Chaos, the Holy Grail Space-

There has been no light there since it was born. Black-red rivers flow in from unknown places and flow from unknown places. The whole space seems to be deeply immersed in it, and there is no edge in sight.

Until, that ray of light appeared. Fall on it.

Lush forests, clear lakes, colorful pebbles, clear blue skies, white clouds......

――I really want to be born.

The sky is falling, and the wind is sweeping through the blue, boundless grassland......

――I really want to see it with my own eyes.

World-

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Present-day castle in Einzberen, Germany -

He thought he would never set foot in this ice again in his life.

"Estisa."

The blonde man gently lifted the chin of the girl in front of him, continuing the tradition of the Einzberen family with silver-haired red eyes, and the same eyebrows and eyes as the woman he loved so much.

"Seli, is this the child she left behind?" The youngest head of the Millonicarion family sighed softly.

"Yes, Milonie Carrion." The same silver-haired and red-eyed woman replied respectfully. She is the most perfect work of this generation of androids, and she is also the housekeeper of all alchemy dolls of the same generation, and is currently in charge of the guard work of the eldest lady, that is, the little girl in front of her.

She is the child of the third magic miracle artificial human Feather Stiza and humans, and inherits the long-cherished wish of Einzberen and the blood of humans.

Looking at the young girl in front of him, Corvin Miloniecarion suddenly remembered the first time he met the woman.

Young and vigorous, he met that intellectual and gentle woman in a foreign country.

Later, he learned that it was the first time since she was born that she had stepped out of the castle of Einzberen, stepping out of the "Forever Same Day", and it was also the first time she understood what it was like to grow old.

Then they fell in love.

Estisa Rizlech von Einzberen, known as the Grand Magician of the Winter Maiden, whose existence is itself a proof of the third magic, was born by chance.

It's like a miracle. Magicians are eager to provide relief to all of humanity, and the birth of Justisa gives them hope. And this hope is gradually eroded in the never-ending failure. The magicians were never able to create a surpassing being.

Eventually, they accepted the fact that even if the hand of man could make something that surpassed man, it could not make something that could redeem man. The disheartened magicians either left, or ended their lives.

The crystallization of their technology, Golem Jubstacheit, the father of all androids, and the abandoned androids remained in the castle.

Although the remnants of Einzberen's artificial beings were abandoned by the creators, their pure belief in the magicians' idea of the workshop built for the relief of mankind and the reappearance of miracles continued to operate. Using Estisa as a model, one artificial human after another was created, purely fulfilling their beliefs. [Note]

He loved that intellectual and gentle woman, and even if he saw through her pure nature and beliefs that bordered on madness, he still couldn't give up the fact that he loved her.

Even if Justissa eventually chose to return to the castle in Einzbelen, he still couldn't let her go. He had no choice but to help her fulfill her wishes.

Sitting on the chair, the silver-haired and red-eyed girl was blank, she couldn't understand the deep sadness in the dark blue, after all, she had just been "born".

White snow, winter forests, and, light.

- She was born.

This is the castle of the Einzberen family in the present day.

"Estisa, yes, Ciel's, name?" Despite her knowledge, she doesn't know how to use it.

"Ciel?" Hearing the little girl's name, Milonicarion was slightly stunned, and then reacted that this was the little girl's name for Estissa, "Do you still have an impression of her?" ”

Although this child has been born for a long time, he has never had an autonomous consciousness, nor can he implant any consciousness, although he was once expected, but in the end he was summarized as a failure.

"Yes. Hill, it's Mom. ”

As if interested, Colwin grabbed the little girl by the back and gently hugged her sideways. The girl is very small, well-behaved and snuggled in the man's arms, like a pure white kitten.

From the moment her will awakened, she was learning, absorbing the knowledge she possessed at a rapid pace. And her knowledge tells her that the one who brought her into the world is her "mother." And this man is her father, "You are, Daddy." ”

"And what kind of person is she?" Colwin's breathing stagnated slightly, and the hand holding the girl tightened slightly, he knew best what kind of person she was, didn't he, rational to the extreme, crazy to the extreme.

"It was warm. It's very gentle" The girl slowly closed her eyes, a little sleepy.

"Sleepy?" Noticing the little girl's sleepy expression, Corwin asked softly.

"Hmm. It was dark there, and Hill brought light. The little girl yawned and muttered, "Then she disappeared into the depths." ”

"That's it." Disappear? According to the assumption of the final plan, Yustisa should have broken down its own magic circuit, and then replaced it with a magic formula to become a small universe.

It's just that in this way, the individual who is [Yustisa] no longer exists, but has become the core of the Great Holy Grail.

Remembering the tragic war that ended not long ago, none of the seven magicians and seven servants were spared, and all of them died.

Colwin lowered his eyes, a haze falling from his eyes. For the androids of the Einzberren clan, this is just a failure, a failure, and then they are like an old clock that tirelessly inscribes time, quietly staying in the corner and consuming time, unaware of things beyond their long-cherished wishes, pure and terrifying.

But Colwin was different, he could see more.

Holy Grail War.

