Type-Moon, I will rewrite Lostbelts!

Upon hearing this, the butler's pupils contracted instantly, and he smiled bitterly to himself, thinking, "Damn it, I know something I shouldn't know."

As the third-generation butler of this castle, he knew some secrets, one of which was that the nobles of this castle did not like others to know 'things'.

This matter is both very small and very large in scope; coincidentally, the interaction with the Saxons falls within this scope.

"Yes!" The butler carefully put the paper away and prepared to walk towards the warehouse.

"Wait, you go with them and keep an eye on things. It would be best if you could take care of those guys."

Butler: Hmm? I beat up those guys? Really?

"yes···!"

He had no choice; his family was in the city, and he had no other option.

He knew that the nobleman had already shown mercy by allowing him to accompany him on the expedition; after all, he wouldn't die in the wilderness, but rather in the midst of action, and his family would surely be able to live safely afterward.

That's what the steward thought, but he completely underestimated the nobleman's ideas.

As soon as he stepped out the gate, the nobleman beckoned, and several knights entered; these were the nobleman's true trusted men.

"Follow him. If he does something wrong, deal with it. If he succeeds, send him off on the way to the expedition. Oh, and send his family off with him too."

The words, spoken in an extremely ordinary tone, came from the mouth of a nobleman, yet at least several lives were decided in this way.

They themselves were completely unaware.

"No, we need to make some more preparations."

After the knight left, the room became quiet again, but the nobleman still felt something was wrong, and worries kept welling up in his heart. This intuition helped him many times.

Afterwards, the nobles made many preparations, such as collecting the money to hand over when the time came, notifying all those who might come into contact with the king again to ensure they did not make mistakes in their speech, arranging for chefs to prepare a grand feast, sending people outside the city to notify the 'organization' team to speed up, and finally passing on the news that Artoria and the others were coming soon to the other nobles.

After doing a great deal, the nobleman finally caught his breath, thinking that everything should be alright now.

In the wilderness near the city, a group of people who had just cleared out a bandit's den sat down for a short rest, after all, they had been working non-stop all night.

"Are there more dens of thieves lately?"

Kai ate his food to replenish his energy, and then complained about the scene he had just witnessed.

They hadn't encountered a single thief all night, but in just the last three hours they had been stopped three times and three thief dens had been wiped out.

Excluding combat time, harvesting time, and time spent doing tasks such as releasing hostages, it's basically one thing after another, and it never stops.

"Indeed, this frequency feels somewhat abnormal."

After Artoria finished speaking, she lowered her gaze. Was she welcoming her because her arrival was special?

"Should we continue?" Merlin clutched his aching back and collapsed to the side. "Going too fast could hurt my back, after all, I'm not young anymore."

It seemed like a dissuasion, but it also seemed not, because Merlin added a sentence.

"But if Lia makes a decision, I will definitely support her!"

The strange remarks made Artoria think, and she turned her gaze to Shirou Emiya with a questioning look.

Emiya Shirou simply handed over a large plate of food: "The worst thing about doing things is overthinking, especially something like this that's almost over. I don't know why you're in such a hurry, but the decision is ultimately yours."

Holding the large plate and looking at the meat inside, Artoria's gaze gradually hardened.

No, I have to get there sooner, before some things are resolved.

Only in this way can we have a reason to address smaller issues. Once there are no smaller issues to replace them, we'll have to raise bigger problems, and then we might have to resort to the plan that Shirou Emiya mentioned earlier...

Big problems, big punishments; small problems, small punishments.

That's what Artoria was thinking: use minor issues to avoid escalating the bigger problems, so that she could justify reducing the punishment.

Even though she really wanted to deal with those nobles, the educational mindset she had developed over the past ten years was not so easy to change, and Artoria would always give the 'nobles' a chance.

What she didn't know was that it didn't have to go through all that trouble. Shirou Emiya had promised to go easy on her, so he definitely wouldn't do anything extra, at least not now.

However, the futile efforts of working ahead of time because of one's own ideas are also something that should be experienced.

"It seems you've made your choice, so let's get ready to set off."

Seeing Artoria's determined gaze, Merlin smiled and spoke.

Kai, who is the weakest among them, is already eating like crazy.

"Damn it! Why am I the one with the strongest physical reaction here?!" Kai lamented inwardly.

As a royal guard knight, a powerful man, this dealt a heavy blow to Kai's heart.

"Kaiqing, you need to exercise more."

Artoria delivered a precise finishing blow, and Kai fell completely.

After finishing their meal and tidying up briefly, the group set off again. According to the map in their minds, they were only a short distance from the city.

At the current speed, it will take at most three hours. I still remember the location of the houses that were pushed outside the city. When I arrived, I rushed there.

"I see!"

An hour later, because the surrounding area was similar to a wilderness, the outline of the city could be seen from a great distance.

"Strange, why is there so much dust rising in the distance?" Melly said, pointing in one direction.

Looking over, everyone saw dust rising in the distance. They tried to see clearly, but it was too far away to make out anything.

[Projection Telescope]

Emiya Shirou immediately created three separate creatures, none of which were Merry's, since she had Clairvoyance.

"What?! I didn't?! I wanted it!"

Then, faced with Mary's tantrum, they had to project another telescope, and just like that, all four of them raised their binoculars to check the situation in the distance.

The Saxons, at least several hundred Saxons, including knights in armor, were charging.

"Saxons?! Where are they going? And why are there so many of them together?" Kai asked in confusion.

Artoria abruptly put down her binoculars, visually measured the route, and then, recalling yesterday's events, began to make a guess.

This team's destination is here—no, it should be these few people!

"Wow, so many people! And it seems like a lot of them are clowns!"

