Hello everyone and welcome back to the start of chapter 93 of the story! Its releasing today as well, so I really don't have much to say lol! Apart from me wondering what is like to have two chapters releasing on the same day. What it must feel like for a reader of mine. Like you enter this site, expecting the weekly chapter, the weekly chapter comes out, and by the time you've finished reading it, there's already a next chapter in waiting!

Anyways, let's head on!

DISCLAIMER: All of the Nasuverse characters belong to Nasu and are property of Type-Moon, with the exception of the OC's that belong to me, the author

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"..."

"...Y-You...You are kidding with us, right?"

Nala said in disbilief as she, Peko and Ritsuka all reunited with Romani in the control room, having just finished hearing the awful truth about Mash.

"I wish I was. But I'm not." Romani replied with a sad tone, knowing how hard it must be for the three to digest this reveal. "Sorry."

"Then it's true?" Peko looked to the doctor in the eyes, a face full of sorrow in him. "Mash...Mash will die by the end of this?"

"Yes. Being created in such conditions, an artificial human of a program like her was fated to have a short life. I'm sorry." Romani said it again.

Ritsuka was speechless. The dream of Mash's past memory he had seen, having actually being true. "But...it can't b-"

"A SORRY DOESN'T CUT IT!" Nala shouted angrily, blood boilling inside her. "I've been doing these stupid exams and tests of yours with my ascension and armour for a damn month! I could barely keep my concentration in them because I couldn't help but think how Mash was feeling currently! Examination after examination! Test after test! Trial after trial! When all I wanted was to know how my friend was!" She yelled, a pain in her chest and throat during the rant as she confronted Romani. "I did all that...I did all that because of her and being promised to know about her condition! And now you come and tell us that Mash is going to die anyways?!" Her voice faltered a bit, trying to hold back the tears from surging in her eyes. "Screw you! Screw you doctor!" She screamed at Romani.

The doctor didn't tried to defend himself or even justify it. He knew since the start that such information wouldn't be well received by them no matter the explanation. So he really couldn't censor Nala for lashing out at him like that.

"Please sis! Calm down! I'm sure didn't do this on purpose to hurt our feelings!" Peko tried to reason with his sister. "I bet if there was a way for sparing Mash of such thing, wouldn't hesitate doing that years ago!"

"And there must be!" Ritsuka said with in a high tone, not accepting such fate for Mash. "You sure you there can't be nothing done about her condition, doc?"

"No. Mash's comes from a mostly failed project, with little to no chances of having a normal extended life of an average human." Romani explained.

"And what kind of failed project is that?" Peko asked, wanting to know what Romani was referring to when stating Mash was from a failed project.

"Mash is originally from an old program of the first director of Chaldea. A Designer Baby. Magical and genetically modificated human infants to bear a great quantity of magic circuits while still in the womb. It would be a revolutionary concept in the world of magecraft, where people with no aptitude to be mages could have a modificated child to bear magic. However, the first director, Marisbury Animusphere decided to take a step further with it." Romani told them the background that led to Mash's creation. "Wanting to harness the power of an Heroic Spirit, the director begun to perform unethical experiments by trying to perform a summoning ritual by the usage of Design Babies, aiming to fuse a servant with a human."

The trio, who had all been hearing it with attention, were all baffled with such unsavory project the previous director of Chaldea had done years ago.

"Planning to fuse a human with an Heroic Spirits? That's completely..." Ritsuka couldn't even find a suitable adjective to describe it.

"That sounds like insanity! Is such thing even possible?" Nala replied.

"I-I'm not understanding it well. The previous director wanted to bring a Heroic Spirit through the fusion with a Design Baby. But aren't Design Babies artificial humans instead of real ones?" Peko asked to Romani.

"Not quite. If a Design Baby is just a normal embryo modified while still in the womb, it can be considered a real human that still went through the normal process of birth. With the Design Babies created here in Chaldea however, the director would produce them through artificial insemination in secret. That's how Mash was born. So altough a Design Baby can be similar in nature to that of an homunculus, with both bodies being composed strictly of great magic circuits, a Design Baby is still birthed by human women, making them human children as well with modifications apart." Romani answered. "Children with innocent souls and magic circuits, a perfect vessel to bind a Heroic Spirit."

