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This scene immediately made the previously peaceful banquet atmosphere tense. Whether it was modern magicians like Waver, Reines, and Shiro Emiya, or ancient heroes like Morgan, Lily, and Artoria who were shrouded in mystery from the Age of Gods, they all realized the incongruity of Ayaka Sajō. In fact, before Quinn started this banquet, he had already told them about Ayaka Sajō's existence and uniqueness. However, none of them had expected that this girl, who looked as beautiful as a fairy, would be so strange.
Without any prelude to the magic, without any fluctuations in magical power, Ayaka Sajou twisted the will of her biological father, something even Morgan couldn't do. Although she could easily twist the will of a magician like Hiroki Sajou, who didn't have any special talents, with just a glance, Morgan still essentially had the process of casting suggestive and hypnotic magic.
But Aika Sajou didn't. She simply had a thought in her mind, and the world itself naturally cooperated with her, completing the entire magic trick.
This is something that no magician would consider impossible.
However, even so, Quinn was not surprised. Arcueid, who was eating, also ignored it. One of them already knew about Ayaka Sajou's background and her general personality, while the other was even more outrageous than Ayaka Sajou, possessing GM privileges.
"Is it really okay for you to treat your father like this?" Quinn spoke to Sajou Ayaka as if they were old acquaintances. "And since you've twisted your father's mind, why don't you do the same to your sister?"
As he spoke, Quinn looked at the black-haired girl sitting next to Sajou Aika, whose face showed signs of stomach pain due to what had just happened. Clearly, this second daughter of the Sajou family was no longer surprised by her elder sister's behavior.
"Because my sister is much more obedient than my father, I believe she can listen in on what we are about to discuss, Your Majesty."
When Quinn asked her questions, the Root Princess smiled brightly and revealed a secret that the magicians of the Clock Tower had known nothing about until now.
"Alright, so what do you want to talk about? The discovery of the lunar rover should be your achievement, right? What do you want from me?"
Quinn was not swayed by the other party's words; he only wanted to know what was going on in this Root Princess's mind. Then, he heard the last thing he wanted to hear.
"Everything I've done is to win your love. I fell in love with you the moment you appeared in this world!"
Chapter 268 The Holy Grail
Sajō Aika's answer drew everyone's attention. Even Arcueid, who was focused on eating, looked up at the bold and enthusiastic girl with a hint of hostility in her eyes. Not to mention the women who had already had a clear and intimate relationship with Quinn. If there was anyone here who was not hostile to Sajō Aika, it would probably only be Reines.
As a young woman who was already engaged to Quinn and would soon be getting married, she looked at Sajou Aika with nothing but admiration in her eyes.
This woman... is crazy.
Yes, Reines harbored no animosity towards this woman who openly declared her desire to cuckold her. In any case, there were plenty of people in the Europa family who wanted to cuckold her, and Reines didn't care about adding another one. She had already anticipated her future situation, and given the current state of the Europa family, she felt that it was already a blessing that she hadn't been kicked out.
On the contrary, Sajou Aika's courage to speak like that in the face of such a pack of wolves and tigers is truly astounding.
Just because Reines didn't care doesn't mean the others didn't react.
"Sister, what are you saying?!"
Ayaka Sajou, who had already grown accustomed to Ayaka Sajou's behavior, almost immediately reached out and covered her sister's mouth. At the same time, she looked at the women at the table with a panicked expression. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the women in the Europa Mansion had some ideas about Quinn.
Moreover, Quinn is publicly a married man, so Aika Sajou's statement about wanting to be a mistress is somewhat explosive.
After the Sajō family left Tokyo, Sajō Aika did many outrageous things during the years she stayed at the Clock Tower. Most of these things required her younger sister, Sajō Ayaka, to clean up her messes. Therefore, Sajō Ayaka knew very well that her older sister only looked serious and perfect, but had a lot of flaws. However, she never expected that Sajō Aika could be so shameless.
“Mr. Quinn and Miss Reines are engaged. Don’t make it sound so righteous that you want to be a homewrecker!”
Ayaka Sajou couldn't help but scold, but this one sentence made many people in the banquet hall who were staring at Ayaka Sajou freeze in shock. They then turned their heads away as if nothing had happened. This was because many of them were within the scope of Ayaka Sajou's reprimand.
Although the family members had reached a consensus on this matter, they were all somewhat embarrassed after it was pointed out, especially Artoria and Guinevere, who felt that Morgan's gaze was rather cold.
