/N: Highschool DxD belongs to Ichihei Isibumi and Illustrated by Miyama-Zero. Fate/Apocrypha belongs to Yuichiro Higashide and Illustrated by Ototsugu Konoe
Black Hole Phenomena
The morning had arrived in the pine forest of Trifas. In the fire camp where Cao Cao and the Hero Faction rested, they're ready to leave the place. Due still tired and not feeling well after Atlanta attack, DxD Jeanne is now being carried by Heracles on his back. She doesn't wear her orange armor due to Georg busy to fix it in the Pocket Dimension, so her gakuran-like clothing is exposed.
"Are your wounds already healed, Jeanne?" Fate Jeanne asked worriedly.
DxD Jeanne nodded. "It's okay. I still just feel dizzy after being healed. I've had much worse wound before this." She replied.
Fate Jeanne then smiled. "I'm glad then." She then turned her attention toward Cao Cao. "Then, I think now we must part way Cao Cao-san. I pray that you and your group can return to your dimension as soon as possible. If can, I'll try to help. Even though I want to at least accompany you until Jeanne is healed, I had my job as a Ruler to oversee the war.
"I also thank you, Jeanne-dono." Cao Cao replied. "Thank you for your opinion about heroes, Because of it, I now found something bigger than my ambitions."
Fate Jeanne smiled hearing his response. It seems the young man already realized what a true hero should do. "How about Archer of Red? Are you not going to release her?" She asked remembering Atalanta's fate that was defeated by Cao Cao.
Cao Cao shook his head. "I still had some question for her. I suspect that except you and the Black Faction, the Red Faction maybe going to set their eyes on us in a short time. So, it best to keep her as a hostage should the Red Faction attacks."
"An underhanded trick. Like your ancestor..." Fate Jeanne commented it's though she understands that it's also because Atlanta almost killed DxD Jeanne. "Then, until we meet again, Hero Faction." She bowed, then turned to left.
"Wait!" DxD Jeanne suddenly yelled. While being carried by Heracles, she suddenly brings her arm forward, and suddenly, a single Holy Sword is formed on her hand. She then looks to Fate Jeanne. "Please, take this." She presented the sword while being carried by Heracles.
"This..."
"It's a Holy Sword that created by my Sacred Gear." DxD Jeanne explained. "Take this, as a proof of our friendship."
Fate Jeanne is gasped because of her words.
"Thanks to you, now I think I can try to forget my past and tried to move forward. If you don't talk to me that night, maybe I still haunted by it." DxD Jeanne said with a smile on her face.
"I accepted this sword then. Thank you." Fate Jeanne then walked toward Heracles and take the sword from DxD Jeanne hands. "This sword is not just a normal Holy Sword, isn't it?" She said after examining the sword.
"Of course not. As it is my creation, I can track the sword myself. So, if you in danger, just focus your Mana on the sword. I and the others will try as best as we could to come to help you." DxD Jeanne replied.
"What she said is true. As the leader of the Hero Faction, I also thank you for what you did to Jeanne. Even I can't help her to move on from her past." Cao Cao expressed his gratitude as well in formal, also represent the others gratitude besides DxD Jeanne.
"Please, I don't do many things except talking to her." Fate Jeanne feels flustered receiving gratitude from the Hero Faction.
"Oh, by the way, I haven't given you a nickname. Which one should I pick..." DxD Jeanne put her finger on her chin, thinking. She then gasped, finally found it. "Ah, I know! From now on, I'll call you Jelly-chan." DxD Jeanne said with a teasing smile.
"Jel...ly-chan...?" Fate Jeanne cheeks had a red lining because of the nickname.
Cao Cao laugh hearing the nickname. "Don't mind about it, Jeanne-dono. Jeanne is like to make a nickname for the people she met." Cao Cao explained her comrade's behavior.
Fate Jeanne then giggling hearing this. "I think Laeticia is happy with that nickname." She then looks at DxD Jeanne. "As a Servant, I thank you for not seeing me as only an old relic of the past, but as a friend. I hope, we can meet again." She then turned and walking away from the Hero Faction.
DxD Jeanne see her figure with a smile until she isn't seen. "Goodbye. Jelly-chan."
After Fate Jeanne is gone from the place, Cao Cao looks toward DxD Jeanne. "Jeanne, come with me. I need to talk about something." Said Cao Cao.
DxD Jeanne is confused by Cao Cao request, but she nodded.
Cao Cao then walked towards Heracles and pick DxD Jeanne up in bridal style. Another Hero Faction member is confused with their leader behavior. DxD Jeanne had a red lining on her cheek because of it.
"Cao Cao-kun! W-w-what's..." Said DxD Jeanne flustered.
"I bet you still not fully healed yet. So, I think I should carry you." Cao Cao simply replied. He then looks at the other members. "Why all of you making a face like that?" Cao Cao asked after seeing his comrade's expression.
Siegfried who seeing this just chuckling.
Georg then put his hand on his head, then shook the head.
Heracles, like Siegfried, is chuckling.
