Romania, Sigishvara.
As a member of the Black Faction who had just clashed with the Red Faction so many times, Fang Li should not have returned here.
However, Fang Li did not think the Red Faction would continue setting its sights on this side after making two mistakes.
Or rather, if it really came to that, Fang Li would welcome it.
As long as Command Spells existed, even Fang Li might not be able to keep an attacking Servant from escaping via Spatial Transfer. But there were only so many Command Spells; the more they could be used up, the better.
Thus, Fang Li and Jeanne returned directly to Sigishvara, the nearest place to this side, and sat facing each other in a restaurant.
Then, Fang Li learned the full course of events from Jeanne.
"Just as I thought..."
Fang Li murmured.
"You possessed Sylvie..."
Basically, the entire situation was more or less as Fang Li had guessed.
—"Ruler."
A Servant summoned by the Holy Grail itself to maintain the progression of the Holy Grail War.
That, too, was a class.
A class distinct from the other seven major classes, one that would not participate in the Holy Grail War and would only observe its outcome.
This special class normally did not appear in a Holy Grail War. Only when unusual circumstances arose during the Holy Grail War, making the outcome difficult to predict or causing an immense impact on the world, would a Servant of this class be summoned to maintain order and repair unnecessary consequences.
Not only Fang Li knew about this; both the Black Faction and the Red Faction knew as well.
Fiore had even said it before.
"Uncle seems to be planning to win Ruler over."
That certainly sounded like something Darnic, who excelled at manipulating