FATE: Target of Grand Master

"It's so delicious!"

"This is delicious too!"

The dishes on the table received unanimous praise from everyone. Perhaps because it was the first time they had eaten such authentic Chinese cuisine, the braised pork, which Fujimura Taiga named "Jelly Pork," disappeared at a visible speed. Soon, only the last piece remained on the plate.

Just then, three pairs of chopsticks reached for the plate containing the last piece of braised pork.

"Sorry, Saber and Lancer are both slated for me, I'm determined to get them."

Fujimura Taiga made the first move, quickly snatching the braised pork, demonstrating the strength of the "Tiger of Fuyuki".

"No, I'm the one who should apologize. I'll accept this braised pork."

Cú Chulainn, in a gesture reminiscent of activating a Noble Phantasm, stabbed the center of the braised pork with chopsticks and snatched it away.

"You were careless too, Lancer."

Artoria used a sword-drawing motion to sweep away the braised pork that Cú Chulainn had stabbed.

Just as Artoria was about to grab the meat that had flown into the air, Fujimura Taiga's chopsticks also reached out at the same time.

As a result, neither of them managed to pick up a piece of braised pork. The last piece of braised pork flew through the air in a beautiful arc before landing in Ilya's bowl.

"Wow, thank you, Saber, Taiga."

Ilya smiled perfectly at this unexpected delight, and Artoria and Taiga Fujimura naturally wouldn't try to take it from the little girl anymore, so they could only sigh and put away their chopsticks.

"Fujimura-nee, you're being too childish," Shirou couldn't help but retort. "Saber too. I've already learned the steps from Xia Yan-ge, I'll make it for you guys next time."

"Really? Yay!"

Upon hearing this, Fujimura Taiga immediately started dancing around like a child.

After a brief blush, Artoria revealed an expectant look in her eyes.

Everyone enjoyed dinner in a cheerful atmosphere.

After tidying up the table, Fujimura Taiga opened the refrigerator, took out the bag he had just put in it, and said loudly, "It's rare to have so many people today, let's start the second round."

Only then did everyone notice that Fujimura Taiga's bag contained various kinds of alcohol.

"Yay!"

Cú Chulainn immediately responded, and the two began to pull the rest of the people present into the game.

Xia Yan immediately sensed something was wrong. Most of the people present were not old enough to drink alcohol, and most of the remaining followers were women. As the only man present who met the age requirement, he naturally became the primary target of this pair of close friends.

Cú Chulainn wrapped his strong arm around Xia Yan's neck as Xia Yan tried to slip away, and said with a mischievous grin, "Master, come and have a couple of drinks."

"Xia Yan, after you resigned, my workload increased significantly. Shouldn't you apologize for that?"

Fujimura Taiga, using the guise of being a senior colleague, pulled Xia Yan toward the dinner table.

"No, let me go, I want to go to the children's table."

Seeing that there were offerings to be made for the adults, the others tacitly gave up their seats and moved in front of the TV to eat desserts and snacks.

Morgan tried to stop them, but the others pulled him away, saying, "This is social interaction among adults."

In the end, Xia Yan couldn't resist the two of them and was dragged into drinking with them.

Shirou then prepared some simple snacks for the three of them to go with their drinks. Before the three could reach out their evil hands, he cleverly ran over to the "child".

After a few rounds of drinks, the conversation among the three of them started to take a strange turn from their interests and lives.

"Hey Xia Yan, how's your relationship with Miss Berserker going? I can give you some advice," Fujimura asked, hiccuping slightly.

"Oh, that's an interesting topic. I'd like to hear more."

Cú Chulainn also joined in the commotion.

Xia Yan glanced at the two of them, feeling as if he had been set up today.

"What's the progress? I can't say. Also, Fujimura-nee, don't think I don't know, you're still single, right? Tell me, do you have any dating experience you can share with me?"

After hearing Xia Yan's words, Fujimura Taiga felt as if he had been hit by a critical strike, and he burst into tears, burying his face in his hands on the table.

