Type-Moon, isn't this really the other world?

You've seen through my true form!

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Chapter Fourteen: Waiting for Sunset / Gilgamesh's New Toy

The Einzbern castle.

Lin Jiu'an sat in the bathtub filled with water, his brows furrowed tightly. Although he had taken a bath when he first arrived, he took another bath after returning.

Solitude is a good time for reflection.

"It's good news that Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't show up."

Tonight's battle, like the original story, started strong but ended weakly.

Although Lancelot in his berserk state did not appear, it is understandable. After all, because of his intervention, Sakura did not go to the Matou family, and Matou Kariya did not need to go back to be eaten by insects. This turned the situation from Lancelot causing trouble to Gilgamesh fighting three people at once.

In the end, Tokiomi Tohsaka recklessly used a Command Spell to forcibly recall Gilgamesh, thus ending the night.

But what Lin Jiu'an cared about was the way Gilgamesh looked at him.

To paraphrase a typical CEO romance novel, it's three parts playfulness, three parts sarcasm, three parts disdain, and one part evil—a masterpiece of pie chart analysis.

"I've definitely been found out."

Lin Jiu'an wasn't too surprised by this.

After all, during the fourth battle in Tokyo, Osmanthus immediately noticed the lump of mud in the underground Greater Grail. Gilgamesh, who was one of the three Gold Saints and, in some ways, even more terrifying than Osmanthus, had no reason not to notice it.

only...

"What exactly does this woman want?"

Lin Jiu'an didn't know whether to feel fortunate or helpless when he learned that the Servant who recognized him was Gilgamesh.

If it were the old sword, or the other two of the three golden targets, the first thing they would do upon seeing this naturally evil little mud slug would be unleash their strongest attack.

As for Gilgamesh, well, there's still room for negotiation.

"Forget it, I'm too weak right now. I'll just have to take it one step at a time."

'Tap tap.'

Just then, there was a knock on the bathroom door.

Irisviel's voice came from outside the door.

"Jiu'an, may I come in?"

"Please come in."

The door was carefully pushed open, and when Irisviel saw Irisviel sitting in the bathtub, she quickened her pace and went to the edge of the tub.

"Jiu'an, about you..."

"Let's go out and play in a bit."

"Huh?" Irisviel was taken aback by what she heard.

"How about we go to Fuyuki City?"

"Okay."

Irisviel's beautiful eyes lit up, but then puffed up angrily like a child, reaching out to pinch Lin Jiu'an's delicate, porcelain-like face.

"You naughty boy, don't change the subject. I was clearly asking about you."

"Ah, stop pulling, stop pulling, you'll get ugly if you keep pulling."

"Huh?! Really?"

Startled by what she heard, Irisviel immediately let go of her hand and then hurriedly rubbed the spot she had just pinched.

"I'm so sorry, Jiu'an, I didn't mean to."

This idiot actually believed it?

Seeing Irisviel's adorably clumsy appearance, Lin Jiu'an found it somewhat amusing and gained more confidence in his future plans.

"Mrs. Alice, shall we enjoy our freedom to the fullest and have a good time today?"

Lin Jiu'an suddenly grabbed Irisviel's hand that was on his face and looked into her clear, unblemished red eyes. Only someone who had been confined to the Einzbern castle since childhood could have such clear eyes.

The sudden movement made Irisviel instinctively look into Lin Jiu'an's unusually serious eyes, and for some reason, she felt a little shy.

Her fair face flushed slightly, and her eyes looked down with a hint of evasion.

Are you free?

Irisviel was smitten.

Last night, she had planned to take a stroll around the city before the Holy Grail War started, but she ran into Lin Jiu'an not long after getting off the plane.

She really wanted to go out and have fun too.

But just as she was about to say "okay," Irisviel felt a gaze fixed on her. Turning her head, she saw Artoria looking at her from the doorway. From Artoria's serious little face, Irisviel felt as if she could almost hear Artoria's slightly raised "Master?" question in her ear.

"But about you..."

"I will tell Mrs. Alice everything when the sun goes down."

"The sun sets?"

A sliver of light suddenly shone in from outside the window.

Irisviel looked over.

Through the bathroom window, you can see a panoramic view of the entire Fuyuki city area.

As dawn broke and the sun rose from the horizon, its soft glow dispelled the darkness and cold, once again enveloping the city that seemed to have fallen into slumber. Everything was so beautiful.

