[Comprehensive] Self-cultivation of the villain master

After eliminating Acher, the most troublesome servant in this Holy Grail War, there are only three enemy servants left, and one of them is deeply involved with Saber.

"Astra?"

Defeating Gilgamesh, a follower, should have been happy, but Arturia found that Caster, who should have breathed a sigh of relief, frowned, and couldn't help feeling a little worried.

"Is there any trouble that has not been resolved?"

Astra glanced at the dark place from the corner of her eye, and her body was covered by dark smoke. It was only the two groups of red eyes that could make people discover that it was actually a living thing.

Berserker ah...

Hearing Saber Arturia's words, Astra shook her head lightly and said, "No, I should be overthinking."

No matter what, he couldn't let that servant get too close to Arturia, he didn't want the carefully laid out plan to go to waste.

Thinking of this, Astra directly opened the space.

"Master?"

Merlin looked around and found the hidden servant. What he could see was "now", almost immediately, he understood the identity of that servant.

Astra didn't answer Merlin's words, met Arturia's eyes, and her tone was a little hasty.

"I'm a little worried about Master, I have a bad feeling."

This answer made Artoria slightly dazed. She had actually noticed a little before that Irisviel's weakness was not as simple as the discomfort on the surface.

"You go ahead and I follow behind."

Astra hid his true thoughts very deeply, and anyone who didn't know him well would not find that the anxiety in his eyes was just a disguise, and he found a reason for what he said.

As for the purpose, it was to let Artoria obediently enter his space.

When Artoria and Merlin walked into the different dimension, Astra threw an explosive conceptual dress to the corner without thinking about it.

The servant in the dark looked down at the thing that suddenly appeared, watching it make a violent explosion, and it was inevitable to be affected when he wanted to leave.

When he left from the explosion area, he realized that the place he was watching just now was empty.

……

In order to make her excuse more real, after returning to the castle, Astra really went straight to the room where Irisviel was. Seeing the artificial man with a bright smile and his empty eyes like a puppet, Astra He lowered his head slightly.

"When did it start?"

Maiya walked to the boy's side, and said in a low voice: "Madam has been in this state for three days, and she insisted on it in order not to cause trouble for everyone."

Astra asked again: "Does Saber know about this?"

"No, Ma'am didn't tell her."

"I see, you continue to take care of Irisviel, if Saber asks, just say that she is just not used to Fuyuki's weather."

"Ok."

Astra turned around and walked from the stairs to the first floor, seeing Emiya Kiritsugu leaning against the wall smoking a cigarette, her brows were tightly furrowed.

"Irisviel's situation is worse than I imagined, Emiya Kiritsugu."

"Caster, Ellie... how long can she last?"

With Astra's guarantee, Emiya Kiritsugu is not worried about Irisviel's temporary downfall, what he is worried about is whether the other party's personality will just disappear.Once the personality disappears, Irisviel is equivalent to disappearing.

"Don't worry about it yet." Astra smiled lightly, "There are only three servants who have left the stage so far, and at least three of them will be recovered by the Holy Grail before the Great Holy Grail will come."

Emiya Kiritsugu paused slightly, capturing the key words in Astra's words.

"Three?"

"Yes."

"Although I have replaced the class of Caster, the previous one is also counted in the total. Next, as long as you defeat Rider, Berserker, and... the servants from Kotomine Qili, you can let the The Great Grail descends."

"Of course, I will let the Master let the Great Holy Grail descend while retaining his personality."

"Can it really be done?"

Astra smiled: "Compared to ordinary followers, I know a lot of information about the Holy Grail, so I naturally know how to keep the Little Holy Grail myself."

"Then, please." After extinguishing the cigarette in his hand, Emiya Kiritsugu stood up and said, "Leave Rider and Berserker to you, and I will deal with Kotomine Chirei."

As he said that, Emiya Kiritsugu's eyes froze: "That man is too dangerous and must be dealt with."

"Feel the same."

Acher betrayed Tosaka Tokiomi, Astra didn't tell anyone, being betrayed by her own servants, it can only be said that this magician is very sad.

After Emiya Kiritsugu left, Astra brought Merlin back to the room.

After the spiritization was lifted, Merlin sat by the window.

"You didn't intend to get rid of the Rider team, Master."

"I really don't have this plan. Anyway, they did take care of me for a while."

Astra is not a devil, he will repay any kindness and revenge, maybe that follower will not appreciate it, but repaying kindness is always one-sided, and does not require the other party's answer.

Merlin turned his eyes sideways, sizing up his Master carefully.

"That is to say, next—"

Astra tidied up the things piled in the cabinet, took out a few weapons that Emiya Kiritsugu had prepared before, and threw them into her own space.

"It's almost time for us to surprise the Great Holy Grail."

When she said this, Astra's smile was obviously dark.

Seeing Master like this, Merlin stroked his chin.

"It seems that you are quite dissatisfied with that wishing machine."

"Hmph." Astra sneered, her tone arrogant, "If that kind of thing is a wishing machine, then Leif and the others are gods."

"...This kind of metaphor."

Merlin's eyes drifted a little, and he didn't look into Astra's eyes.

……

【Hear my call, wake up—a follower from Purgatory. 】

The body was imprisoned by the pitch-black liquid, and the body could not move at all, and the armor that wrapped the body could not stop the maliciousness coming to the face.

The power called evil gradually swallowed his consciousness, and the young man with sharp eyes was still struggling unceasingly, trying to get rid of the current situation.

But it was as if his strength was completely deprived, he was completely unable to move, and even his consciousness was gradually stripped away...

Even if the Son of Light, as powerful as Ireland, exerted his last strength, that hand could not touch the light at the top, and was completely swallowed by the darkness.

"The Servant Cu Chulainn Alter, has been summoned."

The inverted hero wears black and red staggered armor, and the tail that does not belong to humans makes people feel chilling, and the whole body shows ominousness.