Where's the promised harem of Heroic Spirits? Why is it all just me?

Behind Tokiomi, Kotomine Kirei felt the surging magical power, and his thoughts, which had drifted away, were pulled back.

If the Holy Grail War is over, Ruler should have returned to the Throne of Heroes...

He felt a little reluctant in his heart.

At this moment, on the cruise ship in the Pacific Ocean and in the ancient castle in Germany, each servant has made full preparations to meet their Master under the shining light.

They headed towards Fuyuki City from various directions, and this war hidden in the dark was about to begin.

In the flower shop, Meili touched her chin, looking like she was still trying to comb her hair.

"So we are the red team, and Assassin is the black team?" Mary said. "I still don't understand, didn't she say that to you before...oh~"

She seemed to finally understand.

"You're the one behind this, right? No wonder you asked me to keep it a secret."

As expected, I guessed it. It was because this guy knew too much that Bree reacted so strongly at the beginning.

"Don't look at me like that, Master. How could I mess up such an interesting thing?" Mary smiled brightly. "I'm the best at lying!"

90. Magic Workshop

Theoretically, the Holy Grail War has already begun, but some people are still on the way, that is, they are still in the preparation stage.

The flower shop that Bree used as its official base was a small three-story villa. In Japan in the 1990s, it was relatively easy to rent such a house.

Outside the villa is a yard with densely planted flowers of various kinds, and only a special stone path in the middle.

Originally, the flower shop would be open, earning some extra money while also spreading flowers throughout Fuyuki City, but with the Holy Grail War about to begin, Bree temporarily closed the shop.

Mary walked around the garden, commenting on the garden that Bree had set up around the mansion.

"From the perspective of mana mobilization, it would be better to plant flowers with water attributes."

Meili said, pointing to a bunch of flowers.

Bree followed him like a good apprentice.

He really needed to learn magic, and Mellie's willingness to teach him did help a lot.

However, Bree still paid attention to her little habits so as not to be too similar to Kama when he was in class.

Merry doesn't just give comments, she also improves some of the garden's layout and tells Bree in detail why she does so.

"That's amazing." While doing it, Mary suddenly exclaimed.

"what happened?"

"I can tell, right? These flowers grew within two months, and they're still so strong," Merry said. "Those seeds must have been cultivated in some place with abundant magical energy, right?"

"I have my ways," Bree said.

The abundant magic power that Merlin mentioned was for this era. Before planting these flowers, Bree would cultivate them for a while in the square of the host's house. When they were pulled to the western-style building, they had already grown to a considerable extent and therefore had not been noticed.

"You never let up at all times." Mary said helplessly.

As if she felt that there was nothing worth caring about in the garden, Mary walked towards the western-style building.

Bree watched Merry slowly walk back into the house and looked up at the third floor of the building.

At this time, Yurielle's clone was standing in the bedroom on the third floor, taking care of Sakura who had just fallen asleep.

Bree considered sending Sakura to some other place, but after thinking about it carefully, she realized that this place was the safest except for the host's home.

He rarely comes to this flower shop in person and almost never takes the initiative to contact Sakura.

In the past, I didn't keep in touch with him in order to keep a low profile as much as possible, in case the old bug had any tricks up his sleeve that I hadn't seen even after reading the original novel. As for now, it's just because I'm used to it.

Back in the western-style building, Mary began to inspect it very professionally. She planned to transform the building into a more solid and professional magic workshop.

Compared to Brie, who is a latecomer and relies entirely on clones, Meili is indeed much more professional and you can learn a lot from her.

"Oh? Master, your thing is flashing." Mary walked into the living room and saw a box on the table.

"...Ah, it should be starting." Bree looked at the box, reminiscing for a moment, remembering what it was about. "I should take a look at it. Hand it to me."

After taking the box from Merry, Bree turned on the TV in the living room.

An elegant and noble garden appeared on the screen. The shooting angle was very far, as if it was taken secretly from a tree.

"This is a picture of the Tohsaka family," Bree said.

"Tohsaka? A participant in this Holy Grail War?" Meli understood.

