Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

"Wait, wait! Your Majesty the Sun God!"

Seeing Novia heading straight for the heretical door, Joan of Arc, quick-witted, shouted. In her opinion, she couldn't let this sun god meet Fran, otherwise it might cause some bad beginnings.

"We're allies, how about we discuss the situation first before we go check it out?"

Delaying time was precisely the tactic Joan of Arc devised—to buy time so she could find the weakness of this American sun god and unite with the others to destroy him...

However, Novia simply gave her a deep look and did not respond to her thoughts at all.

But for Joan of Arc, who could hear Novia's innermost thoughts, she had already heard the man's words—

"...So annoying, why does Joan of Arc talk so much these days? It's so annoying."

"......Eh?"

These words made Joan of Arc's hand tremble involuntarily. For some reason, even though she could interpret Novia's words as "the more he opposes, the more it proves that I am right," the girl suddenly felt very bad.

So, after Novia had completely disappeared behind the door, the saintess, her face a mixture of emotions, murmured softly:

"...Damn it, how could they have used such a high level of charm on me without my knowledge?"

Joan of Arc couldn't believe she would feel such a strong liking for a god she had just met, especially one whom the Lord defined as a heretic. But the fact that he made her feel so uncomfortable with just one of his innermost thoughts could only mean one thing: she had been subjected to some kind of 'bewitching' suggestion by him without her even knowing how.

Unfortunately, my will was as firm as iron and unbreakable; I had already resolved to dedicate my life to the Lord.

The saintess thought to herself.

However, despite this, she couldn't help but think of Novia's innermost thoughts, and the more she thought about it, the worse she felt.

Damn it, this allure is too strong! I will never... abandon my mission like this! I must destroy that heretical sun god for my Lord! Resist the allure, Joan of Arc! You are a saint, your will will not be so easily broken...

The saintess continued to chant in her heart.

........

The eastern forest of Torifas.

"Sorcerer, you..."

Fran, who had turned around quickly after hearing Sparta's last words, looked at Avisbro, who had been very kind to him since he appeared, with some disbelief.

“Miss Fran, although I do not know how you survived the Church’s pursuit and were even recorded in history,” Avisbro said slowly as he approached Fran, “now, please sacrifice yourself here for the birth of Adam and for the arrival of Paradise.”

In that instant, Avisbro's face in Fran's eyes somewhat overlapped with that of Alessandro Cagliostro, who had once looked at him with a mocking expression.

This made Fran involuntarily close his eyes.

However, the sorcerer wanted Fran to become a cog in his Adam, while Count Carter wanted to see Fran tainted by the Church's concept of 'Eve' and thus be mercilessly killed by the Church. But Fran's former protectors were the Count of Monte Cristo, Napoleon of the criminal underworld, and the Steam King, none of whom were present at the moment.

Ah, Fran, am I going to die again? I am very sorry, Lord Sparta, I have failed your kindness, and I will apologize one day.

For Fran, she had no particular desire to participate in the Holy Grail War; it was only because her Master obtained the blueprints about her that she was able to call out to her through touch. The homunculus thought that since he had asked her for help, she should go and assist him.

At this moment, she didn't hate Caulesfran much for forcing her to use the Noble Phantasm, because she had long seen that he didn't really have any desire for the Holy Grail, and that he was probably doing it out of necessity.

The only regret, she supposes, was not seeing the American sun god in person. Despite the name, she felt a subtle resemblance to her grandfather…

However, a moment later, Fran felt an extremely large but not scorching heat in front of her. She slowly opened her eyes, and when she saw that figure, she felt a mixture of joy and uncertainty, tilting her head and calling out, "...Grandpa?"

"Yes, I'm here, Fran. Didn't you tell me to take good care of myself? I did, but it seems you didn't."

Novia turned around and said to Fran with a smile.

"...I'm very sorry Fran said those things back then."

Fran responded somewhat embarrassedly, after all, in her memory, her grandfather was an ordinary person trapped in a dungeon, unable to escape. She was stronger than her grandfather, so she had to take good care of him...

".....grandfather?"

The conversation between the two left Avisbro somewhat puzzled. Was this the kind of relationship between the American sun god and the android?

Why didn't Mary Shelley mention this in *Frankenstein*? Was it perhaps censored by the Church due to its concept of 'Eve'?

In fact, Shelley only learned about Fran's background after becoming friends with him, and wrote "Frankenstein" with Fran's consent. Fran didn't even know that his grandfather was the sun god, let alone Shelley.

Regardless, Avisbro knew his plan had likely failed, because Fran now had the protection of the sun god.

Therefore, the only option left was to find the furnace core...

However, in the silent darkness, Novia began chanting the incantation of Avisbro's Noble Phantasm the very next second.

"Born of Mother Earth, it devours the wisdom of the wind and fills the life of water."

That is a prayer to God, infusing life into a clod of earth.

