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"Master, what is your wish for participating in the Holy Grail War?" Medea asked, walking behind Kisaragi Rin. She had already hidden her elf ears and looked like an ordinary purple-haired human woman.
Kisaragi Rin casually stretched his body; the conspicuous Command Seal had already been hidden by Medea using magic.
"If possible, I'd like to directly obtain some invincible power, but unfortunately, the Holy Grail can't achieve that."
"Invincibility is indeed impossible," Medea thought of something and added, "However, by reaching the Root through the Holy Grail, there's a chance to obtain true magic. Isn't mastering the power of a god in a mortal body enough to satisfy Master?"
True magic and magecraft are completely different things in the Fate Worldview.
Magecraft is power within the scope of human capability, like the Magecraft families, the Clock Tower, and even Medea's Caster class; the power she uses falls within the scope of magecraft.
The existence of true magic is unique, like a god emerging among many normal people, capable of doing things beyond ordinary people's reach.
The Type-Moon World has five types of true magic, each held by a true Magician.
Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg's Second True Magic can observe countless existing parallel worlds, travel freely between multiple parallel worlds, and draw magical energy from other parallel worlds for his own use.
The Einzbern family's Third True Magic is the materialization of the soul, an endlessly flowing magical energy, possessing the power of eternal youth and immortality.
Aside from these two bug-level true magics, the effects of the other three are unclear, only vaguely known to be related to world authority, the river of time, and so on.
"The reality is, even if we win, the Holy Grail we obtain probably can't be used to grant wishes."
As soon as Kisaragi Rin finished speaking, Medusa, who had been silent, raised her head and asked Kisaragi Rin, not quite calmly, "Why?"
Feeling that her tone was not good, Medusa calmed her emotional fluctuations and asked again, "Master, isn't it stated in the rules of this ritual that the winner of the Holy Grail War obtains the Holy Grail and has their wish granted?"
The reason why Heroic Spirits are willing to answer the call of the Holy Grail War ritual, aside from some who simply want to have fun, is mostly for the chance to have their wish granted after winning.
"Because this world is abnormal."
Medea answered her.
"The principle of the Holy Grail War granting wishes is a ritual: seven Masters summon seven Servants, they kill each other, and through the souls of the six defeated Servants, the semi-finished Holy Grail is shaped. The final result is the Holy Grail, which theoretically can reach the Root and grant wishes."
"But this world is abnormal; extraordinary things simply don't exist on this world line."
"In other words, the Greater Holy Grail operating system that should be located beneath Fuyuki City, the semi-finished Holy Grail that should be provided by the Einzbern, and the Kotomine Church that should act as the judge and grant Command Seals to the Masters—all these basic conditions for the Holy Grail's appearance do not exist in this world."
Medea spoke sentence by sentence. As a Caster from the Age of Gods, a legendary existence, she had already begun to study this strange world after arriving.
Medusa pursed her lips, somewhat unable to accept this. She asked back, slightly annoyed, "Then why are we here?"
In a world without the extraordinary, how did they, as extraordinary Heroic Spirits, descend into this world?
"Because we didn't appear through the ritual of summoning Heroic Spirits at all, but through this item."
Medea took out Kisaragi Rin's Dragon Ball; the stars were still shining in the red orb.
"…I understand." Medusa sensed her surroundings with magical energy and looked at her Master, Kisaragi Rin, "Even if I can't grant a wish, I will do my best to bring victory to Master."
"Medusa, there's no need to be so disheartened."
Kisaragi Rin took the Dragon Ball from Medea's hand and handed it to Medusa.
"I only said that the Holy Grail obtained after winning can't grant wishes, but I didn't say that wishes can't be granted after winning."
In a sense, the Dragon Balls are much more useful than the Holy Grail, and the Paradise is more trustworthy than those two lolis in Fate.
Kisaragi Rin had some understanding of these two Heroic Spirits' wishes. Medea wanted to return to her homeland, a wish that would immediately disappear if she fell in love with a man. Medusa's wish was probably to clear her grievances, take revenge on the Greek gods, and live a peaceful life.
"I understand, Master."
Although she still had much to say, Medusa was like that by nature, squeezing all her thoughts into a corner, waiting for dust to settle.
Medea watched Kisaragi Rin and Medusa interact with a somewhat blank expression, suppressing the fluctuations in her mood.
"A decent Master, I hope he's not someone who's different on the inside and outside."
A sharp thought popped into her mind. As a member of Greek mythology, Medea felt a strange sense of empathy for Medusa's plight.
However, a goddess plus an older sister type—Medea inexplicably felt that Medusa's attributes were somewhat similar to her own, and she began to wonder if Kisaragi liked this type.
With the effect of Medea's magecraft, Kisaragi returned to the Matou Residence. The rather large mansion housed only a few people, making it feel especially empty.
Although Saber was quite gluttonous, Heroic Spirits actually don't need rest or food; they only need magical energy to live normally.
Kisaragi Rin organized his thoughts at the table; he still had too many urgent things to do.
First, find out the identities of the other players.
The Paradise had strengthened the identity insertion for this Holy Grail War. Players arriving in an unfamiliar world wouldn't know if the people beside them were locals or players like themselves, like a large-scale Werewolf game.
However, Kisaragi Rin was playing the role of the Seer in the good guy faction here.
Kisaragi Rin's identity was Matou Shinji, Yukinoshita Yukino's identity was Fujiwara Taiga, and Sugo Nobuyuki's identity was Atrum Galliasta—all characters with a certain amount of screen time in the original work. The search for other players' identities could start from this angle.
The Tohsaka Residence, Ryudoji Temple, Einzbern Castle, Homurahara Academy, and Kotomine Church—these were all places that needed to be investigated.
Kisaragi Rin knew the basic plot of Fate. As long as those players also replaced these important characters, Kisaragi Rin could easily find them.
But those who hadn't seen the plot wouldn't know what Matou Shinji should be like.
Among these players, the one Kisaragi Rin was most eager to find was naturally the pursuer.
What abilities did he have, was the summoned Servant a native Heroic Spirit of the Fate World or a follower, and did he belong to the seven ordinary classes or a special eighth class?
Besides these matters, there was also checking on the protagonist of this world, Emiya Shirou. Kisaragi Rin felt that the abnormality of this world was most likely related to him.
"One more thing, who is that unfair judge?"
If it were a normal world line, then it would undoubtedly be the Kotomine Church blowing the whistle, but now it was Fuyuki City without the extraordinary. How could the Kotomine Church, just an ordinary church, become the judge of the Holy Grail War?
Kisaragi Rin pondered the matter, while Medea and Medusa sat bored on the bed behind him…
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