Otherwise, you can find another savior.

He was a young man who was less than thirty years old, with a gentle and tired smile on his face, and he was talking to Shiomi and Sakura.

It seems that the man knows Sakura.

"…Everything seems to be fine. It seems that I worried for nothing." said the man.

"Although I was dragged into the Holy Grail War, it's not difficult for me to take care of one or two children." Shiomi stroked Sakura's hair. "Besides, Sakura has excellent qualifications. As a beginner magician now, I'm afraid that Mr. Kariya is not her opponent."

Being praised, Sakura gave a proud yet shy smile.

"Of course." The man named Kariya's smile seemed a little bitter.

At this moment, the meeting was interrupted by the sound of Morgan's footsteps as he walked around the porch and into the living room.

Seeing the beautiful woman who suddenly appeared, Kariya was stunned for a moment, and intuitively guessed that Morgan was a member of the Shiomi family.

“Who is this…” Kariya asked out of politeness.

Xijian narrowed his eyes and smiled, hiding his inner embarrassment, "…It's my wife."

“Really?” Kariya was surprised. “When did it happen?”

"Just recently." Shiomi could only give a vague answer.

Fortunately, Kariya did not investigate further, nor did he realize that Morgan was a follower and not an ordinary human.

He chatted with Shiomi for a few more words, left a gift for Sakura, told her that he would be leaving Japan to collect materials abroad in the near future and could not come to visit, and then left Shiomi's house.

"Have you finally made up your mind?" Morgan looked at Shiomi with amusement as he came back from seeing the guests off.

She was referring to how he had just lied to Kariya and told him that Morgan was his wife.

"I can tell at a glance that it's just polite talk. What else could it be?" Xi Jian sighed, "It's because you insisted on coming in. If I were to transform into a spirit, he wouldn't be able to detect it since he's not a magician."

Morgan smiled faintly, ignoring Shiomi's complaints, "Who is he?"

"Matou Kariya, before Sakura was adopted by me, she and her sister were often taken care of at the Tousaka family." Shiomi explained, "It seems that she had some connection with Tousaka Aoi when she was young."

"Matou..." Morgan thought of the old magician who manipulated insects in the afternoon.

"Don't worry about it. The Matou family has almost declined by this generation. Mr. Kariya is the only one who is qualified, but he gave up the way of magic and lived a life far away from it. He is just an ordinary person, not to mention that he is not even a master."

Shiomi explained the situation and went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

After dinner it was time for the routine magic lesson, and Sakura had already arrived at the studio to wait and review.

During this period, Morgan roughly told Shiomi about what happened to the head of the Matou family outside the Great Hole, as well as the situation of the Great Hole, but did not mention the most crucial fact, that the Holy Grail was contaminated.

She still didn't know why Shiomi was participating in the Holy Grail War at this time. Was he there to serve as a wish-granting machine, or was he trying to reach the root like the Three Great Families who founded the Fuyuki Holy Grail War system?

During the conversation, Morgan tried again, but was avoided by Shiomi in the same evasive way as before.

Therefore, Morgan believes that this kind of internal situation, which may become a destabilizing factor, should be put aside for the time being, and we should observe him more during this period.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go to the workshop and teach Sakura—"

Just as Shiomi was about to end the conversation, the phone rang.

Shiomi answered the phone, responded briefly, and then hung up.

"This is no ordinary contact," Morgan said.

"Well, the supervisor of the church just told me that a Caster-class servant has arrived." Shiomi put on a serious expression.

"It looks like the Holy Grail War will begin tonight." Morgan chuckled.

Shiomi has already started walking towards the workshop, "Let's wait and see what the other parties do."

During his time in Fuyuki, he had already placed familiars for surveillance in various places in the city, especially in the Tousaka and Matou families, as well as the Einzbern Castle outside the city, the locations of the three great families.

Now he wanted to activate these familiars and see which camps would be the first to face off in the opening battle of the Holy Grail War.

"dad?"

Seeing Shiomi walking in in a hurry, Sakura realized that there was no more time for magic lesson today.

"I'm sorry, Sakura. The evening magic class will be suspended for the next period of time. You should go back to your room and rest. Dad has something to deal with." Shiomi leaned over and reached out to comfort Sakura who was sitting on the chair.

Sakura nodded in agreement and left the room.

"I forgot to mention before, that child's attribute is imaginary number," Morgan said.

Shiomi, who was activating various surveillance familiars, simply nodded, "It is indeed very rare. Any questions?"

"You can't teach her about imaginary number magic." Morgan smiled confidently. "After all, the Holy Grail War doesn't stop all the time. If I have time, you can let me teach her."

