Fuyuki City is located in the main hall of Yanodor-ji Temple, which has become a "shrine".

As soon as he returned, even the battle in the castle of Einzbelen had not alarmed the Assassin split outside the Liudong Temple, and Li Yuan and his party, who had just attacked, returned to the Liudong Temple.

"Li Yuan, Nero, welcome back!"

Seeing Li Yuan and Nero and his party who had just walked in from outside the main hall, Medea got up with an elegant gesture and gave a welcome salute, and then saw Artoria and Alice Phil who were led by Nero, and Alice Phil who was following her, and said with some surprise: "It seems that your operation this time is very smooth!" He brought back both the Knight King and the 'Little Grail' of the Saber rank, but didn't Saber's Master return? Looks like you're really lucky......"

As the two captives, Alice Phil was okay to say that she was barely restricted from following Artoria's side.

But Artoria's words, the blue armor she was wearing, was tied by the translucent chains like a sold slave, and the humiliation on her face made Nero feel very happy in her heart - of course, for Li Yuan, the picture of Nero pulling Artoria was really a little joyful and subtle!

However, after hearing Medea's words, Li Yuan and Nero did not have any surprised expressions, but Artoria and Alice Fell had different expressions.

"Little, little grail?! What's that???"

"Eh......" ......

Hearing Medea's words, Artoria, who felt humiliated and unwilling in her heart, noticed the term "Little Holy Grail", which made her ears stand up directly, and immediately asked.

Compared to Artoria, who was eager to obtain the Holy Grail in order to change her fate, Alice Fell couldn't help but let out an exclamation - she didn't know why the top-secret fact that she was the "Little Holy Grail" of the Einzberen family was known by other people? And the people who know are not one or two???

"Looks like Saber doesn't know? So, wait a minute, and let's explain the situation together......"

Seeing Artoria's surprised expression, Li Yuan glanced at Alice Fell and said very indifferently.

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Artoria seemed to feel something, and followed Li Yuan's gaze to Alice Field, but she didn't say anything. And Alice Fell did not say anything against it, and together with her "knight" Artoria, she followed Li Yuan, Medea, and Nero to the side hall......

……

Later, a small side hall that functions as a reception room is located on the side of the main hall.

On the conference table in the side hall, there are snacks and many kinds of drinks such as tea, juice, and coffee delivered by NT series robots. But except for Nero who was still drinking tea without hurry, and Li Yuan was sitting on the side with a calm face, Artoria and Alice Fell had different faces, listening to Medea explain in detail about the "Little Holy Grail", as well as the responses and methods made by the Einzberen family in the Holy Grail War.

"The so-called Great Holy Grail, in fact, also known as the 'Cup of Heaven', is also the key to the Holy Grail Wars in the past dynasties, and it is a super-large magic position set up by the three major families of the Tosaka family, the Maki family, and the Einzberen family!"

"Before the start of the Holy Grail War and in the first three Holy Grail Wars, the Einzberen family, as one of the three royal families, can be said to have done everything possible to win the Holy Grail War and obtain the 'Heavenly Cup' body of the third law, so they have paid an unknown amount of effort and plot for the magic envoy who can control the third law.

As a result, when the situation of the Holy Grail War was determined, the Einzberen family was responsible for the prizes in the Holy Grail War system, and they also used all kinds of means to try to ensure their victory!"

"In the first three Holy Grail Wars, the 'Little Grail' situation that was destroyed for various reasons made the rulers and magicians of the Einzbelen family propose to turn the 'Little Grail' into a living creature that can be controlled in their own hands, and this time it will be foolproof!"

"With this idea and action, the Einzberen family selected an artificial human embryo that was most suitable to become the 'Little Grail' host among the androids used for consumables in the past, and then spent more than ten years cultivating them from an early age, and the android has been in a special amniotic fluid cultivation tank to concoct the most suitable 'Little Grail' host, and intend to use it as a top-secret killer in the Fourth Holy Grail War."

"Nine years ago, the Einzberen family was ready, but they accidentally recruited a magician named 'Magician Killer', Emiya Kiritsugu. Then, for the sake of control and co-optation, the Einzberen family specially married this artificial person to the princess of the Einzberen family and gave birth to a daughter!

As a promise of the Fourth Holy Grail War, the Einzberen family promised to let him take his daughter if Emiya Kiritsugu was victorious, and the one who was the 'Little Grail' ............

Looking at Artoria, whose face was gradually turning blue and full of anger, Medea's words suddenly stopped.

Li Yuan knew that this was Medea's deliberate attempt to hang people's appetites at a critical time, which could be seen from the hint of playfulness in Medea's eyes!

"What will happen?"

In the eyes of Li Yuan and the others, Artoria's inquiry sounded.

