Tia, Lancelot, and King Arthur rode the Chariot of the Sun God, concealed by an invisibility cloak, and flew all the way to the top of the Einzbern Castle in Germany.
If ordinary people or ordinary planes flew over this place and looked down, they would only see a forest, but in the eyes of Tia and the others, this was a castle surrounded by a huge barrier.
King Arthur came outside the Chariot of the Sun God and directly showed his Holy Sword. Soon, the huge barrier outside the castle was removed.
"Let's go in," King Arthur said to Tia and Lancelot, turning his head. "But… you actually forged Alexander the Great's Chariot of the Sun God from the Age of Gods with your own blacksmith skills! That's amazing. How did you get this sacred bull? It should be related to Alexander the Great's sacred bull, the one related to Zeus."
"Hehe, after going to Chaldea over there, we accidentally participated in a Holy Grail War, and finally won. Then, we wished for this sacred bull from the Holy Grail, so I had the opportunity to truly obtain the Chariot of the Sun God," Tia explained to King Arthur. Then, the Chariot of the Sun God slowly landed in the castle courtyard.
"It's just a pity that the King of Conquerors didn't see your Chariot of the Sun God, otherwise he would definitely be surprised," King Arthur chuckled, then jumped off the Chariot of the Sun God.
At this time, Ahad, the head of the Einzbern family, personally walked out.
"King Arthur, Knight of the Lake, and this is Tia, right? I wonder what brings you three to Einzbern Castle? Illya Sofiel and Irisviel are not here. Emiya Kiritsugu is not here either. They should all be in that Far East land. Oh, right, I remember you seemed to be in a coma for 10 years. Are you finally awake?" Ahad said a lot as soon as he came out, and then suddenly remembered Tia's matter.
Tia nodded: "Yes, I just woke up. Because I had a dream for 10 years and learned some things, so I wanted to come here and ask about some things."
"Ask me?" Ahad asked doubtfully.
Tia nodded again.
"Okay, come with me."
Saying that, everyone came to Einzbern Castle.
"Patriarch Ahad, you should know that the malice in this world has disappeared, and only kindness remains in people's hearts," Tia said.
Ahad nodded: "Of course I know, but these things have no impact on us homunculi. The reason why I let Illya leave is because I thought the Greater Grail would be destroyed along with that foreign object, so I planned to give up completely. But after ten years of preparation, I am now confident that I can take back the Greater Grail! Remove the foreign object from that Greater Grail. Then the Holy Grail War will continue as usual, and Emiya Kiritsugu and you will still be enemies."
"That's the future. Now I just want to know what happened 60 years ago. Was the world like this when Angra Mainyu was summoned?" Tia asked.
"Regarding this, it is also the most confusing thing in my heart. The world at that time was not like it is now. At that time, good and evil coexisted in the world, and the world was normal. There was no crisis of being destroyed. But since that Arbiter-class Angra Mainyu, who was mainly good, was defeated and entered the Greater Grail, the entire world suddenly underwent a huge change. The entire world instantly became like this, and the kindness in people's hearts was infinitely amplified. The whole world could not see any malice," Ahad said about what happened 60 years ago.
Tia frowned.
As expected, that Angra Mainyu is the root of this world of kindness, starting from 60 years ago. And according to the era where Angra Mainyu was, where I went, I was regarded as a Good God Envoy. Maybe the past Angra Mainyu was a Good God Envoy, instead of being forcibly crowned with the evil of the whole world on him.
In other words, if the point of divergence in the history of this Lostbelt is here, then this world makes sense.
At that time, for some reason, Angra Mainyu, who should have been forcibly crowned as an evil god by the villagers, directly made a 180° reversal and was crowned with the name of the good god Ahura Mazda by the villagers. Therefore, the entire body became a collection of the world's good thoughts and desires and was summoned by Ahad in the Third Holy Grail War.
But there are still many things that don't make sense.
Since he is the good god Ahura Mazda, why does he still call himself the evil god Angra Mainyu? The Arbiter class is understandable. After all, he is a good god, pure goodness, and also a creator god. It is more than enough to be an Arbiter, and it just happens to be the opposite of Angra Mainyu's Avenger class.
