"...So, Miss Olga Marie, you actually don't know what's going on with you? No, I should say none of you know, right?"
Lord El-Melloi II said.
"Mm... I've actually been investigating why Lord abandoned Olga Marie all this time..."
Trisha was at a loss now as well, so she simply laid out the whole situation.
"So this is why you came... no, why you came here in the first place?"
Lord El-Melloi II asked.
"I merely took advantage of the situation. I conducted some investigations as things developed... but never mind that for now—what exactly is going on with Miss?"
Trisha was more concerned about that.
"It is probably related to the Astronomy Department's—no, the Animusphere family's research. A magus has only one goal: the Root. If that is the case, some things become easy to understand." Lord El-Melloi II said. "Though I don't know the exact circumstances, Olga Marie was most likely born in order to reach the Root. To magi, sometimes even their own children are nothing more than tools."
"...Just as expected of you." Trisha sighed. "That's right. Seven years ago, Lord commissioned a person without a heart to investigate the Holy Grail War. The final conclusion was—the Greater Grail could not grant wishes."
"Actually, it can..."
Irena muttered.
Then she noticed that everyone around her was looking at her.
"...Because there's 'Magic' inside the Greater Grail..." Irena said innocently.
"And how did you know that?" Lord El-Melloi II pressed.
"I'm a Witch!" Irena felt that this was perfectly normal. "Though your Magic is kind of weird, it's still Magic."
Irena said.
"Magic... Einzbern... Wait?! Could it be... the Third Magic?!"
The Third Magic.
Materialization of the soul.
One of The Three Families was the Einzbern family... There was practically no need to say more.
—It had