Genshin Impact, but the chat group

"Just know that it's your responsibility."

Emiya Kiritsugu's deep voice rang out, and the [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] dressed in black appeared not far from the two, staring at them expressionlessly.

"Kiritsugu!"

Saber stood in front of Alice, watching the [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] warily.

"Alice, watch out!"

"It's alright, Saber. If Kiritsugu wanted to hurt me, he could have done it already."

Alice comforted Saber, saying it was alright. Deeply in love with Kiritsugu Emiya, she chose to believe in her husband, even if the man before her was her husband who would become a Heroic Spirit in the future.

“But Alice, he is now a servant, and he will obey the orders of his master.”

“It’s alright. I believe Kiritsugu won’t hurt me, because even if he becomes a Servant, his dream has never changed.”

"Dreams, huh... Hmph!"

Kiritsugu snorted coldly.

"Alice, I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm not like the good-for-nothing you know now. I don't have those childish wishes."

"Did you hear that, Alice? He's not the same person he used to be..."

Saber became wary of Kiritsugu's words, but before she could finish speaking, Kiritsugu spoke again.

"That's right, because I won't be like that good-for-nothing and trust a useless servant like Saber!"

"What!?"

Saber stared in shock at Kiritsugu, wondering why he had suddenly turned against her.

Why do you think I'm here?

[Kiritsugu] slowly walked towards Saber.

"In what capacity do you think I am speaking to you here?"

"What do you mean?"

Saber frowned, not quite understanding what [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] was saying.

"My presence here means I'm a loser!"

Kiritsugu the Heroic Spirit spoke viciously.

"I entered this Holy Grail War with high hopes, and I wanted your cooperation to achieve victory. But what about you? Noble Knight King! For the sake of your so-called knightly code, you refused to obey my orders, contradicted me, and even defied me!"

"To satisfy your noble chivalrous spirit, I can only have Alice cooperate with you, just like you are now."

"But I'll soon regret it!"

"Because of you! Saber! You, the King of Knights, are utterly untrustworthy!"

"You can't protect Alice at all!"

"What! What makes you say that!"

Saber retorted angrily.

"Although Alice is not my true master, I will risk my life to protect her!"

"Is that so? Then what if I told you that if I hadn't shown up, you would have been seriously injured by that weak Lancer?"

[Kirishige of the Heroic Spirit] posed a question.

"What? Impossible! Although I didn't fight him, based on his previous performance, there's no way he could have hurt me!"

Saber did not believe Kiritsugu's words.

"So, do you know what Lancer's Noble Phantasm effect is?"

"this...."

You're making things difficult for me. How could I possibly know what Lancer's Noble Phantasm effect is?

"Let me tell you! Lancer's real name is Diarmuid Ua Ua Duibhne. He is the peerless chief knight in Celtic mythology. His two Noble Phantasms are the Crimson Rose, which can directly injure your body by ignoring the armor formed by your magical energy, and the Yellow Rose, which can prevent wounds from healing once it pierces you. If Lancer uses these two Noble Phantasms to forcibly injure you at the cost of his own injuries, how will you deal with it?"

"Varied...."

Saber was stunned. She hadn't expected Lancer's Noble Phantasm to have such an effect. If what [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] said was true, and Lancer was fighting her by exchanging wounds, then she would definitely lose miserably, because the opponent's wounds could be healed by magical energy, while the cursed wounds on her body would not be healed!

In this situation, I fear I will soon face defeat!

"Why do you think I risked exposing my identity to be the first to accept Lancer's challenge?"

[Kiritsugu] Press the attack while the enemy is ahead.

"If I hadn't shown up, you would have been the first to accept Lancer's challenge and fight! The Knight King with the noble spirit of chivalry! And you would have been the first to be defeated! The confident and arrogant Knight King!"

211. It's a gas explosion!

The port streets have returned to quiet.

Irisviel stood by the streetlight, looking at Saber, the King of Knights, with some concern. Saber was standing in front of her, her hands clenched, her head bowed, silently staring at the ground.

"Saber, are you alright?"

Kiritsugu has left, but before he left, he left Saber with a huge shock, turning this confident and proud knight king, who had been summoned, into the dejected person she is today.

"I'm sorry, Irisviel."

Saber, who was being questioned, slowly raised her head, her face full of confusion.

"I feel like I've really been a bit too arrogant."

"Just like Kiritsugu just said, if I were fighting Lancer without knowing his Noble Phantasm, and he traded blows for my own, I would easily be seriously injured and fall down."

"If I fall, Alice, you will be in danger. This would be an incredibly dereliction of duty on my part as a knight!"

"It's alright, Saber. That kind of thing didn't happen, did it? Kiritsugu prevented it from happening, didn't he?"

Irisviel quickly comforted her, sensing that Saber had become somewhat withdrawn after what Kiritsugu had said.

"Yes, but if he hadn't shown up, the situation would likely have turned out the way he described, because I was originally prepared to go up and fight without knowing anything about my opponent."