"Then Mash's status as a demi-servant is..." Ritsuka said, all about Mash clicking inside of him as well as of Peko and Nala.

"She's been the subject of the fusion experiment six years ago, acting as the receptacle for the second Heroic Spirit Chaldea would end up summoning." Romani told to the three.

"So Mash was just an experiment that ended up going right. A tool for the previous director..." Peko said, sadly but also with some indignation in there.

"You used her..." Nala closed and tightened her fist in outrage. "You used Mash as a lab rat!" She accused Romani, displeased to what she discovered about her friend's past.

Ritsuka also wasn't very happy with the information. "And you didn't opposed the director? You were okay with all that, doc?"

"I sure as hell wasn't!" Romani raised his voice a bit. They could accuse him of keeping Mash's true nature away from them, but never he would allow them think he was a heartless bastard. "I warned the director of the possible consequences! I tried telling him that how risky and big the margin of error for such project was! But unfortunately, he was the type of person that wouldn't let go an idea out of his head." Romani put a hand on his chest. "For not even a single day, I was okay with such experiments!"

With the doctor having defended himself with all the sincerity he could, the trio believed in his words.

"Guess we forgot how much Mash means to you for a moment and how long you've been treating her. Sorry." Ritsuka apologized, having remembered of how much Romani seemed to care about Mash in the memory he had observed.

"Yeah. I let my own anger speak there. I'm sorry." Nala said, feeling a bit down for having accused Romani of such thing.

"You'd never dare to hurt Mash even if someone pointed a gun at you." Peko added. "And what about the project? If Mash is a demi-servant, it means it was a success! So why aren't any other demi-servant here in Chaldea besides her?"

"Simple. First: Design Babies were far from perfect creations, being borned with deficiencies. Including one that reduces their lifespan to an incredible short amount, barely having any chance from reaching to their teenage years. At the date the experiment was done, only Mash was the last one alive. And second: the experiment wasn't a success in its totality. Once Mash had fused with the Heroic Spirit, it took control of Mash and soon became disgusted with the director's actions, refusing to be his servant and instead going back to a dormant state, choosing to remain within Mash however. It had most likely realized that due to her fragile condition, if it left her body, Mash would die in that instant. Therefore, the objective of creating a demi-servant wasn't reached, deemed a failure and the entire project shortly aborted soon after." Romani revealed the actual results of the experiment, not being what the previous director hoped for.

"And what happened after that?" Ritsuka asked to Romani, wanting to know the aftermath.

"Not wanting to have ended this entire project as a waste of time and empty handed, the director decided to kept Mash around as a potential resource for future plans, thinking she could still be worth for something. Hence why, I was then appointed as her physician in the aftermath of the experiment, tasked with prolonging her life for as much as possible. As for the director himself..." Romani kept himself from saying it, as the three had already heard what happened. "You know already of that part."

"That must have changed some things for Mash, no?" Nala said, thinking that with the first director gone, Mash situation would have slightly improved.

"Yes it has. Under Olga's administration, Mash was able to finally leave the room she had been isolated in for majority of her mind up until that point. However, that decision wasn't made in a quick. Originally, Olga, being the daughter of the previous director, was afraid of Mash, fearing that she would seek revenge by tormenting and killing the child of the man who poorly treated her." Romani commented on the initial pespective Olga had of Mash. "Thankfully, with some convincing and passage of time, Olga begun to see Mash in a different light and eventually allowed her to walk freely around Chaldea. For her, it was like she had just arrived to a whole new continent. She even got an assignment to Chaldea's main team, Team A, that was full of Master Candidates and would be the flagship on the many mission's of the organization to clear time-and-space disruptions like the Singularities."

"If she finally got to roam freely, why was she never let go into the outside world? Knowing of her short life, didn't you and Olga ever considered doing that for Mash?" Peko made another question in the already long conversation.

"Because her body couldn't. Another disability that the artificial Design Babies made by the director had. Fragile bodies that hardly adapted to different biomes. If Mash, where to visit the outside world, it would be more than likely she would end up dying from the sudden shock in her body as reaction to the temperature shift." Romani explained why it wasn't possible for Mash to travel to the outside world.

"Isn't that wrong actually? If that was the case, Mash could have never went with us to the Singularities, as their locations are still in the outsdie world." Ritsuka said, having pointed a possible flaw in Romani's justification.

