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

Xier took out the dead assassin from the old bug's intelligence and whipped his corpse. Anyway, after the heroic spirit died, it would turn into spirit particles and disappear, and the other party would have no way of finding out whether the assassin appeared or not. This kind of dead person was the most suitable excuse.

"So you want to protect the safety of your Master and the child, so you come to us for help?"

Irisviel revealed Seele's 'purpose'.

"That's right." Xi'er nodded: "Indeed, my Master is just an ordinary person now and can't provide much magic power, so my combat effectiveness has also decreased a lot, and my Master has no ability to protect himself... so I have to ask for help."

(Xilin: No ability to protect yourself? I was almost beaten to death by her...)

"Wait, how can I believe what you say?"

Kiritsugu did not hide it any more. He checked Himeko while she was talking to Seele and found that she did not look like a magician except for her magic power, so Kiritsugu believed it a little. However, he was cautious and had to be fully prepared.

"Oh? How does this gentleman want me to prove it? Do you want me to find the assassin?"

Xier's eyes focused, and a fascinating aura slowly rose.

"No, it's not necessary." Kiritsugu was not afraid. He said calmly, "Your Master only needs to sign a compulsory self-submission."

“Mandatory self-essay writing?”

Ji Zi and Xier looked at each other, what was going on?

"It's just a contract."

After seeing Himeko's reaction, Kiritsugu believed what Seele said a little more. After all, all magicians have heard of this kind of thing, and this is almost the most hated contract by all magicians. Although the effect is strong, the shortcomings are also very obvious. Basically, they will not sign this kind of contract unless they are desperate. So after seeing Himeko's unchanged and even puzzled micro-expression, Kiritsugu believed that she was indeed just a novice.

"Ok."

Ji Zi said: "Whatever, I just hope I can live well..."

When she said the word "live", Himeko's eyes unconsciously revealed a desire for life. This was also her true thought. Because of the artificial stigmata, Himeko was already at the end of her strength. And this was seen by Kiritsugu...

"very good……"

Kiritsugu agreed, "Come in with me..."

“Kiritsugu?” Irisviel didn’t expect her husband to believe it. She thought Kiritsugu would refuse his request.

(I saw the desire for life in her eyes, which cannot be faked...)

Kiritsugu said in his telepathy: (And after she is forced to sign the self-submission, she is no longer a threat.)

(You decide...) Irisviel said she would listen to her husband.

So, under the leadership of Kiritsugu, several people slowly walked into the castle of Einzbern.

However, no one expected that shortly after the few people left, a black figure emerged from the shadows.

It looked at the people who walked in and said slowly: "Is it that idiot who went to assassinate the berserker's master?"

"What! No one went...but...so that's how it is..."

"The situation has changed. We have to change our plans..."

After saying that, he disappeared into the air again. If someone saw the black shadow, they would definitely exclaim, isn't that an assassin!

That's right, it was Assassin who appeared, and the one who died before was indeed Assassin, but the one just now and the one who died were just Assassin's clones. Originally, Assassin's master intended to keep Assassin hidden in the dark in this way, but he didn't expect that Seele's plan of resurrection directly disrupted their plan, which forced Assassin to appear.

But now, Assassin has returned to hiding, waiting for the right time to come. And Xier's plan is also proceeding step by step, but neither Assassin nor Xier expected that all their actions were seen by another person.

"Ah~ The dancing little butterfly can't escape the spider's web after all~"

An illusory voice sounded, and a chess piece in the shape of Xier was held in the air by a black hand, and then placed behind a paper castle.

"The dance has just begun..."

Chapter 13: Banquet of Kings

"Wow, it's so big..."

Xier followed Irisviel into the castle, and looked at the dazzling array of collections in the castle, feeling a little overwhelmed.

"Hehe~berserker, are you interested in these?"

Irisviel asked, looking at Xi'er with a smile.

"It's okay, it's just that my teacher likes these things more."

