You Think Victory Is Assured? You're Too Naive / Little Jack and Abby Show What They Can Do

"No fighting!"

Yuxian could even speak, Mash stepped forward to stop him.

"Then what should we do?"

The children looked at Mash, waiting for her answer, thinking she might have some other, better solution.

Mash was taken aback. She had no choice but to stop them instinctively.

Everyone is watching her now, which makes her feel a little overwhelmed.

However, she soon spotted someone and immediately had an idea.

Mash said, "Let's let Miss Scathach decide the competition format, as long as we don't fight!"

Scathach was leisurely drinking tea when Mash suddenly threw the ball at her, something that had nothing to do with her.

She looked at Mash with some surprise, and after a moment's thought, nodded in agreement.

Chapter 64, Section 285: Victory is assured? You're too naive.

Scathach was somewhat surprised that Mash would ask her to be the arbitrator, but after a moment's thought, she nodded in agreement.

"Since we're going to have a competition, then everyone can participate."

Scathach's first words broadened the scope of the contest, no longer limiting it to the children and Waver.

The children wanted to protest, but offending the referee at this point was clearly not a wise move.

They dared not speak out in anger, and could only wait quietly for Scathach to continue announcing the method of the competition.

"Two people form a group, compete in several events, and determine the final winner."

"Now, you can form your own groups."

As soon as Scathach finished speaking, the children had nothing to consider; each of them had Servant, and the groups were clear.

Waver and Lainis are in one group, Bazett and Cú Chulainn are in one group, Fujimura Taiga and Medea in one group, Olga Marie and Tamamo Cat in one group.

Kiritsugu Emiya did not participate; his right to participate was stripped by Irisviel, and Mordred and Irisviel were paired together.

The last pair is the Rin Tohsaka and Sakura Matou sisters.

After the group assignments were completed, Scathach said calmly, "Everyone else will be the referees."

"Huh? Everyone's going to be referees?"

Among the remaining people are Yuxian and Mash, Emiya and Emiya son, little Illya, Melvin and Gretel, Teresa, and of course Scathach.

Aside from Makiri Sakura, who was absent, almost everyone was present; there were almost more referees than players.

"The Holy Grail War will be divided into three matches in three days."

The whispers below didn't make Scathach pause for a moment. She continued, "The first competition today will be the cooking competition. Go and prepare the ingredients, cook the dishes, and let everyone taste them."

"Cooking skills?"

Olga Marie was immediately full of confidence. She had gained weight from eating Tamamo Cat's cooking these past few days, so how could she possibly lose?

She immediately revealed a confident expression, becoming smug; this was practically a free point for her.

Scathach glanced at her but said nothing.

If Olga Marie thought she could win this way, she was clearly too naive.

If Emiya were the only referee, she and Tamamo Cat would undoubtedly be the winners of this match.

But with so many people acting as judges now, do you really think they will score fairly?

Obviously not.

"Now you can set off. I'll leave the venue to Emiya."

Emiya reluctantly set up a kitchen for everyone, as he didn't want his kitchen to be used indiscriminately. He could only find an empty room to prepare a temporary kitchen.

The Projection Magic proved incredibly convenient at this moment, Emiya began preparing very diligently.

Although he didn't think these people could make any delicious food, they were well prepared.

Since it's a cooking competition, he certainly has the right to speak.

"No food waste allowed!"

He said very seriously before the competition began, and this was his only request.

After receiving the competition questions, the contestants left one by one to prepare their answers.

Yuxian said with some anticipation, "I wonder what kind of food everyone will be making. I'm really looking forward to it."

"It's best not to have too high expectations of your seniors."

Mash showed him no mercy.

Among these people, only Tamamo Cat and Fujimura Taiga are reliable and can make normal food.

Sakura Matou has always been taken care of by Emiya, so she has learned a little bit. As for the others, it's not worth mentioning that being able to make something edible is already quite an achievement.

We cannot have higher expectations of them.

It's still early, so the contestants have plenty of time to prepare, Yuxian and the others leisurely wait for the final result.

In a sense, this is the real Holy Grail War; the first few days were just a farce with no Holy Grail in mind.

But why did it turn out this way?

Yuxian shook his head helplessly; he hadn't expected things to unfold in such a strange way.

He came here specifically to dismantle the Greater Grail, but things are getting stranger and stranger. Even if someone told him now that the Greater Grail had already dismantled on its own, he wouldn't doubt it anymore.

The children, who were originally confined to their homes, were allowed to go out and find ingredients this time because of the competition, which made them happy.

