People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

"Bang!" Yad suddenly appeared to show his presence, probably wanting to say that Grey was not smart. Then Grey shook the "birdcage" violently, and Yad felt dizzy and speechless.

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After Gray left, "Shion" turned back into Xiao Zi, and the raven on Xiao Zi's shoulder.

The geomagnetic path map in her hand was quickly replaced by another document: "Grey's Observation Log and Physical Strength Growth Curve".

Qin Xuan's voice rang out: "Her body is experiencing an abnormal increase in strength, which seems to have started suddenly six years ago. At the same time, her appearance changed into that of King Arthur... In 1994 -"

Qin Xuan was very familiar with this time. It was the time when he traveled through time and it was also the time of the Fourth Holy Grail War.

"So, it is because of Saber's appearance..."

One is an ancient king, and the other is an ordinary girl from a modern mountain village. They are two people who have almost no connection, but such a thing happened. This shows that there is human intervention in the ritual.

"Could it be 'sense of kind'?"

The magic world generally believes that similar causes will produce similar results, which is the "law of similarities", or the idol theory.

Specifically, it is to obtain the power of a subject by fully or partially imitating it. This is the magic of analogy. For example, "temple" means "a place where God exists", and angels are "containers of divine power", so by adding magic to an angel statue, you can build a simplest temple through imitation.

Another advanced example is that for various "original texts" that exist in the long river of history, "pseudo-texts" are created by imitating their events or elements; there are even pseudo-noble phantasms derived from the noble phantasms of heroes, etc.

In Grey's case, the most likely method is to imitate Arthur's body. If the face, limbs, muscles, and even internal organs and blood vessels are imitated, the body can be made closer and closer to the "prototype".

"Is it just the body? By imitating the body, you gain the power of King Arthur? Then what role do the weapons of the Atlas Court play?"

Qin Xuan felt that things were not that simple.

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When Gray heard Shion mention the "secret room", she felt as if a ripple had appeared in her ordinary life.

Faced with this mystery novel-like development, this time she wanted to try to explore it herself for the first time.

"Hey, hey, hey - Slow Gray has become so motivated? You didn't really believe what the alchemist said and wanted to find a secret room, did you?"

Yad's noisy voice came from the side.

"Teacher Shion wouldn't lie to me."

"Hehehe, it's only been a few days. I was so nervous when we first met, but now I'm even calling you teacher! Tsk tsk tsk!"

"..." Gray decided to ignore Yade's sarcasm. Fernando and Belsac didn't arrange much for her to do in the past few days. She could spend some time investigating the clues. Maybe she could help Teacher Shion.

Besides, this is her hometown. Teacher Shion is not familiar with it, but she is. It should be easy for her to find a secret room... right?

Chapter 41 Are You All Here to Kill Me?

People always have difficulty observing and finding differences in the environment and things that they are most familiar with. This is the so-called "darkness under the lamp".

This is probably the only conclusion Gray came to after running around the village these days.

"The secret room can't be found! Grey, Grey is so worried! Hehehehe - so it's said that slow-tempered Grey's efforts were in vain in the end!" Yad's voice rang out, and he summed it up very well. This made Grey feel for the first time that Yad's voice was so annoying.

"Little Grey, why don't you ask your new teacher? Maybe she can give you some clues like riddles in novels!"

"No...I don't want to disturb Mr. Shion's work."

At this time, Gray passed by the church, but did not go in. She just greeted Sister Irmia.

Search

"Hey, Gray rarely comes to church recently?" Irmia rarely took the initiative to care about Gray.

"Yes, yes. Mr. Belsac has given me a lot of things to do recently."

"Oh."

Irmia seemed to have returned to her usual bored attitude.

Strange... She never asks questions on her own initiative...

Perhaps because Gray has been obsessed with reasoning recently, an unusual place finally appeared in front of her, which made her start to "speculate". Maybe the church has some hidden purpose?

"Why are you staring at me?" Irmia was a little surprised to see Gray standing there in a daze.

"Um, why did Miss Irmia suddenly care about my coming to the church?"

Gray thought this was a clue.

"Oh, that's not what I want to ask," Irmia said with an annoyed look, "Fernando, the fat guy, wants to ask Gray when you will come back for class, but he is too lazy to run, so he asked me to ask - do you think I am happy to do so?"

It turned out that the nun was just trying to be lazy and was waiting for her to pass by and just asked casually.

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"Clang."

It was late at night, and Yade felt that now should be the time when little Grey was sleeping, but now he felt like he was being picked up.

Then there was another round of swaying.

Gray put on her nightgown, put on her hood, jumped out of the window easily, and landed steadily on a mountain path without a trace of light.

"Hey, hey, little Grey, it's so late--"

"——Shh!"

Gray felt that she couldn't give up yet, so she decided to look for the "secret room" one last time. If she couldn't find it, she would go to Teacher Shion tomorrow, but that would also mean that her "first detective operation" had failed. With her limited experience in reading mystery novels, it should be easier to gain something at night. Although this also meant breaking the rules.

There are many rules in this village, such as "you must worship the Black Madonna before entering the village", "you cannot go out at night", "stay away from the swamp", "no one can approach the cemetery without many people", etc.

But the rules are not absolute. Gray heard from Mr. Belsac that a single rule was often broken, such as when a child sneaked out at night. He was actually used to it.

So... as the successor to the gravekeeper, it's okay for her to break the rules once in a while, right?

