Chapter 361

Waver: "To think it was a child born there."

Kairi Sisigou: "Sigh, how pathetic."

Rin Tohsaka: "Underground? Is that labyrinth under London?"

【The two walked under the night lights and finally stopped beside a square brick building.】

【Boy: "Is this... a collective housing?"】

【"Yes, because the Modern Magecraft Department is much shorter on money than other departments. We don't have a great backer, so we can't prepare a mansion."】

【Heartless opened the door and took the boy inside, but the boy had clearly reached his limit and fainted while going upstairs.】

【Heartless cleaned the boy up and placed him in an empty room; the boy didn't wake up until the next morning under the sunlight.】

【Opening the door, Heartless was already sitting at the dining table waiting for him.】

【Heartless: "Did you sleep comfortably?"】

【Boy: "Um... yes."】

【Heartless poured the boy a cup of coffee; the boy seemed to have never drunk this stuff and frowned bitterly.】

【Boy: "Why treat me kindly? Since you know I used an irregular method to leave the labyrinth, isn't capturing me the job of a Clock Tower Jewel Jewel Mage?"】

【"Don't ask."】

【Heartless said lightly: "I haven't turned that reason into words yet, and the result of turning it into words might not be unfavorable to you. Since that's the case, shouldn't we both just not bring it up?"】

【"However, if I had to say, I think about thirty percent of the reason stems from—if it were my mentor, he would probably do this."】

【Boy: "Mentor?"】

【Heartless: "Yes, my mentor at the Clock Tower is Lord Noridge, known as 'Daddy Long Legs.' Whenever he finds someone who looks promising for the future, he always provides assistance because he finds it interesting. However, 'promising' here doesn't refer to talent, but purely to whether it's interesting to my mentor."】

Kairi Sisigou: "I remember Noridge should be—"

Waver: "That's right, it's the family of the sponsor who promoted the establishment of the Modern Magecraft Department; this should be about the same in both worlds."

Kairi Sisigou: "That's right."

【Heartless: "That's right, I'm just doing what someone did for me before... anyway, this isn't kindness at all; it should be called a momentary impulse purely out of curiosity."】

【Although this sentence didn't count as a serious answer, the boy accepted it somehow.】

【"Could you please Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take a look at these?"】

【The boy took a small cloth bag from his bosom, which contained a variety of things: crystal bodies resembling gems, plants stained with soil, and some fossils the size of a palm.】

【Heartless examined these things and identified the items on the table one by one at a glance.】

【Withered spirit roots, fragments of unknown Phantasmal Species, Kelpie mane, scales of phantom butterflies, and even the teeth of a Chimera cub.】

【These are all things that are hard to find on the surface nowadays.】

Rin Tohsaka: "Ah! Aren't these things already extinct! Where did you get them?"】

Kayneth: "..."

Fiore: "Since the Lord doesn't want to say it, let me say it."】

Fiore: "As for the Jewel Jewel Mage's Association, Yggdmillennia also holds many secrets."】

Rin Tohsaka: "Including this labyrinth."】

Fiore: "Of course, this counts as the biggest secret of the Jewel Jewel Mage's Association."】

Fiore: "It is said that there is a huge labyrinth under the Clock Tower, rumored to be formed by the corpse of a giant dragon at the end of the Age of Gods. It contains a large number of spell bodies that are almost impossible to find on the surface, such as dragon scales and teeth, Hydra cub corpses, etc. It has not been fully explored to this day and is the greatest asset of the Jewel Jewel Mage's Association."】

Fiore: "They named it the Spirit Tomb of Albion."】

(I caught a cold yesterday and was groggy all day)

"To think there is such a place!"

Hearing Fiore's account, all the mages were shocked.

How valuable is the corpse of a Hydra cub? The beginning of this quiz already said it was three-tenths of Kairi Sisigou's total assets.

Yet, such things exist in large quantities in Albion.

To think a dragon could leave behind so much heritage; this Albion is a cornucopia left over from the Age of Gods.

Feng Xi thought to himself: "The title of Crown Dragon is not just talk."

Albion, this is the greatest among dragons, a being worthy of the Crown of the dragon race, the last pure-blooded dragon.

Even though the Age of Gods has ended, it still chose to stay on the British Isles for one last struggle. Unfortunately, heaven's will is hard to defy, and it missed the best time to return to the reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side of the world, so it could only choose to go deep underground, travel to the reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side of the world by physical means, and finally die of exhaustion.

