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"Hmm, I'll let you off this time."
After Mann had appeased Nero and the Lion King had calmed Irisviel down, she came over and looked at Mann with a hint of something unsaid.
Ma En knew exactly what she was trying to say, waved his hand dismissively, and said, "Alright, I know even if you don't say it. Just stay with her for now."
"Well, thank you."
The Lion King said nothing more and returned to Irisviel's side.
At this point, the Reality Barrier finally gave way and began to collapse.
Do not!
To be precise, the entire singularity is collapsing.
The moment they returned to reality, Ma and the others witnessed a cataclysmic scene: the earth shattering and the sky tearing apart.
Aozaki Touko and Gerald had already gathered the warriors together, desperately trying to avoid this cataclysmic disaster. Upon seeing Marn and the others return, they hurriedly came to greet them.
"Your Excellency Marx and Engels, what exactly is this?"
"Singularity collapse, world correction begins."
Maren was also surprised that the repair of the singularity would begin so quickly.
Could it be because he put the Holy Grail away?
In the original storyline, the repair of the singularities began around the time the Holy Grail was obtained. Once Gudako took the Grail, the singularities were completely repaired.
Marne put the Holy Grail into his private space, which was almost a form of 'taking it away'.
Thinking this, Marne quickly took out the Holy Grail.
The collapse of the 'world' paused slightly, slowed down, but continued nonetheless.
Marne quickly used the Holy Grail to protect the area around them and accelerated the collapse of the singularity.
The destruction intensified, and in the blink of an eye, only the place where Marne and the others were still safe and sound, while the surrounding area was nothingness.
The next moment, everything reappeared, and a new Fuyuki City appeared before everyone's eyes.
There were no walls of Camelot, no traces of the large-scale battle in the suburbs, no signs of fire in Fuyukinochi, and no signs of being bombed to pieces on Mount Enzo.
The citizens who had been evacuated returned to Fuyukinouchi, and everything was just as it had been before the incident, as if everything before had been a dream.
"ended."
With a soft murmur from Ma En, the floating ground they stood on began to fall into this newborn world.
Ma En quickly led his people, along with Masters, Servants, and other relevant individuals, into his pre-prepared personal space to avoid being enveloped by the world's corrective power.
Once this thing envelops you, you never know what it will do to you. You might lose 0.9, or you might forget some things. But whatever the arrangement, Ma En doesn't want to be controlled.
But clearly, Marne was overthinking things. The world didn't care about them. They didn't even erase the memories of those warriors, nor did they care whether they knew anything. They simply put them in a forest on the outskirts of the city.
Upon seeing this, Marx and Eng cautiously extended a hand, and only after confirming that there was no problem did they lead their men out again.
"Is this the end?"
Ma En looked around with some confusion, but found nothing unusual.
"Let's send someone out to find out what's going on first, and hold off on the rest for now."
Before long, the magicians who had been sent out to investigate returned with news that left Marne and the others looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Was it a week ago?"
Chapter 141 Handling the Holy Grail War, Infiltrating Einzbern
Fuyuki, the winter castle of Einzbern.
After seeing Gerald and the others off, Marn and the remaining members of the four groups returned indoors.
"Ha~ Finally done."
Two days have passed since the singularity was repaired.
In the past two days, they have also gained a full understanding of this revised world.
The first issue is time.
The timeline was corrected and reverted to the day before the incident. In other words, the events that occurred before that were directly cut out, and no one except the parties involved knew or remembered them.
The magician squad led by Gerald had come to the vicinity of Fuyuki in pursuit of a designated target who had escaped from a sealing mission.
The remaining soldiers were given various miscellaneous pretexts such as holidays and vacations.
As for the Holy Grail War participants like Marne and others, according to Kirei Kotomine, it was just the third night, the day after he withdrew from the Holy Grail War. (Timeline after chapter 69)
It took most of the day to understand these things, and another day to discuss and implement the countermeasures. Now it is the fifth day of the Holy Grail War.
As for how to handle it, everyone unanimously decided not to make a fuss. Since the world has corrected itself in this way, they will just go with it. After all, the matter is over and the outside world has forgotten about it. Even if they tell the truth, no one may believe them.
However, there is one thing that still needs to be addressed: the soldiers' memories.
That was the situation at the time; letting the soldiers know so much was a last resort.
But now that everything has settled down, it's not good for the soldiers to know too much. If too many people know, it will affect the overall secrecy and make the Mage's Association discover something amiss.
Therefore, the magicians of the Magic Association, including Geraldton, erased the soldiers' memories.
