He probably would have stayed staring up at the sky for a good few minutes, if not for his companions.

"Master, are you okay?" Mash was the first to reach him and asked. Servant speed and all that, she was able to clear the distance in a single bound to check up on him.

"I'm fine Mash," Faeran gave her a half smile, "Just disappointed that there was no way to compromise with her." for all that it was amazing that he had Harpe in his hands, he would have much rather had Medusa. Even from a purely logical stand point casting aside emotion, she was far more useful than it.

Heh, amusing as it was, before ever ending up in this situation he'd found a way to basically have a near infinite life span through having Medusa as his servant. And Cybele her Mystic Eyes were no joke at all, with a single use of them it could serve up even Saber Alter on a plate for him to bring down in an instant should he time it right.

Mash looked at him oddly before shaking her head and smiling at him, "Understood Master, still that was amazing even though I could see you both I could still barely follow what was going on, you're so strong!"

His half smile tugged up into a grin at her enthusiasm, "Well it would have been much harder if she wasn't weakened so much from what happened to her," he replied, "But don't sell yourself short, even though you weren't fighting physically with me you helped me a ton!" he praised her.

"I did?" Mash tilted her head to the side, staring at him in confusion.

"Oh yeah!" Faeran nodded, "One of your personal skills boosted up my physical abilities making me even stronger, you're one of the reasons I was so confident that I- we'd win!"
Mash smiled brightly at his praise, "Glad to help then Master!" she beamed, "Though next time I hope I'll be able to provide assistance alongside you."

She was so earnest about it he couldn't help but chuckle, and despite the fact that she was actually a year older than him, he found himself reaching over to pat her fondly on the head, "I'll be counting on you then, kay?" Faeran chuckled.

He was not at all against having Mash backing him up. He might have a lot of the strength of Herakles and his abilities and feel a supreme sense of confidence in his strength now, but he was not an idiot.

And Mash was in no way weak herself, in fact as far as servant parameters went she was pretty top tier.

Parameters
Strength: C
Endurance: A
Agility: D
Mana: B
Luck: C
NP: ?

Class Skills
Magic Resistance: A
Riding: C
Self-Field Defense: C

Like Shirou Emiya, the servant abilities and skills appeared before him like a video game template, which made sense because the Master's Clairvoyance displayed the servant abilities in the easiest way for a master to understand.

And while her Personal Skills didn't have any ranks attributed to them right now and her Noble Phantasm was just listed as a question mark, what he could see imbibed quite a bit of confidence in the girl within him.

Especially that Endurance stat and A rank Magic Resistance. She was practically built to be a tank. As expected of a class called Shielder he supposed.

And she like Ritsuka knew so very little of Magecraft. Once he had the time to pass some basic knowledge on to her like him, like how to use Reinforcement on herself that would boost her even higher.

"Hehe you can count on me master!" somehow, Mash's beaming smile got even brighter as she leaned in to his touch.

Ah, such a good girl. Faeran could feel his heart healing from her presence. Truly he lucked out getting her as a servant.

Deciding to put things out of mind for now, he focused on the mirror world and enveloped Harpe within it. A moment later, it glowed brightly before disappearing and he felt it appear within his mirror world.

As he did he used Master's Clairvoyance to check out his servant abilities. As expected, Harpe was not bound to him, so it didn't appear under his list of Noble Phantasms.
...But, his abilities had changed a bit. Specifically, there was a new one listed under Personal Skills.

'..How the hell...?' Faeran trailed off, gaping at what he was seeing.

Affection Of the Goddess: E
The burgeoning affection of ?. The Strength parameter gains a half rank increase.

And his strength parameter was looking crazy! There was two extra add ons to it from boosts. One was from Mash's skill thanks to him being her master, the other though, came from this personal skill that appeared out of nowhere.

Strength: B (B+) (B++)

...What was going on? Sure, he knew he was still alive and basically a living heroic spirit so his stats and parameters and such would update as he went on and got stronger or learned more. But where did this come from?

There weren't really any goddesses Herakles had in love with him in life or anything like that. In fact, I'd think I'd get a demerit personal skill from a goddess with how much Hera hated him. And I didn't have it until just a bit ago obviously.

