BAMN: Chapter 136/138

Chapter 136: Two Irisviel?

Amidst the hopes of countless people, Justeaze carried her mission and became the vessel for the Greater Grail.

She never thought of resisting.

Because even the thought of resistance was not instilled in her by those people.

It wasn't until she sank into this darkness and saw the dark side of countless humans that Justeaze finally understood.

"A pathetic life..."

Rin's evaluation of Justeaze was 'pathetic'.

She was confined within Einzbern.

The so-called head of the family was just a scapegoat put forward by the mages.

The homunculi of Einzbern were, in essence, like a blank sheet of paper.

However, this blank sheet of paper was easily stained by external impurities.

Therefore, homunculi were not allowed to go outside, for fear that they would change due to the outside world.

Irisviel, because of Kiritsugu's appearance, developed humanity.

"You, too, want to create the Holy Grail and explore the Root?"

Justeaze was a homunculus, but her magical attainments were extremely high.

Almost at a glance, Justeaze could feel Rin's power.

This was to be expected.

After all, the fact that he could come here already proved his extraordinary nature.

"I'm not interested in the Holy Grail."

Rin said bluntly, "In comparison, I'm more interested in you."

"Me?"

"Yes."

Rin smiled and extended his hand to Justeaze: "Do you want to come with me, and leave this place?"

"Can I?"

Justeaze looked up, her eyes flickering as she gazed at Rin.

The girl didn't suspect Rin had ulterior motives.

Here, under the witness of All the World's Evil, Justeaze could see Rin's intentions.

He was serious, from the bottom of his heart, wanting to take her away.

"Of course!"

Rin condensed another ball of memories.

Justeaze didn't hesitate at all, taking it and starting to read.

Inside were the several worlds Rin had experienced, as well as information about the Cardinal World.

And as Justeaze began to absorb this part of the memory, her eyes grew brighter.

In the end, the girl directly grabbed Rin's hand: "Please take me away, Rin-san!"

'Got it!'

Rin snapped his fingers.

"Don't resist."

That's right, Rin wanted to transform Justeaze into a Dependent.

Among these Fourth Holy Grail Wars, the only one Rin truly valued and deemed worthy of becoming his Dependent was Artoria.

After all, she was the heroine in the Type-Moon World worldview.

Saber's value needs no further explanation.

However, Justeaze's appearance was an unexpected pleasant surprise.

The Holy Maiden of Winter, the miracle of the Third Magic, the vessel of the Greater Grail, an immortal homunculus who had lived for nearly a thousand years.

Whether it was her appearance, temperament, or potential, she met Rin's requirements for a Dependent.

After successfully transforming Justeaze into a Dependent, Rin held the girl's hand and walked forward: "Let's go, I'll take you out of here."

The two walked through the mountain of flesh piled up by homunculi.

Ahead, a ray of light gradually turned from dim to bright, until it completely illuminated this silent, terrifying world.

Justeaze turned her head.

Behind her, countless homunculi identical to her were staring straight at her.

Their eyes were filled with resentment and jealousy, as well as unwillingness, and envy and pleading for Justeaze's ability to escape the bitter sea.

Except for Irisviel.

Rin had promised Artoria to save this woman.

So before this, Violet had already taken her soul out.

If nothing unexpected happened, the real Irisviel should have already woken up.

"Poor children..."

Justeaze turned back resolutely, following closely behind Rin.

She did not intend to abandon these homunculi created based on her template.

In a sense, they were all her daughters.

"Wait a little longer, just a little longer."

"I will definitely save you!"

Bearing the pain and sorrow of countless daughters, Justeaze opened her eyes again.

Then, she saw Rin.

And also saw Fuyuki City, covered by the black mud of All the World's Evil.

"What happened here?"

The current Justeaze was not a spirit body.

Now that Violet had almost analyzed it, the moment Rin successfully captured her, Justeaze no longer belonged to the Type-Moon World.

Therefore, she regained her physical body once again.

As for more power, Rin still needed to bring her back to the Cardinal World and have the Voice of the World complete her.

"Irisviel? Irisviel?!"

On the other side, Artoria held Irisviel in her arms.

