Zongman: The Legend of the Demon Fox

Chapter 191 The Empress
On the streets of Fuyuki City, on the winding mountain road at night, a car was driving at high speed with the faint lights on.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

The white-haired priest stood in the middle of the road with an intriguing smile on his face.

The car stopped, and the orange light shone on the priest's face.

"Get out of the way, you probably don't intend to intervene in this Holy Grail War."

With a cigarette in his mouth, Emiya Kiritsugu looked at the man in front of him, slowly parted the steering wheel with one hand, and touched his body.

"Don't be nervous, the Little Holy Grail won't have..."

Before the priest could finish speaking, Emiya Kiritsugu took out his gun and pulled the trigger without hesitation, and an original bullet left the muzzle of the gun.

The priest was still smiling, as if what flew towards him was not a fatal bullet, but a volleyball thrown by a child.

"You're too nervous. I'm not mean to you, just to remind you."

The priest let go of his hand, and a bullet lay quietly in the palm of his hand, still smoking with heat.

"Your daughter has also come to Dongmu, and there is a Servant following her, who seems to be Berserker."

"Berserker, who does not belong to this Holy Grail War, has not been restrained by Command Seals yet appears inexplicably..."

"Be careful..."

After speaking, the priest moved out of the way, and at the same time threw the bullet in his hand into the car window.

Emiya Kiritsugu looked at the white-haired priest outside the window, flicked off the cigarette ash, casually threw the cigarette butt out of the window and started the car this time.

The vehicle arrived outside the castle of Einzbern's family. The vast woods had already lost a lot of baldness. Tring.

On the ground, a taller and stronger black giant bent over, half-kneeling with a huge blade inserted into the ground, as if protecting something with his back.

"Illya! Maiya quickly turn off the defensive magic!"

Seeing clearly the white figure protected by a black strong man who looked like a hero in mythology, Emiya Kiritsugu showed a rare worried expression on his usually stiff and expressionless face.

"Illya, are you okay! Why did you come to Fuyuki City suddenly?"

"Kiritsugu!"

Illya got out of Hercules' arms, and rushed towards Emiya Kiritsugu, her small body jumped up.

"Kiritsugu, I miss you so much, I haven't waited for you to come back for a long time."

Feeling the small and weak body in his arms, Emiya Kiritsugu felt deeply remorseful, but he had to do it.

I left my young daughter alone in the cold castle, where it was always snowing.

"Eeeeee—"

Hercules shouted, carefully picked up Illya with one hand, put it on his shoulder, and then shouted at Emiya Kiritsugu's face.

"Berserker, don't say that, Kiritsugu must have a reason."

Hercules glanced at Ilya on the shoulder, snorted and then glanced at Emiya Chase, turned his head and stopped shouting.

"Illya, this should be the Servant you summoned, did you understand what he just said?"

Wiping the saliva off his face, Emiya Kiritsugu looked at the tall Hercules with some wariness.

"Berserker said that Kiritsugu left Illya alone in that kind of place, which is really irresponsible. As a father, he failed to show up when his daughter was in danger. He is really unqualified. So we must make good compensation for Illya. Lia."

Ye Bufan took off his venom suit to help translate, although he didn't understand it either, but fortunately venom could understand the unknown roar.

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"Have the Servants of the Holy Grail War formed an alliance?"

In the dark cave, Amakusa Shiro stood in front of the Great Holy Grail that emitted a weak light, illuminating the dark cave.

"It's almost coming soon, finish the work earlier, so I can go back."

A man came up behind him and lifted his red hood to reveal his dark face and white hair.

"Clean up the black mud in that cup as soon as possible, the suppression force is urging me."

The man who had long forgotten his name looked at the Great Holy Grail in front of him, feeling strange in his heart.

"Soon, as long as those Servants deal with the evil of this world, you don't want to get involved with this kind of thing, do you?"

Amakusa Shiro walked out of the cave, leaving only the man who acted as the agent of restraint.

"Holy Grail..."

He looked up at the Great Holy Grail, and at the legendary universal wishing machine that could grant all wishes, he turned his head.

"How naive is it to pin your hopes on something like this..."

As soon as he took a step, he felt the familiar yet unfamiliar breath behind him disappear in a flash.

Turning his head, there was nothing but the shimmering light of the Holy Grail and the drops of water dripping from the stalactites.

"Kiritsugu..."

Irisviel von Einzbern opened her eyes, she seemed to have dreamed something just now.

Seems to see Kiritsugu alone, very lonely.

Involuntarily, Irisviel felt a little heartbroken, she was very afraid that Kiritsugu would become like that.

Very worried, how will he survive alone?

"Are you awake yet? Still can't make it work, Illya is here and I'll let her accompany you."

Emiya Kiritsugu walked in, sat on the edge of the bed and held her hand, and gently placed that pale and somewhat cold hand on his face.

"It's all right now, how did Ilya come here? There's no way to accompany her well with this appearance."

"mom!"

The door opened again, and Illya ran in and hugged Irisviel, and the two almost identical faces came together.

In the garden of the castle, Lijielit and Sera trimmed the vegetation here, and Hercules squatted on the ground holding a twig to draw on the ground.

Ye Bufan and Venom took a curious look, like elementary school students doodling randomly, but it can be seen that Ilya should be sitting on Hercules' shoulders.

The one stepped on by Hercules in the corner... seems to be Emiya Kiritsugu.

It seemed that Hercules still hadn't forgiven Emiya Kiritsugu deep in his heart, and he always felt that he was more like a father instead.

Emiya Kiritsugu is completely unqualified as a father!
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In the early morning, Emiya Kiritsugu took Illya's hand and strolled on the commercial street of Fuyuki City.

Ilya, who came to this kind of place for the first time, finds everything novel, even a very ordinary toy can make her feel extremely excited.

"Kiritsugu, I want to eat that!"

Illya pointed to a cart selling ice cream cones in the distance, holding Emiya Kiritsugu's arm with one hand.

"Let's go, let's go shopping."

Picking up Illya, Emiya Kiritsugu walked over to line up, watching the long line, he habitually took out his own cigarette.

"Kiritsugu!"

Looking down at Illya with a bulging face, Emiya Kiritsugu smiled and threw his pack of cigarettes into the trash can.

He decided it was time for him to quit smoking.

As the team moved forward slowly, Emiya Kiritsugu faintly heard a person at the front arguing with the shopkeeper.

"What? There is no mapo tofu flavor! How can it be called ice cream if there is no mapo tofu flavor ice cream?"

A man with short hair and wearing a priest's costume shouted excitedly, and a cute girl beside him nodded.

“Ma Po Tofu～Ma Po Tofu～”

This is also the first time the shop owner has encountered such a guest and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"That...customer. If you like the taste of mapo tofu, I'm sorry, I haven't researched this taste. So I can't sell it to you. Why don't you change it to something else."

"Is there no mapo tofu? Why don't others understand the deliciousness of mapo tofu..."

The priest took the girl's hand and left, bowing his head, still muttering words.

"Since no one has invented ice cream with the taste of mapo tofu, why don't I create it."

(End of this chapter)