First, among the people who left the Floating Garden last night, only Shirou, Laeticia, and Astolfo were still staying at the Thousandth Tree Clan's castle.
Atalanta, Achilles, and Semiramis were all members of the "Red" faction. No matter how shameless they were, they would never be willing to remain in the enemy camp.
Atalanta had returned to the forest, Achilles had gone to town, and Semiramis's whereabouts were unknown.
Secondly, the Kaiser Family had no intention of sitting around and waiting for death. They planned to launch another attack on the Sky Fortress in a few days.
For that purpose, they had even drawn on Darnic's legacy to order several civilian airliners.
However, the biggest problem was that they had only one Servant left, Astolfo, with Mordred from their allies at most.
What could two Servants possibly do against that army of angels?
Though nobody said it aloud, a stifling atmosphere hung over Milenia Castle.
Third, the Ruler Jeanne Metatron had been forcibly separated from within Laeticia's body.
Jeanne, who had originally only been able to manifest by possessing a human, had now become someone else's vessel. The Saint Lady herself should currently be in a state of slumber.
"Um, Mr. Saber... there's actually something... I haven't told anyone yet..."
When the subject turned to herself, Laeticia suddenly became bashful.
"What is it?"
"Although the Saint Lady's Saint Graph disappeared, it seems some of her power remains inside me..."
"Is that true?"
Shirou stared in surprise at Laeticia's back, only to find it smooth and fair, with nothing there.
"No, I wasn't talking about the Command Spells!"
Laeticia complained with a flushed face as she hurriedly put on her uniform jacket.
"Um... to explain it to you more conveniently, please come with me."
She pulled Shirou out of the castle.