However, Quinn didn't care about any of that. He was a beneficiary of the system, and as the saying goes, "debts don't weigh you down." He had completely given up on his love life and didn't care what kind of vicious tricks the women in his family would use against him. He only cared about one thing.
"Other than that?"
Quinn's words left Ayaka Sajou somewhat dumbfounded, while Aika Sajou took the opportunity to escape from her younger sister, who was much taller than her. "Also, I hope you can help me find something."
now it's right.
Hearing that Ayaka Sajou needed his help, Quinn felt much more at ease. After all, Ayaka Sajou was no longer the girl from Tokyo in 1991. Even though she still couldn't escape the yandere love-obsessed personality written into her character, she was already an adult and wouldn't really lose herself because of love at first sight.
"what?"
"The Holy Grail is not an artifact of the Einzbern family, but a true Christian relic in history."
"Can't you find that kind of thing yourself?" Quinn raised an eyebrow. "Don't you have eyes that can see the past and the future? Using that vision, finding the Holy Grail shouldn't be too difficult."
“Because I need the Holy Grail, which contains holy blood and retains the divinity of the divine child, not the broken remains left behind. Only the most original Holy Grail can fulfill my wish.” Sajō Aika said words that made everyone present widen their eyes. “And in this world, only you and Chaldea can help me, can’t you?”
Quinn understood.
This woman was planning something big. She wanted to use Chaldea's teleportation mechanism and her ability to simulate history to recreate the experience of going to Britannia, to the history of the death of Jesus.
As for the cup containing the blood of the divine child, if it fell into the hands of a magician of Sajō Ayaka's caliber, the possibilities would be endless. Whether it's using the Holy Grail to summon so-called angels or utilizing the mystical concepts it contains, it could be used to manipulate the world. (The last sentence appears to be unrelated and possibly a separate comment: "You Lin Zai Mei Yong wants to empty your Lin Zai Zai's...")
"What do you need the Holy Grail for?" Quinn couldn't help but ask.
“This…” Ayaka Sajou’s face suddenly flushed slightly. “One reason is that in order to properly establish a shelter on the moon, I need a sufficiently mysterious relic to perform magic. The other reason is my personal desire. Isn’t the Holy Grail said to have the power to grant wishes? I want to try and see if the Holy Grail can grant my wish. I’m not very satisfied with my past life and want to have another chance.”
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. Quinn turned to look at the fairies present, only to find a hint of astonishment on their faces. Clearly, in the fairies' eyes, Ayaka Sajou was not lying; this woman's desire to obtain the Holy Grail truly stemmed from a desire to relive her life.
Quinn was a little unsure about Ayaka Sajou's state of mind, but since she wasn't lying, he wasn't going to refuse the collaboration just because of this wish.
Quinn nodded, tacitly agreeing to the collaboration.
Seeing Quinn nod, Aika Sajou was overjoyed. She was like a fangirl who had met her idol, constantly asking Quinn about his various hobbies and interests, trying to find out all the information about him. Quinn did not refuse her enthusiasm. After all, as long as Aika Sajou was not on his side and was not the yandere madwoman in the original work whose mind was so disordered that she had deviated from the realm of normal people, then everything would be fine.
The ensuing conversation flowed smoothly and naturally until the end of the banquet. Sajou Aika didn't cause any further trouble, and the collaboration on the Lunar Spirit Project was thus finalized.
With the cooperation agreement reached, Quinn received all the current status information about the lunar rover from the Satiao family within a few days.
This document records the alchemists invited by the Sajo family at great expense to make predictions and assessments about the lunar rover repair work, as well as the location of the shelter they used to hide the lunar rover—an extremely secluded, nameless island.
When Quinn saw the island through the photos in the documents, some memories that made him chuckle flashed through his mind.
"So it was hidden on the Island of No Return? Sajō Aika, you really know how to pick a place."
Chapter 269 The Legacy from the Gods
Invisible Island.
The former stronghold of the three Gorgon sisters has now become the research base of the Sajou family. Under Sajou Aika's vision, which is directly connected to the Root, nothing on Earth can hide from her. The Island of No Return is one of them. This island, which should have disappeared from the human world after the Age of Gods ended and was abandoned by the gods, is now covered with magic that conceals the truth in order to preserve the stone statues of the ancient heroes that still exist on the island.
Yes, when Quinn arrived at the Isle of No Form to repair the Moon Chariot, he saw the ancient stone sculptures that had died under Medusa's demonic eye.
