"Oh right, wait for me, slave."

As Shen Qiu was about to step out of the room, Luo Ke seemed to suddenly remember something and called out to her.

"In this Holy Grail War, the Church is completely on our side, and they are also acting as overseers. We should visit him first when we get to Romania. What's his name again... Oh right, Shirou."

However, after hearing Rocco's words, Shen Qiu felt completely speechless. He wondered if, in a sense, Minister Rocco could also be considered a terrible teammate.

However, he cannot be entirely blamed. Inside the conservative clock tower, the old professor had already done his best to be relatively open-minded, and the lack of information was indeed somewhat unavoidable.

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Chapter 208: Empress Semiramis (Please subscribe!)

The Church of Sanctuary in the town of Sisgivara, Romania.

I don't know when it started, but the priest of the town's church was replaced by a Japanese man with snow-white hair and slightly dark skin. Although he was a foreigner, he had a broad mind and a gentle character, so he soon gained the trust of the town's residents.

About ten days ago, this kind priest suddenly told the people that the church would be closing for a while and that he himself would be leaving, and that the church would not reopen until a new priest arrived.

"Can't you sleep, Master? It's so late, yet you're still stargazing in the courtyard. Should I say you're enjoying your leisure time, or that you feel you have victory in your grasp and are therefore reckless?"

In the backyard of the church, there was a beautiful little garden. In the center of the garden, a priest named Shiro Kotomine gazed at the starry sky from the ground, seemingly lost in thought.

But Semira-Miss could not see through it.

To be honest, she didn't like this Master very much, because in front of him, her usually confident eyes, which seemed to be able to see through the hearts of everyone in the world, seemed to lose their function. No matter how she tried to figure him out, she couldn't see through this handsome priest.

"It would be great if you could be more careful with your words when you care about others, and not say things so harshly, Assassin."

After hearing her words, Kotomine Shiro turned his gaze back, but he was not angered by her less-than-friendly words. Instead, he gave her a slight smile.

The woman was incredibly beautiful, even breathtakingly so. She wore a magnificent black dress, her snow-white skin seemed flawless, and she exuded an extremely alluring charm. If it were an ordinary person, they would probably fall head over heels for her at first sight.

However, every time the priest spoke with her, he seemed oblivious to her stunning beauty, which led Semiramis to wonder if he had no interest in women.

However, after spending some time with him, she realized that no, it wasn't that he wasn't interested in women, but rather that he had absolutely no interest in matters of love and romance. This conclusion made her lose interest in this Master for a while.

"Hmph, you should feel honored to receive a greeting from the 'Ancient Poisoner'. I didn't expect you to have so many demands. It seems you'll only regret it when you're on your deathbed after I've poisoned you."

The scene looked rather odd; it was clearly two people who disliked each other and were bickering, yet it also resembled a couple playfully flirting.

However, both of them are quite good-looking, so even their flirtatious banter doesn't seem offensive.

"Hey hey, thank you for your concern, Assassin." As expected, it was Kotomine Shirou who was the first to "surrender".

"So can you tell me why you're here looking at the stars in the middle of the night instead of sleeping? Don't tell me it's just to look at the stars, or I might just give you a cup of poison."

Not only her appearance, but even her voice, every word Semiramis spoke seemed to have a bewitching effect.

"It's nothing more than...some vague and ethereal things. I saw a revelation."

When the priest spoke the word "revelation," the smile that usually graced his face vanished, replaced by a slightly worried expression. He seemed to feel a chill and turned to walk slowly toward the church.

"Revelation? What revelation did you see?"

Semiramis is one of the few people who knows the true identity of this Master. Yes, his Master is not called "Kotomine Shiro". His real name is Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, a young hero who led an uprising of the poor people in the late Sengoku period of 17th century Japan.

During the Third Holy Grail War, he was summoned to the world by the Einzbern family in violation of the rules. His class is Ruler. Although he is not strong in combat, he has an excellent mind and powerful strategy.

