In Type-Moon, people create a magic family lineage

Rather, it is... 'human'.

She is a homunculus named 'Justisa Risleich von Einzbern', who inherited the Third Magic and is known as the 'Winter Saintess'!

This is the true form of the illusory soul that appears before Lu Kang at this moment!

It is illusory yet real, and it is precisely the existence that Lu Kang obtained by using the derivative application of the fifth law he has simulated and mastered to trace back the world on a small scale.

This may sound incredible, but the foundation of the Greater Grail, built two hundred years ago, is based on Justeza herself, who is an artificial human whose physical structure was accidentally obtained by her students as a Third Magician. She is able to use the Third Magic to a limited extent—the only difference between her and a true Third Magician is the 'scale'.

Apart from her, no matter how mysterious the ritual, it could not create the miracle called the materialization of the soul.

The so-called Holy Grail ritual can only be based on her physical body.

The only option was to bury her body deep within the earth's veins, and after it naturally disintegrated, place it under the continuous erosion of magic, repeating the cycle every sixty years.

In this situation, Yustissa was naturally dead.

She dedicated herself to the cause.

In theory, Lu Kang is actually unable to exert any influence on it.

Just like Aozaki Aoko, who had only recently mastered magic, had many limitations in using this mysterious power.

The Fifth Law that Lu Kang replicated from it could not be manipulated at will regarding time.

At present, Aoko can only graft, jump, or reverse the 'time' of things that currently exist.

Time that cannot be manipulated by things that no longer exist.

Lu Kang was no exception.

However, compared to Qingzi, Lu Kang can 'see' much more. He can create 'spirits' from 'spirits'. For ordinary people, these are like things that have vanished. As long as there are still illusory spirits remaining, Lu Kang can also trace them back!

And coincidentally, such a spirit exists within the ley lines of Fuyuki City.

exactly.

The true form of the Greater Grail—a being named Justeza—though her physical body died and merged with the ley lines, her soul still remains in the world because of the materialization of the soul she possesses.

After all, the existence of the soul requires a material basis.

However, the materialized existence of the soul that Justeza possesses, although it cannot function fully after she lost her physical body, still allows her soul to continuously generate a tiny bit of consciousness, enabling her to exist in a flawed state and become a 'witness' to the Holy Grail Wars of each era.

Even now!

His spirit is the basis for the scenes of retracing the past that Lu Kangqian presented to the monarchs.

Its existence is also the means by which Lu Kang controls the entire Holy Grail.

Although its spirit and body are separated, and even its body is no longer the original one, but rather an 'imprint' that has disintegrated and merged into the earth's veins, as a soul, it still retains control over the body.

Under the power of time reversal, and in the mysterious operation of the 'spirit-to-spirit' principle of 272 divine thoughts, Yustissa's spiritual consciousness, which should have been incomplete and dazed, suddenly opened its eyes as if startled!

A pair of red eyes met the boy's gaze, which was not pure but exceptionally deep.

Even the illusory body appeared extremely distinct under Lu Kang's gaze.

The Winter Saintess has a youthful appearance, resembling a young girl, with long, silvery-white hair that reaches her waist, the ends of which float slightly in the air.

Her long, slender neck extended to the hollow of her collarbone, and the thin white gauze clung tightly to her undulating chest, tapering into a sharp triangular shadow at her waist and abdomen.

Her hips rose in a full, rounded curve under the gauze dress, and her bare legs, standing side by side, revealed the luster of her skin. Her toes hovered three inches off the ground, and the shadows of her ankles were as clear as ink lines.

In that fleeting moment of clarity, as she met Lu Kang's gaze, it was as if she had suddenly understood everything...

"do you understand?"

Lu Kang didn't speak, but his voice rang in Lu Kang's ears.

"Ah."

Yustissa nodded slightly, knowing that she was currently under the other party's 'control', but she did not object or resist. She could clearly perceive her current state and feel the state of her physical body. She knew that the unknown boy in front of her was trying to control the upper echelons of the Holy Grail ritual through her, but that didn't matter.

As long as this ritual can be completed and the path to the source can be opened, then everything will be worthwhile for this Winter Saintess.

But until then.

“The Great Grail has been contaminated,” she said.

She could sense that the magical imprint had become impure.

Lu Kang simply nodded and said, "I know."

He certainly couldn't possibly be unaware of this.

Or rather, there was nothing in the world who knew better than him the fact that the 'Great Grail Ritual' had been corrupted.

If that weren't the case, he wouldn't have shown the monarchs only the first two Holy Grail Wars.

But the most recent one before that is missing.

That third time.

The Holy Grail War was waged a third time, and he deliberately didn't show them the final one—the first two times had problems to varying degrees, but those problems were insignificant. The third time, however, even the Holy Grail itself was corrupted.

Those were Servants who were summoned by mistake, ordinary beings who should not have become Heroic Spirits, and who were branded with the name of 'evil'.

That too is due to the pollution it brings, known as the evil of this world.

It was something like the 'black mud' of Kichijoin Kihara.

Because it was an ordinary person rather than a true Heroic Spirit, it could not return to the World Record Belt, but remained in the Greater Grail before its return, where it was subtly corrupted.

