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Chapter 290 Affecting Psychology

"Wait! What do you want to do to Irisviel?"

Before the master could react, Saber stepped forward with a conditioned reflex like lightning, and stood in front of her vigilantly, staring at the magician in front full of hostility and confrontation.

"...I said it's just a physical examination, and it's not up to me to do it. You don't have to worry so much, and don't look at me with that impolite look, okay?"

Xia Ran shook her head very casually, she was not surprised by Saber's conditioned behavior, if at this moment, she didn't care what happened to Irisviel at all, then there would be something wrong.

Although she has become Xia Ran's Servant on the surface, no matter how you think about it, it is impossible for Artoria to be able to calm down and accept it unconditionally, just like now, from her subconscious behavior It can be seen that -

The Master she acknowledged was still Irisviel, and the one she wanted to protect was Irisviel, not Xia Ran, who appeared out of nowhere. She was just enduring the humiliation.

The magician from another world is well aware of this, but he doesn't care too much about it. After all, the future is long, and he didn't expect to force the King of Knights to make concessions last night. Today, the other party has inexplicably favored and trusted him. +100 at the same time...

No matter how you look at it, this is impossible, and he has never used any weird friendliness items, such as feeding Poké beans, Buffy and the like.For Saber, feeding is a useful strategy, but a Servant is not a Pokémon after all.

Therefore, the current relationship between the two parties is still very rigid. It can only be said that it is a master-slave relationship on the surface. In fact, I feel that I am threatened by Irisviel's safety, and I have no choice but to serve Xia Ran as the master. Ya, I can't wait to kill my current Master directly...

The reason why Xia Ran didn't reveal the secrets of the Holy Grail War, the plan of the Yusanjia, and even the doomed fate of Irisviel's mother and daughter, Emiya Kiritsugu's series of behaviors, and the Holy Grail. The black mud in it... Wait, wait, etc., all told.

Then he honestly confessed that he was the savior who came to change the tragedy, and hoped that Artoria would understand the righteousness and help her with all her strength, and she believed in it, so the two sides put aside all the previous conflicts in such a playful way, and worked together to achieve a common goal. Advance and retreat, open up a future full of flowers...

——Well, having said that, isn't this a bit too ideal?

Anyway, Xia Ran didn't make such a childish choice because she knew that the effect would never be very good, and would even have the opposite effect.After all, what to say to someone is the most basic social ability, and the so-called "friendship is beyond words" is the basic of the basics.

——To put it simply, in Arturia's current cognition, Xia Ran is still an enemy after all, so when facing the latter, her instinctive confrontation and suspicion will interfere with her thoughts and affect her. her judgment.

So no matter what Xia Ran said, no matter how sincere and sincere she was, she would subconsciously be suspicious, jealous and even more vigilant, thinking that he was definitely plotting something again.And it is even more impossible to believe the kind of remarks that are clearly intended to sow discord and slander people and things she is familiar with.

In short, it can only deepen doubts, but it is impossible to believe what he said, even if it is just a little bit... Just like late last night, no matter how Xia Ran reiterated again and again, he would never use Irisviel as a threat. However, Saber sounded like a threat no matter what.

This is the real problem, just like the vast majority of normal people, it is impossible to rashly listen to the claims of the enemy, especially when those claims still slander their relatives and friends who are more familiar with them.

Normally, everyone would definitely feel that the enemy is trying to sow discord, with malicious intentions, right?Who would immediately and unconditionally believe those statements, and then resolutely defect, abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and kill relatives...

If she is so decisive, Xia Ran will doubt whether Saber is an undercover agent.

So his decision is that he will not take the initiative to talk about this information, and will not rush to stuff all the truth into the heads of Saber and Irisviel, but will use actions to explain everything, Disclose some information to them from time to time.

After all, the power of moistening things silently is the strongest. Anyway, it is to subtly influence these two women, let them think for themselves, and draw their own conclusions—it is the direction Xia Ran wants to see.

As a professional illusionist, he has also mastered the talent of the power of the mind. I have to say that Xia Ran is indeed the most proficient in the field of illusion and mind, if the effect of equipment bonuses is removed and the real level of ability is considered alone. .

Regardless of whether it is from the perspective of mysticism or science, he knows very well how to better influence other people's thinking, interfere with the target's emotions, and manipulate the target's psychology...

After all, a real illusionist or psychic should be able to do many things even without special abilities.These kinds of things are naturally nothing at all, they can only be said to be the most basic operations.