The darkness cannot block Grey's vision, and she is familiar with all the roads, which is what she calls "she can walk with her eyes closed".

But after a moment a brightly lit cabin caught her attention.

"what?"

That cottage was undoubtedly Belsac's.

At this time, heated conversations were heard from time to time:

"Belsak! Why is someone from Atlas Court in the village? And you allowed her to come into contact with Gray?"

It was the voice of a shrill old woman.

"Nonsense, our village borrowed their things, and you're so grown up and still don't know about it?"

Belsac's quarreling skills have always been as good as anyone else's.

"Why didn't you inform us in advance? Gray and 'that' need time to prepare. What if that alchemist does something——"

"That's just my opinion! The Atlas Academy cannot break the contract. We just need to be honest and open with him, and that person will only be a great help!"

"Haha, be honest? Belsac, if you really want to be honest, what were you doing these days——"

"Okay, okay, calm down, both of you," at this time, a third voice sounded. When Gray listened, it turned out to be Pastor Fernando, whom she hadn't seen for several days!

The voice continued, "The Holy Church has noticed something is wrong. Irmia was called back today. The only information I got was that she went back to update her armaments. I'm afraid there will be a big move soon!"

The old woman's voice asked, "She's not one of your nuns? Can't you just ask her?"

Fernando's voice seemed to mumble a few times, but Gray couldn't hear clearly. After a while, she heard him say, "...What kind of nun is she? She is the daughter of a cardinal, and I am just a pastor of a broken church in the mountains. What's the point of my position? I can't command her at all!"

Gray's eyes widened. The true relationship between Fernando and Irmia was like this. What the nun had explained to her before... were lies!

Belsak set the tone: "We must act in advance and try to complete the ceremony before the Templar Church troops arrive!"

The old woman said, "I'll go prepare 'that' tool. As for the other one... since the person from Atlas Court can help, the conditions should be met, right? Belsac goes to call Gray over. When the time comes, she will be stripped of her soul and spirit and offer her body. She can barely be the vessel of the 'king'!"

"..."

"——Who?" A tiny voice leaked out, and Belsak instantly opened the door and looked outside, but there was no one on the dark road. He only saw a crow pacing on the side and then flew away.

"what's the situation?"

"Nothing," Belsac replied meaningfully, "I'll notify the alchemist."

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Gray ran on the night road like a headless fly.

Just like her mood.

"…offer your body…the vessel of the king…"

These words seemed to have some kind of magic, like a heavy hammer with unparalleled power, hammering her heart down continuously, dropping it into the abyss.

So this is what it means to be the “Son of God”?

It turns out that my life was just for a sacrifice?

It turns out that all the care and teaching I received was just to create a false growth environment?

It turns out that I am just a lamb waiting to be slaughtered?

"boom."

Gray's steps became disordered, and she fell to the ground, her clothes stained with wet and cold mud.

"Yad--" Gray called softly, but Yad rarely answered.

"Ah..." Gray felt her throat was dry and her chest was hot, as if she was suppressing something.

"Yade... Mr. Belsac... Teacher Shion... You are all——"

Are you all here to kill me?

Chapter 42 Everything is calculated!

This world is not flat. Everyone has their own destiny, which is determined by God.

Some people are born to be kings, while others become bandits.

Some people are accompanied by flowers and glory throughout their lives, but conspiracy and ugly human hearts also follow them like shadows.

Some people are ordinary and do nothing. They don't seek fame, wealth or honor. They just want to have a full meal. That's good.

But some people are other people's beliefs, other people's signposts, and other people's goals in this life.

If the road she is walking on is not her own choice, no one knows where her journey will end, where she will go, and who she will meet.

If Grey wants to get out of this manipulated life, she needs to face the truth behind it herself. Expecting others to rescue her is like adding fuel to the fire and it won't work.

Qin Xuan was standing in front of the hut arranged by Belsak at this time, Iluli was waiting on the side, and Ye Ye, according to Qin Xuan's instructions, buried a huge spirit particle transceiver on the "wedge" of the ground vein that had finally been built.

At this time, Qin Xuan saw a petite figure walking towards him from a distance: "Xiao Zi?"

"Report to the Creator, the task of 'guiding' Miss Grey has been completed!"

"Very good!" Qin Xuan praised generously.

"Yeah!" Xiao Zi became happy, and threw herself on Qin Xuan's back, with her little face pressed against Qin Xuan's head, like a cute little animal.

Ye Ye, who was still working, said: “Woo woo woo…”

"Okay, someone is coming," Qin Xuan's eyes became serious, "You stay here and maintain good communication with 'the other side', and control the situation that may get out of control. I will go deal with the last 'weapon'."

The next moment, Iluli, Ye Ye, Xiao Zi and even the huge spiritual particle device all disappeared.

Still there was the alchemist Shion from Atlas Academy.

After a while, Belsak arrived, "Miss Shion, please." He motioned Shion to follow.

"Okay." Shion answered without any hesitation.

The two walked along the familiar road to the church, but did not enter the sanctuary but opened the side door. Behind the side door was an old staircase and a corridor leading to the underground storage room.

The storage room was filled with wine and bread for the Eucharist, but that was not their goal. Shion watched Belsac push open the shelf filled with wine, lift the carpet underneath, and press hard.

The floor tilted quickly and tilted to the side, revealing an empty cavity and staircase below.

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