"Illya, there's a powerful wave of mana, it's Servant!"

Ruby ran out of Illya's hair and yelled.

"Miyu-sama. 」

"Hmm. 」

Without words, Safia, who had already heard Ruby's words, nodded and turned her head.

"Illya!"

"Brother!"

"Ahh

Standing up with a serious face, the red-haired young man, Emiya Shirou, looked into the distance.

"Illya, Miyu, if you encounter a Servant, I'll deal with it. 」

"But, brother, your hand ......."

"No problem. 」

Hearing Illya's words, she squinted at the blood-stained bandage on her left arm, and if you were unaware, you might mistake Shirou's left arm for a red cloth.

"Let's go. 」

—————— Dividing Line——————

"It appeared. 」

The conference room was once again filled with all the main players of the Ainzbelen camp, Kiritsugu, Maiya, and Saber. In front of the three men, Alice Phil displayed the image of the intruder captured by the enchantment on the crystal ball.

The intruder was dressed in pitch-black robes, and an ominous aura swayed from his clothes. There are also red patterns on the clothes, as if they were stained with blood, looming in the jungle.

"Is this the Caster?"

Kiritsugu saw Caster for the first time, and Alice Phil nodded at him. The figure reflected in the crystal ball is the strange heroic spirit that stopped Saber last night.

"But what is he going to do?"

To Alice Phil's confusion, Caster was led by a group of people behind her.

Caster didn't go it alone this time. There were about a dozen people behind him. Stride through the forest. These people are all underage children. The oldest of them is just an elementary school student. All the children walked as if they were sleepwalking, and Caster led them in front. There is no doubt that the children are under the control of Caster's magic.

It must have been Caster who saw the Overseer's notice and took the children hostage from near Fuyuki City.

"Ellie, where's that guy's location?"

"Northwest of the castle, less than two kilometers. Caster didn't seem to have any intention of going further into the forest. 」

The enchantment that opens in the forest is a circle with a diameter of five kilometers centered on the castle. Caster's location is the border of this barrier.

If Caster could go a step further into the enchantment, Alice Phil would be able to assist Saber in the battle. But Caster, as if he had seen through Alice's motives, began to wander around the periphery of the barrier.

"Alice Phil, the enemy is luring us out. 」

Saber said in a firm tone, "With her Servant legs, it would only take a few minutes to get to where Caster was." Saber's thoughts reached Alice Phil. Saber was so anxious at this moment that he wanted to go out and beat Caster.

But the Knight King is not to act arbitrarily. The group of children gathered behind Caster was the source of the Knight King's unease.

"Hostage, right? Definitely. 」

Alice Fell whispered melancholy. Saber nodded.

"If you activate the traps and traps you have set, it will affect those children. Only if I go straight out and defeat Caster can I save those kids. 」

The current situation is self-explanatory. But Alice Phil also had a reason for hesitation. Saber's injuries were very bad, and the confrontation with Caster was somewhat reassuring. Alice Phil intuitively judged that Caster was a difficult enemy. On the outer edge of the enchantment, Alice Phil is unable to aid Saber, leaving Saber alone in such a situation......

At this moment, Caster's beast-like eyes suddenly looked upward. Could it be that he has already seen through Alice Field's clairvoyance!?

Caster stared in Alice's direction, and raised his arms to Alice Phil with great gratitude. What a child's play for a magician.

"As I agreed last night, I'm here to visit you. 」

The hard surface of the crystal ball began to shake, and the sound came from the surveillance location.

"Now I have to give me the order, let me see that beautiful saint again. 」

Saber stared at Alice Phil, urging her to give the order quickly. As a Servant, the Maiden is ready for battle. It's just that her master is still hesitant.

Caster seemed to see through Alice Field's thoughts, and showed a look of contempt, as if in a one-man show, and sneered and continued:

"Ah, I don't think I can make up my mind. I'm ready to wait a long time, so take your time. Oh, what a boring game, can you let me borrow a corner of your territory?"

Caster snapped his fingers. The children, who had been following Caster obediently all along, opened their eyes as if they had woken up from a dream. The children looked around helplessly, as if unable to figure out where they were.

"Listen to the kids, we're starting to play hide and seek. The rules are simple. Just run away from me. If you're caught by me......

Caster swooped out from the sleeve of his robe, grabbing a child beside him

"Stop!"

Saber knew that his stop would have no effect, but he couldn't help but scream.

The sound of a crumbling skull. Brains splashing everywhere and eyeballs sliding through the air. Those nightmarish scenes were etched in everyone's minds.

The children let out heart-wrenching cries. Flee in all directions. Caster, standing in the center, laughed happily, licking his blood-soaked fingers with his tongue.

"Hurry up and run away. I'll count to a hundred and start chasing you. So Joan of Arc, how long are you going to prepare before I catch all the children?"

Seeing this, Alice Phil no longer hesitated. It is impossible to hesitate any longer. She is also a mother of a child. The child who had been killed and then discarded was the size of his own daughter, Eliya.

Saber, knock me down Caster.

"Yes. 」

The Knight King's answer was unusually brief. By the time Alice Phil heard Saber's answer, she had disappeared from the conference room. It's just that the gust of wind that blew behind her was filled with unusual anger.

……