Chapter 545

[Time flew to the morning, and Misaya Reiroukan's head was still confused.]

[At the dining table earlier—"]

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

[Reiroukan head: "Hehe, that's not something I should answer. You must ask him yourself and ask him to tell you."]

[Misaya Reiroukan: "I know, Father."]

[Thus, Misaya Reiroukan listened to her father's words without objection and prepared to go and talk to that Servant.]

[Coming to a tall red door, this was her grandfather's workshop, which became a warehouse for her father to store items with magical value after her grandfather passed away. After that Servant manifested, her father specially cleaned it out for the other party to use.]

["Is it Misaya? Come in."]

[Before Misaya Reiroukan could knock, the Servant's voice rang from inside the door.]

[It's the same as last night.]

[Misaya Reiroukan pushed the door open carefully, only to see the other party standing in the room where the morning sun explored 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 stopped the action of injecting silver liquid and turned his head.]

["Saying welcome doesn't seem appropriate; after all, this is your and your father's house. Come, Misaya, it's cold in the hallway, right? Don't be shy, please come in."]

["...Okay."]

[Misaya Reiroukan entered the room a bit stiffly.]

[A standard magus workshop, this was her first thought.]

[The wooden table was piled with a large number of magic books and parchment scrolls, flasks and beakers contained various brightly colored liquids, and countless test tubes were arranged. At the other end of a copper object that looked like some kind of mechanical device, a water tank with floating blue-white flesh was connected. Cabinets and walls were filled with strange magical catalysts—reptilian-like biological mummies, hearts or claws that are hard to imagine coming from ordinary creatures, obsidian daggers, golden skulls, etc., crowded every corner, exuding their own sense of existence. Magic circles or magic formulas that seemed to be copied in a hurry could be seen everywhere on the walls, floor, and ceiling.]

[Misaya Reiroukan was very shocked; even her father's workshop hadn't been this 'formal'.]

Caules: "It really is... a very reasonable magic workshop."]

Formal, reasonable, all 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.]

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Exquisite! Too exquisite!"]

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

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 a magus from the Age of Gods, this Caster's style is more in line with modern magi; it seems he is not a person from the Age of Gods."]

[Misaya Reiroukan: "That, may I ask you a few questions?"]

["Of course. Teaching others is a happy thing; ask whatever you want."]

[Originally she wanted to ask about the other's identity, but Misaya Reiroukan's attention was now attracted by this mysterious workshop, so she asked what those items she had never seen before were.]

[For example, the mummy of a salamander, a phantasmal species that controls one of the four elements, fire, in legend; even in the past, it was hard to find a living existence in the whole world.]

[Or for example, the larvae of homunculi, because their lifespan is short, they were sealed up by the other party at different growth stages in order to observe the subtle changes between each stage.]

[This question and answer session lasted for nearly thirty minutes.]

["I think that exhausting the mysteries of ether might lead me to uncover the mysterious veil of lost secret rituals from the Age of Gods. I want to possess with my own hands 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 in the entire universe, and it is also the light emitted by this planet."]

[Speaking of this, the originally indifferent Servant's eyes began to emit 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, if you think about it carefully, you can guess it; it's a very famous person."]

Gordes: "Could it be that alchemist!"]

[After a while of conversation, the other party also understood the reason why Misaya Reiroukan came to find him.]

[Immediately, she took out a short sword and gave it to the other party.]

["Mercury sword..."]

[Looking at the AZOTH lettering engraved on the hilt, Misaya Reiroukan suddenly realized.]

[In the 16th century Renaissance, there was a legendary doctor, who was also an alchemist and magus, who could manipulate the five elements, and left behind works such as 'The Rediscovery of the Four Elements (Five Elements)' and 'The Rediscovery of the Three Primes', and was hailed as the ancestor of alchemists.]

[This alchemist made a short sword for himself with alchemy in his early years, and never left it until he died, and because the round jade at the end of the hilt was engraved with the word 'AZOTH', it was also called the AZOTH sword (Mercury sword).]

[The other party was telling her his identity in this way.]

[That legendary alchemist, Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim Paracelsus."]

[Misaya Reiroukan subconsciously wanted to say it, but was stopped by the other party in time.]

[It seems to be a very cautious person.]

[Just like that, Misaya Reiroukan's purpose was achieved, and she returned to her room with the short sword with an excited mood.]

Gordes: "Sure enough, it's this one..."]

For magi who study alchemy, Paracelsus is a legendary existence.]

Sion: "So it's this one; Atlas Academy has also referred to some of the research he left behind."]

Kayneth: "No wonder he dared to say he was approaching the Root; he really had good luck."]

Rin Tohsaka: "So the Mercury sword has such a history."]

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "..."]

Seeing the Mercury sword in the video, he felt his kidneys hurt a little.]

[That afternoon, the Reiroukan family had a rare 'visitor'.]

[Dressed in black, with darker bronze skin, and eyes the color of the sun burning like fire, highlighting the visitor's extraordinary identity.]

[Being able to have such momentum, the identity is self-evident; it's a Heroic Spirit! And it looks like the visitor is not kind.]

[Actually breaking the rules and attacking in broad daylight?"]

["This level dares to claim to be a perfect fortress, magi?"]

[Leisurely standing in front of the Reiroukan mansion, the disdain and arrogance in the man's eyes were undisguised, but he still explained his intention.]

[Yes, the visitor is none other than the Rider of this Holy Grail War!"]

[He claimed to be ordered by his Master, who was lurking in a workshop in western Tokyo, to act as an envoy to convey that they were willing to form an alliance with the Reiroukan family, who were among the few magi in the Far East region who 'most likely already participated in the Holy Grail War'."]

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

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

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

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

Iskandar: "Hahaha, it seems there will be another arrogant King in the group."]

Rin Tohsaka: "I feel like the group won't be peaceful again."]

Gilgamesh: "Hmph, just another useless mongrel."]