In Britain, the Noble Phantasm: Divine Key

"Brother, you should eat too." Sakura handed a fries dipped in ketchup to Yanan, her eyes shining with a glimmer of hope.

Yanan looked at the fries, then at Sakura, chuckled, took a bite of a fries, and gently patted the little girl's head: "They taste really good. Sakura is such a good girl."

The little girl, upon receiving the praise, immediately broke into a shy yet sweet smile.

When Sakura was halfway through her meal, Anaun seemed to suddenly realize something and turned to look towards the entrance of McDonald's.

Almost at the same time, two familiar figures appeared there. One wore a snow-white top hat and a matching winter coat, like a snow sprite. The other wore black shorts and a tank top with a matching coat, and black over-the-knee high-heeled boots, following behind the former like a black knight.

The moment the two appeared, they immediately attracted a lot of attention, but after the Black Knight's pale gold eyes, filled with heavy pressure, swept over them, everyone immediately turned their heads away, not daring to look in their direction.

Without a doubt, the visitors were Saber and Irisviel.

As Yanan noticed the other, Saber also looked at him. Their gazes met in the void, like invisible swords clashing.

A moment later, the two looked away at the same time, and Saber, as if nothing had happened, led Irisviel toward the counter.

"Brother, those two older sisters are so pretty." Sakura blinked, gazing at Saber and Irisviel's backs. "The older sister in white reminds me of my mother, but the older sister in black seems a bit fierce."

"It's alright, Sakura will definitely become even prettier than them in the future." Yanan smiled and patted Sakura's head.

Sakura's pretty face suddenly flushed a beautiful blush. Her head was lowered, and her voice was barely audible: "Then...then if Sakura grows up, becomes beautiful, and matures, can she...can she be with her brother...?"

"What did you say?" Yanan looked at Sakura in confusion, because her voice was so soft that even with his hearing, he couldn't hear it clearly.

"No—no, it's nothing, it's nothing." Sakura quickly waved her hand, but the blush on her face only increased.

Could it be that the air conditioning is too hot? Yanan wondered to himself.

Sakura was so shy that she could hardly look Yana in the eye and could only hide her panic and embarrassment by burying her head in eating her hamburger.

But then, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly saw two pretty older women carrying piles of hamburgers stacked like pyramids, walking toward them.

"Brother...brother, those two older sisters seem to be walking this way..."

Do you mind if we sit here?

As Saber asked the question, she unceremoniously placed her plate on the table and then sat down next to Anahn.

Yanan raised an eyebrow slightly: "Have you always liked to talk to yourself like this?"

“This is a king’s privilege.” Saber tore open the hamburger wrapper and devoured it without any regard for appearances, finishing the hamburger in no time. “Besides, since you are also a king, you can’t be so petty as to lack even this much magnanimity.”

"I'm sorry, Lancer, Saber has always been like this. I hope you don't mind." Irisviel's face showed an awkward and helpless smile. Her tone was gentle and warm, and she was full of maternal love. It was hard to imagine that she was a homunculus who had only been born for nine years.

Because only two people can sit on one seat, Irisviel could only sit next to Sakura. When she noticed this little girl who looked like a doll, she was slightly taken aback at first, and then her eyes immediately filled with love.

"So cute~" She couldn't help but hug the girl's petite body, rubbing her face against the girl's cheeks with happiness. "So small, soft and fragrant, just like Ilya. Mmm—so happy, I want to hold her like this forever and never let go."

Irisviel's overly familiar manner made Sakura, who was already somewhat shy, very uncomfortable. A troubled look appeared on her face, and she turned to look at Anaen with pleading eyes.

Yanan coughed lightly and said, "Irisviel, you scared Sakura."

"Ah! I'm so sorry!" Irisviel quickly released Sakura, her beautiful face showing a hint of apology. She put her hands together and said to Sakura, "I'm sorry, I haven't seen my daughter in a long time, so I lost control for a moment. I'm so sorry for causing you trouble."

"It's okay." Sakura obediently shook her head, her soft voice causing Irisviel's maternal instincts to surge once again.

"Your name is Sakura, right?" She affectionately patted Sakura's head and said gently, "Sakura, Auntie has a favor to ask. Could you please sit on Auntie's lap?"

Sakura hesitated for a moment. Just as Irisviel found the feeling of a daughter in her, she also felt the long-lost maternal love from this beautiful older sister with white hair and red eyes.

If possible, she would like to experience this feeling more often.

