"Pain Breaker"

Returning to the Hall of Heroes, Uchiha Iori walked straight toward Medea.

"Miss Medea, if I may be so bold, is your Noble Phantasm of the healing variety?" Iori asked, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Heroic Spirits are peculiar existences; the same individual can manifest in multiple different forms within this space.

The self in youth, the self in middle age, the self in old age—they possess different experiences and skills, yet they are one and the same existence.

They manifest in different states depending on the specific circumstances.

And depending on the actual form manifested, the Noble Phantasms and skills possessed by the Heroic Spirit will differ.

In legend, Medea was the daughter of Aeetes, King of Colchis in Greece.

She was the granddaughter of Helios the Sun God and a priestess of Hecate, the Goddess of Magic.

Because of the goddess Aphrodite, Medea was cursed to fall in love with Jason, the leader of the Argo.

While fleeing abroad with Jason, she committed the atrocity of hacking her own brother into pieces and scattering his remains into the sea to trap her father's pursuing ship, earning her the scornful title of "Witch."

In the lore of the Type-Moon world, after Jason returned home, Medea used magic to kill the uncle who had usurped the throne.

After Jason fell in love with another, she killed Jason's mistress and her own two children before driving away.

Although in past animations Medea appeared in her adult form, wielding a Noble Phantasm called Rule Breaker, which is an anti-energy Noble Phantasm.

However, in the game Fate/Grand Order, Medea (Lily), who manifests in her maiden form, possesses a Noble Phantasm with powerful healing effects.

"Yes, if you need it, Mr. Iori, please copy it. It would be wonderful if I could be of help."

Medea (Lily) smiled sweetly; Medea, still training in the Temple of Hecate, was not yet the Betrayer Witch she would become.

Young and innocent, she held warmth and trust for everyone.

"Thank you, Medea. Is there anything you need my help with? If there is, please be sure to tell me."

Iori said gratefully. The Heroic Spirits in the Hall of Heroes had helped him many times, yet they had never asked for anything in return.

Iori hoped he could do something for them.

Medea (Lily) was slightly stunned, then said happily, "If it's not too much trouble, please collect some recipes unique to other worlds for me. It would be even better if they were for desserts."

"Sweet treats are symbols of friendship. Because most people, once they eat a sweet, will no longer be angry or sad."

"At your service, my lady."

Uchiha Iori performed a somewhat unauthentic European bow, which made Medea giggle.

Afterward, Iori hesitated for a moment before asking:

"Miss Medea, it is said that you possess all the memories of your life. How do you feel about your later experiences?"

He had once pondered the relationship between himself and his past life, but found it meaningless; philosophical speculation offered no help to his situation at the time.

Medea (Lily) fell into deep thought for a moment, a flash of complex emotion crossing her eyes.

"Hmm, it's like watching a play. Although I know it is my own life and I understand this is my future, I have no real sense of it."

"To be honest, I can't imagine that I would become such a terrifying woman in the future."

Her voice carried a hint of sadness; the young girl feared her future self, and she feared her own future.

Iori had no way to answer this question; the past of a Heroic Spirit was already set in stone.

After a long silence, Iori said to Medea:

"If one day I am able to bring people out of the Hall of Heroes, I hope to become your partner."

Medea (Lily) smiled, her eyes sparkling with the light of hope. "Then I shall look forward to the arrival of that day."

Iori exchanged greetings with the other Heroic Spirits in the hall and hurried away, rushing to treat his teacher.

Medea (Lily) watched his departing figure, lost in memory.

Returning to the present world, Iori began to recall the specific details of the Noble Phantasm.

Pain Breaker

Rank: C

Type: Anti-Magic Noble Phantasm

Pain Breaker. A healing Noble Phantasm that acts as the counterpart to the Rule Breaker used by the Caster-class Medea. It can reset all curses and damage caused by magecraft to zero.

Pain Breaker is not a manipulation of time, but an automatic repair performed by calculating the original state.

To those who do not understand its mysteries, it may appear as if time is being reversed. It can break various unreasonable existences other than "death," but it cannot resurrect the dead.

The incantation is: "I hope... for a world that does not hurt others, and is not hurt by others... Pain Breaker!"

What a gentle child. How could she ever become like that in the future?

Iori thought to himself. Recalling her future fate, his disgust for the Greek gods deepened even further.

[What is the original state of this calculation supposed to be? Don't tell me I have to learn how to heal myself; is it just an accelerator?]

Uchiha Iori felt a headache coming on and rubbed his temples, feeling as though he had just been saddled with another learning task.

Returning to the medical tent, Rin Nohara curiously leaned in, staring at the staff in his hand as she asked, "What is that long staff in your hand? It looks quite magnificent."

Uchiha Iori smiled faintly. "Oh, this is a special Spirit Tool template I acquired. A while back, I received the blessing of the Uchiha clan's ancestors, granting me the ability to replicate Spirit Tools for a short time using Yin Release."

After some deliberation, Uchiha Iori decided to attribute his Projection Magecraft ability to the ancestors of the Uchiha clan.

He described the Noble Phantasm as a Spirit Tool similar to the Totsuka Blade and the Yata Mirror; after all, if Uchiha Itachi could possess Spirit Tools, why couldn't he?

Don't ask—if you do, the answer is ancestral blessing. Ask again, and it's the thousand-year heritage of the Uchiha clan; you peasants wouldn't understand a thing.

"So, what kind of abilities does this staff have?" Others gathered around, filled with curiosity.

A Spirit Tool—they had only ever heard of them, and no one had truly seen one. They were even more mysterious than the Six Paths Tools, so everyone's curiosity was piqued.

Minato Namikaze and the others passing by also stopped in their tracks, their gazes fixed firmly on the long staff in Uchiha Iori's hand.

During the battles against the Land of Lightning, they had heard Cloud ninjas mention that they once possessed the Six Paths Tools.

But those had been lost to time. Now that they had the chance to witness a Spirit Tool even rarer than the Six Paths Tools, they were eager to see it for themselves.

Seeing more and more people gathering around, Uchiha Iori felt a bit overwhelmed.

[This is my first time projecting PainBreaker. What if the effect isn't good?]

Looking at the crowd and their expectant eyes, Uchiha Iori felt a prickle of anxiety.

[No choice, I have to push through. Focus, give it my all.]

"I hope... for a world where no one hurts others, and no one is hurt by others... PainBreaker!"

A wave of warm light radiated from the staff, falling upon the wounds of Gekko Nobuhiko and the others, causing their injuries to heal rapidly within the glow.

The surrounding ninjas watched in stunned silence, their eyes filled with amazement and admiration.

"So incredible. The effect is even better than the Mystical Palm Technique; perhaps only Lady Tsunade could achieve this."

Rin Nohara exclaimed in wonder. In her eyes, the efficiency of this healing was on par with the legendary medical master, Tsunade.

"I cannot compare to Lady Tsunade," Uchiha Iori said modestly. He discovered that the healing effect and the energy consumption depended on the severity of the patient's injuries and his own knowledge.

For minor wounds or external injuries he knew how to treat, the healing was fast and the consumption low. However, for internal injuries he didn't know how to treat, the healing was slow and the consumption was massive.

[It seems I will need to learn some medical knowledge in the future,] Uchiha Iori sighed, lamenting in his heart.

[It really is the era of the 'hexagonal warrior' now. If only I had a system to cheat with. Deep Blue, add points!]