Cao Cao then sighed seeing his comrades' antics. He then looks toward Georg. "Georg. Keep guard this place until I come back. We will enter the Alternate Dimension after that." He ordered his vice leader. He also ordered to keep the True Longinus for a while.
Georg just nodded.
Satisfied with his response, Cao Cao then turned while carrying DxD Jeanne bridal style, walking away from the camp.
"Cao Cao really changed, isn't he?" Georg commented with an amused smile.
"Is he?" Heracles said. "I think he's still the same."
"He's changed Heracles," Siegfried replied. "The old Cao Cao only cares about his own personal ambition and thinks nothing of his comrades as a powerful asset."
"I guess it's Sekiryutei influence then?" Georg asked Siegfried.
Siegfried just shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know."
Before he can reply, Georg suddenly widen his eyes. "Someone's coming."
Cao Cao continues to walk while carrying DxD Jeanne. The two of them didn't talk at all during all of this.
'What should I tell her? I can't just tell "I saw you as nothing but a tool when recruiting you" to her.' Cao Cao thought, confused about what he should tell to DxD Jeanne since he is hearing the conversation between her and Fate Jeanne the previous night, thus knows that she thankful to him for giving her a reason to live. He then looks toward her...
Only to find that she's smiling. She then spoke. "You know..."
"Huh?" Cao Cao looked at her.
"...It's been four years, since your last time carrying me like this."
"It has." He replied, remembered when he also carrying her when she almost died due to exhaustion. His demeanor then turns serious. "Jeanne, I think you deserve to know this."
DxD Jeanne, who see the change in Cao Cao behavior, nodded. It looks like he wants to tell her something important.
"At first, I think you still don't know but…I must thank Issei Hyoudo." Said Cao Cao.
"That Red Dragon-kun?" DxD Jeanne asked confused. Of course, she remembers him. The pervert who strips three of their female members and the cause of Cao Cao blindness. It's a relief that she avoids battling him in Kyoto. Who knows if he going to use that pervert stripping techniques on her. "Why? He's just a pervert who cares nothing but breasts. Besides, He's the one that causes your right eye blindness. If I met him again..." She said with a hint of hatred toward Issei.
"For that part, I agreed." Said Cao Cao. "But, when I see him from the other perspective except for harem, woman, and pervert, he already had a feeling that already makes him a hero. Something that I didn't have." He continued when looking toward the horizon.
"And what's that?" DxD Jeanne asked. What could Cao Cao get to learn from someone as pervert as him?
"Love and care. This blindness of mine is what I deserved for my short and naive view." He simply replied. "I want to honest with you Jeanne. Will you at least listen?"
"Alright. I'll listen." Said DxD Jeanne.
"When the first time I recruit you...I... consider you as nothing but a tool. A tool for my ambition to stand on the same ground as Supernatural Beings. That's how I view you at first."
DxD Jeanne gasped hearing it. "Cao...Cao..." DxD Jeanne muttered from what she heard. Is that how he's thinking of her all this time?
"But, after meeting with Issei Hyoudo, I see him able to gain an amazing power from such trivial thing such as love..."
(Flashback - Three Days Ago)
Cao Cao and the other member of the Hero Faction are in awe after witnessing Issei sudden power up. They are withstanding the wind that was created by Issei Dragon Energy.
"How dare you hurt my precious friends!" He yelled while his armor is preparing to fire Dragon Blaster. "This annoyance! This helplessness! I'll throw all of this feeling to you! Blow away! Dragon Blaster!"
(End Flashback)
"...When I see that determination on his eyes, all I see is annoyance toward us for hurting his precious friends. At first, I don't believe that kind of power. Strength comes from individual strength and comrades can sometimes be a handicap. But he opened my eyes. Feelings for something precious can give a crazy amount of power." Cao Cao said about his opinion about Issei. "I tell to you all of it. I now ask you, Jeanne. Will you still willing to follow me even after hearing all of this?"
DxD Jeanne had her hair covering her eyes. She bit her lip. "If that so..." She then does something unexpected. She hugged Cao Cao tightly.
Cao Cao widens his eyes, not expecting her response.
"You must be thinking I'll hate you after all of that?" DxD Jeanne said while hugging him. "I can never hate you Cao Cao-kun. You're the first one to ever tell me that this power of mine is a blessing and not the power of a monster, thus giving me, a killer of her own friends, another reason to live. All of you in Hero Faction are also my friends and family." DxD Jeanne then releases the hug and look at Cao Cao with a smile, tears are running down from her beautiful, sky blue eyes.
Cao Cao who seeing this quickly wiped her tears with his hand. "Haven't I told you that you look more beautiful when you're not crying?"
DxD Jeanne laughing hearing it. "You're right. Although you just do that to tease me maybe?"
"I serious about that you know." Cao Cao replied while chuckling. At least, he glad that DxD Jeanne is accepting him for what he is. 'I promised then. I'll do everything I can to protect the Hero Faction. Even if I must face wrath from God itself.' He thought.
Suddenly, a purple mist is formed around them. Cao Cao looks stunned about it. Both of them later disappeared from that place.
