Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

She had no answer until now.

But when she saw that Tiamat harbored no resentment and continued to gaze at her tenderly, she thought that perhaps she should have given it a try...

So even though her first words were a question, she was no longer concerned with the answer. Many of the things she was about to say were now forgotten, leaving her momentarily at a loss for what to say.

So she stood there stunned for a long time before finally managing to utter this sentence...

"Mother...I'm sorry!"

"If only we had trusted you more back then..."

Ishtar gradually raised her voice, but Tiamat stopped her by reaching out her hand.

"I don't blame you, I never have."

“My mission ended long ago. I knew that from the moment the world was born… At that time, I should have made choices and started to grow, but I was just simply attached to you all, so I greedily procrastinated and did nothing proactively.”

Hearing Tiamat say that, Ishtar tried to speak, but Tiamat didn't remove the fingers that were covering her mouth.

"So let's not talk about this anymore, let's just leave what happened in the past behind."

"You've changed from what you used to be, and so have I, so let's start everything from now on, okay?"

Tiamat's soft voice had no intimidating power whatsoever; in fact, no matter how she asked, her words sounded more like a plea.

But Ishtar couldn't refuse at all.

"...Yes, I understand, Mother."

Ishtar grabbed Tiamat's hand in return, this time taking the initiative and refusing to let go, while Tiamat seemed to enjoy the feeling of her child being affectionate with her.

And make a decision in your heart.

—I was a bit disappointed that Shishi refused to eat the food I cooked before, so I'll make up for it here in Ishtar. I'll definitely cook for her when I have time!

She didn't voice her thought, and Ryougi Shiki didn't hear it either.

Otherwise, Ryougi Shiki would probably be so angry she'd laugh out loud.

Even with Ryougi Shiki's personality, she wouldn't say anything too harsh to Tiamat. However, she really couldn't bring herself to eat the food that made her feel threatened with death just by looking at it!

She wasn't prepared to risk her life for it!

Ryougi Shiki didn't tell anyone else about this, and no one else had ever seen Tiamat cook.

So even Roland wasn't aware of this. It was only when he saw that Ishtar and Tiamat, though each seemed to have their own little thoughts, had temporarily reconciled that he decided to speak.

Roland's thoughts on Tiamat and Ishtar's matter differed from theirs, but he couldn't interfere.

After all, this is their own business, so how they resolve it is up to them.

They are the ones who truly have the decision-making power.

Roland wouldn't interrupt unless it was something particularly outrageous.

He even felt somewhat superfluous here, so Roland looked towards Ishtar.

"You two can talk slowly later, but right now... didn't you just say that Aiko is still waiting? Why don't we go and find her first?"

.....ten feet..

51. Reunion with Ayaka Sajō

When talking about Scandinavia, the first thing that comes to Roland's mind is that hellish joke about using your skull as a bowl.

But when we actually arrived here, what we saw was not what we had imagined.

The European-style buildings, though not towering, are neatly arranged and do not block out the sky. The streets are not wide but are relatively clean.

Because it had just rained, the air was still humid, the sky was dark, and it was even a bit chilly, but on both sides of the dark street, warm lights emanated from every huge shop window.

This contrast makes the whole street seem like it's in a fairy tale.

The pedestrian street is draped with lights that resemble twinkling warm stars.

As you walk around the corner, you can see several children dressed in white gathered together, singing hymns.

It was on such a street that Roland met Sajo Aika again.

The feeling I had when I saw her this time was completely different from the last time I saw her.

The last time I saw her in that pure white space, she seemed like a newborn deity, blending into the white space, her eyes brimming with a certain divine charm—pure, flawless, and extremely sacred.

She was dressed in a white gauze dress, and if people saw her, they probably wouldn't call her a saint; they would likely think she was a true god descended from heaven.

This time, Aika Sajou was wearing a black women's coat, and perhaps because the weather was quite cold, she was also wrapped in a woolen scarf. Her fair skin contrasted with the black clothes, making her light golden hair and clear blue eyes, like the sky, look exceptionally bright.

If this is a fairytale city, then anyone who has seen Ayaka Sajou would probably have no doubt that she is the protagonist of the story.

This is Ayaka Sajou.

