Or, why don’t you find another savior?

This time it was Xi Jiantianxi's turn to be dumbfounded.

Whether it is El-Melloi II or Lanis, the current backbone of the El-Melloi faction, their way of doing things is really beyond his common sense.

A magician who had killed the previous monarch of a faction was actually asked to be a tutor for the heir who would be in charge of the faction and ascend to the throne of the Clock Tower monarch when he came of age.

This approach is a bit too much like a magician.

"Hahaha!" Lanis laughed happily, as if this was not a serious meeting but an interview for a tutor. "It's understandable that Mr. Shiomi would be surprised. But like I said just now, I'm not interested in revenge. Rather, I'm more interested in how capable a genius magician like my brother is to kill him."

What Lanis said was true.

After all, before setting off, the faction was already full of death warnings against Kenneth, but Kenneth never took him seriously and did not regard Xijian Tianxi as an opponent who needed attention.

Even after seeing that he was able to fight Diarmuid with ease and realizing that those warnings were not lies, he instinctively wanted to strike first in order to survive, but he began to underestimate his opponent again after he was seriously injured.

After such repeated changes, he finally died in the duel with Xijian Tianxi.

After the Holy Grail War, Shiomi became the focus of attention for killing the aristocratic monarch.

Of course, this does not mean that he will be held accountable.

For a magus, life and death are commonplace, not to mention the Holy Grail War, a bloody game where seven masters and seven servants fight each other for the only wish-granting machine.

When he participated in the magic competition with the mentality of playing house, Kenneth's death was inevitable.

Therefore, Shiomi Tianxi did not get into trouble. On the contrary, through this result, he became a token of allegiance to the Democratic Party, making Shiomi, who already had some personal relationship with Inole, a guest of honor of the Democratic Party.

As a magician without any background who was able to kill other monarchs, Xi Jian Tianxi was too much in line with the ideas of the democrats, and he slapped those self-righteous aristocrats in the face.

Furthermore, Shiomi discovered the problem with the Greater Holy Grail in the middle of the Holy Grail War, and joined forces with the Tōsaka family, the Einzbern and the Cathedral Church to complete the purification of the Greater Holy Grail, avoiding the dangers of the contaminated Holy Grail and laying the foundation for the continuation of the Holy Grail War in the future.

With the support of these two achievements, the democratic faction represented by Inole is already planning to raise Shiomi's rank to Brand.

This was an unprecedented exception, so the nobles were naturally trying their best to obstruct it. The two factions had been arguing until now, and five years had passed since the Fourth Holy Grail War, and there was still no progress.

On the other hand, Shiomi has paid more attention to the situation of the clock tower in recent years for the sake of himself and his family.

After Kayneth's death, the El-Melloi faction fell apart, with outside forces trying to seize the family property, and many of the branch families also falling apart after the plunder.

Only Solawu Nazaire Sophiali, who was once engaged and one of the survivors of the Fourth Holy Grail War, stepped forward, mobilized her own resources, and cooperated with Weber, who borrowed money to return to the Clock Tower, to buy Kenneth's classroom, and Weber stepped forward to run it as a teacher.

After several twists and turns, Reinis, who had the best compatibility with El-Melloi's Origin Mark, became the heir, and brought Weber, who ran the El-Melloi School, into the faction, giving him the title of Monarch El-Melloi.

As for "Second Generation", it was added at the request of Waver himself.

Let’s not discuss whether Lanis has any thoughts of revenge on Shiomi.

For the El-Melloi faction, instead of trying every means to seek revenge on Xijian Tianxi, it would be completely in their interest to divide the property and run away as soon as possible.

After all, no one can guarantee that one day in the future Xijian Tianxi will be promoted to the top position by the democrats, or even be made the monarch of a certain subject.

So when the issue of recommending Shiomi to upgrade his rank came up, there was a rumor:

"When that guy ascends to the throne, I don't know how many nobles will be killed. Maybe by then the Clock Tower will be ruled by the democrats."

Although Shiomi really wanted to hold the person who spread such rumors accountable, the source could not be traced, so he had to give up.

"Is that the reason you asked me to meet you here through Ms. Inola?" Shiomi looked at Inola. "Does this mean that El-Melloi is ready to side with the Democrats?"

Lanis waved her hands exaggeratedly, "How could it be! If I side with the Democrats, I won't have enough lives. But it's okay to negotiate with the Democrats and invite a top magician like you to be my tutor-"

At this point, Lanis suddenly glanced at Shiomi and Inolai with a cunning that didn't belong to her age. "Of course, if I really become Mr. Shiomi Tianxi's student, it would be safer to lead El-Melloi to the Democratic Party as a disciple in the future."

