Multiverse: Why does the world show a health bar? !

How Shinji Matou would obtain Mystic Eyes was none of Li Mo's concern. Even without the Matou family's connections, the Tohsaka family's channels would suffice.

Li Mo was now more focused on the progress inside the room. He wondered if Koyanskaya's removal surgery had been successful and whether Medea's artificially crafted heart had been successfully implanted into Ilya.

Soon, the door to the room opened.

Koyanskaya stepped out, saying, "Master, the surgery was a success. Ilya's heart has been successfully removed, and her vital signs are stable."

"What about the recovery process?"

"Medea is handling it. Shirou Emiya, please don't worry. The next steps are straightforward. Even if there's a rejection reaction, we can always reinstall the original heart."

In the plan, Ilya's heart would be kept alive through magecraft after removal. This way, if anything went wrong during the surgery, it could be reinserted. As for post-surgery, the **Golden Fleece** and **Avalon** would take care of the rest.

Li Mo observed that Shirou visibly relaxed after hearing Koyanskaya's words. To Shirou, Ilya was likely the last blood relative of Kiritsugu in this world.

Family. The weight of that word was immense, and Li Mo could understand Shirou's feelings.

But for now, all they could do was wait.

Medea worked quickly.

Not long after Koyanskaya came out, Medea followed. Her first words were, "The procedure was successful. The new heart is functioning well inside Ilya. The only flaw is that it will require some adjustments over time. I underestimated the strength of her Magic Circuits."

Ilya's Magic Circuits were the most numerous Medea had ever seen—her entire body was filled with them. Medea had slightly misjudged the quality of Ilya's Magic Circuits, but even that small error became significant given the sheer quantity.

The heart she had created would function perfectly in a normal person until their death. But for Ilya, it wasn't quite enough.

However, these issues could be resolved through Follow-up adjustments.

"Is her condition deteriorating?"

"Not at all. Master, please rest assured. This won't affect Ilya's lifespan. But, as I mentioned earlier, I hope Miss Ilya can return to her family to obtain the relevant material. I didn't delve too deeply into this area in the past."

With Medea's assurance, almost any magecraft-related issue could be resolved. Thus, the matter was settled for now.

The original plan to summon the **Greater Grail** that night had been put on hold. In fact, the Holy Grail fragment Medea had extracted from Sakura Matou's heart could have been used to summon the **Greater Grail**. However, the fragment didn't contain any defeated Servants, so it couldn't meet the conditions for the **Greater Grail**'s descent.

If Medea had more time, she could have made the **Greater Grail** descend without any Servants being defeated. Unfortunately, Li Mo's requirements didn't allow for that.

This was why Ilya's **Lesser Grail** was needed.

Since only Gilgamesh, a Servant from the previous Holy Grail War, had been defeated, the **Lesser Grail**'s ritual hadn't been completed. This necessitated the surgery to remove Ilya's heart.

Next, Medea had more work to do: using Ilya's heart and the Holy Grail fragment to create a **Lesser Grail** capable of summoning the **Greater Grail**.

With Medea busy, Li Mo found himself with little to do. He began delving deeper into magecraft and exchanging knowledge with Ilya.

Of course, magi typically don't share their knowledge. "Mystery" is a fixed resource—the more people use the same magecraft, the weaker it becomes.

Mystery is like water flowing from a tap. Once the tap is turned on, the amount of water is fixed. The more people sharing it, the less each person gets.

But Li Mo and Ilya weren't traditional magi. Li Mo was a wanderer who could travel to different worlds. He suspected that in other worlds, where the foundation of magecraft didn't exist, his magecraft might not work at all.

As for Ilya—the Einzbern family's education was deeply flawed. The Einzbern family wasn't an orthodox magecraft family to begin with. It seemed that all its current members were homunculi, with no proper human magi among them.

Time passed slowly...

Fuyuki City was unusually quiet during this period.

In the meantime, Li Mo also took the time to help the children rescued from the oil tycoon integrate into the city.

Through the Tohsaka and Matou family's channels, Li Mo systematically helped the children from foreign countries obtain Japanese Household registration.

However, the number of children sent by the oil tycoon was significantly large. Li Mo had to proceed with extreme caution.

Fortunately, with Taiga Fujimura's help, things became much easier. Taiga was the granddaughter of the head of the Fujimura Group, a yakuza organization that had long since gone legitimate and was a dominant force in Fuyuki City.

Li Mo told a small lie about the children's origins, and Taiga believed him. She even recalled the incident where a missing child had suddenly reappeared at the police station and connected it to the night when someone had killed a minor boss in the Fujimura Group.

"I thought the truth would come out."

Fortunately, after informing Taiga, she didn't invite Li Mo to meet with the Fujimura Group.

Perhaps the old man leading the Fujimura Group already knew that one of his subordinates had crossed the line.

After all, that guy hadn't been clean, and Li Mo had found evidence and handed it over to the Fujimura Group.

Moreover, as a local power in Fuyuki City, the Fujimura Group likely had some understanding of magi. After all, this city hosted the **Holy Grail War**, a massive magecraft ritual.

"It didn't come out, did it? Li-san, why are you so timid ?" Ilya said.

The two of them were now studying in the cave on Mount Enzō. Surprisingly, as a homunculus, Ilya had also mastered the technique of extracting magical energy from the Greater Source.

Li Mo replied, "It's not that I'm timid. If I went to meet them and a conflict arose, what would I do? I can't just kill Taiga'selder , can I?"

Ilya fell silent, then nodded. "You're right. Avoiding the meeting is the easiest solution."

"By the way, are you joining tonight's operation?"

"I'll be there. Aside from Shinji Matou, everyone else will participate."

"The number of Servants won't increase the effectiveness against the black mud. What will truly make a difference is Saber's Holy Sword," Li Mo explained.

Ilya said, "Even if I'm just watching from the sidelines, isn't that fine?"

She wanted to see her mother again.

Even if it was just her mother's appearance.