"So late?" Shen Fei glanced at the time. It was nearly two in the morning, and he could not help but wonder why Kadoc had come to see him at this hour. Moreover, Kadoc seemed to be carefully avoiding everyone else. Even from a cursory look, Shen Fei could see that he had used magecraft related to muffling footsteps, silence, and the like.
"Ritsuka, and Mash too. Interesting." Kadoc did not go far before stopping directly at a corner, where the holographic projections of Ritsuka and Mash were already waiting.
"All right, Mash, are you ready?" As soon as Shen Fei reached the corner, Kadoc immediately deployed barrier magecraft and silencing magecraft around them.
"Yes. As you requested, I am the only one on duty at Chaldea right now. Everyone else has already gone to rest. Now, can you tell us why you wanted this?" Mash spoke very softly, apparently to avoid alerting the others.
"Just in case. After I woke up, I was allowed to review the records of every Singularity and every Lostbelt Chaldea had experienced. And then there was the Man of Chaldea—his true identity."
"That person could never be Dr. Roman. Dr. Roman did not have that kind of power, and he had always remained at Chaldea." Mash immediately rejected the idea.
If there was anyone at Chaldea Mash had been closest to before Fujimaru Ritsuka arrived, it was undoubtedly Dr. Roman. He had always taken care of her. Mash had come to enjoy reading because Dr. Roman had specifically given her books so she could learn about the world outside.
So although the Man of Chaldea looked exactly like Dr. Roman, no one at Chaldea believed he was actually Dr. Roman, given the doctor's usual personality. To those who did not know his true identity,