They've already fought their way through the Holy Grail War, and you still call them dragons?

"Assistant Xia Mi, why hasn't he woken up yet?"

"Melyucina said that Emiya's body accepted the gift from the god, and then he fell into a deep sleep. Perhaps it takes time for his body to adapt?"

"But it's been three days already. Even a strong person can't keep sleeping like this, right?"

"What should we do? Should we give him artificial respiration? Oh, I don't have any experience..."

"Then why don't I do it, ahem, um——"

Emiya woke up suddenly, and when he opened his eyes he found Nono's face right in front of him. He was almost scared, wow!

"Hey, our Lord God Slayer has finally awakened!"

The moment Xia Mi spoke, she pushed Nuonuo's cheek away from Emiya's sight, secretly despising Nuonuo's unprofessional artificial respiration posture. He didn't even do the basic action of pressing his chest... He was clearly being a hooligan in a dishonest manner.

The female gangster Nuonuo seemed unaware and just licked her lips with her tongue.

"What are you doing..." Emiya wiped his mouth subconsciously. He had just regained consciousness and only remembered that he fell asleep on Melyusina's dragon back due to exhaustion, and then everything went black before his eyes.

"...Finally you woke up. You were unconscious for three days after coming down from the sky."

Nono said, "During this time, Xia Mi, I, and Eri, who came back to see you later, will take turns to be on duty here to watch over you. In case you can't find anyone when you wake up."

"Eri is back too?"

"Brother, it's been three days. After knowing that you collapsed after a battle, anyone would be anxious."

"...Really three days? Strange," Emiya tried to get up from the bed, "I didn't feel anything at all."

He looked around. This ward was not luxurious, but rather had the simple feel of a rural town clinic. Next to his bed was another bed's bedding. Apparently, they had slept next to it when they took turns to be on guard for three days.

"Where is this place?"

"This is a small town called Kadori, in the countryside far from Tokyo. The people sent by Gen Chisei specifically moved us here. Not far from the clinic, nestled against the mountains, is a large villa, a gift for us."

Nono pointed out the window and said, "Further into the mountains, there are a few mountain houses. It is said that that is where the hometown of Minamoto no Chisei is located... This is the first time I have heard that the eldest son of the Genji family was born in such a rural area."

"……countryside?"

Emiya slowly moved his body to the edge of the bed, his feet touching the ground. "Did they leave after they finished making the arrangements?"

"Well, they're very busy. Minamoto no Chisei is said to be even busier. Tokyo has been severely damaged, and the casualties and economic losses are astronomical. And Genji Heavy Industries is negotiating with the authorities. It seems they're planning to cooperate with the government to build a 'New Tokyo City'."

"...There's really nothing we can do about this kind of thing." Emiya suddenly remembered something, "Where's Melyuchina? Wasn't she the one who brought me back? Where's the person... No, where's the dragon?"

Nuonuo raised her foot and touched the bed board. "She has been guarding here 24 hours a day. It's time to wake up, you sleepy little lazy dragon."

dong dong.

Emiya felt the bed shake, and Melyuchina actually crawled out from under the bed, using both hands and feet to climb onto his legs.

"Emiya! You're finally awake!" Melyusina shook his shoulders hard.

"Oh, yes, that's right, what's wrong with you?" Emiya didn't want to be tossed around like that, so he leaned back and scrambled into the bed. But Melusina wouldn't give in, and sat astride him, her eyes full of interest as she spoke:

"Emiya! How do you drive a super robot?! I want to learn this!"

She made a rough outline in the air, and Emiya roughly realized that she was referring to the Susanoo.

Well, he seriously suspected that Melyuchina had kept watch for so many nights with ulterior motives, and her true intentions were only revealed now - she was the one who envied Emiya and fantasized about driving a majestic large mecha in the future.

This is so strange. Why do you, a dragon, need a large mecha? Your real body size is already big enough. Do you want to use the mecha as a toy?

"You can't learn it! The ones I have are gifts from others."

Emiya shook his finger.

He nimbly broke away from Melyuchina's entanglement, turned over and left the bed from the opposite direction. He felt that his body was in great condition. He didn't dare to say that his strength could be compared with Melyuchina's before, but now for some reason... he felt that his body was strong and hard!

"Emiya hit me!" Nono felt a flash before her eyes. In the blink of an eye, Emiya flashed from the other side of the bed and accidentally poked her.

"Oh, I didn't notice."

Melyuchina wasn't ready to give up yet and flew over, "Master Emiya, teach me!"