"So, did anything happen in this world 17 years ago?" At this time, Lancelot, while listening to Tia's thoughts, asked Ahad this question. "Maybe you don't know, this world almost faced destruction 17 years ago for some reason, but almost everyone in this world doesn't know about this. If it wasn't for Tia's birth 17 years ago, the Greater Grail would have been occupied by the Fantasy Tree at that time. The world would have been completely destroyed 17 years ago, and the root cause may be the disappearance of malice."
"Did such a thing happen? So, the foreign object that occupied the Greater Grail, that thing called the Fantasy Tree, can't be removed at will?" Ahad asked in surprise. "It seems that Emiya Kiritsugu's report to me didn't explain these things clearly."
"No, the Fantasy Tree must be removed 10 years from now, during the Fifth Holy Grail War. That Fantasy Tree cannot be removed at will, because the hole of the Greater Grail cannot be found at all. If you want to remove it, you must wait for the upcoming Fifth Holy Grail War. At that time, the Fantasy Tree will actively open the hole of the Greater Grail and drill out from it. Only then will there be a chance," Tia said at this time.
"So that's what happened," Ahad nodded. "It seems that there are still many things that Emiya Kiritsugu didn't tell me. If that's the case, I should go there myself. After all, I am the True Master of Angra Mainyu."
Tia didn't say anything more about this. If he wants to go, then let him go. Maybe he can really play some role.
But now Tia has another goal, which is to find a way to go to the time point where the divergence of this Lostbelt is located, which is the village where Angra Mainyu is. Let Angra Mainyu die smoothly in the original way and restore the true history of the Fifth Holy Grail War.
But why this world was on the verge of destruction 17 years ago, and how the future of this Lostbelt world will be destroyed, is a big question in Tia's mind.
Could it be that I have to ask my mom and dad? After all, as the First Beast and the Second Beast, they might really know what happened.
But Tia really couldn't bring herself to ask.
"Master, maybe... when you see your own child being born, you can truly open your heart to your parents, instead of always having that strange emotion from the FGO plot towards them," Lancelot said to Tia in his heart at this time.
"Maybe," Tia replied to Lancelot in his heart as well. "But I can't treat them as my real parents no matter what."
Tia said, feeling helpless in her heart.
At this time, Ahad had already stood up on his own: "Okay, I should go and prepare. You wait outside for a while."
King Arthur nodded in agreement.
"Let's go, there's nothing wrong with going to take a look together," King Arthur said, reminding Tia and Lancelot. "No matter what happened in the past, we still have to face the Fantasy Tree that is about to break through the constraints of the Greater Grail and come into reality."
"Yeah," Tia nodded lightly. Then, a homunculus maid led the three of them out of here and came outside.
Just as the homunculus maid led Tia and the others outside, Ahad was already waiting outside.
Tia and the others were all surprised and looked curiously at Ahad, who had already come outside.
"Does it surprise you? Hmph, after all, I am the head of the homunculi, and also the center of the entire Einzbern Castle. Naturally, I can't leave this castle at will. Therefore, I need a body specially used for going out. This body is specially prepared for going out," Ahad explained to the three of Tia.
"Is that so? The Einzbern's homunculi are really amazing," Lancelot said with emotion.
"Yeah, a substitute is necessary. After all, the head of a family cannot die easily," King Arthur nodded.
But in reality, Tia didn't care about his life or death at all.
For Tia, Ahad is still the ruthless patriarch in the original story who doesn't treat Irisviel and Ilyasviel as human beings. He is just a terminal operating according to the Einzbern's millennia-old homunculus instructions. He seems to be a person, but in reality he is a program.
Lancelot heard Tia's inner thoughts and didn't say much.
"When King Arthur came, you seemed to be riding King of Conquerors' Noble Phantasm, the Chariot of the Sun God. I wonder if you plan to return to Japan directly on the Chariot of the Sun God?" Ahad said at this time.
"Of course," King Arthur nodded.
"Well, although I don't know how King Arthur came to possess King of Conquerors' Noble Phantasm, I guess I can't ride it. I still plan to go my own way. King Arthur, you go ahead first. I can catch up later," Ahad didn't mean to go with Tia and the others.
Seeing this, Tia didn't hesitate and set off directly as before.
At this time, Ahad suddenly realized that the Chariot of the Sun God seemed to be summoned and controlled by Tia. He suddenly became curious about Tia's abilities.
If Tia knew, she would probably laugh at him again for Emiya Kiritsugu not telling him anything about Tia's abilities.
(End of this chapter)