Ritsuka Fujimaru: You want me to recharge Chen Li's magic? And I get to do that?! 1W2 (Continued)

"Hmm, a replica of the Vortex of the Root? What the hell was that?" Olga Marie froze for a moment, then revealed an incredulous expression.

The Vortex of the Root? That was the lifelong pursuit of magi, the origin and end of all things. This thing could have a replica?

"Oh, it was Chaldeas. Or rather, the second Chaldeas—the Simulated Universe model, Marisbury Chaldeas," Ritsuka Fujimaru explained.

"Since Chaldeas was a replica of Earth's soul, making a replica of the Root's soul shouldn't be all that strange, right? The Old Director's ambitions were enormous."

If Chaldeas, which required merging with Olga Marie, was Unit One, then the latter was Unit Two. It was also Beast VII—the Beast possessing the power of analysis.

Although this replica of the Root was merely a counterfeit, an analytical device that reproduced only the functions of the Vortex of the Root and could output every result without understanding the principles behind them.

It was still terrifying.

"Was it really that outrageous?" Olga Marie's mouth slowly fell open.

Father, weren't you supposed to save humanity? Look at the things you created.

This wasn't how humanity was saved.

"The only problem was that after Unit Two was created, it gained life. It developed its own consciousness." Ritsuka spread her hands helplessly.

And in truth, the Old Director AI that had witnessed Olga Marie's century of suffering might also have been the result of distortion by Unit Two.

The Old Director said: I want a world where everyone can see everything about each other, where everyone has the heart to accept both each other's beauty and ugliness, and where no one needs an 'inner self' anymore.

And that AI claimed to understand, then turned around and created a world without inner selves.

The Old Director's love for humanity