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Chapter 23
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Stormdragon19
Oh no! the Earrings didn't work! How will they survive!?
They nearly don't.
Medusa's speed was incredible, able to keep Artoria pendragon on the backfoot with her mobility. She could only deal glancing blows with her scythe, but she was able to avoid any of the mana bursts sent her way. Suddenly, A Giant flaming hand appeared Artoria, punching her from an unguarded side. In that split second, the scythe Harpe found its mark.
The blackened King of Knights plants her sword back in the ground, this time to keep her standing, Harpe having left a gash that damages her spirit core. "You have done well..." She says, as composed as possible given the golden sparks rising from her. "This world of flames should not be, and you have the power to stop it. I hope you survive to save this world, heroes of Chaldea. For the Grand Order has only just begun." She scatters into the glowing lights, her knees never touching the ground.
Olga was visibly disturbed by what Artoria said as she disappeared. "Grand Order... how did that Servant know that name?" However, her train of thought was thoroughly derailed by an excited sibling.
"WE DID IT!" Gudako shouted, slapping Olga on the back. "Woo! First mission complete! She turned on the communicator. "We won! we're the best." She yelled to a very startled Romani, who was clearly about to call in.
"That's... good to hear..." The doctor said, a bit overwhelmed by Gudako's celebrations as Da Vinci wandered over to look. Gudako gave a thumbs up to Cu. "And My servant totally won!" She said with a cocky grin, giving a V for victory sign as she looked at Romani.
"Is your sister always like this?" Olga said, the fact that the girl had thoroughly murdered the tension with 17 stabs to the back had let her relax a bit. Ritsuka nodded, shrugging in defeat.
Suddenly the two of them were wrapped in a bug by an excited Kouhai. "We did it! We won! I don't suppose either of you are stressed?" She asked innocently with a light blush. The blush was mirrored on Olga's surprised face. Guess those normality shifts awakened something in Mash. Lord, she was adorable.
"Well, I certainly didn't expect you to get this far." A voice dripping with malice said, coming from the raised end of the arena. "Beyond my plan's expectations and my own tolerances. Master Candidates 47 and 48. It was my mistake to naively overlook you as improbable children." The speaker came into view, wearing a green suit and tall green hat.
"Professor Lev!?" Mash cried in surprise. Romani exclaimed in surprise as well.
"Hmm? Is that Romani I hear? So you survived as well. I told you to come to the command room as well, but it's clear you didn't listen. Honestly - Trash who cant even follow orders. The mere sight of it makes me want to hurl. Why is it humans always try to avoid their preordained destinies?"
Mash immediately moved back in front of the group at that. It was clear to everyone that he was something very dangerous.
...except the person most **** to see him.
"Lev... Oh, Lev! You're alive!" She said, starting to run towards him past Mash. "Thank goodness! Without you and Ritsuka, I don't know how I'd protect Chaldea."
"Olga Marie, Stop!" Ritsuka pleaded, but she was already closer to him than to them.
Lev grinned. "Hi, Olga, you seem well. looks like you had a rough time too." Olga nodded, releasing all the things she'd confessed to Ritsuka earlier, Lev giving an understanding nod. "Yes, of course. Honestly, all these complications have irritated me." His face turned sinister. "And the biggest one is you, Olga. I made sure to plant that bomb under your feet, and yet hear you are."
"Wh-what? What are you saying Lev?" Olga started to say before someone else responded.
"IT'S NORMAL FOR OLGA TO BE ALIVE!" Ritsuka screamed as hard as he could. Olga started nodding to that, but Lev didn't. "Do you know how ridiculous that sounds, 48? Her body was destroyed a while ago. All she is is the resisual thoughts sent here by the systems back at Chaldea."
He kept going on, Olga backing up from him, before he held out a golden cup and raised it, calling forth CHALDEAS, the imitation of the earth now completely red. Nothing of humanity surviving. "Now then, why don't i give you a gift, he said, as a **** began pulling her towards the Orb. She began begging and screaming, and Ritsuka found the resolve to try again.
"IT'S NORMAL FOR HER TO SURVIVE THIS!"
But Olga's form came in contact with the sphere, golden sparks rising as she vanished. There was more, but Ritsuka was on his hands, consumed by his failure.
Ritsuka started being aware of what was happening he was lying on his bed. Gudako, Mash, Da vinci and Fou were gathered around him.
"Senpai!" His servant embraced him in a hug, holding him tightly.
"Mash, get off him, I don't think he can breathe. Now come on bro, We got someone for you to meet." Gudako hauled him out of bed and shoved him down the corridor, Fou at his heels.
"Where are we going?" The confused master asked. "Shut up stupid." came the reply from his kid sister as she shoved him into the command room. As he stumbled into the room, he looked up and saw Romani, scratching his head... Right before something tackled him back through the sliding door, his body hitting the floor. Looking down, he saw a quivering mass of white here.
"...Olga?" Ritsuka Fujimaru hugged her tightly.
How did she survive? Place your bets!
Normality
Don't mind the fucking, nothing to see here
Once upon a time, on a bet and while very very drunk, a higher power of some kind made a very special item.
Updated on Jun 12, 2026
by Krakatowa
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