"Yo, two, why don't you three drink here?" When the hermit returned to the Tosaka family's villa, he separated from Rin, and when he went to the back garden, he found that Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and Olt were still drinking and chatting, and he walked up to say hello to the three of them, then moved a chair and sat down at the round table, picked up the jar where there was still a lot of wine left, poured himself a glass, and drank it all.

"Oh, this wine tastes so good, and then again, this handsome guy is?" The hermit looked at Aort, but the other three didn't look very good, this thing is too casual, right? And this wine is not enough in the first place, and it seems even less with such a bastard.

"He's our new ally, named Oort." In the end, it was Enkidu who opened his mouth to introduce, and Gilgamesh snorted and stopped looking at the lancer in front of him, he swore that this thing was definitely not Rezhe!

"Oh, hello Oort." The Hermit stretched out his hand and said in a friendly gesture to Aort, who smiled and introduced himself, "I'm a Sevant like them, and I'm a lancer. ”

"Aort, Mercury Surrogator." Although Ault hated the man who suddenly appeared, he still shook hands with him out of politeness, but the two immediately let go of the moment they shook hands, as if they had been electrocuted.

Confusion appeared in Ort's crystal-like eyes, and he tilted his head to look at the hermit and said, "You are... Uhh

"Ahh I'm lancer, as for the name, because the master summoned the wrong summon, so my memory is a little confusing, I can't remember, don't worry about this little detail, we drink and drink. The hermit smiled at Oort, but his foot stomped on the surface of the other's foot, which made Oort's face quite ugly.

Enkidu and Gilgamesh just felt that Aort's expression was a little strange, but they didn't think deeply, as for Vlad, who was standing behind Aort, he saw everything in his eyes, originally he wanted to teach a hermit who was rude to his master, but found that his body couldn't move at all, and he couldn't even make a sound, like a statue standing there.

And when the hermit swept him inadvertently just now, Vlad felt that he was cold, and if it weren't for his body not being able to move, he would have left this place a long time ago.

Because of the hermit's joining, the party became a little awkward, but the hermit didn't care about drinking by himself, when he was almost drunk, he stood up and burped: "I'm sorry, the master is calling me, everyone, I'll flash first." He turned to leave, and then his gaze swept over Oort and gave him a look.

After waiting for the hermit to leave, Oult also casually found an excuse to leave the back garden, and the other two didn't care, and continued to sit here and chat.

…… Ault pushed open the door and walked into the room, looking at the hermit sitting on the bed with a smile, just as he was about to speak, the hermit suddenly raised his hand, and the magic enchantment covered the entire room and disappeared in an instant, and then he was the first to speak: "Long time no see, Oult." ”

His voice still hasn't changed, but this voice sounds like a different kind to Aort, this voice is very familiar to him, after all, the two have been together for so long, how can they forget?

"You bastard, you are! Where have you been after all these years? I've been looking for you for a long time! Ault was a little excited, he didn't expect that this Heroic Spirit who seemed to hate him was his friend, the one who had disappeared for a thousand years!

"There's a lot going on, and I can't explain it for a while, so don't ask." The hermit shook his head and smiled bitterly, how did he answer this question? Say that you are from the future, and you will destroy the Moon World, and all UOs, including you, will be assimilated and devoured by yourself? Although he knew that Oort would not care about such a thing, it was better not to say it.

"Well, you crystal spider don't sleep in the lair, what are you running out to participate in this Holy Grail War? Anyway, I didn't invite you! "This Holy Grail Battle was directed by the hermit, so the selected magicians were also screened by him personally, but Ort was definitely not among the magicians he invited, but he didn't understand how Ort would appear here in place of another person, and what made the hermit even more entangled was that the two just shook hands, and he was discovered by Ort.

