Chapter 565:
Joan of Arc stretched out her finger and scratched her cheek: "Rika, Matthew... Roman... I didn't expect to meet in this situation."
"That's great, it really is Joan of Arc!" Lixiang rushed over happily and hugged the Joan of Arc, who has the body of Black Joan, "Although I have heard about it from my father, I always feel that It's incredible, I didn't expect such a thing to happen."
"I didn't expect it to be like this. I thought I would return to Valhalla after using the 'Red Lotus Maiden', but I didn't expect to stay in this way... I'm sorry, Tachika."
"Huh? Why do you say sorry?"
"Because I can no longer protect you. Lixiang, I'm already dead, and now I'm just living in the body of Black Joan. How to use this body and what power to use, now it's all about Black Joan. Will is dominant, and I, who are dead, have no right to interfere."
To die is to die. Even if she survives in another way now, and can even control Black Joan's body, Joan of Arc has rectified her mentality and knows what she should do.
"If that's the case... then don't return the body at all. Anyway, Joan of Arc is too weak, why don't you stay and continue to protect me, Joan of Arc."
"How can such a thing be possible!! What do you want my body to do?!"
It was the familiar growl. Joan of Arc has regained control of her body, and it seems that she is really angry.
"Please don't mind, Lixiang, Roman, and Black Jean are still a child, and their character is just in the period of rebellion. Please be considerate to her. If possible, take care of her during this time. As for the Nipur you mentioned, Black Zhen De will help."
"Don't use my body to agree to other people's requests casually, I will call the shots myself!"
"No, you must promise Roman about this matter! Since you live here, you should thank the people who take care of you, instead of acting recklessly because you are still young."
"Who's younger? Are you treating me like a child?!"
By the way, is this a split personality? Still talking about stand-up comedy. Although I knew it was two people, it always seemed strange.
Then again, although it looks like the same body, in terms of personality, no one would not think that Joan of Arc is the older sister of Joan of Arc.
Roman turned his head to look at Saber Hei: "Joan of Arc has promised me (who promised you!), what about you, Saber Black, do you want to stay?"
"Forget it, I'll promise you. If you leave it alone, the bomb girl will be fooled to death by herself sooner or later."
"Hey, what do you mean?" "Do you want me to say it again? Don't be fooled by yourself, idiot!"
"Do you miss everyone?" "At least you need to heal your brain."
A few people stared blankly at the quarreling Black Joan and Black Saber. They didn't expect that they would be able to quarrel at this time.
"There's a quarrel, senior."
"Yeah, quarrel. Their relationship...isn't it too good?"
"Senior, no matter how you look at it, their relationship doesn't seem to be very good."
But anyway, this matter was decided so happily. Going to Nippur City and rescuing the citizens of Nippur fell to Black Joan and Black Saber.
To be honest, Roman still doesn't feel at ease with these two. According to the irritable characters of these two people, can they really be patient to **** ordinary people? Roman didn't have much hope for this. Asking them to **** ordinary citizens was actually not much different from sending those people to the mouth of the beast, but the method of death was different.
Therefore, there must be a person beside these two people who can ensure that they are carrying out the plan, and that person is...
Is it Erica? No, Erica's relationship with them is too bad, let alone make Erica make sure the plan goes ahead, it's a big thing that they didn't fight before they set off.
Sure enough, do I still need to go out in person?
"Dad, what are you thinking about? Why are you frowning all the time?" Lixiang kept noticing the change in Roman's expression, which is why she asked this question.
"It's nothing, I'm just making an **** plan for tonight. After dark tonight, I'll take Black Joan and Black Saber to Nippur City, then I'll leave this to you, Rika."
"no!"
Section 891 Chapter 403 Nippur City Rescue Operation
"no!"
What Roman didn't expect was that Lixiang vetoed his decision.
But if it was Rika, her thoughts would probably be—
"It's too dangerous. Dad, you're not suitable to go looking for it at all. The monsters are not the same as the Servants you meet, they won't give you any chance to negotiate, unlike those who stare at you all day long. strange woman."
Forget about the rest, please explain to me clearly, what exactly is the "strange woman staring at me" you are talking about? Why do these words taste sour from your mouth?
"actually……"
"It's not as dangerous as I thought, is it? Dad, you must be trying to say that, right?"
"—" What else could he say at this time? Roman could only nod his head blankly, admitting what he wanted to say next.
"Can't you say something else, Dad? It's like this every time."
"Ah? Really? Have I said this many times?" Roman couldn't help turning his head to look at the others, only to find that everyone's faces showed approval, even Anna.
Anna, I haven't known you for a long time, have I?
"Looks like a completely unbelievable man, and this face is full of frivolity, completely unbelievable."
Anna's indifferent answer made Roman very hurt. When did he give everyone the impression of being unbelievable.
"Even if you say that, you need a magician who provides magic—"
"Then let me go."
