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Chapter 69: The Battle to Recapture Illya! (Newbies asking for monthly tickets! Asking for automatic subscription!)

67. The Chosen Children Vs. the Servant Legion!
The elixir of love.

This legendary potion can be called the 'top-notch' among many potions.

The source of the "magic power" contained in the potion is the plot of "heroes dying for love-related reasons" that often appears in various heroic legends around the world.

To put it simply, it is the crystallization of the curse "Even a hero cannot resist the temptation of beauty".

In legends around the world, no matter whether it is a demigod, a god, or even a main god-level being, they are basically unable to deal with this kind of thing. The powerful divinity or magic power seems to be ineffective against this thing.

Shirou felt confused: "How does this thing define 'love'?"

You know, even that evil spirit, Kiara Killian, thought that her hysterical madness was a kind of "love"!

As part of the after-sales service, Gamesh briefly explained to Shirou the specific functions of this thing.

"First, you have to inject magic into it, and then let the person you want to 'fall in love with you' drink it.

After drinking it, no matter how powerful the opponent is, they will involuntarily have thoughts like 'caring about you', 'concerned about you', 'wanting to protect you', etc. The intensity of these thoughts will continue to increase, and thoughts such as malice towards you will be suppressed.

If it was a legendary love elixir, its duration would be infinite, and even if a great god came along, it would be very troublesome to remove its effects—

If you think about it, this is actually a flaw of the Elixir of Love.

If the concern and care continue to grow, it will eventually turn into a stalker. If the desire to protect you grows infinitely, the final result will most likely be imprisonment - or even the desire to kill you and bind your soul to yourself forever."

Gamesh shrugged.

indeed.

From this perspective, ordinary quality love elixir seems to be more useful than legendary love elixir.

If you don't plan to use this thing for "things that are not suitable for children".
"This thing is equivalent to a 'War Eliminator'," Gamesh said, "No matter if you are a man or a woman, or if you are strong or weak in magic, as long as you drink this, the opponent will at least lose hostility towards you for a short period of time. Whether it is a 'powerful control item' or a item to help you retreat from a battle -

At least if used at the right time, it can have unexpected effects.”

Gamesh paused, then shrugged. "Of course, if you intend to use it for 'that purpose', without considering the consequences after the drug effect wears off, it is actually quite useful. It is better to say that that is the original 'proper use' of the gods and witches to create this drug."

These potions may sound strange by name, but they seem to be surprisingly effective if used properly.

Of course, Shirou would not consider the 'proper use' of this thing.

Rather, considering Shirou's difficulty with women, does he really need this kind of thing? If he really uses this thing on a woman, wouldn't it be possible to fast-forward to the point where the other party wants to arrest Shirou and imprison him?
Shirou thought about it for a moment, and roughly formulated several scenarios of using this thing in his mind, then put it away.

Because he was not sure about the specific effect of this thing, Shirou only used it as a backup option.

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There are still about three weeks until the day when Toosaka Rin plans to go to the Matou family to get Sakura's body back - in the worst case scenario, a war may even begin.

[Tousaka Rin is formulating a 'battle plan']

[If the score is over 90, then Toosaka Rin will be able to detect in advance what the "trump card" of combat power in Matou Zouken's hand is——]

[Tousaka Rin's 'Magic Battle Preparation (Analysis)': 1D100=79]

[Tousaka Rin's trait 'Scholar (Occult)' correction: 20]

[Total: 99]

When Toosaka Rin was reading the information about the Matou family, a very outrageous idea suddenly popped up in her mind.

The magic of the Matou family is usually considered to be 'insect magic' - this is actually no secret.

It is very common to use insects as familiars. By transforming into insects, one gains the 'molting' property of insects and then obtains 'rebirth' as a result of continuously optimizing the body. These are actually very common systems all over the world.

But the magic of the Matou family, strictly speaking, is not just insect magic, but a more special "Law Magic".

Simply put, this is a magic system of 'making rules' and 'giving orders'.

