FATE: Target of Grand Master

"A magician, a swordsman, and two goddesses."

Xia Yan did not immediately reveal the servants' real names, but instead described them by their identities.

"There are goddesses too? They all seem pretty powerful. Alright, let's go find these Servants first."

"Hmm. Hmm? Wait a minute, Your Highness, you just said 'we,' right? Are you going too?"

"Isn't this the obvious thing to do? Are you going to leave me behind and go search alone? Xia Yan, you've been acting strange ever since you came back. You wouldn't happen to be interested in the goddess you summoned, would you?"

Anastasia's womanly intuition told her that the man in front of her smelled of a vixen.

"Or are you interested in that unscrupulous businessman?"

Xia Yan hurriedly explained, "That's not what I meant. What I meant was, what if the Thunder Emperor wakes up again if you leave the palace?"

No, why should I explain? I haven't done anything wrong!

Xia Yan immediately cursed himself in his heart.

"It's alright, with that fake priest around, it won't be a problem for us to leave for a few days."

It seems Anastasia is determined to follow.

Xia Yan spread his hands: "But I don't know where the other four Servants are."

"Huh? How do you know you summoned five Servants?"

"After the summoning, I can still feel the contract with them, but because the heavy snow outside also contains magic, I cannot determine the location of the other four Servants."

"I see. Then why don't you ask His Majesty Nero to search around Moscow first? I will also arrange for a squad of assassins to accompany him, which will certainly ensure His Majesty Nero's safety."

"Anastasia, it's fine for me to go find people, but the musician must come along, because those Servants were summoned by the musician. Since he's not present, he can't verify our identities."

Nero's words were merely a pretext, since the five Servants Xia Yan brought this time were certainly familiar with each other.

She said this because she was worried about leaving Xia Yan alone in the palace. Although Anastasia was on Xia Yan's side, they weren't master and servant under the contract. If something unexpected happened, it wouldn't be good if no one was there to protect Xia Yan.

As for Anastasia, she naturally didn't want Xia Yan to leave either, because she had many private things she wanted to say to him, and if Nero, an outsider, was present, it would naturally cause a lot of inconvenience.

The three argued for a long time about how to find the remaining four Servants. In the end, they could only compromise and all three of them took action.

However, before setting off, Anastasia called Xia Yan aside and wanted to have a private talk with him.

Xia Yan thought for a moment. According to the plot, Anastasia wouldn't harm him, so he gave Nero a reassuring look and stayed behind alone.

Xia Yan closed the door, turned around and asked, "Your Highness, you..."

But before he could finish speaking, he felt a soft and warm body hug him tightly.

"Idiot, I already told you, when it's just the two of us, you have to call me by my name."

Feeling the princess throw herself into his arms, Xia Yan could only gently embrace her in response.

"Anastasia, what's the matter?"

"Idiot! You really worried me to death when you went out just now! Even disregarding the fake priest and the rapist, the Yaga aren't exactly friendly to old-blooded humans like you. Do you even realize how dangerous it is to leave my side like this? You were the one who promised to support me in rising to power, so take responsibility. If you die halfway through, I will never forgive you!"

Xia Yan could sense that the princess genuinely cared about him, so he reached out and stroked Anastasia's silky hair, gently replying, "I understand. I promise I won't go out alone again."

Just as Anastasia was puffing out her cheeks, about to say that Xia Yan's statement was inaccurate and should be "guaranteed not to leave her alone" instead of "guaranteed not to go out alone," the doll that the princess had been holding suddenly floated up and trembled in front of the two of them, as if to say: "You two, that's enough. It's still broad daylight. Save your lovemaking for tonight."

"Wei! No, that's not it!"

Anastasia blushed slightly and immediately released her embrace from Xia Yan. She reached out to grab Wei, but Wei nimbly dodged and then floated onto Xia Yan's shoulder.

This scene surprised Anastasia as well.

"That's rare. Wei seems to really like you. You seem to naturally exude an affinity for non-human beings."

Non-humanoid beings?

After hearing Anastasia's words, Xia Yan fell into deep thought.

Morgan is a fairy, Euryale, Ibuki, Ereshkigal, and Tiamat are goddesses, Tsuru is an animal spirit, Nero also has a beast side, and it seems that quite a few non-human beings have indeed gathered around him, so Anastasia's words seem to make a lot of sense.

"Alright, Wei, we're about to set off."

Anastasia gently took the doll off Xia Yan's shoulder, then glared at him with a resentful expression, like a face-changing act in Sichuan opera.

"Xia Yan, have you forgotten something?"

"Hmm? What is it?"

Xia Yan was completely confused.

This princess is good in every way, except that her emotions switch too quickly, and he always feels like he can't keep up.

"You summoned five Servants and even made contracts with them, but until now, you haven't made a contract with me! I was here first!"

Anastasia puffed out her cheeks and said angrily.

Um... but logically speaking, you were indeed the one who came later.

Xia Yan muttered a curse in his heart, but at this moment he knew very well what he should do.

Xia Yan extended his right hand, making an inviting gesture.

Anastasia naturally extended her right hand.

The moment their palms touched, their hearts were in sync, and the contract was naturally established.

"That's more like it."

Anastasia had wanted to complain a little, but she was overwhelmed by the massive amount of information that flooded into her mind along with the contract.

Anastasia was stunned for a full half minute by the information about the Master Trial, Xia Yan's situation, and many other things.

In that half minute, Anastasia's emotions were like a rollercoaster, filled with shock, confusion, and a sense of unfamiliarity with the "court magician" before her who should have been so familiar. But in the end, all her emotions converged into one question: "Xia Yan, can I trust you?"

Xia Yan realized why Anastasia had asked that question. He revealed the Command Seal on the back of his right hand and said, "We have formed a contract, therefore I am your Master, and you are my Servant. I have never held anything back from my Servants."

"Well then, let me see how my Master leads me to become the king of this Lostbelt."