Note: This was written with help from a friend.
Doctor Romani Archaman, head of the medical department of Chaldea and now acting Director of the Chaldea Security Organisation, slumped down into his command chair, the weight of issuing the Grand Order and having their last master rayshift finally sinking in.
But he was used to such weight. He had been there since the beginning of Chaldea, had watched it flourished under the Animusphere family, and he purposefully shouldered the burden of ‘Summoning Case #2’ upon discovering that horrifying experiment and the pure individual who had resulted from it.
He hoped the time she had remaining with the last Master were happy ones, because Chaldea owed her a lifetime of happiness, and they weren’t in a position to pay that debt.
Hell, he still owed Chaldea for his own debt, and it fueled his anxiety that he was keeping this information from both the Last Master and Mash Kyrielight. But until he KNEW the identity of the one calling himself ‘Solomon’, this secret needed to remain so.
Absently fingering the ring on his left hand, he failed to notice the perfect beauty who had suddenly appeared besides him, and was apparently waiting for his attention.
“Doctor,” she respectfully started, somewhat contradicted by her small smile.
“Before the Master finds the trouble, we may want to start planning for the… bedroom situation.”
She paused, possibly to allow him to come to the same conclusion or to have a little fun, no one could say which for certain.
Romani blanched, his face turning a light shade of pink as his mind ran through those implications.
Bedroom situation? He knew the last Master and Mash seemed close, but he didn’t think they were ready for that!
“……..well, I think we should talk to Mash, and see how she feels for the last Master of Chaldea, before we even consider changing their bedroom situation.”
Normally this would be considered overstepping our boundaries, but considering how we are presumable the last remnant of Humanity, maybe Da Vinci thought to play as matchmaker?
Romani dismissed the thought, pondering what the Beautiful Genius was asking.
I need to get some advice from Magi☆Mari after this day is over. That’ll help calm me down…….
Romani went back to worrying his ring, lost in thought.
DaVinci’s smile grew wide and satisfied.
“Amusing, but no, Roman, not that bedroom situation. I’m leaving that for later. No, I was referring to a problem that will grow exponentially if we don’t start planning for it now.”
Romani didn’t know whether to be amused that Da Vinci was already anticipating those two becoming that close, or if she feel sorry that those two had to deal with this busybody.
“Then what bedroom situation? We only had a small crew prior to Professor Lev’s betrayal, and now we’re nothing but a skeleton crew.”
As the acting Director, he had taken it upon himself to be the one to clear the rooms of those who had died.
The moral of the survivors was very important, and most of them had lost quite a few friends.
The Grand Order was gonna be stressful enough on them, having to fight to ensure Humanity literally existed. He could handle the burden of clearing the rooms out and respectfully storing the deceased’s personal effect for a time when they weren’t under threat.
Hell, they WERE the last Enclave of Humanity, as far as they knew.
Unless the crew started getting busy due to the stress, they wouldn’t need to worry about bedroom situations for quite a while.
“Doctor,” Da Vinci said. “Seventeen servants have been added to the Master’s roster since the beginning of the first singularity.”
The beautiful genius paused to let that sink in before continuing.
“How many more will be added in this current one? And the one after that? Unless you propose doubling or even tripling up to a single room, how do you propose we choose who is okay to bunk with whom?”
What little energy Romani had prior to the last Master starting their rayshift, drained from him as he realized what Da Vinci was not stating instead of implying.
How could he have forgotten about the Servants? Hell, he hadn’t even had a chance to leave the command room yet for some rest, let alone accidentally walk past a Servant.
Also, how the hell had the last Master, Ritsuka Fujimaru, managed to contract SEVENTEEN individual servants , and keep it enforced?
He turned toward Da Vinci, face ashen.
“You mean to tell me you you expect Ritsuka to establish EVEN more long term contracts?”
“I’m making an observation, Roman. Ritsuka bonded quickly with nearly twenty servants and doesn’t show any strain at holding those contracts. There are still six singularities to explore and fix.”
“……six singularities AFTER Orleans.” Romani sighed in frustration, realizing that what was originally going to be a stressful and tiring but somewhat safe life at Chaldea just become infinitely more complicated.
He paused, before adding “How are we going to get more materials? We can’t leave the base, since Chaldea is the only thing left of the Earth that we knew.”
He paused again, finally realizing something he’d been missing.
“Wait, if we have almost TWENTY SERVANTS living in Chaldea, what have they been doing since Ritsuka left for Orleans this morning?”
“As to your first question: I have a few ideas. Tell Ritsuka to see me upon return. I’ll talk to the Master about quantum pieces and mana prisms. As to your second question, Roman…”
Da Vinci took a second.
“Even a genius can only guess as to what they are getting up to.”
Romani sighed.
“I’ll inform them and Mash during our next communication, to be on the look out for quantum pieces and mana prisms. Though I don’t know if they’ll be able to return until the Singularity is resolved.”
He thought about what Da Vinci had been telling him, before adding “And I’ll make sure that they are aware that any Servants they contract will apparently end up back here, so if they want to keep making contracts, its up to them to keep us supplied.”
That’s it. Romani was drained, he couldn’t do much more today besides keep monitoring the Chaldean party exploring the different-but-still-the-same Orleans.
“Let’s deal with the Servants after Ritsuka’s party camps down for the night and I get a chance to rest. I get the feeling I’ll need the rest to be able to deal with who came back.”