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Although the process looks easy, it takes a lot of mental effort.
The Tohsaka family's side went to rest contentedly, but the others were not yet able to rest.
The Matou family, in particular, was still brightly lit, and they were still cleaning up the mess.
The Matou family, now in decline, consists of only ordinary people, apart from Zouken Matou, the old mages, and Kariya Matou, who was modified by Zouken. They are not as efficient as magicians in dealing with the Matou family.
The old insect was too lazy to help, while Matou Kariya was barely able to protect himself.
In the battle just now, a clone of Hassan almost ambushed him, forcing him to use his already limited magic power to escape unscathed.
However, this also puts a strain on his life force once again. He may not live to see the end of the Holy Grail War; he only has a few days left to live.
"No! He can't die yet! It's Tokiomi Tohsaka who must die! Just you wait!"
Matou Kariya endured the pain of the Crest Worms wreaking havoc within his body, letting out a beast-like roar.
Einzbern's side is also still not resting.
Irisviel relayed information about the previous battle with the Matou family to Kiritsugu Emiya, who had been out all day and hadn't returned to the castle, and they discussed countermeasures.
Although it was called a discussion, in reality, it was basically Kiritsugu Emiya who made the decisions.
The response they received was to tell Irisviel and the others to be careful, to remain still for now, and to wait and see what happens, and to contact them again if anything comes up.
Then, Kiritsugu Emiya hung up the communication to investigate the magical fluctuations in another area.
And information on the remaining Masters.
This is one of the reasons why he has never returned to the castle.
The current situation is still too unclear. We have only confirmed the identities of the other two starter families besides our own, as well as Kenneth, and the whereabouts and identities of three Masters are unknown.
No, the Matou family only knows that they participated, and that the Servant is Berserker, but the Master has not yet surfaced.
Therefore, Kiritsugu Emiya has a lot to do right now, so where would he find the time to go back and rest?
Comparatively speaking, Kenneth's side is second only to Tohsaka's side in terms of ease.
After holding a small meeting to share information about the Matou family's situation, everyone went back to doing their own thing.
Sora played games and chatted with Mordred, while Kenneth continued setting up his magic workshop.
The relationship between the three is somewhat like the strange balance between Tokiomi Tohsaka, Gilgamesh, and Maru, and there have never been any conflicts.
At the same time, it also made Kenneth feel somewhat happy.
His fiancée was ultimately on his side.
Although she said nothing, she tirelessly helped him ease the tension between himself and the Servant.
However, Kenneth had no idea what Sora and Mordred were talking about.
"They never asked for my opinion on any of these arrangements. If I had even the slightest thought of resistance, they would speak to me coldly in a commanding tone, treating me like I wasn't family at all. Don't you think they're being too much, Mordred?"
Sora poured out her sorrows to the rebel with a distressed expression.
“Yeah, that’s really too much. How could they do that?” Dred said with a look of sympathy.
"And Kenneth is the same. He says how much he loves me, but he doesn't understand my pain at all, and he hasn't really done anything for me. Instead, he goes along with those people and even persuaded them to let me marry him through a deal."
"Ah... I never thought he was that kind of person, ugh! Scum!" Dred was also shocked upon hearing this.
Although she didn't have a very good initial impression of Kenneth, it wasn't too bad either.
I haven't had much contact with him these past few days, so I really don't know what kind of person my Master is.
I never expected it to be like this.
They immediately became disgusted with it.
After all, aside from her rebellious (or perhaps loving?) heart towards her father, Mordred is essentially a qualified knight, possessing some of the virtues of a knight.
For example, compassion and justice.
The compassion in chivalry does not actually refer to pity, but rather to helping the weak and oppressed.
The main characteristics of that era were tolerance, mutual help, and respect and understanding for women.
This is also the earliest origin of European gentlemanly style.
As for fairness, there's no need to elaborate; those two words speak volumes.
Now, both Sora's family and Kenneth's actions are completely contrary to the two points mentioned above regarding chivalry.
This made Mordred increasingly dissatisfied with her Master.
"Hey, Mordred, can you help me?"
Seeing that the time was almost right, Sora finally chose to confront Mordred.
"I don't need you to do anything, just don't stop me. Then, we can work together to obtain the Holy Grail and fulfill our wishes, okay?"
Mordred laughed heartily: "Of course, it would be an honor, Miss Sora."
And so, the rebellious knight and the rebellious woman reached an agreement.
