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"Hmm?" Weber exclaimed in confusion upon seeing this. "Instant acceleration magic? It doesn't seem like it."

"His physical reaction speed is too fast, and his coordination is too normal. If it were an instant acceleration magic trick, his posture just now should have been distorted after he rolled to a squatting position and jumped." Orange, a master of human anatomy, expressed his opinion.

After receiving the hint, Weber searched his mind and eliminated several impossible options before stating in a declarative tone, "That magician accelerated his own time."

Those who understood the explanation got it, while those who didn't were completely confused. Grey was one of those who understood, so she didn't look at her teacher expectantly for an explanation. Therefore, Waver didn't continue, since that kind of magic was too harmful to the body, and he didn't want Grey to know anything unnecessary.

Because Chaldea's observation is based on an unobstructed radius of 500 meters centered on Olga's wrist ring, they could still see the battle 80 meters away very clearly.

"This is too abnormal, isn't it—" Olga looked at the asymmetrical battle in the distance, her tone full of struggle, because the golden wolf's attacks were incredibly fierce from beginning to end, but each time it just missed Emiya Kiritsugu by a hair's breadth, because Emiya Kiritsugu always suddenly dodged those attacks with a reaction speed that ordinary people thought was completely impossible.

“Well, it’s normal to be able to avoid it, but Kiritsugu Emiya is not Kusajuro. He has no way to turn the tide.” Ling watched the battle with the eyes of an outsider. He knew that Kiritsugu Emiya had fought with his life on the line. It was impossible for him to use Time Control for a long time. Even if he had enough magic power, Kiritsugu Emiya’s body, which was only slightly stronger than that of an ordinary person, could not withstand it.

"What kind of ability is that?" Olga stared intently at the battle opposite her. This fighting style was completely beyond her imagination. If she were to face this golden wolf, she would probably be killed instantly. The fact that the magician she looked down on had been able to hold out against it for so long was truly beyond her expectations.

"Modern magicians developed body enhancement magic to strengthen their bodies in battle. This kind of magic will probably become popular around 2004. Olga, the visual enhancement you are using now is one of them, right?" Ling watched as Kiritsugu Emiya struggled under Beo's attack. Finally, after Beo regained his sight, he accurately swept his forepaws like swords, resulting in a huge wound being torn open in Kiritsugu Emiya's abdomen.

Bright red blood, mixed with bits of flesh and entrails, splattered across the night sky.

"Time alter - Triple stagnate (Time Control Triple Stasis)" In the instant he was struck by this fatal wound, Kiritsugu Emiya activated his family's magic once again with an iron will, stopping the flow of his blood and stopping the bleeding. Beo did not pursue him after the attack, but looked down at Kiritsugu Emiya lying on the ground with interest.

Although the battle seemed to last a long time, it actually only lasted a dozen seconds. Upon seeing Kiritsugu Emiya lying on the ground, Irisviel immediately ran towards him in a panic.

Then He opened His mouth toward Kiritsugu Emiya's neck, revealing his saw-like teeth, as if to bite the neck off.

"No!!!" Irisviel screamed in despair upon seeing this.

Just then, a white light shone from not far away, blinding Beo. Immediately afterward, a loud engine roared in, and a car rushed towards them at a speed exceeding 200 kilometers per hour. No, "rushed" is wrong; it should be "rammed."

In the driver's seat, a hint of anxiety flickered across Kuyu Maiya's cold face as she stared intently at Beo's glowing body, constantly calculating the distance in her mind.

Beo stared at the car that was clearly aimed at Him, standing there without flinching or dodging. Even if the car crashed into Him at that speed, it wouldn't hurt Him at all. Moreover, His intuition told Him that the other party's purpose was not to attack Him, but to force Him away.

Sure enough, when Hisako saw that Beo showed no sign of leaving, she quickly released the accelerator and slammed on the brakes.

"Screech—" The ear-piercing sound of brakes echoed through the night sky, leaving long skid marks on the ground. Just as the car was about to hit Beo, Hisayu Maiya finally gave up and turned the steering wheel, causing the entire car to swerve sideways, and finally came to a stop not far in front of Beo with great difficulty.

Then she opened the car door, got out with her gun, and seeing that Beo still hadn't moved, she quickly walked to Kiritsugu Emiya, turned him over, and after seeing the wound on his abdomen, immediately unbuttoned his clothes and began to treat him.

