Mr. Gong is not only good at cooking

A group of people shook their heads: "Absolutely not."

Emiya Shirou Unit 2 said, "Matou... Zouken did such a thing to Sakura, I will absolutely not let him get away with it, but I don't know him very well either."

Rin Tohsaka #2 said, "I don't know anything about it either."

“It’s alright, I understand. He’s the first Matou, Makiri Zolgen, a pathetic insect who once wanted to reach the Root but has now forgotten his own wish, only seeking immortality,” Shirou Emiya said.

"He is extremely obsessed with immortality, so even though we have hidden Sakura away, he will not give up. He will try every means to achieve immortality, and the best thing for him to achieve immortality is the Holy Grail."

Sakura Edelfelt suggested, "Why don't we just destroy the Greater Grail? If we destroy the Greater Grail, he won't be able to grant his wish."

Emiya Shirou further explained: "No, even without the Holy Grail, he can achieve immortality through his magic, but the shelf life of this magic is short and it needs to be replaced regularly. The Holy Grail can only give him a permanent solution."

Therefore, the best approach is to eliminate Zouken Matou entirely. He is already a heretic, so there's no need to worry about him.

If we don't get rid of him, he'll definitely find a way to take Sakura away again.

"So how can we find him now?"

Emiya Shirou thought for a moment: "To be honest, the old bug is cunning and his whereabouts are unpredictable. We can only investigate step by step. I think he will definitely appear when we finally win the Holy Grail."

"Therefore, as long as we defeat the remaining two Servants, we can make the Lesser Grail appear. Perhaps, this old bug will become restless."

"Then what are we waiting for! Shall we set off now? Wasn't there supposed to be another very strong Servant?" Artoria immediately stood up and said, "I remember, her name is Illya?"

Inside the castle, Ilya suddenly sneezed: "Huh, I can catch a cold?"

The second update is here, please begin.

Chapter 18 The Five Battles That Are About to End

"Sera~"

Inside a black castle in the forest of Fuyuki City.

In a lavishly decorated bedroom, a silver-haired little girl in a purple coat lies on a large bed, calling out to her maid.

"Miss Ilya, what can I do for you?"

Soon, a beautiful woman with a slightly less-than-ideal bust appeared outside the young lady's door, dressed in a traditional German maid outfit.

"I want to play games, but the controller batteries are dead and I can't find a cable, so could Sierra go and buy me some batteries?"

"I understand. Please wait a moment, Miss Ilya. I'll go to the convenience store to check. Is it a size 7 battery?"

"Uh-huh!"

Sera politely closed the door and met another beautiful maid at the corner.

"Sister Sera."

"Hmm? Liselle, you stay in the castle and serve the young lady well. I'm going to the convenience store."

"Bring me some snacks, like potato chips," Lizzie asked her sister succinctly.

"No, if the master finds out, you'll be dead."

"...Then I'll go with you, I'll eat on the way and come back."

Sera frowned. "No, Liselle, you're being too willful. You can't let Miss Ilya's kindness towards us make you neglect your self-discipline."

"Eh... alright, I'll go on patrol then."

Lizzie turned away helplessly, only to be stopped by Sera.

"Liselite, can you smell anything rotten?"

"Hmm?" Liselle stopped and took a deep sniff of the air.

"It seems like there was some, but it disappeared quickly. It seems to be coming from downstairs. I'll go check it out."

"Please, I'm going now."

Sera nodded and walked out of the castle in another direction, while Lyselette also came to the first floor, searching for the source of the rotting smell.

In a dark corner after the two left, a group of disgusting insects gradually transformed into a strange, bald old man with limbs as thin as a mummy.

"Hehehehe, I never expected the Einzbern family to be so perfunctory with their own Little Grail. Such a large castle, yet only two maids. Don't blame me for being ruthless!"

This man is none other than the head of the Matou family, Matou Zoken.

His goal was simple: to make the Holy Grail of his beloved family his own.

Since there was only one person in the entire huge castle at that moment, Zouken Matou quickly located Illya's position.

