"Wait—" At this point, Trisha spoke again. "When all is said and done, something like a 'Phantom Spirit' shouldn't even be possible, right? It's not even a Heroic Spirit."
"Ah, that's right," Irena said. "But Captain Nemo is an exception. So there's no problem."
"An exception...?"
Trisha seemed to be pondering something.
Lord El-Melloi II understood, though.
What Irena said could not exactly be called wrong, but it was indeed difficult to comprehend in terms of magecraft.
"There are actually other ways to summon Phantom Spirits... but let's leave that aside. We won't need them here."
Phantom Spirits generally could not be summoned on their own, but as long as they were not summoned alone... then it would work, wouldn't it?
Besides that, there were other methods.
But those were beside the point. For the client, such overly "spoiler-heavy" content was unwelcome as well.
—Forcing spoilers gets your pay docked!
"Then, I'm starting now~"
The Magic Circle began to glow.
Unusual colors began to appear within the carriage.
"No need for an incantation. Anyway, I'll borrow it for now and return it later. Borrow and return, and borrowing again is easy~"
Irena muttered something under her breath.
Then, lights appeared before Irena. The entire Magic Circle began to expand, eventually enveloping the whole space.
"So... it worked?" Lord El-Melloi II had summoned Heroic Spirits before, but Irena's actions were truly rather strange.
"Mm, more or less. I overlaid the Nautilus onto the Rail Zeppelin. If I had to classify it, it should be Rider. But this Rider is a counterfeit."
"Rider..."
Lord El-Melloi II fell silent.
There was only one person Lord El-Melloi II associated with the title Rider.
That was Iskandar.
"Anyway, the Master of this false 'Rider' is the Rail Zeppelin itself. The Rail Zeppelin isn't a person,