Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

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For example, Roland knew that if the two of them wanted to, they could turn Britain into a Lostbelt, or even a modern timeline—but Roland didn't trust them that much.

Although Gaia, the Root, and Alaya had been expressing goodwill towards Roland for a long time, this goodwill came to Roland without any warning.

Even after he got a reason from Alaya, he didn't intend to really trust them.

Otherwise, Roland would have invited Alaya to join the divine group long ago when he first made contact with her.

Just as Roland and Alicia said, although there are personal relationships and hierarchical distinctions among the members of the God Group, at least Roland, the center of the God Group, cares about these members, rather than treating them as tools to be used when needed and discarded when not.

In this sense, Roland regarded every member of the divine group as his companion.

As for those who aren't members of the group... well, sorry~

Roland was never a good person.

Even if there's a moment when he makes you think he's a good person, it's highly likely that he's just putting on an act for you, or you've simply misunderstood, unless you're a member of the group.

This is Roland.

He is a sage ruler only to those around him, but to outsiders he will unhesitatingly reveal his kingly way, which is not limited by good or evil.

"You looking for us?"

Roland extended an invitation, and Alaya and Gaia accepted it after sensing it.

Then Roland's consciousness returned to that garden that seemed to gather all that was beautiful.

However, this time, standing in the garden, besides Alaya with pink hair and wearing a white veil, there was also a ball of light floating high in the sky.

Roland was able to find the combination of the world's consciousness and the unconscious of primates through the power of the Herrscher of Consciousness, so he immediately recognized that the ball of light was Gaia.

"I do have something to discuss with you."

Roland nodded directly, and Alaya, seeing that a significant portion of Roland's attention was on Gaia, smiled.

When Gaia originally planned to send Arcueid directly to Roland's side, Alaya thought that Gaia had changed. But when Alaya saw her this time, she knew that Gaia had never changed and probably never would.

The reason things turned out that way last time was probably because she pushed Aika Sajou, so Aika followed suit and, not one to mince words, used an even more direct method.

"Don't worry about it, that's just how Gaia is. She's just a little... well, in human terms, shy."

"In short, she doesn't interact much with other beings, so she's a bit quiet and doesn't really understand people's hearts~"

At this point, Alaya put her hands behind her back, winked at Roland, and stuck out her tongue, as if she couldn't do anything about Gaia and asked Roland to bear with her.

Humph

Before Roland could say anything after hearing Alaya say that, an extremely cold voice came down from high above.

Then the ball of light above his head expanded instantly, and the next second, the ball of light disappeared, replaced by a person who looked exactly like Alaya now, who appeared beside Alaya.

This is Gaia.

She crossed her arms and walked over to Alaya, then remained silent.

To be fair, although Gaia and Alaya look exactly alike now, it's actually quite easy to tell them apart.

If Alaya feels as warm as the no longer scorching afternoon sun in summer, then Gaia is colder than the moonlight in the coldest winter.

However, this was not intentional on Gaia's part; rather, Gaia simply did not possess anything called emotion.

This is something only humans possess.

She's not acting like this because she's sullen; she simply doesn't know what facial expressions are for.

After all, Earth doesn't need to fawn over other planets.

That's it.

“Gaia…”

Seeing Gaia's clumsy imitation, Alaya felt even more helpless and even looked at Roland with a somewhat apologetic gaze, while Roland waved his hand.

"I know, I can sense that she has no ill intentions towards me, in fact, her kindness is almost excessive..."

Roland has never been good at dealing with straight shots.

He could handle Alaya with more ease, but Gaia... although he had gained some resistance because of Medea and Artoria, that was all.

Therefore, he did not develop any ill feelings towards Gaia because of this; on the contrary, he felt somewhat flustered and unsure of what to do next.

"Okay, let's get down to business."

Roland abruptly steered the conversation back on track, and Gaia and Alaya also looked over.

"I called you two here for two main reasons. The first is that I discovered that a person named Emiya Kiritsugu seems to have been bound to a parallel world by some unknown entity. I want to know who this entity is and what it wants to do."

"As for the second thing... well, it's a bit complicated to explain, so let's talk about it after we finish the first thing."

Roland pondered for a moment, then refrained from revealing anything about the Void Realm for the time being.

