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Chapter 264 Big Illya: Am I going to be sold?

While waiting for Bazette's "settlement home", everyone seemed to have nothing to do.

It was a rare sight for Illya to see such a vibrant green forest, and she couldn't wait to pull Sera over to play. In the past, she could only see small-scale flowers and plants in Sera's indoor garden.

Meanwhile, Ahad was having a "pleasant" conversation with Kanono Hishiri. After the association's demonstration of its methods, Ahad's mechanical brain had figured things out to some extent. With this unprecedented underground stealth method, the East Union Association could completely raid the workshop of any magician in the world by surprise - after all, not many magicians would build a workshop without considering the connection with the underground environment.

Ahad now completely understood how Kanano Hishiri and the others bypassed the barrier and suddenly appeared outside the castle. If we look at it from this logic, Illya's small Holy Grail device is probably not very important to the association. If it is really that important, the association would not have to go to the trouble of arranging people to come and negotiate, and could just sneak into the workshop and take it away. For Bazett, who has the power of a heroic spirit, it should be easy.

"...Master Ahad, you are actually wrong. Only a portion of these geomagnetic projects have been contracted out to alchemists. We need them for difficult tasks, but we cannot rely on them completely," At this time, Kanono Hishiri was telling Ahad about the association's landmark project achievements and their significance over the years, as if guiding a new employee to understand the corporate culture. "We adopt the basic policy of 'starting with the difficult and then the easy, and using the old to guide the new'. The alchemists of the Atlas Academy, our partner, will be the first engineering party. At the same time, we will train the association's branch personnel, that is, the 'interns' of previous years, as subsequent engineering and operation specialists. In fact, the support from the Clock Tower also occupies a part of it."

"Oh - what about your relationship with the Clock Tower...?"

"Haha, old boss, you don't have to be so cautious. Although there are some conflicts between us and the Clock Tower over some interests, it is still relatively stable overall, much better than the Cold War relationship between the Clock Tower and the Cathedral Church," Kanono Hishiri narrated the "Political Structure of the Magic World" in a relaxed tone. "Therefore, the Clock Tower is still cooperating with us. For example, for the "International Students" project, they will select the graduates who are about to complete 5 years of study in various classrooms, and compile a dispatch list for us. After our Human Resources Department accepts and reviews it, it confirms the final list and returns it to the Clock Tower to arrange the dispatch procedures. Of course, as I said just now, this is only part of it."

"Part of it?" Ahad's mind flashed over the large amount of information that Hua Ye Hishiri had just told him. "Only a part of it, I'm afraid it's not enough as a labor force, Miss Hua Ye, when you mentioned the earth vein project just now, the scope was expanded to all continental plates--"

"That's right. Actually, if you know about the... atmosphere of the Clock Tower, you should know about the factional struggles within them. Therefore, the so-called dispatch of international students is mostly just an extension of the 'Clock Tower political struggle', and we do not consider them as important training targets. In fact, a considerable number of our members come from the Modern Magic Department. You may not know much about it. This is the Clock Tower Department established in the early 20th century. During this period, no Lord was willing to take over the operation. The current Dean is named Weber Velvet, a talent that we particularly 'support'. It is precisely because of this Dean's extraordinary teaching ability that many students with mediocre magic talent but flexible minds and hardworking willingness to learn stand out..."

"——Dean Velvet's move is of extraordinary significance. It is not only about cultivating talents, but also opens up a door for civilian magicians who have difficulty in studying and have few options... Currently, the first batch of modern magic students have taken up important positions in our association branch."

Kanono Hishiri slowly revealed the subtle trends hidden in ordinary events over the years, allowing Ahad to gradually understand the association's position and inclination, the source of the rapid expansion of its staff, the way in which its large staff was trained, and so on.

But in fact, Kano Hishiri was quite brief. Those who were guided by the new path were far more than just students of modern magic. In fact, there were also a large number of civilian magicians in other disciplines, but they were not as short as Weber's family inheritance for only three generations, but there were also many who were only inherited for two or three hundred years. For magicians of this level, for a truly "famous family" that had been passed down for more than a thousand years, they were actually not much different from Weber. They had to endure the high-handedness of the noble students and the ubiquitous strict class environment brought about by the theory of bloodline. After all, under the management of the monarch, each department had long been almost the same as the monarch's own family, and their behavior style could be imagined... They were simply super corrupt academic bureaucrats and feudal lords.

