Or, why don’t you find another savior?

If that were all, Morgan would simply think that it was Shiomi's association.

The problem was that the thing the girl was holding was glowing, and although it was extremely faint due to the distance, Morgan still sensed the presence of magic.

"A kid with a magic detector..." Morgan said.

Shiomi gave a definite answer, "Tousaka Tokiomi's eldest daughter... Before Sakura was adopted by me, her original sister was Tousaka Rin."

"No wonder." Morgan looked at her with interest. "Is that the eldest daughter who was born with the five elements? The Tohsaka family has found a good bacteria preserver."

"That's another matter. It's not important now." Shiomi watched as Toosaka Rin trotted out of the station and ran along the road towards the streets of Shinto. "Toosaka Tokiomi sent his wife and daughter to his father-in-law's house for safety before the war. Why would he come here at this time?"

"Children with magical talents are always attracted to unusual events, and now is the Holy Grail War," said Morgan.

"That being said..." Xijian felt very uneasy.

After all, she is Sakura's sister. If the two children want to recognize each other as sisters in the future, it is only to this extent, and Shiomi will naturally not stop them.

But if something happened to Toosaka Rin at this time, and Sakura knew the truth in the future...

"Let the familiar follow and see."

He opened the window and released a crow, which chased after Toosaka Rin.

Soon, Shiomi found out that Rin ran out of the house alone late at night to investigate the disappearance of a classmate.

In other words, it is related to Caster.

Unfortunately, Caster's master ran very fast, and when Shiomi was about to catch up, the other party had disappeared without a trace.

He is quite good at escaping.

However, it was obvious that Master Caster, whose plan to kidnap children was ruined by Rin, did not give up. Caster immediately arranged for the sea demon to intercept Rin Toosaka who had rescued her friend and was planning to leave quietly.

"Ah... ah ah..."

Through the magic detector, Rin realized that the sea demon's magic power exceeded the level she could handle, and she was so scared that she couldn't move.

The sound of footsteps behind her made her turn around subconsciously, but before she could see Shiomi clearly, she was knocked unconscious by his magic.

Picking up the unconscious Rin, Xijian turned around and left.

Behind him was a sea monster that was burned to ashes in the blink of an eye by rune magic.

Rin Toosaka sneaked out late at night, and her mother Toosaka Aoi naturally found out, so she hurried to Fuyuki to look for her daughter.

This naturally fell into the eyes of Shiomi, who quickly deployed his familiars to investigate the surroundings. He took Toosaka Rin and found Toosaka Aoi.

"Your daughter is fine. I just used some magic to make her fall asleep." Shiomi returned Lin to her mother.

"You are..." Toosaka Aoi was stunned for a moment before she recognized who the other person was.

"Anyway, letting a child come to Fuyuki so late at night is not the usual prudence of the Tōsaka family." Shiomi folded his free arm, "When Mr. Kariya returns home and hears about this, he will surely laugh at it."

"Y-yeah..." Aoi also blamed herself for not noticing Rin's movements, "Luckily I'm here, Mr. Shiomi. Thank you."

"No thanks, I just happened to see it." Xi Jian waved his hand, "After all... this child is Ying's sister, I don't want to be unable to face Ying's child in the future."

Hearing her little daughter's name, Tousaka Aoi was stunned. She shouldn't ask about the child who was adopted to inherit the magic way. In the end, out of maternal instinct, she asked: "Is the child... okay?"

"She's very good." Shiomi said with a little pride, "Especially in magic. She has a teacher who is better than the one in the Tousaka family."

This approachable attitude made Tousaka Aoi feel more at ease, "That's good."

She couldn't say anything more. At least... it was enough that Sakura was living well at Shiomi's house.

After seeing off the Tosaka mother and daughter, Shiomi returned to the roadside and saw Morgan leaning outside the car door waiting for him.

"Why did you get off the bus?"

This made Shiomi feel a little embarrassed.

"Nothing." Morgan watched Aoi Toosaka drive away from the roadside on the other side of the park. "I didn't expect you to help directly. I thought you would just contact the Toosaka family at most."

"I did it when I thought of it. After all, she is Sakura's blood sister." Shiomi explained truthfully.