"..." Xia Mi watched the three people playing and fighting the whole time, and she felt like she was being treated like a third wheel. She couldn't stand it anymore and reminded them:

"Don't waste time, everyone! Eri and several other guests are preparing a feast in the villa. If you're late, the food might get cold!"

Emiya heard a terrifying word, "Eriya can cook?"

----

"As you can see, this is steamed king crab with wasabi puree and seafood soy sauce, this is braised pork with tiger paw mushrooms and green plums, and this is wild sea bream soup with bamboo shoots..."

In the villa that was decorated gorgeously like the interior of a palace, Emiya was welcomed in as soon as he entered the door and was seated. Su Enxi, dressed in a butler's uniform, was responsible for reading out a long list of dishes in a drawn-out tone like a eunuch serving the emperor.

With every word she spoke, Zero, who was dressed in a standard Western maid outfit, would lift the lid of the glittering silver plate. Steaming hot seafood or mountain fresh products with good color, aroma and flavor were neatly displayed in front of her, like beautiful girls waiting to be picked.

Emiya: “?”

He glanced at Nono and Melyuchina, who were obviously also confused about the situation, and Xia Mi, who had disappeared at some point.

I always feel like you guys are messing up.

Afterwards, Ling and Su Enxi stepped back quietly, and Eri, with long hair, a chef's hat on her head and an apron on her head, made a stunning appearance!

Oh, the real owner is here.

Emiya's eyes subtly caught Su Enxi's micro-expression of winking and Eiry's fingers trembling slightly due to nervousness.

"Eri, did you cook these dishes?"

When Eri sat down opposite him, Emiya asked cooperatively.

"Yes... yes," Eri stuttered a little, gritting her teeth and correcting herself, "I wanted to do it, and I also asked Sister Enxi and Sister Ling for help."

"Is that so? That's very good."

Emiya was also an experienced chef. He could tell at a glance that these dishes were too exaggerated to be the work of a novice chef, because the dishes required very complicated processes, and the more complicated the process, the more precise control was required.

Su Enxi is probably a stay-at-home girl who has never done any housework. Most of these dishes are thanks to the silent Zero.

"Eri, thank you for preparing such a big surprise for the first day I woke up."

"No, you're welcome... Actually, I've been preparing this for many days, but I didn't expect you to wake up today..."

Eiry looked at Emiya and said, completely ignoring the fierce look from Su Enxi next to her... Director Su looked very dissatisfied, thinking that the heroine Eiry had forgotten the lines they had rehearsed!

Emiya couldn't hold it in any longer. This wasn't a live performance of a drama, could they please not let this happen right under his nose?

"... Stop acting, Eri is fine like this, come and eat together! Nono and Melyuchina are coming too - where's Xia Mi, did she run out the door? Melyuchina, call her back first!"

Emiya made the decision directly, ending this awkward drama.

"...Speaking of which, if you (the trio) were coming too, why are there only two of you and one more?"

Su Enxi pulled out a chair and sat down. She rubbed her shoulders and said, "You mean Long Legs? She... probably just finished an order from the boss. You know, a mission assigned by the boss must be completed."

Emiya thought to himself, wow, it turns out Shude Mai is also responsible for delivering the express.

----

A small church somewhere in Italy.

As soon as Jude Mai arrived at the place, she lifted the "ghost light" and placed a coffin and a suitcase here breathlessly.

"...I'm so exhausted. It's not easy at all after sneaking out and running all this way."

She plopped down on the seat below the church, took a while to catch her breath, and began to wait for her boss to "sign for it."

As soon as this thought came to her mind, a bottle of cool wine was placed in front of her.

"Italian Negroni made with aged Campari, a rare bitter cocktail style. Thank you for your hard work, girl." The little devil Lu Mingze put down the bottle, and the shaking ice cubes reflected a bright and clear color.

"I always feel like you can get good alcohol anytime, anywhere, boss," Jude Mai shook the ice cubes in the wine, "Are you really not considering opening a bar?"

"Oh, forget it. Maybe I'd prefer strawberry cake next time."

Lu Mingze gradually walked away, not even glancing at Jiude Mai. He gently stroked the dusty coffin, as if trying to discern something familiar within.

"That's a pity. I'm leaving now. See you later!" Jiude Mai picked up the wine bottle and turned into a wisp of light black smoke, disappearing at the door.

"..."

Lu Mingze opened the coffin lid, and the corpse, wearing a gorgeous ancient king's robe and with ten rings on its fingers, was finally exposed to the air thousands of years later.

