In the world of Type-Moon, it all begins with becoming Morgan's husband!

Ian is the former, while Fujimaru Ritsuka is not.

This is not because the girl didn't try.

On the contrary, in order to make a good impression on Ian, Fujimaru Ritsuka changed her usual attitude and became extremely focused.

But the result was far from what she had imagined.

After a few days, her learning progress was, if not stagnant, at least going in circles.

Ian saw it all and was very anxious.

But he knew he could only patiently continue teaching her—he absolutely could not put pressure on her.

That will cause problems.

at night.

Ian, who had trouble sleeping, woke up—he was still thinking about Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Just then, the man heard a sob.

He turned around and saw that Fujimaru Ritsuka had already sat up, covering her mouth with her hands and sobbing.

"Ritsuka... what's wrong?"

"Eh?!"

The girl was surprised that Ian would wake up at this time.

She quickly wiped her eyes and then nudged the man next to her.

"What are you doing... Go to sleep!"

"I'm going to take a shower!"

After saying that, Fujimaru Ritsuka quickly got up and ran into the bathroom of room 016.

She slammed the door shut, then stood in front of the mirror, looked at herself, and murmured to herself:

"How could I be so stupid?"

"I can't learn anything at all."

"Yeah, it is pretty stupid."

The bathroom door opened again, and Ian appeared there.

"but--"

"That's no reason to hide in the bathroom and cry."

"you……"

Seeing Ian appear at the door, Fujimaru Ritsuka was somewhat at a loss.

"Didn't I say I was going to take a shower?"

"Why did you come in?!"

“I know you’re taking a shower.” Ian gave a knowing smile.

"But I also want to wash."

"Wouldn't it save more time if we went together?"

"..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka did not refute Ian's words.

Or rather, she was so heartbroken that she couldn't refute it anymore.

Warm steam filled the bathroom.

In front of the slightly damp mirror, Ian embraced Fujimaru Ritsuka and gently comforted her:

"You must be feeling...very uncomfortable, right?"

“…Hmm.” Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed. “Ian, why can’t I learn it?”

"Fool, it's just that the time was too short."

Ian stroked Fujimaru Ritsuka's already wet red hair.

"It's only been a few days, how could it be so easy to learn?"

"...Are you trying to comfort me?" the girl asked.

“I am indeed trying to comfort you,” Ian said, not hiding his intentions, “but I am also stating the facts.”

"I know you want to become stronger quickly."

"but--"

"Some things can't be rushed... You need to calm down."

"I believe you can do it, it's just a matter of time."

"Really?" Ian's encouragement gave Fujimaru Ritsuka a bit more confidence.

"of course it's true."

The man's tone softened—it was his most sincere confession.

"You...you're my chosen savior partner, you haven't forgotten that, have you?"

"You actually remember this!"

"Of course I remember."

Ian smiled slightly and lowered his head to kiss the girl's soft lips.

"so--"

"Don't think too much right now... just relax a little."

Fujimaru Ritsuka naturally wouldn't resist what Ian said.

She also needs some time to forget those painful things.

however--

What the two were unaware of was...

Just as they were relaxing and finding some relief from the pain, the door to the room was pushed open.

"Hey, why didn't you lock the door?"

Olga Marie, who was saying these words, appeared there!

252. The Director's Feelings / Resonance Outside the Bathroom / The Problem (4k)

Although she nominally requested a demotion to the position of director's secretary, Olga Marie's workload didn't actually decrease much.

Ultimately, she wanted to ensure that the enormous organization her father left behind could continue to operate.

of course.

It's not easy to do something like this.

At least... it's not simple right now.

Olga Marie's heart aches whenever she sees the death list filled with the names of her former colleagues.

She deeply regretted trusting Rafe so much, which led to such a terrible mistake.

However—

Despite her regret, Olga Marie realized after Ian's encouragement that simply being upset wouldn't help.

She has to find a way to make up for all of this and fill the huge hole she dug herself.

For this reason, it was several days later when she, exhausted from her work, learned that Fujimaru Ritsuka was learning magic from Ian.

Under these circumstances, Olga Marie went through a lot of trouble before finally finding room 016 where the two were.

Even though it was already night.

But Olga Marie was so focused on finding the two of them that she didn't care about anything else—she didn't even notice who the room originally belonged to.

But something unexpected happened at that moment.

She was just about to knock on the door when she discovered it wasn't locked at all.

"What are you doing... not locking the door at night? Aren't you afraid something might happen?"

Olga Marie had just uttered this complaint when she realized something.

like……

There's absolutely no way something could go wrong.

At this moment, only the people of Chaldea remained in the entire world.

With the current shortage of manpower, let alone leaving the door unlocked, even if the door were wide open, there's no way anyone else would come here.

Thinking of this, Olga Marie couldn't help but feel even sadder.

But realizing that this wouldn't work, the director shook his head, throwing away all his previous ideas.

"excuse me."

She gently pushed open the door and walked into room 016.

She knew this was Ophelia's room—except that Ophelia herself had fallen into a deep sleep from which there was no end in sight.

However, Olga Marie did not expect this.

At this moment, there was no one in the room.

The bathroom light was on, and some rather strange noises were coming from inside.

So familiar—

Olga Marie closed her eyes and listened intently to the sounds emanating from the bathroom.

and many more!