[Comprehensive] Self-cultivation of the villain master

It was snowing heavily outside the window, and the house was silent.

In terms of getting along with people, Astra has always been self-conscious, and doesn't care much about the relationship between people around her, so naturally she doesn't think about the complicated relationship between Merlin and Artoria.

Even if Astra didn't know it before, watching the conversation between the two, he probably understood... why he was so shocked when he saw Arturia the moment Merlin was summoned.

King Arthur, the legendary knight king, should go to Avalon after his death, not in this Holy Grail War full of right and wrong.

"Artoria, long time no see." It took several minutes for Merlin to regain his former composure and smile. "I didn't expect to see you here."

Arturia looked at her former teacher with a complicated expression: "I never thought that I would see you again one day."

Merlin took a step forward, looked at the student in front of him, and asked, "So, were you the one who summoned me?"

"No, I am the one who summoned you."

Hearing the sound, Merlin followed the source of the sound and looked.

In a corner where the sun couldn't shine, the blue-haired boy stood there quietly. The window behind him was high, and the sun just passed through his head and didn't stay on him.

"Master?" Merlin was very surprised, "I'm still wondering where you went, it turned out that you were thrown into another time and space..."

"Yes, played by that bastard!"

Seeing Merlin, Astra immediately expressed his indignation at the moment, "And came here with a separate soul and body."

"Oh, that's really bad."

Even Merlin was taken aback by the Master in this state.Compared with ordinary magicians, his master is too strong, and indeed has the ability to fight against heroic spirits, but... the state of the soul directly becomes a servant, which is really surprising up.

Knowing that he is still alive from Astra, Emiya Kiritsugu and Artoria nodded knowingly.They always thought that Astra was summoned like them, but they didn't expect it to be completely different.

Then, the place I stayed with Rider before should be the place where he was summoned.

Having figured this out, Emiya Kiritsugu was finally completely relieved.

"Let's not talk about other things, can you see if the supply of magic power is enough?"

Astra didn't talk about more things in another world, but shifted her gaze to the servant in front of her.

"Master, you should know that I don't really need a lot of mana supply, and—" Merlin indicated with his eyes at this point, "I haven't terminated the contract with you."

"I see." Astra pondered for a moment, then raised her eyes to look at Emiya Kiritsugu, "The servant has been successfully summoned, so follow me afterward?"

"Just do what you said before, and I won't interfere."

In order for things to go smoothly in the future, Emiya Kiritsugu gave a guarantee.

Astra nodded, and said to the servants beside her, "Follow me."

Merlin glanced at the blond girl who hadn't spoken since the beginning, followed behind the Master, and passed Artoria who was standing there.

Leaving the summoning room, Astra closed the door, turned her head and said, "It seems that this is the worst way of summoning for you, right?"

Thinking of the extremely embarrassing scene just now, Merlin smiled wryly.

"……It really is."

Without giving Merlin much time to think, Astra led him outside the castle.

Astra didn't stop until she got outside the forest.

"This jihad, I am afraid there will be no end."

Hearing this, Merlin frowned slightly.

"On what basis?"

Astra told Merlin about seeing Gilgamesh, and seeing that he was still skeptical, he added: "I noticed something was wrong through the Great Holy Grail."

"What's wrong with the Great Holy Grail?"

"Yes." Astra exhaled, with a heavy tone, "It was supposed to be the Great Holy Grail of the Universal Wishing Machine, but it made me feel extremely dark and uncomfortable."

"So, Master, you doubt that... the Great Holy Grail will not just forget it, and will deal with you by summoning other servants, so you will summon me?"

"Yes."

The flying snow will not hinder the servants in any way, nor will it affect their speed, but if you want to have a good conversation, you still need a place where you can rest temporarily.

Walking along the outside of the forest, Astra and Merlin walked into an empty pavilion.

"You didn't tell Artoria about this, did you?"

Recalling that he deliberately left the barrier just now, Astra told him about it, and he was [-]% sure that the Master hid the truth of the Holy Grail War.

"Tell them, it won't change anything, it will just increase their troubles, but not telling them can make them feel at ease."

Saying that, Astra pouted.

"I think Emiya Kiritsugu can believe that Irisviel's words are also full of sincerity, but—this girl is always the Lesser Holy Grail, once she knows some things, it means that the Great Holy Grail will also know. I don't want to be naive To please them, sell yourself."

"Since you say that, you must be prepared."

From the previous two singularities, it can be seen that Astra doesn't care much about something, which means that he is fully prepared and not worried.

"Indeed." Astra chuckled lightly, and threw the thing in her hand to Merlin.

"This is--?"

"The concept dress I made."

Servants who know themselves don't understand, so Astra made a demonstration.

He placed a card engraved with mysterious symbols on the ground and sent the magic power in, and then the whole pavilion began to vibrate slightly.

Merlin deliberately walked outside the pavilion, but found that there was no vibration, so he walked back.

"So it's like an enchantment." Merlin stared at the card in his hand with great interest, "I didn't expect you, Master, to have this kind of talent."

"Ah... I didn't think of that either."

If it weren't for Agas to guide him, he would not have known that storing magic power could be so simple.