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Shirou went to check on his foster mother and younger sister in their room.

His complexion gradually began to look rather unpleasant.

The younger sister's condition is still under control and she can hold on until the early hours of the morning, but the adoptive mother's condition has worsened somewhat.

It seems some control measures are still needed.

The medication prepared in the morning doesn't need to be touched. Slightly slowing down the medication's effects is enough. Try to keep the body from collapsing until the early hours of the morning, since that's when the real body-changing ritual takes place. Whether we can do it or not remains to be seen.

Chapter 150 Soul Transfer

It was past midnight, and Irisviel and young Illya were so exhausted that they couldn't even move. Their bodies had reached the breaking point, and they were only able to move to the living room with the help of several girls.

"Very good, the body is now on the verge of complete collapse."

"Medea, is the ceremony ready?"

"Already prepared."

"very good."

The ceremony is fully prepared, the body is ready, and the time has come. Now the reincarnation ceremony should begin.

"Rin, Sakura, please take off their clothes."

At this moment, Shirou's eyes were already closed.

Without saying a word, the two sisters immediately helped Aunt Irisviel and young Illya take off their clothes and straightened their bodies.

"Already done."

"Medea, let's begin."

"Ah."

All the preparations for the ceremony were completed, and Medea proceeded directly with the soul transfer ritual, which could be described as a reincarnation ceremony.

Transferring one's soul into another body is actually a rather vile form of magic, a way to forcibly possess another person's body and thus achieve immortality.

While this is feasible from the perspective of immortality, it would only be feasible after some negative effects have been removed.

The adaptability of body and soul, the soul remaining in the body, the will remaining in the body, and the negative effects of devouring the souls of others... it can be said that this is a rather unreliable method of achieving immortality.

If the body's adaptability is very poor, the body that has been fighting for its health will begin to deteriorate within a few years.

Once this method is adopted, a body must be seized every few years.

However, if the body being seized does not possess any soul, then these negative effects will disappear.

If the magician who creates the body is skilled enough, then the person who gets the body can indirectly achieve immortality.

However, this method of achieving immortality requires certain conditions.

First, you need a magician who can create bodies.

Secondly, the magician needs to be immortal.

Finally, the magician also needs to know how to use the magic of transferring souls.

Only by fulfilling these three conditions is it possible to achieve the dream of immortality.

Unfortunately, such conditions are impossible to achieve anywhere.

In other words, Medea met all the conditions perfectly, which is why she was able to do it.

As the ritual began, a white soul slowly rose from the bodies of Irisviel and young Illya.

"Shirou, quickly dig out their hearts, their bodies are starting to break down."

The moment their souls drifted away, their bodies began to disintegrate. Shirou, with his eyes closed, immediately began to rip out their hearts.

After the hearts were removed, the mother and daughter's bodies turned to ash in an instant. Only the two hearts that Shirou held in his hands indicated that their bodies had ever existed.

"Is this... a human heart?"

The heart that was just dug out of Irisviel's body had many strange crystals on it. Although it looked like a human heart, it was not a human heart in essence. It was a vessel of the Holy Grail.

"This is the vessel of the Holy Grail."

"Einzbern alchemy transformed the Holy Grail into a heart, using this heart as the core of an artificial life form and the artificial life form itself as a sacrifice. Only when the souls and magical power of heroic spirits are infused into it will this vessel slowly collapse and gradually reveal the original form of the Holy Grail."

Artificial life was seen by Einzbern as a consumable.

These consumables can be manufactured in any quantity we want; the only difference is that some individuals are more perfect than others.

"Medea."

"It's done, Shirou."

Wiping the sweat from her forehead, Medea finished the ritual and placed the extracted soul into the new body. She could already hear the hearts in both bodies begin to beat normally.

Immediately, the procedure was changed, and a large amount of culture fluid slowly seeped into the two bodies, carrying out the final stage of the fusion of body and soul.

Having confirmed that the connection between the soul and body had begun, Medea turned around to help Shirou deal with the two hearts.

"Shirou, don't move yet."

"Ah."

Medea immediately began to treat the two hearts.

Now that they need to obtain the final Holy Grail, these two hearts are also quite necessary. They need to ensure the function of these two hearts and prevent them from dying.

After some simple processing, the other two bottles were taken out, and two hearts were placed in each bottle.

"That's enough, Shirou."

Shirou opened his eyes and focused his attention on the two hearts.

"Fragments of the Holy Grail... Medea, these two hearts should contain all the fragments of the Holy Grail, right?"

"Yes, all the fragments."

"If we want to use these two hearts, we need to extract the fragments from them and assemble them into a complete Holy Grail fragment."

"Can't one be used directly?"

"Of course, but it would be better to put the fragments of the Holy Grail together if it's feasible."

"It just means the homework time has changed."

"Has time become a bad thing? I usually stay at home on standby, and I have to find something to do to kill the boring time."

