"Have you heard of the Holy Grail War?" Chino. Fortunately, holding the teacup, after a few deliberations, he said this sentence first,

"The Holy Grail War?"

After Lie heard Chino's words, he was also stunned, and a sentence involuntarily appeared in his mind, "Today's Fuyuki City is as peaceful as ever~"

After quickly reacting, Lie asked Chino back: "Is it that the seven masters each summoned the heroic spirits to love and kill each other in order to compete for the Holy Grail of the Universal Wishing Machine, and staged the Holy Grail War of Invincible Mouth Escape and Young Love?" ”

"Uh... I can't say it's wrong, but it doesn't seem to be like that..."The corner of Chino's eyes swept to a piece of paper in his pocket, on which more detailed information was written.

Eyes blinked and blinked, and Chino decided not to dwell on the question of definition anymore, anyway, Lord Lie knew about the Holy Grail War, right?

Drinking all the tea in the teacup, Chino took advantage of the courage that had been mustered, and continued: "The reason why I came to disturb Lord Lie during the holiday is because..."

"Chino seems to have encountered the Holy Grail War and has become the Master!" Chino. Fortunately, I knew that this was an incredible thing, so I immediately thought of Lie-sama, because Lie-sama also had an incredible feeling.

"Ahem..."Lie covered his mouth, he almost choked when he heard Chino's words just now while drinking water... Although I had been warned in advance by the machine spirit that something unexpected had happened, it was too jumpy to suddenly say that there was a Holy Grail War, right?

"Chino also knows that this matter is incredible, and everyone won't believe it easily, so he hasn't told anyone yet, including Chino's parents... However, Lord Lie seems to know what the Holy Grail War looks like, and it is indeed the right choice to come to Lord Lie to discuss! ”

"If you can, Chino thinks..."Chino blushed, knelt on the cushion very formally, took out the paper in his pocket, and said in a steady and firm tone after bowing: "Lord Lie can accept a copy from Chino again. Is it a commission of luck? ”

“…”

"That," Lie felt the serious and tense atmosphere, looked at Chino and said with some embarrassment, "I just finished making a reindeer and giving a gift recently, can you allow me to nourish my liver first?"

“…”

"Cough..."Zero on the side coughed, breaking the atmosphere of Chino's embarrassment due to confusion and overwhelm.

"Ah, I don't know why, I just really want to say that..."Lie took the paper that Chino had just taken out and put on the table, and then got up seriously and said to Chino: "This commission of Chino... Well, you can move on! ”

"The Holy Grail War... I'll help Chino get the Holy Grail! ”

…

Going back a little further, when Lie had just returned from Grisha to the world where the Academy of Letters was located.

Lie's room.

time, the second Sunday after the start of the holiday.

Jeol returned, and the moment he came out of his sister's room, everything returned to its original state, that is, the state before going to the projection world created by the Mistress of the Machine Spirit.

And the experience in that projection world is like a trip that you can just go, but unfortunately you didn't enjoy it and came back.

The holiday is not over yet, to be precise, it has only been two weeks, and it is less than halfway through, and Lie and Zero are back. Yes, in addition to Lie, Zero also came back together.

Although it is not a complete personal experience, but in fact there is no difference, Zero opened the door and looked at the Lie in the house.

The four eyes met each other, and there was a solemn breath flowing in the air.

"Master, what would you like to eat tonight? How about hot pot? Zero blinked, immediately broke the silence, and asked softly as usual.

Jeol looked at Zero in front of him, and the image of Zero when he was projecting the world came to his mind... No, the gap is too big.

It's not just the difference in personality, the corner of the eye sweeps to Zero's chest, it's a pity that it's mediocre there... In fact, zero still exists now, but the difference is too obvious compared to the possibility of the future in the projection world.

Wait, since that's one of the possibilities of the future, which means that it's really possible that the zero future will become...

"Ahem..."Zero noticed Lie's gaze, and Zero, who was usually very calm, suddenly panicked a little in his heart, and unconsciously turned sideways.

Lie immediately stopped his reverie, and at the same time quickly called out the machine spirit... I didn't need to come back in such a hurry, but the reason why this was so was because the machine spirit said that something unexpected had happened.

