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"So--"

"This Sunday, let's try doing something more fun outside the room."

"Now, we need to have a proper meeting."

"see you then."

After saying that, Ian walked past Ophelia.

The magician turned around and looked at the man's figure blending into the crowd, and his heart actually fluttered a little.

Is this time outside the room?

Could it be that we're going to be outside...?

wrong!

Why am I starting to look forward to it again?!

This guy is terrifying!

Ophelia shook her head, somewhat uneasy, and followed back into the crowd.

Although there were only 49 Master candidates in total in Groups A and B, the meeting hall was also filled with staff from various departments of Chaldea.

Olga Marie's intentions went beyond simply reassuring the Master candidates.

She also hopes that the Chaldea staff will no longer have to live in fear because of this incident.

and so--

There will probably be close to two hundred people in the conference room by the end.

Ian sensed that this would be a very important meeting.

But as soon as he entered, he heard a familiar voice.

"senior!"

Ian looked in the direction of the sound and saw Ma Xiu standing not far away, waving at him.

The man smiled calmly and nodded at her, indicating that he had seen her.

The pink-haired girl immediately pushed her way through the crowd entering the hall.

"Senior~ I'm so glad to finally meet you."

"Hmm, but why are you the only one here?"

"Ritsuka and Mordred are up ahead!" Mash pointed to the front of the conference hall.

"I was afraid you wouldn't be able to find your way, so I waited for you here."

"Oh... as expected of Mashu." Ian reached out and ruffled her hair. "She's so thoughtful even about things like this."

"Hmm~"

Mashu blushed, seemingly enjoying the feeling of Ian patting her head.

"Senior, let's go back to the front now!"

"Ritsuka and Mordred must have been waiting for a long time!"

As she spoke, the pink-haired girl wanted to take Ian back with her.

But to her surprise, the man grabbed her hand at that moment.

"No, Mashu."

"We don't sit in the front row."

"Huh?" Mashu realized something.

"So...where should we sit?"

"Let's sit somewhere where no one's around." Ian patted the girl's cheek. "What do you think?"

Mashu lowered her head.

"……it is good."

The Chaldea meeting hall is quite large.

Even with so many people sitting down, Ian still managed to find a relatively secluded spot for Mash.

That was a corner in the upper left of the conference hall, where you could see ahead but there were hardly any people sitting there.

The man and the girl arrived there.

The meeting began at this very moment.

Olga Marie walked to the front of the stage carrying a pile of things.

have to say.

Although she is actually very young, she exudes an old-fashioned aura.

Ian couldn't help but wonder how she had become like this.

"Hey, hey, can you hear me?"

After the standard microphone test, Olga Marie got straight to the point and began to recount the events of the helicopter incident to those present.

It's clear that she genuinely wanted everyone in Chaldea to fully understand this event.

But for Ian, this meant nothing.

Because compared to this official explanation, he experienced almost the entire event firsthand.

What can be said, and what cannot be said.

He knows everything.

Ian had also privately told Olga Marie not to reveal her name.

She did indeed do that—Hinako Akuta's reaction was enough to prove that her name did not spread with the incident.

This is garbage time in the meeting, but we have to savor it.

But just then, Mashu's voice came through.

"Senior, may I ask you a question?"

Similar to Ian's situation, Mashu was also very familiar with the whole thing—which was also her downtime.

"of course can."

Ian took Mash's hand.

"what happened?"

"that is……"

Mashu took her phone out of her clothes with her other hand—the screen still showed the photo of her near the Twin Gardens where Ian had written several tally marks on it.

"Those messages today, were they posted by the senior himself?"

“…” Ian remained silent for a moment.

"You knew already?"

“Yeah.” Mashu nodded sadly. “Because you would never talk like that, senpai… so I knew it right away.”

"In that case—"

Ian looked at Mash.

Why did you still do it?

“Because…” Mashu’s throat moved slightly, “even if it wasn’t a message from Senpai.”

"But since you used your senior's account, it means your senior must have tacitly approved of it, right?"

"So... I'll just comfort myself by following my senior's advice."

"but--"

Mashu looked at Ian cautiously.

"I want to know where you were back then..."

"However, if you feel it's unnecessary to tell me, you don't have to!"

Mashu was very careful about her attitude, as if she was worried that saying something carelessly would cause Ian to dislike her.

Men are bound to be somewhat moved.

"Namashu, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

“Either is fine.” Mashu lowered her head. “Whichever you want to say, Senpai, I’ll believe you.”

"But if possible, I'd like to hear the truth."

“I’m with Ophelia,” Ian stated directly.

"Eh?!"

Mashu's eyes widened; she was clearly surprised.

But she didn't ask any further questions.

"Okay, okay... I understand."

Ian was certainly aware of Mash's thoughts.

He continued:

"Because I have an idea about you, and I just wanted to ask her about it."

"About my thoughts?" Mash was even more surprised now.

“Hmm.” Ian nodded. “I was wondering if it would be possible for you to learn some simple magic tricks.”

"That way, you won't feel like you're unworthy of the title of Master candidate."

Ian did have that idea.

Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Olga Marie's notification.