People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

"That's too much," Illya felt everyone's gazes on her, as if the burden on her shoulders had become heavier again. "Even if I go, I'll be alone, and no one else will go over there - they won't be able to see me, right?"

"Nonono! Illya, your brother Qin has the technology to survey the mirror world, so it's easy for him to do a live broadcast of the mirror world!"

"This - ruby, this is a request you made without permission, right?" Illya began to rip at the bastard dress, rubbing the ruby ​​here and there.

"Oh, how did you know - well, you know, everyone wants to witness the results of your secret training these two days. Everyone is curious. I just encouraged everyone to take action a little bit!"

Chapter 221 Miyu: Teach me!

"Ahh. I didn't expect you to find such a treasure."

In the living room of the mansion, the screen of "Mirror World Card Recycling Live Broadcast" was unfolded, and Luvia said to Toosaka Rin next to her.

At this time, Illya had already entered the mirror world, and was besieged by dense magic artillery fire as soon as she entered. The quality and density of the magic artillery fire made the two veteran magicians' scalps tingle and sweat run down, but to their surprise, Illya's response was very good.

She seemed to have anticipated this level of barrage density, dodging between the dazzling, burning artillery fire, her white magic uniform gleaming with light, adding speed and agility to her flight. Although her dodges were very reluctant, it was obvious that Illya was hardly hit.

"I dare not let you say that. After all, it is obviously not my credit that she has improved to this point."

Toosaka Rin only heard that Qin Xuan arranged similar training for Illya, but she had no idea when she became like this or how she did it.

"Well, as expected of the mysterious president of a mysterious organization in a parallel world, his methods are endless and unfathomable."

While Toosaka Rin was perfunctorily talking to Luvia and watching her drinking her tea seemingly elegantly, she was pondering the meaning of Qin Xuan's actions.

"Why did he choose this little girl, Illya? Is there any special meaning behind this? Or did he just meet her by chance after coming from a parallel world?"

"However, Illya was indeed unusual before she got the magic wand. At that time (when they first met), the magic she (Chloe) used didn't seem to be a normal Western magic method. It was a system that the president later used... But after that, Illya herself stopped using it. Was it because she had a magic wand as a more convenient substitute?"

Since Qin Xuan deliberately concealed the characteristics of his technique and did not introduce the information that he knew Ayuan alchemy, Toosaka Rin did not think of this level for a while. However, what she could feel was that there was another existence (Chloe) in Illya.

She was quite sure of this. After all, Chloe's personality that night was different from Illya's afterwards. It was just that they had not spent enough time together and she didn't know the inside story. Anyway, there was no trouble because of it, so Toosaka Rin didn't point it out.

pat pat pat.

Footsteps were heard, and Miyu walked into the living room, followed by Qin Xuan (the projection of the spirit particle). At this time, she was holding a long black magic wand with an axe-shaped structure on the top of the magic wand.

"Hey, are you done so soon?"

Compared to Luvia who was watching the live broadcast of the card recycling process, Toosaka Rin noticed it first. She remembered that it was said before that Sapphire needed to be adjusted and upgraded so Illya was allowed to complete the recycling work alone. If it could be completed in time, it seemed that there was no need to let Illya challenge such a dangerous task alone from the beginning.

"Fast? Not at all," Qin Xuan explained the reason. "I am not the only one working on the modification of the formal attire. I have mobilized professionals from the association to help with overtime adjustments."

"Ugh?"

"Oh, Toosaka Rin, you must not understand," Luvia raised her head, "Nothing is difficult in this world. As long as the money (resources) are in place, it's easy to talk about speeding up the progress."

"Tsk, you started it again." Toosaka Rin felt that this woman was losing her mind. If she couldn't speak, then don't speak. She wouldn't die if she didn't show off her wealth for a day.

"Actually, it was my Miyu who was worried that Illya wouldn't be able to pass the level, so she suggested speeding up the Sapphire transformation so that it could serve as a backup 'insurance'. Woohoo, see, although Illya performed well, my Miyu's idea was more thoughtful."

