"Rain... Haven't you stopped yet? ”

Lie walked to the door and looked at the night sky outside, there was silence except for the sound of the rain.

Turning around and walking into the house, Lie didn't turn on the lights for fear of disturbing everyone. With the help of the faint light, it can be seen that five young girls are sleeping sweetly in two rows.

Slowly approaching, Lie squatted down and looked at the sleeping faces of Zero and Qianno.

The girls make even breathing sounds, and even when they are asleep, they are still so cute... Lie helped Xiao Nan tidy up the somewhat crooked quilt, it seems that she is a girl who may be a little tossed when she falls asleep.

When Lie looked at the nursery rhyme, the nursery rhyme opened his eyes.

"Shh~"

Lie made a silent gesture and motioned for the nursery rhyme not to be silent.

“…”

"I see, don't you need too much sleep as a servant?" Lie nodded, after all, it was a summoned Heroic Spirit.

Little Lori blinked her cute eyes, and after moving a little away from the Chino who were still asleep, she asked Lie in a low voice: "Lord Lie, aren't you resting?" ”

"Me?" Lie pointed at himself and responded with a smile and whispered: "I've rested... Also, some of them can't sleep. ”

Lie sat in the corridor in front of the door with a nursery rhyme, looked at the rain that was still falling outside, and said softly: "I asked before, but I didn't get a definite answer... Nursery rhymes, what kind of wishes do you have? ”

Closing the door to make sure it didn't affect the girls who were still asleep in the room, Lie whispered to the nursery rhyme.

"During the Holy Grail War, most of the Heroic Spirits who were summoned had their own wishes... Of course, there are some that don't necessarily require a Holy Grail to achieve. ”

"So, what about nursery rhymes?" Lie sat beside the nursery rhyme and looked at Lori who was still wearing cute pajamas at this time.

"Nursery rhymes... Wish? The nursery rhyme probably felt Lie's mood, and sat there, thinking seriously.

“… Sure enough, I didn't expect it~" After a long time, the nursery rhyme shook her head, and her mood was a little low.

"That, you don't have to come up with it right now." Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Lie said: "Maybe after a while, the nursery rhyme will have a wish, and this kind of thing is also natural... By the way, doesn't the nursery rhyme want to know why she was called? ”

"Hmm." Nursery rhyme nodded, looking at Lie with anticipation... The reason why I am called is, in a sense, to find the meaning of birth.

"Heroic spirits like Hercules are because of their own legends, and obviously nursery rhymes are not of this type." Lie pondered the words and said softly: "However, since the nursery rhyme has been summoned, it means that..."

"Mean?" The nursery rhyme turned her face sideways, listened carefully to what Lie said, and unconsciously became nervous.

"Some people believe that nursery rhymes exist~!"

“？？”

There seem to be several small question marks on the head of the nursery rhyme, and it is obvious that I can't understand this sentence.

"Ahem," Lie continued, "If you don't understand the nursery rhyme, feel it on your own." ”

"It's a little late, but... Thank you for responding to Chino's call~! Lie stretched out his hand to the nursery rhyme and looked at her with a bright smile.

"Lord Lie...", the nursery rhyme slowly stretched out her little hand and was held by Lie's hand.

"Then, as a servant of Chino, until the end of the Holy Grail War, it will be a hard nursery rhyme." Lie let go of the hand holding the nursery rhyme and looked up at the night sky.

“… For some reason, I need Chino to win... Involving such a simple, kind, and lovely Chino in a vicious battle, there is very little I can do..."

A trace of worry flashed in his eyes, and Lie knew very well that the machine spirit was not joking this time~!

For a long time, Lie lived very happily, but yesterday's battle reminded Lie of his previous experience of fighting in the ship girl world.

There is no doubt that machine spirits are very special beings, with truly omnipotent powers. And in the process of fighting for the owner of the artifact, a lot of tragic things happened.

"I don't know what the other groups of masters and servants are like..."Lie said worriedly to the nursery rhyme, "Whether you can get the Holy Grail or not, at least... I hope that Chino can get through this crisis safely. ”

Besrerker's attack took place at Chino's house, which is the realm of nursery rhymes, so it was resolved a little easily. However, the battle that follows is not guaranteed to be in the realm of nursery rhymes forever.

