It was half an hour later that Shinji received the news from Yustisa.
Within the barrier of the Einzbern Forest, Yustisa cannot use any magic, otherwise it will trigger the barrier's warning mechanism and be detected by Irisviel, who controls the barrier.
Therefore, Yustisa left the barrier and sent a message to Shinji when the combat meeting was over and Kiritsugu and Irisviel were whispering under the moonlight.
"Do you care more about your nemesis Kotomine Kirei than Caster?"
When Shinji heard the news, eight words came to his mind: unexpected, but reasonable.
His attention was focused entirely on Caster, and he naturally assumed that other Masters had similar thoughts. But he forgot that for Emiya Kiritsugu, Kotomine Kirei, an enemy who clearly showed hostility and was aware of his existence, was more dangerous than Caster.
A year had passed so long that Shinji had forgotten some unimportant things. He had forgotten that in the original world line, the theme of this meeting was not on Kotomine Kirei, but on how to treat Caster.
The noble-minded Knight King naturally thought that he should take the initiative to attack and quickly eliminate Caster who was killing innocent people.
Kiritsugu, a killer who prioritizes efficiency, thinks that there is no need to worry about Caster, as other masters will naturally take care of him. He also proposes a strategy of using the fact that "Caster thinks Saber is Joan of Arc" as bait to lure Caster out, but not to fight Caster, so as to lure out servants who are interested in Caster and secretly look for opportunities to assassinate his master.
Saber was extremely disgusted by this shameless, mean, and despicable behavior (Knight King's words) that violated the spirit of chivalry. The ideological opposition between the master and the servant finally turned into a contradiction and surfaced. Even Irisviel, who was trying to mediate, was helpless. Although Saber and Kiritsugu had been in opposition from the beginning, they had retained a certain degree of restraint before. The Caster incident was like a fuse that ignited all the contradictions at once.
But now it is different. The appearance of a dangerous opponent beyond Kiritsugu's expectations has attracted the attention of everyone in the Saber team. In the face of a fatal crisis, all problems have to be pushed back. The conflict between the master and the servant is not only unplanned, but has also been eased because of this crisis. This is also the impact of Shinji, the intrusive time traveler butterfly.
Of course, Shinji wouldn't care about these little details even if he knew about them, as long as it didn't affect the battle situation. Even if Irisviel and Saber were having a yuri affair, he would - ahem, no, he really can't not care about this - although he has read books on this subject, he hasn't seen it live action. Just thinking about it still makes him a little excited.
Uh, it seems like something was exposed, let’s start over.
As long as it doesn't affect the battle situation, he doesn't care even if Saber eats Emiya Kiritsugu out of money. If he has that free time, he might as well play with his sister.
Since the Matou family entered a state of war, Shinji hasn't played with his sister for several days. Although Sakura is sensible and not as clingy as other children, and she has taken the initiative to take on housework, Shinji can see the loneliness in Sakura's eyes.
Since he has some free time today, Shinji decides to spend the whole day with his sister.
"Hey, little princess of our Matou family, I wonder if I have the honor to accompany Her Highness to go out and play together?"
Shinji, wearing a sports suit, pretended to be a gentleman and saluted to his sister who had just finished practicing magic. It looked so inappropriate.
Ying's eyes lit up, then dimmed again: "Yes, but there is still physical training later..."
"Classes are suspended." Shinji answered without hesitation, "Master is not here, so I have the final say."
"And dinner..."
"Let's go out to eat. I'll treat Sakura to a nice meal. Let father and uncle take care of themselves. Two adults shouldn't have a problem even eating."
Hearing Shinji's words, Tsuruya, who was reading a newspaper in the living room, twitched his mouth.
When he looked up, he saw that Kariya, who was sitting opposite him, had the same expression.
He also whispered: "This bastard is becoming less and less respectful of his elders."
Kariya nodded: "Indeed."
"Same as when you were a teenager."
"Why do you bring me into this?" Kariya was stunned at first, but quickly counterattacked, "I admit this, but Shinji must have inherited this leap of thought from you."
Heye pulled his chin and thought for a moment: "Now that you mention it, it's true... Wait a minute, I think we've gone off topic. What I wanted to ask was how to solve the problem of dinner."
"You were the one who changed the subject first." Kariya once again confirmed the fact that Tsuruya and Shinji were father and son. "Let me cook dinner. I've been out there alone for so many years. If I didn't know how to cook, I would have starved to death."
Hearing his brother say this, Heya threw away the newspaper and slumped down on the sofa: "Ah, anyway, I'm just a useless person who can't take care of myself."
"It's good that you know." Instead of comforting her, Yanye stabbed her in the back.
The Matou Tsuruno sank.
On the other side, Sakura continued to ask questions, which were rejected one by one by Shinji.
"Holy Grail War."
"There's been a truce lately."
"Brother needs to rest."
"My brother is in such good shape that he can kill a cow with his bare hands."
"My brother is a liar."
"No lie, we are going to the farm outside the city, and I will show you how to kill a cow with one punch."
"It's better not to do that. It's too pitiful to be beaten to death by your brother because of something like this."
"Today, Sakura is the boss and I will follow the orders of Her Majesty the Princess."
Shinji bowed once more in a mock manner, causing Sakura to giggle.
"So where would you like to go, Princess?"
"Anywhere is fine. I'll go wherever my brother takes me."
Sakura tilted her head and thought for a while, and finally said this.
Shinji was touched and distressed, but he still shook his head: "No, today I am the knight of Her Highness the Princess, and Her Highness needs to make the decision herself."
"Hmm... I see." Ying pouted and tilted her head to the other side, "I want to go to the park and see the bridge. Mom said that you can see very far from the bridge. It's very beautiful - is that okay?"
"Okay, of course. I've already said that Her Royal Highness is the boss today."
"Brother is the best."
Hearing her brother say this, Sakura smiled happily, rushed over and hugged Shinji's arm.
Shinji patted his sister's head lovingly, playing the role of a loyal knight: "Princess, you must be reserved, reserved."
"Hmm..." Sakura tried to keep a straight face and imitated her sister and mother Zenjo Aoi and said, "Brother, let's go."
Shinji took his sister's hand and walked out of the house.
"Your Highness, please leave the palace~~"