Stray Chapter 40: A good deed every day

"Don't stare at me like this, and it's useless to stare at me, no matter how many times I say it, I promise I will never say anything half a lie..."

The magician didn't feel any pressure because of the eyes of the knight girl, and he didn't feel any psychological or moral guilt. After all, as the saying goes... We masters have no conscience.jpg

Because he does plan to do nothing to Alice Phil whether or not Artoria cooperates or not

If Saber is obedient, he will not let Irisviel go directly, and if Saber refuses to cooperate, he will not force Saber to submit by hurting Irisviel.

In the end, telling Saber about Irisviel is not a threat, it is simply telling her such a news, although it is not out of good intentions, but the behavior itself is indeed such a nature .

Anyway, no matter what choice Saber makes, it will not affect Irisviel's treatment here at Liudong Temple...

He really doesn't have any ideas in this regard, but he just said the last sentence to make Saber think wildly. Probably because he doesn't want to make any low-level threats, but he can let the other side make up his mind in such a direction, so as to achieve the desired effect.

And just as he expected, Artoria did not dare to gamble, and could not afford to gamble at all. When she thought that the snow-like innocent young woman might be poisoned, she could not be indifferent at all.

No matter how Xia Ran swears, he will not anger Irisviel because of Artoria's knowledge.

However, the question is, does Arturia dare to believe this statement? The answer is naturally not dare, because no one can guarantee her this matter except herself.

It would be better to say that the more Xia Ran emphasizes this, the more she believes that this is a threat that is constantly being repeated. Once she really refuses and chooses not to cooperate, then Irisviel will suffer. now...

This realization made the blond girl so angry that even her shoulders trembled slightly. She no longer had the feeling of being ashes as she used to be, but her emerald green eyes seemed to be filled with the burning rage.

If she could, she would really like to pull up her sword and cut off the head of this hateful magician in front of her!

It's really too hateful, with that calm and natural look, as if she was sure to threaten her, she was sure she would give in, she was so angry when she saw it, her teeth were almost crushed.

However, this cannot be done.

Nothing else to say, even her instincts were warning her about this dangerous thought, telling her that if she did, there would be absolutely no good results.

The magician in front of her is definitely more dangerous than she imagined. Even if she has updated her cognition again and again, she still hasn't touched the truth of the other party... Not to mention all the participants in the Holy Grail War, the cards revealed now are far from all.

Basically, it can be said that the near-previous intuition ability is one of Saber's most important reliances, and it is the biggest piece of the puzzle in the composition of her melee ability.

Even though she doesn't have the "infinite martial arts" of Lancelot's unity of mind, skill and body, nor the sword skill of Sasaki Kojiro that is unparalleled in the world and has reached the height of magic, but she instantly knows "the most suitable one for herself" based on her intuition. "action", but it can be quite effective in seeking good luck and avoiding evil.

It is this skill that enables her to compete with some super perverted terrifying enemies whose mind and body have been tempered to the extreme. Handed over the head as soon as we met...

Intuitively, she has made many contributions, and has repeatedly helped her to be invincible in the face of some difficult enemies. Even in a bad headwind, she can seize only one percent chance and execute it exactly. She turned defeat into victory, so she trusted her intuition very much, and the urge to violently hurt people was finally suppressed under the warning of her intuition.

Besides, even if it is really successful, it doesn't make any sense, because this magician is not alone, and after killing him, he is dead...::

For example, once his servants realize that there is a problem with their master, will they anger others at the last minute? If nothing else, the caster would definitely do such a thing.

In that case, Irisviel is also in danger, and may even fall into fatal danger faster. Saber can't deceive himself by saying that he can't see it...

So, in addition to glaring at Xia Ran, she was desperate and indignant to find that she was so powerless at this time, unable to do anything... No, there are still some things that can be done, just need She wronged herself.

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The two stared at each other so quietly, as if time had stopped at this moment, but the scene was not at all charming.

After all, there are no stars and no moon in the sky, and Liudong Temple itself has no lights. In addition, this is a temple independently located on the mountain, and there are various residential and commercial areas under the mountain, so there will be no other lights. So much so that in the entire courtyard there was only a piece of darkness that was almost invisible.

