-1353- [ Root ]

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That night, Rozen and Edelweiss finally reconciled, putting an end to a ten-year-long enmity.

Rozen no longer needed to escape due to unnecessary precautions, and Edelweiss no longer needed to chase Rozen around the world.

In this secluded mountain training ground, the world's strongest Blazer and the world's strongest swordswoman finally reunited.

Moreover, their feelings for each other deepened, reaching a height that hadn't been attained in the past ten years.

From that day on, Rozen's mindset changed.

He no longer fought just for others but also for himself, striving for what he desired.

He no longer only understood duty but also grasped responsibility and burden.

Without a doubt, that day had a significant impact on Rozen.

In fact, this influence was enough to surpass the mindset transformation he experienced when his Mind's Eye reached the divine realm.

In such circumstances, Rozen's mind and spirit finally reached a state of fulfillment.

Thus, the next day, when Rozen woke up in bed, he sensed it.

"This is..."

Awakening from a comfortable sleep, Rozen hadn't even had time to shake off the lingering drowsiness before an unprecedented change visited him.

Simply put, in Rozen's perception, the world had completely changed.

It became mysterious.

It became pure.

In a trance, Rozen felt as if his senses could extend to unnoticed corners, depths, and interiors, giving him the feeling that he could glimpse the beginning and end of all things.

"Could it be the Mind's Eye?"

Rozen instantly dispelled the drowsiness in his head and reacted swiftly.

In the past, when Rozen's Mind's Eye reached the divine realm, he could already perceive the principles and essence of the world's operations, allowing him to faintly sense not only space but also the activity at the Earth's core, the Earth's rotation, and the changes of celestial bodies.

And now, this perception not only became clearer and more precise, but Rozen could also glimpse deeper into the world.

In such circumstances, Rozen discovered that he could see the past and future of the world.

That's right.

The past and future.

It was as if the records inscribed by the world itself were presented before Rozen, allowing him to read the world's records with his Mind's Eye and see the past, present, and even future of the world.

This was not like Solomon's Clairvoyance.

To be precise, Rozen's ability was more like...

"Reading the records in the Root...!"

Exactly.

What is the Root?

The cause of everything, the origin of various phenomena.

The effect of everything, the place where all things end.

It is the source of the world's creation, the creator of all things, phenomena, and life in this world, and at the same time, it is the record of everything from beginning to end, both the origin and the end of all things, known as the Swirl of the Root.

The Swirl of the Root is the ultimate goal that all magus dream of, and it is also a fantastical place that humans cannot reach in their lifetime.

It is located outside the world along with the Throne of Heroes, which is why rituals like the Holy Grail War exist, aiming to use the power of Heroic Spirits to open a path to the outside of the world, allowing magus to reach this ultimate destination.

Once one successfully reaches the Swirl of the Root, they will gain ultimate knowledge, become omniscient and omnipotent, and even grasp the fundamental cause and effect and laws of all things in the world.

That is to say, upon reaching that point, even altering the world's structure and order, creating a new world, or destroying the old one can be accomplished in a single thought.

In the history recorded by Chaldea, several people have reached the Swirl of the Root.

However, those people were erased the moment they reached the Swirl of the Root, and their evidence of existence in the world was eliminated, believed never to have returned.

However, if one can reach the Swirl of the Root, they will be granted the miracle known as Magic.

If Magecraft is the act of causing phenomena that are possible within common sense to occur in an extraordinary way, a reenactment of miracles by human means, then Magic is the act of causing phenomena that are impossible within common sense to occur.

Magecraft only recreates what modern science can achieve through personal power, so Magecraft does not include what humanity cannot accomplish. Miracles that achieve this are called Magic.

When human civilization was immature, all Magecraft was Magic. But with the advancement of science and technology, as more could be achieved by human hands, the amount of Magic decreased. Thus, according to Chaldea's records, until 2019, there were only five Magics left in the world, collectively known as the Five Great Magics.

And those who can use Magic are called "Magicians(Mahotsukai)."

Those who reach the Swirl of the Root will be granted Magic by the Root, becoming Magicians.

At the same time, Magic is also a way to reach the Swirl of the Root.

In other words, all Magicians are people who can reach the Swirl of the Root.

However, only four Magicians have been confirmed to exist, and they might have gone to other parallel worlds, with some no longer being human, making them extraordinary existences in every sense.

In this situation, Rozen was shocked to discover that he could use the power of his Mind's Eye to directly glimpse the world's records, that is, read the records in the Root, knowing the past, present, and future.

This does not mean Rozen reached the Swirl of the Root, but rather that he possessed eyes that could directly see the records in the Swirl of the Root, ignoring distance, methods, and all other conditions, and freely browse them.

Therefore, Rozen would not obtain Magic, nor would he be erased, and he could not directly create or destroy the world, only view the records within.

"Could this be the highest realm of the Mind's Eye?"

"The highest realm of my Mind's Eye is to directly glimpse the records of the Root?"

"No, should I say that the Root exists in this world as well?"

"What... exactly is going on...?"

One question after another flooded Rozen's mind.

Unfortunately, before these questions could be answered, a sudden accident interrupted Rozen's thoughts.

"——!"

An unimaginable pain suddenly stabbed into Rozen's mind.

"Ugh...!"

Rozen couldn't help but groan, holding his head and bending over, the pain unbearable.

In an instant, Rozen understood what was happening.

"The human brain can't accept that much information...!?"

This was the correct answer.

How much information is there in the world's records from the past, present, and future?

Frankly speaking, even just a tiny bit, less than a billionth of the records, would be enough to overload the human brain.

Rozen could glimpse those records, and now he had to bear the consequences.

"Damn...!"

Rozen realized the danger and sensed a crisis of death.

In that moment, Rozen didn't notice that two phenomena were occurring around him.

One was that the two rings on his fingers were emitting a strong light.

The other was that a white figure was swaying behind him.

"Thud!"

With a muffled sound, a force struck the back of Rozen's head, knocking him unconscious.

At this moment, the light on Rozen's rings dimmed.

The white-haired girl who appeared in the room looked at the unconscious Rozen.

Her ruby-like eyes were filled with complexity.