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Aozaki Touko rubbed her temples, somewhat speechless, and said coldly to Ma En.
Ma En quickly waved his hand: "No, you should stay here. Don't go out. You can borrow my workshop."
He certainly wouldn't be so heartless as to drive Aozaki Touko away; no matter the consequences, she was acting out of good intentions.
Moreover, if someone blames her for something she did unintentionally, anyone would be angry.
Ma En did not want to have a falling out with Aozaki Touko.
Because we'll need to rely on her, our senior, to decipher the prophecy later.
Aozaki Touko, who travels all over the world year-round, is undoubtedly a walking encyclopedia. When it comes to dealing with things related to magic, she is far more professional than anyone else in the Tohsaka family.
She is also a strong external aid; keeping her here will definitely help in dealing with any unforeseen circumstances that may arise in the future.
"Hmm." Saki Touko nodded in satisfaction.
To be honest, if Maren really wanted to get rid of her, she would definitely throw a tantrum on the spot.
As for the conditions of the house arrest...
Ha! Do you think she'll abide by it?
"Take me there, and then give me some materials. This is to help you prepare, and I won't pay you."
"Okay, consider it payment for the information. Come with me."
Marne nodded, not caring about the money, and got up to take Aozaki Touko to his workshop.
"This is your workshop? It's so rudimentary."
Upon arriving at the small room, Aozaki Touko looked around and couldn't help but mutter a few words of exasperation.
Ma En shrugged and said, "Well, I don't really need this kind of thing. For me, it's just a lab and storage room."
He wasn't a traditional magician, and he had other methods besides magic, so he didn't really bother setting up the workshop, because that would be too time-consuming.
The purpose of this room was simply to facilitate his attempts to construct things and experiment with magic. It also contained some strange props that he had arbitrarily constructed or created.
"You don't even have all the tools. Let's start with the tools. Move all your things away; they're in the way."
Aozaki Touko unceremoniously directed Marne to begin renovating the room.
The original items were cleared out by Ma En using spatial storage. She also drew detailed blueprints for some tools, which Ma En then constructed and arranged.
He wrote a long list of materials for Marx and Engels, and only stopped when Marx and Engels had completed the compilation of those materials.
Chapter 68 The Power of Ancestral Intuition Manifests
"What did you say?! You let her stay?!"
After settling Aozaki Touko in, Ma En returned to the gate, found Tohsaka Tokiomi, and told him that Aozaki Touko would be staying for a while.
Tokiomi Tohsaka's eyes widened on the spot, and his face turned somewhat ugly as he said, "Ma Enjun, do you know what kind of consequences this might cause?"
"I know, but she doesn't want to. Can we kick her out?"
Maren concealed the prophecy to avoid causing Tokiomi Tohsaka unnecessary worry, and pretended that he was also helpless.
He added that Aozaki Touko is someone you can't hit or scold, and is even harder to please than a patriarch.
I could beat her in a fight, but the problem is, this woman is indestructible.
Adding to Maren's actions of "aiding the enemy" over the past six months, she now has an unknown number of spare dolls.
So it's impossible to drive her away by force.
As for scolding?
That's even worse. Sister Cheng is a tough one, she's a woman of few words and a lot of people, have you heard of her?
If you make her angry, see if she'll do anything to you!
As for trying to persuade them in a gentle and kind manner?
Are you serious about persuading a magician to change his mind?
That's just wishful thinking!
Magicians are a species that won't turn back until they hit... no! They'll hit a brick wall and still not turn back!
Once they've made up their minds, no amount of talking will change anything.
"...I'll go send a message to Einzbern right away!"
Tokiomi Tohsaka paused for a moment, then quickly got to work.
He felt he had to confront Aozaki Touko's 303 directly with Einzbern before discovering its existence there, and make everything clear. Only then could this farce end.
As for what exactly was said?
That's roughly it.
Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Touko Aozaki came to visit my home."
Ahad: "...What do you mean?"
Tokiomi Tohsaka: "What I mean is, if you keep making trouble, we'll do exactly what you want!"
Ahad: "...Fine! You admit defeat, okay?"
There was no way to back down; with a gun pointed at his head, how could he not be scared?
