He tried his best to keep himself calm, but his emotions were clearly still trapped in overwhelming shock, making it impossible to pull himself together. On top of that, the woman's weight was almost entirely pressed against Alvin right now, making it even harder for him to think calmly.
Morgan cast him a sidelong glance and snorted softly, "Who do you think this girl's bloodline comes from? If it's just temporarily attaching myself to her body, that's nothing more than a trivial magecraft for me."
"And besides… Sajyou Manaka hasn't even returned to her own world yet. Where do you think I, who also crossed over, would be?"
'That is true, but logically speaking, even if it is just 'attaching' to someone, there should still need to be a certain level of compatibility, right?'
'Other than looking alike, is there any kind of 'compatibility' between Morgan and Gray?"
"Where is Gray right now?", Alvin asked in a low voice.
"I used a little method to make her fall asleep. Don't worry, I know you don't want your identity exposed inside the Clock Tower, so I didn't intend to make a big deal out of this."
Morgan said with a faint smile, "So… for now, you'd better withdraw your magic power first, okay?"
She had already seen at a glance the White Dragon furnace core that had been quietly circulating inside Alvin just now. Her tone was gentle as she reminded him, "You don't want your identity exposed inside the Clock Tower, do you?"
Silence was golden. Alvin thought to himself that those words somehow carried a strong sense of NTR deja vu.
Still, he quietly suppressed the White Dragon furnace core that had been operating within him, then raised his head to look at the woman in front of him.
The cold fragility that had lingered between her brows and eyes earlier had already disappeared. In those deep blue eyes now lingered a bewitching allure, as she looked him over with interest.
"Looks like the Clock Tower… or rather, some people within the Clock Tower are very important to you," Morgan quickly said with a smile.
She knew Alvin's personality, he wouldn't just let others do as they pleased with him. The fact that he was now silently giving up resistance was largely because he didn't want the White Dragon identity to be exposed… and at a deeper level, it was clearly related to certain important people around him.
Alvin couldn't help but show a helpless expression, "The reason you chose to approach me using 'Gray's' identity isn't also because you don't want your own identity exposed?"
Morgan said flatly, "Whether my identity is exposed or not doesn't matter. I'm only hiding it temporarily because of you."
She wasn't lying. With Morgan's personality, the fact that she would deliberately hide her identity was indeed largely because of Alvin.
After all, this woman was a 'mage of the Age of Gods,' and among them, she was one of the very top. Even though the magical energy in the present world was already extremely thin, the Age of Gods magecraft she controlled was still nothing short of a dimensional strike against modern magi.
Alvin gazed into the woman's eyes and said softly, "Sorry…"
Caught off guard by the sudden apology, Morgan was momentarily stunned. Confusion flickered in her beautiful eyes.
Under the warm lighting, her delicate, sharp-featured face looked fair and flawless, without a single imperfection.
Her black clothing concealed her graceful, alluring figure, and at the hem, a faint glimpse of the soft white skin of her thigh could be seen.
"Why are you apologizing?", Morgan asked.
Alvin looked at the silver-haired beauty who was completely pressing him down and let out a quiet sigh, "During the Holy Grail War, I chose Manaka twice… you're still angry about that, aren't you?"
Morgan said nothing. The way she looked at Alvin only grew more dangerous.
'This witch of Britain is indeed angry… and the kind that can't be coaxed.'
In the past, Alvin had chosen her sister over her. That was understandable. After all, Artoria had been married to Alvin, and Morgan had been the one who intervened later.
But what about Sajyou Manaka?
During the Holy Grail War, Alvin had been Manaka's Servant. Morgan could understand his reasoning… but understanding didn't mean she wasn't annoyed.
And instead of fading after the war ended, that feeling had only grown stronger after she even fought with Sajyou Manaka.
So Manaka took Alvin away, and she also became the winner of the Holy Grail War… while she and her sister were just there in Fuyuki to accompany the run?
Morgan had always been an incredibly beautiful woman, but also extremely arrogant and sharp-tongued.
In her entire life, there had only been one person she admitted defeat to, Artoria.
