At this moment, the Holy Grail that caused the Singularity had finally appeared in the world once again.
But now, as Ian looked at it, his mindset had undergone some subtle changes.
Just as Black Jeanne had said—
Retrieving the Holy Grail would certainly repair the Singularity in the Hundred Years' War between England and France.
But at the same time, this also meant that he had to leave this place—after all, the Singularity, without the support of the Holy Grail, would soon disappear.
This is terrible...
'I just recently persuaded the witch sister not to have such thoughts, but now I myself have become so hesitant'.
Having never once taken her gaze off Ian, Jeanne immediately saw through her brother's current inner thoughts.
Wearing her wedding dress, she thought for a moment, then proactively took his hand and reached out towards the Holy Grail before them.
This scene was seen by Black Jeanne on the other side.
Having put on her wedding dress for the second time, she suddenly realized the difference and quickly mimicked the other her's action, taking Ian's other hand and also reaching towards the Holy Grail.
With the combined assistance of his two younger sisters, Ian finally took the Holy Grail into his own hands.
"Brother." Jeanne's gentle voice sounded in the man's ear.
"Don't worry about us."
"Because you said... we will definitely meet again in the future, right?" Jeanne asked softly, her blue eyes filled with hope.
"That's right!" Black Jeanne also chimed in, "Unless what you said before was a lie!"
"Otherwise——"
"This is just a temporary separation!" Black Jeanne declared, her red eyes looking at him with determination.
"..." Listening to the comfort from his two younger sisters, Ian's previously furrowed brows gradually relaxed.
"That's true." Ian said softly, a smile returning to his lips.
"You're right... we will definitely meet again in the future."
"Mmm~" Jeanne revealed a sweet smile.
But soon, as if she had remembered something, she spoke up again,
"By the way——"
"Does brother have to leave immediately?" Jeanne asked, her blue eyes looking at him with concern.
"It's not that urgent." Ian discerned the hidden meaning in his sister's words. "Is there something you want to do?"
"..." Hearing Ian's question, Jeanne looked at Mash, who was still immersed in her kissing fantasy, and replied cautiously,
"Can I go and chat with her for a while?" Jeanne asked softly, her blue eyes looking at Mash with curiosity.
"..." Although he didn't know his sister's purpose, Ian knew she must have her own plans.
Then——
As her elder brother, he should offer his support.
"Of course, no problem." Ian said gently, his blue eyes looking at Jeanne with understanding.
"Mmm~" Having received permission from her brother, Jeanne lifted her wedding dress and walked towards Mash to the side.
"Um, you're Mash, right? Can we chat for a bit?" Jeanne asked politely, her blue eyes looking at Mash with a friendly smile.
"Eh?" Mash completely hadn't expected Jeanne to come and find her at this time.
But she didn't dislike the Saint of Salvation who had guided everyone along the way, so she quickly nodded in response.
"Okay, I understand." Mash replied, a hint of nervousness in her voice.
And so—
The two who had reached an agreement walked to the side.
"Um, may I ask what it is?" Mash asked, her voice trembling slightly.
"You don't need to be so nervous." Jeanne smiled slightly, comforting Mash. "I just want to ask you some very simple questions."
"If I remember correctly——"
"You came here with Pierre, right?" Jeanne asked, her blue eyes looking at Mash with curiosity.
"Pierre?" Mash looked confused.
Seeing the pink-haired girl's expression, Jeanne quickly realized that she didn't seem to know her brother's other name.
"It's Ian." The Saint corrected herself.
"Oh, you mean Senpai." Mash nodded and replied with a smile, "Yes, we came here together."
"Then——" Jeanne's gaze fell on Ian, who was chatting with her other sister.
"Are you very close to him?" Jeanne asked, her blue eyes looking at Mash with curiosity.
"..." Mash's eyes also reflected the man's figure.
She remained silent for a good while, and finally, as if having made a brave decision, she took a deep breath and confessed,
"Um, Miss Jeanne... actually, I'm Senpai's girlfriend." Mash said softly, her cheeks flushing slightly.
"..." Jeanne's pupils widened slightly for a moment—it was a clear sign of her surprise at Mash's words.
"You... are his girlfriend?" Jeanne asked, her voice filled with disbelief.
"Yes." Although she had confessed this relationship, Mash's voice became much softer.
