"Hmph. Per your request, I have secured a location. I was unable to establish a base on a leyline. Ryuudou Temple is a good spot, but building a workshop in a place with so many people is problematic. Besides, since we have Lady Tiamat to supply us with mana, I gave up on an advantageous leyline and chose an ordinary plot of land. In any case, I have secured an empty lot for 500,000 yen, and I'm thinking of using Dragon Tooth Warriors to build a fortress later... but first, I wanted to confirm if you, Master, intend to sign the contract for this land. The price wasn't something I haggled for; it was unintentionally lowered through my womanly charms, so you can rest assured."
Medea brought out a map. The plot was near the Mion River, with a forest right next to it, and close to the Tohsaka Residence.
"500,000 yen..."
My smartphone buzzed.
『Do you wish to finalize the contract? The cost is 500,000 JPY. YES/NO』
The prompt appeared instantly.
'...Isn't this just magic at this point?'
How should I put it? It seemed there was nothing this smartphone couldn't do.
The Servant summoning... even if we assume you need to meet certain conditions, the ability to summon any Servant you want is already beyond the realm of cheating. To use a gaming analogy, it was a hack or a cheat tool.
On top of that, it had a map that could track the locations of Masters and Servants... a map hack.
The only catch was that without a contract, you couldn't get their location data.
I pressed the YES button.
Empty Lot Purchase: -500,000 JPY
Remaining Balance: 455,651 JPY.
A land deed materialized out of thin air. Medea stared at it with a dumbfounded expression.
"That tool... could I perhaps dissect it later? No matter how I look at it, I just can't understand it."
"Anyway, you can put up a perception-blocking ward and use Dragon Tooth Warriors to build with the surrounding trees and stone, right?"
"Yes. I'll show you what a house built by the greatest magus looks like."
...Wasn't the greatest Solomon?
In any case, I didn't mention it and just decided to remain silent while looking at the overly enthusiastic Medea.
Afterward, we returned the key to the motel and headed to the land Medea had guided us to.
It was truly an empty plot of land.
"...Should we go back to the motel?"
"That seems like a good idea... Sleeping on the bare ground would be bad for our health."
"Fufufu, not to worry~"
Clap, clap.
Medea used her magecraft to summon several thousand Dragon Tooth Warriors.
After concealing the area with a perception-blocking spell, she began to use the Dragon Tooth Warriors like slaves to construct a building.
The numbers were just an estimate, but I could see about 100 of them cutting down trees, another 100 digging the foundation, and 800 working on construction and creating materials.
As a result, the building began to take shape at a rapid pace, eventually transforming from a simple residence into a grand mansion.
"For now, this is a temporary mansion, so we're limited by the wood, but if I were to plate it with magic later, it will become a structure harder than brick with a lifespan beyond imagination."
"Are you a former architect?"
"No, why would you think I'm a former architect..."
No matter how you look at it, this is on the level of a professional architect... This isn't Minecraft, how can you build a house so quickly...
Then again, considering she built a temple... this might have been a given for her.
"In any case, at this construction speed, we won't have to worry about housing."
"Fufu..."
She looked like a woman drunk on her own victory.
Watching Medea, I whispered to Tiamat.
'Tiamat, Medea is acting a bit strange.'
'Akira, she was already very strange the moment she decided to take my blood and tears... And she did it with a smile, didn't she?'
'That's true.'
Ultimately, I belatedly realized that normal Servants were a rarity.
'Should I think about the next Servant to summon?'
First, after Fate/Zero comes Fate/stay night. The Servants I could likely summon would be Caster, Assassin, and Rider.
Since I'm participating in Zero, I'll save Sakura, and I can just kill Zouken Matou with bug spray.
After that, I'll take the Command Spells and Servant from Berserker's Master, increase my Servant count, and then... remove the Madness Enhancement and have him fight Artoria!
With Lancelot, it should be possible to subdue Artoria.
The moment he succeeds, it wouldn't be a bad idea to use Rule Breaker to get Saber. After that, acquiring Irisviel and separating her from the Grail wouldn't be bad either.
