Ainz, along with Serenity, was the last to arrive at the reyshifting, meeting with the full assembly of his already fully armed Servants at the entrance of the hall. Not all of those present saw his new body before that - but, unlike Roman or Chief, everyone present was connected with Ainz by a quite tangible magical connection, which is why most of those present didn't pay any particular attention to Ainz - and as for Medusa, given that her eyes were completely hidden behind a tight bandage, she probably didn't even notice any changes at all. In other words, of all those present only Mashu reacted to the new appearance of Ainz.
"Senpai," the girl blinked instantly, as if trying to ascertain what she saw in front of her, "You... Have changed."
To these words, Ains only sighed and muttered in such a tone as if it explained everything, "Da Vinci..."
'She is undoubtedly a genius, but still... She completely misunderstood me' - Ainz shook his head at that, as if trying to dismiss this thought - 'It's good that she's the only one who took my words wrongly...'
At this moment Mashu hiccupped, and then looked at Ainz again, more attentively.
"What's talking about, special operative?" - but a moment later, a voice in the speakers made Ainz distract from these thoughts.
"Chief?" - At this point, Ainz turned his gaze away from the Servants to stumble upon the high window of the observation post, hanging over the hall and at the two figures that flashed past the window.
"Of course! Who else, but me, the mighty Chief of Chaldea, could be here?" - in the voice of the chief these words sounded almost complacency and almost arrogantly.
"But I would still prefer someone who could actually help, like Roman..." Mashu quietly murmured to herself at the moment when she heard the voice of the chief, but instantly slapped herself on the cheeks, "Chief, and next to you then..."
"Mashu, it's me," came the faded voice of Roman, clearly tormented by the previous talk with the chief, that was reprimanding him for a past half an hour, did not express anything except endless grief and fatigue, "Chief wanted me to..."
"It does not matter!" - but before Romani could say anything, Olga picked up the microphone closer to her. Directly opposite to Roman, it seemed that the girl felt just fine, - "All that matters is that I will serve as an HQ on this mission. And Roman will come in handy so that I would not be bored!"
"Chief, I beg you, please, have mercy..." - at this moment Ainz felt extremely sorry for the guy, so he shook his head and interfered.
"Please, chief," - having recalled all the faces of Ainz's acquaintances that didn't please their boss for some reason, Satoru tried to ease the fate of his colleague a little, - "Try not to criticize him much..."
For a moment there was silence in the control room, before, as if after a couple of seconds of reflection, chief said seriously in reply, "Well, I will try to..."
"So, your mission..." - in the end, nevertheless having come to a definite conclusion, Marie began a briefing. However, before she had time to say anything definite, a loud cough, that attracted the attention of everyone present, was heard.
"Oh, yes, one more thing..." after these words, Olga-Marie sighed so hard that Ainz could practically see how she put her hand to her face, "Come in!"
"Ta-dah!" - and with a loud cry, which, it would seem, could be heard even through the reinforced glass and a few meters of concrete, and not just through the speakers, Ainz could hear the Da Vinci's voice, - "And here I am!"
Da Vinci's tone was such that Ainz could swear that he could see for a moment how she stood in the pose of a maho-shoujo. Judging by the chief, who gave another exasperated sigh, this assumption was not too far from the truth.
"The great genius Da Vinci is at your service," Da Vinci fell silent with these words, as if she had just realized something, "Although I will not carry out any services, of course. Unless, of course, you have something interesting to afford in exchange, be it a payment or the task itself."
"But..." but Ainz was embarrassed for a second, "You already met with everyone, didn't you?"
"Yes," the girl didn't bother with these words at all, "However, an acquaintance that wasn't carried out properly is not considered to be a cool acquaintance!"
"Ah, it is so..." - was the only thing Ainz was able to utter, - "I understand."
He did not.
"In any case," - but Da Vinci did not pay attention to it, - "I am a Servant, but you can not count on help from me in battle. I am bound hand and foot in Chaldea. Perhaps, in the future, if Ainz succeeds in summoning another version of me... No, it does not matter. In any case - Da Vinci showed its magnificence - Da Vinci can leave!"
With these words, Ainz was able to hear the girl turn around and walk away from the room, closing the door behind her.
Silence reigned for a couple of seconds before Archer did not turn slowly towards Hassan, standing nearby.
