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The other person had the same long silver hair as Olga Marie, and both father and daughter had pigtails. It was strange that this was a father but had the dangerous hairstyle of a wife.

Because of his handsome face, it is easy for people to mistake him for a woman.

And such a being is one who has already become a father.

108 Invitation

When Olga Marie saw him, she called out excitedly:

"father!"

She wanted to run directly towards Marisbury. Ryougi Shiki gave Fan Yu an inquiring look, but Fan Yu shook his head to indicate that there was no need to stop her.

Without being stopped, Olga Marie ran over with her short legs, threw herself into her father's arms and told him how much she missed him in recent days.

"It seems that my Mary is well taken care of, sir." Marisbilly stroked his daughter's small body with a smile, and at the same time looked at Fan Yu with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Regarding his daughter's disappearance a few days ago and the hint left by the other party for him to follow, Maris Billy certainly knew that there was something about him that the other party was targeting.

however--

At this moment, both the girl in the red cotton-padded jacket beside him and the skilled female driver who had driven her motorcycle at nearly 200 mph, looked quite extraordinary. But they were both obeying the same man.

"Sir, I wonder why you went through so much trouble to lead me from the Clock Tower to the Far East?" Marisbury asked.

Fan Yu: "How is your research on heroic spirits?"

Marisbil was startled, then immediately thought of the information about this land and asked thoughtfully, "You mean the soul transfer... and those servants in Fuyuki City, and the great magic circle that harvests servants' souls?"

As one of the twelve monarchs of the Clock Tower, he was naturally aware of the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City. Moreover, when Sora, the daughter of the Monarch of the Soul-Calling Department, brought back the dead body of Kenneth not long ago, it shook the entire Clock Tower.

After all, putting aside Kenneth's family, his own career as a child prodigy and a talented lecturer in his youth, including his political talents, has gathered most of the connections in the Clock Tower. The death of such a person in a small island country would be surprising to anyone.

Fan Yu hummed. "That's the general idea. Sora mentioned in his message that you were conducting research in a certain area of ​​the Clock Tower, with the greatest emphasis on Heroic Spirits."

Marisbury's expression froze for a moment upon hearing this, but then a sense of relief crept into his eyes. He was puzzled by the man's reason for targeting him, or by the fact that he could so easily and quietly kidnap his daughter by the route she took home every day. It would have been impossible without prior knowledge.

Marisbury nodded. "I have indeed done some research on this aspect. It just requires a huge amount of funding, so I haven't been able to successfully establish it..."

Fan Yu interrupted him appropriately: "Let's put your needs aside for now. I only need your research experience. I have excellent magicians here. Just pass on the cutting-edge research you know."

As he spoke, Fan Yu pointed at Medea beside him.

"..." Marisbilly opened his mouth speechlessly. When the other party mentioned that he needed some of his magic knowledge, he did think of using the other party to complete some research that he could not carry out in the Clock Tower. He originally thought that they could use each other, but this man interrupted him very quickly.

The most basic trust between people seems to be invisible from each other.

And the other person's eyes clearly showed one thing - 'You are just a tool, don't think too much about it'.

Marisbilly said helplessly: "If you are willing to let my daughter go, I will follow your arrangements."

Fan Yu: "Very good, we have reached a consensus."

Olga Marie looked at the two adults questioningly, her amber eyes filled with deep confusion. She subconsciously slid closer to her father, raised her little head, and turned to meet Fan Yu's gaze.

Fan Yu said gently, "Would you like to continue playing in Fuyuki for a while? You and your father can come, and I will introduce you to a friend of the same age."

When Olga Marie heard this, she subconsciously looked at her father for advice.

Marisbilly smiled gently and said, "Mary, Dad will have to work in the Far East for a while."

He understood from the words that he was not going to leave until he had completed what the other party wanted him to do. Although Marisbil was already feeling uncertain, facing the person in front of him and two other beings who were clearly spirits, he seemed to have no choice.

Do not……

This situation was severely restricted from the very beginning.

"Sir, when does it start?" asked Marisbury.

Fan Yu was very satisfied with his timely attitude: "Come with me."

Marisbury showed a look of doubt, and then, at the signal of Ryougi Shiki, he took his daughter and headed towards the old capital.

Tens of minutes later.

They arrived at a temporarily blocked-off mountain area. Two horizontal pillars of the shrine's torii gate had collapsed, revealing a staircase leading up the mountain. As they reached this point, they felt a chill in the air, and their expressions grew even more worried.

