Did the Heroic Spirit I conquered become a reality?

“No, of course not.” Morgan shook his head slightly, picked up his coffee, and took an elegant sip. “I am merely a Ruler, responsible for overseeing the ‘rules’ of this Holy Grail War. The life and death of the Master is of little concern to me.”

"Is that so?" Sajō Aika's smile remained unchanged, but a cold sneer flashed deep in her emerald green eyes. "I think Miss Ruler seems more interested in things outside the 'rules.' For example... other people's Servants?"

She paused for a moment: "At that time, it seemed that Miss Ruler still wanted to enter into a contract with him even though she knew she wasn't suitable for him."

Morgan put down his coffee cup and glanced at the girl casually: "How do you know I'm not right for him?"

“Oh, I misspoke…” Sajou Aika pretended to realize something and gently tapped her palm with her small hand, her face still showing that innocent expression. “I should say that I am more suitable for Yu-kun than for you, Ms. Ruler.”

“On the contrary,” she slightly raised her delicate chin, her emerald green eyes filled with undeniable confidence and possessiveness, “there is no one in this world more suitable to be Yu-kun’s Master than me.”

No matter how powerful Morgan was during his time in Britain, this was still the modern world, and Morgan was ultimately only a servant.

"Is that so?" Morgan tilted his head, his tone playful.

Sajō Aika smiled slightly: "Of course... even if he had to choose again, he would still choose me."

Upon hearing these words, Morgan's lips, hidden beneath her veil, curled into a faint, sarcastic smile.

She didn't immediately refute, but a dangerous glint appeared deep within her icy blue eyes.

Seeing that Morgan remained silent, Aika Sajou's smile grew even brighter. She stood up, seemingly preparing to leave.

Just then, Morgan's soft, melodious voice, yet tinged with a hint of coldness, rang out once more: "Actually—"

Whether or not it is suitable for him does not depend on whether you can provide him with so-called 'infinite magic'.

Sajou Aika paused slightly, raised an eyebrow, and turned her head slightly to look at the woman beside her: "Are you trying to say that suitability depends on 'feelings', Miss Ruler?"

She quickly let out a very soft, seemingly disdainful sneer: "But even if it's about feelings, the 'bond' between me and Yu-kun is definitely much deeper than that of you, this sudden 'third party'."

"Ah……"

Morgan finally couldn't help but let out a cold, mocking laugh. "In the past, perhaps that would have been true. But now..."

She stared silently at Ayaka Sajou's seemingly perfect smile: "A servant who won't even tell her about her 'resurrection' plan, and is probably secretly admiring her 'perfect plan'... how dare she talk about so-called 'deep feelings' in front of me?"

"Even when he left Ryudouji Temple, he was still thinking about where his master was and whether he was really dead."

"Maybe he was secretly heartbroken all night last night?"

Sajou Aika's smile finally... slowly faded.

A flicker of disbelief and shock, and... a hint of panic at having her disguise exposed, flashed in her emerald green eyes.

"...You've seen him?" Her voice trembled slightly for the first time.

“Of course.” Morgan’s tone was calm, yet carried the composure of a victor. “However, this has nothing to do with you anymore.”

“Because he is no longer your Servant…” Morgan raised her chin slightly, her icy blue eyes filled with an undeniable declaration.

Sajou Aika understood the underlying meaning in Morgan's words and stopped laughing.

She stared intently at Morgan: "Where is he?"

"I have no obligation to tell you, Ms. Sajou?"

Morgan looked at Ayaka Sajou's face, which was finally no longer calm, and a smile full of pleasure quickly bloomed on his face.

"Ultimately, do you think he'd still be willing to trust a 'bad kid' who's hiding things from him?"

Sajou Aika's delicate face, which always wore a bright smile, finally... froze.

She stared at Morgan's beautiful face, and after a brief silence, her indifferent voice quietly rang out in the coffee shop.

"What do you know? You're nothing but a witch who manipulates people's hearts, is betrayed by everyone, and ultimately can only walk towards destruction alone."

The atmosphere seemed to freeze at that moment.

