Chapter 86

After finishing the midnight snack that Yiwén claimed to have carefully prepared but in reality was just a few minutes of work in the microwave, Léi Wéi left the dining table and felt his phone vibrate in his pocket.

He took out his phone, which he had set to silent during the concert and forgotten to change back, and opened the newly received text message.

"Come up."

In the same house, only a few meters away in a straight line, she still sent a text message. Who else but the student council president of Erzhong would do such a thing? Yiwén, on the other hand, would always just shout at the top of her lungs.

Knock, knock, knock.

"Come in."

The moment he pushed open the door, Léi Wéi had the illusion of standing in a grand hall waiting for the queen's summons. He felt it necessary to correct their bizarre teacher-student relationship, but as for when... that could wait.

"Have you become so lazy that you can't even walk a few steps? I don't remember teaching you to be like this."

Shrugging helplessly, Léi Wéi remembered that he was not only her teacher but also, by law, her guardian.

"If you don't mind your lolicon wife hearing about your date with a junior, I don't mind walking a few more steps. How about we start over?"

Rin, still in her casual clothes for some reason late at night, sat on the only bed in the room, legs crossed, and teased Léi Wéi.

"Ha, so it's about that? Do you think I'm the kind of man who cheats on his wife? I didn't expect you to still not understand me after ten years. I told Yiwén before I left."

Léi Wéi said proudly, but he didn't realize that his words could easily be interpreted as him being a henpecked husband. Sometimes, a man's sorrow is revealed unintentionally.

"Oh? So you've already been punished?"

Ignoring Léi Wéi's protests, Rin leaned back, finding a more comfortable position, and continued.

"What about after that? Did you let that short girl go home by herself, and what did you do next? Don't tell me you spent so long just walking around. No woman in this house would be foolish enough to believe that excuse."

"Really? You even know that? My lady, are you having someone follow me?"

It was normal to deduce that he did something else after the concert ended, but knowing that he let Yuki go home first made Léi Wéi suspicious.

"Tch, who would have someone follow you?"

The autocratic student council president conveniently ignored the fact that she had asked Kaguya to follow Léi Wéi a few days ago.

"It was just a classmate who called me, thinking that you and I are a couple."

I see.

There were many students in the school who suspected that the student council president and the advisor teacher had an improper relationship. Even Léi Wéi's close friends, Okazaki Tomoya and Fujibayashi Kyou, held similar views. Léi Wéi, constrained by his teacher's identity, feared that the more he explained, the more complicated it would become. Rin, on the other hand, used this as a shield against overly affectionate boys. It was no surprise that someone would inform her about Léi Wéi's situation.

"Alright, let's stop fooling around. Let's get serious."

Though it was she who was fooling around, she made it seem like Léi Wéi was the one being frivolous. Rin was just such a domineering young lady.

"I heard a bit of what you and your lolicon wife were talking about. Did you encounter another Master and Servant?"

"Yes, that's right. I was just about to tell you."

Léi Wéi still had a vague understanding of the Holy Grail War. Yuna and Cloud's situations were best left to the experts to analyze. As for eavesdropping, if he cared about every little thing, he would have been driven mad by his friend's daughter long ago.

Forget it, a good man doesn't fight with women, especially a young girl. Léi Wéi consoled himself as he pulled out a chair at the desk and sat down opposite Rin, recounting his experience after the concert.

"A Rider with physical abilities on par with a Berserker and a teenage idol who seems to be a mage? This sounds like a third-rate novel plot."

If Shirou Aozaki becoming a Master was still within Rin's understanding, after all, even the weakest came from a family of magicians and had some unknown background, the situation was becoming increasingly bizarre. She felt that this Holy Grail War was taking a strange turn.

Previous Holy Grail Wars were always brutal battles of seven excellent magicians summoning Servants. Shirou Aozaki's participation was already surprising enough, and now even someone from another world (self-proclaimed) with no connection to magicians had joined. Could it be that the Holy Grail had gone awry? Rin ignored Léi Wéi's questioning gaze and pondered on her own.

The Holy Grail required sixty years to accumulate magical energy, but this war was only ten years after the last one. What happened ten years ago, when she was only six, she had not witnessed directly due to her father's instructions. In the following ten years, she had never asked Léi Wéi about the outcome of that war.

For whatever reason, the Holy Grail War that erupted after just ten years was bound to be an extraordinary exception. She couldn't rely on past experiences to judge, she told herself.

"You can ignore the pair you encountered for now. We can discuss any alliances when I meet them next. But what about Nagato Yuki? Can she be trusted when she says there was another Servant present that you didn't meet?"

Compared to those whose backgrounds were already known, Rin was more concerned about the hidden enemies. Why would a Servant go to a concert out of boredom? It must have been for reconnaissance, or even to follow Léi Wéi or the teenage idol. After realizing the situation was complex, it probably chose to retreat.

This was a case of being too clever by half. If Rin knew that Zhao Yun was indeed accompanying Yuzuru to the concert, she would have had a different expression.

"Yes, Yuki can be trusted."

"Oh?"

Léi Wéi's immediate and confident answer made Rin a bit surprised. What kind of abilities did this first-year student, Nagato Yuki, have to earn the trust of a man who could rival a Servant? As the student council president, she had no memory of this girl, which meant she must have been very good at hiding.

With special abilities and deliberately hiding, what was this girl's purpose in approaching Léi Wéi? Léi Wéi found it troublesome and didn't explain Yuki's identity to Rin, which led to all sorts of wild guesses. Actually, Rin's suspicions were a normal reaction for anyone. Perhaps Léi Wéi's complete trust in Yuki's words would be seen as foolish by most people. But if he weren't such a fool, how could so many people gather in Yiwén's house?

The black-haired girl rested her chin in her hand, deep in thought. Léi Wéi felt that it was no longer his concern. Just starting to get involved with the Holy Grail and Servants, he was happy to pass the burden to someone else. This was the right place for the right person.

Deciding to be irresponsible, Léi Wéi quietly pushed open the door and slipped out of Rin's room while she wasn't paying attention.

"Toré."

Focused on closing the door quietly, he was startled by the voice from across the hall. Looking up, he saw Yifén standing at her room's door, her eyes filled with confusion.

What happened? Since their first encounter in the research institute, Léi Wéi had never seen this black-clad girl show any signs of being shaken. Curious, he had just left one girl's room and now entered another.

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