After Xingke was "gently" awakened from her sleep, she and her master sat on opposite sides of the table.

Standing next to Emiya Kiritsugu was the silent assistant Maiya, and sitting next to Hoshikatsu was Irisviel, who looked at her husband and Hoshikatsu with a worried expression.

They were all given a hush order by Emiya Kiritsugu [I want to talk to Saber, just listen.]

And now, the two people are sitting opposite each other, the atmosphere is a bit tense

Xingke yawned lazily, picked up the cup of morning tea and took a sip.

Emiya Kiritsugu's face was serious, with the same cold expression as usual, but his face looked very good. The dark circles under his eyes that had accumulated over the years seemed to never go away, and a lot of them disappeared overnight... It seems that

He slept well last night.

After a moment of silence, Emiya Kiritsugu asked:

"Saber, I heard that you met [caster] on your way home last night?"

"yes."

"Why did you just hit it and ignore it?"

"That magician looks disgusting on the outside. I don't want to pay attention to that lunatic." Xingke said matter-of-factly.

"...For this reason, did you come back after performing an attack with unknown effects? Did you not care about anything?" Emiya Kiritsugu frowned.

"Yeah? What, is there a problem?" Xingke asked back.

Is there a problem... The problem is huge. This is already a common sense issue, and it is fundamentally wrong. Emiya Kiritsugu realized that he seemed to have overlooked something.

"I asked you to keep vigil yesterday, why did you fall asleep?"

"Am I really keeping vigil? Even if I fall asleep, this castle is wrapped in armor made of my magic power. It is a complete and flawless defense, right?

As long as someone slightly attacks the shell of the magic armor, I will wake up...just like just now." Hoshikake obviously refers to Emiya Kiritsugu's rough wake-up call.

"Slight... attack?" Emiya Kiritsugu doubted his hearing.

Of course, Emiya Kiritsugu had already experimented with his palms, fists and daggers before using firearms, and the stars would not wake up at all.

This Servant calls bullets from firearms a minor attack.

However, these must be put aside first, because just last night, he, the master, was attacked in this well-defended castle.

"Saber, is your magic armor defense effective against invisible attacks such as [mental interference] and [curse]?" Emiya Kiritsugu asked, looking directly into Hoshikatsu's eyes.

"...Huh? Maybe there are some?" Xingke pondered.

"What do you mean [possible]!?" Emiya Kiritsugu looked at Hoshiki's pretentious and uncertain look, and felt anxious in his heart.

"What's that called...[Anti-Magic]? Things with strong magical properties themselves will be much more resistant to external magic." Xingke recalled that he had learned from some unreliable places.

The unreliable knowledge of moon-shaped magic I learned:

"The [Magical Armor (Armor Protection)] itself is built to resist attacks by swords and flying weapons, or ordinary elemental magic such as fire and water flow, but it does not have the defense against various strange magics.

[For all magic, self-disciplined thinking, independent cracking, and independent defense means] This kind of thinking ability is impossible.

However, when the magic circuit is running, the [flowing magic] itself has the effect of blocking other heterogeneous magic, so if you say it has a defensive effect, of course it has a little..."

"That's enough." Emiya Kiritsugu interrupted Hoshikatsu as a swordsman here to talk about [Magic] knowledge.

He, Emiya Kiritsugu, was an official magician certified by the Magic Association. The more he listened to Hoshike explaining these theoretical knowledge to him here, the more anxious he became.

This anxious feeling is as if everything around him is fog, but the truth is not far around him, and he just can't grasp the key [point]...

"I just want to know, after you fall asleep, if Caster casts a spell outside the castle and causes mental interference to the people inside the castle, would you be able to sense it?"

"I don't know." Xingke's answer was very decisive.

"..." The blood vessels on Emiya Kiritsugu's forehead protruded.

"Who knows what special functions that magician who looks like a dead deep-sea creature has in his treasure? If he has a killer weapon like [Whispers of the Ancient Gods] hidden in his hand, I have no confidence in defending him.

La." Xingke slowly drank tea.

In short, it means [it depends on the situation], [I don’t know what I’m feeling]...right?

"So, just such an uncertain defensive measure allows you to put down your guard and go to bed with peace of mind?" Emiya Kiritsugu didn't know how to blame Hoshikatsu, so he could only ask.

"...Ha. That's it. But I've tried my best? If I do this, Mr. Master, you are still attacked and killed, then I can only say that your [luck value] is too low."

He said it without any feeling of remorse.

If there really is any "spiritual attack" that can pass through the magic defense of Xing Ke and kill a very powerful magician outside the castle, then Xing Ke can only admit it. Well...if there is one.

However, with such an attitude of showing no self-blame and acknowledging his mistakes, Emiya Kiritsugu didn't know what to do with Hoshikatsu.

Use [Command Seals] to ask her to be on guard every day in the future? Impossible. The precious Command Seals cannot be used in such a place.

However, Emiya Kiritsugu discovered that he no longer had any method to accurately control the actions of the Star except the [Command Seal].

Emiya Kiritsugu did not understand Hoshikatsu's personality clearly. In the past few days of contact, he did not feel what kind of "obsession" Hoshikatsu had, nor did he feel any "obsession" in her. However,

I also don’t feel that she has any [false mask].

Xingke has no outstanding principles of action. It is neither justice nor evil. It is completely impossible to predict what she will do next...

Obviously, even if she was a "pedantic knight" with a personality that he disagreed with, Emiya Kiritsugu could still use his skills to plot against her, but... she was not even a "pedantic knight".

Emiya Kiritsugu relaxed his vigilance towards Hoshikatsu because Hoshikatsu said he agreed with his ideals and was willing to help him.

In the few rare conversations, Emiya Kiritsugu could also feel that Hoshikatsu really agreed with his ideals. Although he was very lazy and casual, and liked to have fun and enjoy comfort, when he gave her orders, she

It will still be completed, and there is no "bottom limit of justice and kindness" as imagined by Emiya Kiritsugu. Although she looks young, she can wield her sword without hesitation to destroy anything Emiya Kiritsugu orders her to destroy.

Originally, Emiya Kiritsugu thought this would be a very useful tool, a good and obedient child, but now it seems... that may not be the case.

Even though he seems to be a very obedient child, the child in front of him is also a heroic spirit with a complete personality and three views. He is a great figure in history. He cannot really be a pure and innocent tool man who can be driven by himself.

And the most important thing is that she is too willful and casual. Sooner or later problems will arise if she continues like this.
Chapter completed!