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  That night, after a delicious dinner prepared by Sakura and Medusa...

  "Don't be shy, everyone—Dig in!" Roy announced.

  "Itadakimasu!" the girls chimed in unison before starting their meal.

  "Mmm... delicious!" Saber excimed, sav a piece of braised pork.

  Her expression was adorable.

  Roy chuckled— her with amusement. Even when she was eating, Saber was incredibly cute.

  Knowing Saber's appetite, he had asked Sakura to prepare extra food. But it seemed Sakura had still uimated her.

  Fortunately, Roy had plenty of food stored in his subspace.

  Sakura smiled, pleased with Saber's pliment.

  Later that night, after putting Sakura and Irisviel to bed, Roy went to Scathach's room.

  "Master, what brings you here so te?" Scathach asked, curious about his iions.

  ...

  ...

  ...

  The m, Roy took a shower and quietly returo Sakura and Irisviel's side, slipping bato bed and feigning sleep.

  But he was soon woken up by Sakura.

  "Roy-onii-, breakfast is ready!"

  "Ugh, okay..." Roy yawned.

  Although he had spent the night "training" Scathach, he was still full of energy. After all, he had once fought several Dragons alone.

  "Where's Scathach-san?" Sakura asked, notig her absence. She had asked Medusa to wake Scathach up.

  "Scathach-san said she's skipping breakfast," Medusa replied.

  "But how she..." Sakura frowned.

  "It's fine, Sakura. Don't worry about her. She's an immortal queen. She won't starve from skipping a meal. Besides, she's already full," Roy said with a wink.

  "What?" Sakura didn't quite catch his st words.

  "Nothing. Let's eat!" Roy chuckled, patting her head.

  Sakura shrugged and focused on her breakfast.

  ...

  "Is this Sakura's home?" Rin wondered, staring at the mansion enveloped in a multicolored barrier.

  No matter how she looked at it, she couldn't figure out how it was done.

  Ordinary Bounded Fields couldn't achieve such a feat.

  She recalled Roy's overwhelming power from st night and shuddered.

  To be able to fight the legendary Scathad defeat her so easily...

  Rin couldn't imagine how this powerful being could exist in this era.

  Even the Grand Magi of the Clock Tower couldn't do that.

  But her current was how to get inside.

  She khat many mages had tried to ehe mansion before, but they had all failed.

  This pce was known as the "Dream Manor," a beautiful and elusive paradise.

  As she , Sakura emerged from the mansion.

  "Onee-!"

  "Sakura?!"

  "e on in, Onee-!" Sakura said with a warm smile, taking Rin's hand and leading her inside.

  "Wow!" Rin gasped, stunned by the sery.

  Although it looked like an ordinary mansion from the outside, the interior was a breathtaking wondernd.

  And there were all kinds of spirits pying around, which shocked Rin even more.

  "Sakura, what are those?" she asked, pointing at the frolig spirits.

  "Roar!" Suddenly, a tiger-like spirit pouowards them with a roar.

  "Aah!" Rin screamed in fear.

  Ishtar, who was in spirit form beside her, materialized, ready to protect her Master.

  But she hesitated.

  The spirit simply licked Rin's face pyfully.

  Rin was bewildered.

  "Hehehe..." Sakura giggled.

  The spirit just wao py.

  "Go away!" Rin excimed, finally pushing the spirit away.

  "What was that all about?" she grumbled.

  She gred at Ishtar, questioning why she hadn't intervened.

  "That was aal spirit. Roy-onii- brought them here. They're quite friendly," Sakura expined with a smile.

  She beed the spirit, and it ran towards her, rubbing against her like a cat.

  "It's quite docile now," Rin ented, still a bit shaken by the earlier enter.

  But she was fasated by the spirits.

  "Let's go. Roy-onii- is waiting for us," Sakura said, leading the way.

  Rin followed, marveling at the various spirits they entered.

  "Wele back, Master!" Two high-ranking spirits dressed as maids greeted Sakura with a bow.

  "There—there are even maids?!" Rin stammered in surprise.

  Eveohsaka family at its peak didn't have maids like these.

  And now, she couldn't even imagine having maids. Due to her practice of Jewel Magecraft, the Tohsaka family ractically bankrupt.

  She had never sidered the possibility of having maids.

  But Sakura already had two.

  Ri a pang of jealousy.

  Sakura o the maids aered the mansion.

  Rin followed, numb with shock.

