Chapter 95

Regardless of whether it was their own will or not, everyone from the three camps left the room before the six o'clock bell rang in the morning - although the internal layout of the banquet hall would change depending on who opened the door, and some people would still want to get up and attend the meeting first... But when the red and black camps rushed to the door of the banquet hall, they found that the seven groups of the white camp had already solved their breakfast in the banquet hall.

——Correction of special features is not something that can be rushed.

Fujimaru Ritsuka stood by the wall, finishing his all-purpose breakfast sandwich while observing the other two camps that still seemed unfamiliar. Chaldea's action plan had been preliminarily decided last night. They had to at least hold out until the Holy Grail appeared before they could take action. Before that, the most important thing was to ensure their own safety...

Moreover, Laplace's Demon has been hinting that other explorable areas will be opened in the future. All members of the new A team unanimously want to focus on exploring the areas that will be opened in the later stage. As long as Laplace's Demon does not intervene during this period, they should stay in the rest area of ​​the White Camp.

But it was obvious that they could not disappear from the sight of the other two camps so easily - Laplace's Demon appeared silently at the door of the banquet hall, blocking everyone's escape route.

Mr. White Rabbit with red eyes looked at the pocket watch in his hand, as if there really was a Queen of Hearts in this anomaly. After everyone put down the blue roses that represented the end of the meal, he moved everyone to the hall on the first floor of the castle facing the gate. In front of Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes appeared the same strange and distorted black and white blocks as when he was forcibly moved to the door of the banquet hall yesterday evening.

The Golem of Laplace stood in front of everyone like a dutiful court butler, unfolding a brand new parchment and announcing to them: "Red Camp's First, Fourth, and Fifth Doll Groups, Black Camp's Caster Group, Archer Group, and Berserker Group, and White Camp's Caster Group, head to the Rose Labyrinth."

"The Queen is going to hold a banquet in four days. You must change the roses outside the castle to a legal color before the banquet begins."

"Both celebrations and banquets require entertainment activities." Laplace's Demon turned his gaze to the other side, "Red Camp Second Puppet Group, Third Puppet Group, Seventh Puppet Group, Black Camp Saber Group, Rider Group, White Camp Archer Group, Saber Group - you are in charge of the Queen's croquet court."

"Great," Fujimaru Ritsuka grumbled quietly, "We even have a croquet court - this is definitely Alice in Wonderland. The hedgehog is the ball, the stork is the bat - and we're still missing some soldiers to be the goal post. Don't tell me we were the goal post in the past. Feeding hedgehogs, raising storks, and maybe a little dyeing is pretty simple... as long as the rules of the croquet court itself aren't too complicated."

"The rest of you are responsible for cleaning up the interior of the castle. Except for the guest rooms that are already occupied, all areas of the castle are open to you." Laplace's Demon rolled up the parchment in his hand and added before disappearing from everyone's sight, "Job positions are not allowed to be exchanged, but everyone is allowed to move freely in the three areas."

"Master, what are you going to do first?" Charlemagne looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka, curious about what his master was thinking while standing there like a log. "No... Master, can you play croquet? I mean, the normal kind - the croquet sport that originated in France."

"I've seen many French servants..." Fujimaru Ritsuka glanced at Charlemagne, reminding him that the father of Europe could not escape the regional judgment of belonging to France, "but I have never played croquet, not at all - the normal kind. Not to mention this version that uses hedgehogs as balls, soldiers as doors, and storks as mallets."

"Besides, "The Queen of Hearts' 810 Laws" even stipulates what colors to wear when feeding hedgehogs and storks - but my magic costume does not include pink clothes." Fujimaru Ritsuka helplessly looked around at the other people who were also excluded from the croquet court, "I don't think Singularity will be kind enough to prepare keeper costumes for us."

“I’m serious.”

Fortunately, apart from the new Group A of the White Faction, no one in this chaotic Holy Grail War had any connection with the world of magicians - and the members of the new Group A of Phoenix Chaldea had obviously no longer considered themselves to be normal magicians... This made the first communication between the people in charge of the croquet court at least within the scope of normal people.

"...Okay, almost everyone doesn't have anything pink in their clothes?" Fujimaru Ritsuka rubbed his forehead with a headache, looking at his temporary colleagues who also stayed in the hall without moving a step, "Why don't we go to the croquet court first? Anyway, Ruler has stated in advance that we can move freely in the three areas, and there is no restriction that we can't come back after going to the croquet court."

“Although I doubt there will be color-matched keepers’ uniforms, I thought I’d check it out.”