"Oh? Is it my turn, man? The machine spirit was sitting in the corner of the room with potato chips in his hand, as if he was ready to watch a show.

But since the man shouted the machine spirit, the machine spirit stood up regretfully... I thought something interesting would happen to the man and Zero when they came back and saw each other.

“…”

My good machine spirit, when will it be more reliable?

"Host, you'll find out later." The machine spirit looked out the window, squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "The party has already come to find the male host." ”

…

The door of Lie's residence.

"There's nothing strange about me, right?" After a pause, Chino. Fortunately, he peeked at Lie, but he was specially dressed up before he came to see Lord Lie today.

Chino usually looks very plain, and it looks inconspicuous among the students of Fang Bun College in her school uniform, but today's Chino. Luckily, it looks very different.

Because it's a holiday, and the last time I came to visit Lord Lie's house, it was very sudden, so Chino. Fortunately, this time I arrived in a more formal private dress after preparing in advance.

As the second daughter of a noble family, Chino. Fortunately, most of the time she behaves very ordinary.,And because my sister is very good.,I don't usually want to be conspicuous.。

It's just that I'm here to visit Lie-sama..."If it's too inconspicuous, maybe you'll be hated by Lie-sama? ”

Chino. Fortunately, there are many classmates who admire Lie very much, because she is one of them, especially after the last commission.

Pinching the corners of the skirt, Chino. Xing timidly said, "Can I go in?" Lord Lie. ”

“…”

"Of course, come on in." Lie woke up from his trances and hurriedly greeted Chino. Yuki entered his lodgings and led her to the living room to sit down.

Before opening the door, the machine spirit told herself that she was a student of Fangwen Academy, or a girl she knew. However, when he saw Chino, Lie was still taken aback.

Half of it was because the other party was Chino, and half because of Chino's outfit today... Chino has always seemed very ordinary, especially in the Fangwen Academy, where the eldest ladies gathered.

But today's Chino is indeed a little different, not only in terms of dress, but also in her inner temperament... I always feel that Chino is more cute than the last time we met.

“…”

"Please use tea." After Chino sat down, Zero, who had already changed into a maid outfit, poured a cup of tea for her, and looked at Chino curiously.

Last time, I felt it vaguely, so it's not so strange that Zero is coming.

"What's the matter?" Lie sat down on the sofa opposite Chino, and after chatting a few words, he asked Chino... Since the machine spirits thought it was an accident, it must have been a very unexpected thing, and Lie was also very curious.

“… Words about this..."Chino lowered her head, and then said what she had practiced many times.

"Have you heard of the Holy Grail War?"

…

In the living room, there was silence all around.

After making the decision to take over the commission, Ryu just began to think about the whole thing... If I'm not mistaken, the chances of being a machine spirit are as high as 90%!

And Zero sat on the side of the lie after pouring tea and bringing snacks, and although she was wearing a maid's suit, she entertained Chino like a hostess.

And after confirming that Lord Lie had accepted the commission, Chino was also stunned... Half of it was because of excitement, and the other half was because Lord Lie seemed to have made a mistake.

"Actually..."Chino paused, his eyes scanning back and forth over the power of attorney handed to Lord Lie, as if he wanted to speak and stopped.

"Huh?" Ryu noticed Chino's expression, so he looked at the contents of the power of attorney... Hmm, Lie then realized that Chino's commission was not to help her win the Holy Grail War and obtain the Holy Grail.

“… I hope that Lord Lie can help Chino in the Holy Grail War together, as Chino's mentor..."

In other words, Chino hoped that Ryu would help her in the Holy Grail War, but she didn't say that she would have to win.

"Actually, Chino doesn't really care if he can get the Holy Grail..."Chino saw that Lord Ryu had already read the power of attorney and knew his full intentions, so he added.

"And, the almighty wishing machine... This kind of thing is suspicious when you hear it, can it really exist? Afraid it's not some kind of trap? ”

“…”

"Chino, did you say something wrong?" When Chino was halfway through speaking, he saw that Lie's face suddenly became gloomy, and he asked timidly.

"No, you're right." Lie raised his head, smiled and said to Chino in a calm tone: "Suddenly what about the almighty wishing machine, the existence of this thing is indeed very suspicious..."

