The others were even less able to notice anything unusual about her.
"But the most important thing now is to stay by his side. After helping him accomplish this, he should be very happy."
"I'll also be able to stay by his side and savor the deliciousness of a world where everything is unknown."
Sajyou Manaka's pretty face was filled with intoxication.
Like a fluttering butterfly, the young woman stepped lightly and gracefully toward the Greater Grail's location.
Then, for Su Luo's sake, the girl whose heart had just begun to stir took the initiative to break the rules she had set for herself.
She undid her own seal.
At the same time.
As the first battle of the Holy Grail War came to an end.
Several Masters were delighted by tonight's outcome.
After all, it was only the first night, yet one Servant had already been eliminated, and the identities of nearly all the Masters and Servants had been investigated.
All they needed to do next was devise a thorough and detailed plan, and they would surely win the Holy Grail War and claim the Holy Grail!
While the other Masters rejoiced, Kayneth found himself utterly unable to feel happy.
Inside a hotel.
Kayneth furiously smashed things around the room, producing a series of crackling noises.
"Damn Berserker! I could clearly control him at first, so why did he start going out of control after encountering Saber?!" Kayneth roared angrily, his face twisted with rage.
As the head of the Archibald family and one of the Clock Tower's Twelve Lords, Lord El-Melloi.
He had displayed astonishing talent since childhood. No matter what type of magecraft it was, he could learn it with ease and perform it to perfection.
The reason he had entered the war was not because he wanted the Holy Grail to grant him some wish.
He simply wanted to embellish his record.
To raise his reputation and prestige within the Clock Tower.
Yet what he never expected was that after entering the Holy Grail War, his luck began to plummet.
First, the Holy Relic he had prepared was stolen by his own student.
As a result, when summoning his Servant, he summoned an irrational Berserker.
But that was not the most crucial part.
The most crucial part was that, despite being able to perfectly control Lancelot's movements with his magecraft talent.
The moment Lancelot saw Artoria, he went completely out of control.
No matter how Kayneth drove his magecraft, he could not make Lancelot obey.
When the King of Lions was about to kill Lancelot, he even used a Command Spell in an attempt to forcibly summon Lancelot back.
Yet unexpectedly, even the Command Spell had no effect.
He could only watch helplessly as the King of Lions eliminated his Servant!
Lord El-Melloi, one of the Twelve Lords, had been effortlessly eliminated by an enemy Servant on the first night of the Holy Grail War.
If news of this reached the Clock Tower.
Forget increasing his prestige.
He would be lucky if it did not damage the reputation he had accumulated before.
More importantly, because of his own arrogance and self-confidence, he had brought his beloved fiancée, Sola, to Fuyuki City.
He wanted her to witness the moment he won the Holy Grail War.
Yet instead of showing Sola his victorious bearing.
He had let Sola see his miserable side.
At that thought, Kayneth punched the wall, producing a dull thud.
Fortunately, Kayneth had not been smashing things in his own room.
Instead, he had specifically rented another room in the hotel to vent his anger, worried that Sola would see this side of him and think less of him.
Just then, the Holy Grail transmitted the Holy Grail War's new rules to every Master and Servant.
"The Holy Grail War has been temporarily suspended... A battle between seven Masters of the Red Faction and seven Masters of the Black Faction..." Kayneth was dumbfounded as he received the information transmitted by the Holy Grail.
Then, his rage transformed into intense delight.
"Ha ha ha—who would have thought I'd get another chance!!"
"Sola, just watch closely. This time, I will definitely claim victory in the Holy Grail War and let you enjoy that joyous time with me!" Kayneth laughed heartily.
He had never imagined that, as an eliminated Master, he would gain the right to summon a Servant once more because of this sudden change.
And the Command Spells he had used had all been restored at this moment.
In contrast, Masters such as Tokiomi Tohsaka immediately pulled bitter faces.
For them, the addition of several Masters and Servants would increase the uncertainty of this Holy Grail War.
It would also increase the difficulty of this Holy Grail War.
Although they would gain six more allies, how could enemies who had been fighting each other moments ago suddenly trust one another as teammates?
Elsewhere.
After receiving the Holy Grail's message, Kiritsugu Emiya awoke from his coma and stared at the Command Spells that had reappeared on the back of his hand, his expression becoming incomparably complex.
"It was completed so quickly, and it even made me a Master again. How arrogant."
"I'll definitely make you regret your decision."
