Chapter 294: On the Similarities Between the Dragon Race and the Type-Moon

Once his mind was made up, Li Ang looked toward this Holy Grail War's Lesser Grail, Irisviel.

Although the battle just now hadn't lasted long, she had nonetheless absorbed the souls of three Servants in succession.

To suppress these Servant souls, this homunculus of the Einzbern family had been forced to shut down many bodily functions, which had left her growing weaker and weaker.

Whether out of curiosity about the homunculus or out of a desire to protect the Lesser Grail, Li Ang could not let her keep running around outside: "For the next period of time, please take up residence at the Matou household, Madam."

As his words fell, Irisviel felt her whole body tighten, and then she slowly drifted up into midair.

Seeing this, Saber immediately tightened her grip on her sword.

Apparently noticing her little movement, Li Ang glanced at her and said casually: "If you don't want your Master to come to any harm, I'd advise you to put away that attitude."

Hearing this, Saber clenched her teeth, then unwillingly sheathed her weapon.

Paying no attention to what this Ahoge King was thinking, Li Ang seemed to suddenly remember someone he had forgotten: "Almost forgot about you."

As he spoke, he drew out a long spear flashing with a cold light.

The next instant, the spear was hurled like a meteor toward some spot outside the courtyard.

When the spear returned to Li Ang's hand, its tip was already stained with crimson blood.

Assassin's Master, Kirei Kotomine, was dead.

Because this war's Assassin's Noble Phantasm split himself into eighty people, killing them was a bit troublesome, so Li Ang chose to simply take out his Master directly.

And Assassin clearly couldn't maintain his own existence after his Master's death—after all, not everyone had a high-rank 【Independent Action】 like Golden Spark did.

After a while, once he had confirmed that another Servant soul had been added to Irisviel's body, Li Ang prepared to return to the Matou residence.

And at this point, less than half a day had passed since the Holy Grail War truly began—that is, since Li Ang had summoned Valkyrie.

'As long as I obtain control of Saber next, this Holy Grail War will be completely in my grasp.'

Regardless of whether this journey's major events had any connection to the Fourth Holy Grail War, Li Ang would still do this, because he was very curious about the Third Magic that constituted the Holy Grail.

Of course, the Throne of Heroes, located outside the world, also greatly interested him.

After briefly organizing his thoughts, Li Ang left the place with Scathach and the unconscious Irisviel.

And not long after Li Ang left, Tokiomi Tohsaka gradually came back to his senses.

He looked at the courtyard, a complete mess before him, and an extremely contorted expression appeared on his face; the elegant composure he usually wore was entirely gone.

He had clearly summoned the King of Heroes, and clearly the Shengtangjiao Society acting as adjudicator had also secretly tilted toward him—double the happiness stacked together—so why had it turned into the situation before his eyes?

"Ahhhh!!!"

Seeing that the head of the Tohsaka family had already fallen into madness, Waver quietly shuffled his feet to put some distance between them.

But just then, a haughty voice suddenly rang out: "Waver Velvet, I didn't expect that little thief of yours would actually dare show your face before me."

As the words were spoken, a man with a slicked-back golden pompadour slowly walked out of the darkness.

"K-Kayneth-sensei"

Seeing who it was, Waver first gulped nervously in fear, but then immediately got his emotions under control.

And the reason he was acting this way—

was because the holy relic he had used to summon Rider had been stolen from Kayneth.

"Tch."