Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

He was a man covered in numerous masks that looked like he was crying, laughing, or angry from different angles, with his right hand in a cast and slinged with a triangular bandage—Ye Jie Xue Xin, the 'special son' of Ye Jie, who had mastered the swordsmanship of the four great demon-slaying families and was a distant relative of the Yin-Yang Immortal.

"Could it be that the Holy Grail has recorded even my trivial matters?"

His voice was honest and polite, but deep down it was filled with pressure.

For Novia, he understood that this was a uniquely human pressure rooted in violence.

Short hair, tightly closed lips, and a strong physique visible even through a suit—all these left a deep impression. But the most striking feature was the cut mark etched between his eyebrows; the slanted wound appeared quite old, with faint pigmentation deposited on his skin.

As Alexander VI listened to the distant sound of drones flying by and walked on the pebbles beneath his feet, he raised his eyes.

"Master, you're just like me, aren't you?"

“That’s natural, Borgia. As Servants with the best compatibility, you and I are naturally the same.”

"Then what kind of justice is it that you killed your entire clan, your wife and children, and claimed that your followers killed them?"

Alexander VI spoke frankly and without any reservations: "I am willing to sacrifice everything for the Church, even the future of my descendants, and give up my seat to record my 'shameless' existence."

"The reason is simple: I don't want to be 'special' anymore."

Suddenly, Ye Jie Xuexin took half a step forward, and dozens of dolls turned their heads in unison. "Little girl, do you know Borgia? I am the only person in the Ye Jie family who wears a white suit, because it represents the 'Inaba White Rabbit' saved by the god Ōkuninushi-no-Mikoto, whom Ye Jie reveres."

The identity of Ōkuninushi varies in different mythologies. In the Nihon Shoki, he is the son of Susanoo, while in the Shinsen Shōjiroku and the Kojiki, he is the sixth-generation descendant of Susanoo and the son of the goddess of winter clothes. His principal wife, Susori-hime, is Susanoo's daughter in the Nihon Shoki, that is, his half-sister.

However, Ōkuninushi's first wife was Yagami-hime, the heroine of the story "The White Rabbit of Inaba" from the Kojiki, but they did not end up marrying because of Suzeri-hime's jealousy.

Because the white rabbit prophesied that Ōkuninushi would marry Yagami-hime, and Yagami-hime only wished to be Ōkuninushi's wife, she angered his eighty brothers, who killed him twice. He was resurrected both times by his mother's help and had to flee to Susanoo's Nekoguni. There, he fell in love with Susori-hime at first sight and, with Susanoo's help, successfully became the lord of Izumo.

Later, although Ōkuninushi married his first wife, Yagami-hime, as promised, she feared Suzeri-hime's jealousy and hung their newborn son on a tree branch before returning to Inaba. Hence, the son was named Kinamata-gami, also known as Mii-gami.

“I have always been special. I was born in the summer, but it snowed heavily. When I was six years old, I walked in the air and was regarded as an immortal. The swordsmanship from the four great demon-slaying families has reached its peak in my hands. I am the most perfect ‘carrier’ of the divine body in thousands of years.”

The scar between Ye Jiexue's eyebrows was slightly crooked.

In the dim afternoon sunlight, it looked just like a mimicking lizard.

"When I grew up, I became special too. I fell in love at first sight with an ordinary woman, and we had two lovely daughters together."

"Thinking back carefully, was it love at first sight for me? Or was it because I felt that being with her would allow me to escape being 'special' and become ordinary? I don't know. Anyway, she was already dead, before she planned to divorce me."

The man with the cast in his leg didn't mean to belittle his wife; he was simply stating a fact.

"You're lying when you say that both of your daughters died at the hands of Servants."

Novia lifted Eri's childish hand. "Your first daughter, Yoru, died because she couldn't bear the divine body of your family. Your wife couldn't accept this and went insane. That's why she decided to divorce you and take your second daughter, Akira."

Although he is now in another world, Ye Jie Xuexin of the Fr world still did something similar to what he did in the Second Adventure: he did not hesitate to deceive everyone in order to abandon his 'special'.

"...You know very well, don't you? The kid who came with Borgia, no, it should be you who invited him, since we've been living separate lives for so many years, which is why he was labeled as a patient in the therapy room."

Ye Jiexuexin said this and laughed.

“My wife is an ordinary person, and I want to become like her. I thought about how to do that. The answer is simple: just become less special. Because the wife I fell in love with at first sight is the most ordinary person I know. She is someone who doesn’t stand out in a crowd. So as long as I’m with her, I think I can become like her.”

