Originally, Fang Zheng thought that Qianjieshu would have some doubts about his proposal, but he didn't expect that after Fiore thought about it for a moment, she agreed to Fang Zheng's request.

In fact, the Thousand Worlds Tree really had no choice. Just as Fiore said, up to now, the Thousand Worlds Tree had put everything it had on the line for this Holy Grail War. If it failed, the end would be separation. In order to avoid this end, they were willing to do anything.

Moreover, once Fang Zheng really obtained the Holy Grail, he would become a magician who mastered the third law. The support of a magician would naturally be something that the Thousand World Tree Clan would be eager to receive.

Now that everything was ready, all they had to wait for was the "method" Fang Zheng had mentioned. Although it could be done at any time, Fang Zheng decided to wait until nightfall to make the call for safety's sake. After all, even though Romania could only be considered a rural area in Europe, considering what he was going to do, he decided not to be so ostentatious.

Anyway, the sky courtyard can’t be reached very far in half a day.

During this gap, everyone was taking the time to rest. Atalanta had returned to her spirit form, and no one knew what she wanted to do. RULER was trying his best to lock onto the position and aura of the red servants in order to facilitate the next battle. As for Fang Zheng, he was standing on the city wall, watching Illya and Yoshino playing in the garden... For these children, the previous battle was over, and they just needed to enjoy the present.

"Do you mind if I stay here for a while?"

At this moment, a voice came from behind Fang Zheng. He turned around and saw Coles waving at him with a smile, and Fang Zheng nodded.

"Please."

"Thank you very much."

After saying this, Coles walked to Fang Zheng's side, looked at the courtyard in front of him, and then sighed.

"I also heard what you said to my sister."

"oh?"

Fang Zheng glanced at Colles beside him. He didn't have a very deep impression of this weak little boy, but he still had some impression of him. At least he and Berserker used to chat and walk in the courtyard frequently, and they were a very harmonious master-servant pair.

"What do you think?"

"To be honest, I don't have any objection."

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Coles shook his head. He looked into the distance, and even showed an expression of relief on his face.

"It might not be good if my sister heard this, but... when I learned that she didn't have to shoulder the responsibility of commanding the Thousand World Tree Clan, I was very happy."

It was not out of jealousy or curse. On the contrary, Fang Zheng could feel from the tone of Coles's voice that he was truly happy for his sister.

"Why?"

“…”

This time, facing Fang Zheng's question, Colles did not answer immediately. He closed his eyes and remained silent for a moment.

"In the past, our family once had a dog."

Then, for some reason, Colles started talking about something completely unrelated to the previous topic, but Fang Zheng didn't care and just stood there quietly listening.

"That was a well-behaved stray dog ​​that my dad picked up from somewhere. He was planning to use that dog to teach us the art of necromancy. But he had to go out for something urgent, so my sister and I took care of the dog together."

Having said that, Coles placed his hands on the city wall and clenched them into fists.

"It was a very slow-witted dog that didn't like to move. But my sister took great care of the dog. Even though she couldn't move around easily, she still insisted on cleaning the dog's body and combing its hair with her favorite comb. That was her own comb, right? Then she bought a guide to raising dogs and considered what food to feed the dog. When I asked her why she did this, my sister answered me incredibly - 'Because pets must be treated with love, right?'"

“…”

Coles closed his eyes and shook his head.

"My sister doesn't understand what I understand. That's not our family, and it's not our pet. It's our test subject. Its fate was decided when dad picked it up... But my sister doesn't seem to have considered this issue at all."

"Then what?"

Although he had already guessed the ending of the story, Fang Zheng still asked, and Coles shrugged his shoulders.

"A week later, my dad came back. He smiled and apologized to us while grabbing the dog. He demonstrated the consequences of a failed possession spell in front of my sister and me. Seeing the dog's fur turned upside down, screaming, and finally turning into a bloody mess of flesh, my sister's expression... I really don't know how to describe it."

Recalling what happened at that time, Coles shook his head vigorously.

"After a minute, the dog died, and my father used the corpse to warn us that if we were not careful, we would end up like this. At that time, in the face of my father's teachings, my sister just smiled and replied, 'I understand, father.' Because my sister is very good, she knew that in that situation, she could not cry or cover her ears. So she quickly found the best solution."

But after that, when he and his sister were making a grave for the dog, his sister couldn't hold it in any longer and burst into tears while saying sorry. And since then, Fiore never mentioned the dog again, and even threw away everything about the dog. As for the fact that she didn't dare to eat meat for a long time and kept vomiting, and even only Coles holding her hand could make her fall asleep, her parents didn't notice it at all.

"…Sister's talent as a magician is unquestionable."

Coles looked at Fang Zheng with a complicated expression.

"But... she is totally unable to become a qualified magician. Since then, my sister's necromancy has never failed once. Everyone thinks that she is gifted, but I know very well that it is because my sister knows that she must not fail. If she fails, she will remember that incident again. I always thought that there was no problem before. After all, with Uncle Danic around, my sister does not need to bear much responsibility. Although she has been studying hard, but... being the head of a family is different from being a magician."

Coles's expression turned somewhat gloomy, and Fang Zheng understood what he meant.

If Fiore became the leader of the Thousand World Tree Clan, she would need to make some ruthless decisions and judgments in order to maintain her rule. If Fiore was a real magician, this would not be a problem, but the problem is that although she has the talent of a magician, she does not have the ruthlessness of a magician who would give up everything for his goal.

For example, magicians who kill innocent babies to obtain magic information must be praised, or those who let go of witnesses of magic must be punished, or even ordinary people who witnessed magic must be executed personally... These things that are commonplace and taken for granted in the world of magicians are completely in conflict with Fiore's moral values.

That's right, generally speaking, magicians won't kill people unless they have to, after all, it will cause violence. But this has nothing to do with morality, it's just that "causing violence will become troublesome", for magicians, the idea that killing and taking life is wrong is impossible and should not exist. On the other hand, if it comes to a desperate moment, magicians can kill people as a matter of course.

"That's one of the reasons why I'm willing to help you."

Fang Zheng reached out and patted Colles on the shoulder. He understood Colles's meaning. In fact, this was another reason why Fang Zheng chose to include the Thousand World Tree in his sphere of influence. Admittedly, most of the people gathered in the Thousand World Tree were a group of second-rate and third-rate magicians, or even half-baked ones. But because of this, they were not like those first-rate magic families who would abandon their humanity for a certain goal. Whether it was Fiore, Colles, or even that fat guy Gold, none of them had the intention of abandoning their humanity.

It should be said that compared to magicians and humans, the Thousand World Tree Clan is more on the side of "humans", while the Magic Association is more concerned with the side of "magicians".

This is also one of the irreconcilable contradictions between Fang Zheng and the Magic Association.

"After this Holy Grail War is over, I might go for a walk."

Having said this, Coles smiled and looked at Fang Zheng.

"Until then, I'll leave my sister to you...Mr. Fang Zheng."