The Girls' Reactions / The Holy Grail Ritual and Personas

After all, the existence of a parallel world version of himself and that Emiya was the first step that led to the appearance of the Heroic Spirit Emiya.

Therefore, when Emiya from another world obtains a Blank Heroic Spirit Card from Sakura, he receives a response from "himself".

Then this power came to this world with Miyu, which is why those scattered Heroic Spirit Card appeared, attracting them to collect them.

Thinking about the red and black outfit the other person was wearing as the Phantasmal Summoning, Tohsaka Rin did feel a sense of familiarity with the other person's back view for a moment.

The other party is unlikely to lie about these things.

"However, the Master and the Clock Tower only detected a total of 7 abnormal Mana fluctuations, but why did they say there were 8 cards in the diary? Could it be that we missed something?"

Tohsaka Rin frowned as she pondered.

However, the most crucial point is to figure out exactly what the situation is like in Miyu's world.

Why did it lead to destruction?

Connecting this to what the other party mentioned in their Diary earlier, "that world is about to be destroyed," and it seems that both Miyu and Illya have the ability to sacrifice themselves to save that world.

The general idea is that Miyu has a special constitution, which caught the eye of a force that wants to save the world, leading to the Holy Grail War.

As a result of Emiya's intervention in that world, he became the winner of the Holy Grail War and even sent Miyu to this world in the end.

Then, a few months later, the people of that world found a way to cross over and reclaim Miyu.

In order to save Miyu, Illya chooses to exile herself and travel to the past thousands of years ago to rewrite the history of that world.

Tohsaka Rin was able to piece together the general situation, but what changes had occurred in between that led to the current state of affairs?

No matter what, she has to figure it out.

Chapter 331: The Girls' Reactions

Tohsaka Rin was quite clever; she knew she couldn't reveal the Diary.

To explain his intelligence, he said that he noticed Miyu's expression was a bit off after seeing the boy who suddenly appeared last night. So when the group met the next day to discuss the next battle plan, he took the initiative to ask Miyu if she had seen the boy before.

In response, Miyu stammered and couldn't quite explain why she felt a sense of familiarity with that red figure.

Seeing Miyu's vague attitude, Tohsaka Rin took the opportunity to ask about Miyu and Illya's backgrounds again, since they had known each other for so long but still didn't know each other's family situations. She even started from Miyu's side.

She was the first to reveal that she was originally from Fuyuki City, but after her parents died ten years ago, she realized the chaos in the Japanese magic world and simply disposed of all her family property in Fuyuki City before going to the Clock Tower. She hasn't returned to Fuyuki City for several years.

Then, she took the opportunity to reveal Luvia's identity. Of course, this time she didn't embellish Luvia's family background; she simply stated the truth about her situation naturally.

Even Luvia, who was standing to the side, proudly raised her head after hearing that Tohsaka Rin hadn't said anything wrong, indicating that she wouldn't argue with her this time.

Next, on Illya's side, the innocent Illya obediently revealed her family situation under Tohsaka Rin's prompting.

His father Kiritsugu Emiya, and mother Irisviel, spent long periods of their honeymoons abroad and rarely returned home.

She was cared for by two maids who were like older sisters at home, namely Sella and Leysritt.

In addition, her parents adopted a boy named Shirou Emiya 10 years ago, when she was just born, who had become an orphan due to an accident.

When Illya was explaining her family situation, Miyu didn't react much when she talked about other people.

Only when the name Shirou Emiya was mentioned did Miyu seem momentarily dazed, as if she was very sensitive to this name.

Later, when talking about her family background, she only briefly mentioned that she was adopted, but had a good relationship with her brother. However, due to some reasons, she lost her brother a few years after her adoptive father passed away, and became an orphan again.

Next, he thanked Luvia for adopting him and reiterated that he would do his best to help Luvia collect Heroic Spirit Card.

These words brought tears to Illya's eyes, and Luvia was deeply moved.

Tohsaka Rin witnessed all of this, and after asking about these matters and confirming that Miyu was indeed unwilling to reveal her truth, she approached Luvia after everything was over and told her arch-enemy about her "discovery".

As for Luvia, although she may not have heard of the existence of a Magicians killer like Kiritsugu Emiya before, he did leave many traces in the already chaotic magic world when Kiritsugu Emiya active.

She could get accurate answers to these questions by simply asking the butler who had accompanied her to Fuyuki City.

She hadn't thought she'd need to stay here for long, since it was just a card-collecting mission that would only take half a month at most.

At the same time, she doesn't like to pry into other people's backgrounds. As long as someone is useful to her, she is willing to give them the corresponding trust.

Especially for a little girl like Miyu, who is around 10 years old, there is even less of a threat in her eyes.

Despite some doubts about Miyu's sudden appearance and selection by Sapphire, Luvia had agreed to a set of rules with her.

Without investigating Miyu's past identity and background, Miyu collects those Heroic Spirit Cards for her, while Luvia is responsible for providing Miyu with accommodation and food.

Luvia naturally had no objections.

