[El-Melloi II: "This workshop was desigo harhe power of the Fae by using the fairy eyes of Wills."]

  ["Using my fairy eyes?" Wills asked in disbelief.]

  ["Yes," El-Melloi II expined. "The Leylines here are used to activate the Fairy Eye, drawing out its power. That magic is then eled into the dead, turning them into the cores of artificial fairies."]

  [El-Melloi II g the summoned fairy and added, "Isn't that correct?"]

  ["Indeed, child of man," the fairy replied calmly.]

  ["Master, what's going on?" Gray asked, looking at El-Melloi II with .]

  ["Trevor is the murderer," El-Melloi II stated with certainty. "And the murder on is this entire workshop. I had this theory from the moment we arrived."]

  ["So, the lightning strike wasn't an act… it remeditated murder," Wills said, his face pale.]

  ["That's right," El-Melloi II firmed. "This workshop is essentially a killing device."]

  [He tinued in a grave tohe Marburry Workshop attracted the Bck Dogs, which killed numerous people. The killings occurred on nights when the positions of the stars and moon enhahe e between the underworld and the earth."]

  ["Fifteen people over three years," he expined. "Those victims were turned into artificial fairies—Bck Dogs—by the workshop, which used the power of the fairy eyes and the Leylines."]

  ["A demon dog that devours souls?" Sisigou muttered, his expression hardening.]

  ["Trevor built this workshop to create and trol artificial fairies as tools," El-Melloi II said, his voice tinged with disgust. "And he didn't care how many lives he had to sacrifice to achieve that goal."]

  Tohsaka Rin: "Killing so many people… just for this?"

  Waver: "What a bastard."

  Darnic: "Wele to the Clock Tower."

  Kayh: "You're hardly in a position to talk, Darnic."

  Artoria: "If I were there, I would end this evil with a siroke of my bde."

  M Sisigou suspiciously. "Hey, you're a neaoo. Could it be…?"

  "Don't lump me in with scum like that," Sisigou replied calmly. "I'm just a bounty hunter. I only take jobs for money, and I don't waste bullets."

  ["So, this fairy and Wills' Fairy Eye are integral to the workshop's funing?" Sisigou asked.]

  ["Exactly," Reines interjected. "But Trevor is dead. Couldn't that have caused the workshop to spiral out of trol?"]

  ["...I killed him," the fairy admitted softly.]

  ["What?!" Wills excimed, his voice rising in shock. "You killed him?"]

  ["The magus deceived me and disrupted our order," the fairy said, turning its gaze toward Wills. "So I punished him."]

  ["But you couldn't stop the workshop from running, could you?" El-Melloi II interjected, his tone sharp.]

  ["That's correct," the fairy admitted with a disappointed expression. "The power had already been activated. I couldn't stop it. I knew what would happen, but I owerless to ge it."]

  ["You…" Wills started, his voice trembling.]

  ["I didn't want to hurt you," the fairy said softly.]

  ["You didn't want to hand the workshop over to someone else… because she's still here, isn't she?" El-Melloi II asked pointedly.]

  [Wills' eyes widened. "How did you—"]

  ["You're infamous for disliking women," El-Melloi II replied. "People who see fairies often find themselves enthralled by them."]

  ["It may seem like a tragic love story," Hishiri Adashino remarked coldly, "but in the end, you could say Wills' fairy eyes were responsible for Walletta's death."]

  ["He was maniputed," El-Melloi II tered. "A tool used by someone else."]

  Shakespeare: "Ah, the love between a human and a fairy! What a pelling subject."

  Brynhildr: "Another love story doomed to end in tragedy."

  Darnic: "This Wills is in trouble. The Clock Tower won't let him off easily."

  Tohsaka Rin: "Why? He didn't do anything."

  Danic: "He's still the catalyst. The families won't let him walk away from this unscathed."

  Waver: "Tch. It all es down to fighting over the Leyline."

  Chihiro: "That's human nature."

  ["Boom…"]

  [Suddenly, the workshop trembled violently, cutting the versation short.]

  ["This isn't good," Sisigou said grimly. "The spirit vein's movements are erratic!"]

  ["Everyone, get out now!" El-Melloi II anded.]

  [The group hurried to the entrance hall, only to find a swarm of Bck Dogs outside, smming into the workshop's barrier with relentless force.]

