People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

A strange feeling... After a brief surprise, Ahad thought rationally again and came to the conclusion that the Emiya couple in front of him should be the two people he knew who looked the same but were not the same.

The clan leader was indeed able to remain calm, but the people around him were not so able to do so.

"Madam! How is this possible? And--Erimiya... a traitor!"

Sera's expression was extremely rich. Regardless of whether it was the order of the clan leader or not, her care and love for Illya were genuine. However, Kiritsugu of this world did not fulfill his promise to see Illya after the Fourth War. Although it was because he was cursed by the black mud and his body was weak and unable to break through the Ai family's defense, it was also a fact that Illya lost the company of her parents since childhood.

Sera raised Illya according to the orders of the patriarch, but she could not replace her parents who had been there since childhood.

As for Illya herself, it was even more unacceptable. She could not forget that Kiritsugu had made a promise to her in her eighth year, but he never came back to pick her up in Winter City. In the monotonous life in the snow castle afterwards, she always hated and cursed, and was driven by complicated emotions, so -

"Storche Ritter!"

She summoned a bird-like familiar made from Illya's hair.

Then, using a huge amount of magic power, he began to transform into a snow-white sword (Degen), and shot it at the target without paying attention to anyone else.

"......!" At this moment, Emiya Kiritsugu's hair stood on end. He had accumulated a lot of experience in dealing with other magicians all over the world, so he could calmly deal with such an open attack in public. At least dodging and counterattacking were not a problem.

However, he hesitated.

Emiya Kiritsugu is no longer the cold-blooded killer who sacrificed everything for his ideals. He knows that Illya in front of him is not his daughter, but no matter what, he can't just leave it alone. The hatred in Illya's eyes is also the fault he made in that world. Perhaps, he should...

He stayed where he was, without dodging.

At this time, Ahad was watching the conflict between the father and daughter without taking any action. He glanced at Qin Xuan and saw no sign of stopping it, so he let the situation develop.

However, someone intervened - a large amount of white threads similar to those of Illya's familiar were shot out.

"Illya, this is not good!" Irisviel took action. The fighting power of the lady in this world was unexpectedly strong. Perhaps it was because she had more experience when she went out with Kiritsugu.

Irisviel didn't even use a formal familiar, but simply used the white silk thread of her own alchemy to wrap around Illya's sword, tied it into a ball, and threw it aside.

"...Mom, Mom!?" Illya's anger froze for a moment. When she came back to her irrational state, she realized that the two people who had died appeared before her in good health.

"Hi! It's me. Although I'm a little naughty, I seem to be more interesting than Illya (KL) over here." Irisviel smiled, even though she looked like she was scolding her daughter just now.

“What does this mean…? What on earth is…?” Illya rubbed her eyes in confusion. She felt that she was not trapped in some strange dream. The chief, Sera and Lijelite were standing beside her as before.

"——As everyone in Einzbern has seen," Qin Xuan's voice entered everyone's ears, "this is a parallel world. It is also a world in which magic is defined as a pan-human history but has different developments."

"I see," Ahad connected the pieces of information in an instant, "I didn't expect President Qin's magic skills to be so profound. This must involve the application of the second method, right?"

"That's about right. This topic has nothing to do with this topic," Qin Xuan looked at the people present, "Follow me. We need a special demonstration venue for the re-editing of the Holy Grail system."

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In a specially built demonstration room, Qin Xuan showed everyone his conception of the new Holy Grail system through the pseudo-psychic system specially built by the alchemists.

This was inspired by Illya (KL), which is to directly run the spirit particle simulation mode of the Holy Grail War in the small Holy Grail device. This not only saves magic energy consumption during the war, but also controls the venue and is not easy to expose secrets. The accompanying problem is that it requires ultra-high-volume and high-precision calculation functions.

And Illya is no longer needed, so what is done is to readjust Illya and abandon the model of using the human body as the carrier of the Holy Grail. Einzbern is not unfamiliar with this model. During the Third Holy Grail War, the Holy Grail was a physical Holy Grail. Using humans as the Holy Grail only started from the generation of the Fourth War Wife.

"...What? Are you going to give up the Lesser Holy Grail?"

Ahad was reluctant to let go. In order to adjust the most suitable Master and Holy Grail for the Fifth War, he spent a lot of effort on Illya's retraining, and even reduced her originally normal lifespan to one year. Such a plan was equivalent to letting his previous preparations go to waste.

"Master, I think this is pretty good."

"Yeah, I agree with this plan."

