Lost Narrative Poetry

Regarding Xia Ran's sudden request to attack, both Saber and Irisviel felt a little at a loss.

Because just a few days ago, seeing the leisurely style of the people at Liudong Temple, they all subconsciously believed that Xia Ran was prepared to take steady and steady measures, even if he had already mastered overwhelming power. I don't plan to attack rashly.

Instead, we have to sit tight on the Diaoyutai, wait for the remaining three parties to fight again, and then start to harvest the heads of the remaining people... We don't have to worry about the remaining people forming an alliance or anything. Gilgamesh's existence is doomed. They couldn't go together.

And this is also their opportunity, maybe they can make good use of it-at least, this is what the two women thought before yesterday.

But today -

Among the main buildings of Ryudong Temple, the main hall, which is the most spacious and brightest, was used as a war room.

In front of everyone, Xia Ran didn't show any stage fright. He stood in front of the temporary blackboard like a teacher, tapped the map on it, and assigned today's homework to the students below.

"...To sum up, it is indeed time to end this farce. Let's go to Tohsaka's house now and get Gilgamesh's head first..."

Among the remaining three opponents, Lancer is definitely the easiest to bully, and Jin Shining is definitely the most difficult to deal with. His own abilities are not strong, but it is undeniable that as a krypton gold warrior in ancient times, his equipment Very powerful.

Even the most useless person has a variety of rare equipment, and can change it at will according to the corresponding enemy. There is still no shortage of various rare items in the item box, and they can be wasted at will, so they can use it to their full potential. The combat effectiveness will not be too bad...

So objectively speaking, as the medium through which those powerful treasures exert their power, Jin Shining is indeed the toughest among the remaining three enemies. But Xia Ran didn't care. Since he chose to take the initiative, there was no reason to pick on the weak.

If possible, he also hopes that Jin Shining and the Conquering King will fight to the death first, but since the two of them don't have a duel between men while there is still time, Xia Ran doesn't mind personally Go harvest heads.

After all, if he does it himself, he can also get valuable free attribute points and the possibility of dropping skills and equipment. Points and causal crystals will also be guaranteed to drop. In addition, he just received news that Kotomine Kirei went to the Tohsaka family's mansion tonight, probably to discuss tactics with Tohsaka Tokiomi.

So Xia Ran felt that this was the most appropriate time, so he decisively decided to take action.

After all, he wanted to kill Kotomine Kirei by the way, and if he wanted to forge on-site evidence and give an explanation to the Holy Church, it would be better to do it when Gilgamesh and Kotomine Kirei happened to be on the same occasion.

In this way, one tiger kills two sheep, it is perfect!

First kill Gilgamesh, then control Kotomine Kirei, fake the death scene, and then wait until the overall situation is decided, then concentrate on studying with peace of mind, maximize the remaining time of stay, and wait until he finally returns. Stab Kotomine Kirei to death...

Xia Ran's thoughts were so logical and natural. It seemed that both Gilgamesh and Kotomine Kirei had become fish to be slaughtered in his eyes, and he was the anvil.

"Leave now? Do it directly?"

Saber was a little shocked. After hearing the news, she subconsciously looked at the sky outside and found that night had just fallen. Then she subconsciously looked at Irisviel beside her.

Although they were mentally prepared when they were called over, what they didn't expect was that instead of calling Saber to discuss the next tactical strategy, they directly announced the decision to attack immediately.

——Isn’t it too sudden? !

"That's right! Caster and Assassin stay behind. If Saber has no problem, she will set off with me now..." Xia Ran nodded matter-of-factly, as if she didn't think there was anything wrong with the order she gave.

"Wait, I'm the only one going with you?" Saber raised her voice incredulously. If she was shocked by the notification just now, then this additional explanation made her even more shocked.

"Caster is not suitable for away games. There is no point in following the past. Moreover, Assassin must be left behind to guard the base camp to avoid being stolen..."

The reason given by Xia Ran was very reasonable. He looked directly at Artoria calmly and explained calmly——

"In addition, Matou Kariya has already rushed over with Berserker, so as long as you bring Saber with you, it will be enough. After all, I am not without combat power. Although the position of the master is to support the role from the rear, But I am an exception..."

I know this without you having to tell me...

Arturia had a dull expression on her face and did not respond immediately. She just looked at Irisviel beside her: "I'm sorry, but according to the previous agreement, I should stay with Irisviel to protect her safety... …”

"I usually treat you as favorably as possible, but Saber, if you don't intend to listen to any of my instructions at all, then it would be too rude... I didn't specially invite you to come back for vacation and recuperation."

Xia Ran suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly, with a dangerous light flashing in his eyes. He was indeed easy to talk to, but it was impossible for him to be easy to talk about everything.

During this period of time, Saber was completely unwilling to cooperate, and the so-called master-slave relationship only remained in the form of occasional blunt words, more like the sarcastic title "Master".

This is normal, and he can understand it. After all, everyone is an independent individual with his or her own camp, stance, and ideas. No one has to be calm and submissive to those who threaten and force them.

Servant also has its own pride and dignity, and the heroic spirit originally means the soul of the past hero. Xia Ran doesn't have the self-consciousness of Long Aotian, and thinks that she will give off some bastard spirit. If others don't accept her, they will bow to her and be subdued by her unconditionally, but still have her own ideas, she will feel very unhappy...

So he didn't care much, thinking that this was completely normal. If Artoria recognized a thief as her father so easily, then she would no longer be the shining king of knights.

But it doesn’t matter if you don’t put in the effort, you can’t just do some superficial work, right?

"Saber, don't actually worry about me, I'm not in any danger here..."

