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

A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through his mind, which was originally in a mess.

Hmm? Emiya did seem to have mentioned the Holy Grail War before, so could this be what he was referring to...?

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The wind chimes in Emiya's residence swayed gently, tinkling in the damp summer breeze.

Eiry lay quietly in the quiet corridor leading from the living room to the interior, like an innocent kitten with its body curled up.

Emiya was sitting in the living room, where manglobe's original animation "Chaos Samurai" was playing on TV. He glanced at Eiry's eavesdropping behavior and saw a red shadow cast by the doors and windows. He couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

It wasn't that Emiya didn't want Eiry to watch cartoons, but rather that there were guests at home, and in order to prevent Eiry from revealing her identity and being noticed by her family, Eiry had to temporarily withdraw. Although the latter obediently agreed after hearing Emiya's request, she didn't plan to leave the place for long.

Just like a child, when her parents don’t let her watch TV, she has her own ways, such as listening to the sounds outside the door and imagining the content of the cartoon.

"I didn't expect that Master Emiya still has a childlike heart and likes to watch this?"

The so-called visitor was Su Enxi. She pointed at the flickering image on the TV screen and asked with a hint of curiosity. Su Enxi didn't react to the red figure swaying outside the door and window. She thought it was Nuonuo.

At this time, Wuhuan, Ren and Feng, a strange trio on TV, are embarking on a journey to find "samurai with the scent of sunflowers" in the environment of the Edo period. The background hip-hop music is unique and refreshing.

As expected, the "Tokyo TV" logo is displayed in the corner of the screen. This TV station is famous for broadcasting cartoons. Whether it is weekday evenings, weekend mornings, late nights or other prime time, Tokyo TV insists on broadcasting cartoons.

Even when other TV stations may interrupt their normal programs to report special news due to major news events, TV Tokyo remains unmoved and continues to broadcast its cartoons. Therefore, there is a saying that "as long as TV Tokyo continues to broadcast cartoons, the world will be at peace."

"What do you mean by 'childishness at heart'? Don't bring the stereotype that 'only children watch cartoons' into my house! Chaos Warriors is not some animation for children!"

Su Enxi made a tactical retreat, "I didn't expect that Master Emiya also has research in the field of animation!"

"Huh? Why are you pretending to be so 'three-dimensional' in front of me? Aren't you a seasoned otaku who's proficient in all four areas of ACGN?"

"...What? Hahahaha, Master Emiya, I don't understand what you are saying."

Su Enxi, with a forced smile, picked up a cup of tea and took a sip, sitting upright like a model lady...

In Su Enxi's opinion, being out is different from staying at home. She must stick to her high-end business lady boss persona and remain unwavering! Even if she occasionally goes crazy, she still has the aura of a black and gold swan, and is not a deadbeat otaku!

Well, no matter how high Emiya's combat power is, once he is in a public speaking situation, it is still her area of ​​expertise. No matter what otaku topics he brings up, Su Enxi just needs to hold back and pretend to be stupid to fool him.

"I heard from Jude Mai that she specifically mentioned 'learning some nerdy quotes from you.'"

Emiya killed the game with just one sentence.

Upon hearing that the persona she'd worked so hard to maintain had already collapsed before Emiya, Su Enxi's expression instantly turned pale with frustration, her initially positive mood shattered. Then, struck with shock, she slammed her head against the coffee table with a dull thud, like a ripe watermelon falling, not a raw one.

"I give up. So if you want to know something, Emiya-sama, just ask."

"You (the trio) are also planning to participate in the Holy Grail War?"

"Right. Don't ask why. It's the boss's mission. We were also asked to form an unconditional alliance with you during the Holy Grail War, so you can now ask me for information on your teammate."

"Are you planning on all three of you participating, or what? Also, have you prepared the relics needed to summon the Heroic Spirit?"

Su Enxi raised her head. "For this, the boss specifically asked Sanwu to do it. The boss said that among the three of us, Sanwu is the most suitable, and the holy relic we prepared is also the most suitable for her."

"What kind of statement is that?"

"Master Emiya, you may not know Sanwu's full name—that is, Zero Razumovskaya Romanova."

