A sudden loud exclamation interrupted the communication among everyone present.
The cube magic dress in Gray's cage finally recovered from the shock, jumping up and down in the cage and shouting: "Oh, oh, oh, look who this is."
"Gray, congratulations. The thing you least expected to see finally happened. The real owner is in front of you, and he is still alive."
Gray shook the cage angrily, interrupting the venomous taunts of the intelligent magician.
"Yade!"
Arturia looked at Ade, who was rolling and screaming in the cage with some surprise on his face: "The venomous tone and familiar voice reminded me of a certain Knight of the Round Table with a bad personality."
As Gray's master, Weber knew all about her origins, and it was up to him to explain it to Arturia.
"Ad's pseudo-personality is made by simulating the words and deeds of Kai, the Knight of the Round Table. It's natural that you will feel familiar with it, King of Knights."
"Kay...that's it."
Kai is Artoria's adopted brother and the third knight of the Round Table. He has known Arturia since she was five years old.
When Arturia embarked on the king's training journey, Kai and Merlin were always by her side.
If calculated purely based on seniority, Kai is the first Knight of the Round Table in the true sense.
According to the Lion King's memory, Kai once appeared in the Round Table Summons at the Sixth Singularity.
He always had a sharp tongue and did not refute the Lion King's cruel orders. Instead, he turned around and left the Holy City, disappearing into the wilderness on his own, without participating in the bloody civil war between the Knights of the Round Table.
Sighing silently in her heart, Arturia patted Gray's hair: "I probably understand the origin of this magic dress. Let's make good use of it."
"Oh? It's quite lively."
When the atmosphere in the room basically calmed down, Gemstone Man, who had always been in the dark, finally returned from an unknown parallel world.
As soon as he returned to the clock tower, Zelrich immediately heard the alarm bell sounding again outside.
After scanning Arturia with his eyes, the gem man immediately guessed the general ins and outs, but he did not express any opinions on this, but focused his eyes on Tohsaka Rin.
"Rin, Sakura and Illya, let me introduce them to you."
Lu Xiao gave up his position and introduced to the confused three people: "This is the second magician, Jishua Zelrich Shibain'ogu, known as the Gem Man."
Looking at Zelrich with a faint smile on his face, Rin opened his mouth in surprise: "Big... master?"
She bowed to Zelrich nervously: "First time meeting! It's an honor to meet you. I am Rin Tohsaka, a descendant of your named disciple Eito Tosaka!"
"Haha~"
Zelrich, who was always serious, showed a rare smile with emotion: "It turns out that he is a descendant of Yongren."
"I never expected that the descendants of the named disciples I casually accepted would become my true successors, while the other disciples I had carefully cultivated were 'discarded' one by one."
"Fate is such a wonderful thing."
"successor?!"
Weber suddenly stood up and glanced at Tohsaka Rin with doubtful eyes: "Your Majesty the Second Magician, are you kidding me?"
Zelrich retracted his smile and returned to his previous majestic posture: "Do you think I am a joker?"
"No! I'm sorry, that's not what I meant."
Zelrich didn't care about Weber's apology, shook his head and explained: "This young lady has reached the source. Not only is she directly connected to the source and possesses endless magic power, but she has also obtained the core knowledge of the second method.
"
"I only need to refine it a little, and she can understand the complete second method. What else can such a person be but my successor?"
"this……"
Weber was also one of the insiders who knew the truth about the Holy Grail War. He already had a keen eye and quickly changed his inherent ideas after straightening out his thoughts.
"That's right, but if Miss Tohsaka is really allowed to inherit the second method... the monarchs will probably go crazy."
The magicians who master the third and fifth arts are all Easterners. If the second arts are inherited by Tohsaka Rin, the nobles in the Clock Tower who are proud of their "noble" bloodline will inevitably suffer a very serious third view.
impact.
"Ha~"
Gemstone Weng sneered: "I don't have time to care about what they think. After carrying this burden for thousands of years, it's time for me to retire and enjoy life."
