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"How about we win her over with food?" Saber was the first to propose her idea.
If it were a gourmet world, one could indeed save the world with cooking, much like administering medicine; as long as one ate it, tears would inexplicably flow, and one would cry out for their mother's taste, finally beginning a whitewashed confession…
"...Saber, are you hungry?"
Saber's suggestion drew everyone's attention, and Yukinoshita Yukino asked, pressing a hand to her forehead.
"Eating is to replenish magical power; it is a sacred moment!" Saber said seriously.
Unfortunately, her Master was Yukinoshita Yukino, and she hadn't yet reached a point of lacking magical power, so her words had no persuasive power at all. Instead, they drew Medea's affection. "So petite, yet so powerful, and so hungry…"
"Never mind, let's leave here first. Who knows when other players might arrive."
Kisaragi Rin looked at the surrounding scene, which had been razed to the ground, thought for a moment, then turned to Medea and said to her, "Medea, later, give everyone nearby a psychological cue."
No matter what, Honoka Academy turning into this state in just one morning still needed some explanation for the ordinary people.
Medea, called by Kisaragi Rin, straightened her waist abruptly, then regained her composure as she looked over.
"What specific reason should I use?" Medea asked softly.
"Hmm… a gas explosion."
Since it was the Fate World, it naturally had to be the ancestral gas explosion. The original plot had already proven that as long as it was a gas explosion, no one would suspect it.
Before Medea could ask for details, Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't hold back.
"I say, where would the school get gas from?"
"Then it was terrorists who took a large number of gas tanks and launched a terrorist attack on the school. Hmm… they also kidnapped Soichiro Kuzuki, the teacher."
Having come up with a "perfect" reason, Kisaragi Rin nodded and prepared to leave with the other Servants.
"..." Yukinoshita Yukino thought for a moment, then gave up on debating. Based on her experience from the last world, Kisaragi Rin always knew too much strange information.
"Perhaps a gas explosion is some kind of rule in this world, who knows."
Thinking this, Yukinoshita Yukino recalled her sister's teachings, and her heart suddenly calmed down. She said nothing more, merely walking beside Kisaragi.
"What happened?" Kisaragi Rin strangely turned his head to look at Yukinoshita Yukino, not understanding what she had thought of that suddenly made her so emotional.
According to this reason, Medea, pulling Lily, gave a large-scale psychological cue to the people nearby.
Taking Esdeath with him, Kisaragi Rin returned to Fujimura Taiga's residence.
Sakura and the old bug were both sleeping in Kisaragi Rin's Workshop, so there was naturally no need to go back. The Matou Residence, in a sense, was even more dangerous than the Emiya Residence; who knew what misfortune might befall it.
The time flow in the Workshop was the same as in the Main World. The reason for this was that the Workshop was connected to the Infinity Castle, and the Infinity Castle was connected to the Main World. Thus, the Workshop did not have the same time flow as the Demon Slayer world from the last world, but instead was anchored to the Main World.
Kisaragi Rin wasn't entirely sure if the same situation would occur in other worlds with the Workshop; he had visited too few worlds and lacked experimental variables.
After bringing Esdeath to Fujimura Taiga's house, the Servants gathered around again.
"The principle of the Berserker class is Mad Enhancement, which, in exchange for depriving rationality, strengthens a Servant beyond the performance of a Heroic Spirit."
"Theoretically, any Heroic Spirit can fulfill this class, but the more suitable the Heroic Spirit, the higher their Mad Enhancement rank will be. Conditions that inherently suit a Heroic Spirit include having a story of going mad or losing rationality, being a warrior from the Nordic cultural sphere, having a mental composition similar to an animal or machine, having an intense obsession strong enough to distort their personality, or having an irrational, insane personality…"
"The higher the Mad Enhancement rank, the greater the increase in strength, and likewise, the more difficult it will be to regain sanity."
Medea introduced the principles of Berserker in the Holy Grail War, causing Lily to raise her hand and ask, "So who is this guy? Is there a legend of her in the history of the Fate World?"
Forget about time stop; there aren't many Servants in the Fate World who explicitly possess time abilities.
The Count of Monte Cristo's Noble Phantasm allows his body and thoughts to transcend time, creating a subjective sense of time stop. Kiritsugu Emiya's Innate Time Control can manipulate the flow of time. King Hassan's Noble Phantasm, Azrael, also has a connection to time…
A power like Esdeath's, which simply and directly stops time in an area, allowing only herself to move, is indeed quite rare.
Kisaragi Rin sat on the sofa and, not letting them be troubled by the question, stated directly, "Her name is Esdeath, and she is indeed not a native Heroic Spirit of the Fate World, but rather an outsider in a certain sense."
[Rule 4: After finding the summoning item, you can choose to unseal one of your followers, allowing them to become a Heroic Spirit and your Servant]
[Note: If the Heroic Spirit formed by a follower dies, the follower will no longer belong to you]
[Rule 7: Deceased players have a chance to transform into Heroic Spirits in this world and join the Throne of Heroes. At the same time, this means you will lose your player identity]
Through Rules 4 and 7 announced by the Paradise in this Holy Grail War, it is not difficult to find that the two Inhibitions of the Fate World are collecting players and followers from the Paradise, and their taste is quite picky.
"Have a chance" is too euphemistic; to be direct, the Throne of Heroes of the Fate World has entry requirements.
These players and followers who died in the Fate World are equivalent to job seekers, and the Fate World is the company.
After approval by the two great Inhibitions, if you are deemed worthy, they will expend the world's power to revive you and induct you into the Throne of Heroes. If not, then you are truly dead.
And Esdeath, who could stop time, was undoubtedly a high-end product sent by the Paradise.
"According to the rules the Paradise introduced to us players, she is probably some player's follower who then died in a game under the Fate Worldview and was pulled into the Throne of Heroes by those two Inhibitions, which is why she was summoned by another player in this game."
After some thought, Kisaragi Rin roughly explained the principle of Esdeath's appearance and also told them the few rules of the Paradise.
After listening, Saber put down the snacks in her hand and asked somewhat strangely, "Why are you so sure she became a Heroic Spirit after dying in a previous game? According to Rule 4, this Esdeath could also be a player's follower in this game, right?"
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