"Uh... I won't ask about what happened, so... Would you like to live here, Altera-san?" Roman asked in a casual tone.
Nodding, she replied, "Nn, that's fine."
Roman sighed in relief after hearing this. At the very least, that's one less problem to think of. Just her ability to travel in Singularities alone surprised him since it's not in the info that he'd painstakingly read.
If even one evil Servant has this ability, they might face more problems than before. That's why, he changed his stance to an active one, whereas he will actively steer Chaldea's future away from their destined one.
They might face more challenges as a result, but lowering the amount of sacrifices is his responsibility as the Acting Director.
"That's great to hear. I'll arrange your lodging for now. You prefer the single-room ones, right?"
Altera only nodded wordlessly as a reply to that.
"Alright. I'll be leaving you two for a while." He said so as he stared at Shiro behind her, with his looks saying, 'Just tell me when you're done.'
Shiro saw through him and replied with a gaze of his own. He thought inwardly, 'Much appreciated. Nothing beyond what you're thinking is going to happen, anyways.'
Roman left once more, but this time, he has to settle the dormitory of the "White Titan" who almost destroyed Earth. To do so, he has to check the empty dormitories in the record there...
*****
When one becomes an unimaginably strong entity, it is to be expected that their thinking are beyond the norm. No shackles would bind them as they live their lives freely...
...or so the others thought.
Unbeknownst to them, such entities has a concept of "Anchors" that keep them the way they are; these "Anchors" are the reason why they don't lose themselves to power or insanity.
Truly, it is unbearable to live a lonely life in the peak.
In this regard, both "White Hair", which is also known as the "Supreme Magus", and "Fenrir" with the moniker of "Demon God" has such "Anchors".
The former has his students and wives to accompany him in his pursuit of knowledge, while the latter also has his wives and subordinates together with him.
As an "Anchor", they are deeply rooted to them, as they're the things that they care about the most. It is also why they have a connection with those two.
Even when they die and reincarnate, the connection still exists, albeit faintly. Still, the said connection can grow stronger upon interacting with the Anchors once more.
This is what Shiro is experiencing right now. Interlocking hands, they visited several of Chaldea's facilities. Since she couldn't even leave to his world for long durations, they settled for meeting in Chaldea every day (In Roman's time).
Of course, his looks had once again garnered attention - from the Heroic Spirits nonetheless. With a single look, all of them paused for a second.
There's also the certain Satan, but his reaction is the opposite. His right eye twitched as he thought, 'That's the White Titan's incarnation, isn't it? Why did Alaya designate her to the Throne of Heroes? Did it put me here to take care of humanity's problems or these Servants instead..?'
As a Counter Guardian, he worked for Alaya irrelevant of the time. His assignment might be before the modern age, but there's also a time where he went straight to the Age of Gods to decapitate an anomaly.
That's why his experiences stacked up enough to form [Mind's Eye (True) - A], a testament of how many fights he'd gone through.
In the end, he decided not to act if not ordered; thus he headed to the kitchen to relax instead.
Meanwhile, the two reached the Simulation Room. With a few taps on its screen interface, the metallic door slid open. This is unlike the dormitories and other rooms since its only aim is for the Masters to practice against Phantasmal Beasts and other worthy opponents.
Inside, they saw a redhead fight against a wyvern, a monster similar to dragons, but with two legs. It has no breath attacks, but it has its claws, and their stinger that contains deadly poisons.
However, the said Phantasm Beast has its chest struck with a dark crimson blade with blazing red flames. Upon taking it out, the monster disintegrated into golden particles.
"Shir-"
Surtr sensed his presence and is about to call his name when he saw an unfamiliar girl besides him. What's more, she acted intimately with him.
They're handholding for heaven's sake!
For a moment, her eyes widened in surprise before going back to her normal stoic self. Though, Altera kept looking straight at her.
Beep-!
Shiro's Chat Group panel rang out, prompting that someone messaged him once more. Opening it, his eyes turned serious for a while before going back to normal.
"I'll be gone for a sec."
""Mn."" Surprisingly, both of them have the same response.
Seeing this, he smiled before going to Roman's office with an aurora curtain.
After he left, an unprecedented silence began between the two. It only ended when Altera smiled faintly as she said, "It should be fate that I met you."
"..?" Surtr tilted her head in confusion.
"You remind me of my former self." The white-haired girl said. She then added, "Confused. With no purpose in life, being used only as a killing machine."
