Chapter 44: Landlord Friendship

"Banquet?" Tatsuya Suzuki was stunned.

He had no idea that any banquet was planned, so it seemed this must have been a decision made on his own by the rather self-willed King of Conquerors.

Waver, hiding behind Rider's huge body, looked at Tatsuya and Morgan with an expression that was unclear whether it was hostility or fear.

But Tatsuya could clearly read that the words "I really want to go home quickly" were written on Waver's face.

"Yes, a banquet."

As he spoke, the King of Conquerors, wearing washed-out jeans and a white T-shirt, picked up a large wooden barrel from the ox cart.

No matter how you looked at it, it was undoubtedly a wine barrel.

"In other words, you're here to have a drink with someone?" Tatsuya and Morgan looked at each other and once again felt the casual and heroic nature of the Macedonian king.

"Yes, it shouldn't be inconvenient to lend me the courtyard, right?" The King of Conquerors jumped down carrying a wine barrel, and the ox cart treasure then disappeared into the void.

Tatsuya turned around and said, "Wait."

The two groups of uninvited guests actually waited in the garden for nearly an hour.

Tatsuya reappeared an hour later.

He put on a coat to keep warm but instead of changing his clothes, he went to the kitchen to prepare some food to go with the wine and a blanket for people to sit on.

On weekdays, Tatsuya often ate some easy-to-carry food in the courtyard with Sakura and Caren, such as handmade sandwiches, handmade bread, and baked snacks.

Because of this, Tatsuya realized that he was not so lazy and could even do some housework.

The dazzling array of food made the originally wary Artoria relax, her eyes shining. Irisviel still looked a little exhausted, but her overall mood was good.

"Wow! This is really eye-opening. I originally wanted to hold a banquet at the last minute, but I asked you, who provided the venue, to cook and prepare the meal yourself," Iskandar exclaimed.

"You knew it was a last-minute event, but you didn't post it?" Tatsuya complained, "Does your country never follow procedures when holding banquets?"

Rarely, this nine-foot-tall man was stumped by Tatsuya's question and smiled apologetically.

"That's a really painful accusation." Iskandar lowered his head.

"Then you should issue a confession of guilt."

Tatsuya continued to complain but did not dwell on the issue. After all, to attempt to hold such an event during the Holy Grail War, even someone as crude as the King of Conquerors should have a deeper purpose.

"So? You came to my house specially to eat and drink. Did something good happen to you?" Tatsuya asked.

Iskandar, who had not come for this purpose, took the opportunity to show off his master's achievements.

"You may not know this, but my Master was able to find Caster's workshop with just a simple alchemy technique, and I went there to attack him."

"Caster was also conquered?" Tatsuya asked.

"No, that guy is not here, otherwise he would have been executed as well," the Conqueror King said calmly.

Waver crossed his arms and took a bite of the sandwich. "It's just a low-brow way of doing things. There's nothing to brag about."

"What do you mean?" Tatsuya raised his eyebrows.

Then Iskandar gave a brief explanation, saying that Waver had used water from different sections of the Miyuan River to detect the residues of the ritual and determined the location of Caster's work. The more he talked, the more embarrassed Waver became. After all, in the eyes of a top magus like Tatsuya, he was definitely not worth mentioning.

"Very good." Waver was surprised by Tatsuya's evaluation.

"Hahahaha! Look what I'm saying!" Iskandar was quite proud.

"Magicians are too obsessed with magic itself and ignore how to solve problems, which is the real problem." Tatsuya glanced at Waver. He thought about it and still didn't say that he had already eliminated Keyneth's camp.

"Really?" Waver responded suspiciously, but he felt very pleased.

The evaluation system for practical magicians is different, after all.

"So, King of Conquerors, what is the purpose of your coming here today?" Tatsuya decided to get to the point.

Iskandar had not started eating or pouring wine into everyone's glasses. He was obviously waiting for something.

"Of course it's 'battle.' There's no need to resort to weapons or Noble Phantasms. Instead, we should raise our glasses and ask Saber and Berserker, no, the King of Knights and Morgan, what your respective 'kingly bearings' are."

It seemed that Iskandar already knew the real names of the two people. It was unknown whether he figured it out from somewhere or if someone from other camps deliberately leaked the information behind the scenes.

After all, Assassin was still operating in secret, and even Tatsuya couldn't guard against him.

But this was all secondary; the problem lay in another point.

"I am indeed the king, but...how could my sister..." Artoria knew that Morgan had never been king from beginning to end.

"No, Knight King. The one in front of you has indeed become the king, but you may not know it." Iskandar said seriously. He was quite confident in his own judgment and would never make a mistake.

Morgan just smiled indifferently. "I have indeed reigned as the Queen of Winter. I will not refuse the challenge you have handed me."

The Queen of Winter is a title not recorded in any legend.

Hearing this self-introduction, Tatsuya was slightly surprised, but his face remained expressionless.

"In other words, you want to start with the contest between the heroic spirits. If all parties accept each other's abilities, the answer will naturally appear, right?" Tatsuya quickly understood the King of Conquerors' intention.

Iskandar was delighted. "You are really smart. How about you be the host of this Holy Grail Quiz?"

"Huh?" Tatsuya was puzzled, "Why should I be this kind of--"

"No need to be modest, God-killer." Gilgamesh appeared from the courtyard with dazzling golden light. He was not wearing the golden armor, but a white shirt with snake-skin pattern pants and white leather shoes. The golden ornaments on his wrists and neck still revealed his luxurious demeanor. "It is indeed worthy for me to sit down and listen to the bastards' nonsense when a guy like you is hosting the banquet."

"..." Tatsuya began to feel that things were moving in an incomprehensible direction.

Whether it was the "Holy Grail Question" or the way Gilgamesh addressed him.

The only thing that was certain was that there would definitely be no war in this courtyard tonight.

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