Chapter 96

The magic she had painstakingly cultivated in her child for so long had been replaced by someone else.

We must get the magic back...

As Tiamat thought of this, she looked down at the boy lying on her lap, a faint, mysterious light appearing in her usually gentle red eyes.

"... What's wrong?" Lan Ze, who was replenishing his magic power, suddenly felt uneasy. He sensed a dangerous aura emanating from the woman who exuded a gentle aura.

Tiamat tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and said softly, "I must, I must completely cleanse you of your current magic."

"Huh?" Lan Ze was taken aback.

Amidst Lan Ze's surprised exclamation, Tiamat slowly moved her hand downwards and whispered, "Replenish your magic, don't worry about me."

"That can't be right! We can't just ignore this!" Lan Ze tried to get up, but Tiamat gently pressed him back down.

"I will replace all your magic," Tiamat said gently.

She didn't intend to lay a hand on Lan Ze... she simply wanted to change his magic, replacing Beast III/R's magic with hers.

"It seems that Lan Ze really is here."

At this very moment, there was another girl searching everywhere, who had even instantly pinpointed her destination and was rushing there.

Sajyou Manaka.

After parting ways with Tiamat, Sajyou Manaka searched everywhere for Lan Ze's presence, eventually catching up with him all the way to the royal city of Camelot.

In terms of tracking ability, Sajyou Manaka is far superior to Tiamat, because she had already sensed the presence of Lan Ze's aura shortly after entering Britain.

--Camelot City.

Yes, there is Lan Ze's magic in the royal city of Camelot, and it is an extremely strong magic.

"Tiamat usually disrupts my and Lan Ze's happy times, but this time no one will bother us."

Thinking that Tiamat might still be frantically searching for people while she had already located Lan Ze's position and even arrived at the destination first, Sajyou Manaka couldn't help but smile.

But then again, wasn't Lan Ze captured by Kishinami Hakuno? When did he return to the royal castle on his own?

Just as Sajyou Manaka was thinking this, a little girl suddenly walked towards her. She seemed not to be watching where she was going, skipping and hopping, and then bumped into Sajyou Manaka's chest.

The little girl bounced around a few times, almost falling on her bottom, but Sajyou Manaka reacted quickly and grabbed her hand.

"Thank you," Mordred said, bowing her head. Sajyou Manaka simply smiled and shook her head, asking, "Are you alright?"

"It's nothing... thank you, sister--"

When Mordred looked up to thank her, Sajyou Manaka's smile, which had been holding on, suddenly froze slightly.

This girl looks familiar...

After examining her carefully for a moment, Sajyou Manaka's eyes widened slightly.

If I remember correctly, this little girl should be Mordred, Lan Ze's child?!

Did I follow the wrong person...? Sajyou Manaka was stunned.

Mordred glanced instinctively at Sajyou Manaka's somewhat dazed expression, and felt a sudden sense of fear for no reason. She said, "Then I'll be going now, sister."

After she finished speaking, she turned to leave, but Sajyou Manaka gently pressed her shoulder down.

Mordred turned around and saw that Sajyou Manaka, who had already come to her senses, was giving her a sweet smile, and said:

You should call me Mom.

"My mother is King Arthur and Morgan le Fay," Mordred said.

She felt a little confused; she'd just bumped into a woman on the street and she was going to become her mother? What a strange person.

"I also know your Father King, and I'm his fiancée. Those two are your mothers, but I am your mother, so there's no conflict," Sajyou Manaka explained with a smile.

Mordred frowned, tilted her head back, thought for a moment, and then called out loudly, "Mom!"

"Hmm, good boy!" Sajyou Manaka's smile widened as she gently patted Mo Zai's head.

"Take me to see your mother. I think... I might have to gather more information about Lan Ze before I can find him."

Kishinami Hakuno, carrying a piece of cake, walked straight out of the castle's kitchen and down the corridor toward Lan Ze's room.

She didn't know if cakes existed in this era or if it was due to Singularity, but in any case, she saw a lot of delicious food in the kitchen. It seemed that Vortigern had the chef prepare it in advance, intending to enjoy it when he returned in triumph.

Vortigern himself probably never expected that he would first be severely injured by Lan Ze, then Kishinami Hakuno, and now even his castle has been captured.

The sound of rain around her was exceptionally clear. Kishinami Hakuno, wearing a pair of high-heeled sandals, made a crisp sound as she stepped on the ground.

Before long, she arrived at Lan Ze's room, raised her hand, and gently knocked on the door.

Knock knock.

She was about to push open the door when she suddenly heard strange noises coming from inside.

Kishinami paused slightly, a look of astonishment appearing on her face.

That voice... it's so easy to misunderstand...

Or perhaps it wasn't a misunderstanding, but rather that something was truly happening in the room... As if she had thought of something interesting, Kishinami Hakuno couldn't help but smile with amusement.

As a clap of thunder sounded, she held a cake in one hand and gently pushed open the door with the other.

Then, Kishinami Hakuno's gaze immediately fell on the room.

Tiamat lay on her side on the bed, covered with a blanket, with Lan Ze seemingly asleep behind her.

After scanning the area, Kishinami Hakuno's eyes flickered slightly, and she said softly:

"Excuse me, did I disturb you?"

Sajyou Manaka hovered in mid-air, flying towards a castle where a Vortigern was located.

She recalled the scene when she had just entered the palace.

The person who greeted her was a girl named Mashu, who told her that according to current speculation, Kishinami Hakuno might have taken Lan Ze into the hole in mid-air, but this guess was immediately rejected by Sajyou Manaka.

