Chapter Twenty Five

Unwelcomed Guests

I let out a long yawn and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. As my vision returns I look to my side and see a sound asleep Jeanne still resting against my shoulder. Jeanne's chest rose up and down with her eyes closed shut accompanied by a warm smile on her face. She looked so happy sleeping, maybe I shouldn't wake her. Then again I didn't even know how long we'd been sleeping, but the sun was high in the sky and blaring down on us so I could only assume it was the middle of the day. Who knows how long Jeanne was going to sleep though and I didn't want to sit her for ever. I decided that it would be best to wake her, so I poked Jeanne in the cheek.

"Mmmm." Jeanne mumbled and swatted my finger away with her hand.

"Wake up Jeanne." I whispered poking her in the cheek again.

"Mmmm…" Jeanne mumbled again and swatted my finger away.

"Come on Jeanne wake up…" I said poking her again.

"Mmmm Chris…." Jeanne murmured and then Jeanne wrapped her arms around my waist and snuggled into my arm. My face reddened a little bit and I tried to pull away from her, but Jeanne had an iron grip on me and wouldn't let go.

"Come on Jeanne! Wake up seriously!" I exclaimed shaking her shoulder. Jeanne only snuggled deeper into my chest and mumbled indistinguishable words in French. At this rate if the others were too…

"Senpai Good Morning!" I heard a voice behind me exclaim and I slowly turned around to see Mashu walking over to me with a smile on her face. Scathach was also walking slowly behind her. My facial expression turned to one of horror. "I hope you slept well Senpai, Chaldea sent us a lot of food to eat and Marie is waiting for…. us…" Mashu said before trailing off and coming to a stop over Jeanne and I.

"Yes there is a lot of food for us so let's make sure it does not go to waste. Also Marie is waiting for us, because we have a long day ahead of us so it's time to wake….up…." Scathach said before coming to a stop in front of us. Mashu and Scathach both had shocked expressions on their face and all I could do is look at them in horror as I can only imagine what this must have looked like to them.

"Senpai…" Mashu said still shocked.

"Mashu it's not what it looks like I swear!" I said trying to defend myself.

"Christopher…." Scathach said as she curled her hand into a fist.

"Yes…." I replied gulping as I turned nervously to face her. One of Scathach's eyebrows were twitching and her eyes were closed, Scathach had an irritated look on her face and it looked like a vein was popping on the back of her head.

"I knew you were an Idiot, but I didn't think you were stupid enough to sleep with a woman that you only just met a few days, and one of your servants no less! You Pervert!" Scathach said gritting her teeth.

"Wait Scathach it's not what it looks like I SWEAR!" I said nervously trying to explain to Scathach the truth before being pulverized.

"Perhaps you would like to visit the Land of Shadows?" Scathach said opening her eyes sending a piercing stare straight through my head. Scathach raised her fist and opened it as a black ball of energy formed in her hand.

"WAIT NO LET ME EXPLAIN!" I cried out in horror then I felt movement and there was a subtle yawn. I looked down to see Jeanne yawning and looking sheepish.

"Good Morning Chris! I really enjoyed last night with you." Jeanne said groggily.

"DON'T SAY THAT! PEOPLE WILL GET THE WRONG IDEA!" I exclaimed, as I felt the impending divine punishment coming at me straight from behind and then Wamo! I felt a stinging pain in the back of my head as Scathach punched me in the back of the head and I fell flat on the ground dazed…

After Jeanne and I explained what really had happened and cleared any misunderstandings up, Scathach and Mashu apologized for misunderstanding, however Scathach did not apologize to me for punching me in the back of the head and kicking me in the back. I still felt a bump on the back of my head, which the doctor assured me there was no skull fractures, as I sat down on one of the logs in front of the fire pit from last night. The Fire had long died out and all that remained was the black ashes of the Logs and twigs that had been used. As I stared down at my feet a Cinnamon bun pouch was put in front of my face. I looked up to see Mashu standing in front of me, with Four at her feet, looking at me with apologetic eyes.

"Here you go Senpai." Mashu said, I accepted the Cinnamon bun and ripped open the package.

"Thanks Mashu." I said graciously.

