Otto's Confession

Given the 50% discount, Chen Luo decided to hear Merlin's reasons before deciding whether to help him.

"Here's the thing. The Holy Grail War is over now, right? You even dismantled the Greater Holy Grail and turned it into some kind of staff."

"I didn't dismantle it. I never touched the Greater Holy Grail system from start to finish. You were the ones who dismantled the Grail, Morgan used the materials, and then it was made into a staff. Though the staff did end up belonging to me," Chen Luo corrected him.

"Ah, that's not the point. Anyway, once the Holy Grail was gone, there naturally couldn't be another Holy Grail War. Didn't you suggest that I ask the Second Magician to take us somewhere with a Holy Grail War, then summon Lancelot to help Artoria resolve her emotional baggage?"

"But the Second Magician has his own demands too. He's very interested in Different Worlds."

"I see. So you made a deal with the Second Magician: he would take you to find a Holy Grail War, and you would help convince me to take him to a Different World?" Chen Luo understood.

"That's right. But I feel like I'm getting the short end of the stick, and yet I have no choice. After all, the only one who can freely travel between parallel worlds is Zelretch," Merlin said.

Things like Holy Grail Wars were not uncommon in parallel worlds.

However, most of them were Sub-Holy Grail Wars—ones that took a long time to prepare, only to summon three or four Servants for a loosely organized Holy Grail War.

The Holy Grails produced by such wars certainly lacked the ability to reach the Root, but they were still excellent magical materials. After all, in the Moon World, mana was everything.

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