This contrast made Jeanne calm down a lot.
She realized that the "girlfriend" Mash mentioned might be the same situation as the "marriage" her other self had mentioned.
That is, deviating from the original meaning and merely achieving a superficial relationship.
Jeanne had originally just thought that Mash was a thoughtful person and would be very suitable to ask her to take good care of her brother in the future.
But she hadn't expected to learn such a thing.
She couldn't help but ask a few more questions.
"Then——"
"Since you're his girlfriend, why would you allow him to marry us sisters?" Jeanne asked, her blue eyes looking at Mash with curiosity.
Just like Black Jeanne had acknowledged Jeanne as her older sister;
Jeanne also recognized Black Jeanne's status as her younger sister.
"Because this is something Senpai decided." Mash's face flushed red, but she replied very firmly.
"As long as Senpai intends to do something, I will absolutely not object."
"I... will always be his supportive girlfriend!" Mash declared, her voice filled with determination.
"..." Mash's simple words directly allowed Jeanne to verify her earlier thoughts.
Thinking carefully, this was actually something that had shown signs from the beginning.
After all, throughout the entire wedding, Mash could be said to be the most enthusiastic person besides Gilles de Rais.
Jeanne had initially thought it was because she had a very good relationship with her brother that she was like this.
Now it seemed that this wasn't the case at all.
She was exactly the same as her other self—that is, she hadn't established a normal concept of romantic love.
The so-called girlfriend and marriage, in their minds, were perhaps just abstract pronouns.
Speaking of which, her other self became like this because of mental instability.
Mash clearly looked so normal, so could this situation also occur?
But no matter what, her brother was most likely protecting her.
In that case——
Then let's maintain the status quo!
Brother's actions will definitely not be wrong.
"I see." Jeanne nodded.
"Then——"
"After we return, I'll leave it to you, as his girlfriend, to take good care of him~" Jeanne said with a gentle smile.
"I will!" Mash replied very seriously. "I will definitely take good care of Senpai!"
"However——" The pink-haired girl's gaze returned to the stunningly beautiful Jeanne in her wedding dress, and a hint of envious shyness appeared again.
"Miss Jeanne, may I ask you a question?" Mash asked hesitantly.
"Of course." The Saint replied without hesitation.
"Then——" Mash asked rather cautiously.
"What is your relationship with Senpai?"
"You... clearly met for the first time, right? But you can get married like this directly... how amazing." Mash said, her eyes wide with admiration.
"..." Also a thoughtful person, Jeanne quickly noticed the affection hidden in Mash's words.
As they were about to part, she felt that some things could indeed be confessed.
"Mash, actually... I'm his younger sister." Jeanne said softly, her blue eyes looking at Mash with a gentle smile.
"Eh, younger sister?!" Mash exclaimed, her purple eyes wide with surprise.
"Yeah." Jeanne nodded. "To be more precise, I should add the identity of a wife now."
"This..." Before Mash could ask any more questions, the device that could communicate with Chaldea suddenly rang.
Olga Marie's voice came from inside.
"Mash?! Ritsuka?! Ian?!"
"Can you hear me?!"
"The Singularity you are in is very unstable right now, you need to evacuate as soon as possible!" Olga Marie's voice was filled with urgency.
Hearing the warning from Olga Marie, Mash realized that Ian's action of touching the Holy Grail earlier might have triggered some mechanism.
And although Jeanne didn't quite understand these things, she could also sense the seriousness of the situation from Olga Marie's slightly anxious tone.
She said,
"It seems——"
"It's time to go." Jeanne said softly, her blue eyes looking at Ian with a hint of sadness.
"Yes..."
"Then let's hurry." Jeanne had never been one to dawdle.
"We finally managed to resolve everything, we can't afford to stumble at the very end." Jeanne said firmly, her blue eyes filled with determination.
"...I understand." Although she had many doubts, facing the wedding dress-clad Jeanne who claimed to be Ian's younger sister, Mash didn't continue to wonder.
She immediately responded to Olga Marie and then told Ian about the situation.
Soon, everything was ready.
The pillar of light capable of quantum teleportation appeared before the Chaldea task force.
Carrying infinite nostalgia for this period of time, Ian once again gently kissed his two younger sisters, and then, under their watchful eyes, stepped into the pillar of light.
The man's figure eventually disappeared.
