Chapter 449

"Nightingale! Doctor! Nurse!"

The old Pope's roar seemed to shatter glass, "Group therapy is based on a first-come, first-served basis! I was clearly the last one! Shakespeare should be next!"

But his words failed to move Nightingale. He was slowly bound to the hospital bed by Nightingale, probably because Blackbeard's earlier movements had made Nightingale uncomfortable.

The seemingly enormous Surgery in Nightingale's hands was like a handy little knife, and the tip of the scalpel quickly pointed towards the Spirit Origin deep within Alexander's brain.

Just then, a sound came from the Ceiling of the examination room.

"Nurse Nightingale, this is Paracelsus in the reception room. Is the Servant Rodrigo Borgia currently present?"

"His son and daughter have sent someone to visit him. If it's convenient, please open the door to the consultation room."

Chapter 469 The Man Who Killed His Wife and Daughters

"Okay, Nurse Nightingale has agreed."

Paracelsus smiled and nodded in the reception Hall, extending his hand to the side. "Ms. Erice, you may enter the consultation room now. By the way, is this your first time here? Would you like to hear about some successful cases?"

"This is troublesome."

"The group therapy room in the Mosaic City of Shinjuku is different from those in other City. Nightingale and I did not follow the standardized treatment procedures prescribed by the AI. A few years ago, there were veterans like Alexander VI's Master who had their families murdered by Servant and developed PTSD reactions to red eyes and roaring sounds."

This is a standardized treatment process where City AI monitor the Master's brainwaves, Spiritrons resonance rate, and other parameters to quantify the treatment progress. When the 'Servant Rejection Index' drops below the threshold, the 'Contract Reconstruction Ritual' is triggered, forcing the Master and the Heroic Spirit to establish a new and Perfection bond.

That's what they say, but the re-emerging Servant will have no memory of their previous encounter.

"His Servant was the Wolf King Rob. Ultimately, the two achieved mutual understanding through shared pain simulation, without triggering the reconstruction Magecraft Formula. However, this is only one of the few successful cases."

Thanks, Little Pa.

Paracelsus slowly wiped the test tube, which suddenly began to bubble, Pink Liquid condensed into a small hand that waved to Erice as she left.

"It's nothing, just a small favor. I hope you can take Alexander VI away from Nurse Nightingale as you wish."

Then, the Alchemy's spectral lenses flashed with an eerie light.

How to put it? He sensed a subtle aura emanating from the silver-haired Erice, a feeling that was somewhat familiar. This was the first time he'd felt this way; it was somewhat like Favia, whom he'd first met in London when he was young, and even the way she addressed her was similar...

Paracelsus pondered for a moment. Perhaps it was a case of atavism in their descendants? After all, there hadn't been much news of Favia and Baobhan Sith since they set sail years ago. It seemed they had reached a new continent called the Americas, and then one of their descendants came to Japan? And incidentally became the ancestors of Manazuru Chitose?

Indeed, if he were a descendant of the Prototype of the Fifth Sun, it would be quite natural for him to summon Lucius to become the Holy Grail War.

The Alchemy, thinking of this, unconsciously curled the corners of his mouth slightly.

"Caster, I—"

The Alchemy, regaining his senses, snapped his fingers lightly, and the test tube suddenly transformed back into a lively Siamese cat, leaping onto the visitor.

"Today, the treatment room is offering a special selection of Water of Honesty and Memory Macaron. Eating them will allow you to recite your first love's diary entries and your innermost thoughts from that time to the third person you meet."

An explosion suddenly erupted from the examination room, plaster dust rained down from the Ceiling, and Nightingale's furious roar pierced through the soundproof walls, "How many times have I told you! You're not allowed to summon your Noble Phantasm while I'm thinking and waiting!"

"Ding-dong--"

Erice, possessed by Novia, tiptoed and rang the doorbell of the consultation room, quietly waiting for the automatic door to open.

After obtaining the psychological treatment report on Alexander VI from Paracelsus, the two now roughly understood the current situation.

Alexander VI's Master is Old Humanity, a Magecraft named Yagai Yukinobu. This Magecraft suffered from Servant phobia after witnessing his family's Servant massacre in the Tokyo area, one of the many Holy Grail War.

