Chapter 692

A few seconds later, she let out a sigh of relief.

"... Very good."

Leinys pressed her hand to her barely rising and falling chest and said, "It's Shirou, whom I know."

Unlike the others, they did not Shirou as "Arthur".

A simple greeting made Shirou feel incredibly relieved upon his arrival.

"Leinys!"

Shirou rushed forward and hugged the girl.

Leinys hadn't expected this reaction, and her face flushed instantly the moment she was hugged.

"Wait, wait a minute... Shirou..."

Although she was initially resistant, Leinys quickly gave up.

Leinys clung to Shirou's back until Shirou let go of her.

"Honestly, he actually hugged a lady's body... There should be a limit to how little common sense one has."

Leinys sighed as she tidied her messy hair.

Shirou sincerely apologized. "I'm sorry, I was just too happy and accidentally..."

Leinys gave a mischievous smile, "I already knew that Shirou was a rude man, so I was prepared."

You can't just use that trick on other girls all of a sudden.

Leinys paused for a moment at this point.

"And I... I'm actually very happy to see Shirou again..."

To hide her shyness, she lowered her head as if nothing was wrong.

"By the way, Leinys, when did you come from?" Shirou asked.

I woke up about a few hours ago.

After talking with a few villagers, I realized that this was a different time and space from the Blackmoa I knew.

A celebration is being held in the village; I heard it's in preparation for King Arthur's visit...

I wondered who it was; I never imagined that the King Arthur the villagers were talking about would be Shirou.

In other words, Leinys woke up at roughly the same time as Shirou.

How's Gray doing?

She remembers nothing.

Leinys murmured, "I see. So, only Shirou- sama and I remember what happened before we woke up."

Shirou asked, "What do you think is the reason?"

Leinys replied, "Isn't it just me and Shirou who are more perceptive?"

"That's a very Leinys- esque answer."

Are everyone else idiots except myself...?

Shirou felt something was off. Bersac was a very perceptive man, and Gray was also a girl with great potential.

There's only one possibility that they won't remember the past—

"I think it's related to how long you spend in this village."

Hearing Shirou say that, Leinys pinched her chin. "So, because we're outsiders, we weren't fully hypnotized? That makes sense."

"Where's Trimmau?" Shirou asked.

The all-powerful mercury maid of the El-Melloi School.

Her state as an automaton might help Shirou and the others understand the current situation.

Leinys shook her head. "Trimmau... is gone."

"Ah."

Since this is the 5th century AD, Kenshinnes, the creator of "Volumen hydrargyrum," had not yet been born, does that mean her existence is denied?

Leinys pursed her lips, her eyes revealing unease.

Shirou silently placed his hand on her shoulder. "Let's analyze the current situation."

"Good."

The girl's face regained some of its vitality.

She looked at Shirou's face and voiced the initial suspicion that had crossed their minds.

Is this the world of the past?

It's not certain yet.

Shirou looked out the window.

"That seems to be the case, and my body feels normal."

However, we cannot hastily conclude that this is the world of the past, as such a thing is too unusual.

Leinys: "Even though Shirou- sama is the Fifth Magician's lover, does he find it strange?"

Shirou: "The Fifth Magic, or Grand Magic that reaches the realm of True Magic, can indeed cause this phenomenon, but..."

Leinys: "The culprit behind this incident is that weapon from the Atlas Institute that Shirou mentioned before, isn't it?"

Shirou: "That must be it... We've been caught up in the loss of control of the spirit particle calculus known as 'Logos React'."

"... Could it be that it transported us to this era?"

Shirou paused for a moment, then shook his head. "I don't think it can do that."

Even the Seven Great Weapons, capable of destroying the world, could not teleport a group of nearly a hundred people back 1500 years.

Just as "Logos React" can simulate Arthur's spirit, it cannot recreate Arthur's soul, because that is the domain of the Third Magic.

