Or, why don’t you find another savior?

She was also slowly savoring the noodles he cooked.

The soup is the extra broth in the pot from dinner, and the noodles are handmade noodles made during the day.

If there was no Holy Grail War, just taking Morgan back to Fuyuki to stay for a few days would actually be in line with Shiomi's idea.

"How does it feel?" asked Xijian.

"It tastes just as good as always, just like eating at a time-honored restaurant for many years." Morgan stopped his spoon and commented calmly, "No, I've been eating it for many years."

"Hahaha..." Xijian laughed dryly.

He didn't expect Morgan to be as satisfied with this small experience as he was.

After patrolling the city, they found nothing more except for Ruler Gilgamesh and his Master, so they returned home.

Feeling hungry, Xi Jian cooked some noodle soup as a midnight snack to warm up her body at the same time.

——Unlike magic to keep warm, food can bring completely different effects.

The late night news was playing on TV, and there was nothing new, as if the Holy Grail War had never happened.

"But according to the current situation, the advent of Ruler, on the other hand, means that from the moment we returned to the land of Fuyuki, we have been included in the Holy Grail War by the Greater Holy Grail." Shiomi said to Morgan while looking at the half-eaten noodles.

"That's understandable. Apparently, Fuyuki's Holy Grail system can make corresponding judgments for special situations." Morgan held the chopsticks and picked up the side dishes in the middle of the table. "Before we came back here, the Holy Grail War was just a normal process. Under this premise, even if Caster appeared in the world, it would not hinder the Holy Grail's choice."

Although it was a ritual created by the Tōsaka, Matou, and Einzbern families, the ritual itself did not have the potential to favor any of them.

The advantage of the three families is at most their sufficient understanding of the Holy Grail and the preparations they have made for it from generation to generation.

"That Berserker is extremely powerful. Even if Saber and Archer join forces, they can't completely kill him." Shiomi thought of the first battle again.

Perhaps because the idea of ​​recruiting magicians from outside to win the previous Holy Grail War failed, Einzbern, in addition to completing the more controllable Lesser Holy Grail, also chose Berserker, who had no independent consciousness.

The previous Saber - Artoria - finally chose to give up the Holy Grail and just helped to complete the purification of the Greater Holy Grail before withdrawing. This should have been a big blow to Einzbern.

"Perhaps he sublimated his own legend into a treasure for resurrection." Morgan raised an eyebrow, "That Berserker must be a very capable warrior himself."

"What do you think of his real name?" Xi Jian asked, and then added: "...You are well-informed, so it must be easier for you to guess his real name."

Morgan used chopsticks to pick at the chopped green onions floating on the broth. “What if I don’t know?”

"Then think of another way." Shiomi gave up decisively, "I'm just waiting there on my own. I can't use you as an encyclopedia."

"You actually care, don't you?" Morgan said suddenly.

"Care?" Xi Jian was stunned.

"Where am I from, and why... I know you so well." Morgan brought up this topic for the first time.

Since the Fourth Holy Grail War, there had been an unspoken understanding between her and him.

Shiomi never asked about Morgan's specific experiences, and Morgan never talked about his past.

It wasn't because of something, but a simpler and more frightening reason - it was called "the future".

"In fact, you can figure it out if you think about it carefully." Xi Jian laughed helplessly: "I had never seen you before the Fourth Holy Grail War. Thinking back to your initial reaction, you almost certainly knew me--"

Excluding the past and the present, there is only the "future" left.

"The Throne of Heroes has no concept of time, so as long as the conditions are met, it is not impossible to summon a Servant from the future." Morgan supported his chin with one hand. "As expected of my husband, his intuition is very accurate."

"What's there to brag about?" Shiomi began to slurp his noodles again. "Any magician will find out sooner or later."

and so……

That's why Xijian couldn't help but ask Morgan just now.

If she was from the future, she might know the situation of the Fuyuki Holy Grail War, or know the information of these Servants for some other reason.

"Well, any further questions?" Morgan returned to the previous question.

"…Then let me confirm one thing first. Is this part of the 'result' on the quantum recording tape fixed?" Shiomi asked with his head down.

"It's hard to say." Morgan seemed a little melancholy, "It's a little bit special."

