Who Does Their Type-Moon Like That!

Bai Ming: Time is limited, resources are limited, and even if I put two Holy Grails in my heart, I don't want to use the Holy Grail's magic for this.

[You won. You should consider how after the Humanity Foundation incineration ends, those abstract Type-Moon humans will ignore Chaldea's saving of all humanity and just hold you accountable. Someone like you wouldn't stand for such humiliation.]

Bai Ming: There's nothing to consider about that. I already have a plan. Just tell me how to cure Mash.

[Place your hand on her, and I'll handle the rest for you.]

Bai Ming nodded and didn't say anything more to the system. He didn't leave the bathroom until he had finished cleaning himself and changed into clean clothes.

Olga Marie breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Bai Ming had finished.

Bai Ming was done and had come out. Her life was also secured.

"Bai Ming! Cough—Bai Ming."

Olga Marie called out excitedly, then realized that in front of Mash, an "outsider," her frivolous demeanor was unbecoming of her usual serious and dignified noble etiquette. She coughed twice and returned to her usual cold expression.

Seeing Olga Marie's expression, Bai Ming couldn't help but ask, "What are you pretending for?"

"I'm not pretending!"

Olga Marie immediately bristled but quickly regained her composure, speaking slowly and seriously, "I won't ask about Mash. I don't want you to reveal that you sealed the Beast and the Demon God Pillars."

"I know."

As Bai Ming spoke, he sat down next to Mash. Mash's face instantly turned completely red, and she thought to herself: Senpai, who just finished bathing, is sitting next to me like this. Even from this distance, I can feel the warmth from his hot shower. I'm so embarrassed...

Seeing Mash's abnormally flushed face, Olga Marie also blushed. She hadn't thought much of it at first, but considering the cold-blooded ruthlessness and absurdity of the mage world, treating Mash might require Mash to pay a price.

Perhaps it was something tangled together, or perhaps something else entirely, but it was definitely something very private, otherwise Mash wouldn't be so... red-faced.

Olga Marie's expression was unnatural as she asked, "Do I need to step out?"

"What do you need to step out for?"

Bai Ming couldn't understand why Olga Marie was blushing so mysteriously. Seeing the constant flush on Olga Marie's face, he pressed further, "Are you thinking of something strange?"

"N-no, I don't think so?"

Olga Marie felt annoyed seeing Bai Ming's serious expression. This is Bai Ming! How could he do something like that to the already pitiable Mash?

Therefore, Olga Marie would never admit that she had just equated Bai Ming with those mages who would do anything to reproduce and achieve their goals.

But Olga Marie also began to worry. What would be the price for healing Mash? Just as using magic requires expending mana, and keeping her alive requires expending Bai Ming's energy, compensating for Mash's physiological defects must surely come with a price.

Bai Ming placed his hands on Mash's shoulders. Mash immediately felt a warmth like sunlight flowing through her body. Both her mental and physical states were shifting towards a better direction.

"Just like this is enough."

"Senpai... I..."

The girl's heart was quick-witted. She could clearly feel that the sensation of death was much farther away from her. Before she could express her feelings, she heard Bai Ming speak.

Bai Ming released Mash and said, "Now, once you've adapted, transform into your Spiritron Dress state and increase your daily training intensity by double in the training room. This is your punishment for letting the backline teammates get attacked while you were acting as a shield."

The girl's heart shattered.

The joy of her new life had not even had a chance to be shared with the person she cared about most before she was shoved into the training room by that very person.

"So, Olga Marie, what did you want to talk to me about?"

"What was the price for healing Mash?"

Olga Marie's face was filled with worry. After Mash left the room, she no longer needed to force herself to be cold and tough. Naturally, she revealed her most vulnerable and insecure side to Bai Ming, whom she completely trusted.

"The price? I don't know, and I don't care. If there is a price, it probably won't be too heavy." Bai Ming brushed aside the matter of the price. "Olga Marie, I have a question for you. If I were to become an enemy of human history—"

"I choose you."

Without the slightest hesitation, Olga Marie immediately made her choice. "If it really comes to that, and a choice must be made, I will stand with you. My life was extended by you. Mages are selfish, so if that time comes, I will stand by your side, regardless of right or wrong."

Chapter Seventy-Five: A Chinese Ghost Story (?)

Choose me?

Bai Ming glanced at Olga Marie and didn't say anything more. He simply submerged his consciousness into his mind and began to ask the system some things.

Bai Ming: Speaking of which, do you systems have genders? Are you considered high-dimensional beings?

[As for gender, it doesn't exist. As for being a biological entity, you could say yes or no. After all, most systems appear solely to provide assistance to their hosts. Normally, if the host doesn't call out, they are considered absent.]

