I seriously doubt there is something wrong with my Chaldea

"You idiot, how can a big whale be caught by one person? At least it's better~ several people can catch it together."

"Oh, I see……"

Looking at those children, Verne froze for a moment, and then showed a smile.

Afterwards, he sat directly on the ground, not caring whether the ground here was dirty or not. He was already full of beards, but he didn't have the seriousness of an adult when he smiled, but was full of childishness.

"You want to know what happened next, don't you?"

It seems that he felt a little bit about this, he was a little uneasy, or he was hesitant in his heart, that's why he asked such superfluous questions.

"Ok!"

Fortunately, the children were not bored by this, but nodded in agreement.

"Okay, so let's get on with the story—"

Verne, who got the most satisfying answer in his heart, was very happy, and his emotions were also unprecedentedly high. He called the children to sit down, and then continued the story.

At the beginning of the story, the children who were playing and laughing suddenly fell silent, listening to Verne's description quietly.

"That's it—the professor boarded the Lincoln that set out to destroy the big narwhal."

"——However, it is so difficult to find a narwhal in the vast sea. Even a narwhal as big as a mythical monster is hard to find in this sea."

"Those sailors looking for narwhals on the deck every day for bounty and hunting, but the sea is too big, there is no way to find that huge sea beast."

Verne vividly described the story he recorded, and the children were fascinated by it.

As a result, it also attracted the attention of others.

"........."

Unknowingly, Matthew also sat beside Verne, listening to this familiar story.

But no matter how familiar the story is, when the story is vividly described from the creator's mouth, the sea and the sky seem to have appeared in front of the girl's eyes.

"You like listening to stories, don't you?"

Gildrey, who had been sitting next to Mash from unknown time, looked at her and asked.

Mash froze for a moment, then nodded.

"Well, because I have never only seen things outside, I have always liked listening to stories, because when I read the stories, I can feel as if they are real things."

"Really? Then you are really naive."

The marshal sighed without derogation, and then asked: "Is it because I have been staying in that place called Chaldea? Is there no way to get out?"

"Well, Chaldea is full of snowstorms all year round, and it's rare for us to see sunny days there."

Matthew said.

"—I see, are you yearning for the unknown too?"

"Eh?"

"Mashu, don't you know? When you silently yearn in your heart and have the mentality of 'wanting to see new scenery, new existence', this is just like the most normal human beings facing the unknown. Things create longing pursuits."

The Marshal of France said: "The so-called carrier of the story also undoubtedly carries the idea that people often yearn for and pursue things that they don't understand, and keep moving in that direction, or It's success, it's failure, it's success, it's burnt out."

"........."

Listening to Gildrey's words, Matthew seemed a little hard to understand such a thing, after all, she hadn't fully experienced such a thing, or hadn't even seen it.

The marshal took a sip of water, but it didn't really matter, the important thing was the process.

"This is the sadness and truth of the so-called consequentialism, but the story itself is a fiction, so the ending is not important whether it is sad or not, what matters is the process."

"The process? What about the result?"

Matthew asked suspiciously, wouldn't the story become meaningless as a result of such sadness?

"Focus on the process is the key element unique to human beings, Matthew."

"Human beings are very weak, whether compared to demons or gods, but human beings can still become the highest life on this planet. Whether the choice depends on the process or the result is the choice made by human beings. There is no way for other life choice made."

"is that so?"

Mash was a little unsure whether she should agree with Gildrey's words.

"The right to choose whether to be like this is of course in your hands, because this is the most important function of human beings as intellectual life forms."

"Matthew, you are longing for unknown things, eager to see, see more things, and encounter various things. This is undoubtedly the desire you are pursuing."

"But please don't forget why you want to pursue such a desire, and what motivates you to keep picking up that noble shield."

"The journey you are looking forward to has already begun, and the road ahead is still long and far away. I hope you can continue to get the answers you want most during this journey."

After speaking, Gildrey stood up and left Mash's sight.

"Pursuit...and wish...isn't it?"

Matthew murmured softly, but now she seemed unable to understand what the marshal told her, so she once again calmed down and listened to the story described by Verne together with the children.

…………

'Woo...it's a nightmare again...'

I don't know how many nightmares I have had recently, and the dreams are getting stronger every time.

Especially last night... the image presented in the nightmare was particularly strong, as if... he had seen it with his own eyes.

Fortunately, that nightmare only ended halfway through, otherwise he didn't even know if he would be able to get rid of that nightmare and wake up...

After getting rid of the chaotic virtual image in his mind, Li Xiang breathed a sigh of relief after gaining some peace.

Actually... [that] is not scary, from an objective point of view... But every time he thinks of the hazy picture in his dream, he still can't help but tremble all over.

No... no!I can't be so muddled anymore!

Li Xiang shook his head vigorously, making his mind so dizzy that he didn't have time to think deeply about the nightmare that made him shudder, and then he focused all his attention on the thick magic fog in front of him.

This is... the first area he needs to explore.

…………

…………

PS: After going through the 2.52 translation story, I feel that I am a fan of the captain, and it also gave me some new ideas, such as how to release some of the teammates in Group A first?After all, it would be too monotonous to simply follow the first route.

PS of PS: And I will carry out magical changes in the fifth, sixth and seventh chapters, and the next situation may not be something that Lixiang can handle alone.

Of course, if you think it’s not working, then forget it, after all, you haven’t reached that kind of progress, and you’re just confirming the general direction.

Chapter No.17: Master shoots with eyes

This is the place that has been investigated by Assassin. When Lixiang was resting, he once asked Hassan, the curse arm, to investigate the eastern area closest to them with a high concentration of magic power.