Alaya was subconsciously curious about Roland's second question, while Gaia, upon hearing Roland say to solve the first question first, immediately offered her excellent answer.

"I do not know."

Because Gaia has no emotions, she speaks with complete confidence.

"All I know is that although it seems like something a beast would do, it wasn't. It was done by an extraterrestrial visitor—as for who that visitor was and what their purpose was... I don't know."

Gaia didn't beat around the bush at all.

"However, if you want to find it or deal with it, I will help you."

After giving a completely open answer, it's like launching a straight shot.

This situation made Roland a little uncomfortable, but he still nodded expressionlessly.

"Even you don't know... Alaya, what about you?"

Alaya shrugged.

"I do not know either."

"After all, apart from its knowledge of primates, Gaia doesn't know anything else, and generally speaking, I don't know anything either."

Alaya said that first, and then she added the rest with a smile.

"However, I can be sure that the people who were bound by parallel worlds are not just Emiya Kiritsugu, as you mentioned—and these people were not all bound together, but bound into many timelines and parallel worlds. Moreover, the guy who bound these people is different from you; he didn't keep all the power brought by the binding for himself, but rather rudely stuffed it all into the bound bodies."

"While these converging forces won't grant these individuals the ability to access all their parallel worlds and points in time in an instant, they will significantly enhance their strength based on their own potential."

"Then this group of guys, each with their own ideas, after being restrained, because they were forced to bear all the possibilities, most of them became extremely eccentric. And the people who restrained them didn't control them, just let them move freely in these places... It's really a bit of a troublesome thing~"

"So at another point in time, I had the lovely little Merry guide the human reasoning correction organization called Chaldea to take action against them."

When Roland heard Alaya say this, he was initially puzzled by Alaya's claim that he had stored away the power of the gathered gods. However, after hearing about the effects of those who used this power, he understood.

It was its own simulated star chart that held back these gathered powers, instead of choosing that extremely brutal method, it transformed into a mode of activating divinity.

It won't affect the personalities of the members of the divine group; in fact, it will allow them to better accept this power.

Those who cannot awaken their divine status should have had this power withheld by their own simulated star-creating chart and stored it away for themselves—they should be able to allocate it freely once they have complete control over the simulated star-creating chart.

This finally made Roland understand how the ability to condense divine essence came about.

Having understood this, Roland began to ponder what Alaya had said afterward.

Although he had some thoughts, he simply nodded and said nothing.

"Okay, I understand that question—now let's move on to the second question."

When Gaia heard Roland say that, she nodded immediately, clearly indicating that she agreed with whatever Roland said.

Alaya glanced at Roland meaningfully, then smiled and moved on.

Even with their initial reaction, Roland's second question still managed to break their composure.

because...

"The second question... well, maybe it shouldn't even be called a question. It's that Alaya said the possibilities of this world have come to an end, that it's reached a dead end. This situation is somewhat similar to the Lostbelts I remember—and I have an independent world that can connect to the Lostbelts and give them a future."

"However, my judgment on this function is based only on my impression and some understanding. I would like you to make your own judgment on whether it is a Lostbelt. If it is not, it may be helpful to the whole world. Also... I want to create a few Lostbelts in the Type-Moon world, that is, this world, and connect them to it. I just wanted to let you know in advance."

Hearing Roland say this, Alaya and Gaia were both taken aback. Then they looked at each other. Alaya's eyes were filled with surprise, and Alaya could also sense that Gaia had some ideas as well.

Roland only wanted to consume a few Lostbelts, but the two of them had different ideas.

If the whole world could be connected—then their world, which Roland named the Type-Moon world, would be saved!

If that doesn't work, then even if only one Lostbelt has a future, it's fine!

All other points in time are destined for destruction anyway, and even the human order was arranged by the two of them—so it doesn't matter if we lose everything except for this development path that has a future!

Just like the current human order and Lostbelts!

And in this way, the problem that had been troubling them seemed to have been solved!

....

149. Open Trade

Roland recounted the events of the Void Realm, and his reasons were part of the cause.

That is, although Roland judged that the Void Realm was connected to the Lostbelt, this was really his judgment based on the description—in fact, he already felt that something was a little different, so he really wanted someone knowledgeable to take a look.

But this is only a small part of the reason.