I don't like the gods, I want to be a hero

"No! Of course not! It's just because..." Seeing the expression of the senior at this time, the gentle Sakura replied subconsciously.

"Then come quickly." Emiya Shirou didn't give her a chance to finish his sentence, he directly took the girl's hand and walked towards the kitchen. "We have to work harder this time, after all, there are so many ingredients that need to be processed."

Sakura, who was forcefully pulled towards the kitchen, stared blankly at the senior's back, then as if she understood something, a smile slowly appeared on her face.

"Okay, senior."

......

"Finally finished, I'll call Saber, can I trouble Sakura to help bring these dishes to the table?" Emiya Shirou took off his apron, and then greeted Sakura beside him.

"I see, senior." Matou Sakura said as always... No!It should be said that it was a gentle smile that was better than before.

The girl who had opened her heart knot became even more dazzling because of the joy that was about to overflow in her heart, and the charm revealed by her body made Emiya Shirou, who was with her day and night, widen his eyes in surprise.

"Ahem!!!" Tohsaka Rin, who couldn't stand watching, coughed heavily.

"Haha...I'm going to call Saber, and I will trouble Sakura and Tohsaka for the rest." Shirou Emiya, who was woken up by the coughing, gave a dry laugh a few times in embarrassment, and then ran out of the kitchen eagerly.

Looking at Emiya Shirou's slightly embarrassed figure, and his sister covering her mouth and chuckling, Tohsaka Rin fell silent.

The younger sister she cared about the most suffered all kinds of pain without her knowing, and became the Rider Master.

These two incidents alone are enough to make Tohsaka Rin's head big, and there is even more explosive news after that-her sister Ma Tongying has been helping with housework at the home of her classmates in the past few years, twice a day. Don't say it's on time and on time, rain or shine...

In the past, she just thought that the two of them were very close, but she never imagined that their relationship had reached this level...

'So be it. Rin Tohsaka sighed silently in his heart. 'I can't make Sakura suffer any more, and...'

'What kind of capacity can I use now to intervene in Sakura's own affairs? '

Because Emiya Shirou is a half-baked magician, the magic channel between him and Saber was severely blocked, which made Saber only rest to reduce the loss of magic power.

Emiya Shirou woke up Saber, who was sleeping or fainted from hunger, and a group of people gathered around the dining table to have lunch with a strange atmosphere.

It is worth mentioning that Matou Zouken has been refusing to have meals with Emiya Shirou and his party.

"Even if the secret technique is used to make this body less disgusting, the bug-like rotten and stench that lives in the dark cannot be completely covered up."

"Therefore, I don't want to affect your appetite." Matou Zouyan laughed at himself and ran to the underground wormhole, as if he wanted to continue to use some secret technique on Matou Shinji.

Assassin went underground with Matou Zouken, but Archer and Rider didn't show up at all.

Emiya Shiro worked hard to prepare a table of dishes in order to boost morale, but in the end only four people were there to enjoy them.

"By the way, when I went out to buy ingredients today, I happened to meet Illya and Berserker who were out wandering..." During the meal, Emiya Shiro told what happened outside today.

"Cough...cough cough..." The surprising news choked Rin Tohsaka who was tasting miso soup.

Matou Sakura didn't have such a big reaction. Although she learned about the power of Serius from Rider, she still didn't have a real sense of that power since she didn't witness the mythical battle last night.

However, considering the strength gap between the Servant and the Master, this gentle girl still looked at her senior with worried eyes.

When Saber heard the news, she was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly accelerated her eating speed.

"What's going on?!" Tohsaka Rin stood up without caring about dealing with the messy dining table in front of him. "Why did they come to this area? Have they found our tracks?"

Rin Tohsaka completely left elegance behind, but it's no wonder she was so nervous. After all, no matter who knows that a powerful enemy is hanging out at their door, they will inevitably feel nervous.

"Don't worry, Tohsaka." Emiya Shirou acted extremely relaxed, and the unhurried look made the anxious Tohsaka Rin couldn't help but want to punch him. "I still have some brains, and it is impossible to reveal our current position."