However, the Emiya couple who were sitting opposite Ahad agreed to this decision wholeheartedly, and at the same time attracted Ahad's gloomy gaze.

These two people are also traitors to Ahad. Even though they are not from the same world, looking at the way they look like an ordinary couple, Ahad can guess what happened to him in the parallel world.

"Ahad, do you think your achievements have been wasted? Why not take a look at the advantages of the new Holy Grail system?" Qin Xuan pointed in another direction.

In the spirit particle field, a demonstration was recorded by the association staff to test the Heroic Spirit Class Cards and the spirit particle system that goes with them.

In the picture, a blonde woman wearing full body armor and covering her face is holding a holy spear. She is King Arthur of the Lancer class. Opposite her is a purple-haired woman holding a golden sword. She is Medusa of the Saber class.

King Arthur's Holy Lance was like a storm that penetrated everything, and the aurora of destruction swirled and rushed forward, smashing the surrounding buildings into pieces in rows. Medusa's golden sword would produce a large number of undead alien monsters with a slight wave. They were like the ferocious monsters described in mythology, some of them were much larger than buildings, and some had super defensive skin. They seemed to be immortal and barely withstood the storm, charging towards each other.

Then, at the moment when the two attacks were exchanged, Qin Xuan pressed the pause button.

"Okay, let me explain the above scene. As for the information of the class card, it has just been displayed and I will not explain it again," Qin Xuan brought everyone who was immersed in the "epic scene" back to reality. "In fact, the magic resources consumed in the decisive battle just now are not even as much as the magic resources required for a Servant to materialize for one hour."

"——And this is one of the great advantages of the new Holy Grail system. Servants do not need to fight in reality. Instead, everything is run at the spirit level. The whole process is like a spiritual Holy Grail War."

"Since the Class Cards are highly integrated Heroic Spirit information, we only need to extract the necessary Heroic Spirit information, that is, the information of Servants of each class, and input it into the Spirit Subsystem. With the addition of highly realistic computing functions, we can achieve a Holy Grail War with low energy consumption."

"One question," Ahad asked, "How can the participants of the Holy Grail War, that is, the magicians, join the system?"

He also understood the advantages of low energy consumption. If this was the case, the cost of failure in the Holy Grail War would be greatly reduced, because low energy consumption meant high efficiency, which meant that the war could be carried out more frequently. If it failed this time, the next one could be started immediately. Although Ahad did not think that Qin Xuan would deliberately go through so much trouble for this reason.

"It's very simple. In the spirit particle system, it is natural to scan the soul body in the form of pseudo-spirit particles through the void system login terminal equipped to the magicians, and regenerate the pseudo-spirit particle structure (user) and the spirit particle mask (verification identification code). This can achieve the synchronization of the transmission of the magicians' consciousness. Therefore, the existence of the participant subject is theoretically not a problem."

"..."

Ahad pondered for a while. He knew about the Void System. It seemed to have been spreading to magicians all over the world since three years ago. It had almost become an essential auxiliary tool for magicians' daily magic life. If this was combined with the Holy Grail System, Qin Xuan's idea might be more deviant and far-reaching than he could imagine.

Is it true that he doesn't pursue the root? Or is there something that is above the root in his eyes...?

"One last question," Ahad looked at Qin Xuan, "I want to know if this new system... has a name?"

"Yes, the Holy Grail System, Good Old Mary."

ps I feel like I drew a lot of cakes in these chapters

Chapter 267 True and False Illya

The Holy Grail System: Good Old Mary, referred to as GOM. The Holy Grail War space operated by this system can also be called the "Universe in the Cup".

Good old Maria, also known as Maria the Jews, Maria the Prophetess, etc. She is considered one of the earliest alchemists, even the first known alchemist in the Western world, who wrote the oldest alchemical book and invented a large number of experimental instruments.

However, in the Type-Moon world, alchemy actually has two sources, divided into different alchemy directions. The ancient and kind Maria is actually the ancestor of Western alchemy, the source of families such as Einzbern and Mujik, specializing in the "transformation of matter", while the alchemy of the Atlas Academy is actually older. Their inheritance comes from Isis in Egypt, and they are committed to the "transformation of things."

Including the belief in Hermes Thoth, the god of alchemy formed in the surface world, also known as the "Triple Great Hermes", which was born in the Alexandria period BC when Ptolemy I mixed Greek and Egyptian mythology.

Therefore, this naming is actually a more conventional naming scheme used by ancient people, similar to the supercomputer developed by the Atlas Institute, which is also called the Lepton Calculator Hermes/Trismegistus, etc.

