"I'm going back, senior."

Matou Sakura bowed slightly and prepared to leave.

Shirou Emiya looked at Sakura Matou who was about to leave and couldn't help but confirm it again.

"Sakura, Shinichi is really not the lord anymore, right?"

Matou Sakura nodded: "Yes."

Shirou Emiya: "You are not one either, right?"

Matou Sakura raised the back of her hand, which was spotlessly white.

"Well, neither am I."

Shirou Emiya showed a relieved look: "That's good."

Matou Sakura raised her hand to tuck the hair behind her ears and asked in a low voice: "Senior, I saw the amount of food you prepared tonight... Are there any more guests?"

Shirou Emiya: "Ah, Tosaka was supposed to come, but she suddenly said she had something to do at home and didn't come."

Matou Sakura intertwined her fingers, feeling anxious, but she still asked firmly in the end, "Senior invited Tosaka-senpai to dinner at home. Are you two dating?"

After hearing this, Shirou Emiya leaned back in surprise: "Huh? Dating? Sakura, don't talk nonsense!"

He subconsciously looked around, as if Tosaka Rin's fist would hit him in the next second, "Tosaka classmate and I are allies, and we were planning to discuss things tonight."

Matou Sakura lowered her head and said, "I see. Indeed, Tosaka-senpai is very powerful. We will definitely win if we consult with her."

She bowed again, "Then I won't bother you anymore. Goodbye."

Shirou Emiya looked at the back of Matou Sakura leaving and breathed a sigh of relief. He said to Arthur who was standing on the other side of the door, "It seems that after the humble king was exposed, he directly gave up the contract with Sakura. He should have found a new savior."

Arthur said, "Not necessarily. This humble king is different from the one I know. He has a strong illusion ability. Maybe he made Miss Sakura forget that she is the savior."

Shirou Emiya hesitated and said, "Perhaps the person who has the power of illusion is King Uther?"

Arthur smiled bitterly. "Maybe. King Uther's occupation is Caster. Manipulating others is indeed a magician's specialty."

Shirou Emiya: "How could Tosaka suddenly lose her touch at the critical moment? Forget it, let's follow Sakura secretly. If she returns home safely, we'll go to Tosaka's house. After all, Matou and Tosaka live on the same street..."

Arthur: "Okay."

They waited for a few minutes, then walked out of the room about a hundred meters away from Ma-Kirizakura and followed her secretly.

Matou Sakura was not walking very fast. After following her for a few minutes, Shirou Emiya suddenly felt that he was being watched. He immediately looked up and saw two birds made of white silk threads flying overhead in the dark night.

Arthur said softly, "It's Miss Illya."

Shirou Emiya had no choice but to stop. He was careful not to be spotted by Sakura Matou in front of him. He turned a corner and said, "Illya?"

Illya did not come out, and Shirou Emiya was a little confused. He looked up again and found that a white bird in the sky seemed to be pointing in a direction.

Without waiting for Shirou Emiya to speak, Arthur said, "I'll be back soon."

About two or three minutes later, Arthur came quickly carrying Illya. Illya was breathing heavily, as if she had been running for a long time.

As soon as Illya landed, she grabbed Shirou Emiya's hand and said, "Shirou, the king and Caster have joined forces. Caster has the ability to cancel other people's contracts. The king stole my Command Seal and made a contract with Berserker!"

Illya spoke very quickly, "Now, except for you, almost all the servants are subordinates of the humble king!"

Shirou Emiya gasped, and Arthur was equally puzzled: "What?"

"The magic power of the defeated Servants returns to the Holy Grail. When a certain amount is reached, the Holy Grail will descend." Illya's eyes fell on Arthur. "Someone violated the rules in this Holy Grail War. Saber, it doesn't matter if you are not present. If the humble king makes all the servants except himself commit suicide, the Holy Grail will immediately descend before him!"

Arthur's lake-green eyes flashed with surging anger, and his magic power surged, wrapping around his body like a flame. He said in a deep voice: "I will stop him!!"

Illya: "Do you know where Matou Sakura is?"

Shirou Emiya was stunned: "Sakura? Why are you looking for her?"

Illya pointed at herself and said, "I am the Lesser Holy Grail. In theory, the magic power of the servants who have retired will return to me, but the magic power of the servants who have retired before has all flowed into Sakura's body. She was transformed into the Lesser Holy Grail by Matou Ruoyan!"

Shirou Emiya was shocked: "Sakura just left my house, we are following her!"

He didn't bother to explain and rushed out of the alley to look for Sakura Matou in front of him. However, he didn't know when Sakura Matou disappeared on the straight mountain road.

Illya suddenly grabbed Shirou Emiya's sleeve and said, "Let's go to Ryuudou Temple. Caster's base is at Ryuudou Temple, and that's also where the Great Holy Grail ceremony is held!"

Shirou Emiya immediately hugged Illya and rushed towards Ryudo Temple with Arthur.

However, after hearing what Emiya said at the Tosaka Mansion, Tosaka Rin did not get furious as Emiya had expected. On the contrary, the girl was very calm.

"So you mean to say that Lancer has been hiding a lot of things, not only secretly teaming up with Rider to kill other Servants, but also planning to seize the Holy Grail?"

Tosaka Rin looked at the Heroic Spirit Emiya strangely, "What does this have to do with me?"

Heroic Guard: “…Huh?”

He was a little shocked. "You are his protector. He is so secretive and acts on his own and disobeys your orders. Are you just going to let him do that?"

Tosaka Rin was silent for a while before saying, "Indeed, as a lord, it is really embarrassing to be unable to control the servants."

"But I'm not a kid anymore."

