Chapter 375

They could only watch helplessly as Golden Flash, leaving behind a series of arrogant laughs, rode away in his golden flying boat.

"Kiritsugu!" Saber shouted.

It seems that at this point, the only option is for Kiritsugu to use Command Spell to forcibly bring the Goddess back.

"No!" Kiritsugu had appeared there at some point, looked at the departing golden airship with a complicated expression and said, "I've already tried it, Command Spell have no effect on Goddess."

He extended his hand, which bore the Command Spell. The Command Spell on it was so faint it looked as if it had been wiped clean, indicating that Kiritsugu had already used Command Spell once.

"It must be because our Command Spell are too low-level," Kiritsugu said. "Our Command Spell have no binding power over her, nor could they possibly have any effect on her. She's not Servant ..."

"Not Servant?" Saber said, somewhat surprised. "Shouldn't she be the Servant summoned with me?"

If it's Servant, shouldn't Command Spell have an effect?

"No," Kiritsugu shook his head and said, "Actually, I should have thought of that a long time ago."

"What?" Saber asked.

"Irisviel," Kiritsugu didn't answer Saber directly but asked his wife, "If I were to ask you to provide magical power, could you provide a vast amount of magical power, like that of Goddess, to repair the city destroyed by the Sea Demon?"

The woman shook her head; she certainly didn't have the immense magical power to support the Goddess in doing this.

"I think from the very beginning, the only Heroic Spirit I summoned was Saber. You alone," Kiritsugu said with certainty.

"What's the deal with the Goddess?" Saber asked, somewhat puzzled.

"She must have come here voluntarily or by accident," Kiritsugu said. "Although it seems like she participated in the Holy Grail War as Servant, I feel that she didn't really become Servant but just temporarily stayed in the human world under the guise of participating in the Holy Grail War."

"What is her purpose in doing this?" Saber asked again.

No one answered this time, because no one knew what the Goddess's purpose was.

"Diarmuid," Saber said to Berserker when no one answered, "What do you plan to do?"

"I don't know." Berserker shook his head and said, "I just heard the Goddess give me an order. She told me to stay here temporarily and cooperate with the king in the battle."

"Wasn't she unconscious?" the wife asked in surprise. "How did she get so frightened that she gave such an order?"

"The Goddess seems to be unconscious," Berserker said uncertainly. "But..."

"It seems he's not completely unconscious."

Chapter 43 It's Back to Normal

"Gilgamesh."

The Goddess has a special skill: she can still release a clone even when she is in a dormant state.

It's about the size of a figurine and has virtually no offensive capabilities, but at least it's a dormant creature reacting to external contact.

"Are you trying to take advantage of someone's misfortune?" Li Pu floated up to Golden Flash sitting on the golden throne and said, "As a king, you really have no kingly dignity at all."

Li Pu didn't overlook Golden Flash; she felt that it would be a disservice to his character if Golden Flash didn't cause some trouble while she was unconscious.

What she hadn't anticipated was that Golden Flash would cause trouble so quickly.

He was bound by Golden Flash's Chain of Heaven, then held in Golden Flash's arms. An indescribable smugness and excitement radiated from his face as he played with the Goddess's hair, even gently sniffing it. His hand traced the Goddess's face as he looked at the figure of Li Pu with an extremely provocative gaze.

"The king wants to do anything, anytime, anywhere," Golden Flash said without a shred of shame. "And the essence of war is deceit and ruthlessness to achieve victory. Isn't that a principle that you, as Goddess, also agree with?"

"This was my scheme. How come you're now standing on your moral high ground to criticize me after losing to my scheme?"

He removed the Chain of Heaven the Goddess and then casually flipped Goddess over. Freed from her restraints, the Goddess also lost her support; her body slumped down, her upper body resting on Golden Flash's legs, her lower body kneeling beneath him.

This really looks like the pose from a picture of Golden Flash x Saber.

"But you can rest assured," Golden Flash promised, "I am not a despicable person who takes advantage of others in distress! I am patient, and I can wait for you to wake up so that we can hold a ceremony together. Then you can openly become my concubine."