Bai Ming: I see. Since you're idle, go snatch some materials from other worldlines for me.

[It's not impossible. The Type-Moon world is a great world that encompasses countless parallel worlds and timelines. Sometimes, different timelines collide to survive. It's not impossible for me to gather a couple.]

With that, the system stopped replying to Bai Ming.

Bai Ming looked at Olga Marie, who was pretending to read a book but her mind was clearly elsewhere.

Olga Marie's words just now had revealed her romantic feelings, but Olga Marie herself didn't seem to realize it.

"Speaking of which, why are you reading books like 'The Legend of the White Snake'?"

"This..." Olga Marie's expression was subtle. "I feel like I owe you more and more, so I asked Akuta Hinako how to repay you, and she recommended these books to me."

"Oh—" Bai Ming glanced at them. "All of them are about offering oneself in marriage... But considering it's that girl Akuta Hinako, it's understandable that she'd recommend something like this. I apologize for the confusion caused by that girl from Hebei."

"Why are you apologizing for Akuta Hinako's actions?"

"Because it's too stupid."

Olga Marie couldn't tell if Bai Ming's words were directed at her, Akuta Hinako, or both.

Olga Marie admitted she wasn't exactly a genius—otherwise, she wouldn't have almost forgotten Bai Ming's words during Singularity F, or almost run towards Lev Lainur Flauros when he was clearly acting strange.

Bai Ming sat opposite Olga Marie, his tone melancholic, "I always feel like leaving fools unattended can cause big trouble. If I were Akuta Hinako, I'd recommend you watch A Chinese Ghost Story, since you're like Nie Xiaoqian right now, a ghost."

"Wait a moment..." Olga Marie noted the name Bai Ming mentioned, then asked, "A Chinese Ghost Story... isn't that some kind of Ghost movie?"

"Mhm~ It is."

"Ugh..."

Olga Marie's face turned incredibly red. She bit her lip, her expression a constant struggle, as if she were undergoing some internal conflict. Finally, Olga Marie shouted, "Ah... honestly! It's not like that's impossible!"

"Huh?"

Bai Ming had no idea what internal struggle Olga Marie went through. After all, the tsundere types in Chaldea were always good at imagining things wildly and blushing randomly. Olga Marie, Da Vinci, even Roman, they were all prone to overthinking.

Seeing Bai Ming's clueless expression, Olga Marie's face grew even redder. She snapped, "Do you really want me to say it out loud? Are you leaving me no face at all? I'm still a girl who's never been in love! Although the current situation isn't exactly suitable for dating or going on dates... at least show some of the manners a gentleman should have!"

After shouting, Olga Marie mumbled, "But if I'm a soul now, I probably don't need to shower, right?"

Love, dating, manners, showering—this string of words finally made Bai Ming understand what the cryptic Olga Marie wanted to do with him.

"What do you want? To have a spiritual union with me?!"

"Didn't you mention A Chinese Ghost Story?" Olga Marie glanced at the tightly shut dormitory door, sighed, and said with a hint of self-abandonment, "Every time we have a meeting, you're staring at my legs, right? That means you've actually already..."

"That's so low of you."

"I..." Olga Marie paused, then retorted with a hint of unwillingness, "No matter what, I'm still a beautiful girl, aren't I?"

"From the perspective of an unmarried young woman, yes. But in terms of age, the Director is already over eighteen, isn't she?"

Bai Ming said, "Or perhaps Director Olga intends to give Chaldea to me as a dowry along with your last moments of youthful innocence? Once you agree, there's no turning back. With me, it's only widowhood, never a breakup."

"That's surprisingly heavy!" Olga Marie quipped, then asked the question that was bothering her more, "Since you've lived from King Arthur's era until now—"

"It seems the Director has become a qualified tsukkomi, but I'm sorry, my age is exactly the same as yours. It's just that due to certain reasons, I've been active at different points in time."

Bai Ming explained, "As for Morgan—sorry, I don't know if she's dead or alive. But considering that useless nightmare Merlin is still alive and well, Morgan must be in the Inner Sea of Stars, looking down on me like a rat in the gutter while I deal with the Singularities."

Olga Marie's previous awkward and shy emotions were shifted by Bai Ming's mention of "active at different points in time" and the information about Morgan. Hearing Bai Ming's comparison of Morgan to a gutter rat, Olga Marie's feelings became complicated. She asked:

"Is it really okay to talk about your wife like that? Or do you actually not love her?"

"Morgan, huh—"

Bai Ming drew out his words, "My feelings for her and Lily are complicated. They can't be interpreted by a single emotion. But let's not talk about her."

