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Chapter 366 Prologue A worthless pursuit?

When night fell, the pedestrians and vehicles on the streets of Fuyuki basically disappeared one after another.

After all, this is not a particularly prosperous big city, and the current timeline is still at the end of the [-]th century. It is not as good as after the millennium, when the whole world gradually showed a trend of entertainment to death.

So at this time, there are actually not many activities at night, and even fewer legitimate ones.

Unless they are people who go to izakaya, nightclubs and other places, after night falls, most of the residents of Fuyuki City stay in their homes honestly.

Therefore, Fuyuki City at night is very quiet, as quiet as if there is no one there, there are almost no pedestrians on the street, and even the lights are only the street lights on the street except for the light shining from the buildings.

This unusual silence may be said to be stable and peaceful, but it can also be said to be palpitating, as if walking into a dead city.

——It has to be said that the customs and customs of this city have really provided great convenience for the Holy Grail War to unfold.

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In the darkness, soft footsteps sounded, mixed in with the sound of wheels grinding the street ground.

It seems that under the cover of night, on the streets like the veins of the city, two people are walking leisurely and naturally as in daytime——

Wearing an elegant and gorgeous gothic black dress with a reverse cross design on the skirt, decorated with lace and ribbons, the petite girl sat in a wheelchair with a blank expression, combining the feeling of an angel and a devil. There is a sense of nobility like nobility.

In addition, the boy pushing the wheelchair behind her was dressed in a neat black windbreaker, like a knight in the dark.

The contrast between each other is indeed very similar to that of a young lady and a butler, a princess and a knight.

"The night in the city is very quiet, Master, but do I really need to transform into a spirit body?"

Looking up at the sky, Mu Xiu asked suddenly, his eyes were looking straight ahead naturally, without any special emotion, as if he asked a question casually after thinking of something.

"No need, I don't pay attention to this bit of magic power consumption." Charlotte just responded calmly, without the slightest hesitation or delay.

Her attitude seemed to be the same forever. She kept a respectful distance from Mu Xiu, only made the minimum necessary communication, and ensured that she would not appear offensive or disrespectful.However, as long as Mu Xiu spoke out, she would always respond, although she was cold, but without a trace of impatience.

This made someone feel a little more curious about her.

"It's not just because I want to reduce the consumption of magic power. It's just that if I transform into a spirit body, it can reduce the possibility of being noticed by other Servants to a certain extent. In addition, I can also use the technique of breath shielding to a certain extent..."

Mu Xiu smiled lightly, and said something that people can't easily pretend not to hear as a matter of course.

This guy can still use breath cover?Although it has long been confirmed that he has multiple job suitability, but this is a bit too versatile, right?
However, the rules of the Holy Grail War have not been completely perfected, and this session is an absolute turning point. For example, starting from this session, even anti-hero Servants can be summoned is a clear example.Coupled with the intervention of the main god's space, the rules were once again distorted to the point where it was possible to illegally summon an additional seven knights...

Therefore, it seems that what kind of monsters can be justified?
"We can consider such an approach in the future, but it is unnecessary now. I just received news that there was a servant war near the dock warehouse in the port area."

All kinds of thoughts flashed through Charlotte's mind, but she was completely unmoved on the surface, and said indifferently.

"It can be confirmed that it is Saber and Lancer, and the momentum is not concealed. It is estimated that the attention of others has been attracted, so at this time, we basically will not encounter enemies who are also wandering in the city."

"So that's it, I understand." Mu Xiu nodded clearly and replied.

He didn't show any surprise, but he also didn't show that he knew everything well, but he played his role as a Servant very well with a detached attitude.

Even deliberately hiding his real name is for this reason, since the other party misunderstands that he is a character in the myth based on his treasure, so let her go.

If he had spoken out his modern real name, he would have been suspected instead.

If the information that he is also a reincarnated person is exposed, it will be a real trouble, so he decided not to express any opinions that might seem prophetic about the "plot" that he is already familiar with.

It's just that he doesn't need to deliberately pretend, and there's nothing wrong with his calm performance, or it's better to say that he fits the skill setting.

At least Charlotte didn't seem to think there was anything wrong at all. She even suspected that this guy with EX-level clairvoyance already knew everything well.

But that's fine too, everyone tacitly said that since the other party didn't want to reveal his real name, then he and others didn't have to explain their feeling that they were out of tune with this world and this era.

——A subtle misunderstanding has created a strange tacit understanding.

The dark street was quiet again. Although it was only for a moment, at least there was a short silence.

"Well, may I ask you, what is your motivation for participating in the Holy Grail War?"

When the two of them walked through the shadow between street lamps and re-entered the bright street area, Charlotte suddenly asked, which seemed to be the first time she had asked.

But this is also a necessary gesture and confirmation. After all, she just remembered now that she never seemed to have discussed it once.It was obviously a Holy Grail War, but they didn't care about this aspect at all. It was a small mistake.