The teacher Xier mentioned was naturally one of the teachers at the Imperial Academy. The teacher who taught Xier alchemy liked this kind of thing the most. He often said, "These things are the epitome of the past and the crystallization of the wisdom of the people in the past."

It is hard to imagine that someone who can say such a thing is actually a die-hard lolita lover. The first lesson he taught Xi'er was how to use lollipops to seduce little lolita. Of course, this great alchemist was dragged away and beaten by other teachers only halfway through the lesson. Then this alchemist became a coppersmith in Xi'er's heart.

"Ms. Berserker's teacher... He should be a powerful person..."

It was hard for Irisviel to imagine what the teacher of someone as powerful as Seele would be like. Perhaps he would be a great sage like Merlin, her own Saber's teacher.

(Great Sage Merlin: This is Magic Merly!)

"Irisviel? This is!"

As Alice was talking, Saber came out from the corner. Just as she was about to say hello to Alice, she saw Seele behind Alice and hurriedly took out her holy sword and pointed it at Seele.

"Don't be so nervous, Saber, this is our future ally."

"ally?"

Saber was stunned for a moment, then she put away the holy sword, but there was still vigilance in her eyes when she looked at Seele. The reason was simply because Seele's class was a berserker. Although she admired Seele for being able to remain rational as a berserker, the heroic spirits who could become berserkers all had experiences of going berserk, so it was hard to say whether they could control it.

"Please give me your guidance," Xier said, smiling and extending a hand.

"Um……"

Saber hesitated for a moment, but still shook hands with Xier, then walked towards the courtyard.

"Don't look at Saber like this, she is actually a shy child."

Watching Saber leave, Irisviel whispered something in Seele's ear that would shock others. To be honest, who would believe that King Arthur would be a shy person?

"Really? I see."

Xier responded with a smile, but her mind was not here.

(Link… Success!)

Feeling the Honkai energy belonging to Seele hidden in Saber, Seele smiled and directed that energy to continue to hide, then disconnected it and let it play freely.

Saber, who was leaving, just felt that there seemed to be something strange on his body, but after checking his body and finding that he was fine, he didn't care about it.

(The plan was successful!)

Xier chuckled in her heart. She didn't expect her plan to go so smoothly. However, the reason it went so smoothly was also because of the versatility of Honkai energy.

In the education at the Imperial Academy, Seele learned that the Honkai energy in her body was actually a variant of psionic energy. While losing the huge energy of psionic energy, it brought variability and compatibility that psionic energy did not have. Seele's energy can support all types of energy, whether it is magic power, spiritual power, demon power, or even the power of faith, it can be perfectly transformed. This is why she was taught by a group of teachers from different fields. It's just that the transformed energy will have different effects when releasing some skills. For example, the legal order that Seele used before, which belongs to the field of divine arts, originally gave the enemy a binding effect, but under the effect of Seele's energy, it became a hypnotic divine art. Although the structure of the art has not changed, the effect is completely different. There are many examples like this.

"This is it."

Irisviel brought Seele and the others to a rather secluded room, which was Kiritsugu's studio and magic workshop.

"Kiritsugu? I brought him here."

Irisviel pushed open the door, and Kiritsugu, who had left earlier, was in the room. He was seen sitting in front of a table with a parchment document on the table. It was the compulsory self-essay that Kiritsugu wanted Himeko to sign, a contract with compulsory effect.

"sit down."

Kiritsugu said coldly, and then pushed the certificate in front of Himeko.

Jizi pulled a chair over and sat down, while Xier stood behind Jizi and watched everything quietly.

"So, what's your name? Your real name."

Kiritsugu asked, emphasizing his real name. After all, it was normal for a magician to have several identities. Although most magicians would not bother to use other identities because it would be a disgrace to the honor of the magic family, Kiritsugu was not a normal magician. He had used all means of deception, so he would pay attention to all possible mistakes.

"Okay, Muliangta Himeko."

Ji Zi spread her hands and said, "My real name."

