[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-walking-among-heroic-spirits-with-a-q-a-system":3,"chapter-walking-among-heroic-spirits-with-a-q-a-system-walking-among-heroic-spirits-with-a-q-a-system-chapter-263":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Walking Among Heroic Spirits with a Q&A System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1931115,2634,"Chapter 263","walking-among-heroic-spirits-with-a-q-a-system-chapter-263",263,"\u003Cp>[Gray: \"Thank you, Master.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"...This was originally for myself, you have no reason to thank me.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Second was silent for a moment and said: \"But I'm sorry, now I have to ask you to change your appearance.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gray faked her death to leave the village; if she went back like this now, the Second and the others would definitely be torn alive by the villagers.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This matter fell on Flat, and he didn't let the Second down.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Flat applied a layer of illusion on Gray's face, turning her into a completely different face.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Moreover, the illusion he applied would also distort the surrounding light, making it impossible for mirrors to reflect Gray's true face.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Second didn't even expect this point, and Flat was very proud of it.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shishigou Kairi: \"He's quite capable, even solved the mirror problem.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kayneth: \"Hmm, he's a pretty good seedling.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xi: \"Director Kayneth, you are going to grab a student from your own disciple.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kayneth: \"What do you mean grab, he hasn't become a teacher yet.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The four of them moved forward towards the village like this.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[On the way, the Second mentioned the matter of taboos, but Flat and Svin both scoffed at it.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gray mentioned that when she was a child, she got lost and walked to the edge of the swamp, and Bersac immediately came to find her.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[At the same time, the Second also revealed how they left the village back then.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It was indeed faked death, but it was not planned by them.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That was the early morning of the second day after the Second sent Reines back.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[At that time, 'Gray's' corpse appeared in the church without warning, causing a great commotion in the village.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No, it should be said that it was a stranger who looked very much like Gray.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After Bersac found the corpse, he immediately found the Second and stuffed Gray to him, telling them to leave the village immediately and never go back.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"One day, you should go outside the village to see.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This is what Bersac has always said to Gray since before, and it can also be seen that he was not acting on impulse, but had the intention of sending Gray out of the village long ago.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This is also why Gray was so entangled.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Her returning to the village this time is equivalent to betraying Bersac's expectations.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[However, she didn't want to escape, she wanted to muster the courage to face all this.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waver: \"What's the situation, the faked death incident wasn't planned by the future me?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shishigou Kairi: \"It seems it wasn't Bersac's handiwork either.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rin Tohsaka: \"Then how could it be such a coincidence, suddenly a female corpse that looks the same as Gray appeared?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lord El-Melloi II: \"The mysteries of this village are only increasing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Add?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Midway, Gray called out to Add once more.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[For some reason, Add had become less lively than usual over the past few days.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Hmm?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A fuzzy, sharp voice slowly sounded: \"Hehehehe, so sleepy...\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gray: \"...Go to sleep.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Though she didn't know what was wrong with it, this lackadaisical attitude actually made her feel at ease.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Add: \"I will!\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kayneth: \"The situation with the Holy Spear is also a bit off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord El-Melloi II: \"It seems this is destined to be an unsettled journey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Snowflakes drifted down from the sky as the group picked up their pace, soon arriving at the village.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Perhaps having seen the vastness of the city, Gray felt the village was much smaller than in her memories.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[As they walked into the village, they immediately noticed something was wrong.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The entire village was completely empty.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lord El-Melloi II raised an eyebrow and led the group to the graveyard first, then to Gray's home, but neither Bersac nor Gray's mother were anywhere to be found.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[There was only a thin layer of dust in the rooms, proving they hadn't been gone long—likely no more than a few days.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[So, the group headed to the church, paid their respects to the Black-Faced Virgin according to custom, searched around, and finally discovered a basement inside.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Father Fernande and Sister Irmia were not in the basement, but the teacups and cookie plate on the table still bore traces of having been shared.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lord El-Melloi II lightly touched a teacup; it was already stone cold.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rin Tohsaka: \"This is too much of a coincidence, isn't it? How did they happen to return just as the village fell into trouble?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waver: \"Indeed, it's frighteningly coincidental.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emiya Kiritsugu: \"Perhaps it isn't a coincidence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waver: \"That makes it even more frightening.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shishigou Kairi: \"Yeah, it's like having your own actions manipulated by someone else for no reason.