"A word is settled!"

"A word is settled!"

So, pinky promise!

Lin Jiu'an: "?"

Looking at Irisviel, who was curling her little finger with a serious expression, Lin Jiu'an was full of questions.

Are you a child?

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Tohsaka family.

Tokiomi Tohsaka was pondering the gains and losses of last night's battle.

Suddenly the study door was pushed open.

"Tokiomi!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka's body tensed up instantly, and a multitude of thoughts flashed through his mind.

who is it?

He had long ago transformed his mansion into a magic workshop, so that even if a Heroic Spirit came, they would not be able to break in immediately. Various warning systems prevented even an Assassin from sneaking in, not to mention that the Assassin's Master in this war was his man.

and also.

This is during the day!

What madman would start a war in broad daylight, without fear of repercussions from the Magic Association and the Holy Church?

But when his gaze fell upon the intruder, Tokiomi Tohsaka's many suspicions and astonishment vanished, replaced by anger.

"sunflower?!"

The intruder was none other than his wife, Aoi Tohsaka, whom he had already sent to a safe house.

For a moment, even Tokiomi Tohsaka, who always considered himself an elegant nobleman and was usually unflappable, couldn't help but feel angry.

His voice rose a few decibels, and turned a few degrees colder: "What are you doing?"

"Nine, Jiu'an Ta, Jiu'an Ta is missing."

When faced with Tokiomi Tohsaka's usual angry outburst, Aoi Tohsaka would already lower her head shyly and dare not utter a word.

But at this moment, she seemed completely oblivious to her anger, her face filled with the panic and fear of a mother whose child, whom she had poured all her love into, had vanished.

"I went to Jiu'an's room this morning, but he wasn't there. I searched the whole house, but he wasn't there..."

"enough!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka could no longer suppress his anger.

All the frustrations of this period, the disappointment of not being able to send Sakura to the Matou family, the potential negative impact of having to use a Command Spell to recall Archer last night, and so on—all the suppressed emotions reached their peak at this moment and then erupted.

"Would you be like this if Rin disappeared? Would you be like this if Sakura disappeared?"

"Aoi, have you lost your mind? Or did that monster give you some kind of bewitching potion?!"

Upon seeing her angry husband, Aoi Tohsaka seemed to have resumed her role.

The panic on her face was replaced by cowardice, but when she heard Tokiomi's address, it was as if she had grasped a lifeline.

"A monster?"

“He was supposed to be dead last night, his heart ruptured and he sank into the water, but he appeared unharmed next to the Einzbern family’s Master and Servant and participated in the Holy Grail War.”

Tokiomi Tohsaka tried his best not to lose his aristocratic elegance and said in a deep voice, "He is not even human!"

"You killed him?!"

Aoi Tohsaka looked at her husband in disbelief and reached out to grab his arm.

"Why? Why kill him?"

"enough!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka swung his arm forcefully, throwing his wife to the ground.

"You are really crazy!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka took a deep breath, trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart.

He now even had a desire to use magic to cleanse her soul, to see what that monster had done to his wife to turn her from a gentle, obedient woman into this.

Or simply imprison or even eliminate this insane woman.

But then Rin and Sakura would have things to do, and he doesn't have that much time to waste right now.

He could disregard his wife's life, but he couldn't disregard his daughter's!

"I don't have time to waste with you right now. I need to go back and take care of Rin and Sakura. We can talk about everything after the Holy Grail War is over."

Tohsaka Aoi opened her mouth, but seeing her husband's expression had turned icy cold, she seemed to understand that there was no point in saying anything more. She could only give a bitter laugh, get up, lower her head, and turn to walk out of the room.

Just as she walked outside with lifeless eyes, like a puppet who had lost its soul.

suddenly.

A woman's soft laughter rang out.

"interesting."

Aoi Tohsaka looked up.

What I saw was a blonde woman with red eyes whose beauty was exquisite, down to every single strand of her hair.

The other person was leaning against the doorway with their arms crossed, looking at her with the same expression they had when they were looking at an interesting toy.

"Want to chat?"

Chapter Fifteen: Actually, I am a "Beast"

Aoi Tohsaka felt like she was probably going crazy.

now.

She sat stiffly on the sofa, watching the woman in front of her drinking the red wine that belonged to her husband.