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No presence of a servant. No presence of any individual, or even a familiar.

Perhaps there was some great misunderstanding on the Japanese front that they had. To Saber’s knowledge despite all of their visits there had been only one time where there was an actual hint of an enemy presence. Was it truly a war they wished to fight? Even as they moved all around their land with a number disadvantage the enemy was content to remain unseen. 

It was strange. From what he had learned of the enemy families the Einzberns were foreigners who stayed in their homeland, who came to Fuyuki and Japan for the sole purpose of participating in the Grail War. They even held a castle that they used as their home and base for other wars, a holding that was their answer to the Matou and Tohsaka who lived as part of the city.

The Tohsaka were at their manor for at least a night, but abandoned it without any real willingness to defend it. 

The Matou. Was it that their representative saw no value in their estate or that he believed it safe with that man, Zouken? 

What are the views of the Einzberns he wonders. Does their castle have no worth to them now, or do they believe it to be safe against the enemy even without a servant? 

To protect something is to find something valuable. If they were concentrating themselves somewhere else then it was likely where the Grail is. What else would motivate the enemy to completely let their enemy wander about the city without any direct intervention?

Something as half-hearted as simply giving an illusion of unimportance would be foolish. He could not think of anything that would motivate them to hide away beyond the Grail.

Where would they then store it? Where would they be in lieu of a workshop?

He could not think of many more places that they could be in the city at this point.

He looked to his master, who he had set down when they reached the forest.

"Perhaps I should advance to their castle alone. Or perhaps we should go there swiftly and see whatever... if there is anything at this point to expect, they have ready for us. We may miss something, or perhaps a more normal walk there would give you time to think and realize something, but it might be best for us to move with my speed and get the full picture of the Einzbern's holding swiftly. It is possible that even if they do not have a servant here right now that they will finally send one after all."