"Ugh... I refuse!" Li Pu, the figurine collector, scratched his head and said, "How could you be so naive? Golden Flash?"

"Oh?" Golden Flash retorted, "This is already my mercy. If you don't want to see my mercy, I can also show you my cruelty."

'Mercy and cruelty...' Li Pu thought to himself, but said aloud, 'But Golden Flash ~ for an enemy you don't really know.'

"You'd better not underestimate your opponent!"

"Go! Berserker, bite him!"

A dark figure suddenly appeared in front of Golden Flash, a large hand almost touching Golden Flash face. It almost touched him but didn't actually make contact; he tried to reach out but ultimately failed.

Iron chains!

The iron chain that appeared out of nowhere firmly restrained the suddenly appearing dark figure, ruining his plan.

"Hahahaha~~" Golden Flash laughed loudly and said, "Goddess of Fate, do you think I didn't anticipate this?"

"You underestimate me!"

Golden Flash had already predicted Berserker.

"Then you definitely didn't anticipate this." The figurine Li Pu suddenly disappeared in front of Golden Flash, and the next second the Goddess who was lying on him suddenly jumped up and punched Golden Flash in the face.

Caught completely off guard, Golden Flash, flying off his seat and crashing onto the spaceship, nearly falling out.

He hadn't seen anything clearly yet, only noticing a wisp of white hair before it disappeared.

"What's going on?!" Golden Flash, who looked disheveled from the sudden attack, jumped up in a rage, but found no one around except Berserker.

"Bastard! How dare you, a piece of trash, stand upon my Noble Phantasm!"

Unable to find his target at all, Golden Flash could only vent his anger on the Knight of the Lake.

As for Li Pu?

He is doing a very Li Pu skydive without a parachute.

'Hmm, it seems the system has really been unlocked.' At this moment, he finally transformed back into a man, falling from the sky while pondering. First, he transformed into Kallen, jumped up, and punched Golden Flash. Then, after jumping down, not wanting Golden Flash to notice him, he quickly switched back to his original form.

'However, it seems there's no way to transform into Belldandy for the time being.'

She had initially wanted to try and see if she could revert back, but after a brief attempt, Li Pu quickly gave up. She felt powerless and exhausted even before the transformation was complete.

It seems the Goddess has exhausted too much of her power and will be unable to fight in her Goddess form for the time being.

'However, since the system is unblocked, I can still switch to characters like Cecilia and Kallen, so at least for the short term, I shouldn't lack powerful characters. It's just this outfit...' Li Pu sighed, pressing his forehead. 'It's still the Goddess's outfit; looks like I'll have to switch to a female character to pull it off.'

To the female character, these are normal clothes, but to him, they're women's clothing or something...

He's not some cross-dressing guy.

'Let MEI make my appearance later.' Li Pu adjusted his posture; he wasn't afraid to jump from that height. His exceptional physical abilities as a Herrscher meant that what would be a certain death for most people was nothing to him.

"Thump~" A few seconds later, Li Pu slammed heavily onto the ground in the typical hero landing posture.

'Ouch... my leg feels numb, oh my god...'

Although jumping from that height wasn't a big deal, my legs were absolutely numb.

'The Knight of the Lake...' Li Pu looked at the back of his right hand. It seemed that he had just angered Golden Flash to no end. Unable to find anyone else to vent his anger on, he took it out on the Knight of the Lake.

'Sigh, whatever, it's somewhat useful, but that's about it.'

I hadn't originally planned to use the Knight of the Lake, but I didn't expect such a sudden turn of events. But this is fine too; now I can almost legitimately withdraw from the Holy Grail War and focus all my energy on researching the Coordinates.

'Mei! I'm entrusting everything to you.'

'Ah, it seems I've also entrusted it to myself.'

At the Matou Family, Sakura had never been as worried as she was today. She knew a lot about the Holy Grail War, though not much. Her nominal grandfather wouldn't hide much from her.