When the mist is dispersed, Cao Cao and DxD Jeanne found themselves being greeted by Georg, Siegfried, and Heracles.
"What's the meaning of this Georg?" Cao Cao asked, clearly annoyed that his vice-leader just teleported him with Dimension Lost without permission.
"As much as I don't want to disturb you two lovebirds, I feel that someone is closing in." Said, Georg. From the energy, he concludes that this time is not a Servant, but a living being. Siegfried also preparing Gram in his hand.
"We not lovebirds!" DxD Jeanne said, embarrassed by Georg description of her and Cao Cao.
"Greetings, descendant and sole inheritor of heroes." An old man suddenly appears in front of the Hero Faction. He had silver hair and red eyes. He wears a black clothing with a cape. This old man is Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, one of the five magicians in Fate Dimension that capable of Magic that was beyond Magecraft and the user of Great Second Magic, Kaleidoscope.
The Hero Faction, sans DxD Jeanne and Cao Cao, taking a cautious stance, in case Zelretch tried to attack them.
However, Cao Cao had a sweat on his forehead. 'Incredible. this old man's power is powerful. Perhaps he's the strongest being in this dimension.'
Zelretch just keeps smiling. "Relax. I came here on friendly terms." He raised his right hands.
Cao Cao then raised his hands, ordered his comrades to lay down their weapons, but keep stay guard if Zelretch tried anything. He knows one thing for sure, this old man is more powerful than even Karna, and could easily kill all of them. After that, the Hero Faction lower their weapons. Cao Cao then does his usual smirk. "Then, I welcome you, I'm sorry for my comrade's actions. We've been attacked last night and one of my friends is injured, so we keep being cautious."
"It's okay. I wait for someone as well. From the same dimension as your exactly." Said Zelretch.
Cao Cao stunned hearing this. From his dimension as well? don't tell...
"So, you're here. Spear of Indra." A dull, emotionless voice echoed. After that, a Dimension Portal suddenly opened. From it, four-people emerged.
The first is a young girl with a black, emotionless eye, and long black hair. She wears a Lolita Gothic outfit. It was Ophis, the current head of Khaos Brigade and the Ouroboros Dragon, held the title as the strongest being in DxD Dimension besides Great Red.
The second is a young man with unkempt white hair and golden eyes. He wears a white T-shirt, black vest, and black jeans. He is Vali Lucifer, the great-grandson of the original Lucifer, and the current wielder of Longinus Sacred Gear, Divine Dividing, which the soul of Vanishing Dragon, Albion, resided. He's also the leader of Vali Team, the elite group of Khaos Brigade that works separately from other Khaos Brigade members.
The third is a young, bespectacled man with blonde hair and blue eyes. He wears a business-like attire and on his right hand, he wields a large broadsword that produces a holy aura. He also had another sword that sheathed on his belt. He is Arthur Pendragon, the descendant of King Arthur and Morgan Le Fay. Known as the strongest Holy-Sword sword user, he wields Caliburn and Excalibur Ruler and considered as one of the five candidates for the strongest human alongside Cao Cao. He currently a member of Vali Team while formerly he is a Vice-leader of the Hero Faction along with Georg.
The fourth is a young woman with a child-like face, curly, blonde hair and big blue eyes. She wears clothes that akin to a Japanese school uniform, a witch hat, and she holds a broom on her hand. She is Le Fay Pendragon, the younger sister of Arthur Pendragon, and the descendant of King Arthur and Morgan Le Fay.
"Ophis...Vali..." Said Cao Cao, little stunned to see his leader is here.
"Cao Cao, Georg, Siegfried, Heracles, Jeanne. We've been looking for you all this time. Your faction is very worried you didn't come back." Said Vali to them.
"I'm surprised you found this dimension Vali." Said Cao Cao.
"It something that has to be explained." Vali replied. "By the way, are you and Jeanne become lovers?" Vali asks in curiosity since he witnesses how DxD Jeanne being carried by Cao Cao in bridal style.
"No! No! And for the last time, No! Why'd everyone keep mistook us as lovers!?" DxD Jeanne yelled while shaking her head, denying Vali statement.
"In common human life, that actions of yours can be called love." Zelretch following the conversation, referring to how DxD Jeanne is carried by Cao Cao.
"I always suspected if Cao Cao-san will love Jeanne-chan someday!" Le Fay exclaimed.
Cao Cao just sighed hearing all of it. Why people mistook him and DxD Jeanne as lovers...
"Fay-chan! Not you too!" DxD Jeanne yelled at Le Fay.
Ophis suddenly clapped its hand, making another person beside it silent. "Now, can we begin the conversation?" It asked with an emotionless tone.
After that, Cao Cao preparing drinks for Zelretch and the others. They then sat on the clearing of the forest, while Ophis is floating on top of them. The old man gladly accepted it. After taking a sip, Zelretch then speak. "It's been two hundred years since I last saw you, Ophis."
"It's been a while as well. Vampire." Ophis replied his greeting.
"Come now. I prefer being called a Dead Apostle rather than Vampire." Said Zelretch.