If there was one problem, it was... Gilgamesh.
This Gilgamesh wasn't the wise Caster version, but the one who grew from his child form, skipped past adolescence, and was full of arrogance and carelessness. However, considering Tiamat was here, it was possible he would come at us in earnest.
'The problem is whether his Clairvoyance can detect us or not...'
With how much of a cheat my smartphone was, I wondered if it could even block Clairvoyance, but the situation was ambiguous, so I had to put it on hold.
If Gilgamesh predicted our moves and attacked, that would be a headache. If he couldn't, then I could proceed with my plan at ease. Either way, it was an unavoidable source of anxiety.
My trump card to persuade Gilgamesh would be to offer a deal: I would summon Enkidu in the next Holy Grail War. That might work out well.
And since Enkidu was the only one who became Gilgamesh's friend, there was a high chance he could solve his adolescent issues too, right?
Anyway, even if that failed, there were many ways to win, so I would just fight using one of my available means.
Lancelot would surely seek judgment from his king, but I had to persuade him and make him subdue Artoria.
If that failed... I could think about it later.
'For now, Caster, Rider, Assassin... Grand Servants are probably impossible to summon, so should I think about normal ones?'
For Caster, Tamamo-no-Mae was a definite.
For Rider, there was Ushiwakamaru, Astolfo, Quetzalcoatl, Achilles, and Nemo. The rest were Servants I didn't really know, so I'll pass.
For Assassin, Kama or Mata Hari... or summoning one of the Hassans would be good, but it would be even better if the Old Man of the Mountain could appear.
'Well, I think I've roughly organized my thoughts...'
Just then, Medea approached me.
"For now, the temporary building seems to be complete. Would you like to take a look first?"
"Let's."
"I'm excited."
We followed Medea's guidance into the house.
It was much more spacious than the motel.
'Medea, are you sure you're a magus and not an architect?'
I could see that the structure was made of wood and even had windows.
It seemed they were still expanding and constructing the house, but it was soundproofed with magic, as I couldn't hear any construction noise.
"This should be sufficient, right?"
"Yeah, it's more than enough~"
"I'm surprised as well..."
"Hmph, for the greatest magus, Medea, this is a piece of cake."
Watching the self-absorbed Medea, Tiamat and I shook our heads.
"And later, I'll be taking some more of your mana, Tiamat. As much as possible-"
"Hiccup..."
At Medea's words, Tiamat hiccuped.
It seemed Medea's mana extraction method was quite unpleasant.
"The reason for the extraction is to use your mana, Lady Tiamat, to create a barrier to strengthen the mansion's security and then store the remaining mana for maintenance. I'll need enough mana to sustain it for a year, even under attack."
Mana to sustain it even under attack... It seems she plans to wring Tiamat dry...
No matter how much mana she has, being drained like that can't be a good feeling...
"Akira... what will happen to Mama... hiccup."
"..."
I inwardly thought, 'Please hang in there just one more time...' and maintained a long silence.
A short while later, Tiamat was dragged away by Medea... and had her mana extracted.
Afterward, I reportedly held Tiamat in my arms, patting her until she fell asleep.
"Phew, she's finally asleep..."
"You've worked hard, Akira."
"That aside, what on earth did you do to make her cry like that?"
"I merely extracted it normally."
Medea just tilted her head and said in a questioning tone that she had only extracted the mana normally.
"You didn't tie her up and put her in a dress for the extraction, did you?"
"Cough, cough, how did you know my hobbies... No, if I did something like that to Lady Tiamat, I would be the one to die!"
"I could totally see you saying, 'Please wear this for Akira's sake!'"
"For you to see me as such trash... Just how low is your opinion of me?"
No, having a low opinion is normal.
The moment you led away a test subject with the smile of a wicked researcher, you were already seen in a bad light. It's far too late to turn back now.
"I have my reasons, don't I?"
"..."
Medea simply vanished into her Spirit Form without another word...
"Sigh... shall we go to sleep?"