Thanks for the invitation. I'm in Type-Moon, inheriting the legacy of Zi-O.

Despondent, she lay on the ground again, covering her face with her hands and crying incessantly.

"Wouldn't it be better if I just... died like this..."

"No!" He forcefully pried open Black Jeanne's hands that were covering her face, flipped her over and pinned her down, staring directly into her red and swollen eyes as he shouted, "No, absolutely not! You are not some worthless creation that deserves to die!"

"Huh?" Looking at the man on top of her, Jeanne Alter forgot to resist for a moment because of his words.

“So I’ve already said it! You’re not some creation that’s used and then thrown away.” Nian Zhuo shook his head helplessly, then looked at Jeanne Alter with an incredibly firm gaze.

"You are! The enemy who once drove me, the King of Time, to the brink of despair!" Just as he finished speaking, Zhuo's expression twitched. {I really'm not good at saying harsh things...}

"You are! You almost destroyed France at one point, tainting this land with the terrifying 'Dragon Witch'!"

"No value? Nothing of your own? That's not true, you idiot!" Zhuo shouted, staring intently at the lifeless girl in front of him.

"An artificial body, a borrowed heart! It doesn't matter!" Grabbing the chain around Black Jeanne's chest, Zhuo forced her to see only himself. "At least to me, you are unique! An enemy who wanted to kill me! What are you now, in this state!"

“And another thing---” Zhuo sniffed, but suddenly paused.

"What else...? Tell me quickly!" This time, it was Black Jeanne who grabbed Nianzhuo's collar, staring straight at him, like a drowning person clinging to a straw.

"And I touched your breasts and...buttocks, even though I didn't mean to! But you said the same thing back then, didn't you? 'You must kill me!'" Zhuo, having regained the initiative, looked at the increasingly bright dark golden eyes of Black Jeanne and said loudly.

"So, back then! The thought you had of killing me was also given to you by someone else! Answer me! Joan of Arc Alter!"

"You have no reason to live! I'll give you that reason! You hate me, don't you? Then come and kill me! I'll be waiting for you!" Black Jeanne's eyes gradually brightened, but Zhuo didn't notice, and continued to say, "My goal is to end all despair! How about that! The opposite of you, huh! Then take me as your enemy! Your mortal enemy! Just for this ideal! You'd better live, you idiot!"

"..." Silence fell. Black Jeanne kept her head down, released her grip on Nencho's collar, and slowly stood up.

Then she covered her face with one hand and burst into loud laughter. {Imagine Jeanne Alter's laughter}

"Hahahaha! Are you an idiot? How could you let someone you consider an enemy live?" Wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, Black Jeanne stared intently at Nian Zhuo, who was lying flat on the ground.

"Ugh, I'm such an idiot, okay? I can't stand seeing a beautiful girl cry. Besides, you're an idiot anyway. Only an idiot can talk to her. Got it?" After saying all that, Zhuo now wished he could dig a hole and bury himself.

However, sensing the danger, Zhuo instinctively rolled to the side.

"Bang---" A small ball of black flame struck the spot where Zhuo had just been.

"Hey! Do you want to kill me?!" She sat up angrily, glaring at Jeanne d'Arc Alter who was whistling.

"Anyway, you survived Fafnir's dragon breath, so this little fire is nothing..." Jeanne Alter turned her head away, not letting Nianzhuo see her expression. "Tch~"

But then she threw something else at me.

He caught it with both hands, staring blankly at the black lock gleaming with metallic light in his hands; it must be the one from Black Jeanne's chest.

"Here you go... As your enemy, only I can kill you~ Remember that!" Turning her head, Jeanne Alter's face was flushed with embarrassment. "This is the proof I'm giving you. Before I find you, you absolutely cannot be killed by anyone!" Then, golden light quickly appeared. Jeanne Alter, who had been relying solely on the magic crystal, had exhausted her magic power due to the attack just now. So, she glanced at Nian Zhuo with a slight sense of resentment before disappearing from the scene.

"..." Staring blankly at the chain in his hand, strangely, it did not disappear with him. Zhuo shook his head helplessly, smiled, and put it in his pocket. "She is really a girl that you can't do anything with."

