Foreword: Book friends who follow the book must read the explanation, read the explanation, read the explanation, read the explanation.

The empress, who had already drunk a lot of wine, was half-lying on the table in the courtyard, holding the blue and white porcelain cup with her right hand dangling casually, completely unaware that this lazy demeanor was even more intoxicating than a century-old wine.

Sitting opposite her, she enjoyed the drunkenness of the beauty in front of her, and there was admiration, pity, and relaxation in her half-squinted eyes, but there was no possessiveness. He grabbed the jar, poured a glass for himself and his partner, and put a pine preserved egg into his mouth.

"I say, Assassin, do you regret making that pact with me?"

"So far, you're still asking the master, your proposal is interesting. As long as you can withstand my poisoning, I can't find the slightest hesitation to help. ”

"Even if I don't have a need for the Holy Grail?"

"But you're still fighting for the Holy Grail, aren't you?"

Semiramis turned his head sideways and looked at Shirou haze.

Shirou nodded: "Because I promised a man to help him make a wish for the Holy Grail to help all mankind, although I don't like this wish myself." Hawkers, the things entrusted by people to be loyal to people, the rewards have been received, and they can only do it to the end, not to mention the influence of the consciousness left by that guy, so the saint is trouble. ”

"Saint?consciousness?"

"I can't tell you now, just wait. ”

Shirou didn't want to say, and Semiramis didn't ask much, many things are in the glass, the more mellow the more fragrant:

"If that wish comes true, the new world—"

"—it's going to be boring, and that's why I don't tell you. ”

"Ah, the interesting Holy Grail battle, the interesting Master, the boring wish, this contradiction is also interesting. I began to feel that it would not be unacceptable to help you, even if there was no agreement—if you could restrain your mouth. ”

"Forget it, I can't change this mouth for the rest of my life. Shirou smiled and raised his glass, "Cheers to the fun Holy Grail War." ”

"Cheers. ”

The two glasses touched each other and drank their own.

A gray dove landed between two glasses, its tiny head rubbing against Semiramis' hand.

Semiramis raised his head, swept away the drunkenness on his face, and met the messenger who had come to deliver the message. She is both an Assassin and a Caster.

"Double Summon" - This is an extremely rare skill that can keep the special skills of both the Assassin and Caster classes.

As a result, the Red Assassin retains the Demon that can only be possessed as a caster.

Semiramis was abandoned by her mother as soon as she was born, and the pigeons raised her instead of the nursing mother. Since then, the pigeons have become her friends forever.

"There are reports. It seems that the rider is also ready as a reserve. ”

"Did Der go too?"

Archer goes to track it down, and both Shirou and Semiramis already know about it. Now it seems that rider has joined in.

"He seems to be following the archer - forget it, it's the rider anyway, most likely trying to convince the fellow Archer. ”

Semiramis's voice tinged with a hint of sinisterness.

Between the arrogant rider who doesn't even care about the king, and the assassin of Assyria as the empress, Shirou can feel that the two are fatally incompatible. If it's not the "Holy Grail War" but the "Holy Grail War", this could be the first combination to have a rush.

However, now under their own integration, at most it is a verbal confrontation, which will not affect the overall situation.

Shaking the wine jar that had bottomed out, Shirou thought for a moment and said, "Judging from the results, you should be right, but the relationship between these two people is far more than just a fellow villager, at least for Rider." ”

"Is there anything hidden in this?" Semiramis became interested, and gossip was also an interest, especially the gossip of people she was not used to.

"Yes, you can tell you, promise me one thing - you can use it to tease Archer and Rider, but don't say that I said it. ”

"I promise. ”

"Archer is a companion to Rider's father, and the two of them have embarked on various adventures together with other heroes whose names have left their names in mythology. If I'm not mistaken, Archer was the only woman in the party, at least the only woman in the name, and the goddess in the hearts of most of the team, including Rider's father. ”

"Could it be that something happened between Rider's father and Archer?" Semiramis guessed not without malice.