Even after witnessing Miyu's abilities, she thought that after things were over here, she could bring Miyu back to the Clock Tower, so that her family could have a new vassal family in the future.

As for Miyu's past, for a Magicians, there's really nothing to care about.

It wasn't until Tohsaka Rin raised her question that Luvia sensed something was amiss.

"Until 10 years ago, the Holy Grail War was still being held in Fuyuki City, but everything was ended 10 years ago by that Magicians killer. And the three families that held the Holy Grail War back then have almost all disappeared."

Tohsaka Rin pointed to herself. "I am the only one left in the Tohsaka family. The Matou family has completely lost its hope of becoming Magicians. The Einzbern family was wiped out by that Magicians assassin."

"I can only learn some information about the Holy Grail War and the three starter families from the documents left at home."

She recounted what she knew about the Einzbern family's attempt to Kiritsugu Emiya, which resulted in their defeat and death, as well as the family's inherited homunculus magic and their long-cherished wish, before shifting the topic to Illya.

Actually, these documents had always been kept in her suitcase, but she hadn't looked at them for a long time.

After all, ten years ago, the Holy Grail War was forcibly ended by the enemy before it even fully began, thanks to the actions of Kiritsugu Emiya.

As a result, the three families of Fuyuki City, who were unwilling to surrender, paid a heavy price and almost disappeared into the dust of history.

With the three starter families no longer in charge, the Holy Grail Ritual has been sealed away, making it virtually impossible for a new Holy Grail War to occur in Fuyuki City in the future.

It was seeing these things mentioned in her diary that made her think of staying up late last night to review and organize these precious documents left by the Tohsaka family.

Compared to her somewhat naive self as a child, she now has a much deeper understanding of these materials after several years of study at the Clock Tower.

"If Illya is truly a member of the Einzbern family, then it's not surprising that she was chosen by the Ruby. If I'm not mistaken, she may have originally been created as a vessel for the Holy Grail for the future Holy Grail War, but after the Holy Grail War ended, she was sealed and allowed to grow up as an ordinary girl."

"You should have noticed that although Illya looks very ordinary, she does have some amazing Magic Circuit in her body. However, these Magic Circuit are blocked. If it weren't for the help of the ruby, those Magic Circuit in her body might never be activated again in this lifetime."

"Similarly, Miyu also has a similar situation, with blocked Magic Circuit, but she also has quite amazing talent, almost comparable to Illya, who is the vessel of the Holy Grail. So she will also be noticed by Sapphire at the same time."

"But at least there are clues to follow with Illya, and Miyu has similar issues. Don't you think there's something very strange about this?"

"Especially since the other party also appeared after the Heroic Spirit Card appeared in Fuyuki City, and after being chosen, they showed a very strong adaptability to the Heroic Spirit Card. I even have a feeling that these cards may come from the same place Miyu."

"Perhaps this is the real reason why the Master sent us here to investigate."

Before that, they needed to complete the collection tasks assigned to them by the Master, so they didn't have the time to think about so many other miscellaneous things.

But the situation is different now. The sudden appearance of Miyauchi Hiyage, who possesses power far exceeding their own, means they can no longer simply collect cards as before.

He has already taken the two Heroic Spirit Cards, and whether the other party will return them in Luvia is still unknown.

Under such circumstances, it is still very necessary to first understand the internal situation.

Now that Tohsaka Rin has mentioned the abnormalities of Illya Miyu, Luvia only thought for a moment before nodding and indicating that she would go and confirm this information with Miyu as soon as possible.

That's enough to talk about these things.

Although Tohsaka Rin has always disliked Luvia, she also knows that Luvia is not stupid.

She's already made herself clear, and I believe Luvia can deduce the truth from Miyu's reaction.

Only through open and honest communication can both sides better address the crises that may arise in the future world of Miyu.

The owners of the second diary are still scattered, but they are quite concerned about the diary that Miyauchi Hiyage updated at three or four in the morning today.

Besides the Holy Grail Ritual that can summon historical and even future heroic spirits, they also kept the small city of Fuyuki City in their hearts.

A pink-haired girl Momo, who had only recently arrived on Earth and was still studying Earth's customs and culture, as well as secretly applying for Aliens temporary residence permit, sat on the coastline of Morioh, holding her Diary and softly murmuring to herself.

"I've already seen Morioh. I didn't expect this place to actually activate the Deviluke family's power within me. It seems I really need to tell my sisters about these Alien Meteorite. However, this kind of thing must be done in secret, and Father can't find out."

As the third princess of the Deviluke Empire, the girl knew how volatile her father's temper was. If he discovered that there was a mysterious meteorite on this planet that could even activate the bloodline of the Deviluke people, he would probably lead his army to Earth the very next day.

It wasn't until she personally came to Earth that she, with her Deviluke royal bloodline, could sense the oppressive force this seemingly ordinary planet exerted on them, the outsiders, after entering the solar system.

"So this is what Voldemort was talking about in his diary, the consciousness and restraint of the planet. It really is a special power that can't be seen anywhere else."