"In particular, you are a bit right about that, Fujimaru. Having finally and fully transformed into a demi-servant ever since Fuyuki, it has allowed her to step into the outside world. However, it seems tha can only happen during a Rayshift, to the space of a Singularity. Meaning that if Mash would step into the actual present outside world, she would stop functioning. And despite becoming a demi-servant, her lifespan still hasn't changed. Short as ever." Romani refuted Ritsuka's argument.

"Then she'd still die nontheless." Peko crossed his arms, seeing that Mash situation was still bad even after it had slightly took a better turn.

"And according to the studies of her body condition and the calculus, we've come to the conclusion that Mash only has one more year left to live at best." Romani revealed to them the time Mash's life had left.

"Do you think she knows about that?" Ritsuka asked to Romani whether Mash knew or not about that fact.

"I'm not sure if she's aware of it or not." Romani replied. "But what I'm sure of, is that what she needs in this moment is of having friends like you until the end. That way, she can depart with an happy smile knowing she was never alone." He said, slightly lowering his head. "So please, continue to interact with Mash like nothing has happened, the same way you did before. Even if it's just pretending and fake. Even if it hurts you deep down. You are very precious people she cannot replace. Do it for her happiness, please." Romani concluded, begging to the trio to still act and be Mash's friends like normal.

"I'll do it for her then..." Ritsuka replied, not liking that they would have to act as if everything was okay around Mash when that clearly wasn't the case. But he wouldn't dare to make Mash's short life end in misery.

"Me too! After all we've been through, there's no way I'd stop being Mash's friend. And I think she'd do the same." Peko exclaimed, being willing to ignore the big problem about Mash if that meant she could be happy until the end.

Nala however, could still not get her head around the fact Mash was going to die in a year. "But she'll end up dying...Mash will die and we can't do a thing about it..." Looking away and to the ground, Nala bitted her inferior lip while the hair covered her eyes. "All this time we've spent and she never told us a thing..!"

"Director! Guys! Good news!" Meuniere bolted into the Control Room, looking cheerful. "Mash received discharged! She left the infirmary just now!"

Getting the good news, the three of them were now on edge to reunite with Mash.

"Seriously? That's great!" Peko exclaimed happily.

"Thanks for telling us Meuniere." Romani said to the staff member. "Okay guys! Remember: act normal. No mention of her short lifespan." He advised to the trio.

And in a couple of minutes, Mash had arrived to the contral room alongside Fou and Da Vinci. Her physical condition in good state.

"MASH!"

"Master! Peko! Nala!"

"Fou fou!"

Rushing torwards her, Ritsuka and Peko both hugged the shielder while Nala stood next to them.

"H-Hey!" Mash exclaimed, receiving the tight hugs of the two boys.

"She didn't spent an entire month in the infirmary just to get some broken bones now! Give her some space please!" Da Vinci rebuked both Ritsuka and Peko.

"Glad to see you back Mash! You can't even imagine the scare you gave us when you fell uncoscious!" Ritsuka told to her, genuinely happy to see her again.

"Yeah! We were worried sick with you! Thank god it's over now!" Peko added, also in joy for the return of his friend.

Mash couldn't help but smile and giggle a bit. "Y-You two hehehe! Sorry for having worried you like that. B-But I'm fine now!" She said, finally getting free from the hug of the two.

"Are you feeling better now, Mash?" Nala asked to her friend, still sounding a bit worried.

The shielder turned around to look at the younger girl, nodding at her. "I'm back and ready to continue Nala! Thanks for asking!" She smiled to her friend, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"H-Hm?...Yes. It's great to see you again Mash..." Nala replied a bit monotonous, looking to the other way, much to Mash's puzzlement.

"Is there something wrong?" Mash asked in earnest to Nala.

Seeing that his sister wasn't doing her best to hide it, Peko decided to come up with something in order to avoid Mash from knowing what they knew. "Not a big deal! She's just a bit frustrated that you couldn't attend any of her exams and tests she performed and ascended to her armour."

"Yeah! That's what happened!" Ritsuka joined in, also with the same intention.

Mash got a bit embaressed because of it and immediatly went to apologize to Nala. "I-I'm completetly sorry for missing out on your exams Nala! I would have seen them if I didn't had to stay at the infirmary, I swear!"

