In the morning, Zheng Shu and his party cleaned up a little and walked towards Wei Gong's house.

There is no need to think about the school now, after all, the school was blasted to rubble last night, and the news in the morning had already reported that an entire school had been destroyed due to a gas explosion.

This incident did not arouse the alarm of the local people, at most some old people muttered that the quality of the gas pipeline built by the Dongmu city government was too poor.

It's not the same as the normal timeline, because Emiya Kiritsugu is still alive and well, and he doesn't have the will to die, so the house he bought is not the luxurious villa in the original book, but more like the kind of cottage of the magical girl Illya.

Of course, although it is a hut, it also has a corresponding garden, and the distance between it and the surrounding neighbors is not small.

After all, as a magician, even if you are not a regular magician, after buying a house, you will inevitably habitually transform your "stronghold" into a magic workshop.

In addition, in order to prevent a peer from secretly blasting, Emiya Kiritsugu is quite far away from the surrounding neighbors to leave enough vision and buffer just in case.

So after coming to the Wei Palace Mansion, Zheng Shu found that it was unexpectedly quiet here, of course, this also means that if something happens, it will not attract the attention of outsiders.

"You ...... Step back, I'll stand at the front. ”

Sensing what was happening in the house in front of him, Zheng Shu raised his eyebrows and commanded a few people around him.

Rin Tosaka and Sakura didn't know what was going on, but they still took a step back very obediently, and Red A and Medusa, who had already sensed the situation in the room, also silently retreated behind Zheng Shu.

"Oh, this welcome ceremony is really warm." Red A said a little teasingly.

Zheng Shu rolled his eyes and didn't speak, but stepped forward and put his hand on the door of the courtyard of Wei Gong's house.

"Come on! Saber！ ”

A somewhat childish-sounding voice sounded at this moment, and at the same time, Zheng Shu also saw several envoys composed of hair also fly out of the house and start a fighting posture.

Crash!

With a crisp cracking sound, the gate of the Wei Gong family was easily shattered by the power from within, and a figure quickly burst out with the help of the fragments of the gate to get close to Zheng Shu's side.

Clang!!!

With a deafening sound of metal clashes, the shattered gate debris and dust were sliced open by the invisible blade, and the attack that could not be seen with the naked eye fell precisely on Zheng Shu's neck.

It's a pity that it didn't have any effect other than making a loud noise, and even because of the terrifying anyway power, the "wind" that hid the sword body was a little unstable, and the appearance of a looming long sword appeared.

The attack emitted by the haired demon flying in the sky also arrived at the same time, but after it landed on Zheng Shu's body, it only set off a faint wave.

"Yo, long time no see, what a lively way to say hello, Saber."

Zheng Shu didn't even change his posture much, he still had one hand in his trouser pocket, and the other hand that was about to be put on the doorknob was also retracted, and he waved his hand at the person in front of him to say hello.

"It's you?!" Artoria looked at Zheng Shu in front of her and looked shocked, and her whole body exploded.

The sense of oppression that Zheng Shu brought to her in the last Holy Grail War was once again in her heart, and Artoria didn't expect that she would actually meet the other party in this Holy Grail War again.

"What a coincidence, I didn't expect you to also participate in this Holy Grail War, let's not talk about that, can you take the sword off my neck first? It's blowing in the wind. ”

Zheng Shu pointed to his neck, the holy sword cut on it continued to absorb magic power because of the belt in the restrained state, and the Wind King enchantment on the surface of the sword body even appeared in an unstable state.

Zheng Shu wasn't worried that the aftermath of the Wind King Enchantment after the collapse would hurt him, he was mainly worried that the movement caused by this thing would be too big and attract the attention of unnecessary people.

“…… Good. ”

After a pause, Artoria obediently put away the sword.

After experiencing the last Holy Grail War, Artoria knew very well that if the guy in front of her had any hostility, even if he tried his best, he would not be able to win the other party, and it was even a question of whether he could escape.

Instead of fighting blindly, it is better to listen to what he wants to do this time, after all, looking at his appearance, it shouldn't look like he wants to fight.

Zheng Shu looked at Artoria's movements and nodded with satisfaction, sure enough, what he is best at is to convince people with "virtue", after all, no matter how rigid a person is, he will recover a certain degree of sanity in the face of his "nuclear" advice.

“Saber！ What's wrong? ”

It was only then that Illya's surprised voice came from behind, and when she and the two armed android maids ran out, they were surprised to find that their servants had obediently put away their weapons and stood in front of each other.

Emiya Shirou, who came out behind them, was also a little dumbfounded when he saw the scene in front of him.

"Yo, little Elijah, have you forgotten me? I'm your uncle, and I hugged you when I was a kid. ”

With a hostile gaze towards Illya, Zheng Shu once again resorted to the Dafa of "I once hugged you".

Sure enough, as soon as this absolute skill, which was in double suppression in terms of generation and age, came out, Illya's originally angry gaze immediately became much clearer.