Under its contamination, the Holy Grail, no longer pure, cannot reach the source, and is very likely to cause the monarchs to lose interest—his concealment is therefore inevitable.

This is the problem he needs to address...

"There are beads."

Lu Kang, who had turned his gaze away from Yustissa's spirit, which was visible only to him, suddenly looked in the other direction.

At the end of the temple courtyard, a dark figure slowly descended from the height, carried by a fairytale-like breeze. Youzhu, who had heard Lu Kang speak, also looked over in the direction of the voice.

"Do you have any wishes that you want to fulfill?"

Youzhu was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and looked at what was in front of Lu Kang.

She couldn't see the spirit, but don't forget, there was also a golden 'small Holy Grail' in front of Lu Kang.

That was also what he found out from his retrospection.

It is the magical crystallization of the Third Holy Grail War, which is infinitely close to success.

It contains no heroic spirits, only the crystallization of magic.

as well as--

It was filled with an atmosphere of 'malice'.

Lu Kang naturally couldn't pull the heroes' souls back out through time travel.

But the souls of ordinary people can.

Those spirits, labeled as evil and bringing pollution, are able to...

Yuzhu shook her head.

She had no wishes she wanted to fulfill.

If I absolutely had to say...

All I can do is look forward to the next time I meet Lu Kang after this separation.

“I think you should have one,” Lu Kang said with a smile, looking at Youzhu who was walking over.

The girl's long black dress reached her ankles, and the hem swayed slightly with her steps.

The shadows narrowed at the waist, outlining a slender waistline, while the curves of the chest were pressed into gentle arcs by the heavy fabric, revealing only subtle undulations in the sidelight.

The hip line forms a taut shadow on the skirt, and the fabric folds reveal a full silhouette as you move.

She was slightly confused by what Lu Kang said.

Immediately, Lu Kang took the girl's soft hand and, amidst Youzhu's confusion and unconscious stiffness, touched the Holy Grail before her.

Yuzhu was stunned for a moment.

Feeling the figure of the boy close to my back.

I could also feel the presence of the boy who was so close to me.

She also heard him speak.

Road:

"Your wish is to be 'friends' forever, right?"

This time, Youzhu didn't shake her head; instead, she nodded slightly.

She could inexplicably feel her cheeks burning.

But it remained motionless and made no struggle.

She truly wanted it to last forever.

But whether they are friends or not is hard to say.

Lu Kang simply smiled, holding the girl's hand and feeling the softness of her body.

As Yuzhu nodded, the golden Holy Grail seemed to receive a command and suddenly disintegrated in the palms of the boy and girl, transforming into rainbow light that splashed upwards once more.

At that moment, Yustissa's spirit gazed at the scene of countless interwoven patterns in the sky.

They also understood Lu Kang's plan.

"By making a wish, causing the Lesser Grail of the Third Grail to disintegrate directly, preventing the 'evil' stored within it from returning to the Greater Grail—directly flowing through time, thus making the fact that the Greater Grail was contaminated no longer exist?"

As the Winter Saintess's consciousness sensed the gradual purification of her magic imprinted deep within the earth's veins, her eyes widened slightly in surprise.

He remained expressionless.

But in his eyes, there was a sudden realization.

...

at the same time.

The night view visible through the window of a room in the temple.

Aoko opened her eyes and looked at the boy and girl who were almost embracing each other outside. A complicated look flashed in her eyes.

But I couldn't help but mutter:

"That guy, Lu Kang."

"It was all worth pretending to be asleep!"

Chapter 182 The King's Preparations, The Isolated Puppet Family and Emiya, the Schemer

Fuyuki's night was very long.

On the other side of the sea in London, England, this day also felt very long.

A secret 'Grand Decree' began deep within the Tomb of Albion and ended quickly. The decision, unanimously approved by the attending monarchs, was swiftly disseminated throughout the Clock Tower and even the entire Mage's Association, leaving everyone astonished.

Young or old, experienced or naive magicians were astonished by the news that the coronation ceremony of Barthelon would be held in that mysterious and sparse land in the Far East, and also by the monarchs' decision to go in person—not just the monarchs who were present, but also those who had not participated in the decision on the coronation, who, after confirming the truth of the news, made their decision without hesitation.

Although not all.

However, those who openly announced their departure included more than half of the monarchs and more than seven individuals.

It includes the Faculty of Law and Politics, the Faculty of Basic Sciences, the Faculty of Creation, the Faculty of Celestial Botany, the Faculty of Spirituality, the Faculty of Minerals, and the Faculty of Botany.

Apart from the entire Basic and Creative Studies departments who are 'democratic,' the rest are aristocratic.

Of the three factions in the Clock Tower, apart from the four neutral factions—Inheritance, Curses, Archaeology, and Individual Foundations—which have not released any information, the rest have almost all taken action.

But one thing is certain: the Clock Tower Master and the Monarch of the Legacy will be present at Barthezmello's coronation.

The Demonic Marshal will most likely go as well.

The only ones left are the animal family and the plant family.

However, the animal family has always been a de facto puppet of the Barthemello family, and news about the Barthemello family is equivalent to news about them.

Although the Botanical Family are descendants of the First Magician, they have lost even their 'magic' and rarely show their presence in the mystical world, and no one cares about them.