"Hey, you two, where are you drinking here?" The hermit separated from Rin after returning to the Tohsaka family's villa. He came to the back garden and found Gilgamesh, Enkidu and Ort.

The three of them were still drinking and chatting. He walked up to say hello to the three of them, then moved a chair to sit at the round table, picked up the jar with a lot of wine left, poured himself a glass and drank it all.

"Oh, this wine tastes really good. By the way, who is this handsome guy?" The hermit looked at Alter, but the faces of the other three were not very good-looking. Isn't this guy too casual? And this

There wasn't enough wine in the first place, but with such a bastard, it seemed even less.

"He is our new ally, his name is Ort." Enkidu finally introduced him. Gilgamesh snorted and stopped looking at the lancen in front of him. He swore that this guy was definitely not Lei Zhe!

"Oh, hello, Alter." The hermit stretched out his hand and said friendly to Alter. He smiled and introduced himself: "I am a seuant like them, and my rank is lancen."

, "Oort, Mercury Walker." Although Oort disliked this sudden appearance of the man, he still shook hands with him out of politeness, but the two immediately let go of the handshake, as if they were electrocuted.

Alter's crystal-like eyes were shining with confusion. He tilted his head and looked at the hermit and said, "You are, uh" before he could finish his words, his foot was stepped on by the hermit. Logically speaking,

This time it would not cause any harm to Alter, but he still felt a little pain, and his special ability was not activated due to the opponent's attack.

"Ah, didn't I mention the introduction? I'm Lancen. As for the name, I can't remember it because Maoten summoned me wrongly. Don't worry about this little detail. Let's have a drink."

The hermit smiled and said to Alter, but he stepped hard on the opponent's feet with his feet, which made Alter's face quite ugly.

Enkidu and Gilgamesh just thought that Oort's expression was a little strange, but they didn't think deeply about it. As for Vlad, who was standing behind Oort, he saw everything in his eyes. Originally, he wanted to teach him a lesson.

Maoten was a rude hermit, but he found that his body could not move at all and he could not even make a sound. He was just standing there like a statue.

Moreover, when the hermit glanced at him accidentally just now, Vlad felt that his whole body was cold. If he hadn't been unable to move, he would have left this place long ago.

Because the hermit joined the party, it became a little awkward, but the hermit didn't care and drank by himself. When he was done drinking, he stood up and burped: "I'm sorry, Maoten is calling me, everyone."

I dodged first." After he finished speaking, he turned and left. At this time, his eyes swept over Alter and gave him a wink.

After the hermit left, Alter casually found an excuse to leave the garden and the other two people didn't care and continued to sit here and chat.

Alter pushed open the door and walked into the room, looking at the smiling hermit sitting on the bed. Just when he wanted to speak, the hermit suddenly raised his hand, and the magic barrier covered the entire room and disappeared in an instant. After that, he

He was the first to speak: "Long time no see, Alter."

His voice still had no change, but it sounded like a different voice to Alter. He was very familiar with this voice. After all, the two of them had been together for so long, how could they forget it?

, "You bastard, you really are! Where have you been all these years? I've been looking for you for a long time!" Alter was a little excited. He didn't expect that this heroic spirit that seemed to disgust him was his friend, that one

A person who has disappeared for thousands of years!

, "A lot of things happened, and I can't explain them clearly for a while, so you better not ask anymore." The hermit shook his head and smiled bitterly. How should he answer this question? He said that he came from the future and wiped out the moon world, including you.

Are all uo being assimilated and devoured by him? Although he knew that Alter would not care about this kind of thing, it was better not to say it.

"Well, you crystal spider is not sleeping in your lair, so why did you come out to participate in this Holy Grail War? By the way, I didn't invite you!" This Holy Grail War was directed by the Hermit, so the selected magician was also screened by him personally.

, but Alter was definitely not among the magicians he invited, but he didn't understand how Alter could appear here instead of another person. What made the hermit even more confused was that the two just shook hands, and he was attracted by Alter.

Walter discovers his true identity.