“Sprinkle flames to cure disease. The cruel will crush their own skull, while the righteous will purify their own blood.”

This soil, these trees, this body—all of this is offered to the Lord.

This is clearly the ultimate mystery that only a sorcerer who has no interest in fame or power could create.

Now it is sung by the supreme sun god from a foreign land.

"Its enormous body, as solid as a rock, is like a mountain. It possesses the appearance of protecting, ruling, and dominating hundreds of millions of people."

That was a miracle crystallization that should no longer be categorized as a Noble Phantasm; it was a product that personified the faith of a suffering people, recreating the miracle of God—

A puppet playing the role of destroying the world.

"how come......"

Seeing the giant golem he had created slowly appear due to the summoning circle created by the chanting of the sun god from South America, Avisbro was somewhat puzzled. But soon, as if to show his will, Avisbro also began to chant.

"You are a clod of earth and yet not a clod of earth. You are man and yet not man. You are the one who stands in Paradise, the one who rules over Paradise, the one who leads to Paradise. You are our dream, our hope, our love."

What exactly is this so-called golem?

From a common understanding, they are artificial life forms created by some kind of magic, but this explanation is half right and half wrong.

In the world of magic, a golem refers to a 'fetus' or 'formless thing,' a secret technique used by the Church's God in creating humankind at Adam.

Shape the clay to create its appearance, and breathe on it to bring it to life.

However, many magicians stop at this stage, which makes sense, because the realm beyond that belongs to the lifelong aspirations of Kabbalah believers, and is not something that can be explored with half-hearted determination. In addition, the deeper one delves into the field of golems, the more one develops into something different from the golems that magicians pursue.

The best golem is 'Recreating Adam'.

Because he is the king who guides the people who have endured hardship and suffering in this age to paradise, and he is also their protector.

In the past, the sorcerer hated humans and found the chaotic human world disgusting. Therefore, he hated making eye contact with others and wore this mask, which tightly covered his entire body because his skin was fragile. But even so, he suffered for the suffering of his own people.

So when he learned that he was a genius in golems, he ignored his hatred of humans, his illness, his views on golems, and his long-cherished wish as a believer—he didn't care about any of them.

By creating Adam, the world can be transformed into the world given to us by God in the past, the world where the first humans, Adam and Eve, lived, eliminating all suffering and misfortune. For this, a man named Avisbro is willing to do anything.

To this day, the best way to recreate Adam—"putting Frankenstein's parts into Adam"—has failed, and even the core of the furnace has not been found... But for some reason, Adam has appeared as if he has come to life, and Avisbro doesn't understand why.

Was it because of the cry of the American sun god?

Absolutely not! How could a heretical god defile the glory of the Lord!

Could it be that the Lord saw my efforts and thus bestowed the gospel upon me?

It doesn't matter. As long as Adam appears, that's right, as long as Adam successfully appears and the world returns to its former Eden, all suffering and misfortune will be eliminated. That's right, that's how it is.

Therefore, upon seeing the fully formed golem standing on the earth, the warlock, a man named Avisbro, uttered his last words, his dying words, which now sounded like a fervent cry—

"Embrace the original humanity of the Holy Spirit, your name—Adam."

As if in response to the warlock, the golem 'Adam' had its eyes glowing and stood up with tremendous force.

Then, the first 'miracle' happened. The earth seemed to sing praises to 'Adam,' and grass and trees sprouted. The surrounding trees immediately bore fruit, which ripened, fell to the earth, and immediately grew into trees.

In addition, the surrounding environment, including the earth, comes alive, and a faint, sweet honey scent begins to waft through the air. Just by breathing it into your lungs, you are filled with an overwhelming sense of happiness.

It is the supreme golem sought by many Kabbalah believers—its ultimate form possesses the power to rewrite the world into paradise simply by its existence.

That is, the 'Autonomous Reality Marble', which is the true nature of the caster's Noble Phantasm 'Crown? Light of Wisdom'.

As long as this giant exists, he will continue to rewrite the world, and the rewritten world will be called 'Paradise'.

Avisbro couldn't help but exclaim at the completion of everything: How beautiful!

But at the same time, there was something that bothered him: the South American sun god standing beneath the giant Adam.

It is clear that the countless birds and beasts that came from nowhere should have been attracted to the giant as lightly as phototactic insects, and clung to it without hesitation. These birds and beasts decomposed without leaving a drop of blood, turning into pure energy that was absorbed by the giant.

Indeed, mindless beasts yearn to be attached to 'Adam'.

However, that guy got in the way, though that's Avisbro's opinion.

Aside from him, the other Servants and Masters seem more like birds and beasts who would rather attach themselves to this sun god than to 'Adam'.

"Ahhh, do you see it? Pagan god, South American sun god, worship! This is the paradise our Lord created in the past—"

Garden of Eden!"

Avisbro shouted at the indifferent Novia.

And as he said, aside from Amakusa and Jeanne d'Arc from the Church faction, almost all Servants' first reaction upon seeing this towering golem was—

What is this feeling of holiness?

