Zongman: Evolution Paradise

Normally, the heroic spirits summoned by a magician are merely clones of the heroic spirit itself, lacking any personality. Once the mission is completed, they disappear and return to the Throne of Heroes.

In the original Holy Grail War, thanks to the power of the Holy Grail, the Servants who appeared in Fuyuki City were directly connected to the Heroic Spirits themselves, summoned from the Throne of Heroes by the Holy Grail, and given physical bodies.

Although Fuyuki City, which is devoid of supernatural powers, lacks the Holy Grail and magical abilities, the existence of the Dragon Balls makes up for this.

Jolyne completed a round of testing for them at the workshop last night.

The heroic spirits summoned by the Dragon Balls are somewhat similar in composition to the ghost stories of the main world.

All of them are built with energy and have a core, except that the energy that makes up the bodies of the Heroic Spirits in the Fate world is magic, and the core is the spirit core.

Although I haven't personally seen the Servant summoned by the Holy Grail, the test results show that the Servant summoned by the Dragon Balls and the Holy Grail are no different in appearance.

If this applies to the body, what about the soul?

According to the normal setting, the soul that constitutes a Servant is just a piece of information. When the Servant dies, it returns to the original owner's possession, and the original owner can learn about the Servant's experience in a recorded way, just like reading a book.

I don't know if the creators of Fate just like this kind of slightly tragic setting, but this result is really too "harsh".

The workshop cannot analyze whether the Servant's soul comes from copied information or the original body of Valhalla, but Medea, as a mage from the Age of Gods, can naturally analyze the essence of her own existence.

"My soul is connected to my body. In this body reconstructed by the Dragon Ball, my soul is my original color."

Medea's answer was good news for Jolyne, since as long as their souls were connected, Jolyne would naturally find a way to obtain the essence of a Heroic Spirit.

If the souls are not connected, then Jolyne can only try to completely separate her Servants from their original bodies, making them independent individuals.

Having figured out the nature of the Servant's body and soul, Jolyne felt a little relieved.

The body is merely a vessel used by the Heroic Spirit to descend upon Fuyuki City. As long as the soul within is the true form, then the essence of the Servant is the Heroic Spirit.

Knowing this, Jolyne began to think about how to take away the essence of the Heroic Spirits in the Hall of Heroes from the Fate world. Since she had decided to take Medea and the others away, she had to take them all.

According to the Fate universe, there are approximately three types of beings that can be considered Heroic Spirits.

1: Heroes leave behind great achievements during their lifetime, and after their death they become legends and are believed by people, thus ascending to the status of extraordinary heroic souls.

2: They do not actually exist, but heroes in myths and legends are born through the gathering of faith.

3: Those who made certain contracts with the world during their lifetime and became Heroic Spirits after death as a price for doing so.

Medea, Medusa, and Esdeath—their existence remains in Valhalla, their souls and Dragon Balls forming the bodies of the current Servants.

Saber is a little different. She became a Heroic Spirit in the third case, that is, when she was about to die, she made a contract with the "world" Alaya. Even if it cost her eternal reincarnation, she hoped to obtain the Holy Grail and wish to "return to the day of the selection of kings".

In a sense, after being tricked by Alaya into making a contract to become a Heroic Spirit, Saber was already under the control of the Fate world even if she didn't die.

Medea Lily, Jolyne and Medea don't quite understand her existence. More than a Heroic Spirit or a Servant, her essence is more like a part that was separated from the summoned Medea.

If they manage to take Lily away, they'll probably have to find a way through Medea.

Saber is difficult to take completely, but she is not the type to leave the Fate world easily with anyone. If we don't help her solve the problem in Britain, she will only continue to respond to the summons of other timelines after participating in this Holy Grail War.

Jolyne is currently only considering Medea, Medusa, Esdeath, and Lily.

Taking all four of them away would actually be quite "simple"—simply go to Valhalla and seize them.

As for how to seize it, that is the question.

Given the nature of those two restraining forces, it's highly unlikely they'll let any of the henchmen slip into Valhalla, especially since Jolyne is going to take away three high-level Servants, plus Lily's "buy three get one free" deal.