The reason why he carried out a surprise attack before was completely because he sensed that the breath of a servant was approaching quickly, and the goal was quite clear, and he stopped after walking to his door, so Illya instinctively thought that the enemy had found the door.

That's why Artoria will lie in ambush behind the door, and attack with all her strength as soon as the opponent approaches.

If it weren't for the fear that the magic power fluctuations would be too obvious, Illya even wanted Artoria to charge up the treasure in advance and give the other party a shot to open the door.

Looking at the servant in front of her, who was large enough to block the entire door, Illya blinked, and the deepest impression in her mind quickly turned over.

"Ahh Zheng Shu uh...... Uncle. ”

As soon as she remembered what she had just done, Illya felt her face burn and wanted to find a hole in the ground to get into.

She naturally remembered Zheng Shu, after all, it was the potion that Zheng Shu gave her in the first place that allowed her to get rid of the Holy Grail identity and continue to live healthily.

And the two maids who followed Illya also saw Zheng Shu's appearance clearly, and immediately carefully hid their weapons behind them, but the kind of long-handled battle axe with a length of one person would show its feet even if it was hidden behind him, so that the two maids looked embarrassed.

"Ahem, Uncle Zheng Shu, what are you doing here this time?" Illya quietly glanced at the four people behind Zheng Shu, and immediately understood their identities.

"What about this...... That's a bit of a long story, so you're not going to let us stand here, are you? ”

"Sorry, sorry, please come in!"

Two android maids cleaned up the broken door outside, while several people sat around the living room.

"That's ......"

After listening to Zheng Shu's description, Illya's eyes unconsciously glanced in the direction of Emiya Shirou, and Emiya Shirou, who was originally sitting on the sofa, also became restless.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know my stupid brother had done so many things."

Because of the time it took to treat, Illya's body still looks like a child, and it looks very cute to say such old-fashioned words from her mouth.

However, Emiya Shirou looked even more embarrassed, because he had already felt the amusement in the eyes of the two android maids who had returned from outside the house.

It felt like I was doing my craft in my room and my family found out.

But it's just a little embarrassing, Emiya Shirou never felt that what he did was wrong, in his opinion, protecting innocent people is the greatest justice in itself, even if such a thing may cost him his life, he is willing to do his best.

"Shirou's approach is a bit naïve, but his will is worthy of recognition, and I didn't come to trouble him this time, but to cooperate with you."

"Please." Illya sat up straight in respect.

"This Holy Grail War is really too chaotic, in addition to these enemies on the surface, I guess there are many people who want to play tricks in the dark. I've already smelled the conspiracy from the enchantment incident in the school before, so in order to prevent the enemy from breaking through the conspiracy individually, we need to unite now......"

……

……

The negotiations went quite smoothly, or the main body of the contract was completed with little argument on the premise that both parties were interested in facilitating the cooperation.

However, although cooperation has been reached, the specific details of what to do are not very clear to the few people present, and the hostile relationship has only been temporarily lifted.

Zheng Shu sat in the living room and listened for a while, feeling that the communication between their magicians was too troublesome for him, so he simply took his leave and left.

Not long after Zheng Shu left, Medusa also left Weigong's house and began her daily routine rounds.

However, it is said that it is a patrol, in fact, it is just a simple wandering inside Fuyuki City, because Zheng Shu does not know what Medusa's goal is, after all, in this Holy Grail War, both the servant and the master are quite completely hidden.

However, the strength of the Medusa who is enchanted by Kirizakuri Sakura is quite good, unless she meets a super-sized servant like Karna, basically no matter what kind of servant you are, you can pass a few moves.

And even if he really met Karna, Medusa's strength could support Zheng Shu in the past, so Zheng Shu was very relieved to let Medusa wander around at will, and he returned to the Tosaka Mansion to continue reading.

But today, Medusa found what she had been looking for since she was summoned.

Because Zheng Shu and the others went to Wei Gong's house to negotiate relatively early, even after a delay for a while, a small vegetable market was still open.

In front of a small shop, someone who looked like a Caster rank was happily shopping for groceries.

The other party was wearing quite homely clothes, and his expression was very soft, and he didn't wear a regular hood, but showed off his beauty generously, even if he was targeted because of that beauty.

It was a far cry from the arrogant and arrogant feeling that a regular magician would bring, and this defenseless look made Medusa suspect that she might be able to kill the other party if she attacked now.

However, after hesitating for a moment, Medusa did not choose to do so, but walked up to her side and waited quietly for her to finish the food.

"That's all, thank you very much."

Caster thanked the clerk tenderly, even though the clerk in the restaurant was a woman, and she looked a little dizzy in the face of her delicate elf-like face, and even her face turned red unconsciously when she took the money she handed over.

Taking his vegetables from the hands of the somewhat dazed clerk, Caster said goodbye to the other party before turning his head to look at Medusa, who had been standing beside him: "Let's go......"

It wasn't until then that the clerk noticed that at some point, another tall woman had appeared next to the suffocating customer.

Although his face was a little cold, his purple eyes and hair, as well as his enviable body curves, were still mouth-watering.

