People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

Wow, the contrast is too great.

"Is this the Sera and Lijelite of this world? They are completely different... But if I think about it carefully, it should be the style of the 'Mom and Dad' here. This... seems to be pretty good, right?"

Hearing Illya's yelling, Sera and Lijelite looked over with a strange look on their faces, "Illya? Are you back from being a magical girl?"

Chapter 272 ██ Celestial Sphere·Gaia Record 2-【God’s Corpse】

"Illya? Are you back from being a magical girl?" Sera spoke words like "magical girl" as if they were daily conversations, showing a clear difference from ordinary people like Emiya Shirou. "Hey, this outfit of yours... I haven't seen you wear it for a long time. I remember you brought this one from your hometown."

"Hometown?" A question mark popped up in Lijelite's head.

"Stupid Lijelite! You are hopeless. You even forgot Einzbern's hometown in Germany!"

"No, no, Sera--Lijerite, this isn't the first or second time, right?"

"Huh? Then it needs to be beaten even more!"

Sera was very angry and hit Lijelite, and Shirou Emiya was trying to persuade them, although it only had the opposite effect. This seemingly family conflict but actually lively and joyful scene seemed to have happened many times, which stunned Illya again. She felt the disparity of the world.

No, to be exact, Mom and Dad are still alive, Sera and Lijelite are also free... Illya thought back to everything in this parallel world. What if, she thought, she was the Illya of this world, what was wrong with such a life?

——Alas, after all, has she already inadvertently admitted that she envies the 'Illya' of this world?

So, why is this guy (Illya) still fighting so hard? What's the good of it? What a dreamy kid, actually taking the initiative to participate in such a dangerous battle for this, to complete a task that only adults can do, so...

“Magical girls, there’s nothing good about them…?” Illya couldn’t help but mutter to herself, “Really…”

"Hey, Illya, you finally understand the danger?" Sera temporarily let go of the unrepentant Lijelite, and then seemed to start persuading Illya, "In my opinion, using that (magical girl) to make the family more convenient is not bad, but the others are really too dangerous. Although the mistress and the master didn't say it explicitly, this is the first time I have seen that kind of expression on their faces. They are worried about this and that all day long."

"Illya, actually, it's okay for you to be... a magical girl, but you know, 'there is no free lunch in the world'," Emiya Shirou scratched his head, "I don't understand magic, but think about it, something as advanced as nuclear energy, there will also be risks of getting out of control, right? Uh, I don't know if this analogy is correct, anyway, before an accident really happens, it's better to think clearly in your mind and make safety preparations. It's better to have something than nothing, right?"

Shirou Emiya seemed to agree with Sera's words, but in fact he was supporting Illya's idea. This immediately caused Sera's glare, and she thought that an outsider like Shirou Emiya was completely ignorant of the dangers of the world of magic.

"Is, is that so?" Illya then realized that she had accidentally let the cat out of the bag. It seemed that she... accidentally got to know the inner workings of this family. At least these words should be said to the real... Illya here.

Unable to think of a way to change the subject, she decided to run away before the situation continued to develop in an unknown direction. "I know, Sera, I'm leaving first!"

"Hey, what happened? You were fine just now," Sera followed Illya and walked behind, "Illya, you look like you are worried. Aren't you going to have dinner at home tonight..."

"No, no," Illya reluctantly responded to Sera. It would be inappropriate for her to stay any longer. After all, she didn't belong here at all. "Sera, this is not the problem at all. It's -"

pat.

Suddenly, before Illya could even walk towards the door, it opened by itself. It wasn't opened automatically, but someone came in from outside.

"——Really, Miyu-chan, don't be depressed. Big brother has already arranged these things, and everyone will help," Illya (KL) chatted with Miyu next to her about obvious topics, with Chloe next to her, followed by Irisviel and Emiya Kiritsugu.

"…I'm sorry. I feel bad. It's my fault for causing trouble to everyone…"

"Ah, it's okay. If you're in a bad mood, just have a good meal. Miyu-chan, you haven't tasted Sera's cooking yet, right - eh -?"

The three little girls couldn't help but stop and look at the adult version of Illya in front of them.

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A parallel world codenamed EARTH-KLβ.

The world is in eternal winter. This is not the normal snow-covered world, but a sign that the planet is on the verge of death, the laws on the surface are declining, and the seasons are changing abnormally.