No one in this world understands the Root better than her.

Anyone who enters the Root will become "nothingness." If Kishinami Hakuno were even slightly sensible, she would never have brought Lan Ze into the Root.

... unless she doesn't want to live anymore.

Then, through her questioning, the clever and capable Sajyou Manaka immediately identified two destinations.

A cave near Camlann.

Another place is Vortigern's castle.

Ultimately, her Instinct told her that Lan Ze must be hiding in Vortigern's castle.

Of course, this was just a guess, and she wasn't sure if it was accurate, but she chose to trust her Instinct.

"I wonder where Tiamat is now?"

Sajyou Manaka suddenly muttered to herself, a faint smile appearing on her face, thinking happily, "Is she still searching everywhere for Lan Ze?"

Looking up at the vast, empty hole in mid-air, Sajyou Manaka quickened her pace, transforming into a streak of light as she hurtled toward Vortigern's castle.

"Excuse me, would it be better if I came back later?"

At this moment, inside the room, Kishinami Hakuno looked at Tiamat with a smile, and at the child behind Tiamat who seemed to be fast asleep.

As she spoke, she gently placed the cake aside, then walked to the bedside, gazing tenderly at Tiamat, and said softly, "Mother, I'll leave the cake here for you. I won't disturb you tonight."

Tiamat nodded slightly, then glanced at Kishinami Hakuno's ambiguous smile, and suddenly gently lifted the blanket.

Kishinami Hakuno looked over with a hint of surprise, and then a look of astonishment appeared on her face.

"It seems... I misunderstood something earlier?"

"Aaa?" Tiamat nodded gently.

She sensed that Kishinami Hakuno was thinking something unpleasant, so she took action to show that she wasn't engaging in Kishinami like Sesshouin...

After glancing at Lan Ze a few times, Kishinami Hakuno asked gently, "So, it's alright if I stay here?"

Tiamat nodded slightly, then couldn't help but glance at Kishinami a couple more times.

Although the Creation Mother Goddess was simple, it didn't mean she didn't know how to think. On her way to Britain, she was actually wondering about something.

Why is Kishinami Hakuno appearing in this Singularity?

Also, why didn't Kishinami Hakuno do anything bad to her own child?

No... He did something bad, but not something so heinous that it would threaten his life.

As Tiamat was thinking about this, she suddenly saw Kishinami Hakuno carrying a cake to the bedside, gently scooping a small spoonful and handing it to Lan Ze.

"Come on, big sister will feed you cake, ah~"

Lan Ze glanced at the smiling Kishinami Hakuno, his mouth slightly open, but before he could even put the food in his mouth, Tiamat snatched the spoon from Kishinami Hakuno's hand.

"No, you can't do intimate things," Tiamat said sternly, stopping Kishinami Hakuno.

Then she continued, "What is your purpose?"

As she spoke, black mud surged across the ground, and a dangerous glint flashed in the once gentle red eyes of the Creation Mother Goddess.

"You really dote on your child," Kishinami sighed softly, then smiled and said, "I have no ulterior motive; I just promised Mr. Goetia a favor."

"However, we've already agreed not to tell anyone about this."

She deliberately kept everyone in suspense, and a delicate Holy Grail silently floated in mid-air in her hand.

Under Tiamat and Lan Ze's curious gazes, Kishinami continued, "He entrusted me with delivering this Holy Grail to a certain cave to awaken the creatures there."

Although she had promised Goetia not to tell anyone about this, Tiamat was not human, but a beast, or perhaps a god, so she was outside the scope of the agreement.

"A cave...?" Tiamat tilted her head, her eyes filled with confusion.

"To be precise, it should be in a certain space, right?"

Kishinami paused, her tone becoming much more serious. "According to the First Beast, there lives in that place a being no less powerful than a beast."

She didn't actually know what Goetia was planning; she had simply made a deal with Goetia: she would place the Holy Grail in a cave, and Goetia would allow her to descend upon the Singularity and devour Vortigern's power.

Tiamat remained silent, resting her hand on her chin, seriously considering Kishinami Hakuno's words.

Then, she suddenly took a sniff and smelled the aroma of the cake. She couldn't resist picking up a spoon and scooping up a big mouthful.

Noticing Lan Ze's gaze, Tiamat scooped up another small spoonful and fed it to Lan Ze.

Looking at the boy's figure, as if suddenly remembering something, Tiamat asked softly, "How do we break the curse of the Holy Lance?"

Kishinami Hakuno helplessly shrugged. "I don't know."

She paused, glanced at the boy beside her, and said softly, "But... isn't he kind of cute like this?"

"Or do you prefer the original Lan Ze?"

Tiamat gently shook her head. "I want to know, how to use the Holy Lance autonomously."

In this way, you will be able to freely switch between the two forms in the future.

... Although it seems a bit unrealistic.

"I want it to be the way it was," Lan Ze protested.

However, Kishinami Hakuno simply patted his head gently and smiled, "Don't worry, my mother and I are thinking of a way."

She called Tiamat" Mother" quite naturally, but Tiamat seemed oblivious, still pondering what had just happened.

Kishinami Hakuno pointed to the Holy Lance beside her and continued, "You should know very well what this is, right? The only one who created this Holy Lance probably knows the secrets hidden within it."

Tiamat remained silent.

Rhongomyniad is the Anchor of Stars, and the guy who created this thing... well, needless to say.

Uncovering the secrets of the Holy Lance won't be so simple... But at least for now, we can confirm that Lan Ze is unharmed. Let's take him back to Tokyo first, and then slowly figure out a solution.