"Uh, oh..."
Lost in thought, Fu Yuan left Scáthach's room, while Scáthach remained inside, lightly rubbing her fingertips together.
The warmth from Fu Yuan's palm still lingered on her fingertips.
"Phew~"
After a long while, Scáthach's somewhat strange breathing sounded from within the room.
Fu Yuan was very familiar with that kind of breathing. Whenever he finished sparring with Scáthach, if she was still in a state of "unfulfilled desire," she would make sounds like that, or let out sighs.
So Scáthach was feeling unfulfilled...
[Unfulfilled desire: a state where one's desires remain unsatisfied and one continues to crave more.]
After leaving Scáthach's room, Fu Yuan had only just returned to the living room when Sella, who had gone to inform Ahad, came up to him.
"Mr. Fu Yuan, the head of the family has already learned of your plan to go to Germany. A helicopter will arrive at the castle in the outskirts tonight."
"So soon?" Fu Yuan looked at Sella in surprise.
"Yes. Besides taking you to Germany, the helicopter will also be bringing us the necessary magical materials. Once those materials arrive, we can repair and reinforce the Magic Barrier around the castle in the outskirts," Sella replied.
Fifty-eight or fifty-nine years had already passed since the previous Holy Grail War. The Magic Barrier set up around the castle outside Fuyuki City had long since begun to deteriorate.
"Although the helicopter will arrive at the castle tonight, Mr. Fu Yuan, you do not need to leave immediately. You can depart whenever you wish," Sella said.
Ahad was extremely courteous toward Fu Yuan, his collaborator. He did not dare use an ordering tone, and mostly spoke as though discussing matters with him.
That was one of the benefits strength brought—being treated with respect by others.
"Then