"Huh?" Roman looked at Lixiang in astonishment, he even thought he heard it wrong, when he saw that Lixiang was not joking, Roman's face became serious, "This is even more impossible, Lixiang, you are now What you need is to stay away from the battle. Your energy is severely exhausted, and I have advised you to rest from the beginning. Whether it is a doctor or a father, I ask you to rest well and not start your normal tasks until dawn tomorrow. I'm sure everyone feels the same way."
What kind of joke is this? Lixiang just fell down because she consumed a lot of mana, and she even planned to participate in tonight's action?
Even a trainee magician who has been in the magic world for a year should understand the importance of magic to a magician. Magicians who have overdrawn their magic power are more vulnerable than ordinary people. It is necessary to know that the source of magic power is not only from the surrounding space, but also from the human body itself.
That is life force.
If you have overdrawn the magic power, you should rest and replenish the magic power. Otherwise, continuing to participate in magic battles would not be overdrafting magic power, but overdrafting one's own life.
Lixiang should also have such an intuition.
"I don't care about this kind of thing. I will rest from now on, and I will be able to recover during the event tonight. It's really impossible to just use the holy spar."
"What the **** are you thinking, Lixiang?"
"I don't want to explain this to you."
Li Xiang no longer intends to talk to Roman, she suddenly picked up the steak that Meili put aside, then grabbed the steak from the plate and stuffed it into her mouth randomly, tearing the steak piece by piece, He let out a chewing sound similar to that of Joan of Arc and Black Saber, and then swallowed all the minced meat.
"You should wash your hands before eating." When Roman reacted, Lixiang ate a large steak, "Slow down, chew the meat before swallowing, otherwise it won't be digested."
Roman reached out and tried to stop Lixiang from continuing to eat, but Roman slapped it away.
"I'm full!" In just two minutes, Lixiang was already full, and the speed of eating was so amazing that Roman wondered if Lixiang had shredded the meat.
But thinking of Lixiang's terrible bite force, he might have been torn to shreds in an instant when he saw the piece of meat as if in his mouth.
After eating, Li Xiang left the dining table, ran to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face, and then ran into his bedroom.
"I'm going to rest now. Dad, I won't eat dinner, remember to wake me up when I act tonight, otherwise... I'll burn all the surroundings of Magic☆Merry!"
"Wait, Magic☆Merry is innocent!"
Li Xiang had already closed the door with a "snap", and she still didn't forget to lock it from the inside: "If anyone dares to make a sound, I will definitely throw him out!"
"Aiya, it seems that Lixiang has a lot of fighting spirit." Mei Li chuckled, then looked at Roman, "I didn't expect, Roman, you would keep collecting my peripherals."
"My collection is Magic☆Merry, and it has nothing to do with the woman huddled in Avalon."
I always felt that as long as there was anything to do with Meili, one's integrity would be lost.
At night, of course Roman woke Lixiang. If he didn't do this, let's not talk about the issue of the settlement after the autumn, and Matthew would be the first to disagree.
Now Matthew has come to the point where the opposite is obedient. Roman was very relieved to see that the two girls were so close together.
When the time came to evening, Li Xiang took Matthew and others out. When things came to an end, Roman still couldn't rest assured and wanted to go with him, but Lixiang refused.
As a result, Tachika went with Matthew, David, Joan of Arc, Black Saber and Erica. Originally Erica was not in the plan, but under Roman's suggestion, she finally came along.
Erica is more obedient than anyone. Whether it is Rika or Matthew, when receiving Roman's orders, they will have their own considerations. Although Roman's orders will definitely be executed, their personal thoughts are still independent. But Erica is different, she seems to mechanically accept Roman's suggestion, giving people a feeling of ulterior motives.
The relationship between this woman and Roman is not very ordinary, but she also has bad intentions.
Joan of Arc and Kuro Saber Netachika signed a temporary contract so that they could use Rika's magic power. Rika also planned to make a contract with Erica, but it failed.
"Unfortunately, I can't make a contract with you." Erica shook her head gently, "I'm not a Servant, I'm just a Servant-like existence. You should know that the Demon God Pillar cannot be really killed. Their The main body is in the 'world' of the king of magic. As long as the king of magic is alive, as long as it can provide enough magic power, the magic pillar can be resurrected at any time. This is similar to the existence of the Hall of Valor, and the Servant who is summoned to the earth is a heroic spirit Even if it is killed, it will not have any effect on the body of Valhalla, and it can be summoned again as long as it is needed."
"In other words, the King of Magic created his 'world' by imitating Valhalla?"
"Who knows? Maybe it's the 'world' where the inhibitory force imitates the king of magic." Erica said jokingly, "In other words, I am a heroic spirit that is not recorded in the Hall of Valor, the magic you are using now. It’s normal for Shiki to be unable to make a contract with me, because I’m neither a Heroic Spirit nor a Servant, I’m not even dead, I’m still alive, it’s just a strange way of living.”
"not dead?!"