This description may be a bit abstract, but to put it simply, the Matou family can indirectly use almost all kinds of magic in the world by "making rules" and "giving orders" to the mystery itself. They can be said to be all-round magic experts.

For example, he can create a 'magic book of spells' that 'gives orders to fire phenomena', and then through this magic book, he can obtain the result of 'using fire magic'.

Insect magic, which uses insects as familiars, is just one type of magic that the Matou family excels at.

The pinnacle of this technology is the system that can set rules and issue orders to Servants in the Holy Grail War - the 'Command Spell System'.

The Matou family created the Command Seals system, and perhaps for this reason, in some fragments of past records, it was even reported that representatives of the Matou family were able to bypass the Command Seals system and use the Grimoire to gain control of other Servants.

Theoretically speaking, the magic of the Matou family should be very good at "magic battles".

Especially in the Holy Grail War, the Matou family's best thing is 'manipulating Servants'.

In the most ideal case, the Matou family's tactic in the Holy Grail War should be to constantly seize the Servants of other contestants, increase the number of their own Servants, and thus form a crushing advantage - but the reality is that Servants are often difficult to control, because no one has been able to defeat them so far.

Toosaka Rin doesn't know how good Matou Zouken is.

However, according to intelligence records, the magician 'Magiri Zorgen' who signed a contract with the Tōsaka family and the Einzbern family two hundred years ago and jointly organized the Holy Grail War Ritual, with sufficient preparation, has a combat power that is also at the middle level among the Heroic Spirit Servants.

Even fighting against some higher-ranking servants is not without a chance.

Toosaka Rin doesn't think that Zouken Matou's generation is at the level of the Matou family's ancestors. Just in case, it is always better to overestimate the enemy than to underestimate him.

Following this line of thought, Toosaka Rin——a very scary guess suddenly flashed through her mind.

And Shirou, through his ability to see the narration records, immediately told Rin Tohsaka: "Rin, your idea is correct. Tell me what you think?"

Toosaka Rin took a breath.

She needs to sort out her thoughts!

Holy Grail War!

Seven Servants, seven Masters, and each Master had three Command Spells - these superficial rules were familiar to everyone.

But only the three great families know that the Holy Grail War actually has another set of operating rules in secret.

In the Holy Grail War system, there is not just one Holy Grail, but two.

The 'Little Holy Grail' and the 'Great Holy Grail'

The Lesser Holy Grail is used to fool ordinary contestants other than the Big Three.

The Lesser Holy Grail is the prize for the winner of the Holy Grail War, and is a so-called "universal wishing machine" used to trick people into participating in the war.

As a result, the Holy Grail does have the function of a wish-granting machine, but it is not at all 'omnipotent', and the wishes it can fulfill are extremely limited.

Only the Three Great Families who know the secret of the Greater Holy Grail can combine the Lesser Holy Grail and the Greater Holy Grail system to unleash their true effects.

This design ensures that even if a contestant other than the Big Three wins the Holy Grail War, all they can actually get is a consolation prize, and they cannot obtain the true essence of the Holy Grail War system.

The real core has always been the 'Great Holy Grail' - the Great Holy Grail system itself, which was created by the flesh and blood of Justisia Rizleich von Einzbern, the 'Holy Maiden of Winter' of the Einzbern family.

The real operating logic behind the Holy Grail War is:
The Greater Holy Grail System continues to absorb the magic power of the Fuyuki City spiritual veins for sixty years, and then it will be able to store enough magic power for the Great Holy Grail War, and the Holy Grail War ceremony will begin.

These sixty years of magic power will be used to build the ritual framework and for the seven masters to summon servants.

In the most ideal situation envisioned by the three major families:

All seven Servants will die during the ritual. Although the Servants themselves will return to the Throne of Heroes, the remnants of their souls will be absorbed by the Holy Grail along with their energy.

Eventually, the Lesser Holy Grail will be born.