"How did you-?!"
For the first time, Surtr's straight face was broken as she subconsciously summoned forth her flames, with a stone demon silhouette appearing behind her.
Even so, Altera didn't seem bothered by it. She kept her calm expression, all the while she
"If you like him, don't hesitate to make a move. It's only a matter of time before the others arrive."
"Others?" Surtr asked.
"His other wives."
Another round of silence started, but it's caused by Surtr's contemplation this time. Many thoughts passed through her mind.
While she met Shiro not even a month ago, she considered the memories with him the most special, the one that stands out the most amidst her countless memories.
Somehow, she couldn't confirm if what she's feeling is really 'love'. That is, until Altera pointed it out.
She got caught in a dilemma, a very complicated one...
It didn't take long before Shiro came back. Whilst quite abashed, he initiated a kiss with Altera before he and Surtr went back to Terra.
Thinking about his blushing appearance, which is in contrast to his past self whom is so used to it, another faint smile appeared on her lips as she wondered:
'How cute...'
*****
Inside the Director's Room, Roman wore a serious expression. He talked with Shiro beforehand that he'll push forward with the plans, thus he made some adjustments to it.
With a glance, he instantly casted several 9th-circle spells that prevents anyone from seeing what he's about to bring out.
"This is the other way, huh." He mumbled as he took out the UR-rated reward that he got from his special spins.
From his [Dimensional Storage], he took out a brightly glowing orange cube. Unlike its counterpart which is in the hands of a certain 'dedicated' man, its limitations was removed after being rated as (UR).
Roman knows how valuable this thing is on their fight against Beast I, Goetia.
With the improved core inside it, the cube is no longer limited by various things. Its sentience also changed to one that could help him in his goal.
Recalling the information inside it, he became determined to not let humanity here be extinct, just like how the others fought in the world where it came from.
"What a fitting name it has. [Void Archives (UR)], I hope you can help me..."
*****
Fact #62: From an interview, Gen Urobochi, Fate/Zero's director alongside Kinoko Nasu, once stated that he planned to make Kariya Matou suffer much more, to dedicate more pages and screen time to him, but it would only worsen the depressing theme of the anime; thus, he didn't.
"Uh... I won't ask about what happened, so... Would you like to live here, Altera-san?" Roman asked in a casual tone.
Nodding, she replied, "Nn, that's fine."
Roman sighed in relief after hearing this. At the very least, that's one less problem to think of. Just her ability to travel in Singularities alone surprised him since it's not in the info that he'd painstakingly read.
If even one evil Servant has this ability, they might face more problems than before. That's why, he changed his stance to an active one, whereas he will actively steer Chaldea's future away from their destined one.
They might face more challenges as a result, but lowering the amount of sacrifices is his responsibility as the Acting Director.
"That's great to hear. I'll arrange your lodging for now. You prefer the single-room ones, right?"
Altera only nodded wordlessly as a reply to that.
"Alright. I'll be leaving you two for a while." He said so as he stared at Shiro behind her, with his looks saying, 'Just tell me when you're done.'
Shiro saw through him and replied with a gaze of his own. He thought inwardly, 'Much appreciated. Nothing beyond what you're thinking is going to happen, anyways.'
Roman left once more, but this time, he has to settle the dormitory of the "White Titan" who almost destroyed Earth. To do so, he has to check the empty dormitories in the record there...
*****
When one becomes an unimaginably strong entity, it is to be expected that their thinking are beyond the norm. No shackles would bind them as they live their lives freely...
...or so the others thought.
Unbeknownst to them, such entities has a concept of "Anchors" that keep them the way they are; these "Anchors" are the reason why they don't lose themselves to power or insanity.
Truly, it is unbearable to live a lonely life in the peak.
In this regard, both "White Hair", which is also known as the "Supreme Magus", and "Fenrir" with the moniker of "Demon God" has such "Anchors".
The former has his students and wives to accompany him in his pursuit of knowledge, while the latter also has his wives and subordinates together with him.
As an "Anchor", they are deeply rooted to them, as they're the things that they care about the most. It is also why they have a connection with those two.
Even when they die and reincarnate, the connection still exists, albeit faintly. Still, the said connection can grow stronger upon interacting with the Anchors once more.
This is what Shiro is experiencing right now. Interlocking hands, they visited several of Chaldea's facilities. Since she couldn't even leave to his world for long durations, they settled for meeting in Chaldea every day (In Roman's time).