He was also Roland's companion at this moment.

As for Ishtar, who brought Roland here, she didn't want to get involved in Roland's gossip in the first place, so she took Tiamat with her and left, leaving Roland and Ayaka Sajou alone.

Ishtar felt that Roland and Sajou Aika must be quite familiar with each other, so they must have a lot to say to each other after not seeing each other for so long.

But this was actually only Roland and Sajo Aika's second meeting, so their time alone together was unexpectedly a little awkward.

Roland knew this couldn't go on, so he turned to look at Ayaka Sajou, only to find that she had also turned around at that moment. They stared at each other and then spoke at the same time, almost instinctively.

"Feel sorry..."

Unexpectedly, the two of them fell silent again.

But Roland then spoke up on his own initiative.

"You go ahead and say it."

Hearing his words, Ayaka Sajou nodded.

"I'm sorry, because that white space was like a dream to me last time, I woke up halfway through the conversation. I'm really sorry."

When she first discovered that Roland had stopped contacting her, Aika Sajou felt a strange sense of unease, something she hadn't experienced in a long time.

She hadn't felt this way in a long time—wanting something but not being able to get it.

However, after calming down a bit, she realized that the space was her dream. Although she didn't know how Roland had entered her dream that time, she figured it wouldn't have been easy.

Otherwise, Roland wouldn't have been the first person she'd seen there in all these years.

Then she thought about finding Roland.

During this process, Sajou Aika, who was initially only a little curious about Roland, gradually developed feelings that grew until Rin Tohsaka told her about Roland, which finally stopped her.

She had thought about what she would say if she met Roland, but she, who could quickly master almost anything, couldn't think of anything.

So in the end, the first thing I said was this.

Roland shook his head slightly after hearing her apology.

"Perhaps that's true, but I also have my faults. After all, I was talking about the God Group the whole time, and I didn't even give a proper self-introduction or tell you that I could only go there once."

"Let's leave the topic of apologies here. Before you disappear, let me give you a proper self-introduction."

As Roland said this, Aika Sajou laughed.

Her smile resembled that of a large, blooming flower.

After the conversation started, the atmosphere between Roland and Aika Sajou became less awkward.

They walked along this fairytale-like street, chatting about all sorts of random things.

This time, Roland didn't rush to talk about his divine group.

This time, she spoke more about Aika Sajou, whom I had mostly listened to last time.

She first talked about her family, and then said that before she met Roland, she could do almost anything, so she felt bored doing anything.

Then she talked about her travels around the world, and finally about the Edelfeld family, whom she had met during this time.

If Roland simply introduced himself, then she used this method to give a speech or write a paper and read it aloud to Roland about the matter of self-introduction.

Roland already knew a considerable portion of what happened to Aika Sajou's family and to her own affairs.

Roland knew nothing about the travel aspect.

But there were some things Roland could have guessed.

For example, although Rin Tohsaka came to Northern Europe and visited the Edelfelt family, she and Luvia, the current head of the Edelfelt family, seemed to be born to clash. They almost quarreled on their first meeting and were extremely at odds.

It's still Sakura and Karenla's story.

Then Rin Tohsaka didn't live in the Edelfelt family's yard like Ayaka Sajou, but went to the church and lived with Kallen.

Thinking of this, Roland recalled that when the God Group Communication function was first activated, Rin Tohsaka not only told him about the situation in Europe and Ayaka Sajou, but also took the opportunity to mention Kallen.

Thinking about it that way, it seems that Rin and Kallen have a pretty good relationship.

"However, I can tell that those two are just unwilling to admit defeat; they don't actually have much hostility towards each other."

Seeing that Roland seemed interested in the matter, Aika Sajo expanded on the topic.

"However, this unwillingness to admit defeat sometimes leads to misunderstandings. For example, the Edelfelt family is currently facing some problems. It is said that there have been significant changes and shifts in focus within the Einzbern family, which has caused considerable turmoil in the European magic technology and mystical market..."

"Then, because Luvia was too young, she was unable to fully inherit the connections of the previous head. So, while other families were discussing various matters with the Einzbern family, she couldn't get a word in edgewise. In addition, Europe was currently in turmoil with the Dead Apostles, so she was actually troubled by these things every day."