Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

Ilya was not entirely devoid of happiness; from birth until she was eight years old, she experienced a very happy period.

Unfortunately, the Fourth Holy Grail War destroyed everything Illya had.

She is not the Little Grail who has always lived in darkness and never seen the light.

Instead, they had witnessed the light before sinking into darkness...

It could be said that after the death of her parents, Ilya had not felt this kind of light for a long time.

The last time I had this vague feeling was on the day I completed a synchronized teleport with Berserker.

However, Illya, who knew the fate of the Servants and also knew that Berserker had lost a lot because of his berserk state, knew very well that the warmth at that time was extremely fake, a resonance between two fake lives.

And now...

"Is it possible? Can my wish really come true?"

After hearing Roland's words, Ilya felt a lump in her throat, and then she cautiously asked this question.

She so desperately longed for the light she had once possessed.

But I was also a little scared.

Seeing Ilya like this, Medea and the others softened their gazes somewhat, and Roland, just as decisively as he had been in response to Ilya earlier, nodded directly to her this time.

"Of course you can. As I said before, most of the people here have already had their wishes for the Holy Grail fulfilled to some extent."

"That includes you, Ilya, of course."

"We will lend a helping hand to our companions in distress, so once you become our companion, climb out of your predicament and live a freer and happier life."

When Ilya heard Roland say that, she raised her head slightly and squinted her eyes.

Because if I don't do this, tears will definitely fall.

Ilya sniffed, then nodded to Roland and to everyone who was looking at her.

"Well, I will definitely do it."

Seeing her like this, the others' gazes softened.

The meeting fell silent for a moment, until Ilya had somewhat composed herself, and then Roland turned his attention to Rin Tohsaka.

However, before Roland could even speak, Rin Tohsaka spoke first.

"Ah... I was already thinking of giving up on the Holy Grail War."

"After all, there have been too many unexpected events in this Holy Grail War... In addition, if the Holy Grail War is still a ritual like this, then I'll let it go this time. Anyway, the long-cherished wish of our Tohsaka family is to reach the Root, and all the other magicians besides us are also working towards this goal, so there must be other ways besides the Holy Grail."

After saying this, Rin Tohsaka leaned back in her chair.

She finally made a decision.

Her reasoning was that it would require the souls of seven Servants to do so, and since her own soul had merged with Ishtar's, she couldn't very well commit suicide to open the passage to the Root, could she?

As for whether that's the real reason... well, that's hard to say.

After all, Rin Tohsaka, you could say she's the most magician-like magician, because once she sets her sights on something, she can make a decision quickly and take action.

You could also say she's the magician least like a magician, because her goals and choices are somewhat different from those of a typical magician...

"Oh, right, the...cough cough, Ishtar has also given up."

After saying that, Rin Tohsaka added another sentence, and then decided not to say anything more.

Clearly, the goddess in her mind is probably already making a scene.

She's probably arguing with the other person right now.

Seeing Rin Tohsaka like this, Roland still had the same expression.

“If your goal is to reach the root, then you don’t have to give up this opportunity completely, because it’s not entirely without a chance.”

Ok?

Upon hearing Roland's words, Rin Tohsaka opened her eyes, and everyone else looked over as well.

Roland now crossed his arms and supported his chin.

His eyes rarely wavered, and his face always wore that obvious, confident, yet understated smile—a smile that was all curves and nothing else.

"That's the question I'm going to talk about next."

"I had previously investigated the Holy Grail War and sent my familiars to investigate many things. Finally, I discovered some things."

"First is Gilgamesh."

"Let me state a premise: Gilgamesh was actually Archer in the last Holy Grail War, and since the last Holy Grail War ended without a result, he has remained until now."

Many people gasped in surprise upon hearing Roland's words.

Artoria then spoke up to continue Roland's words.

"That's right. I was also a participant in the last Holy Grail War, and because of some of my special circumstances, I still retain the memories of that Holy Grail War."

this...

They were already surprised by Gilgamesh's situation, but now that Artoria had spoken, they were even more surprised.

However, Roland continued the conversation.

"It was because I learned about this from Artoria that I gained some new insights. So, I learned some information from the Einzbern family before, and then I investigated a lot about the Fuyuki disaster back then, especially confirming what was scattered after the Holy Grail was broken at the end of the Fourth Holy Grail War, and finally came to a conclusion."

"That is the Servant who survived from the previous Holy Grail Wars, not just Gilgamesh from the Fourth Holy Grail War, but also someone from an even earlier period."