"I need to find a way to lure all of the little girl's Servants away first, otherwise I won't be able to make a move!"

It's a pity that Assassin has disappeared, otherwise I wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble!

I never expected that Caster and his servant wouldn't be there. I miscalculated!

Prior to this, after Sasaki Kojiro was defeated by the shadow, the old man Matou Zouken used Sasaki Kojiro's body to summon the true Assassin, Cursed Arm Hassan.

The original intention was to capture both Caster "couples" in one fell swoop, but for some reason, Ryudouji Temple only had one silly Ichisei.

Now, with the disappearance of Sakura, who is the Lesser Grail, the Shadow has also ceased functioning, and no matter how Zouken Matou tries to use it, it is to no avail.

"If Sakura were still here, I would never have made such a blunder!"

And why can't I sense Sakura's presence at all?

"I actually hid myself inside that girl's body!"

This is what Zouken Matou finds most perplexing, since his true form resides within Sakura Matou's heart, yet he can't sense anything about it at all.

But what's even more absurd is that it doesn't affect the actions of these clones at all.

Who exactly did it, and by what means?

"Never mind, the most important thing right now is to obtain the Holy Grail. I think that girl will appear when all the Servants are about to be absorbed!"

Now all we need to do is seize the Einzbern family's Lesser Grail!

Unfortunately, Illyasviel is a pure Holy Grail, so Zouken Matou cannot be corrupted by it. Otherwise, that old bug would definitely have planned to corrupt Illyasviel as well.

At this moment, Ilya was completely unaware of the impending danger. She was rolling around on her soft bed, thinking about how she could see her adopted brother again.

"Kiritsugu's adopted son... He must have received Kiritsugu's favor, right? Aaaaaah~ Should I kill him or not?"

Meanwhile, at the other end of Ilya's room, Zouken Matou had already prepared a method to lure the Berserker, painfully separating some insects to construct a false version of himself as the intruder.

Although she will be very weak, and Berserker might be able to take her out with one punch, this period of time will be enough for Zouken Matou to make Illya his own.

As expected, the appearance of a sufficiently fake clone immediately triggered the castle alarm that Zouken Matou had been avoiding.

"Intruder! Berserker!!"

At Ilya's call, a massive black figure suddenly appeared in the corridor—

"Roar!!!!!!!"

With just a roar, he dispersed the insect-made dummy of Zouken Matou, but Zouken Matou had already seen Illya in the bedroom.

"You are Zouken Matou! Berserker!"

"Roar!!!!!"

However, when Berserker rushed in, he saw his Master being held in the arms of the skinny old man he had just "defeated," his eyes losing their luster.

“Berserker, step down. This is my elder.”

Under Zouken Matou's control, Illya uttered the line, devoid of any emotion, ordering her Servant to leave.

Zouken Matou was very pleased with himself: No matter what, he was just an artificial human with no social experience. With my understanding of the Einzbern family's artificial humans, it was a piece of cake!

However, she does resemble the Winter Saintess... Ah... The Winter Saintess... Me...

This decaying old man seemed to always feel that the Winter Saintess was someone special to him, but as time went by, he had long forgotten what made her special.

Just then, the alarm that had stopped sounded again. Through the crystal ball left in Illya's room, Zouken Matou was shocked to discover that it was none other than Shirou Emiya, Rin Tohsaka, and Sakura Edelweiss.

Behind these three were three figures who appeared to be Heroic Spirits: Artoria, the idiot Merlin, and Lancelot.

The remaining Knights of the Round Table—Touma Kamijou, Saber, Rider, Archer, Rin Tohsaka (2nd generation), and Shirou Emiya (2nd generation)—went to Mount Enzou as planned.

After all, according to Shirou Emiya's guess, Ryudouji Temple is located on Mount Enzo, which is the base of Caster and her Master, while the magic field of the Greater Grail is in the Great Hollow below Mount Enzo.

Furthermore, Zouken Matou is certainly well aware that Ryudouji Temple is the location of the Holy Grail's descent. With the Servants' defeat and Gilgamesh's significant boost, the Holy Grail is probably ready to be forcibly summoned now.

