CHAPTER 594: CHAPTER 594: MADELINE’S TRUE INTENTIONS

The living room of the Emiya household fell into silence. A few Heroic Spirits felt as though they had heard something extraordinary, though the specifics were not entirely clear.

Rin and Shirou, on the other hand, were completely bewildered. They had not understood a single word.

"What... what did you mean by what you just said?"

Illya’s gaze shifted between the two. She seemed to have guessed something, but was not entirely sure. If her guess was correct, it would completely overturn her understanding of this world.

Another person who cared about this was Medea. She always showed great concern for the Master she favored, or perhaps it was simply easy for romance to develop between Medea and a male Master.

"This Main God you mentioned... what kind of existence is it?"

"Let your Master explain these things to you slowly. It is difficult to make it clear all at once."

"But we want to know too!"

Rin slammed the table hard. Because she used too much force, her palm turned red, and tears welled up from the pain.

"Actually, there is not much to say. You only need to know that an exceptionally powerful existence found a random reason to scheme against me, which is why I ended up here."

None of the Heroic Spirits spoke. They could roughly guess what level of existence Ethan was. This level of matter was not something they could participate in.

Only Rin continued to press, especially because she really wanted to know if she would become a Heroic Spirit in the future. She was still bothered by this.

Perhaps annoyed, Ethan pointed at Illya and Rin. "You will be favored by deities and become special existences possessing the power of Heroic Spirits by serving as vessels."

"Deities?"

"Serving as vessels?"

Speaking of which, Ethan suddenly seemed to remember something and turned to instruct Illya. "No matter what, just remember not to name the bear you carry ’Ethan’."

"Huh?"

Illya, who had always maintained a cold, expressionless face, showed a change in expression for the first time today. She stared at Ethan in confusion, once again doubting whether her Servant’s mind was entirely normal because he had answered the summon under the Berserker class.

"Instead of talking about all this nonsense, should you not consider our situation?"

Kazama Ryu had not spoken, but had been quietly thinking, especially after Ethan said he had also been schemed against. He suddenly felt that what he was facing was not an absolute dead end.

Perhaps he could enlist the person before him to fight against that Main God together. This way, he might secure a slim chance of survival. Just as he had said before, even if the power gap was enormous, he would not do nothing and let the Main God kill him.

Anyone hopes to live, let alone someone who had just gained such a miraculous encounter for some unknown reason. He was even more unwilling to be killed just as he was starting.

"What is there to consider? The moment I confirmed this matter, the other party’s plan had already failed."

"What do you mean?"

"It means I can leave anytime."

Ethan was certain that Madeline was waiting outside to intercept him when he was about to pass through the wall and leave. However, even if her strength was greater than his, she could not truly stop him.

It could be said that the moment Ethan detected the anomaly before the wall was completely sealed, it already signified the failure of this hunting operation.

"You can leave anytime? You can travel freely between various worlds?"

"Otherwise, how do you think I accidentally entered this Main God’s world?"

"..."

Kazama Ryu finally realized how vast the gap between them was, and also understood why the Main God was so polite to this person. Although schemes and tricks were set up, it was not as casual as how he was treated.

He himself was a bug that the other party could crush at any time, while the person opposite was a powerful existence worth expending effort to deal with.

"Then... are you preparing to leave?"

Hearing that Ethan was about to leave, everyone involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief. They were just here to participate in the Holy Grail War and did not want to get involved in such a high-level struggle. In battles of this magnitude, perhaps their true bodies might be qualified to participate, but as Servants in their current state? Forget it. The aftermath of a casual powerful attack from the other party could potentially kill them.

"I guess that person probably will not let me just leave so casually, right?"

"Of course, you are a very rare prey!"

A voice suddenly came from the courtyard. Even to Ethan, this voice seemed a little unfamiliar. Although the voice was the same, the tone and cadence were completely different from what he had heard before.

"I did not expect you to show up so quickly."

Ethan sighed. He had originally been considering whether to quickly deal with things here and then leave before Madeline could react.

