Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

The next morning, when Roland appeared in the hall, he felt refreshed and invigorated.

"Is Medea still asleep?"

After seeing Roland, Aozaki Touko asked him this question with a smile.

If it were Medea who came down and asked Roland if he was awake, Medea would probably blush so much that she wouldn't dare to lift her head. But Roland was very frank.

"She's awake, but she told me to come down first, probably to get ready."

Medea does wear some light makeup. Although most of the time, Medea stays in the magic workshop doing research, and when Roland sees her in the morning, she may not be asleep yet. At that time, her hair is messy and she has some dark circles under her eyes. But otherwise, Medea will tidy herself up a bit after getting up in the morning.

"I see."

As Aozaki Touko said this, she seemed to want to say something more, but then she saw something on Roland's forearm that seemed somewhat familiar.

That is

"Magic Mark?"

After clearly seeing what was on Roland's forearm, Aozaki Touko was visibly stunned.

This is not to say that magic markings are particularly rare.

In fact, if you look at it this way, a significant number of magicians have magic crests passed down from their families—but having a magic crest almost certainly means that they are magicians with family traditions.

Roland...wasn't he the first magician?

His teacher was Medea, a magician from the Age of Gods.

Magical markings, which are incredibly valuable to modern magicians, are completely unnecessary for magicians of the Age of Gods.

So where did this magic mark come from?

"Ah, it is indeed a magic crest, which was just implanted this morning—you know my situation, I have too much magic power, which makes it very difficult for me to suppress the magic power in one part of my body, so I forgot to control it for a moment."

Upon hearing what Aozaki Touko said, Roland also noticed that the magic crest on his left forearm was glowing, which was a sign that the magic crest had been activated.

After he noticed it, the light on the magic crest went out, and then, like a magic circuit, it was directly hidden away.

The transplant was done this morning, so it seems it really was given to him by Medea.

However, Medea's Magic Crest... If Medea also has a Magic Crest, then her teacher seems to be the God of Magic—so this is a divine Magic Crest inherited from the God of Magic!?

Aozaki Touko was a little puzzled.

Roland then explained it to her.

"This magic mark was made for me by Medea after she learned about modern magic and realized that I didn't have one."

"At first, Medea seemed to want to teach me divine words, but after understanding the difference between divine magic and modern magic, Medea realized that there was a fundamental difference between divine magic and modern magic, and that it would be useless for her to teach me high-speed divine words. So she created this magic mark for me."

"This contains some basic magic that Medea plans to teach me, as well as some simple magic that can be activated. However, I am not compatible with most magic in terms of magic crests, so the only magic that can be used once triggered in this magic crest is fire magic and lightning magic."

Magicians have attributes.

Roland's attribute is imaginary, which does not mean that he cannot use magic other than imaginary magic, but in theory, the magic Roland can use should all be related to the category of imaginary magic.

Unless he modifies his physique using special methods.

Magic engraving, on the other hand, places even higher demands on the user.

Logically speaking, if the magic mark is incompatible with Roland's attributes, it would be difficult to transplant it onto him, and even if it were transplanted, it might cause a rejection reaction.

But Roland was clearly different from ordinary people.

"Medea said that I have a high compatibility with fire magic and lightning magic, but apart from that, even spatial teleportation, which should be similar to my attributes, produces a burning sensation when transplanted onto me in the form of a magic crest. This causes me some pain when using the magic crest and puts a burden on my body. So in the end, she modified part of the crest, only selecting fire magic and lightning magic."

Forehead...

Is there a possibility that...

Activating a magic mark causes pain and puts a strain on the body... That's something any normal magician would experience.

Isn't this common sense?!

For a moment, Aozaki Touko felt an urge to say something, but in the end she didn't.

After all, Medea must understand. She can create magic crests herself, so she must know everything about it. Since she told Roland this, it means she must have her own reasons.

Compared to this, Aozaki Touko is more interested in something else.

That is...

