Emiya Kiritsugu has three pieces of materials that Kuu Maiya collected for him.
First, about a woman from Country C named "Lin Hao". She was born in a family of magicians there, or a family of cultivators in local terms. She was originally very talented, but she was paralyzed in bed because of a magic accident.
There was no feeling at all below her neck. After long-term treatment, her arms regained the ability to move and she was able to use magic. However, her family had given up on cultivating her. Three years ago, she came to a famous medical school in Japan for further treatment. From that medical school, she
Records show that she is still receiving treatment and has not left.
The second one is a girl with the same name and identical appearance who is hospitalized in Fuyuki General Hospital. She was admitted to the hospital a year ago. Her symptoms are paralysis from the waist down. She is accompanied by a maid who takes care of her daily life. Three days ago, she monitored this place.
The familiar took photos of her drawing the magic circle alone on the rooftop in a wheelchair, photos of the magic circle's light, and photos of the maid who was not on the rooftop before pushing her wheelchair away from the rooftop. This material also comes with a photo of the maid
Comparison of the similarity between the back photo and the blurred image of the woman who invaded the Einzbern Annex before.
The third is the medical records of Fuyuki General Hospital over the past year. Judging from these records, Lin Hao not only did not get better from his paralysis, but also suffered from serious and minor illnesses. At first glance, there is nothing special, but if you compare it vertically, you will find a shocking fact:
Every time she "gets sick", a patient with the same illness will be cured and discharged from the hospital. Some of them are even diseases that are impossible to cure based on Fuyuki's medical conditions. Subsequent follow-up investigations show that these recovered patients are discharged after being discharged from the hospital.
They are all very healthy, and some diseases that are easy to relapse have not recovered.
"I tried to let the familiars fly in to find the target, but as soon as they entered the hospital, they lost control and behaved like wild bats. They only returned to normal after trying their luck to leave the hospital." Kuu Maiya looked at Kiritsugu.
The hospital building seemed thoughtful, so he took a step closer to explain more.
"Let's go." Emiya Kiritsugu didn't respond to this. He put away the information and walked straight to the hospital door. Although it was irrational to step into a caster's position, the short woman who never doubted him immediately stepped forward to follow him.
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The entire hospital is full of self-operating and conditioned magic tricks. Not only are they completely invisible from the outside, but even inside, if they are not determined in advance and carry out targeted inspections, they will be missed. There is no doubt that this hospital has already
It was transformed into an excellent magic workshop by caster using the [position creation] class ability.
But this workshop didn't have any offensive spells at all, so the defensive spells that Kiritsugu had originally set up were in vain. The only thing that could be barely called it was that after someone asked about the situation in ward 4o1, it made this person forget.
After answering and giving up the intention to ask again, Kiritsugu discovered the magic trap that contained three hundred taels of silver, and directly determined the location of Lin Hao's ward.
"What's wrong?" When he heard Maiya's confused voice, Emiya Kiritsugu realized that he was standing in front of the elevator without pressing the button to call the elevator.
"I'm hesitant." The magician killer admitted that his previous judgment on this master was wrong: "The decision made when I heard you report that 'the master of caster has been discovered' may no longer be implemented."
When caster places his master inside the magic workshop where he thinks it is safe, he breaks in and seizes his master's command spell or directly banishes him.
That was originally the case, but now things are out of control.
Emiya Kiritsugu's wish for the Holy Grail is to "save the world". He is a gentle man, but because he is too gentle, he becomes unable to forgive the cruelty of this world. Therefore, in addition to killing with killing, he uses the number of human lives to
I don't know any way to realize this wish other than judging which side is more worthy of saving, so I can only place my hope on the Holy Grail that can produce miracles.
And now, someone is showing another way as if they were laughing loudly at him - taking all the sorrow, misfortune, pain, despair, and regret that need to be saved on oneself, and truly saving the world, and only one person will be sacrificed.
To be able to carry this kind of burden requires the power of a miracle.
"If your wishes are the same, why not form an alliance with her?" Although Kuu Maiya understands Kiritsugu's wishes and is willing to support him, she is not as fanatical as him. All her actions are just to achieve Kiritsugu himself.
wishes, and has calmly analyzed it at this time.
"I need to talk to her." Maybe the girl didn't know the ultimate meaning of her behavior at all, and just wanted to save others, but because magic was not convenient to display in front of the world, she simply used Caster's power to divert other people's pain.
Just give it to yourself and then secretly heal it.
In ward 4o1, Emiya Kiritsugu, who walked into the room quietly, carefully checked the room to make sure there was no magic trap before walking towards the bed, while Maiya stood guard at the door.