So, both of them recognized each other.' Cao Cao thought, he then looks to Zelretch. "May I ask, who are you exactly? How could you know Ophis?"
Zelretch taking a sip of his drink that prepared by Georg once more, then speak. "Wow, I never taste a tea like this," Zelretch commented the drink, not answering Cao Cao question.
"That was a mix of a various Asian Tea that planted on a different region. It's a recipe that taught by my parents." Cao Cao said with a nostalgic smile, clearly amused that someone is praising his parent's special tea. After all, he was taught by his parents to respect people that are older than him by preparing a tea.
"Your tea's always amazing, Cao Cao-san." Le Fay acknowledged. Despite already leaving the Hero Faction, Cao Cao tea always her favorite.
"Your parents must be good tea-maker then?" Zelretch asked.
Cao Cao nodded. "Yes. Sadly, they already passed away when I still a teen." Cao Cao replied.
"I'm sorry for your loss then." Said Zelretch. "Now then, I think I must introduce myself. My name is Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, the Wizard Marshall and the user of Kaleidoscope."
"So it's mean you a Magician?" Georg asked. "It's honored to meet you. My name is Georg, the descendant of Johann Georg Faust." He introduced himself.
"My name is Le Fay Pendragon, the descendant of Morgan Le Fay. Nice to meet you, Zelretch-san!" Le Fay also introduced herself.
"It's an honor for me to meet young Magician such as two of you. Both are descendant of famous Magician nonetheless." Zelretch said to Georg and Le Fay with a smile.
"If I don't mind asking, what's exactly Kaleidoscope Magic formula like?" Georg asked.
"First, do you understand what Akashic Records is?" Zelretch asked.
Georg nodded. "Yes. From what I learned, it is a base of every phenomenon in every dimension. That thing is the one that every said Magician is tried to achieve."
Zelretch nodded, quite satisfied by the bespectacled magician knowledge. "At least you got the basic knowledge of it. You see, I was one of the Magician that able to reach the Root by had a path to it. For that, I could use the Kaleidoscope, a Great Magic to travel between Parallel Dimensions." He explained. "Because I already reaching the Root around 1,800 years ago, I also act as a guardian of this dimension, erasing everything that I deem a threat."
"A Magic to travel between Parallel Dimension..." Arthur mumbled to himself.
'And, it's in the hand of a Vampire who same in comparison with Ophis and Great Red.' Vali thought while smirking, eager to fight him, but he knows even he, who regarded as the strongest Divine Dividing possessor, can't even hold a candle against him.
"In our dimension, there are no Akashic Records. It's just a theory..." Ophis explained to Georg.
"Since your dimension still in Age of Gods, I think they had some restriction about Akashic Records," Zelretch commented. He then smirking. "Looks like our last guest has come."
From behind Zelretch, Fate Jeanne is seen standing. She looks a little exhausted from running.
DxD Jeanne is the first that acknowledged her presence. "Jelly-chan! Why'd you come back!?"
"I came back because I sensed three powerful Mana. To think one of it was Zelretch-san, the Wizard Marshall." Fate Jeanne replied. She didn't expect the guardian of this dimension is come down from his guarding place.
Unknown to both of them, Le Fay chuckling, think that Fate Jeanne nickname is funny.
"Ah. Glad to see you again Jeanne-dono." Said Cao Cao. "These four is my acquaintances from Khaos Brigade." Cao Cao pointing to the four newcomers.
"Vali Lucifer."
"Arthur Pendragon."
"Le Fay Pendragon."
Fate Jeanne smiled and bowed to them. "My name is Jeanne d'Arc. I was Servant Ruler in this Great Holy Grail War. It was a great honor to meet all of you, especially King Arthur descendant." Fate Jeanne politely introduced herself. She then looks toward Ophis. "I guess this is Ophis-san isn't it?" Fate Jeanne asked. She had a little sweat after feeling its overwhelming power. 'So, this is Ouroboros Dragon aura. What Cao Cao-san said is true.'
Ophis just nodded.
"Now, I think the conversation can truly begin." Said Zelretch. He then takes a sip of his tea. Fate Jeanne is sitting beside DxD Jeanne, who leaning on Cao Cao shoulder. "Now, as all of you confused why I know if you come from a different dimension. Ophis here came to this dimension two hundred years ago." Zelretch explained why he knows Ophis in the first place. "You see, the Holy Grail War was a ritual that was being conducted by a Magus to reach the Akashic Records for a long time. Like your world, the Akashic Records in here is unreachable unless using some tactics. One of them is using the power of the Holy Grail to enter it. But, don't think that the Grail is like the one in Arthurian Legend. It's actually a magical item that created for a long time its nature even can't be known for now."
"They create such thing only for reaching the Akashic Records...It seems the Magician in my world is saner then." Vali commented. In his opinion, this entire Magus is selfish being.
"I agreed. All Gods must be very angry if hearing about this Holy Grail. Luckily, they didn't exist in this dimension." Arthur also replied.
"You can't blame Magus for that Vali, Arthur." Georg countered. "Magus is another name for Magician, they always searching something that benefits for their own. If I born in this world, I maybe will do the same thing."