It's not the Holy Grail that's wrong, it's the human heart.

The great chalice that created Zào for the continuation of the planet and mankind, and the miracle created by the desire to relieve all human beings, was regarded by technologists and magicians as a tool of cannibalism for the sake of the nation and their own society.

It is a miracle, and the human heart has turned this miracle into a weapon and a disaster.

"I'd love to see Hill again, Daddy." The little girl whispered her wishes.

"Yes." Colwin smiled softly as he watched the little girl in his arms fall into a deep slumber, "Good night, little princess." ”

“……”

"Milonie Carion, no, where are you going to take the eldest lady?"

Ignoring the cyborgs, Colwin didn't look back, and walked all the way out of Einzbelen's castle, leaving the frozen region behind him.

It's too cold there. Pure horrible. There is no way to continue this kind of purity in this world. Artificial people, after all, are not human.

Throughout their lives, they also cannot understand the complexity of human nature.

"Let him go."

"But, Lord Justisa......"

"That's his daughter, too." The old man didn't say anything more, and walked silently to the depths of the ice city with a wooden cane, "There are still many real bodies. ”

Until it is self-defeating, even if it is forgotten by the world, Einzberen's long-cherished wish will never stop.

There is no way that such pure existence can last forever at this time.

When a miracle loses its original purpose of existence.

Then, there is no reason for it to continue to exist.

In the final analysis, with the complexity of human nature, it is impossible to repay such a pure artificial human -

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In the rose-filled courtyard, the clear fountain water reflects the sunlight, and the water curtain reveals a sparkling beauty under the light.

Winter stretched out his hand to the rose bush, and the bright red rose blossomed brightly. Break off the branches, pluck the sharp thorns of the roses one by one with tweezers, and the third Holy Grail War began a day ago. And her Servant is only now nearing completion.

After bunching up the broken branches, the silver-haired girl walked into the main house of Milonicarion with the flowers in her arms. The library in the main house houses 18,000 books of magic that have been passed down from Milonie Carrion to this day.

Pushing open the slightly bulky carved wooden door, in the center of the room stood Pandora, with her eyes closed.

"It is said that those with defective character must be summoned with defective character. You are attached to the existence of that heart, and you do not hesitate to wander for tens of thousands of years, watching day after day. Winter bent down and gently placed the bouquet in front of Pandora, "You must be able to hear my wishes." ”

Sorry for stealing your memories and that child's.

After that, I will definitely return it to you.

If there is a follow-up.

"Are you awake, Annie?" Winter smiled at the girl who opened her eyes in front of her, "The Holy Grail War has begun." ”

Grail...... War...... Miss Anne was a little confused, and her reaction was half a beat slower. I just nodded my head instinctively following the feedback.

"Okay."

Anne stared at the bouquet of roses in her arms a little distracted, vaguely feeling that it was not this before, although she was a little confused, but there was a voice in her heart that reminded her that she was going to participate in the so-called Holy Grail War.

The Holy Grail War took place in Turin, Italy, the city where the main residence of the main house of Miloniecarleon was located.

The unexpectedly silent nature of the Holy Grail War that began yesterday was probably due to the painful lessons of the last two times, and this time everyone did not rush into action, but chose to wait and see and secretly gather intelligence.

Today, there were some collisions, but they were not intense, like a mutual test of the two sides' strategy.

"Now, did Anne see the doll?" The silver-haired and red-eyed girl stood on a high place and looked down at the battle of the servants below, and pointed to a woman with the same silver hair and red eyes standing behind one of the parties, "That is the container of the Little Grail." ”

This year, too, the House of Einzberen sent an artificial man as a magician to participate, as well as a key to unlock the Great Chalice to collect mana.

"Containers?" Anne was slightly stunned, that is to say, is that person a puppet?

"Yes." Winter saw Anne's confusion at a glance, and she pointed at the woman and then at herself, "There are many dolls like her, like me, there are many more dolls like this." When the winner of the Holy Grail War is decided, the puppet will be destroyed and turned into a container for the Holy Grail to descend on the world. It's a consumable. ”

Dong said calmly, as if it had nothing to do with him, "We are artificial humans from Einzbelen, although we look no different from ordinary magicians, but the essence is completely different. ”

The Holy Grail is said to be a miracle that can grant all wishes. She must have had a wish, and I don't know why Anne was convinced of it, but she couldn't remember what her wish was.

"What is Winter's wish?"

"Termination." Dong tilted his head and smiled, opening his arms, "The end of all 'evil', the cure of everyone." ”

For a moment, Anne's mind flashed through countless pieces of auspicious light.

All...... Is it the end......

"Anne will help me, right?"

"Well, we're friends,"

Feeling the temperature transmitted from the palm of the winter, Anne stared at the girl in front of her, and felt a sense of disobedience.

[Specified Item] - Achieved.

The contract is formed.

The blonde girl's scarlet eyes became darker and darker, staring at the silver-haired girl in front of her, word by word.

Career - Avenger, Goddess of Doom, Pandora.

"Dolls, you will pay for this, in the name of [Doom]."