At that time, if the aristocratic faction wanted to cause trouble again, Xijian Tianxi would stand up for the interests of the faction and friendship.

In other words, this is a blank check, which only states that one will join the Democratic Party but will not be redeemed until some time.

Even so, the mere fact that he could offer such a condition was enough to make the Clock Tower's politician Inolay willing to act as a go-between and establish a relationship between Shiomi and El-Melloi.

"I have never formally accepted any disciples. Apart from my own children, I have only taught magic lessons to Rin Tousaka, the head of the Fuyuki Tousaka family in Japan." After Shiomi knew the purpose of today's meeting, he did not waste any extra words, but directly stated his situation, "The teaching level is still unknown. If this can satisfy you, then I don't intend to refuse."

It can even be said that Inola, Lanis, and even El-Melloi II, all calculated that Shiomi would definitely not refuse, so they prepared for this meeting.

After all... this guy really has to support a family, and he wouldn't reject a job that can make money legitimately.

"One last question, does the eldest lady of the Sophia Li family have any objection to this matter?" Xi Jian asked for final confirmation.

Lanis laughed non-stop, "Please rest assured, Ms. Solawu definitely doesn't want to see you, and you don't need to see her."

"That couldn't be better."

Shiomi nodded and shook hands with Lanis, indicating that they had reached an agreement.

Chapter 1 Tutor

2003, July.

London is still not hot in the summer, with the highest temperature only reaching around 25 degrees Celsius. The average daily temperature is as low as around 15 degrees Celsius, so people need to keep warm at night.

But even on such a cool summer day, the courtyard of this elegant mansion on Sura Street is still bustling with activity.

Lanis gathered magic power at her fingertips, intending to command her magic gift - "Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid" to attack the person in front of her, but the attack, which she thought was well prepared, lost its sharpness when it touched Xiomi, and even got out of Lanis' control.

And he just stretched out his index finger and completed the defensive attack with an inconspicuous magic move.

"It's not that simple, then——"

Lanis became more and more excited as she fought, preparing to launch another attack, her flaming eyes glowing with an even stronger light.

But the excessive reaction of these magic eyes interfered with the operation of Lanis's magic circuit. She closed her eyes in pain and reached into her pocket to fumble for special eye drops.

Then, Lanis opened her left eye slightly, saw Xijian coming over, and still stretched out her index finger and touched her forehead.

There was a faint glow on his fingertips, which was the power of the earth returning in spring and the growth of trees. It was fine and long, flowing into the nerves of Lanis's magic eye, driving away the heat brought by the excessive reaction.

Lanis's mind became clear again.

"Let's end today's practical class here. It will do you no good to continue." Xi Jian withdrew his hand and walked to the corner of the courtyard.

There was a table and tea set there. Shiomi naturally picked up the teapot and poured herself a cup.

"What a pity! Is this the end?" Lanis said regretfully.

These are just words from her mouth.

Lanis El-Melloi Archizolti was very aware of her physical condition. Even though she had just used special eye drops to suppress the excessive reaction of her magic eyes, she could no longer operate the magic circuit and continue with today's practical class.

"But the teacher is really amazing. He can actually suppress the overheating of my magic eye." Lanis sat opposite Xi Jian and said with an interested smile, "I really feel more and more that it is the right decision for my brother to ask you to be a tutor."

Shiomi remained calm. "This isn't a difficult thing to do. It's just that you, the person involved, are in a period of overreaction and can't be distracted to do this. And El-Melloi II isn't good at this kind of operation."

In addition, Lanis herself basically doesn't trust anyone. In the state of overreaction, the only person who can be allowed to touch her and perform magic like the one just now to relieve the pain of the overreaction is her tutor.

Of course, it has only been in the past two years that Xiomi has been able to help in this way.

"The move you just used to stop Trimmawu from continuing his attack, was it used to defeat my brother?"

After the practical class ended and it was time for a break, Lanis asked the question again. The Trimmawu she mentioned was the mercury maid formed after the personality was further rewritten with the "Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid". It was Lanis's most proud gift.

At first, she had no grudge against Xijian Tianxi for killing Kenneth. After all, when Lanis was young, she was the most inconspicuous one in the branch family Archizolti. Naturally, she could not enter the vision of Kenneth, the proud son of heaven. The only relationship was blood relationship.

As the relationship of trust was built, Lanis was always very interested in how Xijian Tianxi killed Kenneth.

After Kenneth's body was transported back to the Clock Tower, the autopsy results only reported that he died of a sharp weapon piercing his heart. Because of the curse, El-Melloi's magic circuits were completely unable to provide any rescue treatment.

But from 1999 to now, four years later, Lanis has never seen Shiomi use any weapons.

