The next afternoon, outside the castle of Einzberen.

Zheng Shu looked at the castle full of Western European style in front of him, without any intention of hiding his figure, and walked straight towards the gate.

The bright spirit son gathered on his body to form a weapon, and Artoria looked at Zheng Shu in civilian clothes, but still didn't dare to relax at all.

"Stop, Berserker." Artoria was vigilantly armed and raised the long sword in her hand, "It's too early for the banquet to start, and if you're here for the battle after the banquet, it's a little early." ”

"Saber, don't get me wrong, I'm not here to fight, I'm looking for something with your master." Zheng Shu didn't care about Artoria's vigilant posture, and waved his hand casually, without any intention of fighting.

"Master?" Artoria paused and frowned, "Is there something you're looking for Ellie?" If it's a conversation between the masters, I don't see your master. ”

"Alice Phil? It's true that this conversation has something to do with her, but I'm not looking for him, I'm looking for Kiritsugu Emiya. Zheng Shu shook his head.

Artoria's pupils contracted nervously, and then she became more wary of Zheng Shu.

Because until now, Emiya Kiritsugu has not exposed the fact that he is Artoria's master, and Alice Phil has always played Artoria's master.

Whether it is fighting or directing, or even using support magic against Artoria, it has always been Alice Phil who has come forward, and Emiya Kiritsugu plays only a killer hired by the Einsberen family to target the Master.

It stands to reason that only the four of them know this information except for Einsbergeren's people, but such a top-secret information is now being said lightly by Zheng Shu.

“Berserker…… Can I consider this statement of yours to be a threat? "Artoria has taken a combat stance.

In the case of mutual hostility, the secret information of the other party is suddenly exposed, especially this information is about the real master of one party's servant, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a provocation or threat.

"No, you're thinking too much!" Zheng Shu denied it very decisively.

For these people who can associate several sentences with one sentence, Zheng Shu has an abnormal headache, even if his wisdom is strengthened through the template, it is high enough, but it is mainly reflected in the computing power or deduction ability, and he still can't do the state of these people's minds, is this the gap in "software"?

"Really?" Artoria was clearly unconvinced.

"Really, I'll just say it casually, because of some special reasons, I know this information, and I do have something to say to the two of them." Zheng Shu was starting to look a little irritable.

After all, in his opinion, he came with good intentions, but he was blocked out of the door like this, and Zheng Shu felt that he would really be angry if he continued to ink like this.

"You...... Alas? Artoria wanted to say something more, but the sudden words in her ears stopped her from what she wanted to say.

"But it's too dangerous...... Did Ellie agree too? All right. Artoria argued with the person she was talking to, and finally had to compromise.

Looking up at Zheng Shu, she sighed, turned her weapons and armor into Lingzi and put them away, and changed back into her original suit.

Taking a deep breath, although a little reluctant, Artoria's chivalry made her not rude in this regard, and nodded at Zheng Shu: "Okay, the Imperial Master knows your thoughts, and he agrees to meet with you." ”

"Huh?!" Now it was Zheng Shu's turn to be suspicious.

Having read the original book, he knows very well what kind of person Emiya Kiritsugu is, and it is no exaggeration to say that Emiya Kiritsugu himself is a completely unscrupulous mad dog, so he has the same vigilance towards other people and will never expose his weaknesses.

Therefore, although Zheng Shu came here with good intentions, he was ready to finally use force to forcibly complete his "goodwill" at the beginning.

You must know that in the original book, Emiya Kiritsugu asked Alice Phil to come forward even when he planned to form an alliance with other lords, and Zheng Shu didn't believe it when he said that this dog thing suddenly changed his sex.

Even if he hasn't become as hopeless as he was in the later part of the original book, the current Emiya Kiritsugu has been completely blackened.

Would such a guy actually agree to let himself meet?

Zheng Shu felt that there must be something strange in it, this guy must not have any good fart, maybe he is ready to yin himself somewhere.

Therefore, although Zheng Shu ostensibly agreed to enter the castle, he secretly activated his divine armament.

Although the god weapon on his body is now in a restrained state, and it is also the ultimate castration and weakened form of the genuine god weapon, it can still release a certain level of protection stance after activation.

But......

A little unexpectedly by Zheng Shu, he actually met Emiya Kiritsugu and Alice Phil lying on the bed very smoothly.

To be honest, Alice Phil is now suffering from the recovery of two Servants' spirit bases, which has gradually affected her bodily functions, and even with the scabbard: Avalon's protection has begun to weaken rapidly.

So Zheng Shu was not surprised by the fact that Alice Fell was lying on the bed, Zheng Shu was more surprised that Emiya Kiritsugu was willing to put the meeting place here.

Although Zheng Shu did say that he had something to talk about with the two of them, according to Emiya Kiritsugu's character, theoretically he shouldn't really be put here.

What is this situation? Did this guy have been taken away?

The corners of Zheng Shu's eyes twitched unconsciously, and the alertness in his heart increased a few levels again.

"Hello Berserker, this should be the first time we've officially met." Emiya Kiritsugu took the initiative to say hello to Zheng Shu.

Although there is still a little vigilance in his actions, he is already quite sincere according to his character.

"Hello, Lord Saber. I'm here to talk to you about the Little Grail. Zheng Shu nodded politely, very crisp and straight to the point.

He didn't bother to go around any bends, so he just went straight to the showdown to see what the hell this guy had in his heart.

Zheng Shu could clearly feel that after he said the word "Little Holy Grail", Emiya Kiritsugu's breath fluctuated violently a few times.

And Alice Phil, who was originally lying on the hospital bed, also trembled obviously, and seemed to be quite surprised that Zheng Shu could come up with this word.