The girl named Lin Hao was sleeping soundly on the hospital bed. Although the medical record card stated that she was 22 years old, the large hospital gown made the skinny girl look more like 15 or 6 years old.
Compared with the photo data, her originally rosy complexion has turned pale, her round face with baby fat has also slimmed down into a pointed chin, her thin eyebrows seem to be drooping due to discomfort, and her ears are scattered and short.
Appears withered and yellow.
"Well..." The girl's sleep was very light. She was awakened as soon as Kiritsugu walked to the bed. She opened her eyes and looked at the tall man in black in front of her. There was an unconscious blur in the dark, completely non-reflective eyes.
and doubts.
Brush, Kiritsugu took out a gun and put it between her eyebrows.
The girl's pupils dilated slightly, her eyes swept over Kiritsugu and Maiya, and then she closed her eyes again with an expression that showed she had known this and had no choice.
"You can summon caster to save you, Miss Lin Hao." Kiritsugu pointed to the back of her right hand with a bright red mark. Although the strange patterns of the four rings nested inside each other were exactly the same as the biochemical warning signs, the magic power fluctuated.
There is no doubt that it is a Command Seal.
"No." The girl's voice was a little low, hoarse and determined due to illness.
Buzz——
"Many preset magic formulas have been activated." Although Maiya's magic skills are not high, he can still judge that this kind of magic spell has an upright effect: "But the magic power fluctuations come from other wards."
Although Maiya couldn't judge the effect, Kiritsugu was different. This kind of transfer magic... He thought he was going to kill her, so he just cured everyone else's disease first?
"Do you want to die?!" As a magician killer, it was easy to interrupt this straightforward preset magic with a wave of his hand, but Emiya Kiritsugu was still palpitated by the number of magic spells that were triggered in that instant.
The huge scale of the transfer of symptoms from all patients in the hospital and even around the hospital.
The caster would actually be willing to help her master create such useless workshops and spells?
Lin Hao opened one eye, glanced at the muzzle of the gun still pointed at his forehead, and closed it again.
Does this mean "It's obvious that you want to kill me" and "I don't want to talk to you"?
Kiritsugu smiled before he could get angry: "Maiya, go get the car." "Yes."
Under the horrified gaze of the girl in hospital gown, the tall man in black picked up his female companion in black after she left, wrapped her in a sheet, and then walked straight outside.
Lin Hao, who could only move his arms, hit him with his weak fists.
"Either you bring Caster back, or I take you away." Emiya Kiritsugu kept saying from his feet.
The girl was stunned for a moment, then turned to grab his head. This time, her hands were restrained.
After that, she kept struggling and even used some magic tricks, but Kiritsugu, who had experienced many battles, resolved them one by one.
In the end, she couldn't move anymore because of anemia and dizziness, so she succumbed and was put into Maiya's car and quickly taken away.
Under the influence of Kiritsugu's hint of magic, the doctors and patients at the hospital found nothing wrong throughout the process.
274:35:56
In the guest room of Einzbern Annex, Irisviel is taking care of the girl brought back by Kiritsugu.
Although this girl named Lin Hao should be the enemy in this Holy Grail War as the master, but after reading the information that Kiritsugu forwarded, she has completely regarded the girl as one of her own.
When he once again tried to smooth the girl's frown even in her sleep, her eyelashes trembled, and then she opened her eyes.
"Ah, Xiaohao, you're awake," Irisviel casually touched her forehead: "If you're not feeling well, don't force yourself to use that kind of magic."
"Excuse me, are you..." Lin Hao blinked and looked around, seemingly surprised that he was taken away but not restricted at all.
"Irisviel von Einzbern, has Caster told you about our identity?" Irisviel asked softly.
Caster's ability to collect information is even better than that of Assassin. Presumably, the information of Masters who did not deliberately hide themselves has been known to this child.
"Well...my name is 'Lin Hao'" the girl raised her hand and looked at the command spell on the back of her hand, and replied with a sigh of relief.
It seems that she cares about her servant, but not as a fighting force in the Holy Grail War, but more like a friend or family member? Irisviel smiled even more tenderly after seeing this.
"You...woo!"
Lin Hao raised her arms and seemed to want to sit up and reply, but suddenly she was like a puppet with its strings cut off and moved to the bottom of the bed. Her eyes widened in horror, but she was completely unable to control her limbs.
"Xiao Hao, you can't get up now," the wife quickly supported the girl who almost fell out of bed: "Your magic circuit is still exhausted due to excessive consumption of magic power."
According to Kiritsugu, the child seemed to be frightened by him yesterday and rashly activated a spell that only a caster or a very high-level magician could activate. As a result, her already poor physical condition became worse.