"Then forget it." Xi Jian was about to give up.

For him it was still the "present", but for Morgan it meant "experiencing the past" in some sense.

If the "result" is already fixed, then just touch the "process" at a level that will not interfere with the result.

Shiomi wasn't sure which side it was about when he tried to get the real name of Berserker from Morgan.

"I'm just kidding." Morgan suddenly stretched out his chopsticks and took the fish cake from Shiomi's bowl. "I just know the real name of a Greek hero. Although Hercules is not an ordinary hero, he is not so special that his real name can shake the quantum record fixing band."

"Ah, this..." Xijian felt that she was being played by Morgan. She felt frustrated, but there was nothing she could do.

He has never been able to deal with such a relaxed woman.

This is true whether it is the Master or Orange.

Morgan said, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his smile added a lot of teasing: "At least compared to my husband, that great hero is far inferior."

"What good is there in praising me so highly?" Shiomi tried to take back her fish plate, but the chopsticks were blocked in the middle of the way. "But now it seems that the quality of the Servants in this Holy Grail War is really frighteningly good."

Archer's real name is unknown, but his fighting style is that of being able to fight at close range or at a distance, and using his Noble Phantasms as consumables.

If its true treasure is actually a weapons storehouse, it might be able to compete with Gilgamesh's "King's Treasure".

"So what does my husband think?" Morgan raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyebrows as light as distant mountains. "After all, the other servants don't matter. The only one we need to pay attention to is Caster, the Magic King."

"Don't treat all the heroes like grass!" Xi Jian complained, "Ah, eat noodles, eat noodles, if you don't finish them, they will become a lump."

Chapter 27 Strategy

After having a midnight snack, the two sat in the kotatsu and continued their discussion.

No matter what the situation is with the Masters and Servants in the Holy Grail War, it is not a problem that Shiomi needs to consider.

He returned to Fuyuki not to fight for the Holy Grail, but because after learning Caster's real name from BB, he realized that even if she successfully won other battles, she would suffer a Waterloo at the hands of the Magic King.

Regardless of whether Saber can defeat Caster, first of all, Sakura's own magic level is completely suppressed.

Malisbili doesn't even need to fight as a Master.

So Shiomi's purpose is very pure, he wants to protect Sakura and his family.

"In fact, I have never fought against the Magic King." Morgan first explained the situation, "so I can't provide any practical reference opinions."

"I'm somewhat prepared for this." Xijian nodded and was not discouraged.

"On the other hand, although my husband was in a hurry to retreat, he did have a brief encounter with the Magic King." Morgan said, "In your opinion, how strong is the Magic King?"

Following her voice, Shiomi thought back to yesterday's battle.

“…Overwhelming.”

"Oh? You're surprisingly lacking in confidence."

"No, I mean, the Magic King is like a higher-dimensional existence to the current magicians." Shiomi analyzed bit by bit, "Bazett-kun was just trying to sneak attack and create an opportunity to retreat, but Caster completely controlled the situation."

The offensive method he was good at was ineffective, and without any warning, the best person who sealed the designated executor was deprived of his combat ability.

"That man's rings, just by wearing them on his hands, are enough to render all the magic performed by humans ineffective." Morgan said this and smiled softly, "From this point of view alone, the Command Spell system prepared for the Holy Grail War for the Master to drive the Servants is also ineffective against Caster."

Different from the top-level anti-magic ability which "staggers" the influence of magic and is not affected, it is truly ineffective.

Any magic will be eliminated by the Magic King from the beginning, as if it had never been performed.

On this point, even Morgan is at a disadvantage.

"Stop talking." Xijian felt like she was getting a headache again.

He already knew Caster's real name at the time, so he naturally didn't plan to start a war after the consumption, nor did he want to reveal too much information, so he only chose a big magic based on modern magic.

Because of the peculiarities of the user, this is a great magecraft with extraordinary power and speed, but the foundation still uses the foundation of modern magecraft.

It was precisely because of this that Caster was able to easily break the magic formula and turn the activation itself back to nothingness.

“Once the war starts, it will become a complete war of magic in the Age of Gods,” Morgan said.

Shiomi sighed, "It will definitely turn out like that."

