"After you return to the Imaginary Number Space, I'll find a way to summon your spirit body out... Until then, you just need to wait for me," Alvin said.
Tiamat instinctively lowered her head to look at him. From beginning to end, Alvin's eyes had been filled with sincerity. It was obvious that he genuinely wanted to help her leave this sunless "prison."
Only...
"Won't the others mind?", Tiamat suddenly asked.
Alvin froze. The words he had prepared in advance immediately got stuck.
Put another way, it sounded like she was saying, 'You have so many wives. Won't they have objections?'
Looking at the worried expression on Tiamat's face, Alvin felt touched.
While the other women were still competing with one another, Mama Tiamat was only worried about whether she would cause trouble for him.
A natural smile quickly appeared on his face, "Don't worry. Everyone likes you... No one will reject you."
"When we went to Britain before, didn't you already experience the local customs and way of life? Even if you really go to the Clock Tower in the future, I think everyone will treat you with great respect."
There were indeed all kinds of magi in the Clock Tower. They fought openly and secretly for their own interests. Some might even be tempted by the existence of a being from the Age of Gods and want to study her.
But that also depended on who the research subject was.
Not to mention anything else, even Zelretch would probably pay extra attention behind the scenes if he learned that Tiamat had arrived.
Thinking of this, Alvin quickly gathered his thoughts and looked into the woman's bright red eyes.
"What do you think?"
He quickly shook his head.
"No... I should say, come with me, Mother."
Tiamat paused, and her gaze soon softened, "If this is truly what you hope for... then I will answer your wish, Alvin."
She slowly closed her eyes. On her porcelain-like face, her long curled eyelashes trembled lightly, as if waiting for something.
Alvin understood immediately. He gently kissed Tiamat's soft red lips, while his other hand slowly moved upward along her waist.
The Sea of Chaos soon swallowed them both. Alvin lowered his head and buried himself against the woman's chest.
Thump!
Thump!
Tiamat's unique magical energy continuously flowed into his White Dragon Furnace Core.
[Congratulations on unlocking the hidden ending: Corrupted True Love]
[Congratulations on obtaining the limited CG: Forbidden Kiss Within the Sea of Chaos]
———
"The Beast Spirit Origin reaction... disappeared?"
Inside Kama's temple, Mash's cross-shaped shield fell to the ground with a clang.
Beneath the dome, the terrifying creature that symbolized the "Principle of Return" was turning into spirit particles and flowing into the depths of the Imaginary Number Rift.
Merlin looked up at the scene in shock and murmured, "How on earth did that guy do it?"
Even when Tiamat was self-sealed, the magical energy of her true body was as vast as an ocean.
Yet at this moment, the magical energy of her true body was rapidly draining away.
It was practically as if it were being sucked out.
Although he knew the White Dragon possessed the power to "devour" magical energy, even so, being able to absorb even one or two percent of Tiamat's magical energy was already unbelievable.
["Shouldn't I be asking you that? How exactly did he pull this off?"]
Even Roman on the screen was in a state of complete disbelief.
"Looks like things went smoothly?"
At that moment, a clear and crisp female voice suddenly echoed through the temple.
The next moment, a cold and beautiful woman in a luxurious dress stepped out from the world of Avalon.
"Morgan le Fay..."
Fujimaru Ritsuka stared at the woman ahead, then quickly noticed Manaka Sajyou walking out of Avalon as well.
She couldn't help muttering, "There's actually a third Beast?"
Morgan, Manaka Sajyou, Merlin, the White Dragon, and even the Queen of the Land of Shadows...
Was this really a Holy Grail War?
At that moment, that thought surfaced in Fujimaru Ritsuka's mind.
'She doesn't really count as a Beast. At most, she's just an ordinary human possessing a Beast's body.'
Morgan's cold and arrogant voice sounded at that moment. Whether it was her expression or her manner, she seemed completely disdainful toward the Princess of the Root.
Manaka raised an eyebrow and smiled.
"It seems Princess Morgan has quite a problem with me... Is it because you lost to me in the last Holy Grail War?"
Morgan glanced at her sideways, "When did I ever lose to you?"
"You wanted to summon Saber back then too, didn't you?"
A trace of contempt appeared in Manaka's smile.
"But in the end, I was the one who summoned him. Doesn't that mean I had a stronger connection with him?"
Morgan narrowed her eyes.
A killing intent appeared in her gaze.
Seeing things going badly, Merlin quickly stepped in with a smile.
"Ladies... Tiamat's matter still isn't fully resolved. It's better not to argue."
The two Chaldea members were already stunned.
So the Masters of this Holy Grail War all knew each other?
Fujimaru Ritsuka glanced at the two women, who were practically surrounded by gunpowder smoke, then said with a smile, "Both of you, calm down a little. You both seem very familiar with him. I don't think he'd want to see you arguing..."
She had only intended to ease the atmosphere.
Who would have thought she had touched the one topic that absolutely couldn't be touched?
The moment Fujimaru Ritsuka spoke, Merlin's eyelids started twitching.
Still smiling, he quietly took half a step back and conveniently pulled his Master behind him.
At the same time, after hearing Fujimaru Ritsuka's words, Illya also looked curiously toward Morgan and Manaka Sajyou.
She actually had a rough idea of their relationship with Alvin, but it had always been like a thin sheet of paper that nobody had ever pierced.