"That's great, you're finally awake, Irisviel!"

Irisviel slowly opened her eyes, her red pupils gradually realizing her situation after a moment of confusion.

She had actually escaped from that terrifying world.

"Saber!!"

Irisviel gripped Saber's hand tightly, her heart filled with lingering fear of the world within the Holy Grail.

Countless corpses, people identical to herself, those incredibly hollow eyes...

All of it was like a nightmare.

Especially after that, what she saw regarding Kiritsugu's choice.

"It's okay, Irisviel, it's okay now..."

Artoria comforted Irisviel, while looking at All the World's Evil covering the sky.

Due to the barrier of Shuna and others, All the World's Evil did not fall, but merely hovered in the air.

The black mud, filled with negative emotions, was like twisted tentacles, constantly baring its fangs and claws at the barrier, wanting to destroy it and then devour the living beings of Fuyuki City.

"Is this the Holy Grail?"

Seeing the black mud gushing out of the Holy Grail with her own eyes, Artoria completely lost her pursuit of the wish-granting machine: "To be attracted by such a thing."

"Indeed, whether as a king or a knight, I am unqualified."

What Rin said was true.

The Holy Grail was a scam.

It was laughable that she had been so obsessed with fighting for the Holy Grail.

Thinking about it now, her past self was truly ridiculous.

"It's already polluted to this extent."

Justeaze's appearance immediately attracted the attention of the two women.

"Huh?"

Artoria looked at the two in surprise: "You, Irisviel, why do you look like her?"

Irisviel was only slightly stunned before she understood Justeaze's identity: "No, it should be said that I look like her."

(To be continued.)

Chapter 137: Reincarnation Rules

"What?"

Artoria was confused, completely unable to understand the current situation.

"You are Irisviel, right?"

Justeaze came before Irisviel and helped her up: "I know all about your situation from Rin."

In fact, it wasn't from Rin, but within the Holy Grail, Justeaze had seen everything Irisviel experienced.

But she didn't say it.

Because that memory was too heavy for Irisviel.

"I'm sorry, you all suffered."

They were all homunculi, and Justeaze could understand Irisviel: "When this matter is over, I will personally end all of this."

The twisted will of Einzbern, it was time for it to end.

But before that, Justeaze also had to assist Rin and Violet in solving the problem of All the World's Evil.

"What should we do?"

Rin asked Violet, who replied, "It is trouble, but also an opportunity."

"All the World's Evil comes from the power of the Holy Grail. Although it has been polluted, it still retains powerful resentment."

Negative energy is also a type of energy.

For Violet, who is the Spirit of the World, this poses no pressure.

Of course, Violet considered more.

"I said before that Justeaze's existence can help us filter impurities from our souls."

"But impurities don't disappear into thin air."

Violet: "Therefore, we need to construct a cyclical system, making All the World's Evil a usable link."

In Violet's conception, Rin, Justeaze, and All the World's Evil.

Between the three, a stable triangular structure will form.

All the World's Evil is mainly divided into two parts, subjective evil and objective evil.

Simply put, subjective evil mostly comes from sentient beings with self-awareness.

Such as humans, pigs and dogs being slaughtered, and animals that cannot survive.

Objective evil, on the other hand, can be understood as the destruction of the environment, the resentment and dissatisfaction of Great Nature towards all living beings.

"Evil generated by humans is relative evil."

"And evil generated by the world is absolute evil."

Relative evil and absolute evil together constitute All the World's Evil.

As Violet spoke, she simultaneously drew upon Justeaze's power and connected with All the World's Evil.

The next moment, Rin saw the continuously rampaging black mud begin to calm down.

"So that's how it is, I understand."

Justeaze came to Violet's side, then merged the black mud, transformed from All the World's Evil, into her shadow.

"This is..."

Rin was curious about the scene before him.

But before he could ask, Justeaze cupped her hands over her heart, condensing a sacred, pure white orb of light.

"Soul!"

After becoming a Demon Lord Seed, Rin's sensitivity to souls greatly increased.

Undoubtedly, this white light before him was the product of countless souls condensing.

"Yes."

Justeaze: "I have stripped away the souls that were submerged in All the World's Evil."

