I'm really getting more and more stingy. After painting the pictures for a whole day, I didn't get even one fan. Even if I don't ask for 'Apophis', even if I'm just a lord fan of Tai Swords that can't be traded!!

Here I curse Lao Ma for eating instant noodles all his life without seasoning packets.

A new week is here, so I won’t say much more here. I’ll try my best to keep updating every day.

ps: It’s December 2012! What an incredible year!

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The banquet was held next to the flower bed in the courtyard of the castle. Last night's battle did not affect this place, and it did not look shabby for entertaining guests. At this time, no one cared about the cold outside.

The rider brought the wine bottle to the atrium, and the two Servants sat down face to face and faced off leisurely. Irisviel and Waver sat side by side, speculating on the development of the situation, and realized that this meant a temporary truce, and they only had to watch from the side.

Just leave it on.

"Although the shape is very strange, this is a wine vessel unique to this country." Rider smashed the lid of the barrel with his fist, and the mellow aroma of red wine suddenly filled the air in the atrium. Rider said as he proudly used a bamboo-handled spoon to break the lid.

He drank a spoonful of wine. Unfortunately, no one could point out his common sense mistake on the spot.

"Let me tell you, that's not a thing for drinking." After washing up, Kirito slowly walked to the atrium of the party wearing his familiar black coat. When he saw Rider first holding the spoon

After finishing the wine in one gulp, the corners of his eyes twitched before he spoke.

"Oh, really? I remember when I went to buy wine, the only thing in the store that looked like drinking was this thing?" Hearing this, Rider looked at the spoon in his hand, scratched the back of his head in confusion, and said.

"Alas~~~~ Could it be that the Holy Grail didn't give you some ways to use the items of this era?" Seeing the dull expression on the King of Conqueror's face, Kirito said feebly. You must know that he was removed from 'Aincrad'

When he was summoned, the Holy Grail gave him some knowledge to participate in the Holy Grail War. Otherwise, he would suddenly come to this unfamiliar place and he wouldn't even know how to deal with some things.

"That thing is used to hold wine, and then pour the wine into other containers." Kirito explained helplessly to Rider.

"Well, use this to pour wine? People in this country are really troublesome." Rider scratched the back of his head and said slightly dissatisfied.

"Let's put aside the drinking props for now. King of Conquerors, you came here today just to find someone to drink with." When Saber saw Kirito and Rider talking about what props should be used for drinking.

, frowned slightly, and couldn't help but said, with a hint of displeasure in his tone.

"Yes, I came today just to talk about the Holy Grail... I heard that only qualified people can get the Holy Grail, and the ceremony to select the qualified person is the war in Fuyuki - but if you just watch

, then there is no need to bleed. We are both heroic spirits. If we can recognize each other's abilities, then there is no need for me to speak." The serious tone calmed the surrounding atmosphere. This man actually spoke in such a tone.

Something feels wrong.

"Oh?! So, first of all, you want to compete with me to see who is stronger? The Conqueror." Saber heard this, raised her eyebrows, and took over Rider's topic.

"Exactly, a real contest in the name of 'King', but in this case it wouldn't be called the 'Holy Grail War', it would be better to call it the 'Holy Grail Question'... In the end, who can become the King of Knights or the King of Conquerors?"

Where is the 'King of Holy Grails'? This is the perfect question to ask a wine glass." Rider changed his serious tone and smiled mischievously. Then he spoke as if talking to himself.

"Ah, speaking of which, there is another person here who calls himself 'King'."

"—The joke ends here, bastard."

A clear and melodious girl's voice sounded in the atrium, her tone filled with a sense of self-centeredness and arrogance, as if she was responding to Rider's unclear words. A dazzling golden light flashed in front of everyone.

The sound and the light made Saber and Irisviel's bodies stiffen up immediately. Of course, the two of them were doing better than Kirito, whose whole face even stiffened.

With golden armor, long golden hair, and a face as delicate as a work of art, the golden girl who suddenly appeared looked extremely delicate under the light of the moonlight, as if she were a work of art carved by countless skilled craftsmen. Ordinary

One look at it and you will fall into this breathtaking beauty.

"Archer, why are you here..." Saber asked sharply, but it was Rider who answered her calmly. "Ah, when I saw him on the street, I asked him to drink together - but he was still late.

Ah, Jin Guang. But unlike me, he walks on foot, so I can’t blame him."

"Oh!! Although there were rumors that he was a woman, I just didn't expect that he is such a beautiful woman!!"

"Bastard, who allowed you to be just my king's!" Rider's unscrupulous look at him naturally made Archer feel angry, but for some reason, when he saw the look of admiration in Rider's eyes, he felt inexplicable

He didn't take any action to teach the other party, but just raised his beautiful chin slightly.

