Irena said this.
Hephaestion, meanwhile, fell into a delicate silence.
"I already asked the train and got the details." On the other side, Lord El-Melloi II spoke as well. "Among the Mystic Eyes being auctioned on the train, the highest grade was only Jewel-class. The rumors of Rainbow-class Mystic Eyes were merely rumors. But was that really true?"
"..." Dr. Heartless fell silent.
"—That stone itself was actually a decoy too, wasn't it?" Lord El-Melloi II continued pressing him. "Which brings us to another question: why did you kill Trisha?"
"Oh? You really did peel back the layers." After his initial surprise, Dr. Heartless became frank.
"According to the information I have, Trisha had been investigating the Holy Grail War. That was connected to a series of murders seven years ago. Wasn't this simply silencing her?" Hishiri Adashino had been pursuing the case all along, so she knew it well.
"That's right, but the question is, 'why at this moment'?" Lord El-Melloi II said. "Olga Marie and Trisha had many reasons for coming to the Mystic Eye Collection Train, but ultimately, the most direct impetus was that 'Trisha saw a Rainbow-class Mystic Eye'..."
"—!!!" Everyone froze for a moment.
"No way?!"
Hishiri Adashino was stunned.
Could the legendary Rainbow-class Mystic Eye really exist?!
"Well, that was actually a recent discovery." Dr. Heartless did not hide it. "At first, I merely intended to use that thing as a medium to bring forth the concept of the Age of Gods. The 'Holy Grail' was both a decoy and an alternative plan. The key was that material from the outside world could become a 'passage.' But after the plan began, I discovered that the entire concept of the 'Age of Gods' could be incorporated into it. That 'stone' could even contain the concept