People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

It has learned the instinct of survival. It feels that in order to prevent itself from disappearing, it needs to eat and grow.

Following the instincts of animals, it began to look for food. The remains of the Holy Church's agent caught its attention. It then continued to devour and decompose.

[Man…lord? …heretic? …eat…]

It learned value judgments. It learned to extract valuable (better survival) information from worthless memories. It learned thoughtful actions.

[Goal…direction…]

It flowed in the direction of Irmia's retreat.

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"Holy Grail War?"

On this day, Melvin once again saw Weber with a look of overwork on his face, it seemed that the workload given to him by Lord El-Melloi had increased again.

"Yes, the Lord has suddenly become interested in the magic rituals of the Far East. I have sorted out some information," said Waver, who did not participate in the Fourth War and had no knowledge of the Holy Grail War. "It is said that it is an omnipotent cauldron that can fulfill wishes. How is that possible? I think that just summoning the Realm Record Belt (Heroic Spirit) as a familiar (Servant) is a fantasy!"

The magic world generally believes that summoning the Realm Record Tape is impossible, and this is also a niche ritual in the Far East, which makes most people in the Clock Tower feel that they have no interest in it.

“Hahaha,” Melvin didn’t care about the complaint in Weber’s tone at all. “Now that I mention it, I’m actually looking forward to your surprised look when the Heroic Spirit is summoned!”

Melvin is a pleasure offender with no bottom line. It can be said that he is born that way. Compared with pleasure offenders like Kotomine Kirei who need others to help him "awaken", his level of purity is much higher.

This is also the reason why Melvin kept showing his goodwill, but Weber always refused to acknowledge this "close friend".

After sending the nagging tuner away to prevent him from vomiting blood onto the file unexpectedly, Weber continued to organize the information.

After all, the Holy Grail War is only a niche event, not a secret one, and if a monarch is interested in participating, he can retrieve a lot of intelligence in minutes.

For example, compared to Weber who was reading various texts in a mountain of information, Kenneth had already obtained information about the Holy Grail War from the astronomy monarch Marisbilly Animusphia.

Marisbury seemed to have investigated the Holy Grail War a long time ago, but he seemed to have little interest in it and didn't even want any favors. He provided the information about the Holy Grail War to Kenneth almost for free.

"Your Excellency is saying that the thing (the Greater Holy Grail) is just a defective product?"

"That's right," replied Marisberry, who had silver hair and pigtails inherited from his ancestors. "I heard about the ritual of the Fourth Holy Grail War in my early years, so I commissioned Dr. Hatteras, the then Minister of Modern Magic Science, to investigate, but the result was... a disaster occurred, and no one succeeded in making a wish."

The purpose revealed by Marisbury was very utilitarian. It was obvious that he commissioned someone to investigate just for the opportunity to make a wish.

The result was not satisfactory, so Marisbury decided to give up participating in the war and had no hope that his daughter Olga Marie could complete the family's Grand Order.

However, Dr. Hatteras, an investigator who obtained first-hand information, did not think that the Holy Grail War was worthless. He directly resigned from the position of Dean several years ago. Of course, this is another story.

As a dean who is also interested in the Holy Grail War, Kenneth does not care about the function of the Holy Grail. He only investigated it when he saw that the Qin family, which once caused a stir in the Clock Tower, was also one of the participants. If this ceremony will really be started again in four years, then it would be nice to win the victory and win the honor. However, if the Holy Grail has such a hidden danger, it is better to dismantle it.

However, looking at the situation of the Einzbern family, it seems impossible for them to give up the Holy Grail.

"Thank you for your generous help, sir." Kenneth was a proud genius, but he was very polite to his fellow monarch. "By the way, tomorrow Barthomello of the Law and Politics Department will call everyone (lord) again. Has your Excellency received the news of the meeting content in advance?"

"Never."

Marisbury's family lived in the mountains and watched the stars all day long, and was not as keen on following worldly trends as other schools.

"But I heard that it was a wanted warrant sent by the Holy Church to the Association."

"What kind of magician prisoner is this that warrants such attention?"

"The specific identity seems to have not been clarified yet."

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While the clock tower was still busy with lights on, the Qin family in Fuyuki City was... holding a family dinner.

"Ohhhh, welcome - lovely sister Sakura to our big family!"

Qin Xuan sat in the main seat and saw Aozaki Aoko shouting wildly, probably because she was drunk. In short, her enthusiasm seemed to be higher than that of her biological sister Lin. Elquet, who didn't understand what was going on, followed suit and imitated her with "Oh oh oh".

"Thank you, that's too exaggerated..."

Sakura Edelfeldt had just moved in today, but some people seemed too enthusiastic, which made her blush a little shy.

