"The servant first summoned skeleton soldiers for a sneak attack, and then launched a pure bow and arrow attack."
Emiya Shirou said in a deep voice, "Due to the advantage of long range, we did not find any trace of him, nor did we see who his master was."
"His archery skills are quite good."
Artoria added, "If it weren't for the skeleton soldier from before, I would suspect that he is a bow-level servant."
Skeleton soldiers, as summons, are generally exclusive to magic-level servants.
Bow-level servants rarely have such skills.
Even if there is, there is no need to waste your magic power.
After all, if you have archery skills, why use magic without bonuses?
"My servants are archers, so most of those who attack you are magicians."
Li Xiang glanced at Astarte and said.
At this time, she was wearing a red windbreaker with a hood, and most of her appearance was hidden.
This costume has been changed after Emiya Shirou appeared.
I guess Astarte was too lazy to explain.
After all, it's hard to believe when you explain it.
Just saying that she crossed over from another universe is magical enough.
I also need to explain why I have a similar appearance to Tohsaka Rin.
You might as well just hide your appearance. As a servant, it is extremely normal for people not to know your true name.
If you know the real name, you will know the approximate strength and weakness from the legend.
For example, Achilles, who knew his weakness was his heel.
Therefore, Arturia and Emiya Shirou did not ask why Astarte refused to reveal her true face.
"The skill level of someone who can use archery is really confusing."
Artoria frowned slightly, she had no idea at the moment.
But somehow I thought of Merlin.
As a magician, he doesn't like to chant spells, but likes to kill people with a sword.
Perhaps this martial arts follower also has the same interest.
During the Holy Grail War, there were servants summoned with the wrong job.
"No matter what, since he attacked you, it means you have been exposed."
Li Xiang pretended to be thoughtful and analyzed, "Weigong's life is quite simple. He goes to school and works part-time. I suspect that this Master is in school."
"At school?"
Emiya Shirou was slightly shocked, this was something he had not expected.
Fuyuki City is so big, it's a coincidence that two Masters are in the same school, and now there are three.
Holy Grail likes high school students?
"Emiya, do you know anything about the famous magic families in Fuyuki City?"
Li Xiang asked again.
"No."
Emiya Shirou shook his head, his father Emiya Kiritsugu never told him.
He even only taught one projection magic, but not the rest of the skills.
If he could obtain Emiya Kiritsugu's perfect spear skills, even if his magic power was low, he wouldn't be so miserable.
But it is a pity that his father had already washed his hands in a golden basin and no longer had worldly desires.
"The Matou family, the Tosaka family, the Einzbern family."
Li Xiang explained, "These are the three most famous magic families in Fuyuki City, and the Holy Grail War was initiated by them."
"...?"
Emiya Shirou was stunned for a moment and asked, "Are the Matou family and Tohsaka family you are talking about the two families I know? That is, Matou Shinji and Tohsaka Rin."
"Exactly."
Li Xiang followed his words and said, "So the Master at the school is most likely Tohsaka Rin."
Emiya Shirou opened his mouth, which was completely beyond his expectation.
Tohsaka Rin is a school belle-like existence with many suitors.
Of course he had no idea, he just heard about her reputation.
After all, his girlfriend is his toolbox, including vises, wrenches and the like.
He just felt that Tohsaka Rin was suddenly connected with the magician, and there was a strong sense of violation.
It's like a little white rabbit showing its chest muscles that are comparable to a tiger's.
"What are you going to do?"
Li Xiang asked softly, "We are both masters, and we are destined to fight. If you are kind and soft-hearted, you will only be easily crushed by others."
Emiya Shirou remained silent.
His bad-guy character destined him not to kill easily.
Arturia sighed secretly when she saw this. This kind of character seemed redundant in the Holy Grail War.
She thought for a while and said: "Master, please take a few days off temporarily and learn swordsmanship from me."
Emiya Shirou nodded.
His performance tonight was indeed poor. If he had Saber's sword skills, he might be able to dodge the arrows falling from the sky.
This will give Artoria a chance to counterattack.
"We can form a temporary alliance."
Artoria added, "At least for now we don't need to fight."
"This is no problem."
Li Xiang chose to agree.
After all, he had also been the king's chef in his previous life.
And there is no harm in forming an alliance at this stage.
