You are very strong, but my painting style is better than yours!

Roar!

With a roar, the pursuing "fish" moved its short, thick, and powerful forelimbs, its long whiskers swaying, and opened its large mouth full of sharp teeth.

"This is terrible!"

The red archer's expression was solemn.

"...We don't have an oven or plates that big!"

Is this the crux of the matter?

Red Yama jumped up in a panic, "Hurry up and deal with it! I don't want to get that slime on me; it's really hard to wash off once it seeps into my feathers!"

"learn."

Emiya stepped forward, watching the "fish" rampage through the crowd, destroying countless tables and chairs. With remarkable composure and practiced ease, he reached into his apron pocket (don't be surprised, as everyone knows the apron is Emiya's battle attire).

"Xiu~!!!"

The whistle emitted a crisp and penetrating sound, and like a starting pistol, several magical reactions suddenly appeared, instantly reaching the kitchen area.

"Drink!"

The blond prince drew his magnificent antique golden sword, leaped up, and thrust it straight down on the fish's head, easily blasting it apart.

"Everyone, move aside! The old man's autopsy show is about to begin!"

In the instant the giant fish fell, time seemed to freeze. The dignified old swordsman appeared alone beneath the fish, seemingly slowly but swiftly drawing his long sword—

Wow!

It was just like a scene from a gourmet anime. The belly of the big fish was completely cut open, and the intestines and internal organs were smoothly expelled. When the fish fell to the ground, the force of the impact separated the skin, flesh, and bones, instantly disintegrating into eighteen evenly sized parts.

"Well done, Mr. Yagyu!"

"Such swordsmanship is truly captivating!"

Ka!

Yagyu Munenori sheathed his sword without any arrogance.

"It's just to repay a debt of gratitude."

—Old Master Yagyu owes the kitchen a great debt of gratitude.

As the swordsmanship instructor of the Shogunate, the old swordsman always maintained proper etiquette and cautious behavior in front of others, even on days like lunchtime when he should have been completely relaxed. But that day... after witnessing the unrestrained way Miss Black Saber next door ate, the rough side of his martial arts side awakened within him.

Just trying it out—with that thought in mind, he sneaked into the kitchen for the first time in his life, and instead of cutting the yokan into small pieces, he opened the package and started chewing it... and then he was seen!

Emiya-san gently kept the matter from others, but Yagyu felt he owed him a favor.

Actually, many people have something on them that kitchen-related Servants can use against them, but the old sword saint is just being extra careful.

For example, Hohenheim, who is rushing up now to detoxify the fish.

As a rational, calm, and materialistic magician, Hohenheim didn't actually have high demands for food.

But one night, when Emiya returned to get something, he found someone doing something in the kitchen. After observing from the shadows for a while, he realized that it was Hohenheim.

Why is the alchemist in the kitchen? Is he hungry?

Emiya didn't disturb him, quietly watching as Hohenheim infused his own concoction (marked "Experiment Number Three") into the food. And that food was some high-grade beef that a certain gleaming archer had entrusted to him...

I didn't see anything—Emiya gently chose to ignore it.

"Oh no, this is such a mess, dinner is about to be served!"

The little sparrow cried out in surprise.

"Please leave it to us!"

One after another, dark figures appeared out of nowhere, carrying mops, buckets, and cleaning agents, and began to get busy. The messy cafeteria was transformed into a neat and tidy place at a visible speed.

It's [Hassan the Hundred-Faced]!

……

Iori slept well~

After concluding his exploration of Chaldea, he did not rush back to Soul Society. Instead, he stayed in Chaldea, hoping to use the vast amount of information there to find a solution to the problems of the three worlds.

On the other hand, Chaldea may be dangerous, but if you are strong enough and not afraid of death, it is a really interesting place. No matter how long you stay here, you will never feel bored.

Moreover, the food here is definitely something to look forward to!

Iori holds a high status in various other worlds, and one would expect her to be tired of all kinds of high-class cuisine. However, Chaldea is the only place where she can always come up with innovative dishes, using incredibly strange-looking ingredients to create dishes that whet the appetite.

For Iori, mornings at Chaldea are wonderful.

However, he arrived a little early today (for some reason, he wanted to see how the Servants from the cafeteria faction would react).

Then, he witnessed a rather unusual scene in the cafeteria:

"Captain, catch!"

"Yay! All done!"

The young hero used a long-handled spoon to precisely catch the splashing acid. As he turned around, he reached out his other hand and took the fermented dough from Valkyrie's hand. Despite his short stature, he possessed admirable wrist strength, placing the dough, which weighed as much as his entire body, in one hand.

The large Chaldea-made oven was put into the Magic Prism as fuel, and the magic circle on the baking tray inside glowed with iridescent light. On the intricate pattern lay pieces of mouthwatering homemade cheese.

Captain Nemo had just finished his work when a burst of steam shot out, obscuring his figure. Then, as the steam rose, Artoria's figure emerged—the one in white.

The innocent and naive yuri girl, who has not yet become a queen and has not yet awakened her "kingly stomach," is like a female knight from a farming family, cleanly and efficiently assisting the chefs.

What? Blue, black, and from a brat?

—The kitchen is a restricted area, so it's only natural that they are forbidden from entering!

"The flame temperature has been reduced by 1200. The Cerberus steaks that Hercules sent need to be cooked over a low flame at the end."

As he spoke, Emiya traced the runes on the side of the stove, and three pillars of fire—blue, red, and gold—immediately separated from the stove.

This is a precious item given to the kitchen by the Queen of the Land of Shadows; it is said to be modeled after the large cauldron of Valhalla.

