I'm a fox girl, I took over the job of the Night Demon Queen

Alice let out a sigh and expressed her fear. Her melancholy look was so beautiful, but it made Jiang Lan upset.

"Humph."

"What's wrong? Arashi-chan, you're suddenly unhappy."

"Excuse me, Alice, we cannot agree with what you just said."

Not only Jiang Lan was angry, but Altria who was following beside her also had a grim expression.

"You should value your life more. You put the mission Kiritsugu gave you above your own life. That's what makes us so angry."

“Do you value yourself?”

A warm feeling flashed through my heart.

She always put her husband's orders and wishes first, and Ahadion, who created her like a father, also instructed her to do so.

This was the first time someone told her to cherish her life and got angry because of her bad words.

She has a simple mind. Once she has learned and understood something, she will follow it. Things that she failed to learn before are now engraved in her mind.

Resting her head on Jiang Lan's shoulder, Alice smiled gently.

"I'll keep that in mind."

She is not just Kiritsugu's wife and tool, but now she is also a close friend of Altria and Jiang Lan.

Irisviel's life was gradually becoming more meaningful.

"What's wrong? Is there something bad on my face?"

When Alice realized that Jiang Lan was staring at her face, her face suddenly turned red.

Jiang Lan raised her eyebrows and a smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

"Nothing, I just feel like you're more human again, Alice."

"Mmm~ I am a human being!"

"Haha, I was wrong. Well, although it's just my expectation, please be more selfish in the future."

#Only those who are selfish and self-interested can be called human beings. #

27. Am I such a scumbag?

Because they were going to participate in the Holy Grail War, they thought it was too risky to establish a base on the territory of their mortal enemy, the Tōsaka family, which would do more harm than good. So on the eve of the Third Holy Grail War, the Einzbern family bought out the enemy spiritual vein closest to Fuyuki and established the Einzbern Castle.

I have seen it in anime before, but when I actually saw it in real life, Jiang Lan couldn't help but sigh and say, "How rich is that!" after passing through the heavy bronze door. No, it was this sentence:

It's nice to have money.

In order to prepare for the Holy Grail War that happens every sixty years, they bought the land and built such a luxurious fortress. Not only did it occupy the earth veins, but the magic detection barriers and defense barriers it contained were all the best that the Einzbern could produce. Their financial resources were truly astounding.

However, this also proves the magicians' obsession with reaching the source. Everything in the world can be abandoned, as long as they can enter that place, it will all be worth it.

It’s a pity that there is the restraining force of the world, the Alaya-vijnana, the collective existence of human will. It is simply wishful thinking to want to enter the root without her permission.

How foolish! For such a thing, my lovely wife must die, my own life must end as a vessel, and the innocent Illya must be sent to the battlefield as well.

Thinking of this, Jiang Lan no longer had the heart to continue admiring the castle. She pouted and walked straight into the hall.

There were many servants in the castle to serve them, but Irisviel was worried that they would be affected and had dismissed them all a few days ago. Now, only they, the close participants of the Holy Grail War, are left in the castle.

“This curry really has a breath of life.”

After working hard (slacking off) for the whole day, Jiang Lan, with an empty stomach, finally got to eat the neon-flavored dinner she had been craving for. She squinted her eyes comfortably and sighed.

Everything was kept simple during the war, and Kiritsugu, who valued practicality above all else, could not possibly make anything flashy, so he put a little food in each small plate and arranged them in seven or eight plates, so the Japanese delicacy that was finally served was curry.

But just as the Fate series later spawned a spin-off called "Today's Meal of the Emiya Family", the Emiya family's adopted son, Toro, is able to cook delicious rice, perhaps he learned the skill from Kiritsugu.

Kiritsugu made a simple curry rice that was delicious and had an inexplicable homely taste.

This is what a meal cooked at home should feel like.

"It tastes much better than I thought. To be honest, at first I was worried that the Master's cooking skills would be as bad as Alice's driving skills. Ahem, superb."

"M~Liya, what do you mean? Is my driving skill really that bad?"

"Sorry, that's not what I meant. I just found out that Kiritsugu's cooking is surprisingly heartwarming."

Obviously, he always gives people the impression of being so cold and even cold-blooded.

“Come to think of it, this is the first time I know Kiritsugu can cook.”

The Einzbern was a truly wealthy family, a traditional European noble family. Every day’s meals in the castle were carefully prepared by specialized chefs. For Irisviel, this was indeed the first time she had dinner cooked by Kiritsugu himself.

Before this, she had never realized that she could cook and make snacks for Kiritsugu, and that Kiritsugu could also cook for her.

"How does that feel?"

Jiang Lan asked with a smile. Alice was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and scooped two more spoonfuls into her mouth before expressing her opinion.

"I was almost moved to tears, being able to eat the meal cooked by my husband."

"That's it..."

Jiang Lan's expression became softer. She recalled that when she disappeared for several years and returned again, the food she cooked tasted just so-so and was not as good as the home-cooked meals made by the chefs in the restaurant. Yazi cried like a fool.

