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Chapter 246 Fu Le's Provocation (Published First, Revised Later)

Tokiomi Tohsaka stood quietly in his own courtyard, surveying the surrounding scenery.

Dilapidated, incomplete, chaotic.

These words should never have been used in the Tohsaka family's garden, but that's exactly what happened in the Tohsaka family's garden after it was ravaged by Berserker.

At that time, facing Lancelot's surprise attack, Tokiomi Tohsaka had no choice but to use a Command Spell to summon Gilgamesh back after realizing the key to the matter.

Then, in the courtyard of the Tohsaka family, a great battle was about to break out.

This great battle can be seen as a continuation of the battle on the docks.

Gilgamesh showed no mercy to Lancelot, who had already angered him.

Tokiomi Tohsaka had no intention of stopping it.

Therefore, Gilgamesh immediately unleashed sixty-four Noble Phantasms simultaneously.

Despite such firepower, Lancelot held on.

After all, the Lancelot of today is not the Lancelot supported by magic by Kiri Kariya in the original story, but the Lancelot supported by Fu Le's magic.

His strength has been greatly enhanced compared to the original storyline.

Therefore, even when faced with Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm bombardment, he still managed to persevere through the raging storm.

It was around that time that the Tohsaka family's garden was destroyed.

Although it was said to be caused by Lancelot, Gilgamesh actually dealt most of the damage.

He violently unleashed his Noble Phantasm at Lancelot.

Lancelot, wielding 'Unrepentant Lake Light', knocked them down one by one.

The Noble Phantasms that were knocked away flew everywhere, almost turning the Tohsaka family's courtyard into ruins.

Fortunately, Gilgamesh was standing in front of the Tohsaka family's main house at the time, and he managed to knock down all the Noble Phantasms flying towards him.

Otherwise, the entire original house would probably look like this right now.

Although Tokiomi Tohsaka felt a little sorry for him, he did not show it.

After all, compared to their family's long-cherished wish, a house is not that important.

But the key issue is that he suffered such heavy losses, yet Berserker was not killed.

When Gilgamesh impatiently unleashed his Gate of Babylon, simultaneously unleashing 108 Noble Phantasms, Kariya Matou, realizing Lancelot was about to give up, immediately used a Command Spell to summon Lancelot back to his side.

Just like Tokiomi Tohsaka summoning Gilgamesh.

In the blink of an eye, Berserker vanished from Tokiomi Tohsaka's sight.

All that remains is this battlefield in ruins.

On the other hand, Assassin was also eliminated by Caster because of his misjudgment.

Regardless of the circumstances, he lost this contest.

And they lost completely.

Tokiomi Tohsaka stood in the courtyard for a long time before he finally calmed himself down.

Although he lost this battle, he did not lose completely; he is still a strong candidate for the final victory.

Because his servant Gilgamesh did not encounter any unexpected events.

He remains invincible.

As long as Gilgamesh is still alive, Tokiomi Tohsaka will not be completely defeated.

"Just wait, victory will still be mine."

Tokiomi Tohsaka secretly made up his mind.

After Tokiomi Tohsaka adjusted his mindset and was about to rearrange the magic field, he suddenly discovered that his student, Kirei Kotomine, had been standing behind him the whole time.

Tokiomi Tohsaka, who had turned around, was startled.

But he quickly regained his previous elegant demeanor.

"I'm sorry, I was oblivious, Kirei, I didn't even notice you were here."

"No, it's because my footsteps were too light."

Upon hearing this, Kirei Kotomine immediately tried to pin the blame on himself.

Seeing this, Tokiomi Tohsaka shook his head.

"That's not true, don't be modest, Kirei. I have to apologize to you no matter what. It was my misjudgment that led to Assassin's death and made you completely out of the game."

Tokiomi Tohsaka apologized frankly.

He didn't mean to hide anything for the sake of saving face.

"No, it's not the teacher's fault. I didn't realize it was a trap at the time. Even if the teacher is at fault, it's the fault of both of us."

Kirei Kotomine immediately replied.

Upon hearing this, Tokiomi Tohsaka patted Kirei Kotomine on the shoulder with satisfaction.

"Thank you for your understanding, Kirei."