However, one fact makes Cao Cao want to ask Zelretch. "If that so, why the Servant must be heroes from the past? I had no right to judge your dimension, but, isn't that insulting the said heroes?"
Zelretch then takes a sip of his tea, then look toward Cao Cao. "Because its only Heroes of the past or in other words, Servant, that can open the path to the Grail since their body is created by it. They also don't mind, since some of them had a wish of their own. You must be already hearing the explanation from Ruler didn't you?" Zelretch asked Cao Cao.
Cao Cao, hearing that, just sighed. He then decided to ask another question. "Zelretch-dono, you said that Kaleidoscope is able to travel throughout dimension. Don't tell me..."
"No." Zelretch immediately replied. "As far as I learn to use Kaleidoscope, your dimension is out of my Kaleidoscope reach to see. Don't think me as overpowered. Every person has limit and weakness, no matter how strong they are. This dimension is connected to yours because of Black Hole Phenomena."
"What's that? It's like a Physics lesson of Black Hole?" DxD Jeanne asked.
"No young one. The Black Hole Phenomena is a rare phenomenon when two different dimensions is accidentally connected. Luckily, only a few know about this. This event is very rare. It usually happens once every one million years. But, due to sheer luck or not, this dimension is connected to yours once again after two hundred years isn't connected." Zelretch explained.
DxD Jeanne, rather than understands the explanation, put her hand on her head. "Ow. My head spinning after hearing all of those." She's truly inherited one of Jeanne d'Arc original personality, bad at Science.
"I summarized, think of it like two cages being connected by a wall. The wall then being destroyed after some time, and the chances of the same cage being connected again are almost impossible." Cao Cao tried to explain in an easy way.
"Now that's more easier to enter my head..." Said DxD Jeanne.
"Fufufu...Jeanne-chan surely Cao Cao-san..." Le Fay teased.
"Didn't I said before we don't like each other!" DxD Jeanne yelled at her.
Fate Jeanne is giggling seeing this.
"I lived in Dimensional Gap. Cause of that, I know this phenomenon. Which is why I able to go to this dimension two hundred years ago." Said Ophis. "I put some of my Snakes in here when meeting with Vampire. The reason I put my Snakes here is that to make the Black Hole is opened much longer when this dimension is connected to our once again."
"After that, Ophis told me to keep guard its power. And this already two hundred years since that day. It's by luck that this dimension is connected again." Zelretch continued Ophis explanation. "That's also the reason why you be thrown to this dimension in the first place, young man." He said to Cao Cao.
'I see. Due to Dimension Lost malfunction and this phenomenon, that causing us to be thrown in here.' Cao Cao thought. "Then, what effect did your power have with the Black Hole Phenomena?" Cao Cao asked Ophis.
"Since I represent infinity and Vampire here can use Kaleidoscope, it's possible to make it opened much longer by putting our power combined to the Black Hole," Ophis replied.
"Normally, the Black Hole Phenomena connected two dimensions together in a week. But, since Ophis power and mine is thrown to the Black Hole, it will continue to open for a limited extended period of time."
"Then, how long it will open?" Vali asked.
"Let's see, the hole already opened three days ago. It normally will be closed in four days. Since the power that I have thrown, it will last for a week from now." Zelretch replied.
"I see..." Vali said.
"Then, for what reason you came to this dimension and put your power here? You must be had another reason isn't it?" Fate Jeanne asked.
"Trihexa is going to be revived." Ophis simply replied.
Fate Jeanne had a shocked look on her face after hearing the name of Beast of Apocalypse. Even it did not belong to this dimension, that beast is nothing but dangerous. "It can't be! That beast only being written in The Book of Apocalypse! A Legend!" She knows it because Laeticia is also a faithful follower of God, so she gets all her knowledge.
"It exists in my dimension. Now, it was dead. For now. Someone trying to steal the Holy Grail Magical Power to revive it." Said Ophis.
"The mysterious Fourth Faction of Khaos Brigade is the one behind this, isn't it?" Cao Cao asked the Infinite Dragon God.
It just nodded. "It's my shot. They don't obey me. After all."
"So, it's him after all..." Vali mumbled while clenching his fist.
"Why'd this faction found out about this Black Hole Phenomena?" Fate Jeanne asked.
"I don't know. Since they're moving from the shadows." Ophis replied. "I know about the Trihexa revival according to Shiva's prophecy."
"So, it means God in our dimension know about this dimension as well?" Cao Cao asked. It can't be. He knows that Shiva is a powerful god in his own right. But if he knows this dimension as well...
Ophis shook her head. "No. All the God in our dimension doesn't know about it. He only said that Trihexa will be revived. I also only recently tell Vali and his team before coming to this dimension."
Fate Jeanne however, had a question that she wanted to ask the Ouroboros Dragon. "From what I heard from Cao Cao-san, you're the strongest being in your dimension. Why you can't just destroy Trihexa with your own hands?" Fate Jeanne asked. If it really so powerful, why it don't destroy Trihexa by itself?
