In the world of Type-Moon, start by becoming Morgan's husband!

She seemed to be able to sense the difference of Altria in front of her from another dimension.

"You——"

"I have a deep connection with Lord Abe."

"You must have performed the act of reproduction more than once!"

"..."

Seeing the little loli reiterated her previous statement with a serious look on her face, Altria's reaction changed from shyness at the beginning to hesitation in thinking.

Because she felt that this scene was a little familiar.

Exactly... where is this familiar?

That’s right——!

Artoria recalled the Berserker who kept shouting "golden" during the Fourth Holy Grail War!

At that time, he also said something quite similar to himself.

However, the title used by that Berserker was not as direct as the one used by the Berserker in front of him.

"Father's friend".

But no matter what, Altria could feel that they had certain similarities.

Could it be——

Is Ian still helping him at this moment?

Seeing her Rider and Berserker actually chatting, Vivian was somewhat dissatisfied.

However, when she was about to issue a new order, something unexpected happened.

There was another clattering sound on the stairs.

This is the same way of walking as the Berserker in front of him.

"Berserker, why haven't you come back for so long~"

Another little girl in ill-fitting pajamas walked out of the darkness of the ashes.

She was even shorter than the already petite Berserker, and her long silver hair looked like winter snow woven together.

Those ruby-like eyes made her look very well-behaved, yet they also hinted at something unusual.

"I'm almost falling asleep!"

"Eh? Sister Saber! You're here!"

When the silver-haired little loli shouted like that, Altria, who was riding on her warhorse, immediately remembered who it was.

This is Irisviel's daughter - Illyasviel von Einzbern!

And when he heard Illya's voice, Berserker also responded.

"My Master, do you know these uninvited guests?!"

"It's not an uninvited guest!"

Illya ran directly to the side of Eaststarion, pointed at Altria above, and said very seriously:

"This is Saber-sister! She's my good friend!"

“But this is obviously Rider…” Berserker muttered softly.

Seeing this situation, Vivian thought about it and roughly understood it.

The Berserker and her Master in front of him both knew Altria.

So--

Let's call a ceasefire for now.

Although I really want to know how strong Altria is when she appears in the Rider class.

But since the other party's Master and Servant appeared at the same time, and they have a friendship with his nominal sister.

Vivian wasn't so stubborn as to have to fight her to the death.

The witch is not afraid of any of her partners in the Holy Grail War.

But that doesn't mean she will fight with every pair of partners.

after all--

That's actually a thankless approach.

"Then—" Vivian's eyes swept over the three people in front of her.

"Since we know each other, why don't we just find a place to sit down and talk for a while."

"Okay, okay!" Illya seemed very happy to meet Altria again, and agreed without thinking.

"Go to my room!"

A few minutes later.

In a room somewhere in the castle.

Just as Vivian had predicted.

The fire that ravaged the entire castle was indeed caused by Berserker - this was her own fiery magic.

But as for the reasons...

"Just for fun?" Altria looked at Illya helplessly.

The girl knew that the other party had a very strange personality, but she didn't expect that he would order the castle to be burned down simply because he thought it was interesting.

but--

If you think about it this way, Berserker next to Illya has remained quite rational.

She very cleverly obeyed her master's orders while ensuring the castle's continued use.

Is this... an intelligent Berserker?

but--

Is this really the case?

"In fact, I also have the idea of ​​destroying the magic barrier." Berserker explained on behalf of his Master.

"It's just that you guys came here before we finished... and you're the only ones who have been here."

"..."

Xi Altria's heart sank when she heard this.

Because she knew that Illya's parents had died in the Fourth Holy Grail War ten years ago.

To some extent, this was also a mistake I made.

But Vivian didn't care about this, or should I say, she didn't know about it.

She quickly asked her own question.

"Speaking of which-"

"Illya." The witch looked at her and the Berserker beside her, "What is your reason for summoning a servant?"

"Sister, you're asking this~"

Knowing that she was Altria's sister, Illya didn't think much about it and answered directly.

"Actually, that's not what I wanted to summon!"

"And she wasn't the one who was going to be summoned in the first place."

"What does this mean?" Vivian was a little confused.

“Just—” Illya grabbed Berserker’s hand.

"My uncle and aunt at home originally wanted me to summon that...that thing called Hera...or something."

"They said that guy is good at killing people!"

"but--"

Illya looked at Altria.

"Sister Saber told me before... that we can't just agree to killing people so easily."

“So I turned them down.”

"Then they said I wasn't feeling well and needed to rest here - hehe, and then they summoned her out!"

"..."

"..."

The room fell silent in an instant.

Except for Illya, the other three people present knew the true meaning of what she had just said.

The family needed Illya to summon another Berserker.

But because of what Altria had said to her, the little loli refused.

Thinking about it this way, the so-called "rest" actually means imprisoning the disobedient girl here with the family's magic barrier and leaving her to fend for herself.

This would explain why there was no adult around such a young child and no servants to take care of her.

Because no one cares about (or dares to care about) this rebellious child - they may have already been looking for an obedient replacement.

The fact that Vivian didn't notice the castle at first was probably due to the barrier.

If you think about it this way, Berserker, who was summoned like a miracle, has become Illya's savior.

At least--

She wanted to use her own flames to break the magic barrier set up here, and she actually did it.

After coming to this answer, Altria felt even more guilty.

If Irisviel had been protected at the beginning, Illya's situation might have been different.

Thinking of this, the girl gently patted Vivian's shoulder and motioned her to talk aside.

"What's wrong?" asked the witch.

"That, sister."

Altria looked at Illya and Berserker who were still playing.

"or--"

"Shall we ally with them temporarily?"

322. Morgan's obsession is everywhere/Scathach's sustenance/Alliance (4k)

Altria's thoughts silenced Vivian.

After a long while, she finally spoke:

"Rider, are you serious?"

"Yeah." Altria nodded.

"Sister... Master, at the moment, we don't know much about the other participants."

"If we can form an alliance with Illya and the others in advance, we will definitely gain an advantageous position strategically."

"..."

Vivian is not confused.

Of course, she could see that her sister Altria's advice was somewhat personal.

Although I don’t know the reason for this, it is definitely not that pure.

but--

Although Altria had her own ideas, Vivian had to admit that her suggestions did meet her needs at the moment.