"I didn't want to either. But I'm just so unlucky with men. My work circle is so small, and the men I go on blind dates with are always scared off by my Fujimura Group background. I still haven't had my first kiss. Do you think I wanted this? Waaah..."

"Um...did we hear something we shouldn't have?"

Xia Yan and Cu Chulainn looked at each other in bewilderment.

Glug glug...

Fujimura Taiga gulped down several mouthfuls of sake, then said to the two men in front of him, "You can't just listen to my story for nothing, drink up!"

Xia Yan had no choice but to continue drinking with Fujimura Taiga, along with Cú Chulainn.

After drinking for a while, Xia Yan could clearly feel that he was getting dizzy.

"Xia, are you already too drunk?" asked Fujimura Taiga, who was also getting quite drunk.

"How can a man say no, Master? Come on, drink this cup."

Cú Chulainn poured more wine into Xia Yan's glass.

"I've almost reached my limit, I can't drink anymore."

Xia Yan waved his hands repeatedly.

"Lancer, don't force Xia."

Fujimura Taiga suddenly transformed into a caring older sister, pouring out an opened bottle of beverage.

"Here, have a cup of oolong tea to calm down."

"Thanks."

Xia Yan took the cup, tilted his head back and gulped down a large mouthful. Then he stood up, walked to the kitchen, grabbed a lighter, and turned on the oolong tea-colored beverage he had been drinking.

The liquid in the cup was instantly ignited.

"Can anyone tell me why oolong tea can be ignited?"

"I thought it was something serious. Listen carefully, Master. In my homeland of Celtia, even oolong tea is flammable," Cú Chulainn said matter-of-factly.

"Don't give me that smug nonsense! You bastard! This is clearly whiskey and vodka! And why did you suddenly switch from sake to spirits? Mixing drinks can kill you!"

Xia Yan has decided that from now on, he will never believe a single word Cú Chulainn says at the dinner table.

"Xia, don't get agitated, here's a glass of water."

Xia Yan took the cup and picked up the lighter without hesitation.

The "water" in front of them was also ignited.

"Damn it, he didn't fall for it again."

Fujimura Taiga immediately put on a regretful expression, as if his wicked scheme had failed.

Xia Yan realized that these two guys had been planning this all along, and they just wanted to get him drunk.

Although he had seen through their trick, it seemed to be too late. The "oolong tea" he had just drunk was too strong, and Xia Yan felt as if the whole world was spinning.

"Lancer, you just wait and see, when I wake up, I will definitely..."

Boom!

Xia Yan hadn't finished speaking when he passed out drunk.

Cú Chulainn quickly helped his Master up and gave Fujimura Taiga a thumbs-up.

Fujimura Taiga immediately got up and went to find Shirou to arrange a rest room.

When Morgan heard that Xia Yan was drunk and unconscious, he strode over, ready to confront Cú Chulainn. But Cú Chulainn made a shushing gesture, indicating to Morgan to keep his voice down so as not to disturb Xia Yan.

"Don't give me that murderous look. In the end, Taiga and I are just trying to help you out. Whether you can seize the opportunity is up to you, Queen."

After saying that, Cú Chulainn left the room, leaving only Morgan and the already drunk Xia Yan behind.

"It's none of your business."

Despite saying that, Morgan still went into the room and closed the door.

After hesitating for a moment, Morgan quietly lay down next to Xia Yan, just like always.

Morgan had plenty of ways to experience the thrill of summer, but she didn't want to do that. Instead, she hoped that one day her Master would take the initiative to make a move on her.

After all, she is a queen; it would be too beneath her to offer herself up.

Morgan took out the mascot keychain that Xia Yan had bought for him at the water park, and looked at the person sleeping soundly beside him. A strange feeling welled up in Morgan's heart.

"Consider it a reward for arranging this date for me."

Morgan moved closer to Xia Yan and kissed him on his slightly flushed cheek.

"The rest of the rewards are up to you to earn."