Beo smelled the acrid odor of burning tires. He frowned unhappily, slowly transformed back into human form, and then turned to walk back. As he passed Irisviel, Beo's nose twitched. He rubbed his nose, glanced back at Irisviel's retreating figure, and then looked at Ling and the others with a pleasant smile.

“I thought you were going to order Beo to kill him,” Ling suddenly said. Olga was taken aback for a moment, then realized what she meant and immediately turned around.

"—When did you find me?" A voice that was familiar to Ling, but sounded completely unfamiliar, rang out from the building behind her.

"I was just kidding you." Ling smiled mischievously, but didn't turn around. When he heard that voice, his heart suddenly relaxed.

"Aren't you going to turn around and look at me?" The woman's voice carried a strange coldness, like a cold flame burning—it was hot, yet gave people a chilling feeling.

On the Chaldea side, upon seeing the woman appear behind Ling and the others, many people secretly glanced back, comparing her to the person on the screen and Aozaki Touko from the research team.

"Heh~ Seeing myself twenty years ago is quite a strange feeling. And, as a spectator, I'm really looking forward to whether this story is about to reach its climax or its ending." Aozaki Touko chuckled, reaching out to press down the ends of her long hair. This was the biggest difference between her and herself twenty years ago. Apart from the length of her hair and her temperament, her appearance now was not much different from the version of herself on the screen.

"Hey, Aozaki, how old are you now?" Weber asked, unable to contain his curiosity, comparing the person on the screen with Aozaki Touko beside him.

"Lord El-Melloi II, don't you know that age is not only a woman's secret, but also a taboo that cannot be mentioned to outsiders?" Orange looked at Weber and asked in a joking tone, "Besides, you don't seem like someone who cares about age. At least the girl next to you looks very young, but she's actually not young anymore, and her physical age has actually been fixed, hasn't it?"

"For magicians at our level, age is meaningless. To put it bluntly, the Clock Tower is full of old fogies. Even my teacher, Inoley Baljereta Atlohom, could easily take on the body of a beautiful eighteen-year-old if she wanted to. Moreover, she is old in appearance but young in heart. Unless she makes it clear, you would definitely think she is a young girl inside and out."

Whether intentionally or not, Orange used her teacher, Lord Baleretta, one of the twelve monarchs of the Clock Tower and in charge of the Creation Department, as an example.

Thinking of that old woman from that stronghold, who, like himself, belonged to the democratic faction, and who was one of the few magicians who understood science and loved listening to rock music on an iPod, Webber couldn't help but shudder and immediately shut his mouth, suppressing all his curiosity.

Goldliff, who was listening to the conversation between the two, remained silent. He had a very deep impression of the old monster in the Clock Tower. As a member of the Forensic Department, he often had to deal with those extraordinary beings. Every time he faced those people, alarms would constantly be going off in his mind.

Because reasoning with those people was tantamount to facing death, Goldef felt that he was walking towards the gates of hell every time, which is why he had a nickname like "Phoenix Mujik".

The character Aozaki Touko on the screen appears to be around twenty years old, with short, dark red hair, wearing a white shirt with an aristocratic air, and crimson trousers. Most notably, she wears a pair of long, teardrop-shaped orange earrings, and her expression looks quite unhappy.

"I heard everything you just said clearly. I don't know you, but it's obvious you know me, right?" Orange, wearing glasses, stared at Ling's back, feeling a surge of annoyance.

After all, if a complete stranger suddenly appears and pretends to know you intimately, yet you know absolutely nothing about this person, then besides feeling annoyed, she thinks no one would have any other emotion.

"Just like you don't know how to face me, a complete stranger, I'm also struggling with how to face you." Ling looked at Beo, who had walked up to her, and nodded to thank him. Although he had only told Beo not to hurt Illya, he didn't expect that Beo would not hurt the others, and even Emiya Kiritsugu was only seriously injured.

Ling felt this was no coincidence; it was likely that Beo had genuinely shown mercy because these people were his colleagues. Of course, Ling didn't know that this was only part of the reason; the bigger reason was the order given by Aozaki Touko.

