Type-Moon: Root Seiko

"What happened this time? You must know, right?"

"I don't even expect the Holy Grail War to continue normally. But at the very least, as guardians of humanity, shouldn't we do something we should do?"

“You are absolutely right, Conqueror.”

Artoria and Ryougi exchanged a glance and shared the information with Waver and the others.

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As Irisviel noticed, the Greater Grail began to supply magic.

Orange and Arisu, who originally controlled the spiritual veins of Fuyuki City, also felt a strong impact at the same time.

All the magic and barriers they had set up were broken.

Ownership of the Fuyuki City spiritual vein was seized in an instant!

Then the anti-heroic spirits, tainted by the black mud, appeared and attacked Waver and his companions.

Ryougi and Artoria, being the fastest, arrived immediately to provide support in order to prevent the situation from spiraling out of control.

At this point, Luo Zhen and the others also confirmed one thing:

"Someone has taken control of the Aeon Grail and made it go berserk."

"This is the real mastermind. This Holy Grail War was set up from the very beginning; it's impossible for a Heroic Spirit to be summoned 'normally'."

Orange was quite irritable after working overtime all night.

On the map spread out on the table, she placed several chess pieces that had been hand-rolled on the spot:

“My puppet investigated immediately. The spiritual veins of Fuyuki City are currently blocked, with several nodes constantly absorbing magical energy to perform a grand magic spell.”

"The Greater Grail is carrying out its original task: to open a passage to the Root and drag the entire Fuyuki City into the Root."

Chapter 95 Yandere Mother? Daughter?

After the Greater Grail was suddenly activated last night, the spiritual veins of the entire Fuyuki City became chaotic.

Irisviel, who had a connection with the Greater Grail, was quite shaken. At the request of Ryougi and Artoria, she went to sleep for a while and has only just recovered.

After Orange's on-site investigation using the puppet, it can be basically confirmed that:

“Heroic spirits have been summoned, and more than one.”

Orange taps the hand-rubbed chess pieces placed on the map.

The black Heroic Spirit that attacked Waver and the King of Conquerors last night, although its Spirit Origin has been greatly modified and it is covered in black mud, has obviously lost its self-awareness.

But those should have been normal Heroic Spirits, summoned "normally" by the Greater Grail.

Orange emphasizes the other pieces on the map:

“Apart from the one at the farm in the suburbs last night, the other spiritual vein accumulation points are not moving, they are just continuing to absorb magic power.”

"But these sludge points also contain an aura similar to that of the black spirit from last night."

These heroic spirits were embedded in the Winterwood Spirit Vein like wedges, cutting off the flow.

This gave Orange, who was originally in control of the Winterwood Spirit Vein, a real headache. Her obsessive-compulsive disorder made it impossible for her to accept this chaos.

"The mastermind probably controlled the Greater Grail, then used the Grail's original mechanism to summon Heroic Spirits, and then transformed these Heroic Spirits into tools without self-awareness."

"Then they stuffed their spirit origins into the spirit vein nodes of Fuyuki City and used them as magical nodes."

“These nodes are interconnected through the spiritual veins, which together form a massive magic spell covering the entire Fuyuki region: ‘Opening the passage to the source.’”

"I have a question."

Good baby Canaan stretches out his arms, his straight, smooth brown skin is very beautiful:

“I understand that bad guys have taken control of the Greater Grail, summoned Heroic Spirits, and even controlled them.”

"But why was it only that dark-skinned heroic spirit who jumped out and fought last night? Didn't the other dark-skinned heroic spirits attack us?"

"Also, why do you say they're doing some kind of magic to reach the Root? Is the Root a place that requires a special method to reach?"

“Canaan baby, be good, I’ll answer you one by one.”

Luo Zhen made a cup of soy milk for Canaan and added six spoonfuls of sugar.

Even though the soy milk was almost saturated, Canaan was still happily holding it and drinking it.

This girl might become an angel, Brother Luo Zhen said with great satisfaction, patting her head.

"...Little Kuang, you want some too?"

Seeing that Xiao Kuang next to him was staring at him with half-closed eyes, Luo Zhen poured her a cup as well.

