Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

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Most of the issues here have been resolved. Now, all we need to do is wait for Rin to finish studying the things Roland recently brought over, and then they can take the newcomers back.

However, just as Roland was explaining to White Demon and arrived at Rin Tohsaka's magic workshop, Rin Tohsaka hurriedly opened the door and came out of the magic workshop.

I almost bumped into Roland!

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Seeing Rin's state, Roland asked a question, and Rin revealed the most important discovery she had made in her research on Cecilia.

“Roland, regarding Cecilia—she wasn’t sent to the parallel world by chance; her journey there was deliberate!”

“I’ve studied all the things you brought back about Cecilia. The basic information is fine, but because she’s not a native of our world, the world itself exerts a lot of pressure on her, and many of our world’s rules don’t work on her.”

"But after taking all these issues into account, I discovered that the conditions related to parallel world travel on the other party were very unnatural. They were not naturally occurring, but rather they had been transferred from parallel worlds by someone else."

"As for the reason..."

At this point, Rin Tohsaka frowned.

"This is the part I can't understand the most."

"The other party transferred Cecilia to a parallel world, and the reason seems to be... they want Cecilia's identity?"

Ok?

If Rin Tohsaka had said something like that before, Roland probably wouldn't have thought much of it.

But after learning about the situation on White Yaksha's side... then this is something worth considering!

"Alright, Rin, I understand."

Thinking of this, Roland looked at Rin Tohsaka, who was still frowning and deep in thought, and then he spoke up.

"Apart from this point, all the other conclusions are correct, right?"

"Ah."

When Rin Tohsaka heard Roland say that, she put her previous doubts aside and nodded to Roland.

"Otherwise, there are no problems. However, I don't have a spot to go to the Honkai World. When you bring your stuff there, remember to use the God Group Communication to give me a remote view."

"Because in my judgment, since Cecilia was not suppressed in the world you arrived in, it means that what the other party wants is only Cecilia's identity, not to completely replace Cecilia's identity in the Honkai world."

"But who knows what problems might arise with Cecilia's identity once she returns to her original world..."

"So I still need to keep an eye on things, so that if any problems arise, I can come up with contingency plans—I've almost finished preparing for that part..."

Next, Rin Tohsaka listed several solutions for Roland in response to this issue.

Clearly, Rin Tohsaka is no longer the same person she once was. After becoming a mage, she not only learned a lot from Zelrich, but also developed many of her own ideas. She even participated in some miscellaneous work related to Medea's Machine God Project. Her talents have been fully utilized, and as a magician, or rather, as a mage, she has become quite mature.

Even her figure is no longer that of the little girl she used to be.

Rin Tohsaka has entered the realm of immortality granted by the gods, reaching the pinnacle of her physical condition.

Roland nodded after Rin Tohsaka finished speaking.

"Alright, since that's the case, let's take everyone back first. As for the newcomers, I'll make arrangements for them later. Those who want to go to the Void Realm can go there, or they can go to the world of Zanpakuto to have some fun. For those who don't want to go, I'll contact the Einzbern family and have them handle these Heroic Spirits."

With that, Roland brought this parallel world journey to a close.

The cleanup work wasn't difficult; once they all went back, it would be easy for Semiramis and the others to handle things on their end.

They all went to the Void Realm to take a look, and most of them stayed there. Only Semiramis used Roland's spot to go back with Rin Tohsaka and the others.

Astolfo, on the other hand, remained in the parallel world for the time being.

According to her, this modern world is no different from another world to her, so she wants to adventure in this era first, and after her adventure here is over, she will go on adventures in other places!

Roland did not refuse.

After making arrangements for these heroic spirits according to their wishes, Roland then took Ryougi Shiki, who had a spot, and returned to the Honkai world.

This time, he plans to go to the world where Cecilia originally lived.

After all, the problems in the Honkai world need to be addressed, and...

After Rin Tohsaka reached her conclusion, Roland consulted with White Yaksha based on the data and various circumstances. White Yaksha said that although the approach was crude, there were some subtle details that did indeed resemble the methods of the Little Garden.

She even looked like she suddenly realized something, exclaiming that she hadn't thought of such a method!

So Roland also plans to go and see who in the Little Garden world has taken over Cecilia's original identity.

....