Xijian hesitated for a few seconds, then waved his hand. The shared vision of the familiars appeared like a monitor window in the workshop where runes were lit.

"let me consider it."

He answered Morgan.

Chapter 7: The first battle full of doubts

"What do you think, Morgan?"

With the help of the familiars placed in various places in Fuyuki City, Shiomi Tianxi quickly got a glimpse of the initial battlefield.

The Tousaka family is located on a hill on the side of Miyama Town.

Under the order of his Master, Assassin raided the Tohsaka mansion, which had long been surrounded by 10 to 20 layers of detection and defense barriers, making it look like a military fortress.

However, Assassin easily broke through the barrier with his agile body, and when he tried to remove the cornerstone of the first barrier, he was instantly killed by Archer, the Servant summoned by Tōsaka Tokiomi.

The whole process happened so quickly that Shiomi barely had time to switch the familiar's vision and perspective, and could only see the majestic golden figure from afar.

The first battle ended and Assassin was defeated.

Shiomi must have been more than one Master who witnessed the first battle of the Holy Grail War.

He froze the image generated by the record sent back by the familiar, leaned on the desk beside the workshop, and asked his Servant.

"It's a pretty despairing gap in combat power." Morgan sat down on the chair in front of the desk, crossed his legs elegantly, and leaned on the backrest.

From an outsider's perspective, the distance between the two people made it seem as if they had established an intimate relationship.

But there is no one else here, so it doesn't matter.

"At least judging from the attacking moves, all the weapons that penetrated Assassin are Noble Phantasms." Shiomi crossed his arms, "Servants in the Holy Grail War usually have only one Noble Phantasm, while special Heroic Spirits have two or three..."

However, considering the quantity alone is really of little value. What should really be measured is the type and level of the treasure itself.

A Noble Phantasm can be a weapon, a concept, or an ability or a special skill.

"Or maybe, those weapons that seem to be numerous may just be a kind of treasure." Xi Jian analyzed to himself, "The prototype of the Death Thorn Spear held by Scathach, the Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows, can split into countless individuals to launch attacks... When necessary, it can even be transformed into a nunchaku, a dagger, or even a longbow..."

Speaking of this, Shiomi couldn't help but recall the time when she was in the Shadow Kingdom and couldn't tell the passage of time.

Because he arrived in the Land of Shadows and survived among the undead and ghosts that could appear at any time, he was discovered by Scathach who came out to investigate, took a liking to him, and then became her student.

Even though she had already survived the merciless actual combat training, Shiomi still couldn't help but shiver when she thought of it.

Fortunately, fortunately... that person cannot die, and therefore cannot descend as a Servant in such a Holy Grail War.

"You are very familiar with the Queen of the Shadow Kingdom, Master." There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Morgan's voice.

After coming back to his senses, Shiomi thought that it was probably because Morgan was too proud of being a Servant that he couldn't accept that the Master used other Heroic Spirits or heroes as reference templates.

"It's not that bad." Shiomi didn't want to reveal her experience to anyone, so she answered ambiguously, "After all, I have to participate in the Holy Grail War, and I have done a lot of homework."

Morgan looked at Shiomi indifferently, as if she wanted to see something from his expression. After a while, she withdrew her gaze and looked at the record of the first battle with her usual cold smile.

"I didn't expect Assassin to be defeated just after the start. It seems that those assassins are even more useless than expected."

It is understandable that she would make such an evaluation.

Among the seven classes in the Holy Grail War, Assassin and Caster are known as the two weakest classes.

Because his class is that of a medium, he can only summon one of the Assassins' servants named Hassan Sabbah during the Holy Grail War.

"That's not the case. If we get a response from the first Hassan Sabbah, the outcome of this Holy Grail War will be determined in advance." Shiomi disagreed.

"It's too arrogant for a mortal magician to want a response from that old man." Morgan said sarcastically, "After all, since the Master can come up with such an idea, he should know that it is impossible."

"As you said." Xi Jian did not deny that he was just joking.

As for Caster, since the three knights and even Rider are all resistant to magic, even if an excellent Caster-class servant is summoned, they still have to endure this disadvantage in compatibility.

However, what would happen if Morgan descended as a Caster instead of a Berserker? This made Shiomi quite interested.

But those are all hypothetical topics and are not worth discussing now.

"But don't you think everything is happening too smoothly?" Shiomi looked into Morgan's eyes and asked the question bluntly.

Morgan wanted Xijian to give a reason for asking this question, "How do you say that?"

