"This is the pseudo-spiritual calculator—the three-pointed Hermes!"

Li Ye subconsciously held his breath and uttered his real name like a dream.

"Yes, the largest recording medium of the Atlas Institute, the three-pointed Hermes, is a photonic crystal known as the Philosopher's Stone, which is an Opats that cannot be generated by current technology on Earth."

Holmes spoke slowly, holding his pipe, and swept his deep eyes around. After confirming that there was no one except the three of them, he couldn't help but shook his head.

"Even the three-pointed Hermes that came out of the central core has no staff members. Mr. Holmes, all the magicians in this Atlas Court have disappeared." Li Ye naturally noticed Holmes' actions and said immediately.

"Yes, Mr. Li Ye, as you can see, the current Atlas Institute is just an uninhabited ruin. All the magicians who once existed here have been burned to death, and only the Atlas Institute itself remains.

Although we are sorry, we have come uninvited and can only use the three-pointed Hermes without permission."

"But we don't have access rights, so how much can we see?"

Looking at the obelisk of Hermes, Li Ye asked suddenly.

Having arrived in front of the Three-pointed Hermes, Li Ye did not intend to return empty-handed. If there was anything in this singularity that could answer his questions, only the pseudo-lepton calculator in front of him - the Three-pointed Hermes could do it.

"That's not a problem, Mr. Liye. The Trident of Hermes records all events. For us who are not magicians of the Atlas Academy, even if we can't know everything, we should be able to know the simple facts and the results.

It’s like a math problem where you skip the derivation and just look at the answer.”

Holmes looked at the three-pointed Hermes and the part of the artificial sky that was not occupied by the halo.

"Only the result?" Li Ye's expression remained unchanged, and he continued to ask: "Mr. Holmes, what about using the three-pointed Hermes to deduce the data?"

"Oh?"

Holmes raised his eyebrows and paused for a moment. "Normally, it is possible. After all, the work performed by the magicians of the Atlas Academy requires a lot of calculations. The Hermes Tripod exists for this purpose, and its replica was sent to the Trismegistus, the spirit calculator in Chaldea, for daily calculation simulations."

"But that is the premise of normal use of Hermes. We are not magicians of the Atlas Academy, so we cannot use all the functions of Hermes. We can only perform preliminary reading or calculations."

Holmes lit his pipe, looked at Li Ye curiously and asked, "Mr. Li Ye, do you have any problem that requires Hermes to calculate?"

"It's a personal matter, a little hard to talk about—"

Li Ye sighed and looked at the triangular monument with a bit of unwillingness.

Even if Holmes didn't say it, Li Ye knew that his ideas were very fantastic, and both the starting point and the process were basically extremely idealistic.

"Mr. Holmes, do you have any questions to ask?"

"Ah, to be honest, this is a record that I can't trace back. It's a record of a hidden event."

For the first time ever, Holmes showed a trace of helplessness, which made Li Ye almost laugh.

After a brief conversation, Holmes regained his composure and shouted to the Three-pointed Hermes:

“O three-pointed Hermes, bird that flies over the underworld!

Answer my question!

Tell me about a certain event that has been erased from all records and accounts!

The story behind the Holy Grail War that took place in Japan in 2004! "

"Mr. Holmes wants to know about the Holy Grail War. It seems to be related to the burning of human nature?"

Li Ye beside him asked, pinching his chin, and Nitocris couldn't help but prick up her ears.

Holmes nodded. "It is indeed related, and it is an important factor."

"The Holy Grail War is a grand ceremony in which heroic spirits are summoned to fight, and the last remaining magicians and servants obtain the Holy Grail. Mr. Li Ye, do you know something about the Holy Grail War?"

"Have heard a little bit."

"Very good, the ritual was indeed carried out. The last recorded Holy Grail War took place in a local city in Japan in 2004. I investigated the records of this battle, but I could not figure out its process and outcome."

"It's Fuyuki, right? I remember the last Holy Grail War took place in Fuyuki—"

Li Ye snapped his fingers.

Seeing this, Holmes looked at Li Ye with a deeper gaze: "Yes, the Holy Grail War took place in Fuyuki in 2004. The only information I can trace back is the information at the beginning of the Holy Grail War and the list of seven magicians who gathered together to pursue the Holy Grail."

