit more……

As long as the Magic Power Reserve consumed is not too much, not harming the root, then there will not be too great an Influence on the final Target.

After all, when it comes down to it, the Fantasy Tree has no Competitors whatsoever in this world; being able to survive Smoothly means it will inevitably become the ultimate body.

Thinking up to here, Xia Zhi Decisively calmed his mind and contacted a certain Unknown place in the darkness. He had initially used the Fantasy Tree Seed as a "Landing Craft", preserving his own Intelligence, to Arrive in this world.

Right now, this Humanoid Terminal of his can still directly contact the Main Server.

Just at this moment, Xia Zhi Perceived something, temporarily halted his own actions, and turned his gaze toward one side of the Living Room.

Click.

A Gentle sound, the doorknob was turned, and Rikka's room door opened.

The Black Hair Red Pupil girl walked out from within; she looked at the brightly lit Living Room, then looked Back at the door crack of the room, seeming a bit Doubtful.

"Can't sleep, Tenka-san?"

The youth on the sofa gave a greeting, his Tone and Smile both very natural.

He pointed a finger toward the Direction of the bathroom, very Considerately offering a Suggestion: "How about taking a hot bath? It might help a bit, can make the whole body relax, accelerate blood Circulation, also achieve a muscle-relaxing effect, will fall asleep better……"

"……"

"……"

"Okay, thank you……"

Toriya Satone fell Silent for a moment, Complexion Strange.

But she still Gently Nodded, and spoke her thanks.

(Chapter End)