"I'd like to apologize again for the Misunderstanding Senpai!It was my mistake for getting the wrong idea! I know you would never do such a thing! Yet I still judged you anyways without waiting for an explanation. I'm deeply sorry!" Mashu exclaimed and bowed apologetically.

"No, No it's alright Mashu. No need to apologize. Anyone in your position would have gotten the wrong idea, a young sleeping girl clinging on to a guy out and away from everyone." I said waving my hand with an understanding kind expression on my face. Mashu was taken aback at first, but then smiled back at me.

"That's something I like about you Senpai, you are so kind and forgiving." Mashu murmured quietly to herself.

"Huh what was that?" I asked.

"What? Oh nothing! I just said Thank you Senpai!" Mashu said waving her hands. "I guess I'll take a seat and wait for the others!" Mashu said and proceeded to take her seat on the far end of the log. I looked at her before looking back down at my Cinnamon and biting down on it. I proceed to munch down on it and swallowing. It isn't long however before a small milk carton like from what I'd see in a School cafeteria was shoved in my face. I looked up with Cinnamon roll in mouth to see Scathach standing over me offering the milk carton. Scathach had an expression somewhere in between embarrassed and irritated. She didn't look too pleased to be giving this to me and at the same time she looked embarrassed.

"Here!" Scathach said shoving towards me, I gulped down what was in my mouth and accepted the milk carton with my other hand.

"Thanks Lancer…" I said and Scathach promptly took a seat next to me on the log.

"Don't think for a second that I'm sorry for punching you or that I care about you. Just wanna make sure you don't go passing out on me in the middle of the battle." Scathach said crossing her arms and closing her eyes.

"So Tsun…." I heard Mashu mumble quietly. I was confused by what she meant, but felt it best not to ask.

"Don't worry. I never thought you cared about me for a second." I said as I opened the carton and took a sip. I saw Scathach open one of her eyes and glance at me angrily.

"Whatever, just make sure you eat a lot while you still can." Scathach murmured.

"Hmm will do Mom." I said munching down on the last of my Cinnamon roll.

"What did you call me!" Scathach exclaimed and started pounding her fists against my shoulder.

"Owe, Owe! Hey cut it out, it was just a joke!" I said and Scathach retracted her fists and crossed her arms again. "Geez still need to work on your humor." I murmured which earned me a nasty stare from her, then another Cinnamon roll was put in front of me. I looked up to see Jeanne standing over me extending a Cinnamon roll at me.

"Here Chris." Jeanne said, I scoffed down the rest of Cinnamon roll and swallowed before accepting the new Cinnamon roll from her.

"Thank you Jeanne." I said unwrapping the new one.

"My way of saying I'm sorry for what happened this morning." Jeanne said bowing her head apologetically.

"It's okay Jeanne I forgive you, it wasn't your fault anyway." I said to her, Jeanne nods her head and then takes a seat next to me on my other side next to Mashu. I was now squished in between Scathach and Jeanne. I sat there quietly for a few moments munching down on my Cinnamon roll. However I felt that I was getting squished even more between Jeanne and Scathach.

"Eh I'm kinda getting squished here…." I murmured.

"Hmmm thats not my problem." Scathach scoffed.

"S-Sorry, Mashu could you maybe move a little?" Jeanne said turning to face Mashu.

"There's no more room Jeanne-san… If I scoot anymore I'll fall off the Log." Mashu said turning to face her.

"Sorry Chris, there appears to be no more room." Jeanne said turning back to face me.

"It's fine…" I said with a heavy sigh. Just then Marie and Amadeus walked up to us and stood in front of us.

"Good Morning everyone! Hope you slept well!" Marie said cheerily, while Amadeus only seemed to give a respectful nod.

"Good morning your Majesty." I said sipping from my milk carton.

"Morning Marie-san!" Mashu said chipper.

"Good morning your Highness." Jeanne said respectfully.

"Morning." Was all the came out of Scathach's mouth.

