The infinite sword system has been mastered, and you say this is the dragon clan?

Chapter 404 Cupid: How Much Will I Be Treated? I Beg to Enter!
Emiya didn't recover until early the next morning.

The turbid brain matter sloshed around in his drowsy head. He shook his head to forget the complex sensation of soft, white flesh combined with rough scales rubbing against his skin. He felt a wave of emptiness and relief afterward.

Previously, he had tried to excuse himself by saying, "You were influenced by the power of that Roman god of love," but... it had no significant effect. Undoubtedly, no one could regain their rationality when things had progressed to that point.

After all, whoever is rational is the one who "suffers a loss." Even Kiyohime made a grand transformation and issued a declaration of ridicule. Whoever chickens out is the coward!
Fight! (Close-up with clear meaning)

As the saying goes, the more you endure, the angrier you get; the more you back down, the more you feel cheated! As a result, order completely collapsed at that moment. The mundane and broken rules of the concubine selection and wedding ceremony were no longer cared about. Everyone was caught up in the crazy behavior of that night.

Now that the battle was over and his skills were on cooldown, he walked to the edge of Crete's coastline, feeling the cold wind blowing.

I can't even muster a single romantic thought right now; my mind is filled with all sorts of random and unrelated thoughts.

Emiya suddenly remembered that he initially wanted to use the name of Sword Emperor Lucius to cover up the singularity distortion in this world, but he didn't expect that this identity would become more and more real... Not to mention, he even got the real emperor's harem treatment.

I'm impressed. If you think about it carefully, they have the title and the benefits, it seems like all they're missing is a really powerful declaration.

Just as the Ottoman Empire claimed to be the successor of Rome after conquering Byzantium, the ivy, regardless of whether it is Roman or not, at least has that claim.

Emiya is only known by the title of Sword Emperor. However, none of the emperors in this singularity can be sure that this Sword Emperor is Lucius, who is not even recorded in the official Roman history. Emiya also cannot directly admit that he is really Lucius.

It looks a bit unreliable.

At this time, Emiya was still unaware that the emperor of Rome was Romulus, the ancestor of the gods, who habitually addressed others as "You are also Rome!"

—If we could obtain the personal recognition of the ancestral god, there would probably be no more orthodox Roman claim in the world.

"Melyuzina?"

As Emiya gazed calmly at the undulating waves and howling winds of the Mediterranean Sea, as if in a sage's state, Meiliuqina emerged from the corner of his field of vision.

The latter's face, with her hair disheveled by the wind, wore a melancholy expression. She was probably unhappy that her perfectly good elopement plan from the previous day had been ruined by a group of people who caught up with her and snatched Emiya from her back as if mocking her to her face.

When she hurriedly retraced her route and searched everywhere, finally arriving at the isolated island in the sea where Nuwa and the others were secretly hiding, the revelry that abandoned worldly conventions had already begun.

After all that, she went from being proud of being "number one" to being a laughing stock "last place"!
It's like the competition rules state that the first place winner gets a limited edition deluxe grand prize. You've already gotten ahead of everyone else and successfully snatched the top spot in the queue, so you're supposed to enjoy it all by yourself.

As a result, halfway through the journey, a large group of people suddenly ran over and cut in line. Amidst talking, laughing, and joking, they divided up and devoured their grand prize!
When it was finally their turn, they slapped their foreheads as if suddenly realizing, "Oh, there's still some for you here! But I'm sorry, we've already eaten most of it, so please make do with what's left."

The contrast between before and after is so great that even if the physical pleasure is temporarily satisfied, one cannot help but feel a sense of loss and regret.

“Emiya…”

Meiliuqina murmured in a dejected tone. When she looked up, the latter subconsciously took a step back.

"Emiya, I want..."

"...Ahem, what's wrong?" Emiya was secretly on guard, afraid that the female dragon would pounce on him again in a fit of lust.

If that's really the case, then he felt that Amor's power of love probably wasn't simply about making people succumb to lust, but rather about twisting women's minds, turning them into crazy women who wanted to devour him.

"I want to be with you in all the subsequent Singularity operations."

"Of course you can..."