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"They were able to leisurely enjoy black tea before disappearing, so it shouldn't be an emergency.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lord El-Melloi II stroked his chin and said: \"Svin, how is the scent?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Svin sniffed and said: \"There's absolutely no human scent, just the smell of magecraft everywhere.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lord El-Melloi II: \"Hmm, the flow of magical energy is indeed wrong. Although it tends to thicken in the mountains, the magical energy here feels more heterogeneous than dense.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Flat: \"It really is, how should I put it... it should be flowing, but it's drawing circles in place.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Svin: \"Isn't that a spiral, then?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Flat: \"No, no, it's definitely a circle, going around in the same spot, like an infinite loop. Yes, the one everyone gets addicted to in that super plumber game!\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Svin: \"It's not good to jump to conclusions. Besides, not all scents flow together. What's needed now is a correct understanding of the whole; it's wrong for you to try and reach the essence in one leap like that, Flat!\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Flat: \"If it's the essence, what does it matter! Even in Japanese animation, they always say there is only one truth!\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Svin: \"The Master often says it too: only when the opponent and the spell are operating correctly is pointing directly to the essence the right answer. Just because you won't make a mistake doesn't mean you can project that onto other things without oversight. In such cases, you should observe both the whole and the parts to confirm.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The two began to argue, and Lord El-Melloi II watched them with a look of helplessness mixed with gratification.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kayneth: \"Magical energy structured into a constantly looping circle? This is my first time hearing of such a situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord El-Melloi II: \"Stop guessing. Just listening to that kid's description in the video, we can't understand it without experiencing it ourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kayneth: \"That's true.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"That's enough for now. There are too few clues. At this stage, even if you keep piling up hypotheses, you'll only end up confused.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Stopped by Lord El-Melloi II, the two quieted down.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lord El-Melloi II: \"A mass disappearance case? It's just like 'And Then There Were None'.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"...\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Having finally gathered the courage to return to the village, only to have this happen immediately, Gray's emotions became volatile.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lord El-Melloi II lit a cigar and said: \"Let's split into two groups.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gray: \"Split into two groups?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lord El-Melloi II: \"Yes. Since all the villagers have disappeared, if we move together, we might suffer the same fate. It would be better to act separately while keeping in touch via magecraft periodically.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Svin, Flat, can I trouble you to find out the magical elements in the surroundings?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Svin: \"Eh! Me and Flat together?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lord El-Melloi II: \"If Flat goes alone, the investigation results will all turn into his current mood and inexplicable jokes. Even if it weren't here, you're the only one who can keep up with him.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Flat: \"If you praise me that much, I'll be shy, Professor!\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Shut up.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"It hurts!!! Wait, wait, Professor!\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lord El-Melloi II directly grabbed Flat by the scruff of his neck using a 'Reinforced' bear-claw technique, leaving him struggling in mid-air like a chick.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iskandar: \"Hahaha, kid, so you do have a few tricks up your sleeve after all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waver: \"Cough, cough, although I'm not good at close combat, I have to learn some self-defense skills just in case.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iskandar: \"Hmm, hmm, but you still need to properly train that weak body of yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After teaching his headache-inducing student a lesson, the two sides went their separate ways.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Flat and Svin felt there was nothing to search for in the village, so they walked straight into the forest on the north Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side, intending to check out the swamp.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Svin: \"The anomaly of this village clearly starts there. The Master and the others should avoid breaking taboos for safety's sake, but there's no need for us to do the same, right?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Flat: \"Oh my, this village is so interesting! It's a mess in every way!\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Svin: \"Indeed, there's too little farmland around to sustain the village's operations. Since they can't be self-sufficient, they must have relied on surrounding settlements to transport food for a long time. But if so, this village must have value worth the surrounding settlements doing that. The village doesn't seem wealthy economically, so it must be due to the power of faith.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Flat: \"You mean the Blackmore Graveyard and that Black-Faced Virgin statue? That's not impossible, but if so, wouldn't it be more well-known in general society?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Svin: \"I'm just saying it's a possibility. If it were the Master, his thoughts might be more detailed. No, he would surely have delved into an abyss that someone like me couldn't reach.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The two walked through the bushes, ignoring the surroundings, and a moment later Svin frowned.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Strange, every piece of land has a different scent, and it has dense magical energy just like the Clock Tower. But the magical energy here is particularly twisted; it's thick and rich, yet it disappears the moment I try to smell it, like a bedsheet that's pitch black but was just washed.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Flat: \"Svin, your way of putting things is as simple and easy to understand as ever! It's like the tutorial level of a famous first-person shooter!\"]\u003C\u002Fp>",1667,"2026-06-14T05:03:35.949Z","2026-06-14T08:03:12.667Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","06cd03718f2a4d8f685e2e3b1425c8d1f184d20994764503383084f007daf171","walking-among-heroic-spirits-with-a-q-a-system-chapter-264","walking-among-heroic-spirits-with-a-q-a-system-chapter-262",626,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwalking-among-heroic-spirits-with-a-q-a-system-cover.jpg"]