That was the Lehrmann Family's rumored technique of polishing jewels into Mystic Eyes...
"Forget it. Let's just go with these people and summarize the situation."
Shirou naturally took command of the scene. Even though he had the lowest status of everyone present, no one objected.
Even Olga-Marie, the proud young lady, did the same... Instead, she cast Shirou an expectant, sparkling gaze.
"What is the Child of Einnashe?"
After Shirou asked that, the atmosphere around them changed.
"Einnashe..."
Olga-Marie explained.
"As the name suggests, it is a thinking, predatory forest.
"Its origin lies in a Dead Apostle created when the corpse of the seventh of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors—once a magus transformed into a Dead Apostle—was devoured by vampiric plants after its death.
"It replaced its master as a new Ancestor: a bloodthirsty forest almost akin to a Phantasmal Beast."
Even vampiric plants could become Ancestors?
Shirou was at a loss for words, though he had secretly encountered a young lady vampire resembling a man-eating flower just last night.
"The inside of Einnashe is an extradimensional space much like an 'Inherent Barrier.' Legend says that once every few centuries, a scarlet fruit grows on the great tree at the center of the forest.
"That fruit is precisely why humans gather in the demonic forest. There is an untrustworthy legend claiming that whoever eats it will gain eternal youth."
"Einnashe appears roughly once every fifty years, attacking the humans who gather there and using its immense magical energy to ripen the fruit deep within.
"During its last manifestation, Einnashe was destroyed by an assassin sent by the Church and reclaimed as an 'Origin.'"
"What? It was already killed?"
Shirou asked, "Then is the Child of Einnashe a remaining fragment that wasn't completely destroyed?"
Olga-Marie shook her head. "They say that fully ripened