"That's why I can endure the divine body. No matter how much pain it causes, it doesn't matter as long as I can laugh like her. In fact, I can laugh occasionally too."

Novia remained silent for only a few seconds before speaking: "But in your opinion, it was still a failure, wasn't it?"

"Yes."

Under their gazes, Ye Jiexue continued in an incredibly clear voice, "Mei, as my daughter, had a rejection reaction to the divine body and exploded and died right in front of me. It's really strange. She was clearly my child, the child of the person I love, the child on whom I placed high hopes, yet she wasn't any more special than me. Isn't this a huge joke?"

Upon hearing this, Alexander VI asked, "So you slaughtered your entire clan back then, Master?"

"Pretty much, because at that time the Holy Grail War was sweeping the globe, and there was one in my Izumo region as well. So I used my family's divine body, Ōkuninushi, as a medium to summon the main god Ōkuninushi to appear. After all, in a way, the divine body is the same as your Western magic crest."

Ye Jiexue raised the plaster cast on her right hand and said happily.

A magician is someone whose family and individual are both bound by magic.

The longer and more distinguished a family lineage is, the more helplessly it will be bound by it. Magic Crests are a symbol of this curse. No matter how many generations or dozens of generations have passed, the research results that ancestors have solidified step by step will be recorded on Magic Crests.

Those who inherit the engraving can make full use of these records and capabilities at will.

In return, once you establish a connection with the genealogy imprinted at this moment, your life will be altered.

The same applies to the inheritance of divine bodies in traditional Japanese magic.

"The Great Lord of Ōkuninushi was very kind to me, a gentle person, and the power of the Supreme God was invincible in the Holy Grail War. Naturally, we became the victors of the Izumo region. But at that time, I was thinking, what's the point of winning? Even if I win, won't I still be the same? Will winning change anything? Can the Holy Grail of the Izumo region change my special status? Should I go to other regions to continue the war? What if I lose? No, wait, I'm still so special. So many people dream of victory, and I've obtained it so easily—"

Ye Jiexue's tone suddenly became devoid of emotion.

"It just so happened that I saw 'a certain future' at that time."

"Some...future?"

"Yes, after everything ended like this, my wife chose not to raise Akira anymore and wanted a divorce. After all, she's just an ordinary person, so of course she couldn't tolerate the strange phenomena that kept happening around the child. Since that's the case, I thought I'd just kill her. Anyway, she was just a tool for me to become 'ordinary'... Was that scene something the Holy Grail told me? Or was it some kind of special ability that allowed me to see a parallel world? It doesn't matter anymore, it's all in the past."

Alexander VI's scepter struck the ground with a hollow echo: "So, Master, you chose to become a god-slayer and then became a butcher?"

"It has become ordinary."

Ye Jiexue suddenly laughed.

The setting sun cast long shadows on the countless masks he wore, transforming them into sharp claws that pierced the rusty hill behind the Nightfall Mansion, formed by the wreckage of drones piled up in the courtyard.

“Have you ever seen what it looks like when a god dies? When His spiritual core shatters, it makes a clear, chiming sound, more beautiful than the sound of Mei taking her last breath in front of me. Hahaha, that’s only natural, since Mei died under the influence of His divine body.”

Then, the thirty-year-old man took out a yellowed baby tooth from his bag: "When Akira was losing her baby teeth, she always liked to throw them onto the roof, saying that this would make her grow new teeth as strong as steel... But now her tooth is buried in the backyard, becoming a big tree that the Night Robbery family is growing."

The silence lasted for twelve seconds.

"Fifteen years ago, when I pierced the core of the Great Lord of the Ninja Kingdom, I saw the dawn of a new era—when all humanity becomes the Holy Grail, everyone can summon Servants, magic will lose all its mystery, and everyone will live in the same environment. Isn't this the most ordinary era for me, Nightfall Snow Letter?!"

"That's right, I did so much. I killed the Great Lord, destroyed his wishes, I killed my entire clan, I killed my mother, I killed my wife and children, all to ensure the smooth arrival of the long-awaited new era..."

Ye Jiexue's smile twisted into a grimace. "I just wanted to—"

With a weathered look on his face, Ye Jiexuexin put on a 'Ghost Cry' mask passed down from his family.

