Chapter 648

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Siduri was no longer struggling alone. She now had two capable assistants in Tine and Haruri.

Though the girls were young, they each proved useful in their own ways and quickly earned the citizens’ recognition.

Just as Gilgamesh had proclaimed while rallying the people half a year earlier: “Humanity no longer needs the protection of the gods.”

And so, this truly was their farewell to the gods.

One ordinary morning, Shirou and the three goddesses quietly left Uruk.

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Evening, at the Tohsaka mansion.

Rin Tohsaka, Sakura Matou, and Illyasviel sat around a table.

The sight of these three girls happily having tea together was hardly unusual—

Provided it was in the Amamiya family’s living room.

For the young heirs to the three founding families of the Holy Grail War to meet alone somewhere other than the Amamiya residence was practically unprecedented.

They would never have done so without a compelling reason.

A “compelling reason” such as not wanting a certain person to overhear their conversation.

Illyasviel’s beloved big brother, for instance.

Or the upperclassman Sakura Matou admired and respected.

Or Rin Tohsaka’s rumored boyfriend.

To avoid that person’s eyes and ears, the girls had gathered at the Tohsaka home today.

“Here you are. Please enjoy your tea.”

Aoi Tohsaka placed cups of black tea before Illya and Sakura.

“Thank you very much, Mrs. Tohsaka.”

Illyasviel rose from her chair, pinched the edge of her skirt, and curtsied.

Her response was less merely proper than downright theatrical.

Aoi marveled that she truly was Irisviel’s daughter. She had inherited not only her mother’s elegance and beauty, but her aristocratic bearing as well.

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