She turned to look at Yanan, and seeing that he smiled and nodded at her, she no longer hesitated and obediently nodded: "Okay."

"Thank you so much!" Irisviel clapped her hands happily, carefully picked up the girl's petite body and placed her on her lap, a happy smile appearing on her face.

To be honest, although their eye and hair colors are different, the way Irisviel holds Sakura really does look like a mother and daughter.

"By the way, Lancer, Sakura is...?"

“Sakura is my Master’s new disciple. I happened to be free today, so I brought her out for a stroll,” Anaen said calmly.

Saber, who had already finished most of the hamburger, glanced at him sideways. Her intuition told her that he was definitely hiding something.

"I see." A hint of surprise appeared on Irisviel's face. Like a parent who had just learned that their child had achieved something, she affectionately kissed Sakura's cheek and smiled. "Sakura is really amazing. To be accepted as a disciple by the Lord of the Clock Tower is a very rare opportunity. You must do your best!"

This was the first time Sakura had ever been kissed by someone other than her parents, and she was so shy that even the tips of her ears turned red.

"Hehe, Sakura is such a shy child, but you're even cuter like this than before," Irisviel chuckled.

"Hey, can't you eat a little better?" Anan frowned as he looked at the ketchup on Saber's lips. "You're supposed to be the King of Knights, can't you pay a little attention to table manners? And what's with your clothes? Who wears a tank top and shorts in the dead of winter?"

Saber glanced at him sideways and said in a flat tone, "I can eat however I want and wear whatever I want. What's it to you?"

Anan's face immediately darkened, and an imposing aura spread out, causing Saber, Irisviel, and Sakura to instinctively hold their breath.

"Turn your face around." Upon hearing Yanan's deep voice, Saber instinctively turned her head.

Yanan picked up a tissue from the table and carefully wiped the ketchup from Saber's mouth.

Sakura watched this scene, and a hint of envy appeared in her eyes.

She looked at the remaining half of the hamburger in her hand, hesitated for a moment, then imitated Saber's eating style and quickly ate it, leaving traces of ketchup and breadcrumbs around her mouth.

Just as she was about to call out to Yanan with anticipation, a slender hand holding a tissue suddenly reached out and wiped all the food crumbs from her mouth.

"I didn't expect you to like hamburgers so much, Sakura." Irisviel said while throwing the tissue into the trash can, "But hamburgers are junk food, and eating too many is bad for your health. When you go to the Clock Tower, you must not eat fast food as your main meal, or you will easily gain weight."

Sakura stared blankly at the tissues in the trash can, on the verge of tears.

Once Anaen had wiped all the tomato sauce clean, Saber finally came to her senses. However, she didn't get angry at Anaen's presumptuous physical contact. She simply said in a calm tone, "Is this how you treat her?"

“She’s much less of a worry for you,” Yanan said, rolling his eyes.

"I see." Saber picked up another hamburger, but this time she moved a little slower. "So, did you sleep with her?"

Boom!!

Like a bolt of lightning striking from a clear sky, the three of them, Yanan and his companions, were instantly scorched and frozen in place.

“Sa…Saber, how could you…how could you say that…” Irisviel blushed. Although she was a mother who had given birth, from a physiological point of view, she was only nine years old!

Yanan frowned, raised his hand and used magic to plug Sakura's ears, angrily saying, "What nonsense are you spouting! She and I are siblings, how could I do such a thing!"

"What does it matter? Wasn't this kind of thing quite common in our time?" Saber said calmly.

Yanan was speechless.

"Since you're hesitant to harm your own sister because of blood ties..." Saber glanced at him, a hint of alluring charm suddenly appearing in her sharp eyes, "Then what do you think of me?"

Irisviel: ! ! ?

This android, who had only been born for nine years, was completely stunned by Saber's series of outrageous and lewd remarks. His eyes were vacant, his expression was dazed, and his face showed a blank look as if he were asking, "Who am I? Where am I?"

Anan frowned slightly, looking at Saber expressionlessly: "You want me to help you seize the Holy Grail?"

“That’s right.” Saber nodded frankly. “Last night, I teamed up with Rider to attack Archer, but we were stopped by Berserker. Rider then used his Noble Phantasm to trap Berserker, leaving Archer and me to fight one-on-one. However, Archer wasn’t in good condition, so I took advantage of his inattention to unleash my Noble Phantasm and severely injured him. But I still managed to let him escape. However, given his current state, unless his Master is willing to use up all three Command Seals, he will absolutely not be able to recover his fighting ability.”