Meryl joked that it was only then that Kay realized that the group not only included Saxons, but also well-prepared knights.

"Hmm? The Saxons already have this kind of equipment? Could this unit be that guy's?"

Here, Kai is referring to the King of the North, Voodoo.

Emiya Shirou, however, saw an even more interesting scene: through the telescope, the knights approached someone, made their move, and after defeating the opponent, all the elite knights turned and left in unison.

Artoria didn't see it, Kai didn't notice it, and Merry might have seen it, but she wouldn't say anything, so only Shirou Emiya saw this scene.

They even betrayed their own people? That's really ruthless.

Emiya Shirou silently memorized the location, planning to take a detour to check it out later.

Before that...

With a 'whoosh,' Artoria pulled the sword from the stone and raised it high to her chest.

"Emiya Shirou, Kei-kei, prepare for battle! Unleash your magic and charge with all your might!"

"Merry! Prepare a teleportation spell!"

Kai drew his knight's sword and assumed the same stance, Shirou Emiya gripped the hilt, and Merry smiled, raising her staff: "Alright~"

A magic circle appeared, and the group disappeared from the spot.

On the other side, ahead of the Saxon team that was sprinting at full speed, the leader of the team was squinting at the portrait in his hand, which was of Artoria and the others under the cover of magic.

After so much time, Artoria's appearance, hidden by magic, was already known to all the nobles, and even her route had been thoroughly investigated.

Suddenly, the Saxon leader sensed magical fluctuations emanating from ahead.

"what!!!!"

Artoria led the charge, and unlike before when she relied solely on her physical abilities, this time her burst of power, amplified by a surge of magic, was terrifying. The immense magic even formed a barrier around her body, making the petite woman exude the force of a truck.

Behind them, Kai aimed to the left, while Shirou Emiya targeted the right, the three of them blocking their path.

The sudden appearance of these people caught all the Saxons off guard. It wasn't until their leader reacted that they shouted, "These are the enemy! Crush them!"

But it's a little late.

Q: If the Saxons are accelerating at 40 km/h and Altria and her companions are accelerating at 80 km/h, how long would it take for them to make contact over a distance of 500 meters?

The Saxons couldn't calculate this result, but they could experience it firsthand.

In a mere instant, a humanoid truck (Artoria) charged head-on into the battlefield, wielding the glowing sword in the stone, with each swing felling several horses.

On the left, Kai was equally formidable. His blade was covered in blue magic, and although it wasn't a direct confrontation, his superior skills could easily take someone down.

To the right, there was a constant 'ding' sound. Each time the sound came out, a Saxon felt a gust of wind in his ear, and then his gaze flew high and fell back down.

After a brief exchange of charges, the Saxons stopped and saw their comrades everywhere.

One charge, one attack, and half the Saxons fell. Such a terrifying record instilled fear in all the remaining Saxons.

The leader felt endless regret. Damn it, they used to be the overlords of this area, and no one dared to provoke them. But now they had to think about how to escape alive.

"Everyone separate..." The leader stopped abruptly before she could finish the word "escape," her eyes filled with terror. She couldn't control her body!

"Charge! Avenge our comrades! There are only three of them! I have my ultimate move!"

As the leader spoke, he charged toward Artoria with a look of terror in his eyes, followed by the Saxons behind him.

Some had eyes filled with anger and determination, while others were equally terrified.

"Controlling magic is easy for ordinary people to handle, but its effectiveness is greatly reduced for those with even a little skill. It's a pity~"

On the hillside, Merry watched the battlefield, magic surging in her staff.

"Well done!"

Facing the Saxons charging again, Artoria shouted and launched her own charge, her movements wide and sweeping, lacking any skill but relying solely on numbers.

Each swing was accompanied by gritted teeth, as if he wanted to vent the anger from yesterday.

She's a person too; it's impossible for her to be completely without anger.

Kai followed, and the brother and sister began an overwhelming battle, while Shirou Emiya looked around before running to another location.

This can be left to the two of them. If he goes on stage, he'll only speed up the end time. There's something else that's more appealing to him than the battle.

That's the scene I saw through the telescope earlier.

Following his memory, Shirou Emiya soon made a discovery.

A long trail of blood stretched across the ground. Following the trail, one found a man lying on the ground a dozen meters away.

It's the butler we met before!

"He's not quite dead yet~ Should we save him? But if we save him, we'll come into contact with Artoria, right? In the original timeline, this person would die and be eliminated by beasts."

"Doing good deeds can affect the original situation, you know? Do you want to do it?"

Suddenly, Mary appeared from the side, skipped and hopped down next to the fallen person, and picked up a finger to poke at it.

"Still alive? I thought he was dead."

A different answer, no, not even an answer.

Emiya Shirou walked over, reached out to check his pulse, and found that he still had a pulse. He turned him over and saw a huge horizontal wound across his chest.

"Wasn't he allowed to live for a while because he was pierced through? Was it to humiliate, torture, and kill him that made him hold on until he met me?"

Shirou Emiya still didn't answer Merry's question, but simply raised his hand to project the image.

【Medical Pharaoh Special Sutures (with built-in healing magic, even the Pharaoh says they're great)】

"Should we save you?" Mary leaned closer again, a knowing smile on her face.

"I just don't want anyone to die in front of me, except for those I do myself or those I'm sure deserve to die."

"I'm not sure if this guy deserves to die, but since he ran into me, I'll give him a chance."

Shirou Emiya would not watch someone die in front of him if it was uncertain whether they deserved to die; this was a matter of his principles.

After the stitching is finished, project the [Projection·Smoke Mirror Detector (Evil Special Edition)]. I'm alive for now, but that's when it's time to settle accounts. Let me see how you are.

"...No color...?"