"What?"
"Have you figured out a solution?"
"Is this true?"
There are three faces in front of Shinji from left to right, namely the poker-faced Emiya Kiritsugu, the icy beauty Hisau Maiya, and the natural and pure Irisviel.
Of course, this was Shinji's usual impression of the three people. Now the expressions of the three people were surprisingly consistent, their eyes were wide open, their pupils contracted, their mouths slightly open, and they only lacked two big words written on their foreheads - "excited".
"It's true that people from the same family stick together."
Shinji complained silently in his mind and explained patiently.
"Just because I think of a possible solution doesn't mean it will work, let alone succeed."
"That doesn't matter. It's better to have an idea than to have no idea at all. Shinji, just tell us now and don't keep us in suspense." Yustisa urged.
After the Holy Grail War, because of the relationship between Justissa and Irisviel, the Matou family and the Emiya family became closer and closer, and Shinji became a frequent visitor to the Emiya family.
"My plan is to find a body for Miss Irisviel."
"Body?" the three members of the Emiya family asked in unison.
"Yes, the body. Soul and body are the two most basic elements of human beings. Those of us who study magic know that the soul is the content and the body is the container, neither of which can be missing. Without the content, the container is just an empty shell. Without the container, the content will lose its object of attachment and will disappear from the world just like this water—"
Shinji said as he picked up a teacup and poured the tea in it onto the coffee table.
"—without the cup it would just scatter like this and evaporate, but if it were—"
His fingers moved, drawing an ice rune, and the warm tea quickly froze.
"—tea is fixed. This is the only known exception—'Third Magic'; 'Soul Materialization'; related miracles, such as Heroic Spirit Summoning, such as Justisa who made a contract with me, and Miss Irisviel. Unfortunately, Justisa's 'Third Magic'; is not complete. It is better when the target is herself, and it can be adjusted at any time. But for Miss Irisviel, there is no way to be so meticulous, which leads to your current unstable situation."
Shinji put down the teacup, injected magic power into the ice, and used the Matou family's fluid manipulation magic to shape the spread ice into an ugly cylinder.
His intention was very clear, the water was Irisviel's soul, the teacup was her body, and it was Justisia's third magic that condensed the water into icicles, but there was still a certain difference between the shape of the icicles and the original shape of the tea in the teacup.
"So, the best way to resolve this situation is to put the water back into the teacup."
"But the soul is not real tea. It cannot be poured into any cup. If you change the container at will, it will become like a dirty inkstone—"
The human soul is delicate and fragile. The slightest mismatch in the container will cause damage to both parties, and eventually they will become a "corrupted living dead" like Zōuyè.
Shinji knew what Justisa was worried about. Since he dared to make such a suggestion, he must have a solution. He pointed to the tray in the middle of the coffee table, which contained several tea cups of the same style.
"What if it's the same container?"
"You mean—"
Justisa clapped her hands violently.
"Yes, Ellie's body was created by Yahad and his team. If they can create one, they can create a second one."
"Being able doesn't mean being willing." Kiritsugu was not as optimistic as Justisa. "Eri's body is very expensive and is a big burden to the Einzbern family. Besides, I may have been identified as a traitor by Yahad."
The Einzbern family is isolated from the world and has very few ways to obtain intelligence. Their only knowledge of the Fourth Holy Grail War is that "Saber destroyed the Holy Grail". Without knowing the inside story, it is normal for them to come to the conclusion that "Emiya Kiritsugu betrayed them".
This was confirmed at the end of "FateZero". The Fourth Holy Grail War described in the book also ended with Saber destroying the Holy Grail. After that, Kiritsugu was identified as a traitor by Ahad. Although he did not suffer direct retaliation, he was never able to set foot in the Einzbern family's base camp "Winter City" again, and he could not see his daughter Illya until his death. Nowadays, Kiritsugu's intelligence network has not received any news about the Einzbern family, which in itself shows the attitude of the Einzbern family.
What's more troublesome is that the characteristics of the androids determine that the members of this family are not easily persuaded, and the common means of coercion and inducement used on humans do not work on them. Even if Justisa, who has a special status in the family, comes forward, she may not be able to convince the family's highest decision-maker, the central control artificial intelligence Golem Jubstacheit. On the contrary, she may be targeted by the loyal Golem Jubstacheit, causing a series of troubles. This is also the reason why Shinji is unwilling to deal with the Einzbern family.
The more he analyzed, the gloomier Kiritsugu felt. It would be better to maintain the status quo and wait until he found a way to provide Irisviel with a stable supply of magic power before charging directly into the "Winter City" to rescue his daughter Illya.
"Why haven't I thought about learning Einzbern's alchemy in these nine years?"
At the end of his distress, Kiritsugu held his head and whispered such meaningless self-blame. His self-blame made Irisviel and Hisau Maiya's hearts sink.
Seeing this, Shinji touched his nose and said a little embarrassedly: "Uh, you seem to have misunderstood me. I didn't say I was looking for Einzbern. I was looking for someone else. This person's alchemy may not be as good as Einzbern's, but her skill in making dolls is definitely better than Einzbern's."
The doll made by this person allowed Shirou Emiya, who was in a state similar to Irisviel at the end of the "Heavens Feel" line of "Fatestaynight", to be "resurrected" as a human again.
The puppets made by this person do not carry any physical genetic genes. The shaping of the puppets is entirely based on the individual information carried by the soul, including but not limited to memories, magic circuits, etc. - this information is actually stored in the soul, not the brain. Irisviel, Justisia and even the Heroic Spirits can obtain the materialized entities of the soul because of the effect of this information, that is, the body will adjust according to the soul and fit perfectly with the soul.
"Who is this person you are talking about?" Kiritsugu asked bluntly.
"Aozaki Touko, a magician who was rated as the 'Grand Champion' by the 'Clock Tower' and the world's best puppeteer."
PS: When a book friend saw this chapter, he asked why they had to squat. In fact, it was because Sakura lowered her head and cried. If she didn't squat, Shinji couldn't see her eyes, and her eyes couldn't see Shinji, so they became in this weird posture.