I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

Shinji took a sip of water, moistened his throat, and began to tell the whole story that only a few people knew.

Then let's start with the Einzbern family, the origin of the Holy Grail. Listen to me from beginning to end. Don't interrupt me. If you have any questions, wait until I finish.

The Einzbern family was formerly a workshop established by the disciples of the Third Magician, and it has continued since the first year of the Western calendar. They tried to reproduce the master's miracle but were unable to do it with their own hands. As an alternative, they made and The same individual as the master, and that individual will reproduce the magic.

At the end of nearly nine hundred years of futility, the artificial human known as the Saint of Winter was created. She is Justeza.

She was created completely by accident. Although she has the same performance as the master, the magicians are not happy. Because the birth of Justeza is just an accident, a sudden mutation that has nothing to do with their skills and efforts. , even this individual reproduced the third magic.”

This was a conclusion that was even more unbearable for them than the nine hundred years of frustration, so the magicians began to try their best to use their own technical systems to create artificial humans that could surpass Justeza.

The end has finally come. Even if human hands can make things beyond human beings, they cannot make things that can redeem mankind. They accepted this. Perhaps, without the birth of miracles like Justeza, they would not have suffered Frustration. Magicians succumbed to the limitations of their talents, some left the castle, and some took their own lives.”

Although the remaining artificial people in Einzbern were abandoned by their creators, their purity continued to operate the factory established by the magicians' ideas for the salvation of mankind and the reproduction of miracles. Since then, Einzbern has The androids created by Zibern are all based on Justeza, and the workshop has officially become the Einzbern family of androids.”

Five hundred years after the magicians of Einzbern City left, the prototype plan for the wide-area operation device of the third magic used by Justeza was produced.

Unlike the former Third Magician, Justeza has flaws that are irreparable. Her magic is an almost fine weave. It takes several years to save one person, but it cannot be completed in any case to save all mankind.

At the same time, although Justeza herself will not age, she will die due to her frail body, so she cannot leave the city. Due to her intellectual and spiritual immortality, she will not grow at all. From an objective point of view, she will always repeat herself. Something like 'the same day'. Although she will be liberated from the 'same day' after leaving the city, what happens outside the city means slow death to Justeza.

Einzbern concluded that it was impossible to recreate Justeza, so in order to preserve the precious prototype that only had one chance, he switched to a plan to mass-produce the miracle she used.

Only Justeza can't use the complete third magic after decades. Because even if a machine like Justeza uses a larger magic formula, it can't save the majority of humans at once. Using her The decomposition of magic circuits and the human universe with magical replacement—this idea is the Great Holy Grail.”

But Einzbern alone cannot start such a project. They are just dolls. They do not have the technology to survive outside, and they cannot withstand the complexity of human society.

The Great Holy Grail - to reproduce the third magic, human understanding and cooperation are needed.

So in the year 1800 AD, a visitor appeared in the Winter City, where artificial humans were continuously being produced - Makiri Zolgen, also known as Matou Zangyan. All the evil in this world and the viciousness of human beings were to be eliminated. A magician who cut off everything and devoted his life to it.”

Don't be surprised, uncle. Everyone has ideals, and Zang Yan is no exception. It's just that the long period of time eroded his soul and eventually turned him into a monster. Killing him is a kind of relief.

I don't know what method was used, but Magiri impressed the Einzbern family. Justeza, who maintained a 'static' state, walked out of the Einzbern city for the first time, and also broke her own eternity.

They arrived at the land where the influence of the Magic Association is weakest, and came into contact with Japan's native magic family, the Tosaka family. Through understanders like Makiri and collaborators like Tosaka, Einzbern began to build a large Holy Grail. However, when the creation of the Great Holy Grail began, new problems arose.

The Great Holy Grail can be built, and the heart of the furnace can indeed be made, but activating the Great Holy Grail requires an extremely large amount of magic power. For this reason, Makiri and Tohsaka made a plan to collect magic power.

In the land controlled by the Tohsaka family, there is a ground connection that is so huge that it can be called an endless source of magic. It is the 'Fuyuki City' under our feet. Machiri and Tosaka built a large-scale The technique draws spiritual power from the spiritual veins and stores it until it is enough to activate the Great Holy Grail - this storage period is sixty years.