Zhuo stood up, stretched, and started walking back.

----In complete darkness---

Jeanne Alter opened her eyes and squeezed her hands, which felt unreal.

"Am I...dead?" "No, you're not~" A little girl slowly emerged from the void, answering her question.

"Who are you?" Jeanne Alter stared hostilely at the little girl in front of her, trying to tighten her grip on the black flag in her hand.

"I advise you not to do that~ After all, I'll be your boss soon." A chair appeared out of nowhere, and the little girl happily crossed her legs on it. "I~ um~ you usually call me the Earth's Counterforce, my name is Gaia~"

"Gaia? The Counter Force? What, am I going to become a Heroic Spirit? I don't remember ever being in history..." Jeanne Alter, who had gained some knowledge through the Holy Grail, was a little confused. The Singularity had been repaired, so she should have disappeared completely.

“No, it’s a singularity…” The little girl, who called herself “Gaia”, nodded with some confusion, seemingly trying to figure out the best way to explain it. “It’s like a parallel world. In that world, you did indeed commit the feat of almost destroying France. You are the ‘Dragon Witch’.”

Looking directly at Jeanne Alter in front of her, Gaia reached out her hand. "Unfortunately, you can only exist as an anti-Heroic Spirit and avenger, because that's all you're defined by."

"Fine~" Jeanne Alter said with a forced smile, looking unhappy. "Even if I become a Heroic Spirit, no one can summon me..." Suddenly, she paused as if she had thought of a possibility.

"You gave your relic to a certain man, didn't you?" With a smile, Gaia extended her hand towards Jeanne Alter in front of her. "So, are you going to gamble on that possibility?"

"Haha, hahahahahaha!" Covering her face and laughing, Jeanne Alter felt as if she had never been so happy. She engraved the man's words into her heart and grasped Gaia's outstretched hand.

"Hi~ Contract complete~ Now all we have to do is wait~ Good luck." Gaia waved to Jeanne Alter, then disappeared.

Meanwhile, Jeanne Alter gripped the chain around her neck tightly.

Waiting for that little miracle to happen.

The first singularity, marking the completion of the mission.

Holding the so-called "token" given to him by Jeanne d'Arc, Zhuo returned to Ritsuka and the others.

The world has begun to gradually correct itself. The two-legged dragons that were lying on the plains have turned into particles and disappeared little by little. If the prison city still exists, it will probably leave this world in the same way.

However, it had already been kicked flat by Zhuo Yi...

"So, I'm leaving this world." Ritsuka's hands trembled slightly. "The traces I left here, the places where I fought, will all disappear completely..." As she spoke, Ritsuka looked behind her. There used to be a dark and imposing castle there, but now only a huge pit remained.

And this giant crater is constantly disappearing, with new soil continuously filling it. In a few more minutes, both the prison city and the impact crater will probably be gone, leaving only an ordinary plain.

"Don't be so sad, Ritsuka." Patting Ritsuka's head, Tsuruya turned and looked around.

"There will always be someone who remembers us..." -- saying such ambiguous words.

"It's time to go home."

The three stood side by side, and then crystal-blue particles flashed out as their consciousness sank into the spiritual transfer.

When they opened their eyes again, they were greeted by the familiar faces of the Chaldea staff.

"Congratulations on correcting the first singularity!" everyone cheered, and the fireworks in their hands went off.

With a "thud," countless colorful ribbons fell onto Nian Zhuo and the others.

Nian Zhuo and the others were still immersed in this surprise and hadn't recovered yet.

"Oh dear, I was so worried! What if Ritsuka and the others fail on their first attempt at restoration?! Waaaaah!" Dr. Roman, holding snacks in both hands, hadn't finished speaking when Da Vinci, standing nearby, said, "Hey~ enough with the jinxing~" while stuffing a cake into his mouth.

"Wait! I can't breathe! I'm choking!!!" Dr. Roman was left coughing incessantly.

"Hmph, doesn't Romani know how to say something nice?" Director Mary's face showed a rare smile.

Mary's lips twitched as she looked at the three travel-worn individuals.

