"Whew! Call! Mordred gasped heavily. Now she's at the gate of a mansion in Fuyuki City.

Once the matter was settled, Mordred was summoned by Alice Phil.

"So, is this our new stronghold?" Mordred asked.

"That's right." Artoria, who had been guarding Alice Phil's side, replied instead. As he spoke, he pushed open the door of the house with his hand.

When you open the gate, you will be greeted by a desolate scene as expected. The courtyard was overgrown with waist-high weeds, and the main house, which was submerged in weeds, was full of uncomfortable feelings.

This is what people often call a haunted ghost house. But it seems that the haunted house can't keep up with the desolation here.

Alice Phil didn't seem to care about the deserted abandoned house, but looked around with great interest, like a child in a haunted house in a playground.

Mordred, on the other hand, walked into the house slowly, with a look of disgust. During this time, he was also startled by a spider hanging down from the spider silk.

Seeing the two of them, Artoria simply didn't know what expression to use to face it. [It's like working hard as a housewife with two children.] Alice Phil and Mordred are sometimes like children. 】

"Oops? What's wrong, Saber? As if seeing Artoria's helpless expression, Alice Phil asked with concern.

"Nothing. If you don't care about the desolate scene, it's great. ”

For Artoria, who has been through many battles, this is already commonplace, so she doesn't care much about the desolate scene of this abandoned house. And Mordred, as a knight who follows her, has no problem in Artoria's opinion. If Alice Phil could accept it, then there would be nothing inappropriate to use this place as a new base.

"It must have been a boardwalk inside, and then there were tatami mats, and there were paper partitions. Oh, hehe, I've said before that I want to see with my own eyes what ancient Japanese houses are like, and Kiritsugu must have remembered my words and did it on purpose. ”

When the two talked about Emiya Kiritsugu, the scene was always inexplicably embarrassing. There was silence for a while, and I couldn't say a word. There's no way, Artoria just can't have a good impression of her master. She did not agree with her master's way of behaving, which she considered too inferior to the rules of a knight.

In this way, Alice Field, who was sneezing in the mountains of dust and checking the back room, finally put on a serious expression and began to think.

"Is there a difference between what you expected?" Artoria also realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere and diverted the subject.

"Hmm. In this way, I'm already satisfied with being a magician's stronghold, and it's a little difficult. In a house so open, it's easy for magic to escape. In particular, Einzberen's technique is so troublesome. If possible, I'd like a room enclosed with stone and earth! ”

Artoria suddenly thought of something, and took out the last key that she hadn't used yet. "Didn't Maiya just say that there is still a warehouse in the courtyard? Would you like to go there? ”

"Ahh Mordred urged excitedly when he heard this.