"Romanova? She's from Tsarist Russia...?"

Emiya's heart skipped a beat, because he remembered one of the first Lostbelt Servants who appeared in FGO 2.0, Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, also nicknamed "Princess".

Su Enxi continued to explain, "Yes, Zero's bloodline comes from Elizabeth I of the Romanov dynasty. Although this empress remained unmarried throughout her life according to historical records, there has always been a saying that 'she was secretly married to her favorite minister, Razumovsky.'"

"After ascending the throne, Catherine II was very concerned about this secret history. If Elizabeth I really had a child, it would threaten the legitimacy of her throne. So she sent someone to send a handwritten letter to Razumovsky, who eventually burned the marriage certificate with Elizabeth I."

"So Catherine II spared Razumovsky, the ancestor of Zero."

After Su Enxi finished speaking, she no longer pretended to be a lady. She picked up the teacup and drank it down in a gulp to quench her thirst.

"Phew, by the way, Zero is now living in an Elizabethan palace in Russia. She is redeeming her ancestral relics through various channels as an officially recognized descendant of the Romanovas, so there's no need to worry about the holy relics."

Emiya thought of Zero's cold face and the temperament of a polar princess. Wow, she is actually a real princess, and her personality is quite similar to Anastasia... Their compatibility should be quite high?

Chapter 161 Beware of the Black Grail

The summoning of Heroic Spirits required for the Holy Grail War mainly relies on the Greater Holy Grail to connect to the Seat of Heroes outside the world, summoning the record tapes in the form of "Servants", and relying on the huge magical power flowing through the earth veins to maintain the Servants' presence in the world.

Therefore, the magic power provided by the Master himself is only a part of what the Servant needs. If he is not a magician but an ordinary person, he can also participate in the Holy Grail War. The only difference is that the Master is not good enough, which leads to a certain decline in the Servant's attributes.

As for what kind of heroic spirit can be summoned, one must first consider the relics and secondly their compatibility.

It doesn't mean that having a holy relic will definitely allow you to summon the Heroic Spirit you want. It's just like playing a gacha card game. Even if the next draw is a guaranteed winner, there is still a possibility that other characters will appear.

Just like how Zero could redeem the Romanova family's relics, there was no guarantee that these antique relics had been used by multiple generations of the family. In other words, this could potentially lead to the summoning of different members of the Tsarist royal family. At this point, the summoning of Heroic Spirits still came down to the question of physiognomy.

"Anyway, since we're allies, I'd like to remind you of a few things regarding the Holy Grail War system. The information on the Hunter website isn't comprehensive, so you should be careful when redeeming your relics."

"Wow, that's incredibly reliable!" Su Enxi said, pulling out a stack of check folders and a pen. "I've decided to add another '0' to the purchase price of the land you paid yesterday, Mr. Emiya!"

"what?"

Emiya didn't understand how his worth increased tenfold just because he said a few more words?

"Hey, Master Emiya, you are such a busybody. Unlike me, I have to go collect information about the Holy Grail War at the boss's command. It's so hard work."

Su Enxi suspected that her boss definitely knew the secrets of the Holy Grail War, but her boss, this peerless riddler, deliberately didn't tell her, just to make her, his subordinate, search for them herself.

"Now, rare and valuable copies of the 'Holy Grail Legend', as well as 'Ancient Holy Grails' whose authenticity is unknown, have all appeared on the black market, and their prices have skyrocketed."

"Just one piece of Holy Grail War secret information from those middlemen can be sold for hundreds of millions of dollars. How heartless! Anyway, I'm so angry. Why didn't this guy named Huginn discuss it with me in advance? We can all make money together!"

Su Enxi beat her chest and stamped her feet, looking heartbroken, "I was careless and made a mistake of hundreds of millions."

"Anyway, since you know this information, it's great! You can keep the money for now. Don't worry, I'll be able to earn it back after I pay you!"

"..." Emiya was too lazy to expose the sinister businessman mentality behind Su Enxi's weasel-like face. He now came to his senses and realized that Su Enxi's next move was nothing more than repackaging some information and selling it at a high price.

