On the quiet and deserted mountain road, the four people who met each other rarely were all stunned when they saw each other.

Oh? Isn't this the second generation?

Looking at the face of the programmer who looked like he had been working overtime for decades, Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment. But before she could say hello, she saw the programmer suddenly jumped up, widened his eyes in surprise, and pointed his finger at her.

"CASTER'S MASTER! Why are you here?!"

"Um?"

Hearing this voice, Fang Zheng was stunned. What kind of name is this?

Fang Zheng initially thought that the other party was a master who participated in the last Holy Grail War, but he was clearly an ASSASSIN at the time, and he had never seen this guy before... Wait, why does this voice sound familiar? Hmm? Wait... Could it be...

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng widened his eyes in surprise.

"You are Weber?!"

“…”

The other party nodded silently, obviously agreeing.

“…Huh?”

Fang Zheng was really confused at this moment. What a joke! The only time he and Weber had met was during the Fourth World War in another world, huh? Wait... could it be that...

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng's eyes flashed with gold, and then he narrowed his eyes.

Ah…I see.

By observing the timeline, Fang Zheng finally understood what happened.

This story started from the last time he traveled through time. At that time, Fang Zheng accepted Gaia's commission to deal with the four wars in another parallel world, because the Black Holy Grail in that world was invaded by Chaos, which might cause the destruction of the entire world. In the end, Fang Zheng took Illya with him and dealt with it easily. Then he directly burned the broken Holy Grail and the Chaos power hidden in it, and then went home to sleep.

After being burned by Fang Zheng, the parallel world line was broken and merged with this world. After the mutual fusion, the information between them also changed.

For example, in this world, the four wars that Fang Zheng participated in were held in Romania, and the Great Holy Grail of Fuyuki had been dug up. In the memories of Waver and others, the four wars they participated in became a subspecies Holy Grail War "based on the remaining spiritual veins of Fuyuki".

The basic process was similar to the animation Fang Zheng had seen, but perhaps because of the influence of the mutual fusion, Fang Zheng's role had changed. Although she still replaced the original CASTER and MASTER. However, in the timeline of Weber and others' "fusion", the specific process was different from what Fang Zheng remembered.

Originally, Fang Zheng zoomed in at the beginning, then killed ARCHER first, and then pulled in and killed several others. However, in the memory of the subspecies Holy Grail War after the fusion of the two world lines, it became similar to the animation at the beginning. Fang Zheng did not kill ARCHER first, but killed ASSASSIN - well, this can be considered faithful to the original?

The following is similar to the animation, except that there is no group fight between CASTER, the rest is basically faithful to the original, ARCHER kills RIDER, Emiya Kiritsugu kills Kenneth, and kills LANCER. In the end, Fang Zheng pulls in and kills ARCHER and Saber together with the subspecies holy grail.

By the way, unlike the outcome of that world, the final result of the Subspecies Holy Grail was that Kiritsugu and Irisviel survived, and fled far away with Illya, while the Einzbern family declined afterwards... This happened more than ten years ago.

Therefore, the Waver of this world still has some memories of himself.

but……

"How did you become like this?"

Fang Zheng stretched out his hand in surprise and gestured.

"I remember you were a dwarf back then, but now you've grown so tall... Could it be that you took hormones?"

"You are the one who eats..."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, the other party instinctively wanted to refute, but in the end, perhaps remembering that the other party was a ruthless person who could tear a servant apart with his bare hands, he shut his mouth abruptly.

After all, RIDER is not by my side right now, and even if he were there, he wouldn't be able to protect me...

"Teacher... do you know each other?"

At this moment, the girl in the gray cloak standing next to Weber asked timidly, while Weber sighed and said nothing.

But even if he didn't say it, Fang Zheng knew how to tell it. She rushed over and greeted the girl in the gray cloak with a smile.

"Hey, hello, I'm the righteous magical girl Red Ponytail, you can just call me Red, what's your name?"

"Gray...Gray..."

"Well, this name is pretty nice. By the way, why are you covering your face? Are you learning ASSASSIN? This is not a good hobby... huh?"

Fang Zheng came over, took a look at the girl's face under the cloak, and then was stunned.

"Why do you have a Saber face?"

"SABER...?"

"It doesn't matter."

At this moment, Weber barged in between the two of them and interrupted Fang Zheng's question.

"Red Ponytail, why are you here?"

"I was invited as well, although I wasn't the one who invited you."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng gestured to the back, and soon, Heitong Xianhua came over and bowed respectfully to everyone.

