On the silent, deserted mountain road, the four people who had rarely crossed paths all froze when they saw one another.
Oh? Wasn't that whatshisname, El-Melloi II?
Looking at that programmer face that seemed as though he had been pulling all-nighters for decades, Fang Zheng paused. Before she could greet him, however, the programmer suddenly leaped up, widened his eyes in shock, and pointed at her.
"CASTER's MASTER! Why are you here?!"
"Hm?"
Hearing that, Fang Zheng could not help but pause. What kind of title was that?
At first, Fang Zheng thought he was a MASTER who had participated in the previous Holy Grail War. But she had clearly been ASSASSIN on the surface back then, and she had never met this guy... Wait, why did that voice sound somewhat familiar? Hm? Wait... Could it be...
With that thought, Fang Zheng's eyes widened in astonishment.
"You're Waver?!"
"..."
The other man silently nodded, clearly acknowledging it.
"...Huh?"
Fang Zheng was genuinely dumbfounded now. What kind of joke was this? The only time she had ever met Waver was during the Fourth Holy Grail War in another world. Hm? Wait... Could it be...
At that thought, golden light flashed in Fang Zheng's eyes, and she narrowed them.
Ah... So that was it.
By observing the timeline, Fang Zheng finally understood what had happened.
It went back to her previous journey through worlds. At the time, Fang Zheng had accepted Gaia's commission to deal with the Fourth Holy Grail War in another parallel world. The Black Holy Grail in that world had been invaded by Chaos and could very well have caused the destruction of the entire world. In the end, Fang Zheng had brought Illya with her, dealt with everything as easily as chopping vegetables, then directly burned that broken