"And is this really the great Leonardo Da Vinci?" - to these words Archer only shook his head in incomprehension.
"With great power comes great insanity," could only answer the man, wrapped in a black coat.
"Khm-khm!" - however, in the end, Olga-Marie was able to control herself and continue her explanation, - "Briefing, yes... So, Singularities! Strictly speaking, we do not know what it is, or how it affects our reality, or what you will find in it. We also do not know for certain how to close it and why they appeared at all. The only thing we know for sure is that humanity was destroyed and these Singularities appeared in response, either because of or as the cause of it. We also know that the Singularities themselves are something like a pocket parallel world that obeys its own logic and laws, but we cannot determine anything more than that. All I can hope for is your ingenuity in these conditions... What is it, Roman?!"
"Chief?" - as if having ascertained the ability to speak, the guy himself carefully said, - "In fact, I have one suggestion..."
"Speak," the girl gave the order in a commanding tone, forcing the guy to obey.
"This is not even an assumption, this is only a theory..." Romani hesitated instantly, feeling uncomfortable next to the boss that at any moment could lash out on him, "I just thought about what happened at the last Singularity and suggested that I probably know what took place..."
"Just speak already!" - In confirmation of his words, Olga instantly lashed out at the guy.
"Yes!" - he immediately responded, - "In general, the assumption is that the Singularity in Fuyuki was caused by the Holy Grail War... Or rather, the War that was incorrectly invoked, that is, by the influence of the Holy Grail, and was resolved when the War was over and the previous owner and the vessel of it died. In other words - what if the Singularities are caused by the impact of the Holy Grail? Or even a few similar ones? Then gaining control over them - or their destruction - will lead to the resolution of the problem of the Singularity..."
After these words, Olga-Marie spoke after a while.
"Roman, this is..." she thought, "Absolute nonsense, founded on nothing but simple coincidence."
"But!" - the girl immediately followed, - "We have absolutely no other theories, so in these conditions, Ainz, you can use this theory like any other. The result is all that means in the end. Because now we are the heroes on whom the fate of all people depends."
To these words, Ainz reacted quite ambiguously. 'Although we are really fighting for the sake of all mankind, to say that the result is all that means in the end... Isn't it the words of the villain?' - this is exactly what Ainz thought for a second. Although, of course, he was not the one to argue about heroes and villains, given that even in the salvation of mankind, he saw only personal gain, but this did not hide the contradictions in the words of Olga-Marie either.
"In any case," - in the end, still, without allowing Ainz to come to a definite conclusion on this issue, the girl summed up the briefing, - "From the resulting Singularities, we chose the one that seems most stable, so it would be suitable for testing all the theories we have right now. In these conditions, your goal is to investigate the Singularity, try to find as much information as possible about it, after which, no matter how you do it, resolve the problem that has arisen in it. All clear?"
"Sure, chief!" - at this Ainz only nodded, although Olga could not see him at the moment, - "Is that all?"
"Yes," Olga-Marie replied in the affirmative, and then shook her head, "And the last thing... Contacting the Singularity will not be easy - so if at some point in time the link with the headquarters disappears, I give every right to act on behalf of Chaldea in any way to achieve your ultimate goal."
'Yep, this is a villain's speech' - all that Ainz could do was shake his head.
"So, the Grand Order has begun," the girl announced loudly at the same time as the countdown of the reyshifting procedure flashed it's numbers on the screen, "The goal is to save humanity!"
A second later, Ainz felt a light, almost timid touch of the Chaldea's magic, but instead of the subsequent movement, he remained in place.
Practical instinctively he understood what the problem was - and, not exactly the problem, how much the feature.
According to the rules of Yggdrasil, there were only two things for the player that could protect him from the action of World Class Items - this was the possession of some special, extremely rare classes and the possession of a different WCI. WCI provided protection from the actions of other WCI - these were the rules of Yggdrasil, that Ainz learned years ago. Even the most powerful WCI of all, the Twenty, were no exception to this rule. The only exception at the time of the game was things like Ouroboros and Five Elements Overcoming, which affected the whole world through a direct letter to the developers, that sent their own programmers to remake the game according to the user's wishes. In such conditions, it was impossible to change the game for everyone except for some players with special classes or other WCI, because of which they were also exposed, formally, to WCI - although they often received other gifts from the company as compensation.