So...did it come from Medusa then? She was a once goddess after all. Reduced in divinity massively, but somewhere in her legend she was a goddess. In fact she was three goddesses in one as the Gorgon since she ate her sisters.

She did say she'd inscribe his name on her spirit origin, whatever that meant. But was that brief fight with her really enough to leave an impression on her enough to give him a skill like this?

He wasn't going to complain. Actually it made him happy and all fuzzy inside. But he couldn't deny it just felt off to him.

"Master?" Mash's voice broke him from his thoughts and he dismissed the spell from his eyes. As he did, he noticed he had stopped rubbing Mash's head and she was looking at him weirdly.

"Sorry," Faeran grinned, putting his thoughts on Medusa and his newest skill out of mind for the moment, "I got caught up in thought."

"I do hope you won't do that a lot," Olga huffed making her way over. He noticed though, her cheeks were flushed as she did, "And..w-what was that all about? You kissed her! An enemy servant you just fought to the death and you kissed her!" she spluttered demandingly.

Cutely.

Faeran gave her an odd look, not really understanding the problem, "It was just a kiss?" he replied, tilting his head to the side confusedly. Sure, it was an amazing kiss with Medusa, but still just a kiss. It was normal to make out with girls.

And besides, he had memories of doing far crazier shit than just kissing a hot woman from Shaw. That crazy bastard had dissected people before. He'd learned from his father how to do so, as a child.

Magi were fucked up man and he was doing his level best not to think on those memories.

"J-just a kiss?!" Olga spluttered again before turning to look away, "W-well, make sure not to make it a habit! Who knows what will happen if you let yourself get taken in by the wiles of seductresses like that!"

Did she mean that Medusa could have like spat poison down his throat or something? But that wouldn't have done anything. Mash made it so that he was pretty much immune to poison and even then, even if he didn't have the contract with her, he had God Hand.

Sure he'd have lost a single life, but in return he'd have gotten pretty much near immunity to poison after reviving. So Faeran didn't really see the problem.

"Well It was kind of surprising so I don't blame the director," Ritsuka laughed sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck. He kept it up for a few seconds before sighing, "But man, you were amazing out there Faeran, I'm really glad you're on our side. I just wish I wasn't so useless."

Faeran shook his head and walked over, patting him on the shoulder, "Don't worry about it man, you're new to this, can't expect you to be superman from the get go," he comforted his male companion. He got it, he really did. He would hate to have to hide behind a girl while another friend fought, not only would it make him feel like a leech, it would surely hit him right in the pride. As fucked up as the memories of Shaw were, he was happy with them in this instance, "Once we get some time I'll see about helping you become a badass as well."

"Heh, well I doubt it'll go that well, but I'll hold you to that." Ritsuka gave him a half grin in return.

Hmm, gotta work on that confidence, huh?

Olga sighed turning back to him, "Well beyond that, I have to give you my praise. You were amazing there Faeran," she praised, a small smile appearing on her face and lighting up those lovely noble features of hers, "In fact, even more amazing she left behind her no-"

Before she could finish, she was interrupted by laugher echoing all around them, "Haha, you kids sure are a riot!" a male voice said, a kind of familiar male voice, Faeran's eyes slowly widened, "You've impressed me. How about it, you wanna team up?" he asked.

As he did, there was a shimmer of blue light to the side and a tall muscular man dressed in blue furs and carrying a wooden staff in hand appeared. Blue hair held in a warriors wolf tail, crimson red eyes and a silver earring dangling from one ear.

Yeah, he definitely recognised him.

...But why the fuck was Lancer looking like a Caster!?

Mash acted in an instant, getting between the newly appeared servant and her companions, shield at the ready to block him.

"Another servant?" Olga's eyes widened while Ritsuka tensed.

Cu Chulainn in response just chuckled, "A good response girlie, I admire that bravery of yours, half baked servant or not," he replied, "But don't worry, I'm not here for a fight, remember what I said eh?" he casually waved her off.