Even after the passage of time, these heroic stone sculptures sealed by the petrifying magic eyes still retain vitality, proving that the sealed life within still possesses a certain level of energy and consciousness. This extremely terrifying punishment contains ancient divine secrets, enough to attract magicians from all over the world to visit. It can be said that if the Sajō family were willing to open this island to the Mage's Association, this achievement alone would be enough to grant the Sajō family a considerable status and convenience within the Clock Tower.
However, influenced by Aika Sajou, Hiroki Sajou did not do such a thing.
When Quinn asked about the reason for this, Aika Sajou's answer was very much in line with her nature. She did it on purpose, hoping to please Quinn so that he could relive his experience in Greece in the modern world. Quinn could only sigh that she was indeed a love-crazy woman who was considered a god even in the god-like world of Type-Moon.
With such good intentions, the lunar rover repair work proceeded extremely smoothly.
This spaceship, a remnant from the Age of Gods and originating from a part of the Moon God's body, is inherently less susceptible to the passage of time. Even after thousands of years have passed, the lunar rover still retains its most original functions, with its body remaining over 70% intact. It can fully activate its built-in intelligent AI and use the AI's search function to analyze the conditions required for the lunar rover's repair.
The reason why modern magicians cannot start this spaceship is simple: the modern environment can no longer support the continued operation of something containing ancient and extraterrestrial power.
What is extremely difficult to solve for modern magicians is not a problem for the Europa family. When Quinn injected the True Aether Crystal, which Arcueid created using the Emptiness Conjuration technique, into the energy chamber of the lunar rover, the ancient spaceship was reactivated, and its built-in AI was revived, displaying things that Quinn was familiar with.
That is the divinity of the moon goddess Artemis. This lunar rover itself is equivalent to an incarnation of the Greek god of machines, a component split off from its original form.
When the moon goddess's divinity touched Quinn again, the ancient spaceship displayed unprecedented enthusiasm. Silver waves rippled across its old metal hull, a sign that the nanomachines were being reactivated. With the undulations of the waves, the moon rover, covered in mud and rust, was reborn. Bright red lines reappeared on its sturdy hull, and its self-operating internal energy circuits began to regenerate a highly concentrated form of true ether, giving the entire restoration department of the research base a feeling of returning to the age of gods.
The sudden spread of true ether has already caused some alchemists invited by the Sajou family to feel physically uncomfortable. Unable to adapt to the environment of the Age of Gods, these magicians had no choice but to regretfully leave the scene and move to a safe position to observe the scene that would excite countless magicians through sturdy bulletproof glass.
At this moment, there were fewer than a handful of people left at the restoration site, and Ayaka Sajou was one of them. As if she had foreseen what was about to happen, she immediately cut off the voice communication between the restoration site and the observation department, turning this restoration site, which was filled with true ether, into a silent forbidden zone.
This action displeased the magicians who had been invited by the Sajō family, and they began to complain to Sajō Hiroki, who had evacuated with them. However, none of this affected Quinn and the others who remained at the restoration site.
After the car completed its self-inspection and basic repairs, its internal AI was reawakened. Almost instantly, Quinn, Arcueid, Mordred, Ayaka Sajou, and Touko Aozaki, who were still at the scene, heard that ancient and beautiful voice.
"Special attention individual detected. It's a pleasure to see you again, Goddess of the Gods." It was the voice of Artemis, the moon goddess, but compared to the vibrant goddess in Quinn's memory, this voice was more mechanical. "Thank you for awakening me once more. According to the oracle of Lady Artemis and His Majesty Jupiter, I will re-establish your connection with the gods. The system is about to enter self-check mode, please wait."
As if seeing its master again, without any command, this ancient AI, which had ignored modern magicians, started operating on its own just because it saw Quinn's figure again. This favor, which would make other magicians weep, did not make Quinn feel proud. He noticed the hint in the AI's words.
The reason why the lunar rover could appear in the modern era and was discovered by Ayaka Sajou has finally been answered: it was not abandoned by the moon goddess Artemis, but was deliberately left behind on Earth by the Greek mechanics.
Clearly, the Greek oracles likely already knew their secret and the history of humanity from the future. They were certain that as long as they left a beacon on Earth, they would be able to contact them again. Therefore, they did something contrary to the trend of the times, deliberately using some method to hide this lunar rover that should not have been unearthed, hoping that when the time came, the lunar rover could serve as a bridge for communication between the two sides.
Quinn couldn't help but glance at Sajou Aika beside him, beginning to suspect that the other woman might have known about these things all along.
But before Aika Sajou could react, the Tsukishiro's built-in AI spoke again.
