Shimamura Mirai
Location: Outskirts - Jiboujiki Clinic
Phase: Day 3/3
Time: 15:28
Day: January 12th
“Hmmm…”
It’s a lot to take in. But I’ve already grasped the gist of it. Cramming in pre-med teaches one how to do that. I review the facts, one by one in my head. But at the same time, much of the information is unclear. No doubt this is an oddity due to the fact the previous war happened almost a century ago, but still.
Time to get the gears in my brain moving.
“Well, first of all, the Imperial occupation wasn’t until 1915, correct? That doesn’t really disavow the idea of Japanese influence, since I assume you would need to prepare the ritual beforehand and rig all the leylines and such. This easily could have been done in the previous five years before 1914.”
Well, isn’t it true? It’s only post-1914 that the Germans really did anything, so I feel that Japanese influence must be considered. Think Sensei will chew me out, though.
“Not only that, but aren’t the Einzberns a German family? Even if the Germans got here before 1914, perhaps the Einzberns came with them and attempted to recreate a second Holy Grail War? Presumably they still have the knowledge of how the ritual works, and that while Fuyuki was an ideal spot for the creation, Tengetsu could have worked as well. And the Einzberns worked with two other Japanese families for the Fuyuki Grail, if Grandpa was correct. I’m not sure if they would be as pretentious to prevent ‘local backwater occultists’ from being unable to help. It could just as easily speed up the process and be more convenient for all…”
So far, I don’t think the answer is clear cut. I, myself am making assumptions I’m not sure are true. But even so, there has to be a reason as to why the war was replicated over here. Perhaps the Einzberns were impatient with the growing time gaps between wars?
Well, no, that’s wrong, because it’s been nearly a century since the last one, and the last thing I heard was that the Fuyuki wars had shorter intervals…
“So, I think it was possible for the ritual to be ported. Perhaps it was an Einzbern branch family or something. It would take a skilled magus to reverse engineer the entire system, and I’m not sure if that is humanly feasible, even with a team of say five experts. Otherwise, wouldn’t we have Grail Wars across the globe?”
That’s a good question… In the case of my theory, the Einzberns would only be limited by magical hotspots and could basically set up a Grail War whenever they feel like. Why choose Tengetsu of all places? The German Occupation? No, that happened after.
Dang it! I’m not getting anywhere. I feel like I’m poking away at a concrete wall, hoping it breaks.
“Other than that… Sensei, why do you know so much about the ritual? You find the idea of me participating distasteful, and I doubt you want to participate yourself. What drove you to acquire all of this information?”