If it weren't for the fact that the two people's perceptions were extremely strong, seeing the night as the day, this environment seemed to have no effect on them, then they couldn't see where the other was at all.

In the extremely spacious yard, the cold winter wind blew through, and two people stared at each other, one was calm and the other was murderous. This kind of situation is really uninteresting. If you really think there is, then it must be the brain-buying emperor in the late stage of paranoia

Even the swordsman who was leaning against the mountain gate and closed his eyes, couldn't help but glanced at him in the process, then yawned and muttered something in a low voice.

It's not that Sasaki Kojiro doesn't understand what the two are doing, although on the surface, it seems that the master has not negotiated the conditions, and the new colleagues are unwilling to join the job like this...

But if we say that the talk has collapsed, it seems that it will not be the case.

Master is not the kind of person who is rude. If he says he won't do anything to that woman, he will definitely not do it, but Saber probably won't believe it like that. With her character, it's only a matter of time before compromising... /

Sasaki Kojiro naturally knows what methods the master used in this process, but he doesn't care too much. After all, this kind of behavior will not rise to the moral level, and objectively, Xia Ran did not say a word from the beginning to the end. Lies, not even threatening from start to finish.

Instead, I repeat over and over again that I would never do something like that...

It's just that the more she reiterates her promise like this, the more upset and worried Saber is. Xia Ran is just using her psychological routine, but she has no way to get around this vicious circle. come out.

It's obvious that he can't do such a thing, but he cleverly uses his words to make the other party's brain supplement, and he is more and more worried. I don't have to really break through the bottom line of morality, but also get the results that can only be obtained by breaking the bottom line of morality... It is probably such a small means.

If I insist, I really can't pick out too many faults. After all, Xia Ran has always been telling the truth, but the other party doesn't believe it and is suspicious. This is the other party's own problem.

Sure enough, as long as he is a magician, his heart is black... Sasaki Kojiro feels ashamed in this regard.

It is a blessing to say that he had no hope of a career before his death. After all, he didn't have such a sweetheart, so how could he be enough for those black and dirty guys to play? Not an opponent at all!

Xia Ran didn't know that Sasaki Kojiro was slandering himself, and he didn't care about this kind of thing. He just stared at the stubborn emerald green eyes of the knight girl for a long time, and finally sighed, turned around and waved his hand.

"Forget it, since you're so resistant, so be it, I won't embarrass you anymore, you can now..."

"Wait! I can temporarily admit that you are my master...but you must assure me that you will never hurt Irisviel."

The sound of saber coming from behind as if he was about to bite a silver tooth stopped him and interrupted him.

After all, the knight girl still didn't dare to take the risk, and I don't know if this dangerous magician was already angry because she didn't get the answer she wanted, and she was going to give Irisviel a blow or something...

So she can only resign. Although chivalry does not allow her to betray her original master, chivalry also does not allow her to die for the cruel fate that Irisviel may suffer... In this case Only she can make her own choice.

However, this is not the first time she has encountered such a dilemma, so it is easy to draw conclusions.

Compared with the former, it is more worthwhile to choose the latter to save a lady from the dire Feeling that his loyalty was tainted was more important than Irisviel's safety.

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Xia Ran stopped and turned around. There was no surprise expression on his face, and he still looked like a kindhearted person:

"You don't have to force yourself... I've said it a long time ago, no matter what you choose, I won't force you, and I won't threaten you with Irisviel, so you don't really need to do this Things force me to make choices..."

He seemed to be well-intentioned and put himself in Saber's shoes, as if he didn't want her to be embarrassed. This hypocritical appearance of being good at being cheap made the girl even more angry.

"Then I really thank you..."

Saber stood up from the ground with some difficulty, ignoring the scars and dust on his body, staring at him with a look of contempt mixed with undisguised anger.

"No thanks, this is what I should do..." Xia Ran smiled and said modestly.

Then he turned his head to look outside the mountain gate, and seemed to sense something: "Just right, Caster has brought the lady back... If you don't worry, you can be with that lady from now on. Let's keep her safe together."