I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

"What?"

"Have you thought of a solution?"

"is this real?"

There are three faces in front of Shinji from left to right, namely the poker-faced Emiya Kiritsugu, the iceberg beauty Kuu Maiya and the natural and pure Irisviel.

Of course, this is Shen Er's usual impression of the three of them. Now the expressions of the three of them are surprisingly unified. Their eyes are wide open, their pupils are constricted, their mouths are slightly open, and they are just short of writing two big words on their foreheads - "excited".

"Sure enough, it's not like a family doesn't come into the same house."

Shenji complained silently in his mind and explained patiently.

"Just because I said I thought of a possible solution doesn't mean it will be effective, let alone successful."

"That's okay. It's better to have some ideas than none. Shenji, please hurry up and stop talking." Justeza urged.

After the Holy Grail War, because of the relationship between Justeza and Irisviel, the Matou family and the Emiya family got closer and closer, and Shinji became a frequent visitor to the Emiya family.

"My plan is to find a body for Miss Irisviel."

"Body?" The three Emiya family members said in unison.

"Yes, body. Soul and body are the two most basic elements of human beings. Those of us who study magic know that the soul is the content and the body is the container. Both are indispensable. Without the content, the container is just an empty shell. Without the container, the content loses its object and disappears from the world, just like this water——"

Shenji said, picking up a teacup and pouring the tea in the cup onto the coffee table.

"—Without the cup, it will scatter like this and then evaporate, but if this—"

The fingers moved to draw an ice rune, and the warm tea quickly froze.

"——The tea is fixed. This is the only known exception——miracles related to the 'Third Magic' and 'Soul Materialization', such as the summoning of heroic spirits, such as Justessa who made a contract with me, such as Ellie Miss Irisviel. Unfortunately, Justeza's 'Third Magic' is not complete. It's better when the target of the spell is herself, and you can adjust it at any time. But for you, Miss Irisviel, there is no way. Being so meticulous has led to your current unstable situation."

Shinji put down his tea cup, injected magic power into the ice surface, and used the Matou family's fluid manipulation magic to shape the spread ice surface into an unsightly cylinder.

His intention is very clear. The water is Irisviel's soul, the teacup is the body, and it is Justeza's third magic that condenses the water into icicles. However, the shape of the icicles is still the same as the original shape of the tea in the teacup. There are certain differences.

"So, the best way to resolve the situation is to put the water back into the cup."

"But the soul is not real tea, and it cannot be poured into any cup. If you change the container at will, it will become like Zongyan——"

The human soul is delicate and fragile. A slight mismatch in the container will cause damage to both parties, and eventually they will become a "rotten living dead" like Zong Yan.

Shen'er was well aware of Justeza's worries. Since he dared to make this suggestion, he naturally had a solution. He pointed to the tray in the center of the coffee table, which contained several teacups of the same style.

"What if it's the same container?"

"You mean-"

Justeza clapped her hands fiercely.

"Yes, Ai Li's body was made by Yahad and the others. If they can make one, they can make a second one."

"Does being able mean that I am willing?" Kiritsugu was not as optimistic as Justeza. "The cost of building Ellie's body is very high, which is a big burden for the Einzbern family. Moreover, I have probably been identified by Ahad." For traitors."

The Einzbern family is isolated from the world and has very few ways to obtain information. Their knowledge of the Fourth Holy Grail War is probably only the superficial result of "Saber destroying the Holy Grail." Without knowing the inside story, it is only natural to conclude that "Emiya Kiritsugu betrayed".

This was confirmed at the end of "FateZero". The Fourth Holy Grail War described in the book also ended with Saber destroying the Holy Grail. After that, Kiritsugu was deemed a traitor by Ahad. Although he was not directly retaliated against, he was never able to enter the "Winter Castle", the headquarters of the Einzbern family. He could live with his daughter Eli until his death. Ya met last time. Currently, Kiritsugu's intelligence network has not received any news about the Einzbern family, which in itself shows the attitude of the Einzbern family.

What is even more troublesome is that the characteristics of artificial humans determine that the members of this family do not eat soft and hard food, and do not eat oil and salt. The common methods of coercion and inducement against humans will not work on them. Even if Justeza, who has a special status in the family, comes forward, she may not be able to convince the family's top decision-maker to control the royal artificial intelligence Golem Jubstacheit. Instead, she may be targeted by Golem Jubstacheit who is loyal to her mission, triggering a crisis. series of troubles, which is why Shinji is unwilling to deal with the Einzbern family.

The more he analyzed it, the colder Kiritsugu's heart became. It would be better to maintain the status quo and wait until he found a way to stably supply magic power to Irisviel, then directly enter the "Winter Castle" to rescue his daughter Illya.

"Why haven't I thought about learning Einzbern's alchemy in the past nine years?"

At the end of his distress, Kiritsugu held his head and whispered this meaningless self-complaint. His self-blame made Irisviel and Kuu Maiya's hearts sink.

Seeing such a scene, Shenji touched his nose and said a little embarrassedly: "Well, you seem to have misunderstood. I didn't say I was looking for Einzbern. What I wanted to find was another person. This person Her alchemy skills may not be as good as Einzbern's, but her doll-making skills are definitely better than Einzbern's."

The doll made by this person allowed Shirou Emiya, who was in a state similar to Irisviel at the end of the "Heavens Feel" line in "Fatestaynight", to be "resurrected" as a human again.

The dolls made by this person do not contain any physical genetic factors. The shape of the dolls is completely based on the individual information carried by the soul, including but not limited to memory, magic circuits and so on - this information is actually stored in the soul. , instead of the brain, Irisviel, Justeza and even the heroic spirits can obtain the materialized entity of the soul because of the function of this information, that is, the body will adjust according to the soul and perfectly fit with the soul.

"Who is this person you are talking about?" Kiritsugu asked bluntly.

"Aozaki Yuko, a magician rated as the 'Grand Rank' by the 'Clock Tower', and the world's number one puppet master."

PS: When reading this chapter, book friends asked why they had to squat down. In fact, it was because Sakura bowed her head and cried. If she didn't squat down, Shinji couldn't see her eyes, and her eyes couldn't see Shinji, so she became like this. Weird posture.