Now people. The chapter you've all been waiting for... The chapter where I do a Third-Person mode! My thoughts in doing this was like: 'Yeah sure, Why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Okay, so, here's a friendly warning: Chapters beyond this chapter would be Non-Canon to the FoZ canon. (Who needs Aribeth's templates!?) Anyways, Sit back, grab some popcorn, and enjoy the chapter.
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Wow. You must be stupid to believe I own the two awesome anime (But FS/N is more awesome to me). (If you do, then may God bless your Soul). Fine. FS/N and FoZ are clearly not owned by me. (If it was, then Shirou would be much more OP and FoZ won't be a Harem Anime). (Well, that was a lot of parenthesis-es)
Delrich, in his own words, regretted accepting that stupid duel with Guiche. He was swarmed by people aski-
"Hey! How did you beat him again?!"
"For the Tenth freaking time..." Delrich muttered under his breath.
"Idiot! He's just plain Badass!" People can be quite annoying sometimes, surprisingly... Not.
However, His patience can only last so long. After a few seconds passed, he practically shoved everyone out of his way.
"Curse my luck" He grunted as he made his way to Louise's room. A safe refuge in his own words. He never really interacted much with Louise, his Master, but from what he could tell, she is quite a Nice and a somewhat well-mannered person. Somewhat.
Delrich, after shoving countless of times (to him atleast), finally managed to reach Louise's room, enter it and lock it. But however, something was wrong. Safe refuge? He just jinxed it actually. A small group of Louise and her friends formed a circle.
"Darling~ You did good out there~" Kirche? He doesn't even wanna start.
"Thanks I guess" He said out in a monotone voice. Delrich smirked as he noticed that she sighed and sat down again.
"I hope you do know why we're here right?" Montmorency asked
"I already figured out this much" Delrich said. Positioning his fingers in a pinching motion and setting a small space, about an inch, then sighed.
"Take a seat then and make yourself comfortable. We're going to have a long talk" Louise gestured in a vacant seat. Right next to Tabitha, who since He entered the room, haven't spoke anything yet. Although her nose isn't buried on that book anymore though. How she reads while walking? He'll never know.
"Countless..." He paused. "Questions" He winced.
"Okay then, let's start" Louise said while looking at the ceiling for a few moments, before she looks at Delrich again. "How did you beat Guiche"
"I sa-" He was cut off. He was going to answer the same towards the other students.
"Honestly" Tabitha said before being silent again.
"Giving me the silent treatment huh?" He said before sighing. "Fine, to start off, I am Delrich-"
"We already kno-" Kirche said. Of course, every good story starts with an Introduction.
Delrich fixes his stare. It made Kirche shut up. He began again. "As I said, I am Delrich. How I managed to beat Guiche?" He removes the glare he gave Kirche. "Honestly, I don't know" Soon, after he said that, Confusion formed at their faces.
"B-but how don't you know?"Montmorency gasped
"I don't know. The best thing to describe what I felt is that," He sighed again. "I became Lighter and Stronger when I picked up the Sword"
"Okay then, now that it's answered, anymore questions Louise?" Delrich asked. He's not really in a hurry. He's got plenty of time in the world acrually.
"Can you explain why in this Morning, I can see words over you?" Louise asked. He didn't know what she was talking about.
"Excuse me?" He asked
"Yeah, what are you talking about Louise?" Both Kirche and Montmorency said at almost the same time. Almost.
"Here! I wrote down what I saw from you earlier" Louise hands Delrich a piece of paper. He looks at it.
Class: Archer
True Name: Delrich
Alignment: True Neutral
Str: C+ , Agi: B+ , End: C+
Luck: C , Mana: A+
Delrich blinks once, then twice. He even rubbed his eyes. Could this be an Illusion? After blinking one last time, he mustered courage, and looked at Louise.
"Louise," Delrich began. "Welcome to the Holy Grail War" He smiled sadly.
"W-what?" Louiee asks. She had every right to. She was just asking Delrich some questions when she handed him a piece of paper. Then he suddenly welcomes her to a 'Holy Grail War' thingy.
"Holy Gr-" Kirche was interrupted by Delrich.