And it's a little strange that even such a brilliant woman standing on the street doesn't attract much attention at all, as if the attention has been diverted from it since I don't know when.

Maintaining the suggestion in hand, Caster silently walked to some park in the distance.

It's empty enough, and because it's a weekday, there are basically no people passing by at this point in time, so it's the perfect time for two people to talk.

Carrying the bag in his hand to the park, Caster took the lead in sitting on a bench, carefully putting aside the vegetables he had bought, his originally soft expression gradually changed, and the expression of looking at Medusa gradually became a little complicated.

"I didn't expect you to participate in this Holy Grail War. I see, I've always wondered why he suddenly came to this era to participate in the Holy Grail War, I'm afraid that he made a deal with the will of the world just to see you. ”

Medusa silently walked to the other side of the bench and sat down, a long distance from Caster.

"But I know you're going to come to this Holy Grail War."

"What? Are you going to stop me? Dear Medusa, although you have a pretty good relationship with Zheng Shu, it would be a bit naïve to try to stop me by relying on his adoptive mother's identity. ”

“…… I'll stop you, Medea, and I'll stop the two of you from meeting. ”

After a long silence, Medusa simply repeated her words solemnly again.

"Stop me?" A mocking smile suddenly appeared on Medea's delicate face, "Impossible, since we have already appeared here, it means that everything has happened." Now on this timeline, the cause and effect have been determined, and the ending has been solidified, and it is impossible for even the top gods to change such an ending. ”

Saying this, Medea's mocking expression also retracted, she looked at Medusa who was sitting on the side, and became expressionless: "So why do you think you can stop me." ”

Medusa's face was still expressionless, but her hands hidden under her clothes clenched unconsciously.

"So...... Are you really going to meet him? Why? ”

"Because I'm willful." Medea rightfully said this, but she did have the capital to be willful.

She was the daughter of King Colchis of ancient Greece and the apprentice of Hekate, the goddess of magic, who is now seen as nothing more than a child with a water gun, and who has mastered a variety of magic tricks that have been possible in modern society until now.

If Medea wanted to, she could naturally be willful.

"When you were summoned, you must have been stuffed with a lot of knowledge from the Holy Grail, so you probably should understand what I did in the 'history' of this timeline."

Medusa paused and didn't say anything more.

Medea smiled gracefully, and it was truly stunning for her beauty to smile like this, but Medusa only felt a chill.

"Those things have never happened to us, but in a sense, according to my character, I do do such things, and now...... Do you think you can still stop me? ”

Medusa was silent, she was not good at using words to confront others, and after the "negotiation" failed, she naturally wanted to use a more direct method.

"Oops...... Are you trying to fight me here? ”

Feeling the war intent prompted by Medusa, Medea did not panic at all, but covered her mouth and smiled softly.

"Not to mention whether you can beat me in a two-on-one situation, according to Zheng Shu's character, once you have any fluctuations here, he should rush over, then it will be you who facilitated the meeting between the two of us. As a god, you should know very well that the more you rebel against fate, the more likely it is to contribute to the development of fate. ”

Medusa was stunned for a moment, and finally gave up her intention to fight, and just stood up silently.

"No matter what you say, I'll stop you as much as I can."

After saying this, Medusa's body turned into a spirit child and disappeared into thin air.

"Cut, even if you don't stop me, I won't go to see him now, it's not time yet...... It's not close. Medea said softly as she looked at the empty space in front of her.

Beside her, there was a slight fluctuation in the air, and with the convergence of golden spirit children, the figure of Cu Chulainn appeared behind Medea.

"Master, it was really dangerous just now, the killing intent on that little girl's body was almost uncontrollable several times, in case she really did it, it wouldn't be easy to provoke."

"Didn't I summon you to do something like this? Also, that one is a god, much older than you, remember to be respectful. ”

Medea rolled her eyes, reached out and lifted the bag full of vegetables next to her, and walked in the direction of her stronghold.

"Yes, yes, do you need me to go up and get rid of her, it's not night, but it's a good opportunity."

Medea's pace stopped, and she turned her head to look at the servant she had summoned, and the coldness in her eyes made Cu Chulainn shiver.

"Didn't you understand what I just said?"

Boom.

Swallowing unconsciously, although it was not clear why the other party would put so much pressure on him as a Caster, Cú Chulainn still chose to trust his instincts, so he smiled and raised his hands and took two steps back to show his attitude.

"Just kidding, don't be angry, it's not because you've been using passive combat methods to make me too bored. Master, are you going to stay in your magic workshop for the Holy Grail War? ”

"It's not time yet."

Medea said this lightly and ignored it, and Cú Chulainn's attitude towards her was a little confused, so she could only reluctantly turn into a spirit and follow her again.

(PS: According to the last statistics last night, the total number of monthly passes on both sides of the starting point and Q reading is 1144.) That is, more than 22,000 words are owed, and for the sake of convenience calculation, it will be counted as 23,000 words. ）

(PS2: The plot of the chapter I wrote today shouldn't be the Riddler, it should be quite clear.) ）

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