"Is this also an action for a 'good tomorrow'?" Morgan asked.

"I think so."

Xijian thought about it and finally laughed sincerely.

Chapter 43: The Visitor Arrives with a bang

After taking a bath, Shiomi finally felt the tiredness gradually coming over her.

He put a towel around his neck, changed into his home clothes and walked out, but Morgan was nowhere to be seen.

Both children were asleep in their respective bedrooms - they were already able to sleep on their own, which made Shiomi less worried most of the time.

I searched around the room casually and finally found Morgan opening the glass floor-to-ceiling window, sitting on the floor facing the garden, his feet on the bluestone of the courtyard, looking into the distance.

The winter air flowed into the room through the open glass windows, but it didn't become particularly cold.

Sitting here, you can not only have a panoramic view of the garden behind Shiomi's house, but also see the moon at night.

When I returned home, the sky was still a little cloudy, but now it is completely clear. The nearly full moon and a bunch of stars are shining in the sky, illuminating the entire courtyard.

The moonlight poured down on the Fairy Princess' body, like a slightly cold snow, and she actually looked a bit sad.

"It's a really nice yard. It doesn't look like anything special, but the more I look at it, the more I like it," said Morgan.

He had no intention of disturbing Morgan's alone time, but he heard the other party talking to him first, so he stopped and listened to her continue.

"If you're not in a hurry to go to bed, please chat with me for a while." Morgan invited.

Xijian sat down beside Morgan silently, looking at the bright moon in the sky.

If I move my body slightly, I can touch her shoulder.

But I didn't feel shaken by this.

Is it because of the winter nights, or have I just gotten used to it?

Even though he was so close to Morgan, he felt incredibly calmer than usual.

"It's a very suitable place for one to live." Morgan said, "A magician's workshop often reflects the owner's personality, but from this perspective, as a magician, you should be the type who lives in seclusion."

Shiomi pursed her lips, "But I am not just a magician, I am also a human being. No matter how much I want to avoid the world, I can't live apart from it and rely on myself alone."

"It's this kind of place." Morgan nodded slightly as if in approval. "To put it in a general sense, it's more humane."

When she said this, she turned around. Xi Jian didn't look at Morgan's face on purpose, but when she met his gaze, she realized that the witch who looked like she had a clear and lonely temperament was actually smiling all the time.

It is not as warm as the winter sun, but not as cold as the ice and snow that never melts.

It was as if she was smiling a smile that only Morgan could show. Shiomi looked at her and couldn't help but forget to respond.

"Especially those two children. They seemed to have naturally destroyed the original integrity of this workshop, but it did not harm your life as a magician. Instead, it made some things more perfect." Morgan did not seem to require Xijian to respond every time, but just slowly withdrew his gaze.

"Like you said before, people are incomplete." Shiomi lowered her head and looked at the grass, trees and gravel in the courtyard, "So you need to be with someone to fill in the missing part."

"However, with such thoughts in mind, you participated in the Holy Grail War." Morgan looked at the Command Seal on the back of Shiomi's hand.

Shiomi raised her hand and smiled at the Command Seal, "What if I say that it was not my own will, but that the Command Seal suddenly appeared one day, not in the form of a stigmata, but was directly given a complete Command Seal."

Morgan looked at him and nodded. "Because you have obtained the Command Seal, you want to join the war? Even if you don't have a wish to be entrusted to the Holy Grail to fulfill?"

"Isn't it possible? I'm not the only magician who participates in this Holy Grail War with this idea in mind." Shiomi smiled.

Kotomine Kirei. Webber Velvet. Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald.

None of the masters that Shiomi knew had clear wishes.

The latter two relied on this Holy Grail War more for personal glory and to prove their beliefs.

"Then let me ask you this question in another way. If you win in the end and get the Holy Grail, what wish would you want to fulfill?" Morgan looked into Shiomi's eyes. "It could be wealth, power, fame, even if it's a little vulgar, it's allowed."

"Can't I choose one?" Xi Jian raised his eyebrows.