"Now that everyone is here and got a good night's sleep, allow me to formally introduce myself once again." Marie said placing her hand on her chest. "My true name is Marie Antoinette. I am a Rider class Servant. Consider it good fortune to look upon me, no matter who you might be!" Marie said proudly, I held back the urge to roll my eyes and besides me I heard Scathach grunt. However Marie did not appear to notice and continued. "Also, it's unfortunate, but I do not seem to know the reason for my summoning. After all, I do not have a Master." Marie said.

"OH NO! I already have Three Servants! I can't take a Fourth one! Three is enough!" I declared, Marie looked at me confused.

"Eh heh worry not Sir. Christopher I do not need a Master to stay in this world." Marie said reassuringly.

"O-Oh Nevermind then, my apologies." I said and Marie nodded her head and then motioned to Amadeus to introduce himself.

"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I am as she says." Amadeus said with a bow. "I don't get a feeling about why I was summoned, or even why I am a Heroic Spirit. Certainly I achieved greatness, but I am no more than the many other artists in history…" Amadeus said pausing for a moment and scratching his chin. "Well, I was more or less interested in magic for music's sake, even if all I was interested in was playing the devil's opera." Amadeus said.

"I see well let me reintroduce myself. I am Mashu Kyrielite. I am a Demi-Servant, but I do not know my true name." Mashu said.

"Mashu who cares about your servant's name. The only name that matters is yours." I said bluntly which Mashu was taken aback by, but nodded her head.

"Y-Yes! I suppose you're right Senpai." Mashu said.

"Ahem anyway. I am Christopher, the one in possession of Lancer, Mashu, and Jeanne's command seals. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance Amadeus." I said placing my hand on my chest and bowing my head.

"Ah, likewise. I hope to get along well with you, as a fellow non-combatant." Amadeus said nodding his head.

"And then, this is…" Mashu said motioning her hand over to Jeanne.

"Jeanne. Jeanne D'Arc." Jeanne said placing her hand on her chest and bowing her head respectfully.

"The saint who rose up to save France. One who I wanted to meet in my lifetime!" Marie exclaimed enthusiastically.

"…I am no such saint." Jeanne said with a frown. I wanted to say something, but decided it was best not to.

"Yes. I think everybody knew you thought as such." Marie said. "But you lived your life as such. That much we all know." Marie said shrugging. "That's why everybody praised you, aspired to be you, and never forgot you. Jeanne D'Arc. The Miracle of Orleans." Marie said singing Jeanne's praises, Jeanne remained silent, but had a disgruntled look on her face. "I wonder why Jeanne was so against being called a Saint or accepting praise…." I thought to myself. Then Amadeus spoke up.

"And yet she burned at the stake, as that dragon witch did. Maria's has a bad habit of focusing only on people's good points." Amadeus said and I think that was perhaps a tipping point for me.

"Hey I think that's a little uncalled for! Jeanne was killed by the British for a ridiculous crime that was fabricated just so the Brits could break the French's spirit. Also I don't think you need to be bringing up bad memories for Jeanne." I said standing up protesting and looking straight at Amadeus.

"Hmph." Amadeus said and turned to face Jeanne appearing to have ignored what I had just said. "What say you Jeanne D'Arc? Your existence is somewhat irregular. To hurt one called "the perfect saint" can be none other than Jeanne." Amadeus said before turning to Marie. "Listen, Maria. You care too much for others. Sometimes scolding others, even denying things is important." Amadeus said sternly.

"I-I know that without you having to say so, Amadeus! You say it every day!" Marie said stomping her foot. "T-this is good enough, isn't it? You idiot musician! Waste of humanity! You and your one-dimensional fetish and passion for musical scales! If you loved sheet music so much, wouldn't you be better off as a music note?!" Marie retorted.

"…I may say so myself, but to be abused by you for this, only brings up feelings that I cannot even put into words." Amadeus said, I plopped back down on the log between Scathach and Jeanne and rested my head against my hand and sighed.

"In situations like this sometimes it's just best to remain silent and just let them argue." Scathach murmured from my side.

"But now, I can do so if I want to! Even Jeanne can do it if she wants." Amadeus said motioning to Jeanne who only had a puzzled look on her face, one second he was insulting her and the next he was telling her she could do anything she wanted even turn into a music note. I was starting to wonder if Mozart was crazy. "Faster. Stronger. Sharper! Turn your thoughts into words, no matter what they might be!" Amadeus said curling his hand into a fist and raising it up.