In areas where the concentration of magic mist is low, if you fight, you won't be as passive as before. This is Lixiang's first reaction.

Although Assassin has repeatedly advised Lixiang not to take such a dangerous policy because of his safety.

But Lixiang still insisted on this, if he didn't understand this floating city, then he would have no way to understand the specific situation.

If you don't explore, what you don't know is always not known.

"Well, this is like opening up wasteland, er... because of the magic fog... maybe it should be described as opening up wasteland with your eyes closed?"

After knowing that there was only one follower in that area who responded, no matter how Hassan the cursed man advised Lixiang, his Master showed a completely unmoved stubborn character and insisted on going with Assassin.

To put it simply, it is actually a lack of necessary information.

Although he has always been the Master at the forefront, he still knows a lot about the strategy of the doctor and Da Vinci.

There are only two things he has to do in this singularity, one is to recover the Holy Grail, and the other is to smash the demon pillar of this singularity.

But unfortunately, these two things are still lacking too many conditions for Lixiang.

Of course, the most important thing is information, the guy who wanders around without information is the real blind... Well, I was indeed blind before... Cough cough cough, in short, before the hidden Demon God Pillar surfaced, I was blind. What needs to be done is of course to collect information in various places, and then go directly to pinch off the Demon God Pillar that has not come to the fore.

As for the lack of necessary combat power... it is not within the scope of Lixiang's consideration for the time being. There are assassins everywhere now, and he and Assassin alone need to be careful enough, in case any particularly troublesome Servant is summoned first. , that's a big deal.

So, enter the village quietly, don't shoot guns, first solve the hidden dangers in this area...!

Looking at the mechanical puppet in front of him who seemed to have noticed her, Lixiang let out a breath slowly.

"Kaka-Kaka-Kaka-Kaka!!!"

A melodious melody was already sounding around, and those puppets dancing twisted dances that the human body could not do were rushing towards Li Xiang who was wearing a tattered cloak.

Lixiang couldn't understand how the puppet without visual senses saw him at all. After all, do the puppet have eyes?

"bass--"

The sharp humming sounded along with the cold light across the thick magic fog, and the heads of the three mechanical puppets flew out immediately, and the dull landing sounded from the ground not far away.

"Speaking of which... what principle does this mechanical puppet operate on? It doesn't conform to scientific principles at all."

A man who had been rampaging through the mid-air of Venice with runes before complained without Hercules in his heart.

Walking to the side of the three mechanical dolls that lost their heads, Lixiang frowned after carefully looking at their body structure.

It doesn't look like a purely mechanical structure, but it's definitely not a familiar made of magic, it's like a mess made by kneading many useless things together in an irregular manner.

Just looking at it closely makes people feel a little sick.

"Gulu... Gulu—"

Suddenly, Li Xiang noticed something flowing around her feet, and some unknown liquid full of fishy smell began to flow out from the wounds on the necks of those dolls.

Li Xiang hadn't consciously tried to smell what it was, but an extremely disgusting smell had already penetrated into his nostrils.

"—Woo!"

Lixiang's throat twitched, and a strong nausea rushed up from his stomach to his throat.

"vomit--"

There was no way to endure it at all, and there was no reaction time to endure it at all. Li Xiang lowered her head and vomited out the tea and gastric juice that she drank last night.

Fortunately, he hasn't eaten anything recently, and he only needs to exchange his own magic power with the magic power in the air to meet his body's nutritional needs.

But even that's okay.

"This... what is this... woo..."

The vomited mixture was mixed with those disgusting liquids, Li Xiang immediately covered his mouth and couldn't help complaining.

But it is basically certain that this kind of guy does not seem to be a self-generated monster due to changes in the concentration of magic power, but an artificial monster.

This disgusting liquid... Ugh, it should also be his secretions or body fluids...

"Then... who made this kind of thing?"

Lixiang resisted the urge to continue vomiting, and a doubt appeared in his heart.

Now he can't help but suspect that this kind of thing is completely made by someone to disgust people...

However, regardless of the disgusting things, although it makes people feel very disgusted, this kind of doll has the ability to take the life of others without a doubt.

In other words, this is a machine for killing people.

Who the hell would make something like this...?

Could it be the magician of this era...? ...No, it's impossible, no matter how crazy, the magicians here probably wouldn't make something like this... That's right...

So could it be a Servant?Or is it another existence?Like... the Demon God Pillar?

Li Xiang thought about it carefully. Although the purpose of the Demon God Pillar was to burn human reason, he still felt that they should not do it directly.

"Although they are demon gods who have been deeply disappointed in humans, the probability of them directly attacking them has become smaller because of this..."

In contrast, those Servants who don't know what reason, what purpose, or who was summoned to appear in the world are more likely.

Lixiang closed his eyes, thinking carefully about every detail of this puppet, and at this moment, a group of black shadows who couldn't see its face clearly sensed Lixiang's existence from nearby, so he immediately moved towards He rushed over.

"Enemy attack?! Is it a Servant?!"

Li Xiang, who had never let down his vigilance about his surroundings, suddenly opened his eyes wide, staring fixedly at the black figure rushing towards him, but he seemed to have made a mistake, and he could make a judgment based on the reaction of the spirit base alone. That's not a real Servant.

In other words, it should be called "Shadow of the Spirit Foundation", or "Shadow Follower".

The shadow formed by an unknown Servant rushed in front of Lixiang, and the "sword" in his hand stabbed towards Lixiang, but the short knife flying from the magic fog still forced him to give up this assault.