"Because it doesn't care," Vali replied, represent Ophis. "As a representation of nothingness, Ophis had a little care about the living world. If Ophis had something to care, it is-"
"Dimensional Gap. I want to return to the place that once my home. That's all." Said Ophis.
Fate Jeanne just shook her head. She can't believe it. A dragon formed a group of terrorists, sans the Hero Faction, just because it was homesick?
"Don't need to be shocked Jeanne-dono. In my dimension, there some events happened because of a simple reason. Ophis here is one of the examples." Cao Cao said to her.
Fate Jeanne nodded after hearing Cao Cao explanation, then looks down. "What people on their right mind want to resurrect such creature?" She mumbled.
"Maybe for fun." Siegfried immediately said.
"That's not funny, Siegfried-san." Fate Jeanne glaring at him.
"Anyway..." Zelretch speak, making the others turn their attention to him. "Even though it threat to your dimension, this 'fourth parties'of yours will surely disturb the Great Holy Grail War course if they came here." He then sighed. "The war this time also had its own problem as well."
"Wait a minute! Do you know the singularity that I sensed all this time!? It's the Yggdmillenia head, after all, isn't it?" Fate Jeanne asked him after hearing it.
Zelretch shook his head. "No. The Yggdmillenia Clan sadly is being fooled by this Black and Red war. One of the Servants of the previous Holy Grail War is survived by evolving into a human and tried to make every human in this world immortal with Heaven's Fell, the Third Great Magic." Zelretch replied. "He said this as a way to save them."
All silent for a moment. Until Cao Cao breaks the silence.
"Making every human immortal huh? Gods in my world must be angry hearing this. That's only a childish dream that can never happen. Compare to mine, my dream to prove my strength to Supernatural Being still had a meaning." Cao Cao commented.
Vali who heard this made a loud laugh. "HAHAHAHA! Save humanity by making them immortal! A foolish dream after all! My stomach is hurt by hearing it!"
Arthur fixing his glasses. "If he had such wish then he really lost his faith in humanity. He wants a stagnant world where humans can't move forward, this defying the nature of any living being. I must say it's a very foolish wish."
Zelretch who heard their opinion, amused. "So, all of you are open-minded about this. I'm glad."
"At the first place, we don't trust such wish granting thing, old man," Vali replied.
"Wish using shortcut only make a disaster. We must try to achieve our wish with our own hands." Said, Arthur.
"As much as I want to be the strongest Magician, I will not low myself to use such thing." Said Georg.
"I also agreed. Although I had something to wish on, I'll make it come true with my own hands." Said Heracles.
"I really want to slice this Servant if I met him face to face." Said Siegfried.
Fate Jeanne who heard this, smiled. It seems everyone in DxD dimension aren't selfish being that will grant their wishes using shortcut such as Holy Grail. "Do you know who's this Servant, Zelretch-san?" Fate Jeanne asked. She really curious about this Servant.
"I know his true identity. But, as a guardian of this dimension, I can't disturb the events of this Great Holy Grail War directly, it's not my task. I more like to leave it to the young ones." He then looks at Cao Cao, smirking. "After all, knowing the enemy first it's not fun, don't you think the same, young man?" Zelretch said, chuckling.
Cao Cao heard this, chuckling as well. It seems like Zelretch asks him a favor to take care of this rogue Servant. "So, you have the same mind as mine. I think if we somehow had the chance to meet again, let's share some drinks."
"I'll wait for it, the descendant of Cao Cao," Zelretch replied. "It seems fate make you thrown to this dimension in the first place."
"By the way Vampire, where are my Snakes now?" Ophis asked him.
Zelretch takes another sip of tea, then look toward Ophis. "I secretly put some of it inside the Holy Grail, who now turned to Greater Grail, to keep it safe. You don't have to worry though, no Magus can sense it. That's why I'll give your group this." He then stretched his hand forward, pulling something from the Pocket Dimension he created. And on his hands, two sets of cards with warrior's sketch on it. "This is a Servant Card. It can summon Servant, who is a Heroes of the past, to help you take Ophis power from the Holy Grail. Servants are the only being who can open a path to the Grail besides me. However, this card is still a normal card. The way you want to modify it is up to you. Think of it as a present from Santa." Zelretch joked. He then gives the cards to Cao Cao.
"The descendant and sole inheritor of heroes...had an underlying of true heroes. Talk about ironic." Cao Cao said to himself while receiving the cards.
Zelretch then stands up. "Now then, I think I must return to my guarding place." He then turned to leave. "This is goodbye then, I hope you can return to your world safely. If we meet again, I like to taste your tea again, Cao Cao." After that, he disappeared in a Magic Circle.
After Zelretch is disappeared, Georg opened the conversation. "What an encounter..."
"To think that he's the guardian of this dimension, with power like that, in our dimension, he could become one of the Ten Strongest Beings." Cao Cao commented. "Then, I guess we must quickly use these cards to our tune."
"How do you plan to modify it? It's not liked our dimension Magic Item." Vali asked.
"You forgot that I own this." Cao Cao said while gesturing to his True Longinus.
