Ogawa Apartments, Araya Souren's lair.
Alba's subordinate was currently kneeling in front of Alba in fear, reporting to him.
"Lord Alba, our Base was attacked this afternoon by the Fifth Magus and Tohsaka Rin. Although we resisted fiercely, we were defeated, and most of our people were captured by the enemy."
After hearing his subordinate's report, Alba's face was distorted with rage. He roared, casually picked up the teapot on the nearby coffee table, and smashed it onto his subordinate's head, scalding hot water and all.
The subordinate kneeling before Alba remained motionless, even though his head was bleeding and the scalding hot water had created large blisters on his scalp, until Alba furiously yelled, 'Get out!' only then did he scramble out of the room, clutching his head.
'Damn Touko, damn Fifth Magus, damn Tohsaka Rin.'
Alba, who was continuously cursing Touko and the others in his heart, once again entertained the thought of retreating. Indeed, facing the intervention of the Fifth Magus, any normal Magus would likely abandon all plans and retreat obediently.
But how could Araya Souren, standing nearby, allow Alba, this Chess Piece, to withdraw now?
"Alba, are you scared?"
"How is that possible? It's just that the intervention of the Fifth Magus and Tohsaka Rin is too troublesome. Now is simply not the time to kill Touko!"
Alba had tried before to use Touko's sealing designation status to have the Mages Association dispose of her, but facing the Fifth Magus and Rin, who was protected by Zelretch, the Mages Association chose to compromise.
Then Alba thought of something and asked Araya Souren.
"Since you've made this into an Inherent Reality, why don't you bring back that girl from the Ryougi family to lure Touko here? If you can just hold off the Fifth Magus for a while, I can kill Touko, capture Tohsaka Rin, and then come back to help you. How about it?"
Araya Souren shook his head.
"Alba, my 'Hounaden Sixty-Four Layers' is not yet truly complete."
"Then what's there to say? Since there's no way, I'm out."
Saying this, Alba picked up his hat from the coffee table, put it on, and stood up to leave.
Araya Souren watched Alba as he prepared to leave and said slowly.
"Alba, how high a price are you willing to pay to kill Touko?"
Alba looked back at Araya Souren with a mocking expression but said nothing.
"Then Alba, would you be willing to cooperate with a Dead Apostle?"
...Church of Null. A full week had passed since Da Vinci was summoned.
With the assistance of the omnipotent Da Vinci, Rin and Touko's research progressed faster and faster. Meanwhile, the knowledge of a certain magical index temple construction that Rin had exchanged was also successfully implemented with Da Vinci's help.
Inside Church of Null, Rin was currently deploying a temple in one of the rooms.
With a serious expression, Rin carefully guided the temple through magical energy into the Silver Cross before her.
Watching from the side, Shirou Kotomine and Kallen breathed carefully, for fear of disturbing Rin.
"Bang!"
Just as Da Vinci and Touko's research had made its latest progress, the elated Da Vinci immediately thought of sharing the good news with Rin. Accidents always happen unexpectedly, and at that moment, an excited Da Vinci kicked open the door.
And just like that, the ritual was interrupted!
The first thing to collapse was the magic circle at the door that had been kicked open. As the circle at the door collapsed, a chain reaction occurred. The magical energy, now in chaos, began to break free from Rin's control and rampaged through the room.
Rin, her spellcasting interrupted, didn't have time to be angry at Da Vinci's recklessness. Seeing the cross in front of her glowing incessantly, she was so frightened that she quickly held her head and crouched under the table, trying to avoid the impending explosion.
Shirou Kotomine saw the rampaging magical energy tearing through the room. Fearing that Kallen would be hurt, he quickly pulled her into his arms and shielded her with his body.
Several seconds passed, and everything remained calm. Rin, hearing no explosion, looked up in confusion.
She saw Da Vinci holding a strange plier-like tool on her hand, clamping the Silver Cross, while the magical energy circulated through the tubes on the tool.
Shirou Kotomine, not feeling any magical impact, first cautiously raised his head, then felt relieved and rolled over, getting up to help Kallen.
After Kallen got up, she glared angrily at Shirou Kotomine. Her forehead was bright red from being bumped, which was caused by Shirou Kotomine just now.
Facing the angry Kallen, Shirou Kotomine quickly apologized to her.
"Sorry, Kallen, I..."
Kallen stood on her tiptoes and placed a finger on Shirou Kotomine's lips.
"Enough, stupid onii-chan. I know you didn't mean it and just wanted to protect me, but could you please look clearly before you act next time?"
By the table, after the magical energy had circulated through Da Vinci's tool dozens of times, it flowed back into the Silver Cross without a single drop lost.
Rin looked at the released clamp and quickly picked up the cross, asking Da Vinci in disbelief.
"How did you do that? The magical energy was already out of control, yet you could still suppress it and make it attach to the cross according to my design to form the temple."
Da Vinci patted her chest as a matter of course and said to Rin with pride.
"I am Leonardo Da Vinci, after all!"
Looking at the proud Da Vinci, Rin finally remembered her reckless behavior. She kicked Da Vinci's shin, then gave a cold snort at Da Vinci, who was clutching her shin with tears in her eyes. Rin then took the cross to Shirou Kotomine and Kallen.
Kallen took the cross handed over by Rin with both hands, then carefully held it in her palms and murmured.
"Is this the treasure that can cure my 'Abused Spirit Medium Constitution'?"
Rin smiled at Kallen and explained.
"Kallen, this cross only forms a temple on the surface of your body to shield your Abused Spirit Medium Constitution. It's not a cure. However, from now on, if you wear it, you won't be affected by the Abused Spirit Medium Constitution."
After saying that, Rin yawned and turned to Shirou Kotomine.
"I've been busy for several days to make this thing. Shirou, remember to take good care of Kallen normally. If Kallen loses the cross or forgets to wear it, I'll come after you. Alright, enough talk, I'm going to sleep."
As Rin walked out of the room, Da Vinci quickly got up from the floor and chased after her.
"Wait, Rin, don't go! Look at the research Touko and I did..."
Kallen walked to the side of the dazed Shirou Kotomine and tugged at his sleeve. Shirou, coming back to his senses, turned to look at Kallen and gave a bright smile.
"Kallen, congratulations. You won't have to worry about the Abused Spirit Medium Constitution anymore."
"En, stupid onii-chan. But we haven't thanked Rin yet."
Shirou Kotomine reached out, took Kallen's small hand, and said with some emotion.
"Yes, we haven't thanked Rin yet..."
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