The infinite sword system has been mastered, and you say this is the dragon clan?

Chapter 173 Charlotte: What if I am such a big Servant?

The Kuroishi Residence stands like a huge black wall on the top of a high cliff, or like a noble throne overlooking Sagami Bay. Its outline looks particularly cold in the night, like a silent guardian, staring at the calm sea in the distance.

This is the end of the Izu Peninsula, a small seaside town called "Atami". The Kuroishi Residence is located here, next to the waves and accompanied by cliffs.

At this moment, it is already early morning. The dim moonlight falls like a veil, coating this ancient building that has gone through years of wind and frost with a layer of hazy silver light. The Blackstone Residence is like a warrior in armor, standing quietly by the sparkling sea, guarding this sleeping town.

The elderly butler, Hiroshi Kimura, walked steadily on the stone steps in front of the official residence, holding a white paper lantern with a dim flame. The halo of the lantern swayed in the night, reflecting the deep wrinkles on his face and the calmness accumulated over the years.

At this moment, a stretched Lexus sedan slowly drove along the winding mountain road, its headlights cutting through the night like a swimming snake of light, and finally stopped in front of the official residence. The car door opened.

"Kimura Hiroshi, the butler of the Black Stone Residence, welcomes everyone!"

Kimura Hiroshi, who recognized the people, stood by the door and introduced himself to the guests who arrived at the mansion in a loud voice, with a hint of excitement in his tone. This excitement was not without reason -

After all, since this mansion was bought three years ago, the mysterious owner has rarely set foot here. Instead, the owner's two cats have treated this place as their own territory, chasing and playing here from time to time, and sometimes dropping a few cat hairs.

If you count carefully, the regular visitors to this mansion are only him, the housekeeper, and a few maids who are responsible for cleaning, besides the two cats. Occasionally, an ancient building restoration company will send people from Tokyo to trim the ancient cherry blossoms in the garden, repair the house with mountain stones from Kobe and wood from Hokkaido, and replace the old tatami.

After living like this for a long time, Kimura Hiroshi couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. He often worried that he would have to guard this empty house until he retired in his old age.

The owner did come once a while ago. However, less than a cup of tea after putting down her luggage, she hurriedly boarded a private plane and flew to Tokyo. What Kimura Hiroshi heard most during the whole journey was not the owner's inquiries, but the sound of the wind when the private plane flew away.

And now, there is no mistake! The owner has come with his friends, so he will stay here for a while, right?
A glimmer of hope ignited in Hiroshi Kimura's heart, as if this long-silent mansion was finally about to usher in its spring.

Su Enxi, wearing a well-tailored suit and a light business suit, stepped out of the car gracefully. She took off her sunglasses to reveal a slightly surprised face.

"It's so late and there are still people awake," she said in a clear and calm voice, "Go prepare a few pots of sake and tea, we need to go to the living room to discuss things."

"Understood. I'll have it ready for you and your friends right away."

Kimura Hiroshi bowed slightly, his tone respectful and quick.

He knew that the "we" the hostess was referring to was herself and her friends. His cloudy old eyes caught a glimpse of the tall woman who got off the passenger seat. She was wearing a fashionable tights, as if she had just stepped off the catwalk of a fashion show, and her every move exuded a cool and elegant temperament.

A pair of girls with long light-haired faces got out from the back seat. They had a cold expression and noble temperament, but the girl with light-haired hair was petite, like an exquisite doll, while the other girl with silver-haired hair was wrapped in a long robe on a hot day, which was inexplicably conservative.

As the butler of the Kuroishi Residence, Kimura Hiroshi has served here for decades. He has seen countless high-class guests brought by the previous owner, most of whom were female stars or fashion celebrities. However, the temperament of these people in front of him was completely different. He secretly guessed that they might be members of a Western royal family.

As expected of the elusive current owner, the guests he brought with him were indeed of extraordinary status.

So Su Enxi led a group of people into the hall. Within two minutes, they saw Kimura Hiroshi rushing in, holding wine and teapot in his hands. He was out of breath but still maintained the professional attitude of a butler. He gently put down the already poured wine glasses and tea sets, then bowed and left, and before leaving, he did not forget to close the door quietly.

"Can you please let me take a look at what it is that is worthy of the boss's personal order to send a heroic spirit to retrieve it from the trench?"

Su Enxi took a sip of Kubota Manju sake from her glass, and her eyes fell on Anastasia, who was noble and delicate beside Ling. Who would have thought that such a seemingly weak woman could be a heroic warrior who could complete such a difficult task as salvaging the Abyss shipwreck?
It turns out that you can't judge a servant by his appearance.

"Actually, it's the embryo from the wreckage of the Lenin at the bottom of the Abyss." Jude Mai pushed a black suitcase in front of Su Enxi. "After Zero's Servant helped salvage the sunken ship, I discovered that the embryo had been deformed when I boarded the ship. What we dug back was a core... I'm not sure if this thing can form a new embryo."

Su Enxi opened the suitcase, and white low-temperature steam immediately rose up. However, before she had time to observe it carefully, a hand suddenly appeared and reached into it, impatiently taking out the stainless steel cylinder soaked in liquid nitrogen at minus 200 degrees.

"Hello again, my dear pet."

The boss, Lu Mingze, wiped off the thick white frost on the surface of the steel cylinder with his hand, and the surface of the container suddenly revealed spider-web-like crisscrossing blood vessels.

Obviously, what was contained inside was the first generation black snake that he was very familiar with. If it weren't for the help of this black snake, the plan to leave Black Swan Port back then might not have been implemented so smoothly.

