Although Jiang Liu didn't feel very well during the process...

After all, Xiaoyu is an "ancient person" and has been somewhat influenced by the concept of polygamy.

Even though it went against her own views on love, if she had to choose between Jiang Liu and her principles... she ultimately chose Jiang Liu.

However, this does not mean that Jiang Liu can rest easy from now on - if he brings Xiaoyu home, he will at least have to go through a test of life and death.

Chapter 933: Who is causing trouble? !

Chaldea has been quite busy lately, having just conquered the Indian Lostbelt. However, relocating the people to the small world is a huge project. After all, it is not enough to just put people in and everything will be fine. Housing and necessary supplies must also be prepared.

Fortunately, Chaldea had a lot of manpower, including all kinds of "strange people". Some Casters could easily generate hundreds or thousands of free laborers, and the resources within the small world were relatively abundant, so everyone worked overtime for about a month and finally completed this big project.

After that, everyone suddenly became idle. The next plan was to explore the Huaxia Lostbelt, but that was a world line that was even more "distant" than the Indian and Northern European Lostbelts. According to Sheba's observations, it would take at least two months to determine the time and space coordinates, and it might even take up to half a year...

During this period, everyone really didn't have any important work to do. Apart from equipment maintenance and daily training, we also took the opportunity to let employees go home in batches to visit their families.

"Chaldea is becoming empty too."

Da Vinci came over with a double cup of hot coffee, blew away the hot steam, and looked somewhat helpless.

"The control room was always crowded before, but now it's suddenly spacious, and I'm a little uncomfortable with it."

"There's nothing we can do about it."

Roman crawled out from a pile of messy circuit boards and colorful wires. Today he was not wearing his usual uniform, but instead changed into a technician's work clothes.

"Everyone has gone home... There was nothing we could do during the "Humanity Incineration" before, and there was an incident in the Lostbelt a while ago, and everyone's nerves are already very tense. After all, humans are not machines, and they need to relax occasionally.

No, even if it's a machine, it needs to be checked from time to time... How long has it been since this thing was opened?"

Roman was looking at a device in a corner of the control room. After removing the outer shell, he found a thick layer of dust inside and the circuits were obviously much older.

It's not just here, but everywhere you look there are disassembled mechanical casings and spare parts placed outside. There are about a dozen technicians carefully maintaining these equipment.

“This is our fault… When we were exploring the singularity, we were on tenterhooks every day. The responsibility of saving human history can be said to rest on the shoulders of these people and machines. Not only do humans have to work overtime, but so do machines.

There was no way to stop the machines for inspection, and there was never a chance to repair them.”

Roman sighed, looking worried.

"As a result, it has accumulated until now. If you don't look at it, you won't know the extent of the damage after dismantling it... It makes you wonder how we managed to survive at that time."

Seeing this, Da Vinci laughed: "Don't keep looking so sad. It's all over now. Although it's a bit harder now, it's better than not being able to sleep at all during the singularity. Haha, how about it, do you want me to make you a cup of coffee?"

"No, I..."

hum!hum!hum!

Suddenly, shrill alarms rang out throughout the control room, and ominous red flashes kept appearing, making everyone instantly nervous.

Roman was originally complaining helplessly, but after the incident he was slightly stunned and quickly reacted. He immediately switched to work mode and ran to the main computer which had not been disassembled to operate something.

Then, the alarm gradually subsided, but the giant globe in the center of the control room lit up.

Da Vinci and Roman checked the situation together. A series of data quickly flowed in the reflection of her pupils. She analyzed the data much faster than Roman. While the doctor there was still confused, she had already found the root of the problem.

However, as more data came in and his understanding deepened, Leonardo's expression became stranger and stranger.

"boom!"

The door of the control room was opened, and the black-haired master hurriedly trotted over here, and even asked the two of them with some excitement.

"What went wrong? It can't be a Lostbelt. We just solved one, and now we're about to find the Chinese Lostbelt?"

Roman gave her a strange look, but felt relieved after thinking about it for a moment.