Beo sensed Ling's gratitude, and then happily ran to Ling's side, sniffing his scent repeatedly. After fully memorizing the scent, He smiled brightly at Orange and said, "Hey, Orange, I'm going to follow this person from now on, so my contract with you ends here~"

Ling felt a chill run down his spine. He glanced at Beo with a wry smile. He had wanted to muster the courage to turn around, but now that Beo had interrupted him, he didn't dare to.

This was the first time Chaldea had seen Ling so frustrated, and Leonardo da Vinci laughed heartlessly, much to the delight of Dr. Roman.

Chapter 394 Oranges, Oranges, and More Oranges (Part Two)

Only Aozaki Touko, on this side, looked at Rin thoughtfully. She felt that Rin had deep feelings for Aozaki Touko, which she deduced from Rin's previous behavior. "Because you care, you will be concerned. Because you care, you will mind. Oh dear, I wonder if I can see it over there."

Ryori Adashino rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on. She felt that the investigation had completely strayed from its original purpose. The investigation team was there to confirm Olga Marie's life or death, but now a strange Servant had drawn everyone's attention away from them.

Admittedly, that Servant is indeed extraordinary, but that's not the point. Confirming the authenticity of Olga Marie is the primary objective of the investigation team. And after confirming her authenticity, whether she has the ability to continue leading Chaldea is the next important question.

However, Ryori Adashino also admitted that this Servant, whose identity was vaguely mentioned in the report, had enough value to warrant everyone's attention. If what he said was true, then this Servant's identity was not simple.

"Beo, I remember you as the Golden Wolf, not the White-Eyed Wolf, right? Is it possible that this guy, who seems suspicious no matter how you look at him, is inferior to me, with whom you've spent so much time?"

“No, no, no, that’s not the question, Orange,” Beo put his hands behind his head and looked up at the sky. “Even if I hadn’t met this person, I would have chosen to leave you after you were settled and go to the place that keeps calling me. Because staying in this world would not have any special meaning. I have learned everything I needed to learn, I have seen magic, and Kusajuro is no longer my match in fighting. I’m already very bored.”

Bathed in the bright moonlight, Beo's eyes sparkled. "That place that called me holds a very special meaning for me, which is why I wanted to go there. But I didn't know if it would be interesting, so I wasn't in a hurry. But I never expected to meet a new kindred spirit on such a beautiful day as today. This kindred spirit knows what the place I'm going to is like, and is even the most interesting being in the world. So I have no reason to follow Orange anymore!"

After hearing Beo's explanation, Orange was silent for a moment. She knew that the reason Beo followed her was because she could bring him interesting things. But unfortunately, after the battle with her sister, she was in a period of depression and had no interest in anything. She wanted to find a quiet place for a while, and as a result, Beo, who always liked novelty, lost interest in her. It was her own fault.

“Alright, since this is your request, I can only accept it. Our contract ends here—” Orange was a decisive and free-spirited person, so she knew that things were not going to work out. She wanted to end her contract with Beo without any hesitation. But just as she was about to break the contract with Beo and take back her hair, Ling suddenly interrupted her.

"Wait!" Ling suddenly raised her hand and called out, "Don't sever ties so quickly. Let me at least give my opinion."

Ling looked at Beo with some distress and said, "Doing this makes me look like a bad guy, doesn't it? Although you said you would break your contract with Sister Orange in a few days, the current situation is that you want to leave Sister Orange because of my appearance. If you do this, my position will be very awkward. I came here for help. If my proposal is rejected because of you, I feel like I will suffer a great loss."

"It's okay, whatever you ask for, I'll grant it on behalf of Orange! So let me stay by your side~" Beo took Ling's words to heart, so He took it upon Himself to grant Ling's request, which she hadn't even mentioned yet and had no idea what it was.

Orange remained silent after hearing Beo's words, making Ling even more hesitant to turn around.

Olga Marie, however, kept looking at Aozaki Touko with a strange gaze. By the end, Touko even wondered if there was something wrong with the girl. Before Touko could ask, Olga spoke first, "Miss Aozaki, you look exactly the same as you did twenty years later. How did you manage to do that?"

Upon hearing Olga's words, Orange's pupils contracted slightly, and she asked stiffly, "Who exactly are you people?"

“Excuse me, Grand Puppeteer,” Olga lifted her skirt and gave a ladylike curtsy. “My name is Olga Marie Asmirette Animusfia, Lord of the Clock Tower Celestial Department, Director of the Human Survival Preservation Agency, Phineas Chaldea.”