"Hey, you're here too, Arch...well, Meilin." Originally, Kirito wanted to address each other by their respective ranks, but when he saw Archer's eyes that suddenly stared at him, his whole body was agitated.

, he actually subconsciously called out the name that the other party called him in the first place. As soon as the name came out of his mouth, Kirito knew that something was going to happen.

Saber looked at her in surprise, and Rider even said "Oh" in an exclamatory tone. Not far away, Irisviel, who was looking at everyone like Rider, looked at her with strong gossip.

the fire.

"Hmph..." As the Ancient King, how could Archer care about the looks of other people around him? Naturally, he ignored them.

"It's a shame that you chose such a poor place to hold a banquet. You only have such a taste for it. How can you apologize for causing me to come all the way?" Archer seemed to feel that continuing would be a waste of time, Archer said to Rider.

"Don't say that, come on, have a drink first." Rider smiled boldly and handed the spoon full of wine to Archer.

"——What kind of bad wine is this? You actually use this kind of wine to fight between heroes?" Meilin just took the wine spoon handed over by Rider, smelled it, and took it away, with a look of disgust on her face.

said.

"Really? I bought it from the market here. It's pretty good wine." Rider touched his forehead and said with a slightly confused frown.

"You think so because you don't understand wine at all, you bastard." Archer sneered, and a vortex in the void appeared around him. This was a precursor to the strange phenomenon that could summon the Noble Phantasm. Weber and Irisviel only felt that

A chill ran through his body, but what appeared around Archer tonight were not weapons, but a series of drinking utensils inlaid with dazzling gems, and heavy gold bottles filled with colorless and clear liquid.

"Look, this is the 'Wine of Kings'."

"Oh, I'm so touched." Rider didn't mind Archer's tone and happily poured the new wine into three glasses.

Saber was still very wary of Archer, who didn't know the details. She looked at the wine in the gold bottle with some hesitation, but she still accepted the wine glass that was handed to her.

"Oh, it's delicious!!" Rider took a sip and immediately opened his eyes in praise. Now even Saber's curiosity was aroused. Originally, this was not a competition to see who was more honorable, but a competition over wine.

After a fierce competition, when the wine flowed into her throat, Saber felt that her head was filled with a strong sense of expansion. This was indeed a good wine she had never tasted before. It was strong and clean, mellow and refreshing, and the strong fragrance filled her nasal cavity.

Everyone has a sense of wandering.

"That's great, this is definitely not wine brewed by humans, it's drunk by gods." Looking at Rider who did not hesitate to praise him, Archer showed a leisurely smile. At some point, he also sat down and shook the wine glass in his hand with satisfaction.

, but when he glanced at the four cups he gave out, one of them was empty, and the 'Black Swordsman' not far away was lying in the flower bed looking a little bored and yawning, his brows couldn't help but frown.

"Rider, what's going on?" Archer asked Rider with an angry tone, while pointing at the 'black swordsman' who was preparing to fall asleep in the flower bed.

"Ah, the two-sword-style brat said he was underage and couldn't drink, so he rejected my request." Rider's tone sounded a little disdainful. Of course, this was not disdain for the 'Black Swordsman'. The opponent's strength had already been obtained.

Without his approval, what he disdained was the so-called rule that people under the age cannot drink. He even thought that when he had the opportunity to continue to conquer, he would definitely erase this boring rule from the world.

"Kirito!" Just when Kirito was about to fall asleep, the sweet yet arrogant tone woke him up again with the name he had used for two years. Confused, he had to crawl slowly from the grass.

When I got up, of course I didn't forget to rub my hazy eyes.

"Come over here and sit down!" Meilin's commanding tone made Kirito shrink back. He is the worst at dealing with this kind of strong women, and Meilin, if you don't come, I will

You were treated like a hornet's nest so that he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to move over slowly, as if his feet were filled with lead.

"I remember that this banquet is called the 'King's Banquet'. I'm not the king, so what's wrong with me?" Kirito reluctantly sat down on the vacant seat for the three of them, and whispered softly.

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"Huh, it's an honor for you to allow me to sit with you. Please feel grateful in your heart." Mei Lin raised her chin proudly and said.

"Oh~~~~Then Rider, please hurry up and deal with it. I'm a little tired and really want to sleep." Kirito winked at Rider in private and said in code. Originally, he didn't think the other party would know what he meant.

, but who knew that Rider would actually blink while thinking about himself.

"I understand. Having said that, it's difficult to get along with such an unreasonable woman." Kirito looked at Rider's correct code words with a bit of surprise, wondering if the Holy Grail even gave such abilities to heroic spirits.

"It's good to understand and solve it quickly."

"Everything I know is on my shoulders."
Chapter completed!