I moved to Miss Olga's side, my speed as a Servant allowed me to catch her before she fell to the ground. Although thinking about it, the picnic sheet was so soft and bouncy, that it was likely to easy take her impact, without any harm for her. Senpai really made this thing for multiple purposes.
I laid Miss Olga down on the sheet with her head resting on my lap.
Senpai sighed from where he was sitting. "Just let her rest for a minute. Frickin' drama queen." Senpai said shaking his head.
"Senpai, you purposefully kept trying to shock us with surprising information." I said back. Truly I didn't notice at first, but Senpai does like to throw Miss Olga off balance. He looks very pleased when he does so, even if he tries to hide it.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He looked away, not even hiding his mischievous smile.
"Mmmm," Miss Olga began to stir. She opened her eyes, to see Senpai in her line of sight waving, with Heroine X coping him. "Oh. The nightmare is real." She said before she began to sit up. I tried to help, but she gestured that she can handle herself from there.
"Mwahahahaha." Senpai laughed in a dry tone.
"Do you have any other terrifying information you want to say to me?" Miss Olga said with clenched teeth.
"...Yeah," oh? How unexpected for the first time, Senpai seemed hesitant about something.
"What, what is it?" Even Miss Olga was startled that there was something, to make the brutal rapid fire secret revealing Senpai, reluctant to share another world shattering truth egg.
"We'll get back to it in the end. For now, what we need to discuss are the Singularities, and how we'll plan for them." Senpai finally said.
"Alright, since you're the expert from the…'game' story, what can we expect." I guess for the Director the concept of her life as a game was disquieting. "Solomon would have a multitude of power abilities, actually how did he cause the Humanity's Incineration, what tools and methods did he use. He should be long dead, or was he immortal and lived till now?"
I wonder what I'm like as a game character. I can't really see my features as all that special or appealing. I'm likely a background character, or the help menu girl.
"I don't know."
Once more Senpai shocked us.
"W-what do you mean you don't know?" Miss Olga cried out.
"Calm down and let me clarify." Senpai put his hands up, but unlike his usual joking expression, he had a serious one for this topic. "I don't know the details, I never made it that far into game before I ended up here. I know the basics, and they are Solomon due to his magical abilities, and high rank in Clairvoyance, he is one of the Servants that can be summoned by Alaya in times of need. A Grand Servant, or specifically a Grand Caster. The Holy Grail War Ritual was originally copied from the summoning of the Grand Servants, so his container is much more powerful than a regular Servant's. Then there is the fact that those Demon God Pillars we mentioned, he has seventy two of his under his control."
"But how did a Servant manage to do all that? Who summoned him?" Asked the Director.
"He summoned himself."
"What?" The Director's jaw dropped. Mine did too.
"He's a Heroic Spirit powerful enough to qualify for a position to be summoned by Alaya, all due to his magic prowess. He can summon himself." Senpai shrugged.
I'm not sure how he is dismissive of that information.
Caster whistled in appreciation. "Damn, sounds like helluva tough customer. Makes me really wish I was summoned as a Lancer." Caster click his tongue as he thought about the situation some more. "Although I hate to admit I might not be able to do it alone. I imagine you have a way for us to gain allies, right, Master?"
"There are a few; one, we can summon Servants without having to carry most of the cost, using Saint Quartz, those stones I had you pick up earlier, from the defeated Servants." Said Senpai. "The second way, is to contract Servants we ally with in other Singularities and convince them to come with us."
"Saint Quartz?" I asked.
"Stones filled with divine power. A crystallization of concepts that can decide the future. Think of them as a byproduct of the Singularities, born from all the energy thrown around to create them." Explained Senpai.
"And Servants drop them when they are defeated?" Asked Miss Olga.
"Sounds like game loot." Said Heroine X.
"Basically they are." Senpai nodded in agreement. "They are items that can allow the summoning of Servants, act as a substitute for Command Seals, and are the highest grade magical item ingredient."
"Then we must collect any that are formed, or do they all turn into Servants?" Asked Miss Olga.
"No, no, they don't become Servants." Senpai shook his head and clarified. "They are formed from high magical energy left in places in the Singularities. So, you can find them in dropped from a defeated Servant, or in places with high number of enemies."
"I see, then we should find them before the Singularity collapses…" Miss Olga trailed off before looking up.
"Director?" I wondered why she trailed off.
"Why is it that the Singularity isn't collapsing?" Asked the Director. "We have already retrieved the cause of the anomaly in history, so shouldn't we be feeling the effect of the correction already? Actually isn't this cave sturdy given that Servant battle took place here."
