Aaaaand I did forget to reblog it lol, even though we have more information now on Kayneth’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Slight spoilers for Fate/strange Fake:
“The biggest material damage to our property… was something not even the other Lords could easily obtain. It’s for good reason that that item used to be El-Melloi’s Supreme Mystic Code until the previous El-Melloi perfected Trimmau. […] Yes… The previous Lord losing it in the battle of Fuyuki was the biggest of the 5 fatal losses we suffered.”
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“One of them can produce enough magical energy to maintain a whole building isolated from the world for weeks… and if you put the three of them to interact with each other, the natural recovery rate of their energy skyrockets. Centuries ago, the El-Mellois processed the highest-class Phantasmals taken out of the mines and completed the perfect magical energy reactor. It’s got nothing super outstandingly unique about it, but its sheer output can overwhelm anyone. It’s the ultimate symbol of ‘simple is best’, making it the perfect tool for the El-Melloi family, lauded for its versatility. Well, the El-Melloi’s current Supreme Mystic Code takes the opposite extreme, having a little too much personality.”
The girl spoke with joyful whimsy despite the lost items belonging to her.
The mercury maid standing next to her was the aforementioned current Supreme Mystic Code of the El-Mellois—That is, a Mystic Code that symbolizes their status as one of the 12 Lord families of the Clock Tower.
“Our esteemed predecessor said that an article that only makes magical energy lacks artistry, and created this here Trimmau, the Volumen Hydrargyrum, to be the new Supreme Mystic Code.”
Which means the item she described could match the ridiculousness of a hyper-advanced humanoid mass of living mercury with a mind of its own.
“Well, if the previous Lord knew that my brother installed an ego in it to make it easier for me to use her, he would call it a downgrade.”
After this comment, Reines’s mouth twisted into a grin and she returned to the topic of the the previous Supreme Mystic Code.
“You, of course, know about the Spiritual Tomb of Albion, no? The last dragon dug its way to the phantasmal land until it exhausted itself and its body remained as a giant labyrinth. In the golden age of the El-Melloi, people mined the underground maze the dragon created and, through their most clever political games, the El-Mellois obtained the several phantasmal materials used to make these reactors… We know that our previous Lord had lost himself to a woman’s charm, so honestly, the very notion of taking them out of the country for an East Asian ritual should have been a telling sign that he was completely out of his mind.”
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“Worst of all… when said otherworldly workshop…that is, when that Fuyuki hotel collapsed to the ground, someone stole the items. Our prime suspect died on us, and since then we’ve been completely out of information on the thief.”
That is where Reines stopped her exposition to ask the listener a question.
“Since you have investigated Fuyuki’s Holy Grail War before, you might have heard about this case. The brutal murder of a mage couple in Kurokizaka’s Semina Apartments.”
Reines sipped her tea with a sadistic smile.
“It’s not as big a deal as the Holy Grail… but there are mages who would start a war for it.”, she spoke as if she was dearly waiting for mages to start a stupid conflict over the items that are still around somewhere in the world.
“For that set of three magical energy reactors.”
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