As Merlin prepares to give Naoki more challenging activities, at Blackmore Cemetery in Wales.
Sitting on a bench in the square, Morgan sighed several times in resignation. Although she knew that the plan couldn't always succeed, and that unexpected things were bound to happen, in a situation where the process went smoothly but the result was wrong, even Morgan felt at a loss.
She arrived in the village three hours ago. After avoiding Bersac's surveillance and the village's magic circle, Morgan headed straight to the underground chamber where the Logos React was located.
According to Morgan's initial plan, the simulated spirit of King Arthur by the Logos React should have been separated by the Mystic Code she gave to the villagers, the Golden Invader, and merged with Naoki. What remained in the underground chamber should have been just the Logos React itself.
However, what she saw was the Corpse King, sleeping like a statue.
The spirit of King Arthur had not been separated.
This made Morgan extremely annoyed.
"Then, what's the point of this village?"
The mission Morgan gave to this village was to revive King Arthur, but now the best chance to revive King Arthur was missed by these people. Most importantly, the Logos React had even malfunctioned, and it was unknown when it would recover.
"When will I ever get another chance to revive Artoria?"
Seeing the still bewildered villagers, Morgan's heart slowly filled with dissatisfaction.
As Morgan was thinking whether to abandon this village—
"May I interrupt your time, beautiful lady?"
At the other end of the bench, Zepia, wearing a black coat, sat leisurely.
Morgan glanced at him: "A remote projection?"
"Currently, I am a Dead Apostle, I cannot move freely under sunlight, but because I wanted to meet you no matter what, please understand."
"An annoying bat, huh?" Morgan looked at him with disgust, "What do you want from me?"
"Based on calculations, if I didn't come, this village has a 40% chance of disappearing in Wales, and the Logos React buried underground has a 70% chance of being damaged. Although I cannot interfere due to a contract, I can still prevent it before it happens."
Zepia smiled.
After understanding his intention, Morgan just smiled: "So, you came to defend this village—Since when did Magus become so humane?"
"No, I only came to protect the Mystic Code of my institution. After all, it's already useless to you. If you destroy it in anger, my institution would be in great trouble."
"Then how will you stop me?" Morgan smiled, "I gave a mission to this land, but this land ultimately delivered a very failed answer. Hundreds of years have been wasted, this is not a loss that can be overcome with a few words."
"Or, do you intend to replace this village and compensate me for the meaningless loss of hundreds of years?"
Morgan's words made Zepia unable to hold back his laughter: "No, no, no, the loss of hundreds of years, this is not something that can be measured by material and value alone. It's just that you already consider it a failure, isn't it too early?"
"Hm?"
The unexpected answer made Morgan slightly interested: "Interesting words... From your appearance, it seems you have a way to compensate for my loss."
"No, I do not intend to pay for the actions of this village, only what I will do, in terms of results, should align with your goal." As Zepia spoke, he tapped the armrest, and a magic array suddenly appeared, from which a small box the size of a fist floated out.
Pushing the box towards Morgan, Zepia said: "A month ago, another heir to the king solved a problem for me, because he helped me, I must repay him, I also have to give him a gift. It's just a pity that time was not enough, I could not give him the gift in time."
"A gift..."
"Originally, I intended to send this gift some time later, but since you came here, please deliver it for me."
Looking at the carefully packaged gift box, Morgan raised her eyebrows: "It seems I have no reason to help you."
"Inside this is a replica of the Logos React—Logos React·Replica." Zepia smiled as he spoke.
"Of course, since it's a replica, its performance is much lower than the original, not even comparable to that little girl, its functions are also very limited. Even so, for a Magus, it is a very valuable Mystic Code, right? Can you deliver it?"
"Rarely does someone surprise me twice in a row." Morgan's tone showed admiration, "The weapon of the Atlas Institute that is said to be able to destroy the world, even Longinus can be sealed, and even just its replica, letting it circulate outside is really no problem? Especially becoming a personal weapon."
Responding to Morgan's question, Zepia answered casually: "Indeed, as a personal weapon, it is indeed too powerful, so I have limited its design from the beginning like Longinus."
"I see."
Morgan accepted the gift box.
"Alright, I will accept your bribe. As the price for letting this village go, this is more than enough. And you are right, your gift, in terms of results, does have similarities with my goal."
"I will deliver this gift to him, coincidentally it's almost Halloween, consider it a Halloween gift."
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At the same time, in the apartment.
"Ah!"
Opening her eyes suddenly, as if feeling cold, Naoki shivered several times.
Gray immediately asked: "Big brother? What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"No, just suddenly felt like being watched... Maybe someone wants to ambush me from behind— Cough Cough!"
Before finishing her sentence, Naoki started coughing again, making Gray hurriedly push her back to bed and cover her with a blanket.