In any case, if Ainz was really able to determine that Chaldea was the World Class Item, it was only logical that Ainz, who owned not only the WCI independently, but who had all the WCI of Ainz Ooal Gown at his disposal, would be out of reach of the Chaldea. However, even so, there was one way for Ainz to be exposed to the WCI powers. It is to wish it on his own.
Touching the power of Chaldea, Ainz instantly felt the body being transferred to another world.
This time, the transposition of Ainz did not bring him any strange sensations - it was like a simple teleportation. Just at one moment he touched Chaldea - and at another moment he already found himself standing in the middle of a small clearing surrounded by foliage and small trees.
For a second, Ainz even thought that he was back in Yggdrasil before realizing that the greenness around him was not the result of the work of programmers.
'If you think so...' - for a moment the guy thought, - 'Once upon a time there were really many plants on Earth...'
"It looks like we are in the past," the voice of the Caster echoed from behind Ainz, thus making him turn back, "Hey, Rider? We are not in your era by chance?"
"It doesn't look like this," was a short and response from Medusa, which turned her gaze to the greenery surrounding it. Although, of course, "turned her gaze" was an exaggeration, because the girl's eyes were hidden behind her bandage,- "Magic in the air is too weak."
'I wonder how she even orientates herself in space?' Ainz thought for a second.
"Then who has any assumptions where are we?" - after waiting a second and making sure that he did not achieve a new answer from Medusa, Cu Chulain turned to the others, - "Where are we and when are we?"
"Just one second!" - Mashu instantly responded to this, and then reached for her outfit, - "We are in..."
"HOLY SHIT!" - her words, however, were interrupted by a cry. Ainz glanced at Cu Chulain instantly, but he was not the cause of the exclamation, to the necromancer's surprise. However, after Archer's cry Cu Chulain looked up at the sky too and sweared.
At this, Ainz himself looked up, after which he blinked once in incomprehension.
"Mashu?" - He turned to the girl, - "This thing... Is there anything like this in the historical records?"
Although Ainz was not so knowledgeable in history, he was absolutely sure that if such a thing existed in reality, he would at least have heard about it from someone like Tabula.
"N-not sure," the girl got a little lost, as soon as she looked up.
"Don't utter such nonsense," the voice of Arthuria, who was standing next to, made Ainz look at the girl, "This is an undoubtly an anomaly, but... I don't even have an assumption what this could be."
At this point, Ainz felt something hug his left hand — and it didn't take long for the necromancer to guess what was the reason.
"Serenity?" - He turned to the girl.
"Master," she answered him, turning her gaze to Ainz. "This thing is dangerous."
"Do you know something about it?" - Ainz grabbed the idea, but instead Serenity just shook her head.
"No," the girl answered, "But this is... Something extremely dangerous, that... I'm sure about it."
"Lord Mage," the last to speak was Hassan, "Continuing the mission under conditions of such ignorance is extremely dangerous. It may be necessary to retreat and prepare in the light of the new information..."
"Look who's scared" - however, Cu Chulain, who has withdrawn from the initial shock, has already taken himself in hand and even tried to find solace in a argument with another Servant.
"The death of any Servant is temporary and unimportant in the grand scheme of things, but the death of the Master means the end of everything," however, the simplest jokes from the magi did not make the Assassin react.
"Besides, we still didn't learn anything new," in a second Archer took his chance to answer "Nothing, except that the anomalies of human history turned out to be abnormal."
Not wanting to listen to the squabbles between the Servants, Ainz looked up at the sky again.
What was in the sky was like a kind of eclipse, or as if a black hole unexpectedly opened in the sky, but did not cover or absorb the light from the Sun, which made it seem like a black hole with a fiery crown and radiating light into space around. A strange thing hung at a huge height, which is why it was difficult to assess its true scale - but it was visible even while hanging so high above the clouds... So it was impossible to imagine the scale of this anomaly.
