In the magic workshop beneath the Tohsaka family's residence, Rin Tohsaka is selecting gems to use in her gem magic.
Thanks to the Mage's Association's assistance, the Tohsaka family is financially well-off, and Rin Tohsaka no longer needs to worry about the source of gems for performing magic.
However, just as she was selecting materials for casting spells, the door to the magic workshop suddenly opened, and Aoi Tohsaka appeared in the doorway.
"Rin, it's so late, you should rest."
Aoi Tohsaka walked in with a lingering blush on her face. Seeing Rin Tohsaka still selecting gems, she couldn't help but smile wryly.
She knew that Rin Tohsaka should be preparing for the Holy Grail War... but now the situation has changed.
"It's okay, Mom, I'm not sleepy yet..."
Rin Tohsaka gave a casual reply, then looked at Aoi Tohsaka—but soon she noticed that there was another person standing next to Aoi Tohsaka.
"Berserker!"
The only person that Rin Tohsaka would call by that name is Qin Chuan.
Rin Tohsaka could never forget Qin Chuan's face; for the past few years, she had been constantly recalling the events of the last Holy Grail War.
When Rin saw Qin Chuan appear beside Aoi Tohsaka, she didn't care about the suspicious blush on Aoi's face and rushed over, throwing herself into Qin Chuan's arms.
Qin Chuan caught Rin Tohsaka, who jumped into his arms, and 280 also showed a helpless smile - when Rin Tohsaka was still a little, it was fine to hug and cuddle like this, but now Rin Tohsaka has grown up.
Rin Tohsaka, now a high school student, has grown into a graceful young woman. She threw herself into Qin Chuan's arms, and their bodies touched each other in ways that were appropriate and inappropriate.
However, Rin Tohsaka didn't seem to feel awkward at all. She held Qin Chuan in her arms for a while, almost melting herself into his body.
A few minutes later, seemingly having finally caught enough of Qin Chuan's breath, Rin Tohsaka blushed as she got off Qin Chuan, only then realizing something:
"Wait... why has Berserker already appeared before I've even summoned a Heroic Spirit?"
As she spoke, Rin Tohsaka looked at Aoi Tohsaka—Qin Chuan had just walked in with Aoi Tohsaka, so she even suspected that Aoi Tohsaka might have secretly summoned a Heroic Spirit as well.
After all, Rin Tohsaka herself secretly summoned a Heroic Spirit to participate in the previous Holy Grail War—if her mother did the same thing, it doesn't seem unacceptable.
"Mr. Qin Chuan was not summoned by me."
Aoi Tohsaka coughed twice to calm her agitated mood.
Qin Chuan and she had stayed in the bedroom for quite a while before coming down, so her legs were a little weak and her face was a little red—but Rin Tohsaka didn't seem to notice this.
Come to think of it, Rin Tohsaka, despite her already outstanding figure, is still just a high school girl who hasn't experienced those things and is somewhat slow to observe in this regard.
"I was summoned by a little girl named Reines."
Qin Chuan didn't hide it from them, but instead smiled and revealed his master.
“Reines Elmello Archizolti… Even if you haven’t heard of her name, you should at least know her surname.”
"El-Melloi... is he the ruler of the Clock Tower?"
Upon hearing Qin Chuan's words, Rin Tohsaka's face immediately darkened—she hadn't expected Qin Chuan to be snatched away by someone else beforehand!
She was initially quite confident, since she had summoned Qin Chuan without using any relics last time, which meant that she and Qin Chuan should have a good compatibility.
In the end, even with such good compatibility, it was useless. She couldn't possibly summon a Heroic Spirit that someone else had already summoned, could she?
"So, Rin, are you still going to participate in this Holy Grail War?"
Looking at Rin Tohsaka, whose expression was uncertain, Aoi Tohsaka asked with some concern.
Logically speaking, since Rin Tohsaka's goal was to see Qin Chuan, the fact that Qin Chuan has been summoned by someone else can be considered as fulfilling her wish to some extent.
As for Tokiomi Tohsaka's obsession with "completing the Root," it wasn't that important to Rin Tohsaka.
Aoi Tohsaka's wish was similar; in fact, part of her wish had already been fulfilled just now in the bedroom.
Although Rin Tohsaka now possesses Command Seals, she can still receive protection from the Church's overseer if she withdraws from the competition.
"Hmm..."