The idea that a Magecraft would undergo psychological counseling because his family was slaughtered by Servant is indeed unbelievable at first glance. After all, most Magecraft in the Nasuverse are born with family ties, and those who value family are a very small minority. Calling them an anomaly wouldn't be an exaggeration.

However, unlike Erice, Novia thought it was normal. This wasn't an unfounded belief, but rather because of the name 'Yagai Yukinobu,' which indicated someone who valued family and clan.

The Yagai are a family from the Japan family in "The Great Adventure of Lord El-Melloi II". The Magecraft they use is the local Japan "Divine Body Inheritance", which is to devour the Flesh fragments of the Deity Divine Body Inheritance down in the family or the mystical world, thereby obtaining the god's power to drive Magecraft.

From Minamoto no Raikō Uesugi Kenshin, the incarnation of Bishamonten born from his mother's consumption of an impure Buddha bone, their origins lie in this traditional Japan Magecraft system.

However, due to the scarcity of 'Divine Body', and because they could not compete with the widespread dissemination of Thought Magecraft and Western Magecraft, by the 21st century, only eight Divine Body remained in Japan. The Divine Body of the Yagai Ling Xiu of Kunitsukami, the son-in- Susanoo-no-Mikoto, and the Ōkuninushi of Amatsukami.

Incidentally, the Yagai possesses swordsmanship originating from the Four Exorcist Families. This swordsmanship was used by Yagai Yukinobu during the Second Great Adventure. He is a once-in-a-millennium genius of the Yagai, capable of walking in the air at the age of six. Among Japan Magecraft, the ability to fly is considered proof of Rishi.

And although it was summer when she was born, it was snowing around her, which is also one of the origins of her name.

Yagai Yukinobu, the 'special' son of the Yagai, who was born only once every thousand years and was given high hopes.

"Utsumi Erice?"

The moment the automatic door opened, the towering Nightingale stood in the doorway, her sharp, blood-red eyes seeming to devour the small Erice.

"Come in."

The moment the silver-haired Erice entered, she saw Blackbeard being tied to a circular chair designed in the shape of an ouroboros, kicking around, with an LCD screen above his head displaying 'Excessive obsession with his Master's figurine: 97% cure rate'.

Shakespeare was scribbling furiously in his medical record. "Ah! What a magnificent tragedy! The cursed pirate falls in love with his Master summons him..."

"Don't run!"

Nightingale's Axe struck the examination table, and flying sawdust grazed Alexander VI's Pope.

The old Pope had originally planned to use his Was Scepter to hook the curtains and try to escape through the window, but after being stopped, he suddenly launched the Was Scepter forward, pointing it directly at Erice's forehead. "Did those unfilial brats of the Borgia family send you to collect their corpses? Tell them, I haven't fallen so low as to need brats to clean up my mess!"

The lights in the examination room suddenly blazed on, Nightingale threw her Axe to block the oncoming Was Scepter.

At this point, Shakespeare, not one to shy away from stirring things up, exclaimed, "Behold! The Pope, the most shameless martyr of the Holy Grail War! This fateful entrance should be accompanied by the drumbeats of Macbeth!"

"Patient Luo--"

Before Nightingale could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Erice, a silver-haired woman who had squatted down and picked up the Was Scepter.

"Did you use the same tone to threaten informers when you were distributing condoms in Florence in 1498?"

"Those are new types of Indulgences!"

A holographic Projection unfolded behind Alexander VI, displaying yellowed Church ledgers. "Look closely! The price of thirty silver coins per box corresponds exactly to the price Judas paid for betraying Jesus. What a brilliant metaphor—"

An eerie silence fell over the examination room. Nightingale silently picked up the Axe, and Shakespeare's quill automatically wrote the script of "The Passion of the Pope" on the medical record. Paracelsus, who had been listening to all this in the reception Hall, revealed the words "Good luck" in the test tube.

Because the AI Mosaic City Rome had long hoped that the AI of Shinjuku would continue to publish Alexander VI's medical records, in other words, that these words would be publicly disseminated in Rome, a city dominated by Church Servant and Faith. It could be said that Alexander VI and his children would likely be labeled as dangerous elements by the AI of Rome for the rest of their lives.