"Ahem~ Although I don't usually praise others, I'll make an exception and compliment you all this time~"

Clearing her throat, Mary looked at Ritsuka with a smile for the first time.

"Welcome, humanity's last Master, welcome home." With that, he extended his hand.

"Director..." Ritsuka looked at her with teary eyes, then tightly grasped Mary's hands. "Waaah, even though I used to think you were a devil who tutored me, it's so good to see you now, waaaah! I'm back!"

"Eek! Wait, wait!" Seeing Ritsuka with tears in her eyes about to rub her face against her hand, Mary quickly pulled her hand away. "Although what you said just now seemed a bit off, I advise you to go back to your room and get some rest, and take a hot bath."

Then, Director Mary glanced at Nian Zhuo beside her, and walked up to him as if she had noticed something.

"..." Zhuo quietly hid the hand holding the Black Jeanne chain behind her back.

"Really, mind your image." Mary straightened her rumpled collar, her pretty face slightly flushed.

"Ma-----" Just as Takumi was about to say something, Ritsuka exclaimed in surprise beside him.

"Director Mary!" Ritsuka threw a cake at him.

"Smack—" It hit Mary squarely across the face, just as she was waiting for Nian Zhuo to say something.

"Huh---?" Mary touched her face in disbelief, and felt the stickiness of the cream on her hand. She was furious, and even her hair stood on end without any wind.

"Fujimaru Ritsuka!!!" Without saying a word, she grabbed a piece of cake and chased after Ritsuka. "Don't run! How dare you throw at me, your magic tutor!"

"..." Touching his neatly trimmed collar, Zhuo looked at Director Mary, who was playfully fighting with Ritsuka.

“I feel like it was all worth it…” “Um, Mr. Nianzhuo…” Mashu’s voice sounded beside me.

Zhuo turned his head to look, when he felt something soft pat his face.

"Hehe~ Even Mr. Nianzhuo gets pranked." Mashu's slightly playful voice rang out from in front of the pitch-black Nianzhuo.

Wiping the cream off his face, Zhuo looked at the figure that had run away.

Because of the transmigrator's connection to the Nen-Zhu, Mashu was not only accompanied by the doctor, so Mashu's personality became much more normal, and she was no longer as silent and rigid as before.

"Seriously, who wouldn't like a girl like that..." Zhuo touched his nose, picked up a piece of cake, and chased after her.

First Singularity: The Hundred Years' War of the Evil Dragon - Orleans - Completed!

After the banquet ended, Ritsuka was dragged to the director's room for a lesson by Director Mary with the excuse, "Did you think you wouldn't need to study magic after clearing the game?" Meanwhile, Nianzhuo accompanied Mashu back to the door of the room. After saying "goodnight" to each other, Zhuo also went to his own room.

After placing the chains of Black Jeanne on the table, Nian Zhuo stretched.

"Let's go take a hot shower first..."

I won't describe the bathing scene; nobody's going to read it anyway.

"Hoo-" Sitting on the bed, Zhuo moved his aching wrists, and his thoughts sank into his mind.

"System, please retrieve all my current physical data."

"----Okay." The next moment, the system's indifferent voice rang out in his mind, and a familiar light screen appeared in front of Zhuo, which was a rare sight.

"Host: Nian Zhuo"

"Strength: d-"

Durability: d

"Agile: e+"

"Magic: e"

"Lucky: C++"

"Noble Phantasm: {e+~~~~~~???}"

"All my attributes have improved somewhat, that's good." Zhuo browsed his body data. "Then please retrieve all the watch faces I've acquired so far."

Orbs of light of various colors flew out from Zhuo's chest and landed on the bed sheet in front of him.

"The following watch faces are held by the host: Zio watch face x1, Build watch face x1, Exaid watch face x1, Ghost watch face x1, Drive watch face x1, Gaim watch face x1 {not recognized}, Wizard watch face x1 {not recognized}"

"The host possesses the following experience cards: Invincible Player Experience Card x1, Extra Rich Soy Milk Experience Card x1, and Infinite Soul {with side effects} Experience Card x1."

"Possessions of villainous Rider Watches: Evolto Black Hole Form Watch x1, Kamen Rider Cronus Watch x1 {Unconfirmed} x1"