Walking in the Question and Answer System of Heroic Spirits

[A dilapidated church.]

[C-Mama never had the Holy Grail in the church from the beginning, but she felt that Kirei Kotomine should have some information, so she took over this place, but she didn't expect—]

Kirei Kotomine really didn't leave anything behind.

However, she did discover signs that another person had lived here, but that person was no longer there.

[Furthermore, she discovered a previously unknown aspect of Kirei Kotomine's character.]

What a hypocritical priest.

Zabiko: "It seems Medea has discovered something."

Blonde Rin: "I should say, this priest has done something wrong again and left a mess."

【"ε=(′ο｀*)))alas..."】

[With a soft sigh, C's mother pressed her fingers to her temples and closed her eyes.]

[Don't be fooled by how easily she dealt with Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka; she was actually quite exhausted.]

[During the month or so that she was summoned, she spared no effort in her pursuit of victory.]

Although Souichirou Kuzuki is very strong, he is ultimately just an ordinary person and cannot supply her with magical energy. Therefore, in order to replenish her magic, she is forced to abuse forbidden magic, draining the life force of the people in the city.

[This involves laying magical threads along the streets and using human jinchūriki to manipulate underground spiritual veins.]

This is why she was called a 'witch' during her lifetime.

Chapter 545: A Twist of Fate, the Oil King and Medea (Seeking Recommendations, Favorites, and Subscriptions)

How ridiculous! They've resorted to methods they never used in their lifetime.

However, her talk to Red A about using the people in the city for her own purposes and squeezing them dry was just a show of bravado to maintain a ruthless image.

So far, she has only absorbed the life essence of a few thousand people, and those whose life essence has been absorbed only need a few days of rest to recover completely.

This is already a very gentle approach.

Compared to Medusa's direct blood-draining and soul-absorbing behavior, Caster is practically too kind.

To be fair, C-Mom never liked using these evil magic tricks.

C-Mom's motto is: everything in this world comes at a price!

Retribution, karma, curse.

Using evil magic inevitably comes at a price.

Unfortunately, she was ultimately manipulated by the gods and became a witch who betrayed her father and killed her brother.

C's wish is to use the Holy Grail to change people's minds.

But after learning the truth about the Holy Grail, she gave it up.

Everyone: "..."

Wow, what a plot twist!

I used to think Medea was a witch who would stop at nothing to achieve her goals, but I never expected that she was actually a very kind person.

C’s mother: “ヽ(≧□≦)ノ”

Damn it, why did I have to say something like that! It ruins the strong image I've built up all this time!

Uh, wait a minute, this thing seems to have disappeared a long time ago because of Carnival Phantasm.

Then it doesn't matter.

Medea: "I was just seeking revenge, just retaliating against Jason, the man who abandoned me. How did I stray so far from the right path..."

It was all Jason's fault.

"—Idiot. What's the point of this?"

She utterly disregarded the Holy Grail created to achieve the Third Law. Such a simple magic trick, yet these modern magicians held it in such high regard—it was laughable and pathetic.

This is probably the limit that modern magicians can achieve after the decline of the Age of Gods.

Koles: "As expected of a magician from the Age of Gods, he speaks with such arrogance."

Gina: "This is called Versailles."

Koles: "Versailles? Isn't that a place name?"

Gina: "No, Versailles is internet slang, which is a form of language that subtly and inadvertently shows one's sense of superiority to the outside world."

Fiore: "Hehe, that word is really fitting."

Lion's Tribulation: "Oh, the future really does have a lot more strange and unusual words."

[Mom couldn't help but recall what happened a month ago, just before she was born.]

"Welcome, Caster, Princess of Colchis."

The Oil King stared excitedly at the summoned Medea, his smile utterly greasy to Medea.

The summoning location was the top floor of a luxurious hotel, with marble floors, swimming pools on both sides, and a group of women of various races standing behind them.

"Hmm, that's very much in line with the style of an oil tycoon."

[Looking at the gold and gemstone jewelry on the other person's body, Medea immediately judged that this was a magician with a very flamboyant personality.]

At this time, Medea still had a dislike for trouble, so she behaved very submissively and inquired about Atram's name.

The relationship broke down from that moment on.

Atram didn't show it, but Medea noticed the disdain in his eyes.

The person before her instantly reminded her of Jason, that despicable man.

Medea's senses towards the oil king began to decline significantly.

[Subsequently, after Atram learned that Medea's Noble Phantasm could not summon dragons, he immediately stopped pretending.]

The ignorant oil tycoon had no idea that, throughout the entire history of humankind, those capable of controlling dragons were fewer than a handful.

Medea found Atram's mockery laughable and exhausting, but had not yet harbored any murderous intent towards him.

That's right, she didn't want to betray anyone, she didn't want to be that betraying witch again.

Unfortunately, reality dealt her a heavy blow.

Some people just love to court disaster.

C's Mom: "Heh, this kind of trash..."

It's amazing that she was able to patiently play along with this guy; it seems she really doesn't want to be associated with betrayal anymore.

Weber: "Sigh..."

Atram, that flamboyant fellow, didn't have exceptional skills, but he certainly picked up all the bad habits of magicians.

Atram took Medea to see his trump card for winning the Holy Grail War: a magic workshop where magical crystals were extracted from children's lives.

That was a crystallization of pure magic, refined from the innocent souls of hundreds of trafficked children, untainted by any other thoughts.

Atram even boasted about it to Medea, unaware that his actions were causing Medea's favor towards him to plummet.

This kind of life-stealing, inefficient, and useless sorcery is completely out of character for Medea.

[That's right, Medea could easily create a large quantity of these crystals, while Atram required the sacrifice of so many lives.]

To stop Atram's behavior, Medea showed him her skills on the spot, but this only made Atram more wary of her.

[Therefore, Atram used his first Command Seal to prevent himself from using his Noble Phantasm.]

My mind did have a moment of inspiration at that moment, but only once.

[Then, believing he was safe, Atram began to assault Medea, because he believed her earlier actions were a mockery of him.]

Ta-Miao: "That bastard!"

Atalanta was furious when she saw the oil tycoon wasting the child's life like this.

Not only him, but everyone else in the group looked grim.

Webber, in particular, thought that Atram, despite his many minor flaws, was actually quite good because of the plot of "The Second Generation". But now it seems that he was one-sided.

Mud will never get stuck on a wall.

In the days that followed, Atram constantly spoke of witches and betrayal, successfully driving Medea's favorability towards him to negative levels.

And so, one day, as Atram left the workshop, Medea began her 'betrayal'.

[That idiot Atram had no idea that Medea's "All Signs Will Break the Rules" could be used not only on Masters but also directly on Servants.]

[With a chilling laugh, Medea successfully broke her contract with Atram.]

[Then, Medea showed no mercy, killing all of Atram's servants in the workshop and releasing the surviving children.]

That's all she could do.

"Using children's lives to do this... if Atalanta saw this, she'd fight me to the death."

Then, bursts of azure flame appeared, reducing Atram's workshop to ashes.

Ta-Miao: "Medea, thank you..."