Chapter 490

【Just kidding, he was almost scared to faint.】

【He originally thought that even if the visitor was from the Atlas Institute, it should just be a researcher-type magus, but he didn't expect the visitor to be the dean.】

【"What is the dean of the Atlas Institute doing in this kind of place?"】

【Calming his mood, the Second asked Zepia.】

【Zepia: "Nothing, I plan to stay here for a while to collect some data."】

【Second: "Wouldn't it be inconvenient for the head of the Atlas Institute to stay here?"】

【Zepia: "Hahaha, we are different from the Clock Tower that doesn't even want to pull telephone lines. No matter where in the planet, it does not hinder the sharing of information. Since that's the case, at least for me personally, there is no need to voluntarily live a mole-like life."】

Rin Tohsaka: "Global barrier-free information sharing! Is this possible?"】

Feng Xi: "Of course it's possible, this is nothing, our ZG magi can do it."】

【As a super-large craft 'Thought Disk' that is integrated with the Earth, no matter where the ZG magi are, as long as they are still on Earth, they can connect to it through thought imprints.】

【Zepia: "Is this lady Reines El-Melloi Archisorte, right?"】

【Reines: "..... Yes."】

【Zepia: "I see, is the script this time that you two came here together?"】

【Second: "What does this mean?"】

【Zepia turned his head without explaining, instead pouring a glass of wine for the two.】

【"Alright, let's start from where you might have questions."】

【After drinking the wine, Zepia said to himself: "Anyway, you are very concerned about my connection with Blackmoore Cemetery, right? Because in most scripts, you would say 'Just meeting you in this kind of place makes us fall into confusion'—something like that."】

【Subsequently, he stated the reason for his coming here.】

【Blackmoore is actually the name of an ancient Dead Apostle related to the family here.】

【This Dead Apostle was once a magus who used birds, famous in the world more than two thousand years ago, but has long since perished.】

【That family named the cemetery here Blackmoore to commemorate this Dead Apostle.】

【Add a point: the family that built this cemetery, like the Dead Apostle Blackmoore, are all magi who use birds.】

Shishigou Kairi: "I see, Blackmoore, the tomb of the Dead Apostle."】

Rin Tohsaka: "Dead Apostle, can they actually die?"】

Kayneth: "That is of course, Dead Apostles just possess long lives, they are not immortal. On this point, the Holy Church has the most say."】

Kirei Kotomine: "Hehe, yes."】

Risei Kotomine: "This is the Church's work."】

【The Holy Church has always been the great enemy of Dead Apostles, and several True Ancestors have died in their hands.】

【"Wait a minute!"】

【Second subconsciously said: "You keep saying such things, we will be very troubled. Just meeting you in this kind of place makes us fall into confusion..."】

【He suddenly realized and stopped his words.】

【Is this some kind of hypnotic suggestion, or...】

【Zepia: "I'm sorry, I think I made you feel unpleasant, but I think doing so can save conversation costs. Anyway, you will definitely ask similar questions later, saying it directly can avoid spending twice the effort."】

【Second: "... Is this, some kind of Future Sight Mystic Eye?"】

【Zepia: "Different from Future Sight, although there are indeed parts similar to predicted Future Sight, it is similar but different."】

【"For example, even if the production process is common as a story, novels and operas are still completely different, right?"】

【"Ah, it's rare to have a chance, how about tasting some cheese? Few people come here, I hope you won't be polite. To understand the content, supplying energy to the brain is indispensable."】

【Second: "So, what exactly are you talking about?"】

【Zepia: "Unevenness of possibilities. I roughly determined that you would visit this place, but it's hard to specify which script you would take when you visit. For example, I have no confidence in whether you would bring the Princess of El-Melloi with you."】

【"We live in possibilities; it can be said that we are just ripples swaying on a phenomenon that branches into five flowers and eight gates. Although it is almost impossible to switch to other ripples, at least we can calculate and estimate the shape of other ripples."】

【"Calculating a large number of ripples allows one to imagine what common scripts are."】

【"Possibilities, even if not infinite, will expand countless times, and I cannot verify them one by one."】

【"The problem is very simple, that is, new possibilities will be born during the verification period, just like Achilles cannot catch up with the tortoise."】

【"Because even this universe cannot withstand infinite expansion, but countless possibilities are so many that humans cannot grasp them all, so limiting the stage and characters, and shrinking possibilities to a calculable degree, might be the history of the existence called Zepia."】