"Self-check complete. Current system integrity 60%. Database and internal energy warehouse are well preserved. Infiltration and long-distance travel functions urgently need repair. Gods, please assist this system in repairing its functions. After the system is repaired, this system will take you to the moon. The moon goddess Artemis left you a legacy on the moon, which will help you fulfill your contract with the moon king."
"Heritage? What inheritance?"
Now Quinn understood why Sajou Aika had severed the voice communication between this place and the outside world.
The news of the legacy from the gods, once it gets out, will inevitably attract the covetous eyes of those with ill intentions, no matter how powerful the Europa family is, causing unrest throughout the entire Europa family.
"The last divine steel from Olympus, the best material for creating new humans, and the forge of Vulcan."
Chapter 270 Saver
The last of Olympian divine steel and the forge of Hephaestus...
Hearing the words of the Moon Chariot AI, Quinn's heart trembled. He never dared to imagine that the Greek god of machines could leave him such a legacy. Back then, with the help of the god of fire, he created Jupiter's body with the help of divine steel and a furnace, creating a miracle that he himself could not replicate even if he did it again.
Now, he once again had the chance to create a miracle, which excited Quinn. With these things, the success rate of reshaping Mordred's body would be one thousand percent.
Faced with such a huge surprise, Quinn could hardly contain his excitement. "What do you need me to do?"
"When the thunder of the great god resounds across the sky, offering the blood of the Roman emperor can awaken the body's self-repairing function."
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Quinn subconsciously pointed to himself, but before he could speak, the Moon Chariot AI continued, "According to the machine's database, His Majesty Jupiter used the divine power of Mars and Venus, along with some of his own genes, to create a new race in the Seven Hills, modeled after the humans most favored by the gods, and appointed them to rule the lands of the Romans. From then on, the same genes as the gods flowed in the blood of the Roman emperors."
Oh, so they didn't want my blood after all.
Quinn was somewhat disappointed. If they really wanted his blood, it would have been simple. It turned out that what they wanted was the nano-factors flowing in the body of the descendant of the Greek machine god. He had thought that this matter could be resolved so quickly. However, the conditions for this repair were not too difficult.
After the events in Britannia, Chaldea repaired the various problems that arose from the first experimental route. Among these improvements, the biggest ones were the selectability of travel locations and the time flow between the travel world and the modern era.
Nowadays, when Chaldea conducts spirit particle travel, it will not encounter a situation similar to Britannia, where it needs to stay in other human histories for a long time to solve problems, only to find that many years have passed since the problems were solved and the world has been completely transformed when it returns to the pan-human history.
As for the selectability of travel locations... although the Celestial Sovereign assured Quinn that improvements in this area had been made, Quinn remained skeptical.
After all, it's unlikely that a Chaldea Master would violate ancestral rules after transmigrating, and those who dare to change ancestral rules never have a good ending.
However, it didn't matter to Quinn. Anyway, he had the all-powerful simulator that could not only interfere with the past but also influence the present. What did the old ancestral laws of the Type-Moon have to do with my noble foreign ancestor?
With Chaldea, which allows one to freely traverse human history, Quinn readily agreed. As Quinn responded, the Moon Chariot AI became engrossed again and entered standby mode. Quinn also lost interest in staying there any longer. He glanced at Sajō Aika, who was winking at him and hinting at something, and realized that this girl had been wanting to go to Chaldea with him for a long time.
So, a few days later, Marisbury Animusfiah, who was busy adjusting the internal mechanisms of Chaldea, received a new request from Quinn.
Upon seeing Quinn's request, the astrophysical monarch stamped his application for Quinn's attempt to reactivate the spirit transfer device without hesitation, refusing approval. The reason was simple: Quinn's request was too outrageous. In the application, Quinn stated that he wished to travel to the Roman Empire in pan-human history, to the time of the fifth Roman emperor's accession after the death of that Christian saint, and that he would bring a group of entourage with him.
Putting aside what you're planning to do by going to this time that's incredibly sensitive in the eyes of magicians and church personnel, just seeing the list of entourage Quinn has given Maris Billy a chill down his spine.
The list of accompanying personnel was not large, far fewer than the A-group Masters that Marisbury himself had stuffed into the first Chaldea experiment. Among them, Marisbury had never even heard of Sajō Ayaka, and Mordred, whom he was somewhat familiar with, was simply a Servant recorded within Chaldea and belonging to Quinn himself. These two accompanying personnel were not significant, but unfortunately, the last person on the list was someone that this celestial monarch could not ignore.
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