Zongman: A Dimensional Journey Starting from Fulilian

“That’s right…” Rider smiled softly, “Then the next time we meet, we’ll be complete enemies.”

"It can only be the enemy. What have you done to my Saber?"

“Hahaha, Saber finally got her reward after all the hardships she’s endured. She’s finally met a Master like you.”

"I think so."

Chapter 313 It's Not Your Fault

After the cocktail party ended, Shichen and Saber did not stay long and left first.

Naturally, it was impossible for Rider and Archer to continue to get along, so they left separately.

It was clearly the Holy Grail War, and they were clearly in a hostile relationship, but in the end, no fighting broke out.

Assassin was indeed dead.

Including Assassin, three Servants have died, including Lancer who died at the very beginning and Caster who deserved to die.

Of the seven forces, two actually withdrew, after all, the Master also died with them.

Although Assassin is dead, his Master may still be a threat, and he may be able to obtain a new Servant someday.

Shichen didn't care. Even if that guy got a new Servant, he would just be usurping someone else's, and his enemies wouldn't increase.

After all, if the original Master hadn't died, how could the Servant be usurped?

And no matter what kind of Servant it is, Shichen is not afraid of it. Now, he is more worried about Saber's situation.

"Saber, are you okay?" Shi Chen asked distressedly as he looked at Saber, who was worried since leaving the garden.

"..." Saber remained silent, as if she didn't hear Shichen's words.

At this time, Shichen was holding her hand, but she didn't react at all.

Saber's hands were small and delicate, without any calluses from long battles or holding a sword.

But Shichen has no intention of playing around now.

"Saber." Tokichi raised his voice.

"Hmm? Shichen, what's wrong?" Saber finally reacted.

"...Are you okay?"

"I..." Saber opened her mouth, unable to speak. She knew what Shichen was asking, but she didn't know how to answer.

"look at me."

Shichen stopped, let go of her hand, grabbed her thin shoulders, and made her face him.

"Time..."

"Saber, you are my Servant now, and I am your Master. You only belong to me now. Tell me what you are thinking." Tokito ordered.

"...I don't belong to you." Saber retorted softly.

"Doesn't a Servant belong to the Master?" Shi Chen smiled.

“We are just a partnership…”

"What? After being together for so long, we are still just partners?" Shi Chen was a little hurt.

"Well... at most we're just friends."

"only friends?"

"What do you think the relationship is?"

"How are your family members?" Shi Chen asked without hesitation.

"family......"

Saber murmured the word, its meaning surfacing in her mind.

It seemed like she had never experienced what was called family.

"Yes, I, Ellie, Fulilian, and Illya are all your family." Shichen said with a smile.

"Family..." Saber was a little absent-minded.

“Meeting is fate. We are able to meet through the Holy Grail War, so why not cherish this fate? The Holy Grail War is not everything.” Shichen raised his right hand and stroked her petite and smooth face.

“But I… have a wish that I want to fulfill…” Saber met Sheng Shichen’s eyes.

"I know that every Master and Servant has wishes they want to fulfill, but that's not what we're talking about right now."

"What's the meaning?"

"Before we win the Holy Grail War, can't we just enjoy the process? Experience the beauty of this era, see how different this era is... Wishes are just the end of the journey."

“Journey… Is that what you think?” Saber was a little surprised. She had never thought of the Holy Grail War as a journey.

"Yes."

Shi Chen smiled and nodded: "It's really great to meet you. If possible, I don't want to be disturbed by other things. I want to spend this journey with you."

"Time..." Saber's eyes sparkled as she stared at him in trance.

"So, tell me what you are thinking about. I want to think about it with you."

"I...I know."

Saber nodded as if she had made up her mind, and then said, “Actually, I’m still thinking about what Rider said.”

"Knew it."

Shi Chen shook his head, let go of her shoulders, took her hand again, held it tightly, and continued walking.

This time Saber realized that they were holding hands. She looked down at their hands and saw that their fingers were still intertwined.

She moved slightly, but found that she couldn't break free. She raised her eyes to look at Shi Chen. He looked unaware, which made her want to laugh.

Forget it, just let him lead the way.

For some reason, she didn't mind being held by Shi Chen like this. Maybe she really needed someone to accompany her.

This person was indeed no other than the one who had accompanied her here, stayed with her all the time, accompanied her back, and protected her.

"Actually, you don't need to care about what Rider says." Shichen said.

"why?"

Shi Chen tilted his head to look at her and explained with a smile: "It's a very simple truth. Everyone is independent and everyone has different thoughts. That's what makes people so interesting. Although Rider is a king like you, he is him and you are you. The paths you two want to take as kings are naturally different."

"But... he was right to go, and I was wrong to go..." Saber lowered her head.

"Why do you think so?"

"Shichen, you saw it just now, right? His people, his warriors, even if their souls are scattered, even if they are transformed into heroic spirits, they are still following him, and I..."

"And then?" Shi Chen continued to ask.

"Eh?" Saber looked at him, not understanding what he meant.

“Rider’s decision to leave might not be the right one, otherwise he wouldn’t have been destroyed as well.” Shi Chen shook his head in denial.

"But as a king...his way of kingship must be right." Saber suddenly retorted.

"Saber, why do you agree with him so much?" Shi Chen couldn't help but ask when he saw how excited she was.

"Because I...my subordinates told me that I..."

"You are saying that you don't understand human nature?" Shi Chen interrupted.

"how do you know?"

"Alas, that's all you care about." Shi Chen said helplessly.

"I......"

How could Saber not care about this sentence? It was this sentence that led to the kingdom's demise.

"How could you not understand human nature?" Shi Chen sighed, placed his other hand on the top of her head and rubbed it gently.

The aho-god was held between his fingers, dangling back and forth.

Shi Chen remembered that this ahoge was the king's glory and no one could touch it, but he had touched it several times.

"Maybe... I really don't understand people's hearts." Saber was sad.

"Idiot." Shi Chen tapped her forehead very hard.

"It hurts..." Saber frowned.

"How could you not understand human nature!" Shi Chen asserted.

Saber, for her part, simply kept in mind her oath, and the idea that "a king cannot rule a country while being full of mercy and indecisiveness," so when she sat on the throne, she never showed any sadness.

Saber kept in mind that no one was better at governing a country than the king, so she handled affairs without deviation and punished enemies without partiality. She was like a scale that was accurate to several decimal places, calculating the balance of gains and losses.

As a result, her knights began to fear the king's ruthless decisions.

Perhaps it was Shichen's favoritism, he felt that Saber was right to obey her oath. She had never seen the king's rule and could not rely on anyone. It was her subordinates who did not understand her and could not even share the burden. In the end, they caused trouble and led to the destruction of the civil war.

The world-famous Knights of the Round Table were nothing in the eyes of Shichen.

"Then why did Tristan say that?" Saber couldn't help but ask.

Tristan, one of the Knights of the Round Table, was the one who said: The king does not understand the human heart.

"I don't care why he said that." Shi Chen pouted in annoyance.

“Eh?” Saber stared at Shichen blankly.

"Saber, have you ever thought that it's because he doesn't understand you that he said that you don't understand people's hearts?"

"what?"

"They don't even understand your situation, how can they understand your decision-making?"

"But the king doesn't need his subordinates to understand..."

"Really? How can they trust you more if they don't know you?"

"It's enough that I'm the king."