Kiritsugu used a feather pen to write the words "Murata Himeko" on the contract. After the red magic ink was completely written, it was directly fixed on the surface of the contract. Unless it was changed using a specific method, it could never be changed. At the same time, if the object of the contract did not exist, such as using the name of a dead person, the contract would self-destruct, so there was no possibility of falsification.

"Well then, prove that you are the master of the berserker."

"? How can you prove this..."

Ji Zi was confused. How could she prove this? Did she have to use the Command Spell?

"We just need to verify the authenticity of the Command Spell."

Kiritsugu signaled Himeko to display her Command Seals.

"Ok."

Himeko showed her left hand, and on the back of her hand there was a sickle-shaped pattern, which was Seele's Command Seal. Seele had disguised herself long before she came. This Command Seal was directly connected to the Command Seal on Kariya's hand, and had exactly the same aura, and even had the function of providing magic power, but the Command Seal's mandatory command function was gone, which was also to prevent Kiritsugu from giving orders to Seele after taking Himeko's Command Seal by other means. Although Seele was not incapable of resisting, she would still feel disgusted if she saw an uncle giving her orders.

After observing Himeko's Command Seal for a while, Kiritsugu pushed the certificate in front of Himeko and said, "Sign your name."

"Can I take a look?"

"Please."

"Thank you."

Although Ji Zi knew that this certificate was most likely useless, she still wanted to take a closer look out of curiosity.

"Binding ritual: Target -- Emiya Kiritsugu. I swear by Emiya's seal that the following conditions will be met. The contract will become a commandment, binding the target without exception.

Vow: Kiritsugu, the fifth-generation heir of the Emiya family and the son of Norihito, will be permanently prohibited from killing or harming Himeko Murata. At the same time, he will protect Himeko Murata's safety during the Holy Grail War.

Condition: The subordinate Heroic Spirit will obey Kiritsugu Emiya's orders as long as they do not violate the above conditions."

Slowly reading the certificate, Himeko felt that Kiritsugu was too pitiful, being completely manipulated by Seele. This certificate was useless.

As for Himeko's behavior of harming Muliangta? Himeko alone could beat Kiritsugu half to death. Not to mention one person, even if there were twenty Kiritsugu, they would not be enough for her to beat.

Subordinate Heroic Spirits? Jizi herself is Seele's Heroic Spirit, so where do subordinate Heroic Spirits come from...

After silently praying for Kiritsugu in her heart, Himeko signed her name.

As Jizi wrote her name on the certificate, the certificate began to glow and then slowly disappeared into the air.

"Okay, the certificate has come into effect."

Kiritsugu stood up and held out a hand.

"Pleasant to work with."

"Pleasant to work with."

The two people's hands overlapped.

"boom!"

Suddenly there was a loud noise and the whole room shook.

"What's wrong!"

"Kiritsugu! Rider is coming!"

As soon as Irisviel's words came, Rider shouted in a loud voice: "Hahaha! The king is here to visit!!!"

Chapter 14: Banquet of Kings (Part 2)

"Hahaha!"

The rider's hearty laughter sounded outside the forest. Of course, this voice was not so friendly to Kiritsugu.

"Why is the rider here too..."

Kiritsugu wondered if he had provoked something. Why were all the Heroic Spirits running here? Including Saber, half of the Heroic Spirits in the Holy Grail War had come to his side.

"What's the matter? Don't you welcome the king?"

The rider drove the ox cart to the edge of the forest, but found that the "welcome" ceremony he had expected did not happen.

"That's strange, I guess I remembered it correctly..."

Rider scratched his cheek. It seemed like he had come to the right place. This was Saber's base camp. Why wasn't there any defensive spells?

But Rider soon stopped worrying about these things. He laughed and said, "In that case, I won't be polite! Ahahaha!"

But before he could move forward, Saber came out of the forest. After receiving Kiritsugu's message, she quickly rushed over.

"Oh! Isn't this the Knight King?!"

The rider looked at Saber who was walking out slowly and said, "Why, don't you welcome me?"