At the same time, the silver-haired girl closed her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and to outsiders, she seemed to be suppressing unbearable tension.

But for Erice, who knew the Demon King, she knew that he was definitely trying not to laugh.

Erice thought for a moment.

That's true. Although it's a mistranslation, this guy is widely known in the world as the Demon King, and since he's the Demon King, he wouldn't be interested in the Church.

After all, people's perceptions can rewrite the Heroic Spirit seated on the throne. The throne is not based on the most authentic aspect, but rather on what people perceive as the most authentic aspect, which allows it to manifest and be summoned.

Immediately afterwards, in Erice's eyes, the Demon King controlled her body was stroking the dent on the Was Scepter with his fingertips.

October 31, 1517, Piazza del Duomo, central Rome.

Novia uttered a whisper powerful enough to make Alexander VI tremble, and walked step by step toward Alexander VI.

"Before you engaged in your world-renowned Theological Debate with Martin Luther, your body was already uncontrollably turning towards becoming Dead Apostle."

Alexander VI's pupils contracted sharply.

How could this child know this information? The only one who clearly knows is Giuliano. Could it be that Julius II is with this child? No, there's absolutely no connection to the Church; it couldn't be him.

"After losing the debate, you died suddenly one day under pressure. Later generations believed that you accidentally poisoned someone."

Erice knelt down and gently placed the restored Was Scepter in his hand. "Your assistant recorded: Your mouth was foaming like a kettle on a stove. His body swelled up like an inflating balloon, its width soon equaling its length. Finally, it burst, each hole emitting a sulfurous stench—this was because you single-handedly raided the Cursecaster of Istanbul, only to be struck by a collective Cursecraft during your retreat."

As is well known, Western Magecraft and Thought Magecraft are the two major poles in the world, while the ancient Cursecraft originating in the Middle East once had the potential to become the third pole, but ultimately declined because it lacked a clear academic system and could not be learned or spread.

While the rise of the Ottoman Empire threatened Europe security, its domestic Cursecraft organizations also threatened the Clock Tower's position. However, at that time, the Three Great Nobles of the Clock Tower, in order to compete for power with El-Melloi, joined forces with Fa Guo to attack El-Melloi's ally, the Holy Church, leading to the Avignon Papacy.

But before the Three Great Nobles could even revel in their triumph, the rapid rise of the Ottoman Empire brought them no joy. Thus, the Church, which had ended the Avignon Papacy, became the front line. To prevent the Ottoman Empire from breaching their defenses, the Three Great Nobles and El-Melloi continuously provided the Church with financial support.

The fear was that one day these despicable Pope would lead the Church to abandon Rome and flee to other places, causing the Europe front to fall and leading to the Ottoman Empire, which worshipped Cursecraft, sweeping across Europe.

"You..."

Alexander VI frowned slightly. "This is something even Cesare and Lucrezia don't know..."

Nightingale suddenly held Axe between the two. "Explain."

"During the Holy Grail War in a certain place fourteen years ago."

Through Erice, Novia reveals some details from the past of Alexander VI's Master, which she absorbed from the girl's instinct for death. "The Yagai was not indifferent to the Holy Grail War, which could lead directly to the Root; they also participated, and the participant was Yagai Yukinobu."

Alexander VI suddenly fell silent as a corpse, while Shakespeare frantically carved 'the untold stories' on the wall.

Generally speaking, Master can dream about their Servant's past, but the reverse is practically impossible. As for Utsumi Erice's 'death' instinct allowing her to recall memories, this is probably because her mother was Izanami from Japan, the Goddess of the Yomi. In a sense, Erice, having lost her memories of Tokyo, has also lost her divinity...

Of course, Novia himself also played a part, as his relationship with Typhon had already deteriorated to the point of inappropriate contact.

"Those with Divine Body were naturally invincible in that Holy Grail War, after all, it was the Ōkuninushi was regarded as a supreme god."

In the Nasuverse, there is an ancient Dragon-Bull Conflict. The Babylon King of Heroes slew the Bull of Heaven, thus establishing his kingdom; in Greece, Zeus and Typhon clashed; and in Japan—

The origin of Ōkuninushi is that of Chiyou, a cow-type deity, and also of Typhon Dragon Kind deity. In addition, the Ōkuninushi is sometimes considered to be the same as Great Serpent Yamata no Orochi or Ōnamuchi, who is regarded as Kuchinawa 'snake'.

