16 The poisonous queen of Assyria
At the same time that Chu Xuan, Artoria and Alice Fell were discussing the battle plan together, in the magic workshop under the Tosaka Mansion in Fuyuki City, Tosaka Shichen, the head of the Tosaka family, and the ** Yanfeng Qili he received three years ago also planned to hold a combat meeting.
"Kiri, have Aoi and Rin already left?"
Tosaka Tokichen saw Yan Feng Qili, who had just entered the magic workshop, and casually asked about the situation "above".
Before the Holy Grail War was about to begin, he decided to leave his wife and daughter in Fuyuki City and return to his wife's home for a while, so as not to be affected by the battle.
Although he did not personally send his wife and daughter away, this does not mean that he does not care about his relatives, since his second daughter Tosaka Sakura was taken from her by an unknown magician four years ago, he has paid extra attention to the safety of his wife and eldest daughter - especially the eldest daughter Rin Tosaka.
"Yes, Master.
The two of them had already gone out of the gate with their luggage, and I wanted to help, but Rin refused. ”
Yan Fengqili, who had a golden cross on his chest, replied expressionlessly.
Shortly after he received the spell and became Tosaka's minister, and left Italy, his foster daughter "disappeared".
Because of the church's caretaker negligence, the baby girl, who was just over a year old, was "lost...... Or it was stolen by someone, but Yan Fengqili didn't react, maybe he was still immersed in the "grief" of losing his wife at that time, and he had no time to take care of his daughter.
Although Tosaka Tokitomi was keenly aware that the loss of his daughter one after another with the ** he had just received may not be an accident, but against the two of them...... Or rather, it was a conspiracy against the master of the Holy Grail War, but the other party was very familiar with the magician's tracking methods, and did things very cleanly, so that he never found any clues.
Tosaka Tokitomi began to investigate the other masters, especially the other two of the "Imperial Three" that would inevitably produce masters, but he also did not get any clues - this also has a lot to do with the fact that all the artificial maids used in the city of Einzberen are android.
However, even if there is no such thing as his daughter being robbed, Tosaka Tokitomi will also investigate the information of other masters, and even if he can't get information about the servant, as long as he can determine the identity and appearance of the master who participated in the Holy Grail War, it is equivalent to taking the lead before the war starts.
What's more, if you can find out what kind of "holy relics" other masters have obtained, it is equivalent to indirectly surmising the identity of the servant - at least you can delineate the scope of the servant's summoning, and wait until you are on the battlefield, and then further judge its identity according to the combat characteristics of the servant.
Compared to the "Imperial Three Family", the advantage of other magicians is that the enemy is clear and secret, they know very well the master or possible master candidate of the "Imperial Three Family", and they also know the stronghold of the "Royal Three Family", and the "Royal Three Family" until the first few days of the war, they may not know who the other masters are, and it is even more difficult to find their stronghold.
Therefore, the "Imperial Family", including the Einzberen family, will begin to collect information through various channels - whether it is a holy relic or a master, a few years or even more than a decade before the start of each Holy Grail War, in order to reduce the disadvantage of information asymmetry.
"Qili, you weren't seen by others when you came over, did you?
On the surface, we are now in a hostile relationship. ”
Tosaka Shichen showed a kind smile, and asked in a relaxed tone to the **, who was always very serious and somewhat dull.
Yan Feng Qili, who had been chosen by the Holy Grail three years ago, was accepted by the patriarch Shi Chen as **, and since then, he has been hiding the spell on his right hand according to Shi Chen's order, and it has not been made public until the last month.
From the time of the public spell, he was the opponent of the Holy Grail and "broke up" with his master, Tosaka Tokitoki.
"No need to ......"
"Don't worry, there aren't any magic or wizards watching this house in the vicinity, and there aren't any enemies around Qili along the way.
No matter what kind of conspiracy it is, it can't hide it from the eyes of my Semiramis~"
Yan Feng Qili just wanted to answer, and a beautiful figure suddenly appeared beside him, and when this figure was completely condensed, it became a beautiful female surname with a dangerous aura such as **, conspiracy, and toxins hidden in nobility.
"If the queen of Assyria says so, then I can rest easy."
Tosaka stroked his right hand to his chest and elegantly tilted his **, showing respect to Her Majesty the Queen, who was wearing a long black dress, a large circle of unknown black feathers around her neckline, had extra-long black hair that fell to the ground, and had pointed ears like elves.
