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

Emiya could see that Charlotte was still in the stage of battling wits and courage with her overly pushy parents. If he hadn't intended to bully her, Emiya would have probably said, "Charlotte, look back, I'm your grandfather!"

What a crooked mind! This is definitely a great invention! Charlotte was excited and chattered about the "great alchemical invention":

Using a 140kg mercury solution as the main component, I've engraved an alchemical array for AND/OR logic. Then, I've asked Grandpa to get a massive database of test papers from school and input them into it. With its fluid properties, it can automatically display answers through extensive training. The more training, the more accurate the answers. Hehehe, I've already raised the accuracy rate to over 95%...

Emiya thought to himself that he was no exception, a child who had been psychologically traumatized by his grandfather's devilish rote training for many years. Look, he was forced to become a Mercury AI trainer.

But he suddenly remembered that a certain true prodigy, Kenneth, also had a Mercury Set of Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid...

"Have you added auto-attack, auto-targeting, and auto-defense functions to your alchemy array?"

"Hey, why add these?" Charlotte really didn't expect that before she could even get any praise from Emiya, the topic suddenly turned to another unexpected direction.

"To prevent Grandpa from discovering you copied the answers, and to protect you from being beaten even if you were discovered."

Charlotte was practically silenced by this, and this angle also hit a chord with Charlotte, who was under the shadow of her overly pushy parents. This temporarily changed her mind about the "traitor Emiya," and Emiya, who had made this suggestion, was arbitrarily assigned by the eldest lady to join her on the righteous side against the evil parents.

So after two minutes, she said proudly, "I didn't expect... that you, the hateful traitor butler, would still stand by me and support me..."

Emiya's fingers on the keyboard trembled slightly. Did you misunderstand something?

At this moment, the Governor of Gaul happened to come online: "Oh, this is a familiar and beautiful youthful atmosphere."

To prevent himself from starting a strange new path, Emiya quickly changed the subject and said to the Governor of Gaul, "By the way, Governor of Gaul, you seem to have a lot of experience in love?"

"Unfortunately, I don't. So far, I haven't met the girl who is worth my stay." The Governor of Gaul said coolly as always.

"However, knowing how to please a girl is another matter. Just like that Madeleine who was sailing with me a few days ago, she asked me to fulfill the promise I made that night and elope with her away from the family... but in fact, I never said anything like that."

The words of the Governor of Gaul implied a high-level and invisible pretense: a man as outstanding as him would always make women fall in love with him inadvertently.

Emiya didn't know how to respond for a moment. He felt that the Governor of Gaul was living in the sunny and beautiful city of Rome, wearing aristocratic robes every day and leading a large group of followers who said auspicious words, wandering in the beautiful soap bubble light and shadow woven by the fragrance of women and strong liquor and cigars.

Breaks with a poke.

So Emiya delivered a fatal blow: You family members will eventually be arranged by your family to have political marriages, right?

Family arrangements? The elegance and composure on the Gaul Governor's face seemed to disappear, and his words became disdainful and rebellious:

Who cares about that? Let them arrange the women they like. A real man will only run towards the boundless ocean of free love without any constraints!

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An estate outside Rome, Italy.

This is the estate of the Gattuso family, one of the most important directors of the secret party's Kassel Academy. Known within the clan as the "Patriarchal Temple," it is the final resting place of the family elders. Its function is similar to that of the Zhou family's underground palace.

At this time, the elders were wearing white robes, their old faces were dignified, their eyes were bright, and they were carefully examining the documents in front of them.

48 hours ago, they were still lying in a low-temperature box made of aluminum alloy, their bodies dried up and shriveled like ancient tree fossils, with wrinkled skin clinging to their aging bones.

The elders' hibernation and awakening process is obviously much more complicated and troublesome than the Zhou family's Nuwa tribe—

After the awakening procedure is initiated, the elders' body temperature will be raised, blood and tissue fluid will be injected, and they will be unpacked in an oxygen-rich environment. After two days and two nights of breathing exercises, eating a small amount of food, bathing and changing clothes, they will enter the ancient Qunqing Hall in the manor to listen to the current head of the family report on affairs.