"That is, the special class Servant that Einzbern illegally summoned during the Third Holy Grail War - Angra Mainyu."

"The opponent withdrew from the Third Holy Grail War. Since the Third Holy Grail War also ended without a result, and was forcibly ended due to a problem with the Lesser Grail, Angra Mainyu's soul was not sent back directly, but sank into the Greater Grail."

"Then the Greater Grail was corrupted by him."

"If the Greater Grail of the past stored pure magical energy, then the magical energy stored in the Greater Grail now has become 'contaminated magical energy,' which I call—the evil of this world, which is all the malice of this world."

“That was brought by Angolan Manuel. When you were summoned, you were given a lot of modern knowledge and legends, so you should know about his deeds.”

"so..."

"Next, we will accomplish two things. The first is to remove Gilgamesh from the stage, and the second is to purify the Greater Grail. These two things must be done simultaneously, and the Greater Grail must be purified before Gilgamesh is removed from the stage, lest his soul be corrupted by the evil of this world after we remove him, thus forcing us to fight him twice."

"And after all these things are done, we can use the energy generated by Gilgamesh and Angra Mainyu's departure, plus the energy from the three Holy Grail Wars after the evil of this world has been purified, plus the energy transformed from all the malice of this world—then we can accomplish both fulfilling our wishes and opening the passage to the Root!"

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44. How many magic circuits does Roland have?

"Reaching the source... I never expected that I would come here just to try and see if the Holy Grail could save people, but I unexpectedly saw such hope. This is really... it has given me some motivation."

After the meeting ended, Aozaki Touko leaned back in her chair, looking at the magicians who had not yet left, and couldn't help but sigh.

Thinking about it carefully, that makes sense.

After all, what can truly drive a magician to madness is a miracle.

And miracles are the source of magic!

Magicians are a group of madmen who only pursue the ultimate truth. They'll do anything to achieve it; if they feel they don't have enough time, they'll pursue immortality; if they feel they need human sacrifices, they'll kill...

Perhaps magicians weren't crazy at first, but once they became obsessed with the idea of ​​a "root," they would gradually be driven mad by the inability to reach their goal, and then do some extreme things.

If we consider Root as a god, then every magician is its follower, and especially in modern times, over 95 percent of magicians are fanatical followers of Root.

Their desires for power, wealth, status, the opposite sex, and strength are all aimed at reaching the root of things.

If giving up these things would allow them to reach the root of the problem, they would give them up without hesitation.

Even if you increase the stakes and ask them to abandon their family, friends, and lovers—they will still do it.

Just to reach the root!

Medea, a magician from the Age of Gods who had a rudimentary understanding of modern magic, still couldn't quite grasp this.

Is it really that important to get to the root of the problem?

For Medea, magic was never the most important thing, nor was it the root of anything.

But her words earned her a glare from Aozaki Touko. Even though Aozaki Touko was wearing glasses and still acting like an older sister, she still shook her head slightly at Medea's words.

"You're being a bit too much like a modern-day 'If you can't afford food, why not eat cake'."

"You magicians from the Age of Gods are just like the sorcerers in those fantasy novels written by ordinary people. Ah, back in the Age of Gods, you were called magicians, right... For you, completing 'law' by reaching the source is something no one else can do, but you have gods you can see and touch. As long as you make a pact, you only need to chant the god's name to directly trigger miracles from the source. As long as you have talent and are willing to pursue it, then the mystery is almost limitless."

"You've also felt the fundamental difference between modern magic and divine magic, haven't you? Compared to your techniques, our magic is more like a deception, a deception to fool the world."

“We use ten short verses to deceive the world and induce tiny miracles, while you only need to say the name of God and miracles will happen for free.”

"For modern magicians, the place you are in is like the 'Promised Land' that God promised to people."

"Although staying in the Promised Land might make one lazy and lose ambition, and it would be impossible to accomplish miracles like the Five Great Laws, since the systems are different—but if one is at ease, giving up these things should be no big deal for many modern magicians."

"After all, a significant portion of modern magicians do not seek immortality, endless magic, power, status, or wealth... they simply seek peace of mind."

Aozaki Touko isn't a transmigrator like Roland, otherwise she might have said something like "Versailles"!

"For modern magicians, history clearly records the Age of Gods, the Age of Mystic Decline, the Age of Mystic Revival, then the modern era, and in addition, there are fantasy species like the Golden Wolf that remain in the world. The existence of those fantasy species completely proves how young modern magic really is."