Chapter 719

【"The possibility that brother just hinted at is far more despicable and low-level than you thought. It is crazy to the point of being roundabout and useless. I think this will give you a correct understanding of the Zhong Ta, and at the same time completely disillusion you. Although it is a pity, I think it should be so."】

Rin Tohsaka: "What does it mean?"】

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "... I see, it really has patience."】

Kairi Sisigou: "No, rather than saying it has patience, it is better to say it is done casually, as for the final result, it doesn't matter, just treat it as an investment."】

Waver: "It's really a simple method."】

Rin Tohsaka: "What are you talking about?"】

Extra Feng Xi: "Alright, watch carefully, it will be revealed soon."】

【Gray had a bad feeling in her heart and asked: "What does that m..."】

【"You think it's wrong that only Karlg and Jorek happened to hold this intention."】

【El-Melloi II interrupted her: "Speaking of which, how do you know that Karlg and Jorek were really unaffiliated mages before entering Albion? The benefits of an individual taking intelligence from the Department of Sealing Designation are not much. It is more natural to think that there are other organizations that want to obtain that intelligence, ordering them to go to the Department of Sealing Designation as spies."】

【"In the case of this speculation, it is strange to think that only Karlg and Jorek are engaged in espionage. Because they were able to become survivors, it was a particularly lucky result. If they accidentally died in Albion, it would be over."】

【"Not making much achievement, and not being favored by the Department of Sealing Designation is useless. Action requires patience, but the plan is too unstable."】

【"In other words, the factions of the Zhong Ta sent dozens of people, maybe more, into the Spirit Tomb Albion from the beginning, using them as consumable spies."】

【"The purpose is mostly to investigate Albion while avoiding the eyes and ears of the Department of Sealing Designation. After all, to enter Albion through official channels, one must go through the Department of Sealing Designation, and the scope and content that can be investigated are also limited, it is a very normal idea to want to send spies under their sphere of influence into there to bypass surveillance, right? Even if it takes spies ten or twenty years, or even a lifetime, for this."】

【"Among Heartless's students, Karlg and Jorek brothers, no, maybe there are spies sent into Albion by Zhong Ta factions among other students."】

【"In short, this possibility is very high, right, Reines?"】

【"Hmm, there is a sufficient possibility."】

【Reines nodded: "After hearing what you said, I should indeed have thought in this direction."】

【"Although the El-Melloi faction has rarely been involved in Albion's affairs since the decline of the family, lacking information in this regard, but this should be counted as my incompetence."】

【"Ah, really unwilling. Although I don't know when they started sending this kind of spy, the scale of the conception is incomparable."】

Rin Tohsaka: "To think it was like this..."】

Rin Tohsaka: "However, isn't the Department of Sealing Designation an agency of the Magic Association? Why do such troublesome behavior?"】

Extra Feng Xi: "Idiot, to put it bluntly, it's profit, profit."】

Extra Feng Xi: "Although the Department of Sealing Designation is an agency of the Magic Association, it is not under their control, right? If you explore Albion through the channels of the Department of Sealing Designation, regardless of the restrictions, whatever you find in the end will be reported and made public."】

Extra Feng Xi: "People are selfish, especially these self-proclaimed ancient families."】

Extra Feng Xi: "In ZG we call this kind of existence a noble family, they have brought selfishness to the extreme."】

Zhang Jiao: "Noble families, can be called national tumors."】

Rin Tohsaka: "..."】

【"P-please wait a moment!"】

【Gray didn't understand: "Did everyone accept that kind of order? That's not just a problem of danger! If you don't meet the conditions, you can't leave Albion, right! In that case, it's possible they can't go back at all!"】

【"They will accept it, after all, mages have convenient and easy-to-use branch families."】

【Reines picked up the teacup and took a sip, saying: "Branch families cannot resist, after all, in modern times, if they are left alone, they will slowly decline and perish."】

【"Families connected to the three great nobles can do the small thing of forcing children with no future to sell themselves with delicious bait. If they can't do it, they can't survive in the Zhong Ta."】

【"They will indifferently instruct people to stay in Albion for ten years, and depending on the situation, they will order people to take root there until the generation of their children or grandchildren."】

【"Yes, it's not strange at all. Basically, a high proportion of mage branch families assigned to settle in remote places far from the main family are in this situation."】

【Reines calmly revealed the cruel truth of the Zhong Ta, which is also the cruel truth of the mage world.】

【Unlike the noble families of ordinary people, the branch families of mage families have no chance of turning over.】

Rin Tohsaka: "How could this be..."】

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "... This is reality, Rin."】

Who told mage crests to be passed down in one line only.】

If they could be passed down to more people, he wouldn't have to worry about transferring Sakura to another family.】

【Gray: "Then Miss Ashila and Mr. Kuro are also?"】

【"As I just said, there is a sufficient possibility."】

【Reines nodded: "Even if they have been staying in Albion since birth, it is impossible to guarantee that they are outside the Zhong Ta's conspiracy."】

【Gray: "This is... criminal motive."】

【El-Melloi II: "Exactly, this is the criminal motive of the people around Heartless. At least Touko Aozaki should have already reached this conclusion."】

【"Yes. Really admit defeat!"】

【Reines recalled the conversation between Touko Aozaki and Heartless before, saying: "So at that time, Touko Aozaki would ask Heartless 'Whose student was your student actually?' This kind of question. Damn it, I should have understood the meaning of the question at that timing."】

【"If so, the significance of the disappearance case will also become completely different."】

【El-Melloi II said solemnly: "If the disappearance case is not aimed at the students, but is signaling to the people behind the students?"】

【Gray: "Signaling?"】

【El-Melloi II: "Before that murder case occurred, Heartless mostly tried to commit crimes in the dark."】

【Reines: "That's how it is. If so, it is a very brilliant method to put pressure on the other party by making relevant people disappear one after another while keeping as little evidence as possible. Rather, isn't this exactly the method used by criminal organizations?"】

【"No, wait a minute. Does this mean that this attack also belongs to one of them?"】

【Gray: "But, if he just wants to go to Albion, after killing Karlg in the Department of Sealing Designation, he can also directly take the elevator to Albion."】

【El-Melloi II: "Of course, the possibility that he purely couldn't deceive the defensive measures to that extent is also very high, but he committed crimes continuously, which means this is closer to the plan set from the beginning."】

【"Standing from Heartless's perspective, attacking Sla is very convenient. As a settlement for a series of disappearance cases, he simultaneously achieved two things: going to Albion and putting pressure on the mastermind hiding behind the students."】

Waver: "Either Heartless felt the plan was almost done, so he didn't hide it. Or it was that something went wrong when killing Karlg, and he could only choose to walk into the light."】

Kairi Sisigou: "I think the former is more likely."】

Waver: "Yes, since he dared to break into the Department of Sealing Designation to kill, it also means he is very likely not intending to hide."】

【"..."】

【After listening to all this, Gray fell into deep silence.】

【Reines teased: "Why, do you start to hate me?"】

【Gray shook her head hurriedly: "No, no, how could I hate Miss Reines."】

【"Is that so, that's good."】

【After drinking the cold black tea, Reines took out the gold coin from the drawer and threw it to El-Melloi II.】

【"By the way, I forgot to give this to you before."】

【El-Melloi II took it and wondered: "Gold coin?"】

【Reines: "This is something that fell from Faker's chariot during our final battle underground. If it's brother, you should be able to see what it is, right?"】

【Hearing the origin, El-Melloi II immediately became interested, put on gloves and checked it cautiously.】

【"This is... Stater gold coin, the portrait on it is... Iskandar?"】