These days, Ritsuka's brother, Toyama Eru, did not return home for some reason, but stayed in Chaldea.

If it were just that, it would be fine, just one more person. Ritsuka would be very happy to have more time alone with Jiang Liu.

However, there was also a fox-eared witch who stayed with Jiang Liu... This was very frustrating.

Although the fox-eared witch was not married yet, she exuded the tolerance and charm of a wife (including her figure). She stayed by Jiang Liu's side almost all day long, taking care of all his housework and meals. She would occasionally lecture him on trivial matters, treating him as if he were her husband.

If Ritsuka hadn't been so annoyed that he ran to Jiang Liu's room every day to "chat" with his brother, insisted on waiting until he went to bed before leaving with Xiaoyu, and closely monitored the fox-eared priestess to prevent her from taking advantage of the situation...

When Jiang Liu goes home next time, maybe there will be three of them!

How is this possible?

Even if it needs to change, it can only be her, Ritsuka, who does it!

The savior of humanity is no match for a stinky fox?

Isn't it just that she has a better figure, a gentler personality, cooks better food, and has a more delicate voice? What's so great about that!

She can do it too, in a few years, she will be able to develop that well too!

In this environment, one can imagine how unhappy Lixiang has been these past few days. When faced with an emergency, the first thing she thought of was not worrying about Ren Li's safety, but that she finally had the chance to take Jiang Liu away from that vixen!

Roman could understand Ritsuka's feelings very well, but he really couldn't help with this matter.

How can a man who can't even forget "Magical Girl Merry-chan" solve such a complicated emotional problem?

"It's not a Lostbelt, this time it's a Singularity." Da Vinci said calmly.

"Singularity?"

Ritsuka and Mashu looked at each other and both felt a little strange.

"Why is there a singularity now..."

"Any situation where history is distorted can lead to a singularity, and it is not necessarily the work of the Demon King Goetia. However, Chaldea's mission is to ensure the continuation of human reason, so no matter what kind of singularity it is, we should investigate it clearly and correct it -"

[Ahem! Can you hear me? Ahem... can you see the figure of this goddess? ]

At this moment, a figure was suddenly projected on the big screen, interrupting Roman's words and attracting everyone's attention.

[Okay, everyone, pay attention. I, the Mistress of Heaven, Ishtar, as a symbol of good harvest, in view of your hard work in the past period of time, and in order to reward your diligence, announce today the launch of a super... large-scale party.

That is to say... um, anyway, let's all have fun! I declare the first Ishtar Games of the Rich Cup officially open! Congratulations, congratulations - there are prizes to be won! 】

Chapter 934: Generosity of Ishtar

"There is definitely a conspiracy!" Jiang Liu asserted in the conference room.

"It's not that serious."

After knowing that the singularity was created by Ishtar, Ritsuka suddenly lost motivation.

"We all know what kind of person Ishtar is. Although her personality is a bit eccentric, she is generally easy to deal with."

Mashu also agreed, "Besides, that goddess really loves parties and lively events. She hasn't held a party in a long time since she was summoned to Chaldea. I guess she couldn't help herself and did this."

"I don't think it's a big deal either," Roman said. "This singularity isn't very large, and it's located in a vast desert. No matter how you look at it, they don't want to affect the stability of humanity."

Everyone present felt that this singularity was not dangerous, and it would be fine to cooperate with Ishtar. After all, it was a fact that everyone had accumulated a lot of pressure, and it would be nice to take the opportunity to vent it.

However, Jiang Liu glanced around and saw that everyone was completely unaware of the seriousness of the situation, so he could only shake his head helplessly.

"Brother, what are you worried about?" Lixiang asked in confusion.

Everyone was also confused. You have to know that this Ishtar was summoned by Chaldea, and she was not some twisted and corrupted blackened heroic spirit. Why should they be so on guard?

"You think so?"

Jiang Liu smiled: "Do you really think Ishtar will suddenly be so kind and considerate of you?"

"Uh..." Everyone straightened their backs involuntarily and fell silent.

Yes, that guy’s personality... doesn’t seem to be such a gentle and considerate person, right?