Emiya breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she wasn't too crazy, it was fine. As for the identity issue of Melyuchina's subsequent actions, he could trouble Prierati a bit more and have her use some illusion magic to cover it up. As for her identity, there was no need to worry about that either; after all, dragons weren't rare in this world.

"Oh my! That's quite impressive. You all seem to be in good spirits, Sword Emperor."

Just as Emiya was thinking about the person in question, Amor took the initiative to approach him.

"Yes, you all had a wonderful night, just as I sensed. I'm quite the Cupid, aren't I?"

"Hey, how dare you bring this up?" Emiya grabbed the white-haired nun's shoulder. "Let's not dwell on what happened last night, but I think it's necessary to distinguish between the abuse of power and the legitimate use of power!"

"Hmm?" A hint of confusion appeared on Amor's face, framed by her long silver hair. She tilted her head. "You mean... you want me, this eccentric idiot, to be subject to your rules? The Roman Sword Emperor whose identity is 'questionable'!"

"That's for sure! Even the Roman gods must be subject to the emperor's rule and perform their duties properly in the Pantheon. They cannot abuse their power arbitrarily, nor can they use it without prior permission, causing unpredictable consequences!"

"Hehe, that's really dirty."

Faced with Emiya's "fierce threat," Amor blinked and leaned closer, saying with some anticipation:
"So, does Your Majesty the Sword Emperor mean you'll take responsibility for me and fully assume all of Cupid's duties? What's your monthly salary? What about the hidden benefits, paid leave, and other similar entitlements?"

The god of love made a stunning turn, showing no annoyance at being refuted or threatened, and steered the conversation to another topic.

Moreover, her words didn't imply that she was particularly averse to being disciplined. On the contrary, she seemed to take advantage of the situation, as if she were willing to be a worker, and started asking about the treatment Emiya gave her.

"The treatment is of course... huh?"

Emiya was suddenly surprised, "Wait, aren't you still the supervisor of the Holy Grail War? Since when can the supervisor openly stand on one side and personally get involved in the war?!"

During the Fourth Shinobi World War, at least the Kotomine father and son put on an act with Tokiomi Tohsaka. But you, you just openly talk about salary and benefits! Good grief, so you're just being fair and square, huh?
“I’ve said it from the beginning, I, the God of Love, have absolutely no interest in the Holy Grail War. Besides, the situation has changed now, and there’s no need for the Holy Grail War to continue.” Amor waved his hand. “In comparison, Sword Emperor, I’m more interested in you. If the terms are favorable, I might consider signing a contract.”

“I discovered it last night. Those Eastern immortals who appeared around you, as well as those strange pseudo-Servants, and quite a few others… are all living people. You… are not beings summoned to this era, but rather you voluntarily descended to this time and space, right?”

All other emperors, and even the powerful generals under their command, were all heroic spirits summoned to this era. They might have come from the past or the future, but none of them were dead.

But from the moment he witnessed Nuwa manipulating wind, rain, thunder, and lightning at will last night, Amor realized that the figure who wielded magic comparable to divine power was undoubtedly a living being. A living being, obviously, cannot be summoned to different eras at will; that falls under the category of time travel.

Moreover, Amor knew that although there could be multiple emperors with extraordinary power in this world, the only other deity besides her was the ancestor of the pantheon.

Emiya raised his eyebrows. In fact, whether it was Nuwa or anyone else, when they acted in this era, Prierati used illusion magic to disguise the fluctuations of their spirit origin.

However, the fluctuations at the divine level seem difficult to conceal with Plerati's illusions. This is one of the reasons why Emiya wanted to avoid using the god-like divine weapons of the Godslayers as much as possible in the early stages of the Singularity. It seems that Nuwa probably overexerted herself, causing her aura to leak out, which made Amor notice something was wrong and begin to suspect.

He readily and openly admitted, "That's right, we are the Chaldea organization from two thousand years in the future. My purpose here is not the Holy Grail War itself, but to correct the distortions in the timeline of history..."

Emiya revealed Chaldea's organizational principles and their purpose for arriving, then asked, "Although you claim to be an overseer with no interest in the Holy Grail War, it seems you do know some secrets, don't you? I remember you just said... 'There's no need for the Holy Grail War to continue'?"

"Yes."

