Chapter 504

【Gray: "Master sending Miss Luvia back, was it really because of my appearance?"】

【"Yes, I also mentioned before, I confirmed that your appearance is consistent with the hero of the past, and there is a Noble Phantasm related to King Arthur existing in this village, but I failed to ask clearly at that time."】

【Waver said in a low voice: "I should have asked, but an event happened that left me no time to care."】

【Gray nodded; she knows, Waver is talking about 'she' dying in the church tomorrow.】

【Who the 'Gray' who died at that time was, she doesn't know, because she didn't see that corpse.】

【Waver: "Will you die in the church tomorrow? Even if I recall it, this matter is very absurd."】

【Gray can hear that there is anger in Waver's tone.】

【Because this time, who knows if it will be the same as then, that it's 'she' who dies, and not Gray.】

【"Who is it, and why do that kind of thing?"】

【The more Waver thought about it, the more confused his brain felt; forcing himself to calm down, he couldn't help but think of Zepia's words before.】

【"Pursue the fictional mystery you should solve."】

【"Does that sentence mean that?"】

【Waver shook his head helplessly: "Boring..."】

【Gray: "Is this a challenge, a challenge from the director of the Atlas Academy."】

【The other party's meaning is to want them to solve that case, the incident where the gravedigger 'Gray' was killed.】

【"Very likely."】

【Waver nodded: "In other words, without solving that mystery, one cannot leave this place that resembles the past. Hmm, let's temporarily define this world as the second round."】

【Gray: "Yes, I think so too."】

【Waver: "Okay, I accept the challenge; anyway, I must challenge that mystery."】

Iskandar: "How come there's a sense of playing a game."

Feng Xi: "Using game terminology, it should be called the second playthrough."

Shishigou Kairi: "Ha, traversing to the past to solve a case that wasn't solved back then, this development is getting more and more interesting."

Emiya Kiritsugu: "It won't be that simple; that director of the Atlas Academy doing this, I'm afraid it's not just to have them investigate the truth."

Waver: "Indeed, there must be other purposes."

【Subsequently, Waver and Gray organized the things that happened in these few days in their memories.】

【Day 1: In the morning, Waver and Luvia set off from London, arrived at the village at dusk, met Bersac, visited the church, and stayed in the hut.】

【Day 2: In the morning, Gray introduced the village and the graveyard to them, met Zepia at the windmill hut at noon, and then talked with Bersac until dusk.】

【Day 3: Early in the morning, Luvia was sent back to London; at noon, Gray accepted his invitation and intended to leave the village, so he talked with Bersac again until dusk.】

【Day 4: In the morning, someone discovered the corpse of the fake Gray in the church, and then under Bersac's cover, he and Gray escaped the village together and returned to London.】

【Although some sporadic conversations and characters met were missed, it was generally like this.】

【Next, it's time to think about how to do it.】

Rin Tohsaka: "It's really a simple itinerary, almost all persuading that old man."

Waver: "After all, that was the purpose of coming to this village."

【Gray first suggested going to the swamp to see, but Waver rejected it.】

【A magical defense mechanism must have been set up at the swamp; with his skills, it's hard to deal with.】

【Gray suggested looking for Zepia again, but the other party was simply not in the hut.】

【Waver hadn't seen the other party in these two days originally, so he didn't know if he wasn't there originally, or if this second round set special measures.】

【Finally, Waver decided to investigate the church.】

【Because today is the day the peddler enters the village, most of the villagers have gathered in the village square; investigating is the best opportunity.】

Shishigou Kairi: "Turning around, sure enough, the target returned to that church again."

Illya: "Very reasonable, don't novels all develop like this."

【The two came to the church; sure enough, there was no one here.】

【Waver carefully checked all the items and didn't find any problems.】

【The only thing not checked was that Black-Faced Holy Mother statue.】

【Waver: "I didn't have the energy to ask before, but I'm very curious, this church seems to be managed by Priest Fernand, but hasn't it been like this since before?"】

【Gray: "Yes, Priest Fernand was sent here a few years ago. Sister Ilumia arrived even later, just arriving in the village last year."】

【Waver: "Hmm, is it also for this reason that Priest Fernand and Sister Ilumia's attitude is different from those villagers who look at you sacredly?"】

【Gray: "Yes."】

Kayneth: "Hmm?"

He previously speculated that Fernand was a person from this village; he didn't expect to have guessed wrong.】

In this way, this guy really has a problem.

As a priest sent from the outside by the Holy Church, how could he not know the name of El-Melloi; this guy was really putting on an act before, and his acting skills were really good.

【Waver: "This also means, the Black-Faced Holy Mother wasn't prepared by the church, but rather the Black-Faced Holy Mother existed first, and later the church was established with it as the center? This is a common pattern of local special religions compromising with the center... No, since the Atlas Academy has appeared, is it impossible for only the Holy Church to exist as a single organization?"】

【With doubts, Waver carefully observed the Black-Faced Holy Mother statue.】

【At first, he kept a distance to observe the whole, then used a magnifying glass to check in detail, and also took out reagents from his bosom, gently sweeping away the dust, confirming the changes in color one by one, and so on.】

【"It seems it is indeed the influence of some kind of magic... but the icon itself is not the source. If I had to say, it's closer to a transit point."】

【Subsequently, Waver took out an amethyst chain to cast a detection spell, going straight to the back of the Black-Faced Holy Mother statue.】

【Drilling into the narrow gap, the chain in his hand pointed to a stone brick floor, but no matter how Waver pushed or knocked, no changes appeared there.】

【Waver quickly reacted; he was confused.】

【Although it points to under here, the entrance isn't necessarily here.】

【Subsequently, Waver began to construct the floor plan of the church in his heart, and the amethyst twisted unnaturally, pointing in another direction.】

【The two opened the door next to it, walked down the stairs, and entered the storage room where food was kept.】

【"This basement is located directly below the sanctuary just now."】

【Waver looked at the ceiling, then squatted down and fumbled on the ground, then as if discovering something, pressed down hard.】

【Accompanied by the sound of a mechanism, the floor tilted open, and a staircase made of earth blocks appeared before the two.】