So, Ritsuka Fujimaru left the others behind and walked out of the gate of the Castle of Hearts with Charlemagne - behind them, Kirshtalia turned and walked upstairs, deciding to go back to the room to change into a blue magic dress before going to the croquet court; most people followed Ritsuka Fujimaru out of the gate one after another, and Kotoko Iwanaga, who stayed until the end, held up her beret and curled the corners of her mouth.

Fujimaru Ritsuka was grateful from the bottom of her heart for her decision to wear two costumes together in order to assist Charlemagne. Although there were definitely magic costumes with better performance than "Bright Summer" if only the offensive power was considered, she made the decision to replace the all-purpose Magic Association uniform with the "New Year's Outfit" after careful consideration.

——Although it may not be convenient to put on the keeper’s uniform.

Ritsuka Fujimaru was stunned as he looked at the neatly arranged row of breeder uniforms in front of him.

——The facilities at this special point are so normal that it makes people feel uneasy.

While Fujimaru Ritsuka was in a daze, the remaining groups of members also arrived at the croquet court one after another - in fact, Kirshtalia, who went upstairs to change clothes first, was even faster than most of the members who did not return to the room. However, Iwanaga Kotoko, who deliberately stayed until the end, was not the last member to arrive at the croquet court.

The seventh puppet group of the Red Camp was slow to show up in front of them.

"Is there something wrong with the seventh puppet group?"

After waiting for a long time, someone finally broke the silence in the croquet court. Irene Adler's eyes swept across everyone present sharply, unconsciously revealing a cold temperament that did not belong to a former prima opera actress, but only to the members of the Moriarty family who were immersed in darkness.

——Oh no.

Ritsuka Fujimaru secretly poked Kirshtalia with her finger under the wide sleeves of the shrine maiden's uniform, who had changed from the magic dress made by Lancermello for the Astronomical University to the "Halloween Royal Family Member" specially made by Miss Crain. Obviously, according to the information collected by Phoenix Chaldea, this Irene Adler should have been in the period after she became his "James Bond".

"Only the first day is fighting prohibited here." Kirshtalia left the seat where everyone was sitting together, reached out to take down the blue keeper's uniform and put it on, while looking at everyone present, "If nothing unexpected happens, the seventh puppet group should have been defeated."

"Don't forget, although we were arranged by Laplace's Demon to work together, we are enemies from different camps - if we consider the conditions for victory, let's be a little more demanding... there is no alliance between all the people here. Even if we are in the same camp, we will fight each other in the end."

"Because there can only be one winner."

"Master, do you have anything to say?" Charlemagne asked Fujimaru Ritsuka in his mind through the connection of magic, while he disappeared into the air. "Do you think the seventh puppet group of the Red Faction is really out? I think considering that the Faction is currently in a fixed alliance, at least the second and third puppet groups on our side should not express their opinions on the current situation. "

"They definitely won't participate in the discussion of this matter - because they participated in the action of the Seventh Doll's departure." Fujimaru Ritsuka zipped up the pink keeper's uniform and glanced at the smiling Iwanaga Kotoko calmly, "If I'm not mistaken, the Crimson Camp may not have held a collective meeting of the doll contractors, but at least the Rose Girls except the Seventh Doll should have held a collective meeting."

"But I'm not sure how many rose girls have communicated with their contractors - but the siege of the seventh doll this morning was definitely a collective action of the six rose girls." After strengthening his arm strength with strengthening magic, Fujimaru Ritsuka walked out with the stork's feed bucket, while continuing to communicate with Charlemagne, "Ignoring the situation of the anomaly, I have a rough guess about the holder of the Holy Grail that caused the anomaly."

"The holder of the Holy Grail here is the fifth Rose Girl doll, Shinku."

After walking out of the door of the breeder's locker room, Fujimaru Ritsuka took a deep breath and changed the subject before Charlemagne questioned her speculation - "I didn't find the existence of independent rules for croquet courts in the locker room. I suspect that the rules of croquet courts may be directly included in the "810 Laws of the Queen of Hearts."

Charlemagne: "Do you remember this?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka: "How is that possible... maybe Senior Kirshtalia can do it."

“A-choo!!!”

Kirshtalia, who was carrying hedgehog feed at the other end of the croquet court, sneezed violently.

"Goddess Artemis - no, Orion." Kirshtalia spoke out his real name to remind his Servant when no one was around. "Although everyone saw the Servant's transformation from spirit to physical form yesterday, those who are not magicians can never prevent a Servant in spirit form from eavesdropping on them - I can handle most of the things by myself, so please pay attention to the discussion over there."

"If they act separately...pay special attention to the Saber team of the Black Faction."