Although Artoria was now a little indecent and embarrassed when she was bound by chains, her current tone and posture made the people who saw it not have the slightest idea of laughing - in the face of the powerful power of a volcano about to erupt, it was estimated that there were not many people who could laugh out loud, and the few people present did not have the idea of laughing!

"Will die!"

Listening to Artoria's angry answer, Medea gave the cruel answer very simply.

As if she felt that her explanation was not detailed enough, Medea patiently said to Artoria and Alice Phil, whose bodies seemed to be trembling, and Alice Phil, whose faces were pale: "With the Heroic Spirits going out one by one, the 'Little Grail' will absorb the souls of the Heroic Spirits who are close to them, and then the body will gradually be unable to withstand the pressure brought by the powerful souls of the Heroic Spirits and will appear abnormal.

In the beginning, the souls of one or two Heroic Spirits at most weakened the physical and mental state of the 'Little Grail', which means that they began to feel uncomfortable. But I estimate that with the physique and mental state of a human magician, if more than three Heroic Soul souls are absorbed by the 'Little Holy Grail', the 'Little Holy Grail' will gradually lose its ability to bear it, and then when the six Heroic Spirits are absorbed, it will be time for the 'Little Holy Grail' to be destroyed and the 'Heavenly Cup' will appear!"

"Bang !!"

Hearing Medea's detailed explanation, a string called "sanity" in Artoria's mind finally collapsed, and a hand slammed on the table in front of her, making a loud roar.

- What Artoria and Alice Phil didn't notice was that under Artoria's powerful hammer blow, the table seemed to glow with a faint light, except for the plate in front of Artoria that was shattered by the impact, the entire wooden table and the dishes in front of the others were not damaged in the slightest!

Of course, neither Artoria, who was in a frenzy, nor Alice Phil, who was trying to get up to stop it, cared about such a small thing now.

"Damn! Damn it!!! Those guys from the Einzberen family."

Artoria, who slammed her fist on the table, stood up directly and roared at those people in the Einzberen family, and looking at Artoria's angry eyes, it was certain that if there were members of the Einzberen family in front of her at this time, Artoria would definitely not hesitate to act.

After all, for Artoria, who is known as the "Knight King", this magician method of the Einzberen family is completely unacceptable to Artoria!

Not to mention, even with Artoria's IQ, she understands who the artificial person in Medea's words is that she was cultivated by the Einzbelen family in the container of the 'Little Grail' - can this identity of the "Little Grail" be someone else besides the "princess" Alice Phil she protects?

"Saber! Saber……”

Seeing Artoria's angry gesture that seemed to be about to go berserk, Alice Fell quickly tried to dissuade her.

Strange to say, after hearing Alice Phil's words, Artoria, who was originally extremely angry, took a few deep breaths, controlled her emotions, and turned her head to look at Alice Phil, who walked to her side.

"Alice Phil, why didn't you tell me?"

Artoria looked at Alice Phil's weak expression and red pupils with a hint of sadness, and asked Alice Phil very seriously.

"I ......"

Faced with the inquiry of her "knight", Alice Fell seemed to want to say something, but was immediately interrupted by someone who spoke.

"Saber!, or Miss Artoria, I think you're a little wrong with Miss Alice Fell!

As a candidate for the 'Little Grail' of the Einzberen family, Ms. Alice Fell is well aware of her physical impairments. And for the sake of her daughter Illya, she would rather sacrifice her life to ensure Illya's future situation, and will not become the next 'little grail' of the Einzberen family to participate in the Fifth Holy Grail War!"

Without waiting for Alice Phil to answer this question, Li Yuan took the initiative to reveal the cruel and dark side of the Holy Grail War.

Behind the Holy Grail War is the cruel and dark side of the magician and the various forces behind it!

Alice Phil and her daughter Illya are the containers of the "Little Grail" concocted by the Einzberen family, respectively, and the Fourth Holy Grail War and the Fifth Holy Grail War in the original plot ended in tragedy and bleakness.

Similarly, in addition to the fact that Rin Tosaka of the Tosaka family did not cheat in the Fifth Holy Grail War, the union of the Templar Church and Tosaka Toshitomi in the Fourth Holy Grail War, Sakura Makiri, who was tormented by the old bug that Li Yuan had already crushed, and now has a nominal master-apprentice relationship with Tosaka Toshito, uses human souls to maintain the golden ...... Anyway, behind the Holy Grail War, all kinds of cruel sides that refresh the perception and morality of ordinary human beings can be called outrageous and have no lower limit!

"Y-How do you know?"

"What? Alice Phil, even Illya ...... her......

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Artoria and Alice Phil were both taken aback.