Fortunately, it didn't take long before they reached the halfway point of the mountain.

A temple that had been obviously damaged had been renovated. The surrounding layout and the traces of flowing runes showed that this seemed to be an invisible magical place.

"Is this what you've become after all the renovations?" Ryougi Shiki looked around the area and couldn't help but grumble, "And that temple? They've reduced the number of rooms, haven't they? There's nothing for me?"

Forced by Fan Yu to stay in this world, she often wandered outside and heard that this was the spiritual vein of Fuyuki City. Their base camp would be centered here and spread to the entire old capital of Fuyuki City.

But the temple in front has been renovated and there is only one room, which is still too outrageous.

Medea and Altria listened to her words and looked away with an unnatural look on their faces.

Why is there only one room in the entire massive temple renovation of Ryudongsa Temple?

All I can say is that it's just a certain Master's bad taste.

Moreover, the daily improvement brought by the [Depth 6] connection, and even the pleasure transmitted back by the body's instincts, make them feel trapped in the torture of sin every day.

"That's not the point."

Fan Yu responded to Liang Yi Shi's words and continued walking down with a few people.

On the back hill of the temple, there is a winding path leading to a cave.

In the pitch-black darkness, lit only by the lights of torches, Marisbury and his daughter walked for a long time...

Finally, they came to the underground.

A magical place like a 'nest'.

109 The Age of Great Heroic Spirit Summoning

"Ah, this is..."

At the end of the darkness, there was an empty underground space. The father and daughter who entered here couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

What was reflected in their pupils was replaced by a brilliant light.

The walls at the edge, the red stones above, and the ground beneath his feet all emanated strands of silvery-white light, like threads of silk. They intertwined like a spider web, weaving a giant "ball of wool" within the space.

At the center of the field, the light appeared denser and thicker. When the silvery-white light streamed into it, it completely transformed into a golden-white color.

Do not--

To be more precise, the light strips themselves were golden and white in color, but as they flowed out from the center point, the magic power gradually dissipated as they wandered.

The magic power of the underground spiritual veins continued to surge out and gathered in front of the hollow light sphere at the center, making it seem as if it had gathered into a field composed of magic power.

Dense streams of light began to float from the field, embellishing everything in this empty underground space.

"Have these magical powers been gathered together by some kind of spell?" Marisbilly asked thoughtfully.

After the shock of the light emerging from the darkness, he regained his composure. The concentration of so much magic power here, forming a kind of "magic field," was clearly abnormal. Even though the magic power in this field had been so concentrated, it hadn't yet begun to squeeze the ground, but instead formed a regular pattern, demonstrating the mastery of the magic.

Fan Yu hummed, "The spiritual vein was damaged during the previous Holy Grail War. A heroic spirit's Noble Phantasm penetrated the ground and shattered the previously intact spiritual vein into multiple strands, which are now irreversibly dispersing."

"Here I asked Caster to set up a spell to guide the magic power together. As you can see, the magic power overflowing from Liudong Temple all converged here and finally created this scene." Fan Yu said.

Marisbury nodded in understanding, then asked hesitantly, "Then this place, could it be me..."

Before Fan Yu could speak, Medea took over his words: "Yes, this is where you will work from now on."

Marisbilly: "..."

Will he need to survive in a cave later? That picture is terrifying to think about.

"Don't play that kind of joke on him, Caster." Fan Yu glanced at Medea speechlessly. He paused and said to Marisbil, who was looking at him, "The environment here only serves as a foundation for future research. All that's needed is your knowledge."

Caster will help you refine those results until they form the final [Heroic Spirit Summoning] that suits my needs."

Marisbury heard his words and nodded in understanding.

The other party brought him here, probably to tell him that they could use the spiritual vein of Fuyuki City as a place to absorb magical power, and all their future research and supply needs could start from here.

Simply put, this is the energy base, and he needs to design a technique that can be applied to this energy... No, the summoning of heroic spirits already exists, and all he needs to do is to perfect the heroic spirits that the other party is talking about.

"Sir... do you have any idea about the summoning?" Marisbury tried to ask.

Previously, their discussion had focused on a broad category, which he already understood. Now, as they delved into the specific categories within the "Summoning" series, he had some questions.

Fan Yu said frankly, "According to the Holy Grail War, summoning heroic spirits requires rituals, chants, and specific times, and only relics can complete the summoning. I need your so-called conditional restrictions to offset them.