There is a huge pit in the center of Fuyuki City. It is said that this pit was caused by a natural gas explosion, but if you tell this to outsiders, I am afraid no one will believe it. Because this pit occupies more than half of the land area of ​​Fuyuki City.

This was a disaster that occurred during the fourth Holy Grail War in this world, a "disaster" whose true identity was unknown. When the disaster occurred, a huge darkness instantly engulfed a large number of buildings and residents, destroying this originally vibrant town.

Therefore, it doesn’t matter what the reason is. There are very few residents in Fuyuki City now, and outside Fuyuki City is a vast expanse of uninhabited wasteland.

But hidden in the center of the pit in Fuyuki City is actually the workshop of the Ainsworth family, the culprit that caused so many tragedies.

"It's time! It's time to welcome back our princess (Miyu)!" said a man with loose black hair and a fur-collared coat, with a big laugh on his face, although the intensity of this laugh seemed a little too forced to the point of being funny to others.

"After welcoming the princess, it will be time to create a new myth and unveil the next scene for the world—"

He is Darius Ainsworth, the patriarch of the Ainsworth family, the ancestor of the Ainsworth family, and the only head of the family for thousands of years.

"——Angelica," Darius's laughter suddenly stopped, and his face darkened. The change was extremely abrupt. "How is the transmission going? Although a slight delay can be tolerated, what is the situation? I allowed you to send that troublesome card over, but it's not for show. An actor should play the role that an actor should play!"

"Yes, Master, we are confirming it," Angelica, who had long golden hair, replied expressionlessly, as if she was used to the Master's fickleness. "The remaining mirror world has completely lost its response. According to the feedback, the new card should have reached the correct location, but... that location may not be the correct real number domain, nor the interface (mirror world). We tried to teleport physically, but all failed without exception."

“Hmm…Is that so?”

Darius spoke in a low voice, making it impossible to discern his emotions.

"God..."

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[My name is ██ Shirou. I am a wanderer with nowhere to go and nowhere to return to.]

[My location has gone far away from the village where the survivors gathered, deep into the area that the monsters have invaded.]

[Luckily, the area I explored didn't seem to be covered in black mud.]

[Despite this, an unprecedented sense of despair still filled my body and mind, because I could not see any signs of life in any corner of the land before me.]

[There are no animals, plants, insects, microorganisms, or even any kind of corpses... I can't find any nutrients to take in, and the nutrients I carry are also limited.]

[When all of it is used up, I might be dead soon. After all, this place is probably an area that the 'tree' can't reach.]

[Unnatural terrain discovered ahead. ]

[It may be the traces left behind by some kind of black mud. Or it may be a lucky area that has escaped such a disaster. I hope it is the latter.]

【But I was stunned. 】

[The building in front of me is too weird. It doesn’t fit my architectural style at all… This is not the point. The point is that it has a cross-like decoration, as if it believes in some god. Strange, has there ever been such a god in this world? ]

[I walked in, and I was sure of one thing: there was no one here anymore, because the facilities here were old and covered in dust.]

[This may be a 'lost property'. The elders said that in the past, valuable things that have never been seen before would appear from time to time in certain places. That is a lost property, but what value can this have? ]

[I continued to look for traces and information that might be useful, and found one.]

【A paper diary? 】

[Luckily, the handwriting in the diary is still legible. I opened it and saw:]

['We were deceived. The laying of the texture of human physics before Christ failed. We failed to properly utilize the corpses of the gods.']

['We have all been deceived by the damn alchemist.']

['Looking back, the alchemist took away the divine corpse openly.']

['Originally, that god gave us things, and then that person laid the foundation, which allowed us, the guys of the old times, to continue to practice magic.']

['But we discovered that when that person took away the original sin, the Age of Gods did not end, but was interrupted.']

['The compilation of divine principles has been interrupted, and human principles are like bad seedlings that have not grown correctly. The entire human world is as fragile as a blank sheet of paper. There is no way to start compiling human principles. Sometimes I wonder what will happen if the laws of the world weaken day by day as the planet ages...']

['What is that! A black area of ​​despair suddenly appeared, and there are completely different rules there! ']

['It's a disaster! A disaster that can't be solved at all!']

['The disaster has come again as expected. Ah, this must be the curse of the gods... God...']

Chapter 273: Gaia: Are you free at the end of the world? Can you come to save us?

"What? The construction of the spirit particle collection body in the Miyu world has suddenly accelerated?"

The day after dealing with the Holy Grail ritual of the Great Void, Qin Xuan heard a report from the association branch.

