FATE: Target of Grand Master

Anastasia was stunned. Then she looked at Nero, whom she respected greatly, and asked, "Your Majesty Nero, you've accepted it too?"

Nero scratched his face somewhat awkwardly and gave a soft "hmm".

This completely shocked Anastasia.

"Xia Yan, now that you have a wife, what are we to each other? No, that means I have five rivals in love!"

Anastasia tried her best to control her volume so that the surrounding killing hunters wouldn't hear, but two crystal tears had already appeared in the corners of her eyes.

Morgan turned to look at Xia Yan curiously, as if to say, "We've only been apart for a short while, Xia Yan, how did you manage to steal another woman's heart this time?"

As he has more and more Servants under his contract, especially female Servants, Xia Yan sometimes feels that coordinating the internal relationships of his team is more tiring than fighting other Masters or Beasts.

But this may be a test that a Grand Master must overcome, so Xia Yan decided to say the most shameless things with the most sincere attitude.

"Anastasia, my determination to help you become the Queen of the Lostbelts remains unwavering. At the same time, I don't want any of my contracted Servants to be harmed, so I will do everything in my power to make each and every one of you happy. I admit it sounds greedy, but each and every one of you is my wing, and I don't want to lose any of you!"

Logically speaking, if Xia Yan had said these words before he transmigrated, he would have been beaten up and sent to the hospital. But here, his words seemed to have an EX-level charm, making every female follower automatically ignore Xia Yan's womanizing tendencies and focus all their attention on making each of them feel happy.

Since Xia Yan promised to make every contracted Servant happy, why not just join Xia Yan's side and leave the rest to him?

Indeed, after Xia Yan made this declaration, it miraculously smoothed over the conflict among the female Servants.

Even if the effect only lasts for a short time, Xia Yan has already felt the favor of fate.

However, the next second, Xia Yan felt that fate was still not quite on his side.

"Since you haven't held a wedding ceremony yet, this so-called 'marital relationship' isn't officially established, and it's still uncertain who will be the legal wife."

The stubborn Anastasia fired the first shot in challenging Morgan's position as his wife, which made the other female Servants look at her with admiration.

All I can say is that Anastasia is like a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers. If she had seen how Morgan had driven Koyanskaya away, she wouldn't have said such a madwoman's words.

"Oh? It seems you want to have a go at me."

There's no turning back once the arrow is released. As the leader, Morgan understood that challengers like Anastasia had to be nipped in the bud to serve as a warning to others.

"Let's compete then."

At that moment, Anastasia felt that she had the advantage of the environment and that she would not lose no matter what, but reality soon gave her a resounding slap in the face.

Anastasia conceded defeat without winning, without even being evenly matched, and without even being completely overwhelmed.

To be precise, the battle was over before it even began, because Vee, who always obeyed Anastasia, refused to fight Morgan this time.

Let alone fighting, just seeing Morgan makes Vivi want to pretend to be an ordinary doll.

Without V, Anastasia alone couldn't do anything.

Feeling utterly humiliated, Anastasia burst into tears and threw herself into Xia Yan's arms.

In order to prevent the surrounding killing hunters from noticing anything amiss, Xia Yan hurriedly had Morgan release an illusion.

Morgan was somewhat annoyed to see her rival snuggling into her husband's arms while she had to use magic to clean up her mess.

When Morgan saw Anastasia, who had rushed into Xia Yan's arms, making funny faces at him, his face involuntarily twisted. This startled Vi, who had been desperately trying to disguise herself as an ordinary doll, so she broke free from Anastasia's grasp and hid on Xia Yan's shoulder.

"Alright, that's enough. Now that everyone's here, let's find a warm place to gather the information."

After offering some comfort to Anastasia and spending some time reassuring Morgan, Xia Yan quickly changed the subject.

First, we need to find a place to stay, since it's not a good idea for a group of people to stand in the wind and snow and talk.

Xia Yan immediately remembered the village they had passed through on their journey, so he led everyone a short distance to the southeast.

Upon seeing the village destroyed by the previous battle between Morgan and Koyanskaya, Xia Yan once again ordered Morgan to restore the houses in the village to their original state.

Afterwards, Xia Yan led his followers into the largest house in the village.

Although it was the largest house in the village, the space still seemed somewhat cramped after Xia Yan and his six followers entered.

The cold wind seeped into the house through the cracks in the exterior walls, making the temperature inside not much better than outside. It wasn't until Morgan repaired the walls and Nero lit the firewood in the fireplace that everyone felt a little warmer inside.

"Xia Yan, if you want to find a place to live, I can just build one for you. There's no need to make yourself suffer in this dilapidated house."

Morgan's words represented the sentiments of the other Servants, but Xia Yan simply smiled and shook his head at Morgan before looking at the princess.

"Anastasia, have you thought about how you would govern this country after becoming the Queen of the Lostbelt? Or rather, what are your thoughts on the current Thunder Emperor's philosophy that uses strength as the sole criterion for judgment?"

Anastasia didn't understand the connection between the previous discussion about choosing a residence and Xia Yan's question, but the princess still answered honestly: "I haven't thought about the policies for governing this country in detail, but I don't agree with the Thunder Emperor's philosophy."

Xia Yan nodded, not surprised by Anastasia's answer.

"The Thunder Emperor's philosophy can help his people survive in such a harsh environment, but it's only enough for them to survive. In this world where strength is everything, only the Lostbelt Kings can stand at the top. In other words, everyone else is weak and can be abandoned at any time. But a country cannot have only a king without its people; otherwise, such a country is destined for destruction."

Anastasia agreed with Xia Yan's views, but she didn't understand why Xia Yan wanted to discuss governance strategies at this time.

"Because, from this moment on, I will be working to help you become the King of Lostbelts."