As its name suggests, this is a mask belonging to a demon. When Yukinobu wears the mask to fight during Night Calamity, she will fight with movements similar to a rabbit. Because demons are beings that stand between humans and nature, this mask can also connect Yukinobu's magic power with the magic power of Night Calamity Mountain.

At the same time, Ye Jie Xuexin also knows the "Self-Suggestion Transformation" sword technique of the Liangyi family, which allows him to suppress his opponents with a peculiar spider-like posture.

“Becoming no longer ‘special’”.

It's a comedy, but also a tragedy.

The story of someone brimming with magical talent yearning for the 'ordinary' that is so far removed from him is a common one.

This is the psychological illness that led to Alexander VI's abduction of Yukinobu.

"Then, it would be better to betray the Great Lord. Why kill the entire clan?"

The words that came from Eri's mouth were not Novia's reply, but the girl's words that had finally burst forth after listening for so long.

This is natural. For a child who has lost her parents at such a young age, it must be difficult to accept such a strange thing, as well as a strange pleasure and anger. Novia could feel Eri's stomach spasming. This was not fear, but the joy of the sealed divinity within the girl's body at this act.

The girl's Tokyo memories, which her father had forcibly erased with the waters of the River of Oblivion, were stirring. He could clearly feel the pale arms of countless evil spirits surrounding the girl climbing toward her body, each finger entwined with a filthy aura.

This is natural, since Izanami in Japanese mythology is said to devour filth to maintain the balance of the underworld. Therefore, Eri, as Izanami's daughter, naturally has the adaptability to use herself as a vessel. However, it can also be said that... the evil spirits that surround her all day long are filth.

"Little girl, that's a curse from God."

Ye Jiexue's voice suddenly softened, as if she were telling her deceased daughter a bedtime story.

"When Ōkuninushi's spirit core shattered, the entire Izumo land's ley lines groaned. The faith that had been accumulating since the Jomon era, the hatred from years of being bullied by his brothers, the resentment of the Yamata no Orochi that Susanoo had shattered, and the lament of the Kinamata god abandoned on a tree branch—all of it flowed into my body with the magic power that burst forth from him. That's why I was so hopeless as to kill my family."

The light of dusk streamed down through the gaps in the bare branches, cutting out tiny specks of light on Ye Jie Xue Xin's full-body mask. The mask hanging on him swayed gently in the breeze, making a soft, bone-grinding sound.

"That's only natural, so this must be the curse that the Great Lord has placed on me."

The ground cracked open with spiderweb-like fissures, and withered tree roots bulged out like blood vessels. Countless pale arms slowly rose from the cracks and were picked up by the scarecrows.

“Mei’s, Akira’s, Mother’s, the four hundred and twenty-seven clansmen who were robbed at night.”

The man gently stroked the hands with his left hand. "I wanted them to see the moon of the new era, so I cut off all their hands when they died and buried them under the house."

Seeing this, Alexander VI frowned slightly and picked up his scepter: "Master, what do you intend to do?"

"Article 1 of the Heroic Spirit Control Law: Summoned Heroic Spirits shall not harm humans, or cause harm to the summoner humans through inaction."

Ye Jiexue gently raised a finger. "Borgia, you can't possibly lay a hand on me."

The Servants of the new era have the support of laws governing artificial intelligence that existed in the past. However, this was mainly driven by human survivors who witnessed the massacre of Heroic Spirits during the Holy Grail War. Their 'Anti-Servant Action' became the popular support for the 'Heroic Spirit Control Law'.

Moreover, generally speaking, even the best magicians among humans cannot resist and win against Servants, so it is only one-sided. And because it is the best compatibility, there will be no conflict between Servants and Masters, so it can be said to be a very good rule.

However, now, Ye Jiexuexin is using it to suppress Alexander VI.

"reason."

Alexander VI asked, completely baffled as to why the master before him would suddenly confront Eri in front of him.

Is it merely because his actions have been exposed? Absolutely not. Time heals all wounds. Even if we tell others now, what difference does it make? Ye Jie Xuexin was originally outside the city. How could the new humans inside the city possibly demand that the Holy Grail attack him because of this?

That's absolutely impossible, after all, some evil Servants have done things that are far more heinous than Nightfall Snow Letter killing his entire family.

"because--"

As the plaster cast on Ye Jiexue Xin's right hand fell away like snowflakes, it revealed a rotten, withered, and foul-smelling right hand.

“The power of the Great Lord reacted to this guy.”

