"What did you say your name was?"
It is understandable that Shinji would be confused, as the name Roman has a very special meaning to the Type-Moon Universe.
This was the new name that King Solomon, who made outstanding contributions to human history, gave himself when he gained a second life.
After obtaining this new name, he voluntarily gave up all his powers, wanting to experience the "happiness and fulfillment" of being a simple human being as an ordinary person.
However, fate did not give him this opportunity. This king who had the ability to see the future saw the end of humanity and the future of human nature being burned away at the last moment before he lost his power.
This future once again took away his freedom.
In fact, he could completely ignore this future, which he didn't know when it would come, and continue to enjoy his second life freely as an ordinary person.
But he did not do so. Although he lost his power and the highest level of clairvoyance and became an ordinary person, his essence did not change. He was still the King Solomon who made great contributions to human history during his lifetime.
As an ordinary doctor, he worked hard, struggled, and used all his strength to prepare for the end that could come at any time, without relaxing for a moment.
In the end, he succeeded. He saved all mankind and the entire human history.
However, he did not enjoy the treatment that a hero deserves, and even the simple promise of "eating cake together after returning" could not be fulfilled. Because the price of this rescue was everything he had - his life, his achievements, his existence. He dedicated everything in exchange for the continuation of mankind.
This is Roman, a hero greater than King Solomon during his lifetime, but also an ordinary person who makes everyone feel sorry for him and regretful.
Shinji thought a lot about this person.
He thought about dealing with a guy named Leif Lionel Flauros before 2015 and completely eliminating the possibility of "human incineration" happening.
He thought about asking the old man Gem to take him to another world line to meet the man and have a cup of afternoon tea together.
He even thought about using the power of the kingship to directly wipe out a certain culprit after obtaining the core kingship of Mooncell - from all the timelines that the "Eye of the Moon" could monitor!
But, but, he never thought that he would hear this name in this world, and see the classic hairstyle of the classic pink hair tied into a bun.
Hearing Shinji's question, the man replied a little awkwardly: "My name is Roman, what's the problem?"
"Roman, the romantic Roman?" Shinji confirmed again.
"Oh, you know, that's pretty good, right?" The man looked very happy.
"Yeah, ah, it's very good." Shinji felt that his voice was a little dry.
The conditions were so perfect that he couldn't help but admit it.
The name and its origin, his image, his performance that looks a bit annoying, and the most important point - his job. The Master's privilege shows that this is a Servant with the job of Caster.
There is no mistake, it must be him, the strongest magician among all the Heroic Spirits.
The moment of confirmation, a series of questions came one after another.
First of all, why is he here
Solomon's existence is very special and cannot be summoned by Fuyuki's Holy Grail system. The only known record of a summoning was when the Lord of the Celestial Body, Marisbilly Animusphia, was summoned through the Chaldean summoning system.
But that was in the world line of "Fate Grand Order", and Chaldea did not exist in this world - if it did, the Law and Politics Department that led the Clock Tower would not have known about it at all. Under such circumstances, how was Solomon summoned
Secondly, who is his Master
Solomon's relic, one of the Ten Commandments of God, is in the hands of Marisbury, but the problem is that this lord has been in London recently and has never left - the source of the information is Kenneth himself, and the two lords have always had a good relationship.
Again, why does he appear in this image
If Shinji's memory is correct, it was after Solomon won the Holy Grail War in the FGO worldline and made a wish to the Holy Grail that he became Roman. Even if someone got lucky and summoned an impossible Servant, it should be the cool-looking King Solomon, not Roman.
Although there is also a speculation that after King Solomon sacrificed himself, he ascended to the Throne of Heroes again because of Roman's contribution to saving humanity. The Throne of Heroes transcends all parallel worlds and timelines, so it is not impossible that Roman was summoned to 2004 as a Servant.
Regardless of whether this speculation itself is reliable or not, it is impossible to achieve in the world line where Shinji is, because of the foundation of human nature, that is, the existence of the quantum fixed belt, which is the foundation of the Throne of Heroes and something that the Heroes cannot surpass.
It uses the timeline as an axis, hammering down nails one by one, fixing the ending of history and not allowing tampering. Perhaps the heroic spirits can go back to the past, but because of the existence of human nature, they cannot change the predetermined ending. And Shinji can change the fate of others because he stands at the front of the timeline and makes changes before the ending is fixed.
From this perspective, the current benchmark time of human history is 2004 AD, and King Solomon sacrificed himself to save the world at the end of 2016, which has not yet been fixed by the quantum fixing tape. Although everything related to Solomon was erased after the self-sacrifice, the erasure here actually refers to the record on the quantum fixing tape. What has not happened and has not been recorded cannot be erased.
In other words, at this time King Solomon was still on the Throne of Heroes, and had not yet sacrificed himself to erase himself and everything related to him.
The real name of the Servant here cannot be Roman, it can only be Solomon.
To prove his idea was correct, Shinji asked another question: "Um, is Roman a first name or a last name?"
"It's a name I just gave myself recently." said the man.
That's right, this person is just Solomon, not the Roman who saved humanity. Because Roman is actually an abbreviation, the full name should be -
"In modern society, it's inconvenient to have only a given name - how about splitting Roman into Romani Akiman? Romani Akiman, what do you think? Roman as a nickname."
Hearing the full name, Roman said "Oh" twice exaggeratedly and praised: "What a very good name, I like it very much, thank you, this-"
"Matou Shinji." Shinji reported his name at the right time. He didn't want to play tricks in front of King Solomon, as that would be an insult to the king.
"Can I call you Shinji? You can also just call me Roman." Roman said in a familiar manner.
"Okay." Shinji was not polite, "Roman, why did you come to see me?"
PS: This may be a little difficult to understand. To put it simply, there is still a sequence on the Throne of Heroes. After the doctor blew himself up, history was fixed and the doctor's existence was erased. Before the doctor blew himself up, Solomon was still there.
PS2: Based on the setting of the quantum fixed belt, the ending of Red A going back to kill Shirou has actually been fixed long ago, and no matter what he does, he cannot escape his predetermined fate.
PS3: From my own understanding, in FGO, it is impossible to summon Solomon again using normal methods. However, 2.0 provides a new idea, the reorganization of human logic and the Lostbelt that is independent of normal human logic, maybe it can make the man who should have disappeared reappear - Jian Shao is making a statement here, if Type-Moon dares to come out, Jian Shao dares to spend money. By the way, Jian Shao has not spent money since the X Mao reprint, no money is really great.