"You bastard, what do you want me to say about you?" Alter regained his lazy expression. He sat on the chair and looked at the hermit and said, "When I woke up from sleep, I found that I had obtained this command spell.

To be honest, I am also at a loss. Logically speaking, I shouldn’t be able to obtain this thing.”

"It seems that there is something wrong." The hermit vaguely guessed that this situation may be related to Gaia and Alaya, but it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if Alter joins.

, "You bastard, tell me clearly, otherwise I will tell the two people outside about you now!" Although Alter's expression did not change much, his tone was a little unhappy, and his smile was a little broken.

After all, he was worried that his friend of so many years would appear in front of him without asking him what happened. How could he really be happy? So in the end, he directly threatened the hermit and asked him to tell the truth.

The hermit looked at Alter, and finally shook his head helplessly and said in defeat: "A lot has really happened." After saying this, he put his right hand on the mask and then took it off. At this moment, the room was filled with all kinds of distortions.

Painful wails and countless voices were mixed together, and tiny distorted faces were densely distributed on the hermit's face. At this moment, the hermit's face was as terrifying as hell!

"This!" Alter stood up from his chair. He was really frightened, because it was not just these terrifying faces, but what mattered to him more was the people on them!

The girl I once met, King Arthur.

Lei Zhe's three students, Weiya, Feiwen and Tully.

Enkidu, Gilgamesh...,

There were so many, so many that Alter couldn't count them, and he even saw himself among these people!

The mask was put on again, and the horrifying and painful howl disappeared from the room. The hermit smiled slightly sadly: "Now, do you understand?"

"What happened?" Sitting back on the chair, Alter took a deep breath and asked. He was now more concerned about what happened. How did this tragedy like hell happen?

"This is really a long time to talk about." The hermit finally shook his head helplessly. He took out two quilts and a gourd from the space, then filled Alter with wine and said, "Let's talk while drinking, maybe

It’s a good idea to tell you, I can’t bear it alone anymore.”

The hermit took the lead in drinking the wine in the glass, and then he started to think about his words and began to tell Alter everything. There was no concealment or reservation. Regardless of the past or the future, everything was told to Alter. This lecture lasted a whole day.

time……,

…divider line…

While the hermit was telling Alter the story, Lili and her maoten Emiya Kiritsugu had returned to their stronghold. The two went out to collect intelligence last night. Because the relationship between the two was very low-key, they did not attract any attention.

Others noticed that after observing the battle last night, the two returned to the hotel in the early morning.

"How is the situation?" Irisviel asked immediately after seeing the two people coming back. Artoria and Emiya Shirou also looked at the two people, waiting for the results of each other's investigation, especially Artoria. "She really

I hope to meet that person in this war.

Emiya Kiritsugu sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette in silence, while Lili sat on the bed with a puzzled look on her face. The room was very quiet. After a long time, Irisviel asked uncontrollably: "In the end,

what happen?"

Kiritsugu put out the cigarette in his hand, shook his head and looked a little dull. He looked at the others and said, "Five heroic spirits and magicians withdrew from the war last night. This is similar to what we had guessed before, but there are some things that make me very sad.

Unknown to Yiji, another group has withdrawn from the Holy Grail War this morning. So far, seven heroic spirits and magicians have failed.

"What are you doubting?"

"Arthur." Lili opened her mouth to answer the question. She looked at Artoria and said, "When we fought in the Golden Degree on the first night, didn't Arthur end up fighting with that black heroic spirit?

It stands to reason that even if he quits the Golden Degree, Arthur will definitely kill him, but what is strange is that during last night's battle, Kiritsugu and I discovered that Arthur and the black heroic spirit have actually become allies. And judging from the relationship between the two, the relationship between them is not the same.

It is not a simple cooperation of interests, but..."

Lili didn't know how to answer this. She found that the relationship between Arthur and the heroic spirit was definitely not as simple as imagined, but from the perspective of the relationship between the two, it seemed that it was already beyond the level of allies, allowing Arthur to do this.

Who will be the person?