Now it seemed the other party had been keeping an eye on him as prey, preventing him from running away at any time. Madeline actually valued him this much. He did not even know if he should be happy about his overwhelming charm.

"Madeline."

Ethan returned to the courtyard. His shoes were left there. He slowly put them on while observing the slightly unfamiliar Madeline before him.

Unlike the dignified and elegant attire he saw last time, today Madeline wore a short British-style trench coat. Below the hem were two long legs encased in black knee-high boots. The expression on her face and her blood-red lips gave him a completely different feeling.

"Ethan."

"Did you not say before that Main Gods generally do not conflict with each other?"

"I also mentioned that some younger Main Gods must be careful, otherwise they are likely to be taken as subordinate gods by other powerful Main Gods."

"No, you did not say that."

"Is that so?" Madeline’s tone seemed slightly surprised, but her expression showed no surprise at all. "Perhaps I forgot? But you know now."

"You want me to become your subordinate god? You do not seem to lack powerful subordinates."

Ethan looked around. This space had been cut off separately. The area centered around the Emiya residence had completely detached from the original world and become a separate small world.

More importantly, the surrounding walls had been specifically reinforced and thickened. Judging from the complex techniques and vast energy contained within them, Madeline could not have created this cage temporarily. This was clearly a precautionary measure to prevent him from seeing through her plan in advance.

"Your talent is very special. The moment I noticed this, I decided I must have you." Madeline seemed full of confidence in her arrangements, or perhaps she wanted to completely subdue Ethan, so she answered his questions with great patience.

"Oh? I did not feel that my ability was anything special."

"Every time you enter a world, you directly create a completely separate, brand new worldline within that world, and naturally form an inseparable connection with this new worldline. This is a very special talent."

Madeline continued her patient explanation, making Ethan understand why she valued him so much.

Whenever Ethan appeared in any world, he would directly open up a new worldline on the original world, and not just a single timeline. It was equivalent to directly copying the original world. Everything and every rule, except for Ethan himself, was indistinguishable from the original.

For example, when Ethan entered the world of Fate/stay night, this world became two. There was the original Fate/stay night world, and the Fate/stay night where Ethan existed.

What Madeline wanted to do was to keep the influence caused by the traverser within the new worldline created by Ethan. This way, she would still get a complete and uncontaminated original world, as well as a new world that had been thoroughly altered by Ethan.

However, Ethan’s ability did not just copy the plot of Fate/stay night. The entire Nasuverse contains countless parallel worlds. When Ethan copied, he also copied those parallel worlds as a package. After all, to him, no matter how many parallel planes the Nasuverse had, it was still one world.

"So that is how it is!"

In other words, every world he had been to in the past had gained a new worldline, or rather, a new parallel world, because of his appearance.

"So you want to obtain this ability of mine?"

"Consider how convenient this ability is for a Main God who constantly needs to create new worlds. After finding a new world they like, there is no need to slowly create it bit by bit. I just need you to go there once, and I can get a complete world template. Not only can I save more power and time, but I can even enhance my own strength by analyzing many vastly different worlds."

Madeline explaining in such detail also indirectly showed her attitude toward Ethan. She was determined to get him.

"Furthermore..." Madeline suddenly licked her lips. "I am also very interested in you as a person."

"I must say... I am a little flattered."

Ethan looked at Madeline, who stood there like a queen, looking at him with her head held high.

"You have said so much, but it does not seem to benefit me at all."

The triumphant look on Madeline’s face deepened. Ethan’s words seemed to reveal a good sign.

"You will become the most special one among all my subordinate gods. You can choose a world as your palace, like this world." Madeline’s figure suddenly appeared before Ethan, and she reached out to gently stroke his cheek. "At the same time, I can also let you experience feelings you have never experienced before."

"Sounds good."

Ethan reached out and grabbed Madeline’s hand. A moment later, Madeline was back in the middle of the courtyard, as if the moment that had just occurred was merely an illusion.

"But I refuse."

(To be continued.)

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