"The cavern the place where the Greater Grail Ritual is housed in, it's not gonna collapse so easily. Flavors in an effort to use the grail against us, likely tried not to damage the system while removing it. So this place is thankfully still holding up. As for the Singularity?" Senpai smiled as he tilted his head. "As you said, it's an anomaly in the History of Man, it's gonna take a while to self-correct completely. It's not gonna up and vanish in a second. We likely have weeks or even a few months before the Singularity is fully removed."
"Months?" Shouted the Director.
"It's not like positive effects can't already be seen…" Senpai looked up, struggling to explain. "Well, you would need stuff like the equipment in Chaldea to verify, but history is already starting to mend and get back to the right course. It's just us within the Singularity can't see the effects at the moment."
"That's right," Miss Olga held her chin in though. "Temporal effects can only be accurately viewed by an outside observer." She said mostly to herself. "Alright, so we have time to gather resources and prepare. You mentioned seven Singularities, tell me, what are they?" She order.
"I can't."
"What?" The Director's eyes widened in shock. "You don't know!?"
"I can't, as in literally I can't tell you otherwise we lose." Senpai said with a pained look.
"How the hell does that make sense?" Miss Olga shouted, slamming her hands on the table.
"Clairvoyance, remember? If we were still in Chaldea I wouldn't worry about security issues, but being within space-time means he can see us if he chooses." Said Senpai.
"That's...how can we plan anything then?" The Director ask with her face paling. "In fact how do you know, he doesn't know everything you gained from the Recurrence Event?"
"Given how Flavors was surprised by the things we did when we fought him—because yes I did use those methods before and they didn't work." Senpai added before he could be interrupted. "We thankfully have a chance. I think Solomon can only see the final loop in a Singularity, but not everything beforehand. So while I can't tell you about other Singularities so we don't give away the advantage, we can prepare in as best we can where we are."
"So you're saying to just trust you blindly?" Said Miss Olga.
"Given the whole time travel aspect, what I'm saying is, the best method of planning would be for me to only talk about the Singularity we land in. Because if I tell you beforehand he might alter the events in them. Admittedly, he did look down on the player in the game, just expecting everything to go as he planned, without acting at all once the Singularities where in place, but here in this situation I don't want to depend on that." Senpai argued back. "Worst case scenario…No, better not mention that at all."
"So what actions can we take, Senpai?" I asked.
"We gather resources in this place. Food, water, equipment, anything we can carry, doesn't matter if it's nailed down. If it's useful for us, we take it. I know some spells that can miniaturize items and some to make a Bag of Holding."
"Wait, you're an Average One?" Asked the Director.
"Hmm? No, no. My Element is Ether. I'm not good at any one thing, but I can learn anything, and Runes can help me for any effect or spell type I want." Senpai then rolled his eyes." Also, you know, I had infinite times to learn stuff."
"Don't get cheeky with me, Chaser." The Director said, scolding him. Senpai grinned, like he found a playmate. "Anything else to discuss?" Miss Olga ignored his attempt to annoy her.
"..." Senpai lost his joking manner and sighed heavily. "Yeah, yeah there is. Tell me, Olga, do you know how Deamon Possessions happen? I'm not trying to an asshole, but just please humor me."
Miss Olga was surprised by the non-sequitur but answered him nonetheless. "It tends to seem like a random event, but it happens when Deamons attach themselves to a person. When they do, they start to impose their imaginary selves over the body of the host, however most people die from the strain of such transformations." She explained.
"And Deamons are formed from wishes or curses made from humanities thoughts and desires made manifest, right?" Senpai continued.
"That's right," Miss Olga nodded waiting to see where he was going.
"So given that as we discussed, Solomon has the skill of Clairvoyance to see into the past and future, and that he can command Demon Gods, is it not possible that his plan to end mankind begin before or upon his death." Senpai sudden brought the subject back around, although, the implication hinted at something deeply sinister.
"What, what do you mean? What does that has to do with anything?" Asked Miss Olga.
"...Oh." Caster seemed to have realized something.
"'Oh'? What 'oh'? What is it?" The Director looked from Senpai to Caster and back.
"I'm saying that since demons are made from curses, and Solomon's plan began three thousand years ago, it is possible that," Senpai stopped himself, shaking his head. "No, not mincing words. Olga," Senpai held Miss Olga's gaze with a firm, yet apologetic look.
"Y-ye, what?"
"Solomon had planted his Demon Gods into the Magic Crest of certain Magi bloodlines, so that the carrier of those crest would eventually be transformed into Demon Gods to do his bidding when the time comes in certain eras."
...Senpai, I know you're trying to help, but this whole 'reveal all the important plot points in the first episode' thing is mentally exhausting.
"No...no, you can't mean…" Miss Olga shook her head in denial.
"So Olga, Lev was a Magus whose bloodline went all the way back to before the Christian era. And the question is...how old is yours?"
