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

"Is it possible for Lancer to save Kenneth? We might have wasted a batch of bombs."

"Even without a Servant, a monarch wouldn't be so easy to destroy." Emiya Kiritsugu said, "But at least we destroyed the enemy's magic workshop... Tell Saber to retreat, she has completed her mission."

Altria stood on the ground, looking at the hotel that had collapsed into ruins in front of her, her eyes filled with shock.

She had originally thought that the Holy Grail War should be a duel between heroic spirits, with the final winner receiving the spoils.

But this time, the Master didn't seem to think so.

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In the underground parking lot, Diarmuid used his spear to pick up a stone, revealing the mercury ball inside.

"Master...are you okay?" There were signs of injuries all over his body. It was a great feat for him to stay alive after falling from such a height with all the rubble.

The mercury in front of him slowly flowed, opening a small hole and revealing a blond man and a frightened woman.

Although the magic workshop he had painstakingly built had blown up, Kenneth looked much more stable.

"See, I can do that, too."

Although he didn't know what Kayneth was referring to, Diarmuid felt relieved when he saw that Kayneth was in a much better mood. "As expected of you, my Lord."

"clatter……"

The sound of thick soles of boots stepping on gravel was heard, and Diarmuid, who was already highly nervous, immediately grabbed his gun and looked back.

I saw a petite figure standing at the end of the parking lot in the distance. She was wearing loose clothes that looked like ancient Chinese style, and she looked up at the ruins in front of her.

"Even after I warned you, it still collapsed like this." The girl's words seemed to be mocking.

"...Is this the piece of paper you gave me?" Kenneth stared at her coldly.

The eyes that were originally set up everywhere were reduced to ashes along with the hotel. Kenneth had mortal eyes and could not see the appearance of the girl opposite him at such a distance.

But the voice sounded extremely familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere, but it seemed more mature.

This is very strange, considering that the girl's voice doesn't sound like an adult's.

"Of course. I thought the famous El-Melloi brother would be able to react properly. You've disappointed me a bit, huh?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who are you? Did you plant the bomb?" The other person's words vaguely revealed that he seemed to be very familiar with him, which made Kenneth quite unhappy.

Diarmuid also raised his spear and pointed it at her, waiting for his lord's order.

"I'm a master of the black side?" As the girl said this, the shadow under her feet spread out, and a tall, silver maid rose from her side.

Kenneth's eyes widened. He felt that this maid was made of his masterpiece, the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid.

"The one who blew you up was a guy named Emiya Kiritsugu. I heard he was your teammate?" Lainie revealed the spoiler without hesitation.

"..." Come to think of it, Kenneth has done some research on the opponent he might face this time.

People like Emiya Kiritsugu, who lacked the dignity of a magus, were exactly the kind of people he despised the most.

"As expected, people without any sense of shame or etiquette will destroy the rules of magic rituals like pigs." Although he always looked down on the Holy Grail War, Kenneth still had a respectful attitude towards magic.

100. Heart-to-heart talk

Kiritsugu Emiya only cares about making the Holy Grail appear, even if it means killing his teammates for it. Or rather, he never trusts anyone.

"What's your purpose in coming here? Just to tell me who did it?"

Kenneth stopped discussing Emiya Kiritsugu and turned to question Lanice.

"I'm here to laugh at you. I've been around here for a long time, expecting something different, but you've been blown down just like I expected." Lanis laughed loudly. "I say again, I'm disappointed."

She was indeed disappointed. Even after handing over the note, the plot didn't change at all, and the system didn't even bother to make a sound.

Kenneth's expression turned cold. "...Stinky brat, if I were your guardian, I would definitely teach you a lesson about manners."

"I'm just stating the facts... It just so happens that there's a troublemaker on your red team who'd rather blow up his teammates, and we also have a disobedient black team member." Lanis raised her hand to Kenneth, "Then why don't we join forces?"

"Are you kidding me? You've tampered with my formal attire in such a superfluous way, and even mocked me, and you still want me to form an alliance with you?" Kenneth looked at the mercury maid beside Lanis and said with a frown.

It seems that he really cares about this pool of Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid.