"What should I tell you, you bastard?" Ault regained his languid expression, he sat down in his chair and looked at the hermit and said, "I woke up from sleep and found that I had obtained this spell, to be honest I was at a loss, it stands to reason that I shouldn't have been able to get this thing." ”

"Looks like something is wrong." The hermit vaguely guessed that this situation might have something to do with Gaia and Alaye, but it didn't matter, and it didn't matter if Alter joined.

"You bastard, tell me clearly, or I'll tell the two outside about you right now!" Although Ault's expression didn't change much, his tone was a little unhappy, and his smile was a little broken, after all, he was worried that his friend for so many years would appear in front of him and not ask what was going on, how could it really make him happy? So in the end, he directly threatened the hermit and asked him to tell the truth about the origin.

The hermit looked at Aort, and finally shook his head helplessly and said defeatedly: "It's really happened a lot..."After he finished speaking, he put his right hand on the mask, and then took it off, at this moment the room was filled with all kinds of twisted and painful wails, countless voices were mixed together, and the slightly distorted faces were densely distributed on the hermit's face, and at this moment the hermit's face was as terrifying as hell!

"This!" Ault got up from his chair, he was really scared, because it wasn't just these horrible faces, but what made him care more about the people above!

The girl I've ever seen, King Arthur.

Reich's three pupils, Viva, Fiwen and Tully.

Enkidu, Gilgamesh... Many, too many for Alter to count, he even saw himself in these people!

The mask was put back on, and the terrible and painful howl disappeared from the room, and the hermit smiled slightly miserably: "Now, do you understand?" ”

"What the hell is going on?" Sitting back in his chair, Ault took a deep breath and asked, he was now more concerned about what happened to the hermit, how did this hellish tragedy happen?!

"It's really a long time to say..."The hermit finally shook his head helplessly, he took out two pieces and a gourd from the space, and then poured Oort full of wine and said: "Let's talk while drinking, maybe it's a good choice to tell you, I'm a little too much to bear alone..."

The hermit took the lead in drinking the wine, then brewed the language and began to tell everything to Aort, without any concealment or reservation, whether it was the past or the future, everything was told to Aort, and this was a whole day......... Divider...... While the hermit was telling Ault the story, Lily and her master, Kiritsugu Emiya, had returned to their stronghold, and the two had gone out to gather information last night, but they had not attracted attention because they were both low-key relationships, and the two returned to the hotel in the early morning after observing last night's battle.

"How's it going?" Alice Phil asked immediately when she saw the two of them returning, and Artoria and Emiya Shirou also looked at the two of them, waiting for the results of each other's reconnaissance, especially Artoria, who really wanted to meet that person in this war.

Emiya Kiritsugu lit a cigarette on the sofa and was silent, and Lily was also sitting on the bed with a puzzled face, the room was very quiet, and after a long time, Alice Phil asked a little uncontrollably, "What happened?" ”

Kiritsugu extinguished the cigarette in his hand, shook his head and looked a little dull, he looked at the others and said, "Last night, five Heroes and Magicians withdrew from the war, which is similar to what we had guessed before, but there are some things that make me wonder. "Kiritsugu didn't know that another group had exited the Holy Grail War this morning, and so far seven Heroic Spirits and Magicians had failed.

"What are you wondering about?"

"Arthur." Lily opened her mouth to answer the question, she looked at Artoria and said, "Didn't Arthur end up fighting with that Black Hero when we fought at Gold Level on the first night?" It stands to reason that even if he quits Gold, Arthur will definitely kill the other party, but strangely enough, during last night's battle, Kiritsugu and I found out that Arthur and the Black Heroic Spirit had actually become allies. And looking at the relationship between the two, it's not a simple cooperation of interests, but..."

Speaking of which, Lily didn't know how to answer, she found that the relationship between Arthur and the Heroic Spirit was definitely not as simple as she imagined, but from the relationship between the two, it seemed that it was already beyond the level of allies, who could make Arthur do this?

Although she doesn't know much about Arthur, Lily believes that the other party is not the kind of person who is soft-hearted, and she should not ally with her enemies, because her enemies will eventually die by her sword!