This is too strange, Erica is not dead? A person who lived for 3,000 years was transformed into a Demon God Pillar, and this is a woman who has not yet died... By the way, she also concluded contracts with many Servants when she was at the Roman Singularity.
Forget it, although I always feel that something is wrong, for Lika, who is still a rookie magician, the field of magic is inherently strange. However, when she saw Erica, she couldn't help but show an expression of hesitation.
Even in the dark night, Erica noticed the change in Rika's expression: "What's the matter? Do you have anything else to say?"
"..."
"Senior wants to ask Miss Erica about Doctor Roman."
"Matthew?"
Matthew heard Rika's surprised voice, and couldn't help but become cautious: "I think the senior is asking about this, did I do unnecessary things?"
Li Xiang shook his head: "No, nothing..."
She really wanted to ask about Roman. No matter how you look at it, you can see that Erica and Roman have an extraordinary relationship. Even if they had already met at the Roman Singularity, they would not be so friendly after only a few acquaintances. He was still a life-and-death enemy.
If you compare Black Joan of Arc and Black Saber, you can see that even if they have been instigated, it is more of a helpless position, full of resentment against the King of Magic, and will fall to Chaldea. aside. But wanting them to be Chaldea's companions is just wishful thinking. Letting these two cooperate with tonight's actions, Roman seems to have done a lot of thought work in the past few days.
But Erica was different. After hearing Roman's request, she didn't hesitate much, and she didn't think about rejecting it, so she agreed to go directly.
Without her own ideas, she was not willing to do it, but Roman asked her to do it, and she did it. I don't know if Roman has discovered this problem. Erica is unconditionally cooperating with Roman's request. Besides, Tachika can feel that Erica has no idea.
Certainly not a good idea.
"Roman? Your father...Although he caused a lot of trouble, I have to say that he is an amazing 'human being'."
"Dad, he... is amazing?!"
Surprised, but hearing Erica's comments on Roman, Rika was also very happy. After all, Roman has always been a victim of wind criticism. Even if someone praises him, it is someone who is more familiar. Lixiang doesn't feel much about those comments. Suddenly hearing approval from a stranger's mouth, but also from an enemy's mouth, Lixiang was not unhappy.
"Your father is very strong!" "Hey, which singularity did you come from?"
That's probably what it means.
"So, do you really know Dad? I mean, did you know Dad a long time ago...before Renli was burned?"
"Yes, but I don't know much about Roman. Just like the magician S you know, Roman maintains a sense of mystery in front of others. So, what do you want to ask?"
"—Can you tell me what kind of person Dad is?"
This is a very general question, but Erica doesn't care: "Have you noticed? Fujimaru Rika, your father, Romani Archiman, is very ordinary in the eyes of Chaldea. But you also discovered that the more you know about Roman's past, the more Roman's image is different from what you know, and it even subverts your cognition. Are you afraid, Tatsuka Fujimaru? Are you afraid of Roman's other image? A face, afraid that after knowing the truth, you will find that your father is not the Roman you know, if it really becomes like this, is the real Roman still your father?"
What is the relationship between people as a bond to establish it?
If it is family, it may rely on innate blood. The relationship between father and son, mother and daughter, is established from the moment the offspring is born and can never be changed. But unfortunately, there is no such relationship between Roman and Lixiang. They are the relationship between the adopted daughter and the adoptive father, which is established by a government document. But such a "contract" is a very fragile thing, and it can even be said to be a dispensable process. In the past ten years, Roman and Lixiang have met only a handful of times. They know each other like passers-by, and even feel awkward and at a loss when talking about each other.
Are these two really father and daughter?
Realizing this, Ritsuka resolutely came to Chaldea and re-established the father-daughter relationship that was about to break, so that they would become today's Roman and Ritsuka.
If one day, Lixiang found out that the Roman he knew was not the real Roman, and he always thought it was his father's man, in fact, apart from the name, maybe even the name might be fake. That man, except for that face, everything else was fake, different from the "father" he knew.
Can this man be considered his own father?
At that time, what was the difference between what he and Lixiang knew were only strangers passing by.
Lixiang has this worry and is also afraid of it. As she learns more about Roman, she hopes to know more about her father, but the more she gets to know her, the more she feels unfamiliar with her father, and the more she feels that the real Roman and her own Roman are two different people. That's it, this process is like watching a suspenseful horror movie, constantly worrying and fearing, but I can't help but delve into the truth.
"Do you really want to learn from me? Maybe you can explore it yourself."
"Myself...by myself..."
Tachibana looked at Erica curiously, she didn't know what else she could do to check Roman's past.
"Defeat the real culprit behind the killing of the human body, Tatsuka Fujimaru, I'm sure - when that time comes, you'll know everything you want to know. Go and kill that terrifying king of magic!"
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By killing the King of Magic, you can learn about Roman in the past?
Are these two things related?
Li Xiang couldn't understand why he had to kill the King of Magic to understand the past Roman. But at this time, she remembered that Roman had said that he would confess everything in the past to Lixiang after the restoration of human nature.