John, who drank all the juice in his hand in one gulp, got up from the bench and walked to the vending machine next to him: "What are you going to drink this time...... " said to himself, put his hand into his pocket, and when he touched it, it was empty. "I ran out. Looking at the trash can next to him, which was already filled with several empty cans, John looked at the clock erected next to him: "Well, next time, it's not too early, let's go back." ”

Just two steps away, John received another call from Emiya Kiritsugu: "Maiya found the puppeteer, but the price she offered was very strange. Now Maiya is already rushing here with her, and she will probably be able to arrive at noon tomorrow. Also, according to Saber, who was guarding the castle, Ellie had woken up for a while, but now she had passed out again. "Wait for me, I'll be right back. John hung up and looked around. There was no one in the small park in the early hours of the morning, and even the homeless man who would have spent the night in a cardboard box in the park heard about the monsters around and did not return here. Very well, John thought silently, and released his wings, took the fog ring and waved his wings into the sky, flying straight in the direction of the castle.

Flying straight over is fast, it took more than an hour to go back in a truck after purchasing things last time, but this time it only took ten minutes to use the flight, of course, this is also related to John's speed, after all, the master who drove looked at the winding mountain road, not everyone has a heart of Fujiwara Takumi. But flying in the air does not have this concern, as long as the sonic boom is generated without exceeding the speed of sound, the function of relying on the dense fog ring will naturally not be discovered.

Falling directly next to the campfire in the courtyard, John removed the fog ring. As he took off the ring, John felt two eyes coming, and John looked up, and it turned out that it was Emiya Kiritsugu and Saber who had noticed John's presence. After discovering that John had returned, both Emiya Kiritsugu and Saber immediately left the window, apparently coming to look for him. John touched his chin and walked towards the castle, where he met two men who had hurried down from the upper floor.

The first to speak was Emiya Kiritsugu, who was so anxious that he was only a human and walked two minutes faster than Saber as a servant, and when he walked in front of John, Saber was still at the corner of the stairs: "Caster, Saber said that Ellie was awake for a while, but she fell into a coma again, I don't know if it has any effect." Saber saw that Emiya Kiritsugu had already said the situation, so she didn't continue. John nodded, and went upstairs with Emiya Kiritsugu: "Before, you said that the puppeteer's request was strange?" Emiya Kiritsugu nodded and said: "When the puppeteer heard that it was the Einzberger family, she said that she not only needed money, but also some books from the Einzberger family, in addition to some rare experimental materials. The money has been settled, and Maiya has already given her the money, so she will personally come and take the collection of Einz Bellen, and as for the last one, the rare materials...... It's hard to do. ”

John knew that Emiya Kiritsugu, who was a magician killer, should not lack these things, and asked, "You should have some collections too, right? Is she not satisfied?" Emiya Kiritsugu was silent: "There are indeed some materials she needs, but my collection alone is not enough, so she has to come here to see if the collection here can meet her requirements." ”

As they spoke, the three of them walked over to Alice Phil's bedside, and Emiya Kiritsugu said, "Let's not talk about the puppeteer, Caster, can you help see how Alice is doing?"

"Don't worry, I'll see what's going on. While reassuring the anxious Emiya Kiritsugu, John opened his eyes of true sight and looked at Alice Phil who was lying on the bed.

The moment he looked at Alice Phil again, John's eyes changed, and the originally calm expression on his face disappeared. Emiya Kiritsugu looked at John's expression and became anxious: "Caster, what's wrong?

John's face was heavy, and he said, "How can I say it, although I guessed that Alice Phil might be affected due to absorbing new soul fire, but I didn't expect it to affect so much...... No, it should be because the soul fire of the eighth servant is different from the other soul fires, right?"

"Tell me how things are going, Caster. Emiya Kiritsugu was already very anxious, and now he just wanted to know about his wife's situation and asked.

"Okay, then I'll say it. John closed his eyes and said, "I speculated that due to the successive deaths of the servants, the soul fire will fly into Alice Phil's body one after another, which may affect the control of her own soul fire over her body, and the most intuitive manifestation of the situation is a coma like the current one - in fact, it is caused by her soul being unable to control the body. However, the soul of the eighth servant is too strange, I have found out that his soul has some corrosive properties similar to the abyss, and I don't want this to be so corrosive, not only began to pollute the souls of Lancer and Assassin who entered before, but now it is also polluting her body. Saying that, he looked up at Emiya Kiritsugu: "We have to speed up, it's just that in such a short time, it has already eroded the previous servant's soul fire, and at the same time it is polluting the body, I don't know if it will affect her soul fire after a long time - although now due to the assimilation of my soul fire, her soul has changed, but I am not sure about the changes after that- it really comes to that time, unless her soul is completely assimilated by my soul breath, I don't know what else to do." ”

Emiya Kiritsugu was suddenly deflated and sat on the edge of the bed decadently. It was obvious that he had taken out everything he had, but he didn't know if he could satisfy the appetite of the legendary puppeteer. As a powerful magician, money is naturally not a problem, and even if it is just an ordinary stronghold, there are many magic books here, so it should be no problem, but it is not very likely that he will go to find cherished materials now.

Saber hadn't spoken since she entered, and she didn't know how to speak in this situation, because she didn't know what was going on. Silence spreads between the trio.

It was not too early, and John exited the room, leaving time for Kiritsugu Emiya and Alice Phil. Due to Alice Phil's current mutation, John doesn't know what will happen in the future, the two of them may only be able to be together for a few days, although John has no ordinary people's feelings, and he is not unkind, it is not suitable to stay there at this time.

"Rare experimental material...... On the way back to the library, John remembered something, and his eyes flashed: "Maybe it works?"