Mash merely narrowed her eyes, not backing down. But Faeran sighed, it looked like he wasn't corrupted like Medusa was, "Why the hell are you a Caster?" he gave the blue haired man a deadpan look, "There's no class better for Cu Chulainn than being a Lancer."

Gae bolg would be really fucking helpful against Saber Alter. If he remembered right, her luck was much lower than normal Saber's, assuming that stayed the same and as such she wouldn't be able to avoid it the same way she did normally.

'Yeah no fucking way my luck is B-rank.' Faeran snorted internally. Though, he supposed getting his hands on Harpe and his new personal skill kind of counter acted that statement.

But he was allowed to gripe okay!?

"Huh, you know me as well Mini Berserker?" Cu cocked his head to the side and laughed, "You know I was wondering where Berserker went. So he just ended up in you huh? Well that's better than the way he was just raging around before after the death of his master, even Saber couldn't control him. Even if I have no idea how he managed that." the blue haired servant stuck his pinky in his ear as he replied.

He pulled it out and shrugged a moment later, "As for why I'm a Caster? You're guess is as good as mine. I was summoned as a Lancer at first, but then like a second later I randomly switched to Caster and my amazing spear disappeared, I tell ya' I'm just as disappointed as you."

"Calm down Mash," Faeran put his hand on his servants shoulder to calm her down and then looked back at the blue haired Irish hero as she nodded and lowered her shield, "So you want to team up? I'm not against it, but what about your master?" he asked, fishing for information.

"They're dead," Cu shrugged, "My first master got betrayed by a stinking priest who stole me from her, then he died when the world went all burning."

It took quite a bit of effort for Faeran to keep his eyes from widening. So that went the same? He wondered if Cu knew where Bazett's body was? Though, it was useless to him either way, he lacked her families Sorcery Trait so he couldn't use Fragarach even if he did.

"The overseer, Kirei?" He asked for confirmation.

"Yeah, that prick," Cu nodded rolling his eyes, "But you really do know a shit ton of what's going on here, eh boy?"

"I saw a different rendition of this grail war, nothing special," Faeran shrugged and Cu gave a single nod and didn't say anything else about it. He was like that, easy to get along with in that he didn't need any more than the bare tacks and wasn't interested in expanded backs tory of it all, he just needed the highlight facts, "But on the matter of your former master, do you know where his corpse is?"

"No no, the fact you came from another world is pretty important here, it's bordering on the second true magic!" Olga scoffed, scandalized.

They both ignored her.

Cu raised an eyebrow at him but merely shrugged, "Yeah, it's in the church where I left it, not like I was gonna give that prick any respect and bury him."
Perfect. That meant all those command seals were his for the taking.

"Can you direct us towards the Church?" Faeran asked.

"Sure, if ya' want kid," Cu shrugged, "Though, I figured you'd want to go get things taken care of nice and quick. I've already killed Assassin and Lancer. And you have Berserker in you and you just beat Rider or well Avenger I guess now, which means only that prick Archer and Saber are left. Between us three, I'm sure we can take em'!"

"Think so?" Faeran raised an eyebrow at him disbelievingly. Could a Caster Cu even take Emiya? He somehow doubted it, hell if Emiya popped out his Reality Marble they were well and truly fucked. And that wasn't even getting into the monster known as Saber Alter, "Maybe, but there's some things I want to pick up, like Kotomine's command seals from his corpse, and you don't exactly have a master now do you?"

"Well you're not wrong." Cu laughed.

"...Is this guy an idiot?" Olga groaned.

"No he's just simple minded." Faeran smirked.

"Oi oi, don't go giving me a bad rep in front of these two cuties now Berserker Brat," Cu groaned, "I just know what I like is all y'know? And the sooner we do those two in the better."

"I know, I'm just taking the mickey mate." the teen replied with a shrug.

"Aye, as expected of a Scottish kid," Cu rolled his eyes, "Hope you can at least hold your drink brat."

"Course I can, we Scots are just bred different, but I'm sure you know that better than anyone, right?" Faeran bared his teeth at him challengingly.

Cu grimaced, "You've got that right. Shishou was a damn monster," he shook his head, "Alright then, you want to head to the church then? It's not far from here."