"No! That's impossible, Amadeus. Idiots like you may have weak points, but Jeanne has no such weakness." Marie said defiantly motioning at Jeanne who looked uncomfortable.

"...Is that so? Such a grievous wound. To think you liked Jeanne D'Arc that much." Amadeus said cocking an eyebrow.

"Not so much so liking her, and more like faith. Although I feel a little guilty." Marie said touching her cheek with one finger and then turning to face Jeanne. "…It's not much, but I am sorry. As a foolish royal, I of course feel guilt for such a Saint." Marie said with a sorrowful expression.

"…Marie Antoinette. Your words are sincere. However, it is for this that I must confess." Jeanne said gripping her knees tightly. "The 'me' that lived before was certainly not a Saint. I simply raised the flags for what I believed in, and as a result my own hands were stained with blood." Jeanne said and let the grip on her knees go and stared into the palms of her hands and then closed her hands back into a fist and looked back up. "…of course, I have no such regrets. Neither in the results of the Inquisitions, nor in my death, but too much blood was shed. This simple peasant girl simply believed in her dreams. However…" Jeanne said trailing off and paused for a moment. "However I never would have imagined the number of sacrifices I would make before arriving at that dream. I have no regrets, and yet I have never been gripped by fear…that is likely my greatest sin." Jeanne said. "My being called a 'saint' is surely in hindsight. In my opinion, to call such a girl a saint is a mistake." Jeanne said sternly.

"…Is that so. Hey, so you're not a saint?" Marie asked and Jeanne shook her head. "If that's the case, can I call you Jeanne?" Marie asked and I saw Jeanne taken aback.

"..S-sure. Of course. Christopher calls me Jeanne all the time so I don't mind." Jeanne said glancing at me. I glanced at her out of the corner of my eyes.

"Thank goodness. In that case, you may also refer to me as Marie. If you're simply Jeanne and not a saint, then I am not royalty, so I'll just be Marie." Marie said. "So Jeanne, if you don't mind. Would you please start calling me Marie from now on?" Marie asked.

"Y-yes of course. Well then…thank you, Marie." Jeanne said nodding her head.

"Pleasure is all mine, Jeanne!" Marie said tilting her head with a smile. Marie recomposed herself a moment later and continued. "And I must apologize, I was imposing my feelings on you. I simply lost sight of your reactions. "It's like the 'me' who did not know anything that day. We'd no choice but to search for answers ourselves. I'd love to side with Jeanne's thinking, but for now I will try and reserve judgment!" Marie said smiling and then turned to Amadeus. "If it's not a one-sided belief, then I'll support! This is the spirit of a girl's friendship, Amadeus!" Marie said boldly, Amadeus stared at her for a moment and then smiled.

"Of course. Isn't that wonderful? The spirit of such a friendship sings sweetly through the empty air." Amadeus said almost poetically as he clapped his hands together, I only stared at them while munching on my Cinnamon bun.

"We believe as well. Don't we, Senpai?" Mashu asked looking past Jeanne at me. I turned and stared at Mashu as I swallowed down my food.

"There are many liars who would deceive us to believe otherwise." I said. Jeanne and Mashu's eyes widened and they looked surprised by my words. However I was not going to sugar coat things or offer false belief.

"L-Liars?" Jeanne said taken aback.

"Senpai…please don't say unnecessary things that will confuse her." Mashu said frowning.

"Mashu you're too trusting in people. There are people out there with silver tongues who would stab you in the back once you turn around. Don't be naive." I said scolding her, Mashu was taken aback but shyly nodded her head.

"R-right Sorry Senpai…" Mashu replied.

"I'm not sure about liars, but I know about mysterious people!" Marie said and the four of us turned to face her with a puzzled expression on our faces. "Look, something rather inviting for us has arrived!" Marie said pointing and the four of us looked where she was pointing. Standing at the edge of the forest were Four Large Figures and Two of those Hand Monsters with the glowing orbs! As the they drew close I made out the yellow eyes and black furry body of… Werewolves?