However, they are not really "desperate" like the modern magic students in the past. Besides being a magician (a miner of the spirit tomb) or a magician (a bounty hunter/mercenary), at least they still have room for turning around. However, after the first batch of "foreign students" of the modern magic department became successful, many of them began to be tempted. Some small families even considered not sending their children to the Clock Tower anymore, but directly choosing the Fuyuki Association.

This trend has become even more obvious this year, and many well-informed people in the magic world have called this phenomenon the "Fuyuki study abroad trend."

At this time, the ancient castle of Einzbern had appeared in the distance. After confirming that there was no problem, Ahad immediately entered it, restarted the central system, ordered the other androids in the castle to resume action, and laid a barrier on the outer layer of the castle.

As a castle, Winter City covers a very large area, but seriously speaking, their workload is not very large. The old man quickly arranged the work and allowed the barrier to function normally. Coincidentally, at this time, Illya also walked back after walking around the forest. She took brisk steps, followed by the helpless Sera.

"I think... you have all finished your rest, right?" said Kanono Hisiri, and Bazett reappeared beside her. "It's time to go to the headquarters. After all, the place you need to go next is quite special... You must use methods similar to the ones just now."

"...I will lead the way from now on." Bazette, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

At the side, Kanono Hishiri also explained, "In fact, you are all the people that the president has arranged to meet, but this meeting is not in an ordinary office. After all, a lot of information involved in the project is relatively complicated, and someone with real authority is needed to grant you temporary access to the secret place."

This confused the Einzbern family, but Hanano Hisiri didn't explain much this time. She chose to take the regular employee's earth vein spirit road back to the Legal Affairs Bureau of the headquarters. She had to register the contract signed this time, and then do the filing and other paperwork.

"Let's go, everyone."

After Kanano Hishiri left, Bazette said coldly. She repeated the same operation as before, bringing everyone down to the ground. This time, they did not move forward along the horizontal flow channel of the earth vein, but continued to dive. The familiar night sky scene was gradually disappearing, as if the vast day had arrived -

No! This was like an inverted day, with the night sky and the occasional flowing mana river gradually receding. Under the boat, a vast gray-white boundary, or a membrane of isolation, quickly spread out below.

Countless chaotic particles collide and intertwine in the chaotic gray-white storm, producing huge energy reactions all the time.

"Wow--" Illya seemed to exclaim in amazement. She had never seen anything like this before, but was quickly covered by Sera beside her. Lijielit also tensed up. The gray-white storm border gave them a sense of extreme danger. If they hadn't lost the leadership of this team, they would have wanted to take Illya away from this place.

"..." Ahad was also speechless at this time. In his opinion, this phenomenon could only be described as a miracle.

What is the principle? How is it achieved?

He couldn't speculate, he felt that even Hercules, the powerful servant he prepared for next year's Holy Grail War, would find it difficult to break through this border storm.

"...As long as you don't leave the boat, nothing will happen," Bazette didn't say anything to comfort him. She briefly stated the facts, then skillfully operated the tablet to drive into the designated docking port.

So, without any danger, several people successfully passed the isolation layer and reached the Room of Law.

Even Ahad couldn't figure out the way to this mysterious and unusual place. He vaguely felt that the third door in the middle was connected to him, but Bazette did not give them the opportunity to study it, but urged them to enter the second event hall.

"It should be time now, right?" Ahad couldn't help asking. His mentality had completely changed from the initial rejection to the current urgency, because the association's outrageous tricks one after another had made him a little overwhelmed.

Now Ahad really wants to meet President Qin Xuan. He mainly wants to see if this young man can come up with some outrageous props to help him complete the third method.

If it is really possible, it would not be impossible to adjust Illya back to normal human functions and let her marry him.

However, Bazette responded: "Not yet."

"Mr. Bazett, when will you arrive?"

"Wait," Bazett looked into the depths of the Hall of Events, where the device that created the "space-time bubble" was located, "wait for feedback from the other side (the world)."

Chapter 265 It’s all Emiya Kiritsugu’s fault!

Fine bubbles flickered in the void. Then, amid the flashes of light, some bubbles expanded, and the light reflected rainbow edges on them.

The ripples of time and space are rippling in it. The worlds that were not originally intertwined begin to become entangled and related, just like the film of bubbles of different properties that stick together when they touch each other, the rules that are similar to each other intersect, and the flow of information and the exchange of materials become feasible at this moment.

