As a general, she cannot be a good daughter of Kage.

"…Is it."

Seeing this, the general narrowed his eyes slightly, thought for a while, and then simply nodded, not caring what he had done before to make the girl embarrassed.

F/A~Deep in the Pure Land, Singing at the Top of the World: Chapter 38 The Sky Garden of Vanity

This evening - the heavy rain that had been falling all night finally stopped, and the sky became clear again.

At this moment, Danik was holding the information in his hand and reporting the collected intelligence to the Grand Duke on the chair in front of him.

"Just like the above... it has been discovered that a large number of dismantled ancient ruins and antiques have been transported to the country."

The Grand Duke shook the goblet in his hand and frowned slightly while looking at the red wine inside.

"...Is it the red camp?"

he asked.

Danik nodded,

"I'm afraid it's Caster's workshop material."

"Humph…"

After hearing this, the Grand Duke leaned back in his chair and smiled disdainfully...

"It seems that their movements are faster than expected. If they want to attack..."

He raised the goblet to his eyes and used the evening dusk by the window to dye it into a touch of golden light. His dark golden eyes narrowed with a smile.

"Is this tonight?"

"!"

Danik was obviously surprised for a moment... At this moment, he could not escape the Grand Duke's eyes. After seeing his Master's reaction, the Grand Duke just smiled lightly.

"Heh...that's what war is all about, Danik."

"Since then, we don't have much time. Our opponents are definitely not the kind to sit back and wait for death. Maybe they already have some kind of trump card that can deal with us."

After hearing the Grand Duke's words, Danik suddenly realized...and then bowed slightly.

"Start preparing immediately, my king."

"Ah...of course I will prepare it...but..."

The Grand Duke paused for a second with his side face.

"My king?"

Danik was puzzled.

"Is the Master of Saber okay? Wasn't she seriously injured yesterday?"

"Yes, but according to what Saber and I said today, the injury is no longer serious, and we can continue to fight for Black. Moreover, Saber already cut off one of Shi Jie Jie Li's arms in yesterday's battle, so I guess Saber on the red side should be more at peace during this period."

Danik informed the Grand Duke of the news in real time.

"Huh? It's really worthy of our black side's Saber. The martial arts are superb, and the master is also really good. They really have made great achievements."

Seeing this, the Grand Duke smiled approvingly and then took a sip of red wine.

"Yes... Fiore is a genius in spiritual science and artificial engineering, but she is still immature as an orthodox magician. Letting her be the master of Saber this time is also a test for her."

Danik bowed slightly and answered.

"No one is familiar with something at the beginning. They have to grow up step by step. It is enough to have that heart."

The Grand Duke waved his hand...not paying too much attention to such trivial matters.

"I will confirm with Fiore again whether she can continue to participate in the Holy Grail War. Then, my king, I will take my leave now."

Danik politely informed the Grand Duke and then turned around and left the room.

...........................

At the same time... Somewhere in the jungle on the edge of Sighisoara is a large castle-like building shrouded in a hidden barrier.

This is Assassin, the magic workshop of Semiramis. Now everyone on the red side, except Saber Mordred, has gathered here to prepare for the next decisive plan.

Click!

Lancer Karna on the red side opened the door after being called by Shiro's order and walked into this vast hall surrounded by metallic colors and thorn-like decorations.

The centermost area is a throne decorated with thorns. Sitting on the throne is the owner of the workshop, Empress Semiramis, and standing beside her is her master... Kotomine Shiro.

Rider and Archer beside them were relaxing in casual postures... Rider was lying sideways on the floor with his head propped up, while Archer was leaning against the wall, holding his hands and closing his eyes to relax.

Karna showed no expression when he saw this. He took broad steps along the central aisle, passed the two people beside him, and walked directly under the throne. The armor touched the metal floor and made a crisp friction sound... echoing in the huge space. With.

"Lancer, I'm sorry to ask you to come here."

When Shiro saw Karna coming over, he was polite to him with his usual peaceful smile.

"It doesn't matter, is it almost done?"

Karna obviously knew what they were going to do next, and he asked straightforwardly without saying any unnecessary words.

Shiro smiled...and nodded slowly.

"Yes...the last person will be here soon."

Click!

As if his words were verified... the door was pushed open again... Caster from the red side - Shakespeare walked in on time with a confident yet somewhat unbeatable smile, and everyone's eyes were on him.

"Ugh..."

The empress sighed speechlessly when she saw this guy.

"Ah! It's like hell! You are like the dark night! I think you are so beautiful, I even feel that you are radiating incomparable brilliance!"

Maintaining such an accent, Shakespeare came to the throne and bowed to the empress.

"...can I think you're talking about me?"

The empress didn't even bother to look at him.

"Who else could it be? The Empress of Assyria!"

After Shakespeare finished speaking, he danced his body in a circle like an opera.

"Caster...don't forget that this is the Holy Grail War."

"Of course I haven't forgotten~! By summoning us like this, we must be about to have a gorgeous opening ceremony, right?"

Following these words, everyone else looked seriously at the organizers of the event, the empress and Shiro.

"For this reason, I will watch your beautiful performances with appreciation!"

You really said shameless words...

"Don't you guys want to fight?"

The empress frowned and sounded a little unhappy.

"Yeah! Actually, I'm very bad at combat and combat magic... I'm really sorry! It's like everyone has something they're not good at."

Shakespeare below touched his head in embarrassment and smiled in an awkward manner.

If she could, she really wanted to kill this guy now!

"——Anyway! Are you all here? Even though Saber hasn't arrived, it doesn't matter. That guy's master had his arm broken by Black's Saber. It's his own fault."

The empress didn't want to listen to this guy's nonsense anymore and went straight to the main topic of the day.

After hearing these words, Karna closed his eyes slightly and showed a faint smile as expected.

"Now that we have completed preparations, it is officially time for us to go on a crusade. The rare Holy Grail War should be something big, right?"

The empress laughed like a fox at this moment.

"Yeah...you also built a castle, are you trying to defend the city?"

Rider also knocked on the iron wall of the hall and asked leisurely.

"Hold on? Haha...it's really ridiculous."

After the empress gave a disdainful chuckle... the next second she placed her hand on the gem on the armrest of the throne.

hum~

Boom! !

Suddenly the ground shook slightly!

After a few seconds of shaking...it gradually returned to calm.

"Hey...what happened?!"

Rider asked in a panic.

"Look outside~"

The empress's words caused everyone except her and Shiro to rush to the balcony.

"This——!"×2

Rider and Archer were both speechless... Lancer was still very calm, and Caster showed a relieved expression.

At this moment, the fortress is suspended in the sky like an airship——!The city below was trampled under their feet like ants!

"Hanging Gardens of Babylon, my Noble Phantasm."

The empress also walked up to everyone with Shiro and introduced her proud treasure to them proudly.

"It's really well-deserved..."

Shiro smiled happily and praised Assassin beside him.

"Yeah~! Of course."

The empress became smug after seeing Shiro's compliment.

The Assyrian Empress Semiramis's Noble Phantasm, 'The Sky Garden of Vanity', is an aerial fortress that integrates both offense and defense. However, it cannot be manifested by magic power alone. It must first collect specified materials before it can be activated.

Why is it called vanity because she has never built this fortress, everything is a fantasy that exists in her mind, and now the fantasy has become a reality and has become a necessary trump card to help their red side win!