In the grand meeting room of the Millennium Castle, which was meant for the twenty-seven Ancestors to discuss major events, Rin was now speaking eloquently before hundreds of members of the mystic world.
"As for the second point, as long as communication with Chaldea is restored, we can temporarily provide some of the supplies needed by the human survivors below. However, they must compensate us double after the incident is over!"
After weighing the options in her mind, Tohno Akiha stood up decisively, representing the common people as the first voice in this world-ending disaster.
"I agree on behalf of the survivors!"
Sion stared at Rin seriously for a moment, then spoke as if resigned to it.
"I hope what you say is true. I, who hail from Atlas, will handle the restoration of Chaldea's communications!"
Knowing that Sion was a genius comparable to Da Vinci, Rin nodded joyfully.
"It would be wonderful to have your help!...I have finished my piece!"
Zelretch listened to the exchange between Rin and Sion with some emotion. 'It really is the era of the youth now!'
"Then, if no one else has any objections, we will proceed according to the plan laid out by Rin and Sion!"
The people on the main platform looked at each other and finally all agreed with Rin's proposal.
The Meiji Jingu Shrine, one of Tokyo's landmarks, had now become the headquarters for the True Moon's faction of Dead Apostles.
The main hall of the shrine had been remodeled by the Dead Apostles from its original Japanese style into a hall filled with European Renaissance flair.
The Six Authorities lay lazily on a sofa in the hall, savoring a glass of high-end wine.
The White Knight, Fina-blood Svelten, strode into the main hall and casually tossed the muttering Nero Chaos onto the table in front of the Six Authorities.
Nero Chaos's eyes lit up upon seeing the Six Authorities, and as if finding a savior, he spoke.
"Six Authorities, please help me!"
The Six Authorities sat up with interest, picked up Nero Chaos's head—all that remained of him—and began to inspect it closely.
In order to get his body back, Nero Chaos could only endure being handled by the Six Authorities with a sour face. After all, his body had been thrown to Venus by Rin.
After a thorough inspection, the Six Authorities casually tossed Nero Chaos's head onto the sofa.
"A very interesting technique. It conceptually separated your head from your body. Although it looks like your head was severed, your body is still conceptually connected to your head."
"Six Authorities, stop using such incomprehensible words and tell me, do you have a way to restore me?"
The Six Authorities smiled slightly, aligning the fingers of his left hand into a hand-blade. Then, the hand-blade instantly traced a perfect arc through space, separating Nero Chaos's lower jaw from the rest of his head.
Suddenly attacked by the Six Authorities, Nero Chaos thought he was finished. However, after the hand-blade passed through, he felt those severed parts lose their connection to him. His immortality as an Ancestor immediately took effect, and he began to regenerate at high speed.
But since Nero Chaos had nothing below the jaw, he naturally had no vocal cords. Unable to make a sound, he was soon picked up from the sofa by the White Knight and handed to a nearby wine-pouring maid.
"Put this disgraceful fellow next to the Black-Winged Duke."
Following the White Knight's instructions, the Dead Apostle maid fearfully bowed to the Ancestors present, clutching Nero Chaos's head, and quickly left the hall.
Altrouge, who had watched the whole scene, gave a bored yawn.
"Six Authorities, when are we reviving 'Father'?"
The Six Authorities drained his wine and looked at Altrouge with a playful expression.
"No need to rush. With the Holy Grail brought by Lev, even as a flawed product, you can barely manage to let the King descend to Earth again. Why not have some fun with Zelretch first before letting the King appear?"
At the mention of being a 'flawed product,' Altrouge's expression remained calm, but the Black and White Knights beside her were not pleased. The two knights placed their hands on their sword hilts and glared fiercely at the Six Authorities, as if they would take his head if he didn't offer an explanation.
"Don't look at me like that. A flawed product is a flawed product. If she were a perfect vessel like Arcueid, the King would have reigned over this land long ago!"
"Bastard!" x2
Provoked again, the Black and White Knights instantly drew their longswords and slashed toward the Six Authorities' neck from both sides.
"Clang!"
Amidst a shower of dazzling sparks, in the blink of an eye, the Six Authorities extended his two index fingers and easily caught the full-force slashes from the Black and White Knights.
At the same time, a rainbow-colored light emerged in the Six Authorities' eyes, causing the Black and White Knights and Altrouge to clutch their hearts and collapse to the ground in pain.
"Don't test me. Since the King let me command the Ancestors, he naturally bestowed upon me the means to rule them."
With that, the Six Authorities closed his Mystic Eyes and lay back on the sofa with an air of indifference, no longer paying attention to Altrouge and the Black and White Knights.
Without the suppression of the Six Authorities' Mystic Eyes, the sharp pain in their hearts vanished. After taking several deep breaths, Altrouge climbed up from the ground, glared at the Six Authorities on the sofa, and stormed out of the hall with the Black and White Knights.
Once Altrouge and the other Ancestors had left, Lev removed his top hat in the shadows of the hall, leaned on his cane, and stepped forward to bow to the Six Authorities.
"It seems you have already made your decision!"
The Six Authorities glanced at Lev, then pulled a tiny crown from its pocket and toyed with it in its palm.
Lev's pupils constricted. Immediately understanding what the Six Authorities meant, Lev pulled a glowing golden Holy Grail from within his body and placed it cautiously on the table.
"Then I wish you success in mastering 'True Moon'!"
The Six Authorities snatched the Holy Grail from the table, then looked at the Grail and the crown in its hands, letting out a few perfunctory, dry laughs.
"Haha..."
At this moment, Altrouge, having left the main hall of Meiji Jingu Shrine, was strolling with the Black and White Knights along the ginkgo tree path in the shrine's outer garden.
The Black Knight, Riz-Waal Strut, first scanned its surroundings to ensure no one else was nearby, then cautiously approached Altrouge.
"Lady Black Princess, I can confirm that those Mystic Eyes were definitely not given to the Six Authorities by the King!"
As one of the three oldest Dead Apostles and a True Demon wielding a Magic Sword, the Black Knight Strut was among the first targets found by True Moon. However, as a conceptual demon at the time, the Black Knight did not appear when True Moon blessed the first batch of Ancestors, which is why the Six Authorities did not realize that the Black Knight was actually of the same generation as it.
"The fact that that guy, the Six Authorities, has been delaying the 'Father King's' descent has already made me very suspicious. Now, out of nowhere, a pair of Mystic Eyes capable of dealing with Ancestors has appeared. What exactly is the Six Authorities trying to do?"
The White Knight walked up to Altrouge at this moment and whispered.
"Lady Black Princess, that Lev..."
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