He wanted to know more about Illya.
Artoria and Shirou Emiya stood up to say goodbye.
Li Xiang walked them to the door.
On the way, Scathach came out and took a look, looking very interested.
She recognized Arturia, the legendary King of Knights.
In terms of popularity, she herself is even weaker.
From this point of view, grabbing the apprenticeship is quite the right thing to do.
"Let's go find Illya tomorrow."
Li Xiang returned to the room and said, "Normally it is impossible for a master to summon two servants, unless he is cheating. And the one who is most likely to be able to cheat is Matou Zouken, because he is the builder of the Holy Grail Ceremony.
One of them."
The three Gosaka families, the Tosaka family produced the land, the Matou family produced the technology, and the Einzbern family produced the Holy Grail.
When Tokiomi Tosaka died and the Einzbern family only had a young and ignorant Illya, Matou Zouken was naturally the most suspect.
Medea did similar things in the original work.
As a divine magician, she directly analyzed the Holy Grail ritual and cheated to summon Sasaki Kojiro.
But it's just not thorough enough.
As a result, he could not leave Liudong Temple and could only become a door god.
But Matou Zouken is different, he is the designer.
It's equivalent to having open source code.
The question is why should he help Illya?
Based on Matou Zangyan's character, she probably didn't feel at ease, and it was most likely that she was plotting against her heart.
A tragedy like a little Loli's heart being torn out, it's better to save her if she can.
"Um."
Astarte lifted his hood and asked again, "Do you want to take Scathach with you?"
"Look at you."
Li Xiang replied casually, "If you don't like it, just the two of us can go."
Astadi was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then I'd better ask her tomorrow."
She heard the implication of Li Xiang's words.
Well, I'm quite happy.
This guy is not a piece of wood either.
"sleep."
Astarte stood up with excitement on his face and pulled him into the room.
The next day, she woke up in Li Xiang's arms. She fell asleep somewhere and changed places.
Maybe it's because I'm too relaxed.
During breakfast, Li Xiang asked Bazette, but surprisingly she chose to refuse.
Scathach didn't stop him either.
I always feel like I'm hiding something.
Li Xiang didn't ask any more questions, and he and Astarte set off for Einzbern Castle.
In the forest on the outskirts of Fuyuki City.
The cloth has boundaries.
Li Xiang remembered that Emiya Kiritsugu went to the castle several times to see Illya, but was blocked by barriers every time.
As a result, Illya misunderstood him, and her love turned into hatred, which was eventually passed on to Emiya Shirou.
Thinking that he has robbed his father of his love.
In short, it is another tragedy of family ethics.
In fact, Illya herself is miserable enough.
She was raised as the Holy Grail since she was a child, and no one taught her anything other than magic, so she seemed innocent and terrifying.
In addition, the body modification she had received since her mother's womb made her like a golden princess, no longer enduring pain all the time.
As long as her servant Hercules uses her magic power and makes a random move, it will undoubtedly take her life away from her.
It was hard for Li Xiang to imagine how she persisted.
And there are also backstabbings from the production staff.
There was originally a Holy Grail War with Illya route, but it was canceled due to time issues.
After various factors, "Magical Girl Illya" appeared.
But I thought it was a family-friendly content, but it turned out to be dark, dark, and sad.
To describe it in one sentence, Illya's arbitrariness lasted for eternity and cut off the long river of time. Except for her, everyone else was happy.
After getting off the car, Li Xiang and Astarte walked through the forest and quickly reached their destination.
Li Xiang stopped and stared at the barrier in front of him.
Unlike ordinary barriers that deceive vision, this one is more like a cage.
Except for the concession, it is quite difficult to get in and out.
"Can I go in without disturbing the realm?"
Li Xiang considered that Matong Zangyan might be inside and did not want to alert the enemy.
"able."
Astarte's unsurprising answer.
The reason why she broke through the barrier violently before was purely because she was fast, not because she didn't know how to do it.
According to the theory of the clock tower, the enchantment has a positive effect. If the enchantment is turned around to produce a negative effect, and the two are offset, the enchantment can be completely broken.
But this process will appear to be slower.
After all, it is equivalent to remaking a barrier to offset the original barrier.