"Don't worry about it." Nala responded, giving the shielder a little smile while looking back at her. "I'm just happy you are okay Mash."

"If you say so!" Mash replied, smilling clumsly while rubbing the back of her head. She was having quite the energy today.

"How were the results of Mash's diagnosis, Leonardo?" Romani asked to Da Vinci.

"Fully operation and at a hundread percent! She woke up today feeling like new." Da Vinci gave him the report. "The operation was a success!"

"Great! That means we can go for the important thing now!" Romani exclaimed, clapping his hands together, getting the others attention. "Our next Singularity!"

"Oh that's right! Today would be the day we're going for our next mission. We were just waiting for you to get better, Mash." Ritsuka told to his demi-servant.

"That's very kind of all of you guys. I spent each passing day looking forward to be with you again!" Mash replied back, happy to be with her group again.

"And before we can start our brief analysis on this Singularity..." Da Vinci went close to Peko, telling him something. "Isn't this the perfect occasion to present them?"

"Oh! You're right! I almost forgot about it!" Peko chuckled in return, looking enthusiastic, much to the confusion of the rest.

"Present them? Present what?" Ritsuka asked to him, curious.

"A thing me and Da Vinci been working on for this entire month." Peko gave a cheeky smile.

"We will show you soon enough!" Da Vinci winked at them before looking at Nala. "But you also need to come with us, Nala-chan!"

"Hm? Really? Okay then." Nala replied, following an excited Peko and Da Vinci out of the control room while Ritsuka, Mash, Romani and Fou could only wonder what was going through their minds right now.

Then some minutes passed and the four where still waiting for the other three.

"What do you think Peko and Da Vinci-san were smiling about?" Mash asked to Ritsuka.

"I dunno. I find it strange even. Plus, why did they brought Nala alongside them?" Ritsuka said, not being sure as well.

"We're back!" The voice of Da Vinci shouted in an echo from a distance, walking into the Control Room accompanied by Peko and Nala.

"Here they come!" Romani said before seeing the twins entering, being immediatly struck in awe. "Holy-"

"Foooouuu!"

Ritsuka and Mash were also amazed.

"Peko. Nala. Your clothes..." Mash said as she gazed at the two.

Wearing a black uniform shirt with two white lines, grey pants with a few belts and a small bag on their legs, as well as militar boots and gloves, Peko and Nala presented themselves in their new outfits.

"TA-DA! We present to you, the newest Mystic Code from the first collaboration between Peko, the small genius, and I, the great Leonardo Da Vinci!" The italian inventor exclaimed, showing off the new set of identical clothes Peko and Nala were wearing.

"Awsome! You've finally got your own uniforms!" Ritsuka exclaimed, thinking how well it fitted on the twins.

"Thanks Ritsuka! We can tell by your reaction that mine and Da Vinci's job was well crafted!" Peko laughed a bit, enjoying the reaction of the others to his and Da Vinci's work. "We also made one for you if you wanna use it during this Singularity!"

"I have to say, these clothes do actually combine well!" Nala commented, checking her own clothes. "I didn't knew my brother would end up becoming a tailor."

"With enough incentive and the right disposition, anything is possible to make!" Da Vinci replied, proud in her and her 'student' work.

"How long did it take you doing those?" Romani asked.

"Between us, I alone would have that done in two days. However, since Peko was the one who came up with the idea and asked me for help, it took about almost a week." Da Vinci whispered in his ear for the others to not ear. "You should have seen him attempting it on his first few tries! It was so cute!"

"Heh. Mama Da Vinci being proud of her boy. What an unexpected side of the genius." Romani reased her a bit, joking.

"Hey! Stop saying that!" Da Vinci blushed a bit, slapping Romani in the back. "Don't you have more important things to say?"

"Ah crap! You're right!" Romani said, being remembered of it before coughing for a brief moment. "Attention now everyone!" He called out the group, still checking on the new Mystic Codes. "Here's the information about our next Singularity: The Holy Land of Jerusalem, 1273 AD! The end of the Ninth Crusade to be more specific."

"Jersualem. So we are going to such a place." Ritsuka commented, seeing what their next destination was.

"The one known as Lord Edward's crusade. If I recall it right, that period marked the beggining of the end to the Kingdom of Jersualem." Mash said, remembering of the information she read about the topic in the history books. "A kingdom that went and go alongside the period of the crusades."

