FATE: Target of Grand Master

Everything takes time. To achieve the desired result, one must put in enough effort. Therefore, Xia Yan did not dampen the enthusiasm of Morgan and Euryale, who were willing to help. Instead, he patiently taught them step by step, at the cost of having dinner nearly two hours later than usual.

Of course, to ensure the taste, Xia Yan personally took charge of the cooking. Since Miss Tsuru had already eaten Xia Yan's cooking in the idol world, the other Servants did not complain in order to wait for the delicious food.

After finishing his meal, Xia Yan took out his phone and checked his messages.

A few days later, although there were still many comments denouncing him, since it was not a real-name online system, these rabble who wanted to criticize and besiege him did not have any concrete target.

Switching to the Master Group's internal channel, there weren't many messages. Apart from a few questions Lan Muyan asked Feng Yan, the two didn't interact much.

Xia Yan thought for a moment. If he were to announce now that he had acquired a new Servant, the other two would definitely criticize him for cheating, and it would probably take until at least midnight to quell those rumors.

To ensure his sleep quality, Xia Yan resolutely decided to tell them the next day. After all, the group rules said that it was not allowed to deliberately hide things, but it wouldn't matter if he told them a day later.

With the addition of new members, Xia Yan transformed the safe house into a three-story structure, moving the game room and karaoke room to the basement level, and adding Miss He's studio and lounge to the empty space on the second floor.

The Holy Grail fragments were also given to Miss He, who prepared to stay up for two consecutive nights to complete the magical costume that Xia Yan wanted before the next trial.

After making the arrangements, Xia Yan returned to his room early and locked the door, which had been fitted with three locks.

Lying in bed, Xia Yan was still pondering Miss He's advice.

Why the Descendants of God?

Is it because of the Outer Gods behind them?

Could it be that after Fujimaru Ritsuka resolved the issues of the burning of humanity and the whitewashing of the Earth, the enemies he faced were those indescribable Outer Gods?

If that's the case, let alone ourselves, even if we brought all 80 billion people over there, it wouldn't be enough for the Outer Gods to play with.

Moreover, while Outer Gods are considered formidable enemies to humanity, humanity is merely a plaything to them. As playthings, they can only tease and play with humans, never actually getting involved.

Just like ants compared to humans, although some children may like to play with ants, humans are not so idle as to completely exterminate the ant species.

No, we still don't have enough information to make sense of it all. In any case, it's always good to be extra careful when we encounter the Descendants in the future.

Xia Yan turned over, deciding to clear her mind and get some rest.

Not long after Xia Yan returned to his room to rest, the other Servants also returned to their rooms, and the living room immediately became quiet.

About an hour passed in complete silence. Suddenly, the motionless baby doll's eyes moved, and then it climbed off the TV cabinet as if it had come to life.

Looking at the living room, still lit but empty of customers, the BB doll put its hands on its hips, somewhat disgruntled, as if to say, "The water and electricity in this safe house are also magical energy consumption; waste is strictly prohibited!"

Using administrator privileges, the BB doll slowly floated to the light switch in the living room and turned off the light itself.

Of course, BB's visit to Xia Yan's safe house wasn't to turn off the lights. She then floated to the door of Miss He's studio on the second floor and gently pressed the doorknob.

The door was unlocked, and the BB doll easily entered the studio.

Miss Tsuru, who was frantically making magical costumes, seemed to know that BB was coming. She immediately stopped what she was doing and turned to look at the BB doll.

"What's wrong, BB?"

The BB doll, still with its hands on its hips, slowly floated in front of Miss Crane and replied in BB's original voice, "Miss Crane, you've talked a bit too much today."

"Is that so? But I did not break our agreement by revealing that you brought me into the Master Trial and that you gave me the Holy Grail."

"If you were to say even these things, the person standing in front of you right now wouldn't be me, but Lilith or Passenlip."

The BB doll's eyes turned red, just like BB's, but then it sighed and returned to normal.

"This information is too early for the current Masters. If they knew how terrible the situation would be after becoming a Grand Master, they might prefer to commit suicide now."

Miss Tsuru remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "I believe that the Imperial Producer wouldn't do that."

"So you've chosen Xia Yan. Well, although he is indeed on my list of 128 Grand Master candidates, I still have to say this: you can't mention any more information about anything outside of the Master Trials. Otherwise, don't blame me for disregarding our past camaraderie as colleagues who once served Fujimaru Ritsuka. I rarely say such harsh things, so once I've said it, I'll definitely do it."

Although BB's tone was still deliberately cute as always, Miss He knew that this was a bottom line that the other party could never cross.

"Understood. If BB-sama has nothing else, please leave. I still need to hurry up and make a Mystic Code for the Master Princess."

"What? You're already planning to kick me out? Is this how you treat your savior?"

Speaking of this, Miss Tsuru became unusually angry, saying, "BB-sama, I haven't forgotten your kindness in saving me, but you also deceived me. What do you mean, 'Try making a wish'? I'm trapped in the idol world because of this and can't get out."

"Huh? How can you blame me? It's clearly your own wish that was too outrageous, which caused all this. I even kindly gave you a Holy Grail so you could hide away and lay low for a while. Did I make a mistake?"

At this point, Miss He lost her temper.

"How's the situation 'outside' right now?"

"Don't worry about these things. Now that you've chosen Xia Yan, just do your best to help him become a Grand Master. Until then, you just need to fulfill the duties of an ordinary Servant. Oh, and just a friendly reminder: be extra careful when you participate in the trials later. Something I can't control has gradually infiltrated."

Miss He fell silent again.

"Isn't there any way to suppress it?"

"I don't need hothouse flowers. You..."

Boom boom boom!

There was a knock on Miss He's door.

Looking at the motionless baby doll, Miss He hid it and quickly walked to the door.

"Oh, it's Miss Morgan. What can I do for you?"

Morgan gently pushed open the door and handed the cut fruit to Miss He.

"Xia Yan knew you'd be staying up all night, so he cut some fruit and asked me to bring it over."

"Thanks."

Miss He hurriedly accepted the fruit.

"By the way, Miss Tsuru, have you seen the baby doll in the living room? I noticed it was missing when I passed by just now."

After casually glancing around the room, Morgan looked away.

"No, no. I've been busy making my Mystic Code the whole time and haven't left the room."

Although she hadn't done anything wrong, Miss He still didn't want others to know about her relationship with BB.

"Okay, it's alright. I'll look for it some more. Don't overwork yourself. Goodnight."

"Good night."