"When you've made up your mind, just wait for me at the bridge." Lanis didn't force it. Director Ken's arrogant personality made it impossible for him to agree to a casual alliance right away.

Just wait for Emiya Kiritsugu or his other clones to teach him a few more lessons.

"Come when you want and leave when you want?"

Kenneth refused to let her go, but the girl just turned around and disappeared right in front of him.

His facial muscles stiffened and he looked at Diarmuid beside him: "Lancer, do you feel her presence?"

"I'm sorry, my lord." Diarmuid shook his head apologetically, his face full of shock and shame.

"Waste." As if he had finally found an outlet, Kayneth glared at Diarmuid, then completely collected the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid that enveloped himself and his fiancée, "Let's go, we have to find the next base as soon as possible... Emiya Kiritsugu..."

Like a vengeful devil, Kenneth kept repeating the name in his heart.

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In the Tōsaka residence, Gilgamesh was furious, and Tōsaka Tokiomi made amends and apologized, which calmed the king down.

Gilgamesh took off his heavy golden armor and let down his waxy hair. He wore a white short-sleeved shirt and lay on the sofa in Tokiomi's house.

Various kinds of red wine were placed on the coffee table; these were all from Tokiomi's collection.

"Squeak."

Kotomine Kirei opened the door and walked out. He had just reviewed the results of the battle that took place the entire night with Tokiomi.

"You look distracted." Gilgamesh suddenly said.

"..."

Archer's sudden conversation made Kotomine Kirei very confused. This was the first time he had formally spoken to him.

"I have always been like this." Kotomine Kirei said.

"Being like this all the time doesn't mean it's normal. You look very empty. Do you need me to help you find something to do?"

"The oldest hero king also works part-time as a psychologist?" Kotomine Kirei showed no interest in him.

"My patience with different people varies." Gilgamesh sat up. "People like Tōsaka Tokiomi are just boring to the point of being irritating. But since he chooses to be a subject, I can fulfill some of his wishes."

"..." Yanfeng was silent for a while, and he finally spoke, "For the past month and a half, I have been concentrating on doing something, but no matter how hard I try, I can't find the answer I want."

"What answer do you want?" Gilgamesh suddenly asked.

"...I don't know either." Kotomine Kirei's eyes dimmed.

"...Huh, huhahaha!" Gilgamesh was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. "Can you call it pursuing something if you don't even know what you want?"

"You won't understand that feeling." Kotomine Kirei shook his head.

The excitement he felt when he first saw Ruler's performance is still fresh in his memory.

However, as the Holy Grail War drew closer, he hadn't received any news about where Ruler was performing for a long time. Although he knew the reason, he still felt a deep emptiness in his heart when he suddenly gave up what had become a habit.

Gilgamesh scoffed disdainfully, "I am a natural-born king. My words have been my bond since birth. I have personally witnessed all the joys and sorrows of the world. Are you disrespecting me with these words?"

This man has seen everything and his footprints are all over the world. He knows everything and has tasted all the bitterness, sweetness and sourness of life.

This is the opening line of the Epic of Gilgamesh, and it further proves the experience of the most ancient hero-king.

Gilgamesh's attitude was obviously a little angry. Kotomine Kirei wanted to be humble like his teacher and coax this angry cat.

But when he thought that it would mean belittling the shock he felt when watching Ruler's performance, he didn't want to say anything.

He could only remain silent and express his stubbornness silently.

Seeing that Kotomine Kirei did not give in immediately, Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes and could not help but look up to Kotomine Kirei.

"Since you insist so much, why don't you tell me what it feels like?" Gilgamesh's tone softened a lot.

Kotomine Kirei closed his eyes. He seemed to be back to that day, huddled together with a group of people, waiting for their idol to come on stage: "That feeling... is like the bright moon in the sky. I know I can't get close, but in the night, I instinctively want to look up..."

"Forget it." Kotomine was still trying to form his words, but Gilgamesh raised his hand to interrupt him. "You're just using frivolous rhetoric. Why don't you just take me there to experience it for myself?"

"...She won't appear in the near future." Kotomine Kirei shook his head.

"She? Is she a person?" Gilgamesh became interested. "Who is she?"