Chapter 39 Ma, the Fantasy Chef, and the Tohsaka Family's Lunch
Kenneth, busy setting up his magic workshop, was unaware that the Servant he had summoned had been won over by his fiancée and was plotting a rebellion. He was still lost in the beautiful future he had imagined.
Thus concludes the first night of the Holy Grail War!
When Marx and Eng woke up, it was already noon the next day.
He was woken up by Nero, who said he was hungry.
Actually, in her current state, she doesn't really need to eat. As long as she has enough magic, she won't feel particularly hungry.
However, over the past few days, she has gotten used to eating, reducing her magic consumption while also enjoying some modern cuisine.
However, since Tokiomi Tohsaka has already asked all other unrelated people to leave, no one is cooking at the Tohsaka residence now.
Yes, Tokiomi Tohsaka can cook.
Well, it just feels like this person is completely out of place when it comes to cooking.
However, Tokiomi Tohsaka, who is obsessed with his daughter, has always been committed to playing the role of a perfect superhuman father, so he specially learned some things, one of which is cooking, and he is quite good at it.
Therefore, ever since the day Gilgamesh was born, the meals for the Tohsaka family have generally been the responsibility of Tohsaka Tokiomi, or else it depends on Maru's mood; if he's in a good mood, he'll cook.
(Father Mapo: I can... Tokiomi Tohsaka: ! No!)
It's worth mentioning that Ma En's culinary skills have reached a miraculous level through continuous refinement in recent years. No chef in any star-rated restaurant can match his skill.
Even Maren himself was somewhat confident that he could compete with Ryougi Shiki, who was acknowledged by the authors of the Type-Moon universe as having the best cooking skills, and vie for the title of the best in Type-Moon.
As for why it's so strong?
This was actually because Marx and Engels cheated.
Especially in the last year, after he was able to construct extraordinary things.
This guy cheated by creating various fantastical ingredients from the famous gourmet anime "Toriko".
With constant handling of fantastical ingredients, my culinary skills naturally improved rapidly.
Now, even with ordinary ingredients, you can make wonderfully delicious dishes and even recreate the wonderful flavors of imagined ingredients.
Of course, it was a lot of trouble to do, and Mar and Eng tried it once and never did it again.
After all, you can freely create fantasy ingredients without worrying about consumption, so isn't it more convenient to just use fantasy ingredients directly?
The result was that everyone who had eaten his cooking became fascinated and looked forward to Marx and Engels cooking every day.
For example, Nero now, and...
"How long are you going to sleep! Go and prepare lunch for me right now!"
Ma En, who had just been gently pulled up by Nero, was scolded by his mother, Shan Shan, who had been standing at the door at some point.
Yes, Niang Shanshan also likes Ma En's cooking, but she doesn't say it outright. However, she doesn't eat anything else except Ma En's food.
This is also why Niang Shanshan's attitude is not as arrogant as before.
She was threatened by Ma En, who said that if she dared to have a falling out with the other family members for no reason, he would stop cooking for her.
Originally, the proud and aloof mother, Shan Shan, refused.
Me, the mighty and indomitable Gilgamesh, bowing down for a meal?! What a joke!
She immediately declared, "Even if I, Gilgamesh, die! I'll jump off this cliff! I won't eat a single thing you eat!"
However, after seeing Nero and Marne enjoying their food so much, she couldn't resist the temptation and immediately started eating it herself.
(Because Gilgamesh had nothing to eat, Tokiomi Tohsaka didn't dare to eat either.)
"Yes, yes, yes, I'm up now."
Ignoring his mother's sharp rebuke, Ma En slowly got up.
Then he quickly washed up and, with his two hungry beauties in tow, went to the kitchen.
"What should I eat today?" Vest pondered in front of the cutting board.
"Hey hey hey! I want to eat rainbow fruit pie, tuna and octopus sashimi, wine-flavored pork and honey-glazed char siu, chestnut and potato salad, and teppanyaki squid with layered filling."
Miss Nero perked up immediately upon hearing this and placed her order on the spot.
"Hmm, the pufferfish whale from yesterday was good. Let's try something different. For the main course, let's have the 'Sea, Land, and Air' rice made with sun rice. For meat, let's have the jewel meat, a few jewel crabs, and caviar from the golden salmon. That'll go well with drinks. The ruby red wine is also good. Two bottles, please."
The mother, Shanshan, didn't stand on ceremony either, pointing out some of her favorites.
En watched speechlessly as the two guys ordered their food without paying attention to themselves.
I'm talking about what I want to eat! What's it to you?!