Chloe's Train of Thought

At the foot of the mountain, a luxurious Rolls-Royce worth several million slowly pulled away.

"Miss, are we returning to the mansion now?"

"Okay!"

Su Ning thought for a moment, then nodded.

The car started up and slowly headed toward the suburbs on the other side of Fuyuki City.

It had to be said that the Einzbern family was absurdly wealthy. Just to have a place to stay for the Holy Grail War held once every sixty years, they had bought several hundred acres of land on the outskirts of Fuyuki City and built a castle not much smaller than Winter Castle. Its interior decorations were lavish to the extreme, putting the impoverished Tohsaka family and Matou family in an entirely different league.

Unfortunately, Acht, that old monster, had probably lived too long and rarely interacted with the outside world, so his brain had gone a little dull. He had no idea how terrifying the power of money was.

After all, a pair of Rainbow-grade Magic Eyes only costs a few hundred million US dollars. With the Einzbern family's wealth, buying dozens of pairs would have been effortless.

If they were Future Sight, Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, or Mystic Eyes of the Illusionary...

A pig that lived for a thousand years would be smarter than Acht!

Su Ning thought gloomily, wishing she could drag Acht out and whip his corpse again.

Meanwhile, Chloe, who had boarded a plane in Munich and arrived an hour later than her, was staring blankly at the pitch-black streets with a confused, dazed expression.

Because... she had no money.

Acht had instilled a vast amount of magecraft knowledge into her, along with some modern common sense. He had even had a maid prepare her luggage and drive her to the airport, yet he had forgotten to give her any money.

So now, although she clearly knew what taxis were for and how to hail one, she... had no money to pay for it.

No money for food, and even less for lodging.

Chloe's Way of Thinking

"Master? What's wrong?"

Mordred, who was in spirit form and invisible nearby, asked with equal parts impatience and concern.

Perhaps being treated as a tool had resonated with her. She rather liked Chloe as her Master.

"I... was thinking about where we should go... Now I know."

With that, Chloe ignored the taxi driver in front of her, who had grown impatient from waiting and was already beginning to doze off, and headed toward Einzbern Castle in the suburbs.

Acht had given her two orders.

One was to assist Illya in achieving final victory in this Holy Grail War. The other was to monitor Illya and prevent her from rebelling. The first took priority over the second, so after careful consideration, she decided to go find Illya directly.

"That's right. Only by staying at her side can I better assist her and monitor her!"

Chloe felt that her decision was incredibly clever.

Thus, three hours later, she finally arrived before the forest outside the castle.

"Hmm... Is she planning to secretly infiltrate the forest and monitor her from nearby? How clever! Although the castle outside Fuyuki City is protected by many magecraft restrictions, she possesses the magecraft knowledge I passed on to her. Avoiding those restrictions and traps shouldn't be difficult..."

Far away in Winter Castle in Germany, Acht watched this through the magical mark on Chloe and nodded with a pleased expression.

Then... he watched Chloe walk straight into the forest, triggering every magical restriction except the sensory ward.