Aftermath and Next Move

Saber looked at the sprawling dark forest in distance.

She finally understood why the vegetation was much more alive here than in Germany where she was summoned.

Morgan has turned the whole place into her territory…

The King of Knights has no idea how Morgan became so powerful, she knew of her Fae heritage before. But, it never played such a large role, Morgan never truly utilised it before.

"Saber… are you okay?" Irisviel voice brought her out from deep thoughts.

"I am fine Irisviel…" 

The Einzbern homunculus didn't believed her no matter how hard the Knight tried to hide it.

"Still thinking about the incident in docks?"

"...I am…From voice… I knew it was Morgan. But, her power, it did not make any sense, she never was this powerful, scheming? Yes! Such preparation are not out of her modus operandi…" The servant of the sword clenched her right hand.

"But, the Rhongomyniad? She never was interested in it! not to mention deploying it in such a manner!" The blonde girl angrily said that.

"And not just her use of Rhongomyniad! Her Fae powers too! None of this makes sense to me." Saber shook her head as she looked back at the forest.

The improved vegetation just made her happy and annoyed at the same time.

She loved nature which reminded her of the lake, Camelot and now of Morgan?

Meaning that she can't even enjoy a simple walk In the forest as it will attract the witch gaze!

"Saber, there is the possibility that it's different Morgan from the one you know. Throne of Heroes exist outside regular time flow, not just from past, present and future," Irisviel explained to the King Of Knights.

"Yes, I know, even so, Morgan is Morgan, the difference is that this one is more dangerous than the one I know from my life." The Blonde said that while looking seriously at the silver-haired woman.

"This war just got more dangerous than before…" Saber said that while remembering Archer's execution, it was not a fight, it was more or less a demonstration of Caster's power.

And it chilled her to the very bone.

To kill one of the greatest mankind heroes so casually without even being in the area, she has no idea how she could fight something like that! 

"I am more worried about Caster's master, to summon something like your older sibling," Irisviel said that while trying to imagine the master of such a witch.

Maybe he is already reduced to nothing but a simple prana battery?

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"Fufufu…" Morgan softly giggled as she like a ghost moved through their mansion, her Husband has retired for the night leaving her to her own devices.

She still wants her castle, nonetheless, she can see the appeal of a mansion with so many windows.

After surveying the whole city through her powers, she was able to see her little sister's already despairing look after seeing her Rhongomyniad. 

Morgan can already safely put this version of Artoria below the one she knows from her Britain, possessing Dragon Core yet wasting it like that?

Pathetic!

Such wasted potential! Still, Red Dragon is Red Dragon she will put her in her place, especially with the power she wields now.

Eventually, the Fairy Queen arrived at her Husband sleeping quarters, with hand wave the doors gently opened and the pale blond woman entered.

She looked at her defenceless sleeping master.

Very next second-most of her clothes simply vanished leaving only with black panties, she then smiled and sneaked under the bedsheets.

Ending up laying on top of her Husband, she released a very satisfying sigh before closing her eyes.

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"My Servant has been defeated and I request Asylum from the Holy Church." Tokiomi Tohsaka said to Risei Kotomine the mediator of the Grail War.

"Accepted. Without violating my role as mediator, I Risei Kotomine guarantee your safety." The old priest said to the red-dressed Magus.

Without wasting more time on this charade both of them entered the church where they know there should not be any familiar there.

Eventually, they arrived at an area similar to a living room where they can talk without worry.

"Any information on this Caster?" Tokiomi asked the old Priest as well as the Fake Priest who was under Church protection as well.

"Before Assassin died he overheard Saber talking to Rider." Kirei Kotomine said with his monotone voice.

"The way she behaved and the shock on her face indicates that she knows this Caster's identity." 

"I see, from her time then…" Tokiomi said with realisation, he connected the dots in his head, King of Knights legend is a well-known story there is the reason why her sword is hidden.

"Then it should be obvious who this Caster is…" Risei Kotomine pointed out.

"Morgan le Fay? This doesn't make any sense! She is famous, yes. But, to beat my Archer like this? She was not even in the area!" The Magus slammed his fist down in frustration, to be taken out this easily in opening night is the greatest humiliation he has ever experienced!

Both of the priests ignored the outburst instead focused on what Tokiomi said.

"True, Morgan is not know for possessing such raw power, even the whole setup was as if they knew what is going to happen, she even knew the real identity of Archer." The old priest pointed out.

"Yes, something is going on, something we have missed…" Tokiomi said while leaning into the couch.

"Kirei, with Archer, gone we can only rely on Assassin now, we need to start targeting enemy Masters from now on." The Magus pointed that out.

The fake priest nodded he notified the assassins with this new command.

"Tokiomi it will be better if you take over Assassin, as experienced magus your Prana will make them stronger." The old priest off handily mentioned that.

The red suit dressed Magus absentmindedly nodded, we was still in disbelieve, even when more than 5 hours passed after the event.

He was so sure with Gilgamesh help he will finally get it! After all, The King Of Heroes had Anti-World Noble Phantasm!

And now he will be stuck with Assasin? Most of all he won't be able to interact with other Masters properly or build up some sort of Alliances!

