The Fourth Singularity

To be honest, Duanmu Huai wasn't very interested in men. He didn't remember many of them. The only reason he could figure out that this was Rider's Master was because... well, Alice Phil had reminded him.

Otherwise, Duanmu Huai really wouldn't have remembered that there was such a person.

On the other hand, Rider herself had left a deep impression on Duanmu Huai. Just as he had said before, if Rider had become Emperor, she would undoubtedly have launched a magnificent Great Expedition that would have shaken the world.

What? You say that after Iskandar's death, the Empire split apart because of the Wars of the Diadochi?

That was still better than the Great Rebellion of Horus.

From this, it was clear that the Emperor wasn't all that much stronger than Iskandar.

So if Duanmu Huai had to choose, having Rider replace the Emperor and launch the Great Expedition would also be a good choice. At least she hadn't rebelled while she was alive. The Empire had only split apart because of the will she left behind before her death.

Unfortunately, just as he had told Rider, history had no ifs.

But...

"Why did you bring him here? Do you know each other?"

That was the only thing Duanmu Huai could think of.

"Oh my, that isn't it at all. In fact, he could be considered one of the culprits behind the death of my cousin, Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald."

"Oh? There's such a way of putting it?"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai immediately became interested. After Reines explained everything, Duanmu Huai finally understood what had happened. It turned out that this young man—Webber Velvet—had been a student of Kenneth, the former Lord of the Mineralogy Department. Kenneth had once established the El-Melloi Classroom to teach other magi, and Weber had been