Seeing the Servant who had just appeared faint right in front of him.
Even though he hadn't yet figured out the reason for her appearance, Ian immediately understood the seriousness of the situation.
He rushed forward in one step, picked up the her who had fallen to the ground, then looked at Da Vinci beside him, his voice filled with extreme urgency:
"Da Vinci-chan! Why did this happen?!" Ian asked, his blue eyes filled with worry.
"..." Da Vinci's lips trembled slightly.
It was clear that she really wanted to give Ian an answer that could explain everything before him.
But in the end, the omnipotent genius could only shake her head and reply:
"I'm sorry, Ian-chan." Da Vinci said softly, her dark eyes looking troubled.
"I... don't know why this happened either."
"..." Hearing these words, Ian bit his lip tightly.
He knew that he definitely couldn't blame Da Vinci for the current situation—she had warned him beforehand that problems might arise after repairing the Spiritron Summoning System.
It was just...
If this so-called problem referred to the Servant (the Tamamo-no-Mae before him) and not himself.
He really couldn't accept it.
Seeing Ian holding the newly summoned Servant with a heavy expression, Fujimaru Ritsuka's heart also tightened with worry.
She really wanted to help him, but she was powerless to do so.
If only the magecraft she had learned was in this area... The red-haired girl couldn't help but have this thought.
And Olga Marie's feelings at this moment were somewhat similar to Fujimaru Ritsuka's—she also couldn't bear to see Ian looking troubled.
But compared to the other girl's helpless state, the Director had a slight clue.
It was just...
It was a somewhat embarrassing method.
But things had come to this point, and dwelling on these things was clearly not right.
Special times called for special measures.
Olga Marie quickly made up her mind and directly spoke to the man holding the Servant:
"Ian, come with me!" Olga Marie said firmly, her amber eyes looking determined.
"Da Vinci-chan, Ritsuka, please wait here for us for a while."
"Okay~/Got it." Da Vinci and Fujimaru Ritsuka, who didn't have many other options, both nodded.
A few minutes later.
Led by Olga Marie, Ian followed her to the door of another room.
Looking at the room before him, which was ordinary to the point of being unremarkable, the man looked puzzled.
"Director, this is..." Ian asked, his blue eyes filled with confusion.
He had thought that the other girl would take him to some special area of Chaldea that he had never reached before, but he didn't expect to come to such an extremely ordinary room.
But Ian wasn't agitated—he knew that she must have a deeper meaning in doing this.
Olga Marie completely understood his thoughts.
She quickly began to explain, although her tone was slightly shy.
"Ian... you know that the manifestation of a Servant requires the consumption of magical energy, right?" Olga Marie asked softly, her amber eyes looking at him.
"Yeah." The man nodded.
He knew this basic knowledge—after all, Ophelia had explained it very clearly.
"Then——" Olga Marie looked at Tamamo-no-Mae, who was being held by Ian, a hint of envy and worry in her eyes.
"Her current state... is very likely due to insufficient magical energy."
"If we want to compensate for it——"
"We'll have to..."
"..." Olga Marie was too embarrassed to continue, but Ian completely understood what was going on.
Magical energy was an important foundation for maintaining a Servant's existence.
Servants without a supply of magical energy would have difficulty maintaining their manifestation.
Even with powerful enhancements like "Independent Action," they could only survive for a maximum of one to three days.
They didn't need to consider this problem before because it was originally solved by Chaldea—and in fact, the organization had done so.
But after the explosion, this supply relationship was severed with the (partial) destruction of Chaldea.
It was very likely that Tamamo-no-Mae's current state was related to this.
Of course——
Chaldea was able to solve the problem of magical energy supply between Master and Servant.
But this didn't mean that only it could solve this problem.
The Spiritron Summoning System was essentially derived from the same source as summoning circles.
To solve the current situation, they could actually return to the essence.
Some methods that were applicable after normal summoning must also be more or less effective for the Spiritron Summoning System.
Considering this basis——
There was a more direct way to replenish magical energy.
And that was the act of *** between Master and Servant.
Ian finally understood why Olga Marie had pulled him here.
She wanted him to have intercourse with Tamamo-no-Mae, thereby alleviating the Servant's short-term magical energy deficiency.
And that kind of thing naturally couldn't be done in public.