At this time, Frost Gattuso, the acting head of the Gattuso family, respectfully explained the purpose of awakening the elders - the candidate for the next generation head of the family's fiancée, Chen Motong of the Chen family, who had already been favored by the family, her final fate still needed the approval of the elders.

"Has the investigation team been sent over?"

Most of the elders were quietly reading the documents, but one asked a question. He was the leader of the elders, codenamed "α," and was rumored to have lived for over 300 years. The elders, with their status as aloof from the rest of the world, decided major family matters, including the marriage of the heir to the patriarch.

In their eyes, the head of the family and the head of the family's agent are just executors of daily affairs.

Frost naturally didn't dare to be disrespectful. "We've arrived ahead of time. These are the preliminary findings."

The elder known as Alpha exchanged glances with the other elders—in reality, their minds were connected, requiring no language as a medium of communication—and finally, Elder Alpha finished reading the information and asked:

"I heard that Chen Motong is not allowed to leave the Chen family's manor?"

Frost said awkwardly, "The head of the Chen family said that due to being involved in the internal family struggles in Shenzhou, their family's current situation is not very safe. Chen Motong... needs safer and more personal protection."

"So what did he ask for?"

Under the collective gaze of the elders, Frost's lips trembled slightly, and he was so nervous that he was almost sweating.

"He wants us to send more manpower... The Chen family wants to lure us into the game."

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Chapter 37 If I Could Die in the Buds

"The Shenzhou aristocratic families are fighting...what's going on?"

Elder Alpha asked expressionlessly.

"Well... according to recent rumors circulating in Shenzhou, it seems the Chen and Zhou families have been involved in an unidentified conflict. The Zhou family's attitude towards the Chen family has clearly cooled, and they've been frequently contacting other aristocratic families... I guess the Chen family is feeling a sense of crisis about this situation."

Elder Alpha slowly put down the documents, seemingly unconcerned about the impending family dispute in the far east. "Go arrange an online interview for Chen Motong."

Glancing at Frost, who seemed still confused and dazed, Alpha explained:

"Bloodline inheritance is the family's top priority. If we are satisfied with the selection of Chen Motong, we can send more protection personnel—but the premise is that they can only protect Chen Motong, not the Chen family, and avoid conflicts with other families. You must explain this to the people below."

"Yes! We'll arrange it right away!"

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Chen family manor.

In the standard girl's boudoir, pink-themed wall decorations, natural silk soft beds, solid wood desks, dressing tables and other furniture are neatly placed in their proper places.

The rose-colored curtains were drawn tightly and cautiously to prevent light from coming in from the outside. The boudoir, which should have been bright and warm in color, now seemed to be trapped in a cold and biting darkness.

"..."

Nuonuo quietly wiped away the silently falling tears, quickly came to the dressing mirror, put on foundation, concealer and setting powder, and then used eyeliner to lightly draw a light eyeliner along her eyelashes, completely covering up the sad look caused by her excessive sadness and tears not long ago.

It must be said that the Chen family's memory cleansing of the experimental subjects was very successful. They really made Nuonuo forget the fact that he was repeatedly tortured...

However, Jude Mai turned around and gave the little girl the first-person video that she had secretly filmed the entire process.

So, the development was almost the same as before, and the video of "Frigga III" almost triggered a profile runaway of the little witch.

Nuonuo once again fell into the abyss of despair. She was sad, angry, and heartbroken. Then she began to madly hate her own fate and the huge shadow cast by the huge Chen family...

However, in order to avoid being discovered by the surveillance security team arranged by the Chen family, Nuonuo could only hide in the quilt and pretend to be uncomfortable, and then he had to calm down as quickly as possible.

Today, Nuonuo managed to stay calm, slipped out of the house again as if she was familiar with the place, found the communicator and contacted Jiude Mai.