"And that black spirit is very strong, you all felt the sudden magic fluctuation last night, right? The kind of treasure that has a treasure that ignores the distance of space even defeats another very strong woman, if we have friction with him, I'm afraid he will attack the master of the Heroic Spirit..."Kiritsugu frowned when he thought of Lei's strange way of fighting and the treasure he owned, he didn't know who the woman who fought with Ray was, because in the time of Kiritsugu's existence, Aoko and Orange were just a little Lori with a little fame, who would have thought that they would be able to grow to this point?

"Because of the relationship between that Noble Phantasm and Arthur, this Heroic Spirit should also pay more attention, in fact, I care more about how the two of them became allies than Noble Phantasm." Lily lowered her head and pondered, could it be that the Black Heroic Spirit was Arthur's friend during his lifetime?

No, how could there be friends with Arthur's surname and performance? What is it if not a friend?

Lily struggled to remember, to remember what had happened to the gold.

Thunder...!

Lily stood up violently, her face changed rapidly, she rang Nero asked the other party's name, the black spirit said this word, at that time, his attitude was not like knowing himself and others, so he didn't think much about it, but combined with the performance now and when Arthur disappeared in the golden capital... Arthur's desperate expression at the end, Lily saw it, if there was anyone else in this world who could make her like this, except for the disappeared Lei Zhe, Lily really couldn't think of anyone else..."No, how is this possible..."Lily muttered to herself like a dream, the strength of her whole body seemed to be drained, and she sat back on the bed with nothing but a dazed face! At this moment she frantically denied her thoughts, but at the same time she hoped that her guess was correct!

"Lily, what's wrong with you?" Lily's current performance, and the others are not idiots, how can they not see it? Alice Phil sat down beside Lily, grabbed her pale, cold, and trembling hands, and whispered.

Alice Phil felt that the strong woman beside her, the king of Britain, had become very weak at this time, she was not a king or a knight at this time, but an ordinary little girl!

"I—" Lily looked up at the woman beside her, and finally her gaze fell on Artoria, who was not far away, and then said in a trembling voice, "The Black Heroic Spirit who fought you and almost killed you could be... It could be Thunder! ”

After hearing Lily's words, Artoria stood in place as if she had been struck by lightning, she looked at Lily, who was also looking at her, and only came back to her senses after a long time and then took a few deep breaths, as if digesting what the other party had just said, and except for Emiya Shirou, Emiya Kiritsugu and Alice Phil didn't know who Lily was talking about.

"Lily, who's that Ray?"

Lily looked at the woman beside her, a wry smile appeared on her face, and then said, "He used to be my knight, and he was also the sword spirit of the sword in the stone, he... He's my lost scabbard. ”

"He has such a good relationship with you? Can we make an alliance with him? "Although I haven't seen Ray, from her husband and Lily's narration, Alice Phil can sense how strong that person is, and being able to form an alliance with such a person can be regarded as enhancing her own combat effectiveness, right?

Hearing Alice Field's question, Lily shook her head and didn't speak, this was Artoria's result, she looked at her former friend and said, "I think it's impossible..."

"Why?"

“… Because in the end, we killed him with our own hands! Lily whispered, the more she thought about it now, the more she felt that there was such a possibility, that black spirit could really be Lei Zhe, Arthur found out Ray's true identity through something, so that he would stay by his side!

Artoria turned and walked out, and Emiya Shirou stood up and immediately said, "Saber, where are you going?" ”

"I'm sorry master, I'm going to see him, please don't stop me." Artoria said this to Shirou, and then pushed his body away and walked out, seeing her determined expression Shirou was speechless.

"Let her go..."Lily said to Kiritsugu and Shirou who were trying to stop Artoria, and after saying that, her eyes moved to her hands, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on her beautiful face again, "What am I afraid of?" Shouldn't I be as happy as she is? I... What a coward...! ”

(To be continued)