Even so, the Einzbern family still lost the Third Holy Grail War, and the Master was killed. However, he persevered to the end with his strong willpower, touched the Greater Grail and completed the "Substitution" process, thus being able to remain in the world as a human while retaining the abilities of a Heroic Spirit.

This is the power of the Third Law.

The "Revelation" is a unique and inherent skill possessed only by the Ruler. To better understand it, it can be thought of as a kind of directional future vision, which guides the Ruler by flashing back fragments in the mind.

"What did you see?"

This was the first time Semiramis had heard Kotomine Shiro talk about revelation, and she couldn't help but feel a little curious.

“I saw a pair of scarlet eyes, and he was watching me from afar,” Kotomine Shiro said as he walked toward the church. His tone was relaxed, as if he didn’t care about it at all—because he had always felt that this innate ability seemed rather unreliable.

That's why I hadn't mentioned it to Semiramis before.

"Those eyes seemed to be getting closer and closer. For some reason, I actually felt fear and dread towards those eerie eyes. But then I thought about it again, and there was nothing in this world that could frighten me anymore."

.. ...... ....

Kotomine Shiro suddenly stopped in his tracks, his voice trembling.

"Do you know what it feels like to witness 30,000 people die a horrible death right before your eyes? If I'm not afraid of that, what else do I have to be afraid of?"

However, the slight tremor lasted only a few seconds before disappearing. More than sixty years of forbearance had cultivated in him an excellent character and the ability to control his emotions.

When he led the peasant uprising, he was only a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy. Yet, even so, he was able to win the hearts and minds of his subordinates, which shows his maturity.

"Master..."

Semiramis paused for a moment after sensing Kotomine Shiro's emotional fluctuations, and her originally aloof expression gradually softened.

Just as she was about to say something, a discordant voice suddenly rang out in the church.

"Alas! What an absolutely beautiful story! A peerless empress and a foreign priest, in the garden late at night, gazing at the stars together and sharing their secrets—at this very moment, I feel my inspiration surging wildly! God! I feel I could write a hundred stories about this!"

"Caster!!!"

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Chapter 209: The Journey Begins - Rin's Great Adventure! (Please Subscribe!)

Heathrow Airport, also known as London International Airport.

Inside the VIP waiting area, Shen Qiu leisurely read the newspaper in his hand. On the table in front of him were tiramisu and Ceylon tea that the waiter had just brought over. The universal currency he had exchanged with the God was not only cheap but also very practical.

London and Romania are not close; one is an island nation in Western Europe, and the other is a continental country in Eastern Europe. Even by plane, it takes more than three hours to travel between them.

After disembarking at Bucharesto International Airport, he would transfer to the town of Sishuara, where he would meet the remaining Red Faction Masters and Father Shirou. Finally, together they would travel to Tulipas to subdue Yggdrasil.

Weird.

If his calculations are correct, all the Masters on the Red side except for himself and the Lion's Claw World "300" Ri have already fallen victim to Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's poison, being controlled by him using the poison of the Assyrian Empress Semiramis. Going there would be tantamount to walking into a trap.

"But it's not that I can't go. Putting aside whether they will make a move, even if they do, I should be able to fight back. Moreover, given Amakusa Shiro's cautious nature, he shouldn't turn against me unless absolutely necessary."

Just as Shen Qiu was deep in thought, a faint fluctuation of magical energy caught his attention. Britain, as the home of the Clock Tower, had no shortage of magicians, but using magic in a crowded place like an airport was suicidal. If the mystery were leaked or discovered by other magicians—

Being stripped of their status as a legitimate magician from the Magicians' Association would be a light punishment; there's a high chance they'd be sealed away and taken back to be soaked in formalin.

Sharingan - Awaken!

Shen Qiu's eyes instantly transformed into the three-tomoe Sharingan mode, and the faint magical fluctuations in the air became crystal clear under his scarlet eyes. He calmly stood up and walked towards the source of the magical power.

