National Destiny: Starting with a gender-swapped role as Artoria

Wu Yue had always given her the feeling that he could foresee the future and was extremely powerful!

However, he has a good personality, so we can cooperate!

Destroy the Holy Grail?!

So this was her real purpose?

Chapter Thirty-Five: The Truth About the Holy Grail War - Has the Major Event of the National Fate War Been Completed?

"You! Are you going to destroy the Holy Grail?"

"Huh? Destroy the Holy Grail? Hmm..."

Wu Yue thought about it for a moment.

"I guess so. I would never let the Holy Grail appear. It's not a good thing to begin with."

"What?"

"Well, there's no such thing as a magic wish-granting machine. It's just a lie. Wait a minute, let me think about how to explain this."

Wu Yue closed his eyes and began to think, organizing his thoughts, intending to tell Rin Tohsaka the truth about the Holy Grail War in the most concise way.

Mordred stopped making a fuss and, like everyone else, was speechless in shock at Wu Yue's statement.

If the Holy Grail isn't an omnipotent wish-granting machine, then the Holy Grail War, a battle between seven Masters and seven Servants...

What does that count for?

Are you kidding me?!

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Celestial Empire

"Holy crap! Wu Yue doesn't even want the all-powerful wish-granting machine?! Didn't they say it could grant any wish?!"

"My wife is so generous! My wife is so awesome!"

"Hey bro upstairs?! Ever played Fate/Grand Order? The Holy Grail is a fucking idiot!"

On the plane to Japan, in first class, Artoria was intently watching the live stream on her tablet, holding her breath, but again, she couldn't utter 15 words...

The Holy Grail... is it a lie?

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Sakura Country

Inside a private residence.

Takashi Takeuchi and Kinoko Nasu, dressed in matching pajamas, sat leaning against each other on the sofa.

"Huh? The omnipotent wish-granting machine, the Holy Grail, darling, how did you set it up in the first place?"

"It's just a magician's smokescreen to get to the root of the problem. Although it's called an all-powerful wish-granting machine, in some ways it can't actually do anything."

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Wu Yue thought about it carefully and then spoke.

"You know the origin, the place magicians most want to reach, right?"

"Hmm... I know a little bit about boring stuff."

"The Tohsaka family, the Matou family, and the Einzbern family created the Holy Grail War in order to enter the ethereal and elusive Root."

"The Holy Grail draws magic from the land and then uses that magic to summon Heroic Spirits from Valhalla, which is located outside of time and space. After they are summoned, seven groups of people pretend to fight a battle, with the aim of killing these seven Heroic Spirits. After the Heroic Spirits die, they temporarily wait in the Holy Grail."

"After all seven of them die, they will return to Valhalla together. When they return, they will open a portal that leads to the Root."

"Of course, only one person can reach the Root, so the seven groups really did fight each other. Since the Holy Grail needs to absorb 60 years of magic power to start such a war, the magic power is huge, and it can be used to grant wishes or something. So the three major families lied to the outside world to trick people into participating, saying that there was an all-powerful wish-granting machine. Do you understand?"

Everyone stared at Wu Yue, at her face. Rin Tohsaka was stunned, speechless.

Everyone felt roughly the same way: shocked and confused...

"Hmph, how ridiculous..."

Medea, who was lying on the ground, began to speak...

"Are you trying to say we're all just pawns... when we're clearly just one..."

"Yeah, that's true. To put it bluntly, that's really how it is."

Wu Yue interrupted Medea.

"Let me explain this again, what does the so-called 'omnipotent wish-granting machine' mean? Hmm... let me think of how to say it..."

Wu Yue closed his eyes and began to think, organizing his thoughts.

Medea reacted the fastest and had already begun secretly treating herself.

Although his mind went completely blank after hearing what the stranger in front of him said...

Rin Tohsaka watched Wu Yue from the side, not daring to say a word.

The reason I participated in the Holy Grail War was actually a bit childish.

The goal was to prove the honor of the Tohsaka family, but now they're being told the Holy Grail War is a lie?

What do I mean by my current behavior? Utterly ridiculous!

Subconsciously, she wanted to think of something to say in response to Wu Yue, but... she had absolutely no idea what to say...

Wu Yue thought about it carefully and then spoke.

"Hmm... Let me give you an example. If you want a building, the Holy Grail can give you a lot of money. Whether you find someone to build it or buy it directly, the Holy Grail doesn't care."

"But if you want a castle in the air, the Holy Grail can only give you a lot of money. It can't tell you how to make a building float in the air. All we need to do is exchange the money mentioned here for magic."

"Do you understand?"

The atmosphere was unusually quiet; no one spoke.

Rin Tohsaka kept staring at Wu Yue, her mind in turmoil. Today was definitely a significant day for her.

She even somewhat regretted collaborating with Wu Yue.

Wu Yue looked left and right, and when he found that no one spoke, he sighed and then looked down at Medea, who was lying on the ground.

"So, change Sasaki Kojiro and Mordred's Master to me, and if you don't do anything outrageous again, I'll let you off the hook here."

Medea stared at the beautiful woman before her for a long time before finally speaking...

"I need to investigate before I can believe you..."

"Um, okay."

Medea slowly sat up, coughed, and spat out a mouthful of blood. The damage caused to her by Archer's spiral sword was extremely severe.

"Hey, are you alright? Do you need me to treat you?"

Wu Yue blurted out, though she didn't know if magic could heal a Servant's body.

Medea ignored her and instead raised her right hand, removing her glove and revealing her beautiful, fair hand.

There are three Command Seals on it.

She hesitated, but she had no other choice.

He was severely injured and could disappear at any moment...

To be honest, Medea thought the woman in front of her might have something wrong with her head.

He reached out into the void with his left hand and summoned his Noble Phantasm.

—All talismans will inevitably break the rules—

A short, colorful knife with an unusually curved blade.

It possesses none of the characteristics of a 773 weapon, yet it can "break" all the magic of any object struck by a blade. Objects that can break its magic are those enhanced by magic, those bound by magical contracts, or life forms born using magic.

Finally, he thrust his fist into the Command Seal mark on the back of his right hand!

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"Okay, that solves the problem."

Wu Yue looked at the three Command Seals on the back of his right hand and smiled with satisfaction.

He turned to look at Mordred beside him, then extended his right hand.

"Oh, please take care of me from now on, Mordred."

Mordred didn't speak, but looked at Wu Yue with an indescribable expression on his face.

Anger, helplessness, resentment, ridiculousness...

He extended his right hand and shook hands with her.

"Can I go now?"

Medea spoke up from the side.