"Yes," Shion shared the observation report in her hand, "30 minutes after landing, it showed a relatively significant acceleration trend. From the analysis, the low activity of the earth veins has not changed, but the speed of condensing mana has obviously increased."

"That's a bit ridiculous. It sounds like mana 'senses' our device and actively cooperates with us?"

"...It seems so. According to calculations, the previous estimated time is no longer valid. The new estimated time... is before 7 o'clock tomorrow evening."

"——Inform the relevant personnel of the association. The Einzbern family and the Edelfeldt family should also be informed. Begin combat preparations immediately."

So the next step finally came to the formal pre-war planning stage.

The next day, Illya (KL), Miyu, Chloe, the Emiya couple, and the alchemist team represented by Shion followed Qin Xuan to the meeting room of the association branch. As for the Einzbern family in this world, they completed the replacement of the old and new Holy Grail system according to the previously agreed agreement. As for Illya in this world, it seemed that because of what she had experienced in the Einzbern family in the parallel world, she became willing to give up her identity as the Little Holy Grail and accepted the plan of returning to the Amniotic Fluid Workshop to readjust.

In addition, members responsible for departing from the world headquarters will participate through remote communication, including main combat personnel Aozaki Touko, Gray, and Bazette.

Next, we will sort out the existing information:

"First, let's sort out the causes of a series of events in the Heroic Spirit Cards and Mirror Space. In the parallel world codenamed EARTH-KLβ, hundreds of years before Miyu's time point, there is a family called Ainsworth and two unknown magician families - judging by the pronunciation and the traversal of parallel worlds, they should be the Matou, Tousaka, or other families. In short, these three provided the leyline, Command Spell, and Holy Grail systems respectively."

"Then, it was a similar history, but the difference was that during the Fourth Holy Grail War, a huge 'dark disaster' occurred, and Miyu didn't know the reason. Anyway, the only surviving magician of Ainsworth was named Julian Ainsworth. It was he who started the Fifth Holy Grail War. Then, in that war, Miyu played the role of the Holy Grail, and the final winner was her brother - Emiya Shirou."

Everyone had no objection to this statement. In fact, the information about the job cards had already been shared indirectly before.

"Anyway, during the Fifth Holy Grail War, Miyu was captured by the Ainsworth family. Although she was basically put into a deep sleep by the family's magic, it is still possible to confirm the members of the Ainsworth family who appeared at the time: in addition to Julian, there were Erica, Angelica, and Beatrice."

"Then there's the intelligence on magic. The main methods used by the Ainsworth family are replacement magic and puppet technology. Miyu has only confirmed these superficial information and has no idea of ​​the specific principles. The only confirmed manifestation is that in the Fifth Holy Grail War, Julian seemed to have attached the personalities of the deceased to the puppets to make up the number of participants in the Holy Grail War."

"Oh?" Aozaki Touko showed interest in this aspect. "This level can't be achieved by simple magic like replacement, right? Have you confirmed what kind of preparation or price has been paid, and to what extent the performance of the deceased can be reproduced?"

"Even if you ask me, I don't know. Miyu herself didn't know magic at the time. She just has information about it as the Holy Grail."

After Qin Xuan confirmed that everyone else had no problems, he continued, "Let me describe the mission we are going to set out on this trip. There are three types. The first is an infiltration investigation mission, which is responsible for finding out as much internal intelligence as possible about the Ainsworth family. I will specially send additional illusion-type puppets as assistance. The second is a rescue mission, which is responsible for rescuing Miyu's brother Emiya Shirou, who is likely to have been captured by Ainsworth. The third is a combat mission, which is to directly defeat Ainsworth's manpower. The second and third missions are not prioritized and can be carried out at the same time."

"The initial infiltration investigation team is mainly composed of Aozaki Touko, with assistants Kozuki (illusion doll) and Emiya Kiritsugu. The rescue team consists of Illya, Miyu, Chloe, and Irisviel. The main combat team consists of Bazette and Gray."

"Hmm? What about you?" Aozaki Touko was a little curious about what Qin Xuan and Shion were going to do.

"First, Shion and I have other important matters to attend to. Second, this is a hidden combat force arrangement to prevent the emergence of enemies that did not appear in Miyu's intelligence."

