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

"You'll know when it arrives."

Rin Tohsaka obediently followed Tokiomi Tohsaka and Rin Tohsaka out of the church and got into the black car that was already parked at the church entrance.

We moved to the back row.

Looking at Tokiomi Tohsaka, who still maintained his elegant and composed demeanor, Rin Tohsaka couldn't help but ask again, "Father, Mother said you're dead?"

"Yes, I'm dead. She killed me."

Rin Tohsaka stared in astonishment, her beautiful eyes widening.

Father was killed by mother?

But didn't Lin Jiu'an say that he killed his father?

"But now you..."

"Don't be afraid, Rin. I don't blame your mother. She was just an ordinary person who couldn't resist temptation, not a magician."

Looking at Rin Tohsaka's fearful expression, Tokiomi Tohsaka smiled and said, "On the contrary, I am very grateful to your mother."

"gratitude?"

"Yes."

Tokiomi Tohsaka grinned, as if he had suddenly lost Tohsaka's elegance and become somewhat excited and thrilled.

"If it weren't for the deaths she brought, I wouldn't have been able to discover the truth about the Holy Grail."

"If not, I would still be chasing that ridiculous Holy Grail, never able to reach the root."

“But things are different now, Rin.”

"Come on, come on."

Looking at her father, who was so different from usual, Rin Tohsaka suddenly felt a surge of regret and fear.

Is the man in front of her really her father?

"Father, what are you saying?"

"You'll see when we get there, Rin."

Tokiomi Tohsaka smiled and said, "As my proudest daughter, I will let you witness how I fulfilled the Tohsaka family's centuries-old wish and reached the Root."

At this moment, Rin Tohsaka could no longer suppress the fear in her heart.

This man is definitely not her father!

Rin Tohsaka grabbed the car door handle and tried to pull it open, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't open it.

"What are you doing, my daughter?"

"You're not my father!" Rin Tohsaka shouted. "What kind of monster are you?!"

"So you were really spoiled by your mother?"

Looking at his daughter, who was as timid as an ordinary person, Tokiomi Tohsaka's smile faded, and he shook his head in disappointment.

"Rin, relax. Don't act so cowardly like a human. Quietly accept what fate has brought."

"after all."

"You were chosen by that great being."

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The Einzbern castle.

Irisviel stood quietly in the room, gazing at the distant forest through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

As the Holy Grail War intensified and it was confirmed that Assassin was not dead.

She did not stay with Artoria.

Instead, they chose to stay in the castle, which had a complete magical defense system.

Even if Servants invade the castle, she can rely on its complete magic array to hold out until Artoria returns.

"Saber, let's finish this quickly."

Irisviel's beautiful eyes seemed to reflect the image Artoria had seen, and her brows furrowed slightly.

"I always have a sense of unease."

"I understand, Alice."

Watching Artoria almost unilaterally suppress the two Servants, Irisviel withdrew her gaze, her brows furrowed as she pondered the source of her unease, and suddenly realized where her unease came from.

So quiet!

She not only lived in the castle, but also had two android maids.

She had just instructed them to patrol around the castle and report back to her periodically, but the reporting period had passed and she had not received any news.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"Who?!"

"Mrs. Alice, it's me."

The voice of Lin Jiu'an, whom Irisviel had been longing for, came from outside the door, but the wariness in Irisviel's eyes did not lessen in the slightest.

Even though her Jiuan was taken away by the Tohsaka family's servants.

How could he possibly come back on his own?

The person outside the door must be an intruder in disguise, just to lower her guard!

Irisviel's fingertips were entwined with silver threads invisible to the naked eye, which she magically manipulated to quickly create a net-like effect throughout the room. Only then did Irisviel skillfully open the door using the silver threads.

'Squeak'.

The figure outside the door was now completely exposed to her.

Chapter 45 Irisviel: The Bad Woman Is Me?!

"Jiu'an?"

Irisviel stared in disbelief at the boy outside the door.

Is it really him?

"Caught up."

Seeing that Irisviel was alright, Lin Jiu'an breathed a sigh of relief and was about to step into the house when...

Irisviel suddenly became wary again, manipulating the silver threads to levitate.

"Stop!"

"Mrs. Allie?"

“Tell me something that only the two of us know!” Irisviel said warily.

Lin Jiu'an was taken aback, but quickly realized what Irisviel meant.

Many assassins possess the ability to impersonate others. While the practice of impersonating someone close to the Master to assassinate them has never occurred during the Holy Grail War, it is still a matter of caution. Clearly, Irisviel suspects that he is an assassin in disguise.