"If possible, I hope you can continue to assist me in obtaining the Holy Grail."

"I will never abandon you, my teacher!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kirei Kotomine took turns defending their relationship.

It seemed as if Assassin's death had no effect on the two of them.

But these are all just appearances.

After all, only the two of them know what's truly in their hearts.

That night, the fierce battles greatly accelerated the progress of the Holy Grail War.

But even after the battle ended, the aftershocks of it continued.

For example, in the Einzbern castle, Artoria was standing aside watching the couple who were chatting.

Irisviel sat on the bed, and Kiritsugu Emiya sat in front of her.

The two were talking to each other.

After Kiritsugu Emiya left, Artoria came over.

"Irisviel, are you alright?"

Artoria looked at her with concern.

"I'm fine, Saber!"

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Irisviel smiled and waved her hand to indicate that she was fine.

"It's good that you're alright."

Artoria sensed that something was wrong.

After all, if nothing was wrong, why would she suddenly appear to be in so much pain?

But since Irisviel didn't say anything, Artoria wouldn't bring up the topic again.

After all, everyone has their own unspeakable difficulties.

Moreover, Irisviel did indeed appear to be in good health afterward.

until the next day.

Fu Le came again the following afternoon.

He brought Medea back to the Einzbern castle.

"Oh, Mr. Fu Le, what brings you here this time?"

Irisviel looked at the other person and asked with a puzzled expression.

"Of course, we'd like to invite you, Madam, to continue your day's activities!"

Yesterday, in order to get Tokiomi Tohsaka to fall for the trap, Furuha invited Irisviel to go sightseeing in Fuyuki City, but that was a plan that the two sides had agreed on beforehand.

But Fu Le's arrival today was clearly not part of the plan.

Lovely Lizfield immediately said she wanted to go.

After all, Fuyuki City is not small.

There are plenty of places to visit if you want to.

Having just left the closed-off environment of the Einzbern family home, Irisviel was greatly attracted to anything from the outside world.

So the four of them strolled around Fuyuki City again.

This time they went to the mall.

Faced with the dazzling array of goods inside, Irisviel was momentarily overwhelmed.

Gradually, the four-person formation changed to Irisviel and Medea picking things out in front, while Fule and Artoria followed behind as bodyguards.

Glancing at Artoria, who was looking serious beside her, Fu Le suddenly said to her, "I heard that Mrs. Irisviel suddenly fell ill last night?"

"How did you know?"

Artoria suddenly became alert.

Upon seeing this, Fu Le quickly waved his hand.

"Don't take it so seriously. Don't forget, Rider and the others were there last night too." Artoria suddenly remembered.

Last night, Rider and his companion were not far from them, as part of their plan.

“That’s right, but that was just an emergency. Irisviel is fine.”

Artoria explained softly.

"Oh, really?"

Fu Le gave Artoria a meaningful look.

"what do you mean!?"

Artoria frowned.

"It seems you really don't know anything?"

Fu Le shook his head.

"Just say what you want to say, what's with all this stammering!"

Artoria's brow furrowed even more deeply.

"Then consider it intelligence from an ally. Did you know, Saber, that there is a Lesser Grail in the Holy Grail War?"

"The Lesser Grail? What's that?!"

"Simply put, it's something that comes with the Greater Grail that we want to wish for."

Fu Le explained softly to Artoria, "When you Servants are killed, you will not go directly into the Greater Grail, but will be stored in the Lesser Grail until the Holy Grail War decides the final outcome."

"The Holy Grail War was originally a grand ceremony performed by the Matou, Tohsaka, and Einzbern families. The Einzbern family is most skilled at creating homunculus. Every time there is a Holy Grail War, they would create a humanoid version of the Lesser Grail to participate in the Holy Grail War."

"Wait, you mean Irisviel is the Lesser Grail!"

Artoria was prepared to listen to Fu Le's words.

Her eyes were wide open.

Her face was full of disbelief.

"That's right, Lady Irisviel is the Lesser Grail in this Holy Grail War."

"Therefore, when a Servant is killed, his soul enters her body, which causes her extreme pain. As more and more Servants accumulate inside her, she gradually loses her human abilities and dies in agony."

"So the sudden pain she experienced last night was..."