An illusory light blue curtain quietly appeared in front of Holmes, immediately attracting the attention of Li Ye and Nitocris.

Holmes glanced across the screen and said, "Hmm - the answer has been sent back, but there is no activation sound. It feels a bit lonely. Fortunately, the content is consistent with what I speculated. In this way, one problem is solved."

"The magician who won the Holy Grail War in 2004 was named Marisbili Animusphia. According to Hermes records, he killed six magicians and obtained the almighty wish-granting machine, the Holy Grail—"

Holmes' tone was calm, but Li Ye had a vision of a brutal fight, and he subconsciously reached for the Holy Grail in his arms.

As for the Marisbilly Animusphia mentioned by Holmes, Li Ye was naturally familiar with it.

"The Lord of the Clock Tower's Astronomy Department, former Director of Chaldea—"

Li Ye frowned slightly. Even he knew very little about the former director of Chaldea, Marisbilly Animusphia. He was a completely mysterious figure.

"Yes, and the records also have follow-up content. During the Holy Grail War, Marisbili brought an assistant with him. In the year after the Holy Grail War, that person was welcomed into Chaldea as a staff member as a special case. He became the head of the medical department at the age of only 22. It was an extraordinary promotion, and it is even difficult to say that this is a normal personnel transfer."

"Is it Romani Achiman?"

"Yes, and there is something even stranger. All of Romani Achiman's experiences are unknown. No matter how I investigate, I cannot find any records before the Holy Grail War. If I can use Hermes further, I should be able to see more clearly—"

"But if you want to find the information of one person among billions of people whose information is updated every year, there is not enough time—"

"But Mr. Li Ye also knows something about Romani. Can I hear your opinion?"

Holmes stared at Li Ye, waiting for Li Ye's response.

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"It's hard for me to comment. I've never met anyone from Chaldea. How can I make a fair comment about someone I've never met?"

"From my personal point of view, Dr. Romani is a very good person. As an ordinary person, Romani has done his best in dealing with Renli Scalding—"

Li Ye spread his hands.

Holmes was not discouraged. Seeing that Li Ye was unwilling to say more, he continued, "Romani is undoubtedly alive as a human being. Although he is not a magician, he is hiding something, which is extremely huge and quite close to the truth."

"But Chaldea is full of hidden talents—"

Li Ye sighed.

"How did Mr. Li Ye know the inside information of Chaldea?" Holmes asked suddenly.

This was a strange but not unexpected thing. Before this, Li Ye had shown almost the same amount of intelligence as Sherlock Holmes. Even now, his familiarity with Chaldea did not exceed Holmes' expectations.

But Holmes couldn't help but ask.

"I have excellent eyes, Mr. Holmes—"

After a moment of silence, Li Ye raised his hand and pressed his index finger against his temple.

"Oh?"

Holmes couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and look into Li Ye's frank eyes.

"That guy named Marisbury got the Holy Grail, right? But what wish did he make?"

Nitocris, who had been listening for a long time, asked curiously.

Holmes relaxed his shoulders and said, "Who knows? Unfortunately, Hermes did not record the wish that Marisbury made. Only the result is left.

After the Holy Grail War, Marisbury achieved great success as a magician, whether it was the unpopular magic project in the Clock Tower or the Heroic Spirit Summoning System that was established later, which not only made it possible to observe the future, but also made it possible to conduct a hypothetical experiment of the method of interfering with the era by transferring spirit particles.

"Spirit particle transfer!"

Li Ye's pupils shrank and he almost interrupted Holmes' explanation, but he continued to listen while suppressing his excitement.

"In 2004, Chaldea, which was just an observatory, obtained various equipment comparable to experimental facilities. Based on this, it can be inferred that Marisbury's wish should be wealth, and there is no reason for him to care about burning. According to the information, his nature is [wise]; he has ordinary desires, ordinary jealousy, and loves ordinary happiness - Marisbury is such a person."

Li Ye looked at the triangular obelisk and continued: "Such a person will not destroy human nature, so he will be used by a third party or open Pandora's box without knowing it -

For example, Professor Leif Lenore who blew up Chaldea."