"Don't blame me. To be honest, I just borrowed your clothes, didn't I? And I only took your spare set of clothes, I didn't take the one you were wearing."

In one of the preparation rooms for flight attendants in the logistics area, a girl with pigtails was putting on makeup while talking incessantly to an unconscious flight attendant behind her.

"Although, although it was wrong of me to use magic to knock you out, please forgive my little act of selfishness this time..."

As she spoke, the girl's voice grew softer and softer until it was almost inaudible.

"Aaaaaah!!! Why did I act so impulsively before?! Now look what's happened! This Holy Grail War is so cruel and bloody! And my courses at the Clock Tower are ruined, all of them are doomed. Am I going to have to repeat a year?"

The girl frantically ruffled her hair in frustration. Good heavens, what was she doing? This was incredibly stupid! Had she been bewitched?

"In the end, if only Professor Weber had spoken more gently back then..."

After loosening the hair ties that bound her pigtails, her long hair fell loose to her waist. If she wanted to impersonate a flight attendant and board the plane, she would definitely have to give up her beautiful hair.

She doesn't like short hair.

"Do you want to regret it? It's not too late to regret it now. Go back to the Clock Tower, attend tomorrow's classes properly, and be extremely discreet. No one will find out that she went out on her own today..."

Such thoughts kept popping into my head.

"No, no one can stop Rin Tohsaka from doing what she's going to do, and I will never regret it!"

Without much thought, the girl decided what she wanted to do. After glancing at the unconscious flight attendant behind her, she bit her lip and resolutely took out an emerald from her pocket and placed it in the flight attendant's pocket.

"This gem... it'll take up half my budget for this month. Consider it compensation if you get punished by the company." Rin sighed helplessly. What could she do? She had to participate in this Holy Grail War.

The Tohsaka family has passed down the Jewel Magic taught by Jewel Oz Zellridge for generations. Jewels are used to store or enhance magic, so the quality of the jewels is extremely important.

It's fair to say that over 90% of the Tohsaka family's assets in Fuyuki City are used to purchase jewels. Therefore, while the Tohsaka are the wealthiest of the three major families in Fuyuki City, they are also the poorest.

High income, but even higher expenses!

"Never mind, never mind. The most important thing now is to quickly change into the flight attendant's uniform, put on makeup, and then use magic to disguise myself. That way, even if my appearance is quite different from hers, no one should be able to tell."

"Where is Mr. Shen going again? Oh right, Bucharest, Romania. His plane should be taking off in a little over an hour, right? I need to hurry..."

Just as Rin Tohsaka was hurriedly packing her things, the sound of a door opening with a "creak" made her brain freeze, and she felt that her mind was completely blank.

"I clearly set up a pedestrian dispersal function, so why... Oh no, I'll probably be mistaken for a robber or a pervert? Or maybe a terrorist attempting to harm the plane? This would be big news, wouldn't it? I don't know anyone in London..."

"The only one who'll be able to clean up this mess for me will probably be El-Melloi II again. I can't hide the fact that I used magic in public anymore. I'll definitely become the laughingstock of the whole class, not just the entire Clock Tower. No, not only that, I might even be sealed away and preserved in formalin..."

In an instant, countless consequences of being discovered flashed through Rin Tohsaka's mind, but all of these consequences had one thing in common—she would definitely suffer terribly.

"Hey, Rin Tohsaka, what's going on here?!"

Shen Qiu stared in astonishment at Rin Tohsaka, who was wearing a flight attendant uniform and putting on makeup. Behind her was an unconscious British woman, presumably the original flight attendant.

"Mr. Shen!"

Rin Tohsaka, who was on the verge of a mental breakdown, almost burst into tears when she saw Shen Qiu. Thank goodness! She no longer had to embarrass herself in the entire magic world, nor did she have to be soaked in formaldehyde anymore!

"Just call me Shen Qiu. So, can you explain to me why you ended up like this?"

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