"Well before that, there's something I want to pick up," Faeran replied. Possibly a few things depending on his luck, "I only need Olga to help me with it though. You can take Mash and Ritsuka with you to the church and I'll be able to find my way there later by following my connection with Mash."

"What are you on about Faeran, why send them off with him? Mash is your servant you know!" Olga protested.

Mash nodded in agreement, "I have to agree master, I don't like the idea of splitting up. What if the other servants attack you both?"

"We won't be long I don't think," Faeran waved them off and then pointed at Ritsuka, "Cu here can teach Ritsuka what he needs to know to make a contract with him right? And you can protect them while they do that Mash."

The pink haired girl bit her lip, "...But what about you master?" she asked, worriedly.

Faeran laughed and pat her on the head, "Trust me, you don't need to worry about me, even if the other two did attack, they'd be unable to bring me down and I can just summon you with a command seal anyway," he replied, "Besides, it's for the best. This way Ritsuka can supply Cu with mana and get him to full strength then we can kick the shit outta that prick Archer and then take down Saber."

"...As much as I hate to admit it, it's a sound plan," Olga grimaced and then sighed, shoulders slumping, "Very well, you're the expert of this time and place Faeran, if you think it's for the best I'll believe in you."

"Smashing," Faeran grinned punching his fists together and looked at Cu, "You're alright with this, yeah?"

"I got nothing better to do kid," the blue haired servant snorted, "Sure, I'm game."

A few minutes later he and Olga saw off their companions, Cu casually holding Ritsuka over his shoulder as he bounded up onto the top of one of the burning buildings and took off towards their destination, Ritsuka doing his very best not to scream.

Mash gave him a lingering look, but did as he ordered her and followed after Cu and Ritsuka a moment later.

Olga watched them go before turning to Faeran and crossing her arms, a frown on her lips, "So what are we looking for exactly?" she asked.

Faeran bent down and picked up a stone and flowed his od into it. Then switched it. A second later it was replaced by the form of Harpe, the stone now within his mirror world, "You know what this is right? I think it's time for a quick little history lesson on why it's still here."

"It's Harpe is it not? A Noble Phantasm left to you by Medusa, I was about to congratulate you on it before that blue haired buffoon so rudely interrupted us." Olga huffed.

"Yeah," Faeran snorted in amusement, "But a Noble Phantasm should disappear with the servant it was summoned with, right?"

"...That's right," Olga blinked, understanding dawning on her, "...Why did it stay?"

"That's why I said I'm gonna give you a little history lesson," Faeran nodded, "See in the Fourth Fuyuki Holy Grail War, the Archer summoned into that war was none other than Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes and holder of the Gate of Babylon, said to contain the originals of all Noble Phantasms."

"Humanities first king, the two thirds god?" Olga's eyes widened, "I see, so then this Harpe belonged to him, but then, if he was from the fourth war, why has it not disappeared?"

She was quick to catch on. She wasn't the director of Chaldea for nothing he guessed, "See in the Fourth War, the Berserker was Lancelot, and he had a very special Noble Phantasm that allowed him to turn anything he touched into a Noble Phantasm and claim ownership of it, he basically stole a bunch of them from Gilgamesh when they fought," Faeran explained, "And he stole a bunch of them, one of them that I know for a fact was Durandal. If Harpe was still around, it stands to reason that some of the others are still around as well."

Though he didn't understand where Gilgamesh was in all of this. From the way Medusa talked, it wasn't Gilgamesh that caused all this crap. And Cu would have definitely known if it was him and informed them, since Gilgamesh should have been around Kotomine if he was still kicking.

Olga's eyes somehow went even wider in shock when she registered what Faeran was getting at, "...You want me to use my family magecraft to help you find these Noble Phantasms..!" she gasped.

"That's right," he grinned. He didn't know much of the Animusphere family magecraft, Shaw only knew the bare basics of it. But, what he did know was that it was based on Astrology and the stars, and one of the most basic components of that, was searching for things and providing directions, "With this, you should be able to get a rough idea of what they feel like and I have a rough idea myself of where they'll be." He jostled Harpe back and forth in front of her eyes.

After all if they were anywhere, it would be in the Fuyuki Bay.