At this time, Irisviel came out to smooth things over at the right time, and said this helplessly, with a helpless smile that was both angry and funny on her face.

Although this kind of thing doesn't happen often, during this period, whenever the atmosphere between the two people suddenly became tense and seemed to be about to spark, she was the one responsible for smoothing things over...

Because she didn't want Saber to suffer, after all, this was the magician's territory.

Even the two silent Servants around him are his, no matter how you look at it, the situation is stronger than the person... If there is a collision, Saber will definitely be the one who suffers, and the others will be the ones who suffer. Not to mention, the binding force of the contract alone was enough for her to bear.

Irisviel didn't want to see this knight girl who trusted her so much and had always protected her get hurt. She didn't even want to see the embarrassing scene of her being ridiculed and reprimanded, so she would come out to lighten the atmosphere every time.

The starting point is indeed good, but after doing this kind of thing too much, it always feels like something is not quite right.

If you think about it carefully, it's probably because of the role mismatch, right?

After all, the magician in front of him is actually his enemy, and Irisviel is his prisoner. The relationship between the two parties should be very stiff and antagonistic... However, precisely because of this, what she did seems very... Violation.

——There is no feeling of hostility at all!

Why does Xia Ran and Saber have to come out to coax these two people when they feel a little tit-for-tat? She is just a prisoner, okay? She has no such obligation at all, right?

But that's what she thinks, she won't be vague when it's time to do it, and the magician didn't care before, but now she behaves a little dangerously. Irisviel also knew that it was impossible for the other party to make Saber do nothing, and she also knew why Saber would say such unwise words.

After receiving Irisviel's look, the knight girl was silent for a while, then nodded reluctantly: "I understand..."

Because their plan was to break out tonight, at least to successfully send Irisviel out, through some unique information transmission methods, they had already contacted Emiya Kiritsugu and finalized the specific time and details. , just waiting for the action to begin.

Unexpectedly, the magician in front of him did not follow the routine at all, and directly planned to take advantage of this moment to take action, and also took her away with him, leaving only Irisviel alone in Liudong Temple...

Seeing that it was too late to inform Emiya Kiritsugu of the change of plan, Saber naturally became anxious.

"Well, don't say that I am unkind. If you are really worried, you can take Irisviel with you..." Xia Ran sighed, seeming to be giving in, but her eyes were deep. There was a glimmer of light everywhere.

"No need..." Saber replied firmly. At this time, besides gambling on luck, what other options do you have?

"Then go back and prepare. We will set off later." Xia Ran nodded as a conclusion.

Saber didn't say anything more, but decisively pulled Irisviel up and left the war room. She needed to seize the time to warn this young woman some key points, and the next plan should go smoothly.

First of all, this abominable magician didn't know that Emiya Kiritsugu had found helpers again and had contacted them in a secret way. He didn't know that he would take action tonight.

Secondly, this damn magician happened to be preparing for action tonight, and would take away most of the combat power. Only Caster and Assassin stayed at Liudong Temple. This was both an accident and an opportunity.

Although Arturia herself was not present, it was originally a sudden plan to grab someone and run away, not a head-on confrontation...

So - not a big problem! She convinced herself so.

After Saber and Irisviel left, Xia Ran yawned, then removed the disguise on his face, looked at Medea and Sasaki Kojiro who were silent, and nodded lightly:

"Release the situation appropriately and let them snatch people and run away... Don't act like we knew about this a long time ago, and don't make any precautionary preparations in advance."

"Don't worry, Master..." Medea smiled brightly and said with confidence, "We may not be able to succeed in robbing people, but if we can't even release them, we won't have the face to call ourselves heroes. "

"That's good... Then I'll get ready first."

Xia Ran stood up with great relief and walked outside. Tonight, instead of killing two sheep with one tiger, he killed three birds with one stone.

He left the front hall and walked outside.

Liudong Temple is as quiet as ever after dark, and the courtyard is also empty... Huh? Xia Ran's eyes swept across and found that she almost ignored a small lonely figure.

After acquiring Saber, Ryudou Temple has become the safest place, so Matou Sakura returned here.

"Xiao Ying? It's so cold, what are you doing outside?" Xia Ran walked over and used the head-touching technique that she had become very skilled in during this period.

"Brother..." The little girl turned around and exhaled white breath under the cold night, "Um...Um, I heard that you are going to my...to Tosaka's house tonight?"

"That's right." Xia Ran didn't hide anything, and he immediately understood why the little girl was waiting for him here, "Don't worry, I won't hurt your father... But don't you hate him at all? ?”

Before Xiao Ying even uttered her words, she received an affirmative answer, and she breathed a long sigh of relief, but then her face tightened because of Xia Ran's question.

She remembered her previous stupidity. Why did she go to meet her mother and sister? Knowing the resentment in his heart, knowing his parents' ruthlessness, knowing that his sister can't help him at all...

However, that person was her father after all, and she still couldn't do it to the extent of watching him die.

"..."

"..."

"Forget it, I'm too talkative..." Xia Ran sighed, touched the little girl's head again, then raised her head as if aware, and raised her other hand gently, just enough to catch it. Falling crystal.

"Snowing?"

The white crystals began to fall, and the temperature under the night became even colder. Xia Ran looked at the snowflakes that were falling one after another without any warning, and suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment in her heart——

This is already 1994, almost December.

"Brother? What are you thinking about?" Matou Sakura gently pulled him and asked in a low voice, "It's snowing now... don't stand here anymore."

"It's nothing, I just suddenly realized that in three or four months..."

Xia Ran came back to her senses, smiled and shook her head, her tone becoming a little strange.

"If I go to Kanbuzi City at that time, I think I can see her just in time."