"I apologize sincerely, but can you all please leave?" Delrich asked the other girls. After some expected resistance, he managed to drive them out of the room. (He did NOT kick them out)
"Okay then" He started to speak. "The Holy Grail War... A secret war that it's participants are only 7 mages and 7 servants. However, it seems to be placed in another world. Dimension no less. And looks like the 'secret' part doesn't apply here, as almost everyone knows magic"
"Okay" Louise nods, taking down some notes in a parchment. Then suddenly, the words came to her like water bursting from a broken dam. "W-war?! B-Between m-me and Other M-mages?!" She drops the parchment she was holding earlier.
Delrich sighed. "Yes Louise. Although, if you do win, you get the Holy Grail, a Omnipotent Cup which can grant any of your wishes"
"All my... Wishes?"
"Yes, although, in the world I came from, you can back out from the War by a special kind of a church. It seems it can't be done here"
"Fine. And then... I-I accept... I guess..."
"The Dangers will be very real Louise. I am a servant. Servants are legends given form, to fight in the war, alongside their Masters. Currently, I don't even know my own Legend. My memory is still quite a bit fuzzy"
"It's not fuzzy, You don't even know yourself except your name." She looks at the window seriously. "What will I do to win the War then?"
"Right..." He said while rolling his eyes. "Anyways, what I recommend you to do is to Hide right now. It's the best option currently..." He said, before nodding to himself.
"We need a strategy, don't we?" Louise asks. Sure, she played Chess sometimes before, she knew that you need to have a strategy to not be defeated... Unless that is your strategy. High Risk, High Return when successful.
"Brilliant. And besides, we need Information for the others"
"I see... Well then, you are dismissed then..." He stood up after a few moments, and left the room. A little click sounding after he secured that the door was shut. Little did Delrich know, that Louise immediately started writing a farewell letter to her beloved sister.
Delrich practiced his Sword Skills. He should be prepared for Close-ranged combat. One could never be too prepared. He definitely knew that the Boost that he was given with a sword wouldn't be clearly enough to overcome a Melee-Class Servant, like Saber. Assassin? He would be no match whatsoever as he would be guarding every side of his body. Lancer would be a bit of a problem. The long lance or spear should keep him at bay at most. Specially with a Basic Longsword. Caster? Utilizes Spells, but weak when directly confronted. Berserker? The insanity is both a blessing and a curse. It increases physical power, but reduces sanity, making them easier to be trapped or checkmated.
But Noble Phantasms give the Legend a Edge in combat. Although, they require much prana. Hell, other than that, he didn't even know his Noble Phantasm or multiple, provided he has any.
"Eighteenth" He said as another Branch from a tree came off. He examined the Cut. "Not quite precise, but would suffice"
He cuts another branch. Again, he examined it. He smiled a bit. "Now this is the cleanest cut I had done so far" The flesh of the Branch, clearly cut through. It wasn't like the ones he did earlier. Most of them looked Jagged. Some of them snapped off before he could Slice it, and one just snapped the sword Guiche gave him in half, asking him to create another Sword.
"Haza, cuteru" Turning around, Delrich saw Tabitha, performing a spell. It was probably a Wind Blade spell, as he saw a small glimmer of air cut through a branch.
"Hey Tabitha" He said. "What brings you here?"
"Tell you" The silent bluette said.
"What?"
"Familiar Exhibition"
"When is it going to happen?" He asked the bluette.
"Two days" She answered. She then turned around and sat on the base of a tree and pulled out her book and. You know what she does.
"Does she do anything else except reading?" Delrich thought. It was highly possible that could happen, but somewhat unlikely. He soon gave the thought two cents, Meaning the thought landed in the "Non-Urgent thoughts Bin"
He turned around and crafted the branches he cut off into arrow- no. Sharpened sticks, and left the longest, most curved stick to make a bow later on. Yup, he has no Idea whatsoever if he actually owns his own Archery set, as a Archer.
"Well, better go and find some rope or something to make a bow" He said as he walked towards the stables. No doubt they'll have some rope.
Yep, the stables do have some spare rope for him. Delrich thanked the keepers of the stables and left. He immediately got working on the bow. He examined it.
"Not the best bow in the world, but should work perfectly" He thought as he nocked an arrow in place. He then aimed at a leaf. Soon afterwards, a 'Twap' was heard and a leaf with a gaping hole in the dead center can be seen.
