"Wait a moment."
Snow Empress spoke, "Please examine her. I think she might have some problems."
"Hmm?"
Prompted by Snow Empress, Rin immediately noticed Irisviel's uniqueness.
From her body, Rin detected a strange magical energy fluctuation.
"What is it?"
Snow Empress was very curious, wanting to know what Rin had discovered.
"Wait a moment."
Rin focused his attention on Irisviel, who was lying flat on the ground. He squatted down and carefully examined her magic circuits.
"Violet, help me analyze her magic circuits."
Rin suddenly thought of something. Irisviel seemed to be the Lesser Holy Grail of the Fourth Holy Grail War.
Rin didn't know much about the concept of the Lesser Holy Grail.
Anyway, it was a part of summoning the Holy Grail.
Once the war was almost over, Irisviel would die, and then the Holy Grail would appear.
Rin wasn't clear on the specifics.
However, now, Rin had discovered something interesting.
That was, the huge ley line located beneath Mount Enzou subtly formed an extremely profound resonance with Irisviel's magic circuits.
How to put it?
Simply put, the magic circuits within Irisviel's body were almost identical to the magic circuits in the ley line.
The only difference between the two was that the ley line circuits were a scaled-up version of Irisviel's magic circuits.
Rin thought of a person, namely Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern, one of the Three Founding Families who created the Holy Grail.
[Preliminary analysis complete]
"Hmm."
Rin: "Speak, what's the situation?"
"According to analysis, obtained the human microcosm that constitutes the Greater Holy Grail"
"Human microcosm?"
Rin: "What does that mean?"
"The Holy Maiden of Winter's soul is still alive."
Violet provided a path Rin had never imagined: "If it can be completely analyzed, the Third Magic, Soul Materialization, can be obtained."
"The Third Magic, I know about that."
"And then?"
"What's the use of this thing?"
Rin's main purpose in coming to the Type-Moon World, which was the Bounded Field that could transport people, was already obtained.
So anything obtained afterward was a pleasant surprise.
"This is a good thing."
Violet, uncharacteristically, had a hint of excitement in her tone: "It can solve your problem of insufficient soul endurance."
"Really?!"
Rin's eyes widened. He hadn't expected such a pleasant surprise to come so suddenly: "You mean, this Third Magic can help me remove the impurities from my soul and allow me to complete the True Demon Lord awakening ritual?"
"Strictly speaking, the Third Magic alone cannot."
"But with my power, and the power of the Voice of the World, it can be evolved."
"The evolved Unique Skill, according to my calculations, has a 99% probability of gaining the effect of soul purification."
This wasn't Violet looking down on the Third Magic.
The so-called Third Magic, to put it simply, was the transformation of spiritual bodies and material bodies in the Cardinal World.
Its effects included immortality, extracting magical energy from the void, and so on.
However, the third magic Violet could observe was just a framework, but she was confident she could complete it.
"How to do it?"
Rin was tempted. He hadn't expected Snow Empress's casual action to bring him such a huge surprise.
Once the problem of soul pollution was solved.
Then the only thing preventing Rin from becoming a True Demon Lord was collecting enough souls.
As for how to obtain souls...
This was very simple.
As long as he found a few more worlds, Rin could easily gather countless souls.
Failing that, he could also emulate Rimuru, enticing human nations to send troops.
Then kill their elite soldiers and plunder their soul energy.
"Further research is needed."
Violet's analysis required time. She had to figure out the connection between Irisviel and the Holy Maiden of Winter.
Then, Violet would perform a reverse deduction, obtaining the power of rules related to the Third Magic from the Root of the Type-Moon World.
"How long will it take?"
"At most one day."
Violet was going to take something from the Type-Moon Root without letting the Root discover it.
Therefore, she needed to spend a little effort.
Shuna hurried over: "Rin-sama, Saber has arrived."
"So fast? Didn't Kiritsugu stop her?"
Rin was not surprised by Saber's arrival.
Thinking back to the original plot, Irisviel was also captured once.
Saber, to save her, directly fought against Iskandar.
However, the fact that Kiritsugu couldn't stop Artoria was somewhat beyond Rin's expectation.
"Is she putting up a fight?"
"No."
Shuna: "Like Iskandar, she's just outside the mountain gate, simply asking to visit you."
"Only her?"
"Yes."
"Alright then, bring her in."
Rin had pretty much figured out the situation, and he realized this seemed like a good opportunity.
Rin still had some thoughts regarding Artoria.
Given her aptitude and her status within the Type-Moon Worldview,
if she could gain the favor of the Voice of the World, her future achievements would certainly not be inferior to the Snow Empress's.
For such a top-tier combatant, Rin naturally felt the more, the merrier.
Soon, led by Shuna and several Ogres, Artoria walked into the main hall.
"Forgive my unannounced visit."
As soon as Artoria saw Rin, she directly stated her purpose: "May I ask you to return Irisviel to me? As compensation, I am willing to do anything!"
"Anything?"
Rin hadn't expected Artoria to value Irisviel so highly: "Then, what if I ask you to give up the Holy Grail?"
"..."
Artoria was silent for a moment, then said: "If that is the condition for returning Irisviel, I am willing to accept!"
With that, Artoria summoned her scabbard from within her body and simply tossed it aside.
This scene truly shocked Rin.
It was important to know that Avalon was Artoria's strongest Noble Phantasm.
Without the scabbard, it would be incredibly easy for Rin to kill Artoria.
"Do you trust me that much?"
"Yes."
Artoria: "That night, I already witnessed your magnanimity."
It seemed that the impression Rin left on Artoria that night was a bit too profound.
This made her believe that even if she discarded her scabbard, Rin would not go back on his word.
If Rin were to obtain the scabbard, kill her, and still not let Irisviel go, then she could only say that she had misjudged Rin.
(To be continued.)