Chapter 362

【The boy was silent for a moment and asked: "Since that's the case, aren't you going to capture me here? Using interrogation or other means to investigate how I left the labyrinth, that's the style of a Jewel Jewel Mage, right?"】

【Heartless sighed: "Noridge's bad habits seem to have infected me too. Yes, in short, it's the habit of wanting to see the other person's future development as soon as I find it interesting. Although it's said that this has been passed down from generation to generation in the family, I used to think that my mentor's habit was ridiculous."】

【"I said this is a pre-investment, right? That check has a condition. That's right, if you return here, be my disciple."】

【The boy was slightly shocked, thought for a moment, and whispered: "May I ask your name, teacher?"】

【"I am Dr. Heartless. Call me Doctor or Heartless, as you please."】

Waver: "This is, Heartless's disciple?"

Kayneth: "Hmm—never heard of it..."

Rin Tohsaka: "Could it be that some accident happened and they died, which led to Heartless becoming like this?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Your guess... is indeed very likely."

Waver: "Well, after all, just the identity of a child born in the labyrinth, once discovered by the Jewel Jewel Mage's Association, it's impossible to be let go."

【The scene changes, and a woman opens her eyes.】

【The scene just now was actually a dream she had.】

【This woman is Hephaestion.】

【The first thing she did when she woke up was to pour herself a glass of red wine and drink it.】

【This is her hobby and habit; she is a follower of the Greek god of wine, Dionysus.】

【The place where she is is a basement; from the surrounding style, it can be seen that this was originally a wine cellar.】

Rin Tohsaka: "This is actually a dream?"

Rin Tohsaka: "But how could Hephaestion dream of Heartless's memories?"

Kairi Sisigou: "Is this rare?"

Isn't this kind of thing very common? He has also dreamed of Mo's memories.

Rin Tohsaka: "Uh, that's you guys."

She has never dreamed of Ishtar's past.

【"... h, if only I could remain in a state of death."】

【In fact, she is extremely repulsed by her manifestation as a Servant.】

【The reason for this is that she learned what her former comrades did after the King's death, and felt ashamed of her and her brother's incompetence in failing to assist the Great Emperor to the end.】

Iskandar: "Hahaha, this guy, is she even more stubborn than me?"

Waver: "This also shows her loyalty to you."

Iskandar: "... es, both sisters are like this."

【"Hmm?"】

【Noticing that Heartless was working on the other Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side, she directly raised the wine bottle: "Master, won't you have a drink?"】

【Heartless: "I said before, I don't drink."】

【"Oh, it's not that your constitution doesn't allow you to drink, but you don't drink? I've recommended such good wine, this statement is really strange."】

【Hephaestion continued to pick up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, muttering: "Servants don't dream, right?"】

【Heartless: "... t seems so."】

【Hephaestion: "Because dreams are the privilege of the living. No matter where we go, we are just the residue of past heroes, just temporary recording tapes that are playing."】

【"However, I just had a strange hallucination. That's your memory, right?"】

【"..."】

【The room suddenly fell into silence. After a long while, Heartless whispered: "Which Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side is the living one?"】

【Heartless continued his work; he was drawing a map on the wall, and next to it was a map of London.】

【This picture is like a giant dragon that is constantly diving, seemingly wanting to swallow the planet.】

Kayneth: "This is, the map of Albion!"

Kayneth: "This guy Heartless, does he want to make a move on Albion!"

Kairi Sisigou: "To think it's hand-drawn, and completely from memory; it seems he is very familiar with Albion."】

Waver: "He seems to be comparing Albion with the map of London; what exactly does he want to do?"】

【The scene changes to the Clock Tower.】

【The Second announced that he would Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take a week off, and the course would be temporarily replaced by the second-level lecturer Mr. Xia Er, which made the group of little monkeys under him very dissatisfied.】

【The students wanted to find the Second's whereabouts, but found that he hadn't even returned home recently.】

【They also tried to follow Gray, but were easily shaken off by her every time.】

【As the leaders of the monkey group, Svin and Flat had also disappeared two days ago, otherwise they wouldn't have been so laborious.】

