Speaking of which, Mash is four years old now.
For some reason, when Tia thought of Ryougi Mana at four years old, she suddenly thought of Mash, who was also four years old, and then her mind continued to wander to...
I wonder if there's a chance to take Mash out to play with Ryougi Mana.
Tia smiled to herself and discarded this unrealistic idea.
"Well, I plan to go to Kanbatsu City to ask Ryougi Shiki about the situation," Tia said at this time.
I have to say, Lancelot successfully changed the subject.
However, right at this moment, there was a knock on the door outside.
Everyone turned to look at the door, but no one, including Tia, felt any presence of anyone outside, yet the knocking continued.
The atmosphere instantly became tense.
But at this time, Heracles continued to act as the doorman, striding to the door and preparing to attack the moment he opened it.
However, outside the door was... Root Shiki.
That's right, Root Shiki, wearing a pure white kimono, appeared here on her own initiative.
Heracles immediately stopped attacking and made a sound of confusion, subconsciously looking back.
And Illya in the room made a sound: "Return, Berserker!"
Heracles let out a low growl, indicating that he understood.
Soon, Root Shiki also came into the room and looked around: "It seems I've come at just the right time."
"Root!"
Everyone exclaimed in unison.
"I won't waste words, the world 17 years ago was on the verge of destruction, but it was stopped because of Tia's arrival. Tia, haven't you figured out the real reason why?" Root Shiki said directly to Tia after arriving here.
"Me, should I know?" Tia was confused by Root Shiki's words. Tia herself wanted to go to Root Shiki to ask for clarification, but she didn't expect Root Shiki to come over on her own and say that Tia didn't know the reason. What's that supposed to mean?
"You've clearly been to that place, and you've already contacted the people you wanted to contact, but now you have no awareness of it at all," Root Shiki shook her head helplessly. "You really are a worry."
Tia was a little annoyed by what Root Shiki said, and her brows furrowed involuntarily.
When did I go to some place? What kind of awareness should I have? You're all speaking in riddles and not explaining anything clearly. How am I supposed to know what you're talking about?
Tia complained in her heart.
"Could it be that high priest?" Lancelot suddenly said at this time.
"That time!" When Tia heard Lancelot's words, she suddenly remembered being sucked into another place and arriving in the time of the ancient Zoroastrian religion. At that time, that high priest was very strange, and even how Tia and the others returned was questionable.
And 『』.
At that time, Tia clearly remembered that she had replaced Angra Mainyu himself, but when others called Tia's name, even though their lips were moving, Tia couldn't hear them calling her name. Instead, every time someone called her name, a 『』 mark would appear in Tia's mind.
Does that mean that name is some kind of key information? Is that really the source of everything?
At this time, Tia involuntarily fell into deep thought.
"It seems you've remembered," Root Shiki knew that Tia understood when she saw Tia like this.
"Yeah, I remember, but that place, how do I get back?" Tia, lost in thought, was interrupted by Root Shiki, so she looked at Root Shiki and asked.
"Haven't you been building a place to return there all along? That organization called Chaldea," Root Shiki finally showed a smile at this time.
Tia was stunned, and then immediately exclaimed in surprise: "You mean, spiritron transfer!? Singularity?"
Isn't this the real reason why I've been wanting to build Chaldea all along? To return to the past through spiritron transfer, to find out how I came to be, and to find out what's going on with this world. But she didn't expect that what really needed spiritron transfer was that small Zoroastrian village where Angra Mainyu was born!
Yes, according to this world, that's a singularity for this world, a distortion of history that caused the world to be destroyed.
And it was precisely because this world would be destroyed that it was identified as a Lostbelt and needed to be pruned, but when the world was about to be pruned 17 years ago, the Imaginary Tree came.
But in any case, 17 years ago, there must have been some reason that pushed the world to its limit.
Does that mean I should personally go to that small Zoroastrian village in the Middle East? Maybe the reason why the world was on the verge of destruction 17 years ago happened there.
At this moment, Root Shiki had already left without anyone knowing when or how she left. It was as if everyone collectively lost their memory when Root Shiki left. Even the door wasn't opened.
"She's gone," Emiya Kiritsugu frowned and turned to look at Tia. "What exactly is going on? Where are you going?"
"Yeah," Tia nodded. "I'm going to the Middle East to find that small Zoroastrian village where Angra Mainyu appeared. That should be the starting point of everything that's turned this world into what it is. The world being on the verge of destruction 17 years ago should have happened there."
"The Middle East? What about the Imaginary Tree?" Emiya Kiritsugu's frown remained tight.
At this moment, Tia and the others suddenly felt a strange sensation, and then this sensation rapidly expanded.
Tia immediately realized where this feeling came from.
The Imaginary Tree!
That's right, it was the Imaginary Tree inside the Greater Grail hole 10 years ago. Now it's leaking such a strange aura!
"Crap! That Imaginary Tree is coming out ahead of schedule!" King Arthur exclaimed and was about to run out.
"Master, let's go over there quickly too," Lancelot also said.
"Yeah."
Everyone immediately set off for the Great Hollow of the Greater Grail, since the Imaginary Tree originally appeared there for the first time. And the Great Hollow itself didn't collapse, so the main body of the Imaginary Tree would most likely land there as well.
Soon, everyone arrived at the Great Hollow.
And also appearing in the Great Hollow at this time were Sakura, Rin, Waver, Kotomine Kirei, and others, including Kenneth of course.
Kenneth had disappeared for so long, but he unexpectedly came here on his own initiative this time.
And coming with Kenneth was also a Servant, Diarmuid.
However, Diarmuid at this time was in his four-star saber form.
(End of this chapter)