Chapter 17: Philo

Date: 16th of May 1742| 7:20 PM

Location: Corway, Ybalish

*Kusanagi Ken's Perspective*

"Are they really that strong?" Haruka asked

"Obviously Haru-nee" Emilia answered

Wait Haru-nee?….. Emilia also decided to called her that?

"We can't really act recklessly here" I added

"Right even if we have servants we will have a tough time if we became this country's enemy." She added

I just noticed but Lein was silent. I looked at him and find him focusing on the cube.

"What are you doing? Lein" Emilia asked

But Ken was silent

Emilia suddenly burst into tears "IS THIS THE COLD TREATMENT!!!!! AM I BEING A BOTHER!!!! HARU-NEEEEEEEE!!!! LEIN IS IGNORING ME!!!!!"

"Ca-calm down Emi-chan"

They just met and now they are this close

"But this is rare Lein being quite" Haruka said

"Rare? It's not like you've been together for years" I said

Haruka pouted "You're being rude Ken, even though we've only just met I know Lein more than you think, he is my little brother after all"

"Yea yea so what is he doing"

"He must be focusing on Philo" Emilia answered

"Philo?"

"Philo is the philosophers stone's name" Haruka answered

Yeah... seriously giving a name to a stone…. Only Haruka would think of that…

"That's impressive Haru-nee, Philo is indeed the Philosphers Stone name" Emilia clapped

"Hehe is that so" she was embarassed

"Wait a minute… How come you know about that when this is the first time we saw it?" I asked

She giggled "I told ya I know Lein more than you think"

Even though I grew up with her there are still a lot of mystery unsolved about her.

"Can you please not disturb a person when they are meditating" Lein suddenly said

"Oh Lein welcome back" Haruka greeted

"Welcome back Senpai~" Emilia also greeted

"So what did you found out" I asked

"Well…. Should I really tell you?" he asked in a playful tone

Sometimes I just want to smack the living daylight out of him…

"It was really hard you know to gather all of that data you know"

"So what did you found out?" I asked again

"Haha you're no fun Ken"

If not for your strength I would really smash that head of yours…

"You shouldn't tease Ken like that Lein" Haruka asked

"Ehhhh you are siding with him?"

"That's right Senpai you should listen to Haru-nee"

"Haru-nee…."

"That's right Haru-nee"

He sighed "Well a lot of things… including another Master of the East" he said seriously

"THE OTHER MASTER? So they were really holding the Holy Grail War there" Emilia asked loudly

"Calm down a little, Emi" Lein said

"Sorry for the outburst" she apologize immediately

"Well I found out a lot of things."

Lein started summarizing his informations

"First, we are lucky that only 10 person know how to use a magic from the age of gods"

"Eh then what about what you said earlier?" I asked

"I said some right not an exact number… But it's not like the others are weak they are still stronger in terms of modern magecraft. Since, they were able to harness its power since 10th century." He answered

"So they are still a pain huh?" Emilia asked

"Yeah but thanks to this information we now found out that only 10 people can rival a servant" Haruka said

"Well it really depends on a servant but I highly doubt they can defeat any of the 14 Masters sent here" Lein said

"Are the others really that strong?" I asked

"Yea of course they proved themselves to be called the strongest not only in there country but also in there classes" Emilia answered

"To tell you the truth it is because no god can be summoned even a pseudo-servant is not allowed in this holy grail war" Lein added

"What if there is a god?" I asked

"Then obviously they would've won…. Or they would've destroy the earth itself" Lein answered seriously

A god… I'm not really the religious type but I do believe in them…

"So what are the other infos?" Haruka asked

"Hmm the other is that it seems like they have around 100 mages who outranks modern mages"

"Thankfully they only have a hundreds" Emilia sighed in relief

"Isn't that still dangerous?" Haruka asked

"Well it is still better than a thousand" Emilia answered

The rest of the infos are about miscellaneous things like culture, living, etiquettes, etc… they are really living in ancient Europe.

"And for how Ybalish was discovered, it seems like the church found a diary of a fisherman who accidentally discovered this place and they weren't able to exactly pinpoint the location but nevertheless they were able to find it"

"Then why did the church decide to make this the place the battleground?" I asked

"First, it is to reduce the help a Master receive from his/her country and secondly to reduce the civilian damage in the outside world" Emilia answered

"So are you saying its fine to cause civilian casualties here?"

"That's how they decided it" Lein answered

"Decided? It's not really a great decision isn't it" I answered in an annoyed tone

What kind of decision did they arrived to, to let another country take the damage. They already know just how much damage a war cause to an area event though there are set rules.

"Do you remember the question I asked before?" he asked

"There are many question which one?" I replied

"About the train Ken" Haruka answered

"Haru-nee is correct" he added

Train…. About the five unknown and 1 love one question

"Then"

"Yep they chose the unknown people to be sacrificed"

"Sacrificed? It's not like it will kill all of them right? Why can't they place the war in a place with no people?" I asked question after question

"Easy now Haha… First why not in a place with no civilian that.... I don't know maybe because the church doesn't like it when they can't supervise the war or maybe they just want to. And for the other one… This is your first war and you are lucky that you didn't experience the previous wars…"

"Previous wars? They were conducted in secret right?" Haruka asked

"Yes and if you were to know just how much damage the war caused….Depending on the war it might be light damage or catastrophic" he answered

"For example?" I asked

"For example haha I really feel like a teacher here" he laughed

"Just answer it" I said

He sighed "Example huh? There is this servant who nearly destroyed a country by himself" He then answered seriously

A country???!?!?!?!!? Is it a divine servant? Or that servant is possess a god like noble phantasm?

"But thankfully he was stopped right?" Haruka asked

Lein was silent but Emilia answered the question

"Yes thankfully he was stopped but…."

"But?"

"2 cities were destroyed in the process and millions of people died"

Haruka went silent

"So they don't want another accident like that" I asked

I don't want to admit but… it is really for the best to reduce the casualty

"This is wrong" Haruka suddenly said

"I know what you mean Haru-nee…. But it… its not like we can save every person and the church is the one who decides the places" Emilia explained

"But its still wrong…."

I know what she wants to say… That's Haruka for you she won't give up no matter what

"Then there is only one way to save this place and to reduce the damage" Lein said

"That is?" we both asked

He laughed "We just go and win this war"

————Chapter End——————

Supreme Mystic Code: Philosopher's Stone

A stone that came from the legends, according to some legends the philosopher's stone can bring immortality or enlightenment it is the same in this case. However, the abilities are downgraded because there is still a material lacking to what the original had. The owner can heal faster and can even survive against a fatal damage and attain knowledge beyond human reach.