Return to Snowfield City

It had been some time since Metatron possessed her. From being cautious at every turn in the beginning, Jeanne could now live normally.

After confirming that Lord Metatron's power would not affect her daily life, Jeanne temporarily set aside her unease and planned to discuss it with Yuan Shikai after he returned.

A ray of morning sunlight shone in. Jeanne hummed a little tune as she ate breakfast, preparing to head to the church for her daily prayers shortly.

Suddenly, a fluctuation of presence came from the room upstairs. Jeanne knew Yuan Shikai had returned.

Disregarding the breakfast in her hands, she hurried upstairs, eager to tell Yuan Shikai about Lord Metatron's power.

Jeanne was anxious, but Yuan Shikai was even more anxious. The moment the door opened, Yuan Shikai grabbed Jeanne's hand.

Jeanne had just wanted to say something when Yuan Shikai interrupted her. "No time to explain. Get in the car."

Four figures were frozen in place, just like that time in Semiramis's castle. As with the previous teleportation, everyone's physical bodies seemed to remain, but were actually only images.

Yuan Shikai had first teleported with Sajyou Manaka and Yustica to Moon Princess's timeline. Before Jeanne could understand what was happening, he directly took her away and teleported back to the original Snowfield City.

This should originally have been the worldline of Fate/strange Fake, but now it was an endless expanse of white.

It should have been exactly like Earth Bleaching, yet a closer look revealed some subtle differences.

Yuan Shikai had originally left from Ishtar's temple, and although Earth Bleaching surrounded them now—

Traces of the former temple's broken walls and ruins could still be seen.

It seemed that Ishtar's divine power had resisted the Bleaching. Without the goddess's support to replenish that power, if they had