Ahad was not aware that this was actually an alchemical technology that could reach the divine realm, but he now understood that although the association had only been established for a short time, its technological reserves had probably surpassed the Clock Tower and reached the level of Atlas Academy and the Sea of ​​Wandering.

Although the Clock Tower can still hold the right to speak with its talent and resource advantages, its position in the magic world is no longer the only one. In the past, the A-House was closed, and the Wandering Sea opened once a year, so the Clock Tower could barely be considered the boss. Now, the East Union Association has become more active, dividing its influence. In addition, the A-House staff have been traveling frequently recently, and have close contacts with the association, which has invisibly put the Clock Tower down a level.

If the Wandering Sea changes its strategy and appears frequently in the future, the Clock Tower will probably be trapped in a corner.

"Everyone, you can go now," Bazette said suddenly, but she didn't seem to be planning to move. "Just walk over there. Your destination is across the street."

"—"

Ahad made a split-second judgment and stepped forward.

Sera and Lijelite looked at each other worriedly. They were not retreating, but they were worried about Illya's safety. However, the chief had already made the decision, so they had to hold Illya's hand and follow.

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EARTH-KL, Association Division.

"Hi~?, my dear master, now you finally remember to call me again?"

Here, Ai Li appears in her daily clothes.

"What do you mean by 'finally remembering to call' you?" Qin Xuan pulled Ai Li into the office. "It was obviously you who had too much fun in Academy City before. Now you finally know to come back."

"Oh, sorry, I was a little carried away when meeting my 'old friends', and Ling also needed to be taken care of, so... it took a little longer."

In fact, Ai Li was called back by Qin Xuan. Although she could be considered as a spirit of the World Tree, she had a high degree of freedom of movement. Therefore, she could run around when she had nothing to do.

Ai Li and the "heroes of the past" living in the Academy City are not the partners who once fought together, but new people who have gained the memory of experiencing the past together. However, if the real data bodies of the past paradise come back to life, they should also have the awareness that they are not the real bodies.

This is how they think rationally, but the inertia formed by memories cannot be erased, so they will still live in the same way as the 'original owner'. Therefore, Ellie re-established friendship in a similar way.

But these are just leisure time and daily life. Qin Xuan didn't call Ai Li here to chat.

"Aili, there are some things that need your help recently. It's about the function of the world tree..." Qin Xuan's cave has always been in an unfinished state, and the tree inside, which is Ai Li's body, seems to be the same at present.

The World Tree can currently release clones like "power projection" to the outside world. Combined with the abilities of its past predecessor, Venus UO, it has the ability to spread biological spores and absorb concepts. At the same time, it can also cooperate with Ellie's "true self" imprint to play a role in connecting and condensing the wide-area spiritual will.

This was one of the foundations of the 'Lacey Method' used in the London incident.

However, Qin Xuan felt that these abilities slightly deviated from his vision. He hoped that the World Tree would grow into a true World Tree.

"——Also, my idea is to combine the data I have compiled over this period of time. You can take a look at it, including the phenomenon of the 'self-growth' of the underwater library information device, the simulation and reproduction of the final weapon, and the imitated alchemical base system, etc. Ellie, I think that if the tree successfully absorbs humans, it should increase the performance of a giant biological computer. Perhaps when it grows to a sufficient size, it will become a true 'existence that supports the world'."

"Hey, Master, you are so annoying. You gave me such a big problem right after we met." Ellie shook her head gently. "When communicating with a cute girl, you can't always be so stiff."

It sounded like Ai Li was complaining about the huge workload, but she would never refuse Qin Xuan.

"Well, what compensation do you want?"

Qin Xuan sat in his boss chair and swung his legs.

"Oh, Master, you know me," Ai Li also came closer and turned around gracefully to sit on Qin Xuan's desk, "Of course you are going on a date with me, a date——"

Qin Xuan was not fascinated by Ai Li's attitude. He knew her best. "Really? I think you probably want to go on strike and go out to play?"

"Hey, don't expose me so bluntly. Okay, okay, it seems that the master has something important to do right now and can't agree to it? Then... how about setting it in the future?"

"can."

"Yeah, it's an appointment!" Ai Li sat on the table, her legs swaying, her raised toes rubbing, "By the way, are there any new stories recently? Master's new story here."

"-If you want, just synchronize it with my memory," Qin Xuan knew what "story" Ai Li meant. It was just like when Ai Li was born. She seemed to have absorbed the stories in Qin Xuan's memory. She probably really liked stories, and liked the wonderful stories created by humans.