The soldiers accepted it calmly. After all, keeping these memories was useless. If they were to boast about them, others would only think they were bragging. Having these memories would only be a psychological burden. The memories of those days were not pleasant ones.
It's fortunate they accepted it. If the Magic Association had discovered the anomaly and found them, their methods would likely have gone far beyond simply erasing memories; they might have been silenced outright.
With this, the singularity event was finally over.
Just now, Gerald also left with his men to carry out that investigation mission.
Meanwhile, Ma En and the others were just beginning to discuss the follow-up matters.
Yes, it's mainly about the Holy Grail War.
"What I mean is, let's just end it here. There's no point in continuing."
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Maren said this.
No one else was surprised. After so much had happened, most people had basically given up on continuing the fight.
It's basically like this: I'm tired, let's just destroy it, quick!
"How exactly do you intend to handle this, Your Excellency Maren?"
Kenneth was the first to ask, and said, "We are fully open to any arrangements, as long as they don't harm our personal interests."
This is practically a surrender statement, but there's nothing that can be done, since Marx and Engels are now in complete control.
Nero was originally his Servant, and now he has the Lion King as well. With Aozaki Touko assisting him, his own strength is also the top among those present.
To put it bluntly, Marne has now taken control of this Holy Grail War.
"I plan to activate the Greater Grail ahead of schedule, allowing Nero and Artoria to stay behind. You can stay if you wish."
As Ma En said this, he looked at his mother, Shan Shan, and Mordred.
Kenneth immediately stated, "I don't care as long as Saber is willing."
Mordred hesitated for a moment, glanced at the Lion King who was already standing next to Marne, and fell into deep thought.
Niang Shanshan said directly, "Nonsense, of course I'm going to stay. This era is so interesting, who would want to go back to that boring Hall of Heroes?"
As she said this, she glanced at Ma En somewhat guiltily. Seeing that he didn't react, she breathed a sigh of relief, but was also slightly disappointed.
Don't you care about me at all?
Thinking this, Niang Shanshan suddenly became unhappy and simply turned her head away, no longer saying anything.
Ma En looked at the hesitant Mordred and said, "You don't need to make a decision now. I need to prepare for a while. You can take your time to consider it."
Mordred scratched his head and replied, "Hmm, I'll consider it."
"And then..."
As Ma En said this, he looked at Tokiomi Tohsaka, who was already getting impatient.
"The Greater Grail wish-granting mechanism may not work at that time, but the hole leading to the Root will still open. If you want, Tokiomi, you can give it a try."
This was an agreement between him and Tokiomi Tohsaka. Although no contract was signed, he did not want to break his promise.
No sooner had he finished speaking than Tokiomi Tohsaka eagerly added, "Of course, that's my ideal."
"The root cause, if possible, include me."
"And I!"
Kenneth and Sola both offered to join.
The root of all things, to uncover the secrets of the root, is the ultimate goal of most magicians. They never expected that the opportunity would be so close, and naturally, they didn't want to let it slip by.
"We'll see. If there's another chance after Tokiomi, then I'll let you go. Anyway, I'm not interested."
Maren agreed. After all, whether it was one sheep or two or three, it was all the same. If there was a chance, he wouldn't mind bringing the two of them along as a reward for helping him end this Holy Grail War ahead of schedule.
So Marx and Engels began their preparations.
First, we need to obtain the spell formula for the Holy Grail War and study it in order to find a way to end it sooner.
This 380 was easy to handle; Marne and the others were directly teleported to Eindzbernburg in Germany.
Led by Irisviel, they stormed into the Einzbern residence, intending to rob it by force.
As a result, Chief Ahad, who was initially furious about their invasion, surrendered on the spot after learning that Marne actually wanted to activate the Greater Grail, and handed over the relevant research data on the Holy Grail War.
In his words, "As long as we can activate the Greater Grail and recreate the Third Law, nothing else matters."
It can only be said that the longer a person lives, the more obsessively they pursue certain things, to the point of being distorted.
Ahad didn't care about the process at all; he only cared about the successful activation of the Greater Grail.
However, although the process was somewhat tortuous, it was also quite smooth.
Having obtained the information, the group returned to Fuyuki.
The following period was quiet; Marne devoted himself to reviewing the materials, while the others waited for him to finish his research.
Kenneth and Sora, along with Waver, settled directly into the castle in Fuyuki. Tokiomi Tohsaka also brought his family back. The tense atmosphere from before was nowhere to be seen; instead, they seemed to be having a great time, and they often visited each other.