I am a Type-Moon comic artist!

“Yes…yes, that’s how it is.” After catching his breath, Iwamoto Yu continued, “The manga artist agreed to your suggestion. This is a rough outline, along with her previous works, which can help you understand her art style…Also, if you’re going to serialize her Fate series in JUMC, I hope Mr. Kurokawa can write a preface or something…please.”

"Okay, sure." Kurokawa Kazuya took it and glanced at it briefly, saying, "I'll take a look when I get back. Is there anything else?"

"Uh...no, that's all." Iwamoto Yu thought for a moment, then shook his head. There really wasn't anything else.

"I understand." Kurokawa Kazuya smiled and flipped through the manga in his hand: "The art style looks alright, I should be able to draw it. I'll tell you my thoughts on the outline tonight."

"That's good." Yu Iwamoto breathed a sigh of relief. "By the way, Mr. Kurokawa, would you like me to tell you about the recent performance of your three manga on JUMC?"

"Never mind, I have a meeting to attend, and some other things are urgent. Let's skip this one since it's not very important."

"Huh? Ah... I see."

Yu Iwamoto's lips twitched slightly. Even her ranking on JUMC wasn't important anymore...?

Sure enough, the gap between different levels is widening.

"By the way, I'm getting engaged soon. You can come if you're interested."

"The president is getting engaged?" Hideaki Anno exclaimed in surprise from the side.

Kurokawa Kazuya smiled happily: "Are you envious?"

"Wow, that's amazing... But Kurokawa-sensei is definitely at that age," Iwamoto Yu exclaimed, his eyes shining slightly. "Who is he? Do I know him?"

“Yes, you should all know her.” Kurokawa Kazuya smiled. “She’s the girl named Ryougi Shiki who’s always by my side.”

"......"

"...cough cough"

For a moment, both of them stared at Kurokawa Kazuya with their mouths agape in disbelief: "Um... excuse me, how old is she this year?"

"Shi is fourteen this year."

"Um... wouldn't fourteen be considered a minor?"

"Don't worry, it's just an engagement." Kurokawa Kazuya patted Iwamoto Yu on the shoulder and said with a smile, "We'll have to wait until she comes of age to get married. Hmm... Alright, Mr. Anno, let's go to the meeting. We don't have much time left. Mr. Iwamoto, let's talk about this later when we have more time."

"..." Kurokawa and Miwamoto Yu stared wide-eyed at the door of the conference room as they walked in, their mouths agape for a long while before they finally closed them. Slowly turning around, she couldn't help but remark, "I never imagined Kurokawa-sensei was a lolicon."

However... it's good that the new Fate series has been confirmed.

Fate/stay night has been over for some time now, and JUMC's sales have inevitably declined somewhat.

This is the time to promote the new Fate series.

So, those lost sales should be able to recover quickly. Although... the decline isn't that significant, considering the current abundance of great titles at JUMC.

But... the current editor-in-chief seems to have developed some kind of obsession.

If you're only focused on increasing JUMC sales, why would you tell him about a decline?

How could that be...? This kind of thing absolutely cannot happen—

JUMC never forced Kurokawa Kazuya to draw anything; the two sides were already cooperating on an equal footing, or rather, Kurokawa Kazuya was on a slightly higher level.

Whether it's capital or anything else...

Therefore, at this moment, Kurokawa Kazuya's suggestion was a lifesaver. The editor-in-chief immediately seized the opportunity and said to him, "She has to draw it. If she won't, find someone else. In short, this matter must be done as soon as possible!"

That's what was said above...

But... with Kurokawa and Yashiro already making enough money, it doesn't really matter whether he leaves JUMC or not. However...

He loves being an editor; it's so great to get priority access to interesting comics...

Of course, some sloppy work is unavoidable.

but...

"I never knew Kurokawa-sensei was a lolicon!"

Sure enough, this matter is more impactful.