Although she doesn't know Arthur well, Lili believes that he is not the kind of soft-hearted person. She should not ally with the enemy, because her enemies will eventually die under her sword!

, "And that black heroic spirit is very strong. Did you all feel the sudden burst of magic power last night? That kind of Noble Phantasm that ignores spatial distance can even defeat another strong woman. If we appear with him,

Friction: "I'm afraid he will attack the master of the Heroic Spirits." Kiritsugu frowned as he thought of Rai's strange fighting method and the Noble Phantasm he owned. He didn't know who the woman who fought with Rai was, because during the time Kiritsugu existed, Aoko

He Chengzi is just a little famous little girl, who would have thought that they could grow to where they are now?

"Because of the relationship between that Noble Phantasm and Arthur, you should pay more attention to this heroic spirit." Actually, I care more about how the two of them became allies than the Noble Phantasm.

"Lili lowered her head and pondered. Could it be that the black heroic spirit was Arthur's friend during his lifetime?

No, with Arthur's character and behavior, how could he have friends? If not friends, what are they?

Lili tried hard to remember everything that happened in the Golden City.

thunder……,!

Lili stood up suddenly and her face changed rapidly. She heard that when Nero asked the other party's name, the black heroic spirit said this word. At that time, his attitude did not seem like he knew her and the others, so she didn't think much about it, but

Combining the performance now and when Arthur disappeared in the golden capital,

Lili had seen Arthur's desperate expression at the end. If anyone else in the world could make her become like this, Lili couldn't think of anyone else except Lei Zhe who had disappeared. "No, how could this happen?"

"Maybe" Lili murmured to herself like a dream. All the strength in her body seemed to be drained. She sat on the bed again with nothing but confusion on her face! At this moment, she was madly denying her thoughts, but while denying, she had hope.

My guess is correct!

"Lili, what's wrong with you?" How could others not see Lili's current behavior if they weren't idiots? Irisviel sat next to Lili and grabbed her pale, cold and trembling hands and asked in a low voice.

Irisviel felt that this strong woman beside her, the King of Britain, had become very weak at this moment. At this time, she was not a king or a knight at all, but an ordinary little girl!

"I" Lili raised her head and looked at the woman beside her. Finally, her eyes fell on Artolia not far away, and then said with a trembling voice: "The black heroic spirit who fought with you and almost killed you, there is

It could be..., if you have ears, you can be like thunder!"

After hearing Lili's words, Artolia stood there as if struck by lightning. She looked at Lili who was also looking at her. After a long time, she came back to her senses and took a few deep breaths, as if she was digesting what the other person just said.

Except for Emiya Shirou, neither Emiya Kiritsugu nor Irisviel knew who Lili was talking about.

"Lili, who is that Lei?" Lili looked at the woman next to her, a wry smile appeared on her face and then said: "He was once my knight and the sword spirit of the Sword in the Stone. He...he is the scabbard I lost.

"

, "He has such a good relationship with you? Can we form an alliance with him?" Although she has never met Lei, Irisviel can sense from her husband and Lili's narration how strong that person is, and how powerful he can be with such a person.

Forming an alliance with more people can also be considered as increasing one's own combat effectiveness, right?

Hearing Irisviel's question, Lili shook her head and said nothing. This was Artoria's final topic. She looked at her former friend and said, "I think it's impossible."

"Why?"

"Because we killed him with our own hands in the end!" Lili whispered. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that there was a possibility. The black heroic spirit might really be Lei Zhe. Arthur discovered Lei's true identity through something.

Only then will you stay with him if you reveal your true identity!

Artolia turned around and walked out. Shirou Emiya stood up and said immediately: "Saben, where are you going?"

, "Sorry Maoten, I want to see him, please don't stop me." Artolia said to Shirou, then pushed his body away and walked out. Seeing her firm expression, Shirou was speechless.

.

"Let her go," Lili said to Kiritsugu and Shirou who wanted to stop Artoria. After saying this, her eyes moved to look at her hands, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on her beautiful face again: "I'm here.
Chapter completed!