Inside Asagami Fujino's room, Asagami Fujino and Amaterasu suddenly appeared.
"Is this the outside world? I really got out!" Amaterasu looked very happy, seeing a place that wasn't the unchanging Great Hall.
"Alright, quickly bring Little Tama out." Asagami Fujino placed a hand on Amaterasu's shoulder. Because Amaterasu had been brought back to the Great Hall by Asagami Fujino, the powers that had been divided off were naturally reclaimed by Amaterasu, meaning Little Tama no longer existed. But Asagami Fujino was unwilling to accept that.
"I know, I know. You have This one, yet you still yearn for other little foxes." Amaterasu looked at Asagami Fujino with resentment, but Asagami Fujino was unmoved. How could just one be enough? She wanted to enjoy double the happiness! Wait! It should be triple. Asagami Fujino remembered that besides Little Tama, Amaterasu had another Divided Spirit—Tamamo Cat. She was cute, a great cook, and wore a naked apron. Naturally, Asagami Fujino wouldn't miss out.
Hearing that Asagami Fujino wanted another one, Amaterasu's expression grew even more resentful, but she obediently brought out the two Divided Spirits.
Tamamo-no-Mae and Tamamo Cat opened their eyes. They saw Asagami Fujino, and after a brief moment of shock, they both simultaneously lunged toward her.
"Master!"
"Master! Meow!"
As Divided Spirits, their memories were shared when they were reclaimed by Amaterasu, including what Asagami Fujino and Amaterasu did in the Great Hall earlier. It could be said they experienced it personally. The two tightly embraced Asagami Fujino, their tails firmly wrapped around her body.
At this moment, the room door opened. It was Aika. When the Divided Spirit was reclaimed, the contract between Tamamo-no-Mae and Aika naturally vanished. Furthermore, Tamamo-no-Mae had previously lied to Aika Sajyou, saying that Asagami Fujino wanted her to wait in the room that night. By involving Asagami Fujino's existence, Aika Sajyou couldn't determine if Tamamo-no-Mae was lying. After waiting for so long, Aika Sajyou still hadn't been sought out by Asagami Fujino. Unable to wait any longer, Aika secretly came to Asagami Fujino's room to see if she had forgotten or fallen asleep. If Asagami Fujino was asleep, Aika Sajyou planned to launch a surprise night attack and quickly claim her. Having learned that so many others had already made their move, and that there was even a child, Aika Sajyou was furious, wishing she could turn Touko and the others into Corpse Princesses. As for the child, she would properly raise them to be the next Princess. However, Asagami Fujino had warned her not to lay a hand on Touko and the others, or she would reject her. Reluctantly, Aika Sajyou had to compromise, as she didn't want the Princess to dislike her.
But upon opening the door, what she saw were two foxes? Wait, and one that looked like a cat? But how could they resemble Tamamo-no-Mae so closely? And why were these two tightly hugging her Princess? Wait! Why was there another Tamamo-no-Mae standing on the side, watching the show?
For a moment, Aika Sajyou was completely bewildered. What happened? Why did three Tamamo-no-Maes suddenly appear?
"Alright, you two let go of me quickly, or I'm going to get angry," Asagami Fujino hurriedly told the two figures clinging to her, looking at the stunned Aika Sajyou.
Seeing what Asagami Fujino said, the two quickly let go of Asagami Fujino and stood aside, though they deliberately kept some distance from Amaterasu. Although Amaterasu is a split spirit, a part of their past selves, both Tamamo-no-Mae and Tamamo Cat deeply dislike this current version of themselves.
She pulled over Aika Sajyou and gave a thorough explanation. Then, because of the lies Tamamo-no-Mae had told Aika Sajyou earlier, Asagami Fujino promised to take Aika Sajyou out on a date tomorrow as compensation. This made Tamamo-no-Mae and Tamamo Cat, who were standing nearby, cry out about favoritism. Left with no choice, Asagami Fujino also promised to take them out on dates later. Asagami Fujino had never experienced dating before, and figured it should be quite nice.
However,
Now there was another big problem: with two sudden additions, the rooms in the Western-style Mansion were insufficient. Asagami Fujino knew that Touko would complain again tomorrow, asking how she had brought back two people just today, and then two more overnight. Thinking about this gave Asagami Fujino a headache.
In the end, Asagami Fujino had no choice but to use her Spatial Ability to enlarge the rooms. Originally, Asagami Fujino wanted Aika Sajyou to go home to sleep, but Aika Sajyou immediately jumped onto a bed and refused to leave. Even Amaterasu stayed, and even Little Tama and Tamamo Cat, who disliked Amaterasu, insisted on staying.
However, because she had lived with Alice in a Parallel World for a period, Asagami Fujino had developed the habit of needing to hug something to fall asleep at night. Previously, Asagami Fujino always slept hugging Alice, but now that Alice was pregnant, she was arranged to sleep with Sakuya, as Asagami Fujino was not very good at looking after people.
On the other side, one of the participants of the current Holy Grail War, the black shadow who previously tried to ambush the Tohsaka Family—the Assassin of this Holy Grail War—and his Master, Kirei Kotomine, having lost his Servant, joined the Church to enjoy its protection.
0---In the Hotel, Kiritsugu Emiya was deep in thought. He felt that something was amiss. He had previously reviewed Kirei Kotomine's profile.
Kirei Kotomine was the son of Risei Kotomine, the Supervisor of this Holy Grail War. He was highly skilled in Bajiquan and was once a top-tier Executor of the Holy Church. Kiritsugu Emiya had previously thought Kirei Kotomine would be the most difficult Master to deal with in this Holy Grail War, yet such a person had withdrawn so hastily. Years of intuition told Kiritsugu Emiya that there must be a problem, but he hadn't discovered it yet.
"I can only proceed cautiously."
Kiritsugu Emiya took a deep drag from his cigarette, and the white smoke slowly dispersed throughout the room.
On the other side, Waver, the Master of Rider in this Holy Grail War, was extremely happy after receiving news of Assassin's Withdrawal from the Familiar he had sent out.
He hadn't expected that so soon after the Holy Grail War began, one Servant had already withdrawn. This slightly eased his previously nervous heart. It seemed the so-called Holy Grail War was not as terrifying as he had imagined.
"Rider, the Assassin of this Holy Grail War has withdrawn," Waver said excitedly to the red-haired giant behind him. That was his Servant, the legendary Alexander, the King of Conquerors recorded in history.
"Assassin actually withdrew?" Alexander rubbed his chin, pondering something. He patted Waver's shoulder with such force that Waver nearly fell to the ground.
"My little Master, how did Assassin withdraw?"
"How did he withdraw? It seemed like a golden Servant emitted several golden flashes, and then Assassin withdrew," Waver replied, rubbing his shoulder.
"Golden flashes? What kind of golden flashes?"
"I don't know either."
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