"From the time Assassin showed up and tried to lift the barrier to the time Archer counterattacked, the interval was too short. It was as if he knew the opponent was coming back and was waiting for the opponent to take the bait. Moreover, Assassin has a class skill called 'Breath Concealment'. It's too unqualified to be discovered so easily." Shiomi listed his own opinions, "It's impossible that Archer actually has a skill similar to 'Breath Perception', so he can detect it?"

"We don't even know Archer's real name, so how can we judge what kind of abilities he actually possesses?" Morgan did not agree immediately. Instead, he seemed to be discussing the possibilities with Shiomi with great interest.

Shiomi raised her eyebrows. What Morgan said made sense, but another question followed.

"In that case, why did Archer deliberately reveal his true identity?" Shiomi pointed out another problem. "If we have the ability to detect Assassin's invasion in advance and then conduct a perfect ambush, then hiding the servants so that no one can know any information is the best strategy." Shiomi raised his finger and a confident smile appeared on his face. "In this way, there is only one situation left."

"Tell me about it." Morgan nodded.

"This was a pre-arranged 'fake match'. Assassin's Master teamed up with Tōsaka Tokiomi to arrange this so that the fact that he lost his Servant and had to leave the game would appear reasonable enough." Shiomi pinched his fingers, making a crisp sound.

The smile in Morgan's eyes turned subtle. "You participated in the Holy Grail War just to get the almighty wish-granting machine, and then lost and left so easily. Aren't you thinking it's too simple?"

"Who knows. After all... Assassin's Master is Tōsaka Tokiomi's disciple." Shiomi presented the information he had collected on other Masters.

Finally, Morgan's expression changed. "It seems that this Holy Grail War in the Far East will be more interesting than expected."

"Anyway, the Holy Grail War has officially begun. It's time for us to take action."

Xijian stood up from the desk and walked out of the workshop. Before stepping onto the stairs, he suddenly turned back.

"As for what you said earlier, you can teach Sakura to learn magic. If you have time later, I'll trouble you. After all, a magic teacher should be as good as possible."

Chapter 8 Greetings

"This is the information of the Masters who participated in this Holy Grail War. Take a look."

The next day, while driving on the streets of Fuyuki, Shiomi Tianxi handed a stack of documents to Morgan in the passenger seat.

"Isn't what you should give me the information about the Servant?" Although Morgan took it and opened it, he still had doubts.

"That's easy to say, but it's not that easy to get information." Shiomi couldn't help but complain, "Besides, if we want to ensure victory in the Holy Grail War, it would be more convenient to kill the Master first."

Morgan raised his eyes and glanced at Shiomi who was driving. "Every magician who participated in the war should have this kind of thought. It doesn't make much sense."

"Have you heard of Tian Ji's horse racing?" Xi Jian smiled, "Use inferior horses against superior horses, superior horses against medium horses, and medium horses against inferior horses, and finally two out of three will win."

Morgan raised his eyebrows slightly. "You mean, let me be responsible for dealing with the Master, while you are responsible for delaying the Servants? It's a crazy idea. My husband has already given up on himself before the battle even started?"

“…I’ve already told you that those were just polite words, please don’t take them seriously!” Shiomi almost slammed on the brakes on the Miyuan River Bridge.

In that case, he would probably become the first Master to be eliminated - and it would be because of a car accident that had nothing to do with the war.

"I don't intend to obey anyone's orders, not even the Master. Treating you as my husband is the maximum tolerance I can give." Morgan teased Shiomi in a steady tone.

Shiomi didn't know Morgan well enough, but she could see that this fairy princess was not someone who could live in a subordinate position for long, so she had to acquiesce in the way she treated her master.

"Are you dissatisfied?"

"How could it be..." Xijian laughed dryly.

"After all, you don't intend to treat your servant as a familiar, do you?" Morgan pointed out Shiomi's attitude.

In order to hide the true names of their servants and to emphasize the master-servant relationship between them, ordinary magicians will use job ranks to represent their servants.

But up to now, Shiomi has never called Morgan a Berserker.

"No matter how high-ranking a familiar is, he is still a hero whose name has been recorded in history and legend. I still respect such an existence." Shiomi answered truthfully, with a sharp arc appearing at the corner of his mouth. "Of course, if he is a god, that's another matter."

Morgan's eyes widened slightly, a little surprised.

The car then passed the Fuyuki Bridge and arrived at the streets of Shinto.

The streetscape suddenly changed from a traditional street to a forest of steel and concrete.

Morgan wasn't too interested in modern cities, but he didn't dislike sightseeing by car.

When the car stopped at the intersection waiting for the traffic light, Morgan suddenly held his breath for a moment and stared at a black car that was slowly stopping by the roadside in front of him.