The so-called "other important matters" meant that Qin Xuan thought that compared with the invasion of Ainsworth's workshop, the sudden mana support obtained by the spirit particle collection body seemed more inexplicable and suspicious. It was definitely not Ainsworth's doing. Not to mention that they could not predict that this side could "invade" their world in advance, even if there was a spatial dislocation that led to the release of their territory, it was also inconsistent with the "low ground vein activity" environment detected by the spirit particle collection body at the beginning - because Ainsworth could not choose such an environment to build a workshop.

He and Shion planned to investigate the environment of that world from the outside while sneaking in to fight, and it would be best if they could obtain the true appearance of the "disaster" in that world.

"In addition to the methods you are familiar with, the association will also distribute designated combat equipment. When you receive it, follow the instruction manual to familiarize yourself with it."

"above."

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The preparation time was neither long nor short. After nightfall, Shion quickly confirmed that the lepton collector where the EARTH-KLβ parallel world was located had set up a space-time bubble generating device.

"coming."

Everyone stared at everything in front of them nervously. Except for Qin Xuan and other members of the association who knew the reliability of the technology, the adults in the Einzbern family were quite nervous, and the three little girls looked more like a mixture of nervousness, anticipation, and excitement.

But obviously, the accident did not happen, and the multi-directional channel formed by the space-time bubble was successfully built.

Countless colorful bubbles rose in front of everyone's eyes at the same time, and then gradually opened up transparent scenes that overlapped each other, and then chaotic light began to condense, like a curtain slowly being pulled open on the stage, and the picture projected by the projector gradually became clearer, and the scenes of the three different parallel worlds of EARTH-Origin, EARTH-KL, and EARTH-KLβ of Miyu world were all reflected on it.

Like Illya who is in the world of EARTH-KL, she can see the intellectual woman with glasses in this world, Aozaki Touko, on the multi-colored bubbles. She is carrying a suitcase and looks like she is preparing for a leisurely trip. Then there is Bazette with rose-red hair and a serious face. She is carrying a rectangular box taller than herself, and it is impossible to guess what is inside. There is also Sister Grey, whom she has already dealt with. She has a dress that she never takes off on her side, and next to her is a small girl with brown twin ponytails, Kozuki.

On the other rainbow bubble, she saw a scene of ice and snow, which was undoubtedly Miyu's hometown, a world that was said to be dying.

"Everyone, it's time to set off."

According to the instructions given before, everyone moved forward collectively and passed through the bubble in an orderly manner, arriving in the new world without any shock or delay.

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"Hiss... It's so cold." Illya suddenly came to a place with extremely harsh environment and winter all year round. She shivered at the sudden drop in temperature. "Miyu, Xiaohei, are you okay?"

“It’s not bad,” Chloe is a servant, so as long as the environment isn’t too outrageous, it doesn’t matter what happens. “This is Miyu’s hometown. Just one look at it and you can tell it’s miserable.”

"..." Miyu had no way to refute, "Ah, actually it wasn't like this at the beginning. It was probably okay when I was a kid... But later on, there were fewer and fewer people. Maybe they couldn't survive. Apart from my brother Shirou and Mr. Kiritsugu (EARTH-KLβ), I've never heard of anyone coming from other places in Fuyuki City."

"Huh?" Chloe raised her eyebrows. "Miyu, as I remember, you didn't go out most of the time, right? The family you were born into was like that, and so was Emiya who adopted you. It was even more impossible for Ainsworth. Maybe there were other outsiders, but you just didn't see them."

"Maybe, that's just my personal feeling... maybe there are one or two people like that."

"Are there other places with better conditions than Fuyuki City?" Listening to the children's conversation, Emiya Kiritsugu felt deeply worried. He used to have ideals to save the world, and although he had given them up, this doomsday world made him feel terrible.

"In theory, in this environment, large-scale organizations such as national governments have already collapsed. In the apocalypse, all regions are generally caught in a vicious cycle of shrinking production scale, scarce resources, and declining population. Large systems can no longer support it."

"At this time, the exchanges between towns will mostly become mutually closed or conflicting. Ideally, some kind of new mutual aid revival organization may be born, but..."

“——But, whether it’s conflict or mutual assistance,” Irisviel took over, “the key is people. Disasters keep happening more and more frequently, and the people suffer the most.”

For example, the biggest loss to Fuyuki City was the Black Disaster that occurred during the Fourth Holy Grail War.

By analogy, will there be similar situations in other places?

Chapter 274 ██ Celestial Sphere·Gaia Record 3-【First Cause】

"Ok?"