Chapter 769

【"His name is Heartless, yet he has to experience the pain of a rupturing heart; don't you think that's truly unreasonable?"】

Rin Tohsaka: "A different space?"

Kayneth: "A different space existing within his body... no wonder he had to conceal such an ability."

Kayneth: "If those old monsters in the Association found out, he would likely be dragged onto an operating table immediately; even Norwich couldn't protect him."

Caules: "A rupturing heart... it's hard to imagine what kind of pain that is, but he didn't show any abnormalities at all while on the Rail Zeppelin."

Fiore: "I'm afraid that for Heartless, he's already grown accustomed to it."

【Waver: "I believe the reason the doctor lost his vision wasn't because he lost his sight, but because his field of vision was usurped."】

【Gray: "Usurped?"】

【"That is the nature of that Mystic Eye. No, should I say, it became that kind of Mystic Eye?"】

【Waver smiled bitterly: "Ah, I had a fatal oversight on the Rail Zeppelin—Gray, do you remember what Trisha said on the train?"】

【Gray: "I remember, she seemed to have seen through Future Sight..."】

【Waver: "That's right, she said she saw that a Rainbow-grade Mystic Eye would be exhibited at the auction."】

【"Yes, but in the end, that kind of Mystic Eye never appeared."】

【Gray asked curiously: "However, I remember you saying, Master, that Miss Trisha's Future Sight was merely a prediction of the future? It only gazed upon futures with a high probability of occurring."】

【Waver: "I thought so too, which is why I was deceived..."】

【"Heartless, it must look quite comical in your eyes. As I mentioned earlier, in that case, I discovered that you preserve the heads of Mystic Eye possessors."】

【Heartless: "So what?"】

【Waver: "The head is the key."】

【"At the time, because you preserved the heads of Mystic Eye possessors, I thought you were making the possessors themselves reveal the information obtained through their Mystic Eyes. However, there was no such need; it didn't require that much trouble. Because you have a more direct method."】

【"Although it's slightly simplistic, I will temporarily name your Mystic Eye the 'Usurping Mystic Eye.' You possess that kind of ability—a Mystic Eye that, as long as it is nearby, can usurp even the vision of a Rainbow-grade Mystic Eye. The fact that the beast's gaze suddenly turned toward us just now was precisely the effect of your Mystic Eye. You usurped the beast's vision."】

【"Precisely because of this, Trisha predicted that a Rainbow-grade Mystic Eye would be exhibited at the auction. After all, it is difficult to prevent such frequency errors when utilizing a Mystic Eye of prediction that interprets the future through the subconscious. Since it isn't a theory built on reason, it is difficult to distinguish between the original Rainbow-grade Mystic Eye possessor and a possessor of a Mystic Eye capable of usurping that vision."】

【"... My, there is truly no hiding anything from you."】

【After hearing Waver's deduction, Heartless finally revealed a bitter smile.】

【Waver: "The reason you didn't continue using that Mystic Eye at the end of the Rail Zeppelin was due to control issues?"】

【Heartless: "That's right. This Mystic Eye isn't easy enough to control to be used comfortably in battle. Even if I used it, it would likely lead to chaos in the battle situation, which would be disadvantageous to Faker. Moreover, in that situation, I didn't have a necessity that I absolutely had to win."】

Rin Tohsaka: "So that means what Miss Trisha saw was actually Heartless's Mystic Eye!"

Caules: "Could this be the true reason she was killed?"

Shishigou Kairi: "However, the ability of this Mystic Eye... it's hard to comment on."

Waver: "A Mystic Eye that usurps vision... to say it's useless is true, but if you find the right way to use it, it can also produce miraculous effects, just like in the video."

Feng Xi: "Is this a case of 'there are no useless Mystic Eyes, only useless people'?"

Waver: "Well, one can't be so absolute about that."

Waver: "To be able to usurp the vision of that kind of monster, the rank of this Mystic Eye shouldn't be low."

【"Ten minutes remaining; let's return to the initial topic."】

【Waver calculated the time and said: "Actually, at the Grand Rank Resolution, Touko Aozaki also saw through it. The ability Kuro discovered regarding the cracks in Albion was likely the result of the Hishiri family's Mystic Eye synchronizing with the eyes of the deceased dragon."】

【"That's right. Your Usurping Mystic Eye and this synchronization Mystic Eye, although they mutated due to 'Spirit Away,' are fundamentally the same ability. I reached this conclusion after infiltrating Albion."】

【"The deduction Reines made at the Grand Rank Resolution—that you are actually the disciple Kuro from back then in disguise—is not incorrect, but it isn't entirely correct either."】

【"..."】

【Heartless remained silent, a smile reappearing on his face.】

Rin Tohsaka: "Wait a moment, 'not incorrect but not entirely correct'? What does that mean?"

Waver: "(As I thought...)"

Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Could it be that Heartless didn't die and has been secretly swapping identities with Kuro... that doesn't seem right either; it doesn't fit the answer."

Caules: "Isn't this self-contradictory? Heartless's Mystic Eye and Kuro's Mystic Eye are fundamentally the same; doesn't that mean Heartless is Kuro?"

Fiore: "Heartless is Kuro in disguise—this answer is not incorrect but not entirely correct. So, where is the error?"

【"The true answer is: Heartless, you were Kuro from the very beginning!"】

【Waver directly dropped a bombshell.】

【"I heard that about thirty years ago, Heartless, who was saved by that doctor, was covered in wounds and had lost his memory. What if that was Kuro, who had been wounded after being betrayed by his companions ten years ago?"】

Everyone in the group: "???"

They were not stupid; they immediately understood what Waver meant, but—

This deduction was a bit too... bold.

【Waver: "That's right, the order is reversed."】

【"The problem is that Kuro had a way to travel between Albion and the surface. And according to Ashira's confession, that betrayal occurred in Albion—so, Kuro discovered another crack before he died. It's just that he tried to escape to the surface but didn't get his wish."】

【"That's right, he went in the opposite direction."】

【"He likely entered the Fairy Domain through the crack leading to the Void Hole. I don't know what actually happened there. The mystery caused by fairies is still an unknown field for magi to this day. However, there are some things I do know. For example, Spirit Away sometimes transcends eras and regions, such as Urashima Taro in Far Eastern fairy tales, but your result is the opposite of his."】

【"This sounds absurd, which is why I didn't tell Reines. After all, stating this information at the Grand Rank Resolution would only result in being laughed off. However, this place is different. Standing here are two magi."】

【"By the way, I must add that it wasn't necessarily Kuro who discovered the crack leading to the Fairy Domain."】

【"Since you were once Kuro, you should also be able to find such a crack on your own using the same ability. Because you had traversed the crack once, it should be simple to discover it."】

【"That's right. Although the betrayal was the decision of Ashira and the others, you, who knew about it, were always letting it happen, and perhaps even secretly fanning the flames."】

【"Because you were afraid that if you intervened, would the 'you' of the present still exist? For this reason, you didn't dare to make changes..."】

【"No, you should have taken action, but you didn't dare to make too large a change, and the result was unsatisfactory."】

【"In short, in the end, it was you who sent the dying Kuro into the Fairy Domain."】

【"That's right. Kuro, who was swallowed by that beast ten years ago—that is, Hishiri Kuro—moved to thirty years ago through Spirit Away. All the anomalies you suffered during this Spirit Away are difficult for me to speculate."】

【"At what moment did you remember everything? When you started calling yourself Heartless? Or when you met Kuro, who was your own past? Could it be when you were betrayed by your companions and Kuro was nearly killed? No, the latter shouldn't be right; if that were the case, my deduction wouldn't hold."】