Journey to Find Heroic Spirits
Chapter 148

No Dinner Until You Finish Revising!

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Losing something you're about to get is far more heartbreaking than never getting it at all.

"It's not your fault, Lainis."

Waver said in a low voice, "I could have summoned it much earlier, but I hesitated for so long."

"I am an immature subject, I am not worthy to see the king again..."

Waver's words made them even more worried.

"Teacher..." "Waver ..." "Brother..."

"You can all leave now. I want to be alone for a while."

Waver stopped them from speaking and told them to leave the room. He wasn't in the mood for that at all and just wanted to be alone in a corner, just like Gretel usually was.

Gretel wanted to say something more, but Melvin stopped her and shook his head at her.

The three of them quietly left the room, leaving it to Waver.

Waver was the only one left in the room. He curled up, hugging his knees and burying his face in them.

"King..."

Waver broke down in tears, like a child who had lost his most beloved toy...

Lainis and her two companions entered the living room, their hearts heavy.

They didn't know how to comfort Waver.

After a long silence, Melvin finally spoke, asking, "Miss Lainis, you just said that the summoning was actually completed. What do you mean by that?"

"Yes, Miss Lainis, the summoning was successful, but why don't we see the Servant?"

Lainis said softly, "His name is Sima Yi, an outstanding military strategist and politician in Eastern history."

"For some reason, he possessed me and was summoned."

"Such a thing actually happened?" Melvin and Gretel were both surprised.

Lainis continued, "He handed control of his body back to me, and it seemed he had no intention of coming out."

"However, as far as I know, he is also a schemer, and he may come out at any time, so you should be careful."

No sooner had Lainis finished speaking than she spoke again.

This time, the tone was clearly different.

"I can hear you," Sima Yi said calmly. "However, I will take the title of 'scheming man' as a compliment."

After saying this, Sima Yi stepped back again, relinquishing autonomy to Lainis.

"That's how it is, as you've all heard. He is that kind of being. His class is Rider."

Melvin looked amused. "Oh, that's quite an impressive person."

He had some knowledge of Eastern history, and the deeds of Sima Yi came to mind.

"What kind of person is he?" Gretel asked, clearly knowing nothing about Sima Yi.

"He was an emperor."

"An emperor?" Gretel exclaimed. None of the emperors who could become Heroic Spirit were simple.

"Yes, he usurped the throne from his lord; he was a usurper. Specifically, it should be his son who usurped the throne after his death."

Gretel nodded. "No wonder Miss Lainis said he was a schemer."

"No, you're mistaken," Melvin continued. "That's not his greatest achievement; his greatest strength is his military ability."

"He is someone who can be evenly matched with Zhuge Liang, and may even have a slight advantage."

Gretel's mouth dropped open. "Is it the Mr. Zhuge Liang that the teacher so highly praised?"

"Hey! Little girl, you only know Zhuge Liang, but you don't know me, Sima Zhongda. You need to brush up on your knowledge!"

Sima Yi could no longer tolerate this. He suddenly appeared and lectured Gretel, expressing his dissatisfaction that Gretel only knew Zhuge Liang but not him.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Sima, I will study your deeds carefully."

Sima Yi was pleased with Gretel's humility and nodded, looking at her as if she were a promising student.

The sky outside was already slightly bright; it was already past midnight.

Gretel and the others didn't sleep all night; so much had happened that night.

However, they are not all.

There are still many people who are not sleeping tonight.

Olga Marie and Teresa did not fall asleep.

"Teresa, is she really the Servant is most compatible with me?"

She was somewhat unwilling to accept this, as Yuxian had advised her not to use the relic to summon, which left her somewhat disappointed.

Teresa covered her mouth and chuckled softly, "I think little Marie and her would definitely get along."

"But... but..."

Olga Marie hesitated, unsure of what to say.

The Servant she summoned were somewhat special.

Chapter 34, Section 255: No food allowed until it's finished!

Another group of people were also secretly carrying out something big that night.

That's right, they are the troublemakers of this Holy Grail War, the children who are looking for happiness.

It was already late at night. Before Yuxian went to the Matou Family's basement, the children were already in bed, ready to sleep.

Yuxian instructed, "Sakura is about to summon, so you all stay here and sleep. I'll go check on things."