"Werewolves are you fucking kidding me? I didn't bring any silver bullets!" I said leaping to me feet.

"Don't be ridiculous Christopher you don't know silver bullets to defeat werewolves." Scathach said standing up behind me as she withdrew her spear from her back and gripped it in both hands. Jeanne and Mashu leaped to their feet and withdrew their weapons. I reached into my jacket and withdrew my 1911.

"My sword shall tear them in half Chris!" Jeanne declared as she unsheathed her sword.

"Senpai please stay behind me." Mashu said standing in front of me.

"No, I don't think this is an a simple invite Marie. No matter, Let us quickly tidy up and return to our discussions!" Amadeus said.

The Four of them rushed towards the Werewolves and the Two Hand leaving me behind with Mashu. Jeanne and Scathach charge into the battle with razor sharp speed while Marie and Amadeus stayed back and fired off ranged magical attacks. I looked down at my 1911 and pulled the slide back half way to see that there was a bullet in the chamber. I guided the slide back shot and grasped in both hands looking up.

"Guess we should take out those two hands before they end up catching the whole forest on fire." I said to Mashu, Mashu looked over her shoulder and nodded her head.

"Agreed Master…. I just hope I don't get blown up again." Mashu said. The two of us jogged over to the fighting and just in time as Marie jumped out of the way from one of the Hands Fireball attacks and it exploded where she had just been. Marie sent another burst of mana balls from the tip of her fingers at the werewolves. Meanwhile Amadeus was standing there with his baton not doing much of anything except waving it back and forth…. Making me wonder if he was useful at all. "We now have two servants and one of them is useless? Man did I pick the short end of the stick or something when I started life?" I thought to myself and sighed and then turned my attention back to the Hands firing at us. I rested my arms on Mashu's shoulder and lined up my sights on the glowing orb over the hand.

"Woo!" I exclaimed and ducked my head as a fireball shot over my head.

"Are you alright Senpai?" Mashu asked, I patted my head.

"Yeah my hair is not on fire so everything's a okay." I said reassuringly and lined up the sights again on the orb of one of the hands and wrapped my finger around the trigger and squeezed. The Hammer hit the firing pin with a loud crack through the air that sent the .45 round spiraling through the air and impacting with the orb, the orb shattered on impact and the hand let out a deathly scream and then fell into a puddle of goo. Then there was explosion at the tree next to us. We turned our attention to see that the remaining hand had turned its attention to us and was shooting fireballs at us. Mashu rose her shield just in time as another fireball was hurled at us, Mashu's shield absorbed the blast and I leaned back over Mashu's shoulder and raised my pistol lining my sights up again. I wrapped my finger around the trigger and squeezed again sending another crack through the air as the bullet exited the chamber and made its way towards the orb. Once it impacts with the orb it shatters into pieces like the other one and the Hand let's out a deathly moan and collapses into a black puddle of goo.

"Phew that's the last of them." I saw lowering my pistol, Mashu turns around and looks at me.

"Yes it would appear so. All that's left is for Lancer and Jeanne to defeat the last of the werewolves." Mashu said and I nodded my head with a smile. Suddenly Mashu's facial expression turns to one of horror, I give her a confused look. "Master lookout!" Mashu exclaims and pushes me and takes my place raising her shield as a werewolf comes out of nowhere, slashing across her and Mashu went flying backwards hitting a tree with a loud crash. As I looked up I saw the werewolf standing over me, it looked down at me and I gritted my teeth as its yellow eyes looked down at me. It turned and looked like it was prepared to attack. I swung my P90 up to my shoulder and raised my sights up to the Werewolf and wrapped my finger around the trigger and squeezed just as the Werewolf lunged at me. I held the trigger down for a total of 18 seconds as I emptied the 50 round magazine into the chest of the werewolf tearing through the beast as its chest filled with bullet holes and blood shot out of its back. After the magazine had emptied itself I took my finger off the trigger and my chest rose up and down as I breathed heavily. The Werewolf just stood there full of holes. Was it dead? Then its eyes gleamed down at me full of rage and it let out a roar.

