Chapter 522

【Following Gray's processing, the large amount of light immediately indicated several paths.】

【Waver: "Are you okay?"】

【Gray: "Y-yes, teacher."】

【"?"】

【The word 'teacher' made Berserker frown for a moment.】

【"Ah! It's nothing..."】

【Gray also realized she had made a slip of the tongue, but there was no time to explain to Berserker.】

【We come from the future—would Berserker believe this answer? Their time is not enough now, and saying it would only cause Berserker confusion.】

【Gray: "I know how to go, let's go."】

【She immediately moved her disobedient feet and hurriedly took the lead, walking toward a passage.】

Waver: "Yeah, it's really hard to explain coming from the future, especially when they haven't figured out what their situation is yet."

Shishigou Kairi: "But this underground cave is really big; they've been walking for a long time, right?"

Rin Tohsaka: "Yeah, it should have been a few hours, right?"

【Waver: "Thank you, Sir Kay."】

【Kay: "What? Thank me for what?"】

【Waver: "You said what I should have said."】

【Kay: "... You're mistaken. I just thought it was better for her to make a decision quickly; at the very least, it's better than wasting time on boring conversations."】

【Although the group fell into silence again, they quickened their pace to keep up.】

【On the other side, Ilumia was still tracking Gray and the others.】

【Because the paths spreading throughout the village's underground were intricate and complex, they hadn't mastered all the roads and could only use known routes, intending to rush to where Gray and the others would pass.】

【Fernand: "Ha... then, did Gray really enter this tunnel with that mage?"】

【Ilumia: "That's right, Priest."】

【Fernand: "I really... find it hard to judge. Isn't she quite cooperative with the villagers? Although the villagers probably didn't explain the reason to her, even if they had told her, according to that girl's personality, she would have handed over her life without caring, right? No, didn't they mold her into that kind of personality?"】

【Ilumia: "... Maybe there was some catalyst that made her change her mind."】

【Fernand: "For example, that Lord of the Clock Tower?"】

【"Hmph, filthy mage!"】

【Ilumia's expression twisted, as if to indicate that the person should be spurned.】

【"However, he did a good job sending the Princess of El-Melloi back. Because I specifically suggested that she shouldn't stay here for long."】

【Fernand wiped his sweat while frowning: "I think your strange preference is also a problem."】

【Ilumia straightened her face and declared: "Anyway, they are all heretics. At least the fact that their appearance is enough to nourish my soul is important, right? In any case, those who do not obey the Lord's orthodox doctrine cannot be trusted."】

【Fernand: "You are that kind of person."】

【Ilumia: "Priest, you are too sympathetic to heretics; there is no need to worry about that group of guys at all."】

【Fernand: "Well, as a priest born locally, it's hard for me to understand the thoughts of core members like you."】

【Ilumia: "But I am an illegitimate daughter, after all."】

【Ilumia raised the corners of her mouth and smiled proudly. Fernand wiped his cheeks with a handkerchief and followed.】

Rin Tohsaka: "Is she mistaken that Waver used some magic to bewitch Gray?"

Waver: "It's normal for her to have such thoughts. After all, to them, my future self and Gray have only known each other for a day."

Kayneth: "So this Fernand is really locally born. But looking at him, he has already broken away from those villagers."

Sola: "Who knows if he's pretending."

Kayneth: "Hmm, there is indeed such a possibility."

Rin Tohsaka: "That fat priest said Ilumia has a strange preference—what does that mean?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Ahem, Rin, don't pay attention to these strange points."

Shishigou Kairi: "But this is indeed another massive piece of gossip."

【The two continued to move forward, soon arriving at the cave where Waver and the others first arrived, and saw the masked girl.】

【"Caught up!"】

【Ilumia thought the other party was Gray and couldn't help but reveal a smile, but after getting closer and seeing the person's appearance, she couldn't help but blink.】

【Although the other party's aura was very similar to Gray's, she could feel that it was a completely different person.】

【The masked girl turned back slowly and looked at Ilumia and Fernand.】

【Behind her stood several skeleton soldiers, and the strong aura they emitted was breathtaking even in this strange underground.】

【Ilumia: "Oh my, oh my, despite staying in the same village for a long time, this is our first meeting."】

Waver: "It seems this is their first time seeing this masked girl too."

Emiya Kiritsugu: "So, she was actually hiding herself before, but why isn't she hiding now? Is it because of Gray?"

【"..."】

【The masked girl didn't speak, staring straight at Ilumia and Fernand.】

【Ilumia: "I've heard a lot about you. King Arthur's mental body, and the mastermind behind this Blackmoore graveyard. Facing an executor of the Holy Church, you don't even want to speak?"】

【"Eliminate them."】

【After a few seconds of brief contemplation, the masked girl raised her hand to give the order, and the skeleton soldiers responsible for guarding the girl swarmed up instantly.】

【Two skeleton soldiers launched an assault with their long spears at their waists, but were deflected by Ilumia with extremely precise timing and angle. She then took advantage of the momentum to pounce into the skeleton soldier's arms, smashing one skeleton soldier's chest bone with an uppercut, and then backhanded a straight punch to shatter the jaw of another.】

【"So easy, it's right up my alley!"】

【Ilumia sneered coldly, and a burst of purple lightning flashed across the Gray Lock on her hand.】