"Is there any need to compare? Why are you so moved without permission?!" Toosaka Rin looked at Luvia with displeasure as she took out a handkerchief to wipe her eyes. She really didn't like it. This set of actions had a hypocritical Western aristocratic flavor.

But Toosaka Rin did not refute. She suddenly discovered sadly that her status was the lowest among all the people present (personal rights belonged to Illya), and although Luvia should have been in a similar status, she had "money power" and was also Miyu's nominal guardian.

Comparing the two, doesn't it seem like I'm really outdone? Damn it!

Miyu held the newly-made "Lightning Battle Axe" and turned her head away when she heard it. "No, Sister Luvia, I just considered the success rate of card recycling."

"That being said, there's actually no need for that," Qin Xuan pointed at the screen, "Look, Illya is almost successful."

At this time, Illya was flying through the forest of magic cannons that was like a storm. She dodged many magic cannons with an extremely unpredictable flight trajectory, and almost reached Caster through a similar irregular circling flight.

At the same time, her magic wand began to enter the preparatory mode of the God's Fierce Break, and the huge amount of magic power in her body surged out at a rapid speed, drawing in and accelerating.

The intended muzzle was aimed at Caster.

"—"

Suddenly, Caster disappeared.

"??? Oh no! This is a transfer--" Toosaka Rin and Luvia almost jumped in fright. Everything had been going smoothly just now, how could this happen at this critical finishing moment.

"Don't be anxious. This action mode is also within the prediction (simulation) range. Watch out, Illya deliberately slowed down the release of the magic cannon, waiting for the opponent to take the initiative to release this move." Qin Xuan reminded from the side.

As expected, Caster's "escape plan" failed: because when Illya activated the Magic Circuit, she was not actually preparing for the God's Resolve, but rather -

"Flash Move!"

After locking onto Caster's transfer location, Illya's body erupted with magical power, and her flying speed was greatly accelerated in an instant, and she was transferred behind Caster almost the next moment.

At this time, the preparation for the high-energy God Liepo was also completed.

"drink----"

Toosaka Rin, Luvia, and Miyu in front of the screen saw the familiar grand bombardment again. Under the close-range bombardment, Caster's defense barrier seemed very fragile. Then the body of the card servant was destroyed by the magic cannon and the recycling was completed.

The two magicians were relieved by the lack of suspense. After watching the scene, Miyu asked a question: "Why can she fly so freely?"

Chapter 222 Miyu: I regret it

“……?” Honestly speaking, this question would make any magician feel dizzy.

A question mark popped up in Qin Xuan's head. I thought Miyu was so skilled at using the card limited expansion, but it turned out that she was also an idiot in magic?

"Could it be that you also can't figure out the principle behind this flying technique?" Qin Xuan looked at Toosaka Rin and Luvia with suspicion.

"Hey, hey, what are you talking about? I'm a top student studying seriously in the Clock Tower!" Toosaka Rin couldn't stand this anymore and protested.

Luvia talked about Miyu's situation at home: "Actually, I wanted to teach Miyu some 'common sense' first, but this time the card recycling mission is the priority, and I also need to mobilize the family's strength to undertake your land engineering project, so in the end I let her read books and learn by herself, but Miyu..."

"Miyu her?"

"There's something wrong with the direction she usually reads." Luvia pointed at Miyu who was muttering to herself, as if with a headache.

"——That kind of movement is too weird. It doesn't conform to aerodynamics at all. Even gravity, inertia, and action and reaction are completely ignored. What kind of movement principle is it?——As expected, we need to make a mathematical model to simulate the flight process, but it seems that the forces acting on Illya's body in all directions don't match the actual trajectory... And we have to add extra variables? This makes the overall calculation too complicated and can't be used in actual combat——"

"Meiyu, please stop for a moment," Qin Xuan looked at the black-haired little loli in shock. It was the first time he saw someone forcibly applying two contradictory systems of rules to each other.