"I too will go," Ophis said. It then looks at Cao Cao and Vali. "Don't take too long Cao Cao, Vali. I must obtain Nothingness very soon." Ophis said with an emotionless smile. After that, it disappeared into purple particles, back to the DxD dimension.
"Now then..." Cao Cao looks toward Fate Jeanne. "Jeanne-dono, I suggest you stay here for a while. It's rude to summon Servants without you around isn't it?"
Fate Jeanne nodded, had a neutral look on her face.
"Don't make a face like that. It seems Zelretch-dono ask me a favor to take care of this pathetic Servant. So, as we had the same goal, we, the Hero Faction and Vali Team will help you. Now then, time to modify this card." Cao Cao said when putting the cards on the ground. He then took the same stance when going to use the Truth Idea in Kyoto. The spear then enveloped by a holy light. "O Spear. The true Holy Spear which pierces through God. Suck the ambition of the King of Domination sleeping within me and pierce through the gap of blessing and destruction. You. Announce the will and turn into a glow." The True Longinus later emitting an incredible amount of Holy Light.
Vali had his skin stung since he's a Devil-Human Hybrid. 'So this is why True Longinus called the strongest of all Sacred Gear?' He thought.
'I can sense it...the will of God is inside the spear.' Fate Jeanne thought.
"Truth Idea!" Cao Cao shouted. After that, a bright light is covering the forest.
On the Yggdmillenia Castle, more precisely in Darnic's personal chamber, both he and Vlad are playing chess when they see the light that came from the forest.
"What's that light?" Said Darnic, really confused.
Vlad who seeing this, smirking. "It seems, what we face it's not weak humans after all. If they became our enemies, I gladly crush them myself."
The light later died out. After the light fade completely, Cao Cao had an amused look on his face. "It seems, the God Will is granting my desire."
"It can't be..." Said Siegfried.
"After all that time..." Said Heracles.
"You finally did it!" DxD Jeanne said with a happy expression. She then hugs Cao Cao. Cao Cao just widens his eyes.
"Um...Jeanne, you said you, not lovers, yet you are hugging him." Vali commented.
"It's not like that. I'm just glad that Cao Cao-kun did it. For many times he tries to invoke the Truth Idea, he always failed." DxD Jeanne explained.
However, Fate Jeanne already knows the answer. 'I see. The Will of the God inside the Holy Spear has now chosen him as the current rightful wielder of it. It seems you must thank Hyoudo-san for it Cao Cao-san. It seems you finally found what a hero is.'
"It seems the True Longinus now choosing me as its rightful owner." Cao Cao commented, smirk in amusement. "For the card modification, it was succeeded. the God Will agreed to modify it in three points."
"What his agreement?" Asked Vali.
"First, our Servant. or more like I said comrades, will cut off from the Holy Grail and had actual bodies. In other words, instead of being just a copy of the original one, the Servant that we summoned will be truly alive and act as our friends in need, although as Fate Jeanne said, they only had a fraction of power they have when alive. The God Will thought that being revived as a copy of the original is mocked the life and death aspect, so bring it truly alive was the sane option in his opinion. After all, being truly alive means that they can train to make themselves stronger." Cao Cao explained the first point.
"I see. A truly alive hero of the past as comrades. Interesting." Vali smirk.
"Jeanne, I know that there is His will inside True Longinus, but how its power work?" Fate Jeanne asked her soul inheritor.
"The Truth Idea is the will of the God from the Bible that resides inside the True Longinus. After making a chant, the Will of the God inside absorbs the wielder ambition and it later the one that determines if it can be used or not. But, If I not wrong, Truth Idea can be only used to grant miracles in battles..." DxD Jeanne explained.
"Not only in battles Jeanne. It can grant any wish as long as the God Will inside the spear allows it." Georg fixes her explanation.
"So, it's like a Holy Grail, but with a restriction. So, it can't grant a selfish wish..." Fate Jeanne mumbled.
"Second, for the Berserker Class, the God sense that Mad Enhancement, the Class Skills of Berserker, is rob of their sanity in exchange for power. It was changed. Our summoned Berserker will have their clear mind and sanity even with the use of Mad Enhancement and their power also increased like normal." Cao Cao explains the second point. "The third and the last, the summoning chant...since our Servant not connected to the Grail, we can't summon them using the chant that uses here." Cao Cao explained the second and third point.
"Then, what chant we used to summon them?" Siegfried asked.
Cao Cao scratches his head. "Well...have you read the Light Novel 'Familiar of Zero'?" He asked Siegfried.
Siegfried facepalmed. "No, I haven't. And, as much as I had a free time, I won't read it." Seriously, Cao Cao, during his free time, read such books!?
"Oh, I know!" Le Fay Exclaimed. "The story about Japanese young man that was summoned to a dimension called Halkeginia by a noble Magician who can't cast a single spell isn't it? I love to read it. The author, Noboru Yamaguchi-san, is one of my favorites." She said.
"Um, didn't what you like is 'Oppai Dragon'?" Vali asked her.
"Op...pai?" Fate Jeanne speaks the words. Confused by its meaning.
