The place where Lion Robbery and Mordred woke up was not in the underground cemetery outside Fass, but in a room of a remote small hotel outside Sighisoara. To be cautious, they did not rent the room in their own name, but occupied the room rented by others through hints.
After receiving Shirou's message, the two men who had gone deep into the enemy's territory alone temporarily retreated from their original hiding place, Tolyfas, to the vicinity of Sighisoara.
As a necromancer who has been on the battlefield for many years, Shizijie has an extraordinary keen sense of war. Without further confirmation or waiting, he knows that the Red Berserker is doomed to die.
Now that they are outnumbered, they cannot give the black side a chance to expand their advantage. Before both sides make further moves, they should wait here. At least here, the opponent does not have the advantage of terrain, and Father Shirou is also nearby. If they are in danger, they can help each other - Shizi Jie, who does not know that Shirou and his party have moved, thinks so.
Scratching the itchy scar on his face, Shizijie sat up from the sofa, his face still showing the effects of the dream.
Mordred, who was playing with the wild cat, glanced at his Master and laughed.
"Has the nightmare started after moving from that catacombs to this inn? Necromancers are really troublesome."
To the girl's surprise, the man who would have retorted or explained the Lion's Tribulation indifferently in the past just looked at her silently. That inexplicably sad look made her feel uncomfortable.
"What are you doing? That's disgusting."
"No, it's okay, let's go eat." Lion Jie avoided Mordred's gaze, stood up and walked out.
Although Mordred was a little concerned, he immediately put all his questions aside when he heard about eating. As the only child of King Arthur, although he had no right to inherit the throne, he inherited the king's extra-dimensional stomach, which is called the King's Stomach for short.
"Oh, time to eat, time to eat, what shall we eat today?~"
Mordred picked up the wild cat and followed the lion humming a song.
"What a naive guy." Lion Jie shook his head and muttered softly.
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They found a random outdoor teahouse. Lion Jie was listlessly flipping through the newspaper while Mordred was eating voraciously with great interest. The contrast was stark. When they were not fighting, the two of them usually spent their time in harmony, except for the expression on their faces: "I'm so bored, I really want to do something."
Perhaps God heard their voices, and an inconspicuous gray dove descended from the sky, bringing a note. The note was written in neat handwriting: Black Lancer is in Sighisoara, and no other black servants were found.
Although it was only a short sentence, Shizijie already understood what Father Shirou wanted to convey.
The red team lost the berserker, and the black team should also lose one person. Regardless of whether this lancer is a bait or not, since he is here, there is no way he can go back.
"Hey~ It seems that they want us to be the pioneers." Lion Jie threw away the newspaper, "Indeed, this is the most suitable choice."
"What's wrong, Master?" Mordred, who was concentrating on eating, raised his head and asked incoherently.
"The Black Lancer is nearby."
"Really? That's great news. I can fill my stomach and exercise at the same time."
Mordred thrust the fork into the sausage with all his strength, as if he mistook the sausage for the Black Lancer.
"I say, it's daytime now, and you want to fight in such a crowded place - My Lord King?" Lion Jie teased.
"Ugh—" Mordred was struck by lightning. What made her even more angry was that the wild cat secretly took away the largest fish on her plate.
"Ah, I saved that for last, give it back to me!"
How could a wild cat give up the food in its mouth and run away
"Don't run!" Mordred stretched out his limbs and chased after him, his movements exactly the same as those of a wild cat.
Shizijie pushed down his sunglasses and watched the scene in silence.
This guy, has his IQ degenerated to that of a cat? Uh, humans can't degenerate into cats, it should be... monkeys? (Yes, Xiao Mo was hit by the Hou-style alkali production method, no, the monkey-style intelligence reduction method.)
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The "eyes and ears" of the Thousand World Tree Clan are spread all over Romania, and Sighisoara is no exception. Although they are not as omnipresent as Tuliface, it is still no problem to keep an eye on key figures.
When the fierce-looking Lion Jie Jieli, who looked like a vicious criminal, and Mordred, who wore a pineapple hairdo, hot pants and a small suspender, and looked like a bad girl, entered the city, the news was delivered to Fiore's desk. Because of Assassin's activeness, Danic handed over half of the Thousand World Tree Clan's intelligence network to Fiore.
Combining the information she had received about Ruler and the news that another unidentified Servant had appeared in Sighisoara, Fiore couldn't help but make a similar exclamation to Semiramis.
"What's going on? Everyone... Is there something going on in Sighisoara that we don't know about? What is it?"
Fiore tapped the armrest of the wheelchair with her left hand rhythmically, and fell into deep thought. Unfortunately, the Servants' far superior strength to humans made it difficult to obtain intelligence, and the existing intelligence alone was not enough to draw conclusions, at least Fiore herself did not see anything.
"Maybe assassin can see something."
Since I can't figure it out myself, I'll ask someone for help. The first person I thought of was Shinji, who was born as an assassin and was very sensitive to intelligence, as can be seen from his previous performance.
However, as soon as this thought came up, Fiore suppressed it. The embarrassing incident the night before had caused her to be unable to face her Servant properly until now. Once she saw his face, she would become at a loss and didn't know what to do.
"This situation cannot go on like this. We must change this terrible situation."
Fiore bit her lip and was about to call her Servant through the contract. However, before she could even think of it, she backed off.
"Well, it still doesn't work. I really..."
After complaining to herself for a while, Fiore pulled herself together.
"Let's not think about that for now. Business is important. Business is important. If Assassin can't do it, find someone else. Archer—can't do it either."
Chiron is the second most important person on the black side, and he is a military strategist. His ability and wisdom are beyond doubt. However, he is currently helping Assassin with special training. Notifying him is equivalent to notifying Assassin. Based on Fiore's understanding of her own servants, she will definitely come along when the time comes, and it may even make the already tense relationship worse. (Actually, it won't happen. Fiore is overthinking, so she said girl.)
Next, Fiore eliminated Colles (too familiar, she knew what he would say without asking), Serenike (not interested in the war), Astolfo (prisoner, rationality evaporated), Spartacus (prisoner, never dealt with), Gold and Siegfried (the two went out early in the morning, no one knew what they were doing), Roger and Avisbronn (stayed in the workshop all day, no communication with the outside world).
In the end, only the clan leader and half-teacher Danik and the leader of the black side, berserker Vlad III, were left.
Fiore put aside the dissatisfaction in her heart and drove the wheelchair to the top floor of the castle.