Don't let me catch you!
"Then... since the auction will take a while, should we head back to Origami University?" Zelretch suggested.
"No, I'm going back to Chaldea first. Since I can't win the One Day Domination Right of that innocent male high school student, I should at least go check on him and make sure he doesn't get tricked by some bad woman out there." Ritsuka Fujimaru shook his head and put away his terminal.
"Chaldea... oh, right. After the instance ended, what happened to Chaldea?" Zelretch asked, rubbing his chin.
Under normal assumptions, Chaldea, as the central symbol of this whole Lostbelt incident, should have vanished on its own after the worldline was corrected, with all its employees returning to Pan-Human History and living ordinary lives.
But even without looking at those former Chaldea employees still bouncing around the Clock Tower, Zelretch didn't think Ritsuka Fujimaru would accept that ending.
Since those people were still drawing salaries for nothing, that meant their positions still existed.
But where had the Antarctic headquarters gone? He hadn't seen any trace of Chaldea in Antarctica.
"Of course it was preserved. What nonsense are you talking about?" Ritsuka Fujimaru shot Zelretch a glance.
"But I didn't see Chaldea in Antarctica."
"Come on, Chaldea still has to keep that giant bomb called Chaldeas. Since we already know that thing could wipe out Earth at any moment with a full combo, how could we leave it in Antarctica, where one explosion would mean the end of everything?" Ritsuka Fujimaru explained matter-of-factly.
"So..."
"Besides, as part of the Lostbelts, Chaldea naturally needs to be somewhat different from Pan-Human History. Antarctica can't be used anymore, but..." Ritsuka Fujimaru pointed overhead and revealed a meaningful smile.
"Isn't the Grand Temple of Time spacious enough?"
"...I see." Zelretch's pupils