"Nursery rhymes... I will definitely guarantee the safety of the Master~! The nursery rhyme's eyes widened, and he said word by word: "Because, it is the duty of the servant to protect the master." ”

“…”

Hawkers, that's what I'm saying, Lie seems to be worried too much.

"Hahaha~" Holding the floor with his hands behind his back, Lie laughed a few times easily, realizing that what he just said was a little inappropriate.

"So, here's the nursery rhyme." After chuckling softly, Lie stood up and walked into the house.

“…”

"Lord Lie, want to go out?" Nursery rhyme Nursery rhyme ran into the house, looked at Lie who was tiptoeing to pick up his clothes, and asked curiously.

"Hmm." With a bitter face, he took out his clothes, which were the clothes that Zero Selected... I can't help it, I can't go out in my pajamas... Because of this, Lie looked at the women's clothes in his hand with a complicated expression.

“…”

The thumb and forefinger were gently hooked, and the stockings were lifted little by little, and Lie was extremely ashamed, and he slowly put them on with his eyes closed.

"Whew~"

After changing his pajamas into private clothes for going out, Lie felt a lot more relaxed... Now, as long as you don't look in the mirror, everything will be fine (bitter smile~.)

"I suddenly found something I had to care about..."Yeol walked to the door again, and said in an uncertain tone, "When I was sitting there looking at the night sky just now, I seemed to see... Saber？ ”

“Saber？” The nursery rhyme is also stunned... In addition to the raindrops that kept falling in the night sky just now, there was no servant?

"I couldn't rest assured, so I had to go and see it in person... Rest assured, they will be back before they wake up, and this time will be for nursery rhymes. Lie said as he walked: "Well, I originally wanted to talk to nursery rhymes for a while, wait for next time." ”

“… Have a safe journey, Lord Lie. Looking at the departing Lie, the nursery rhyme said this while making a gesture of prayer.

Hmm, as a good magician, doing such an act probably plays a mysterious role, right?

…

On the roof of the house, some distance away from Chino's house, a strange girl was standing.

"I... I said, it's dangerous to do this, so let's go back..."Another girl with an umbrella looked up and looked around, worried, "Even though it's so late and it's raining, I shouldn't be noticed..."

"No, it's fundamentally wrong, right?" The girl said in a very unconfident tone, very worried, "Let's hurry home... It's already this time. ”

"Reindeer, this kind of thing was meant to wait until the evening." The girl on the roof jumped down, and there was a very obvious dull hair on the top of her head~!

"Don't call it such a strange name~!" The girl on the other side looked very excited, and then explained very carefully: "Ah, it's not that I don't like to be called so by riders, in fact, I'm still very happy to be called so intimately... But, that sounds strange to others, right..."

"Shh~"

While the girl below was still talking, the girl on the roof suddenly jumped down and stopped her master from continuing to speak.

"Someone's coming." The girl who jumped down had a serious expression, and a black sword with strange runes appeared in her hand.

"Anyone?" The girl on the other side was surprised and said, "It's so late, how can it be... Huh, that seems to be? ”

“…”

On the street some distance from the two girls, a beautiful girl with an umbrella (kouhu~) is walking here, and there is a shock in her eyes that can't be hidden.

"Wouldn't it? Is it true? Lie thought incredulously as he walked forward.

As far as the eye can see, it is the two girls in front of you... While sitting in the corridor of Chino's house and chatting with nursery rhymes, Lie also cast a soul network to scan the surroundings.

Although the field of nursery rhymes is very strong, the scope that can be covered is only Chino's family, and it is still very limited at present.

Lie is also an unconscious action, but I didn't expect there to be an unexpected discovery... A very familiar girl shuttled through the roof, which made Lie extremely concerned.

When I got closer, I could see it more clearly... Although she is wearing an ordinary girl's dress, the dull hair on the top of her head, and the face of the Kanban girl who never gets tired of seeing... Isn't this my king, Artoria? ~！

"No, it's better to make sure first..."Although Lie was very excited, his face was still very calm, and he looked at the girl next to him.

“… It's so subtle, I always feel like I've seen it somewhere, but I can't remember it for a while..."

This is a rare thing, and Lie has the ability to remember it, and no matter how short it is for a while, people who have met each other will have an impression... However, the girl in front of her made Lie a little puzzled.

