Roland was thinking wildly in his mind as he walked. The experience brought by self-discipline allowed him to find the direction on the way to work even with his eyes closed.
Today's result is quite satisfactory, and it is worth the risk to meet with Matou Zouken. As Roland expected, for the twisted old bug, when he has not run out of ammunition and food and fights to the death, this guy prefers to Standing in the audience as a spectator, I don't mind giving a certain amount of help to cause unnecessary impact and gain more fun.
Although his character has been corrupted, it may be because of this reason that Matou Zangyan is much more comfortable with this simple exchange of interests.
At the beginning, Roland was hesitant to try to make Matou Zouken into a bonded spirit. After all, from experience, this guy has a much higher success rate than Ryunosuke Ubu, as long as he makes good use of Killer Queen's initial ability. It is very possible to do this if you are killed on sight.
However, considering that Matou Zouken perfectly explained the Centipede Insect's methods of being dead but not dead in the original work, Roland still gave up on this point. Without the Great Holy Grail to attract the opponent and having to come in person, Roland couldn't even do it. Determine whether the other party is just a clone of the insect, or whether the insect that saves your life is hidden far away.
In this case, the gain outweighs the loss. Without certainty, it will not be a good experience to be an enemy of Matou Zangyan. Moreover, if such a guy is forced to use the Loser Eater, It would be too embarrassing to reverse time.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly. Although the prophet's advantage was reduced, the traces of the bonded spirit were still visible.
Judging from the impact of the bonded spirit, this guy's requirements for the host should be at least magical, and there is a high probability that it is related to the Holy Grail.
So, whose body will the unknown bonded spirit be?
Fuyuki City has already conducted an inventory. Matou, Tohsaka, and Ryudouji have not noticed any traces of the bonded spirits. After eliminating these targets, the remaining scope is undoubtedly much smaller.
The Great Holy Grail lurks in the large underground cave, Darnic participated in the Four Wars, and Einzbern did not summon Amakusa even though it was the world line of the Holy Grail War.
Roland showed a dark expression and watched the nails on his hands begin to grow naturally again.
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Deep in the desolate mountains, in the old castle enclosed by ice and snow, it was a day free from the wind and snow for the first time in a long time.
Although the sky has not cleared up yet, the milky white color washed by snow is still much brighter than the dim and blurry snowy day.
In this land where there are neither birds nor green trees, even the changes in light are a rare beauty for the residents.
But Emiya Kiritsugu had no intention of appreciating it. He sat quietly at the table and looked at the information sent by the right-hand man in front of him.
"The masters of the Holy Grail War have been basically determined."
After a brief glance, he began to summarize in as simple words as possible.
"The Tosaka family is still the same as before. There is always an excellent magician to serve as the master, which is a difficult goal. However, it is worth noting that he accepted a disciple sent from the Holy Church a few years ago, and he also obtained After the Command Seal, we broke up with him. Although this is the case, from experience, I think he is a more dangerous target than Tohsaka Tokiomi."
After talking to himself, Emiya Kiritsugu didn't get any response. He sighed helplessly and looked towards the floor-to-ceiling windows in the hall.
A young woman who looked to be in her twenties stood quietly in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.
She has a delicate beauty like a doll, including lustrous hair and fair skin, coupled with those magnificent red eyes like gems, she is like an elf who is not in the mortal world.
Even if the dress is difficult to control, a pure white dress with a single tone and no accessories can not hide the natural nobility.
Princess of Einzbern, even now, Emiya Kiritsugu feels that this title suits her very well.
It would be better if the other party could get rid of his off-line personality from time to time.
"Miss Irisviel? Are you listening?"
"Yes, and I told you, Kiritsugu, just call me Irisviel. We are friends."
The white elf responded with an ethereal voice, but his eyes were still firmly locked on the French window.
"Really? Although I am the real master, you still have to attract firepower on the surface after all, so you'd better be more careful."
Although they had been together for some time, Emiya Kiritsugu still believed that the two of them were just collaborators, not so-called friends. As for a deeper relationship, it was just an unrealistic longing that he once had in his heart. .
After all, people like him shouldn't expect happiness, especially at the critical moment when they find the final salvation.
Emiya Kiritsugu shook his head, retracted his unnecessary thoughts, and continued to explain the Master's information.
"The Matou family forcibly introduced a person who failed to succeed as the master. There is no need to pay attention to this kind of half-heartedness. The remaining one is the most troublesome guy."
Gently sliding the mouse, Emiya Kiritsugu narrowed his eyes slightly when looking at the two photos in the file that were obviously more than sixty years apart, but the appearance of the subjects had not changed at all.
"Danic Prestone Yggdmirenia, a participant in the Third Holy Grail War, although he failed, he escaped unscathed and achieved the status of sex many years ago, and during these years, He launched a variety of soul-related achievements and single-handedly created the Thousand World Tree family."
"The third time? What is his current age?"
"Almost a hundred years old. Since the end of the last Holy Grail War, this guy has published many papers on the soul in the Clock Tower and has received extremely high praise. Taking advantage of this trend, he founded the Thousand World Tree Family It has also begun to expand aggressively, and as long as it is a down-and-out magician, most of them are welcome."
"Although it is not scary yet, it is still a feared force in the Clock Tower. In two hundred years, Thousand World Tree may even become a large family comparable to the monarch level."
Hearing this exciting news, Irisviel also recovered slightly and turned her head to look at Emiya Kiritsugu.
"A place as old-fashioned as the Clock Tower shouldn't be able to expand that easily."
"Yes," Emiya Kiritsugu's expression became much more solemn, "This is also the really tricky thing about this man. Although he has extremely high achievements in magic, he is more like a politician who only needs to find an excuse. , he will make full use of it, confuse right and wrong, and use it to seek benefits, and in conjunction with his own strength and methods, several small families have been eaten up by the expansion of Thousand World Tree."
Speaking of this, Emiya Kiritsugu's eyes were also very complicated, "Although Darnic is a magician, he is very understanding of human nature and various dark methods. He calls himself a noble, but has no bottom line. I have a very bad compatibility with this guy." , Mingming heard that he was inactive in the research of a dress more than ten years ago and wasted a lot of it."
After pausing on this line of text, Emiya Kiritsugu tapped his fingers lightly on the table, making a low sound.
"Now it seems that this is just proof that Darnic is preparing for the Fourth Holy Grail War. That guy must have gained something very extraordinary in the last time to be so persistent. He already has the means to extend his life, but He also has to personally participate in the war, but fortunately, he is already in bigger trouble."
"What does it mean?"
Irisviel tilted her head and looked at Emiya Kiritsugu in confusion.
"The quota for the Clock Tower to participate in this battle was originally reserved by the monarch of the El-Melloi family."
"That El-Melloi from the Ore Division?"
"That's right." After saying this, a smile appeared on Emiya Kiritsugu's face, "For a place in the Far Eastern Magic Competition, it is impossible for the El-Melloi family to entangle with a troublesome existence like Darnic. , but obviously, the prodigy named Kenneth didn’t think so.”
"I guess he couldn't bear to take this breath. He bypassed the rules of the Magic Association and forcibly bought an extra spot. He must be preparing to compete with Darnic."