“The Celestial Sovereign is indeed Animusphia, but I’ve never heard of you before. And that Humanity Survival Guarantee Organization, Phineas Chaldea, is the grand undertaking that the Animusphia family has been preparing for, right? Oh, I see. You’re from the future.” Orange took out a Dragon Cigarette from her pocket, lit one up, and waved it up and down.

"Hey, Aozaki, have you been smoking this kind of pungent cigarette for the past twenty years?" As a heavy smoker, Weber looked at the cigarette that Aozaki Touko pulled out on the screen, which was clearly the same one that had just been given to him, and couldn't quite understand it.

"No, this kind of cigarette hasn't been produced for twenty years. I only had one carton, and I've already finished it all. The one you were smoking just now was the last pack I left with my teacher a long, long time ago. Then, my teacher, being nosy, put a preservation magic on it. After that, I smoked about one a year, and now there are only two left. Hey, hey, hey! Was I really that wasteful back then?!"

Orange was already feeling sorry for the cigarette that she could no longer get, but in another timeline on the screen, she was playing with the cigarette when she was so surprised that she dropped it on the ground, but the other girl didn't pick it up.

"They didn't come from the future, but from another timeline; I wasn't even born at this point in time—"

"No, Olga, at this point in time, most of you would have already been born—Olga Marie Asmirette Animusfia was born in 1993."

Olga was about to explain their situation to Aozaki Touko when Rin suddenly said something that made Olga turn around unhappily to look at Rin's profile. "She is her! I am me!"

Chaldea didn't care much about this news, because they already knew Olga's identity and no longer cared about the more "ordinary" Olga and Marie in other timelines.

"—The Second Law?" Hearing them say that they came from another timeline, and then hearing that Rin seemed to know about other timelines, Aozaki Touko asked in a hoarse voice.

“No, our arrival in this world line was just a coincidence, well, let’s just say it was a coincidence.” Ling glanced at Olga meaningfully, and Olga snorted and turned her face away.

Because of this action, Ling caught a glimpse of Aozaki Touko out of the corner of his eye. He gave a wry smile, then slowly turned around and looked up, his lips pressed tightly together, his expression complicated as he looked at Aozaki Touko.

He was seeing that pretty short hair for the first time, but the hair color was still very familiar. He had always wondered how Aozaki Touko, who was in Misaki Town before going to the Clock Tower, had black hair. But after returning from studying at the Clock Tower, her hair color turned into a dark red, and it was natural and not dyed. So how did this change happen?

Aozaki Touko snapped out of her thoughts and clearly saw the conflicted expression on Rin's face. "Didn't you have something you wanted to tell me?"

“Indeed.” Ling adjusted her mood, casting aside all hesitation and wishful thinking, and said in a tone full of nostalgia, “Long time no see, Orange Sister, and also, nice to meet you, Aozaki Orange.”

Orange felt a little uncomfortable because of his words. It had been a long time since they last met and it was their first time seeing each other. The absurd sense of familiarity he showed and her complete unfamiliarity with him made the atmosphere awkward.

"Big brother, what's wrong with Kiritsugu?" The awkward silence was broken by little Ilya's bewildered voice. She came running over with her short legs, grabbed Rin's trouser leg with one hand, and pointed to her father in the distance with the other, asking.

The previous battle was completely obscured from little Illya's view. She didn't understand the meaning of those actions, nor did she know that her father had almost died. After Kiritsugu threw the flashbang, she didn't see many things clearly, and the final bloody scene was also blocked by Irisviel. Therefore, after her mother rushed over in a panic, Illya stood there helplessly until the golden wolf turned back into a human and returned.

"—Your father did something wrong and was punished, but it's nothing serious." Since it's known that Beo didn't kill him, with Kiritsugu Emiya's control over his body and Mrs. Irisviel's skills, surviving shouldn't be a big problem.

"Is this little girl the daughter of the man who planted the bomb in the building I just bought?" Orange blew a smoke ring at Ling. The pungent smell made Ling turn her head away and frantically fan her eyes. The reason she did this was because Ling had just described the person who posed a danger to her as having "done something wrong," which made Orange very unhappy.