"I know you have a wealth of knowledge in physics, but magic does not originate from modern science. Well, to be more precise, it is most magic other than modern magic. That is what you, Sapphire, call 'magic'."

"Where did it come from?" Miyu tilted her head. She learned a lot of knowledge when she was adopted by the Emiya family in the parallel world. When it comes to magic, even the Emiya father and son are not serious magicians.

"Uh uh, wait a minute, I'll pull Illya over and tell you everything we need to say together."

Qin Xuan suddenly stretched out his hand and groped for something in the void.

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"Strange," Illya did not transform after collecting the cards. Qin Xuan had said before that card servants, which are projections of power, maintain the mirror world phenomenon. Once they are broken, the mirror world will collapse.

But at this time, there was no sign of the mirror world wavering.

"..." Illya scanned the surroundings carefully, and suddenly she saw a dark figure in the distance.

"!"

Danger danger danger danger danger————

Just as Illya tensed up and was about to respond, a hand reached out from the void, and then she was caught in an instant and escaped from the mirror space.

"Boom."

Illya suddenly felt the world change, and she jumped out of the strange mirror space and returned to the living room of Luvia's house.

"Eh? The entrance to the Mirror World is not at Luvia-san's house. Did big brother do that? He actually jumped so far and pulled me back from the Mirror World..."

"Okay, I know you might run into something else in the Mirror Realm, Illya, but that's our next combat target, so let's go to class first!"

"Okay-ah? Class?"

Illya looked out the window. Please, it's late at night. Two elementary school students are being asked to take extra classes at night. Moreover, she just captured a card and it was very hard. What kind of suffering is this in the world?

"Ha~" Toosaka Rin had no interest in the basic science courses that only freshmen magicians had to take, "I'm tired, I'm going to go back to sleep first."

Luvia bowed gracefully and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Mr. President. I will take my leave first."

So, only two elementary school students were left there, staring at him with blinking eyes.

"Okay, don't worry about not understanding me. Anyway, remember everything I'm going to say... First, the essence of magic is to imitate or replace natural phenomena. You can learn the mystery, practice the mystery, and reproduce the mystery, but you can't create the mystery itself..."

As Qin Xuan spoke, he projected the information on a virtual electronic screen, on which various theories were listed: "Skills and Methods", "Big Sources and Small Sources", the four elements, the fifth fictional element, the fifth element of truth, the theory of infection magic, the theory of mutual induction magic, and so on.

So, in the middle of the night, the two elementary school students were forced to repeatedly learn various postures that they had never mastered before under Qin Xuan's instruction.

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"...So, to sum up," Qin Xuan pointed to the lecture screen that almost covered the entire living room and said, "The laws that operate on the earth are controlled by the planet itself. Magicians usually use and pursue the law system called 'mystery' in the past. This also overlaps with their pursuit of the root, because in the Age of Gods when the mystery was the most 'powerful', magicians could easily get close to the root."

"But on the earth today, the laws that operate are called science. This is the result of the mysteries retreating to the inside of the planet and the surface laws being anchored. In essence, it is the planet's activities (operations) that make it possible. If the star soul dies, all these laws, whether scientific or mysterious, will collapse and cease to exist."

"..."

Illya listened to Qin Xuan's lecture blankly. She didn't know what Qin Xuan was talking about. She only knew that it was already dawn outside the window. She didn't know why she didn't sleep. Maybe she stayed up too late and couldn't sleep. However, her listening state was not perfect.

She looked down at her notes. Ah, she had written down three whole pages, but it got interrupted at the end. That was where her attention started to wander.

"Miyu, Miyu, lend me your notes so I can copy them."

"It's on the side, get it yourself."

Illya turned her head and found that Miyu looked tired and numb. She had already filled an entire notebook - not only did she write down the lecture materials, she also kept recording Qin Xuan's original words, like a ruthless note-taking machine.