So, will the Goddess sister come back? She should be the strongest Heroic Spirit, so she won't be defeated, right?

Sakura waited anxiously.

I've been waiting...

Wait until.

A knock sounded at the door, and Sakura jumped to her feet. The Matou Family n't have many visitors; who could be coming at this hour? Could it be...?

"Goddess..."

Sakura was about to open the door, but she was stopped by Matou Kariya just as she was about to go over.

"Wait a moment, Sakura," Matou Kariya said warily. "Let your uncle go check first. Don't come out until you hear me."

This is during the Holy Grail War. Anything can happen, and based on my current understanding of this Goddess, coming in through the main gate is definitely not her first choice. She might just fly in or jump out of the water in that strange way.

How could they possibly come in through the main gate?

How could that be!

Sakura didn't know why Uncle Matou was so wary, so she could only nod as Matou instructed.

Matou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Sakura staying obediently in the living room. He walked through the corridor to the gate of the yard. Who could be at the gate? Having fulfilled his wish, he was now much more rational.

He knew very well that the Holy Grail War was never a fair or just affair.

In order to obtain the Holy Grail, every participant will go all out, fighting to the death.

There's just too much scheming and deception in the Holy Grail War. Even though I seem to have withdrawn from Holy Grail War now, I still have to be careful.

Matou Kariya walked to the door, his heart pounding with unease, unsure whether he should open it. He wasn't exactly a skilled Magecraft; without the Engraved Worm, he had practically no means of resistance.

If the other party is a Master, then the outcome could be disastrous.

Should I open this door?

Matou Kariya was still hesitating when he suddenly noticed a figure leaping over the high gate and into the room. It seemed to be a white-haired girl, but upon landing, it transformed into a girl with dark blue hair.

"Oh, so you were at the door." The girl stood up, adjusted her glasses, and turned slightly to look at Matou Kariya, saying, "You haven't opened the door for ages."

"You..." Matou Kariya nervously sized up the girl in front of him.

I've seen her clothes before; isn't this the same outfit my Goddess wore? Why would she wear this too?

And judging from her tone, she seemed to know me quite well.

"Berserker was killed by Archer." She showed the faded Command Spell on the back of her left hand and said, "But at least Berserker did his duty."

"Oh, right." She seemed to notice that Matou Kariya looked confused and said, "I know what you're thinking."

"Yes, that's what you're thinking of." She gave Matou Kariya a definite answer and said, "You can think of this as another side of me. From now on, you can call me MEI!"

"MEI?" Matou Kariya was even more surprised.

"Hmm." MEI nodded and said, "By the way, do you have any other clothes here?"

"I'm thinking of changing out of this outfit; it's a bit too over-the-top."

"I... I didn't," Matou Kariya answered mechanically. "There are no women's clothes here."

"No?" MEI looked at Kariya, who seemed to be gesturing something.

"Men's clothes are fine too!"

Chapter 44 Insect Warehouse

Although MEI's posture was very suitable for research, Li Pu ultimately abandoned MEI and chose to use his own instead.

The reasons aren't too complicated. First, there aren't any clothes suitable for MEI here. But there are clothes suitable for Li Pu. Second, MEI doesn't seem to be very good at charming children! Like how she managed to scare Rosalia into obeying her.

MEI can also bring Sakura tremendous psychological pressure.

As for the other characters, since there were no suitable clothes, Li Pu decided to use his original form first.

If danger arises, it's not too late to switch roles.

"Um..." Li Pu, who had just changed his clothes, saw Sakura hiding behind the door, looking timid, and asked, "You... you are really the Goddess?"

'Ah... this...' Li Pu was speechless for a moment.

This question isn't hard to answer, but it seems a little difficult now. Because Sakura doesn't just see the Goddess as a teacher, she actually sees Goddess as a mother. So, what I need to do is...

Want to be a male mom?!

'This... this... this...'

Li Pu looked at Sakura's complex eyes, which held a mixture of expectation, longing, and perhaps even a hint of disappointment.