"Is it the death of Assassin?!"

Artoria answered quickly.

With Fu Le's explanation and considering Irisviel's previous performance, Artoria understood everything.

"Yes."

Fu Le answered softly.

Upon receiving a response, Artoria clenched her fists.

"How can you do this!"

Artoria was exceptionally angry.

Her anger simmered, especially when she looked ahead at Irisviel, who was happily playing like a child with Medea.

“I advise you not to do anything rash. Mrs. Irisfield knows about this, and she has not been deceived by anyone.”

"She was prepared to die."

Fu Le offered a soft word of advice.

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Upon hearing this, Artoria stopped herself from rushing forward to ask Irisviel what she thought.

But she quickly thought of something else.

Did her true Master, Irisviel's husband Kiritsugu Emiya, know about this?
He should know.

Artoria secretly guessed it in her heart.

Recalling that man's behavior, Artoria answered herself with certainty.

He then grew even more disgusted with Kiritsugu Emiya.

Because she could actually watch her wife die like that.

Artoria simply could not accept such a heartless person.

After parting ways with Irisviel, Fu Le returned to the Matou residence with Medea.

"Master, you are truly cunning."

On the sofa in the hall, Medea sat down next to Fu Le, leaning against him and smiling as she spoke.

The reason Fu Le went to see Irisviel today was to say these words to Artoria. For this reason, Medea deliberately took Irisviel around the mall to pick out interesting items.

Fu Le's actions were clearly intended to sow discord.

He deliberately chose to cause chaos in the Saber group.

Although they are allies now, they are enemies in the long run.

Furthermore, since Fu Le is also very envious of Artoria, he will naturally make a move on Saber.

And this is just the beginning.

Fu Le still has many tricks up his sleeve.

However, Fu Le wasn't that wicked; he certainly wouldn't always give the Saber clan the hard way, he also had his share of sweet treats.

"Oh, so I'm the only one who's cunning. Aren't you cunning too?"

Fu Le immediately reached out and hugged Medea, who was pressed tightly against him.

As time went by, the relationship between Fu Le and Medea progressed very rapidly.

After all, Medea had a twisted personality.

For Fu Le, who was willing to trust her and invest all her emotions, it was only natural that her feelings for her grew deeper and deeper.

And Fu Le is not Kuzuki Soichiro.

He's a scumbag with a lot of emotions.

Faced with Medea's willingness to give herself to him, he had no other options.

The two fell in love and grew closer.

"That's true, after all, this was something we discussed together, so it seems like we're a perfect match!"

Medea laughed smugly.

After all, Fu Le wasn't the only one who had her eye on Artoria; Medea did too.

So this pair of adulterers racked their brains to the limit in order to subdue Artoria, and came up with the plan they are currently implementing.

He sowed discord between Artoria and her true master, Kiritsugu Emiya.

Ultimately, this led her to willingly submit to them in order to save Irisviel's life.

This is the script the two wrote for Artoria.

It's safe to say that Artoria was incredibly unlucky to have met those two.

"How cunning Medea is! Is the person I asked you to keep an eye on still there?"

Fu Le looked at Medea in his arms and asked with a smile.

"Of course, Lancer and his Master are now under my surveillance."

Medea responded with a smile as well.

Despite Fu Le and Medea's constant scheming against Tokiomi Tohsaka yesterday, their surveillance of Artoria's side has never stopped.

As instructed by Fu Le, Medea had been secretly monitoring Diarmuid and Kenneth using her familiars.

This remains true even now.

"That's good. Then tell Irisviel about this!"

"I'm sure Kiritsugu Emiya will surprise us."

Fu Le said with a smile.

Irisviel knew this, and naturally, so did Kiritsugu Emiya.

So tonight's third match between Artoria and Diarmuid should come to an end.

"I wonder if Kiritsugu Emiya will be able to fool Kenneth again like he did in the original story?"

Fu Le secretly looked forward to it.

"Huh, this is intelligence sent by Caster!"

Irisviel's expression changed upon seeing the contents of the envelope delivered by Caster's familiar.

She immediately picked up the phone and began contacting Kiritsugu Emiya.

"Hello, is this Kiritsugu? Caster has sent information about Lancer."

(End of this chapter)