"I see. I have no problem with that," Ahad said, and then expressed his willingness to support the improvement of this system and the abandonment of the original one.

Then the plan was decided. The next thing was to conduct simulation tests on the new Holy Grail system and deal with the old system, which included many details, such as the transfer of the original Great Holy Grail ritual of Yuanzang Mountain, and the transfer seal of the Holy Grail pollution curse - since there are now abundant spatial means, there is no need to worry about pollution leakage. And finally, Illya herself needed to be readjusted. Since it was changed to the literal Small Holy Grail, she had to cancel the relevant functions and go back to the amniotic fluid room to soak.

Since Ahad agreed, the other Einzberns had no objections. However, when it came to executing the last point, some people seemed unhappy.

"I—don't—want it!" Illya showed obvious resistance to the decision to be locked up in the workshop again.

"…Illya, listen! This is for your own good."

Emiya Kiritsugu persuaded him. He had heard from the elder Ahad that Illya had made various adjustments before, which resulted in her having only one year left to live. He didn't know how far the association's research and technology on life had reached, but Illya's condition should obviously be dealt with as soon as possible.

However, he then attracted Illya's fierce and threatening eyes. Although Kiritsugu was not his father, he could not expect a good attitude from her.

"Humph."

"Well, if Illya doesn't like it, then she doesn't like it," Irisviel said without trying to persuade her. "It just so happens that we had a long meeting today, and Illya must be feeling bored. Mom suggested that Illya walk around. There's still plenty of time."

"Uh-huh... OK." In front of her mother, even if it was a mother from a parallel world, Illya would be well-behaved. She was about to respond and leave, but then she seemed to remember something and performed a standard skirt-lifting salute to everyone, saying goodbye before turning and walking away.

"Aili, this..." Emiya Kiritsugu was not angry about Illya's discriminatory attitude, but after getting the information from Ahad, he found out... Illya's physical condition had been adjusted from a normal human to an alchemical tool-like existence. Emiya Kiritsugu couldn't help but feel anxious for his daughter in this parallel world.

“Listen carefully, Kiritsugu. I am also worried,” Irisviel whispered, “but you have not noticed the child’s own wishes. Giving up her function as the Lesser Holy Grail... is equivalent to completely denying the child’s all these years...”

"——Well, let's wait a little longer. The child is not young anymore, and some things can only be figured out by herself. I hope she won't get deeper and deeper into trouble. If possible, let her experience the same life as Illya here."

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Illya seemed calm, but in fact she was dazed as she walked on the regular road outside the association branch.

The air humidity and soil texture of the parallel world are not much different from those of her original world. Sera also told her that the history of pan-humanity is essentially not much different, with only individual divergent developments at most.

However, this suburban area is different from the ordinary scenery. Since it is the location of the association's branch, it is naturally well-maintained. The flowers, plants and trees will not block the flat road, nor will they be too far away from pedestrians. At the same time, in order to avoid giving people a mechanical and dull impression and to achieve a pleasing effect, different varieties of plants are planted together, but they will not appear messy.

Illya was quietly admiring some flowers. She was distracted and thinking.

Just before, when she heard the clan leader announce that he would give up her function as the Lesser Holy Grail, she did not feel the relief of breaking free from her bondage. On the contrary, a certain emotion in her heart suddenly swelled up.

Illya had been undergoing torturous physical adjustments and strict magic training in the Einzbern family over the years. All of this was to prepare her to become the strongest Master, but now, she was just giving up?

Ahad can easily accept or give up everything in order to realize magic, but Illya in the original world has almost nothing except revenge in the Fifth War and her own hatred.

Stripped of her function as the Lesser Holy Grail, her uniqueness disappeared, and she no longer possessed the Lesser Holy Grail's quality of realizing the results of leapfrogging theories, which meant that she was downgraded from a top-tier magician on the battlefield to a first-rate magician.

Furthermore, in order to restore normal human functions and adjust from artificial life back to normal flesh, how many special magic circuits will remain in her body structure? Can she still use Servants in this state? Illya cannot predict.

Once again, she recalled the conversation between the clan leader and the president named Qin Xuan, "The clan leader agreed just like that... Then what am I? All those days of hard work, thousands of days and nights, what are they... It's all that liar, bastard, Kiritsugu's fault!"

So once again, Illya thought of the Emiya couple in this world. Their eyes were so gentle, and all the words they said to her out of concern for her seemed like the illusions in her distant memory, the dreamlike childhood memories.