This person looks like a typical magician.

In addition, the battles in the Holy Grail War were often vague in the subsequent reports because they took into account the interests of all parties. No matter how many times Lannis read them, she could not accurately infer the circumstances of Kenneth's final battle.

"Those are just runes that hinder the use of weapons." Shiomi answered while counting silently in his mind.

Twenty-sixth time.

This was the twenty-sixth time that Lanis had asked him since he became her tutor, but Shiomi had no intention of revealing any details.

"I know."

Lanis also learned rune magic, but she was extremely talented and had keenly realized that the same rune in Shiomi's hands and in her hands was completely different in dimension.

"The magic itself is no different. The problem lies with the user." Shiomi raised an eyebrow. "You have never been on the battlefield and lack practical experience. Don't worry about it."

Lanis sighed, knowing that the matter had been evaded again.

She had asked the Second before, but his answer was always the same, which was nothing more than "that person is also the most special kind as a magician."

"Rather than this, Miss Lanis, I would like to take a week-long leave starting next week," said Shiomi.

The intensity of his work as a tutor here at Lenis is basically the same as that of a lecturer at the Clock Tower, and the salary is also quite generous - it can be seen that Lenis is trying hard to retain talent.

"Oh? The teacher actually wants to ask for leave. Is there something going on at home?" Lanis was very curious.

She was already quite familiar with Shiomi's two daughters, but as to whether they should address each other as friends, Lanis was still considering.

As far as Lanis knew, Sakura basically only studied basic courses in the two subjects of overall foundation and individual foundation, and only participated in the most common magician course examinations.

Kallen was recommended to attend the second generation's class.

It was now July, and soon the Clock Tower would give students a holiday. Lanis had originally planned to start the holiday in August, but she had not expected that Shiomi, who rarely asked for leave during work except for regular holidays, would take the initiative to ask for such a long vacation.

"That's fine for now." Shiomi put down the teacup. "My wife and I have to go out for something. Since we're not leaving England, a week is probably enough."

Lanis put her hands together, rested her chin on her hand, and stared at Shiomi suspiciously.

She knew that Shiomi was married, but Lanis had seen the woman named Shiomi Ash four or five times in the past few years. She had a Western face, but she had a Japanese name.

It's really mysterious in every sense.

"It's not a big deal. The Second is going to investigate something." Shiomi continued, "You can ask him for the details."

After sensing the curiosity that could not be hidden in Lanis, Shiomi decisively chose to divert the blame, and then silently made the sign of the cross for the Second in his heart.

Chapter 2: Journey

The next morning, Shiomi and Morgan boarded a diesel train to Wales at Paddington Station.

Feeling the sway of the train and gazing at the wild scenery outside the window with a leisurely gaze, Morgan said to Shiomi in a relaxed tone:

"You actually chose this time of year to ask me to go on a trip. Is it because the children have grown up that you start to think they are a nuisance?"

"You know that's not the case." Shiomi sat on the sofa in the luxury carriage and read the report in hand, answering helplessly with pursed lips.

"So where are we going today?" Morgan did not ask for specific details before setting off.

It has been more than nine years since the Fourth Holy Grail War, and even she did not expect that she would be stuck in this era for so long.

But after all, it was his own choice, and Morgan had no intention of regretting it.

What I said just now was just a joke that I made on the spur of the moment.

Shiomi obviously loves traveling and takes her whole family out almost every holiday.

At first, it will be limited to Japan, but when Sakura and Kallen are older, they will go abroad.

During the Easter holidays a few months ago, he went to Easter Island with her and their two children.

Only today, the atmosphere of a honeymoon trip was not obvious.

"Go to a place that is related to you." Xi Jian paused at this point, "Or rather... a place that should be related to you."

Morgan was slightly stunned, then nodded silently.

Although he never said it out loud, Shiomi's keen insight had already enabled him to detect Morgan's peculiarity.

But this is the first time I have said it out loud like this.

After reaching a general conclusion in his mind, Morgan decided to enjoy the time on the road with peace of mind.

After shaking on the train for two hours, the two arrived in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, and then changed to a coach. They watched road signs written in both English and Welsh pass by before their eyes. After another five hours, the two began to climb the mountain.

The mountain road was quite rugged, and even Morgan couldn't help but think that this road was created to destroy human feet more efficiently.

"Tired?"

At a relatively steep point, Shiomi went up first, then reached out her hand to pull Morgan and made a proposal to her.

"This mountain road is quite difficult to walk on, and the air here is not very good. How about spiritualization?"

The sharp sound of birds singing can be heard from time to time, and the smell of rotting soil, feces and fruit mixed together to form the unique smell of the mountains.