Although Lu Xiao spent nearly a month in the Kingdom of Shadows, due to the different speeds of time on both sides of the world, when Lu Xiao entered the root to seek knowledge, Rin and others had just taken steps to leave the dilapidated Liudong Temple.
After successive bombardments by EA and the Origin Sword, and erosion by the evil black mud of this world, Ryudou Temple, a scenic spot and landmark building in Fuyuki, was almost completely destroyed.
The raging fire that lit the temple was still burning. Red A, who was seriously injured and consumed a huge amount of magic power, was unable to extinguish the fire in the temple. He could only barely ensure that the fire would not spread along the surrounding forest, or even endanger the nearby residential area of Miyama Town.
The Small Holy Grail has disappeared without a trace, and the magic power of the Great Holy Grail is gradually withdrawing. The stability of the channel connecting the outside of the world is getting worse and worse, and it is about to collapse.
At this moment, a small light point rapidly descended along the collapsed passage, and finally re-condensed its entity in the outside world before the Holy Grail passage completely collapsed.
However, the location where he condensed his body seemed to be not very good. It was several hundred meters above Ryudong Temple.
"Again?!"
"boom!"
Someone fell from a high altitude and once again destroyed the already dilapidated floor of Ryudou Temple.
Hearing the noise coming from behind, Rin and others turned around against the strong wind blowing from behind.
Sakura, who squinted her eyes to observe, had a last glimmer of hope in despair. She was the first to see the black hood flying in the wind pressure.
Lu Xiao looked up at the passage that had completely disappeared with lingering fear, "Gan! Fortunately, I have an A-level Leap of Faith, otherwise I would have been paralyzed at least if I fell from such a height."
"Assassin!"
The wind dissipated, and before Lu Xiao could stand up from her half-kneeling position, a warm and soft little body threw herself into his arms.
"Wow~"
Lu Xiao hurriedly put one hand on the ground to steady his weight. The first thing he saw was a strand of long purple hair with a slightly different tone.
"Sakura?"
"Hmm~hmm!"
Yingying raised her head with tears in her eyes and rubbed her chest coquettishly.
"I thought you would return to the Throne of Heroes and never come back."
"Haha~ The Heroic Spirit Seat cannot accept me."
Lu Xiao picked up Xiaoying with one hand and stood up with his hands on the ground.
"Assassin!"
Rin also rushed over as excitedly as her sister, but when she was a few steps away, she suddenly stopped.
"snort!"
Crossing her arms and turning her head, Rin raised her head high deliberately and said, "I didn't expect you to be able to sneak back from the Throne of Heroes. It just so happens that you haven't fulfilled your promise to me yet."
Lu Xiao looked at Rin who had learned to be arrogant at a young age with some amusement, and deliberately rubbed her little head with his hands, twisting Rin's long black hair into a chicken coop.
"What promises do I have yet to fulfill? Didn't I already let you get the Holy Grail?"
"What are you doing!"
Lin slapped Lu Xiao's hand away angrily and hurriedly tidied up her messy hair.
"It doesn't matter what the Holy Grail is! Have you forgotten? You promised to bring Sakura back to the Tohsaka family, but Sakura herself is unwilling."
Lin put one hand on her hips and pointed at Lu Xiao and ordered: "You can't even think of walking away without fulfilling your promise. The task of persuading Sakura will be left to you!"
"Ah~ So it's this."
Lu Xiao looked at Xiaoying, who was bowing her head silently in his arms, and smiled and touched her little head with his forehead.
"Okay, I will try my best to persuade Sakura to return to the Tosaka family, but Rin, there is one thing you must be mentally prepared for in advance."
Lu Xiao knelt down and looked level with the little Rin: "No matter whether Sakura returns to live in the Tohsaka house, her name will never be changed back to Tosaka Sakura. The name Matou Sakura will accompany her throughout her life. I hope you can
understand."
"Hmph~"
Rin raised her chin and said proudly: "Of course I know this. Sakura inherited the Matou family's magic seal. Of course she has to shoulder the responsibility of inheriting the Matou family's magic. I will not be willful in this kind of thing."
"That's good."
Lu Xiao raised his head and looked at the sky. Driven by his thoughts, thick dark clouds gathered from the sky, and it started raining heavily in just a few seconds.
The fire at Liudong Temple gradually weakened under the heavy rain, and would be completely extinguished in half an hour at most.
After solving the problem of Liudong Temple, Lu Xiao turned his attention to Hong A, who began to overflow with golden magic flow from his body.
"Hmph~ Looks like it's time."
Hong A twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled indifferently: "Wanted criminal, since Alaya is willing to let me go, it means that the attitude of the restraint towards you has changed."
"Maybe it's because you purified the Fuyuki Holy Grail, or maybe it's because of your performance in this Holy Grail War."
Red A said in a slightly sarcastic tone as always: "Anyway, just ask for your own blessings. The favor of inhibition usually does not bring any good things. I have learned from the past."
Looking up at the new urban area of Fuyuki City, Hong A's eyes were a little complicated.
"That's good. Changes have happened. Regardless of whether I will continue to do so in the future, at least I have made an attempt and will not have any complaints."
"Shua~"
Watching Red A return to the Throne of Heroes, Lu Xiao looked at Emiya Kiritsugu who was still kneeling on the ground in trance.
'Indeed, with the current development of things, Emiya Kiritsugu will definitely not adopt Shirou whose family is intact anymore.'
Since the system has not responded yet, Lu Xiao plans to continue his plan in the moon world, and Emiya Kiritsugu will serve as the guide in his plan.
Just draw a rune that has a healing effect? Without the forced restrictions of the assassin job agency, Lu Xiao obviously felt that the use of magic became much smoother.
The cool touch on his body finally brought Kiritsugu back to his senses, and Kuon Maiya's weakness due to overdraft of life force was also somewhat relieved.
"Emiya Kiritsugu, your ideals are indeed shattered, but you have other important things to do, right?"
Lu Xiao looked at the blank-eyed Kiritsugu and reminded in a deep voice: "Your and Irisviel's daughter."
"You just let her stay at the Einzbern headquarters in Germany? You should know what actions Einzbern will take against useless androids, right?"
When he mentioned his daughter, Kiritsugu's blank eyes suddenly became focused.
"Illya, that's right, Illya!"
Stumbling up from the ground, Emiya Kiritsugu looked at Lu Xiao pleadingly, as if grasping a life-saving straw: "Assassin, please help me, Illya is the last resort for me and Ellie, I can't
Lose her!"
Emiya Kiritsugu's magic circuit was temporarily disabled after being hit by an origin bomb. A magic barrier was set up in the forest near Einzbern's main house. If the correct entrance cannot be found using magic, intruders will be trapped in the endless wind forever.
In the snow.
The corners of Lu Xiao's mouth raised slightly, and Lin noticed his expression and couldn't help but roll her eyes.
'This guy is trying to trick people again, poor magician killer.'
"I can help you rescue Illyasviel, but I have a condition."