"Director, you..." "Enough nonsense!" Olga Marie knew that Ian definitely understood her intentions.
She turned her face away.
"I said I would support you unconditionally." Olga Marie said softly, her amber eyes looking away with a hint of embarrassment.
"If you know what to do, then hurry up and do it! Didn't you say that only action has meaning?"
"I... will keep watch at the door for you."
"..." Having said this, Ian no longer hesitated.
Holding Tamamo-no-Mae, he nodded seriously.
"I understand."
Snap. The room door opened first, then quickly closed again.
Only Olga Marie remained outside.
She vowed that this time she would definitely not eavesdrop on what was happening inside.
Because...
The girl's throat moved slightly.
After listening, she would want to have sex with him too.
That wouldn't do.
Inside the room.
Ian carried Tamamo-no-Mae in.
This was a space that was almost no different from an ordinary room.
The decorations and such were not fundamentally different from room 016.
If he had to say something, there were no books about magecraft piled up here—after all, not everyone had an almost fanatical pursuit of magecraft like Ophelia.
But these were not things that should be concerned about at this moment.
First, let Tamamo-no-Mae recover.
With this one and only thought in mind, Ian gently placed her on the bed.
The man, who had calmed down, then noticed that the fox spirit before him was still wearing the set of clothes he had given her back then.
He remembered Ophelia saying that a Servant's attire was intricately related to the obsessions they held before becoming a Heroic Spirit.
Then——
The fact that Tamamo-no-Mae was still wearing these clothes now meant that she had been holding onto some kind of obsession ever since he left?
Thinking this, Ian couldn't help but feel a little heartache.
His hand gently stroked Tamamo-no-Mae's beautiful cherry-pink long hair.
What he felt in his mind was the smooth texture like silk.
It was a feeling that, once experienced, could never be forgotten.
At this moment, Ian recalled many past events and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
"Tama-chan... long time no see." The man lowered his head and gently placed a kiss on Tamamo-no-Mae's forehead.
Then, he began to undress.
Tamamo-no-Mae had a very pleasant cherry blossom fragrance.
Ian couldn't tell if it was a scent she was born with or a feeling she had gradually acquired in her life.
But either way, he could accept it.
After all——
This fox spirit's life.
No.
He shouldn't say her life, he should say the days he spent with her, this fox spirit had spent them all in fear and anxiety.
The man felt that he hadn't done nearly enough for her, so naturally, he didn't have the right to be picky.
A gentle touch.
Ian tasted Tamamo-no-Mae's lips once again.
Sweet but not cloying, even with a hint of slight sweetness.
It was a feeling hidden in his memory, now truly overlapping with reality.
And all of this was just the beginning.
Outside the room.
Although she had just promised herself that she would definitely not eavesdrop this time.
But Olga Marie still couldn't control herself in the end.
At this moment, she once again pressed her ear against the door, listening to the movements inside the room.
Completely different from the time with Fujimaru Ritsuka.
This time, the sounds inside the room were significantly quieter.
But this wasn't difficult to understand.
After all, Tamamo-no-Mae was currently in an extremely weak state.
The entire process behind the door was actually Ian exerting his subjective initiative.
What could reach Olga Marie's ears were just some very ordinary sounds made after the contact of male and female bodies.
This made the girl breathe a sigh of relief.
But she quickly realized that this wasn't right.
How... did she seem to have developed a liking for strange methods?!
Realizing the shocking truth, Olga Marie covered her face and shook her head frantically.
She found herself sinking into an abyss of shame.
Back inside the room.
Looking at Tamamo-no-Mae beneath him, Ian let out a soft breath of warm air.
His hand caressed the cherry blossom fox spirit's incomparably beautiful face, then, as if seeing through everything, he said gently:
"Tama-chan... you've been awake for a while now, haven't you?" Ian asked softly, his blue eyes looking at her.
"We've already had a good time once."
"If you keep pretending, it'll be a bit much."
"..." Tamamo-no-Mae's body trembled slightly, then she slowly opened her eyes.
In her golden eyes, which held a hint of charm, there was a touch of barely perceptible mischief.
"Master Abe." Tamamo-no-Mae said softly, her golden eyes looking at him with a hint of playfulness.
"When... did you realize?"
