FATE: Target of Grand Master

"Mom, do you need help?"

After arranging Anastasia's bedroom, Xia Yan opened the sliding door to the kitchen.

"It's okay, Mom can handle it."

Seeing Tiamat putting on a brave front while actually becoming somewhat flustered, Xia Yan stopped asking questions and directly joined in.

Tiamat's cooking skills are actually quite good, but it's a bit strenuous for her petite frame to prepare meals for Xia Yan's entire family in a short period of time.

"Mom, how's it going on the Holy Grail Front?"

When Xia Yan returned and saw Tiamat in the house, he had this question. However, he believed that Tiamat would not neglect her duties, so he waited until now to ask.

"Those shadow followers disappeared after a while. Mom got a little bored, so she went home to cook."

Xia Yan handed the chopped side dishes to Tiamat and continued to ask, "So who's still on the Holy Grail Front now?"

"Kuro and Ibuki are still there. Mom was planning to go back as soon as she finished cooking, it's really not because I'm being lazy."

Tiamat clearly misunderstood Xia Yan's meaning, thinking that the little one was blaming her for returning from the Holy Grail War without permission.

"Mom, don't be nervous, I'm just trying to find out what's going on."

Xia Yan patted Tiamat's head and didn't ask any more questions.

The two quickly prepared a meal for the whole family.

While cooking, Xia Yan also received a message from Morgan, who was on his way to the front lines of the Holy Grail War to check on the situation.

In short, everything is normal.

Not long after Xia Yan entered the trial, the number of Shadow Servant Legion began to decrease gradually, and the Servants left on the Holy Grail Front subsequently had nothing to do.

At first, the three of them just played games like Ludo and Dou Dizhu. But after Tiamat went home to cook, Cú Chulainn Alter and Ibuki Doji started to practice against each other.

Although the two deliberately held back, they still made a mess of the surrounding environment. Fortunately, the Holy Grail front created by BB was strong enough, otherwise it would have been destroyed by these two.

After leaving behind the familiar for reconnaissance, Morgan took the two battle maniacs back to the safe house, where Xia Yan's family also gathered around the large round table.

After tidying up her room a bit, Anastasia arrived at the dining table early. She had intended to reserve a seat in advance, but the Servants around her told her that her seat was at the end of the round table.

Princess Anastasia naturally protested, but since the rule was personally set by Xia Yan and had been agreed to by all the previous Servants, Anastasia could only puff out her cheeks and sit at the end of the table, no matter how unwilling she was.

Xia Yan sat in the main seat, looking at the somewhat sullen Anastasia, and quietly asked Morgan and Tiamat, who were sitting on either side of him, "Wife, Mom, I want to discuss something. Could we add a rule to the existing regulations that allows newly joined Servants to sit next to me on their first meal?"

Firstly, this would be considerate of the new Servants' feelings. Secondly, it would allow me to introduce them to everyone who is meeting them for the first time.

"Sure, but I can't give up my spot here."

Morgan replied instantly.

"Mom thinks this is a good suggestion, but Mom won't give up her position."

Tiamat gave the same answer as Morgan.

I knew it would turn out this way.

Xia Yan rubbed his chin, his eyes darting around, and whispered to Tiamat, "Mom, look how pitiful Anastasia is sitting there. Let her sit between you and me, and I'll introduce you to her first, before Morgan. It's only once anyway, and afterwards you can still sit next to me. This way, it'll give every new Servant a good first impression of you as Mom."

"All right."

Tiamat pondered for a moment, then finally nodded in agreement.

"Mom is so open-minded! You're the best mom in the world!"

Xia Yan immediately gave Tiamat a warm hug, which instantly made Tiamat feel satisfied.

Morgan glanced sideways at Xia Yan's series of PUA combos without saying a word, only letting out a cold snort from his nose.

After announcing the new rules for taking care of newcomers, Xia Yan gestured for Anastasia to sit next to him and introduced her to everyone at the table.

Although it only happened once, Anastasia felt Xia Yan's concern for her, which improved her mood considerably, and she was much more enthusiastic when introducing herself.

"My name is Anastasia, and I am..."

