Chapter 557: ·Courage

【Waver: "Yes, such as avoiding villagers accidentally approaching mystery, hiding the swamp's barrier, etc., although these seemingly reasonable reasons were given, in the end, it was just simply set to not do anything."】

【"You knew from the beginning that you couldn't completely trust me, right?"】

【Zepia: "The thing you noticed first was indeed this matter."】

【Waver: "Yes, I noticed it when I talked about the Black Madonna and Morgan le Fay in the underground temple. Looking back now, you openly said clues in the first loop. Such as Dead Apostles related to the local family, famous in the world more than two thousand years ago, etc. The next step is just to infer in order. The reason you are here. Why you mentioned the three factors of humanity and the graveyard in the conversation. However, what is shameful is that I didn't confirm the inference until I interpreted Heartless's affinity map."】

【Zepia: "This is also a bet for me. I can see many possibility scripts, and I can also explore them. However, there is only one reality... hmm, speaking of you, don't you ask what the content of the transaction between you and Heartless is?"】

【Waver: "Hmm, I have already confirmed that point."】

【"Putting aside what you got, Heartless's request is obvious. If Heartless had asked you about the village's formula, there would be no need to find Gray's mother to be the source of information."】

【"In addition, Heartless is unusually cautious, he will only make one request to you, don't calculate the future about yourself, right? Precisely because of this, for the series of events he is involved in, the scope you can analyze in advance is also limited, this is one of the reasons why you were passive this time."】

【Zepia: "Correct answer. In addition, the price he provided is the past information of the Holy Grail War. Ah, you don't have to care so much, I don't intend to participate in the Holy Grail War. It's just that the formula that constitutes that Holy Grail War is very interesting to me."】

【"Yes, that formula that can even reproduce souls and summon Heroic Spirits has a connection with the Third Magic I am seeking."】

【Waver: "Finally, let me ask you one question."】

【Zepia: "Please feel free."】

【Waver: "... From your point of view, is my action the correct choice?"】

【Zepia: "Your question is meaningless. You made a choice that only belongs to you, which no one else could do, Monarch."】

Kayneth: "This Atlas Academy director is also seeking the Third Magic."

Amakusa Shirou: "Third Magic, heh heh..."

【Time passed, Waver and the others had returned to London. After Gray returned, she took some snacks to see Reines first and told her about this experience.】

【"I see. Although I received the report, I didn't expect that even the seven great weapons of Atlas appeared."】

【Reines sighed: "Things happened one after another, although he is a Monarch, brother attracts too many tricky problems... sigh, my investigation here also feels a bit wrong."】

【Gray: "What happened?"】

【Reines: "Because it is the New Year, there are many banquets at the Zhong Ta, I took this opportunity to try to listen, and also contacted people who are well-informed in the aristocratic, democratic, and neutral factions. Hmm, the news about the Holy Grail War is indeed spread too small."】

【Gray: "News?"】

【Reines: "Yes. I thought about it, at least it is the Monarch of the El-Melloi faction, Kayneth, who died in it, but the Holy Grail War is still treated as a border magic ritual. And facing this Fifth Holy Grail War, the Zhong Ta specifically sent an Enforcer of the Sealing Designation to Fuyuki City, and clearly took sufficient measures, but the rumors almost didn't spread in the Zhong Ta, the gap in information distribution is too big."】

【"In the world of magi, there is only one organization that can do that kind of thing, the Department of Law!"】

Sola: "The Department of Law doesn't want the news of the Holy Grail War to spread."

Kayneth: "After all, it is an omnipotent wish-granting machine, once it spreads, I am afraid it will attract a lot of trouble."

【Gray: "Mr. Zepia also said similar things."】

【Reines: "Oh, what is the content?"】

【Gray: "He said, Heartless is your enemy, but not necessarily the enemy of the Zhong Ta."】

【Reines: "I see. I will also investigate, but if the opponent is the Department of Law, I hope you don't expect any results. Although the Department of Law is not necessarily united."】

【"By the way, did Zepia only say these things?"】

【Gray: "... Yes, yes."】

【Actually, Zepia also talked to her alone.】

【After the battle with the Logos React ended, Add fell into a deep sleep again, and Zepia found her when Waver wasn't paying attention.】

【"As a thank you for this time, I will give you a piece of advice, it is best not to use the holy spear in the future."】

【Gray: "Eh? Why?"】

【Zepia: "You released the holy spear on the Rail Zeppelin, right? That is indeed a Noble Phantasm qualified to end the story. The Heroic Spirits who played the protagonists on the stage in the past also have to bow down to that anchor of the end. However, fortunately, the power of the Noble Phantasm is not complete. If the thirteen seals are all released through the resolution, Add will undoubtedly be damaged."】