There is a Chinese proverb: A full jar of water makes no sound, but a half-full jar of water makes a tinkling sound.
Real bosses like Gemstone Weng no longer pay attention to noble blood and status.
Only those who are still halfway through and know that there is no hope of advancement will focus on how to make their descendants and bloodline more "noble", hoping that future generations can fulfill their long-cherished wish to reach the source.
Zelrich waved his hand and changed the topic: "We will leave this topic for later. I have more important things to discuss with the third magician."
…
Led by Weber and Gray, Rin, Sakura and Illya visited the clock tower with expanded space inside to familiarize themselves with the place where they would study and live in the future.
Lu Xiao and Arturia stayed in Gemstone Weng's office, and Zelrich had just told them important news.
"I received a commission from Alaya. It wants me to send you two to a special parallel world. It has told me the coordinates in advance."
Lu Xiao was not surprised by this. He had already guessed it when he came into contact with Zelrich.
Alaya most likely sent them to the Seventh Singularity through this second magician who could freely travel through parallel worlds.
Arturia asked calmly: "When?"
Zelrich shook his head: "Alaya did not put forward any limiting requirements, and the time flow speeds in the two worlds are not equal, so it is meaningless to discuss this issue."
"As long as you are ready, you can set off at any time. The time is up to you."
Arturia and Lu Xiao exchanged glances: "I can do it at any time. Rather, I hope to leave as soon as possible."
Lu Xiao also nodded and said: "I don't have any problem. All the things that need to be arranged have been explained. As long as the final steps of the transaction are completed, we can leave at any time."
It is not difficult to replace Zelrich's body. The difficulty lies in how to remove the Dead Apostle pollution attached to his soul.
The person who imposed the Dead Apostle curse on Zelritch was one of the powerful UOs, the True Ancestor Zhu Yue, who was a type-moon.
The soul pollution effect attached by her is very stubborn. If the pollution cannot be completely removed at once, all previous efforts will be in vain in just a few days.
Lu Xiao spent three whole days without sleep, and with the support of infinite magic power, he finally completed the purification of Zelrich's soul.
The artificial body, which is almost identical to the original body, is very compatible with Zelrich's soul.
Lu Xiao stuffed Gemstone Man's restored soul into a brand new young body, and it took Zelrich less than ten minutes to complete the attunement and integration with the new body.
When he was young, Gemstone Weng had a handsome appearance. Although he was not very handsome in the eyes of some women who liked pretty boys and young men, his calm temperament also gave him the charm of a mature man.
Feeling the vitality contained in his new body, Zelrich, who had regained his youth, said with emotion: "In the ancient oriental proverb, it should be called one drink and one peck, there is a certain number."
"If I want to send you to the ancient age of gods across a long time and space, it is almost impossible to achieve it with my old and weakened body. I wonder if our deal is also part of Alaya's calculations.
"
After confirming that he was completely in control of his body, Zelrich looked at Lu Xiao and Arturia with a serious expression: "Are you ready?"
"Well, let's get started."
Taking the two of them to his workshop, Gemstone Man's expression became extremely focused. He used the head of his staff to draw an extremely complex magic circle on the ground. The whole process lasted for about five hours.
When he finished the last stroke, sweat could be clearly seen on Baoshi Weng's forehead.
"Huh~"
Taking a slight breath, Zelrich tore through the space and took out a dagger filled with light, and inserted it upside down into the center of the specially left blank circle.
'Gem sword?'
"Buzz~"
Under the activation of the magic power of the gem sword, corresponding phantoms appeared above the dense arrays on the ground, and the different overlapping arrays began to rotate faster.
Under the influence of the compound magic array, a tiny black hole appeared in the center of the workshop, and the hole was gradually expanding.
Zelrich: "Go ahead, Third Magician. Next time we meet, I will take out the fine wine from my collection and share it with you."
Before Lu Xiao and Arturia stepped into the space passage, they solemnly bid farewell to Zelrich: "Can you please help take care of the three students I brought with me when you have time? I hope we can meet again in the future, the second magician."