Fortunately, Astarte is not an ordinary magician, and there is no need to hide the strength of the servant now, so it only took thirty seconds.
The barrier is broken.
It's bright white inside, with thick snow everywhere.
Although it is said to be within the range of winter, it is obviously not normal.
Because it's caused by magic.
Li Xiang formed a seal with his hands and quickly sensed three groups of abnormal magic power.
He pointed to the right side of the castle and said, "Let's go there."
The two people entered the corridor and soon arrived at a hall.
Astati glanced inside, raised her hand to cover Li Xiang's eyes, and said, "They are taking a shower."
"oh."
After all, Li Xiang is not a pervert.
In front of Astarte, it was impossible to spy on two little lolita.
"Heracles is guarding the door. There is no one else. We can go to them directly later."
Astarte still didn't take his right hand away.
Li Xiang could only see the light between his fingers.
It's quite fragrant.
He remembered that Astarte had a skill called Devil's Sugar.
It is said that she has the ability similar to that of a succubus. She can activate her charm skills through kisses and smiles, which greatly increases the physical limits of others, similar to the effect of encouragement.
But Li Xiang hasn't felt it yet.
I don't know what it feels like.
In his wild thoughts, he heard Astarte say again: "It's over, I'll take you in."
Her right hand moved from her eyes to her shoulder, grabbing Li Xiang, as if he appeared in the hall in a flash.
Illya and Miyu looked shocked, but they relaxed after seeing clearly that Astarte and Li were standing behind them.
"Hey hey hey, it's time to call the police."
Sapphire's voice sounded, "A strange male broke into the elementary school student's bathhouse."
"Blue... Sapphire, Master is not like this! Probably."
Miyu shook her head and said.
If there were no last two words, I would believe what you said.
Li Xiang couldn't help but complain and said seriously: "I didn't see anything."
"This sentence is even more suspicious." Sapphire said.
"..." As expected, Li Xiang changed the subject and asked, "I want to know why you were summoned, Miyu?"
"Is that why you came here?"
Miyu tilted her head and said, "I thought you came here because of Ilia and I."
I'm really not a lolita person.
Li shouted in his heart.
Although he spent money on Illya in his previous life, he really wasn't.
What he likes is a beautiful girl like Astarte, or someone with a big heart like Sesshōin.
"About a month ago, a man named Matou Zouken came to the Einzbern family and said he wanted to make a deal."
Meiyou stopped teasing Li Xiang and explained the reason.
"The content of the deal is that he helps Illya summon a second servant, and the Einzbern family helps him transform his body."
"Modify the body? What? He wants to be an android?"
Li Xiang could only think of this.
The Einzbern family's androids are indeed unique. Even in the Clock Tower, only Aozaki Yuko's dolls can compare.
But the defects are also large and the life is short.
"Not sure."
Miyu shook her head and said.
"Because the temptation of the second servant was too great, Einzbern naturally had no reason to refuse, so the deal was concluded."
"The incident happened suddenly. Einzbern only prepared one holy relic, so the second one was a random summon."
Miyu paused and said with a smile, "That's why I was summoned."
If Tohsaka Rin is Red A's holy relic, Illya is undoubtedly Miyu's holy relic.
"Did you leave any records when you renovated Matou Zoukashi?"
Li Xiang thought for a while and asked, "I want to see what he wants to do."
"no problem."
Miyu called her android maid Sera to give some instructions.
Although the maid looked at Li Xiang with a dangerous look, she still fulfilled Miyu's order.
"Thanks."
Li Xiang took a piece of information and opened it.
Immediately he frowned.
After what happened with the Twin Towers, he had delved into the knowledge of human body modification for a period of time.
The transformation of Matou Zoukstone is a bit strange.
With his character, he should be transformed to look younger and live longer, but he wasn't.
In simple terms, he modified his body to accept more magic.
Like some kind of séance ritual.
Let your body reach the limit of endurance so that something can happen to you.
This is obviously abnormal.
"Where are the others?"
"He left without saying goodbye after the physical transformation was completed, and we didn't know."
Miyu looked at him and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
"Not sure yet."
Li Xiang returned the information to Sera.
He originally thought that Matou Zouken's target was Illya's heart, but now it doesn't seem like it.
Just as Miyu was about to say something, she raised her hand and shouted: "Berserker!"