This wasn't fear, nor was it a feeling that the golem was powerful; it was more like a feeling that the golem was beautiful, and not just ordinary beauty.

Like a beautiful thing created by God, the only creature whose glory was established from birth.

Therefore, there is no harm because 'Adam' has the blessing of the earth. No one bleeds in Paradise. In other words, as long as one stands on the ground, the harm 'does not exist from the beginning'. As time goes by, the earth will return to the so-called 'Garden of Eden' and become more and more comparable to immortality.

“Eden?” Novia looked up, as if looking at someone in another world through Adam, and gently shook her head. “That day will not come, Avisbro. If you use your thoughts as a reason to destroy everything, that is wrong. The reason you cannot tolerate injustice and feel resentment over endless tragedies is because you yearn for a happy world from the bottom of your heart, isn’t it?”

The silence lasted only a moment. Avisbro knew he was right, because his words left him with a lingering, unpleasant feeling.

but--

"...You understand nothing at all. The suffering I've been waiting for, the misfortune I've been waiting for, you could never understand..."

Hearing that the warlock was still so stubborn, Novia couldn't help but raise her right hand, and a weapon appeared—a sword that emitted a dazzling black light, namely the Obsidian Sword.

"Is that so? Then I'll knock you out in one blow, you know?"

In theory, three forces are required to completely destroy 'Adam'.

First, a blow that can reliably destroy the head's spiritual core; second, a blow that can completely destroy the 'furnace core' in the heart area; third, a blow that can pull its feet off the ground.

In other words, it requires the assistance of many people. It is convenient to lift the soul core and the feet off the ground, but where is Adam's 'heart' at this moment?

Even Avisbro himself probably didn't know this. However, for some reason, Adam at this moment was indeed somewhat equivalent to the original concept compared to the golem. In other words, Adam himself, who could be regarded as unconscious on this alienated land, could be considered to have the strength of the strongest god below the chief god. After all, his fame in the West is known to everyone. With the addition of fame, he might have the strength of a chief god.

In the next instant, a colossal bronze sun disc, the size of Adam, appeared behind Novia, and the obsidian sword in his hand floated above it. The fifth sun god of South America proclaimed—

"Leopard, wind, water, rain, returning to the source of life, thus proclaiming, 'Have compassion!'"

Ancient hymns rang out beside him, softly, yet abundantly.

People know that the sun god doesn't really care about becoming the sun; he's just very happy with their lives and their budding laughter. They love the sun, so they transform into the sun to love them.

"To the Rain God, reject the crimson blood; rain brings prosperity, not death."

"To the God of War, reject the Heart of Fire; war will bring the flowers of peace."

At this moment, on the distant continent of the Americas, countless dreamlike lights, invisible to ordinary people, slowly rise and converge on Lake Texcoco, and on Tenochtitlan, which has been renamed Mexico City over time.

"The First Sun - The Sun Leopard".

"The second sun—the wind—descends from the sky."

"The Third Sun - Restarting the Heart of the City"

As Novia's words fell, the radiance from the distant Americas, along with plants from all over the world, converged once more in countless threads.

At this moment, the giant robot stood before Adam, the earth beneath its feet transforming into the First Sun's treasure, which could transform it into the Aztec underworld to counter Adam's encroachment. Although it was the underworld, it, like Adam's actions, transformed everything into various vibrant flowers.

A miracle comparable to a catastrophe unfolded along with the outline of a sea of ​​flowers, a colorful torrent sweeping across the landscape.

The two pointed horns on the machine's shoulders, originally intended to honor the rain god and the war god, have now turned into the blue of the second sun, causing its two arms to turn golden. With a casual strike, it can deliver an attack comparable to the second sun's Noble Phantasm.

This seemingly robotic entity is the floating city of Tenochtitlan. It was created with the soul of the war god Vizilopochtli as its skeleton, the soul of the god Tralok (who brings rain and drought) as its outer skin, massive piled-up stones as its muscles, and the sun's heat as its energy source—a colossal weapon for operation...

The First Sun, the Second Sun, and the Third Sun are all sun gods in the Solar Era; in other words, they could be considered chief gods. As for the God of War, although he doesn't have the title of chief god, he possesses the power of one. Thus, it seems that the enormous humanoid weapon embodies the power of four chief gods, further enhanced by Novia, the fifth sun god, residing in the cockpit...

"...Why didn't you come to find me right away?"

However, inside the cockpit at this moment, Traloc, who had just arrived, asked Novia indifferently, touching his face with one hand and his chest with the other. This was natural, since if Novia hadn't been there, Traloc would have been the one piloting the aircraft.

This stumped Novia. He had intended to go to the Fairy Realm to find Bavan Shi and to the Americas to find Tralock, but he had been delayed by the matter of the Holy Scripture. However, he quickly replied, "Now that we've met, haven't we?"

"Ah."