Rin Tohsaka hesitated for a moment, then looked at Qin Chuan and asked. (Nine)
"What's that El-Melloi guy's wish after winning?"
With Qin Chuan present, Rin Tohsaka had little doubt that he could win the Holy Grail War.
But what she was more concerned about now was what Reines planned to do with the Holy Grail after her victory.
Although Rin Tohsaka knew what valuable items were stored in the Holy Grail, it was still incredibly powerful magical energy—something she could still utilize.
"It seems they're preparing to revive the El-Melloi family, right?" V
Qin Chuan said with a smile that he had heard Reines mention her wish during their conversation.
"The El-Melloi family's situation is not optimistic. Not only are they short of manpower, but they also have a huge amount of debt."
Wishing for money with the Holy Grail might sound like a vulgar thing... but in the story of the mobile game *Fate/Grand Order*, someone actually did something similar.
And since the person in the story actually succeeded, Reines's idea wasn't exactly far-fetched.
"So that's what your wish is..."
Rin Tohsaka showed a knowing look—it wasn't that she couldn't understand Reines.
In fact, as a member of Sega Magic, Rin Tohsaka also has a sense of pride in her family. If the Tohsaka family were to decline, she would hope to revive it.
This is also why she was so obsessed with winning the Holy Grail War in the original work.
However, while she could understand, Rin Tohsaka absolutely could not accept such a wish.
"Berserker, I will still participate in the Holy Grail War."
Soon, Rin Tohsaka looked at Qin Chuan seriously and made a decision.
"Even though I'm facing you and the chances of victory are slim... I'll still give it my all!"
That's right, Rin Tohsaka decided to continue fighting only after hearing Reines's wish.
If Reines's wish was for Qin Chuan to stay in the mortal world, then Rin Tohsaka might have given up—after all, that was actually her wish as well.
Rin Tohsaka had no idea that Qin Chuan could now enter this world at any time through the "King's Army." In her view, Qin Chuan would disappear from this world after the Holy Grail War ended.
From her perspective, Qin Chuan had truly disappeared for ten years.
If the next Holy Grail War proceeds normally, it will take 60 years to start again, which means she may never see Qin Chuan again, something she doesn't want to see.
So even if the hope is slim, she will try to seize the Holy Grail and then use its powerful magic to research a way to allow Heroic Spirits to remain in this world forever.
Chapter 472 The Einzbern Family Massacre
Although Rin Tohsaka was quite determined, Qin Chuan was ultimately focused on completing the main quest, so he certainly wouldn't go easy on Rin and the others.
If Rin Tohsaka insists on participating in the Holy Grail War, Qin Chuan will not force them to give up—but he estimates that Rin Tohsaka will only be able to experience the cruelty of the Holy Grail War.
During the Fourth Holy Grail War, with Qin Chuan as Rin Tohsaka's Master, Rin Tohsaka encountered virtually no difficulties along the way.
But without Qin Chuan's help this time, Rin Tohsaka will probably experience what it means to be powerless—especially the powerlessness that others felt when facing Qin Chuan in the past.
However, Qin Chuan was also curious about what kind of Heroic Spirit Rin Tohsaka could summon.
In the original work, Rin Tohsaka was able to summon the Heroic Spirit Emiya because the jewel on her body had saved Shirou Emiya's life, thus becoming Emiya's "relic" in a way.
However, in the current timeline, Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya no longer have any interaction, so theoretically, they shouldn't be able to summon the Heroic Spirit Emiya.
It's even uncertain whether the Heroic Spirit Emiya still exists in this world—after all, Emiya Kiritsugu was killed by Qin Chuan during the Fourth Holy Grail War, so he didn't have the chance to adopt Emiya Shirou.
Furthermore, the black mud from the Fourth Holy Grail War was not released, nor did it cause a large number of Fuyuki City residents to be displaced, and Shirou Emiya would not become an orphan.
In this world, Shirou Emiya is probably still living as an ordinary child, with an ordinary name, in an ordinary family.
Not having the chance to learn about Kiritsugu Emiya's "view of justice" or the Holy Grail War might be a good thing for him, at least his future won't be so turbulent.
……
After leaving the Tohsaka family, Qin Chuan used the advantage of concealing his presence to fly directly towards Germany.
He planned to go to Einzbern, Germany, to check on the situation—according to the original story, Einzbern would likely send Illya as their Master in battle this time.
