A Core Ship From The Start
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Chapter 1139: Chapter 782: Follow-Up Chapter 1139: Chapter 782: Follow-Up With the destruction of Tiamat, the black mud also vanished, and Alice Phil and Medea took action once again, disassembling the Holy Grail. Naturally, just like Alice Phil before her, Ilya also eventually chose to become a Heroic Spirit–for one thing, Alice Phil had already merged with a Holy Grail and couldn't take in another. Another reason was that Ilya's life was short; Alice Phil wished to prolong her life in this way, and Duanmu Huai did not object. Therefore, just like the previous Alice Phil, Ilya also became a Servant of Duanmu Huai.
After everyone disassembled the Holy Grail and retreated, the first rays of dawn broke through, shining over Fuyuki City. Though the entire city had not been subjected to catastrophic destruction, the New City District had largely collapsed and even residential areas at the edges of Fuyuki City had suffered varying levels of damage.
Under normal circumstances, according to the principle of magical concealment, the Tohsaka family and Cathedral Church should have immediately intervened to cover everything up. However, the Spirit Vein of Fuyuki City had been destroyed, and Rin Tohsaka had given up–she was now in a state of having nothing left and let things take their course, too indifferent to care.
As for the Cathedral Church… Kotomine Kirei's body was discovered inside the Church. Combined with the corrupted LANCER they had seen earlier, it seemed likely that the BOSS had gone after Kotomine Kirei first, killed him, and seized his LANCER. Nonetheless, the local Magician Family and the functionality of the Cathedral Church were completely paralyzed at that point.
Thankfully, Sakura was well-prepared; a phone call was enough to get the El-Melloi Family to finally handle the situation–the official story given was that an earthquake had occurred in Fuyuki City, leading to a landslide and gas explosions in the New City District (this excuse never fails).
As for believing it or not… that wasn't their concern anymore.
Of course, Sakura didn't forget to complain about Reines on the phone–after all, when she left, Reines had provided her with information, indicating that the Seal Designated Repairman and a Middle Eastern Magician would participate in the Holy Grail War. However, Sakura had gone around and hadn't seen any trace of them. Rin Tohsaka was ARCHER, the priest was LANCER, some student had summoned SABER, and Ilyasviel's teacher from Ryudou Temple was CASTER. Ilyasviel had summoned BERSERKER, and RIDER clearly belonged to someone behind the scenes, but whoever they were, they were definitely not the Seal Designated Repairman and the Middle Eastern Magician…
Where had these two run off to?
Sakura didn't know, and Reines didn't know either.
Ultimately, all they could do was admit that the information might have been mistaken…
However, having learned from Sakura that Duanmu Huai and the others were back, Reines was relieved. After all, having not appeared for so long, she had been somewhat worried, plus the problems within the El-Melloi Family were quite serious. But now that Duanmu Huai had returned, it was like having a SeCalming Sacred Needle.
On the other hand, for Duanmu Huai, the problems ahead were somewhat troublesome.
Especially after he introduced both sides, the atmosphere between Ogis and Ann, and Medea along with Alice Phil, became somewhat awkward.
Especially Ann…
“Mr. Knight, I haven't seen you in a while, and you already have a child?”
Looking at Ilya standing next to Alice Phil, Ann was greatly surprised–she had long known that Duanmu Huai had relations with several women, like Princess Leia of Lisas from Duel City, Ling'Nu, Kaname, and others. But in Ann's view, this wasn't such a big deal; it was common practice in their culture for powerful men to have several concubines. If Duanmu Huai didn't look so fierce and intimidating, and had a more handsome appearance, Ann thought it was inevitable that Duanmu Huai would have a harem.
But having a child, that was too much!
“This is not my child…”
“What?! Did you have an affair with a married woman? Mr. Knight, that won't do, you can't pick up bad habits from the noblemen of Manaria!”
“It's not like that… just listen to my explanation…”
Because the matter of timelines was inherently convoluted, Duanmu Huai spent quite a while explaining until Ann, Greiya, and Ogis finally understood that this Alice Phil was not the one who had given birth to Ilya, and Ilya was not this Alice Phil's daughter… Well, it was really quite a mess.
“Uh… I think I mostly understand.”
Even Ann grimaced as she tried to grasp the complicated intertwining relationships.
“But is that okay? According to what you said, Mr. Knight, won't this cause contradictions in the timeline?”
“Indeed, but there's no need to worry about that now. Heroic Spirits transcend the timeline, so after Ilya became a Heroic Spirit, she herself was no longer bound by the constraints of the timeline and there's no need to consider such issues.”
“You gave me a scare… but no wonder, if Mr. Knight had a child so soon, that would be quite terrifying… Well, thinking about it, this child doesn't look as scary as you.”
As she spoke, Ann stretched out her hand and patted her chest, breathing a sigh of relief.
“Heh, would you like to try?”
“Uh… I'll find an opportunity sometime later.”