"After our first meeting, Mrs. Alice took me to bathe, and after glancing at my private parts, you told me to call you Mrs. Alice..."

"shut up!"

Irisviel's face flushed bright red instantly. She withdrew the silver threads she was manipulating with magic, quickly walked to the door, and covered Lin Jiu'an's mouth.

"What are you talking about?!"

She's being talked about as if she's some kind of perverted, obsessed woman who's taken a fancy to a cute little boy!

"Hmm?" Lin Jiu'an looked completely innocent.

Didn't you tell me to say it?

"I told you to say something, not to make it up! When will I see your post and then..."

Irisviel's face grew redder and redder as she spoke, until even her delicate earlobes and snow-white swan neck turned red. Her hands, which had been covering Lin Jiu'an, unconsciously loosened, because she realized that although Lin Jiu'an's description was somewhat vulgar and omitting parts, the situation at the time was indeed like that.

"So you didn't recognize Mrs. Alice either?"

"Shut up!"

Irisviel glared at Lin Jiu'an with shame and indignation, then pinched his cheek.

"How come I never noticed before that you were such a naughty and lecherous little guy?"

That's what he said.

Irisviel, however, happily hugged Lin Jiu'an into her arms.

I closed the door and carried him to the bedside to sit down.

"Weren't you with Aoi Tohsaka? How did you suddenly end up here?"

"Isn't it because I was worried about you, my wife?"

"Worried about me?" Irisviel asked in surprise. "Will something happen to me?"

“I heard from some sources that those Masters think Artoria is too powerful, so they decided to stall Artoria and then send Assassins to assassinate you.”

Irisviel's expression turned serious, showing no doubt as to where Lin Jiu'an got the information.

"I'll call Saber back now."

"Do not."

Lin Jiu'an immediately stopped him.

Meeting Irisviel's somewhat nervous and confused gaze, Lin Jiu'an explained, "If Artoria comes back, then that assassin will definitely escape and look for another opportunity to assassinate. And Artoria can't always be by your side, Madam, can she?"

"Why don't we take this opportunity to turn the tables and kill them?"

"But..."

Irisviel hesitated for a moment: "Jiu'an, you're here too."

If it were just her alone, Irisviel might have tried what Lin Jiu'an suggested to solve the problem once and for all; but Lin Jiu'an was also there, and Irisviel didn't want to risk him.

"Don't worry, my strength is much greater than you think, Mrs. Alice. Speaking of which, that assassin was also my defeated opponent. He was the assassin I fought when I left your house that day, the one who blasted a big crater."

"They only turned their attention to you and Artoria because they couldn't handle me."

Irisviel's eyes still held worry, but she nodded nonetheless: "Then I'll listen to you."

Then, curiously, she asked, "How could a woman like Aoi Tohsaka let you come here?"

Lin Jiu'an couldn't help but think of the time when he heard from Rin Tohsaka that Kiritsugu Emiya was going to assassinate Irisviel. Rin Tohsaka was lying on the bed unconscious and still getting electric shocks from time to time. But Rin said, "Actually, Mrs. Tohsaka isn't as bad as you think, Mrs. Irisviel. She's a very good woman."

"Jiu'an, were you seduced by that wicked woman's body?"

Hearing Lin Jiu'an speak well of his rival, Irisviel pinched his cheek unhappily.

"That kind of thing isn't something you should be doing at your age, you know?"

As she spoke, Irisviel thought of the bathroom incident Lin Jiu'an had just described, her face flushing slightly, but she still spoke with the air of someone who had been through it all, saying, "Even if you're exceptionally talented, that kind of..."

"Alright, alright, Mrs. Alice, speaking of that assassin, because I defeated him before, he usually doesn't dare to come out."

Although Lin Jiu'an's way of changing the subject was too obvious.

However, Irisviel didn't dwell on the matter. In any case, it was enough that Lin Jiu'an was back by her side.

"What should we do?"

As an Assassin, Kiritsugu Emiya possesses an "A+" level of Presence Concealment.

Combined with the inherent ability to control time.

It can evade detection by slowing down its breathing and heartbeat, stopping its metabolism, and causing its body temperature to drop to a level not much different from the outside temperature. Even though Lin Jiu'an was certain that he was in this castle, it was difficult to find him unless he got close.

"Mrs. Alice, can you do me a favor?"

“I will do whatever Jiu’an says,” Irisviel said without hesitation.

"Can Mrs. Alice be my woman?"

"Ugh?!"