Maybe she would be very angry if she encountered such a thing when she was sixteen or seventeen years old, but she is now a lecturer at the Clock Tower and has seen, heard, and experienced too many mysterious things.

Sometimes, not listening, not speaking, not watching, not spreading... is actually a form of protection.

"The more mysteries are analyzed, the less powerful the magic will be. And magic is dangerous. Unless you have strong analytical and identification abilities, it is best not to rashly study areas that you are not familiar with."

At this point, Tosaka Rin's expression softened: "But this is based on the magician's judgment. I can understand Lancer's actions, but being kept in the dark is ultimately very unpleasant. And although I cannot accept that you terminated the contract because you were worried about me, I still want to thank you."

No matter what, the Heroic Guard suddenly took action because they were concerned about her safety.

The Heroic Guard felt a little uncomfortable. He said unhappily, "So what are you going to do next?"

Tosaka Rin blinked and looked at the Heroic Spirit Emiya with a smile, "You don't have a protector now, right?"

She stretched out her hand, her eyes bright: "Do you want to sign a contract with me?"

Heroic Guard: “…”

Although having a protector is a good thing, and he has no objection to Tosaka Rin being the protector, but, but something is still not right. Is everything going too smoothly?

"Okay, sign the contract with me quickly, I still have things to do."

Tosaka Rin urged the Heroic Spirit Emiya, "I want to contact Sakura."

The Heroic Spirit Emiya endured the embarrassment and awkwardness in his heart, signed the master-servant contract with Tosaka Rin, and quickly asked: "What's wrong?"

Change the subject quickly!

"Sakura was transformed into the Holy Grail. According to what you said, if Rider and Lancer really want the Holy Grail, Sakura will definitely be affected."

Tosaka Rin could suppress her dissatisfaction of being hidden and separated, but if Lancer and Rider dragged Matou Sakura into it, she would definitely beat them up. "I have been eating with Sakura these past few days. She has not shut down her human functions. Her sense of smell, taste, and touch are all normal. This means that the magic power of the retired Servant has returned to the Holy Grail of Einzbern."

"As long as Sakura is okay and not dragged into this, it's fine. As for other matters, it doesn't matter."

Tosaka Rin said so.

Ten minutes later, Tosaka Rin slammed the phone in frustration.

No one answered the phone at the Matou family, and no one answered the phone at the Emiya family either. The familiar she released did not find Matou Sakura on the mountain road back home!

Matou Sakura is missing?

Tosaka Rin said in a sharp voice: "Archer, find Sakura!"

Heroic Spirit Emiya: "...Caster's base is in Ryudo Temple. If Matou Sakura is really dragged in, she can only appear there."

Tosaka Rin's face looked very ugly. Ah, Ryudo Temple. Of course she knew that below Ryudo Temple was the site of the Holy Grail ceremony.

Why did it turn out like this this time?

She sorted out the materials in her hands and said calmly, "Let's go to Liudong Temple."

At the same time, deep in Yuanzang Mountain.

"…I'm sure my sister will come."

Matou Sakura sat on a rock, looking at Izawa Sugi not far away, and asked worriedly, "Will she be affected?"

This was a deep cave, surrounded by stalactites pointing straight down or up. The air was filled with rich magic. Below the platform where she was was bubbling magma, illuminating the originally dark and deep cave as bright as day.

Izawa Sugi was carving a spell around the open space on the platform. He answered casually, "No, she has the Flying Thunder God mark I left on her. After arriving at Enzo Mountain, I will be able to detect her and bring her here directly."

"I promised you that it wouldn't affect her."

Matou Sakura felt a little cold. She hugged her shoulders and asked curiously, "Mr. Lance, what technique are you depicting?"

Izawa Sugi replied, "The Sealing Ritual is like a drop of water, and the Holy Grail Ritual in front of you is an ocean. Next, you, the drop of water, will be connected to the ocean and will suck the ocean dry."

Matou Sakura's face wrinkled into a ball: "Will I be crushed?"

Ize Shan laughed: "Don't worry, I will guide the energy out before it explodes, just like I did in the church that day."

Matou Sakura pursed her lips and whispered, "Mr. Lancer, what exactly do you want to do?"

Izawa Sugi replied: "Didn't I say that? I want to get the Holy Grail."

Boom——

As Ize Sugi said this, the entire cave seemed to tremble.

Even in the depths of the Greater Grail Ritual, one can feel the aftershocks of the battle outside.

Oberon appeared silently not far away, his brows furrowed and his expression somewhat unpredictable.

"…What's going on? Why is Arthur outside? Why did they start fighting right away?"

Izawa Sugi sighed, "Something went wrong with Rin. Archer severed the contract between me and Rin, and I'm afraid he has already told Rin what I did."

He did not say that Tosaka Rin and Emiya Shirou were connected.

But upon hearing this statement, any normal person would conclude that Tosaka Rin brought Emiya Shirou here.

"Oberon, go and stop Archer."

Ize Shan suddenly laughed, "He brought me a surprise, you should also give him a surprise, doesn't he always want to get rid of his past self?"

Oberon was stunned. He quickly glanced at Matou Sakura who was confused, and said, "Let him have a nightmare?"

Izawa Sugi: "Can a nightmare be more despairing than reality? He must be made to experience the despair of the future now."

After hearing this, Oberon twisted his body uncomfortably and stared at Ize Shan suspiciously.

"You sent me away, what do you want to do?"

Izawa Sugi said unhappily, "You're doing nothing! Archer acted suddenly, and although it was a bit hasty, we originally wanted Berserker to kill Arthur, didn't we?"

As for setting a trap for the Heroic Spirits, isn't that normal? Izawa Sugi was tricked! He just fought back!

Oberon thought it made sense, but...

This kind of normality is actually the biggest abnormality.