As one of the original three starter families, the old bug must know exactly how to bring the Holy Grail down ahead of schedule, and he might be lying in ambush there!

Therefore, based on all these considerations, Shirou Emiya's judgment was absolutely correct from a normal perspective, and even Merlin had no objection.

Emiya Shirou thought that even with ten Knights of the Round Table, Saber, Rider, and Archer, they still couldn't defeat Caster at Ryudouji Temple.

As for taking Medea away and bringing her to the restaurant, Shirou Emiya had no such idea, let alone Souichirou Kuzuki.

Although the Caster pairing is quite appealing, Shirou Emiya simply can't care about that, and you can't exactly tell the Knights of the Round Table: "I really like this pairing, please let them go."

Please, this is war!

To be honest, Shirou Emiya even fought Illya's Berserker!

Meanwhile, the old bug on the other side looked at Sakura Edelfelt and his eyes lit up.

My precious granddaughter has appeared! I can once again use her to slightly manipulate the consciousness of the Black Grail!

Two Lesser Grails! Two guarantees! This time, I will surely achieve immortality!

Zouken Matou whispered a few words to the Illya doll he was holding in his arms.

Ilya immediately looked up and said emotionlessly, "Berserker, kill the intruders, and leave only Matou Sakura alive."

"Roar!!!!!"

Inside the courtyard, Shirou Emiya said in confusion, "Strange, we should have already triggered the castle alarm, so why is it so quiet?"

We can't see the two beautiful maids inside the castle, nor is Uncle B anywhere. It seems we need to be careful; I have a feeling something bad is going to happen!

Who are you people?!

Just as Shirou Emiya was making wild guesses, a female voice rang out. Everyone turned around and saw a maid with a very prominent bust, holding a long, giant magic axe in her hand, her scarlet eyes watching them warily.

"Were you the ones who triggered both alarms just now? Who are you people?!"

"Two alarms?"

Emiya Shirou blankly repeated Lyselette's words.

"Roar!!!!!!!"

With a deafening roar that shook the earth, a giant Greek warrior descended from the sky, his axe and sword slashing down with tremendous force towards the crowd.

"spread!"

As the strongest fighter on this side, Artoria naturally rushed to the front. She drew her holy sword, and her magic power surged out like a tsunami. She blocked Berserker's slash with just one hand, and at the same time, Artoria's feet sank into the bricks of the courtyard due to the enormous force.

Merlin also began to help Artoria from the side. Lancelot originally wanted to go forward to help as well, but was blocked by Lyselite.

"Miss, please step aside, or swords will have no eyes!" Lancelot's Unwavering Lake Light began to emit a deep blue lake light.

"For Miss Ilya's sake, I will definitely stop you!"

Meanwhile, Shirou Emiya was still bothered by what Lyselette had said earlier.

"Twice? Could it be that someone else came? Who could it be?"

"BOOM!! BOOM!!!! BOOM!!!!"

Without any introductions or openings, Greece's foremost hero was already locked in battle with the British knight-king.

Each exchange between the two was so fast that it was impossible to catch them; every collision between the axe sword and the holy sword was accompanied by a piercing sonic boom and a deafening metallic clang.

The two fought from the courtyard to the sky, and then fell from the sky to the roof. Huge bricks and stones rained down and crashed onto the castle floor.

"Roar!!!!!"

"ha!!!!!"

A surge of magical power enveloped Artoria's entire body, including the Excalibur, whose starlight pierced the sky.

Berserker, also fearless due to the characteristics of Illya's Grail, unleashed a surge of red magic power, managing to fight Artoria, whose swordsmanship was somewhat immature, to a standstill.

"What a formidable opponent! If it weren't for your berserk state, I would have loved to have a proper chat with you after the battle!"

Artoria's fighting spirit grew stronger, and she even had a greater interest in fighting Gilgamesh. Her holy sword, imbued with starlight magic, instantly transformed into a forty-meter-long greatsword, greatly increasing her agility and strength.

"Bang!!!! Pfft!! Boom!!!!"