Since the magician assassins recruited from outside failed, the Einzbern family decided to use Illya, who was already a Lesser Grail, to become the strongest Master.
To ensure everything goes perfectly, the Einzbern family would even have Illya summon the Heroic Spirit two months in advance, and then give Illya two months to adapt to the summoned Heroic Spirit.
In the original work, Illya summoned Hercules, a Berserker-class hero, but this time the situation is clearly different.
Because Qin Chuan was summoned by Reines through a proper summoning method this time, his class is still Berserker.
This means that the Berserker class has not yet been occupied, and the Servant that Illya summoned two months in advance is definitely not a Berserker.
"Speaking of which, the Ilya of this world is quite different from the Ilya of my back home."
After flying to Germany, Qin Chuan searched for the city of Einzbern using the coordinates provided by Reines, while pondering the matter in his mind.
Although the Illya in the Type-Moon universe is essentially the same person as the Illya in the everyday world, their experiences and even age are different.
In the everyday world, the magical girl Illya is a genuine 11-year-old elementary school student.
However, Illya from the Type-Moon universe is an artificial human who looks like a loli but is actually 17 years old.
If I could bring Illya from the Type-Moon world out with me, wouldn't I have two Illyas at home? Wouldn't that be a little hard to tell them apart?
Although he hadn't yet found a way to take Illya out of the Type-Moon world, Qin Chuan was already thinking about what might happen.
Soon, while pondering other matters, Qin Chuan found the city of Einzbern in a forest covered in white snow.
For ordinary people, the city of Einzbern is very well hidden and protected by a barrier, making it impossible to approach.
However, for the Mage's Association, the location of Einzbern Castle is very clear—Reines, as the head of the El-Melloi family, can certainly get her hands on the location of Einzbern Castle.
However, when Qin Chuan landed from the air and stepped onto the gate of Einzbern, he frowned.
He did not sense the existence of the barrier.
Logically speaking, Einzbern Castle was surrounded by a barrier, and in the original work, Kiritsugu Emiya returned home because he couldn't break through the barrier.
Although if Qin Chuan wanted to, the Einzbern barrier wouldn't be able to stop him at all... but if there were no barrier at all, that would be an abnormal situation.
With that thought in mind, Qin Chuan walked to the gate of Einzbern and kicked open the heavy gate.
"Wow……"
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As soon as he entered, Qin Chuan couldn't help but squint his eyes.
The situation in Einzbern was horrific; the ground, stairs, and corridors were covered with blood and mangled bodies.
Upon closer inspection, one could see that those broken bodies all had white hair and red eyes—typical features of the Einzbern family.
There were androids and pure Einzbern family members, and without exception, all of them were brutally murdered, leaving no trace of their bodies.
Qin Chuan even spotted the head of the Einzbern family in a corner—he seemed to be called Yubstakuhaid von Einzbern, an old man.
However, this clan chief had clearly witnessed something horrific before his death. His eyes were wide open, and he died with his eyes wide open, completely severed at the waist and cut in two.
.. ..... 0
It can be said to be a tribute to the legendary sorcerer.
"...There isn't a single living person left in the entire city of Einzbern."
After realizing that a major change had occurred in Einzbern, Qin Chuan sensed the "qi" here.
As expected, there was no "qi" left in the entire city of Einzbern.
In other words, there are no living people left here, only corpses; even the androids have been slaughtered.
However, it is worth mentioning that after Qin Chuan searched the entire city of Einzbern, he did not find Ilya's body.
Even the two homunculus maids who accompanied Illya in the original work—Sera and Lyselite—were not found.
This makes it clear what happened in Einzbern.
"It seems the Einzbern family has gone too far. Ilya summoned an incredible Heroic Spirit who wiped out the Einzbern family."
Qin Chuan stroked his chin, watching with great interest the devastation within Einzbern.
Such a horrific scene would be extremely unpleasant for an ordinary person, but perhaps due to Saiyan instincts, Qin Chuan did not find the cruel scene distressing.
"What did this summon? Could it be Jack the Ripper? Is Yi Linyiqi Wu Jiushi Jiuba?"
Although it's unclear who exactly was summoned, Illya and her two homunculus maids are no longer here.
It's easy to guess that they went to Fuyuki City.
Qin Chuan wasn't particularly interested in investigating the three major families, but he didn't expect to uncover such an interesting situation this time.
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