"Son of bitch! I just pumped you full of 50 5.7x28mm rounds. Just die will you!" I said as I reached over and grabbed my pistol laying next to me and rose it up with my other free hand and wrapped my finger around the trigger and prepared to fire. Then the werewolf let out a whimper as I saw the tip of a red spear came out of werewolf's chest and then was promptly yanked out as blood shot out of the hole in the werewolf's chest and the werewolf crashed down in front of me, Scathach standing behind it.

"Oh Geez, Looks like I have to come to your rescue for even the most simplest creatures." Scathach said sarcastically flipping back her hair and twirling her spear in her fingers.

"Don't flatter yourself, I had it handled before you arrived." I said standing up and dusting myself up.

"Uh huh, I could see how you had it "Handled."" Scathach said doing finger quotes around the word handled.

"Yeah, Yeah, whatever why don't you get back to handling these mutts." I said as I emptied out the magazine on my P90 and slid in a new one snapping it into place and pulling back the slide on my 1911 checking to see how many bullets I still had inside.

"I was planning on it…." Scathach said and then suddenly leaped back as a Werewolf swung at her and went after her. I turned around and went to go help Mashu. Mashu was sitting up looking rather bruised, but seemed alright.

"Mashu are you alright?" I asked kneeling down next to her. "Do you need any healing?" I asked resting my hand on her shoulder.

"Yes I'm alright Master most of the damage I took was from the tree. My shield absorbed most of the damage from the werewolf." Mashu said as I slowly helped her up as she used her shield as a crutch. "By the way is it dead?" Mashu asked and I nodded my head.

"Yes Lancer killed it with a spear to the heart…. After I pumped it full of bullets." I said.

"Well that's good. Anyways let's go see what Marie and Amadeus is doing." Mashu said, I nodded my head and we rushed over to where the others were fighting. Mashu and I arrived to see that Jeanne was fighting with one of the werewolves blocking the werewolves quick attacks with her sword. Whilst Marie was leaping back from a werewolf's attack and firing a mana attack from the tip of her fingers, which missed. All the whilst Amadeus was just standing there waving his baton.

"What are you doing Amadeus? Our comrades are out there fighting while you're just standing here!" I stated angrily. Just then Scathach rushed out of the brush and then turned around and leaped back just as the werewolf she was fighting jumped out of the bushes smashing down on the ground where she had just been. I looked at Amadeus who just continued to wave his baton.

"Please do be quiet I am trying to concentrate on the right frequency." Amadeus said and I was about to protest then when all of a sudden the werewolfs let out a loud whimper and grasped their ears crying out in pain. Whilst they were frozen in such a state Scathach jabbed her spear right through the Werewolf's heart and Jeanne swung her spear slicing upwards and then downwards as she sliced off her Werewolf's arms and then beheaded it with one powerful slash. Then there was a large explosion as Marie blasted a hole through the werewolf in front of her. Amadeus turned to me and spoke. "As you can see I fight with music and I had to figure out the right frequency that would affect those creatures ears. I can use music to cause all sorts of effects on someone with music, but it takes time for me to cast my music just as it would take time in real life to compose a song." Amadeus said.

"Ah I see… Apologies." I said. "So I guess he isn't completely useless." I thought to myself. Scathach, Jeanne and Marie rushed up to us and greeted us with their bloodied faces, at least Scathach and Jeanne were bloodied. Marie avoided bloodshed mostly to her ranged attacks.

"That was very impressive Amadeus!" Jeanne exclaimed as she sheathed her sword.

"Yes most impressive." Scathach said.

"Thank you, you humble me with your compliments." Amadeus said with a bow of his head. "Now that we have defeated the enemy. Let us return to our discussion." Amadeus said.

"I'll join you in a moment I'm going to go make sure the fires so this forest isn't are grave." Marie said and hurried off to find any of the fires and put them out with her magic…

After Marie finished putting out all the fires we returned to our campsite where we all sat down and Mashu and I explained everything to Marie and Amadeus to the best of our ability. While Jeanne and Scathach sat there silently.

"...I understand. So It's not just France, but the world at stake, then." Marie said rubbing her chin with a serious look on her face.