"They are all idiots. I am doing fine! They act like they know me very well! My mother is the same. She made me look like that in front of everyone!"

Knowing that she is not their daughter, they still treat her like this. It's really too much, Illya thought.

But she couldn't help but think about the Einzbern family over and over again. If Kiritsugu and his mother were like this, then what would she be like? What kind of life would she lead? Would she really not have to be alone and could have family and friends to rely on?

"Oh, no, no, stop it," Illya said to herself, shaking her head, "I'm not envious, I'm alone - and living well!"

Then, she quickened her pace, leaving the association branch and moving away from the tall buildings, as if she really wanted to walk the long journey from the suburbs to Fuyuki City alone.

pat.

There was a sound of something landing softly.

Then Illya suddenly heard the voices of some young girls in the distance. She looked in the direction of the voices and saw two little girls dressed as elementary school students walking towards her, talking and laughing. Thinking about it carefully, it didn't seem unusual for two little girls to suddenly appear in the suburbs, right? Although she was also in this category...

No! Illya felt that she was already an adult, but those two, on the other hand, gave her the impression that they were just elementary school students. Hey, looking closely, something seemed to be wrong.

One of them was a little girl with black hair, who looked quiet and didn't talk much, while the other was more outgoing and cheerful. Although her skin looked dark,... was it me? Damn it, was this me in this world?

Is it because he is out all day and suntanning? How outrageous!

Illya walked over with an inexplicable emotion.

The two people opposite also noticed Illya.

"Huh? Illya?" Miyu was surprised to see Illya actually walking towards her from the direction of the association's branch, and... she had changed into clothes that she had never worn before?

Chloe asked curiously, "Didn't you just go back and say that you forgot to pick up your homework in the classroom? So you flew around and came back to play a trick on us?"

At this time, Miyu and Chloe had just dealt with the 'Assassin' card with Illya (KL) during the break after school. Qin Xuan said that the strength of that servant was not high enough in their eyes now, so they could just find a break to deal with it. After all, the servants generated by the card themselves had no sanity, and Assassin didn't even have stealth, so they were easily dealt with by the three of them.

Then there was an episode where Illya (KL) flew back to the classroom to get her homework, but it wasn't a big problem, and the same thing happened when Miyu and Chloe came over to hand in their cards.

Then, the two of them met Illya from this world.

"They call me Illya? The black one isn't me here? Then who is she, my sister?"

Illya analyzed the situation and decided to continue with their topic. "Oh, actually I remembered it wrong."

Chapter 268: Not even a moment's mourning for the dead Hercules...

A few minutes later, Illya successfully concluded from Chloe and Miyu that she was an elementary school girl and also a "magical girl". From the description, it seemed that this was the highest-level ceremonial dress effect formed by some kind of "magic".

It seems that I am a novice in magic here, and I only have basic knowledge of common sense.

They were collecting class cards, which seemed to be used in the association. It should be a commissioned job and should have been handed over to more professional experts who were proficient in combat, but for some reason it was handed over to these elementary school students.

Illya couldn't understand this either.

And for elementary school girls who are used to daily life, shouldn't they feel resistance to dealing with such professional problems? Why didn't they show any fear?

Even Illya understood that even with the best equipment, she would still suffer a great loss against the Heroic Spirit if she did not use it properly or lacked combat skills.

"...Forget it, forget it. I won't bother with you. You gave up this rare chance to meet him," Chloe was surprised that Illya was actually walking back. "If you don't go, I'll have to go by myself. Hehe, I can't guarantee what will happen by then, Illya, something you don't want to see~!"

"..." Illya didn't quite understand what Chloe was saying, so she could only say, "Just go ahead, don't worry about me."

So he left without looking back.

"......?" Chloe looked at Illya's back in surprise. She had said such a thing, but Illya didn't react at all? I felt that Illya's expression was wrong just now, and now it seems that even her personality is wrong, right?

"Miyu?" Chloe looked at Miyu next to her, indicating whether she had noticed anything.

"I don't think it's right either," Miyu was just guessing, "but... there's no need for us to make blind guesses. Since she came from that side, we can just ask Brother Qin Xuan and we'll know."

"Okay, that's right, we have to go there anyway."

The two of them walked through the hall with familiarity, and when they reached the main entrance of Qin Xuan's office, Miyu temporarily stopped Chloe and walked into the door first. She began to check if there was any work that needed to be done here according to her duties as a part-time maid. After carefully smelling the room and finding that there seemed to be no strange smell, she let Chloe follow her in.

Chloe: ?

It seems like something is wrong with all of you today?