I am the protagonist

In the field of magic, Medea is now practically an all-rounder.

Artificial alchemy may be an area she is not good at, but that lack of skill is only relative to the magicians of the Age of Gods, not to this modern magician.

"Then, I'll leave my adoptive mother and my former sister to you."

"Ah."

"Two days. I need two days to prepare those two people's bodies."

The Holy Grail War begins tomorrow, and it's already the last day of the day. If we want to start preparing materials, we can only officially begin tomorrow.

It will take two days for my body to be fully prepared.

"Then these next two days will be the same as usual. Medea, you will be in charge of the health of your foster mother and the others, and at the same time keep an eye on those places."

"I will also have Rin and Sakura keep an eye on things with their familiars. We ended the last few days by not going out."

"After all the other Masters came out one by one, we all started to move freely."

Shirou still adopted a relatively conservative fighting style.

However, this conservative approach is more in line with the current situation of these intruders.

They were not Masters or Servants in this Holy Grail War, and even the Church of Saints had no way of knowing about the existence of the other three Servants.

All we need to do now is wait for the opportunity to come.

Once the opportunity arises, victory in the Holy Grail War is practically guaranteed.

Therefore, what is needed now is not reckless behavior, but a more cautious and careful approach.

There is absolutely no need to step into the public eye before being fully exposed.

Moreover, any Masters and Servants who intrude are likely to be targeted by the current Masters and Servants, and Shirou certainly doesn't want that to happen.

"Medea, have they noticed your familiars over there?"

"Rin and Sakura's familiars have already been detected, right?"

"However, my familiar should not have been discovered."

While using her familiars to conduct reconnaissance, Medea had already discovered that Rin and Sakura's familiars had already been noticed by the Masters.

In the realm of controlling familiars, only magicians with sufficient experience can fully utilize this method of intelligence gathering.

"Assassin hasn't started moving yet, and my familiar hasn't been discovered by them. If we wait until Assassin starts moving, my familiar won't be able to hide for long."

"It's alright, that's enough."

Chapter 132 The Acting Master's Thoughts

That evening, Kiritsugu Emiya was already trying to contact his adopted son using sticky notes.

"How are Alice and Ilya's health?"

There's nothing seriously wrong.

[The problems with both the foster mother and Ilya stemmed from their status as alchemical artificial lifeforms. The Einzberns created their bodies as vessels, with their hearts forming the core. Combined with the effects of catalysis and the Holy Grail, this resulted in their bodies being in a very poor state.]

Their bodies now need to be discarded.

However, this problem isn't too serious. This morning, Medea began using their cells to rebuild their bodies, which should take about two days.

Knowing that there was a solution for his wife and daughter's health, Kiritsugu Emiya felt much relieved.

"The information about Ryunosuke Uryu has been investigated. Just as you said, that man has indeed been committing crimes in Fuyuki City."

"However, that man was a master criminal, and he always managed to evade the police."

[After all, he was a serial killer. Although he was a madman, he couldn't be too stupid, otherwise he wouldn't have escaped the police's capture so long.]

[There's another matter. After my foster mother and Ilya's souls are transferred to their new bodies, their past bodies will completely collapse. I will remove their hearts before their bodies crumble.]

[Once that madman becomes a Master, capture a few of them.]

I'll contact Uncle Tohsaka and tell him about the serial killer. He should then be able to draw all the Masters' attention to that man.

"Tokiomi Tohsaka..."

"Yes, he's Rin and Sakura's father. I can't just ignore him."

However, the real trouble isn't him; Kirei Kotomine is still alive ten years later, and that man is the biggest problem.

[Of those who survived the Fourth Holy Grail War, only Kirei Kotomine and Lord El-Melloi II survived. Even your adoptive father passed away a few years after the Holy Grail War.]

However, Kirei Kotomine lived for ten years afterward; his existence is abnormal.

[I've now instructed Medea to keep a close eye on the Church, but we'll be alerted as soon as Assassin begins to act.]

Although I did remind Uncle Tohsaka, but...

"...The betrayal of heroic spirits is unavoidable."

【correct. 】

If someone dies even when they have Servants readily available to summon, then the cause must lie with the Servants themselves.

Kiritsugu Emiya knew that Heroic Spirits were an uncontrollable factor.

Tokiomi Tohsaka also died in this Holy Grail War, but he continued to investigate his information, and even conducted a second autopsy on the mages he killed.

Kiritsugu Emiya already knew that Tokiomi Tohsaka was investigating him.

It was precisely because he knew that Tokiomi Tohsaka had been investigating him that Kiritsugu Emiya became even more certain that Tokiomi Tohsaka was an extremely cautious person.

The most likely reason such a person would be killed is betrayal.

Whether it's Kirei Kotomine's betrayal or the Heroic Spirit's betrayal, unless both sides join forces, it's impossible to succeed so easily.

"The problem now lies with the other five Masters and Servants."

The other five Servants and their Masters each have their own problems.