  ["So that's what's causing the tremors," El-Melloi II muttered, his expression darkening.]

  ["What's happening, Lord El-Melloi?" Wills asked, panic creeping into his voice.]

  ["The workshop's power has go of trol," El-Melloi II replied through gritted teeth. "And my earlier ritual only made things worse."]

  ["I should've caught this earlier," Sisigou muttered bitterly.]

  ["It was iable," El-Melloi II reassured. "The dead attract more death. The Bck Dogs are transf into the Wild Hunt."]

  ["The Wild Hunt…"] Hishiri Adashino murmured, her eyes narrowing.]

  [In the distance, a shimmering portal opened in the air, a kaleidoscope of colors swirling within.]

  ["That's the gate to the fairy world," El-Melloi II said gravely.]

  ["Awooooo!!!"]

  [At the portal's entrance, a massive Bck Dog howled, rallying the smaller ones into a frenzied assault.]

  ["It even has a leader," Sisigou muttered in disbelief.]

  ["They want to add us to their ranks," Gray said quietly. "Turn us into one of the dead."]

  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "The situation has pletely spiraled out of trol."

  Emiya Kiritsugu: "And there are far more than fifteen of these Bck Dogs."

  Sisigou: "This is beyond troublesome."

  ["I'll take responsibility for this," Hishiri Adashino decred, stepping forward. She ed the workshop in a reinforced cloth barrier, slowing the onsught of Bck Dogs.]

  ["Leave Reio me," Hishiri added, as Reines overwhelmed by the active Mystic Eye was uo move.]

  [Meanwhile, El-Melloi II, Sisigou, Gray, and Wills stepped outside to fight.]

  ["Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh…"]

  [Gray's scythe cleaved through the Bck Dogs effortlessly, each strike precise and deadly.]

  ["This is the priy father's sins," Wills muttered bitterly as he jured twin bayos, holding off the Bck Dogs with practiced efficy.]

  ["Not bad," Sisigou ented with a grin, firing round after round at the oning horde. "You've got the skills of a true Spiritual Evocatiomee."]

  ["Lord El-Melloi, do you think the Clock Tower will reimburse my expenses?" Sisigou asked as he tinued shooting.]

  [El-Melloi II, releasing small bursts of magical energy to fend off attackers, was already winded. bat clearly wasn't his strong suit.]

  [A Bck Dog lu him from the side, but Gray intercepted it, slig it ly in two.]

  Iskandar: "Boy, your strength is g."

  Kayh: "You'll need morous training."

  Waver: "〒▽〒"

  ["I'll submit the reimbursement request myself," El-Melloi II mao reply between bored breaths.]

  ["Alright then," Sisigou chuckled, still firing away.]

  [Despite their efforts, the Bck Dogs seemed endless, their numbers overwhelming.]

  ["Hoeople did he kill for this?" Sisigou growled, frustration evident in his voice.]

  ["Judging by the number of underground m halls, Trevor must have hidden far more victims than we initially thought," El-Melloi II said grimly.]

  ["That bastard," Sisigou muttered, tossing a grenade infused with some grotesque aterial. The explosion eradicated a rge number of Bck Dogs in one fell swoop.]

  Illya: "Wow, that's amazing. Even more intehan Kiritsugu's fighting style."

  Kiritsugu remained silent, mentally taking notes on Sisigou's methods.

  [Despite their bined efforts, the Bck Dogs kept ing.]

  ["We don't have a choice," El-Melloi II said, his gaze log onto Gray. "Gray, it's up to you."]

  ["Uood," Gray replied firmly.]

  [Gray stepped forward, her scythe transf bato Add, which hovered ominously in her hands.]

  ["What is she doing?" Sisigou asked warily.]

  ["She's using the Holy Lance," El-Melloi II replied, his tone serious.]

  ["Are you serious?!" Sisigou excimed in disbelief.]

  ["We'll cover her," El-Melloi II ordered.]

  ["Gray, Rave, Crave, Deprave. Grave me. Grave for you!" Gray ted, her voice steady as Add began to glow.]

  [The Bck Dogs, sensing the immense power radiating from her, all turheir attention toward her, charging with feral iy.]

  [Just as o at Gray, Sisigou intercepted it, shielding her with his body.]