The trio was no longer surprised by their boss's elusive appearances, but Anastasia looked in surprise at Lu Mingze, who suddenly appeared and took out the steel cylinder to reveal his true feelings. However, when she saw that her Master did not react much, she put down the elf familiar "Wei" in her arms.

Lu Mingze put down the steel cylinder, then glanced at the elf puppet on Anastasia's chest, and murmured in a low voice, "Is this the 'Life Creation' of the Seven Kingdoms? Norton's alchemy skills have reached a new level..."

"So it's still okay?" Jiude Mai turned her attention back to the steel cylinder. She originally thought that the core was going to be scrapped, but she didn't expect it to recover so quickly, and began to erode the surrounding area and spread fine blood vessels.

"The vitality of the first generation is certainly very strong." Lu Mingze said thoughtfully, "But it can't be said to be absolutely fine."

"More than ten years ago, someone sank it into the sea along with the Lenin for a blood sacrifice... At the bottom of the abyss, its fetal blood was squeezed out as a blood sacrifice for the revival of a more noble king." Lu Mingze's voice suddenly became low. "After a long period of fetal blood sacrifice, it is expected that it will suffer from amnesia caused by soul damage. If it was a few years later, in order to avoid a complete blood sacrifice, it might have chosen to forcibly hatch. By then, the consequences would be even more serious."

"But fortunately, the more noble one was coincidentally awakened not long ago and left Jiyuan." Lu Mingze patted the suitcase gently, "So we have a chance to take out my old friend."

"But fortunately..." Su Enxi's hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly. Did the boss just lightly say something horrible?

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The next evening, the Emiya residence welcomed a new round of family dinner.

Under the warm yellow light, once the steaming delicacies are served on the table, the aroma immediately fills the entire Japanese-style room. The hand-rolled udon noodles are served with bonito soup base and nori sheets, the teriyaki chicken legs and grilled silverfish are shiny, and the abalone bowl made with clear soup has clear and reflective soup surfaces.

The happy faces of Emiya, Eri, and Natsumi were reflected.

Emiya was in a particularly good mood. Today, Genji was chosen by the Holy Grail, and while preparing the holy relics for summoning heroic spirits, he took Emiya to visit the family treasury. So Emiya took the opportunity to memorize the designs of a new batch of treasures in his mind while visiting.

Xia Mi was also immersed in joy. After several days of investigation and selection, she finally determined the candidates for most of the Holy Grail War masters. Among these candidates, there was one with a very high talent for magic, and he was completely suitable for the "pseudo-servant" experiment that Norton mentioned. This meant that she was one step closer to being able to transform into Attila anytime and anywhere.

Eri was also very happy, of course she was just enjoying this rare time as usual. Although she didn't know why everyone was acting like this, she was happy with everyone else.

Emiya's eyes swept over the stack of research materials in Xia Mi's hand, and his eyebrows raised slightly, "Are you planning to study late tonight?"

Xia Mi nodded, picked up a piece of fish and put it in her mouth, and said vaguely: "Work harder to catch up with the progress! Although the quality of this project is indeed..."

She deliberately dragged out her tone when she said this, "But we can still win by quantity!"

She waved her chopsticks as if to cheer herself up, muttering to herself... A rope can saw through wood, and water can wear away a stone! Brave Xia Mi, don't be afraid of difficulties!
Emiya shook his head, thinking that you are really more stubborn than the people in Tokyo.

"Why are you asking this?" Xia Mi suddenly changed the subject. "Could it be that Senior Brother has a team-building activity this evening?"

"Not really. I'm just going to meet an old acquaintance. You don't have to go." Emiya said, pulling out his phone and his eyes fell on a text message sent before the evening. "But I may have to go out late at night."

The content of the text message was lying quietly on his phone screen. The text on it was brief and provocative: "Midnight, summoning night, traitor butler, come if you dare. Coordinates..."

Emiya stared at the text message, his mouth twitching slightly. He didn't even need to confirm the chat room message to know that it was a message sent by Charlotte after she arrived in Japan. She even inadvertently showed off that she had obtained the qualification of Master.

This little sister is still as stylish as ever.

"Can I go too?" Just as the two were talking, Eri, who was standing beside them, raised her notebook and suddenly interjected.

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The night was like pouring ink, soaking the sky, and the iron-gray clouds covered the sky like the scales of a giant beast. In the deserted beech forest in the suburbs in the middle of the night, the alchemical array used for summoning spirits was emitting a faint glow of flowing mercury and blood.

Charlotte presented an ancient Chinese jade artifact as a holy relic, held out the back of her hand with a bright red stigmata mark, and muttered something.

"Full, full, full..."

Invisible cyclones gathered around her, and leaves fell without wind. She spoke clearly, and the spell and magic rhythm symphony, "... Cross the wheel of suppression and appear! Guardian of the scales!"

As the words fell, a shining light with golden glow instantly gushed out, and a majestic torrent of magic power exploded, condensing into thick mist and rushing in all directions. Charlotte subconsciously covered her eyes, and opened them again two seconds later, only to see that there was no one on the summoning circle.

Hmm? Where are her servants?

Charlotte checked the Command Seal on the back of her hand again. That's right, she summoned the Servant, but why did it disappear... Was there a problem with the summoning? Impossible, absolutely impossible...

The girl's pupils darted around nervously, her fingertips dug deeply into her palms, and as time passed, anxiety gradually showed on her face.

As luck would have it, Emiya soon came over with Eri, who was joining in the fun. The latter was munching on a few hot ricotta cakes she bought from a night vendor, her cheeks bulging.

"Charlotte, you are really here. I heard that you have obtained the qualification to be the Master of the Holy Grail War?
He glanced at the empty summoning circle, "So, you're planning to let me watch the summoning of heroic spirits?"

(End of this chapter)