"Then I presume the main problem of this Singularity must be related to that kingdom." Peko thought.

"Much likely. The Ninth Crusade was also deemed as the last one, for its aftermath brought an almost complete end of the crusaders to try and protect the holy land, falling to the hands of the mamluks at the very start of 14th century, ending with the traditional time period of the crusades." Romani gave it a bit more of a background. "However, this Singularity had already been detected before the one in North America. But due to SHEBA's detection of its high instablity, I had to let it pass for some time until the levels went down even for a small bit."

"The doctor is telling us that this Singularity was too dangerous for us to head straight on?" Mash speaked, slightly appalled.

"What's the reason for being such highly unstable in the first place?" Peko asked to the doctor.

"Because, and listen carefully to what I'm about to tell you, this Singularity, unlike the other ones, was not detected on CHALDEAS surface." Romani informed them, looking at the blue sphere of the world in the room. "Its section of a place being completely hollow as an hole left behind, as if it was escaping from the proper flux of humanity's history itself." Romani revealed with a serious voice. "While all the other Singularities you've witnessed before were attempts at disrupting human history, this one seems to want to become a whole new different timeline alltogether, being an independent threat from the Incineration of Humanity casted by Solomon."

"A Singularity becoming its own history?" Peko replied in perplexity.

"That means that whatever defining turning point for the divergence of the Singularity's history with that of humanity's has already happened." Mash said.

"Then we will arrive to this Singularity too late?" Nala asked, thinking if they could still come in time to repair a problem of that magnitude.

"Better late than never. As long as it's still somewhat connected to human history and hasn't become a total different timeline, there's still a chance to resolve it." Romani responded. "But due to all it unnatural characteristics, this Singularity's Foundation of Humanity's value has to be classified as EX-. Heading there, you won't know what to expect."

"Which is why for this particular journey of yours, I'm going with you!" Da Vinci revealed happily to them, catching the group off guard.

"What?! Da Vinci-san is going with us?!" Mash exclaimed, surprised.

"You knew about this too, Peko?" Ritsuka asked to his friend.

"N-not at all! I'm as surprised as you are! Da Vinci never told about it to me!" Peko replied, never having known about this in advance.

"But why are you coming with us all of a sudden? I thought you liked to spent more time in your office." Nala asked to Da Vinci, who giggled.

"And I do enjoy my office as if it was my own home. However, that doesn't mean I also don't appreciate going outside to have a stroll. Also, do you honestly tought we would let you going in such unpredictable and dangerous Singularity without any support? No way we would let that be!" She responded, giving the group context on why she was going with them.

"This is surely a first! Welcome aboard then, Da Vinci!" Ritsuka welcomed her into their group, now also being an addition to the core party.

"I hope you know what you're doing here, Leonardo. I can always Rayshift the others back to Chaldea if things don't go well, whereas you can't return if the Singularity still stands. You need to resolve in order to come back." Romani warned Da Vinci, reminding her of the predicament she will put herself into by going to the Singularity as well.

"And? You think I didn't took that into account?" Da Vinci gave him a smug. "Relax and take a coffee for a bit, Roman! I'm well aware of its dangers and I'm still choosing to go. I promise to be back as well as make sure the rest of them do as well! Una promessa!"

"Eeh, please don't go with the talk of promises. You know how usually that ends up." Romani told her a bit reluctant, but opting to overall letting her go with the team. "Anyways, if you are all prepared, get into the plataform!" He told to all of them.

"You heard the doctor guys! Time to go on another mission!" Da Vinci walked torwards the group, excited. "So, who's ready?"

"All of us are, Da Vinci!" Ritsuka replied to her, checking on his companions. "Isn't that right?"

"Ready for anything, master!" Mash replied.

"Fou fou!"

"The fact that we don't know what awaits us might be a bit gloomy. But we still got to do this! We didn't reached this far to just give up!" Peko responded.

"Whatever enemy we'll have to face in there, I'm prepared for it!" Nala exclaimed. "Besides, there's not a more perfect occasion for me to test out my new abilities and armour than a Singularity described like that!"

"You got your answer there!" Ritsuka smiled to Da Vinci after hearing all of his companions replies.

"Guess that's a go!" Da Vinci said happily. "Roman, prepare that Rayshift!"