"It's okay." Hearing that the powerful Berserker didn't find their location, Tohsaka Rin let out a long sigh of relief, but she soon realized something was wrong.

"Since you were hit by them, how did you get away! You must know that even if it is a truce during the day according to the rules, Illya has some means to take you away without alarming ordinary people."

"It's strange to say." Emiya Shirou recalled the situation at that time with a strange face. "Illya not only didn't do anything to me, but she seemed very happy to invite me to be a guest in the castle in the suburbs."

"what..."

Chapter 42 Visitors

Two days have passed since the first battle with Saber and the others.

During this period of time, whenever night falls, Illya will assume the posture of the strongest master, dragging Seleus around every corner of Fuyuki like a lion king patrolling the territory.

Although this lion king has only a cute side no matter how you look at it.

At first, Seleus thought that Illya had made up her mind to win the Holy Grail War as soon as possible, that's why she was so actively searching for traces of other Servants.

But after carefully comparing Illya's course of action in the past few days, Serius realized that his little master's mind might not be as simple as it appeared on the surface.

Because according to the known information so far, Lancer's master is Bazet appointed by the Magicians Association, Saber's master is Emiya Kiritsugu's adopted son Emiya Shiro, and Archer's master is Tohsaka clan's Tohsaka. Rin Saka.

Including Serius and Illya, the intelligence of four pairs of masters and slaves has been completely controlled by them in this Holy Grail War.

As for the remaining three pairs participating in the battle, Assassin and Rider have already appeared, and Seleus can confirm that they have formed an alliance with Saber and Archer.

That is to say, except for the master and slave of Caster who is hidden without leaving any clues and needs to be actively searched for by Serius and the others, Illya can use the off-site assistance provided by Ahad to directly lock the positions of the other masters and slaves. Take the initiative to attack.

Even if Illya didn't want to go to such troublesome things, they could still deduce the location of Saber and the others from Emiya Shirou who happened to meet before.

You must know that their allies still let Emiya Shirou, a master who has no fighting power, go out alone to buy ingredients even though they have four servants. From this, we can see how close their current stronghold is to that place.

Even if you think about it a little bit more, Emiya Shirou and his base are far away from that area, and they didn't send servants to protect Emiya Shirou just because they didn't want the hostile camp to perceive the fluctuation of the servant's magic power, which would increase the risk of exposure.

Illya is also fully capable of taking Emiya Shirou away without attracting the attention of ordinary people, and using this to attract Saber and the others to come to the rescue.

No matter how bad it is, Illya can also choose the Matou family, who is also the royal family, to carry out a surprise attack. Anyway, the servant they summon is nothing more than one of the three cavalry of Assassin, Rider, and Caster. Ya said it doesn't matter.

However, none of the above methods of Illya were used, which made the nightly search missions feel more like aimless wandering, and even gave Seleus an Illya than he didn't want this grail yet The 'illusion' that the war is about to end.

"Illya, what's on your mind recently? It feels like you're completely out of shape these days." Serius asked with some concern.

Although Illya's current actions coincide with Seleus' goals, as Illya's follower, and at the same time he considers himself the girl's elder, he feels that it is necessary for him to consider the girl's psychological problems.

"Illya is fine, so don't worry about me, Berserker." Faced with Serius' concern, Illya just shook her head slightly and smiled.

"Are you really all right?" Serius was still a little worried, and then recalled Illya's experience in the past few days, trying to find the reason why the girl became like this.

"Is it because of the previous invitation to Emiya boy?" Serius thought of Illya's abnormal behavior when he happened to meet Emiya Shirou the day before yesterday.

If there is really anyone who can make Illya miss her so much, it is probably only her younger brother Emiya Shirou...

......

When meeting Emiya Shirou by chance, Serius was very worried that Illya would kidnap this big-hearted idiot who would never take his followers out even if his life was in danger several times, and then use him as a bait to attract Saber and the others came to the rescue.

When that time really comes, Seleus can no longer keep his hand.

But I don't know who's luck played a role. Instead of doing any hostile behavior after seeing Emiya Shirou, the "son of the traitor", Ilya threw herself into the arms of Emiya boy with a joyful smile.