For a second, Ainz even thought that the thing hanging in the clouds was unreal. In Yggdrasil, some monsters could reach the size of a castle or a living mountain, but several times players had to deal with creatures of much, much larger size — some World Enemies were a good example of it. For example, the World Eater. Even when he appeared in the real world, his torso towered over the oceans and mountains, rising from the lowest sea depths and above the clouds. However, it was impossible to recreate a creature of such magnitude - at least, the developers of Yggdrasil did not do this, which is why an incredibly huge creature was a simple model, reinforced with textures stretched on the far wall of the created location, separated from the players fighting it by the invisible wall. The attacks of the players in this case fell into separate hit boxes, the damage from which was subsequently projected onto certain places of the model, and the attacks of the World Eater itself fell on opponents from several points outside the location. In other words, an incredibly huge creature like the World Eater was created by simple manipulations, but even so it continued to look like a giant monster at an inaccessible distance at the horizon, which only added to its size. In the same way, the strange anomaly that hung in the sky looked like the World Eater, as something extremely large, but at a completely inaccessible distance, which made it impossible to sneak up and measure it's size.
'Although, compared to the World Eater, this anomaly looks even modestly...' - Ainz shook his head. Even in its first manifestation in reality, the World Eater could easily cover up the whole sky and Sun completely, not to mention the subsequent phases of the battle with him, when he became only bigger and stronger - 'Although, of course, it is foolish to compare these two things. This is reality, while the World Eater is an imaginary enemy, artificially looking like something incredibly huge...'
"Enough!" - in the end, Ainz and Servant brought out from their actions by a shout of Saber, - "Your pointless arguments can wait! Our mission does not change - we must find the cause of the anomaly and destroy it!"
Hearing the girl, the three guys who had discussed the anomaly before were forced to stop their squabble, which let Mashu to finally speak out on her own.
"Judging by my information," - as a result she was able to pronounce, - "We are now in France, in 1431."
'France, hm?' - Ainz just shook his head at that. He had once heard that before being destroyed in the Third World War, France was a very beautiful country with a rich culture - 'However, the fifteenth century... So, I returned more than seven hundred years into the past?'
"Six hundred years into the past ..." looking at the last anomaly that hung in the sky, Archer shook his head.
'Six hundred? But why more than a hundred years gone?'- Ainz shook his head - 'Or... Oh, yes, I judge by the dates of my old world, the twenty-second century. It seems to be called "inertness of thinking" or something like that? It seems Tabula was talking about something like that once...'
"What an absurdity, the King of Britain on guard for the existence of France," despite the fact that the content of such words clearly resembled a joke - nothing in Arthuria's tone indicated this, "Fate has a sense of humor."
"I always dreamed of visiting France!" - however, Cu Chulain seemed not to be upset about what had happened, - "A little later than I would have liked, the celtic tribes had already disappeared from the territory of Gaul, but the spirit of druidism still lives on these lands."
"Fifteenth Century..." Serenity turned out to say those words, "Is the Hundred Years War going on in France now?"
Ainz just shook his head at this. In his life, he was not interested in history and never received an education, which is why his knowledge in this aspect was minimal, so he could not confirm or deny the girl's assumptions.
'Although, many said that the events of the "Fall of the Valkyrie" addon were like some kind of war between England and France... Maybe this one?' Ainz looked up at the sky thoughtfully.
"That's right," but Mashu, who confirmed the words of Serenity, turned out to Ainz, "This is the time of the Hundred Years War... However, around these years, there was a ceasefire between England and France. Surely, the skirmishes still continue somewhere, but large-scale battles did not occur during this period."
"So, we can not be afraid of major military clashes," Medusa extremely logically concluded. "Good."
For a second Ainz even felt something akin to a bad feeling about this sentence, but it disappeared before he could figure out it's reason.
"In that case, Lord Mage," finally, the Assassin was the one to ask Ainz about their next step, "What is our plan?"
The views of all those present immediately crossed on Ainz, making him feel, that he suddenly wanted to run away from the pressure. He never had to be a boss, so he was not quite sure how he should have acted in such a situation, when he had no clear goal or task.
"Well, then..." - after a couple of seconds, Ainz still managed to come to certain conclusions, - "The first thing we need is information. We need to find those who will own this information, then get it - you should not act thoughtlessly in any conditions."
'In the end information is good,' Ainz nodded a couple of times. In Yggdrasil, information was the most important existing resource, whether it was a battle or a quest, because of which Ainz fully understood how valuable it really was - 'In addition, while we search for information - I can determine the further style of behavior...'
"Hey there!" - however, once again, the opportunity to finish the idea was not given to Ainz. A rough male shout lifted him from his thoughts, - "Who are you?!"