When Su Enxi scolded the middlemen, she said they were black-hearted, but in the end she also understood and became a middleman herself.

However, when she mentioned the ID "Huginn" just now, Emiya suddenly remembered the meaning of this name.

Huginn, this thing sounds like it is related to Odin in Norse mythology, and sure enough, that guy has made a comeback again.

Emiya had a feeling that he would face Odin again this time.

I only have one experience of fighting against the enemy, and I don’t know if the opponent will be defeated directly this time.

After chatting for a while and saying goodbye to Su Enxi, Emiya began to clean up the living room and put the coffee table back in its place. A moment later, he noticed Eri had returned to the living room. He thought the girl would stare at the cartoons intently, but she didn't. Instead, she held up her notebook.

"Sister Su Enxi, are you from the family?"

"No, but it does matter. She's considered... your family's creditor. In other words, you owe her a lot of money. If she's unhappy, she can make your family's life miserable."

Money… Eri, who hadn't yet developed a sense of value for money, nodded naively. "So, because of money, the family has to listen to her?"

"That's not entirely true. She won't directly command your family, but the family can listen to her on certain matters."

Eri's eyes lit up, "Can I ask the family to leave me alone from now on?"

Emiya: “…” Miss, you still can’t forget your little trick of running away from home.

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In the hollow where the Holy Grail was located, a grand and majestic alchemical array flowed and glowed, and magic power was like a tangible physical stream of water, drawing twisted and winding arcs in the large matrix. Countless such streams of magic power flowed together, forming a torrent with growing momentum.

"Norton, this seems a little strange to me... The post I made using the account 'Huginn' is still there? The people at Odin didn't delete it?"

Xia Mi stood outside the vast Holy Grail alchemy array. The glowing matrix magic illuminated the cave, reflecting a mother-of-pearl luster on her smooth skin.

Not long ago, she played an exhibition match under Attila's pseudonym, not only to test the pseudonym, but also to take advantage of Emiya's reputation as a "God Slayer" who shocked the dragon-slaying world and to hype up the "Heroic Spirits" and "Holy Grail War".

After all, fighting against random people is really not that interesting, and standing still and hitting the air seems fake... The only way to create a high-profile gimmick is to pretend to be the "strongest dragon slayer in the world"!

Then she told Kamaitachi to record the video, edit it a bit, remove the scenes where Attila accidentally got defeated, and only keep the highlight scenes where Attila showed his might. This way it would be a serious Holy Grail War promotional PV!

Come and see, this is an incredibly powerful Heroic Servant. With combat power like this, you can experience it firsthand by participating in the Holy Grail War. Are you tempted? If so, then why not act now!

"...Yes, this is quite surprising. You and I both know that this Hunter website is clearly an informant for Odin to obtain and distribute intelligence."

Inside the mercury curtain, Norton's figure and a floating mercury-shaped creature beside him appeared together.

"Originally, I prepared a number of secondary accounts for you so you could continue posting messages. I didn't expect Odin to ignore everything. Could it be that he's still lying in his 'cocoon' and hasn't recovered yet, so you haven't had time to deal with it?"

The creation next to Norton was an alchemical computer that he had made in his spare time.

Some time ago, he became interested in the Hunter Network's erratic "Internet ghost" posture. After personally testing it, he found that, as expected, this thing was indeed the product of the combination of dragon alchemy and human computer science. Hunter Network was also a server, but it added some alchemy that was more advanced for humans.

He also tried to get himself a primitive version of the computer, but he hadn't had time to test the computing power, so he wasn't sure if it was enough to crash Odin's Hunter Network server. Currently, he was just mass-producing a bunch of small accounts to cooperate with Xia Mi's plan.

"This has little to do with whether Odin has awakened or not!" Xia Mi denied. "We've already confirmed that Odin is deeply involved with human forces, so there must be more than one administrator behind the website."

"Odin may have important information, but day-to-day management still needs to be handled by his humans. They must have noticed our actions but are deliberately keeping silent!"

Norton's mood suddenly turned sour. "So, our Holy Grail War plan is likely to coincide with Odin's plan?"