And then there are the extraordinary power systems that have spontaneously arisen in this world. She won't let her father take action against this planet until she understands everything.

"We've pretty much finished exploring Morioh. Let's go check out Fuyuki City later. The Holy Grail Ritual looks really interesting."

"And there should also be a girl there with Diary; you'd probably have a lot to talk about with her."

The girl suppressed the urge to wag her tail wildly.

This is Earth after all, and these Earthlings don't have tails, so we should still exercise some restraint.

On the other side.

"What a mess! What is all this stuff? Magic, heroic spirits, parallel worlds, and the legendary King Arthur—was he a woman?"

After her parents passed away, Ayase Momo, a girl who was raised in a shrine by the shrine maiden who adopted her, looked at the Diary that had suddenly appeared in front of her almost a month ago and made this comment.

Although this thing is indeed very magical, even her grandmother, who claims to be a top-level Spirit Medium, could not detect its existence.

But she only considered what was written in this thing as a way to pass the time.

The contents were mostly irrelevant to her, consisting of random gossip and light novels she hadn't read.

Although she wanted to verify it, she wasn't completely tired of her current life.

If there was any benefit she gained from this Diary, it was that when she dumped her scumbag ex-boyfriend, she used the Kusanagi-ryu Ancient Martial Arts that he had posted in his Diary a few days earlier to teach that sports student who was at least two or three weight classes taller than her a lesson.

This made her happy for several days.

Aside from that, she really didn't get any other benefits from the Diary.

"I grew up in a shrine and have never seen anything unclean. I've only heard my grandmother say such things, but who knows how much of what she said was true."

She casually tossed her Diary aside, changed into her school uniform, and prepared to go to school.

As for Haruhi Suzumiya?

She was already thinking about how to persuade Miyauchi Hiyage and his group to go to Morioh to film first, and then go to Fuyuki City to investigate.

In contrast, the attitudes of the owners of the second Diary were completely different.

The first group of girls who received the Diary seemed much more united.

Although Miyauchi Hiyage only gave them a brief explanation of the Holy Grail War, this one setting was enough for them to chat about for an entire morning in the group chat.

"Seven heroic spirits from history will fight to the death, and the last one standing will get the all-powerful wish-granting machine to grant their wish. That sounds pretty cool!" Umaru's eyes lit up as she typed in the group chat. "It would be so much fun if it were made into a game!"

Yukino Yukinoshita calmly interrupted Umaru: "The You Know Who already mentioned it in his diary. This is originally a work adapted from a game, and it's a text adventure game, so it shouldn't be the kind of action game you're imagining."

Yukino Yukinoshita continued her analysis, "Judging from the You Know Who's attitude, this work must have been quite popular in his previous life, which is why there are many sequels. That's why the You Know Who needs to go there in person to determine which timeline Fuyuki City belongs to."

Chapter 332: The Holy Grail Ritual and the Persona

The girls in the group are now quite used to the concept of world lines.

After all, from the very beginning, the You Know Who had pulled out the novel of the Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend of "Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend" and the manga of Kasumigaoka Utaha's IF route from the diary, and even severely criticized Eriri Spencer Sawamura's IF route, which was forced to be canceled due to a lack of interest.

It was from that time that these girls learned that their story had many versions in the world before the You Know Who traveled through time.

Aside from the "what if" route for Kasumigaoka Utaha, in the story of Kasumigaoka Utaha Gokō Ruri, the brother-complex Kousaka Kyosuke, who is almost impossible to meet her again, also has multiple different heroine endings in the adapted game.

The You Know Who even complained in his diary that in order to allow the siblings Kōsaka Kirino and Kyosuke to have a reasonable incestuous storyline in the game, he specially changed the setting of one of the game's routes so that the two were not actually related by blood.

However, compared to others, Katsura Kotonoha is obviously more unlucky. In her original story, she encountered an indecisive scumbag. Even in the seemingly innocent happy endings in the game, it is hard to trust him because of the bloodline of that human cannon flowing in his veins and his various indulgent behaviors in other endings.

However, compared to the stories that focus on their own lives, the You Know Who's description of Fuyuki City is much more brutal.

Basically, every line can lead to some kind of disaster.

In the main timeline, a major fire that would have affected half of Fuyuki City would have occurred ten years ago.

If not handled properly ten years from now, this outcome could happen again.

The You Know Who's diary also emphasized the Grand Order world line, indicating that this world line is one of the most important world lines besides the main story.

In this timeline, the entire world is "burned down" at the beginning, and human history and future cease to exist. Only the organization where the protagonist works survives and begins to travel to different eras to repair history in order to maintain human order.

This kind of world-saving scenario might seem quite exciting in movies and games.

But what if this worldview were applied to you?

The girls in the group had pretty much the same mixed feelings when they first learned that there were all sorts of weird Aliens and monsters in the universe.

Even though the You Know Who later claimed that there were Planetary Protection Agency and supernatural forces on Earth suppressing them, and that the Aliens could only cause trouble in secret, it still couldn't completely reassure the girls. They could only try to avoid going to places that might be targeted by Aliens.