This alone is not worth Xi Jian's concern. What he is really unsure of is the Magic King's magic and treasures, and he cannot infer the other party's true strength.

Even though the strength of a Servant will be biased due to its class compared to the Heroic Spirit when they were alive, a top Servant naturally has the qualities of a top Servant.

Shiomi has fought against Gilgamesh's trump card twice.

The first time, if it weren't for Altria's holy sword to counter most of the damage, he was sure that the original rune he had deployed to defend would have been completely torn apart by the Sword of Separation.

The second time, he completely gave up on direct confrontation and adopted a tricky approach, using Altria's holy sword as bait and unfolding the scabbard for defense.

Therefore, he has a very clear understanding of the top-level Noble Phantasms of the top-level servants.

Because of this, Shiomi had no way of judging what the outcome would be if he and Morgan teamed up to fight the Magic King.

"As expected, we can't just rely on you and me to fight Solomon." Shiomi raised his head and expressed his thoughts, "If other masters knew Caster's real name, they would definitely not sit idly by."

Morgan's fingertips stroked the teacup and he looked up at Xijian, already guessing his answer.

"Considering the original purpose of our trip, you want to use the power of other camps to eliminate Caster first, so as to ensure that Sakura will not die in the subsequent battle even if she cannot win?"

"Yes..." Shiomi raised her head, "But I just thought about the current situation of all parties. Sakura and Rin are excluded for the time being. The master of the Matou family does not look stable and his strength is questionable. Assassin is even more out of the question. He is not even considered at all—"

He analyzed the situations of other camps one by one.

Berserker is very suitable as a vanguard against Caster. With such a tough meat shield in the front, Shiomi can also deal with the Magic King more calmly with Morgan.

But... Shiomi once assisted Emiya Kiritsugu in going to Germany to snatch Illyasviel. As an android of Einzbern, he was recreated based on Illya. I am afraid that the indoctrinated cognition must contain the iron rule of "Shiomi".

This can be inferred from the fact that she and her servants raided Sakura in the church.

——Rin must have been just a target of Einzbern at that time.

After a process of elimination, there is only one option left to join forces with, and it is the most suitable option.

"In the end, the person you're most looking forward to is your own senior brother?" Morgan's eyes flashed with a cunning light, as if he had seen through Xijian's thoughts from the beginning.

Xi Jian couldn't help but hold his forehead: "I can't help but look forward to it. This time I was hiding it from Ying--"

"Why did you hide it from Sakura?" Morgan was a little confused.

If you had joined Sakura from the beginning, you wouldn't have to worry about all these things.

"Why..." Xi Jian was speechless, "That child is already sixteen years old, a dignified teenage girl!"

"...Um, so?" Morgan still didn't quite understand.

"You... have never raised a child?" Xijian rubbed his forehead.

"Not at all." Morgan was a little embarrassed, "The one who gave birth to many children is from 'this side'."

In other words, even though Morgan grew up with Sakura and Kallen, he actually had no corresponding experience and encountered many situations for the first time.

"Ok."

He could only scratch his head to show his understanding.

Morgan has a different perspective from humans, so there may be things she fails to perceive and understand.

"It's actually very simple. It's just a simple rebellious period. Sakura is between maturity and immaturity. She must be very concerned about the first major event she will face alone, even if it is the Holy Grail War. So, if I get involved right after she joins the Holy Grail War, it will hurt her self-esteem."

"You seem to know it very well." A faint smile appeared on her face.

"Because all human beings have to go through this kind of growth."

Shiomi lay on the table, looked at Morgan gently, and spoke in a very soft voice.

Chapter 28: Ghost Mansion

When he woke up the next morning, Shiomi found that his mobile phone was out of battery, so he had to quickly connect it to the power cord to charge it.

This type of equipment has developed rapidly since the beginning of the new century, and its miniaturization speed is evident. It is already far more convenient than magic communication.

It’s just that the battery is quite durable, and if he’s not careful he’ll only charge it once every two or three days, so sometimes he’ll forget to charge it.

As soon as the power was turned on and the phone restarted, it vibrated several times in succession and he saw several unread emails.

"Ah this..."

After reading the content of the email, Shiomi suddenly didn't know what to say.

"Is there an accident in the clock tower?" Morgan, who had changed his clothes, came over and asked.