At this moment, Lily walked over from a distance. Before she even reached him, a smile had already appeared on her face. She waved and called out, "Master, come and eat."

"okay, I get it."

Standing up to respond to Lily's words, Xu Lun silently bowed to Alaya in his heart.

In any case, apologizing first is the right thing to do.

If there's no way to do it this time, we'll take a few Servants with us and come back to seize the Heroic Spirit's body next time. Anyway, Jolyne is definitely going to do something bad to Alaya.

"What's Master thinking? Although Lily is weak, she can still offer Master support when it comes to heart-to-heart talks..."

Lily held Jolyne's hand and walked slightly ahead of her, seemingly leading the way.

"I'm thinking about how to marry Lily."

From another perspective, wanting to take Lily away is no different from marrying her.

"Really?" Lily looked up at Jolyne, saw her serious expression, pressed her face against Jolyne's arm, and asked with a grin, "Then Master, can you make me some chocolate?"

"...Normal chocolate is fine."

Jolyne recalled the little guy's character design; he couldn't make chocolate using demons right now.

Ignoring Jolyne's "normal," Lily pulled Jolyne to a stop, spun around to face her Master, and whispered, "Master, please lower your head."

As she spoke, a pure smile appeared on Lily's face, and her lovely cheeks even blushed.

Xu Lun bent down, and the now-adult Lily pressed her lips to his.

However, the location is different this time.

Gently, Medea's stiffness contrasted with Esdeath's forcefulness.

Lily is very gentle, like an apple-flavored fruit gummy.

Lily winked at Jolyne, secretly stuck out the tip of her tongue and licked it, then quickly withdrew it.

"Please don't tell Medea, okay? I'll keep trying!"

Jolyne glanced behind Lily and said to her with a mixture of pity and helplessness, "Medea has already seen it."

Lily: "!!!"

After witnessing Lily's sneaking away, Medea walked over to Jolyne, pulled her hand away, and told Lily unhappily, "Come to my room later."

Chapter 204: Shoji Cuisine

Following Medea to the dining table, Jolyne changed hands again, this time being grabbed by Esdeath.

The large table of food was prepared by Medusa and Yukino Yukinoshita. Lily and Medea are not particularly good at making proper food, and Esdeath and Saber are even worse.

If Saber knew how to cook, she wouldn't have ended up eating Gawain's mashed potatoes.

"It doesn't taste like that...not at all..."

As Jolyne sat down at the table, Saber's resentment emanated from within, especially her ahoge (cowlick) on her head, which looked listless and as if it might fall off at any moment and turn her into a villain.

Jolyne avoided Saber's gaze and sat between Medea and Esdeath. It was indeed his fault; he had only thought that the glowing food would win Saber's favor, forgetting that Saber was an extremely serious foodie.

For Saber, a foodie, food is a very serious and important thing.

Enjoying a delicious meal is wonderful!

Enjoy the delicious food!

To eat even more delicious food, that would be wonderful!

The food today is worse than usual, death penalty!

Having already tasted far more delicious food, eating inferior food would truly drive Saber to the dark side.

It's one thing to eat snacks normally, but to do it for regular meals now makes Saber's resentment towards Jolyne reach its peak.

Unable to bear Saber's gaze, Jolyne said helplessly, "I'll get you a delicious meal as an apology later."

"Like that that glows?"

Saber's ahoge stood up, her resentment dispelled, and she looked at Jolyne with anticipation.

"Hmm... Although it doesn't glow, it's just as delicious. It's a novel experience."

The glowing dishes are gone once they're eaten; Jolyne was referring to the "clothes-bursting" dishes from Food Wars.

Although the effect is somewhat unusual, it is undeniable that the taste is quite delicious. Saber, who has lived as King Arthur her whole life as a man, probably wouldn't mind.

Okay, Jolyne just wanted to get revenge on Saber. This guy's two sentences made Jolyne feel a life-or-death crisis in the Shura field, and she didn't jump and accelerate as much when she used time stop to fight Esdeath.

“Alright, Xu Lunqing, here is the contract.”

Saber nodded in agreement, thinking about the deliciousness that would be different from the glowing food.

Compared to not being able to eat any delicious food at first, Saber was already very satisfied with this outcome.