But only the three great families can truly bring its effectiveness into play. If you let others win, it will only give the winner a chance to use a wishing technique with limited effect, and the three great families just need to wait for the next round.

However, each of the first three Holy Grail Wars had its own unexpected events, resulting in no Holy Grail War ever reaching the final step.

There are many energy residues from the past that have been slowly accumulating in the Greater Holy Grail system.

During the Fourth Holy Grail War, the Lesser Holy Grail, which was supposed to appear after absorbing seven Servants, actually only appeared after absorbing five Servants!
Then, because Kiritsugu Emiya discovered the truth that the Greater Holy Grail was contaminated, during the Fourth Holy Grail War, the Lesser Holy Grail that appeared was destroyed by Kiritsugu Emiya and his Servant King Arthur Altria.

The energy accumulated by the Greater Holy Grail was almost not used, and the Fourth Holy Grail War ended hastily!
The consequence of this is that there is no need to wait sixty years to accumulate energy for the Fifth Holy Grail War, and it will start again in ten years.

But for Rin and Shirou - the key is now, not the future ten years later!
At this moment, the Greater Holy Grail still stores the energy and soul residues of the five servants who were defeated in the Fourth Holy Grail War.

With the ability of the Matou family, if they were not pursuing a wish-granting machine or a magical miracle, in a violent conflict, they might be able to "produce" the five defeated servants again and make them his familiars to control!
Although it is far inferior to a real servant, the power of this "shadow servant" mixed with the black mud curse should not be underestimated!

In addition to Gilgamesh, the archer, and King Arthur, the swordsman, Altria
Lancer, Cavalry, Magician, Assassin, Berserker
In the worst case scenario that Toosaka Rin could imagine, the chosen children would probably face the threat of five Shadow Servants!

This does not even include the combat power of Matou Zouken himself!
Toosaka Rin seriously doubted whether this Matou Zouken had awakened the 'demon factor' hidden in his blood and became a 'demon clan'?
If all is added up, Shirou and Toosaka Rin may have to face at least six Servant-level enemies during this insect extermination operation!
Originally, Toosaka Rin was just worried, but the affirmation from Shirou made her scalp tingle even more.

Toosaka Rin now has the ability to transform into Quetzalcoatl.

Even though it is impossible to completely replicate the combat power of Quetzalcoatl itself, in this state, Toosaka Rin should be able to gain almost overwhelming power in a one-on-one battle against a Shadow Servant.

But there are too many enemies, and Toosaka Rin can only maintain the transformation time for three minutes - what's more, who knows what kind of bizarre treasures those legendary heroes have?
Toosaka Rin decided to find a way to summon reinforcements!

Among all the children in the family now, apart from Shirou and Rin herself, probably only Ryougi Origami can display a certain combat effectiveness when facing Shadow Servants.

Gilgamesh?

This guy is just a fun person. Even if she helps, you can't expect her to devote her wholeheartedly to the fighting force of your side!

Three people are too few. "Emiya Kiritsugu." Shirou said, "Let Kirei go find Emiya Kiritsugu. If he can be found, he may be able to help us."

Toosaka Rin felt a bit complicated when she heard this name: after all, according to Kotomine Kirei, this man was probably the legendary 'Magician Killer', who had assassinated her father.

But. After all, he is still Shirou's father. Even if this father seems to have abandoned Shirou!
Rin nodded again: "The wanted Waver Velvet is also very important. He was a full participant in the Fourth Holy Grail War. He must know the information about the identities of those Servants!
If Kirei can capture him, we can use him as a bargaining chip to see if we can trick some more combat power from the El-Melloi School!"

Shirou added: "Let's say we suspect that the 'Three Bases Magical Power Reactor' has fallen into the hands of the Matou family!"

That's right!

In short, get through the current difficulties first!

Rin: "Kirei! I'll leave it to you!"

Kotomine Kirei was speechless: "."

Shirou added, "If you really can't find anyone, you should hurry back yourself - you are also a fighting force!"