As for Sajyou Manaka? She was nothing more than a girl without the capacity to tolerate others… or rather, even if you combined two 'human hearts,' they wouldn't equal even one-tenth of hers. So what if she was connected to the Root?
When it came to feminine charm, hadn't she effortlessly crushed that girl?
And yet, Alvin had chosen Manaka over her.
"Did you change your taste? Or is it that lowly insects feel inferior when they see me, so you chose to settle for less and just picked some random girl to satisfy your perverted preferences?"
After a brief silence, the woman's voice turned ice-cold.
'So the big sis really does care about what happened during the Holy Grail War. Good thing Lily isn't here, or I'd be completely done for,' Alvin's heart tightened. Even as he felt relieved, a trace of worry still lingered.
What relieved him was that the only one appearing in the Clock Tower right now was the big sis, what worried him was that returning to ancient Britain was only a matter of time. Once he got back to the royal palace, who knew what he'd go through.
Alvin shook his head, "During the Holy Grail War, as long as it doesn't cross a bottom line, you'd naturally choose your Master without reservation. In the end, if I had abandoned Manaka back then, you wouldn't have been happy either, right?"
He thought this explanation would be enough.
But unexpectedly, when Morgan heard this, a hint of charm flashed in her eyes. Her voice carried a seductive tone that made one's blood surge, "Are you saying, that toward your Master in this Holy Grail War, toward Sajyou Manaka, you didn't have any feelings at all, and only chose her because of the contract between master and servant?"
Although that was roughly what he meant, saying it so bluntly somehow didn't feel quite right.
To be fair, Sajyou Manaka really was just a young girl… and Alvin did have a thing for older women.
But after spending this time with her, he really couldn't bring himself to say that he had no interest in Sajyou Manaka.
"After answering her summoning, I went through quite a lot… so my feelings toward her are complicated. They can't simply be explained by a master-servant relationship or anything else," Alvin sighed softly.
Faced with a woman as intelligent as Morgan, whose ability to catch someone cheating was maxed out, if he simply lied, she would see through it instantly.
But if he answered completely honestly, wouldn't that basically trigger the bad ending CG?
He did want to unlock all the CG achievements, but he didn't want to end up in a basement this soon.
"So in the end, you were still attracted to that girl, weren't you?"
Morgan narrowed her eyes, then soon a charming smile bloomed across her face.
"But it's within my expectations, you've always been that kind of bad child who easily leaves feelings everywhere."
"A bad child should receive the proper punishment."
Thump! Thump!
That incredibly soft and pleasant voice echoed in the room. Alvin felt like he could hear his own heartbeat.
Looking at Morgan's captivating smile, he suddenly had a very bad feeling.
———
[Night]
"This will be your room from now on. If there's anything you need, feel free to come find me anytime."
Inside a European-style classical building, a petite and adorable blonde girl in a school uniform stood at the doorway of her room. In front of her was the dormitory manager.
Hearing the manager's words, Sajyou Manaka nodded politely, "Understood. If I need anything later, I'll trouble you then."
In a place like the Clock Tower, every word and action could reveal a lot.
And Sajyou Manaka's behavior always maintained the elegance of a noble young lady. This demeanor made the manager, who was over thirty, nod inwardly in appreciation.
To be able to join the Clock Tower as a 'transfer student,' this girl indeed had her own outstanding qualities.
After the manager left, Sajyou Manaka pushed open the door.
She first placed her belongings inside the room, then closed the door, turned around, left the dormitory building, and headed toward the direction of Alvin's dorm.
And just as the girl left, she didn't seem to notice that in the corner of the corridor, another head quietly peeked out. Reines.
She looked suspiciously in the direction Sajyou Manaka had left, gently frowning.
"Definitely suspicious…"
She soon muttered under her breath.
When Sajyou Manaka had just come to report in earlier, Reines had almost run into her.
She had already been somewhat curious and interested in this 'transfer student,' and now seeing her leave immediately after checking in at the dorm, it was only natural to have doubts.
Watching Sajyou Manaka gradually walk farther away, Reines hesitated for a moment, then quietly followed her.
———
[Fuyuki]
Matou Sakura sat alone quietly by the balcony, gazing at the star-filled plain outside.