The corpse hasn't completely decayed after thousands of years?

This seems to be very unreasonable, but if the owner of the coffin is an extraordinary person, everything will make sense.

However, this special identity is what the Knights of the Templars value so much. In front of Lu Mingze, this identity is nothing.

"It's time to resuscitate, my pet."

Lu Mingze picked up the suitcase beside him, decoded it and opened it, and the sealed "egg" in a frozen state instantly became active.

He removed the eggs from a super-cold freezing container and placed them in the corpse.

"Resurrect and be reborn. Since your memory has been damaged, I will give you a new name, life, and meaning."

"Your name, the official name of the human cultivation, is Gaetia!"

Chapter 254: Black King Factor? Demon Pillar Factor!

The extremely low temperature coldness spreads in the summer, forming thick mist visible to the naked eye, gushing out from the steel cylinder container.

Lu Mingze ignored the cold mist that could directly freeze the human body, and used the blood-soaked "egg" as a container to perform a resurrection ceremony on the ancient corpse from before the Common Era.

The eggs, which have survived long years and multiple near-death experiences, are still tenaciously vibrant with life. Like fantastical spider-like creatures, they crawl around the corpse, leaving bright blood threads and embedding themselves inside the ancient corpse's body.

As they gradually free themselves from the ice, the eggs become active and begin to spit out pure white cocoon silk.

Lu Mingze leaned against the coffin and stared at the scene, his gaze gradually shifting from the cocooned head and face to the torso. The ten rings on each of the corpse's hands caught his attention.

"...The Ten Commandments."

Lu Mingze gently took off one of the rings from the corpse's left middle finger. A light golden glow reflected from the ring. Lu Mingze threw the ring on the table beside him and knocked it.

Solomon, who lived from 1011 to 931 B.C., was the third king of the ancient Canaanite kingdom and the son of David. Historical records indicate that a god appeared to him in a dream and revealed an oracle, promising to grant Solomon's wishes.

Solomon chose wisdom over power and wealth. Upon waking, he discovered ten rings on his hands, proof that he was a wise man recognized by God. These rings, later known as Solomon's Rings, were the source of his power to command angels and demons.

But Lu Mingze knew that these were all fictional narratives.

Judging from this corpse, Solomon did not gain any wisdom from heaven. He was just special and became a stable container for the Black King's flesh and blood factors.

The special nature of this container gave him a status equivalent to that of a dragon king. Many dragons, when they came before him, would bow down to him as if they were meeting the Black Emperor.

According to human historical rumors, Solomon was able to command seventy-two demons, but the truth was that he was able to use the special characteristics of his own Black King Factor to manipulate a full seventy-two pure-blooded dragons at will.

In the present-day Holy Church, there is still the Solomon Temple Society that controls dragons.

Those Knights Templar, especially since the Crusades in the Middle Ages, have demonstrated an astonishing ability to manipulate dragons, making them invincible on the battlefield...also thanks to the Black King gene inherited from Solomon.

Lu Mingze saw through the details in a few seconds and sneered.

...This is the secret that Solomon's Temple would try so hard to hide.

creak creak...

The ancient coffin made a noise, and the white cocoon silk had covered the entire body of Solomon's corpse, and continued to expand and squeeze the remaining space. Even the hands wearing nine rings were wrapped in the cocoon silk.

The dense white cocoon silk was almost overflowing, and the entire coffin seemed to be filled with bright silver-white fluff.

However, Lu Mingze knew that although the cocoon silk did not look dangerous, any living creature that approached it would be entangled by the cocoon silk and have its vitality sucked away.

Several white cocoon threads protruding from the edge of the coffin were swaying lightly in the church's air along with the weak airflow, as if they were searching for other absorption objects, but they could not sense Lu Mingze who was so close.

"..."

Lu Mingze looked at the performance of the white cocoon silk, his eyes flashing with disappointment and gloom. "This level is still not enough to see the truth of the world."

"Well, let me help you."

Bright blood flowed from Lu Mingze's pale palm.

The blood flowed along the golden ring in his hand, dripping onto the huge cocoon that filled the coffin, then was immersed in it and absorbed and disappeared.

The bright blood with a faint smell connected the ring in Lu Mingze's hand and the white cocoon into one. The two were actually supported by such a continuous flow of blood.

With every drop of blood lost, a bit of color disappeared from Lu Mingze's face.

"For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I give it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls. For the blood makes atonement for sins because it is the life of the flesh."

Lu Mingze's voice gradually became low due to blood loss. "For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."