The next morning, Rin walked into the main building of the Clock Tower, laughing and talking with Lorelei, and slowly arrived in front of the conference room used for the Lord's meeting.
"Let's go in! Give those old folks a surprise!"
Looking at Lorelei, who had a mischievous look on her face, Rin shrugged, then kicked open the door of the conference room and walked in with big strides.
"I don't think I need to introduce myself, right!"
The Department Heads and Lords of the various disciplines of the Clock Tower looked in astonishment at Tohsaka Rin, who had kicked the door open and entered. Among them, the more hot-tempered Lord of the Heritage Department, Brishisan, slammed the table and stood up, shouting angrily at Rin.
"Tohsaka Rin! Do you know what place this is!"
Rin smiled slightly, took out the transfer agreement signed by Marisbury from her bosom, and threw it onto the long conference table in front of the Lords.
"I am now notifying you all in the name of the acting head of the Animusphere family that I, Tohsaka Rin, am the Astronomy Branch Lord from now on. Do you have any other questions?"
Hearing Rin's words, the people present all showed different expressions on their faces, some gratified, some approving, some questioning, and some angry.
Rin slowly approached the seat belonging to the Astronomy Branch Lord, pulled out the chair, and sat down. The moment Rin touched the seat, the expressions of everyone present calmed down, as if they had implicitly accepted Rin's position as Lord.
At this moment, Lorelei, who had been leaning against the door, walked into the conference room, gave Rin a thumbs up, then sat in the Barthomeloi seat. Looking at the empty main seat at the long conference table, she spoke.
"Since the Dean is not here, the following meeting will be chaired by me, Barthomeloi. The purpose of today's meeting is very simple: to inform you all of the fact that Tohsaka Rin has become the Astronomy Branch Lord, and another matter—Sajyou Manaka!"
Upon hearing the name Sajyou Manaka, Waver's eyes twitched uncontrollably. He tapped the table and spoke.
"I request to withdraw!"
Following that, Rin and Kayneth also raised their hands to state their request to withdraw from the topic. Then, one Lord after another raised their hands to request withdrawal from the topic. Only the Astronomy Department Lord Gaus Leine, who was a puppet of Barthomeloi, did not raise his hand. However, from his flickering eyes, it was not hard to see that he also did not want to discuss an existence like Sajyou Manaka.
Lorelei was stunned for a moment, gave Rin a thumbs down, then glared unpleasantly at the group of Lords, pushed back her chair in a huff, flicked her ponytail, and walked out of the conference room.
With Lorelei's departure, the group of Lords also left the conference room one after another, leaving only Rin, Waver, and Kayneth in the room.
Kayneth looked at Rin with a sigh.
"I never thought that the little girl from back then would have grown to such a point!"
Rin stood up and bowed respectfully to Kayneth, saying gratefully.
"Thank you for your help over these years. Without you, I wouldn't have had enough time to grow to where I am today."
Kayneth waved his hand and said.
"No need for thanks. I did it for my own interests as well. So, I look forward to working with you, Rin!"
"I look forward to working with you, Kayneth!"
On the Clock Tower campus, Rin was strolling with Waver.
"How is the King?"
"He is very well. He stays at home playing grand strategy games every day; he's completely addicted! But Waver, are you really not joining Chaldea?"
Waver stopped and looked at the white clouds in the sky, slowly saying.
"No! It's just too dangerous and exhausting being with you, Rin. That kind of life doesn't suit me."
"All right! If you change your mind, you can come find me anytime. By the way, I only inherited the title of Lord, not the Department Head position, so if you want to find me, you'll have to come to the Animusphere castle!"
"I hope that day never comes!"
(A separator line that almost never appears!)
Time passed continuously, and six full years had gone by since the last Holy Grail War. When time reached 2010, a new chapter unfolded once again. Over these years, not only had Rin gradually gained a firm foothold in the Clock Tower, but the Chaldea project with Marisbury was also progressing well.
At this moment, Rin was walking slowly along the empty corridor of Chaldea. Just then, a brown-haired man came running over in a hurry from not far away.
Rin stopped curiously and called out to the man.
"Doctor Romani! Why are you in such a rush?"
The doctor stopped upon hearing Rin's question and looked at Rin in surprise.
"vice director! Don't you know that today is the day the fate system is completed!"
"All right, you must be late again, right! Hahaha!"
The doctor scratched his head as he looked at the laughing Rin, then gestured to her and turned to run into the distance.
"Is the fate system completed? What a coincidence! My spirit origin system was also completed today! Never mind, I can't be bothered to care. I need to start the second phase of the plan immediately."
Afterward, Rin took a winding path to a remote corner of Chaldea, then took out her ID card and swiped it against an inconspicuous slot, and an elevator appeared in front of Rin.
Over the years, due to the assistance Rin provided in various aspects, this Chaldea did not become like the Chaldea in the original work. The Chaldea, fully funded by Rin, not only developed faster in all aspects but was also an independent institution that belonged entirely to the Animusphere family.
At the same time, thanks to the data from Rin's blank spirit origin, the Servant project went far more smoothly than in the original work. Currently, Chaldea had already found several qualified candidates who could temporarily become Servants with the help of instruments. Likewise, Rin had not been idle; after discussing with Marisbury, she established the inner research institute of Chaldea and began her own grand plan!
Stepping out of the elevator and arriving at the inner research institute of Chaldea, Rin walked into the main hall. At this time, Da Vinci was standing in the Command Room, constantly directing everyone to send experimenters into the survival pods one by one.
Rin walked behind Da Vinci and looked at the orderly group of people under Da Vinci's command, nodding with satisfaction.
"Da Vinci, how many more are left?"
"Oh, you're here, Rin! You are the only one not ready yet. Once you enter the survival pod, the experiment can begin immediately!"
"Can you ensure the safety of Kirei and the others?"
"No problem. This kind of survival pod can absolutely maintain the survival of the experimenter's physical body! And it only takes 10 hours; it will definitely be fine."
"Good! Da Vinci, start the experiment as soon as I enter! Success or failure hinges on this one move!"
"Rin, we will definitely succeed!"
As Rin changed into her clothes and lay inside the survival pod filled with nutrient solution, Da Vinci pressed the button to start the experiment without the slightest hesitation.
As the button was pressed, a spiritron computer with a diameter of several hundred meters beneath the hall began to activate. At the same time, a bright light shone from Rin's specially made survival pod. Then, a twisted, indescribable point of light was extracted from Rin's body and sucked into a specially made slot inside the survival pod.
In her sleep, Rin seemed to hear a voice in the void.
"Host! I am very happy that you could grow to this point!"
Rin's consciousness in her sleep flashed with light and slowly arrived at a garden filled with birds and flowers, with a tree towering into the clouds behind her.
Opening her eyes, Rin looked at the twisted, indescribable humanoid shadow in front of her and said.
"I've finally met you, System!"
"That's right! Host!"
Then, time passed slowly in the silent gaze between the two, and in the end, it was Rin who gave in and spoke first.
"You should know that I only have '1,000 years' of time to learn, right! My time is very tight, take me there! Although I don't know who created you and placed you on me, your goal must be to assist me, right!"
"That's right, Host! Follow me!"
Then, the black shadow led Rin into the towering tree, and countless books appeared before Rin.
"These are all the magic knowledge I carry! You can study them yourself!"
Rin looked at the countless grimoires in shock, revealed a smile, walked to the bookshelf, took one out, sat on the ground, and began to read.
Only, it was unknown whether Rin was smiling because she had obtained this infinite knowledge, or because she had finally gotten rid of the System!
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