"You can ask for all of them." Morgan shook his head. "Or maybe you are actually a serious magician who wants to use the power of the Holy Grail to reach the Root Vortex?"

Morgan's questions were not aggressive, but every word he said hit Shiomi's heart directly.

He had no special wishes that needed the help of the Holy Grail to be fulfilled, nor did he have any pain that required an omnipotent wish-making machine to overcome.

But if...if you have to find a reason.

It's not a mission imposed on me by "some existence", but it's my own idea.

It does exist, but Shiomi would also doubt whether her own "purpose" is necessary.

If possible, Shiomi wanted to keep this idea deep in her heart, without anyone knowing, until the moment it could be realized.

Unless... even your inner heart will be seen through.

Suddenly, without warning, Morgan grabbed Shiomi's wrist.

Her expression was ready for battle.

Shiomi also immediately realized that although he could clearly see the stars and the moon, he could hear faint thunder coming from afar, gradually approaching where Shiomi was.

The magic attached to it quickly became clear.

It was no surprise who the visitor was.

Shiomi raised his hand and opened the barrier here, leaving a wide enough opening for people to enter and exit.

The barrier was destroyed by such a brutal act, and it would be better to set it up again from scratch instead of restoring it afterwards.

No matter how you look at it, it's troublesome.

That was the sound caused by Rider’s Noble Phantasm, the “Godly Wheel,” passing by.

Perhaps seeing that the barrier was open, the landlord made preparations to welcome the guests, and the ox cart treasure slowly landed on the wide lawn in the backyard of the Shiomi family along the indicated path.

"It looks like you're not here to fight, Rider." Shiomi sat there motionless.

But the King of Conquerors on the ox cart pinched his chin and looked mischievously at the master and servant whose shoulders were almost touching.

"I came at the wrong time and disturbed your good time." Iskandar laughed loudly, showing his white teeth, "How about I come back at another time."

Shiomi glanced at Altria, who was dressed in a suit and tie and jumped off the ox cart holding Irisviel.

“Since you came prepared, and were ordered to leave so easily, I would feel dangerous.” Shiomi stood up from the eaves and stepped on the floor barefoot. “Einzbern, are you planning to abandon the alliance with us and choose to ally with Rider’s camp?”

Chapter 44: Landlord Friendship

"Banquet?" Xi Jian was stunned.

Shiomi had no idea that any banquet was planned, so it seemed that this must have been a decision made on his own by the rather self-willed King of Conquerors.

Waver, hiding behind Rider's huge body, looked at Shiomi and Morgan with an expression that was unclear whether it was hostility or fear.

But Shiomi could clearly read that the words "I really want to go home quickly" were written on Weber's expression.

"Yes, a banquet."

As he spoke, the King of Conquerors, wearing washed-out jeans and a white T-shirt, picked up a large wooden barrel from the ox cart.

No matter how you look at it, it is undoubtedly a wine barrel.

"In other words, you're here to have a drink with someone?" Xijian and Morgan looked at each other, and once again felt the casual and heroic nature of the Macedonian king.

"Yes, it shouldn't be inconvenient to lend me the courtyard, right?" The King of Conquerors jumped down carrying a wine barrel, and the ox cart treasure then disappeared into the void.

Xijian turned around and said, "Wait."

Then the two groups of uninvited guests actually waited in the garden for nearly an hour.

Shiomi didn't reappear until an hour later.

He put on a coat to keep warm, but instead of changing his clothes, he went to the kitchen to prepare some food to go with the wine and a blanket for people to sit on.

On weekdays, Shiomi often eats some easy-to-carry food in the courtyard with Sakura and Kallen, such as handmade sandwiches, handmade bread, and baked snacks.

It was because of this that Xi Jian realized that she was not so lazy and could even do some housework.

The dazzling array of food made the originally wary Altria relax, her eyes shining. Irisviel still looked a little exhausted, but her overall mood was good.

"Wow! This is really eye-opening. I originally wanted to hold a banquet at the last minute, but I asked you, who provided the venue, to cook and prepare the meal yourself." Iskandar exclaimed.

"You knew it was a last-minute event, but you didn't post it?" Xi Jian complained, "Does your country never follow the procedures when holding banquets?"