Setting down his cup of water, Marisbury turned to look at his nearly perfect eldest disciple. In a fine mood, he wore a gentle smile as he looked at Kirschtaria as though he were his own child.
"Is something the matter, Kirschtaria?"
"Teacher, a man named Romani Archaman is waiting outside the castle to see you..."
Roman's List...
Late at night in Animsphere Castle, Marisbury finally met the travel-worn Roman again after several months apart.
Sitting across from each other, they exchanged a knowing smile.
In this moonlit room, the two men who had gone through the Fuyuki City Holy Grail War together because of fate now sat together once more.
Marisbury reached out and accepted the list Roman handed him, his fingers casually passing over the names Roman had written down one by one.
Before long... Marisbury's finger stopped on the final name on the list.
"Ritsuka Fujimaru... Ninety-nine people in total, Roman?"
Roman nodded with a smile, indicating that this was everyone on the list.
"No, Roman, there's still one person missing..."
Without waiting for Roman's response, Marisbury used his finger to add another name at the bottom of the list, bringing the total to a full hundred.
That name was Roman's full name—Romani Archaman.
Looking at the name Marisbury had added, Roman gave a slightly helpless smile, as though he had resigned himself to it.
"Actually, I still wanted to travel to that continent."
"That continent?"
"Yes. Marisbury, I'm still very curious about that mysterious continent."
He pulled a check from his pocket and directly signed his name on it.
After turning the blank check into one whose amount could be filled in freely, Marisbury handed it to Roman.
"Go if you want to, Roman. But come back early... The experiment is ready to begin."
"The Destiny