Morgan's face was as cold as frost, and for the first time, a truly icy chill appeared in her beautiful, icy blue eyes as she silently confronted Ayaka Sajou.

The air in the entire coffee shop seemed to freeze, and even the ordinary people around felt a strange chill and turned their heads to look.

After a long while, she suddenly smiled sweetly.

That smile was like an ice rose suddenly blooming in the dead of winter—beautiful, alluring, yet carrying a deadly chill.

"Maybe I don't understand... but when he called me 'Master' last night, he looked so obedient and dependent..."

Morgan extended her slender finger and gently touched her red lips: "But it's really delightful."

boom--! ! !

Sajō Aika suddenly raised her head, and in the depths of her emerald green eyes, a pure and terrifying magical power connected to the "Root" erupted like a volcano about to erupt, which could no longer be suppressed.

The water glass on the table groaned under the weight and began to crack slightly.

Morgan seemed oblivious to the dangerous magic surging in, simply enjoying the murderous look in Ayaka Sajou's eyes.

at this time--

Squeak.

With a soft opening sound, the coffee shop door was pushed open from the outside.

Sajo Aika subconsciously looked up, her gaze instantly freezing there.

It was Tohsaka Yu, who had just bought an iced cola. He pushed open the door of the coffee shop and was raising his hand to greet Morgan.

However, the next moment, he saw an extremely familiar, pure face, and the girl's eyes were staring straight at him.

Yuuto Tohsaka froze for a moment as she raised her hand, then looked at Morgan in surprise, and then at the blonde girl sitting opposite her.

Then, he spoke in an extremely dry voice:

"...Aiko?"

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"...Aiko?"

Why is she here?!

When he saw the girl in front of him, Yu Tohsaka felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck his mind, leaving him completely scorched.

His entire body froze on the spot, like a sculpture that might vanish in the wind at any moment, his gaze slightly vacant.

Although Tohsaka Yu had considered that Sajou Ayaka might still be alive, and that she might come looking for him someday... the way they reunited was still far beyond his expectations.

This... it feels like if I don't handle this properly, it could trigger a bad end...

Meanwhile, when Ayaka Sajou saw the boy at the entrance of the cafe, her eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at him.

"Yu...kun?"

Sajou Aika's voice trembled slightly, a tremor she herself was unaware of, along with... immense joy and a barely perceptible hint of panic.

She originally thought that after her "death," Tohsaka Yu's contract broke, and even if he didn't leave the stage, he should have fallen into a weak state of depleted magic power, and might even have been taken advantage of by other Servants.

To my utter surprise, we met again in this way... in this place...

But soon, Ayaka Sajou realized that something was wrong.

strangeness--

"Why does your magic seem to be flowing without any loss, as if someone is supplying you with magic—"

As soon as Aika Sajou finished speaking, as if realizing something, she subconsciously looked at the aloof and stunningly beautiful witch.

She stared intently into Morgan le Fay's eyes: "What...what did you do to my servant?!"

Morgan casually stirred the warm coffee on the table, pondering Ayaka Sajou's words: "Your servant...?"

"Ms. Sajō Aika...excuse my bluntness—"

She quietly scrutinized the girl before her: "Do you really... deserve the title of Master? Or rather... do you deserve the title of Caster?"

“I already said... someone who faked his death during a great war and retreated into the background without even his own servant knowing about it... didn’t you ever think that something might have happened to him during that war?”

"If it weren't for me, you might not even be seeing Caster now."

Sajō Aika frowned slightly and said coldly, "If it weren't for you, he would have already returned to my side through Command Seals."

Oh no, things have really escalated... Tohsaka Yu's heart sank. Trying to ease the tension, she said, "Aika... what are you doing here? I was just trying to figure out how to find you..."

Another layer of meaning to his words is: I haven't actually given up on you; I've been searching for you all along.

Despite her seemingly innocent and cheerful demeanor, Ayaka Sajou is actually quite lonely deep down. The key is to try and calm her down first…

That was what Yu Tohsaka originally thought, but at that moment, he felt an incredibly soft and full touch on his arm.

Morgan had already stood up at some point, and with an elegant and natural posture, she took Tohsaka Yu's arm and pulled him a little closer to her.

