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Gao Yanskaya pursed her lips, thinking, Master, how can you trust such a surrenderer?
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Let's not talk about the people who ended the brief conflict. The Einzbern family castle located in the suburbs of Miyama Town unexpectedly had the smell of fireworks today. Sera and Lijielit were busy entertaining guests, with tea, snacks and everything else. The wealthy Einzbern family did not treat Illya harshly financially. For a magician family, household expenses are often the smallest expenses on the books.
Illya was communicating with Shirou Emiya and the others. She had mixed feelings towards Shirou Emiya, this strange "brother". For the rest of Kiritsugu's life, she would be by his side.
I don't like the other person very much.
But when the other party took out Kiritsugu's plane tickets from previous years, Illya fell silent again.
The destination on the ticket was "Germany", which undoubtedly confirmed the other party's words. If Kiritsugu didn't want to come to see him, why did Kiritsugu fly back to Germany? He knew that it was the territory of Einzbern.
As an old family of magicians, the Einzbern family has a great influence in Germany.
So, was it the family that deceived me?
Emiya... Kiritsugu!
Illya thought back to when she was a child. It was winter then, just like now. Germany was covered in snow, and the castle of the Einzbern family was covered in snow.
I went into the forest with Kiritsugu. What was the purpose of that? Were we competing? Who could find the bud first? Then, who would win in the end? Did Kiritsugu win, or did I?
I don't remember.
That was all ten years ago. Illya didn't remember it very clearly. In her memory, she and the maids played in the snow in the winter in Einzbern Castle.
Until the arrival of Berserker this year.
Illya's eyes became sharp. She knew why Emiya Shirou came to her. It was because Berserker was standing beside her.
She was not opposed to forming an alliance, but the question was, what should be done with the Holy Grail after the alliance?
Just when Illya wanted to ask what to do after defeating a potential enemy, whether to turn against him or something else, she felt something strange.
"!!!"
"A servant has already left the stage!"
Illya instantly thought of the mysterious man who appeared in the Matou family that day. That master brought Rider and Assassin to destroy the Matou family. And Rider that night now belongs to Shirou and Rin's camp.
What is the relationship between Assassin and them?
More importantly, whose servant is it, and which servant's job is it that has retired?
After hearing the news, Emiya Shirou looked at Toosaka Rin and the others and said, "Lancer should be out."
The magician Li Mo was targeting Lancer. At this time, he should have succeeded, right?
"So, what's your situation? I need to know everything about you before I can form an alliance with you." Illya asked. She felt that the fact that Shirou Emiya came to find her was shrouded in mystery.
Shirou Emiya sensed the change in Illya's attitude and began to explain the process slowly, while Matou Sakura was beside him to add details.
Chapter 185: Shirou Emiya Returns Home and Sees a Drunkard
Shirou Emiya and his team quickly convinced Illya. Having stayed in the Einzbern family for a full ten years, Illya could more or less observe some phenomena at home. She was confused before and could not connect these phenomena to get the truth, but after getting the crucial link from Shirou Emiya, the truth was revealed to her.
When she thought about Kiritsugu coming to find her but being blocked at the door by those old guys, Illya wanted to go back to the past and ask Berserker to kill all those people in the castle.
Annoying.
Illya followed Emiya Shirou to the Emiya family with this feeling. She wanted to see where Kiritsugu lived at the end and what it was like...
Along the way, because Illya kept thinking about the Einzbern family, the team maintained a low pressure. So much so that Shirou Emiya and the other two lowered their voices when they communicated.
The servants all turned into spirits and followed them. It was not a good idea to let the servants walk on the main road in broad daylight. The servants' clothes were often flashy and easy to attract people's requests. If they met young people, they could explain it as "performance art", but if they met the elderly, it would be more difficult to explain.
In Miyama Town, the majority of the population is elderly, and the staff at many posts are elderly.
In this way, the group returned to the Emiya family. Just as they entered the house, they heard bursts of talking coming from inside the main door, and a lot of noise.
Shirou Emiya could vaguely recognize the voices of Fujimura Taiga and Matou Shinji. Judging from their tones, they should be pretty good, and there were a few other people whose voices Shirou Emiya felt he had heard there before.
Without thinking too much, he quickened his pace and walked towards the main hall. The door and roof that Lancer had damaged two days ago were repaired by Shirou Emiya himself. The main reason was that the other party had not damaged the most critical main beam structure of the house, so it was relatively easy to repair.
Quickly quickening his pace, Shirou Emiya kicked the door open and entered. The first person he saw was a blue-haired man wearing a thin summer short-sleeved shirt. After a moment of hesitation, he recognized the man.
Lost his voice and said: "Lancer?!!"
That was the Servant who killed him the day before yesterday, Lacner.
On Friday night, when Cu Chulainn's scarlet spear pierced through him, the feeling of blood flowing out to form a pool, the feeling of being on the verge of death, Emiya Shirou remembered it completely.
"Ah, it's Shirou. You're back. Alas, why is Mr. Cu Chulainn called Lancer?" It was not Cu Chulainn who spoke, but Fujimura Taiga.
Shirou Emiya could see that Fujimura Taiga's cheeks were flushed a lot.
Sister Fuji is a person who gets drunk. Looking at her holding the wine glass, Emiya Shirou can tell that she must have drunk a lot. Turning his head to look at the table, Lancer doesn't need to say more. He doesn't look drunk holding the wine glass.
Then it was Shinji's turn... His body began to shake rhythmically, just like Sister Fuji. Was he drunk?