After the souls were stripped away, the black mud completely became unconscious negative energy.

Energy, like power, has no absolute good or evil.

It depends on the person using the power.

"So, Rin, you can understand All the World's Evil, from which the souls have been stripped, as a special kind of power."

Violet said this, but Rin was more concerned about the function of this cluster of souls.

"This cannot be absorbed, you know."

Justeaze explained: "These souls still contain their memories and spiritual essence from before their lives."

"If you absorb them, Rin, your self will be impacted, and that is too dangerous."

Justeaze stated that the process of putting souls into All the World's Evil and stripping away the negative energy within them is called soul filtration.

And separating the personalities and consciousness from the remaining souls is the true purification.

"First filter it once, then completely purify it."

In this way, what is obtained is incomparably pure soul energy, and a spiritual core named self.

"Spiritual core, the core of the soul?"

Rin felt that what people called reincarnation was not referring to the soul, but to this spiritual core.

"Yes."

Justeaze lowered her head, two red ribbons swaying in the wind: "'My' concept is stored within this spiritual core."

"When it comes to resurrecting the dead, how do you prove that the person resurrected is truly them?"

"The spiritual core is the answer."

"The spiritual core possesses uniqueness and is not affected by time, space, or even rules."

Therefore, the spiritual core cannot be interfered with by common sense.

Once Justeaze completes the soul core separation.

The spiritual core will disappear under the traction of the power of rules.

In terms that everyone can understand, it means it has gone to reincarnation.

"Reincarnation to which world?"

Rin: "Is it Type-Moon World, or Cardinal World?"

"Where the purification is completed, the spiritual core will reincarnate in that world."

The reincarnation system exists in any world and is one of the fundamental rules shared by countless worlds.

And to be able to interfere with the underlying logic of the world.

One must at least reach the height of a Star King Dragon to be able to do so.

Creating spiritual cores, destroying spiritual cores.

This is a realm that only true gods can touch.

"Hmm."

Rin did not intend to delve into the whereabouts of the spiritual core.

Having lost soul energy, and with personality separated, the spiritual core, after reincarnation, can be said to have completely become another person.

Not only that, but because of the lack of soul energy.

After their reincarnation, they will not gain much talent.

Before accumulating enough soul energy, they can only exist as ordinary people, reincarnating again and again.

"Fuyuki City, let's end it here."

"Finally, after solving the Einzbern issue, we can return to the Cardinal World."

Rin said this, walked up to Irisviel, and asked, "This should be our second meeting, Irisviel."

"Hello."

Facing Rin, Irisviel was visibly nervous.

"Do you want me to help you find Emiya Kiritsugu?"

Rin was not interested in widows, but sending the Buddha to the West was giving Artoria and Justeaze some face.

"No need."

Upon hearing Kiritsugu's name, a hint of hatred flashed in Irisviel's eyes: "I don't want to see that man again."

"Huh?"

"What's going on?"

Rin was a little surprised, not expecting Irisviel to say such words: "Did something happen that I don't know about?"

(To be continued.)

Chapter 138: Guess Who Is Back

"It's All the World's Evil."

Justeaze quietly shared the reason she knew with Rin.

It turned out that when the Holy Grail descended just now.

All the World's Evil chose the last two remaining Masters, preparing to let them see the malice overflowing in the Holy Grail.

Sakura, because she was in Rin's Bounded Field, was unaffected.

But Kiritsugu didn't have such good luck.

Just like in the anime, Kiritsugu fell into an illusion and was tortured by the trolley problem.

Then, in the choice between Maiya, Ilya, and Irisviel.

He first killed Maiya, then shot Ilya, and finally strangled Irisviel to death.

In other words, for Irisviel, Kiritsugu, for his ideals, his dream of being a hero of justice, personally abandoned her and her daughter.

However much Irisviel cared about Kiritsugu before, she now utterly detests this man.

"Rin."

Artoria, supporting Irisviel, pleaded: "Can you take Irisviel and Ilya with you?"

"Well…"

Rin shrugged, he didn't really care.

Anyway, the Bounded Field was so vast, just one Sakura, and taking a group of people through, there wasn't much difference.