This is definitely not about respecting the right to privacy, so one shouldn't look into what other people want to obtain the Holy Grail for, but it is likely to be misinterpreted.

It may even be misunderstood by the followers that the master does not intend to share the Holy Grail at all, and may be sent back to the Seat of Heroes by a command spell immediately after winning the wishing machine, so why does the follower himself want to share the Holy Grail? The nature of getting the Holy Grail is irrelevant.

only--

"This, it's very simple, it's just to get the Holy Grail."

Without hesitation, Mu Xiu replied straightforwardly.

The girl hugged the puppet tightly in her arms slightly, and frowned beautifully. She tilted her head, and her silver hair poured down like moonlight: "Then, what is the purpose of obtaining the Holy Grail? Obtaining the Holy Grail is just to realize the specific a wish of yours?"

"No, I don't expect the Holy Grail to fulfill my wish at all, I just want to get the Holy Grail, that's all, that's all."

The boy very calmly rejected her idea.

"..."

"..."

Charlotte frowned, quickly thinking about what the other party meant.

Did he already know that the Holy Grail cannot become a real wish-granting machine, so he didn't care about the so-called wish at all?Or was he really tempted because he already knew what the Holy Grail would look like after being polluted?
In other words, what he wants is... the Great Holy Grail itself this time?

While she was constantly thinking about what the other party was doing, the other party was also thinking about the truth about herself.

To be honest, at the beginning, Mu Xiu thought that the other party was a dark race such as a vampire or a demon, but later he vetoed this possibility through observation.Because the other party seems to belong to human beings completely, at most there is some mutation——

It's like the difference and relationship between "mutants" and "humans", except that the current Mu Xiu doesn't have the ability to completely grasp the "truth" of the other party.

However, the other party seems to have indeed mastered very pure magic power and superb dark skills, but for some reason it cannot be used stably or is restricted.Judging from Mu Xiu's own feeling, it seems to be sealed by something.

Considering that the other party is a reincarnation like himself, it is only possible that the "Lord God" deliberately suppressed her ability.

It’s just that his form of existence is just a Servant endowed with one of the spirits, and now he has lost that powerful perception ability, so he can’t easily see through the other party’s reality. He only vaguely feels that this petite girl’s heyday may be very bad. deal with.

And the other party is not a disabled person, so he needs to use a wheelchair to move around, but there seems to be more troublesome reasons.

Mu Xiu was vaguely aware of the huge magic power contained in the opponent's petite body, as well as the existence of spiritual power that was even greater than magic power.It seems to be because the restriction of the seal only limits the upper limit of power, but it will not deprive the way of existence of power itself.

It's like building a dam to restrict the flow of water, but the total amount of upstream river water will not change because of the restriction of the dam.

— That is to say, although the upper limit of "efficiency" is restricted, the upper limit of one's own "underground" still exists.

Probably because of such a reason, the disconnection between spirituality and materiality, and the sudden sense of incompatibility, her ability to act seems to have been greatly affected.

To put it bluntly, the body is not easy to grasp the size of the effort, and can't grasp the severity, so she simply chose not to act lightly in the current state.

Moreover, she can confuse the enemy when necessary. It is true that Mu Xiu has never seen her make any large body movements. Most of her actions are stretching out her hands, raising her arms, and tilting her head.

Well, there is also a puppet that hugs me tightly.

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At night in the city, the moon is half hidden in the clouds, and the soft silvery white light pours down and gently sprinkles on the earth.Midnight is so still, and the moonlight flows like water.

"It's here—but, it seems that someone got there first, Master..."

Looking at the gate of Liudong Temple in Yuanzang Mountain that finally appeared in front of him, Mu Xiu said emotionally in a tone that could not hear specific emotions.

Most people's attention is focused on the area near the port pier, and they are attracted by things like "Saber and Lancer fighting", "Rider suddenly pops up and rants", "Archer comes on stage and grabs the lamppost" and other things. When you are strong.

But they came to the other side of the bank without making a sound, and the place close to the outskirts of the city was naturally for Enzangshan Liudong Temple, one of the four major spiritual veins in Fuyuki City.

Although it is said that the Great Holy Grail did not come to Liudong Temple this time, but the next time, Liudong Temple itself, as the largest of the four spirit veins in Fuyuki City, still has very precious strategic value.

For example, Mu Xiu is going to use this place to build a magic field, and prepare to call illegally.

Otherwise, with his own magic power, it would be impossible to achieve the level of illegal summoning, and it would be too reluctant to rely entirely on Charlotte to provide magic power.

"Yes, it seems that we are not the only ones who thought of this..."

The girl was contemplating, staring at the tightly closed gate of Liudong Temple in the distance, which was silent in the dark night.

(End of this chapter)