In the Einzbern Family castle, Irisviel suddenly felt an enormous surge of magical energy merge into her body, and a pained expression appeared on her face.
"Another Servant has been eliminated?"
"This time, was it Lancer?"
Sensing the magical energy flowing into her body, Irisviel glanced at Artoria. Only after confirming that Artoria had not noticed her did she slowly let out a sigh of relief.
In the Holy Grail War, the final victor could make a wish upon the Holy Grail.
However, the Holy Grail required a vessel in order to descend.
The Einzbern Family was tasked with providing that vessel for the Holy Grail.
The original Holy Grail, the Greater Holy Grail, was a human universe created by dismantling and magically transmuting the magic circuits of Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern, the Winter Saint herself.
As a vessel connecting the Root, the Hall of Heroes, and the Third Magic, it was impossible for the Greater Holy Grail to appear directly in the Human World.
Thus, in order to achieve their goal and open a path to the Root, the Einzbern Family used Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern, the Winter Saint, as a model to produce similar homunculi.
The appearance of the Winter Saint had itself been a miracle.
Although the Einzbern Family later created many homunculi using the same method, none of them could reach the level of the Winter Saint.
Fortunately, through the Einzbern Family's research, these imitations, while inferior to the Winter Saint, still possessed some of her abilities.
Namely, they could temporarily preserve the souls of Servants. Once they had stored enough Servant souls, they could establish a connection with the Greater Holy Grail and descend as its vessel.
Therefore, every homunculus created by the Einzbern Family in imitation of the Winter Saint was also called a