"Soldiers of France," was not an answer, but an instant remark from Archer, who looked at the people approaching them. There were not very many of them, a little more than a dozen, but all of them were dressed in the appropriate chain mails and carried various weapons, such as swords, maces, spears and the like, appropriate to their time and situation. The very first one, who called the group of the Servants, was additionally dressed in a blue coat of arms with three golden fleur-de-lis embroidered on it. At least, if Ainz knew what the "coat of arms" and "fleur-de-lis" looked like, or that they are called that way - he would clearly notice this fact.
Also important was the fact that approaching them was on a horse, while the rest of the soldiers marching behind him were on foot.
"Patrol of the French forces," Hassan remarked, after which he turned his head slightly toward Ainz, "What is the orders?"
For a second, Ainz began to doubt. Despite the fact that Ainz was absolutely clear what he needed to do — namely, capture the soldiers approaching him and get the necessary information — there were many problems associated with this. Perhaps the patrol would be too strong. Although those who approached did not look decent even for the tenth level, and the Servants were considered to be among the strongest creatures in the world, this did not mean that all such knowledge would still be true in the Singularity. It is also was possible that the disappearance of the patrol will be noticed, because of which, even if they manage to win, they would be not able to easily return to the nearest city unnoticed if an alarm is raised.
'In this case, it would be best to try to establish a peaceful dialogue,' Ainz concluded, but before approaching the mage, the rider stopped in a half-step. Looking at his face - Ainz was able to instantly determine that the knight's gaze was directed slightly to the side. Shifting his gaze - necromancer found only Arthuria, who was not far away.
"WITCH!" - Ainz did not even have time to start talking, before the rider raised his horse, - "WITCH! DRAGON WITCH!"
"Seeing someone else being called a witch," Medusa, who was watching, shook her head only slightly, "Is a new experience."
"DRAGON WITCH!" - It was easy for Ainz to discern the fear that instantly appeared on the faces of the soldiers, as soon as they only saw Arthuria in her black armor, - "RETREAT! RETREAT!"
For a second, Ainz thought about using "Mass Hold Species", but a second later he remembered that the body created by Da Vinci was not designed for magic above a certain level, which is why he decided to do otherwise.
"Hassan?" - He turned to the Assassin who was standing next to him, - "You can secretly trace where the soldiers will retreat, and then tell us?"
"It won't be a problem, Lord Mage," the guy nodded instantly, after which Ainz saw Hassan becoming a little transparent. For a second necromancer thought about something, then dismissed the thought - Assassin had just obviously used invisibility or some other stealth ability, but Ainz could still see him. However, the mage himself does not understand why it happened - whether it was due to the fact that Ainz was the Master of Assain, or the fact that he had "Arcane Vision", a special ability of many high-level magicians, which nullified many of the stealth abilities, except for some unique skills of specialized builds? This Ainz did not know.
"FROM MY WAY! GET OUT OF MY WAY!" - instantly spurring his horse, the knight rushed away, immediately overtaking the soldiers.
"It's an unpleasant look," Arthuria merely shook her head at this, "The commander of the soldiers leaving them to save his own... Simply distasteful"
Hassan instantly rushed forward after the running knight, leaving the other soldiers far behind, while the soldiers, barely able to take a few steps, finally realized the unsightly truth.
"Soldiers! There is no choice - we must fight!" - having come to the conclusion that they would not be able to run away, the stopped warriors eventually turned around to face the Servants who were still standing, after which they tried to put their weapons in the direction of the supposed enemy as ominously as possible.
"At least the soldiers themselves can understand when they should fight," Cu Chulain shook his head, "Even if they are in such a disadvantageous position."
"Should they fight in this case?" - Medusa turned to Caster at this moment, - "If they understand that they will inevitably lose - is it not easier to accept your fate then?"
"Sounds too pessimistic of a thought for someone who is fighting for the salvation of mankind!" - was the words of a Caster, after which he glanced at Arthuria, who was standing next to him, a little inquiring, - "But what's this about the Dragon Witch? Have you really been here during the Hundred Years War?"
"Of course not," the answer from Arthuria was negative, "But, both the "dragon" and the "witch"... They can be applied to me."
"Come on, henchmen of the Dragon Witch! Come if you are not afraid to die!" - despite the fact that even Ainz, a man who had never trained to be a warrior, could see the trembling knees and knocking teeth and a soldier - they still tried to brave before the face of, in fact, imminent death.