If Serius hadn't reached out his hand quickly to support Emiya Shirou's back, the boy carrying a heavy object would have been knocked to the ground by Illya's unexpected swoop.

"Shirou, it's Shirou, Berserker! Shirou has appeared in front of Illya." Illya kept rubbing her head and laughing happily.

"Wait a minute! What's going on!?" Emiya Shirou just woke up from the stupefaction of encountering a powerful enemy, and was surprised to find that the master of the terrifying Berserker hugged him directly. "We should be considered hostile now, Eliasviel."

"You can just call me Illya, and the rules of the Holy Grail War require that the masters cannot fight during the day." Illya ignored the boy's struggle, or because of the boy's struggle, she hugged him even tighter. up. "So we are not enemies now."

"Even if you say so..."

"And Shirou doesn't have any strength at all, so it doesn't take much effort to kill you." Illya, who jumped off her brother, showed a subtle, teasing smile. "So when Shirou was approached by me and Berserker but didn't die immediately, he should understand that Illya is not malicious now."

"Really... I can't refute it." Emiya Shirou silently glanced back at Serius, who was looking at him with a 'kind' face, and sighed as if accepting his fate.

"Okay, okay, don't scare Shirou, Berserker." Illya first waved at Serius, and then put on a sister's style to comfort the young Emiya.

"Berserker is a very gentle hero, and Berserker stopped me when Illya was about to kill Shirou. So Shirou doesn't have to be afraid of Berserker at all."

"It's not...you...I...forget it." Hearing what Illya said, Seleus pointed at himself twitchingly, he hesitated to speak several times, but finally gave up explaining.

As a hero who is determined to bring happiness to people, he never thought of frightening the young man he was looking forward to. You must know that the smile just now was already the most friendly expression he could put on.

However, this kind of explanation requires him to express it well.

"Don't say such horrible things in that cute tone." Emiya Shirou's expression was surprisingly consistent with that of Serius now, and the corners of his mouth were also twitching. "A girl has to look like a girl, especially a cute girl like you."

"It's just a Shirou, but he's quite arrogance." Illya put her hands on her hips, staring at Emiya Shirou who suddenly preached to her with some dissatisfaction.

However, this expression was only maintained for a moment before the girl showed a cheerful smile again. "Speaking of which, do you want Shirou to come and play in Illya's castle?"

"Go to Illya's castle!" Emiya Shirou scratched his head, he couldn't figure out how things developed to this point. "Is that the old castle in the forest?"

"That's right, that's Einzbern's castle, but only Berserker, me, Sera, and Lijielit live in it. It's very empty. Illya wanted Shirou to come over and play together. Let's have a good time." As she spoke, Ilya silently lowered her head as if remembering something bad.

"That's it." Emiya Shirou instinctively didn't want to agree, but seeing Illya's disappointed expression, he agreed by accident. "Okay, I will definitely go."

"Really?! That's great!" Illya cheered with her hands raised high, then turned around and left with a jump.

After walking a few steps, Illya suddenly turned her head and showed a bright smile to Emiya Shirou behind her. "That's what we agreed, Illya will always be waiting for Shirou."

......

"Hey! Berserker guessed it." Illya smiled lightly and narrowed her eyes, the cuteness of a girl was fully displayed at this moment.

"With all due respect, Illya." Seleus said to himself as expected. "Judging from the performance of Emiya boy, he will definitely accept your invitation. But..."

Serius felt that it was necessary for him to remind the girl in front of him, because he knew very well that if Illya's expectations were allowed to expand with the waiting time, then when the girl found out that the boy was unable to keep the appointment, that moment The outburst of disappointment will definitely bring great pain to the psychologically immature Ilya.

"Whether it's you as a Master or me as a Servant, in this Holy Grail War, you are an exceptional existence."

"They will not let their vital forces go alone to a powerful enemy that has clearly shown hostility to them."

Considering Illya's complex feelings for Emiya Shirou, and also in order not to stimulate the girl's fragile heart, Serius paved a step for the boy in advance in his words.

"Miss invited the 'traitor's son' to our castle!"

Contrary to Seleus' expectations, he thought that what he said just now would be refuted by Illya, but the girl remained very calm all the time. Instead, Sera, the maid next to her, screamed a little excitedly.

