Regarding “After Time” and the new arc
Regarding “After Time” and the new arc
As some of you may already know, a new story arc centered on time has been announced, possibly featuring Kronos or an Outer God. Many people say this arc contradicts the ending of Chapter 2, but that’s not actually the case because:
1. Mash and Fujimaru lived in the outside world for a long time before being kidnapped again
2. Mash mentioned working at a museum
3. Kinoko stated that Mash was adopted by Animusphere
4. On Valentine’s Day, Olga said that what Marisbury did with the LB0 had consequences even after the world was reset, namely that the Animusphere family is in ruins due to the amount of magical resources Marisbury used for his plan, resulting in a situation almost similar to that of the El-Melloi. However, unlike the El-Mellois, the Animusphere family owns an oil facility, among other observatories.
5. Olga’s CE Bond hasn’t been fulfilled yet, but the description states that once everything ended with After Time, everyone left, but the protagonist’s ID card remained in the principal’s office as a precious memento
Now let's look at some theories I've read
Mash explains that he visited the Antarctic Museum, and in Olga Marie’s Bond, he explains that Fujimaru’s ID was left at the museum after it closed that day. But it’s the greatest proof of our achievements; Olga views it with great pride, and although the protagonist is careless, it’s all in the past because the card no longer holds any significance—it’s simply a treasure of the place. My theory is that this museum will be the place where our entire journey is preserved, perhaps as an Olga Marble reality show, much like the Temple of Time in Goetia. And Chaldea will be an organization that doesn’t operate continuously, but only when the world needs it. Everyone will return to their normal lives, including Olga, who will likely be accepted as an Unbeast.
In fact, we get a brief glimpse of “Antarctica” at the beginning of After Time, and everything is dark, but in Olga’s anniversary PV, we see her at the Chaldea base, but now with a starry sky and the Northern Lights in the background.
Thanks to the new image, we can see seven pillars covered in a viscous substance resembling Ranmaru’s chocolate, leading some to believe that the Outer Gods will come into play since their story arc was never released and they didn’t appear in the final chapter either. We also have the scene with Abigail Williams at the end of OC 2, where Dantes says the following:
“I entrust the key to you”
“In the battle to correct human history, only seven seats are prepared.”
“Perhaps one day the gate to the ancient hell will open as well.”
Olga, in her Ascension 3 form, has a class advantage against the Foreigners, but we’ve never seen her on screen, just as the threats from FGO follow a particular pattern: the first, Goetia, came from the past; the second, Maris Chaldeas/Marisbury, came from the future; and finally, we might infer that the current one comes from the “present,” given that Mash and Fujimaru had been living for quite some time before this enemy attacked.
As a point of interest, if the Outer Gods had the ability to access the human order without being weakened, it would be an extreme danger, since Raum mentioned that they are a very dangerous threat. And to top it off, the description of Olga’s first Noble Phantasm states that it functions as a ritual to correct the human order, where she, as the Alien God, applies the destruction caused by the pseudo-Earth Chaldeas model to the current Earth to ensure that the end of humanity only occurs in a fantasy.