The other party immediately said, "...Have you accepted the facts? You understand that you are essentially a clone... You are not your mother's or father's child. Those family ties and hatreds belong to the original Miss Chen Motong."

Nuonuo's voice, which had just been crying, sounded a little muffled: "I know."

"So what are you thinking now?"

"I still hate this family!... Even though the original prototype, and the subsequent Frigga and others, have all lost their lives, but! But 'Chen Motong' is still alive... If I give up this hatred now, she will truly be dead!"

Nuonuo pursed her lips tightly, her nose feeling sore. She held back her red eyes and tried not to cry. In fact, if it weren't for Jude Mai's interference, she could have remained completely ignorant of the truth and continued to be a rebellious and wild little witch without any responsibility...

But now that she knew all this, how could she possibly be willing to be a cowardly ostrich with its head buried in the sand? Having read the pain of the previous Frigga experiment through her profile, she was determined to personally participate in the revenge against the Chen family!

Jiude Mai could tell that Nuonuo was no longer just venting her anger like a little girl, but was filled with real and unwavering hatred. She couldn't help but reveal a sense of helplessness in her tone, "Actually, this should be the last time we contact each other."

"What do you mean?" Nuonuo was suddenly startled, "Are you going to take action?"

"Regardless of whether we take action or not, it will be inconvenient for us to contact each other from now on."

In response to Nono's test, Jiude Mai's verbal defense was flawless.

"I say this because Gattuso's men are coming soon, and the surveillance around you will at least double."

"Your 'father' is now inviting a bunch of foreigners to tea and dinner every day, seemingly just to urge people from their hometown to come quickly. It seems that your 'father' feels that interrogating you is useless and may have already sold you for a good price."

"..."

"Well, let me put it another way. Your current situation is a bit like 'just out of the wolf's den, and into the tiger's mouth'."

"Either I'm the Chen family's puppet experiment, or I'm the Gattuso family's puppet bride?"

Nuonuo murmured softly, she seemed to see an invisible dark abyss in front of her waiting for her to jump down.

"It depends on your mentality. If the Gattuso family really takes a fancy to you, then the option of a wealthy and peaceful life still exists... Hey, forget I said it, a pure rebellious girl like you would definitely not choose to tie your own hands and feet and run away to become a coward, right?"

Nuonuo sighed softly with a look of sadness on his face:

"Yeah... Do you know Saiyuki? In Saiyuki, there's a monkey waiting foolishly in the Water Curtain Cave, and Tang Sanzang is a handsome and dashing man."

"If I really didn't know the truth of all this, and was foolish and naive like the silly monkey waiting in the Water Curtain Cave in Saiyuki, and was quietly abducted by Tang Sanzang sent by the Gattuso family, and forgot that I was once as smart as the Monkey King, what a regretful, unwilling and sad scene it would be!"

There was silence on the other side, with a slight sigh in between.

"...Then I'll ask you one last time. Are you sure you want to participate in this battle? You'll die."

Listening to the bland question from the microphone, Nono thought of "Frigga" who had been executed countless times in the profile. The surging fury in her eyes swallowed up the last bit of hesitation:

"I am sure."

"Well, come back here tonight and pick up something as a farewell gift for helping you with your operation... Well, that's it. End of call. See you later."

"Thank you...see you later."

Nuonuo threw down the communicator and crushed it, as if she had finally unloaded a heavy burden. Her gloomy face blossomed with bright sunshine, and she left with joyful steps, her long dark red hair fluttering in the cold wind.

Like a fairy in a fantasy, knowing that her life is fragile and uncertain, she still sings and dances, reciting poems softly:

If you can die in the bud, you won't have to endure withering after blooming.

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Jude Mai hung up the phone and looked at the tube of cologne serum in her other hand.

"Tsk, although I really admire this girl's determination, but the boss is actually willing to give away such a gift."

I feel a little confused about the boss. Does he hate or like this Nono?

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Chapter 38 Respect the fate of others

"Why, my long-legged girl, why are you suddenly sad?"