"You should pay attention to your image. Also, don't spill the wine here." Chengzi sat next to Qingzi and adjusted his glasses gracefully.

"..." Aoko kept smiling and looked at her sister calmly.

Similar thoughts flashed through the minds of both of them: Humph, in order not to spoil other people's fun, I'll let you go today.

Compared with the harmonious relationship between Rin and Sakura, the pair of sisters here seemed to be of a completely different style, as if they were ready to go out and fight at any time.

Qin Xuan took in this scene. So, smiling on the surface doesn't mean they are really harmonious. I hope that Lin and Ying won't develop that kind of relationship.

After the welcome, everyone's attention was quickly diverted to the drinking game initiated by Aoko... Perhaps this was her real purpose. Aoko, Ryougi Shiki, Orange, Bazette and others from the adult group joined the battle. After a while, the scene was left with a pile of empty bottles and red-faced drunkards, which was no different from the drinking scene of the men.

Elquet was also drinking, but in the end, she was unanimously banned from the competition.

Chapter 100: Clock Tower "Opens the Door to Thieves"

"Teacher, everyone was like this before... are you able to let go?" Gray's petite figure stood next to Qin Xuan's seat and asked.

"No, I just didn't have the chance to do so normally, and I just happened to find it this time. So, why don't you sit down for a while?"

"Ah, ah, no need."

It was okay before when there were only two people following the teacher, but now there are so many people. Looking at the hot atmosphere, Gray feels like her brain is melting.

"Hey, Gray-chan, please sit down!" Lin pulled Gray forcefully and let her sit between her and Qin Xuan.

"Hahahahahaha - this guy Gray hasn't made any progress at all. He gets dizzy when he's in a place with a lot of people!" Yade's annoying voice sounded.

Gray then shook the birdcage very quickly, and Yade became dizzy and speechless.

At this time, Sakura, who was no longer the center of attention, poked her head out from beside Rin and looked at Gray, "Hello, I'm Sakura Edelfeldt, Rin's younger sister. Please take care of me in the future."

"Ah... hello." Gray tried very hard not to bury her face.

Qin Xuan chatted with these people, but not long after, the appearance of Prometheus interrupted the conversation.

"You guys talk first."

Qin Xuan immediately left his seat and walked to a quieter place.

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"Is there anything important?"

"Report: It's a letter from the Clock Tower."

Qin Xuan flipped it open and looked at the signature first, "El-Melloi Family? The noble faction... No, that's not right."

He read the content carefully, and it seemed that he was invited to a magic costume exhibition. The expected attendees also included: Lord Euripides, Lord Tramberio, Lord Baruyereta, and Lord El-Melloi, so there were already five monarchs attending the meeting. Including the two major factions of democracy and aristocracy, except for neutralism.

"What's going on? Where's the crown decision?"

He looked again and saw the venue: Barthemelo's house.

"I see. If the family of the current Demonic Marshal chooses this place, the conflict between the two factions will not be too extreme."

"The question is, what is the purpose of inviting me?"

Qin Xuan read the content of the letter again and found that the word "magic costume" was repeatedly emphasized throughout the letter. In addition, the time of the event reminded him of the recent sale of the "Major Arcana" costume to Europe.

"It seems that after seeing the situation of the Edfelt family, they want to get a piece of the pie?" Obviously, the Clock Tower began to feel dissatisfied with this sole agent and intended to directly win over the manufacturer, and might even want to replace this position.

To be honest, Qin Xuan didn't really want the Clock Tower Monarch Family to have control over the sales rights. Unlike the profit-seeking Edelfeldt family, these people had too strong a desire for power.

Giving them the opportunity to be agents is equivalent to adding another layer of shackles to the upward space for the new generation of Western magic.

Even though the democratic camp seems to be very close to the younger generation, that is because their policy is "anything that is beneficial to their faction can be accepted", which means that they are not democratic in nature, but just an aristocratic faction with a different direction of power politics.

However, it is also thanks to these nobles that they didn't talk about magic costumes in a roundabout way. Recently, a new product happened to come out, which is very useful but relatively unprofitable. I will use that to participate.

Moreover, he happened to have other things to do recently and had to go to Britain. He was originally thinking about how to eliminate his own suspicion in the script of "Golden Dawn Assault on Clock Tower". After all, the Arcana costume is also a derivative of the golden magic.

In the end, the Clock Tower took the initiative to invite him. Isn't that just right? He has an alibi.

"cold!"

He called out to Rin Toosaka who was still at the dining table. There were some things that needed to be prepared in advance.

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The next day, in the study.

