I'm going to kill everyone who calls me Hill.

"Indeed, his words have revealed a lot of information. In the end, the more people we contact, the more secure our plan will be."

Guanxing said with a smile that she didn't expect the other party to have such an idea, but this matter was exactly what she wanted, so she agreed to it.

"Okay, okay, you have the final say..."

Brownie said I don’t understand the dirty mentality of you tacticians.

"Remember to perform well next time, my 'master'!"

"Huh? Should I go too?"

"Of course, although it is dangerous to have a master with you, it is the most dangerous not to have a master with you."

"Okay, okay, you have the final say. I am just a harmless little rabbit."

Chapter 11: Undercurrents (Part 3)

"Really? You met a rider?"

Xier and the other two, who were heading to the Lancer group according to the old man's information, received news from Guanxing. After listening to Guanxing's report, Xier looked at Jizi with a confused look on her face.

"what happened?"

Jizi looked at Xier curiously. Since she was not the master, she could not receive Guanxing's telepathic messages and naturally had no idea what happened.

"They met Rider during stargazing... and were invited to a banquet..."

Xier said embarrassedly, she didn't expect that Guanxing and the other person would meet Rider on the street. Should she say that Rider is worthy of being called the Rider, as he actually did something that Guanxing didn't expect.

"Does that mean their plan was successful?"

Ji Zi didn't really care about the banquet. She was more concerned about whether the stargazing plan was successful.

"Success."

Seele said affirmatively, after all, the opponent is Guanxing, and even if the emperor is smart, he would not be able to guess that Guanxing and the other two are not orthodox servants.

"So what should we do now?"

It seemed that after discovering that the other three people could serve as advisers, Ji Zi completely gave up thinking and devoted herself to being a tool, and by the way, ambushed the opponent when necessary.

"Hmm... let me think about it..."

Xier held her chin and thought. First of all, the stargazing plan was successful, which meant that the seven groups of heroes had gathered. And just like the old bug could find out the approximate locations of others, everyone who came to participate in this war was fully prepared. They must have learned about the existence of the stargazing group through various methods. At this time, the Holy Grail War had just begun.

"emmmm..."

Seele thought for a long time and finally decided to take Himeko to Saber. Saber's master is Irisviel Einzbern, a descendant of one of the original creators of the Holy Grail and arguably the strongest contender for the Holy Grail.

"Remember to perform well then... Master."

Xier said to Jizi with a smile.

"Don't worry, I'm good at this."

Jizi saluted half-jokingly.

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The Einzbern Forest is the property of the magic master Einzbern in Fuyuki City. It is full of trees and has a charming scenery. However, all magicians know that the scenery here is not as beautiful as it looks. Many magicians who tried to break in disappeared directly in the forest and became nutrients in it.

And now this place has become the Einzbern's base during the Holy Grail War.

"Kiritsugu, look, look!"

In a castle-like building, Alice was spinning in front of a man in a snow-white dress. Her white hair and red eyes combined with her dress were a sure kill for the Chinese.

However, the man in front of him simply smiled at this stunning sight, then lowered his head and stroked the gun in his other hand.

This man's name is Emiya Kiritsugu. He was once a notorious figure in the magic world, known as the Magician Killer. Many arrogant magicians lost their lives because they underestimated this man.

But after disappearing for a few years, his reputation faded. No one would have thought that this killer would appear here at this time, let alone that this killer was Saber's true master.

“Kiritsugu…”

Saber, the Heroic Spirit, was standing silently in a corner at this moment, looking at her Master with complicated eyes, and it was unknown what words were brewing in her heart.

Finally, Saber couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Kiritsugu! Why did you let me do this?!"

What Saber was talking about was the battle that took place last night. Everyone only knew that Saber and Lancer fought at the dock, and that Seele, Rider and others showed up later. But no one knew that if Seele and Rider had shown up a little later yesterday, a group of masters and servants would have to leave the stage (of course, this was just their opinion, after all, a certain unknown purple-haired girl would not allow herself to go back before she had enough fun).

"This is war."

Kiritsugu said this calmly, and then fell silent again, with only the cigarette in his hand continuing to burn.

"I understand! But I already said it was a knight's duel!"

Saber knew, of course, that this was a war, not a competition. War would not have any mercy. Even she, as the Knight King, would burn villages and rob food during a war, but that was a state of war. But yesterday was different. She had already used her knight status to promise Lancer a battle between knights, so the logic of war would not work. However, Kiritsugu completely ignored Saber's wishes as a knight and was ready to attack Lancer's master, which made Saber very unhappy. It was not that she was dissatisfied with Kiritsugu's methods, but Kiritsugu's actions showed that he had no intention of respecting her wishes.

"Okay, Saber, Kiritsugu is also trying to win..."

Irisviel was trying to smooth things over. On one side was her husband, and on the other was her husband's heroic spirit. She couldn't say who was right or wrong.

“Irisviel…Okay…”

Saber glanced at Alice and swallowed the words she wanted to argue. She just looked at Kiritsugu coldly and said, "Only this time! Kiritsugu!"

"Oh."

Kiritsugu responded coldly. He didn't care about reputation, otherwise he wouldn't be a notorious person. But even so, he still had a dream. He dreamed of achieving justice and he hoped for world peace.

However, if other people knew about this dream, they would probably laugh to death. No one would have thought that a person known for his cold-bloodedness would have such a dream, but Kiritsugu was indeed working hard to be a righteous partner.

"Kiritsugu, caster appears!"