"——" Ignoring Illya's surprised expression, Miyu no longer had the energy to think about anything else. She needed to use this knowledge to build a completely new worldview and an absurd and metaphysical internal logic.

So, what was the reason for this lecture? It seems that she asked a question about why humans can fly?

Hmm, so when will we talk about the principles of the flying technique?

Chapter 223: A sadly thick barrier

At the end of the class, Miyu specifically asked the question she asked at the beginning.

"Hmm? You want to know the principle of flying technique? Didn't I just explain it?"

"No!"*2

Illya, how much did you lose focus and listen to? Why are you reacting so strongly?

"Okay," Qin Xuan said, although he was not a magician from the Clock Tower, this kind of basic science knowledge was just common sense. Weber ten years ago was even better than this. "First of all, whether it is floating or flying, they are both very simple techniques. However, in terms of the difficulty of implementing them, it depends on the target."

"Object?"

"For example, if you want to make a small stone float, any intern can do it... With your magic power, it's even easier. But as the mass increases, the magic power consumption will also increase significantly, so it is quite difficult to float the whole person in such a simple way. For you, even though you have the Kaleidoscope Staff, this level of magic power consumption is not worth it."

"Therefore, we need to introduce some additional preparations to reduce the 'difficulty'... For example, we can use the summoned low-level spirits to glide, or make special gifts. Another example is that we can use the magic base. Fairy tales often mention that 'witches can fly on brooms'. That is the black magic base that humans have established since ancient times."

And these are just simple ones, which are the type of "as long as there are ready-made resources, it can be easily done". There is no advanced technique involved. Speaking of advanced skills, we have to talk about Aozaki Touko's "Stationary Catapult Start", which is not within the scope of basic science professors.

"…That's just a fairy tale, right?" Miyu was skeptical about the "witch riding a broom" story.

"But stories are, to some extent, a reflection of reality. Myths are stories, and legends are stories. I just talked about the Age of Gods. Gods really existed at that time, and fairy tale witches naturally had corresponding prototypes. Miyu, don't always limit yourself with common sense. Mystery is uncommon sense. Fairy tales can be used as the basis of basic beliefs, and myths and legends can also be used as part of the phenomenon system. Therefore, some people use the basics to construct all kinds of incredible effects, and some can even use beliefs and myth systems to achieve godhood."

"So that's how it is," Miyu quickly understood the 'unscientific' part of the flying ritual, "But, the creation of the base is also due to the redevelopment of the belief system by magicians. The objects of cultural belief are the various stories (myths and legends) created by people in ancient times. In other words, in the final analysis, this is people's imagination."

"Not bad," Qin Xuan clapped his hands symbolically, "You have understood it well. In the final analysis, the path of magic is the way to realize all people's imaginations! The essence of imagination is people's spiritual activities, and magic power is the real energy that realizes imagination. From this perspective, mystery can be said to be a completed ancient imagination..."

Miyu: “Oh…”

Illya: "..." What did she hear? Why is she here? What should she do next?

Illya stared blankly at the "profound" conversation between Qin Xuan and Miyu, and deeply felt that there was a sadly thick barrier between herself and the "smart people".

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Origin World, the Second Event Hall of the Association’s Headquarters.

Qin Xuan monitored the development of the parallel world EARTH-KB as usual. In fact, most of the time, he was busy observing and studying the new technologies of the parallel world, such as the Class Kara Class Card. Teaching Illya and others only took up a small part of his time, including the "production demonstration tutorial".

"boom."

Suddenly, Orange came in with a pile of things. She walked briskly and was in a good mood. Because the excavation of the Alexandria Library was almost completed.

Therefore, as a second-line member responsible for in-depth research, Orange directly obtained the scientific research data obtained by the first-line members... At this time, she suddenly realized that it was not bad not to be a first-line staff member, at least she could get ready-made data without doing any work.

"Hey, you're still busy dealing with that side (parallel world)... Come and take a look at this. What is this? I guarantee that what I gain this time is much greater than what you gain over there."