But at the same time, it also made them very distressed, because cooking skills were really far removed from their own. Their task had always been to solve the problem of food, rather than to produce it.

At this time, they did not gather together to discuss the matter, but each went their own way to think of a solution. The eldest brother did not speak for the second brother, and no one was better than the other.

"What an annoying question! Hurry up and figure out a solution!"

Gretel began to urge Hans Christian Andersen on, and she could only place her hopes on Hans Christian Andersen.

Hans Christian Andersen stared blankly at Gretel, knowing that he probably wasn't much better at cooking than Gretel.

"Useless!"

Seeing Hans Christian Andersen in this state, Gretel realized she couldn't count on him. She grumbled and could only try to find a solution herself with a bitter face.

On the other side, Jack ran towards the shopping street with a clear purpose, while King Hassan concealed himself and followed closely behind her. He had nothing else to do to help her and could only silently protect her from behind.

The children acted independently, each with their own ideas. They didn't really care about winning or losing; they just treated it as a fun game.

But Waver was different; he really wanted to win.

He asked Lainis, "Can you cook?"

"Huh?" Lainis looked at Waver with a strange expression. "Brother, you're going to be disappointed. I can lend you Trimmaou, though."

"That's all we can do."

Waver was troubled. He had a brilliant mind and other things might not have troubled him like this, but when it came to cooking, it was a blind spot in his knowledge.

Olga Marie struggled to follow behind Tamamo Cat as they traversed the forest.

"Tamamo Cat, why didn't we go to the shopping district to buy ingredients instead of coming all the way here?"

She called out breathlessly to Tamamo Cat, who was leaping through the bushes ahead.

"Of course, you have to hunt for the ingredients yourself. There's no guarantee about what you buy. Only the game you hunt yourself can make the most delicious food."

Tamamo Cat- neighed as she intently searched for prey, answering the question.

This left Olga Marie feeling quite helpless, as she had no say in the matter and could only follow Tamamo Cat's advice.

Abigail skipped happily down the street, humming a lullaby.

She suddenly turned to the Earl behind her and asked, "Do you like pancakes?"

The Earl didn't understand what pancakes were, and looked at her without saying a word.

"Haven't you eaten it before?" Abby tilted her head.

"Then you must try my baked pancakes, they're delicious, you'll definitely love them."

Chapter 65, Section 286: Little Jack and Abby Show Off Their Skills

The contestants went out to buy ingredients, and Little Jack was the first to return.

Not long after, she rushed back, seemingly without having hesitated at all.

She was carrying a large bag of fruit, all kinds of it.

After arriving home, she found a large block of ice.

Little Jack put the fruit and ice together, then drew his dagger and prepared to act.

"The fruit needs to be washed."

King Hassan spoke up to remind him.

Seeing that Jack was about to take action without hesitation, they paid no attention to these small details.

Although he couldn't be of much help, he still knew some basic things.

Little Jack nodded and quickly went to wash the fruit again.

This time, she took out a dagger again, and the dagger danced in her hand, flashing with light, as she chopped the fruit into pieces.

A large plate of fruit was cut into very small pieces, all kinds of them, and the colorful fruit looked very appealing.

"Little Jack is making a fruit salad."

Yuxian turned his head and spoke softly to Mash.

He approved of Little Jack's clever approach; fruit salad doesn't require much skill, thus avoiding the problem of her lack of culinary ability.

Moreover, it's still close to lunchtime, and everyone present probably won't be able to eat anything too greasy or filling. But fruit is different; it's perfect as a snack, making it an excellent choice.

"It must be a fruit smoothie. Look at that big block of ice, it's almost as big as the fruit."

Mash also thought Little Jack's idea was pretty good. The weather wasn't particularly hot yet, but having some smoothie in the afternoon was definitely a treat.

Sure enough, after cutting the fruit, Little Jack used the dagger in his hand to chop the ice into tiny shavings.

Compared to machine-made smoothies, Little Jack's handmade ones are much more refined.

Fine shaved ice combined with small pieces of fruit—a plate of fruit smoothie takes shape in Jack's hands.

She filled them into bowls and placed them on the table.

After doing all this, Little Jack nodded in satisfaction.

She exclaimed, "We're done!"

After saying that, she didn't wait for the judges to taste it. She picked up a bowl herself and slowly ate it, with a very happy smile on her face.

"You guys should eat too, it's delicious!"

Little Jack invited everyone to try it, and seeing her expression, those present also stepped forward to pick up some and taste it.

Hmm—

The cool, refreshing shaved ice is invigorating.