Beneath her veil, her red lips curved into a languid and alluring smile, her icy blue eyes holding a faint hint of amusement as she softly asked Tohsaka Yu, "Caster, why did you take so long? Did something happen?"

Their intimate posture, the distance between them almost touching, would probably make an outsider think they were a very close couple.

Yu Tohsaka: "..."

He didn't enjoy the pleasure of the soft, warm embrace. Instead, when he noticed the mysterious look in Sajou Aika's eyes, he felt a chill run down his spine, and his smile froze.

He could clearly feel that with Morgan's intimate gesture, the air temperature around Ayaka Sajou seemed to drop several degrees.

She thought that Aika Sajou would explode because of this, but after staring at Yu Tohsaka for a long time with a blank expression, her gaze fell on Morgan again.

Soon, a bright and innocent smile returned to her face. She walked over with light steps to Morgan and smiled, "Thank you, Miss Ruler. If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't have been able to see Caster so soon."

Morgan's eyes flickered slightly, seemingly not understanding the meaning behind Sajou Aika's actions at this moment.

She had expected Ayaka Sajou to be angry, but to her surprise, the other party's reaction was so calm... even so calm that it felt strangely indescribable.

At this moment, Ayaka Sajou continued, "Just to ask, you should still be Ruler, right, Princess Morgan?"

Her smile remained sweet, but a chilling glint flickered deep within her emerald green eyes.

Morgan raised an eyebrow slightly, his tone indifferent: "So what if it is?"

“In that case,” Ayaka Sajou’s voice remained gentle, yet carried an undeniable air of authority, “shouldn’t you break your contract with my Servant? Miss Ruler, I’m grateful for your help to the Caster… but maintaining a master-servant contract indefinitely doesn’t seem quite befitting your role as a ‘judge,’ does it?”

"If other servants and masters find out, my authority as a ruler will probably be completely destroyed."

The atmosphere seemed to freeze in that instant.

Morgan's face suddenly darkened, turning as cold as ice.

You must know, this woman is the witch of Britain, and no one has ever dared to threaten him in this way before.

And now, a master of the Holy Grail War is actually threatening her...?

"Miss Sajou, do you mean... if I don't break the contract, you intend to make it public that I have a contract with Caster?" Morgan's voice was devoid of any emotion.

Sajou Aika smiled noncommittally: "Princess Morgan, don't make it sound like it's my fault... In the end, this is your fault."

"If it weren't for you, he would be back with me by now."

Upon hearing this, Morgan's icy blue eyes flashed with a hint of mockery. Instead of backing down, she pressed herself even closer to Tohsaka Yu, saying in a languid tone, "I'd love to see what happens if 'Ruler's prestige is completely destroyed'."

"..."

Sajo Aika was speechless. She could sense Morgan's undisguised provocation and the absolute confidence that belonged to the Fairy Queen.

She knew that ordinary rules and threats had no effect on the woman in front of her.

As Yu Tohsaka listened to the increasingly heated exchange between the two, he felt his temples throbbing and alarm bells ringing in his mind.

If this continues, a magic show battle might really have to take place in the shopping mall.

“Caster,” Morgan suddenly turned her head, gazing intently at Tohsaka Yu with her icy blue eyes, a hint of amusement in her voice, “better suited to you, between her and me, who do you think is more ‘suitable’ for you?”

Sajou Aika also stared intently at him without saying a word, but her eyes were full of expectation.

Two equally oppressive gazes were focused on him, and Yu Tohsaka felt cold sweat break out on his back.

Can I even choose a side...? Isn't taking sides at this point just asking for trouble?

Yu Tohsaka's silence is golden.

Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure passing by in the mall corridor not far away—Irisviel!

She seemed to be wandering aimlessly, looking exceptionally relaxed.

A thought flashed through Yu Tohsaka's mind, as if she had grasped the last straw, and she instantly had an idea.

Without making a sound, he quietly activated a wisp of magic and transmitted it to Irisviel through a communication magic trick.

"Miss Irisviel! Summon Merlin here... Tell him I've encountered a major crisis that threatens humanity's moral order, and he must come immediately!"