I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

If Shinji knew Kiritsugu's thoughts, he would laugh out of his dreams.

He asked Scathach to come forward to rescue Kenneth not to disrupt Kiritsugu's thinking, but simply to have an intention for Kenneth. Unexpectedly, Kiritsugu himself led him into a ditch.

Scathach's route tonight was as follows: racing from the city to the foot of the mountain near the Einzbern Forest, and then hiking up the mountain. As soon as she found Caster's location, she received a message from Shinji, asking her to confirm Justisa status.

When Scathach arrived at the back mountain, Justeza was fighting Kotomine Kirei and was not losing.

After receiving the news, Shenji finally felt relieved. He was worried that Justeza would encounter a Servant. Justeza did not have a job template and had no combat experience during her lifetime. Even if she developed a new combat magic, she would not be a match for the Servants. (Limited to this Holy Grail War, if it is a non-combatant servant like Andersen or Shakespeare, Justeza still has a chance of winning.)

But if the opponent is Kotomine Kirei, Shinji doesn't have to worry.

Although Kirei has strong combat power and rich combat experience, he has not exceeded the limits of human beings after all, and the fighting methods based on the Black Key and Bajiquan have not exceeded the range of "thousands of knots" and "ever-changing" responses. Even if Justeza couldn't be defeated, it wouldn't be difficult to leave. This judgment was also recognized by Scathach.

After confirming this, Shinji made a decisive decision and changed his goal again, asking Scathach to go to the castle. Only then did he save Kenneth in front of Kiritsugu, sell his favor to Lancer, and gain favor with Saber by the way. .

Irisviel doesn't have as many thoughts as Kiritsugu and Shinji, and her view on this matter is very simple: "Why don't you contact me? Maybe the big master (Ahad) knows something."

After hearing his wife's suggestion, Kiritsugu seemed a little hesitant.

There is nothing wrong with the suggestion itself. Kiritsugu and Irisviel’s understanding of Einzbern cannot be as good as the humanoid terminal Ahad that can make the central system. No matter what kind of reply they get from asking Ahad clue.

However, Einzbern's conservative and closed nature made it extremely difficult to contact the family. The Einzbern family does not have modern communication equipment. The communication device made by alchemy is only owned by Ahad, and it can only contact fixed nodes at fixed times. This node does not include Einzbern in the Far East. Zbelen Forest.

Kiritsugu had to go through three relays before contacting his family. First contact your own intelligence personnel, then transfer to one of the few peripheral strongholds in Einzbern, and then go to specific nodes from this peripheral stronghold - several nodes do not have modern communication equipment installed, fully adhering to Einzbern's According to the tradition of the Belen family, the head of the family, Yahad, can only be contacted through the alchemy device of the node.

The process of contacting Ahad alone will take three to six days. If you include Ahad's search for information and reply, it will probably take ten days and a half. Maybe the Holy Grail War will be over by then, and it will take The answer is useless.

Apart from the difficulty in contacting him, Kiritsugu was also a little worried about the mysterious woman's reaction. Although that woman is related to the Einzbern family, judging from various performances, she does not stand on the same front as the Einzbern family, and even has certain conflicts with the family. If Kiritsugu contacts this family rashly, he is likely to anger this woman, and it would be terrible if he pushes her into the opposite direction. Regardless of whether she was connected to Assassin or not, her fighting prowess alone made Kiritsugu have to be cautious.

In the end, Kiritsugu shook his head: "Forget it."

"Well, it's up to you." Since her husband has already decided, Irisviel will comply without even asking why. This is the tacit understanding between them as husband and wife.

"Saber, I leave the safety of the castle to you. I'll go after Kenneth."

After saying that, Kiritsugu left the restaurant without waiting for Saber's answer, walked out of the castle through the messy gate, and disappeared under the night. Even if Assassin rescues Kenneth, he will not give up. In order to achieve that goal, he will do whatever it takes.

Saber wanted to say something, but looking at Kiritsugu's decisive back, she could only swallow the words on her lips and lowered her head in annoyance.

Irisviel saw Saber's performance. She turned around and asked the young knight king who was very close to her: "Why didn't you tell me? You want to conquer Caster?"

"Because I need to protect you and Miss Maiya's safety."

Saber lowered her head and looked at her left hand. There was a silver ring on it to fix her unconscious thumb. If her left hand was intact, Caster would be dead by now.

"It's no longer safe here. Miss Maiya can't move. You need to take care of her. If an enemy invades when I leave, you will be in danger, especially the man who injured Miss Maiya."

"Kotomine Kirei" Irisviel subconsciously said this name that made Kiritsugu feel afraid.

"I checked Miss Maiya's body. Most of her ribs were broken, and her internal organs were also ruptured to varying degrees. Just two blows caused such injuries. This man is very strong." Regarding Kirei's Bajiquan, Saber Gave it a pretty high rating.

"Strong? Do you even say that, Saber?" Irisviel clenched her hands unconsciously, looking very nervous.

"Yes, very strong." Justice is one of the codes of chivalry. Saber will not belittle the opponent just because he is an enemy. "According to the knowledge given to me by the Holy Grail, there are not many humans who are stronger than him. However, Irisviel, don't worry. , I’m talking about humans, not Servants, I can easily defeat him even with just my left hand.”

The last sentence made Irisviel instantly turn from worry to joy: "Really?"

"I swear on the honor of a knight." Saber lightly punched her left chest with her right fist. She would protect the woman in front of her no matter what.

"I believe in you, Saber." Irisviel walked up to Saber and held her hands, "Miss Maiya and I will be left under your protection."

"Yes, I will definitely." Saber's serious expression and upright stance were worthy of her title as the King of Knights. However, such a knight's benchmark posture was destroyed by a "Gurgling" sound that could not be concealed.

Saber's face turned red all of a sudden, and she hesitated: "I'm sorry about this, Irisviel, I don't feel particularly hungry, it's just that my body seems to need nutrition."

"Okay, okay, I understand." The corners of Irisviel's mouth tilted up unconsciously, "Because after a big battle with Caster, there's nothing you can do about getting hungry. You sit here for a while, and I'll go and feed you. You prepare food."

"Thank you very much, Irisviel!"

When she heard that there was food, Saber's eyes lit up, and her three contrasting expressions of bravery, shyness, and excitement looked extremely cute together.

Seeing Saber like this, Irisviel felt better.

"What should we make today? Salamander soup? How about adding some wasabi, which the Japanese like to eat?"

Yes, Irisviel is good at the legendary dark cuisine!

PS: Kirei's combat power comparable to that of a servant must be strengthened by command spells. In "Fatezero", Kirei's last battle with Kiritsugu was personally evaluated by Kyon, saying that both sides were cheating and that was how he reached the Servant level.