Chapter 137: Resettlement

"Master, what should we do next?"

"First, we need to find a place to build our base. As a Caster, Miss Medea, you'll need to make full use of the characteristics of the Caster class."

Caster, the magus. If we're going to fight as a magus, why would we engage in close combat with Sabers or Lancers? That would be playing to our weaknesses. We should focus on阵地战 (positional warfare). If we have enough magical energy, we can just rain down firepower.

Li Mo shared his thoughts with Medea. Miss Medea's face was hidden under her hood, making it impossible to see her expression, but the slight curve of her lips suggested she agreed with his reasoning.

"Then, Master, where should we build our workshop?"

"As for the location, let's go to Mount Enzou. We'll head straight to where the Greater Grail is located," Li Mo said with a smile. "I think there's no place more abundant in magical energy than there."

The reason the Holy Grail War is held only once every sixty years is simple: the Greater Grail needs time to accumulate magical energy. In other words, the Greater Grail is constantly drawing magical energy from the land of Fuyuki City.

Moreover, Mount Enzou itself sits on a leyline.

"I understand, Master," Medea agreed with Li Mo's plan. After her brief observation of Fuyuki City, she concluded that Mount Enzou was indeed the best place to establish their base.

"However, we'll need to wait a while before heading up the mountain. Miss Medea, there's another matter we need to address first—settling the children…"

"Can't we just let them escape on their own?" Medea asked.

In the original story, that's exactly what she had done—destroyed Atrum's workshop and let the children flee on their own. But according to Li Mo's inquiries, these children weren't from Japan.

Thinking about it, even though it hadn't been long since the turn of the millennium, Japan's birth rate had already been declining for many years. The Japanese government placed great importance on childbirth, so if a large number of children suddenly went missing nationwide, the government would definitely take notice.

Letting these children fend for themselves in Fuyuki City? Li Mo didn't even need to think to know they'd end up at the bottom of society.

"Miss Medea, personally, I don't want to do that. So… can you help me? I want to find a good place for these children."

"Master, what do you plan to do?"

"First… we'll drain that magus's assets completely. Miss Medea, do you know any necromancy spells?"

"I do," Medea replied.

Li Mo nodded and finished his coffee in one gulp.

"I know what to do now," he said.

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Magi hide within human society, and their transactions often use human currency.

In other words, draining a magus's assets isn't much different from draining a merchant's assets.

Thanks to the modern financial system, transferring assets is relatively easy—provided you have the asset holder's permission.

Li Mo remembered a scene from a movie about bribery. A merchant transferred money to an anonymous bank abroad, and then the foreign bank sent it back to the local account. The process took only a few seconds, but the money was already laundered. Tracing the source of the funds would be extremely difficult.

Using necromancy, Li Mo summoned Atrum's spirit and extracted all the information about his assets. Then, based on Atrum's body, Li Mo disguised himself as Atrum and went to the bank to transfer the assets.

Thanks to the efficiency of the banking system, with all the necessary documents in hand, Li Mo successfully transferred all of Atrum's liquid assets. As for the fixed assets, many of them were located in Atrum's home country, so Li Mo chose to leave them alone.

Even so, the amount of money in the bank accounts was staggering. Atrum's family really was in the oil business. The funds were more than enough for Li Mo to use for a long time, and even after settling the children, there would still be plenty left.

"Actually, this amount of money isn't enough to build a proper workshop," Medea said to Li Mo after they completed the transactions.

When Servants are summoned into the modern world, they are imbued with knowledge of modern society. Medea had spent some time with Atrum and knew from her former Master that being a magus was an expensive endeavor.

"Huh? Miss Medea, don't you have Territory Creation? Do we still need to spend money? If so, we'll have to change our plans," Li Mo said.

"I don't need it."

"That's good, that's good. Miss Medea, don't scare me like that."

"Master, don't you need a workshop?"

"Me? Sorry, Miss Medea, I didn't mention it earlier. A workshop is useless to me."

Medea said, "I understand."

She remembered that her new Master could directly manipulate the mana from the greater source, which was very different from modern magi. In fact, it was closer to the abilities of a divine magus.

"Miss Medea, let's go settle the children now."

"How do you plan to settle them?"

"It's definitely a hassle. Hmm… I guess we'll have to deal with the Fujimura Group again? What a pain. I just killed some of their members and got chased by them. Now I have to go back to them…"

Li Mo fell into deep thought.

Among the children Atrum had purchased, some had died due to negligence during transport. The person responsible had then turned to the local yakuza—specifically, the Fujimura Group—to make up for the loss.

"Is there something worrying you, Master?"

"I've been overcomplicating things. I don't need to deal with the Fujimura Group. Why don't I just ask Taiga Fujimura for help? Hmm… I'll think about that later. Let's settle the children first, and then we'll head to Mount Enzou."

The Holy Grail War hadn't officially started yet, but that didn't mean someone wouldn't try something underhanded. Someone like Kirei Kotomine wouldn't hesitate to play dirty. Plus, there wasn't a certain blonde wanderer roaming Fuyuki City yet.

The sooner we secure our base, the better.

Settling the children wasn't too difficult. Although both Li Mo and the children were essentially undocumented, Japan's identity checks weren't very strict. And if they ran into any issues that couldn't be resolved through negotiation, they could always use magecraft.

Li Mo rented a villa in the northern part of Fuyuki City's New Town and arranged for the dozens of children to stay there. He then used magecraft and money to hire a caretaker, using magic to make her overlook the unusual number of children.

After finishing these tasks, Li Mo and Medea headed up Mount Enzou.