"Me and the staff are already on that! You just worry about getting on the plataform." Romani said, given them a smile back before walking out of the Control Room, happy deep down that they were able to receive Mash in open arms despite learning the truth. "And once again, good luck guys..."

With the group and Da Vinci now on the plataform, they now awaited for the Rayshift.

"Iniciating operation Rayshift...

Starting in 3...2...1..."

In a huge and devastating sandstorm, a renaissence stylized buggy car traveled through the desert and its dunes. Driving it, Da Vinci and the rest of the team were looking for a way out of the sandstorm's domain, the strong winds blowing against the car's windshield. For their bad luck, they had just been Rayshifted to the middle of one, unable to due any notations in the area they were in apart from being obviously in a desert. Thankfully, it would seem Da Vinci had come really prepared, revealing to the others the buggy car that was helping them crossing through the storm.

"Any predictions on when we're getting out of this storm, Da Vinci?" Ritsuka asked her, now weating the same Mystic Code Peko and Nala were wearing.

"I do not know. This sandstorm clearly isn't a normal one. For all that we know, the entire Singularity could be under this effect." Da Vinci said, seeing no end to this hostile tempest.

"That would be a nightmare to travel around then! Good thing we've got this car now!" Peko added, standing besides the two.

"Eh, after your long trips in North America and complaints on how tiresome they were on foot, I've decided to craft a vehicle just for these types of travel! You can say goodbye to the long walks with that!" Da Vinci said happily before pulling an upset face. "But dammit that Romani! Letting us spawn right into a sandstorm! He's lucky that the communications are off right now, because when we come back to establish contact, I'm gonna share some few words with him."

"Da Vinci's being scary!"

"Da Vinci's being scary!"

Both Peko and Ritsuka said, being taken a bit aback from the small anger shown on the italian inventor's face.

"But still, hats off to you for this creation Da Vinci! It could easily be part of a rally tournament!" Ritsuka complimented her work.

"Huh? Cars are used to race?" Peko asked.

"They are! So many of them! Plenty of tournaments! Plus, there's one where cars, known as rallys, end up racing on natural courses such as deserts to see who reaches the ending line first!" Ritsuka told about the fantastic world of car races to Peko, fascinating the boy with such thing.

"Ooooh! Race cars look like the best thing ever! How cool!" Peko replied with great enthusiasm shinning on his eyes. "It's making me want to drive in one and everything!"

"Me too!" Ritsuka replied, having the same shine as well. "I know! Let's ask Da Vinci if we can drive this one!"

Peko gasped. "You're a wonderful genius Ritsuka! Let's ask her!"

"Hehehe, sorry boys. But this car is only for people with a driver's license or that feet can reach to the pedals." Da Vinci giggled, amused at the two's excitment.

"Wait? You have a driver's license?" Ritsuka asked her.

"No. But I certainly could have." She responded.

On the back of the buggy car, both Mash and Nala watched the three talking about cars with each other.

"Eh. Those two can be so silly sometimes. Don't you think that as well?" Mash asked to Nala, who was resting her elbow on the car's door, her face on her hand while looking to the huge sandstorm happening around them.

The girl initially didn't respond to Mash, only getting the shielder was talking to her some seconds after. "Hm? Oh, yeah. Of course they are." Nala responded with a lack of interest, giving a quick glance at Mash in her brief reply before going back to stare at the sandstorm.

"..." Mash stood a bit confused and concerned. This was the second time Nala talked to her in a nonchalant way after having left the infirmary. The shielder could only wonder why the girl was acting somewhat distant with her now, almost as if she wanted to ignore Mash's presence.

"Fouuu..." Even Fou could tell something wasn't right about Nala.

"Nala, be honest with me. Are you feeling okay? Is there a problem?" She asked, genuinely wanting to know what was wrong with her friend.

"No. I'm just...witnessing the sandstorm. That's all." Nala replied to her. With the truth of her short lifespan now revealed to Nala, the younger girl felt a small pain every time she looked at Mash. She still couldn't get that conversation out of her head, unable to pretend everything was okay in the way Ritsuka and Peko were doing.

Feeling that wasn't true but not wanting to force a more belivable answer out of her friend, Mash accepted it. "...Okay."

As the mood between the two remained silent on the back of the car while Ritsuka, Peko and Da Vinci were still going about their talk of cars and races on the front, the italian inventor suddenly tought to have sensed something.

