Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

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After the [Bush of Young Birds] is unfolded, the world within this area will be constructed according to the power holder's ideas!

The upper limit of this power is very high.

The downside is that it's not easy to operate.

Roland tried this power briefly and found that constructing a world was extremely difficult!

Basically, it's difficult to use this power effectively without long-term practice and habit.

For Youzhu, she can focus on studying this power in the future and master it sooner or later, but for Roland, investing a lot of time and energy in this power is not very meaningful.

After understanding Youzhu's powers, Roland didn't rush to awaken the Shadow Mage's divine status. Instead, he stayed in this huge space waiting for Bazett and Youzhu to return.

Beside him was Artoria, who had been guarding the place all along.

Ever since Roland arrived, Artoria's gaze had been fixed on him. Roland had been focused on Yuzhu's powers and hadn't paid attention, but now that he had snapped out of it, he turned and met Artoria's eyes.

"what happened?"

Upon hearing Roland's question, Artoria seemed to suddenly realize something and come back to her senses.

"Ah, it's nothing... I just feel like there's been some change in you, but when I look closely I can't quite put my finger on what it is... Just pretend I didn't say anything."

Artoria shook her head slightly, while Roland sighed helplessly.

"There's no need to be so cautious..."

Roland made a token remark, but Artoria still had unresolved issues, so Roland knew she wouldn't listen. He simply didn't say anything more about it and instead explained things to Artoria.

"If I had to say something, there have indeed been some changes, but not in my physical appearance, but rather in my mindset."

At this point, Roland laughed.

“There were some things that bothered me a little before, the kind of things I had to deal with, but I didn’t understand them, so I couldn’t put my mind at ease.”

"This mindset might not be what a strong person should have, but you've known me for a long time, so you know that it didn't take me very long to get to where I am today from being an ordinary person, so it's inevitable that I'll have this kind of mindset."

"But now the problem that has been bothering me is gone. Right now, it's like I've put down a huge rock that I've been carrying. I feel so relaxed, and naturally, people feel different about me."

As Roland and Artoria exchanged those words, their eyes meeting in a deep gaze.

After all, this problem wasn't unique to him; he was just troubled by some issues, while Artoria's was a very serious inner conflict, and she lived a much heavier life than he did.

Artoria might understand Roland's meaning, or she might not.

In short, she simply nodded, her face expressionless, and said nothing.

Seeing Artoria like this, Roland wasn't in a hurry.

Roland planned to slowly untangle Artoria's inner conflict once they arrived in Britain.

So when Artoria looked away, he looked away too.

Then, at the location of the Greater Grail, as the light gradually intensified, a figure appeared in the open space—it was Bazett, who had obtained her reward and returned!

As soon as Bazett opened her eyes, she saw Roland and Artoria, and then she walked over with a smile.

"I'm back, and I've gained a lot this time—I've also completed my own practice!"

Bazett said this first, and then, as if she had finally let out something she had been suppressing all along, she walked up to Roland and Artoria and gave them a proper introduction and demonstration of her independent bestowal of magical cause and effect!

It must be said that Bazett's magic, like the magic she possesses, is quite suitable for combat.

While she is far less skilled in research than Roland and Orange, her contribution to improving Bazett's combat abilities is particularly significant.

After arriving at the source and completing the procedure, Bazette became much more cheerful.

"Last time, I arrived at the source with you all, but in the end, I was the only one who didn't complete the Dharma. That was so embarrassing. So this time, no matter what kind of Dharma I complete, even if it's something I can't even explain myself, as long as it's Dharma, I'll be satisfied."

"Otherwise, if we reach the source twice, and this time Yuzhu completes the method while I still fail, it would be too embarrassing."

After completing the legal process, Bazette felt relieved.

People are afraid of comparison.

So it's enough that she completed the spell. Even if later, a pearl completes a spell that is more powerful than hers, it doesn't matter. As long as she can complete the spell, that's enough!

After all, no matter how fast the progress of the Pearl is, it can only complete a law, so everyone is equal!

Roland could tell that Bazett was thinking this way, so he planned to tell her about Youzhu's situation first, so that she wouldn't be too embarrassed later.

After all, although he knew the inside story, there was a divine spark that the pearl had condensed in the Holy Grail space, which Artoria did not know.

However, before Roland could even offer a gentler reminder to Bazett, the light from the Greater Grail flared up once more!

Yuzhu has also emerged from the Holy Grail Space!

Although Ayumi's divine body did not change much in appearance from her original form, Artoria still sensed that alien divinity from Ayumi the moment she saw her.

Just as she was somewhat stunned and Roland was about to speak, Youzhu, who saw them, quickly ran over and spoke directly!