"Ara, ara~. I never thought Delry was good with Archery~" Kirche's voice rang out somewhere. He didn't exactly despise Kirche, but he is just annoyed by her the Seductive aura around her AND the nickname, but it sadly stuck. But hey, she hasn't done anything wrong to annoy him that much. Maybe he should talk to her, or else He'll be a snob. And he hates Snobs.
"Hello Kirche" He greeted in response. "Is there anything you need?" He asked, his voice slightly friendly, but was closer to neutral than friendly.
"Ara~ I never thought that Delry would finally let his guard down around me~" Okay, Delrich definitely knew that she was just straight out teasing him.
"There isn't really a reason for me to Ignore you Kirche" He said, looking at her with a friendly expression. He seriously misjudged her actually, she can be quite a good friend, or maybe it's just a mask for him to end up in a bed. Either way, he could use some friends for a change.
"Again, is there anything you need? Or maybe just drop by and chat with an acquaintance?"
"Well, I never really thought you would call me an acquaintance actually, but I came to chat" He raised an eyebrow at this. Mostly, people just came by to others to ask for something, but she came to chat with him (and tease him). It's definitely worthy of being called one.
And so, they sat in the grass and talked about everyday things. Like normal friends. Yes, Delrich realized something. Her personality changes drastically, but not quite polar-leveled change. Like she looks at you less as a 'toy' and more of a Human being capable of emotions. Yes, Kirche is a good friend to have.
"I have one question though" Kirche asked. He raised his eyebrows, indicating that he is listening. "Do you mind telling me about the Holy Grail War?" He expected that coming actually. It can't be avoided.
"Well, in my world, that's a Highly guarded secret, doesn't seem to be the case here, so I'll tell you. Be prepared for somewhat a long story with a lot of questions" Kirche nods and signals him to start.
And so, he told her about the War, about how it's possibly the smallest kind of war, with only 7 pairs of people fighting each other in a deathmatch set. As expected, Kirche asked questions, but not as much as Louise's questions.
"And so, if the war ends, If you and Louise succeeds, you'll still disappear?" He nods.
"I don't know, but if people really do want me to stay or something, then maybe I can use my wish to make myself a part of this world" He said.
"Huh. I guess it can't be helped then" Kirche sighs afterwards. "But I'll try to help you win then"
Delrich's eyes widened. He knew, no matter how skilled a mage is, they almost can't defeat servants themselves, only support their own servants. Only Enforcers, as his memories told him, can possibly match a Servant in a fair fight. Kirche is clearly no Enforcer, and thus, can't fight them directly.
"You can't do that. If you fight them, you'll only possibly get killed" He said.
"Ara~, but who said I'll be fighting them directly. I'll support you, not fight them" He sighed. This is sure a 'Kirche Trademark', pure stubborn-ness. He sighed, then looked at her, and sighed again.
"Fine, but don't haunt me if you get killed"
"Ha. Don't worry, I won't" Kirche then laughs afterwards.
"Darn, Tabitha's looking for me now. I gotta go, Catch you later" She dusts off her clothes and used a levitating spell.
Delrich returned to his Archery training, and he was nailing most of the hits. If he wasn't getting good shots, then what kind of an Archer will he be then?
An Archer who is a Swordsman, considered the 'Weakest Mage' yet he beat Gilgamesh. A maker of swords, yet his creations will never be his.
What was that? A thought just randomly appeared out of nowhere, and told him about an Archer. He sighed and stored it in his "Research later" bin. For now, he had to go to Louise. She must've been looking for him now.
Unlimited Blade Works
Sup guys, So, I just made a decently long (In my Standards) chapter. While 2.3k Words may not seem very impressive, go ahead and feel free to actually try to make a chapter with the story still making sense. Hmm, If I were to describe my writing style, it would be a mix of someone who creates a half-assed detailed chapter and someone who makes a Short, but satisfying chapter. Also, You should know who is the Archer. (If you don't, then get lost. This place is a field with Spoiler Mines XD) Most people shouldn't be able to figure out who Delrich really is (If you think you know who he is, then feel free to spam me XD). Most-to-All people should never had expected the "Louise gets dragged to Grail War" idea. Yup, a good twist to the FoZ storyline. Anyways, see you all I guess.
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