Amor nodded. She had been in contact with the ancestral god of the Pantheon from the beginning because, as a Roman god, she had a place of worship in the Pantheon. This was equivalent to a medium through which divine power could descend at any time, and communication was easy.

Unfortunately, for more than a year afterward, the Ancestor of Gods devoted most of his power to suppressing the calamity beast brewing in the City of Seven Hills. Subsequently, the Ancestor of Gods' ability to communicate with the outside world gradually weakened, the Italian peninsula began to prohibit internal and external communication, the Pantheon also cut off external communication, and Amor gradually lost contact with the Ancestor of Gods.

Augustus, who was also aware of the situation, chose to establish a tight defense line and guard it with a large number of troops. It is likely that this was to prevent the outer army from interfering and causing an irreparable accident, as well as to prevent the internal situation from getting out of control and to stop the attack of the monsters that might escape as soon as possible.

Until yesterday, Amor once again felt the monster break through the Pantheon's seal and transmit its undisguised malice to the outside world.

The situation is probably not looking good.

When the Pantheon's blockade was broken in an instant, Amor sensed the connection from the other side, as well as the divine ancestor's spiritual base reaction that was nearing its limit.

The vast historical distortion that Chaldea speaks of must be that sealed calamity beast.

"In fact, the purpose of this Holy Grail War was not simple. As you might think, there was something fishy going on, but it wasn't just one party involved; it was the result of multiple parties pushing it together."

Amor simply laid it all out: "Remember the small Holy Grail that every emperor carried? It had a mechanism that 'the more prosperous the territory, the more magic it accumulates.' It was originally supposed to be a product of the power of the calamity beast suppressed beneath the walls of Rome, a degraded derivative."

"The Beast of Calamity..."

Emiya's mind flashed with the image of Nero. Just as he had expected, the rumors of the Calamity Beast were not unfounded. The Italian peninsula itself was suppressing such a thing. The only strange thing was that what was being suppressed there was undoubtedly the true form of the beast...

What about Nero, who wanders around outside?
Amor seemed oblivious to this issue and continued:

"The ability of that calamity beast is the same as the mechanism of the Lesser Grail. The more prosperous the city and the more abundant human desires are, the more it can devour everything to grow."

"To make an analogy, it's like throwing a tempting fruit to the prey, letting it grow fat and strong, and then swallowing it whole. You can imagine, if that's the case, then the Holy Grail War is that seemingly tempting fruit."

"However, the actual Holy Grail War is not so bad! Although these smaller Holy Grails have been distributed, the connection between the Golden Grail and the beast is not strong because the one in Rome is personally suppressing the Beast of Calamity. Therefore, the Holy Grail War has been going on for more than a year, but the beast has not consumed much magic power, and its growth rate is still very slow."

"And the accumulation of more magic power is actually manifested in the 'Drops of the Holy Grail' condensed from your Lesser Grails. This is also the high hope that the one in Rome placed on the participants of the Holy Grail War! That one hopes that the emperors will use this mechanism to compete and select the 'strongest' to replace him in conquering the calamity!"

After saying that, Amor crossed his arms and stared straight at Emiya, his meaning clear.

He is basically the strongest person right now, so there is no need to hold the Holy Grail War.

"So that's it...!"

Emiya felt a sudden sense of clarity; everything that had happened in this singularity, including the Holy Grail War of such an absurd scale, now made sense.

Wow, they actually suppressed the Beast, then used the Beast's abilities to fleece it (magic), and then used those to strengthen their own power and determine the strongest.

"But who is that guy in Rome... you know who he is, right?

"Hmph, Your Excellency Sword Emperor, then you'll have to confirm it in person."

[Beep beep beep! Senior, senior, something terrible has happened!]

Emiya, without any hesitation, took out Chaldea's communication device in front of Amor, and then discovered that BB was imitating the ringing sound of a message notification and was shouting as it crawled out of the device.

[On the Italian peninsula, numerous 'monster-like' phenomena, resembling demonic pillars, have been observed in Rome!]

After BB finished speaking, he immediately met the gaze of the expressionless Amor.

Emiya noticed this scene, and for some reason, he felt that the atmosphere between the two was not harmonious.

...Hmm? Like-minded people repel each other again?
(End of this chapter)