Chapter 1036

【Time flies to the morning, and Reiroukan Misaya's head is still dazed.】

【Earlier at the dining table—】

【Reiroukan Misaya: "May I ask, what is that person's true name?"】

【Reiroukan family head: "Heh, that's not something I should answer. You must ask him yourself and have him tell you."】

【Reiroukan Misaya: "I understand, Father."】

【So, Reiroukan Misaya follows her father's words without objection, preparing to talk to that Servant.】

【She arrives in front of a tall red door; this is her grandfather's workshop, which became a warehouse for her father to store items of magical value after her grandfather passed away. After that Servant descended, her father specifically cleared it out for his use.】

【"Is that you, Misaya? Come in."】

【Before Reiroukan Misaya has time to knock, the Servant's voice rings out from inside the door.】

【It's the same as last night.】

【Reiroukan Misaya carefully pushes the door open, only to see the other party standing in the room where the morning sun probes through the gaps in the curtains, seemingly conducting some kind of experiment.】

【Holding a flask containing blue liquid in his left hand and a dropper in his right, he stops the action of injecting silver liquid and turns his head.】

【"Saying 'welcome' might not be appropriate, after all, this is your and your father's house. Come, Misaya, it's cold in the corridor, right? Don't be shy, please come in."】

【"... Okay."】

【Reiroukan Misaya enters the room a bit stiffly.】

【A standard magus workshop, this is her first thought.】

【The wooden table is piled with a large number of magic books and parchment scrolls; flasks and beakers contain various brightly colored liquids, and countless test tubes are arranged in rows. A copper mechanical device-like object has its other end connected to a water tank with floating blue-white flesh. Cabinets and walls are filled with eerie magical catalysts everywhere—dried corpses of creatures resembling reptiles, hearts or claws of unimaginable ordinary creatures, obsidian daggers, golden skulls, etc., fill every corner, each exuding its own presence. Walls, floors, and ceilings are covered with hastily copied magic circles or magic formulas.】

【Reiroukan Misaya is very shocked; even her father's workshop hasn't been this "formal".】

Caules: "It really is... a very reasonable magus workshop."

"Formal" and "reasonable" both refer to the fact that Caster's workshop in the video is more in line with modern people's impression of a magician's home.

Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Exquisite! Too exquisite!"

Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Although it was just a flash, those magic formulas are very exquisite magic!"

Gordes: "Rather than a magus's workshop, it's more like an alchemist's."

Fiore: "It seems this Caster is very proficient in alchemy."

Kayneth: "Compared to Age of Gods magi, this Caster's style is more in line with modern magi; it seems he is not from the Age of Gods."

【Reiroukan Misaya: "Um, may I ask you a few questions?"】

【"Of course. Teaching others is a happy thing; feel free to ask."】

【She originally wanted to ask about the other party's identity, but Reiroukan Misaya's attention is now attracted by this mysterious workshop, so she asks what those items she has never seen before are.】

【For example, the mummy of a salamander, a Phantasmal Species that controls one of the four elements, fire; even in the past, it would be hard to find a living one in the whole world.】

【Or for example, the larvae of homunculi, which are sealed and stored by the other party at different growth stages because of their short lifespan, in order to observe the subtle changes between each stage.】

【This Q&A session lasts for nearly thirty minutes.】

【"I believe that exhausting the mysteries of ether might lead me to unveil the mysterious veil of lost Age of Gods rituals. I want to personally possess the pure starlight touched by the sages of Chaldea (Note: refers to the Chaldean Dynasty, i. e., the Neo-Babylonian Empire) in ancient times. That is the ultimate light flickering throughout the universe, and also the light emitted by this planet."】

【Speaking of this, the originally indifferent Servant's eyes begin to emit a fanatical light.】

【It seems this is the other party's dream.】

Waver: "Exhausting ether, starlight... Could it be him!"

Caules: "Teacher, do you already know who it is?"

Waver: "Mm, you can guess if you think about it carefully; it's a very famous person."

Gordes: "Could it be, that alchemist!"

【After a while of conversation, the other party also understands the reason why Reiroukan Misaya came to find him.】

【Immediately, she takes out a short sword and gives it to the other party.】

【"Mercury Sword..."】

【Looking at the "AZOTH" lettering engraved on the hilt, Reiroukan Misaya suddenly realizes.】

【In the 16th-century Renaissance, there was a legendary doctor who was also an alchemist and magus, capable of manipulating the five elements, leaving behind works like "The Rediscovery of the Four Elements (Five Elements)" and "The Rediscovery of the Three Primes," and was hailed as the founder of alchemy.】

【This alchemist made a short sword for himself using alchemy in his early years and never left it until he died; because the round jade at the end of the hilt was engraved with the letters "AZOTH," it was also called the AZOTH sword (Mercury Sword).】

【The other party is using this way to tell her his identity.】

【That legendary alchemist, Paracelsus von Hohenheim.】

【Reiroukan Misaya subconsciously wants to say it, but is stopped by the other party in time.】

【It seems he is a very cautious person.】

【Just like that, Reiroukan Misaya's purpose is achieved, and she returns to her room with an excited mood, holding the short sword.】

Gordes: "It really is this one..."

For magi who study alchemy, Caster is a legendary existence.

Sion: "So it's this one; the Atlas Institute has also referenced some of the research he left behind."

Kayneth: "No wonder he dares to claim he can approach the Root; he really has good luck."

Tohsaka Rin: "So the Mercury Sword has such an origin."

Tohsaka Tokiomi: "..."

Seeing the Mercury Sword in the video, he feels a pain in his kidneys.

【That afternoon, the Reiroukan family very rarely had a "visitor".】

【Dressed in black, with deep bronze skin and eyes the color of the sun burning like fire, the visitor's identity is extraordinary.】

【To have such an aura, the identity is self-evident: a Heroic Spirit! And it looks like the visitor is not here with good intentions.】

【Are they breaking the rules and attacking in broad daylight?】

【"Is this the level of a 'perfect fortress', magi?"】

【Standing leisurely in front of the Reiroukan mansion gate, the disdain and arrogance in the man's eyes are not hidden, but he still explains his purpose.】

【That's right, the visitor is none other than the Rider of this Holy Grail War!】

【He claims to be acting under the orders of his Master, who is lurking in a workshop in the west of Tokyo, to convey that they are willing to form an alliance with the Reiroukan family, who are "highly likely to have participated in the Holy Grail War" among the few magi in the Far East.】

Tohsaka Rin: "Uh... such a thick 'Gilgamesh' flavor..."

Blonde Rin: "Indeed, it's like watching another Gilgamesh."

Gilgamesh: "Ha, don't just casually compare any mongrel to me."

Zabiko: "That's not necessarily true; judging by this guy's style and demeanor, he's probably also a King."

Iskandar: "Hahaha, it seems the group is going to have another arrogant King."

Tohsaka Rin: "I feel like the group will never have peace again."

Gilgamesh: "Hmph, just another useless mongrel."