For family members, eating the food prepared by them is the greatest happiness in the world.

Jiang Lan wanted Alice to understand this matter.

Jiang Lan lowered her head and took two more bites. She felt that even the rice in her mouth was much sweeter.

A simple meal can make people feel happy. Silently watching the scene in front of him, Kiritsugu, a cold man, also had rare emotions in his eyes.

"When I was with my teacher, I often cooked, and my cooking skills are still very good."

It's not that he feels happy. For Kiritsugu, a magus killer who doesn't care about the weight of life but only cares about the number and weighs human lives on the scale, having happiness will only make him feel more miserable.

The days when I lived with my teacher were so nostalgic, but in fact, my teacher was killed by Kiritsugu himself.

The reason is simply that Kiritsugu believes that killing the teacher can save more people.

He calls himself a ally of justice, but in fact he is just a paranoid who adheres to "justice".

"This bowl of miso is also very delicious, Master."

Unlike the others who were reminiscing about the past, the queen Altria could not reminisce about the past just through such a home-cooked meal. All she could reminisce about was how many bowls of rice she had eaten and what the rice tasted like.

As a simple food critic, she offered her praise.

“This was made by Maiya. I was only in charge of the curry.”

Whether it was because of his ridiculously low EQ or he intentionally brought Maiya to the forefront, Jiang Lan didn't know which side Kiritsugu was on, but one thing was certain, he was already very embarrassed because he also had to sit at the table, and now being suddenly cue Maiya made him so frightened that his whole body trembled and he became stiff.

The original itinerary for tonight was to go to the hotel to assassinate Kenneth, but it was later cancelled due to Jiang Lan's persuasion. As a result, Wu Mi met Alice earlier than the original plot.

The air became stiff as Maiya’s body stiffened.

Irisviel and Maiya looked at each other and then quickly looked away. It seemed that even the reasonable wife who regarded Kiritsugu as everything to him didn’t know how to face the capable beauty with short black hair in front of her.

"I always feel that this bowl of miso is full of love. For a moment, it reminded me of Guinevere."

Completely unaware of Maiya's identity, Altria still bravely marched deep into the minefield without fear of death.

Maiya is Kiritsugu's woman outside.

Even with the beautiful, gentle and sophisticated Irisviel at home, this man is still unfaithful and has a physical relationship with his assistant Maiya, and he is deeply in love with this woman in his heart.

"Indeed, it tastes very good, and it can also make people feel the love it conveys. I am really happy that Miss Maiya can do this."

There is no haze, no hypocrisy.

Although this was the first time Irisviel met the woman who shared a man with her, Kiritsugu had actually never concealed anything about Maiya.

After a brief moment of embarrassment, Irisviel chose to accept Maiya.

Maybe it was because she loved Kiritsugu Irisviel so deeply that she chose to accept it. Knowing this, Jiang Lan still couldn't help but despise her in her heart.

Bah! A two-timing scumbag.

But after cursing all this, Jiang Lan felt a sense of déjà vu about the situation before her.

Two women love a person deeply, and both want to possess that person, but at the same time they accept each other as a rival in love...

Why does this script sound so much like the story of Winnie, Lilith and her?

Jiang Lan was so surprised that even the spoon fell to the ground.

Am I actually a scumbag fox?

#I am actually the bad girl? #

28. Change of Mind

He met the girl he liked, Long Niang, in the academy. After a lot of twists and turns, he was sure that she was the one for him and finally they had sex. He brought her home despite his daughters' objections.

At first, Jiang Lan thought that he would only be with Winnie for the rest of his life.

Her feelings towards her daughters may have become somewhat sour, but the moral standards in her heart and the affection born from years of nurturing can also restrain the beast in her heart.

But all this changed completely when he was traumatized and taken care of by Winnie for several years, and Lilith returned after disappearing for ten years.

History is a cycle. It turned out that it was Lilith who took her away from the sanctuary in the beginning, and it was "Philomena" who sent her soul across the border. In that [Moment of Eternity] barrier, the person she fell in love with at first sight was Lilith.

The long-lasting persistence was shattered at that moment, and for Lilith, she could only accept it.

After all, in front of Lilith, Winnie couldn't say something like "It was obviously me who came here first."

Both of them are her beloved ones, one is the only one in the past, and the other is her current wife. To some extent, Jiang Lan can be said to be forced to become a scumbag fox.

Kiritsugu's situation seems to be the same now.

In reality, Maiya and Kiritsugu knew each other earlier, and their relationship began much earlier. Although Irisviel was the legal wife, she was only nine years old and couldn’t actually say, “It was me who came first.”

Therefore, she, who was gentle and virtuous, would not be angry. Instead, she looked at the matter with a tolerance that even Maiya felt uncomfortable with and was flattered by.

This is just like Winnie...

"Arashi-chan, what's wrong? You've been in a daze for a long time."

"I just suddenly thought of my lover."