"So, you have indeed known about this for a long time."
Probably some time after the Singularity in the Middle East and before setting off for the Mesopotamian Singularity, Lawrence captured Roman and Leonardo da Vinci in a confidential room, and frowned at the two smiling men.
The guy standing there especially glared at Da Vinci.
This guy obviously knew it a long time ago.
"Well, don't be like this." Da Vinci said with a playful smile, "After all, it's boring for people like you and me to know a given thing, isn't it? I have always believed that you can unlock Roman's identity.
of the puzzle.”
"After all, although this fool is hiding something, in the final analysis it's still not good enough."
She pursed her lips and looked at Roman's left hand.
Roman just showed a wry smile, took off the glove on his left hand, and looked at the golden ring on the middle finger of his left hand.
"...So, is it really necessary to keep this level of confidentiality from Ritsuka?" Lawrence leaned on a table, hugging his chest, and his eyes flickered back and forth between the two of them.
"...Sorry, actually, I have thought about this issue myself." Roman put his gloves back on, "But my final decision is to continue to hide it."
"In other words...it's not that I'm hiding it, but...that I'm using my position as a trump card."
Roman's eyes finally became serious, making him look somewhat majestic like the so-called "King Solomon".
"I have some guesses about the identity of the beast who calls himself King Solomon, but... I can't be completely sure yet, but if he is really the existence in my impression, my position, or my
His identity is a devastating blow to him, so before that, everything must be concealed." Roman said seriously, "This is not a concealment."
"But... a tactic."
He smiled and scratched his head, and his dignity, which was not much in the first place, was undermined.
...
So, this tactic means that you use your life in exchange for the final victory?
Lawrence stood beside Fujimaru Ritsuka, enjoying the first real sunshine of "this era".
"...It's so beautiful."
Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed involuntarily, with tears filling her eyes.
Traveling through various eras, isn't it just for this...
"The real sky..."
Matthew covered his mouth and nose, his voice choked with sobs.
"Our time, our earth..."
There is no longer that extra large band of light in the sky, it is clean and blue.
Fujimaru Ritsuka had never felt that the sky was so beautiful. She was stunned for a moment and could no longer feel the coldness.
"That guy Roman told me."
Lawrence walked to Ritsuka, gently held Fujimaru Ritsuka's hand, looked up at the sky with her, and said slowly and gently: "Outside Chaldea, there are snowstorms all year round, but occasionally it clears up.
, through the window, you can see the beautiful stars in the sky outside."
"He also said that one day, I will see such a scene..." Matthew's voice was obviously crying, "Doctor..."
"...His dream has come true."
After hugging Mashu, Fujimaru Ritsuka murmured.
"grateful."
"Thank you."
"Be grateful to be alive."
Lawrence wiped away the tears on his face and said with a sigh.
"Ritsuka, Ma Xiu, this past year has undoubtedly been a hard and difficult year."
"But the care and help you received during this journey will become your precious wealth in this life."
"Haha, what?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka also smiled and wiped away tears.
"If you think about it carefully, it's really - very, very strange."
"Being able to become a foreign master as an ordinary person by accident, and being involved in the battle without even knowing his mission."
Although she smiled, there was a little grievance and a little relief in her voice.
Lawrence rubbed Fujimaru Ritsuka's head fiercely.
"There is no need to hold on to that smile at this time. If you want to cry, just cry."
She looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka, whose hair was messed up by herself, and didn't know what to say.
"These things, these battles, these cruelties should have nothing to do with you. I believe that if possible, Roman and Leonardo would not want to put such a heavy burden on your shoulders. We
We all know that this is... too heavy for you."
"It's really heavy." Fujimaru Ritsuka just interrupted what Lawrence was saying, and then stretched out. Instead of losing her smile like Lawrence said, she started to cry, "But -"
"There are Matthew and Miss Lawrence, right?"
"And ah——"
She suddenly hugged Lawrence and Matthew's arms, closing the distance between them and pulling them close to her body.
"The Grand Designation journey is never my journey alone!"
"Ah, senior!"
"Ritsuka...!"
"It would be very unlucky to cry when everything is over in such a nice weather!"
"Your mood is the same as mine, right?"
Matthew and Lawrence looked at each other and laughed involuntarily.
"Um!"
"My Master, I will - always be by your side!"
"I'm a person who gets easily worried. Just let me mind my own business for a while before the final arrival!"
"Well, even though I didn't mean what I said, if Matthew and Miss Lawrence stay with me, I will still subconsciously look forward to new adventures." Fujimaru Ritsuka rubbed his eyes, took a deep breath, and looked into the distance.
"In short, the place I want to go to most right now is the horizon!"
"Let's hurry up -"
"Okay, wait a moment." Lawrence interrupted Fujimaru Ritsuka's enthusiasm without hesitation and said with a smile, "Before you start a new adventure, you should recover your body first."
"Don't forget, you are still in a state that should be almost paralyzed right now? But don't worry, your personal medical consultant Miss Lawrence will completely restore those nerves!"
"Ah...do you need to stay in bed?"
"Senior, you should listen to Miss Lawrence honestly, Fufu, come on!"
"Fufu——"
Although they said they wanted to go back to the hospital bed and lie down, the two girls and a small white beast still laughed and started playing in the snow, expressing their nervous emotions to their heart's content.
The young lady stood aside and watched quietly, with a gentle smile. She didn't try to stop him, she just watched.