However, Ainz's mind was not at the mercy of emotions and empathy, therefore, having come to the conclusion that Hassan would be able to pass on all the necessary information to them, Ainz gave the order.
"We cannot leave to the living people who saw us if we are going to act covertly," Ainz glanced at Serenity, "Serenity, could you please..."
"NO! MASTER, PLEASE!" - against the will, accidentally Mashu didn't call him as a senpai - this time the girl unconsciously strayed from such treatment, - "Please, do not!"
"Hmm?" - Ainz only showed Serenity about the need to stop, - "Mashu?"
"Senpai, please!" - Mashu just looked at the guy, - "Please, senpai! Do not kill them!"
For a second, Ainz thought to ask Masha something like "why?", but he instantly caught himself thinking that the question "why not kill these people?" would sound extremely strange for the hero and savior of mankind.
'And I thought about Olga-Marie as a villain...' - Ainz sighed. How quickly one's thoughts change, has only one to find himself in a different situation!
"Well," - in the end, after a couple of seconds, Ainz still nodded, - "In that case... Can you just knock them out?"
"O-of course!" - the tears had not yet formed in the corners of the girl's eyes, as she happily nodded to Ainz,- "No problem!"
'I never thought that I would see someone so kind so glad, that she would need to beat several adult armed men,' Ainz shook his head at the moment when Mashu picked up her shield to attack.
"Come on, Witch's henchman! We will not go down without a fight!" - contrary to their cries, however, the soldiers took a step back at the moment when Mashu rushed to them.
"They are very brave," Cu Chulain sighed as a result, after which he leaned on his staff.
"They have no choice. They realize how monstrously they are inferior in this fight, so they are trying to drown their fear with empty bravado," - Archer shook his head, - "Such is the nature of man."
"Sorry, Serenity," - in the end, all the same, Ainz turned to Assassin, - "In the end it turned out your services were not needed."
"It's nothing, Master," - the girl smiled at this moment, - "I exist to serve you. Use me as you please."
"Khm," for a moment, embarrassment took hold of Ainz, before the suppression of emotions kick in.
'Most likely, she simply does not understand what she is saying.' - Ainz shook his head - 'Problems of an innocent youth.'
For some reason, at this moment, Serenity, which unsuccessfully tried to attract the attention of her Master for a week, became a little sad.
Mashu dealt with the soldiers quickly - Ainz could not even try to determine the level of their foes, so insignificant their was - after which she returned a moment later.
"Senpai?" - this time the girl, in spite of the fact that she had just had to send a lot of people in the knockdown, perhaps causing more than one fracture in the process, was joyful - from the simple fact that at least she did not have to kill anyone, - "Now what?"
Having received a signal from Hassan at this moment, the man nodded, "We are moving forward, not far from here."
After that, looking around, finding the Servants and waving a hand to them, the guy moved ahead.
"He's not as kind as he tries to look," Archer remarked first, carefully watching as Ainz slowly began to move away.
"He's kind," but instead he was objected by Medusa, "However, there are enough dark sides in every kind person."
"He didn't even think a second about the murder," Archer did not agree, "This is not a kind man's behavior."
"It all depends on who can be even considered kind," Medusa sighed and looked away.
"He is a necromancer of such a rank that he can at least compare with the magi from the Age of Gods," suddenly Cu Chulain intervened in the conversation. This time he did not smile, "Kind, good or not, it's impossible to achieve such a level without sacrificing many things. Just don't forget about it."
Archer and Medusa glanced at Cu Chulain at that moment, then, with a little thought, nodded.
"Whatever he is and whoever he is, he is still our Master," however, Arthuria, who appeared behind the backs of the Servants, sighed, as if she had to oversee her imrovised colleagues as an educator who controls every step of dull children, "So I can't understand why are you standing here. Move along!"
Existence Outside the Domain - is the only known class skill of the Foreigner class. A special skill, denoting the nature of an existing Servant as something beyond the rules and boundaries designated for other Servants. While surprises, violations and exceptions to the rules may exist in all classes and have no special designations - it is this skill that is responsible for creatures that exist on fundamentally different principles, simply incompatible with the rules and principles of an ordinary universe. In other words, this skill is responsible for the extent to which Servant can "play by its own rules".
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