However, I heard from Artoria that the Caster group is a pair of serial killers and psychopaths. We can leave that matter alone for now; their indiscriminate killings will definitely attract the attention of the Holy Church.

The Berserker and Rider groups are similar; their respective Masters have relatively weaker abilities.

[Wave-Velvet and Matou Kariya are relatively weak as Masters, and both are unstable factors, so it's better to wait and see for now.]

[Especially the Rider group; this year's Riders possess a very unique Reality Marble. Underestimating them will come at a price.]

[The Assassin combination is troublesome; this year's Assassin is Hassan with a hundred faces, who possesses the ability to materialize multiple personalities.]

Although each individual Assassin is not very strong due to the split, their intelligence gathering capabilities are astonishing.

Kiritsugu Emiya frowned. Knowing this information, he understood just how many troublesome figures there were in this Holy Grail War.

"Assassin is a big problem. Allowing him to live too long will allow them to investigate most of the information about the Servants and Masters."

They are indeed a problem, but they are not individuals who have faded into obscurity, so completely wiping them out is not an easy task.

Can you imagine those guys who lurk in the dark gathering together?

Even if you want to completely slaughter them, you need a suitable opportunity.

"It seems there's no way to quickly resolve the Assassin situation for the time being."

Assassin is currently the biggest threat.

Other Heroic Spirits also pose a certain threat, but those threats can be confronted head-on. However, it's not so easy to quickly eliminate Assassins who are hiding behind the scenes investigating intelligence.

Assassin's individual abilities may not be very strong, but the problem with this generation of Assassin is their intelligence gathering ability.

"Are you planning to go into hiding for the time being?"

[Well, as intruders, if we are discovered, it might cause some unnecessary trouble.]

Until the situation becomes clearer, we will continue our operations from the shadows.

Kiritsugu Emiya agreed with this approach, believing that unnecessary trouble should be avoided before the situation became clear.

But what he needs now is someone to take his place and go to the front.

"Simply hiding can also cause some trouble."

[...I see. So you want me to become Saber's acting Master in your place.]

This way, you can provide support from behind the scenes, while I can step forward openly and honestly.

"how?"

[Foster father, you originally planned for foster mother to do this, didn't you?]

“Iris is the best choice. As someone from Einzbern, other Masters will be more hesitant to attack her.”

"Okay, that's fine. I'm fine on my end."

What about Saber?

"She will take a flight to Fuyuki City tomorrow and will arrive in Fuyuki City this afternoon."

"Okay, then I'll pick her up from the airport tomorrow and take her to see other places while I'm at it."

If circumstances allow, I'll have Saber provoke the other Servants, just to make a brief appearance before them.

Chapter 133 Picking up Saber at the Airport

"Hey……"

Saber's feelings remained complicated as she sat on the plane.

As an honest, upright, noble, and untouchable knight, he ended his life as a simple knight king, willing to give everything for the people and the country no matter what the future held.

That was her original decision.

But the future seems to be very different from what she imagined.

In the future, she participated in the Fifth Holy Grail War once again, and during the Fifth Holy Grail War, she fell in love with her Master.

"Why did I fall in love with that Master?"

Saber couldn't understand this question at all.

Before I knew it, the plane had arrived at its destination.

Saber, alone, slowly walked off the plane, but the person who greeted her gave her quite a shock.

"It's you!?"

"Are you surprised?"

"Why isn't it Kiritsugu?"

"Of course it's because your adoptive father and you are so incompatible. He is good at assassination, and he does it in all sorts of ways. That must be unacceptable to you."

Saber was speechless; she couldn't accept assassination by any means necessary.

"Therefore, I will act alongside you as your proxy Master."

"Einzbern's situation has always been kept secret. Einzbern, who didn't have much contact with the outside world, wouldn't have been informed even if he had become like that."

"Although there were rumors that the Einzbern family had married into the family several years ago, no one could be sure whether that son-in-law was the Master of this Holy Grail War."

Although it was already known to outsiders that Eindzbern had taken in a son-in-law, who could be sure that this wasn't a cover-up by Eindzbern?

Intelligence is a crucial factor in warfare.

The ability to conceal one's own information is the most fundamental element of the Holy Grail War, much like how Heroic Spirits need to protect their names.

Once a Heroic Spirit's true name is known, tactics can be deployed to counter their abilities, and most Heroic Spirits whose true names are known will be targeted.

The same applies to Masters.

"In that case, Kiritsugu can go underground, which will make it easier for him to do some things, and the Masters who are targeting him will also shift their focus."

Such a Master is indeed very incompatible with her.

Now she understands why she and Kiritsugu are so incompatible.

"But if that's the case, aren't you in a lot of danger?"

"I don't really have much of a problem. No matter what kind of Heroic Spirit I'm facing, I have my own advantages."

"You claim to have your own advantages when facing Heroic Spirits... Indeed, your inexplicable magic is somewhat unusual."

Saber recalled that the boy in front of her had indeed used very unusual magic; the swords she had seen that day were somewhat similar to Noble Phantasms.

However, Saber abandoned that idea once she realized that the boy in front of her was just a magician.