"Yes the entire world and humanity are at stake. If we fail here, humanity will cease to exist here and in the future as well." I said nodding my head.

"Yes this is quite serious. Even if it's in another form, This is yet another Holy Grail War isn't it…?" Marie inquired.

"There was only a dangerous sound from the point that we were summoned without a master, But this is more than we had imagined." Amadeus said with a bit of perplexity in his voice. "We faced a total of five back then. Counting Mashu and Lancer we have ten servants, but isn't that a lot?" Amadeus asked referring to known belief and rule that every Grail War only summoned seven servants.

"It's breaking the rule of "seven servants"…But it's not to say that it's unlimited." Mashu suggested. "Even if the number greatly surpasses seven, It's definitely not abnormal." Mashu said and paused for a second. "…According to the records, there are signs Of fifteen servants fighting at some point after all." Mashu said finally speaking up.

"When did that happen exactly?" I asked then I felt Scathach rest her hand on my shoulder and whisper into my ear to when Mashu was referring to.

"Oh that's what she is referring to, Thanks Lancer." I said nodding my head.

"Ah, I know, it's come to me everyone!" Marie said raising her finger and a lightbulb went on over her head. "The reason we were summoned like this was…." Marie said and let a long pause before continuing. "To defeat them, like heroes!" Marie exclaimed and I facepalmed myself and let out a sigh, I heard Scathach do the same too. "Even though she's a queen, she's still really childish…" I thought to myself. "Don't you think so Christopher?" Marie asked turning to me.

"Eh…" I said lowering my hand and I sweat dropped. I felt the cold and serious face of Scathach staring me down on one side while on the other side I had the cute and optimistic faces of Jeanne and Mashu staring at me. "Uh something like that I suppose." I said giving a neutral answer that seemed to satisfy Marie, Jeanne, and Mashu while earning me a somewhat disapproving look from Scathach.

"Yes, yes! That must be it! I finally feel like I know what I should do in this world!" Marie exclaimed happily with a smile.

"It's all well and good to have unfounded confidence, Marie. But the enemies are strong, and that's not an exaggeration." Amadeus said what I wanted to say, if I had not opposing forces tugging me in opposite directions. "Even if Jeanne, Mashu, Lancer and Christopher are used to combat, You and I aren't the manual labor type." Amadeus said with a serious expression on his face. "Head count aside, the difference in firepower is despairing…" Amadeus said looking down.

"…That is very true. Vlad III, Elizabeth Bathory." Mashu said the names of the two chatty servants of Alter Jeanne D'arc. "They are people who have carved their names in history after all, One as a hero, the other as a cutthroat…" Mash said.

"There was a Third Servant too. The one who was fighting Lancer." I said.

"Yes I could not tell who they were, whether or not they were a male or female. However from what I could tell they were a Saber Class Servant." Scathach added.

"Yes the one other person, the one who appears like a Saber, appears to be an acquaintance of yours, Marie…." Mashu said turning to look at Marie.

"…That's true. If she is someone who knows me…" Marie said and pondered for a moment. "It may be Chevalier D'Eon. However I am not certain though." Marie said.

"Chevalier D'Eon…A spy of "Secret du Roi", the intelligence agency that King Louis XV had set up, yes?" Roman said and his blue hologram appeared in between us alongside of the Director who had her arms crossed looking mean as always. "At the same time she…no, he…? Was a dragoon, and an Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, the holder of the highest privileges." Roman said and Marie turned to face him.

"That's a trivial matter, magus from a distant world. My golden age has come and gone, But those lovely features of his have not changed." Marie said.

"I see… It'd be nice if we could have her, uh I mean him as an ally though…" Roman said.

"Indeed it would, I believe he would make a powerful ally." Olga added.

"Is that an order or a suggestion?" I asked.

"Just a suggestion. Whether or not you do without them is up to you. I am merely here to advise and assist and give orders out only when needed. How you carry out your mission is up to you as always." Olga said putting her hands behind her back.

"How very kind of you Director. You must be in a good mood today." I said jokingly.

"Don't push your luck operative…" Olga said before being cut off by Jeanne.