  This pce was like a dream. It was no wo was called the Dream Manor.

  ...

  "You're here—" Roy said casually, lying on Scathach's p as she fed him peeled grapes.

  Rin scowled at him. He was so det—A true Devil.

  "Rin, you're badmouthing me in your mind again, aren't you?" Roy asked, reading her expression.

  "No, I'm not! And please don't call me so casually," she retorted.

  "Heh, Rin—you don't think you just walk away after entering my territory, do you?" Roy asked with a sly grin.

  "Kekeke, how about I lock you up and make you my..." He trailed off, leaving the threat hanging in the air.

  Rin shivered.

  She blushed. What did he mean by "make you my..."?

  Sakura giggled. She knew Roy was just teasing.

  Rin realized she had been tricked and gred at him, but she couldn't do anything here. She had to suppress her anger.

  "Alright, enough with the jokes. I'm here to discuss the Holy Grail War with you," she decred, her expression turning serious.

  ...

  Rin hadn't e just to visit Sakura. She also wao discuss the Holy Grail War with Roy.

  After all, Roy's side was overwhelmingly powerful.

  Roy alone could probably defeat all the other Servants, and he had Sakura's help as well.

  If nothing ued happehe Grail would definitely fall into Roy's hands.

  That's why Rin had e to visit, hoping to uand his iions.

  "The Grail? I don't really , but..." Roy trailed off.

  "But what?" Rin asked eagerly.

  But she had gotten her hopes up too soon.

  "But Saber needs it, so I pn to let her use it," Roy replied with a smile.

  Rin's face fell. As expected, he wasn't going to give the Grail to anyone else.

  "The Grail isn't as powerful as you think. The idea that it grant any wish is an exaggeration," Roy said, shaking his head.

  "What?" Rin was stunned.

  The Holy Grail had always been known as an omnipotent wish-granting device. But Roy was g that it was an exaggeration?

  "What do you mean?" she asked, bewildered.

  Saber, Sakura, and the others also looked at Roy with fusion.

  "It's impossible for the Grail to grant any wish. For example, could it make me a god?" Roy asked rhetorically—eating a grape that Scathach had peeled for him.

  The rumors about the Grail's wish-granting abilities were just a deception.

  Its true purpose was to ect to the Root, allowing oo learhird Magiaterialization—and achieve immortality.

  Rin and the others were stunned.

  Could the Grail really grant a wish like being a god?

  "So the Holy Grail War is a lie?" Scathach was the first to realize the truth.

  "Yes, it is," Roy firmed with a nod.

  "This..." Rin couldn't accept it.

  After a while, she finally calmed down and came to terms with the fact that the Holy Grail War was a sham.

  But if it was a lie, what was its true purpose?

  "What is the Grail's real purpose then?" she asked Roy.

  "Of course I know," Roy replied with a smirk.

  "What is it?" Rin pressed.

  "Want to know?"

  "Yes!"

  "e here then..." Roy sat up and patted the spot o him.

  Rin blushed. She wao call him a pervert, but her curiosity was to.

  She sat down beside him.

  Roy y back dowing his head on her p.

  He gently caressed her legs, finding a fortable position.

  Ri incredibly embarrassed, especially with Sakura watg, but she took a deep breath and asked, "Now will you tell me?"

  "Of course. Let me expin..."

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  The Third Magic was a magic passed down through the Einzbern family.

  Also known as the "Heaven's Feel," it was the magic of Soul Materialization, a way to achieve true immortality.

  Three things were required to achieve the Heaven's Feel: a vessel, magical energy, and sacrifices.

  The vessel was the Lesser Grail, which was inside Irisviel.

  But Irisviel could now trol the Lesser Grail and absorb souls, so she wouldn't be assimited by the Greater Grail.

  The sed requirement, magical energy, rovided by the Greater Grail, which was located under Fuyuki City.

  And the final requirement was the souls of Servants.

  Only when the Lesser Grail had absorbed enough souls could it open a path to the Root.

  ...

  Rin and the others were stunned.

  The Holy Grail War, which they had been fighting for, was just a tool for achieving a magid the true goal was the Root, the ultimate desire of all magi.

  It was unbelievable. The Holy Grail War had been a lie from the very beginning.

  "Master, the Grail really not grant wishes?" Saber asked, her voice filled with disappoi.

  She had bee a Heroic Spirit and sought the Holy Grail to save Britain from its destru.

  But now, she learhat the Grail couldn't grant her wish. She was heartbroken.

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