Chapter Seventy-One
Hearing John's question, Emiya Kiritsugu seemed to hear a hint of change, and looked up at John, "You mean, is it possible for you to save Ellie?" Saber also looked at John, with a hint of longing in his eyes.
John did not answer the question directly, saying, "You answered my question first." Do you need an artificial human body as a container, or do you need her soul as a sacrifice? In my eyes, both Lancer and Assassin's soulfires just roamed in Alice Phil's body, and although most of them were close to Alice Phil's own soul fire, they didn't fuse together. Therefore, I suspect that the ritual you are talking about should only require this body, and that the soul that is dispensable in the making process of making the small chalice is not necessary. ”
Emiya Kiritsugu raised his head with a smile on his face and asked eagerly, "Caster, is there anything you can do......"
"But the premise is that the little chalice you are talking about does not need Alice Phil's soul to be the leader. John poured a basin of cold water: "If her soul is needed, and you insist on saving her, although I can think of a few possible successful methods, in the end the Holy Grail may not appear." I don't care, the knight king over there, what about you?"
"What?" Saber didn't expect to mention anything about himself, and he didn't react at once.
"I said, if in order to save Alice Phil, even if the Holy Grail doesn't show up in the end, don't you have a problem?" John repeated what he had just said.
"Holy Grail...... Alice Phil ...... "Saber was in a quandary. After all, she wants to go back to the past and change everything through the power of the Holy Grail, and now her friend has a situation related to life and death, and if you want to save her life, it may cause the Holy Grail to disappear.
Of course, Emiya Kiritsugu was also forced to stand at a crossroads. Whether it's his wife or saving the world, he thought he could easily come up with an answer, but he fell into chaos.
Leaving the two men in the tangle, John left the place. Before leaving, John asked them to get an answer as soon as possible, after all, this kind of thing may change after a long time.
Before dawn the next day, there was a knock on the door of John's study. Sure enough, Emiya Kiritsugu walked in: "Caster, I have checked all the information about the Little Holy Grail, all they need is an artificial human body, and the soul is not necessary, so, tell me about your method!"
John looked at Emiya Kiritsugu with dark circles under his eyes: "Then you go and inform Saber, there are things related to her after that, you must let her know." ”
On the other hand, Saber was also happy after getting the news. At least now that friends and the Holy Grail can coexist, it's a very good result.
"Caster, you say, your way. Emiya Kiritsugu ignored Saber, who was happy on the side, and asked directly, "Do you need us to do anything?"
"Rejoice, Emiya Kiritsugu. John said, "You let Alice Phil peek into my memories through magic and let her soul be corrupted by me, and now, this eroded soul is your last turning point." As he spoke, John paused: "Originally, I couldn't control other people's souls, but because this soul has been contaminated with my soul, I can extract Alice Fair's soul through it. But then you need to prepare her new container, and how to get the soul to attach to the container, this problem needs to be solved by you. But if I'm not mistaken, I once saw a book written by a master puppeteer of this country in the library, it seems to be called Aosaki Orange, if you have a way, you can try to find her. ”
"The name Aozaki Orange has indeed been heard, but I heard that her whereabouts are unknown...... No, it's okay, you go on, Caster. When Emiya Kiritsugu heard the name, he first groaned and said a few words, but then remembered something, stopped his words and let John continue.
"There's also an element of uncertainty in this matter," John said. Saber, you're in a servant contract with Alice Phil, aren't you?"
Saber was stunned for a moment, "Ah, yes, yes. Now my lord is Alice Phil. ”
"The problem now is that Alice Phil is in a bad situation, and it is impossible to tell if it will affect her if you extract her magic. I don't care, but I'm sure you don't want to take the risk, right?"
Emiya Kiritsugu and Saber were silent. You can see that they really don't want to take risks.
"If that's the case, then our side is missing a huge advantage, which is not good for the final victory. "Caster, you can just say the conclusion, don't talk about the process. Emiya Kiritsugu interrupted John and said.
John nodded: "Then I'll get straight to the point." Saber, I want you to break your contract with Alice Phil and re-sign the contract with Emiya Kiritsugu. ”
"Caster......!" Saber naturally didn't want to break the contract with Alice Phil, but there was no way to do it now. Still in doubt, Saber asked, "Is it possible to sign a contract with two servants at the same time?" ”
"This ...... This has not been the case before. To put it bluntly, Emiya Kiritsugu is only half-, with confusion in his eyes, Emiya Kiritsugu said.
"Actually, I don't think it's a big problem. John said, "No one thought before that it was because there was no one camp with two servants in the first place, and it was unrealistic for one person to bear the magic power consumption of two Heroic Spirits. But now that I didn't get the magic from Emiya Kiritsugu, I naturally didn't have to bear the burden. In other words, I signed a contract with you, but in fact the connection between us is not as strong as in other combinations, and I think you are aware of it, Emiya. Emiya Kiritsugu nodded. "So, I don't think you signed a contract with Saber, and it didn't have a big impact. The only thing to think about is that your magic is not as good as Alice Phil, and Saber will inevitably decline in strength after signing a contract with you. But I also thought of a solution. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the church: "There are a lot of spells there, as long as you take the spells there, Saber will have enough magic power, and she won't have to worry about combat effectiveness." ”
"Indeed, as a church that is supposed to be neutral, it is secretly allied with the Tosaka family, and it must be treated as an enemy, so it is not unreasonable to take away the spell that the previous lord did not use and placed in him. Emiya Kiritsugu touched his chin and said.