It's normal for an evil god to raise an Abyss.

"It's okay, the temperature is just a little low."

"Okay, come in quickly~"

Xueyue picked up Princess Miyu and walked into the temple.

“Actually, I can walk by myself…”

Miyu spoke in a low voice, but she did not show any sign of objection. Instead, her body cooperated with Xueyue's actions quite well.

Xueyue looked at Miyu's current appearance and felt secretly moved in her heart.

When Miyu feels better, she plans to come and stay with Xueyue, and Xueyue can understand this reason.

After all, Miyu has no family, and Xueyue is her new "family". Coupled with Xueyue's gratitude for saving her on a rainy night, the result of a combination of various mentalities is that Miyu is extremely dependent on Xueyue. Just like a drowning person finding a lifebuoy, he naturally wants to hold on tightly.

Xueyue didn't care much about this. This was just a reflection of her temporary lack of inner security after surviving a disaster. When Miyu gradually got used to a stable life in the future, she would not be so dependent on Xueyue. Therefore, Xueyue indulged Miyu's clinginess to a certain extent at this time.

Xueyue carried Miyu to the resting area at the back of the temple and found a chair to put her down.

"I still have some things to take care of, Miyu, you have to stay here obediently~"

"Ok!"

Miyu nodded vigorously.

Xueyue returned to the hall of the temple, leaned casually on the throne, and waited for someone to return.

The portal opened, and from it emerged a sail tower and a stone statue.

"Xueyue, I'm sorry, Fanlou, we failed..."

Fanlou lowered his head, showing a look that Xueyue had never seen before, called "depressed".

Xueyue stood up from the throne, slowly walked to the front of Fanlou, and said in a gentle tone:

"Look up, Fanlou, this is not in keeping with your status as a god~"

"And, in a way, you didn't fail~"

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Chapter 153: Caster Exits

Fanlou lowered his head like a child who had made a mistake, and some liquid couldn't help but seep out of the corners of his eyes.

Is this what humans call... [tears]?

“You haven’t completely failed~”

Xueyue's gentle voice came.

“…What does this mean…?”

Houlou raised his head and wiped the liquid from the corners of his eyes.

"After all, Houlou, you followed the [rules of the game] and acted as a simple Master, and you always believed in Caster, right? From this perspective, you have fulfilled your responsibilities as a Master brilliantly~"

"But, but, it must be because of my wrong decision that Caster became like this..."

Although Fanlou's age can be calculated in tens of thousands of years, her emotional nature is still more like that of a human child. Especially after spending a long time with Xueyue and her group, Fanlou's thinking is increasingly like that of a human girl.

At this moment, Hanlou's most obvious emotion should be the emotion called "self-blame".

If I had known more intelligence, if my decision-making had been more astute, and I had evacuated in advance, would this situation have avoided happening?

"I know you think it's your decision, but it's not your fault. If you were to conduct the Holy Grail War with ordinary decisions, you wouldn't have known that such a low-probability event would occur. So, this can be considered an "accident."

Xueyue looked at Tamamonomae who had been completely petrified. Her legs were slightly apart and her hands were raised forward and upward, as if she was about to release her treasure once again. The expression on her face was fixed on a smile, and her originally lively fox ears and tail had now turned into stiff stones.

Xueyue was able to speculate the reason why the Mystic Eyes of Petrification had such an outstanding effect on Tamamonomae. In the legend, Tamamonomae's final outcome was that she turned into the Killing Stone after her death. In a sense, after the legend was sublimated, turning into stone and death could be equated for Tamamonomae, so the petrification magic could be said to have a special attack effect on Tamamonomae.

But under normal circumstances, magicians who can perform petrification magic are rare, and magicians who can threaten Tamamonomae with petrification-related magic are even rarer. In addition, there are not many Servants with the ability to petrify, so generally speaking, Tamamonomae will not be hit by this weakness.

However, there are always exceptions. In this Holy Grail War, Medusa happened to descend as a Rider, and Medusa's highest-level petrifying eyes naturally restrained Tamamonomae perfectly. From the perspective of restraint, once affected by Medusa's petrifying eyes, Tamamonomae would have no chance of winning. This is why Tamamonomae was the most seriously affected by the petrifying eyes among everyone.

Xueyue took a few steps forward, put her hand close to her chest, and began to sense Tamamonomae's spiritual base.

In fact, Xueyue no longer had much hope. It was normal for the spiritual foundation to be shattered and disappear under such circumstances.

But to Xueyue's surprise, although Tamamonomae's spiritual base was already in tatters, like a candle that was about to go out, there was indeed still a little bit left.

"Tamamonomae, can you hear me?"

Xueyue gently called out to the remaining consciousness.

"..."

"..."

"...Is it Master Di Hong...I'm sorry...I made you see this embarrassing state."

(No, you have done well. Didn’t you successfully protect the sail tower? To some extent, you still retain a little spiritual power and have surpassed your own legend.)

Xueyue conveyed the message through her thoughts.

In fact, Medusa's petrifying evil eyes would not have much effect on Houlou, and Tamamonomae, vaguely guessing that Houlou was not an ordinary person, still subconsciously stepped forward to block the evil eyes. The fox demon, who was famous for betrayal, chose loyalty and surpassed the legend.

(Although you are out of this war, since you have not yet fully returned to the Throne of Heroes, I still have a way to help you stay.)