Although it was meant to comfort her, Saber still felt she had failed in her duty.

The words "King of Knights with noble chivalry, King of Knights with confidence and arrogance" from [Kiritsugu] are a deliberate mockery of her.

"But at least we survived this crisis, didn't we? And we also learned about Lancer's identity and the abilities of his Noble Phantasm from Kiritsugu. At least we won't have to worry about encountering Lancer again next time."

Encouraged by Irisviel's words, Saber turned to look at Irisviel and pounded her right fist on her chest.

"Irisviel, I swear in the name of the Knight King that I will never be careless again. I will risk my life to protect you and will never let you fall into any danger!"

"Yes, Saber, I believe you!"

Irisviel smiled and nodded at Saber.

"Then let's go back now."

The two left the port one after the other, and after they left, the sound of police sirens could be heard from the streets in the distance.

The next morning, the port made it onto the Fuyuki City morning news, and the citizens of Fuyuki City learned that after the gas explosion at the Matou residence caused the entire house to disappear from its original location, a gas leak also occurred at the container stacks at the Fuyuki City port, which then caused a gas explosion.

Whether the citizens believe that there are gas pipelines under the containers in the port is their business.

[How arrogant! A gas explosion? Is that even possible? Does anyone actually believe that?]

[Although it sounds absurd, that's the explanation I remember, and the people of Fuyuki City believed it.]

[Growing Up and Failing: What?! This isn't a simple gas explosion! My father taught me that when the church tells people it's a gas explosion, they also use simple manipulation magic to subtly make them believe it's a gas explosion, and that it's the power of magic! The gas explosion on the news this morning—I recognized it immediately as the Holy Grail War!]

Because the Holy Grail War had already begun in Fuyuki City, 7-year-old Rin Tohsaka, from a family of mages, proudly shared details about the Holy Grail War with everyone in the chat group. Although the grown-up Rin felt that this shouldn't be told to outsiders, and that magic should be a mystery known to fewer people, the young Rin ignored her warnings and, under the flattery of her group members, quickly revealed the details of the Holy Grail War.

[The plus-size woman in black stockings: In the end, it all comes down to magic, doesn't it?]

[Silly Guy: That's right. Using magic to make people believe it was indeed a gas explosion. Not only that, it subtly influences the entire population of Fuyuki City. For the people of Fuyuki, even a nuclear explosion or a monster invasion can be attributed to a gas explosion. As long as you say it was a gas explosion, the citizens of Fuyuki will believe it and think it's perfectly normal.]

[Always failing you: It's not that exaggerated!]

[Silly Guy: Tohsaka-san, a question! Do you know what happened in the massive fire that affected several city blocks in Fuyuki 10 years ago?]

[Always a liar: Um... I know it's related to the previous Holy Grail War, but I'm not sure of the specific reason. The Church's official explanation is... a gas explosion?]

[Silly Yue Chengzi: Great, thank you so much for Tohsaka-san's answer! The answer is gas explosion! Gas explosion is a universal remedy!]

[Childhood Dropper: No way! And what about Sakura you mentioned before?! Explain yourself clearly!]

[Perverted Scumbag: Do you even need to ask? It's obvious the group admin knows something about your world.]

[Always a pain in the neck: Aren't we supposed to be in different worlds? Why does he know about things in my world?]

[How arrogant! Because the group owner can travel to different worlds, and the group owner can go to your world too.]

[Give me some face: That's right, the group owner should be in your world right now. When I left Subaru's world, the group owner and Aizen agreed to go to your world together.]

[Always failing: This can't be real! Traveling to someone else's world? This is even more outrageous than the second magic of the Demonic General!]

[Silly Guy: Of course not in your world.]

[Always a disappointment: I knew it!]

[Silly Guy: In the world where you were a kid, the servants had a really big fight last night!]

[Always a disappointment: What?!]

[Growing up and letting things fall apart: Huh?]

Seeing that both Rin Tohsaka were completely astonished, Li Yue, who was having breakfast in Fuyuki City, nodded in satisfaction.

Rin Tohsaka is probably still at the Zenjou house, but after a couple of days, she'll probably run out of the house to look for her classmates and thus bump into the Caster group.

[Childhood Dropper: Wait, you actually knew the Servants fought fiercely last night? You didn't summon Heroic Spirits to participate in the Holy Grail War, did you?!]

[Silly Guy: No, we don't. We don't have Command Seals, we don't have Artifacts, and we don't even know how to draw a summoning circle.]

[Always a handful since childhood: Luckily, luckily.]

Although it's not her own world, it's still a parallel world, and it even has her younger self in it, so Rin Tohsaka doesn't want to cause any trouble.

However, neither Li Yue nor Aizen need to summon Servants to participate in the Holy Grail War!

[Always a Kept Man: Wait, senior group admin, if you were in my childhood Minecraft world, could you do me a favor?]

[Silly Guy: Oh? What do you want me to do for you?]