Illya woke up from her deep sleep and knew nothing about her future destiny. As soon as she woke up, she sat on her father's head and shouted "Kiritsugu, Kiritsugu".
In order to prevent his daughter from unnecessary worries, Kiritsugu, who was in so much pain, could only force out a smile and play with Illya.
After an in-depth analysis of the research materials on Einzbern's Third Method, Lu Xiao had a clearer understanding of their research direction.
Lu Xiao, who had entered the root, obtained the core content of the third method in advance, but because of his weak foundation, he was not yet able to integrate the knowledge given by the root.
For example, if the process of understanding the third method is regarded as putting together building blocks, Lu Xiao has obtained the core part of the building block from the beginning. All he needs to do is to choose the most suitable part according to the shape of the core part.
The remaining parts are fully assembled.
However, the total amount of research results obtained by Einzbern over thousands of years is very huge. Lu Xiao must first sort out their research ideas, and then filter out the useless parts from the large amount of data based on the core content of the third method.
, complete the final assembly.
This process is destined not to be completed in a day or two. Aletheia calculated based on Lu Xiao's learning speed that it will take about half a year to see results.
Through studying the information on Einzbern's Third Method, Lu Xiao had some understanding of Illya's physical condition.
In order to establish contact with the Great Holy Grail system, Einzbern made many changes to Illya before she was born.
Just like Irisviel, Illya's soul has been specially adjusted by alchemy and transformed into a container that can easily hold the Small Holy Grail.
The Holy Grail War only occurs every 60 years. During these 60 years, Einzbern was able to create a new Holy Grail container with performance far superior to Illya.
Emiya Kiritsugu's failure made Yubusta Hayid very dissatisfied. As punishment, he abandoned Kiritsugu and Irisviel's daughter in the garbage dump and never interfered again, and began to prepare for the next Holy Grail.
Prepare for war.
Illya's physical adjustment was not truly completed, which resulted in her body growing much slower than expected, and her soul becoming half human and half Holy Grail.
Physical problems can be adjusted by the top puppet master, but the soul aspect is really not Orange's strong point.
Illya, who was clinging to Kiritsugu, always had an innocent smile on her face. She was still young and could not feel the heavy atmosphere around her, so she was playing happily with her father.
Lu Xiao sighed silently in his heart, 'I hope I can understand the third method before leaving. This shouldn't be Ilia's ending.'
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Illya came to Kanfuko City for the first time. At Lu Xiao's suggestion, as an employee of Garan Hall and the local host, Kirie Ujo took Fujino, the Tohsaka sisters and Illya out shopping together.
Lu Xiao stayed to ask Chengzi about the progress of the investigation he had previously commissioned.
Just after waving goodbye to Illya with a smile on his face, Kiritsugu's face quickly fell. He sat on the sofa depressed, smoking cigarettes one after another, as if he planned to use this method to get rid of
A temporary escape from the cruel reality.
Lu Xiao and Cheng Zi felt pity for his situation, and they exchanged glances, leaving Kiritsugu alone to slowly adjust his mood, and went to the roof of the small building to continue talking in detail.
After several months of secret visits and investigations, Cheng Zi investigated Araya Soren's activities in Kanfuko City thoroughly over the past few years.
While Araya served as a special medical consultant at Kanfuko Hospital, she also worked at Rewon Women's College as a priest.
Lu Xiao has a strong desire to complain about this. From a macro perspective, Araya Zongren can indeed be regarded as a member of the belief system.
However, the Tiantai Sect of Buddhism and the Christianity practiced by Liyuan Women's College cannot be reconciled. Even if they use magic hypnosis to seduce the dean, this method is a bit too crude.
In addition, Araya Soren also serves as a visiting teacher at a private high school and invested in the construction of a building that has not yet started.
Araya Soren did not hide his whereabouts too much. Even before there was a systematic investigation, Chengzi could vaguely sense his activities in the city.
"Araya's actions are very chaotic, moving here and there, and it's hard to pinpoint his true hidden purpose."
"Huh~"
Cheng Zi blew out a breath of choking low-quality smoke and continued: "Based on my understanding of Araya's obsession, and going back through his ultimate goal of tracing the source, I have basically found out his true purpose."
After extinguishing the remaining third of the cigarette butt on the metal railing in front of him, Aosaki Chengzi suddenly asked coldly: "Lu Xiao, have you ever heard of the Liangyi family, the only remaining one of the four great families that exterminated demons?"
"Of course I have."
Lu Xiao shrugged and said, "I had a chance encounter with the eldest lady of the Liangyi family before."
"oh?"
Cheng Zi's eyes flickered: "What a coincidence, Araya's target is this Miss Aoi."
Through the investigation of the Liangyi family, Chengzi roughly figured out their family pursuits, and also had a clearer understanding of the existence of the Liangyi family.
"The source, I really didn't expect that the exorcist family wandering on the edge of the magic world could unexpectedly create descendants who are connected to the source. Is this a prank of restraint?"
Lu Xiao has been watching Sky Realm for many years. Although he still remembers who Araya's three chess pieces are, he can no longer remember why Areye chose these three people.
Orange explained Araya's goals in detail.
"Awakening the deep origins of the human soul is Araya's main research project."
"He hopes to catalyze her origin awakening through three people who have similar natures but opposite behaviors to the two rituals, so that he can control the body of the two rituals that go straight to the source and fulfill his long-cherished wish of more than 200 years."
"Similar but opposite..."
After Chengzi explained to this point, Lu Xiao gradually brought out the long-standing memories deep in his mind.
Once trapped in the pursuit of the root, most magicians will get into trouble driven by obsession, and Araya Soren is no exception.
Lu Xiao was not interested in his original goal of finding the root cause. In order to ensure that Fujino's future life would not be invaded by Araya again, Lu Xiao hoped to get rid of him once and for all.
However, Lu Xiao's main task right now is to learn the third method, and he doesn't have much time to tangle with Araya Soren. Before leaving Guanfuzi City in winter, Lu Xiao gave Chengzi the task of investigating Araya Soren's lair as a commission.
The amount of commissioned remuneration is very considerable.
Although Orange has not yet found out the location of Araya's magic workshop, she has captured the trajectory of Araya Soren's activities in Kanfuko City.
"Continue the investigation and don't alert others yet."
Lu Xiao calmly ordered: "To kill a snake, you have to hit it seven inches. Especially for a puppet master who can change his body at any time, you must make sure to capture the true bodies of Aranya and Aruba at once."
"No problem. Since I have accepted your money, I will definitely abide by the contract and investigate and find out the results."
The conversation that was unknown to outsiders ended here for the time being. Lu Xiao and Chengzi changed the topic and compared and discussed the alchemy of the Einzbern family and Chengzi's puppet technology.
"Um?"
When they went downstairs and returned to the workroom, Lu Xiao and Chengzi stopped at the same time and looked at each other.
"Have you received the message too?"
"Well, the folk customs in Guanbuzi City are indeed very 'simple'."
"Haha~" Cheng Zi scratched his head in embarrassment: "You can find these little gangsters in any city, let Wu Hui handle them."
Lu Xiao thought about it and shook his head: "Forget it, in order to avoid being criticized later, I'd better make a trip."
Lu Xiao accepted Lin's invitation today to come out to breathe fresh air and stretch her rigid brain.
Rin had already sent out a signal for help. If he failed to respond in time... you can imagine how angry Rin would be afterwards.
"Because of what happened with Illya, I'm not in a good mood today, so I just want to relax."