"Why do you want to do this? I don't agree! As I said before, you can't hurt Irisviel, and you absolutely can't hurt Irisviel directly or indirectly in other ways!"

But Saber didn't let down her vigilance and vigilance just because the person who was going to perform a physical examination on Irisviel was also a woman, and still stared at Xia Ran like some kind of amazing big cat.

"I know, and I didn't intend to hurt her. It's actually for her own good. We may not be able to reverse this phenomenon, but we can use magic to minimize the pain she will suffer and prolong her functions as much as possible... "

Xia Ran explained calmly, completely unaware of being stared at by big cats——

"After all, there is a problem with Irisviel's situation. If she only relies on the scabbard, she may be able to maintain it forever, but she can't always rely on the scabbard, right? If it reaches the limit, once the scabbard is taken out, she The body will collapse in an instant..."

"Wait, wait, you... what are you talking about?" Saber was a little startled, she really didn't quite understand what this person said, and she had an inexplicable bad feeling in her heart.

"Huh? Don't you know?"

Xia Ran frowned slightly, and glanced at Saber strangely, and then at Irisviel. It seemed to him that Saber should understand this matter very well, that's why he did this. Say it casually.

"Know what?!" The knight girl asked nervously, the uneasiness in her heart became more and more intense, especially when she saw the stunned and shocked look of Irisviel next to her, she even subconsciously concluded that this was true. of.

Xia Ran looked at Irisviel's expression, then thought for a while, then waved her hands with a haha——

"It's nothing, that... I'm just saying it casually, don't pay too much attention to it..."

"Tell me!" Artoria's eyes became sharper in an instant, she stared at the magician in front of her, her serious expression was full of a sense of oppression.

"Um... Saber, can I talk to him about this? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you, it's just..." Irisviel suddenly spoke at this time.

The young woman smiled reluctantly, stretched out her hand to pull the knight girl, and said in a low voice.

"Irisviel, what the hell is this..." Saber was not able to relax so easily, but looked at the young woman worriedly.

"It's okay, as you know, my... body is different from human's body structure..." Irisviel continued to say this in a low voice, with a hint of pleading in her tone.

"..."

"..."

After being silent for quite a while, Saber said slowly: "Okay, then I won't ask questions, but if there is anything, you must tell me as soon as possible..."

"……Um."

Irisviel nodded with a guilty conscience, she had no doubt that the girl in front of her would definitely do her best to save herself, but this was not what she wanted to see, she could only silently praise herself in her heart. The trusted knight apologizes.

Although Irisviel's body is a man-made object from the point of view of magic, she is no longer a doll, because she has a soul that loves a man as a woman and a wife.

She is very clear that this is the Holy Grail War, no one can sacrifice nothing, especially the artificial human of Ainz Beren, who was doomed long ago, and was even part of this huge ritual system from the very beginning .

This was an unchangeable fate, and she had already accepted it, and she didn't complain about it. She just hoped to do her best to help her husband win the Holy Grail War as much as possible.

That being the case, why create more surprises?

At this moment, Irisviel also had unrealistic expectations, forcing herself to believe that the most ideal situation would definitely happen——

That is, Emiya Kiritsugu will definitely defeat this terrifying magician in front of him, Saber will also become her husband's Servant again, fight for him and seize the Holy Grail...

And to pave the way for this most ideal situation, she really couldn't let Saber have any bad views on Emiya Kiritsugu, after all, the rift between the two of them was already so irresolvable.

Emiya Kiritsugu didn't trust Saber in the first place, and was full of hatred for her, even concealing the scabbard, and repeatedly warned Irisviel not to tell Saber about it.

And Saber also looks down on the despicable, shameless and unscrupulous magician killer. She swears with the sword that she only wants to protect Irisviel. She doesn't like Emiya Kiritsugu who chooses to sacrifice everything for her own ideals and justice——

The same is true in the original plot, when Irisviel was taken away by the enemy and disappeared until she finally died, only Saber went crazy and desperately searched for her in the whole city.Emiya Kiritsugu gave up his wife rationally and coldly, and chose to continue to deal with the Holy Grail War cautiously, ensuring that he must win the final victory...

These two people were not the same kind of people from the beginning, so Irisviel couldn't let Saber find out now that the coming of the Holy Grail was at the price of her life, and Emiya Kiritsugu knew about it, but still for him Ideal for sacrificing wife...

The rift between the two parties will only get bigger, so how can those who are alienated from each other talk about sincere cooperation and win the final victory?

(End of this chapter)