"I wish something had happened so it could be fun. It's a pity that no, Rider's mother is not easy to mess with, if Rider's father dares to mess around, then he will be finished. However, although nothing happened, this youthful vision never faded away throughout his life, and he even mentioned it to his children more than once. Think about it, when a father mentions a woman with longing and shyness, what impression does he leave on his child?

In a way, shirou is also quite funny.

"I see. Semiramis nodded thoughtfully, "How can you know so well?

"Uh," Shirou paused, "how did you come up with that, I thought you'd ask me if I had something to do with them." ”

"If they have anything to say, they should recognize you when they see you, and don't change the subject. ”

"Not really. ”

"Then how do you know so well? ”

"I've just seen too much. ”

Shirou sighed, the depth of that moment made Semiramis ignore the appearance of the boy.

"I just look young, actually older than you. ”

"You don't behave like that. ”

"Hehe, you hate judging people by their appearance, why can't you apply to me?"

"I don't judge people by their appearance, but by their appearance—your appearance is roughly in line with your age. ”

"That's when I adjusted myself to the mentality of a seventeen-year-old, how good it is to be young, and your current mentality is not the kind before you died, right?"

Semiramis was silent, the Heroic Spirit Descent was so wonderful, it could summon the aspects of the same person at different times, and now Semiramis was at the most beautiful and powerful age of her life.

After a while, she said, "I'm curious to see what you'll look like in ten years." ”

"It's not much different from now, it's that I've grown taller, I'm more mature, and then I'm married, I've got children, and a lot of things can't be done by temperament. ”

"You're married?"

A look of surprise appeared on Semiramis's face, and soon revealed a lifelong charm.

"Master, how are your wife and Wubi?"

Shirou replied categorically, without hesitation: "They are all prettier than you." ”

"I don't believe it!" Semiramis was unconvinced, her personality was actually very awkward, she hated that other people judged people by their appearance, and she hated that her beauty was ignored.

"Believe it or not—they're the most beautiful in my eyes, the world, no, the entire multiverse. ”

"They? You have more than one wife?"

"yes. ”

"Hmph, sure enough, men are greedy. Obviously, this answer angered Her Majesty the Empress again.

Just as Shirou was about to say something, another pigeon landed.

Semiramis put aside his distractions and listened to the pigeons.

"The man you told me to keep an eye on is here at last. ”

"It's ruler. ”

When Shirou heard this, he immediately sat up straight, tapping his right hand rhythmically on the table, carefully considering various things.

"Hmm. It has been confirmed that the guy has infiltrated Romania. ”

A network of pigeons spans the entire territory of Romania, thanks to which Shirou and she are able to monitor the whole situation without leaving home.

The moment the Ruler appeared and infiltrated the Land of Decisive Battle (Romania), the spearhead pigeons of Semiramis smelled the magic of the Servant that could not be completely hidden.

"What should I do?"

"It's not impossible, but that would miss a good show. ”

"Fun?"

"You'll soon know that it's best to let Lancer test him, though it's almost impossible. ”

"If Rider is here, we can unite the two of them. Semiramis lamented.

Of the seven Servants on the Red side, six are left, excluding Saber, who is acting alone. Among them, Lancer and Rider are exceptionally heroic spirits compared to the other four. In particular, the popularity of Rider in Romania is even comparable to that of Vlad III.

Shirou shook his head, "Rider won't accept this task." Even if it's the Master's order, 'I hate what I hate', he's such a person. Ordinary people can be called stubborn, and it is heroic to appear in heroes. ”

Rider is not a rebellious hero like a berserker. But he was also a man who was far from the knights who served the king. As long as it is not satisfied, even the king's orders will be openly ignored. He would take up arms again, all to avenge his friend.

There is no way that such a man would accept the order to kill the Ruler with the Lancer.

"Lancer is different, he is a pure 'warrior', loyal to the Lord. As long as there is an order from the Master, he will not even have the slightest thought of disobedience and go directly to action. ”

This evaluation made Semiramis figure out a lot of things.

"That's why you were able to directly deprive the Lancer Master of the Spell, but you didn't do it, and just let me use poison to manipulate him. ”

"That's right—to the Red Lancer. Follow the guidance of the Red Assassin, wipe out the Ruler, and the liberation of the Noble Phantasm is up to you!"