Facing Duanmu Huai's dissatisfied threat, Ann swiftly decided to change the subject.
“So, the problem with this world is the timeline? Because the past led to the destruction of the future? I must say, this is indeed a very interesting topic to study… Ah, why didn't you call me over sooner, Mr. Knight?”
As a Magician, Ann was utterly fascinated by such topics.
“Sorry, I forgot.”
Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.
“So now, is the situation resolved?”
“Mostly resolved.”
While speaking, Duanmu Huai glanced toward Sakura, who was not far away making a call on her mobile phone. He had learned about the situation of the El-Melloi Family from her over the years. What had relieved Duanmu Huai was that Reines and Olga Marie from the Animusphere family had met and formed a good relationship. Not only that, but not long ago, the Animusphere had formally submitted a proposal to the El-Melloi Family to jointly establish Chaldea.
In fact, according to Reines's thinking, she didn't see much chance of this whimsical plan succeeding, not to mention it would require a substantial part of the El-Melloi's funds. For the El-Melloi Family, which was struggling without the support of the Tribunal, this money would be substantially damaging.
Nevertheless, Reines still remembered the special instructions Duanmu Huai had given them before he left to sponsor the Animusphere's plan, so after several rounds of negotiations, she successfully joined the joint Chaldea construction project, which had recently begun construction–this had also relieved Duanmu Huai.
This also connected this timeline with the future of Chaldea.
But that wasn't all.
Although Duanmu Huai still didn't know what the Holy Grail was all about, he was sure that someone was behind it–indeed, just recently, Doctor Roman had contacted him through Mash, claiming to have discovered another singularity, which had appeared just as Duanmu Huai had eliminated Tiamat.
Moreover, according to Doctor Roman, the location and time of this singularity were unusual… As for the specifics, those would have to wait until his return.
Fortunately, the past timeline didn't affect the future, so Duanmu Huai didn't mind staying a bit longer in this timeline. He also wanted to see what the El-Melloi Family had become after eight years.
After all, it was the seed he had sown; seeing what kind of fruit it had become would be quite interesting, wouldn't it?
Thus, Duanmu Huai and his group took a flight and left Fuyuki City, returning to the El-Melloi Castle in London.
“Big Brother, it's been so long.”
“Long time no see, Lord Duanmu.”
Seeing Reines again was somewhat surprising to Duanmu Huai, and although Sakura's growth had also astonished him, Reines had grown as well. In Duanmu Huai's memory, Reines was a mischievous little girl with shoulder-length hair. But in a blink of eight years, the current Reines had grown long, golden hair down to her waist her figure also more developed, looking like a graceful young lady.
Fiore was the same, Duanmu Huai remembered when he left, Fiore was still confined to a wheelchair, a very obedient and cute girl. But now she was no longer in a wheelchair, and had also grown much taller, becoming a gentle young woman with long brown hair.
“I really hadn't expected you all to grow up so much.”
Looking at the young women before him, Duanmu Huai could not help but feel emotional. He remembered that before he left, although there was some age difference among the three, they all looked roughly the same age. Of course, in terms of age, Fiore was the oldest, then Sakura, with Reines being a year younger than Sakura.
But looking at them now…um…
Duanmu Huai silently scanned over Sakura and Fiore's chests, then looked at Reines…
It seems she still had some catching up to do.
“On the contrary, Big Brother, you haven't changed a bit in these eight years.”
Reines cheerfully spoke up.
“To be honest, seeing Big Brother looking exactly as I remember, I even thought time had reversed.”
“Seeing you all actually makes me feel like eight years have really passed.”
Duanmu Huai wasn't lying; after all, for him, returning to Chaldea and then setting off towards the singularity had only taken a few days of work. But in the blink of an eye, the little girls had all grown into fine young women.
Time really does fly…
“Is that so? Then Big Brother, you will be even more surprised when you see him.”
“Who?”
Hearing Reines's playful response, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows curiously. Just then, there was a knock on the door. As Duanmu Huai turned his head, he saw a tall, thin man with long hair and an exhausted face that looked like he had just worked a 96-hour shift, push open the door and walk in.
“Reines, you said I should meet someone, who is it… Whoa!”
While speaking, the man lifted his head, and the moment he saw Duanmu Huai, he got so frightened that he fell right onto the floor.
As he looked at the man before him, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows in confusion, then turned to look at Reines.
“Who is this?”
“Oh? Don't you remember? Big Brother, this is Weber Velvet, the one who took over the El-Melloi title and the Monarch's position from you.”
“…What?”
Hearing Reines's answer, Duanmu Huai blinked, turning his gaze toward the gaunt man. He generally didn't bother to remember men, but the thing was, Duanmu Huai had seen Weber just a week ago, and at that time, Weber was still a scrawny young lad.
This man before him, looking like he could drop dead from overwork at any moment… what the hell was going on?
Chapter end
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