Finally, Shirou Emiya saw Li Mo sitting there, raising his wine glass and greeting him.
His mood became much more stable.
It seemed that something had happened that he was not aware of.
In Shirou Emiya's mind, Lancer should be an enemy. But now, it seems that they have become a fellow fighter?
Shirou Emiya saw Assassin busy in the kitchen. It was Sakura who was busy before, but now it was Assassin who was busy, and there was no sense of incongruity at all.
"Shirou, what happened? Why are you standing at the door? You mean Lancer? Isn't Lancer dead..."
Toosaka Rin looked sideways into the room as Emiya Shirou did, and immediately saw that everyone who was drinking had also fallen into silence.
Why is Lancer sitting here drinking?
Isn't he our enemy?
Suddenly, Toosaka Rin's mind was filled with doubts.
Shirou Emiya had the same doubts, so he walked up and found the person who knew the whole story.
——Li Mo.
"Would you like to drink?" Li Mo asked when he saw Shirou Emiya sitting down next to him.
"I'm not yet of age."
"That's right. I forgot that no one in Japan is allowed to drink alcohol when they are underage. But it doesn't matter. I think Fujimura Taiga is drunk now and won't care about such a small thing."
Li Mo pointed at Matou Shinji, who was the same age as Emiya Shirou. He was also a minor and was not drinking there yet.
——Although it was instigated by Mr. Li.
"Why are you drinking... And, Cuchulainn? What's going on?"
Shirou Emiya knew Lasncer's real name, "The Light Child of Ireland". After the brief battle on Friday, Shirou Emiya learned the information about him from Altria.
Otherwise, how would a Japanese know about the Irish hero? If he had that international time, Shirou Emiya might as well study history on his own. At least he could earn more points on the next exam.
Shirou Emiya's grades were not outstanding.
"Well, it looks like Miss Illya has been convinced by you. Emiya Shirou, I think you want to deal with Fujimura Taiga? Once she's drunk, I'll tell you the details of what happened."
While speaking, Li Mo used magic to transmit the voice to everyone except Fujimura Taiga and Matou Shinji.
After Rider Medusa's control was taken back by Matou Sakura, Matou Shinji withdrew from the Holy Grail War and lost his status as a Master.
Of course, if Shinji Matou wasn't so drunk now, Li Mo wouldn't have planned to block him.
Shirou Emiya looked at the two people over there. Fujimura Taiga was drunkenly patting Matou Shinji's shoulder, and the two of them were complaining about their elders in their families.
To be more precise, they were both complaining about their elders. The two reached a consensus on a subtle point.
Yeah.
Emiya Shirou began to get busy with Fujimura Taiga to drink. It was only around 3 or 4 in the afternoon, why were they drinking? Assassin, Miss Koyanskaya also prepared some snacks to go with the wine.
Soon, Emiya Shirou took Fujimura Taiga and Matou Shinji to the guest room to rest, with Matou Sakura helping them.
Li Mo had been drinking and eating snacks from the beginning, without changing the color on his cheeks.
The alcohol content of sake was not enough to make him drunk. His current physical condition represented the upper limit of human beings and his ability to sober up was extraordinary.
At the end, only Li Mo and Cu Chulainn were left drinking intermittently, while the latter, as a Servant, still ate like a normal person. Just like Saber, this behavior was to replenish magic power.
Soon, Shirou Emiya and Sakura Matou came back, which meant that Li Mo had to start answering questions.
Chapter 186: Questions Answered
Li Mo spoke slowly, and the sake and the braised beef seemed very comfortable. He narrated the whole process slowly. During this period, no one interrupted him.
He first started with why Cu Chulainn was sitting here, and briefly described how Cu Chulainn was released from his contract with his master by using Medea's treasure, and at the same time, was signed into a contract by Medea.
During this period, Cu Chulainn also agreed, saying that the current Master was much more patient with him than the previous Master.
Then, Li Mo recounted the battle that took place not far from the Einzbern family castle.
"That's pretty much what I want to say. Now, you can post your posts. Especially Miss Illya, I see you've wanted to ask me questions many times along the way."
"I want to know how much you know about Kiritsugu."
Illya learned a lot of information from the communication with the other party. Earlier in the Einzbern Castle, Shirou and others had already told him his purpose and his actions.
The other party seems to know everything.
There was no fog in his eyes during the Fourth and Fifth Holy Grail Wars. He seems to possess a high-level "clairvoyance" that can see the future.
Illya didn't care about the other party's purpose of dismantling the "Great Holy Grail" now, even if it was one of the assets of the Einzbern family, but so what? She was not the orthodox heir of the Einzbern family. In the eyes of those grandfathers, the individual named Illya was just a tool to carry the Small Holy Grail.
Now she cares more about Kiritsugu's past.
What happened in the Holy Grail War? Why did Kiritsugu end up being rejected by the Einzbern family?
“Is this a question? Indeed, no one knows more about the Holy Grail War than I do. The death of Tōsaka Tokiomi, the death of Matou Kariya, and the death of Emiya Kiritsugu.”
Li Mo looked at Toosaka Rin, Matou Sakura, Illya and Emiya Kiritsugu in turn.
The contestants from the three families last time and the contestants from the three families this time all participated in the competition with the same resolution, but the results were very different. Even without Li Mo's participation, this Holy Grail War was much more tender than the last one.
Li Mo did not tell them the entire process of the Fourth Holy Grail War, but selected the important key points to explain one by one.