Cú Chulainn scanned the faces of the Chaldea team. Even though Odin had exposed his True Name and position, it seemed he hadn't told them everything — such as the fact that he wasn't actually the Caster of this Holy Grail War.
He was about to speak as if he were the proper Caster of the war when Adam beat him to it.
"Cú Chulainn, I already know you're not the Caster of this Holy Grail War. Stop trying to hide it. Tell me exactly what happened in this Singularity."
Cú Chulainn's eyes widened in shock as he stared at Adam.
"Just who the hell are you?"
He couldn't understand how Adam knew so much.
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Adam glanced at Dr. Romani.
Yeah… why do I know all this? I'm pretty curious myself. Any ideas, Doctor?
Olga Marie heard Adam deny Cú Chulainn's role as the Caster and accepted it without question. But the more she thought about it, the stranger it felt.
She frowned and looked at Cú Chulainn.
"If you're not a participant in this Holy Grail War, then who exactly are you?"
Cú Chulainn sighed helplessly.
"Fine, there's no point hiding it anymore. I really am not the Caster of this Holy Grail War. The reason I was able to manifest here is thanks to divine intervention."
The moment Olga Marie heard "divine intervention," her brows furrowed. She immediately recalled how Adam had directly called him Odin earlier.
"Don't tell me…"
Cú Chulainn nodded.
"That's right. I'm sure you can all guess who it was. The great god Odin."
Ritsuka Fujimaru scratched her head, feeling like her brain was overheating.
"But why would Odin do that?"
Cú Chulainn closed his eyes, trying to figure out Odin's true intentions, but eventually gave up.
"I have no idea either. Odin only told me one thing: 'Go help Chaldea deal with the problem.' Then I was summoned here. These gods and their schemes are impossible to figure out."
Adam looked at Cú Chulainn and addressed the group:
"It's fine. As long as we know Odin is currently on our side, that's enough."
He then turned back to Cú Chulainn.
"Cú Chulainn, tell me everything you know about this Singularity and this Holy Grail War."
Cú Chulainn scratched his head and looked at the Chaldea team. He debated whether to reveal the cruel truth behind the Singularity's formation. He worried they might break down if they heard it.
In the end, he decided to only explain the course of events in the Holy Grail War.
"I'm not entirely sure about the exact details of the Singularity itself. All I know is that the city was engulfed in flames overnight. All the humans vanished, leaving only Servants behind. After that, the Saber started killing every other Servant in the war one by one. Any Servant she defeats gets corrupted by the Black Mud and rises again."
Cú Chulainn pointed at Medusa.
"I think she can confirm it."
Everyone turned to Medusa. As a participant in the Holy Grail War, she had indeed been killed by the Saber before encountering any other Servants, then corrupted by the Black Mud, and finally met Chaldea's group.
Medusa nodded at Adam, confirming the information was accurate.
Cú Chulainn continued:
"As long as we defeat the remaining Servants, this Holy Grail War will end."
After listening, Olga Marie thought for a moment.
"If the Holy Grail War ends and the abnormality is cleared, Singularity F should be fully restored."
On the surface, the abnormality in Singularity F appeared to be this endless Holy Grail War. If they defeated the main cause—the Saber—and ended the war, the Singularity should disappear.
However, Adam felt a strong sense of wrongness. Why was the Saber doing this? What was her true position? Was she being controlled? Or acting of her own will? Could she be working with Lev? Or had Lev taken control of her?
No. He felt like he was missing something crucial.
Olga Marie was only focused on quickly eliminating the Servants so they could return to Chaldea and have Adam revive her.
She asked Cú Chulainn, "How many Servants are left now?"
Cú Chulainn pretended to think.
"Let me see…"
The experienced Mash suddenly remembered something. "Ah!"
She quickly reminded him:
"I think I 'accidentally' took out the Assassin and the Lancer."
Cú Chulainn looked at her in pleasant surprise.
"Not bad, kid. You actually managed to defeat both the Assassin and Lancer!"
Then he caught the odd phrasing. "Wait, what do you mean 'accidentally'?"
He didn't dwell on it and turned to Medusa, removing her from the list as well.
"In that case, only the Berserker, Archer, and Saber remain."
Cú Chulainn then began describing the remaining three Servants based on his knowledge.
"The Berserker has completely lost his sanity. As long as we don't provoke him, he won't attack us."
"As for the Archer… that guy is strange. I suspect his mind hasn't actually been corrupted by the Black Mud at all. It seems he deliberately let the Saber defeat him and willingly became her follower."
Everyone present was shocked by this revelation, including Adam.
Olga Marie frowned deeply.
"Why would the Archer do that?"
Mentioning the Archer clearly gave Cú Chulainn a headache.
"Who knows what he's thinking? That guy has been hunting me down. We've already clashed several times. His Reality Marble is incredibly annoying."
Ritsuka Fujimaru scratched her head and offered a theory.
"Maybe those two already knew each other from before? Since they were acquainted, the Archer joined the Saber's side."
Olga Marie rested her chin on her hand, thinking.
"That's possible."
Cú Chulainn stayed silent.
Adam, however, gave a firm denial.
"No. I know him. I understand that Archer."
"He would never act so selfishly and ignore the bigger picture."
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