Chapter 784: Aftermath

With the destruction of Tiamat, the black mud also disappeared, and Irisviel and Medea took action again to disintegrate the Holy Grail again. Of course, like Irisviel before, Illya finally chose to become a Heroic Spirit. On the one hand, Irisviel had already merged with a Holy Grail and could not eat another one. Another reason was that Illya herself was dying, and Irisviel also hoped to prolong her life in this way. Duanmu Huai had no objection to this, so like Irisviel before, Illya also became Duanmu Huai's servant.

When everyone disintegrated the Holy Grail and retreated, the first ray of sunlight at dawn also emerged and shone on Fuyuki City. Of course, although the entire city was not devastated, the new urban area had collapsed for the most part, and even the residential areas on the edge of Fuyuki City had been damaged to varying degrees.

Originally, according to the principle of concealment of magic, the Tousaka family and the Holy Church should have come forward to cover up all this immediately, but the spiritual vein of Fuyuki City has been destroyed, and Tousaka Rin is lying flat. She is now in a state of having nothing to ask for, and you can do whatever you want, she is too lazy to care.

As for the Holy Church... Kotomine Kirei's body was found in the church. Combined with the blackened Lancer they saw before, it is estimated that the boss went to Kotomine Kirei first, killed him and took away his Lancer, but no matter what, in this situation, the functions of the local magician family and the Holy Church have been completely stopped.

Fortunately, Sakura was well prepared. After a phone call, she asked the El-Melloi family to send someone to finally deal with the matter. Of course, they said to the outside that an earthquake occurred in Fuyuki City, which caused mudslides and gas explosions in the new urban area (this reason is really tried and tested).

As for whether to believe it or not... that is not their concern.

Of course, Sakura did not forget to complain to Lanis on the phone. After all, when she left, Lanis sent her information that someone from the Sealed Designated Department and a Middle Eastern magician would participate in the Holy Grail War. As a result, Sakura went around here and didn't even see their shadows. Rin Tosaka is ARCHER, the priest is LANCER, a student summoned SABER, the teacher of Ryudo Temple is CASTER, Illyasviel summoned BERSERKER, and RIDER obviously belongs to the mastermind behind the scenes, but no matter who the other party is, it is definitely not the Sealed Designated Department and the Middle Eastern magician...

Where did these two people go?

Sakura didn't know, and Lanis didn't know either.

In the end, they could only admit that the information might be wrong...

But anyway, Lanis was relieved when she learned from Sakura that Duanmu Huai and the others had returned. After all, she was a little worried that they hadn't appeared for such a long time, and the problems of the El-Melloi family were still serious. But now Duanmu Huai is back, which can be regarded as a stabilizing force.

On the other hand, for Duanmu Huai, the next problem is more troublesome.

Especially after he introduced the two sides, the atmosphere between Ogis and An and Medea and Irisviel seemed a little awkward.

Especially An………………

“Mr. Knight, I haven’t seen you for a while. You even have a child?”

Looking at Illya standing next to Irisviel, An was shocked—she had known for a long time that Duanmu Huai had had relationships with many girls, such as Princess Leah of Lisas in Duel City, as well as Lingnu, Kanami and others. But in An’s opinion, this was not a big deal. After all, the custom there was that it was normal for a strong man to have several concubines. If Duanmu Huai hadn’t looked too fierce and a little scary, as long as he looked a little handsome, An felt that Duanmu Huai would have a group of wives and concubines around him.

But no matter what, having a child was too much!

"This is not my child........."

"Hey hey hey?! Did you do it to a married woman? Mr. Knight, this is not okay. You can't be contaminated by the bad habits of those nobles in Manalia!"

"That's not the case... Anyway, listen to my explanation..."

Because the timeline itself is very complicated, Duanmu Huai spent a long time to make An, Gu Leiya and Ogis understand that this Irisviel is not the Irisviel who gave birth to Illya, and Illya is not the daughter of this Irisviel... Well, this is really confusing.

"Uh... I almost understand it."

Even An thought hard and finally barely figured out the complicated relationship here.

"But, is there no problem? According to what you said, Mr. Knight, won't this cause a contradiction in the timeline?"

"That's true, but there's no need to worry about this problem now. The Heroic Spirit itself is beyond the timeline, so after Illya became a Heroic Spirit, she herself has already escaped the constraints of the timeline, so there's no need to consider this problem."

"You scared me... But it's no wonder. If Mr. Knight had a child so soon, it would be scary enough... Well, think about it carefully, this child doesn't look as scary as you, Mr. Knight."

As he spoke, An reached out and patted his chest, letting out a long breath.

"Hehe, do you want to try?"

"Uh... I'll find a chance next time."

Faced with Duanmu Huai's dissatisfied threat, An decisively decided to change the subject.

