Ex-Machina on a Dimensional Journey

"It was nothing. I was just... thinking about something."

Bedivere hesitated, but in the end, he did not voice what was on his mind.

Seeing this, Xiu Er changed the subject.

"Question: When will you be 'ready'?"

The mountain breeze gently swept past, lifting her silver hair and leaving that stunned expression completely exposed before the doll.

The latter wore her eternal expression of indifference. Looking at that delicate, adorable face that somehow radiated an unbearable chill, Bedivere did not know how to answer her question for a moment.

"I..."

He opened his mouth, wanting to answer, but he did not know what to say.

Seeing that the knight still hesitated, Xiu Er gradually lost her patience.

Since he had yet to find an answer, she would give him a choice.

"Notification: In no more than two days, 'we' will begin our confrontation with the Lion King..."

"?"

Ignoring the surprise on his face, Xiu Er laid out her current plan word by word.

Chaldea's purpose was to repair Singularities, and the Lion King—someone who clearly should not exist in this era—was an anomaly that had to be "repaired."

Therefore, no matter what, Xiu Er—or rather, "Chaldea"—would eventually fight that "King" in a final battle.

Unlike the others, Xiu Er could use the convenience of the Codex of the Whispers to know that Bedivere was a crucial aid in defeating the Lion King.

But that was only true for Chaldea without Xiu Er's help.

Of course, that was merely her own thought for now. The specifics still had to be decided after discussing them with Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others.

Still, the final result would probably not differ much.

"By then, I hope you will have found your true feelings."

With that, Xiu Er paid no attention to his expression