Although she is the servant of Tosaka Totokito's "subordinates", her real identity is the queen of Assyria, and Tosaka Tosaka Tototo, who is "ancient" and "noble", has always maintained enough respect for Tosaka Tosaka, who was born in a great aristocracy.
What's more, this Assyrian queen is the oldest poisoner in history, and if she is dissatisfied, she may be secretly poisoned.
Semiramis was the legendary queen of the Assyrian Empire, who was born between the Syrian goddess of fish, Dekodo, and the human male surname, but was placed at the water's edge without a mother's love, and was then warmed by the wings of a dove, and raised by the milk brought by the dove.
When she was young, she was picked up by Sims and learned all kinds of knowledge, from makeup, hair knotting, decoration to dance, music, astronomy, Semiramis has a beauty that fascinates male surnames, and is extremely cultivated in all aspects.
Although she was married to the old general Onnes, she was taken away at first sight by the Assyrian king Ninus because of her beauty, and Onnes committed suicide because of this incident.
Favored by her novel tactics to the king during the war, Semiramis soon became a princess, but after only a few marriages, she poisoned King Nynus and reigned as regent for decades.
The queen was fond of waste and decadence in life, and had a passionate surname, but in politics she showed considerable talent and ruthlessness, and even poisoned her husband for power - but in terms of results, she avenged her first husband.
"Well...... Shichen, when will the materials for my garden be ready?
I'll have to do a long ritual after that, but I can't be too late. ”
Semiramis lowered his eyelids and asked Tosaka Tokitomi a little lazily.
"Please don't be impatient, so many materials have to be transported from West Asia, and the time is really tight.
But if all goes well, tomorrow morning, ships carrying materials will be able to enter the port.
I've rented the largest warehouse at the port, and when the materials are unloaded into the warehouse, you can start the ceremony. ”
Tosaka replied politely, and the lazy black-clothed beauty nodded slightly, and then returned to the spirit state.
Then, Tosaka Shichen beckoned to Yan Feng Qili, motioned for him to come over, and handed over a document at hand.
"The spy staff lurking in the 'Giant's Cellar' has heard that there is also a master there, who seems to be representing the 'Atlas Academy' in this Holy Grail War.
However, since the research organization where the alchemists gathered was completely secretive compared to other departments, I couldn't get any more detailed information. ”
"Egypt...... Is this the woman? ”
Yan Feng Qili looked at the photos on the materials with an expressionless face, and asked in a somewhat blank tone.
Printed on the photo is a girl with glasses with lilac hair, many metal rings around her neck, and a red dot in the middle of her forehead, which is exotic.
Although she is quite dark-skinned due to her location in Egypt, the girl is still of the yellow race, not the black race.
However, the reason why Yan Feng Qili still looked at her twice was actually because this Egyptian girl gave people a feeling of lack of emotion and like a puppet.
"It is said that this girl is an artificially implanted magic circuit, but unlike Einzberen's artificial human, she is supposed to be a human in itself...... Maybe he wasn't a magician before he implanted a magic circuit.
The alchemists in the Giant's Cellars may be trying to validate their research?
But I don't think they could have imagined that such a girl would be chosen by the Holy Grail in the first place. ”
Tosaka shrugged his shoulders, unconsciously revealing an arrogance that belonged to the aristocracy, artificially implanted magic circuits or something, in his opinion, probably "anti-traditional", "evil ways".
"Other information...... Without? ”
Yan Feng Qili turned the information to the second page, and found that it was already another person's information, Tosaka Shichen sighed slightly, and then said to him:
"I don't have more detailed information, I don't know anything, I don't know anything, I can get a picture and pass on the information, that's the limit.
The rest is the same, we only know that the Einzberen family chose a magician from China named 'Chu Xuan', but other than that, everything about him is a mystery.
Neither the Magic Association nor any other organization could find any information about him, and there was no information about him being active somewhere. ”
"Chu Xuan?"
Yan Fengqili looked at the short first page of the report, only a few lines of the second page of the report, the striking Chinese name, strangely raised an eyebrow.
"Is it a magician from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan? Where are those places...... I remember that there seemed to be quite a few people who studied traditional Chinese Taoism. ”
"No, in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, no information has been found, I suspect that he is likely from Chinese mainland, or maybe he is a magician still hidden in Chinese mainland."
Tosaka looked to the west with some confusion, not knowing whether to look at Chinese mainland or Germany on the other side of the world. (To be continued.) )