"..."
Faced with Fang Zheng's answer, everyone present except Illya was dumbfounded. Even if they were beaten to death, they never would have imagined that she would give such an answer.
"Um... why?"
RIDER was still the first to react. He asked curiously, and Fang Zheng rolled her eyes.
"Do you want to hear the truth, or a lie?"
"Oh? What's the lie, and what's the truth?"
"The lie is... the Holy Grail War has given Magi the idea of taking shortcuts and getting something for nothing, and it has caused ordinary people a lot of trouble. For justice and peace, I'm going to destroy it."
Fang Zheng answered casually, but from her nonchalant expression, everyone could tell she was just talking nonsense off the top of her head.
"Then what's the truth?"
"Oh, that's even simpler. The Holy Grail has been corrupted. To keep the world from being destroyed, it's safer to chop it up."
"..."
Faced with that one-sentence answer, everyone was dumbfounded once again.
"Miss Red Ponytail, may I ask what you mean by saying the Holy Grail has been corrupted?"
At that point, Irisviel could no longer sit still. As a member of the Einzbern Family, she naturally knew what terrible consequences a corrupted Holy Grail could bring. But... the Holy Grail had been corrupted? How was that possible?
In response to Irisviel's question, Fang Zheng took a sip of cola and looked at her with a faint smile.
"Are you sure you want to know? This is the Einzberns' fault, you know."
"Huh?!"
Hearing that, Irisviel became even more agitated.
"Miss Red Ponytail, what exactly happened?"
"That's right, little miss. Tell us."
Even RIDER had lost his previous joking demeanor. He leaned forward with a grave expression, staring at Fang Zheng. SABER was the same.