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In front of the collapsed hotel, many police officers and firefighters have surrounded the place, doing their best to count the losses and casualties.

The extinguished flames were emitting thick black smoke. Not only the hotel was collapsed, but also some surrounding residential buildings were affected.

"Thank you."

A wounded man was carried into the ambulance, and the doctor who was busy counting the number of people thanked the enthusiastic pink-haired girl.

They found that the injured people brought up by the girl had already been bandaged, and the bandage was done very professionally.

The girl just waved at them and turned back to join the team rescuing the injured.

She did not belong to any public profession and was really just a volunteer who suddenly joined, but none of the firefighters or doctors present questioned her participation in the rescue at the ruins site.

101. Volunteer

After Lannis's clone confirmed that the hotel had collapsed as usual, Bree herself transformed into Nightingale, mixed into the rescue team, and searched for surviving wounded people among the tiles and rubble.

After purchasing this hotel, Kenneth moved most of the people away in order to transform it into a magic base. Even so, when the explosion occurred, many people were affected.

These people were either allowed to stay in order to cover up the mystery, or they happened to be passing by. The most unlucky ones were the surrounding residents who were affected by the bomb.

Fortunately, the number of people is not particularly large after all. If we fight hard, we should be able to rescue them all before dawn.

Unfortunately, Nightingale did not have the ability to detect the location of the wounded, and the search work still relied on the wounded's calls for help and experience exploration.

Fortunately, after becoming Nightingale, she had many ways to keep the injured people alive as much as possible. As long as they were still alive, she could at least send them to the ambulance.

After a busy night, the sky was already getting light, and batches of wounded were taken away in ambulances.

After sending away another wounded person, it seemed that there were no other survivors, so Nightingale sat down on the only two steps left to rest.

"Thank you so much." A man dressed as a firefighter walked up to Nightingale and wiped the sweat off his forehead. "I heard the police had received the news that this hotel was going to be bombed a while ago, but for some reason, they didn't take any action."

"That's odd," agreed Bree.

This was obviously unusual. No wonder there was no response after Bree called the police. Perhaps Kiritsugu had used some means to ensure that the bomb exploded normally.

After expressing their gratitude to Nightingale, the firefighters returned to their team, apparently to assess the damage caused by the disaster, leaving Bree alone to watch the scenery.

To her surprise, she saw Father Kotomine Risei among the crowd of onlookers.

"..."

After thinking silently for a while, Nightingale walked forward and came close to Kotomine Risei.

"Are you a priest? Do you know why there was an explosion here?"

Yanfeng Li turned her head and saw a tall, dusty girl looking at her seriously.

The girl looked like a foreigner, perhaps a frightened Catholic. Kotomine Risei straightened his expression and said, "I'm not sure, but from what the police have said, it seems the gas pipeline is in disrepair."

"...I thought they were terrorists." Nightingale said meaningfully.

Kotomine Risei looked at the girl carefully again, but didn't sense any magician's abilities from her.

This was natural. Bree used her ability to block breath to hide Nightingale's spiritual foundation and even magic power. She was just like an enthusiastic girl passing by.

It is not yet time for Nightingale to appear on the stage of the Holy Grail War.

"Don't worry, Fuyuki City is very safe... But no matter where you are, it's better not to go out at night."

The mystery cannot be exposed to the public, that's all Kotomine Risho can say.

Nightingale tilted her head, and finally nodded silently to show that she understood.

The golden light of the morning sun shines on the earth, as if nothing has happened. The sun represents peace, and everything related to the Holy Grail War hides in the darkness with the shadows.

Bree returned to his host's house. He had been out and about many times that night, and now he finally found a chance to rest.

Unlike magic or even his physical body, Bree's mental strength naturally expanded as his clones grew in number. If it weren't for his physical and mental health, he could go a whole night without sleep and still remain energetic.

But the body is still mortal after all, and when there is no need to endure it, Bree will rest for a while, even if it is only for a few hours.

Perhaps in the future there will be a skill that allows the main body to rest while the clone can continue to move, but unfortunately, he can't do it now. They can only rest together, and at most they can ensure that they can wake up immediately when an abnormal situation occurs.