"That would be hard, I believe. I have lost the Ruler class skill, True Name Discernment, But even so there's something that I can discern." Jeanne said pondering as she tapped her cheek. "It seems like they have all been bestowed with 'Berserk'. Regardless of whether it's related to their alignment and history." Jeanne said.

"Kyuuuu…" Four murmured pitifully.

"It's probably the power of the Grail. To give them a berserk attribute, even if they didn't have any Mad Enhancement, huh…" Roman said and I cleared my throat.

"Not that I forgot or anything, but could someone just refresh me on what Berserk and Mad Enhancement is." I said clearing my throat.

"Very well I suppose I could refresh your memory. Mad Enhancement, also known as Blind Rage, is the Class Skill that characterizes a Berserker, raising basic parameters in exchange of hindering mental capacities. In some cases, it also affects and or seals away some techniques, Personal Skills and Noble Phantasms." Olga said.

"Thank you Director." I said nodding my head.

"Wow Director I'm surprised you can provide useful information every once in awhile." Roman said jokingly.

"What did you say Roman?" Olga said and her eyebrow twitched.

"N-Nothing!" Roman exclaimed. "Please don't punch me again!" Roman begged. Before Olga could beat up on Roman, Marie interrupted them both.

"Boo, even if the Holy Grail War is a war to gain the Grail, for the enemy to already have it." Marie said. "It's just unfair, geez!" Marie said pouting and puffing out her cheeks and crossing her arms.

"However, that still leaves one more mystery. That being, why were Marie and the others summoned." Jeanne said.

"Very true." I said and both Scathach and I nodded our heads.

"…This is ultimately a guess. Or just a theory if you will." Jeanne said. "But regardless of the fact that the Grail War has yet to begin, There is a winner who has already won the Grail." Jeanne said cupping her chin. "So maybe the reason is that the Grail itself is resisting This reversal of cause and effect, or in other words this bug-like situation and I believe that perhaps the stronger the enemy, The stronger that resistance is." Jeanne explained, both Scathach and I cupped our chins and closed our eyes nodded our heads in agreement.

"That sounds like a good theory." I said.

"I concur with Christopher." Scathach said.

"I see. So in other words, in the France we are in…" Mashu said and Jeanne responded without waiting for her to finish.

"Yes, maybe there are other servants who have been summoned in the same way as Marie." Jeanne said looking at Marie who gasped.

"My…! That would mean that there are could still be someone new who we haven't met!" Marie exclaimed. Amadeus had his chin cupped and his eyes closed as he listened.

"But that isn't necessarily hope. There's also the possibility of more enemies." Amadeus said and opened his eyes. "Regardless however, it wouldn't be a bad idea to search for them. Better to act as quick as possible. Before the other Jeanne finds them." Amadeus said and all of us nodded our heads.

"Yes, that's true. I have lost my ability to search for servants." Jeanne said nodding her head. "Considering our situation, we will need to rely on Roman's searching." Jeanne said looking at Roman who nodded his head.

"Yes, it may not be a match for Ruler's full power, But should be able to surpass a servant's detection radius." Roman said.

"Great Roman's searching is just about as useful as Google Maps…" I said jokingly.

"What's that suppose to mean?!" Roman exclaimed turning to me in dismay.

"Oh nothing…. Just try not to lead us over a cliff or into a canyon." I said jokingly with a smile. And before Roman could protest he was interrupted.

"Well wow that that's decided, let's rest! I'm sure everyone's still tired after all." Marie said stretching her arms behind her head.

"That's true. Please rest for a while, Senpai. We will watch the perimeter." Mashu said turning to look at me.

"Yes I will guard the perimeter with Mashu so the rest of you rest while you can." Jeanne said and the both of them got up and took off. I turned to Scathach who was sitting there with her arms crossed and her eyes crossed while her Spear rested against her.

"You're not going to join them Lancer?" I asked.

"No I think I will take this moment to rest my eyes and think." Scathach said.

"Alright then." I said and looked over and saw that Marie and Amadeus had both closed their eyes and were resting while sitting up. I pulled my Colt 1911 out of my shoulder holster and ejected the magazine and reached into my pocket and took a handful of shiny brass plated .45 rounds and began to load them into my magazine while the others rested…'

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