But speaking of which, is there a place similar to Albion in China?

Hmm—he really knows too little about the Chinese Jewel Jewel Mage world; his master and grandmaster only taught him the generalities.

It seems that for the next period of time, he has to go to the Spiral Hall to broaden his horizons.

As far as he knows, after the Investiture of the Gods, some immortals left with the gods, and some went to the reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side of the world by ascending; only a few remained in the human world, living in seclusion.

And the heritage left by the immortals—the Heavenly Palace—was emptied by the First Emperor during the Qin Dynasty.

That's right, the First Emperor! He must know a lot about the heritage of the Age of Gods!

The First Emperor is right by his Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side now; while he still has a few days left in the world, he must hurry and squeeze some things out of him.

I'm stupid, I'm really stupid; the opportunity is right in front of me, and I actually ignored it.

"... hy are you looking at me with that kind of gaze!"

The First Emperor shivered, startled by Feng Xi's gaze, and almost drew his sword to cut him down.

"It's nothing, nothing, I just have some questions I want to ask the First Emperor."

Feng Xi laughed: "Hehe, let's talk after the quiz is over."

The First Emperor: "..."

This kid, giving him weird nicknames again.

First Emperor, what kind of ghost is that?

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Spirit Tomb, Albion?"

Rin Tohsaka: "Father, you don't know either?"

Lady: "I have heard of it."

Kairi Sisigou: "It's normal not to know; after all, this is a big secret of the Jewel Jewel Mage's Association, and only the high-level members of the Jewel Jewel Mage's Association know about it."

Kairi Sisigou: "I only know some scattered information because I often deal with those high-level guys."

Avicebron: "Is that all?"

Fiore: "That's all the records my uncle left behind."

Waver: "It seems Darnic's situation isn't that complete either."

Waver: "Anyway, it should be revealed in a moment, so there's no need to hide it."

Waver: "The Spirit Tomb of Albion is not just a dragon tomb; it is also an entrance to another world."

Everyone: "Another world!"

Waver: "This other world doesn't refer to a parallel world, but to places like Avalon and the reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side of the world."

Waver: "It is said that when the Clock Tower first mined Albion, they saw various strange worlds as they continued to dig. Later, the labyrinth became a mine, the mine became a town, and the town became ruins as the abyss continued. This is the current Albion."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "I didn't expect that there would still be such a place in this era."

Kiritsugu Emiya: "No wonder the Jewel Jewel Mage's Association can remain prosperous; it turns out they control such a treasure house."

【Heartless: "Impressive. Whether it's the purity of the mystery or the quantity, it's impeccable. No matter where you sell it, the price should be enough to build three mansions."】

【Boy: "Then can't you buy it?"】

【"Ah, the acquisition of labyrinth spell bodies is managed by the Sealing Designation Enforcer Bureau."】

【Heartless pretended to have a headache: "Of course, the acquisition price should be very different from the surface. Because the Enforcer Bureau profits from the price difference. Precisely because of this, people keep trying to steal and dig, but almost no one succeeds; after all, there are very few entrances to the labyrinth. If one could directly trade items excavated in the labyrinth, both the seller and the buyer would probably gain huge profits."】

【Boy: "Then, you buy—"】

【Heartless: "However, I must refuse this transaction."】

【Boy: "Eh? Why!"】

【Heartless: "There's no way around it; the Modern Magecraft Department is far inferior to other departments in terms of funding and power. Even if we suddenly obtained such spell bodies, we don't have the equipment to make use of them, and if we are targeted when selling, we have no way to deal with it. I'm not condemning illegal acts, but I think the risks that need to be taken for this illegal act are not worth it."】

【"..."】

【The boy had to Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take the things back and thanked him: "Thank you, I won't forget your help."】

【"Wait a minute, Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take this with you."】

【Just as the boy was about to leave, Heartless gave him a check, the amount on it being the total price of his things.】

【"This, didn't you say you couldn't buy the spell bodies?"】

【Heartless: "Yes, the risks of buying spell bodies are not worth it. However, that refers to the situation at this moment. If I continue to interact with you, there will naturally be a way out. I said it just now, no one has succeeded in stealing from the labyrinth. However, although I don't know what method you used, you did bring out items excavated from the labyrinth. Since that's the case, can't I look forward to your future performance?"】