Morning. Millennia Fortress, once again bathed in light, was exceptionally bustling. Throughout Millennia Fortress, homunculi were busy repairing the fortress.
After all, last night's great battle had caused too much destruction to Millennia Fortress. Various parts of the fortress needed repair. And on the plains outside Millennia Fortress, numerous homunculi were engaged in recovery work. Although this work had started last night, at that time, it was more about cleaning up the battlefield, recovering damaged Dragon Tooth Warriors, golems, and homunculi. And incidentally, cleaning up the blood spilled by the homunculi.
It wasn't until this morning that they had time to clear the area for terrain rearrangement. Because of this, the Yggdmillennia family had laid out a large human-repelling barrier nearby overnight. This meant that there were no human figures near Millennia Fortress at this time.
Meanwhile, it wasn't just the homunculi who were busy.
The Masters of the Yggdmillennia family were also busy contacting the Mage's Association, discussing the Holy Grail War with them. Just then, Chiron and Jeanne came together to Shirou's room and knocked on the door.
"Coming!" Shirou opened the door and saw the two who had come together.
"Why did you two come together?"
"We coincidentally met Mr. Chiron on the way."
"What, aren't you going to invite us in?"
"How could I, Master Chiron! Please come in quickly!"
With that, Shirou welcomed the two inside.
Entering Shirou's room, Jeanne looked at the magic materials and various blueprints scattered on the table and asked in confusion, "What are you researching?"
"A special item!" Looking at the blueprint Jeanne casually picked up, Shirou smiled and said, "See if you can understand it!"
"Is it difficult?" Spreading out the blueprint in her hand, Jeanne instantly fell into a state of bewilderment.
"What, what is this!?" Various patterns, various symbols, and various mathematical formulas. For Jeanne, who couldn't even grasp basic mathematics, it was like reading a book from heaven.
"See? I knew you wouldn't understand!"
"Hahaha!" As he spoke, Shirou couldn't help but laugh.
Seeing this, Jeanne blushed and, in a fit of pique, punched Shirou. But Shirou steadily caught the punch. Grabbing Jeanne's fist, Shirou couldn't help but grin mischievously at Jeanne. This made Jeanne, recalling the atmosphere of last night, blush again.
"Ahem!" Feigning a few coughs, Chiron said helplessly,
"Can you two flirt somewhere where there's no one else?
You're making me quite embarrassed!" Upon Chiron's reminder, Shirou quickly released his grip on Jeanne's fist. Jeanne also quickly retreated, turning her back to the two. Although the two had not explicitly said anything, an emotion had already arisen in their hearts.
For the current awkward situation, Shirou immediately
changed the subject. "Master Chiron, is there something you needed from me today?" Hearing Shirou's question, Chiron's expression immediately became serious. "Shirou, did you truly know Shirou Kotomine's true identity from the very beginning?"
Hearing Chiron's question, Shirou's expression also became serious. He knew very well that after what happened in the Hanging Gardens, he would definitely be asked this.
"That's right, I knew!"
"Then did you manifest because of Shirou Kotomine's wish?"
"Not entirely; I also have my own wish."
"Then will you, as a Black Faction Servant, fight until the very last moment?"
"Isn't that obvious?" Chiron was very satisfied with Shirou's answer. This was enough; as long as Shirou still considered himself a Black Faction Servant and would fight for the Black Faction until the very end, that was enough. Other things didn't need to be considered. Chiron greatly trusted this new disciple of his.
Patting Shirou's shoulder, Chiron said seriously, "Then keep going according to your heart's desires!" With that, he waved his hand, preparing to leave. Shirou was also very touched by Chiron's trust. He immediately called out to Chiron, saying, "Master, don't leave yet. The item I prepared for Fiore is complete!"
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