"Ahem, excuse me... Are you Saber and Saber's Master? ”

Lie chose a more subtle way of asking... If the other party is really my king and her lord, then he will naturally understand his question.

"Huh? Saber？ The girl on the opposite side was stunned for a moment, and only then did she react, did Saber refer to the Sword Rank Servant?

As the master of Rider, the girl on the other side still accepts the concept of the Holy Grail War and related knowledge very well, although it is still a little illusory, but the girl who appears in front of him is real!

"It's R..."

"That's right, I'm Saber, and she's my master." Artoria stood in front of the girl, pointed forward with the long sword in her hand, looked at Lie vigilantly, and said, "So, are you the other master of the Holy Grail War?" ”

"Me?" Lie waved his hands and said, "No, no, no... I'm not a master. ”

"Huh?" Artoria frowned, obviously not believing in Lie's words, and then asked, "Then, if you are not the Master, how do you know about the Holy Grail War?" ”

I learned it when I was saving people... If you say this, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble.

"Well, even though I'm not a Master, I still know about it... If I have to say, I'm here as a friend of one of the Lords of the Holy Grail War, right? ”

"Master, please step aside~!" Artoria made an attacking gesture, and from what she had just said, she could already tell that the other party was an enemy.

"Please wait a minute...", looking at the rain still falling in the sky, Liol proposed, "We... Can I find a place where I can shelter from the rain first? ”

…

In a garden pavilion not far from where we just met.

He closed the umbrella in his hand and walked together for a while, so that Lie's excited mood gradually calmed down.

When I first learned about the Holy Grail War, I was a little expectant, but I didn't expect to see my king. It's just,It's just like in my impression.,If it's not for someone close to your own master.,It's going to be very indifferent.。

No, it is already inconceivable that he did not start a direct fight just now, but was willing to follow Lie's advice. It's great for the Lord and his friends, but in the Holy Grail War, my king won't be soft on his enemies.

"Allow me to introduce myself again, then." Lie unconsciously posed as a lady, this must be a delirium caused by the excitement of seeing my king.

"Ahem, I'm a student at Fangwen Academy..."

"Sure enough, it's Lord Lie!" Before Lie finished speaking, the girl next to Artoria, who was her master, exclaimed in surprise, and said with a little excitement: "I'm sorry, I'm really surprised to see Lie here..."

The girl on the opposite side bent down slightly, and said with a little apology: "First-year student of Fangwen College, Fangchuan. Chisato, good evening, Lie-sama. ”

"Good evening... Yoshikawa-san, and Saber. ”

Lie glanced at Fangchuan again, and after her introduction, something about Fangchuan flashed in his mind. Memories of a thousand miles.

It's a girl in the class next door.,Usually see each other very rarely.,Most of the time it's with classmates.,In a sense, it's also a very popular girl.、A girl with a lot of friends.。

“…”

It's raining around, and the atmosphere is a little cold... Mainly because after Artoria, Lie and Fangchuan introduced each other, my king still stood there coldly.

“Ri… Saber？ ”

Under the eyes of Fangchuan's classmates, Wu Wang sighed, restrained his momentum a little, and said lightly: "This beautiful girl on the other side, what is the matter with coming to us so late?" A friend of the enemy Master. ”

Hey, I seem to have misunderstood a very important point, and this tone is not friendly by any means... Lie's cheeks twitched, it's not fun to be an opponent with my king, it's more reliable to be an ally... Wait, allies?

Yeol looked at Fangchuan on the side. Qianli, looked at my king again, and proposed: "I came to you so late because I wanted to... Ally with you~! ”

If you say it, you can say it without any foreshadowing~!

If the other party only has Fangchuan. Qianli's words, Lie will probably say something else to enhance the relationship first, and then bring up the matter of forming an alliance... However, if the other party is my king, I always feel that it is better to be straightforward.

"Alliance? Kazure-sama? Artoria reacted flatly, and Fang Chuan on the side. Chisato had a strange look.

"Forming an alliance with Lord Lie means acting together..."

I don't know why, Fangchuan. Chisato's face turned red all of a sudden, and his head showed a stunt with a "bang"... It's a girl who can summon my king, it's really amazing.

"Reason~." Artoria stood in front of the Master, asking Lie.

If you are willing to ask the reason... In other words, there is hope~!