Von Hohenheim

The cold current surged, and the temperature in the basement instantly dropped by dozens of degrees due to the influence of alchemy.

The ancient damp walls were all covered with a layer of frost.

"Kakakaka~"

The water vapor froze, and the bugs that felt the temperature change began to behave even more crazily.

They wanted to stay away from the center of the decreasing temperature, but were directly swept away by the cold current, like hail falling from mid-air or from the wall.

After struggling for a few times, they died of hypothermia.

The refining formation created an absolute zero-degree space in a short period of time, plundering the water temperature in the living body along with it.

Matou Shinji took a long breath, and most of the magic power stored in his body was poured out.

His body felt exhausted after exerting all its strength.

The alchemy performed by this world ritual was more difficult than he imagined.

Well... in the world of alchemists, he only needed to know the principles, then draw the alchemy formation, and it would consume very little physical energy to achieve the current effect, but here it was too much.

In the spacious basement, only the half-meter safety zone around Shinji was not affected by temperature changes.

Everything was quiet.

The basement that was the insect prison just now was completely covered with ice and snow.

Not a single insect survived such a low temperature.

Matou Shinji patted Sakura's head, who was still in a daze, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's leave here now."

The little girl came back to her senses, tears brewing in her eyes, and replied briskly: "Yes, brother."

The two of them carefully climbed up the stairs.

The surface of the masonry was covered with ice and was extremely smooth.

When they reached the basement door, they met Matou Zouken as he expected.

The old man stood in the dark basement passage with a cane in both hands, his face full of wrinkles.

He stared at Shinji Matou who came out of the basement and said slowly: "Oh, you are getting more and more beyond my expectations.

You even learned such magic,

I think this is not the secret magic of the Matou family."

Seeing his figure, Sakura became nervous again and hid behind Matou Shinji.

"It is indeed not the Matou family's magic." the boy answered calmly.

This problem was indeed very serious.

Magic is the power that flows from the source, just like tap water, but the total amount of tap water allocated to each household is fixed.

The more people know magic, the less power they receive.

During the Age of Gods, since only a few magicians knew the secrets of magic, magic was indistinguishable from true magic.

If a modern physicist were to time travel to the Age of Gods, they might become a nuclear mage, holding the sun in their hand.

Due to the nature of magic, it must remain a closely guarded secret.

If a non-magician discovers it, the magician who leaked the secret must kill them to maintain the secrecy.

Under such circumstances, as the apparent heir of a famous magic family, he just used magic that did not belong to the family; one can imagine the seriousness of the problem.

Moreover, Matou Shinji used magic that did not belong to the Matou family to eliminate the bugs that Matou Zouken took hundreds of years to cultivate.

This old bug would be called a Saint if he would not get angry.

"Shinji, do you want to say anything in your defense?"

Matou Shinji nodded: "It is indeed not the Matou family's magic, but it cannot be said that it has nothing to do with the Matou family."

"oh?"

"Von Hohenheim Paracelsus, you should also know this name.

There is a collection of his magic secrets in the study.

The magic I used came from the records in the book and was imitated based on his magic concepts. I wasn't planning on using it initially, as incomplete magic is quite unstable."

Hearing this name, Matou Zouken's expression was very shaken.

He fell silent for a moment, lowered his head, as if he was caught in a long memory, and repeated the name mentioned by Matou Shinji: "Von Hohenheim..."

Van Hohenheim, anyone who's watched "Fullmetal Alchemist" would know of him.

He was the father of the protagonist Edward Elric, the protagonist of "Fullmetal Alchemist", and the biggest contributor who prevented the villain in the anime from becoming a god. .

Of course, this was not the wrong set.

The Von Hohenheim Paracelsus mentioned by Shinji Matou was the historical prototype of Von Hohenheim in the world of "Fullmetal Alchemist", one of the most renowned alchemists in history and one of the pioneers of modern magic in this world.

Moreover, von Hohenheim Paracelsus was also one of the few close friends of Zolgen Makiri (Zouken Matou) five centuries ago.

Many of the magic books collected by the Matou family were written by von Hohenheim Paracelsus.

Matou Shinji dared to say these words without fear of being exposed because alchemy also existed in this world, and the magic used by him was indeed very close to the magic secrets of von Hohenheim Paracelsus.

Unless the real Van Hohenheim were present, he didn't think anyone could discern the difference between the two.

Matou Shinji's explanation could also account for the anomalies observed in him.

If he inherited the magical legacy of Van Hohenheim Paracelsus, any transformation in him wouldn't be surprising.

The atmosphere in the dark and cold passage was silent.

A small amount of light illuminated the old man's profile, which was full of wrinkles and he had an uncertain expression.

Matou Shinji quietly instilled magic power into the refining array on his palm.

Once this old bug moved, he planned to use the remaining magic power to fight to the death.

"Ha ha."

Matou Zouken grinned and laughed heartily: "Interesting, it is indeed interesting, Shinji, I will admit your determination and ability and postpone the traing of Sakura until after the Fourth Holy Grail War."

"I'm looking forward to your performance. As a member of the Matou family, I hope you will realize the long-cherished wish of the family."

The old man slowly left the basement passage with his crutches in hand.

What long-cherished wish?

It's just this old bug wants to obtain the Holy Grail and realize his wish of immortality.

Matou Shinji watched the old man leave and put down the heavy stone hanging in his heart.

It seemed that he could safely spend the time before the start of the Fourth Holy Grail War.

In this way, he could free up more time to study magic and the Holy Grail system.

"Elder brother."

Matou Sakura's weak voice came from behind as he turned around, looking at the little girl, who fell on the ice with a pale face.

Matou Shinji helped her up: "What's wrong?"

"I'm sorry, I don't have the strength." Sakura's anxious little face looked like she was about to cry.

So he knelt down and calmed her down with a gentle tone: "It's okay. Come up, I'll carry you back."

"Yes." Sakura leaned her little face on Matou Shinji's shoulder and whispered into his ear with a calm and coquettish tone: "Lying on my brother's shoulder like this makes me feel very at ease."

The little girl's innocent smile made Matou Shinji feel better.

This smile alone made him feel that this adventure was worthwhile.

The two of them went to the bathroom to wash away the fishy smell.

Matou Sakura, who had just experienced a nightmare, was just like when she first moved in.

She pestered Matou Shinji to stay in the same room before reluctantly falling asleep.