Qin Xuan is updating the data table of the "Honkai World Scientist" doll. Since he will be leaving for London in a few days, these things need to be arranged in advance. It would be best if the preliminary construction actions on the scientific side could be officially started before he leaves.

Then Qin Xuan checked his body again. The life essence of the cave was recovering slowly, but it was really slow. It had only recovered a little. Opening and closing the cave should not be affected.

He took out a leaf (Sumeru mustard seed) given to him by the Buddha Su, in which Apolonia was preserved.

"The dungeon was clearly a dream world, but this whole bubble of world turned out to be real?"

Qin Xuan looked at the green leaves floating in his palm with mixed feelings. Perhaps in the eyes of the Buddha, there was no difference between reality and dreams, so he could perform such an operation as "reality and illusion reversed".

Can't understand.

Aponia inside was temporarily safe in the static little world. He didn't have any extra source material to provide her at this time. Qin Xuan called out, "No. 17, store this in the life support room."

Then, Ai Li and Ling were also released. Ling was essentially an individual who was reborn in a dream after the Herrscher of Corrosion had her consciousness torn apart. Because Qin Xuan's spirit body imitated her sister, she established a connection with him. Her form of existence was, in a sense, a clone of Qin Xuan, similar to Ai Li.

Oh, there was also a Yaezakura in the cave at that time, but Lao Ba had no contact with him, so when the copy was left, he was still judged as an irrelevant person and was retained as data.

"Ellie, are you able to act alone now?"

Qin Xuan looked at Ellie, who was wearing a Fire Moth uniform. Originally, she could not leave Qin Xuan too far, but in the copy at that time, Ellie was directly teleported to the Paradise of the Afterlife alone, and this feature seemed to be retained.

"Well, it seems so," Ai Li first squatted down and touched Ling's head. The little girl looked around timidly. She was not familiar with Qin Xuan's home. Her cherry-colored hair had a similar sheen to Ai Li's pink hair.

"Well, I might not be here in a few days. If any of your 'Yingjie' companions wake up, I'll ask you to entertain them."

"Yeah, leave it to me, okay?"

Ai Li took Ling out to familiarize herself with the environment.

Qin Xuan walked out of the study and prepared to go to the basement with the form. On the way, he met Lin's sister, Ying.

"Then, um, Master Qin Xuan, where did my sister go?"

"No need for honorifics." Qin Xuan had been arranging other matters for Lin these days and almost forgot that Ying had just arrived. "I'm sorry, Lin has a more important mission recently and will be away for a while."

"It's okay," Sakura's voice trailed off.

"Why don't you just follow me for a while. Let me tell you in advance, my schedule is pretty boring."

"Is it okay?!" Sakura felt that this home was different from the dull and boring atmosphere of the Edelfeldt home, and there didn't seem to be too many restrictions. "Is it magic research? I, I can help too!"

"Um……"

Probably not research in the general sense.

Chapter 101 "Doctor, now is a good time"

Ying followed Qin Xuan into the basement, but did not see the dark and damp environment as she had imagined.

Instead, it was brightly lit everywhere, and the neat, bright silver walls reflected light. The space seemed to be stretched, with spacious corridors and neatly arranged door signs. In Sakura's impression, this was the representative style of professional institutions in the secular world.

Of course, it's not about saving electricity due to lack of money, or some underworld magic, there's no need to make it seem shameful.

But relatively speaking, it is easy to get in, but it is another difficult thing to go to any room. Each place has different functions, and the permissions required to open and enter are also different. In addition to Qin Xuan and Toosaka Rin who have the highest permissions, Prometheus has administrator permissions. For others, the level of permissions granted is not simply based on credibility, but on qualifications.

For example, the situations of Aozaki Touko and Aoko are similar, but Touko has greater authority and has more rooms available to her. This is not because Qin Xuan is partial to her, but because Aoko is not a talent in magic. The rooms are full of professional equipment, and she would not be able to use them even if they were given to her.

However, if Qin Xuan starts to study the application of the fifth method, Qingzi's authority may become higher.

Sakura followed him through the rooms, and suddenly a room with a completely open door caught her attention.

"Excuse me...where is this?"

"You can think of this as... a spirit game room."

The spirit particle game room is the only room that does not have permissions set. It was originally used to test the spirit particle space operating environment. Elquet and Ryougi Shiki have both gone in to experience it. There is no physical equipment there. The equipment is all in other places. It is just a pure spirit particle operation test space. After agreeing to Elquet to develop games, the game room was simply placed here.

"Oh, okay," after listening to the introduction, Sakura nodded, not quite understanding. She had never seen similar technology in the Edfelt family.

It's so strange, a bit like magic, and a bit like secular technology.

Sakura became slightly interested.