"Go on, go on, we're going to sleep. Summoning Servant is so boring."

The children waved to Yuxian, then quietly lay down on their beds, as if to say, "We're going to sleep, Master, please don't disturb us."

Yuxian shook his head, turned off the lights in the room for them, gently closed the door, and left.

After a while, the children listened intently and found that there was no Yuxian sound.

"Has the Master left?"

"They must have left by now. I haven't heard their voices in so long."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get going!"

The children yanked off their blankets and jumped out of bed, getting dressed in no time.

Compared to their usual slow pace, this is many times faster.

Little Jeanne whispered very quietly, "Let's go out the back door, be quiet, and don't make a sound."

The children lined up and tiptoed very carefully as they slipped out of the Matou Family's side door.

They were extremely nervous at that moment, as if they were about to do something wrong and were afraid of being discovered.

They only breathed a sigh of relief after they were quite a distance from the house.

"They shouldn't be able to spot us from this distance."

"Let's go quickly, Illya. Are you all ready?"

Illya nodded. "I secretly saw the method for summoning Servant at Sakura's place, and I wrote it all down."

Little Jeanne asked worriedly, "Illya, is the place you prepared hidden enough?"

"Don't worry, it's a dilapidated warehouse that hasn't been used in a long time. There's definitely no one there at this time."

Illya, being a local expert, was very familiar with the area, making it easy to find a secluded spot with her around.

"That's good."

The children quickly followed Illya to the door of the dilapidated warehouse she had mentioned.

This place is far from the Matou Family, and the location is very remote. It's quiet all around, and there's no one around.

The place Illya found was perfect for summoning Servant; as long as they didn't make a loud noise, even speaking loudly, they wouldn't be heard.

Squeak!

The children pushed open the heavy door of the warehouse, which was a mess of all sorts of discarded items, carelessly thrown around.

Thick dust had accumulated on the ground, and cobwebs covered the corners of the walls, clearly indicating that no one had been here for a long time.

"It's so dirty!"

"There's no other way, we'll just have to make do. It's safe here. We can't just summon from home, or our Master will catch us."

The children fanned their noses vigorously with their hands; there was a rotten smell here, which was very unpleasant.

If it weren't for this plan, they would never have come to a place like this.

"Let's hurry up, time is limited. Let's all work together to build the summoning circle first."

Little Jeanne began to take charge; she had always been a leader, and the children were willing to trust her.

The children pitched in, cleaning up the dust, moving aside clutter, and clearing out a large enough space in the center of the warehouse.

Illya started drawing a summoning circle, and Gretel went up to help; the two of them were quite good at these things.

The summoning array was completed quickly, and the children rubbed their hands together excitedly, eager to try it out.

"Who wants to go first?" Little Jeanne asked.

Everyone looked at each other.

In the end, Gretel volunteered to go first!

The others stood aside watching the Gretel.

She took out a fairy tale book from somewhere and gently placed it in the center of the summoning circle.

This is the relic she chose.

Gretel thought about it carefully again, then took out several different fairy tale books and stacked them on top, making a tall pile of books.

"Alice, who are you trying to summon by using so many fairy tale books as relics?"

The others were curious, knowing that these books were a collection of Gretel that were rarely taken out.

"Who else could it be? Of course, it's that despicable guy!"

Gretel's face hardened, and she stretched out her right hand. A Command Spells slowly appeared on the smooth back of her hand.

It turns out that they had secretly disguised the Command Spells to prevent Yuxian from discovering them.

"This time I have Command Spells, which allows me to order him to do things. Let's see how he resists now!"

With this purpose in mind, Gretel began her call.

She chanted the incantation in a childish voice, her expression very serious.

When her incantation ended, a short male Servant with short blue hair appeared in the summoning circle.

"Servant Caster Hans Christian..."

"Hans Christian Andersen! I order you to change all these fairy tales to happy endings!"

Before Hans Christian Andersen could finish speaking, Gretel used a Command Spells in her hand, pointed to the pile of books in the center of the summoning circle, and loudly gave the command.

She thought for a moment and added, "No eating until it's all finished!"

"Ha?"

Hans Christian Andersen was dumbfounded. What was going on?

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