Of course, his looks had once again garnered attention - from the Heroic Spirits nonetheless. With a single look, all of them paused for a second.
There's also the certain Satan, but his reaction is the opposite. His right eye twitched as he thought, 'That's the White Titan's incarnation, isn't it? Why did Alaya designate her to the Throne of Heroes? Did it put me here to take care of humanity's problems or these Servants instead..?'
As a Counter Guardian, he worked for Alaya irrelevant of the time. His assignment might be before the modern age, but there's also a time where he went straight to the Age of Gods to decapitate an anomaly.
That's why his experiences stacked up enough to form [Mind's Eye (True) - A], a testament of how many fights he'd gone through.
In the end, he decided not to act if not ordered; thus he headed to the kitchen to relax instead.
Meanwhile, the two reached the Simulation Room. With a few taps on its screen interface, the metallic door slid open. This is unlike the dormitories and other rooms since its only aim is for the Masters to practice against Phantasmal Beasts and other worthy opponents.
Inside, they saw a redhead fight against a wyvern, a monster similar to dragons, but with two legs. It has no breath attacks, but it has its claws, and their stinger that contains deadly poisons.
However, the said Phantasm Beast has its chest struck with a dark crimson blade with blazing red flames. Upon taking it out, the monster disintegrated into golden particles.
"Shir-"
Surtr sensed his presence and is about to call his name when he saw an unfamiliar girl besides him. What's more, she acted intimately with him.
They're handholding for heaven's sake!
For a moment, her eyes widened in surprise before going back to her normal stoic self. Though, Altera kept looking straight at her.
Beep-!
Shiro's Chat Group panel rang out, prompting that someone messaged him once more. Opening it, his eyes turned serious for a while before going back to normal.
"I'll be gone for a sec."
""Mn."" Surprisingly, both of them have the same response.
Seeing this, he smiled before going to Roman's office with an aurora curtain.
After he left, an unprecedented silence began between the two. It only ended when Altera smiled faintly as she said, "It should be fate that I met you."
"..?" Surtr tilted her head in confusion.
"You remind me of my former self." The white-haired girl said. She then added, "Confused. With no purpose in life, being used only as a killing machine."
"How did you-?!"
For the first time, Surtr's straight face was broken as she subconsciously summoned forth her flames, with a stone demon silhouette appearing behind her.
Even so, Altera didn't seem bothered by it. She kept her calm expression, all the while she
"If you like him, don't hesitate to make a move. It's only a matter of time before the others arrive."
"Others?" Surtr asked.
"His other wives."
Another round of silence started, but it's caused by Surtr's contemplation this time. Many thoughts passed through her mind.
While she met Shiro not even a month ago, she considered the memories with him the most special, the one that stands out the most amidst her countless memories.
Somehow, she couldn't confirm if what she's feeling is really 'love'. That is, until Altera pointed it out.
She got caught in a dilemma, a very complicated one...
It didn't take long before Shiro came back. Whilst quite abashed, he initiated a kiss with Altera before he and Surtr went back to Terra.
Thinking about his blushing appearance, which is in contrast to his past self whom is so used to it, another faint smile appeared on her lips as she wondered:
'How cute...'
*****
Inside the Director's Room, Roman wore a serious expression. He talked with Shiro beforehand that he'll push forward with the plans, thus he made some adjustments to it.
With a glance, he instantly casted several 9th-circle spells that prevents anyone from seeing what he's about to bring out.
"This is the other way, huh." He mumbled as he took out the UR-rated reward that he got from his special spins.
From his [Dimensional Storage], he took out a brightly glowing orange cube. Unlike its counterpart which is in the hands of a certain 'dedicated' man, its limitations was removed after being rated as (UR).
Roman knows how valuable this thing is on their fight against Beast I, Goetia.
With the improved core inside it, the cube is no longer limited by various things. Its sentience also changed to one that could help him in his goal.
Recalling the information inside it, he became determined to not let humanity here be extinct, just like how the others fought in the world where it came from.
"What a fitting name it has. [Void Archives (UR)], I hope you can help me..."
*****
Fact #62: From an interview, Gen Urobochi, Fate/Zero's director alongside Kinoko Nasu, once stated that he planned to make Kariya Matou suffer much more, to dedicate more pages and screen time to him, but it would only worsen the depressing theme of the anime; thus, he didn't.