Xueyue looked at Fanlou who had a worried look on his face.

(Houlou doesn't seem to want you to leave either~)

"Even though I'm such a Servant, I still get the care of Lord Teihong and Miss Fanlou, wuwuwu..."

Tamamonomae's tone was filled with guilt and emotion.

(If you have anything to say, please wait until you recover~)

After all, Servants are different from normal humans. Their bodies are made up of spirit particles, and their spirit bases are also a bit different. Not to mention that Tamamonomae's spirit base is now a candle in the wind, so Xueyue had to use extraordinary means to preserve it.

If Tamamonomae was a human, then it would not be difficult to directly extract the broken soul and inject it into a new body; as for the Servant, the current plan is to use the current petrified body as a stable container, allowing the broken spiritual base to slowly recover under the influence of Xueyue, until the spiritual base is restored more completely, and then introduce it into a new body.

Although this method takes some time, it is safe and reliable.

Xueyue briefly explained the method to Fanlou.

"So, Ms. Caster will be back in a while?!"

Hanlou, who originally thought that there was no way out, suddenly felt joy as if she had recovered what she had lost. As for the fact that it would take some time, Hanlou didn't care at all. After all, what she was best at was waiting.

"Yes, that's right. But to some extent, this is already an exceptional behavior. It just so happens that Tamamonomae's situation is too special. It's enough for me to study things related to heroic spirits."

In fact, this is indeed the case. Although Xueyue is not a heartless person, she does not have much feeling about the Servants fighting each other and then leaving the stage. After all, the departure of the Servant is just returning to the Throne of Heroes, which is not a true death. And this time, she is indeed planning to use this opportunity to study matters related to the spiritual base.

"Houlou, you have learned something from this war, right~"

Xueyue reminded Fanlou,

"Your joy, your panic, your sadness... these must be your expressions of emotion towards your [companion] in these few short days~"

"Yeah... that's true..."

As Houlou said this, he clumsily but carefully hugged the stone statue of Tamamonomae. The originally cold stone statue seemed to have some warmth because of his emotions.

"But don't forget, both you, Houlou and Tamamonomae, have long been my property~"

Xueyue smiled and touched Fanlou's head.

"That's... of course~"

Fanlou hugged Xueyue affectionately.

At this point, the Caster group exits the stage.

Chapter 154 Archer's Rebellion

At night, on the rooftop of a high-rise building in Xindu.

"go back."

With her back turned, Rin Toosaka gave a cold warning.

"I don't know what you're doing, but you're really an eyesore now."

"I'm not going back!"

Shirou Emiya firmly refused.

"We agreed to fight together."

"Forget about that. Besides, what can you do now? You don't have Saber anymore."

Emiya Shirou was speechless in response to Toosaka Rin's answer.

With Emiya Shirou's current strength, let alone fighting a Servant, even if he fights any magus, he will be a burden.

"Besides, there's no need for you to continue fighting, right? You're no longer a Master. You can just escape to the church and you'll be safe."

“What nonsense are you talking about? How can I just leave Saber like that alone? No matter what happens, I will persist until the end of the battle…”

“Even if you say this and that about Saber, what Saber will become has nothing to do with you. You are powerless right now.”

Toosaka Rin's tone remained cold.

"Well, since you won't admit it, let me tell you the cruel truth. You can't save Saber at all right now."

"Let's stop here. You've lost Saber and are no longer a Master. There's no reason for you to participate in the bloodbath of the Holy Grail War. You can save your life by withdrawing now."

Toosaka Rin jumped down from the rooftop.

"Idiot, what are you doing!"

When Shirou Emiya noticed Toosaka Rin about to jump off the building, he nervously ran over and leaned on the edge of the roof to look down.

In mid-air, the falling Toosaka Rin was caught by the materialized Archer, and the two of them disappeared into the night together.

"If you get involved again, you'll die."

Toosaka Rin's last words floated into Shirou's ears on the wind.

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"Have you decided to attack Einzbern Castle head-on, Rin?"

Archer confirms the battle plan with Toosaka Rin.

"That's right. According to the information provided by the familiar, Sakura and Rider are not in the Einzbern Castle at the moment. This means that the only one we have to face is Assassin. I believe that Assassin's frontal ability is definitely inferior to yours. Moreover, we cannot wait for Illya to truly control Saber. If we do that, we will have no chance of winning."

"If that's what you think, I agree."

Archer nodded.

"If this is the case, Saber will return to her original state and sign a new contract with Shirou."

Toosaka Rin said this with a hint of excitement.

"..."

But Archer paused uncharacteristically.

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Einzbern Castle.

"I didn't expect that the Tousaka family would barge in so brazenly. How rude of them! Do they not take the Einzbern family's magic seriously at all?"

Illya's clear voice echoed in the empty hall.

"The Tohsaka family's magic isn't bad either. Let's stop talking nonsense and have a fight today. Defeat your Assassin so I can take Saber back!"

Toosaka Rin said confidently.

"You're so arrogant, Toosaka Rin... Assassin!"

Assassin, a girl in a kimono, appeared from thin air at Illya's call and ran directly towards Toosaka Rin.

"Archer!"

Archer appeared in response to Toosaka Rin, but this time he did not intend to use his sword to block Assassin's upcoming attack. Instead, he threw Toosaka Rin aside and used his own body to resist Assassin's [Blade of Broken Justice].