"Hello everyone, nice to meet you. I am Heitong Flower. I am invited by Mr. Ashberwin to represent the Thousand World Tree."

"Thousand World Tree..."

Hearing this name, Waver's expression changed slightly and he looked towards Fang Zheng.

"Are you from the Thousand World Tree?"

"How was it? You didn't expect that."

Fang Zheng also chuckled and proudly shook his twin ponytails, while Weber looked like he had a stomachache and was about to die in the next second.

"I really didn't expect this..."

Having said that, Weber sighed, then stood up and nodded to Fang Zheng Xianhua.

"I am LORD El-Melloi II, currently serving in the Clock Tower's Modern Magic Department, and this is my student Gray."

"Hello..."

Gray now timidly came over and greeted the two of them.

However, after listening to Weber's self-introduction, Fang Zheng frowned.

"LORD... How come you, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, betrayed the nobles? Where is the guy who claimed that 'even a magician without family blood can become a first-class magician'? Have you really bowed to reality? Sigh, society is really cruel..."

“Hmm…”

Hearing that the other party had easily dug up his dark history, Weber's face darkened.

"That's not the case. I just..."

"But it's normal. After all, everyone has their own difficulties. Seeing you work overtime for more than ten years without a break, I know you are not very happy as a monarch."

Having said that, Fang Zheng patted Weber's body with a smile.

"Okay, let's go ahead and meet in Peel City... By the way, I have something else to discuss with you after this, so don't even think about running away."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng continued to walk forward along the mountain path with the flowers, leaving only Weber and Gray standing there, staring at their backs in silence.

"Xiao Hong? Do you know him?"

After turning the corner, Xianhua asked curiously, and Fangzheng just laughed.

“Of course, Waver Velvet, I once met him in the Holy Grail War. At that time, he was just a young and ignorant brat who wanted to prove that his theory was correct by winning the Holy Grail War…”

"theory?"

"Yes, you should have learned from Fiore that magicians rely on blood and magic circuits to accumulate layer by layer. Therefore, in the Magic Association, the generally accepted theory is that only those magic families with deep foundations can produce first-class magicians. However, Weber's theory is that as long as one can truly study and understand magic well, even if there is no deep blood connection, even one or two generations of magicians can become first-class magicians."

Hearing this, Heitonghua was a little surprised.

"This is not the same as our Thousand World Tree..."

"That's right, listen carefully, Flowers. The so-called bloodline determines the quality of magicians, which is just a means and excuse for the upper class to consolidate their status. The difference between ordinary magicians and family-inherited magicians is like a self-made wage earner and a second-generation rich man who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. The former needs to make great efforts to become a millionaire, while the latter only needs to ask for money from his family. You can also think of it as similar to the apartheid policy. Those white people think they are superior to black people, but in fact it is only because most of them can receive a good education, while black people find it difficult to receive such education."

Having said this, Fang Zheng snorted.

"If both sides were put at the same starting line and grew up in the same environment, it would be hard to say who would win or lose. Family-inherited magicians are naturally much more powerful than those who have not received the magic seals because they can inherit the magic seals of previous generations. However, this does not mean that the latter cannot become millionaires on their own. The theory of the Magic Association is simply to consolidate the status of the top leaders of the Magic Association and to facilitate the rule of other weak magician families. We, Qianjieshu, will not give face to those old stubborn people!"

"I understand, Xiao Hong!"

Hearing this, Heitong Flower also became excited.

"In other words, our goal at the Thousand World Tree is to overthrow these magicians, right?"

"That's right, a great man once said that social changes are mainly due to the development of internal contradictions in society, that is, the contradiction between productive forces and production relations, the contradiction between classes, and the contradiction between the old and the new. The development of these contradictions has promoted the progress of society and promoted the metabolism of the old and new societies."

Fang Zheng raised a finger proudly.

"The Magic Association represents the backward and outdated side of magic in this world. This is no longer an era where people can be self-righteous just by relying on their nobility and bloodline. However, these people are still living in the Victorian era and are complacent and self-righteous. But this is also normal, just like the dust on the ground. If you don't sweep it with a broom, the dust will not go away by itself."

"So...are we going to invite that LORD to join our Thousand World Tree?"

Xianhua has been learning magic from Fiore, so she is quite familiar with these things. However, she is not worried but extremely excited.

"That's what it looks like for now, but we'll have to wait and see... I didn't expect this guy to want to be a LORD... Could it be that he's bowing to the corrupt capitalist ruling class? We don't want to surrender."

Having said this, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"Forget it. Anyway, let's see what happens when the time comes."