"!"

"Hm? Why did you stopped talking all of a sudden Da Vinci?" Ritsuka asked her.

Getting a serious and tense glare on her face, Da Vinci grabbed the gearbox.

"Hold yourselves! Now!" Exclaiming, she changed the speed and direction of the car abruptly, doing a maneuver.

"H-Hey! Whoa!" Peko tried to maintain his balance as he and Ritsuka both held each other and the car seats in order to maintain balance.

"F-FOU?!"

"What's happening!?" Mash exclaimed at the back of the car, her and Nala also doing the same by instinct.

As if it came like an answer to the shielder's question, the entire ground begun to shake.

"An earthquake?! I'm tired of earthquakes!" Ritsuka exclaimed.

"This will be tight!" Da Vinci shouted, driving the car up a dune, trying to keep control of the vehicle as it jumped off, landing some meters into the sand with a violent landing.

"Ah!" Peko lost his balance with it, falling to the front, his head bumping onto Da Vinci's chest on accident.

Still concentrated and putting some struggle in the wheel however, Da Vinci managed to stabilized the car before it could crash or anything of the sort. Putting it to a full stop, she took a deep breath of relief. "Any of you okay?" She asked to the rest of the group, taking Peko's face out of her chest, the boy's cheeks blushing a bit from embaressment.

"I think so." Nala replied, rubbing a bit her head after the brutal landing. None of them seemed to have gotten hurt.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

Being stricked by a huge guttural heavy screech, the earth trembled with more intensity as something some half a mile away from the car erupted from the sand, surprising the group. With a huge hole appearing in the desert, a giant and enormous monster came out of it, being as big as a skyscraper as well as huge in diameter. A cylindrical and invertebrated body, with a sullied brown skin full of hardened sand. The being didn't had eyes, instead a huge circular mouth with countless sharp teeth on top of it. This figure stood tall and remarkable amidst the violent winds of the sandstorm, having sensed intruders on its house.

"It can't be!" Da Vinci said in utter bewilderment and awe, much like the rest of the group, all observing the giant monster that came out of the sandy soil.

Ritsuka had seen this being before in works of fiction, but never he had thought he would now being seeing one for real and so close to him. "Is that...a sandworm?!"

To be continued...

And that was it for chapter 93!

Like I've said in the previous chapter, this one was going to be a short one due to originally being part of that previous chapter, but it would result in quite a long one, which I think sometimes it's a better and more easier way to read and digest shorter chapters rather than long ones. Like, as a writer, I need to put myself in the shoes of the reader sometimes and ask 'Hmm, will they be comfortable reading a 15k+ chapter? Won't it feel too tiring to read in one sitting?'

And it's with questions like that that brought me to divide the chapter of today into two smaller ones, so that it would become more digestible for you the readers. Like, I'm not saying that you guys don't like long chapters. What there isn't shortage here of my fic are chapters that surpass the 10k words. But sometimes it is for the best for a narrative and reader's point of view to cut and divide the things than squishing all together.

Ah, and this Camelot will MOSTLY be the same as the one in the game, with just some differences here and there. (Yeah it also won't be totally the same as the movies duology). Peko and Nala finally have outfits besides their normal ones (Wich is actually the Mystic Code Ritsuka wears in the Camelot movies).

Anyways, that's all I wanted to say, and see you next time on chapter 94! Peace!

P.S:

(What if FGO was an open world gacha game instead?)

(Cuts to the Chaldea group standing next to the entry of a giant palace, a planet hanging above them)

Kadoc: Okay guys! Are you ready to save this entire country from the Mega Death Ball of Destruction casted by the bad guy?

Mash: Count us ready!

Peko: Same here!

Nala: Already warming-up!

Kadoc: Great...THEN WHERE THE HELL IS FUJIMARU GODDAMIT! WE AREN'T ABLE TO START THE FINAL MISSION WITHOUT HIM!

(Cuts to Ritsuka doing some exploration around the map area)

Ritsuka: Oh oh! I knew there would be a chest on this suspicious alley! (Spots a trashcan) Hmm, I wonder if there's any rare item in ther-

(Opening the trashcan, he finds two grey haired racoon twins inside)

Male Trail- Cosmic Baseball Player : Wrong gacha game?

Ritsuka: Wrong gacha game.