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Chapter 28: Pincer Manouver


The dim lights of the room were starting to get unnerving to one Danny Dempsey.

"Danny Dempsey, place and date of birth: Unknown. You are going to be subjected to an interrogation from this esteemed commission to decide whatever or not you shall be branded with seal designation. You didn't ask for a lawyer and decided to defend yourself, correct?"

Danny sighed as he glanced calmly the small group of Magi and Church representatives.

It had been barely a day since the Grail had been dismantled but he had been immediately taken away from parts of the Clock Tower for further control how much dangerous he was.

A move the man had already thought about and so had warned the people living his house about said circumstance.

Obviously Sasha had protested his lack of resistance but Danny quickly calmed her, reminding the child that he knew what to do to avoid problems with the Magi Association and the Church.

Risei Kotomine had immediately offered the local church as a safe place for the checkup and so the interrogation was being held in the religious site.

Tokiomi Tohsaka had been sought for alternatives but the proud man ignored all those calls, still trying to recollect his life after the double hit he had suffered one near the other.

"Yes sir." He kept his response curt, trying to avoid causing any major attrition within the commission. His plan was to avoid any unpleasant question and verdict, especially since a member of the El-Melloi family had been sent to witness the 'trial'.

"Then this interrogation shall start. You may begin, Lord Meluastea."

The elder nodded regally as he focused to look at the young man, curious at the anomaly he was.

"Mr. Dempsey, from what the Wizard Marshall had informed this esteemed council, you are not from this Dimension. Is that correct?"

"Yes, I'm not from the current Dimension." His reply created some whispering between two-three members of the council.

It was the first case of this particular situation and it went to confirm the theories related to the Kaleidoscope/Multiverse theory.

If this trial proved the predicament true then it would be regarded as a major breakthrough in the long-awaited attempt to reach the Root.

"That is a... claim that can hardly be expla-" "You are already planning in the eventuality of Magecraft ceasing. Project Mooncell-" "-Should not be of your competence, cur!"

Danny clicked his tongue in his mouth, eyeing the one who interrupted his interruption.

Only he should be allowed to do so.

"Lord Harwey, while your input is important during the interrogation, the subject was to explain the origin of the pheno-" "I don't care of that garbage! That mongrel decided to reveal secret of my family that I cannot allow it's divulgation."

Danny felt his crappy luck striking back as he now knew that an Harwey was part of the commission.

"What is this 'Moon Cell', boy." A deep voice asked and the young man finally saw him.

Standing few inches above the tallest enforcer was Kischur Schweinorg Zelretch, the Wizard Marshall and User of the Second Magic.

"I will not stand for thi-!" Several Enforcers and Executors moved to restrain the rebellious Lord and led him away from the room.

Danny felt a bit nervous as he saw the swift removal of the enraged Magus but answered the question nonetheless.

"M-Moon Cell was a project created to avoid the destruction of the Magi Association in the 1970s."

Red slitted eyes stared at him intensily. "And why wasn't said project brought to our attention?"

The Meluastea and Barthomeloi Lords now watched the young man with serious looks.

The following words might provide evidence for an attempted coup inside the organisation.

"The project was supposed to save... a selected group of few families inside the Association. The Harway would have been hailed as savior of Clock Tower and put in the new leadership. Sadly the situation that would have triggered said event, the end of Magecraft caused by a shift of Earth's axis, never happened and so the plan was not applied."

Finally a member of the Church Faction spoke. "What about the Holy See. There were any members of our organisation that would have betrayed our cause?"

Danny shook his head but he decided to stab the still untouched faction. "Well, there is something that I wanted to actually ask the Church about. What happened to Kiara Sessoyoin?"

The once calm part of the council tensed at the name, some even looking quite paler than before.

"M-May I ask you how you know that name?" Danny blinked surprised.

"She is an important individual that will cause some issues in the future, so did that mean that 'she is alive'?"

The priest-looking man gulped and looked at his associates before slowly nodding.

"My only advise about her is to quarantine her after she makes 14."

The man merely nodded, shocked by the fact someone knew about one of the most secret projects of the Church.

As silence fell on the room, the representative member of the Archibalds asked the question he had been thinking about since the meeting started.

"What about your attack on the Archibalds when you killed Lord El-Melloi?"

Danny glanced lazily at the man, already knowing he too had realised how much he had screwed up.

The entire council, minus the Archibald, restrained a annoyed sigh as they knew the man had messed up.

"You know there was a Grail War until yesterday? What should I have done to your former Lord, demanded his surrender and so asked him to damage his family's honor without a fight?"

The man looked away, angry but mostly embarassed.

"Yet you have to explain us how do you know all those things, boy. I might know because of the Kaleidoscope but you are not an User of said Magic."

Danny huffed at the question, imagining the smug smile on the old man's wrinkled visage.

"This Universe is a... reality made by fiction. It's called Nasuverse, named after one of the creators of the series, Kinoko Nasu, and it describe pretty much several timelines of the same dimension. On an unrelated subject, at least I didn't make a perverted Mystic Code and her sister."

The Wizard Marshall looked away as several individuals stared at him.

"In my defense, I was unable to decide their personalities and Ruby is still one of my major regrets."

A smug tone laced in Danny's thin line as he poked again. "I don't think she would appreciate that comment."

Taking the glove of the challenge Zelretch stared at the young man amused.

"Then you will not be against having the two trouble-makers going to live with you, Mr. Dempsey, so you might be also appreciate my works. I will send them tomorrow morning."

Danny froze as he realised what just had been said.

While he might have loved the quirky personalities that were Ruby and Sapphire, he knew perfectly how Ruby in particular was lewd... with everyone.

That... might not have been a smart decision and he will come to regret it soon..

As the interrogation went on with basic questions, Danny managed to hold against the tiring session and succeeded in not being put in Magic Jail.

Once he returned back home, he noticed that Irisviel looked quite terrified by something.

Kiritsuko had a grimace too and was holding Illya close to her.

"Grandfather wants to talk with you, Danny."

Oh no...


AN

First part of the Ending is done!

Review Q&A!

BlueXtreme: We don't know that for sure. Trump would have been younger and less senile at the time.

Saberfang Orcalodon: Noice!

merendinoemiliano: Thank you!

A Guest: Thank you!

AscendedHumanity: Shush! Don't spoil something that will not happen! (Hehehehehehe)

Reishin Amara: A lot less wars in Middle East I think.

Vance D. Blanc: Yep, she ain't Seiba/Baeba.

MWkillkenny84: I finally managed to understand why, in my mind, FGO didn't happen in FSN timeline: Chaldea was built by the Animusphere thanks to a Grail War (2nd or 3rd) so FGO is not attached to this timeline (Sadly but not so Sadly).

Syntethic Knight: Then you didn't read the Lemon I posted on AO3!

Guest Q: Gone, mah dude, but don't worry. There is a chance (maybe) that she will make a comeback!

Guest (Chapter 1): Yeah that will actually happen behind the scenes after Chapter 29 as I think that would take an entire chapter to write and would mean less space for the epilogue.