"But what's even more suspicious is this!" Lie's face twitched a little... In addition to writing that Hope Lie can help with the Holy Grail War, Chino also wrote all the information that Chino knows so far.

“… The seven Masters lead the Servants to fight each other, and the final group of Masters and Servants who win the Holy Grail will be able to make a wish each..."

The initial information was similar to the Holy Grail War that Lie knew, but the rest of... Hawkers,If you want to say it, I'm no stranger to the next content.。

“… Note that the ability of the Servant who has just been summoned has not fully awakened, and it is necessary to use the corresponding class silver chess pieces, gold chess pieces, and special items to re-enter the spirit base and restore strength..."

This, this... Lie suddenly had a hunch that this could not be according to...

“… The seven masters lead the servants of the sword rank, the spear rank, the bow rank, the riding rank, the magic rank, the killing rank, and the mad rank, and each has a weak restraint relationship..."

Lie's eyelids jumped, in the situation he knew, there was no rank restraint in the Holy Grail War, unless...

“… The Master can enhance the Servant's combat power through the Battle Suit and the Spell, which has a total of three strokes, which appear on the back of the hand when becoming the Master, and the Spell cannot be increased to more than three strokes and transferred..."

“… Combat suits, class pieces, and all sorts of special items will gradually appear over time, depending on the city and suburbs..."

“…”

After reading the above information, Lie didn't know what to say... This is entirely a reference to the fate-crown designation, right?

Why do I feel some pain in my liver? Am I sick?

“…”

"Is there anything strange?" Chino looked at Lie's expression and said, "At first, Chino didn't believe it at all, after all, not only Xuanhu, but such rules are too... But Chino now believes in everything else, except for the doubts that the Holy Grail is a universal wishing machine. ”

"Oh, what happened to make Chino believe?"

"Well, that's right..."

Chino stretched out her right hand and took off her gloves... There is a special pattern on the back of the right hand, which should be a spell.

There are three strokes, but it is clear that the outermost circle is very dim and almost invisible. So, this shows that Chino has...

“…”

"What can you do with the spell?" Lie smiled bitterly, it was not a good sign that he was wasted a spell before the battle.

"The spell is really magical," Chino sorted out his thoughts, glanced at the spell he had already used once, his eyes showed incredible emotions, and then told Lie little by little.

“…”

Chino ate a piece of cake and immediately squinted her eyes, looking like she was enjoying it. I just told a lot of things, so Chino picked up the teacup, which Zero had just poured again.

"It's really disturbing to come to visit suddenly, Lord Lie" Chino said with satisfaction after eating the cake, "Thank you for your hospitality." ”

"I'll go with me tomorrow... Is it okay to go to Chino's house first? Lie pondered what Chino had just said, and gradually entered the role of a mentor.

Just now Chino said that she received a message that she was going to meet Kazuzen, the overseer of this Holy Grail War, somewhere tomorrow, and because she was worried, she hoped that Lie would accompany her.

"Come, come to Chino's house?" Chino raised her head, a trace of panic flashed in her eyes, and she quickly lowered her head again, while her hands unconsciously pinched the corners of her clothes.

"Well, Chino... I will prepare well and wait for the arrival of Lord Lie. ”

"Is Zero going with you? Master？ Looking at Chino's expression, Zero, who had been quiet, suddenly asked.

"Of course." Lie said subconsciously, suddenly realizing that something might be wrong, so he looked at Chino.

"Chino, can you also let Zero come along?" Lie felt that Chino was able to find himself because he believed in himself, and this matter must be indispensable, so he said it in advance.

"Well, zero classmates are also very welcome..."Chino glanced at Zero and quickly added: "It's just that my chef doesn't have such great cooking skills as Zero, so..."

"Then it's decided," Lie made a decision, and said to Chino, "Chino got the news that it was past three o'clock in the afternoon, so I will go to Chino's house at ten o'clock in the morning." ”

"In addition to being able to prepare, the early rendezvous is just enough to be able to contact the servants summoned by Chino... Uh, I forgot to ask, what rank is she, and what is her real name? ”

When he said this, Chino had a strange look on his face, and said softly: "If you have a rank, it should be a magic rank, and your real name is..."