By the end, Kiritsugu Emiya's gaze had become resolute.
Although he had lost an arm, lost his loyal assistant, and lost the brother most important to him.
He had not lost his dream.
No matter how difficult the road ahead became, he would continue onward until he became the ally of justice he envisioned!
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The perspective returned to Su Luo's side.
Fuyuki City, inside the Einzbern castle.
Irisviel and the others also received the information transmitted by the Holy Grail.
"Su Luo, what is going on?" Irisviel looked at Su Luo in confusion.
After all, she had been with Su Luo the entire time.
She had accompanied him to the hotel to pick up Mato Sakura and Melly, then brought them to stay at the Einzbern family's castle.
She had followed him the entire time and had not seen any sign of Su Luo doing anything to the Holy Grail.
"Why do you think I explained my purpose to Kiritsugu Emiya like an idiot?" Su Luo calmly finished his dinner, took out a napkin, and wiped his mouth.
"Are you saying someone else was watching us just now?" Irisviel was startled, then turned to Artoria.
"I did sense a gaze resting on Su Luo just now." Artoria nodded slightly.
As for Su Luo, she had first been drawn in by his charm, then felt ashamed for attacking him after being controlled by a Command Spell.
Thus, most of her attention had been focused on Su Luo just now, and she had also sensed someone watching him from afar.
Irisviel nodded upon hearing that, then looked at Su Luo and asked curiously, "Is it someone you know?"
She did not think the other Masters had been spying on them.
After all, she had clearly sensed that all their familiars at the scene had withdrawn.
Moreover, she did not believe that any Master in this Holy Grail War could rewrite the Greater Grail's magecraft formula.
If someone truly could rewrite the Holy Grail's magecraft formula, then why would he participate in the Holy Grail War at all?
Wouldn't it be enough to directly modify the Holy Grail's formula and seize control of the Holy Grail for himself?
Su Luo pondered for a moment before slowly speaking. "She should count as a familiar stranger."
Irisviel was full of question marks when she heard Su Luo's answer.
A familiar stranger?
If she was a stranger, then why would the two of them be familiar with each other?
But if they were familiar with each other, why would Su Luo call her a stranger?
As someone who had been infused with endless knowledge shortly after being created, Irisviel felt for the first time that the knowledge in her mind could not answer the doubts in her heart.
Su Luo saw Irisviel's confusion, but he did not explain it to her.
As a transmigrator, he was naturally familiar with former anime and game characters like Sajyou Manaka.
But he did not know Sajyou Manaka personally, so she could only be considered a familiar stranger.
After dinner, Su Luo sent Mato Sakura back to her room and urged her to rest well, then work hard on practicing magecraft tomorrow.
Afterward, he returned to his bedroom.
Lying on the soft, spacious bed, he began preparing to sort through the gains from this trip.
"System, open the panel."
Host: Su Luo Bound Special Characters: Gilgamesh, Iskandar... (23 total) Exclusive Traits: Third Magus (Orange), Resurrection Spell (Orange), The Land of Beginning Again (Gold)... Random Trait Acquisition Attempts: 6 Exclusive Trait Acquisition Attempts: 6
"Six more people. Next week, I'll gain another six Trait acquisition attempts." A hint of delight appeared on Su Luo's face.
It was worth mentioning that the weekly refresh time for Random Traits obtained from special characters bound later was not calculated separately.
Instead, it was calculated from the time he bound his first person.
In other words, once the Random Trait acquisition attempts refreshed in a few days, he would gain twenty-three Random Trait acquisition attempts.
At that thought, Su Luo selectively ignored the panels of the people he had bound today and directly began acquiring Traits.
Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the Trait: Gate of Babylon (Gold)
Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the Trait: Transmigrator's Treasure Bag (Gold)
Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the Trait: Twelve Labors (purple)
As the string of notification sounds in his mind came to a stop.
Su Luo began checking his gains.
First, he had drawn Gate of Babylon again, and it was Gold-tier this time.
Without question, after fusion and upgrading, Gate of Babylon's power would become even stronger.
Although the Twelve Labors Trait was of a lower tier, it was the Trait whose ability most closely resembled his only Red Trait.
After the two fused, the Super Adaptation Trait's original ability became slightly stronger, and Su Luo also gained eleven extra lives.
That little improvement could be ignored.
What truly moved him somewhat was the Transmigrator's Treasure Bag Trait.
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