Walking in the Question and Answer System of Heroic Spirits

A man stood on the roof of a five-story residential building, seemingly oblivious to the raindrops falling from the sky, looking down at Brunhilde.

Strangely, Brunhilde didn't meet the man's gaze; instead, she knelt there trembling, as if enduring something.

This person is none other than Brunhilde's Master, Nigel Seward.

Chapter 512 The Elixir of Love

Brunhilde: "(#~～~#)"

The moment she saw this man and thought about what he had done to her, her anger flared up.

"You can cry. You can sigh. It doesn't matter; it's a normal reaction."

Nigel's tone was chillingly cold, his eyes behind his sunglasses as sharp as knives.

He is a person without emotions; the only emotion he was born with is obsession—an obsession to bring his magical abilities to an even higher level.

At least that's how Nigel sees himself, and his words and actions confirm this self-awareness.

He showed none of the sympathy, pity, kindness, or benevolence he desired.

All he possessed was coldness.

[Unmoved. Without emotion.]

View reality with detachment, and act with precision. Like this moment, it's about using words.

Zabiko: "It feels like there are so many lunatics like this in The Magicians."

Blonde Rin: "I guess this is what they mean by environment shaping personality."

Weber: "..."

Second generation: "Ahem, please don't make sweeping generalizations."

Nigel: "Tears, sighs—these are normal expressions of emotion that stem from love. That's fine. You're cultivating that affection. The growth rate is also excellent, even better than I expected."

"Love. One of the most important reactions that even rational beings like humans can manipulate at will. The deeper the love, the stronger your Noble Phantasm. Even the most unparalleled Heroic Spirit is no match for us alone. As long as you pour out your true love—"

"You can easily banish them. With deep affection, you could even kill a god!"

[This is the power of Bluehilde's Noble Phantasm: the deeper the love, the greater the power of its one-hit kill.]

[If the conditions are met, even the Titaness of the Underworld would not escape her fate under the spear. It truly is a one-hit kill in the literal sense.]

[The love potion that Nigel meticulously crafted is, in essence, something that complements her Noble Phantasm.]

[Tristan and Isolde, the Ring of the Nibelung, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and many more—designed in imitation of elixirs from legends and stories around the world, one of the pinnacles of alchemy, this elixir can control and dominate emotions, enough to plunge its user into "forced love." Even the slightest kindness, resonance, or sympathy can be transformed into love.]

Disobedience is impossible; in fact, the desire to disobey never existed.

When one falls in love and feels affection, one inevitably descends into extreme madness.

This is the conclusion that the magician Nigel reached through countless observations and experiments.

Sora: "The elixir of love! So this man invented it?"

She had drawn this item during the first round of Q&A, but she felt that love gained through this was too fake, so she never brought it out again.

Waver: "I see. So, to allow Brunhilde to unleash her full potential, they made her take this elixir..."

Weber: "He has a lot of ideas, but his behavior is hard to agree with."

No wonder Brunhilde has always been reluctant to talk about this past; it's a shameful dark history for her.

Sigurd: "I'm sorry, Brunhilde, I'm the one who caused all of this."

Brunhilde: "It's none of your business, my love. It's all in the past."

"Cry your heart out. Lament your pain. Tremble. These are good expressions of deep emotion. But—"

Nigel removed his sunglasses, revealing six black feather-like patterns in his right eye.

"No disobedience allowed!"

[That's exactly right. It happened about twenty minutes ago. Lancer confessed her betrayal to the man who was her Master, and Nigel's response was very concise.]

[There was no outburst of rage, discouragement, or cursing. Only the order to take the elixir was given.]

"What you said is quite interesting. You said 'enough,' didn't you? Even though it's a temporary body made of ether, it's a rational being with mental activity and a brain, yet it dares to defy my elixir."

She refused the order to take the medication.

Unfortunately, it was no match for the Command Spells.

Rin Tohsaka: "I feel like I'm seeing another magician walking down the path of self-destruction."

Shishikage Kairi: "Heh, this is the normal relationship between a magician and a Heroic Spirit."

Arrogance and self-righteousness, treating Heroic Spirits as ordinary familiars—this is the true reflection of most mages after becoming Masters.

"Don't overthink it, just drink the elixir!"

Nigel said in a deep voice, "To take the life of what you love. That's why you came."

【"no..."】

Resisting the order to take the elixir, Brunhilde struggled to say, "No, no, no, no, no, no—"

"I gave all my true love and true sorrow to him long ago."

Nigel: "Then let's do it again."

[Brynhildr: "I have given everything. The moment I took the life of my beloved. In the tragedy of slaughtering all the retainers, I swore an oath in my own name and in my father's name. I swore an oath, so... No, no, this is too difficult for me..."]

Even she herself didn't realize that the size of her Noble Phantasm spear had doubled; the blade alone was as long as a human's height, and its weight had reached a staggering 1,800 kilograms.

Even now, guns continue to grow larger.

This is a sign that the love is growing stronger.

Sora: "So this is Bucciarati's power!"

This never happened when Brunhilde was with her.

Is this the true power of the eldest Valkyrie in Norse mythology?

Unfortunately, this method of promotion is truly despicable.

She now finds that bottle of love potion utterly disgusting and thinks she should find a chance to destroy it.

Nigel: "Look. Your love is deepening, little by little. This is you. This is who you truly are."

No, no, no—

Brunhilde's arms were wrapped tightly around her body.

That's not him!

"He is definitely not the one for me, so I will not offer my love to him."

"He is the hero who slays the dragon, my beloved. I have failed the god, and my divinity has been stripped away, yet he embraces me and promises me his love."

"Only Sigurd is mine, mine, mine, mine, mine—"

[The mournful cry vanished into the sky.]

This mournful cry was the sign that her burning passion had reached its zenith.

[The massive spear, weighing a staggering 2,300 kilograms, was effortlessly lifted by Brunhilde. The mere glancing blow from the tip of the blade cleaved the roof of the residential building in two.]

Brunhilde stood demurely, her earlier trembling, puppy-like dewdrop-like gait vanished as quickly as morning dew.

Everything is now complete.

"Alright, Master."

Brunhilde smiled faintly, "I will kill Sigurd. Is that alright?"

The elixir of love caused a miraculous change in Brunhilde.

[The elixir's purported absolute love for Sigurd successfully distorted Brunhilde's consciousness, causing Sigurd to replace Arthur in her memories.]

[In her eyes now, King Arthur is Sigurd.]

Zabiko: "What a disgusting guy."

Blonde Rin: "Even when chaos ensued, Brunhilde didn't transfer her affections to anyone else."

Gina: "This is true love."

Sigurd: (Clenches fist)

It's a pity that it's all in the past, otherwise he would definitely have personally executed this Nigel!

How dare they treat their beloved like this?

Meanwhile, somewhere underground in Tokyo.

[In the pitch-black darkness, in the abyss where one cannot even reach out and touch.]

[Sleeping in the swaying currents, the colossal "cup" awaits its awakening.]

[—It is the Greater Grail.]

[And accompanying him was a pure white maiden, as ethereal as an elf.]

Rin Tohsaka: "Has Ayaka Sajou already found the Greater Grail?"