It had been a long time since he had been called by this name, and Ian's expression showed a hint of reminiscence for the past.
His hand gently rubbed Tamamo-no-Mae's cheek, feeling the delicate touch of his fingertips.
"Tama-chan." Ian said softly, his blue eyes filled with affection.
"Don't you know that your reaction during Sex is impossible to hide?"
"Eh?" Tamamo-no-Mae's cheeks flushed slightly red.
She probably hadn't expected to be "defeated" by such a thing.
But this fox spirit wasn't sad at all; on the contrary, she was even happier.
Lying on the bed, she looked at the man above her, her tail slightly fanned out like a beautiful fan.
The affectionate words she spoke also contained a hint of the throbbing of seeing her beloved.
"Master Abe." Tamamo-no-Mae said softly, her golden eyes looking at him with adoration.
"So you've always remembered my reactions?"
"Of course." Ian replied gently.
"I see..." Tamamo-no-Mae's two fluffy ears twitched slightly.
A flower-like smile bloomed on her face, filled with happiness.
"Then it seems this concubine has also been remembered by Master Abe~"
"..." "..." Ian and Tamamo-no-Mae looked at each other, their lips getting closer and closer.
This was a love that transcended time and space, and now it had received a definite response.
More than ten minutes later.
Tamamo-no-Mae, who had put on her clothes, snuggled up beside Ian.
Her mind was filled with the man's caresses just now, and the words he had said afterward.
"Master Abe... are you already this concubine's Master?" Tamamo-no-Mae asked softly, her golden eyes looking at him.
Different from Mordred, who was summoned through unconventional means, Tamamo-no-Mae had "knowledge correction" from the "Spiritron Summoning System."
So, although it was the first time she had heard Ian mention those concepts related to Servant summoning, she didn't have much difficulty understanding them.
"This is wonderful." Tamamo-no-Mae said happily, her tail swaying slightly.
"This concubine's efforts... have finally not been in vain~"
"Efforts?" Hearing this word, Ian couldn't help but feel a little concerned.
He took Tamamo-no-Mae's hand and softly asked the doubts in his heart.
"Tama-chan... hearing you say that, it seems you've been doing something very difficult."
"It's not anything difficult." Tamamo-no-Mae gently pushed away Ian's fingers, then placed her hand on top, allowing their fingers to interlock.
"This concubine... just touched upon some past dreams."
"Past dreams?"
"Yeah." Tamamo-no-Mae looked at the man beside her, her beautiful golden eyes filled with overflowing love.
"This concubine... recalled all those curses from the dreams once more."
"..." Ian's pupils slightly dilated the moment he heard these words.
He knew what curse Tamamo-no-Mae was talking about—the same pain experienced in different eras.
In which she destroyed the Magadha Dynasty of ancient India;
As Mei Xi, she destroyed the Xia Dynasty;
As Da Ji, she destroyed the Shang Dynasty;
As Bao Si, she destroyed the Western Zhou Dynasty;
This fox spirit seemed to believe that if she could find the reason why she possessed these memories, she could travel to different eras and eventually find Ian.
But in reality, just like their experience in Heian-kyō, Tamamo-no-Mae, who "bore" these identities, was merely a scapegoat for the corresponding era.
She had never done evil in her life, yet she was branded with the name of evil.
Time continued to flow, and stories accumulated generation after generation, eventually converging into the "real" Pan-Human History, placing the shackles of a sinner on Tamamo-no-Mae.
But fortunately, these non-existent crimes had instead become the reason for her appearance at this moment.
After all——
At this moment, she was already a fox spirit with five identities.
Compared to other Heroic Spirits, she naturally had a higher summoning rate.
But thinking of this, Ian couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Because it meant that Tamamo-no-Mae had spent a long time in pain after he left.
"Tama-chan... you didn't have to do that." He said softly, his blue eyes filled with concern.
"No." Tamamo-no-Mae shook her head. "It was necessary."
"This concubine has a reason why she must meet Master Abe—and these painful memories were the only place where this concubine could find a way."
"So I had to recall them no matter what!"
"A reason why you must meet me?" Ian looked a little puzzled.
"Yeah." Tamamo-no-Mae looked at Ian, then leaned against his chest.
"Because this concubine has already made up her mind."
"No matter what——"
"I will properly marry Master Abe once!"