Yet now, Fujimaru Ritsuka's words had completely torn through that layer.
At the same time, not far away, Rin Tohsaka was walking over while carrying her still-unconscious "little sister."
As soon as she approached, she heard Fujimaru Ritsuka's words and couldn't help looking at Morgan and Manaka with interest.
'Come to think of it, in the Arthurian legends, Morgan's relationship with King Arthur's husband was extremely close.'
'But what exactly that relationship was, nobody really knows.'
As for Manaka Sajyou, there was even less need to mention her. She had simply ended up in ancient Britain by accident.
'Did something happen between her and Alvin back then?'
For a moment, everyone's attention unconsciously shifted toward the two women.
Reines was watching with great interest as well.
"My relationship with him..."
The corners of Morgan's lips lifted slightly, "Do I really need to explain it, Miss Sajyou?"
Her gaze swept mockingly over the blonde girl before her.
"There really isn't any need to explain. They're just old stories everyone has heard before."
Manaka smiled and looked at the bewildered Fujimaru Ritsuka.
"If I have to describe my relationship with the White Dragon, let me think... It would probably be that of Master and Servant, and... lovers."
"But don't misunderstand. I'm not the sort of person who uses a cheap body to seduce others."
"During the last Holy Grail War, he was the one who confessed his feelings to me."
When Morgan heard the girl's calm tone, a trace of icy chill flashed through her eyes.
Even Fujimaru Ritsuka realized something was wrong now.
She opened her mouth, preparing to say something.
"Is that so..."
At that moment, Morgan, whose face had just been covered with frost, suddenly revealed a smile.
"So you think that whoever summons him is the one with the stronger connection to him, right?"
Manaka raised an eyebrow but remained silent.
Morgan curled her red lips, and her tone carried a hint of ridicule, "Then why do I remember... that his Master in this Holy Grail War doesn't seem to be you, Miss Manaka Sajyou?"
———
Inside the consciousness space, when he saw the system notifications appearing one after another, Alvin couldn't help showing a satisfied smile.
That meant there was only one CG left before the entire collection was unlocked.
The only question was where that final CG would appear.
Thinking about that, he looked ahead.
The dark and boundless Sea of Chaos surged into the consciousness space like ocean waves. As more and more of it gathered together, an enormous figure gradually came into view.
Tiamat's true body.
"Mother, you'll leave here with me from now on, right?"
Alvin's fingertips touched Tiamat's warm skin.
Curled up in the boy's arms, the dragon horns atop her head occasionally brushed against his chin. A faint blush still remained on her delicate fair face.
Vaguely, he could sense a special kind of magical energy within Tiamat's Spirit Origin.
It was the White Dragon's magical energy that had entered Tiamat's Spirit Origin through their special method of magical energy exchange not long ago.
Tiamat obediently nodded.
She looked like a well-behaved little girlfriend, even though this girlfriend had alarmed everyone in Chaldea not long ago.
But everyone should be relieved now, right?
After all, Tiamat's true body had already returned to the Imaginary Number Space.
In this empty world, it didn't matter even if she continuously generated the Sea of Chaos.
There were no living beings around anyway.
'I wonder if they'll be surprised when they see Mama Tiamat.'
Alvin's gaze traveled downward.
Looking at the nearly flawless body before him, the nerves that had remained tense until now finally relaxed completely.
"Oh right, wait a second!"
Just as he was about to leave the consciousness space, he suddenly remembered something and quickly stopped her.
"Aaa?"
Tiamat tilted her head in confusion.
"Your clothes..."
Alvin pointed at what she was wearing and cautiously reminded her:
"Maybe you should change into something else?"
Only then did Tiamat realize what he meant.
The tips of her ears seemed to heat up slightly as she covered her chest.
Though somehow that only made her more enticing.
The Sea of Chaos gathered around her and quickly formed a white dress.
Then Tiamat's body gradually shrank.
In the end, she became only half of Alvin's height.
She leaned backward with both hands behind her, then launched herself straight into Alvin's arms like a charging dragon. Looking up at him expectantly, she stretched out both arms.
"Hold me."
'Mother, this kind of "hold me" is dangerous. The forces of censorship might descend and punish us.'
Alvin's thoughts surged. He felt blood rush straight to his head and almost couldn't resist going for another round.
In Japanese, "hold" also carried another tempting meaning.
He easily picked Tiamat up with both hands, then let her sit on his shoulders.
Afterward, Alvin turned back one last time and looked at the true body that had become nothing more than an empty shell.
"Let's go. They're probably getting anxious waiting."
Then again, the moment Tiamat's true body disappeared, they had probably already relaxed.
Unfortunately, the Greater Grail had been destroyed.
The Holy Grail War probably wouldn't be able to continue for much longer.
Alvin let out a regretful sigh.
Looking back at the gradually calming Sea of Chaos, he turned and left the consciousness space.
It was about time to clean up the aftermath.
Boom!
Just as that thought crossed his mind, the instant he stepped out of the consciousness space, he suddenly heard a deafening explosion somewhere nearby.
Alvin froze for a moment and tilted his head.
Tiamat on his shoulders also tilted her head and let out a puzzled:
"Aaa?"
'What is going on?'
Kama had been defeated. Tiamat's true body had returned to the Imaginary Number Space.
Why was there still such a huge commotion outside?
His first reaction was: Who am I, where am I, and what exactly happened here?