Just as magicians placed eyes in Fuyuki City to monitor unexpected situations, Bree also placed eyes in some places he knew.

During this time, he had made some progress in magic thanks to the teaching materials given to him by Merlin. At least if he gathered enough magic power, he could project images like this.

However, Bree already had enough perspectives, and if he connected all these surveillance cameras to his brain, he suspected that he would go crazy. Therefore, he conducted in-depth research for half a month and came up with this ceremonial outfit.

In the original work, Bree has placed this kind of advanced "eye" in the more representative places, and the one in the TV is used to monitor the Tohsaka family.

The strongholds of magicians are usually carefully arranged, and even a Heroic Spirit would find it difficult to guarantee that they can take them down intact, let alone a veteran like Tōsaka Tokiomi.

But this time, Tokiomi deliberately relaxed his control over the area surrounding the base, allowing other participants to see what was happening in his home.

As for the reason, Bree, who has read the original novel, knows it. Tokiomi wants to show off the five stars he just drew.

In the blurry picture, a muscular man wearing a skull mask is doing gymnastics and tumbling towards the garden.

There is the protective eye of the entire Tohsaka Mansion. As long as it is picked out, most of the magic arrangements of the entire Tohsaka Mansion will be removed.

However, just before Assassin could touch the gem, a shining sword came down from the sky and shattered Assassin's arm.

"Oh!" Merry exclaimed, "It's King Gilgamesh."

"He's not as easy to get along with as the ones we know," Bree said.

Because Merlin's true form is still alive, he can still have memories of his previous Servant identity, just like Artoria in the Fifth War also has memories of the Fourth War.

"Of course I know." Mary smiled.

The story was still going on on TV, and Bree already knew the subsequent plot. After a series of trash talk, Gilgamesh let Wang Cai stab the assassin to a pulp.

After Hassan the Hundred Faces was summoned, each of her clones was relatively independent. In other words, if a clone was broken, it was really broken, unlike Bree's clone, which would cool down and become a beautiful girl again.

This assassin clone was tricked by Kotomine Kirei, and ended up becoming a discarded pawn for Tokiomi to show off his muscles.

The reason why Tohsaka Tokiomi put on such a show was not only to show off his muscles, but also to arrange for Assassin to fake his death, so that he could send Hassan the Hundred Faces to monitor other Masters and clear the suspicion of Kotomine and the Tohsaka alliance.

That being said, in the original story, this plan didn't work out well, and the assassin was quickly discovered.

"It's boring." Merry turned off the TV. "It's amazing that his Master could persuade him to act like this."

"I'm afraid it will take a long time to beg." Bree said, and he immediately thought of Tokiomi's humble and contemptuous attitude towards Winky in the original work.

There is a clay tablet of destiny lying quietly in Bree's system space. The wise king promised that as long as he can see this clay tablet in the future, he will remember that he owes Bree a favor.

Although he looks good, Gong Shan's personality still makes people feel uneasy. He might be pierced by the treasure before he can even take out the clay tablet.

"Get ready. Tonight is the day when the Holy Grail War officially begins." Bree said, looking at the clock.

91. Provocation (Bounty Settlement)

On the first night of the Holy Grail War, most Masters had just summoned their Servants when they received the news that Assassin had left the battlefield.

Such rapid progress shocked everyone involved, and they were all impressed by the strength of the Servant who defeated Assassin.

In the afternoon, Lanise came to Weber's Japanese-style house. She knocked on the door quietly and waited for what would happen next.

"Squeak..."

The door opened, revealing a tired-looking Weber. He looked at Lanis and the two servants behind her in surprise.

I recognize the Saber covered in armor, but I don't think I've ever seen the one with horns on her head.

"She is……"

"This is a berserker, also on our team." Lanis said, "Can you let me in?"

"Of course..." Weber stepped aside and watched Lenise lead people into the room.

Inside the house, a burly red-haired man in a vest was sitting in front of the TV, happily playing games.