Anastasia initially wanted to reveal her identity in the pan-human history and her status as the King of the Lostbelts, but after thinking about it, she shook her head and finally gave a rather unremarkable answer: "I am Xia Yan's new contracted Servant. My class is Caster, and I am skilled in using ice. Nice to meet you."

Xia Yan, who was standing to the side, was somewhat surprised that Anastasia's self-introduction was so simple, and immediately filled in the details about her identity.

In fact, Anastasia said this simply to prove one point: no matter what her identity was before, from this moment on, she has only one identity—Xia Yan's Servant.

Anastasia's self-introduction naturally won the favor of the group of Servants who all had extraordinary experiences but were willing to assist Xia Yan.

Then, Xia Yan kept his promise and began the introduction, starting with Tiamat.

To be honest, Anastasia only didn't recognize three people at this table: Tiamat, Cú Chulainn, and Ibuki-dōji.

Even without the previous persuasion, Xia Yan was prepared to start the introduction with Tiamat.

"Little Ana, you can call me Mom from now on. Mom supports every fighter who resists tyranny."

Tiamat smiled, but her words were laced with barbs.

Upon hearing Tiamat's sarcastic remark, Morgan merely glanced at his blue manicured nails and uttered two words: "Childish."

To avoid his two powerful relatives starting to fight again, Xia Yan quickly continued the introduction.

After the introductions were completed, Xia Yan immediately announced the start of the banquet, thus averting a bloody disaster.

After finishing his meal, Xia Yan checked his phone as usual. Besides himself, Lan Muyan had also gained a new follower.

No reply means I'm making soup (Lan Muyan): Here's an update. I've acquired a new Servant, Lancer, Uesugi Kenshin.

A series of neatly arranged "Congratulations" messages immediately appeared in the group chat. If this phone and chat software weren't so useless, Lan Muyan would have at least sent a red envelope at this moment.

After all, this behavior is no different from showing off one's credit card.

It's even more outrageous than showing off a credit card; it's not an exaggeration to say it's showing off a companion, or even a wife.

Xia Yan also sent a "Congratulations" message, and then quietly added that he had also obtained Anastasia.

Unlike Lan Muyan, the other members reacted extremely coldly to Xia Yan's updated information, uniformly replying with "read".

Collect all the Fairy Knights (Xia Yan): No. Your reactions are so hypocritical!

30,000 words a day (Feng Yan): We've all become numb to your incredible luck.

No reply means you're making soup (Lan Muyan): Yes, I've finally realized what it means to say, "My all-out effort is nothing to you."

Lord Fengxian is invincible (Diao Yunshang): That's right, that's right. Even my Lord Fengxian says that Commander, you've gone too far.

Linghu Shi: Leader, it's no wonder you're being accused of cheating.

Collect all the Fairy Knights (Xia Yan): ......

After receiving unanimous criticism from his fellow members, Xia Yan decisively moved on to the next topic, sending his guesses about the trial from Augustus to the Master Group's chat group.

The chat group immediately erupted in chaos.

Lord Fengxian is invincible (Diao Yunshang): No way? We're all dead?

30,000 words a day (Feng Yan): It's not that he's dead, it's that he doesn't need a physical body to survive.

Lord Fengxian is invincible (Diao Yunshang): What's the difference?

Linghu Shi: I'm not sure if my understanding is correct. Perhaps our current state is one of only spirit, or spirit plus soul, or perhaps a data-driven state.

30,000 words a day (Feng Yan): Believe it or not, BB might actually do that.

No reply means I'm just making soup (Lan Muyan): Datafication? Does that mean we've all ascended to heaven mechanically?

30,000 words a day (Feng Yan): That's called soul datafication. Forget it, even if we argue our way out of this, it's useless. No matter what our current state is, we still have to obediently participate in the trial.

No reply means you're making soup (Lan Muyan): That's true.

After giving the group members a chance to discuss freely for a while, Xia Yan did not continue with the topic that could not be concluded at the moment, but instead started a new topic.

Xia Yan (Gathering Fairy Knights): Let's get down to business. I acquired two Mystic Codes in the last trial, but they're not very useful to me, so I'm going to give them to the two lucky Masters present. Can you guess who they will be?