Kotomine Kirei could only sigh: "As your guardian, I really am 'use it to death as long as it doesn't kill you'."

Although the fake priest said so -

"I can't guarantee that I can successfully find the person and negotiate successfully."

After leaving these words, the traveling priest set off again.

Shirou also took the time to return to his training session.

[(If you think about it carefully, the long plot above should actually be the reward plot for the traveling priest who continuously exceeded his goals)]

[The priest is on his journey again. Since Shirou did not personally participate in the operation there, the content related to the traveling priest will only be simply judged.]

[Shirou's growth is the key point]

[Anyway, today’s travel priest——]

[Can we find the wanted Weber? Since Weber himself is not very good at fighting, it is assumed that he can be arrested as long as he is found.]

[Difficulty: 90]

[Kotomine Kirei's 'Don't underestimate my (Church) intelligence network!': 1D100=96 (Fuck, although he became a temporary teammate because of the plot, Lord Long, you are too reliable!?)]

[Is it because Waver is so unlucky? Before Kotomine Kirei had even left for long, he immediately caught Waver who was fleeing towards Baghdad!]

[We cannot rely on Waver's own combat power. The key is the information he knows about the Servants of the Fourth Holy Grail War, and what he can use as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the El-Melloi School (if successful, Reinis will follow to Fuyuki City to negotiate with Tousaka Rin)]

[When Kotomine Kirei captured Waver in Baghdad (an Iraqi city) and took him to England to negotiate with the El-Melloi School, he first went to Germany to try to find the trace of Emiya Kiritsugu.]

[Because of the great success above, Kotomine Kirei easily captured Waver, so he had more time. In the operation of searching for Emiya Kiritsugu, he could make two judgments. As long as one of them succeeds, he will be considered to have found Emiya Kiritsugu.]

[Difficulty: 90]

[Kotomine Kirei's 'Finding Emiya Kiritsugu by Intuition (Lucky)': 1D100=20]

[I failed, but since I have plenty of time, I can judge it again: 1D100=99 (fuck fuck fuck)]

[Although there were some twists and turns, Kotomine Kirei was lucky enough to find Emiya Kiritsugu, who was wandering in the snowy wilderness, trying to find Einzbern Castle.]

[Kotomine Kirei explained the situation. Faced with the outrageous remarks made by his opponent not long ago, Emiya Kiritsugu was skeptical - he also expressed doubts about the fact that he had an illegitimate child.]

[Of course, the most important thing is that Emiya Kiritsugu has something he wants to do more right now - that is to bring back his own daughter, Illyasviel, who is currently imprisoned in the Einzbern Castle.]

[Kotomine Kirei said: "I will help you, and you will come with me after the task is completed"]

[So! Emiya Kiritsugu joins forces with Kotomine Kirei! The goal is to capture Einzbern Castle - recapture Illyasviel! (This plot is triggered by the Great Success Reward)]

[Difficulty: 175 (Because Kotomine Kirei has limited time, even though Einzbern is known for not being good at fighting, the difficulty has been further increased. If he fails, Kotomine Kirei must add an extremely difficult judgment to see if he can convince Emiya Kiritsugu to put aside Illya's matter for the time being and deal with Fuyuki City's affairs first)]

[Emiya Kiritsugu's 'Capture Einzbern Castle': 1D100=90]

[Kotomine Kirei's 'Strategy for the Einzbern Castle': 1D100=94]

[Total: 184 (You and I, brothers, work together.)]

【Recapture success! 】

[Kotomine Kirei and Emiya Kiritsugu successfully found and broke through the barrier of Einzbern Castle, killed their way through the castle, and successfully took back Illya (8 years old)! ]

[Afterwards, Kotomine Kirei and Emiya Kiritsugu (in disguise) continued their journey north to London, where they negotiated with the El-Melloi School as envoys of the Holy Church.]