"Isn't it? Norton, didn't you realize that the first generation of our compatriots to set foot on the White King's territory wasn't you or me, but Odin!"

"Um……?"

"Norton, think about it carefully. His collection of heroic spirits includes not only Westerners, but also Easterners, including those from this island nation! This means that he has been eyeing the mixed-bloods here for a long time, even the White King!"

"...!"

As soon as Xia Mi finished speaking, a somewhat bizarre but highly likely guess flashed through Norton's mind -

yes……

The fact that Odin dared to step into the White King's territory, which other dragons subconsciously avoided, showed that Odin had a plan in mind, and was even able to be ahead of all his kind and be the first to control "Frigga Zero" who had awakened the White King's soul!

In other words, it's not impossible that Odin had arranged something on this island nation in advance...

However, neither of them knew this.

It seemed that the situation suddenly became tense.

"Hey, I suddenly feel that you are right, Norton. We need to be more cautious. The problem we should be most wary of is not the problem of the White King's soul, but the problem of Odin."

Xia Mi looked at the alchemical matrix that reflected half of her face and delicate collarbone, and let out a long sigh mixed with fatigue.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Of course we have to be prepared for the Greater Holy Grail!" Norton raised his voice. "If something unexpected happens, the Servants may lose control!"

"Is it still like this?"

"You should know that the 'Holy Grail System will issue three Command Spells to each Master,' but have you studied the principles behind the Command Spells?"

"...A kind of forced contract? It's a bit like the blood pact between us?"

"It is somewhat similar, but to be precise, it is a replica of the Soul Contract that I processed with the authority of the White King. The White King controls the 'spirit'. She is the natural king of the soul realm. By analyzing and imitating the Command Seals formed by her authority, I have a considerable coercive power over Servants..."

"But it also means that once the White King is free and exerts his authority, he will be able to counter the Command Seals and even control his Servants in return."

Norton gave a stern warning, "Jörmungandr, neither Odin nor the White King will tolerate our laxity. Otherwise, let alone fighting the Black Supreme, we might even fail halfway and lose everything if we're not careful."

"Okay, okay, I'll pay attention."

Xia Mi agreed readily, and then said to Fenrir, who was squatting in the corner trying to hide his huge presence:

"Did you hear that? Your mission is crucial, so watch less TV!"

Chapter 162 Charlotte Lannis

"Yes, sister!"

Fenrir's mighty and majestic dragon body stood tall, like a towering dark metal mountain, its dragon head almost touching the dome of the great void.

It agreed in a clear and crisp tone, and when it nodded, it almost used its jaw to blow a strong gust of wind above the cave. Unfortunately, its slow and dull mind made its originally majestic promise look more like a funny joke.

At least to Norton, who was on the other side of the line, the unreliable comedian's feeling came over him.

Norton looked at Fenrir's silly appearance and shook his head. "Talking but not doing... that's just a lie."

"Then Norton, what do you think we should do?" Xia Mi put her hands on her hips, her tone filled with impatience. She didn't want to stay here all day staring at a White King Sealed Container. "I'm not so idle that I have to guard that gloomy container like a watchdog all day long."

This seat is better for silly brother Fenrir.

"The seal of the Greater Holy Grail cannot afford any mistakes, and our investigation into Odin's plans must be immediately put on the agenda. Furthermore, since you've already released the Holy Grail War propaganda, the choices made by the Masters will require careful consideration, and there can be no room for error..."

"Our experiment has a low error tolerance rate. You can't really let the Holy Grail choose as you say in the propaganda, right?" Things like propaganda slogans can only be said verbally. If you can deceive a sufficient number of Masters, it will be considered a success. People who know the inside story will not really believe it.

It's like the three great families always have a designated Master for each year. Can't be chosen? Impossible. They're the organizers. Do they even know what shady dealings are?

At this time, Xia Mi heard Norton's instructions nagging non-stop, and the length of the instructions began to increase. Xia Mi felt her temples throbbing, and her head was overwhelmed. "Stop, stop, stop! Maybe Odin's plan is not as complicated as we thought."