As old colleagues, Su Enxi, the potato chip girl, would always bicker with Jiude Mai and say some nonsense. As for Sanwu... she would occasionally bicker with a sharp tongue, and her tone was like a cold ice knife from the polar regions... So relatively speaking, Su Enxi talked to Jiude Mai more.

"Sad as hell! I'm not some Mary Sue nerd who goes into 'fantasy time' all the time."

After giving a light retort, Jiude Mai put away the serum, picked up a pillow from the side, and threw it at Su Enxi who was lying on the Stowe leather sofa eating potato chips.

"I advise you to eat less potato chips! I know you're doing this to curb your alcohol addiction, but if you exceed your calorie intake, your weight will get worse and worse."

"I don't care! Hey, I've worked so hard for so many days and I'm exhausted. What's wrong with enjoying myself now?"

Su Enxi dodged the flying pillow with a nimble movement while half-lying down, chewing potato chips and pointing out Jiangshan:

"In my opinion, the current head of the Chen family is a master of conspiracy and collusion. However, in order to maintain the effectiveness of a conspiracy, it often requires countless interlocking plots to fill the gap. Look at us—just a little bit of manipulation at this time will make him busy like a dog."

"And our young master Emiya doesn't even need to think of anything crooked. He can easily come up with a brilliant idea and start a new trend and reform in the Shenzhou family. Isn't this much more impressive than some shameful cloning experiment?"

Su Enxi was lying on the sofa, chewing potato chips, but it felt like she was sitting on a small stool, cracking melon seeds and watching a wonderful drama. "Now the Chen family is trying to drag the Gattuso family into this. Oh, this shocking move is almost making me laugh to death! More and more actors are being eliminated in this drama!"

"That's what I said...but aren't you and I also part of the cast?"

Jude Mai also leaned back and sat on the sofa. Her hair was tied up high with a bright red rope, and two feet of black hair hung down on both sides of her cheeks. This outfit, combined with the sporty girl's high ponytail and the proud curves and long legs that made countless same-sex people jealous, was very eye-catching and outstanding.

In her mind, she imagined the girl from the Chen family who had lost her sense of belonging in life because of her clone identity and who resolutely embarked on a road to death. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that no matter whether her revenge was successful or not, the ending would only be a vast emptiness, and Miss Chen could not find a home that could be called peaceful.

Suddenly, a wave of thoughts came to her mind, and she recited softly: "Perhaps it is because we do not know the meaning of dreams that the wandering people chase after illusions."

"What's wrong, my long legs? You still look so sad?" Su Enxi playfully touched her head to mess up her hair, but was slapped away by her. "Could it be that Miss Nuonuo, whom you've been dealing with, has caused your empathy to overflow?"

Jiude Mai shook her head.

"You know what? At first I thought the boss was directing Nuonuo like this because she had offended him in some way, but today he asked me to deliver this tube to her... If today wasn't the last time we would contact each other, I would have thought this Nuonuo would have a chance to join us!"

Su Enxi's playful expression suddenly turned serious.

"You know, this isn't possible! The boss needs a useful tool like us, but not one like Chen Motong, who would attract attention and easily be exposed! Giving her the Ancient Dragon Serum is just to allow her to maximize her potential under our guidance. Don't do anything unnecessary without authorization—"

"I understand, I understand! But you know what, Potato Chips? After communicating with that Nono for so many days, she gives me the impression of someone who is extremely insecure and can't help but climb up any rope that looks like hope."

"She's not that tough girl at all. She's just hiding her inner anxiety and suffocation in a hedgehog-like shell. She told me today that she doesn't want to be a silly monkey waiting to be taken away by Gattuso in the Water Curtain Cave, but deep down she still hopes someone will come and take her away."

"And this time, it was us who gave her hope, so this silly monkey hoped we would take her away. For this reason, she knew she was being used and obeyed my every word. But what we did was just throw her away again, to a dead end with no one to lead her."