Leaving aside Xiao Kuang's helpless sigh, Luo Zhen began to answer Canaan's questions:

"Why only the black swordsman from last night attacked is indeed unclear."

"Perhaps it's because the black swordsman has the most magic power, and his spirit origin formed earlier than the others hidden in the spirit veins?"

Luo Zhen then looked at Artoria, who sat upright with graceful posture:

"Or perhaps, because the black swordsman still retained a last shred of self-awareness."

"It's better to launch an attack than to explode inside the spiritual vein. Perhaps this is the last dignity and contribution of the guardians of humanity—to willingly seek death."

"...Although she is indeed very strong, it was only thanks to the two of us, Luo Zhen, that we were able to win."

Artoria answered with a faint smile, exchanging a knowing glance with Rozen.

Only the two of them directly saw the black-clad swordsman from last night.

That black swordsman has the exact same face as Artoria—he's another side of 'King Arthur wielding the holy sword'.

But there's no need to tell everyone this, to avoid any trouble.

The fact that Knight King Artoria killed another version of herself will not have any impact on her, so there is no need for everyone to worry.

That will become a secret between Luo Zhen and the Knight King, which is good.

Luo Zhen then answered Canaan's second question: "Why go to the root cause? It's very simple."

"This is the fundamental reason for the establishment of the Greater Grail in Fuyuki City. The wishing machine is nothing but an excuse to lure outsiders into participating in the Grail War."

Luo Zhen looked at Irisviel, indicating whether she should speak.

As one of the three starter Pokémon, Irisviel nodded without hesitation and immediately switched into Irisviel teacher mode!

Orange handed her a pair of non-prescription glasses that had been hand-rubbed on the spot, and Irisviel actually put them on:

"First of all, reaching the source is the long-cherished wish of every magician family, which I don't need to emphasize."

"The original three families established the rituals for the Holy Grail War for this purpose. The Greater Grail existed from the beginning to open the Root Path."

The Einzbern family, hoping to recreate the perfect Third Law.

While the Winter Saintess Justiza is excellent, she is only a third-generation magic creation limited to one person and is not yet perfect.

But as long as we can reach the source and steal a mystery like the first and fifth magicians, we will surely achieve perfection.

Although this may seem like putting the cart before the horse and sounds silly.

But the Einzbern family has always been such a stubborn race of homunculus humans; taking a detour is their shortcut.

€€€€Machiri €€Zorgen, a powerful magician from Kiev.

He created the underlying plans and system for the Holy Grail War.

He also completed the design of this large-scale spell, which uses the circuits of the Winter Maiden to open the Root Channel, making him arguably the true designer of the Greater Grail.

As for his purpose in going to the source, whether it was simply to seek knowledge or for some other purpose, outsiders have no way of knowing.

The head of the Tohsaka family at the time was Tohsaka Nagato.

He simply provided the venue in Fuyuki City; there's nothing more to say.

His greatest contribution was probably that he was the disciple of the Second Magician, Gemstone.

At the time, the Gemstone Elder was quite free, so he came to participate in the ceremony organized by his disciple and became a witness to the first Holy Grail War.

If it weren't for the Jewel Elemental, the three starter Servants might have been wiped out in the First War... Back then, even Command Seals, which allowed you to command Servants, didn't exist; it was truly a free-for-all.

Teacher Alice raised her delicate pink fingertips:

"So if the Holy Grail War is completed as expected, and all seven Heroic Spirits are destroyed and their Spirit Origins return to the Greater Grail, then the Root can be opened."

The purpose of the Holy Grail War was never to be a wish-granting machine.

That wish is too mundane; none of the three starter families with the Holy Grail are interested in it.

The core logic of the Holy Grail War is to actively summon Heroic Spirits to the world through the application of the Third Law, "Soul Materialization," and then integrate their Spirit Origins into the Greater Grail.

If enough Spirit Origins are collected, the Greater Grail can gather enough resources to open a passage to the Root.

Of course, it's true that you can use these magical resources to make a wish.

But that was just a half-hearted use.

It was made up by the three main magicians to trick outside magicians into participating and making up the numbers.

Canaan nodded with a clear "oh~" look in his eyes, but it was unclear how much he actually understood.