The Singularity also began to disintegrate because it had lost the support of the Holy Grail.
Looking at the increasingly chaotic environment, Black Jeanne sighed about something else.
"Sister, I really don't want to part with Ian." Black Jeanne said softly, her red eyes filled with sadness.
"Me too." Jeanne replied to her sister's words.
"But I believe we will definitely reunite with him... it's just a little later." Jeanne said with a reassuring smile.
"Really?"
"Really, sister." Jeanne nodded gently.
"Alright, then I'll believe you this once." Black Jeanne said, though a hint of doubt lingered in her voice.
In the church, the two Jeannes in wedding dresses gradually faded away with that love.
The stagnant flow of time in the Hundred Years' War between England and France began to gradually return to normal.
Everything dissipated, as if it had never appeared.
——Submerge——
——Ascend——
——Awaken——
Ian opened his eyes and found himself back in Chaldea.
Olga Marie, Dr. Roman, and Da Vinci were standing in front of the task force.
Seeing the return of the two Masters and two Servants, Dr. Roman's lips curled into a small smile, and then he began to applaud.
Soon, the rest of the people followed suit and clapped.
This was the most simple yet sincere welcome at this moment.
"Welcome back." Da Vinci looked at the people before her, a hint of emotion in her eyes.
"Being able to see you all standing here... is truly a happy thing."
"That's right." Dr. Roman echoed Da Vinci's words.
"The exploration of the Singularity was really much more difficult than imagined."
"From the initial loss of contact to the subsequent betrayal, I thought everything was going to end."
"Fortunately, everyone still returned safely in the end."
"Indeed—you are the existence that can save humanity."
Unlike Da Vinci and Dr. Roman's very direct praise.
Olga Marie looked at the task force before her, her face flushed red, and she looked like she had a lot to say.
But in the end, she only squeezed out one sentence.
"Wel, welcome back."
But this was already enough.
Mordred was the first to shout,
"I'm exhausted!"
"I want to go back and rest!" The once warm scene instantly turned into her solo performance.
Everyone looked at this straightforward troublemaker with smiles in their eyes.
"Wha, what?" Mordred looked very embarrassed.
"Since we've completed the mission, isn't it normal to rest for a while?"
"I get tired too!"
"..." To prevent Mordred from being too embarrassed, Mash quickly followed with a stretch.
Then, she also pretended to look very tired, smoothing things over for the other girl,
"Mordred is right, I'm also very tired."
"I really want to rest properly."
"We... should be able to go back to our rooms first, right?" Mash asked politely.
"Of course." Dr. Roman replied with a smile. "That's your right."
"Then——" Mash looked at Mordred beside her and cautiously extended an invitation to her.
"Mo-chan, let's go~"
"..." Having gone through so many things, Mordred wasn't very resistant to Mash anymore.
Moreover, she felt that the way the other girl was trying to please her with her tail between her legs was actually a bit pitiful.
She just liked her father as a hero.
This kind of thing was too normal, so what was wrong with it?
"Yeah, let's go rest!"
And so—
Mordred and Mash, who had just returned to Chaldea, walked towards the few available rest rooms.
Fujimaru Ritsuka had intended to follow them up, but at this moment, she noticed something.
She found that Olga Marie had proactively approached Ian—even her gaze seemed a little off.
Fujimaru Ritsuka's intuition was screaming: their relationship seemed to be not so simple.
After hesitating for a moment, she still chose to follow the two who had left on the pretext of "discussing issues."
Honestly speaking, Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't understand anything about stalking.
After all, in the end, she was just an ordinary person who had been "lured" here halfway by a box of milk.
So——
Fujimaru Ritsuka made quite a bit of noise along the way.
Fortunately, the two people in front of her seemed to be really discussing something, so much so that they didn't notice that there was still someone following behind them.
Could it be... that her intuition was wrong?
Ian and Olga Marie's relationship was very normal, and everything was just her imagination?
Just as Fujimaru Ritsuka was thinking this, something unexpected happened at this moment.
Olga Marie, who had been walking in front, suddenly stopped.
Then, she turned back to look at Ian, her beautiful eyes already filled with tears.
The next moment.
Under Fujimaru Ritsuka's secret observation, she buried her head in his chest and began to sob softly.
And then——
The two people who usually showed no signs of romance kissed passionately in the hallway!