In a corner of Fuyuki City at the same time, a tired-looking girl was dragging her feet, walking slowly.
"Seriously... What's going on...!?" The girl let out a frustrated shout.
The only person who would shout like this, sounding like she's angry all the time, could be none other than Olga Marie.
"Why did the control room explode out of the blue? And when I woke up, I was in this place. No matter how much I shout, no one responds, and I can't even contact Chaldea. Why am I the only one facing such bad luck!?"
Olga Marie's loud and unreasonable cries indicated just how bad her mood was at the moment.
But she wasn't alone in this place. As she stopped, a white object bumped into her ankle without any courtesy.
"Ouch...!"
Olga Marie let out a cry of pain.
"Fou!"
The white thing also cried out.
It was none other than Fou.
Fou was persistently nudging Olga Marie's ankle, causing her to cry out in pain repeatedly.
"I get it! I get it, okay! I'll keep going! Don't nudge me anymore!"
Olga Marie could only surrender and cry out in resignation.
"By the way, what on earth is this thing? A creature? A magical beast? Why is it here? And why is it being so aggressive towards me!?"
Evidently, even as the director, Olga Marie had never seen Fou before.
This showed just how mysterious and elusive Fou was to the people of Chaldea.
Of course, Olga Marie knew.
"Could you be that unbelievable creature that keeps wandering around Chaldea as the rumors say? Then you should obey my commands! Chaldea belongs to me! Since you're staying with me, you should listen obediently... Ouch!"
Olga Marie's attempt at putting on airs had barely lasted long before Fou bumped into her knee again, causing her to clutch her knee and crouch down, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Fou... Fou Fou...!"
Fou kept calling out to Olga Marie like that.
When Olga Marie woke up, Fou had appeared from somewhere and seemed to recognize her, urging her to head in a certain direction.
Unfortunately, Olga Marie had no way to deal with Fou, even though she was born into a prestigious magician's family. She was bullied by this small creature and felt utterly embarrassed.
Perhaps Olga Marie also had this thought; her face turned red with anger.
"Enough... I've had enough...!"
Olga Marie cried out.
"Fou!"
At this moment, however, Fou stopped bullying Olga Marie and seemed to have found something. It called out to the front and ran in that direction.
Seeing this, Olga Marie became flustered.
"Wait... Wait up! Don't leave me all alone here!"
So, Olga Marie quickly caught up to Fou.
This panicky and timid appearance would certainly make the staff in Chaldea laugh heartily if they were to see it. But one has to admit that this was the true Olga Marie.
As the heiress of a magical aristocratic family, Olga Marie was also a noble at heart. She was proud, self-righteous, and had a fiery temper due to work-related stress. However, she genuinely cared about the people around her, was not good at concealing her feelings, and hated being indebted to others. She believed in repaying kindness and often acted tough. Despite that, she was quite fragile, easily affected by setbacks, and had a hint of timidity deep within.
After all, Olga Marie was just in her twenties.
Having a young girl in her twenties take on the management of the entire Chaldea, coupled with the burden of her family's high expectations, naturally led to her becoming short-tempered and overly conscious of everything, resulting in extreme reactions.
In fact, quite a few people in Chaldea were aware of this, knowing that Olga Marie was just trying to be strong.
And now, with no outsiders around, Olga Marie couldn't keep up the act anymore and showed her true self completely.
Therefore...
"It's really embarrassing. Where did that arrogant and high-and-mighty attitude go?"
As a voice full of ridicule reached Olga Marie's ears, her panicked figure froze in place.
"Fou!"
At the same time, Fou leaped into the arms of a young girl.
"Fou, so you followed along too?"
The girl holding a giant shield was surprised and delighted as she hugged Fou, who had jumped into her embrace.
Beside her, a young boy in Chaldea uniform looked at Olga Marie with a somewhat amused smile.
"Ro-Rozen!"
Olga Marie immediately felt somewhat embarrassed.
"Well, well, the great director seems to be doing pretty well."
Rozen said playfully.
This made Olga Marie's mood plummet.
Disastrous.
It's really disastrous.
It's not just anyone who saw her like this, but this man.
"Why... why are you here!?"
Olga Marie got angry and embarrassed on the spot.
Of course, what shocked Olga Marie even more was Mash's appearance.
"What's going on with you, Mash!"
Olga Marie was truly astonished.
The tremendous magical power emanating from Mash indicated that she had undergone an astonishing transformation.
And Olga Marie could only think of one reason for this.
Thus, Olga Marie reacted this way.
Regarding this, the sarcasm on Rozen's face became more and more evident.
"You're the director of Chaldea, how could you not figure out the good things Chaldea did?"
As he spoke, Rozen didn't hold back at all.
This made Olga Marie's lips tremble slightly, and in the end, she couldn't say a word.
"Senpai..."
Mash tugged at Rozen's sleeve and shook her head at him.
"Hmph."
Rozen snorted coldly, showing no compromise, but also didn't say much more.
After all, it was the former director, Olga Marie's father, who had treated Mash as an experiment for Experiment No. 6, not Olga Marie herself.
Olga Marie had only been the director of Chaldea for a few years.
Regarding this, Olga Marie didn't seem to intend to shift the blame, but with a pale face, she tried to speak as calmly as possible.
"Anyway, just explain it to me."
And so, the trio, along with a creature, left the place and entered a building.