With a solemn expression, Irisviel turned the bird that flew back to the window into a thread and brought it back, then said to Kiritsugu.

"caster? At a time like this?"

Kiritsugu frowned again. He couldn't understand why Caster appeared at this time. Caster was obviously the second Heroic Spirit who should hide in the dark.

"And it is said that Caster and her Master met Rider on the street."

Irisviel added.

"Um...was there a fight?"

Kiritsugu took a deep puff of his cigarette, then pressed the cigarette butt hard into the ashtray.

"No, according to the familiar's observation, the two parties only met for a moment and then separated. The familiar saw from the rider's master's mouth shape that he was talking about caster."

"Thank you for your hard work, Ellie..."

Kiritsugu murmured "thank you for your hard work" and put the gun back in his arms, then stood up and looked out the window.

"Cater, rider, and that Berserker... there's something wrong with these guys."

Kiritsugu discovered something strange with his intuition, but his intelligence was not enough to figure out what conspiracy these groups had, so everything could only remain in his imagination.

"Drip drip!"

Suddenly, a rapid alarm sounded, waking Kiritsugu up.

"What's wrong!"

He turned to look at Irisviel, and since he didn't know any advanced magic, Irisviel was responsible for all the barriers and realms.

"It's... a berserker! And a strange woman!"

Alice saw the person who triggered the alarm through the familiars scattered throughout the forest.

"What are they doing here? Who is that woman..."

Kiritsugu couldn't help but clench his fists. He knew that his hiding place would not be hidden for too long, but the time when the people came was too early than he expected, and many defense formulas had not been prepared yet.

"I don't know, but they stopped in front of the barrier..."

Alice reported Xi'er and the other's actions, but the next moment her expression became strange. She said slowly, "They saw the familiar, and then... reached out to say hello, and even raised the... gift box in their hands?"

“Huh?!” Kiritsugu finally couldn’t hold back his expression anymore and cried out in surprise…

Chapter 12: Undercurrents (Part 4)

"Xi'er, is this really okay for us?"

Jizi's eyes twitched as she looked at Seele, who was knocking on the Einzbern house's barrier with a look of joy on her face.

"I think it's pretty good... OK... it's a bit too much..."

Xier glanced at her left hand holding the fruit, and then looked at the barrier that had cracks on it... Oh, no, it was the barrier that had already broken. Xier's hands did not stop while she was talking, so the barrier that had already had a big crack just now was completely broken.

This also made the Kiritsugu couple, who came out in a hurry, twitch their eyes. Although the barrier could be repaired, this was during the Holy Grail War. There were only seven days in total. Who would give them enough time to repair the barrier?

"you……"

Seeing his own barrier broken, Kiritsugu was about to say something vulgar, but when he looked up, he saw the red light flashing in Seele's eyes. This made him feel that as long as he showed his hostility, there would be no need to fight this war...

"What are you guys here for..."

Kiritsugu gritted his teeth and swallowed the curse words that he hadn't been able to say, and said it calmly.

"Ah... nothing, just came to see the neighbors."

Xier raised the fruit in her hand and lied without changing her expression.

(Who is the neighbor?!)

Himeko and Kiritsugu shouted in their hearts at the same time, and they looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

"So... Miss Berserker? What can I do for you?"

Alice didn't feel anything. To her, it was just a broken barrier. On the contrary, she was quite happy to see that Seele had no hostility. After all, Seele was super cute, and she had no resistance to these cute things.

"?"

Xier turned her head and looked in the direction of Alicephiel, with a question mark on her face, as if asking why she called me.

(So ​​cute!!)

To be honest, if they weren't enemies, Irisviel would have wanted to rush up and hug Xier, then hold her against her chest and pamper her.

"!"

Xier looked at Irisviel's smile and suddenly felt a long-lost sense of crisis, which frightened her so much that she subconsciously took a half step back.

(What's wrong?) Jizi asked telepathically when she saw Xier's actions.

(It's okay, there are just some aftereffects.)

(Aftereffects?)

(fine……)

Seele cut off the communication, looked up at Irisviel and said, "Master Saber, we are here to seek an alliance."

(Alliance?)

Kiritsugu frowned, but he didn't say anything. After all, Airi was Saber's official master. If he spoke now, his plan would be ruined.

"Alliance? Berserker, are you in trouble?"

Irisviel and Kiritsugu looked at each other, and she immediately understood what Kiritsugu meant, and asked.

"Is it troublesome..."

Xier smiled bitterly, stepped aside and said to Jizi, "This is my master..."

"Hmm? Isn't your Master that little girl?"

Irisviel looked at Seele in surprise. She thought Seele's Master was Sakura who appeared last night.

"No, Sakura...is not my Master. I just took her with me when I went out yesterday."

Xi'er said with a hint of sadness: "But when I returned home last night, I discovered that my Master had died tragically at home." (Kareya: How did I die?)

(Oh? Airi, ask her why she wasn't summoned back by the Master?)

Kiritsugu raised his eyebrows and told Irisviel through telepathy that he didn't want to believe Seele's words at all. It would be impossible to assassinate a Master silently unless the assassin was already dead... Wait!

Kiritsugu's eyes suddenly widened. Dead assassin!

"It seems that this gentleman has figured it out..."

Xier smiled bitterly and said, "No one expected that the dead assassin would suddenly appear and assassinate my master. Although I eliminated it, my master also died... This person is a person with magical powers whom I met when I was down and out, so I signed a contract with him..."