"Right, so, so..." Ai Li opened her arms as if welcoming a child.

"Isn't this a necessary procedure?" Qin Xuan knew that Ai Li should know that spiritual connection can be made remotely. "Do you think I'm a child like Ling?"

"?~~~~" Ai Li's smile remained unchanged and she continued to move.

"..."

After two minutes, release.

Ai Li experienced the story of Miyu's world, "...Alas, this is a sad story. Although it is a reasonable ending, it is not a perfect ending. Ah, it turns out that the master is working hard for this, to save the world where Miyu is and achieve a happy ending——"

"Aili, stop for a moment. I don't have such a lofty motive, and I can't guarantee that I can do it. Besides, the world that Miyu is in looks like a world heading for destruction like the Land of Steel. 'Saving the world'? No one can make such a boast."

"That's not necessarily true, my dear master. Humans are creatures with infinite possibilities. This world has real gods, but humans have replaced them as the protagonists (primates). I believe that even if the world is on the verge of destruction, humans still have the possibility of turning it around."

"Maybe." Qin Xuan didn't know the specific situation of the Miyu world. Logically, when the destruction factor appeared, the inhibitory mechanism should be activated, but for some reason, the self-rescue behavior of that world seemed to be blocked. "Anyway, come on, Ai Li. I'll leave the matter of the World Tree to you. I'm going to meet the guests next."

After a brief interaction with Ellie, she returned to the center of the cave, the World Tree area, after a long absence.

Qin Xuan walked out and met the two people he had scheduled to meet - the Einzbern couple in this world, Kiritsugu Emiya and Irisviel.

"You are... the President!?" It was also the first time that Kiritsugu Emiya met Qin Xuan. He and Irisviel came here after receiving a notification from Qin Xuan, saying that it was related to handling the Holy Grail War, not only related to the Heroic Spirit Cards that appeared here, but also related to special situations in other worlds.

By the way, Qin Xuan also introduced to the couple the fact that the Holy Grail War in this world had not stopped, and the current situation of them dying early and leaving Illya in her hometown.

After learning about the consequences that Illya might have to endure in the future if the Holy Grail War did not stop, the Emiya couple felt relieved. It seemed that their idea that "the Holy Grail War is the root of all evil" was not wrong.

In addition, the two of them also actively responded to Qin Xuan's request. Although Illya in this world was not their daughter, it would be a great comfort to them if they could help her escape this tragic ending.

He didn't expect Qin Xuan's appearance to be so...young, but then he thought, there are many magicians who are old but still maintain a young appearance. Although most of them tend to have the appearance of young people, there are very few who maintain a young appearance.

"Ah, I didn't expect that Lord Qin Xuan would look so... cute? - Hmm!" Irisviel said almost teasing words under Emiya Kiritsugu's jaw-dropping gaze, and was immediately pulled down by Emiya Kiritsugu.

"Ally, please be aware of the situation!"

"Okay, okay, Kiritsugu, you look so nervous, but the president doesn't care at all."

While the Emiya couple were exchanging eye contact, Qin Xuan sensed the spatial fluctuations from his own world in the opposite world. It should be the Einzbern family from this world that he had arranged before.

So it's quite a coincidence? It just so happens that the Emiya couple's child is not here, so it just happens that they can form a complete family with the Einzbern family of this world?

Da da da.

With different thoughts of the three, Ahad, Illya, Sera, and Lijelite appeared on the scene.

The same family from different worlds met.

However, the atmosphere after the meeting was not so pleasant. Emiya Kiritsugu was the target of a lot of attention from the opposite side, especially Illya, who looked at Kiritsugu as if he were an enemy.

Chapter 266 New Holy Grail System: Good Old Mary

Ahad had no idea that he had traveled through a parallel world.

Therefore, when he saw the Emiya couple, an expression of surprise and confusion inevitably appeared on his face. In his memory, these two people should have been dead.

Why, why did the person who was supposed to be dead reappear before his eyes? In the Fourth Holy Grail War, Irisviel turned into a small Holy Grail device, and she should have disappeared; and although Emiya Kiritsugu, the traitor who destroyed the Holy Grail, survived, he should have died of illness in Japan a few years ago.

Could it be the resurrection of the dead, some magical phenomenon?

No, that's not right. Upon closer inspection, the mental outlook of these two people is completely different from the couple he knows. Their temperament is completely inconsistent with the overall outlook of the magician group. It's like two people who have magical abilities, eyes and will but are more like ordinary people.