On the night the Holy Grail War ended, the girl had restored the shattered Greater Grail in a way that was beyond comprehension. Even Tohsaka Tokiomi, who had been present at the time, couldn't understand how his daughter had done it.
But he quickly came to a conclusion, this matter must be concealed.
So externally, Tohsaka Tokiomi claimed that one of the Tohsaka family's ancestors' teachers had once left behind a special magecraft for repairing the Greater Grail.
In the end, such unfathomable power… even if Tokiomi said it was his daughter's doing, very few people would believe it.
People only believed what they could see with their own eyes, and conveniently, the ancestor's teacher was the perfect scapegoat.
After all, that was Zelretch, the one known as a 'Magician.'
Even if that old man had foreseen everything and left behind a secret technique to repair the Greater Grail, no one would find it strange.
From behind, a faint sound of footsteps suddenly approached.
Matou Sakura didn't turn around. A girl with disheveled hair, wearing fluffy pajamas, walked onto the balcony and draped a thick cloak over Sakura's shoulders.
"Still thinking about the Holy Grail War, Sakura?"
The girl's voice soon sounded on the balcony.
Tohsaka Rin, the eldest daughter of the Tohsaka family.
In the original worldline, Matou Sakura and Tohsaka Rin had been separated when they were very young. But because Alvin had saved Sakura in the past, the worldline had changed.
Now, although Matou Sakura still bore the Matou surname and was considered part of the Matou family, she didn't live in the Matou household.
These past few days, Tohsaka Tokiomi had been discussing with the head of the Matou family about the inheritance of the 'magic crest.'
And the more he learned about the details, the more alarmed he became.
Using crest worms to corrode a young girl, altering her attributes, turning her into a suitable heir to inherit the Matou family's magic crest, just hearing what Matou Zouken had once planned to do to Sakura made even the ever-composed and elegant Tohsaka Tokiomi tremble with anger.
It was from the day he learned the truth that he gradually understood why, during the Fourth Holy Grail War, Saber had 'abducted' Sakura and even treated him with disdain.
As a magus, Tohsaka Tokiomi was qualified. But if he had sent Sakura to the Matou family and truly allowed his daughter to be transformed into something shaped like a "worm" even if he had been completely unaware, as a father, that would still be a grave failure.
Fortunately, a great disaster had been avoided. Yet even after the Holy Grail War ended, whenever Tokiomi thought about it, he still felt lingering fear.
However, what he clearly hadn't realized was that while his daughter's safety had been resolved, it had also left behind a 'scar in her heart.'
During the Fourth Holy Grail War, being saved by an enemy Servant was like a ray of sunlight breaking through the cracks for a young girl.
That kind of light seen when the darkness was split apart, even now, after the war had ended, the girl still longed for it.
She missed the dazzling moment when she first saw that boy, and she longed to see that mythical heroic spirit again.
After the Holy Grail War ended, despite his exhaustion, Tohsaka Tokiomi still began preparing for the next one.
But what he didn't know was that his daughter also held great expectations for the next Holy Grail War.
In the entire Tohsaka household, only Tohsaka Rin understood what her younger sister was truly thinking.
Matou Sakura turned her head slightly to look at her sister and said softly, "Are you here to persuade me, big sister?"
Even though she hadn't participated last time, Sakura had deeply felt the danger of the Holy Grail War.
If Tokiomi learned of her thoughts, he would most likely stop her from participating in the next one.
That was why Sakura had never told her father about the expectations she held for the Holy Grail War.
Rin was slightly taken aback, then quickly said helplessly, "I'm not here to persuade you. Rather, no matter what you want to do, I'll support you."
"But if you want to summon a specific Servant, you need the corresponding relic. Father said obtaining relics is extremely difficult, and often it's not us choosing the relic, but the relic choosing us… which Servant you summon really depends on luck."
What she meant was that she hoped her sister wouldn't be too fixated on the White Dragon. After all, ancient Britain was far too distant in time. Unless there was some special information, where could one even find a relic from ancient Britain, especially one left by the White Dragon?
"Father's health doesn't seem too good lately, you should spend more time with him," Rin added.
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