Yoo-joo's emotional expressions are not exaggerated, so her expression of happiness is reflected in her speaking speed.

So much so that she was able to explain her situation in such a short distance.

"I have completed the law, and I have also condensed a divine spark!"

Upon hearing the first part of the sentence, Bazett calmly nodded. She knew about Yuzhu's situation; the other party was a direct descendant of the First Mage, and she would find it strange if she couldn't complete the spell.

But Bazett was clearly stunned when he heard the second half of Yuzhu's sentence.

It has condensed divine essence!?

Bazett was a long-time member of the gods; how could she not know what divinity was?

After all, although everyone is a member of the divine group, even someone like Ishtar who was a god before joining would be a bit of a stretch to call herself a god within the divine group. In Roland's divine group, only Roland, the center of the divine group and the one who has condensed a divine spark and possesses that kind of heterogeneous divinity, is a god within the divine group. Roland did not set a rule for this, but it is something that all members of the divine group tacitly agree on.

So she looked at Yuzhu, and then at Artoria and Roland.

Youzhu condensed a divine essence, Artoria condensed a divine essence, and Roland's situation is special, as he is at the center of the divine group!

So...

Although something else was used this time, but—

I'm such a loser again!?

....

196. Roland, watching everyone.

Seeing that Bazett was becoming withdrawn again, Roland quickly comforted her and then let her go back to rest after she felt a little better.

Artoria saw that Ayumi and Bazett had come out, so she went back.

After all, she had gotten along quite well with Mordred during this time, so she spent almost all her free time with Mordred. This kind of kinship made Artoria, who had never met a blood relative since childhood, and whose sister had always been against her after meeting her, and was eventually stabbed to death by the child who inherited her bloodline, feel incredibly warm.

She felt a bit like Ilya with Irisviel, but not exactly the same.

However, it can be considered a positive development.

After the two of them left on their own, Roland and Yuzhu walked out of the underground space side by side and strolled along the castle's long corridor, bathed in the moonlight shining in from the huge windows.

"Divine awakening usually occurs when one's circumstances change... So you understand what you want?"

Upon hearing Roland's words, Yuzhu was taken aback.

Just like before Yuzhu came here, she didn't expect that Roland would take her along when she had the chance to reach the source—Yuzhu, who hadn't had much contact or communication with Roland and didn't even think about Roland when she was condensing her divine spark, was a little surprised by Roland's understanding of her.

"Ah, I understand now."

Yuzhu nodded somewhat stiffly, then turned her head to look at Roland for a while before slowly asking a question.

"Roland, do you know so much about my situation?"

Yuzhu was quite certain that, as someone who never liked to have any unnecessary contact with others, she had no acquaintances in the God Group other than the members of Kuon no Tori and Orange.

Moreover, when she saw the problem at the root of the issue, she herself was somewhat unaware of it, and neither Orange, Aoko, nor Arisu were certain that they were absolutely unaware of it.

but

Roland seems to know?

Youzhu was somewhat puzzled.

When Roland heard Youzhu ask this question, he smiled warmly.

"Yes, I think I have a fairly good understanding of everyone's situation."

"For example, Artoria has always had a knot in her heart; Orange is struggling with whether to use her own magic to directly modify her body and enter the inhuman realm because of the results of her research on the Mecha God; Aoko, after learning about the strength of some members of the God Group and traveling around the world of Akame ga Kill!, learned martial arts, and then, perhaps feeling that she was a bit weak, she has been strengthening her understanding and mastery of magic; Medea has basically completed the construction of the Mecha God, but she found that she could not pilot the real Mecha God, so she intensified her research on the pseudo-Mecha God she was wearing, planning to wear the pseudo-Mecha God to pilot the truly completed Mecha God..."

Roland recounted the recent situations of many members of the God Group before finally looking at Youzhu.

"...You've always been like a little hedgehog curled up in a ball, almost refusing to establish diplomatic relations with any strangers, but judging from your attitude towards Aoko, you're not entirely without desire for these things."

"So I judge that besides the problem of the witch race, you always protect yourself too much, so you also put too many rules and restrictions on yourself, making you act like a puppet, following the rules step by step, just like Alice in the fairy tale, never doing anything outside the story's direction—to the point that you don't even know what you really want."

"Am I right?"

Upon hearing Roland's words, Youzhu was surprised by Roland's understanding of the members of the God Group, and also by how accurate Roland's judgment of her was. So she widened her eyes and then nodded silently.

Seeing her expression, Roland's smile widened.

"That's good."

"You understand what you want, and the divine body you've created after condensing your divine spark has also solved the problem of the witch's race. So from now on, you can live more easily."