In order to use these magic powers, in addition to the huge spell on the surface, there are two necessary conditions: a key to open the spell, and a channel to control and export the magic power.

The key is the soul of the servant. The Holy Grail War in which the seven servants fought against each other was actually to create the 'key' to open the spell.

The channel that controls the magic and exports it is the 'Little Holy Grail' that Einzbern created based on Justeza. Although Einzbern was unable to reproduce Justeza, he was still able to create one similar to her. A Little Holy Grail with similar performance. You have also met the Little Holy Grail uncle in this Holy Grail War, he is Irisviel von Einzbern, who is guarded by Saber.

Whenever a servant dies, his soul will be absorbed by the Little Holy Grail. When the number of dead servants reaches a certain number, the key will be completed, and the artificial man as the 'Little Holy Grail' will also become a magic channel - made of gold. A magical container shaped like a cup.”

To put it in layman's terms, Justeza is the electrical appliance, Fuyuki's spiritual vein is the power supply, Irisviel is the wiring board, and the soul of the servant is the switch. However, only the three companies involved in the production of the Holy Grail system know this truth, and all other participants Being kept in the dark, all they are fighting for is the 'Little Holy Grail', which is the switch.

It took a total of ten years from the beginning of the structure to the completion of the system. The first Holy Grail summoning ceremony was conducted in the form of a cooperative summoning. However, after the Holy Grail opened the connection with the source of magic, the situation evolved into Tohsaka The Einzbern family and the Machiri family competed with each other for exclusive power, and the result was immediate failure.

From then on, the three major families formed the Holy Grail Covenant, established the rules that are still in use today, called other magicians, and then let them kill each other for the purpose of the Holy Grail. Except for myself, all magicians who can summon heroic spirits are hinderers. Just let them die in the battle. The method is cruel, but very efficient. From the standpoint of the three major families, it is not a bad thing to be able to legally deal with magicians other than yourself. This is the origin of the Holy Grail War.

In 1815, the First Holy Grail War began. Since there were no formal rules set in advance, the Master's consciousness as a participant was thin; on the other hand, since there was no Command Seal like today, there were cases where the followers disobeyed orders. Due to the circumstances and other reasons, this Holy Grail summoning failed before it took the form of a ritual.

In 1875, the Second Holy Grail War began. In view of the failure of the first time, the three families stipulated the details in detail this time. Magiri, who was renamed Matou Zangyan, settled in Japan and made a weapon that could forcefully command his followers. 'Command Seal System'. However, due to many reasons, this Holy Grail War failed.

In 1935, the Third Holy Grail War began. This Holy Grail War was the largest one. The Holy Church sent supervisors, and the Japanese military and German police also participated around the Little Holy Grail. The fighting was unprecedentedly fierce. . The Einzberns retreated in the first round. Unwilling to fail, they summoned the eighth servant, the Avenger, against the rules, but they were still defeated. The Avenger's soul was absorbed by the Greater Holy Grail through the Small Holy Grail.

The name of the Avenger is Angola Mainyu, who is the aggregation of evil in this world and is itself a collective wish. Therefore, when he enters the Holy Grail, it is equivalent to making a wish, and at that time the Holy Grail truly has the ability to fulfill wishes. Accept it as a wish and activate its effect. The Great Holy Grail itself has been contaminated by Angora Mainyu, and the original colorless power has become a vortex of malignant power, and wishes can only be realized through destruction.

Just to give you a random example, I make a wish to become the King of Fuyuki, and the Holy Grail will grant my wish - in the form of killing all the citizens of Fuyuki except me.

The remnant or ghost of Justeza's consciousness stored inside the Great Holy Grail wished to purify the contaminated Holy Grail. By chance, she entered into a contract with me and relied on my magic power as a means to leave the contaminated 'Great Holy Grail'. Appear in the world in a manner similar to that of a Servant.”

My becoming a Master and being able to summon Servants in advance were due to Justeza's manipulation when we made the contract. My knowledge and experience were also obtained when we made the contract.

In the second half of the sentence, Shinji lied. He regarded this place as his home and didn't want Kariya and He to have a grudge against him, a foreign soul.