Extracting the Holy Grail fragments from the two hearts was a very time-consuming task, but Medea herself didn't have much else to do, so doing these puzzles at home wasn't a bad idea.

Since Shirou needs to participate in the Holy Grail War outside, she has no choice but to place the most perfect Holy Grail in front of him.

Moreover, she also looked forward to returning to the world ten years in the future.

Perhaps this world is quite nice, but she could still spend more time with Shirou in the same world.

Shirou has too many things to deal with in this world.

If they can't be together for long periods of time, then Medea will hate this world.

Shirou helped Medea wipe the sweat from her brow.

"Looks like I'll have to trouble you again this time."

"It's not a very troublesome matter."

"But remember to come out with me once you get back."

"Yes, it's a promise. I'll go out with you when we get back."

Chapter 151 The Battlefield That Distinguishes Heroic Spirits from Masters

Rin and Sakura helped Irisviel change back into her clothes, and with Medusa's help, they took her back to her room.

Ilya was in charge of her infant body, but she didn't have enough strength on her own, so she had to ask Artoria to help her return the infant body to the room.

"Now that the problems with my sisters are resolved, we can focus our attention on the Holy Grail War. Did anything happen outside the day before?"

"Senior, my sister's familiar and I discovered that Lancer's Master seems to be looking for you."

"Lancer? It seems we really are thinking the same thing. Lancer's Master probably wants to target me. He should know that I am the representative of Einzbern. Given his desire to make a name for himself, it's not surprising that he would target me first."

"How's the situation on Caster's end?"

"Lord El-Melloi II took Rider to Caster's place, but because Caster was out, the two sides did not fight directly."

"So Caster is also looking for Saber's place?"

The situation outside is almost exactly as expected: the Lancer group continues to keep an eye on the Einzbern family, and Caster is also eyeing Saber.

However, the two sides haven't found their doorstep yet, which means that the two groups haven't actually discovered their location, and this alone is still advantageous.

The biggest fear in the Holy Grail War is having your base raided.

“Saber, tomorrow we will go to the Einzbern castle in the wilderness, and we should stay in the castle for the next few days.”

"Shirou, wasn't it us who went to find Lancer on our own initiative?"

“If they come to us on their own initiative, we will be put on the defensive. After all, it’s not just Lancer’s faction that’s eyeing us; Caster’s faction is also watching us. Any action we take now will attract both factions.”

"Although I'd love to say that we can resolve this together, Caster will absolutely not come knocking on your door through legitimate means. There's a 100% chance you'll be provoked by him. If Lancer arrives at that point, what do you think will happen?"

"We'll be attacked from both sides, by Lancer and Caster together."

Perhaps Lancer wouldn't do such a thing. Saber could tell from that battle that Lancer was a knight who valued honor very much.

But even the most glorious knight, Saber, must admit that magicians themselves do not take pride in such things.

Lancer wouldn't take advantage of someone in distress, but Lancer's Master would.

As long as Command Seals exist, Lancers will ultimately have no choice but to obey their Master's orders, and they will inevitably face a pincer attack from two Servants.

This outcome was already in Saber's mind, and it wasn't hard to guess that it would turn out that way.

"Shirou, what should we do?"

"It's very simple, you just need to completely ignore any provocation from Caster."

“Caster hasn’t met you directly yet, so he’ll probably continue to see you as Joan of Arc. He’ll definitely have some feelings about you, and you need to completely ignore those feelings, understand?”

"So, Shirou wants me to confront Lancer directly?"

Upon hearing this, Saber knew perfectly well that Shirou wanted to separate the battles.

"That's what they want too, and that's what you want too, right?"

Saber was at a loss for words, as she was also looking forward to another showdown with Lancer.

"The other side hopes to use Lancer's ability to fight you to hold you back, and then let Lancer's Master deal with me."

Upon hearing this, Saber frowned and then silently shook her head.

"A foolish idea."

"Although Lancer is strong enough, I don't think that if Lancer can hold me off, his Master can win."

Saber has not yet witnessed Shirou's strength, but as someone with Intuition, she can clearly sense an unprecedented threat emanating from him.

It's a joke that a mere Master can take on Shirou.

No, even if it's a joke, it's still the worst kind of joke.

"Well, since he already thinks that way, let's do as he wishes."

"However, this time he will be facing your true Master."

"Kiritsugu?"

"But what if it's Kiritsugu..."

"It's alright, I've already given him plenty of items, this duel will definitely end in our victory."

"Saber, this is your last chance to fight Lancer. If you want to defeat him, now is the time."

"Furthermore, this is a fair battle between Heroic Spirits and Mages, so we shouldn't have to let Lancer go to rescue his Master. Can't we do that?"

"can."

Since it's a separate duel, it's only natural that Servants shouldn't interfere with the battle between mages, and Saber believes Lancer shares the same thought.

"Shirou, if Kiritsugu were to deal with Lancer's Master, what about you?"

"What else can I do? Of course, I'll deal with the Caster that's been attracted here."