Needless to say, Alice Phil's gaze when she looked at Li Yuan was full of surprise and surprise. Artoria, on the other hand, did not expect that she had seen Illya's lovely little girl in the castle of Einzberen, and that the Einzbelen family would treat her cruelly - intending to make her a "little chalice???

But about the "Little Grail", Artoria's [intuition] and Alice Phil's panicked expression both told her that it was not a lie, but a real fact!

"Saber! I have to come to the Holy Grail War, both for Kiritsugu and for Illya!

The Einzberen family promised me and Kiritsugu that if we won the Holy Grail War, Illya would not have to suffer the fate of being concocted as a 'Little Holy Grail', and my death would be worth it!!"

Hearing Artoria's question, and the doubt in her eyes, Alice Phil's originally somewhat hesitant gesture was eliminated and became firm.

For Alice Fair, when she was born, she was instilled in her mind the idea of being loyal to the Einzberen family.

However, after Alice Phil meets Kiritsugu Emiya, Alice Phil, who comes out of the amniotic tank, feels the love she remembers for the first time, and then her daughter Illya is born.

Therefore, for Alice Phil, who should not have feelings and was created by the Einzbelen family for the purpose of "Little Grail", trying to obtain the "Grail of Heaven" in the Fourth Holy Grail War, her husband Kiritsugu Emiya and daughter Illya are the only two most important existences in this world for Alice Phile!

When she realized that she had become a "little Holy Grail", and understood the situation of the Holy Grail War and the arrival of the Fourth Holy Grail War, she sincerely hoped that her husband Emiya Kiritsugu could win the Holy Grail War - in which, in addition to the fact that Alice Phil, who had no contact with the outside world, was a little longing for the huge ambition of her husband Emiya Kiritsugu, more importantly, she hoped that her daughter Illya would not have to repeat her tragedy again!

Because, Alice Phil knows that if this Holy Grail War is still inconclusive, then before the next Holy Grail War, her daughter Illya will definitely be made into a container of "Little Grail" by the Einzberen family, and will be thrown into the cruel Holy Grail War, trying to use her life to seize the so-called "Heavenly Cup".

In this case, as soon as Emiya Kiritsugu spoke, Alice Phil took the initiative to participate in the Fourth Holy Grail War!

It was not simply because of the order of Emiya Kiritsugu, but Alice Phil herself understood that as the "little grail" of the Einzberen family, the Holy Grail War was inevitable for herself, and also in order for her daughter Illya not to suffer the same fate as herself, Alice Phil resolutely participated in this Holy Grail War.

However, in the face of her husband Kiritsugu Emiya, and Artoria, the "knight" who protects her, Alice Phil has never chosen to tell the "Little Grail" and her own affairs, for fear that they will be worried......

Now, in the face of Li Yuan's clarification of what he had been trying to hide, as well as Artoria's shocked and questioning gaze, Alice Fell had to tell the cruel thing about her death, and explained to the "knight" who protected her after being summoned that she resolutely participated in the Holy Grail War for the sake of her daughter Elija!

"Alice Phil ......"

After listening to Alice Phil's unusually resolute and resolute attitude, which was different from the cute words of the past, Artoria did not know what to say.

Is it wrong to say that Alice Phil is hiding from herself?

However, Alice Phil understands that the special android she concocted as a "little grail", even if it is the technology of the Einzberen family, still allows her to support the Holy Grail War at most, and she is for her daughter Illya, even Artoria cannot say that Alice Phil's maternal love is wrong.

But after such a secret matter is revealed, how can Artoria watch it?

What makes Artoria a little helpless and helpless is that even now that she hears the facts revealed by Li Yuan, and after Alice Phil calmly admits that her life is not long, she doesn't seem to have much to do about it!

After all, Artoria herself, as a knight, is not a magician who is proficient in this way, and she can't help Alice Phil remove the "Little Holy Grail", even if she wants to use the "Holy Grail" system to make a wish, Alice Phil will die first, and even if she wants to save Illya first, she is in the castle of the Einzbelen family......

For a while, Artoria, whose brain seemed to have become bright, seemed to have a helpless thought, and this situation of knowing the cruel truth seemed to be powerless, which reminded Artoria of some unpleasant situations in her past, and she also felt more and more empathetic helplessness and loss!

"Miss Alice Fell, Miss Artoria, can you listen to me now?"

When the atmosphere of the scene was a little silent, Alice Phil showed a determined look on her face and was about to comfort Artoria, who was clenching her hands, Li Yuan, who was watching the play, finally spoke. And after Alice Phil and Artoria looked at him, Li Yuan said with a smile: "Now that the situation is explained, the two of you recognize your current situation, then it seems that the negotiation between us can proceed!" (To be continued.) )