【"He is an extremely precise Mystic Code, and can self-repair to a certain extent. However, that has also reached the limit. Although incomplete, the burden caused by the holy spear that released the thirteen seals is so heavy."】

【"This is no wonder, for the prototype, that opponent must be a bit tricky."】

【Gray: "Prototype?"】

【Zepia: "Hmm, didn't you find out? Of course Add's memory is limited, but when he barely manifested Sir Kay's spirit model, the fact was obvious. Not to mention constructing a virtual Noble Phantasm, there is only one possibility. Of course, that is a stunt that can only be achieved in the prototype's calculation space."】

【"As a sealing Mystic Code, Add's core is a replica of the Logos React."】

【This sentence stabbed Gray's chest like an unpullable thorn, Waver might have discovered this too, but it was just out of consideration for Gray's mood that he didn't tell her.】

Rin Tohsaka: "Wait a minute, how did Add get involved with the Logos React again?"

Waver: "However, wanting to release all thirteen seals is probably not that easy."

【The next day, everything returned to normal, and Gray became Waver's nanny again.】

【Gray looked at the bottles and cans on the table and asked: "Are these medicines sent by Mr. Melvin?"】

【Waver: "Yes, he came to the door on the day I returned to London and stuffed me with magic medicine for fatigue recovery, canned food, and wine. Because I was hungry, I accepted the magic medicine and canned food first."】

【Gray: "... Teacher, you said in the second loop, 'I don't have the courage to meet you who don't know me'."】

【Waver: "There is no need to remember this kind of thing."】

【Gray: "Teacher, do you have the courage to meet that King who doesn't remember you?"】

【Waver: "..."】

【Gray: "Teacher probably has made up his mind, because you said on the Rail Zeppelin that the happiness of both keeping memories cannot be repaid by your own life. However, even if you have made up your mind, do you have that courage? How can you have such courage?"】

【Waver: "... Since I gave up participating in the Fifth Holy Grail War, we can't meet, right? However, I have also been thinking at this moment, if such a miracle happens, what way should I use to talk to him then?"】

【"So, I don't have that courage yet. But when that moment comes, whether I have courage or not, I hope that even if I just make a mistake, I can move forward, it's probably just like that."】

【Video ends here.】

Iskandar: "Haha, kid, you think too much, just do what you should do."

Waver: "That is your style."

Rin Tohsaka: "However, this video can be considered to have explained Gray's life experience."

Shishigou Kairi: "Yes, it's really full of twists and turns, and it actually involved the seven great weapons of the Atlas Academy."

【The second question is over, now the last question of the day begins.】

【This question is a multiple-choice question, please watch the following 4 pictures and select the Heroic Spirit whose class is Caster.】

【Answering time is 5 minutes, 1 Saint Quartz for each correct selection, 1 Saint Quartz deducted for each wrong selection.】

【If all are selected correctly, reward 5 Saint Quartz.】

Kayneth: "Sure enough, it's time to distinguish Caster."

Waver: "I hope there won't be those Servants whose class is completely invisible."

【A: The picture shows a woman with braided hair and purple pupils, looking noble and gentle. Holding a silver cross scepter, wearing a red papal robe.】

Kirei Kotomine: "!!!"

Amakusa Shirou: "Uh, this is interesting..."

Rin Tohsaka: "What's wrong, why do you have such a big reaction?"

Shishigou Kairi: "... If I didn't see it wrong, the clothing of this lady in the picture is the Pope's clothing, right?"

Waver: "Pope!"

Rin Tohsaka: "Hey! Are there female Popes?"

Kirei Kotomine: "There is indeed one..."

Amakusa Shirou: "According to records, from 853 to 855 AD, a YG woman named 'Johannes Anglicus' served as Pope, but she was actually a fictional empty Pope created around the 13th century, a target of controversy for anti-Pope and anti-Church people, and it was not until the 19th century that it was completely proven that she did not exist."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "That is, a Heroic Spirit who does not exist in history and was fictionalized by others."

Kayneth: "The premise is that this is really Joan, not some gender-swapped Servant."

Kirei Kotomine: "This is absolutely impossible!"

Waver: "I have to say, Heroic Spirits are really magical existences."

Rin Tohsaka: "If it's the Pope, it should be Caster."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Don't rush to a conclusion."

【B: This picture is a boy wearing Chinese-style single clothes, with long black hair, and his body is covered with gossip symbols, but those hands look a bit uncoordinated.】

Waver: "This should be a Servant from ZG."

Rin Tohsaka: "Brother Extra Feng Xi, do you know who this is?"

Extra Feng Xi: "Hey, hey, there is no obvious feature at all, how could I know." ===== CHAPTER 559 =====