Of course, I'm not referring to a full offset, which is not realistic."

"Ideally, the [Heroic Spirit Summoning] I envision would replace all of these complex conditions in one comprehensive way, eliminating the need for the incantation of the seal."

Marisberry: "So, do you mean gather in one area?"

Put it this way, the other party's request isn't particularly outrageous.

Moreover, regarding experiments such as summoning familiars, he had actually previously made similar plans with Fan Yu in order to complete a certain research.

In order to better summon the heroic spirits of different eras to the present world, normal chanting is abandoned, and instead magic power and alternative media objects are invested, the summoning ritual is fixed, and the summoning is completed directly through instruments.

The user only needs to press a button or input energy to complete the summoning and call forth the heroic spirit from history.

This is not only more efficient, but also enables better screening.

Fan Yu: "Yeah."

Marisbilly: "Okay, then I have no problem."

"Well, let's get started while it's still early! I will handle any follow-up issues for you." Fan Yu said.

"..." Marisbury was already numb to these words. Back at the bridge, he had given up on returning to the Clock Tower. And now that he knew the request was related to one of his previous research ideas, he was actually willing to help.

Although he was restricted by the conditions of kidnapping, the means to achieve his goal was not important to the magician. The only thing that worried Marisbury was his daughter Mary.

But seeing his daughter staring ahead with bright eyes, he felt relieved.

At least until he completes the other party's plan, nothing will happen between him and Mary.

"I see."

in the subsequent time.

After communicating with Marisbury, Fan Yu got the required plan. After Medea's interpretation, he synthesized some desired information.

Fan Yu was very interested in the [Spirit Summoning] mentioned by the other party, although Medea thought that it was "to turn summoning into a mechanical assembly line, which is completely blasphemous."

Having said that, Medea had to admit it.

If that plan is completed, the tedious chanting of spells, the need to wait for time differences every day, and other restrictions will no longer exist.

In that case, there is basically nothing that can limit them except the historical heroes' own responses and magic.

Medea, who knew the secret of her master, knew very well that even if the spiritual veins of Fuyuki City were drained, her master still had a [Star Core].

By that time, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the 'Age of Summoning Great Heroic Spirits'...

110 Summons Successfully, Queen of Persia (Two in One)

A few weeks later.

Located in a cave beneath Mount Yuanzang.

The magic power gathered together and the hollow magic place woven by magic power that was seen through the spirit vein a long time ago have been replaced by a round metal object.

Its center was covered in a dense mass of magical characters, appearing densely packed. Around it, numerous small holes formed. Magical energy, rising from the ground, automatically flowed through these holes and converged on the central characters, coating the characters and the metal with a brilliant, multicolored glow.

When the magic power condensed into an important node, a green light lit up on the left side of the metal instrument.

Surrounded by the cave, Fan Yu, Marisbili, Medea and others stood around the sphere, watching the light light up.

"Did it succeed?" Altria swallowed. The environment had been replaced by light. Everyone around her was looking at this without saying a word, which made her feel a little nervous.

"It's too early to say we've succeeded. The fact that this light is on only means that the procedures and techniques we've completed are functioning normally. To truly reach the final step, actual testing is still needed." Marisbili acted like a researcher and shook his head at Altria's words.

During this period, he also understood the true identities of Caster, who was dressed like a witch, and the blonde, blue-eyed woman beside him. To be honest, he was shocked when he first realized that they were Servants left over from the Holy Grail War.

They found it incredible that the man who kidnapped them and their daughter, Fanyu La (Yang), was able to maintain his magical power and keep the other party in the world.

However, it was precisely because of the identities of these Servants that he gradually understood why that man was obsessed with [Heroic Spirit Summoning], a minor subject that could only be considered as a subsidiary research subject on the path to the ultimate goal of a magician.

Medea rested her chin on her hand and complained about the instrument in front of her: "A green light indicates smooth operation, making it like modern traffic. There's no mystery at all."

Marisbury smiled helplessly. "As for the special effects, they can be updated later. But I think according to Mr. Fanyu's request, the Heroic Spirit Summoning should be as simple as possible."

Fan Yu agreed with Marisbilly's statement. If possible, he even wanted to complete a machine that could summon heroic spirits with one click.

During this period, the results of Marisbilly's work were even more impressive than Fan Yu had anticipated. This father, who looked like a typical European aristocrat, did not have the stereotypical magus idiom of Tōsaka Tokiomi, nor did he have the habit of appearing superior when performing magic.