If he reveals himself as Master his previous plot will be revealed as well!

*Sigh*

"Very well." Tohsaka Tokiomi sighed in defeat, he can't be picky, he can only win the war with a servant.

And besides, he will receive Kirei's Command Seals.

Meaning he will have six in total…

The old priest nodded and motioned for his son to hand over the servant to the Tokiomi.

Kirei Kotomine nodded and walked over to the Tohsaka, 

Moments later there was a red glow and the Magus tattoo expanded in total having six seals now and ownership of Assassin class servant.

The Hassan of Hundred faces.

Well, at least he is not out yet from this race.

While the fake priest sighed in relief and same time in disappointment.

It seems he won't be able to find his purpose in this world…

~~~~~~Next Day, Evening~~~~~~

"Hahahaha! If only I could see the look on Tokiomi face!" A deranged laugh spread through the alley.

*Cough* *Cough*

The white-haired man coughed up some blood for a second, still he did not care about it.

He was far too happy about the recent development! Even if it was the whole day already he still can't believe how Tokiomi Tohsaka got owned the very first night!

"Kariya Matou." 

The white-haired man stiffed and quickly turned around a second later a knight in black miasma appeared next to him.

He saw a man standing in front of him, he was dressed in black and blue clothes with a hood covering his face, he can guess it's some sort of magecraft because he could not make out his face as it was complete darkness, no shadows, nothing!

Next to this man was a woman with a large black and blue spear dressed in robes.

"You... must be Caster's Master." The master of Berserker said wearily, as he looked at the pale blond woman eyes, he felt like gulping down.

Even Berserker was quiet… his servant knew this woman… that means...

'Morgan...Morgan le Fay… damn...damn…'

No wonder his Berserker was not responsive at all, like he was in shock of some sort.

Kariya didn't even realised that his Berserker has a connection to Fae and he was right now standing in front of the highest level of Fae.

"Correct, I came here to propose something which would be beneficial to you." Caster's master casually waved his hand while saying that.

"Oh? Why should I trust anything you say?" 

Kariya's words make Caster frown, which in turn made him flinch.

*Sigh*

"Because you would be dead and we won't be talking, it seems you already know my servant. But, I suppose you didn't realise the difference between Fae and humans?"

Berserker's master shook his head after hearing the question.

"You see the difference between those is quite large especially with class skill called Territory Creation, by the time the war has started Caster took over the whole City." 

Now Kariya understood how Tokiomi's Archer got destroyed so easily.

"I see… I will listen out what you have to offer." The white-haired man said while slowly nodding.

While Caster rolled her eyes for a second, she can barely look at this man, she… dislikes weak and ugly…

Especially when she heard about this man's story from her Husband.

"It's simple, I want your Command Seals and Berserker, in turn, I will free you from your responsibility, not only that, but I will free Sakura from the ugly fate she has in stored for her."

The moment the Matou Master heard that his last remaining working eye went up, he backpedalled few steps back.

"H-How you know that!? No, it doesn't matter… why you would help me with this!?" 

Caster master snorted hearing that. But, she allowed her husband to talk.

"Multiple reasons, one is for the grail, Matous are one of founding families, and I will be taking the grail, in literal sense." He showed one finger, then he showed his second one.

"Second is that Zouken is maggot which needs to be wiped off from the planet surface, he is a disgrace to the name Magus." After saying that he showed his third finger.

"Third… I will be able to unleash Lancelot's true power, as my servant he will dominate this war." 

Kariya could not believe what he was hearing, he can support two servants? Not to mention a Berserker drains multiple times more than a normal servant would! He even ignored the fact that he knows his servants identity.

"...Are you sure? Berserkers drain on Prana is enormous…" The Matou Master said with disbelieve.

*Snort*

"My husband could support whole war with his Prana human." Caster said with a distasteful look.

The Matou took a step back again, after hearing that!

'H-Husband? He married Morgan!? Holy…' He gulped subconsciously from that shock.

"Now, now Caster, there is no need for such animosity, he has something we need, and there is no need for conflict, yet." His last word made the pale blond witch take a deep breath and relax somewhat. 

The era she is in already taking its toll on her, the amount of people in the world without purpose is grinding her nerves, she subconsciously took a step closer to her master.

As a Fae, she is drawn closer to humans by nature, in her case, it's her master who attracts her attention and curiosity, this way even if she is annoyed by a massive amount of unnecessary humans in the world she can calm down next to her master.

"I see, then I will hand over Berserker to you if you do what you just said." Kariya Matou quite easily agreed to this, he doesn't care about the grail, he doesn't care about Matous and their twisted ways.

While Morgan just looked at the man with more disgust, her mind can't comprehend someone who eagerly discards power!

In the end, she doesn't care about him, she will have a chance to purge some bug-infested hole from the face of earth.

"Wonderful, we will be seeing you soon." Caster's master said that happily as he and the witch disappeared in a flash of Greenish-blue energy.

Leaving Berserker master shaking his head in disbelieve, how can someone be happy about destruction like that!

"Mages… they all are insane…" After saying that Kariya decided to wait, maybe, just maybe this nightmare will end...

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