Holmes raised his lips and said, "Lev Lenore was appointed to Chaldea in 1999, which coincides with the time when the Observation Lens-Sheba technology was provided. There is no doubt that Leiv Lenore is a subordinate of the Magic King."

Li Ye looked at Holmes: "As a subordinate of the Magic King, Leif Lenore sneaked into Chaldea most likely because he was targeting something. Obviously, there was a problem in Chaldea at that time. So it seems that there is a possibility that the Holy Grail War in 2004 only provided funds to Chaldea and had nothing to do with the burning of human reason."

"Yes, although it is difficult to say, but Romani Achiman -

He is just a mysterious person who has nothing to do with the whole incident, although his reason is unclear and he is dispensable and only causes trouble for others—"

"The doctor will cry when he hears you say that—"

Li Ye chuckled and said, "Even though we have never met, how bad can someone be to stand up to Chaldea in a time of crisis? The doctor is trying his best anyway."

"No matter what, Romani is still an important suspect to me. Mr. Li Ye, please keep this confidential and don't tell Chaldea about this.

Until his secrets are known, Romani cannot be trusted."

Holmes said calmly.

Li Ye nodded, unable to refuse this request.

"Okay, my question has been answered. Now it's Mr. Li Ye's question—"

Holmes smiled and made room for Li Ye to face the Hermes Tristezza.

"My question is—"

Looking at the huge obelisk, Li Ye looked calm.

A number of key words crossed my mind——

【Spirit transfer technology】

The Age of Intervention

【Humanity Correction】

A lot of information about singularities flashed through my mind.

This is also what Li Ye really wants to find out. Even if Wang Hassan did not point to Atlas Court, Li Ye would try to come to Atlas Court.

After the singularity disappears, everything will return to normal, but those who died in the singularity will not be resurrected, they will only disappear in history. This is a correction from human nature.

The Chaldean Master can leave the singularity through spirit particle transfer and return to the Chaldean base outside of time, thus avoiding the impact of the disappearance of the singularity.

But Li Ye can't.

Li Ye is neither a native of the singularity nor someone who arrived at the singularity through Chaldea's spirit particle transfer technology.

What will happen to Li Ye when the singularity ends?

Will it remain in the history of the past, or be killed by human rationalization?

Without the cost of trial and error, Li Ye must consider everything in the worst possible direction.

Li Ye didn't want his journey to end here, so Li Ye wanted to survive by any means necessary.

Between life and death, he became a knight of the Lion King, gambled everything to meet the Old Man of the Mountain King Hassan, and later obtained the Holy Grail that he was not supposed to have from King Osmandis.

It seemed that everything was going well, and Li Ye came here smoothly.

Arriving at the Atlas Courtyard from 2017, he met the world-class detective Charlotte Holmes and stood with him in front of the Hermes Tristezza.

After Holmes's inquiry, Li Ye gained a better understanding of the function of the Hermes Tristess.

The spirit particle calculator that records all events is almost omniscient to Li Ye.

As long as it is started, Li Ye’s questions will be answered.

'Should I run away?'

Li Ye asked himself and now the situation was clear.

As long as Li Ye raised those questions, heavy despair would be waiting for him.

Faced with the inevitable death, there is despair and powerlessness.

His breathing became heavier. Even though he was not engaged in a fierce battle, Li Ye could not help but feel his heartbeat quicken just by thinking. The dragon blood was unconsciously reviving, and his magic power was surging.

The might of the dragon rising into the sky permeated the entire body of Hermes the Trident, it was like a raging fire yet flowing quietly like clear water.

This unusual behavior naturally attracted the attention of Holmes and Nitocris.

Holmes stopped Nitocris and did not let Nitocris interrupt Li Ye. Instead, he stood aside and observed Li Ye quietly.

Looking at Li Ye's light golden vertical pupils, Holmes narrowed his eyes slightly, and the slender fingers holding the pipe couldn't help but exert force.

At this time, Li Ye had no intention of paying attention to Holmes, and was completely immersed in this desperate decision.

Face death or hope for the best?

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