That's how Odin, the Father God, was able to feed so many heroic warriors!

Oil sparks exploded into golden flowers, and the clear sound of blades rang out—in a huge kitchen, more than a dozen Servants moved back and forth, creating a Shura field (realm barrier) that no bystanders could enter.

"……call!"

Iori wiped the sweat from his forehead; even he was somewhat shocked by the intense scene.

Especially when I saw Medea and Circe helping in the kitchen, my heart couldn't help but clench, and I started to wonder what I had actually eaten... No, no, there's no need to worry.

After all, the kitchen was that man's territory—Emiya Emiya was the only one who could not back down on this point, and he would absolutely not allow these people to joke about food!

"I think I'm too early."

Iori sat down and said to the little sparrow who came over to serve, "You all seem very busy, don't mind me."

"It's alright, sir, you don't need to worry. Most of the cooking is already done. The reason it looks complicated now is because we've entered the final stage—"

Prepare special meals for individual Servants.

"Special meal?"

Iori was quite interested.

"Yes, this is a reward from the kitchen for the heroic spirits,"

Red Enma patiently explained, "For those heroic spirits who are celebrating their birthdays or have just finished a mission, we will give them a chance to order food. As long as the kitchen can make it, we will make it separately for them in addition to the daily menu."

"oh oh!"

Iori raised an eyebrow. "Speaking of which, I just did a mission yesterday... Can I reserve one, Joe?"

"Thank you for your trouble! Of course!"

Red Enma smiled sweetly and placed the accounting board in her hand on the table, but Iori looked at it and found that it was just a tablet.

"You can add your wishes to the list."

Special menus for each Heroic Spirit scroll across the holographic screen:

British Gratitude Set Meal: Stargazing and Fish and Chips.

Princess Xingbu's Secret Recipe: A otaku girl's happy water preserved in a thousand-year barrier (ingredients questionable).

Far East Ninja Collaboration Set Meal: A Full Rice Feast.

……

"Is this just out of curiosity?"

Iori's lips twitched slightly; just looking at this list made him think that the so-called food ordering was not very reliable.

"This is golden apple sauce sent by Atalanta."

Red A took the earthenware pot from Circe.

"And this is a Chinese dish specially prepared for the priest."

"Yes, I deliberately preserved some wonderful scents; I hope he'll like them."

As Emiya pushed the special Mapo Tofu over, the chili oil created a perfect yin-yang pattern on the bottom of the plate.

"Cuisine is nothing more than another form of miracle construction."

—Emiya looked at the zeroed-out meal supply numbers on the cafeteria's electronic screen, took off a hot towel to wipe his hands, and removed his apron.

Realistic Marble Closed!

Generally speaking, after this, Emiya will shed his former glory and become an ordinary archer, just like Cinderella at midnight.

He has always been proud of this, and this process has never been wrong over the years.

But today, he was unusually hesitant—

It was a stack of photos placed in the dressing room, neatly arranged, about twenty in total. Lifting them revealed a picture of a sexy woman wearing extremely provocative purple lingerie, with animal ears on her head and a fluffy tail extending from her waist—

Merlin?

"Well!"

The thick photograph was crumpled by his hand, and Emiya felt every hair on his body stand on end, his teeth clenching together without him even realizing it.

What on earth is going on...? Is this a cursed photo? The kind where if you don't forward it at least ten times, the thing in the photo will come after you at night?

I, the Heroic Spirit Emiya, usually do good deeds and accumulate merit. Even Servants with the Chaos Evil attribute praise my cooking. Who could I have offended to suffer such vicious retaliation?!

Lifting a photograph and looking at them one by one... it was a display of poses comparable to Playboy magazine. At first, Merlin was a little reserved, but later he was completely enjoying himself, throwing in all sorts of flirtatious glances and shameful gestures...

"call!"

Merlin!

Merlin must be up to something again!

"Lily? Where is Lily?"

Emiya sneered and turned to search for the girl who was as pure as a lily and the only one among the many ahoge (antenna-like hairpins) who respected Merlin:

"Lily, I've got something good for you—"

"..."

After that day, Merlin inexplicably developed a bruise on his face and suffered a significant mental blow.

Chapter 509 Athena's Astounding Wisdom.

Here, in the boundless starry sky, exists a petite silver-haired girl. Threads of silk flow through her delicate white hands, and blue and white lines of destiny form the most complex array in the world, stretching all the way to the other side of the starlight.

The [Boundary Recording Tape] is where countless lights of humanity converge, and it is also the essence of the [Throne of Heroes].

Of course, the true [Boundary Recording Belt] cannot be observed with the naked eye; it is a higher-dimensional existence located outside the world and independent of the timeline.

What flowed through the girl's hand was merely a "virtual projection":

【MoonCell】, a spiritual computer on the moon, can connect to 【Throne of Heroes】 and download data, summoning heroes as Servants into its virtual electronic world.

This massive computer, a remnant of an alien civilization, possesses unimaginable computing power and storage capacity. The amount of data it downloads is also astonishing. It uses this data to create a dedicated database to simulate the operation of the Throne of Heroes and attempts to analyze and iteratively evolve it.

In conclusion, the in-depth analysis of the Throne of Heroes failed... Even with such a large amount of data, it still couldn't truly function and suffered from numerous major flaws. It looked impressive, but was actually just an empty shell, lacking any real substance.

To go further... even Minecraft would fall into various logical inconsistencies and errors, and its running speed would be quite slow, just like trying to mine Bitcoin with a NES console.