“Yes, I came here to find you because I wanted to treat little Ilya.” Aside from fanning away the smoke, Ling had no other complaints. “Ilya is a very special homunculus. The Einzbern family couldn’t solve her lifespan problem, so I came to you to try my luck.”

Aozaki Touko lowered her head, glanced at Illya a few times, and suddenly her expression froze. "She's not a pure android, is she?"

"As expected of a Grand Puppeteer, Ilya is indeed not a pure android. She is the ultimate crystallization of the combination of humans and androids, born as the most special Holy Grail vessel."

"Einzbern, the vessel of the Holy Grail—ah, I've heard of that. It's the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City, isn't it?" As a native Japanese, Aozaki Touko was naturally familiar with the mysteries born on this land. After all, the Far East was the countryside of the magic world. In the small circle of the Japanese magic world, there were no secrets at all—at least that's what Touko thought.

“Yes, if history had unfolded normally, little Illya would have become the vessel for the Holy Grail in the next generation, and might even have been transformed into the highest-level magical crystal in the history of the Einzbern Empire. However, the vessel for the Holy Grail War six months later was not little Illya, but Mrs. Irisviel over there.” Ling patted Illya’s head. Although she seemed to really want to go to her parents’ side, after Ling’s head pat, she obediently stayed here.

"The fruit of love between an artificial human and a human, hey, putting aside the ethical issues for now, if it's this type, the problem could be quite tricky." Holding the cigarette between her fingers, Illya's existence finally piqued Aozaki Touko's curiosity.

She took off her glasses, her eyes gleaming slightly, and activated her Magic Eyes, using magical vision to observe Ilya's body structure. The more she looked, the more her brows furrowed. "This is troublesome, really troublesome. This child underwent special modifications while still in the womb. Rather than being a hybrid of human and android, she is more like a creation that is even more android than an android. How could that mysterious Einzbern possess such technology?"

"Well, after all, the Einzbern workshop is the workshop of the disciple of the Third Mage." Ling directly revealed the truth about the Einzbern workshop.

Upon hearing this information, Orange's eyes widened instantly, and on the Chaldea expedition side, the fat man, Gordelf Mujik, also gaped in astonishment.

"Are you serious?!" Orange took two steps forward and looked down at Ling, who was more than a head shorter than her.

"It is indeed true, and the so-called Holy Grail War is also a hoax. It is actually the application of the Third Law - the Heaven's Cup, with the purpose of opening a fixed hole through the Holy Grail to directly access the Root. Only the three families that constructed the Holy Grail know this fact. Other foreign magicians were just tricked into coming to summon sacrifices."

The impact of Ling's words far exceeded everyone's expectations. On the Chaldea side, Waver was also trembling with excitement. That was the Root, the truth that all magicians pursued! Now someone actually said that it was possible to reach there through the Holy Grail War, which was the simplest known method!

For a moment, Waver had an urge to leave Chaldea immediately and return to the Clock Tower to check the data. However, when he saw that the group from Chaldea was completely calm, and even the orange next to him showed no unusual color, he realized that something was wrong.

"...Miss Touko, don't you have any ideas about the Holy Grail in Fuyuki City?" Waver asked Touko Aozaki, who had a calm expression on her face.

"Ha, Lord El-Melloi II, do you have designs on the Holy Grail in Fuyuki City?" Orange asked with a laugh, shaking her head as she looked at the other's conflicted expression.

"I've always wondered why magicians are so obsessed with the Root, but that's none of my business. I'm more interested in the world itself than things outside of it," Orange said, sharing her perspective.

Chapter 395 Oranges. Oranges, and more oranges (Part 3)

"The answer to this kind of question varies from person to person. After all, each magician's ultimate question is different. It is because these questions require too much time to verify that they form a family line passed down from generation to generation. The answer they seek is in the 'Root.' As long as they reach there, they will obtain the answer they seek. That is why magicians are so obsessed with the 'Root.'"

Weber gave a very fair answer, but it would be more accurate to call it the tacit answer of the other world. Recalling Orange's connection, he then added, "The Aozaki family already knew that answer. So, Aozaki, is it because you have already witnessed magic that you have this question?"

"Well, that's part of the reason. Even though I didn't inherit magic, as a member of the Aozaki family, I still have a deep connection with magic, and my silly little sister has already shown me that thing in its entirety."