It is said that the patriarch's foul language spread throughout Einzbernburg that day, continuing until sunset. (Regional time difference)
Tokiomi Tohsaka finally breathed a sigh of relief; he really didn't want to fall out with the Einzbern family.
Whether it affects this Holy Grail War is a minor matter; what he fears is that the Einzbern family will hold a grudge against him forever.
Although the Tohsaka family is a prestigious family, it has only had one son per generation for five generations and has not yet split off into a branch family or become a vassal family.
The Einzbern family was large and powerful, and since they had artificial humans, they didn't care. But he still had to think about his descendants.
The Tohsaka family may seem strong now with Maren in charge, but in reality, they are weak in terms of bloodline inheritance.
Even if he succeeds in winning the Holy Grail War this time, he cannot protect his successors forever.
If the Einzbern family resorts to underhanded tactics when open methods fail, the Tohsaka family, with its single-lineage inheritance, truly cannot withstand such turmoil.
However, with this, the farce involving the Einzbern family and the Tohsaka family finally came to an end, and the third night of the Holy Grail War was over...
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the other side.
The newly formed Saber group has also taken action.
Sora took the revitalized Mordred with her and wandered around Fuyuki City.
This wasn't without purpose; they hoped to find the remaining groups that hadn't yet emerged, but they simply didn't have a specific target.
But thanks to Mordred's intuition, they actually found it.
"This is the third time already. Is there really something wrong with this church?"
Once again, with Mordred wandering aimlessly based on her senses, the two returned to the church, and Sora finally realized that something was wrong.
All three different routes led to the church, and unless Mordred was directionally challenged, something seemed amiss.
Mordred wasn't directionally challenged at all; she was just wandering around by instinct.
"Should we go in? I can sense that there are more than one pair of eyes secretly watching us from inside."
Mordred's expression also turned serious, and he revealed another piece of information.
This didn't happen the first or second time. It was just that after they got close, they would shoot a glance at me and then look away.
Considering that the people inside the church were the overseers of this Holy Grail War, Mordred didn't pay any attention to it.
But now, just as they finally realized something was wrong with the church, the people inside also noticed their strangeness and began to be wary of them.
This is undoubtedly a sign of guilt; if there were no problem, the people inside wouldn't be so nervous.
Moreover, it's quite suspicious that there were more than just one or two people in the church late at night.
Sora hesitated.
The people inside the church are the overseers of the Holy Grail War. This church is also a recognized neutral zone, and the rules clearly state that Servants are not allowed to enter.
So Sora hesitated, wondering whether she should break the rules and bring Mordred inside.
As for going in alone, that option was immediately ruled out.
If there's really a problem here, her going in alone would just be suicide.
Finally, Sora gritted her teeth and said, "Let's go in and take a look, otherwise tonight's work will have been for nothing."
"Ah."
Mordred nodded and took the lead, pushing open the courtyard gate outside the church.
Before they could even get close to the church, the doors opened and an elderly priest with a white hair and a warm smile came out.
Although he had a full head of white hair and a face full of wrinkles, he did not look old at all. He had a tall and straight posture, and his close-fitting robe was stretched almost to the point of being taut. The outline of his muscle group could be vaguely seen under the robe. He was a real muscle man.
"Old priest," Kotomine Risuke asked with a strong voice, "Saber's new Master, is there something important that you've come to visit in the middle of the night?"
Upon seeing the elderly priest, Sora's initial tension from the sudden opening of the church doors eased considerably.
There was no other reason than that this old priest had absolutely no magical skills or magical powers.
"I'm sorry to bother you, but I do have something to take care of."
Sora replied politely, then paused before continuing, "Excuse me, could you please hand over the Master hidden inside? As the overseer, you shouldn't be interfering in the Holy Grail War."
When she saw Kotomine Risei come out, she was already certain that something was fishy, so she tried to trick him.
"Haha, Miss, you jest. I have never interfered in this Holy Grail War. The one inside just happens to be from this church."
The old priest smiled and waved his hand, then stiffly stepped aside.
Pat pat pat~
"I'm sorry, Father."
Kirei Kotomine walked out slowly, looked apologetic at his father, and said something without explaining what he was referring to.
The old priest smiled with a mixture of relief and sadness, saying, "There's nothing we can do about it. Go, my son, may the Lord protect you."