Bree has tried to buy some games from this era, but overall the experience was very poor. Unlike the romantic era reminisced by online marketing accounts, there is no shortage of shoddy games in any era, especially this era which is too old compared to the era Bree is familiar with.

Hearing the footsteps of Lanis and others coming in, Iskandar glanced at them.

"Are you what you call teammates?"

"Of course, we are all on the Black Team." As she spoke, Lannis took off her gloves, revealing the black Command Seals.

"I still don't quite understand why the Holy Grail didn't just tell us directly about such a big thing as changing the rules." The King of Conquerors said as if he was in great distress.

Although he looks big and strong, he is actually a very careful person.

Mordred walked up behind the King of Conquerors. "We don't understand either, but it was an order from the Holy Church after all—Hey, there's an ambush behind that canyon!"

"Ah! It's true!" Iskandar immediately shortened the distance between his eyes and the TV, seemingly ignoring the topic here.

"Let's talk business!" Weber wanted to stamp his feet to express his dissatisfaction, but considering that he was in front of the girls, he held back his temper.

Iskandar dropped the controller. "Alright, alright... Since we're teammates, tell me your real names. Just to be clear, I'm Iskandar, the King of Conquerors."

He didn't care at all about revealing his real name, but Lanis could sense that there was shrewdness hidden in those little eyes.

"The Berserker's Master hasn't revealed her name to me, but Saber should be fine, right?"

The true names of Heroic Spirits may contain their weaknesses and should not be revealed easily.

But Bree did not intend to hide Mordred's identity. After all, normally speaking, his identity would be exposed as soon as he saw Artoria tonight.

Mordred raised his head and glanced at Lanis. "If my Lord requires me to introduce myself, then of course I have no problem. I am Mordred, a Knight of the Round Table, and the only heir of King Arthur."

She was still wearing a helmet, so no one could see her expression.

Waver showed a surprised expression. He didn't expect that Mordred would reveal himself so naturally.

"Oh, the rebellious knight." Iskandar was very good at grasping the key points.

"Are you provoking me?!"

"Calm down, okay?" Lanise pulled herself back at the right moment.

Iskandar chuckled. "Heroes' titles all come from their most famous legends. However, as our ally, if you don't like it, I don't have to say that."

After saying that, he straightened his expression and said, "However, since we are seven against seven this time, are we the only ones here?"

"In fact, not everyone knows which team they should be on," said Lanice.

"Are you Master Saber?" Waver asked, looking at Frankenstein. "Her..."

"The Berserker's Master refuses to show up, so he's given me full authority to command the Berserker," Lanis said. "Besides that, we have an assassin... As for the rest, they're either still missing or refusing to cooperate."

"For example, Archer?" Waver mentioned Oda Nobunaga again. It seemed that night had indeed left a deep shadow on him. As he spoke, he suddenly raised his head again, "Wait a minute, do we still have Assassin? Is he still alive?"

Lanis looked at Weber and nodded.

"The one who was killed last night was..."

Waver also monitored the battle last night. Although he couldn't be 100% sure of the identity of the golden servant, the black one was definitely the assassin.

"If that golden figure is indeed Archer, then didn't the red Archer kill the red Assassin last night?"

Weber's brain was indeed quick, and he immediately spotted the problem.

"Either the Red Team members are like some of ours and still don't know who their teammates are, or...are they acting?"

"Hahahaha..." Iskandar suddenly burst into laughter. "You woke me up this morning, saying something terrible was happening, like the sky was falling."

"Don't laugh so loudly!"

"The Master of the red Archer is confirmed to be Tōsaka Tokiomi. If he's truly acting, then Assassin's Master is most likely his disciple, Kotomine Kirei." Lanis felt it was time to reveal some information. "In this way, the identities of the two enemies are confirmed."

"I understand. As long as we know who the enemy is, there will be no problem." Iskandar waved his hand confidently, "Get ready for victory."

"You're so confident." Lanis stood up and said, "Well, see you tonight."

"Are you just going to sit here for a while?" Iskandar said, as if he were the master of the house. He turned to look at Waver and said, "Well, how about we go out for a walk too, Master?"

"It's long overdue!"

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