In reality, Bai Ming really wanted to complain. Ever since Morgan's youth ended at his hands, Morgan's desire had completely surged. It wasn't until she had many children that her desire subsided. And in the beginning, when they were outwardly harmonious but inwardly estranged, Morgan inexplicably became a masochist. When he scolded her a few times, she would be overjoyed if she overheard it.

It was as if the more he scolded her, the more she cared about him.

But there was no one he could complain to about such things, so he could only keep it bottled up inside.

"Alright."

Olga Marie put down the book in her hands and said with determination, "I've made my decision. People of the Animusphere family never change their decisions once made. But I don't have a physical body right now, so it doesn't count as saying goodbye to my maidenhood, does it?"

"Yeah, I guess not?"

Olga Marie's statement shifted Bai Ming's attention entirely from her to Akuta Hinako. Bai Ming had a somewhat perverted question he wanted to ask Akuta Hinako.

Chapter Seventy-Six: Old Bai's Incomprehensible Question

Bai Ming was a man of action. Thus, as soon as the decided Olga Marie was about to put her plan into motion, Bai Ming retracted it with a hand seal.

Olga Marie cried out in surprise. If this were the outside world, and it were another magus, they would have definitely pinned her to the bed without hesitation. How come with Bai Ming, he had no such impulse?

For a moment, Olga Marie began to doubt if she...

"I don't want to have a dream, it's better to do this after you get a physical body."

Bai Ming said as he left the room, heading straight for Akuta Hinako's room.

The current relationship between Bai Ming and Akuta Hinako was in a very delicate state. They were like they had made up, and like they hadn't. But with Bai Ming asking this question, the subtle relationship between Akuta Hinako and Bai Ming was completely broken.

"Old Akuta, I have a rather private question for you, is that okay?"

Bai Ming barged into the room casually, startling Akuta Hinako, who was reading a book. Then, Akuta Hinako looked at Bai Ming with suspicion, remaining silent.

After a while, Akuta Hinako sighed and said, "Ask away."

"After you self-destruct and reconstruct your body every time, does that thing also get reconstructed?"

"What thing?"

Akuta Hinako's mind was a blank. Bai Ming, this straightforward man, playing riddles with her for the first time made her quite unaccustomed to it, especially Bai Ming's embarrassed expression, which was even more peculiar to her.

Bai Ming coughed twice, embarrassed, "Well, the hymen."

"What hymen..." Akuta Hinako instinctively retorted, but soon, memories so distant they could no longer be further away resurfaced in her mind. Akuta Hinako's face immediately flushed—even at over two thousand years old, her skin was still thin, far from being shamelessly old.

The hymen originated from the book Classic of the Plain Woman, a Chinese medical book on indoor cultivation techniques.

The so-called hymen was the membranous tissue at the junction of the female chastity's outer opening and the perineum.

Akuta Hinako was indeed flustered. After all, she hadn't expected Bai Ming to ask such a bizarre question at a time like this. Filled with shame and indignation, she retorted, "Why the hell are you thinking about something so useless?!"

"Well, you know, every time you self-destruct, you explode into a mist of blood and nothing is left. And every time you regenerate, your body doesn't come back properly, which is why I'm asking this."

Akuta Hinako thought to herself: This guy is harassing me, yet his eyes show no hint of it. If he's not harassing me, then he shouldn't have asked such a question in the first place. But seeing how he won't back down without an answer, it's probably best to just brush him off.

So, suppressing the urge to kick Bai Ming, Akuta Hinako replied, "Yes."

"Oh."

Bai Ming's calm reaction and his turning to leave immediately made Akuta Hinako furious. She grabbed Bai Ming and questioned him, "That's it? Just 'oh'?"

"What else?"

Bai Ming looked genuinely confused. Did she expect him to confirm something like "Jade Gate Opening and Closing" for her?

Akuta Hinako asked, puzzled, "Aren't you going to mock me for being an old virgin or something?"

Bai Ming replied, "We're not arguing right now, why would I mock you?"

Akuta Hinako released Bai Ming, her face turning away as if she'd realized something. "You're quite principled. You can leave if you want."

"Don't tell me you've gotten used to me scolding you, and now you miss it when I don't?"

Bai Ming's expression was one of disgust. Akuta Hinako's eyebrows shot up, and she yelled, "Get out! You get cocky if I give you an inch."

"You're unbelievable. You get angry when I scold you, but now you feel like something's missing when I stop."

Bai Ming glanced at her and then left Akuta Hinako's room. Akuta Hinako clicked her tongue in annoyance, then locked her door. She sat on her bed, hugging her knees, and began to ponder.

She wondered if, deep down, she truly craved Bai Ming's mockery and insults.

If she didn't crave them, why would she have asked such a nonsensical question just now?

No... that wasn't right. What Bai Ming asked was even more nonsensical.