The food, which she had previously found unappetizing, became much more palatable to her, and Saber happily began to eat.

"So, what are you planning to do this afternoon?"

Yukino Yukinoshita politely put down her chopsticks, wiped her mouth with a tissue, and asked.

Before Jolyne could answer, Medea had already tucked one side of her braid back and said, "Master, you'll have to help me continue researching the temple's construction plan later!"

Jolyne stared at his bowl in bewilderment, because there was no such thing. He didn't know magic, so how could he possibly help Medea study the temple? At most, he could only offer some suggestions on research directions.

"No, my berserk state hasn't been completely resolved yet. Master is supposed to help me deal with it later; we've already agreed on that."

Esdeath also fabricated a reason.

Lily wanted to raise her hand to speak, but then she gave up because she needed to find Medea later. She clung to Medusa with a sad face, feeling that only Medusa was a truly caring older sister.

"Alright, I understand." Yukino Yukinoshita sighed when she saw that Jolyne had no objections, and continued to talk about her original plan.

"I'll go out with Saber to investigate the presence of other players later. Our side is too strong. I'm afraid that Souichirou Kuzuki will tell other players our information to force them to form an alliance. It would be more advantageous for us to get the other players out of the game as soon as possible."

“It is indeed a big problem,” Jolyne nodded, glancing at the four Servants. Medea had her own things to do, Esdeath and Yukino Yukinoshita couldn’t handle it, and Lily had no fighting ability.

Finally, Jolyne looked at Medusa and made a decision: "Let Medusa go with you later. If we encounter any powerful enemies, I can find out the specific situation by observing the depletion of Medusa's magic power."

Following Jolyne's instructions, Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at Medusa, who was quietly eating on the other side. Medusa had no intention of going out with Yukino Yukinoshita.

"Then Medusa, please guide me in the future."

"No problem, Ms. Yukinoshita."

Aside from Medea and Esdeath, who remain at odds, the meal was quite pleasant. Before Yukino Yukinoshita left, they had to fulfill their promise to Saber.

"Xu Lunqing, where is the thing?"

Approaching Jolyne, Saber pretended to be nonchalant and asked, but in reality, she was already full of vigilance towards Jolyne. He had said he didn't have any before, but now he did. If he couldn't produce it, even a benevolent king would punish his subject!

"My king, please come with me."

Jolyne bid farewell to Esdeath and Medea, indicating that he wanted to spend some time alone with Saber.

"!!!" Medea was shocked. On one side was her favorite Master, and on the other side was her favorite Saber. What should she do if her Master did something bad to Saber?

"If you're really going to do something to Saber, you absolutely have to get me involved!"

Medea was incredibly excited, her mind already conjuring up countless ways to tie up Saber, imagining that defiant little expression on her face, and then bathing her sticky body before dressing her in a cute little dress!

Feeling as if her heart had been scratched by a cat, Medea used magic to transmit her words to Lily's ears.

Upon receiving Medea's message, Lily's eyes lit up, and she asked, acting as a mouthpiece, "Can't we go together?"

"So, I can't go?"

Esdeath pressed for an answer, glancing at Saber. Although she didn't think this little tablet could be a match for her, she still had to be wary of any treacherous individuals.

Medusa sensed the amusement of the amusement, raised her hand, and said, "I'm also curious about what it is."

"……Well."

Upon discovering that so many people wanted to take away her food, Saber revealed the expression of a lion defending its territory, but surrounded by powerful enemies, she could only reluctantly give up her prey.

Jolyne looked at them helplessly, especially Yukino Yukinoshita, who didn't know what the dish was, and said in a deep voice, "In that case, let's all eat together."

They all want to try it, so there's no need to find a separate place; they can just do it right here.

Jolyne rummaged through the workshop and finally took out a plate of flame-confit salmon.

"Using the cooking technique of flame-sealing, we've created a shogi-style dish that locks in the delicious flavor of salmon. If you're prepared, come and try it!"

Suppressing the urge to burst out laughing, Jolyne spoke with a serious expression.

The dishes in Food Wars! are legendary dishes that are supposedly drugged!

Chapter 205 A Trap

[This chapter has been ordered to be revised. Please forgive any grammatical errors or awkward phrasing.]