Under the dim yellow light, it had the texture of decaying tree roots, and dark red fluorescence flowed under the withered and wrinkled skin, as if the shrine's earth veins had been directly grafted onto the human body. This was the hand of the man who had been transplanted with a divine body in the past, and now it was truly manifested as the 'hand of God', filled with the magic power of Ōkuninushi.

In this divine hand, Ye Jie Xuexin drew the Muramasa sword, a heirloom of the Ye Jie family, and aimed it at Erise, who was possessed by Novia.

"So tell me, brat, is the Servant you possess Sumeragi-no-Mikoto, or Suzeri-hime? Or perhaps the resentment of Orochi, who shares the same views as Ōkuninushi? Or perhaps Takemikazuchi, who stole Kunitsu-no-Tsuru? Or maybe one of those eighty brothers, or a collection of concepts?"

In Japanese mythology, Ninigi-no-Mikoto, who received a command from Amaterasu, descended from Takamagahara to Ashihara Province. Upon his arrival, Amaterasu bestowed upon him the Three Sacred Treasures and made a pact with him to rule Japan for generations. This is known as the "Heavenly Decree of Infinite Power." During this process, the one who exerted the greatest power was Takemikazuchi.

Takemikazuchi, wielding the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi, questioned Ōkuninushi, who had repeatedly disobeyed Amaterasu's orders. Ōkuninushi then shifted the blame to his two sons, Jidainu and Takeminakata. Only after Takemikazuchi subdued the two gods did Ōkuninushi relinquish the country to Amaterasu.

To some extent, this also reflects the fact that the Kunitsu pantheon was no match for the Tianjin pantheon, and thus lost everything.

This is understandable, given that the lord of Kunitsu at the time, Ōkuninushi, was Susanoo's son-in-law; it would be strange if he could defeat him.

In fact, Alexander VI really wanted to tell the reclusive Yukino that this Eri was a well-known Servant-less person on the mosaic, and it was impossible for her to have a Servant. However, she was currently restricted by the law to the point that she couldn't even speak.

As for Novia, he now understood why Ye Jiexuexin had suddenly attacked.

Since he is not any of these gods, it is highly likely that he is related to Typhon, the Greek ancestor of the dragons, who is the origin of the dragon lineage of Ōkuninushi, who is a dragon and bull in one body. From another perspective, he is related to Typhon and can be considered an ancestor of Ōkuninushi, who is on par with Yamata no Orochi.

Novia, realizing this, couldn't help but smile.

Then, Eri, with her silver hair, also smiled.

"I don't know any of these guys you're talking about. I'm just a fictional demon king."

Chapter 471 A World Where Suicide Is Impossible.

The air made a crisp sound like glass shattering.

The image of Yukinobu was reflected in Eri's silver-haired pupils.

The man wearing the ghost-wailing mask had two protruding horns on his forehead, and his eyes were like crescent moons pointing upwards.

Without bending the knees, but only using the power of the ankles, one can leap up with a thud.

As night fell, many tiny magical energies flowed through the Nightfall Mountain. The mountain was almost physically filled with dense magical energy, which could be easily detected by the naked eye if Newtypes and Servants in the city paid close attention.

"To the eight directions and four corners, we pray to the water serpent (rotten rope) god."

Ye Jiexue murmured, and as if by ritual, magic gathered behind him, unfurling enormous white wings.

This is because the essence of his personal magic and the great source of the world's magic have become indistinguishable, in other words, he has become one with the mountain.

Far Eastern magic emphasizes breathing techniques, seeking enlightenment through breathing, achieving oneness with heaven and earth through breathing, and even shaking the gods through breathing.

It is a group technique that rivals the power of ancient gods, and it compresses the incantation to the limit. In Western magic terms, it is a spell consisting of only a small section. It can be said to be a superb technique that rivals the high-speed divine words skills of Servants.

"Born into this world, existing in this world."

There are subtle vibrations in the sound.

This is a special vibration from the Night Raiders as they transmit their words to the gods.

The God of Black, the God of Serpents, the God of Great Okita, the God of Great Okita.

According to the tradition of Nightfall, the gods are not called by their names, but the gods' divine power is engraved in the hearts of all the family members. It is for this reason that the divine body bestows its blessings upon the people of Nightfall. Compared with the Clock Tower, large-scale magic requires complex rituals to be performed, but Nightfall's magic can be activated in this pure form.

"We too have existed here for a thousand years."

Correspondingly, the earth and atmosphere were shaking.