In Type-Moon, it all starts with adopting Sakura.

This has also allowed many people with ulterior motives to become active again.

Despite the suppression by Kenneth, Aozaki Touko, and many monarchs, there were still some underhanded tactics.

So now that Aozaki Touko has left London, Kenneth must suppress the ambitions of others at headquarters. Furthermore, after so many years, the Atlas Institute, dedicated to researching the Spirit Transfer System, has been diligently searching for Loewe's whereabouts, but without success. It is precisely because these efforts have yielded no hope that Aozaki Touko once again considers using the miracle of the Holy Grail War.

Even Kenneth sincerely hoped that Aozaki Touko could succeed.

After all, this was the most likely ceremony to succeed.

Having said all that, there's nothing more he can do but wish Sakura all the best.

During the conversation, he also asked Sakura if she had found any decent relics.

He also reminded her that participating in the Holy Grail War was extremely important, and asked if she needed him to help her prepare top-tier relics.

Sakura simply shook her head at this.

She pulled a black rag from her pocket that she had received as a child.

Although so many years have passed, she can no longer remember the origin of the cloth, nor does she know what happened.

But she always had a premonition that she would use this as a relic.

She chose to believe her feeling.

After saying everything he needed to say, Kenneth reluctantly saw Sakura off to the car that would take him to the airport.

At this moment, Reines had been waiting in the car for quite some time.

She watched as Sakura finally got into the car after Kenneth's repeated admonitions and said, "Uncle is still a very worrier, isn't he?"

"Yes... Chef Kenneth really cares about us. If he could, he would definitely come with us."

Sakura nodded.

She felt somewhat helpless about Kenneth's doting on her, but she also felt incredibly warm.

Even though he caused Kenneth a lot of trouble from childhood to adulthood, he was never truly angry with himself and always showed love and care to his elders.

"That's definitely my uncle's style."

Seeing this, Reines smiled helplessly: "Who told you to be the adopted daughter of Brother Rowe? After all these years, Uncle Kenneth has long placed his affections on you."

"Yes, I felt it, that concern."

Sakura nodded, but when she heard Reines mention that name, she couldn't help but ask, "That Reines..."

"Huh? What did you call me? Quickly call me Mother or Mom."

Reines's eyes immediately sharpened.

"...Mother, is this alright?"

Seeing this, Sakura sighed helplessly; clearly, this wasn't the first or second time this had happened.

"Yes, that's more like it."

Reines immediately beamed, "What's wrong?"

"Brother Luo Wei, no, Father, can he... really make it back successfully?"

Sakura asked with some worry, "Could he already be...?"

"Will not."

Interrupting Sakura, Reines shook her head, her gaze fixed on the window, her tone becoming extremely serious: "No matter what, my brother will be alright. After all, he's such an outstanding genius, and..."

Sakura: "And?"

"He's not married to me yet."

"...That's true."

Upon hearing Reines's words, Sakura wore an extremely helpless smile. Clearly, she had been aware of Reines's feelings since childhood.

However, thinking that Orange and another woman, Sajou Aika, shared the same idea, she felt somewhat helpless and understood what kind of trouble Lovi had gotten into before. Moreover, over the years, it wasn't just Renis who had made her change her address to "mother"; they all wanted to achieve a breakthrough from this point.

"By the way, where's Grey? Isn't she coming with us?"

Feeling a little relieved, Sakura immediately thought of the companion who had always been by her side.

Grey clearly said she would come along, so why is she nowhere to be seen?

Reines shook her head and then replied.

"She's waiting for us at the airport, so don't worry."

"So that's how it is..."

"Well, but instead of Grey, you should also take a look at what's coming next, Sakura."

After chatting with Sakura for a while without looking up, Reines took out the tablet computer that was on her lap and handed it to Sakura.

"What is this?"

Upon seeing the photos on the screen, Sakura's expression turned strange.

Sister, Luvia, and...

“A designated agent for sealing.”

Reines said, "It seems the Legal Affairs Department still doesn't trust us, sending someone like this over. It looks like a test."

"Testing the waters?"

"That's right, they're probably unhappy with Uncle Kenneth's recent encroachment on aristocratic resources, so they want to cause us trouble, right? Utterly foolish."

"But, if it's a designated agent to be sealed, it would be very difficult to deal with, wouldn't it?"

Although Reines' tone was somewhat disdainful, Sakura still became a little worried when she heard about the other party's background, after all, the title of the designated agent for sealing was indeed quite intimidating.

However, seeing Sakura's worry, Reines didn't seem to think anything of it.

Although Bazett is not easy to deal with, she is too.