"So the problem of this world is the timeline? Because the past leads to the destruction of the future? I have to say that this is indeed a very worthy topic to study... Wow, why didn't you call me earlier, Mr. Knight?"

As a magician, An is fascinated by this kind of thing.

"Sorry, I forgot."

Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.

"So now, is the matter resolved?"

"Most of it is resolved."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai looked at Sakura who was talking on the phone not far away. He had learned about the situation of the El-Melloi family from Sakura over the years. What made Duanmu Huai relieved was that Renis met Olga Marie of the Animusfia family, and the two had a good relationship. Not only that, not long ago, Animusfia also formally submitted a proposal to the El-Melloi family to jointly build Chaldea.

In fact, according to Renis's idea, she didn't think this whimsical plan had any probability of completion, not to mention that it would cost a considerable part of El-Melloi's funds. For the El-Melloi family, which had lost the support of the Inquisition and was struggling to support itself, this money was enough to hurt their bones.

However, Lanis still remembered that Duanmu Huai had specifically told them to sponsor the Animusphia plan before he left, so after several rounds of negotiations, Lanis successfully joined the joint Chaldea manufacturing plan. It was heard that the site selection had been completed and construction was underway recently. This also made Duanmu Huai feel relieved.

This also connected this timeline with the future Chaldea.

But this is not the end.

Although Duanmu Huai still doesn't know what the Holy Grail is, he is sure that someone must be behind it. In fact, not long ago, Dr. Roman contacted him through Mashu, claiming that he had discovered another anomaly, and this anomaly appeared at the same time that Duanmu Huai eliminated Tiamat.

Not only that, according to Dr. Roman, the location and time of this singularity are unusual... As for the specific situation, we can only talk about it after we go back.

Fortunately, the past timeline does not affect the future, so Duanmu Huai doesn't mind staying on this timeline for a while. He also wants to see what the El-Melloi family will look like eight years later.

After all, it was the seeds that I sowed. Isn't it interesting to see what kind of fruit it grows into?

Just like that, Duanmu Huai and his group took a plane to leave Fuyuki City and returned to El-Melloi Castle in London.

"Brother, it's been a long time since we last met."

"Long time no see, Lord Duanmu."

Seeing Lenis again also surprised Duanmu Huai a little. Although Sakura's growth also surprised him, Lenis had also grown up. In Duanmu Huai's memory, Lenis was a little naughty girl with short hair. But eight years have passed, and Lenis now has long golden hair that reaches her waist, and her figure has gradually grown up, looking like a graceful lady.

Even Fiore is the same. Duanmu Huai remembers that when he left, Fiore was still in a wheelchair. She was a very well-behaved and cute girl. But now she is obviously no longer in a wheelchair, and she has also grown up a lot, becoming a gentle girl with long brown hair.

"I didn't expect you guys to have grown up so much."

Looking at the girls in front of him, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but sigh. He still remembered that before he left, although the three of them had some age differences, they all looked about the same age on the surface. Of course, in terms of age, Fiore was the oldest, followed by Sakura, and Lanis was one year younger than Sakura.

But now it looks like... um...

Duanmu Huai silently glanced at Sakura and Fiore's chests, and then looked at Lanis...

It seems that the latter needs to work harder.

"On the contrary, my brother hasn't changed at all in the past eight years."

Lanis said with a smile.

"To be honest, when I saw my brother who was no different from my memory, I even thought time had gone back."

"On the contrary, seeing you made me feel that eight years had really passed."

Duanmu Huai didn't lie. After all, for him, returning to Chaldea and then setting off for the singularity was just a few days' work, but in the blink of an eye, the original little girl had grown into a lady.

Time flies so fast...

"Is that so? Then, my brother will be even more surprised to see him?"

"Who?"

Hearing Lanis's smiling answer, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows in confusion, and at this moment, there was a knock on the door, and then Duanmu Huai turned his head and saw a tall, thin, long-haired man with a haggard face, as if he had just worked overtime for 96 hours, pushing the door open and walking in.

"Lianis, you said you wanted me to see someone, who is it... Wow!"

As he spoke, the man raised his head, and when he saw Duanmu Huai, he was so scared that he sat down on the ground.

"?"

Looking at the man in front of him, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows in confusion, and then turned to look at Lanis.

"Who is this?"

"Oh? Don't you remember? Brother, this is the second generation who inherited the name and monarchy of El-Melloi in your place - Weber Wilbert."

"... Huh?"

Hearing Lanis's answer, Duanmu Huai blinked and turned to look at the thin man. Duanmu Huai would not bother to remember ordinary men, but the problem was that for Duanmu Huai, he had only seen Weber less than a week ago, and at that time, Duanmu Huai remembered that Weber was still a thin young man.

Now this uncle who looked like he was going to die suddenly from overworking... What the hell was this?