"Isn't this great? Archer is pretty much eliminated by you guys now," Yanan said calmly.

“But there’s also Rider and Berserker.” Saber looked at Anahn expressionlessly. “Their Noble Phantasms are very effective against me. Even in a one-on-one situation, I’m not entirely confident that I can defeat either of them.”

"So you want to form an alliance with me?" Yanan raised an eyebrow slightly, "Even if the price is your own body?"

"This body is merely a projection of myself in this world. If it can be used to exchange for victory in the Holy Grail War, I see no problem with it," Saber said calmly.

Yanan stared at her for a long time, then suddenly sighed: "If I had known, I should have just stabbed you to death at the dock that day."

Saber's eyes remained completely calm: "So, what's your choice?"

"I really don't understand why you all insist on focusing on that broken cup." Yanan rubbed his temples in exasperation. "I've already told you, that broken cup is already contaminated, and it has no way of granting your wish now."

Saber frowned slightly. When Anan said those words before, she thought he was trying to find a reason to undermine her will, but after witnessing Lancer's strength, she finally realized that he didn't need to do such a pointless thing at all.

Could it be... that there's really something wrong with the Holy Grail?

"Lancer, you said the Holy Grail has been corrupted, what do you mean by that?" Irisviel couldn't help but frown. She knew very well how fervent her husband's desire for the Holy Grail was, and hearing Anaen's words, she couldn't sit still any longer.

In the previous battle, she had already discovered that this Servant, who, like Saber, belonged to King Arthur, possessed a similar ability to see the future.

Therefore, she had to carefully consider every word the other party said, especially since it involved such a major matter as the Holy Grail.

After a moment's thought, Anaen finally decided to reveal the truth about the Holy Grail.

"This story begins with the last Holy Grail War, when the Einzbern family summoned an eighth Servant outside the seven major classes, Avenger Angra Newman..."

After listening to Yanan's account, a look of horror gradually appeared on Irisviel's face.

The Einzbern family naturally had relevant records of the last Holy Grail War, so she knew very well that Anahn was not making things up.

This means that what the other party said is probably indeed a fact that has already happened!

“I never imagined that such a weak Servant could have such a significant impact on the Holy Grail.” Irisviel couldn’t help but sigh, then looked at Anahn with a solemn expression. “Thank you, Lancer. The information you provided is extremely important. I must go back immediately and tell Kiritsugu this.”

Yanan nodded; if possible, he also wanted to avoid a confrontation with Saber.

"Well--!!"

Suddenly, Sakura, who had been sitting quietly on Irisviel's lap, clutched her heart tightly with her hand, her face contorted in intense pain.

"Sakura! What's wrong with you!" The three of them were startled at the same time and rushed forward to check on Sakura's physical condition.

At the same time, out of the corner of his eye, Yanan suddenly saw a thick black fog rising from the mountainside of the distant residential area of ​​Fukayama Town, spreading like a pack of mad wolves, and in the blink of an eye, it enveloped the entire surrounding area.

"That's... the Matou residence?"

Chapter Twenty: Cooperation, Campaign Against 4K

Almost the instant he saw the black smoke rising from the Matou residence, Anaen realized that Sakura's strange behavior was definitely related to that place.

He quickly picked up Sakura and, with the help of the power of the Black Abyss Hundred Flowers, carefully examined her internal organs. As expected, he discovered that the Crest Worm, which had been quietly lurking around Sakura's heart, had suddenly become restless for some unknown reason.

However, this is not an invasion or occupation, but rather an unconscious, chaotic act, like a robot that has lost control.

Could the strange events in the Matou family be related to Zouken Matou? Anan couldn't help but frown. This Crest Worm was one of the containers that held the old worm's soul fragments. There must be something wrong with the original body that caused this Crest Worm to go berserk.

Moreover, judging from the state of the Mark Insect, the old insect's mental state is clearly in an extremely unstable state.

Damn it! That old bug is always so careful with its life, why did it have to run into trouble at a time like this! Yanan gritted his teeth inwardly. Of course, he wasn't worried about the old bug's safety, but this rampaging Crest Bug was posing a great threat to Sakura's life.

The Crest Worm is a kind of familiar that is inherently brutal. Now that it has lost the control of its host, driven by instinct, this ugly worm is wantonly gnawing on Sakura's internal organs!

If this continues, it won't be long before this guy devours all of Sakura's internal organs!

"Brother... my body... hurts so much..." Conspicuous bloodstains slid down Sakura's lips, her tender little face filled with undisguised pain, a sight that was extremely heartbreaking.