"Excuse me, Mr. Maple Tree, what is your identity?"
Before Kiritsugu Emiya could answer, Fushigi Yuki had already spoken, looking towards George.
"I'm not as easily fooled as Emiya, I don't believe a ten-year-old Maple Tree can become a Magician, much less such a powerful one."
She believed Emiya did not lie, but Emiya was merely an amateur in the world of magic and could easily be deceived by some spells.
The other party wanted Emiya's Command Seals to become a Master, and it was hard not to suspect something.
As Fushigi Yuki questioned, everyone turned their attention to George.
They all wanted to know if George, the magician who could easily defeat a Saboteur, was actually the Maple Tree and why he was here, what his purpose was.
However, at this moment, George blinked:
"I am indeed a Maple Tree at the moment, of course I am not just one. The specific reason why I became a Maple Tree is my secret."
Unlike the previous worlds, he did not fabricate various lies to respond to the inquiries about his identity and abilities.
No divine spirits imparting magic, no magician who had an accident while practicing shapeshifting, no learning from an old wizard, etc.
Because after gaining knowledge of the world's situation, his actual abilities made it unnecessary for him to fabricate such reasons.
I don't care about your identity or where you learned such incredible magic. I don't want to tell you, so I won't. That's it, simple as that.
I am just me, a different kind of firework.
As George was unwilling to reveal his identity, Fushigi Yuki's expression began to become serious.
This mysterious Maple Tree Mr., whether friend or foe, will not just be here for Emiya's Command Seals, or for some other purpose.
"If you say that, it's hard for us to trust you!"
"But I, seem not to need your trust."
George took a sip of tea with a smile on his face, completely ignoring Fushigi Yuki's vigilance.
"That is to say, Fushigi student, everyone has their own secrets. Mr. Maple Tree doesn't want to say, there must be his reasons."
"I believe Mr. Maple Tree is not a bad person. If it weren't for him, I would have already been killed twice by that Soldier."
Emiya saw the atmosphere in the living room beginning to tense up, and quickly tried to smooth things over.
"You this fellow, I'm doing this for your own good. Since you think it's fine, then so much the better for me."
Fushigi Yuki saw Emiya actually siding with George, and was instantly angry, crossing her arms and not saying anything.
But thinking about it, Emiya's personality was just like this, always putting others' feelings first and always enjoying helping others.
This was also one of the reasons why she had always harbored a fondness for Emiya.
"Alright, perhaps it's for the best to keep this amateur away from war. Otherwise, with such a personality, he definitely wouldn't last long in battle."
Then Sakura will definitely be upset.”
"Mr. Maple Tree, I can pass the Command Seals to you, but you must promise that if you win the Holy Grail War in the end, you will not use the Grail's wishes to do evil."
Emiya thought about it for a moment and then, with some innocence, said to George.
He's a good person, but he's not stupid. If George were to wish for something bad with the Grail, he would definitely not agree to hand over the Command Seals.
George, upon hearing this, smiled:
"In reality, I have plenty of means to forcibly take the Command Seals from you. But I am not that despicable."
raised his teacup and took a sip.
"Therefore, you don't need to worry about me using the Grail's wishes to do anything evil, because I am a person with a bottom line."
He didn't feel surprised seeing Fushigi Yuki, the female swordsman and the bowman with strange expressions.
Although he had defeated the Soldier, every Servant has their pride and unique treasures. Beforehand, no one would think they would definitely lose.
Therefore, besides Emiya, the other three were somewhat contemptuous of George's words.
If George dared to forcibly seize Emiya's Command Seals, the female swordsman as a direct Servant would intervene first.
Afterwards, Fushigi Yuki as a classmate would also lend a hand. The Servant Fushigi Yuki, who was also under the command of Fushigi Yuki, would not stand idly by.
That is to say, George would be attacked by one mage and two Servants.
In this day and age, it's unheard of for a magician to rely on his own strength to withstand an attack from two Servants.
"Do you really think so?"
George lightly tapped the table with his hand:
"Time—stop!"
Time magic swept through the entire living room, and everyone except George was frozen in place.
At his level, a time magic could solve most enemies.
Unless facing an enemy with the power of the Heavenly Father, one might be able to forcibly break free from the time seal with their immense strength.
Otherwise, enemies who haven't studied time magic will be frozen in place and at his mercy in a matter of minutes.
The few in front of him, none had reached the level of the Heavenly Father.
The strength of many Servants does not come from their own power, but from the treasures bestowed upon them by the people through myths and legends.
Like the Soldier before, his physical strength and combat skills would only be at the level of a Earth-level superhero in Marvel, and might not even be able to compete with Thor.
Cú Chulainn was half-man and half-god, but Thor was a true god.
But the weapon he wielded could unleash moves with the power of causality, something George couldn't even do.
Therefore, none of the two Servants could break through the seal, and they all fell victim to the time magic.
A swordsman, an archer, none of them were proficient in magic, let alone time magic.
If the mage-class Servant among the seven had been present, there might have been a slight hope of breaking the seal.
As for Emiya and Fushigi Yuki, Emiya was only a half-trained mage, and while Fushigi Yuki had a good background in magic, she was still young and her true magical abilities were not particularly strong in the magical community.
To expect them to break the time magic seal was nothing but a pipe dream.
"Clack!"
A single flick of the finger, and Fushigi Yuki and the female swordsman's clothes switched instantly.
"Clack!"
"Clack!" Another flick of the finger, and Emiya and the white-haired archer's clothes also swapped.
"These two guys, they look quite similar."
After Fushigi Yuki and the female swordsman swapped clothes, it really felt like a significant change, with a strong contrast.
After all, one was slightly flat-chested, and the other full-figured; one wore a Japanese school uniform with a short skirt, and the other wore a medieval noble's long dress.
However, after Emiya and the white-haired archer swapped clothes, the change didn't seem particularly significant.
Before, I hadn't noticed, but now that I looked closely, the two of them seemed very similar apart from their hair color.
Especially in their facial features, the only difference was that one had a youthful, naive look while the other appeared mature and cold.
"Interesting!"
He drew out a portion of souls from both bodies to compare, and George's lips slightly curled up.
He discovered that the souls of the two were essentially identical.