"Little Holy Grail? Berserker, what do you mean by that? Artoria frowned.

The most normal reaction in the room is probably her, and Artoria has not known Alice Phil's true identity until now.

"It seems that your lord has not told you about this yet. But is it really appropriate to continue to hide it from her like this? Emiya Kiritsugu. Zheng Shu looked at Emiya Kiritsugu with interest.

"It seems...... Berserker: Your investigation of us is really accurate. But I'm curious, this secret should only be known to a very small number of people, where did you get it? Did you just go to Germany? Emiya Kiritsugu's voice was dry.

He looked up at Artoria with a puzzled expression, then at his wife lying on the bed, and finally said with some tiredness, "That's right, Saber, Ellie is the little grail." ”

It can be seen that Zheng Shu's ability to see through Alice Phil's identity also shocked Emiya Kiritsugu.

However, Zheng Shu frowned instead, he did feel hostility from Emiya Kiritsugu's body, but it was too weak! This little bit of hostility was more like an instinctive reaction to the sudden explosion of his inner secret, which was completely different from the level of killing intent in his premonition.

What's the situation, this guy has really changed his temper?

"What do you mean......" Artoria involuntarily ran to Alice Phil's bedside, "what do you mean...... Her physical problems these days are not due to illness?! ”

"That's right, Ellie's body is 'functioning' very normally, and the reason why she has such a condition is because after absorbing the Servant's spiritual base, her body is transforming towards the Holy Grail." Emiya Kiritsugu's voice was full of bitterness, "When the number of spiritual bases of the servants reaches a certain level, the Holy Grail will appear and fulfill the wishes of the victors. ”

"What about Alice Phil?!" Artoria looked up in disbelief, staring at Emiya Kiritsugu, "What will happen to her?!" ”

Emiya Kiritsugu bowed his head and sighed, unable to say a word.

Alice Phil, who was lying on the bed, instead stretched out her hand to hold Artoria's hand, with a gentle smile on her face: "Saber, this is my mission, don't worry. ”

"But, Ellie......"

"Ahem!"

Artoria wanted to say something more, but a sudden dry cough interrupted her, and when she looked back, Zheng Shuzheng was standing in the middle of the room in embarrassment.

Seeing that the people present turned their eyes to him again, Zheng Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the previous atmosphere made him embarrassed to interject: "Everyone, I'm sorry to interrupt the emotional exchange between you, but I'm here today for Alice Phil." ”

“Berserker。” Artoria immediately became vigilant, "Are you going to kidnap Alice Phil now?" If you do, forgive me! ”

"No, you're mistaken, the Holy Grail thing doesn't appeal to me at all, not to mention that the Holy Grail is still tainted." Zheng Shu clasped his hands around his face with disdain, and casually said something that made the other three people tremble.

"Wait! What were you just talking about? The Holy Grail is contaminated? The expression on Emiya Kiritsugu's face finally couldn't hold back.

didn't even care about his own safety, and pounced directly in front of Zheng Shu.

"Calm down, don't you know, it's also the master of the Einzberen family, you should know this kind of thing very well." Zheng Shu grabbed Emiya Kiritsugu's shoulder with one hand and pushed him away from his body.

The devil knows if this guy will quietly put some messy poison on his body, although theoretically there should be no poison in this world that can cause him harm, but just in case, it is better to be careful.

"Einz Bellen? What did they do? Emiya Kiritsugu's voice trembled a little, and Artoria and Alice Phil next to him were also visibly anxious.

Zheng Shu thought about it for a while, and told the Einzberen family what they did during the Third World War in the original book, and by the way, he popularized the principle that the Holy Grail can play the role of wishing to the illiterate magician of Emiya Kiritsugu.

"In short, the magic inside the Great Holy Grail has been completely polluted now, and no matter what wish it makes, it will be fulfilled in the most devastating direction." Zheng Shu finally came to a conclusion.

"This can't be ......" Emiya Kiritsugu took a few steps back in disbelief.

Zheng Shu's brows suddenly furrowed, he saw this performance of Emiya Kiritsugu and immediately understood why he had always felt that this guy was wrong, from just now, Emiya Kiritsugu seemed to have a little too much trust in himself.

"If you don't believe it, after the little chalice takes the spirit base of the fifth servant, you can basically let the great chalice begin to manifest, and then you can touch the black mud that flows out of it, although this thing does a lot of damage to the individual, but with your will, you should be able to carry it." Zheng Shu proposed very irresponsibly.

Anyway, after having the autonomous potion, even if Emiya Kiritsugu suffered too much physical damage, Zheng Shu would be able to help him heal him back, so that he wouldn't become the kind of waste person in the original book who couldn't even use magic.

"Ah, by the way, I'm not here to discuss this with you, but to save people." Zheng Shu also remembered his purpose at this time, glanced at the sky, and very simply took out a sealed glass bottle from his pocket.

This glass bottle is the same as the one he gave to the wild goose, and it also has a bright liquid inside.

It's just that the only difference is this, the glass bottle he gave to Jian Tong Yanye is about the thickness of an ordinary person's finger, and the glass bottle in his hand can even be called a jar.

Zheng Shu walked to Alice Phil's bed and put the jar directly into her hand, and Alice Phil immediately felt the difference the moment she turned out the glass jar.

Unlike the situation where Avalon directly helped her recover, this jar contained an unimaginable surging magic, frantically providing life force into her body as soon as she first came into contact with it.

Zheng Shu said very quickly: "Because it is more troublesome to explain, anyway, for some reason, I decided to save you." The end of your transformation into a Holy Grail is irreversible, but becoming a Holy Grail does not mean that you will die, and this potion can help you survive. ”

(PS: There will be another chapter to add later.) ）

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