Orange gave a disdainful look.

"Besides, I don't believe that such a simple ritual can reach the source. That's a much more ingenious method than the magic of the Aozaki family. The barrier of the suppressor is incredibly powerful."

"You mean the assassin with the restraint?" Weber frowned, also pondering this question.

“No, since the Holy Grail War involves the descent of Heroic Spirit clones, the Counter Force wouldn't send out such obvious targets. After all, mages who see the Counter Force's assassins generally know they're getting close to the Root. Since that Servant said that no one besides the three Holy Grail starters knows the true nature of the Holy Grail War, the Counter Force wouldn't deliberately expose this. They'll probably use more covert methods to hinder us.” Chaldea's Touko took off her glasses, analyzing the truth with extreme rationality.

As if in response to her words, Ling on the screen continued to say to Orange on the other side: "Don't get excited, that ritual is impossible to succeed. The Greater Grail in this timeline has been corrupted. Although I don't know the specific situation there now, I imagine it's not good. The mechanism for granting wishes should still exist, but whether we can reach the root through that [hole] is really hard to say. You know, all sorts of strange things often arise inside the Greater Grail, and even if a magician reaches the outside of the star through that hole, they may not be able to touch the root."

"—You seem to know a lot of things." Orange narrowed her eyes and stared at Ling with a serious expression. Just from those words, she knew that Ling knew a lot about this world. The inner side of the star, the outer side of the star, and the outer side of the star. This was information that even magicians might not know, but this strange being in front of her said it in a casual manner.

"So-so, I just know what I know." There was no pride or smugness on Ling's face. To him, this was just information called [game background]. He scratched his face and then looked down at Ilya. "If you're interested, I can tell you about those things later, but like I said before, the reason I came to you today is to ask you to solve Ilya's physical problems."

"So, you're here today to discuss business?" Orange suppressed her curiosity, her expression turning cold again.

She pointed the cigarette she was holding at a distance, clearly at Kiritsugu Emiya, and said, "But the way you come to do business is quite peculiar. You planted bombs in my building, aimed long-range sniper rifles at me, and even planted listening devices in my workshop. Do you think I'm here to declare war?"

"—Is it too late for me to say I don't know him?" Ling didn't even bother to turn her head.

But Orange didn't like the joke. She looked at Ling coldly and said, "I don't care what your relationship is with me in other timelines. To me, you're just a stranger, and you've already caused me a lot of trouble. I don't want to take over this business."

“One million yen as an apology fee.” Ling held up one finger to Orange. “I’ll have Kiritsugu Emiya pay you one million yen as an apology fee. What do you think?”

Orange still sneered, "You think one million yen is enough to make it seem like this never happened? Do you think that's possible?"

Hearing this answer, I knew there was hope. It was 1993, and one million yen was still a lot of money. But for Touko, a puppeteer with extraordinary talent in both making and spending money, this price was indeed not enough. I vaguely remembered that Touko had swindled a large sum of money from Director Ken with a prosthetic limb she made casually. For the Archibald family, who were not yet in decline at the time and must have had a lot of money, the price must have been astonishing to be described as "a large sum of money".

Moreover, Kiritsugu Emiya's actions this time can definitely be described as provocative. If he were to detonate another bomb or something, it would be the start of a war. Touko would definitely take this as a threat to her life, so one million is indeed a bit too low.

Ling thought for a moment, then withdrew her finger and stretched it out again. "Then what do you think of me making him pay 100 million yen?"

Seeing Ling's actions, Chengzi initially thought he was going to raise the price to ten million, which was actually her target price. After all, this time no real harm had been done to her. Even if the bomb exploded or she was sniped, she wouldn't really be in any danger. The only loss would probably be the building she had bought a few days ago, but that building wasn't actually that valuable, and she hadn't moved her things over yet.

But when she heard Ling suddenly say one hundred million, multiplying it a hundredfold without any pressure, Chengzi couldn't help but wonder if Ling had come specifically to give her money.

"—You can agree to this condition on behalf of that guy?" Orange paused for a moment, then looked at Ling with a suspicious gaze.

Ling shrugged. "Of course not, but his daughter is in my hands, so he has no say in the matter. Rather than letting him use this money to do unrealistic things, it's better to make him pay for his mistakes first."