The magic mark Roland is using now has absolutely no side effects, right?

Damn it, are the magicians of the Age of Gods just going to do whatever they want?!

After meeting Medea, Aozaki Touko felt that the common sense about magic that she had believed in for the past few decades was being shattered one by one.

However, this might not be just Medea's problem...

As Aozaki Touko watched Roland walk towards the conference table, she felt that Roland must have been partly responsible for this.

After all, Roland was simply the chosen one.

She had gone back to investigate before. Although the rare talent of having many high-quality magic circuits had not appeared in the first generation of magicians, it had been seen in the descendants of large families.

The most recorded monsters, some even possessing hundreds of magic circuits, are known as 'treasures'.

However, there is a problem here.

That means magicians with fewer magic circuits are more likely to have their magic circuits programmed normally.

Maintaining a normal format for hundreds of entries is already the limit.

Once a magic circuit exceeds two hundred, it becomes almost impossible to program it normally.

The 'treasure' that had hundreds of magic circuits in the Mage's Association's records was paralyzed because of an anomaly in the magic circuit's programming.

Roland's 1,200 entries are almost certainly unusual in their composition.

And because it is a random occurrence at birth, unlike the case of Einzbern, paralysis is only a minor consequence if there is a complex blockage in some organs.

But even so, Roland was completely unharmed!

If you say he has some undiscovered special talents or physical qualities, then Aozaki Touko probably won't be surprised anymore.

However, Aozaki Touko was rather curious about the magic mark Medea made for Roland.

She was unable to inherit the magic crests of the Aozaki family. Although she stole many magic crests from the magicians who came to cause her trouble, in order to use those magic crests, she had to keep the owners of those magic crests alive.

Furthermore, these magical markings are only placed in space—making them extremely large targets and easy targets for enemies.

When she went back to Misaki City and argued with Aoko, she had a lot of her items smashed by Aoko's magic bullets.

So if possible, even if it's not like Roland which has no side effects, anything normal will do—she really wants one.

With that in mind, Aozaki Touko made a plan.

Let's wait until after the Holy Grail War ends.

I'll see if Medea has any technology that I need that I can trade with her!

With that thought in mind, Aozaki Touko took her seat, and then the others arrived one after another.

Medea and the Hundred Faces were the slowest.

They came down together.

After the two of them were seated, Roland breathed a sigh of relief and made a simple and straightforward announcement.

"Alright, now that everyone is here, I hereby declare the final battle of this Holy Grail War officially begins!"

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49. Angolan Mainyu

Roland's plan is roughly divided into three parts and requires two groups of people.

The first group consists of Iskandar, Cú Chulainn, Bazett, Artoria, Beo the Golden Wolf, Hercules, and Rin Tohsaka.

The second group consists of Roland, Medea, Hyakko, Aozaki Touko, and Illya.

The first group was a combat team targeting Gilgamesh, while the second group was a purification team targeting the Greater Grail.

The first group needs to reach the area that Medea and Aozaki Touko had set up beforehand, while the second group needs to go to the location of the Greater Grail buried deep underground.

Once the second group has prepared the necessary prerequisites for purifying the Greater Grail, the first group can begin their operation.

The three parts of the plan begin here.

The first group lured Gilgamesh over.

Then the second group immediately began purifying the Greater Grail.

Once the Greater Grail is purified, Roland will use Shadow Movement to appear beside the first group, and the battle against Gilgamesh will officially begin.

The reason for choosing this order was mainly to prevent Gilgamesh from interfering in the second group.

After all, the Greater Grail must be purified before Gilgamesh leaves the stage.

Otherwise, if Gilgamesh were to leave the stage and his soul were intercepted by Angra Mainyu—whether Angra Mainyu used the evil of this world to create a new enemy with Gilgamesh's soul, or Gilgamesh was not corrupted but simply came back to life and had the direct power of the Greater Grail, it would be a very distressing situation.

So after Roland's second group finished preparing, Roland sent a message to the first group.