【On the other Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side, Gray, who had avoided the students' tracking, found Yvette and got a document from her.】

【The document contains some personnel information of the Clock Tower from the last hundred years or so, which the Second specifically entrusted Yvette to collect, and it's unknown what he wants to do.】

【During their conversation, they also mentioned the Second's whereabouts; he has been constantly changing his hiding place in nearby hotels recently, as if hiding from something.】

【Yvette asked why the Second suddenly became like this, and Gray said it had to do with what happened a few days ago.】

【Just a few days ago, Reines suddenly invited the Second to be a guest at her house.】

【The other party first teased the Second about the commotion they made in Wales, that is, Gray's hometown, and then quickly got to the point.】

【Naturally, it was still about Heartless.】

【Reines asked the Second about the clues related to Heartless found in Wales.】

【Afterwards, Reines handed the Second an envelope as a reward for obtaining the clues and mentioned the Fifth Holy Grail War.】

【Three participants have already summoned Servants and have successively rushed to Fuyuki, and the remaining four are still unknown.】

【The Fifth Holy Grail War has already begun and should be decided in about two weeks.】

【Reines said that once the Holy Grail War ends, Faker will probably leave the stage, so Heartless will probably Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take action recently.】

【To this, the Second said, you are too conservative; the other party has probably already started taking action.】

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "The Fifth Holy Grail War—"

Kayneth: "The three participants should be 'Atram Galiasta' and 'Bazett Fraga McRemitz' of the Jewel Jewel Mage's Association, and the little girl of the Einzbern family."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "In Fuyuki, according to the last video, Kiritsugu Emiya's son and Sakura have both become Masters, so the remaining two should be Kirei and Rin."

Rin Tohsaka: "According to the original historical development, I would indeed inherit my father's last wish and participate in the Holy Grail War."

Kayneth: "In that case, the participants of the Fifth Holy Grail War in the original historical development are complete. As for the Servants, it is only known that the Emiya kid summoned King Arthur just like his father."

Kayneth: "Your Emiya family has tied King Arthur to death, haven't you?"

Kiritsugu Emiya: "Hmph."

【"Why? It's not time yet, right?"】

【After the Second opened the envelope and checked the contents, his brows immediately knitted into a ball.】

【This letter is a notice for the convening of the Crown Resolution.】

【The Crown Resolution is the name of a meeting convened by the Lords and their agents to deliberate across the boundaries of disciplines and factions in the management of the Clock Tower.】

【To put it bluntly, it's just the twelve Lords getting together for a meeting to discuss some things.】

【After Kayneth died, the El-Melloi family was removed from the Mineralogy Department at the Crown Resolution, and the Second also obtained the authority to manage the Modern Magecraft Department at the Crown Resolution.】

【The problem is, why is the Crown Resolution being convened early, and at such a sensitive time.】

【Moreover, as one of the twelve Lords, Lord El-Melloi, he didn't hear any news at all; is this planning to wait until the last minute to tell him, forcing him onto the stage?】

【What do the other Lords want to do?】

【To this, Reines said she didn't know either.】

【After all, how can they, these wage earners, understand the little schemes of the upper levels.】

【It was from that day on that the Second suddenly announced that he would Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take a break, didn't return home, hid outside all day, and entrusted Yvette to help him investigate these confidential materials.】

Kayneth: "To think it's the Crown Resolution! And without prior notice to El-Melloi; it seems they are not coming with good intentions."

Waver: "No, wasn't this notified?"

Kayneth: "—I see, those foxes."

Who would dare to leak information about such an important matter as the Crown Resolution without the authorization of other Lords, not to mention that Reines is just an employee of the Law Department.

It seems that someone is showing favor to the Second, deliberately using Reines to tell the Second the information.

Hmm, if it's the Law Department, could it be Barthomeloi.

【With the information, Gray quickly arrived at the hotel where the Second is currently staying, and naturally, she was greeted by the two living treasures, Flat and Svin.】

【After what happened in her hometown, Gray has become much more cheerful, and looking at the two who were bickering, she actually laughed.】