Moreover, the Department of Law and Politics made a mistake this time. If they had sent other designated agents of the seal, they might have been difficult to deal with. But they sent this stupid woman who couldn't control her money and was always being cheated, which gave them a great opportunity.

Given that the other party had been scammed multiple times in London, Reines had already devised a countermeasure.

First, he sets up a series of consumer traps, then uses his uncle's name to get close to her, helps her solve those problems, and makes her owe him a favor.

She had investigated and found the other woman to be slow-witted and rigidly methodical. Once she successfully incurred a favor, the woman would try her best to repay it to avoid affecting her subsequent tasks. At that point, by setting traps to make her owe even more favors, she could maximize the exploitation of the woman's potential, weakness, and dangerousness. She might even be able to use the woman to help eliminate rivals from other groups.

When the time comes, once we've squeezed out most of the potential value from the other party, that will be the end of it all.

"The designated agent for sealing? He's just a useful pawn."

Reines tapped the table, a sinister smile spreading across her face.

At that moment, Bazett, who was sitting on the plane, suddenly felt as if many eyes were staring at her, and then her body involuntarily shuddered.

Chapter 365 Bazett's Good Friday

Today is a beautiful day, and it should be a good day as well.

At least for now, that's the case for Bazette.

After finishing all those messy tasks in the Department of Law and Politics, she was dispatched to a remote and peaceful place in the Far East to participate in a magic ritual. What's more, the higher-ups even unusually stated that it didn't matter who won or lost in the end, and there were no mandatory targets. For someone like her who was busy working in the Department of Law and Politics all day long, this was practically a vacation.

In the morning, I stepped off the plane that had arrived in Fuyuki City.

Because he was full of anticipation, Bazette arrived two days early, wanting to enjoy his vacation.

Although she felt strange on the plane, as if someone was watching her, so she was on guard the whole time, thankfully nothing happened.

It seems my occupational hazard has really kicked in again.

Everyone looks like a criminal.

This is what happens when you spend a long time in the Department of Law and Politics.

The plane I took this time was a commercial airline, and I even paid for the flight myself. The Legal Affairs Department didn't have any record of it, so how could I have been followed?

You're just scaring yourself.

"Phew... It's so refreshing to go out for a trip. I'm already looking forward to exotic food and all that."

Looking at the starkly different sun and blue sky overhead, Bazett, carrying his suitcase, stretched and enjoyed this hard-won moment of freedom.

Then she glanced at her watch.

11:00 AM.

They arrived earlier than expected.

"Hmm, that's good too, we still have plenty of time."

She thought to herself.

Although Bazett is the ace of the Law and Politics Department and the top enforcer among the designated agents of sealing, his personality is completely different from the treacherous and deceitful Law and Politics Department; one could even say he is somewhat straightforward.

This is understandable, given that her talent and strength are ridiculously high.

Even with the Magicians' Guild's three departments now relocated to London and the magic crime rate skyrocketing, she still managed to showcase her skills in London using all sorts of high-tech magic. In just one year, she earned the top spot on the list of designated agents for the Seal of Law and Politics. Such achievements cannot be achieved through petty tricks, so some fools were directly arrested by her.

It is precisely because of this strength that she is so confident that she will be the final victor in this so-called Holy Grail War.

Before coming, she had already visited Professor Kenneth, who had experienced the Holy Grail War, and Lord El-Melloi II, and had carefully recorded the information.

They told themselves that the so-called Holy Grail War was just a rural magic ritual. Despite the hype, it was nothing special. The all-powerful wish-granting machine was just a hoax, a rumor that claimed to have stirred up the whole world ten years ago.

It's all fake, all fake.

There's no need to take it so seriously, and the summoned Servants don't need to be taken too seriously either. They're just reflections in some vague history. The real ranking depends on the Master, that is, the Magician himself.

You don't need to take it so seriously; just treat it as a vacation.

That's why Bazett is so confident.

According to them, wouldn't it be easy for her to sweep aside the other contestants with her own strength? Or she wouldn't even need Servants; she could take care of the other Servants all by herself.

While it's not impossible for Bazett to do this, it would make things very complicated and the difficulty of the mission would increase dramatically.

Because of Aozaki Touko's enduring reputation for being dangerous, the Department of Law and Politics continues to guard against her with utmost vigilance.

Although we don't know where the other party is now, or what the purpose of holding this ceremony is, there won't be any problems as long as it's stopped.

Therefore, rather than the so-called Holy Grail War, Bazett's arrival was actually intended to convey the Mage's Association's current intentions to other potential Masters, coupled with the deterrent effect of her status as the designated executor of the seal. Any mage with a modicum of sense would understand the stakes and abandon this Holy Grail War. This would cause Aozaki Touko's potentially dangerous ritual to be aborted before it even began.