Sierra had seen the dispute between her young lady and Serleus, and felt that this was the best time for her to regain her position in Illya's heart, but she didn't expect that she had just walked over and had no time to say a word. From the mouth of Seleus, I heard the news that was extremely shocking to the artificial man of Einzbern.

"Miss, you have to think carefully!" Although she knew that what she said now might arouse the disgust of the lady, the loyal maid Sera was determined to offer advice to Illya.

"Leaving aside the relationship between Emiya Shirou and Emiya Kiritsugu, the alliance they formed to fight against Berserker is a very unstable factor." Sera's tone was a little excited.

Although Berserker has already fought with Lancer, Archer, Saber and other servants and demonstrated his strength at the crushing level, but such a grand ceremony as the Holy Grail War cannot be won simply by relying on strength.

The Masters attracted by the Almighty Cauldron obviously will not give up the chance to get the Holy Grail so easily because of Berserker's strength.But Berserker's strength is indeed not something they can fight against.

Faced with such a situation, the rest of the Masters will naturally put their minds on Illya.

Although in terms of combat power alone, Illya, the highest masterpiece of Einzbern, can definitely outshine all participating masters, but no matter how powerful Illya's magic power is, she will never be able to compete with those who are active in historical mythology. The heroic spirit clones are against each other.

In other words, those allied masters only need to create an opportunity for Illya to face the Servant alone, and they can completely eliminate the strongest pair of masters and servants.

As for whether those people can create such an opportunity, Sera is inclined to be able to.

After all, the opponent currently has four Servants known, and in the previous battle, only Archer and Rider showed their own treasures, and as the "old man in the mountain" known for his strange assassination methods, Assassin's treasure has What effect they have no way of knowing.

If it is a Noble Phantasm that can kill the Master with one blow, the consequences will be unimaginable.

And although the chances are not high, Caster, who has never shown up, might be a comparable or even stronger Servant than Berserker.

Einzbern, who has always been isolated from the world, can acquire the holy relic of the great hero with his huge wealth, so maybe a lucky person who has obtained the holy relic of a powerful hero will participate in this Holy Grail War and successfully The hero is summoned.

Even if you think about it, Caster doesn't have great strength, so after seeing Berserker's strength, the servants known for their wisdom will definitely seek cooperation everywhere, and formulate corresponding plans for Berserker's exposed abilities.

In this way, the safety of the eldest lady...

"Even if Berserker can defeat all the combined Servants, those Masters didn't intend to defeat Berserker in a direct confrontation. All they need is a chance to bypass Berserker's protection and directly kill you, Miss.. .”

Sera exhorted so seriously and earnestly.

"Berserker is the strongest. Even if all the Servants are tied together, it's impossible for them to defeat Berserker." Illya retorted very angrily. It seemed that the girl was very disgusted with those who underestimated Serius. Words of strength. "Berserker is very strong, with his protection, Illya will be safe!"

"I know Berserker's strength is very strong! No one can match it! But Miss, you have to understand! The only weakness of such a powerful Berserker is you, whose life is extremely fragile!"

A deep and angry voice came from Sera's mouth, but it couldn't hide the deep worry contained in it.

After being selected as Illya's assistant, Sera was endowed with a rational personality by Ahad. At the same time, during the time with Illya, this artificial maid gradually understood what sensibility is.

And because of this sensibility, Sera's feelings for Illya are not only the loyalty engraved in the soul, but also a care similar to maternal love.

Sera is well aware of the cruelty of the Holy Grail War, and also very clear that, as a member of Einzbern, Illya will never escape the heavy fate of artificial humans.

But Sera never wanted this lovely little girl to die before her fate came because of her complacency and unwillingness to face up to her opponent.

"I know, Sera, I know all about your worries." Illya turned her head away and smiled slightly.

For some reason, Sera, who was still a little angry just now, suddenly felt relieved when she saw Illya's smile.

"Since the eldest lady..."

But before Sera finished speaking, Illya's body suddenly trembled slightly, as if sensing something, she hurriedly took out a crystal clear crystal ball from the cabinet and poured magic power into it.

"Miss!!!"