Meanwhile, in the conference room—

"Alright, everyone's here, let's begin the meeting—" Kurokawa Kazuya said, looking at everyone in the room, "Starting with Okada, one by one, report on the current situation, and if there are any problems, hurry up, I can only stay for half an hour at most..."

......

time flies.

The engagement date for Kurokawa and Yashiki Ryougi was also set.

It was scheduled for Sunday, August 15th this year.

During this time, the two attended Caster and Soichiro Kuzuki's wedding.

As time passed, it was soon March of that year.

Ryougi Shiki's first semester as a second-year junior high school student has ended, and the spring break of this year has begun.

In other words, the time had come for the pre-arranged event—to visit the Animusphia family, the founders of Chaldea.

Obtain the Atlas Institute contract from Marisbury Animusfia.

That's something that can only be used once.

The holder of this contract can have Atlas do one thing for him unconditionally.

In the world of FGO in 2012, this contract had undoubtedly been used up, but now it's only 1993, and the contract in this world might still exist.

Once Kurokawa Kazuya obtains the contract, he can ask Atlas Institute to build that pseudo-spiritual computer for him.

That is a realm that will take human technology decades or even centuries to reach.

Extremely high-level computer.

Even a virtual world can be reproduced, so it would be too easy to use that thing to make something that isn't too far out of date.

Chapter 361 Return to London

The magicians' goal is the root cause—

but...

This is ultimately a goal with no hope in sight.

Compared to these magicians who blindly forge ahead even when they can't see the road ahead... another group of people began to work hard so as not to lose their extraordinary status compared to ordinary people.

These people can be called magicians.

A magician is someone who targets the root cause and nothing else.

Although the power struggles within the Magic Association, the organization to which magicians belong, are extremely intense, it is ultimately just a means of escaping reality—escaping the reality that they can never reach the root of the problem.

But magicians are different.

Although it has the exact same power system as the magician, it does not aim for the Root.

Magic is not a means to reach the root cause, but a means to obtain something else.

Some people use it in combat.

Some people use it for enjoyment in life.

In short, there are many different kinds.

Now, the Great Source is about to recede. Although Barthezmello's efforts have delayed this time by several years, the Great Source will still completely recede in more than ten years.

At that time, most of the magic tricks will no longer be able to be used.

Magicians will also lose their status.

Therefore—I am unwilling to accept this.

Unwilling...

Although the magicians of the Mage's Association can suppress the magicians for a while, how long can they suppress them?

Both Kurokawa and Miyako could foresee that these magic tricks would lead to their final madness.

At that time, some magicians might also join in.

Using magic tricks to subtly persuade wealthy people to hand over their money... or secretly controlling the world's economy...

Who knows, a world war might break out at that time.

A war between magicians and technology.

The final frenzy of a magician destined for elimination.

This kind of thing is not allowed.

and so--

Barthezello has gathered a large number of color position magicians, and the Clone team has been rebuilt once again.

Putting aside their combat prowess, these color-position magicians are top-notch in their research abilities.

Their task was simple, and only one—to ensure that magicians would continue to exist even in an era when the Great Source was fading.

Meanwhile, Barthezmello led his Clone crew on a hunting expedition.

The forbidden magician, the infamous Dead Apostle...

At the same time, the Mage's Association also issued a large number of missions to magicians like Kiritsugu Emiya who worked for them, wanting to kill all the magicians and Dead Apostles who might cause world turmoil in the future!

On the other hand, the Holy Church did not launch any attack on the Magic Association at this time.

After all... there are still more than ten years to go.

The great source is about to recede.

At that time, the Mage's Association was destined to disappear, and only the Holy Church would occupy the top of the world.

The real battle will take place then, not now.

Furthermore, given the significant losses suffered in the previous Holy Grail War in Cairo, there is no need to take action now.

This kind of thing...

This doesn't just happen in the Magic Association and the Holy Church.