The existence of God is so profound that, according to a long history and transmission, the killer and the killed sometimes merge together.

"You brat, you're really annoying. Watch out, or you might get beaten to death by someone who doesn't like you..."

Alexander VI said with a crooked mouth.

This should be the correct Answer.

As a 'despicable Pope's who used real evil deeds to help the Church rise again as much as possible after the Avignon Papacy, Alexander VI naturally understood that the Master who summoned him by affinity was someone who 'would do what he felt was meaningful, even if it meant doing evil.'

If that's the case, then that's enough.

Without needing to ask too many questions, people who are similar can understand each other's thoughts with just a glance.

However, the Holy Grail interpreted this interaction as proof of a psychological Obstruction.

"During that Holy Grail War, just before it ended, he killed Yagai Yukinobu's wife, two daughters, mother, and the Yagai Family— "

Novia gently touched the Was Scepter that Alexander VI held tightly with her fingertips.

"Not Servant, but Yagai Yukinobu himself, who pierced the Spirit Core of the Ōkuninushi he summoned in order to relinquish his own 'specialness'."

Chapter 470 Am I the father (mother) of Yamata no Orochi Great Serpent?

The area surrounding Marseille Mosaic City in Japan is a wasteland.

Because during the height of the Holy Grail War that swept the globe, a single soldier could possess more than 10,000 Drone.

From tiny insects to large passenger planes that are unmanned or semi-autonomous, flying around the battlefield, Drone can swim in water. Naturally, there are also Drone that disguise themselves as marine life to launch self-destruct attacks on submarines. Therefore, in naval warfare, drones may even indiscriminately attack any approaching shadowy fish in self-defense.

The drones they Drone were mostly semi-permanent in lifespan, and for a period after the war, the removal of the remaining Drone resulted in numerous casualties.

On one hand, this is also one of the reasons why aircraft cannot appear in the skies of the New Era. Even crossing the ocean is an extremely dangerous activity, because marine life has been basically wiped out by Drone. A slight mistake could cause secondary disasters for these creatures that are patrolling the Leyline.

Therefore, communication currently relies entirely on the abilities of the City AI in various Marseille Mosaic City and individual Servant. However, most New Humanity are unwilling to leave their City to explore the outside world due to past wars. To some extent, New Humanity have obtained the 'immortality' that Old Humanity dreamed of, but they have also lost their motivation.

Just as the Moon Landing is considered an impossible myth, even when New Humanity see images of old airplanes online, they subconsciously think of them as mythical creatures.

In contrast to the New Humanity who are unwilling to leave, Old Humanity who experienced the Holy Grail War prefer to live in the wasteland rather than stay in the City, even though they too were chosen by the Holy Grail and adapted to Servant.

There is a mountain on the outskirts of Shinjuku.

On the parched and cracked earth, the lush forests in the mountains seemed to cover the sky.

In the heart of the mountain stands a massive mansion so dark it looks as if it's been painted. To one side of the entrance, several tall buildings are visible, undoubtedly constructed long ago.

"This is where my Master is. He's basically always at home except when he's visiting graves."

"No, this is just an entrance."

Novia, using Erice's body, answered Alexander VI, who was leading the way, "This mountain itself is the true Yagai."

I don't come here very often.

Alexander VI nodded. "However, considering its size and related history, this should be considered a rather excellent Bounded Field."

After Novia recounted the past of Master Alexander VI Yagai Yukinobu, in the examination room, he asked Nightingale to let him borrow the old Pope for a while to help him complete his psychological treatment. The nurse thought about it for a moment and then agreed. The two then went to the location of Yagai.

"Indeed, after all, they are distant relatives of the Ryougi Family."

"Borgia, the little girl you brought seems to know our house quite well."

Just as Novia was speaking using Erice's voice, the door to the Yagai opened slowly by itself, without even needing to knock or ring the doorbell.

Then, dozens of Humanoid dolls stood side by side on both sides of the road, all dressed in black Suit and black ties, with different photos on their heads, representing men, women, young and old; among the motionless dolls, a person took a step behind them.