Moreover, Irisviel and her daughter were easy to support.

The already established town didn't lack these few resources.

'It might be good to find Sakura a playmate.'

Rin thought of Ilya, he quite liked her.

Just right to pair with Sakura, forming a magical girl duo like Prisma Illya?

"Alright then."

Rin waved his hand, bringing Irisviel and the Ogres into the Bounded Field.

There was a villa there, the very one Rin had constructed in Fuyuki City.

The newly formed Bounded Field was vast and empty, with nothing inside.

But Rin could add things to it.

"Oh, right."

Rin looked at Justeaze: "Is it alright if I take the Einzbern castle?"

"Of course!"

Justeaze smiled "I was just about to tell you about that."

After all, it was her home for several hundred years.

If possible, taking it along would naturally be for the best.

"Let's go, to the Einzbern castle."

With that, Rin led everyone directly through space.

As for the matters in Fuyuki City, Rin had already done his utmost by blocking the descent of All the World's Evil for them.

More than that, he would leave it to Kiritsugu, who remained there, to handle.

And Kirei...

This fellow was not killed by Kiritsugu, but successfully escaped from his hands.

Unfortunately, Kirei was unlucky and eventually died under the blade of the Shadow Squad Ogre who had been watching them, which could be considered revenge for Sakura's father's death

Thinking this, Rin stepped out of the spatial rift.

Appearing before him was the ancient castle of Einzbern, standing amidst the ice and snow.

The barrier used to deal with human mages was meaningless to Rin and his group.

What's more, there was Justeaze, the insider leading the way.

The entire process of taking over Einzbern Castle could be described as smooth sailing.

As for the current head of the Einzbern and the guards...

The latter were mostly artificial humans without self-will, and the few remaining ones were controlled by Rin's Ogres.

And the so-called current head, Acht.

He simply didn't exist.

Yes, didn't exist.

Acht, real name Jubstacheit von Einzbern.

A white-haired old man who looked like Gandalf.

But in reality, he was merely an artificial intelligence created by the disciples of the Third Magician, used to control the castle's core.

Full name: Golem Jubstacheit.

Acht was merely the eighth-generation humanoid terminal.

"The wrong path ends here."

Justeaze's appearance greatly surprised Acht.

But he didn't show much excitement.

After all, he was just a puppet, all human emotions were merely simulations of programs.

"Snap!"

Rin snapped his fingers, and all the magic within the entire Einzbern Castle collapsed.

Along with it died the empty shell named Acht.

And seeing the old man fall, Justeaze showed no pity.

All she had was disgust and numbness.

Too long.

In this tomb-like castle, as a puppet, she had been bound for far too long.

Only today did the wind of freedom finally blow into her world.

"Please wait a moment."

"Let me first cleanse this place for you."

Justeaze respectfully bowed to Rin, who nodded and said, "Hmm, thank you for your trouble."

"Would you like me to arrange a maid to give you a tour?"

"No need."

"Alright then." Justeaze elegantly bowed to Rin, then slowly departed.

However, looking at Justeaze's retreating figure, Rin inexplicably felt a surge of killing intent.

If nothing unexpected happened, Einzbern would be flowing with blood today.

"How terrifying."

With such emotion, Rin released Irisviel and Artoria, who was accompanying her, from his Bounded Field.

"Rin!"

"Where is this? Einzbern Castle?"

As soon as the two women emerged, they quickly recognized the place.

"I brought Justeaze to reclaim her assets."

Rin told the two women what had happened here, as well as the truth about Acht and the Einzbern.

"How could this be..."

Even Irisviel hadn't expected things to be this way.

Everything, absolutely everything, was fake.

Everyone was just an experimental subject for a certain plan.

"Irisviel..."

Artoria didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only change the subject, "At least you still have Ilya, don't you?"

"That scoundrel Kiritsugu!"

Artoria grasped her hand, wanting to give her a sense of security through this gesture: "I will protect you too, Irisviel."

"Thank you, Saber."

Irisviel was very touched, she knew she couldn't continue to be downcast: "You're right, I still have Ilya to take care of."

(To be continued.)