FATE: Target of Grand Master

The next day, Xia Yan woke up from a deep sleep, not quite remembering how he had fallen asleep the night before, but he did not experience any hangover symptoms such as a headache.

Xia Yan got up and went to the living room to get a drink of water, where he ran into Emiya Shirou, who was starting to prepare breakfast.

"How did you get back to the lounge last night? Sorry, Brother Xia Yan, I don't quite remember either."

From Shirou's expression and ambiguous answer, Xia Yan could guess that his condition at the end of last night must not have been very good.

I hope I haven't been stripped naked and paraded through the streets.

Judging from the fact that I was still dressed when I woke up today, and considering the usual behavior of the people at Emiya's residence, this should not be possible.

By the way, the latter half of yesterday's story was a collaboration between Cú Chulainn and Taiga Fujimura; I need to ask him about it.

"Lancer, come out here!"

Xia Yan ran into the yard and called Cú Chulainn out.

"Hey, Master, how was your last night? No need to thank me, I'm your Servant, this little favor is nothing."

Cú Chulainn cheerfully dispelled his spirit form, only to see Xia Yan's expression turn gloomy.

"Wait a minute, didn't you guys do anything last night? Then all my work was for nothing!"

Xia Yan sighed. He could tell that Cú Chulainn genuinely wanted to help him, but his approach was too Celtic, and Xia Yan couldn't quite accept it.

"Lancer, you don't need to worry about this anymore. I'll handle it myself. If you're really bored, you can come here to fish anytime."

Seeing his Master's serious tone, Cú Chulainn understood his Master's approach and said he would no longer act on Xia Yan's behalf without his knowledge.

"It's almost time. We need to head back after breakfast."

Morgan then came over and offered a reminder.

She seemed to be in a good mood.

After having breakfast at the Emiya residence, the three bid farewell to Emiya Shirou, Artoria, Rin Tohsaka and Sakura Matou who came to help, and Taiga Fujimura who had just freeloaded the meal and stayed overnight.

Xia Yan and his two companions returned to the safe house, ate a simple lunch to fill their stomachs, and quietly waited for the next round of trials to begin.

After the familiar dazzling light, Xia Yan suddenly felt a huge sense of weightlessness, and heard the "whooshing" sound of the wind in his ears. He was actually falling from mid-air in a free fall.

BB! Did you learn this spirit transfer technique from Chaldea?

Xia Yan mentally cursed BB, but he wasn't too flustered.

Cú Chulainn, who was standing beside him, gradually moved closer and then said with a grin, "This must be what skydiving feels like. It's really thrilling."

Xia Yan was speechless at this carefree guy, but since he seemed so relaxed, he must have a way to land safely.

Suddenly, Xia Yan realized something: Could Cú Chulainn be assessing the current situation based on the physical abilities of his Servants?

I don't want to end up like Gwen.

Fortunately, Morgan had considered this issue and implemented a transparent buffer system with up to ten layers of protection before the project was launched.

Boom!

In the end, Xia Yan and Cú Chulainn crashed onto the floor at a speed slightly lower than that of a cannonball, or rather, they crashed through two layers of floorboards and landed in a dimly lit environment.

"Hmm..."

Xia Yan sat up from Cú Chulainn's lap and rubbed his head, which was still ringing a little.

"Who are you people! How dare you attack our ship!"

Several disheveled, bearded, and dark-skinned men shouted, clearly indicating they were the local indigenous people.

Xia Yan looked at these men who had already picked up weapons and were looking hostile. He wanted to explain, but found that they had already launched an attack.

Xia Yan is a very reasonable person. If you use your mouth, I can use my mouth too. If you use your hands, then I have no choice but to use my hands as well.

Signaling to Cú Chulainn that he didn't need to intervene, Xia Yan summoned Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, and within a few breaths, he had cut down several burly men.

Everyone had several scars on their bodies, but none of them were fatal.

Xia Yan's goal was not to kill, but to obtain intelligence. Moreover, judging from the disheveled appearance of these people and the slightly swaying wooden room, he was likely to have fallen onto a ship.

Xia Yan held a knife to a man's neck and smiled, "Tell me, who are you? And where is your boss?"

"You attacked our ship and you dare ask who we are? We are pirates, of course."

This pirate was quite bold; he wasn't intimidated by Xia Yan and instead confidently declared, "Our boss is the famous Sister Drake. If you don't want to be fed to the sharks, you'd better commit suicide now."

Xia Yan showed no surprise when he heard Drake's name.

Pirates, ships, and the boundless blue sky seen as you freefall—this is the Third Singularity: Sealed End, Oceanus.

Seeing that Xia Yan was not surprised at all when he heard the name of the leader, the pirate repeated it again.

"Kid, our boss is Francis Drake, who's known as 'The Woman Who Shot Down the Sun'."

"I heard you."

Xia Yan disregarded the pirates' threats and asked, "Tell me, where is your captain?"

Now it was the pirate's turn to be dumbfounded.

"After finding out who his boss was, this kid not only wasn't scared and ran away, but actually wanted to go find her. He must have hit his head when he fell down earlier."

Seeing Xia Yan smash through two decks when he appeared, the pirates were convinced of their guess.

Xia Yan gradually lost patience when the pirate did not reply.

He gestured to Cú Chulainn to take him and the pirate to the first deck, then tossed the pirate into the air and caught him as if performing an acrobatic act.

During this process, Xia Yan beat up the pirates who had surrounded him.

Considering that these pirates would definitely be needed to operate the "Golden Deer" later, Xia Yan didn't even use Gan Jiang and Mo Xie this time, but just used these pirates as punching bags to practice fighting.

After experiencing three 100-meter freefalls, the pirate who was being tossed around like a ball finally couldn't take it anymore and began to beg for mercy.

Xia Yan gestured for Cú Chulainn to stop and asked the pirate kneeling on the ground vomiting, "If you don't speak within ten seconds, you'll be thrown into the sea to be fed to sharks."

Upon hearing this, the pirate quickly spat out the food in his mouth, then, disregarding all dignity and image, said directly, "The boss has been searching for food on the island for a while now."

"Alright, come with us. If you can't find your captain, don't bother coming back."

Cú Chulainn disdainfully picked up the pirate and followed Xia Yan as they walked into the island.

At this moment, a message box popped up, informing Xia Yan of the objective of this trial.

[Master's Trial Begins]

Main objective (required): Obtain the Holy Grail in 5 days.

[Side objective (not mandatory): Obtain 2 Holy Grails in 5 days]