FATE: Target of Grand Master

What should I do?

A bead of cold sweat slid down Xia Yan's cheek, and his drunkenness vanished instantly.

Escape is impossible.

Simply turning one's back to Gilgamesh could be considered a great disrespect to the king.

"Hmm? What, just seeing me makes you so nervous? You bastard."

Xia Yan recalled the scene when Waver survived Gilgamesh's attack. Although Gilgamesh was very arrogant and capricious, he would not kill people indiscriminately.

"It is my honor to meet the legendary King Gilgamesh."

Xia Yan bowed slightly in greeting.

"Oh? I didn't expect you to recognize me. It seems you're no ordinary bastard."

Gilgamesh glanced at Xia Yan's right hand and sneered, "Covering up a Command Seal with three Band-Aids is just ridiculous. Are you a circus clown?"

As expected, his level of disguise magic was useless against Gilgamesh.

"I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Your Majesty. After all, I haven't even summoned a Servant yet, so I have to do some disguise."

"Hmph. You're quite honest. It seems you know quite a bit about the Holy Grail War. But since you dare to wander around so casually without even summoning a Servant, should I call you arrogant or stupid?"

Xia Yan gave a wry smile, realizing that he had indeed been a bit careless because of drinking.

"Fine, I'm in a good mood today, so I'm not going to bother with you for now. Just perform well in this Holy Grail War and please me to the fullest, you bastard."

After saying that, Gilgamesh laughed heartily and left.

With a cold sweat running down his back, Xia Yan immediately turned around, walked a short distance, and then sprinted all the way back to his hotel-style apartment.

After closing the door, Xia Yan finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

I don't know if I was lucky or unlucky tonight, but I encountered the capricious Gilgamesh and came back unharmed.

However, this also served as a reminder to Xia Yan that before he had a Servant, he absolutely could not wander around alone anymore, because who knew which corner he might bump into an old acquaintance.

Xia Yan opened the window and scattered some feed on the windowsill, which quickly attracted several pigeons.

Xia Yan used the magic that Morgan had taught him to turn these pigeons into his familiars and control them to fly to several key locations.

Emiya Residence, Tohsaka Residence, Matou Residence, Ryudouji Temple, Fuyuki Church, and the private Homurahara Academy.

Apart from the school, the other locations either have barriers or are staffed by highly professional magicians, so Xia Yan doesn't dare let his familiars get too close.

Relying on his precognitive advantage of knowing the plot's direction, Xia Yan doesn't need to observe what other Masters and Servants are doing; he only needs to understand the situations that occur in various places to know exactly what has happened.

After observing all night, Xia Yan obtained several useful pieces of information.

First of all, the Emiya residence was very quiet. Lancer did not kill Emiya Shirou, and Saber had not been summoned yet, which was in line with Xia Yan's expectations, since the protagonist tonight was Rin.

At 1 a.m., the lights on the second floor of the Tohsaka mansion suddenly came on. Although to others it was nothing more than someone getting up in the middle of the night to use the toilet, Xia Yan still saw a man in red clothes inside through the window.

that's enough.

Tonight, Rin summoned Archer.

There are some interesting things about the Matou residence.

A guy with a seaweed-like haircut went out for a while before midnight, which is not the normal routine of a Japanese high school student. He was most likely taking Rider to hunt ordinary people.

At this moment, Shinji Matou had become twisted, and Xia Yan had no pity for him. Once his Servant arrived, the first thing he would do was to deal with this scumbag.

Xia Yan only dared to glance at Ryudou Temple and Fuyuki Church from afar and did not obtain any information.

Xia Yan dared not naively believe that this Holy Grail War would unfold exactly as he knew it, but at least tonight everything was as usual.

The next morning, Xia Yan, who had stayed up half the night, reluctantly got out of bed.

Why is my identity that of a teacher?

Couldn't it be a job like a florist that doesn't require getting up early?

Despite complaining, Xia Yan still went out the door decisively.

After buying some bread and drinking coffee on the way, Xia Yan finally recovered most of her strength.

I can't be late today. After all, as a student teacher, it would be too inappropriate to be late on the second day.

After arriving at the school, Xia Yan carried out her teaching duties while recalling the events of the day.

Rin will probably skip class today because she overslept, and then take Archer to familiarize herself with the terrain. On the other hand, Shinji will have Rider set up a barrier at the school, and he must pretend that nothing happened at the school.

The day passed quickly.

To Xia Yan's surprise, Shinji did not have Rider set up the barrier in broad daylight, whether out of caution or simply because he had not yet obtained the Master's authority from Sakura.

Thanks to this, Xia Yan can at least suffer one less day.

Having learned from yesterday's lesson, Xia Yan didn't dare to linger after get off work today and quickly returned to his apartment.

After washing up, Xia Yan continued his surveillance work.

Tonight's surveillance footage is proceeding according to the script.

Sakura encountered Gilgamesh not far from the Matou residence, and Rin witnessed this scene.

Shinji, the seaweed-headed fellow, quietly left the Matou residence and later appeared near the school.

After confirming that the script would remain unchanged for the time being, Xia Yan stopped staying up late; he needed to be well-rested for the third day.

The Holy Grail War will officially begin tomorrow, and I must seize the opportunity to persuade Cú Chulainn.

The next day, everything was the same as usual.

Rin discovered the barrier in the school and destroyed several nodes of the barrier.

Xia Yan endured the slight discomfort and made it to the end of the school term.

Xia Yan hurried back to his apartment while keeping a close eye on what was happening at the school.

Fuyuki City isn't very big, and more and more people at school recognize me. If I still wear my daytime clothes, it will be too easy for people to recognize me.

Just as Xia Yan arrived at the apartment and changed into a casual outfit of a hoodie and sweatpants, two Servants, one in red and one in blue, finally appeared on the school's playground.

It's no surprise that the two are Archer in red and Lancer in blue.

After a fierce exchange, Lancer suddenly left, bringing the battle to an abrupt end.

Afterwards, Xia Yan obtained more than a dozen pigeon familiars and sent them to various locations near the Emiya residence in order to keep track of Lancer's movements as soon as possible.

After Xia Yan changed his clothes and went out, Rin left the school first. After a while, Shirou dragged his very tired body and walked towards home.

Upon arriving at the target location not far from Emiya's residence, commotion also broke out at Emiya's residence.

Lancer's second assassination attempt on Shirou failed. After a battle with Saber, she prepared to retreat because Kirei Kotomine used a Command Spell to order her not to fight at full strength.

A short while later, Lancer left the Emiya residence, and Xia Yan began to run along the route Lancer had taken.

He's determined to win today!

Just as Lancer stopped on the roof of a house to check if there were any pursuers behind him, Xia Yan made a sound while controlling his pigeon familiar.

"Lancer, hello, nice to meet you. I'd like to talk to you."

Cú Chulainn glanced at the pigeon beside him with his crimson eyes and said in a disdainful tone, "Sorry, magician, I don't think we have anything to talk about."

"Oh? Is that so? Don't you feel aggrieved, Child of Light of Ireland?"

Cú Chulainn was instantly filled with murderous intent.

"Who are you? How do you know my real name?"