"A ridiculous pervert show that now popular within Devil Race." DxD Jeanne explained. "And Le Fay, don't talk about that on here. Don't taint my ancestor virginity with that ridiculous show."
"Oh come on! It'll be fun. And besides..." Le Fay hand now had a disc that she stored in a pocket dimension. "I'll bring the complete first season of it. Let's watch-"
Before she can finish her words, DxD Jeanne snatched the disc and pointing her rapier on it. "Tainted my ancestor, said goodbye to this disc." She said with an evil glare.
"Mou, you such meany Jeanne-chan!?" Le Fay exclaimed.
Cao Cao then tap his True Longinus to the ground, making both of them silent. "Jeanne, return Le Fay disc. It's not the time to not get along because of a stupid reason." He ordered. As much as he cared for his comrades now, there's still time he must discipline them during a serious moment.
"Ugh. Fine then." Said DxD Jeanne. She then returns to the disc to Le Fay, which the young Magician happily received.
"You sound so angry about it. But, didn't you like Oppai Zombies back in Kyoto?" Heracles teased her, reminiscing to the event when Issei summoned the soul of people of Kyoto.
DxD Jeanne who heard this had a red face of embarrassment. "What did you say!?"
"Come on, I see it myself. How you make a curious face when seeing it." Heracles continued.
"In other words, Jeanne-chan secretly loves Oppai!" Said, Le Fay.
"I don't!"
"Le Fay, as much as I don't forbid you from seeing it, it's not the time right now," Arthur advised his sister.
"Okay, Arthur-nii." Le Fay replied.
"Um...Why I'm the only one that doesn't understand all of this?" Fate Jeanne asked.
"I also read that novel." Said Georg. "It has a Familiar Summoning Spell in it. But, why'd you choose it?" He asked Cao Cao, completely ignoring the bickering.
"Well, since I only know that as a spell for summoning familiar." Cao Cao replied.
"But, to summon the Servant that you want, you must have a Catalysts. If not, the Servant will be summoned according to your personality." Fate Jeanne warned.
"Oh. don't worry about that Jeanne-dono." Cao Cao. "Georg."
Georg nodded, then activated the Dimension Lost. A thick purple mist is formed along the Hero Faction, Fate Jeanne, and Vali Team. When the mist is dispersed, they found themselves in something that can be called a museum with various relics stored in it.
"This is my personal dimension that created by Dimension Create. Different than Alternate Dimension that usually created, this dimension I personally used to store the relics from various legendary figures." Georg explained.
"Hero Faction not only search for a descendant or soul inheritor of legendary figures and build an orphanage for Sacred Gear user. When I still travel with Georg, we collect relics from various legendary figures and stored it here. Since our dimension still on the Age of Gods, relics from mythological heroes also existed. Sadly, due being too many of it, I myself forgot the specific Legendary figures according to the relics." Cao Cao explained.
"So many catalysts in here..." Fate Jeanne said in amazement. Georg Longinus is very useful after all. How long the time that Cao Cao and Georg need to collect all of these?
"By the way, I forgot to ask. How many cards that were given by that old man?" Vali asked Cao Cao.
"Two sets. That makes twenty four of them." Cao Cao replied. "And also, he gave me a little note. If my guess is correct, is the list of legendary figures that had the possibility to be summoned in this dimension."
"But, are these relics able to summon Servants? Since it came from our dimension, can it summon one from this dimension?" Arthur asked.
"We should try then." Said Cao Cao. "Who's gonna be first for a trial?"
For a moment, everyone is silent.
"I'll try." Said DxD Jeanne.
"Very well then." Said Cao Cao. "Choose the Relics Jeanne."
DxD Jeanne then walks forward. "For the relics, I'll use this." She takes a tear of a flag that had an ancient insignia on it. "By the way, what's the spell?"
"The spell is..." Georg then whispered the spell to DxD Jeanne. She then widens her eyes for a moment then nodded. "Now, since this card is a Magic Item, I think you should charge your Mana into it first. Then put in on the floor and put the Catalysts on top of it."
"Okay." She then poured her Mana into the card. After feeling that her Mana is inside the card, she put in on the floor and put her Catalysts on top of it. She then began to chant. "My name is Jeanne, the Soul Inheritor of Jeanne d'Arc. Pentagon of Five Elemental Powers-"
"Wait a minute, that's the chant?" Siegfried asked Georg.
Georg smirk in amusement on his comrades. "It seems you think it as embarrassing ones."
Siegfried then huffed. "Hn. You got me huh?"
"-Heed my summoning and bring forth my faithful Servant." After the chant, the card is glowing in bright light. After that, a Magic Circle is formed and creating a mist, then sounds like a body being created. Not long after that, the mist is dispersed, and there is someone standing on the Magic Circle.
It was a young girl around DxD Jeanne age with long, waist-length white hair, icy blue eyes, and pale skin. The girl wears a white gown akin to a princess in modern times and white fur cape with blue lining. She also carries a doll on her right hand.
"Servant Caster. My true name is Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova. Are you the one that summoned me?" The young girl that known as Anastasia asked DxD Jeanne.
The first Servant of Hero Faction has been summoned.