"You should know... I am Caster's master, right? Are we enemies?" Lin Hao seemed to try to use force but failed. In desperation, she let Irisviel help her lie down again.
"I know~ But Xiaohao is a good boy, so it doesn't matter~" Irisviel smiled at her and reached out to touch her head.
Lin Hao looked very disapproving but had nothing to say.
"I..." She seemed to finally think of what to say, but as soon as she started speaking, her eyes suddenly lost their luster, her breathing stopped, and her arms hung down softly.
"Okay?!" Irisviel was startled and quickly used healing magic on the girl who suddenly fell unconscious.
Because it was not an injury but a disease, especially some diseases that were originally impossible to treat together, the effect of healing magic was very limited. Lin Hao resumed breathing after a thin layer of sweat appeared on Irisviel's forehead.
"I'm sorry, Xiaohao... My healing magic can only cure 'external' injuries and diseases..." Irisviel put away the magic light in her hand and said a little apologetically.
Not only was she paralyzed by a chronic disease, but she also had various diseases that were transferred to her body for unknown reasons. Although many of them have been cured, the damage caused still left traces. This time, although the "shock" she had just suffered was cured.
”, but the other disease became more serious.
To use the terminology of the handheld game that Illya likes to play, if Irisviel's treatment is "replenishing HP", Lin Hao's current state is "reducing the upper limit of HP", which is completely inappropriate for professionals.
"Take me back to the hospital... there's Caster there..." Lin Hao said weakly after regaining consciousness.
"No, Caster's workshop has been destroyed. When you were in a coma..."
"What! Did that guy blow up the hospital!... Cough cough cough cough!"
The girl suddenly struggled violently to remember, causing a violent cough. Finally, blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, and she fell back and completely passed out.
"Good boy!!"
274:o4:11
"It seems that I am completely hated by both Caster and her Master."
Emiya Kiritsugu was checking the completion of the magic circle painted on the floor of the chapel. After listening to Irisviel's narration, he showed a self-deprecating expression.
"Caster has an advantage in intelligence gathering. He may already know your past deeds. The child just became the master and heard that he was going to fight a person known as the 'Magician Killer'. It's natural for him to be scared." Alice.
Because Phil had spent a lot of magic power to treat Lin Hao before, his tone was a little weak at this time.
"She was born in a family of magicians from country C. Even if she didn't get an education due to illness, she must have heard a lot of anecdotes about the magician world," Kiritsugu said while carefully checking whether the patterns drawn with mercury were distorted or mottled.
While analyzing: "This shows that there are people with similar behavior to me in the country she is in, because I can guarantee that I have never done anything like 'blow up a hospital' - it is obvious that I just dispelled all magic
It’s just a technique.”
"But Kiritsugu is completely different from them," Irisviel approached her husband and said in a proud tone: "Isn't it your dream to create a world where she no longer needs to bear the sorrows of others?
Is it your ideal? The child will definitely understand you."
"I am not qualified to ask her to understand." After confirming that the magic circle was in good condition, Kiritsugu shook his head and stood up: "I prayed to the Holy Grail for such a miracle because I didn't know how to save the world, and she firmly believed that she
The right way to save the world and make a wish to the Holy Grail to make it come true. If this were a race, I would still be halfway through and she would be at the finish line."
Hearing this declaration that was almost admitting defeat, Irisviel actually smiled.
"But you didn't stop." She held Kiritsugu's arm: "Even if you admit that the child's way of 'saving the world' is correct, you still haven't changed your mind, right?"
"..." Kiritsugu was silent.
Irisviel has always been the only one in the world who can understand Emiya Kiritsugu. Even Kuu Maiya, who has been fighting side by side for many years as a master and apprentice, only supports his actions unconditionally, but Alice
Phil, however, understood and accepted everything about him. Just like at this moment, when even Kiritsugu himself was shaken, she could see clearly into his heart.
"Although Kiritsugu, you will use the number of human lives as a pointer on the scale of 'who is more worthy of saving', but that is an expedient measure when there is no 'miracle'. What you really want is that no one should be sacrificed for it.
World, this 'anyone' includes that child, your wish is for one more person than her." Kiritsugu saw the smile in Irisviel's eyes becoming more obvious, as if he felt that he could preach to him.
happy.
"It's really embarrassing to be lectured..." Emiya Kiritsugu turned his attention to the holy relic placed on the altar. It was a golden weapon, decorated with dazzling blue enamel, with the long-lost fairy engraved in the middle.
The words, like the scabbard of a work of art: "Thank you, Ellie, I have already thought of how to get along with that 'King of Knights', although it may make the girl named 'Lin Hao' hate me even more."
"No~" Irisviel shook her head: "Xiao Hao is a good boy."