Speaking of Arthur... Shirou also replaced Artoria should have existed as the King of Britain in this era.

"This is not Time Travel," Shirou asserted.

Leinys asked, "If it's not Time Travel, then what is it?"

Shirou voiced his guess. "This isn't the real world."

"Did you say it was a dream?"

The girl raised her finger.

Everything felt so real.

Could such a realistic world be a dream?

Shirou shook his head. "This is a fictional world created by 'Logos React' through the collection of countless pieces of information and calculations—the world of Possibility (Scenario)."

Logos React, receiving commands from Morgan, is a complete simulation of King Arthur's spirit.

However, among the intelligence it collected, there was some false information mixed in.

Normally, the spirit quantum computer should filter out erroneous information, but this erroneous information was one it could not ignore.

Because this erroneous intelligence was collected from Arthur... Artoria herself.

Artoria – the Goddess Rhongomyniad– wishes for Shirou to replace her as King Arthur, and she herself will support Shirou by his side.

"Logos React" received the goddess's wish.

Based on this ridiculously wrong yet absolutely undeniable intelligence, it created the current scenario world.

Instead, King Arthur Shirou Amamiya (played by Shirou Amamiya).

The girl who becomes his attendant, Artoria (Gray's character).

"Can the Goddess Rhongomyniad's dream come true?"

This computational world is a collective experiment to verify the feasibility of computational results.

Leinys murmured thoughtfully, "So that's how it is... That explains why Trimmau is gone."

As an automaton, she's not the actress the script needed, right?

Shirou nodded in agreement with her point of view.

Now, Shirou can understand why Morgan did what he did back then.

To truly stop the "Logos React" from spiraling out of control, one must get involved personally.

Honestly, if you're going to help... couldn't you at least explain it clearly?

Shirou touched his lips, which had been kissed by the witch.

Hmm, I'm starting to feel a little more motivated.

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"Shirou, didn't you explain the situation to Gray?"

"Leinys asked curiously."

She remained inactive because she had no one she could trust, but Shirou could have easily explained the situation to Gray.

Shirou said, "Because we didn't know how the reaction would be, we didn't take that action."

"I see, so Shirou has already vaguely sensed it..."

This world is not reality; an invisible hand is controlling everything.

Leinys pinched her delicate chin, nodded thoughtfully, and then gave a sly smile.

"What's so funny?" Shirou felt a chill run down his spine.

"Hmm~ It's nothing, I just didn't expect my level of trust in Shirou to be so high."

Leinys covered her lips with her fingers.

Shirou, however, responded with an expression that seemed perfectly natural, "Isn't that obvious?"

You're the only person I can trust in this world.

"... Ugh!!"

Leinys's slender body trembled slightly.

She had only intended to tease Shirou, but she hadn't expected that kind of response. The girl lowered her cheeks, which were burning with shame.

After that, the two continued to discuss their next course of action.

If Shirou's prediction is correct, Atlas Institute's weapons should be somewhere in the village.

He has not encountered anyone outside of the village of Blackmoa so far, meaning that the scope of "Logos React" is limited to this village.

Therefore, it is a reasonable inference to assume that it is hidden in the village.

Incidentally, Shirou had already confirmed upon arriving in the village that the tree where he had met Morgan in private did not exist, so the "Logos React" was not placed there.

"We'll have to do a thorough search," Shirou said.

Leinys asked, "Shall we go to the swamp?"

Shirou nodded. "Yes, although it will violate the village's taboos, we can't let that place go."

"And what about Gray?"

Leinys looked at him and asked, "Aren't you going to tell her anything?"

"That would be too cruel... It would be best to end this without Gray knowing anything."

Shirou paused briefly before saying, "That face isn't her own; it's just a borrowed appearance."

Not only that, even her current identity is a setting from the script.

If Gray knew these truths...

Shirou stopped halfway through his sentence, frowning as he turned towards the entrance of the hunting lodge.