[After they arrived, they found that the situation of the El-Melloi School was very bad. The small families or branches that joined it fell apart, and they all ran away after taking away their property to cut their losses. Only the little girl of the El-Melloi family, 'Lenice (6 years old),' was left struggling to support it, taking on huge debts, trying to retain her identity as a 'monarch'.]

[.In this situation, even if it succeeds, how much combat power can be brought to help? Although Kotomine Kirei has such doubts, he still follows Tōsaka Rin's instructions and gives it a try.]

[Difficulty: 80]

[Kotomine Kirei tries to persuade Lanis to "go to Fuyuki City to try to recover Kenneth's inheritance": 1D100=87]

【success! 】

[The six-year-old new head of the El-Melloi family, Lanis, gritted her teeth and decided to fight to the death. She took the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid and the remaining manpower and set off for Fuyuki City to try to recover Kenneth's legacy (the Three-Base Magic Furnace)]

Shirou: "." Too strong, Father!
He is simply superman!

How about letting him go up and try it next time we fight the dragon demon?

Although Shirou knew that his 'father' and 'sister' were on their way, his mind was still more focused on his own training.

[In a normal world line, Shirou Emiya will master a unique supernatural power as he grows up]

[He can analyze the target weapon with his sight, and can even "read" from the weapon what kind of emotion the weapon owner is wielding the weapon, and in this process, reversely obtain the weapon holder's "combat experience"]

[And Shirou in the celestial world, due to his unique experience, his best projection object changed from "objects" to "people"]

[This kind of "reading" ability naturally changes from "reading things" to "reading people"]

[In addition to being able to read the target's 'emotions', in actual combat, this advancement can also be used to 'see through' the enemy's offensive.]

[In theory, this ability will gradually form and stabilize as Shirou grows normally when he is 17 years old.]

[And right now, Shirou is eager to master this ability now, whether he wants to better understand the people around him, or to gain more power to meet the trials in the near future. Can Shirou master this ability in advance at the age of 7? ]

【Shirou tries to master this power.】

[Difficulty of initial mastery: 400 (able to read emotions)]

[Basic Mastery Difficulty: 700 (Can use the 'See Through' skill)]

[Perfect Mastery Difficulty: 1000 (Good at listening, able to understand reason, knowing the past and the future, and understanding everything)]

[Shirou's 'Inspiration': 1D1000=987]

Shirou was practicing and meditating under the waterfall, staring at the unnamed sword in his hand, when he suddenly remembered something.

It's about the 'Chaldea experiment of summoning Son Goku'.

In that memory, Shirou 'himself' once lost control and ran wild before successfully summoning Son Goku.

At that time, Shirou's five senses were uncontrollably forced to "receive" and "understand" the voices and emotions of the people around him. That feeling made Shirou feel extremely painful.
But what if it wasn't just pure madness, but a manifestation of the power that Shirou possessed?
——A flash of inspiration!
Shirou felt as if he had grasped something.
And at this moment.

“Don’t reject power, but have a ‘dialogue’ with power itself. ‘Listening and communicating’ is the essence of your ability.

With this ability, you can even 'communicate' with the weapon itself!"

Yes. Dragon Demon.

No, it's the female version of the voice, it should be said that it is the voice of 'Dragon Mother'.

After Sakura, is it finally Shirou's turn to be "taught a lesson" by her and enter his "growth period"?
If you think about it carefully, this might be the greatest reward you can get for accepting and passing the Dragon Demon Trial, right?

"The power of a sword is forged and given by the swordsmith"

Dragon Mother's voice sounded behind Shirou, and at the same time, Shirou could feel the touch of her body.

She pressed against Shirou's back, taught him step by step, and took Shirou's hand:

"You have to imagine. The power of the spell must be guided by imagination - imagine that you are talking to the knife maker who forged it, imagine that you are the knife maker who forged it, and then imagine your soul and spirit as the forging hammer."

Then, swing down——

"Communicating with the sword - your true talent is the talent of 'forging'!"

clang! ! !
Talk to the soul of the sword!

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