Prologue, interview
Time goes back to a day ago. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
While Carl was anxiously looking for help, Tsukahara Mingshi, who was caught, was in the ice castle, at a loss to face Abner's questioning.
As the name suggests, the castle is made entirely of ice, translucent, and traces of water surging can be seen between the thin layers of ice armor.
This is the magic style that Eberner is best at, combining magic and modern physics, and obtaining enough potential energy from nature to transform it into magic.
The disadvantage of this type of process is that it consumes a lot of money when it is made, but once it is in operation, the benefits are quite high. For example, it's like a very expensive weapon that requires a lot of money to use, but once you get it, it's definitely worth the price.
Using the potential energy generated when the water in the artificial river is running, coupled with their own magic path operation, they become a super huge magic furnace that continuously supplies magic power. The fort itself is completely dependent on the power of flowing water, and Abner only needs a little manipulation to control everything in the castle.
Moreover, one of the biggest advantages is that there is no fear of being destroyed by the enemy.
This was the main reason for the defeat of Sir Kenneth Ermelo Achipolud in the Fourth Holy Grail War.
Before the war, he made complete preparations, turning the rented hotel into his own magic palace, and to put it bluntly, even an A-level heroic spirit would be difficult to get out of this palace. Coupled with his own magic attainments, he can fully expect combat effectiveness.
But...... Such a powerful magic fortress was easily blasted by Emiya Kiritsugu. Even the other floors that weren't fortresses easily detonated the building, and the bloodless and tearless assassins easily destroyed Kenneth's perfect fortress.
What if it was for Emiya Kiritsugu to try to blow up Abner's fortress?
Probably, even he can't do it.
After all, this is an ice fortress where he lives alone, and it is easy to monitor.
In addition, the entire fortress is built on flowing water, and the flowing water will continue to become the material for rebuilding the castle, and the magic power to perform magic is obtained directly from the flowing water. As long as the river continues, EBNER will continue to reconstruct his fortress and put himself in the most familiar terrain.
The time of day has become less dominant in the Holy Grail War. It doesn't matter if the other side and themselves are alone in the Holy Grail War. The location is advantageous, firmly controlled by Abner, and he summons the best defensive heroic spirit, it can already be said that he is invincible.
This is a very playful saying: when it doesn't hurt how others hit you, there are many choices for how you hit others.
Abner thinks so. The purpose of coming to the Holy Grail War by himself is to investigate why the Holy Grail War, which should have been stopped, is restarted, and victory is only a matter of incident, even if it fails, it doesn't matter. From this point of view, it is more appropriate to use a defensive shield than an offensive spear.
At this time, Tsukahara Mingshi was sitting in the ice fortress that Abner was proud of, and Abner was ......
"Do you want to drink? Sorry, I can't get anything better here. ”
Tsukahara Mingshi looked blankly at the middle-aged man with a gentle smile in front of him, and brought the steaming cup full of coffee to him, and subconsciously took it.
Although the smell of cheap instant coffee is fragrant, it always makes people feel that something is missing, and Tsukahara Mingshi looked at Ebner's face a little inexplicably, not knowing what to say.
How to say it, it is too far from Tsukahara Mingshi's own expectations......
I thought that after being caught by Mr. Abner, it would inevitably be another education, torture, or even harsher punishment, or ordering himself to hand over the order or making the servant commit suicide.
After all, the two are nominally master and apprentice, but now, the two are just rivals in the Holy Grail War, and in the world of magicians, it is not uncommon for teachers and students to kill each other.
"That...... Mr. Ebner ......"
"Let's warm up with a drink. It's good anywhere in this ice city, it's just too cold, I can regulate my body temperature, and you'll probably feel a little cold, right?"
Listening to Ebner's concerned inquiry, Tsukahara Mingshi really felt a little cold, the translucent ice wall was indeed cold, and it was very cold in northern China in spring, and it was even colder in the deep ice caves. I was so focused on how to deal with Abner that I didn't feel it, but when I heard him say this, I felt very cold, and the steaming coffee in my hand seemed extremely tempting.
Just took a sip, and Tsukahara quickly drank it up. The warmth of the hot tongue in the mouth is really comfortable, and after a cup of belly, I feel that my whole body is warm, and I am not so nervous.
"Also, I thought that Mr. Abner would ......"
"What will happen?"
Abner smiled and shrugged. Although he is not very old, he has been good at studying all year round, and he has begun to show signs of aging, mainly reflected in the wrinkles near his eyebrows and eyes, but his smile still has a good sense of being unique to middle-aged people, and he is also good at using jokes to adjust the atmosphere, as a teacher, he is really impeccable.
He kept smiling and quipped, "Do you think I'm going to fight you with a sword?" Or do you think I'm going to be tortured?"
"Ahaha......"
was told by him, and Tsukahara Mingshi also laughed awkwardly.
"Dealing with the enemy, maybe I'll do that. You're my student, though. And...... Belong to the kind that is not a threat to me. For you, it's the Holy Grail War...... But that's probably too much, isn't it?"
As he spoke, the silver moonlight poured down on his face, rendering his soft blonde hair a splendor of splendor.
"For me, it's not a war, it's just an ordinary extracurricular lesson. Tsukahara, you're not my opponent yet. ”
His confident words made Tsukahara Mingshi blush, and knowing what he meant, he could only laugh awkwardly.
"So, I'm not going to do anything to you. Can you tell me why you joined the Holy Grail War? In recent years, the water in the Magic Society has become more and more muddy. ”
This?
Faced with Ebner's questioning, Tsukahara didn't know what to do for a while.
Should I say it?
Although, as Abner said before, that person was probably not Carl, but someone else who was disguised and impersonated the person originally named Carl.
But...... The time I spent with Carl was real. That will never be erased.
It was a great memory. It is also for Tsukahara to confirm that he must not betray his memories.
After thinking about it, he decided to try to fish in troubled waters.
"Why, then, such a good magician, did you hunt down that little girl?"
"Hunt down, little girl?"
Tsukahara Mingshi's words caused a burst of amusement from Abner, who barely suppressed his laughter and shook his head helplessly.
"That's how wrong I am. ”