"Or, maybe he changed his gender?"

Mashu has always tried to understand human nature with the greatest goodwill.

"After living in Chaldea for so long, even that master would surely—"

"There are prizes for this competition."

Jiang Liu interrupted Mashu, put his hands on his chin, and said in a deep voice: "The goddess did not ask for any thank-you gift this time, and even paid for it out of her own pocket to prepare prizes for the winner. - What do you think?"

Mashu: “…”

"There is a conspiracy..."

Ritsuka nodded: "Brother is right."

"There must be a conspiracy."

"I was wondering why he was so kind."

"That's Ishtar..."

"Prizes and such..."

Everyone nodded, and finally even Mashu gave up her fantasy about Ishtar.

"Then it's decided. We must stop Ishtar's Games. Although it's unlikely to cause any major trouble, it's a farce no matter how you look at it. There's no need for it."

Jiang Liu made the decision with a wave of his hand, which surprised Roman who was sitting in the main seat.

It seems...he is the acting director?

Even if he has no sense of existence, at least ask for his opinion!

"Ahem... after checking, we found that at least a dozen servants have disappeared. They should have been dragged into Ishtar's singularity. What we have to do is to go to the same place, bring these servants back and recover the Holy Grail in Ishtar's hand."

According to the information fed back from exploring that singularity, the core of the distortion is not Ishtar, but another powerful source of magic power, which can be basically confirmed to be the Holy Grail.

Roman said this and had some more questions: "Where did Ishtar get the Holy Grail?"

"Ah, speaking of this..."

Ritsuka remembered something and raised his hand to answer, "Elizabeth told me that she found a small Holy Grail in the cafeteria a few days ago, and Ishtar, who was passing by, asked for it."

"Pick it up?" Roman's eyes twitched. "Can something like the Holy Grail be 'picked up'?"

"Nothing strange, right?"

"Elizabeth seems to pick up the Holy Grail often."

"A few days ago I saw the Hero King drinking from a holy grail that he had found somewhere."

"It seems that he got drunk after a drinking contest with Alexander and even lost his wine glass... Could it be possible?"

"With enough magic, I can do what the Holy Grail can do."

The servants present at the meeting began to whisper among themselves, leaving Roman at a loss for words.

Although the Holy Grail is an extremely precious resource of magic in the outside world, and the magicians in the Clock Tower would fight over it, it is not so special in Chaldea. Although it is still relatively rare, it is just that rare.

After all, the number of Servants in Chaldea is increasing, and many Heroic Spirits have their own "mysteries" that exceed the Holy Grail. Some of them possessed similar things during their lifetime, some can directly rub the Holy Grail with their hands after analyzing its structure, and some have obtained fragments of the Holy Grail in the singularity...

Of course, making the Holy Grail requires a huge amount of magic power, and Servants generally do not have this resource, so even if they can make the Holy Grail by hand, those Casters (such as Medea) have never actually done so.

Ishtar was lucky to get the Holy Grail this time.

After a little preparation, everyone arrived at Ishtar's singularity through spirit particle transfer.

There was really nothing to be nervous about. After all, Chaldea had no intention of engaging in a war between the two sides. They just wanted to persuade Ishtar.

——If you can’t persuade me, beat me again!

The savior Ritsuka has always convinced people with reason!

"Not participating? Eh, eh, eh! How could this be!?"

Ishtar was extremely surprised: "I held this sports meeting out of good intentions to relieve your stress. I didn't ask you for a penny and even contributed a lot... Why don't you participate?"

That’s why we don’t dare to believe you—everyone was speechless for a moment!

Finally, Jiang Liu stood up and said, "Well, we appreciate your kindness, but it's really a shame to cause such a big commotion..."

"Are you doubting my character?!"

Ishtar took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice in disbelief: "Am I, in your eyes, a stingy goddess who is neither gentle nor considerate, who only cares about money and would never hold such an event?!"

Everyone: "..."

What to do, she has said it firmly!

"No one said that. We just felt that there was no need to make such a big fuss about it, and we were embarrassed to ask you to make such an effort."