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Chapter 28: Plan of Attack
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"This should work, yes."
Quartz's confirmation was good news to hear as I had been contemplating over a way to stop Goetia's plan mid-way rather than wait for an end-game. Tamamo was pondering over it while the rest of the Servants by the table was merely listening and thinking for themselves over what I was plotting to do with the next Servant we were going to deal with.
"What if he has a way to counter it, Mastah?" Eli inquired, not completely sold on the notion. "I mean, the idea of just 'tracking him' through Tamamo- wouldn't it catch this bad guy's attention?"
"It would," The fox-eared Caster agreed calmly, but she smiled at me. "However, Master's plan relies on a quick-paced action before the meanie can react to this."
"But-" Setanta paused, scratching the back of his head. "Wasn't it agreed that what is left of the Holy Grail is a corrupted pile of mud?"
"Mostly so, yes. That is what Master Zelretch told to the Magus Association to deter anyone from sampling the leftover of the artifact," Quartz explained, giving up information which was, by all means, not meant for others but a few to know. "Some of these remaining elements can be purified and then the cleansed elements used to manifest a limited version of the Wishcraft parameters within the Grail. It wouldn't be able to do much, but cutting off Goetia from this dimension should be within its limitations."
"And if this work, then that would pretty much put an end to the unusual summoning issues we have got through that bastard."
"...Then, what would happen?" Ana inquired, and the Mystic Code hummed.
"As far as Master Zelretch is concerned, John is the one with the discretion to make that decision."
"And I will give the choice for those that don't want to stay around after this whole mess is over."
The entire cast sighed in relief much to my surprise as I thought that Tamamo would have been a bit receptive to just leave. Did they all really get hooked on this new life?
I merely nodded at this reaction, focusing back on the idea itself. Using the leftover of the Holy Grail here in Fuyuki wouldn't be a terrible idea if what was left of the mud was removed, especially when the wish itself would be purposely 'controlled' by Quartz to get what we planned done right. Since most of the system got destroyed by Zelretch, the Kaleidoscope will have to act as a substitute to some portions of it for a short amount of time.
It would stop Goetia, but it would not work against the future issues that were canon with this universe as... using a wider wish would drain more energy, risk highly to derail into a worse outcome of said wish, and actually mess up with the kaleidoscope. That was not an option despite how great that would be if possible.
The rest of the plans would then shift into dealing with the Ainsworth. If Goetia was indeed dealt with as swiftly as I planned to, then we wouldn't have to worry much about what was going to happen in canon through the firepower at my disposal. Darius could be defeated early on as I knew his secret and I would prevent the collapse of that dimension due to insane guy from the past that just couldn't let go of his insanity.
Still, it was still morning and while there had been no sign of new Servant-related issues, the new day started with quite the interesting circumstance.
Little Illya had been caught in a bit of a detention-worthy situation.
I never thought that Illya could have amounted to a mini-deliquent as a child.
Now, I said this more as an ironic comment than a genuine concern, after all her 'misdemeanor' was more of an innocent yet awkward one. One that was I knew was tied to someone else as the issue was regarding a few... chosen words she had used recently. It was clear to me that she knew nothing about cuss words, but someone in her class did know and unconsciously started an 'epidemic' of kids using them.
Illya had been the one to use the most for some reason. And her current 'guardian' wasn't exactly helping her case with what she had to say to 'justify' her behavior.
"She is just at that age where they have to be rebellious, yes," Leysritt stoically suggested, and Illya eeped in shock.
"I-I am no rebel- I am a princess!" The little girl exclaimed. "Sensei, I don't get it. Why does 'fuck you' mean bad when I was told it was a good thing to say."
"Because it's a crassy way to say 'I have you', Illya-chan," I replied flatly, holding back the shock at how this behavior had taken hold. "And while it feels so light to use that phrasing, I would suggest to stop doing so. The 'F-word' is a crass word and it is not condoned here at school."
"What about the A-word?"
I sighed. "The A-word is the hole that everyone has in their butts, Illya-chan."
Her face reddened. "S-So that means I called some mean people 'buttholes'!?"
I facepalmed, I needed to find the cause of this and murder them with my bare hands.
"That's correct, Illya-chan."
The child looked scandalized. "Th-Then the s-word is-"
"Poop. You may have called a few people poop by addressing them or things like that."
Her face was in her hands. "I'm sorryyyyy!"
"...I am very confused," Liz hummed in confusion. "If Illya didn't want to say these words, then why did she?"
"She was lied on what they could potential mean. There's someone at school that had been doing this with other students and," I paused, scratching my nose. "We will catch them."
The short-haired young woman nodded at that assurance, but she gave me an odd look.
"Also, are you free tonight?"
I frowned, a bit stumped by that unexpected offer. "Wha-"
"For dinner. Sella is preparing good food and I think Illya may appreciate that her favorite teacher decides to visit."
From gloomy, Illya's eyes widened in pure delight. "Yes! Sensei, pleeeeeassee!"
I scratched the back of my head at that. It felt a bit sudden to be asked that but... I had a feeling that this may not be as bad as it may sound. Since Kiritsugu and Irisviel were prone to go for long trips, there was a chance that either wasn't around. Hopefully, Kerry wasn't around because that would be atrocious. And deadly.
"I suppose I can give it a thought-"
"Then it's a date," Liz interjected flatly, leaving me frowning as I am quite sure she already knew I was dating. And that unusual gaze aimed at me despite a clueless Illya being more interested in having me around to chat with-
Very odd. Very odd indeed.
"Isn't it too simple?"
Taiga scoffed at Caren's disbelief at her most ambitious and yet safest plan ever.
"Caren-chan, why would I need to lie to you? After all, there's nothing wrong in being direct with your affection."
They were currently staying by Taiga's room in her grandfather's compound. Caren was surprised by how big the brunette's house was, even more by the fact that there were so many guards around.
The silver-haired girl was quite sure that Taiga was purposely denying much of the support from the family if she was 'struggling' to keep up with her bills at times. Still, that was no longer the case ever since she started drinking less. She didn't outright stop, but she kept it as an occasional pleasure of hers than anything else.
"But it would take so long to seduce him properly," Caren whined.
"And? That's the point of it. The more time you spend on this, the more delicious the reward will be."
"...Is that worth to-"
"Yep!" Taiga interjected strongly, smiling brightly even. "And quite rough too."
...Oh.
"So, I just need to ask nicely for a date, behave around him and do this... a few times?"
"With changes, of course. You have to show you have put an effort about it."
Caren snorted. "Why couldn't he just ask me out then?"
"I don't know, why would he consider opening the relationship if he isn't convinced of your intention to be a loving partner?"
The counter-claim had Caren quiet for a moment. It was a fair assessment- she couldn't just expect logic to warp to her whims and while employing the Fox Skank's assistance may help her in the short-term, she had a feeling that would backfire horribly. No, she couldn't rely completely on that. She may use a fraction of that offer and then let honesty work its charm with him.
"And next is... dressing you up for the dates!"
In a moment, Caren found herself nude with an equally nude Taiga. The older girl was still talking and listing out what clothes to try out but it was a bit difficult to keep track of these words when the white-haired girl was mesmerized by the tits the brunette was hiding to this world. How did she never notice this? Was this one of the reason why John picked her? And why was her mouth watering?
Forgive me father, for I may like tits too~.
AN
'Date' Cometh, Liz making a move, Caren getting 'trained' into dating properly and... Liz setting up a trap!