205. Cecilia's Concerns

"When I first came here, I was on a mission when I was attacked by Anti-Entropy. I was injured and fell unconscious. When I woke up, all I saw was Mei."

Cecilia recounted her past experiences in detail to Roland and Ryougi Shiki, and Roland nodded in agreement.

Just as he had predicted.

Cecilia arrived just before she met Siegfried.

In other words, Cecilia should have seen Siegfried when she opened her eyes, not Mei—that's where the change occurred.

It may seem like there are only minor changes, but the original storyline must have been completely altered.

Since Cecilia and Siegfried don't know each other, the Second Honkai Impact 3rd, Kiana, Durandal, and even Siegfried himself—the whole series of things should be in complete chaos.

And then there's that guy who took Cecilia's identity.

It's hard to say what he did after that.

Roland was pondering such matters, while beside him, the Two Elements 20, whom he had pulled back, was now leaning against the sofa, arms crossed, calmly analyzing the current situation.

“You were trained by Archbishop Otto, something like a trump card. So your sudden disappearance must be a huge loss for your chosen one, Schicksal.”

As she spoke, Ryougi Shiki's gaze also fixed on Cecilia.

"How much time has passed on the other side exactly?"

"What if by the time we get there, destiny has been replaced by anti-entropy?"

Are you prepared to face all of this?

Although Roland's organization on the pre-collapse civilization side was also called Anti-Entropy, Ryougi Shiki did not bring in any messy extra factors when analyzing Cecilia's situation.

She's just a bit blunt.

However, Roland felt that she did this on purpose.

After all, she didn't know Otto, so from her perspective, it wasn't impossible for any of this to happen—so someone had to tell Cecilia about this in order to prepare her mentally.

Ryougi Shiki's gentleness is often manifested in such awkward places.

Roland has almost gotten used to her like this.

Cecilia could probably understand Ryougi Shiki's meaning, but since the issue involved this part, her views differed from Ryougi Shiki's.

"Although I seem to hold a pivotal position among the Valkyries, the true core of Schicksal is actually Archbishop Otto... Miss Ryougi, although I know you mean well, I really can't imagine that with Archbishop Otto around, Schicksal could actually be completely replaced."

"So Otto is such an important guy."

Ryougi Shiki didn't care about Cecilia's rebuttal. She was just there to give a reminder, and once she had done that, it was no longer her concern to what Cecilia thought.

She was, however, a little curious about Archbishop Otto, whom Cecilia trusted so much.

"Yes, things like the strongest Valkyrie, the strongest warrior, the strongest individual soldier, the strongest weapon, the strongest scientist... Every era will have such things being introduced, but the only thing that has remained unchanged for hundreds of years is Archbishop Otto."

"It can be said that he is the cornerstone of the entire Destiny."

"Even if I am gone, there will be a second strongest Valkyrie of Destiny. Only when Archbishop Otto is gone will it be a truly significant change for Destiny."

Upon hearing Cecilia's words, Ryougi Shiki immediately thought of Roland.

Thinking about it carefully, that's indeed the case.

There are already several individuals in the current god group who have condensed godhood.

Artoria, Tiamat, Kuonji Aratsu, and then herself.

Tiamat, the strongest of the four, suddenly disappeared... No, even if all four of them suddenly disappeared, while it would be a major event for the gods, it wouldn't be enough to shake the entire pantheon.

However, if Roland, the center of the pantheon, disappears, even if the position of the center of the pantheon is just vacant and someone else can fill in, it will still be an extremely heavy blow to the pantheon.

Therefore, Ryougi Shiki understood Cecilia's meaning.

Ryougi Shiki remained silent, but Cecilia's brows were still furrowed.

"Roland, you said before that the reason I came here was because someone took my place, right?"

"Correct."

Upon hearing Cecilia's question, Roland nodded directly.

After he called Cecilia over, the first thing he said to her was this. He had been silent for a while, just giving Cecilia some time to process things, but now she had begun to accept it and think about the chain reaction it would bring.

"Well, that makes me even more worried."

Cecilia was unusually downcast.

“After all, Roland, you said before that after the other party took my identity, in the eyes of people in this world, apart from us, she has my appearance, name, voice, and identity. Even with professional detection equipment, it would be impossible to detect her. The flaws are in her personality, abilities, and special equipment like the Black Abyss White Flower.”

"But the other person must have deliberately replaced me."