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"Who... who are you?"

Ravel didn't know what to make of the woman who she was facing, the silent and beautiful woman that was just standing with her head pointed towards the clouds. She was taller for a woman, to the point she stood a great deal taller than Ravel much like Berserker did. She wore bondage-like clothing and have a covering over her eyes.

"Rider... I am the servant Rider."

"Medusa, the Bewitching Black Snake." Naruto stated as he introduced his Rider to Ravel. This was who was going to be testing Ravel today. Medusa looked in Naruto's general direction, and Ravel's eyes widened when she heard the name.

Eyes that could turn others to stone.

Those without a high magical resistance were instantly turned to stone, only the truly powerful magical resistance could negate the effect of those eyes. She looked at Naruto, and she tried to see what his reaction would be. She turned to face Medusa and she bowed to the woman, showing politeness.

The Medusa.

"Master... very well, indeed I am Medusa." Medusa seemed to want to keep her identity a secret, but since Naruto stated her name already, there was no point in hiding it. Medusa could only stare in the direction she felt Ravel was in. "Ravel Phenex, my Test is very simple. Defeat me-"

"I'm not strong enough-"

"-In a race." Medusa stated as she gestured to the furthest visible mountain. Ravel looked at the woman in shock, before it turned into surprise. "Is what I said so surprising? I am a Rider servant, and I have no wish to make this complicated. To prove your worth to me, simply defeat me in a race. The goal is that mountain and back to this point. Use whatever method that you wish, Master, can you please provide me a bike?" Medusa asked Naruto with a very small smile on her face.

Naruto raised an eyebrow, before he reached into his pocket and pulled out his yo-yo, before he tossed it into the air.

"Mimic: Excali-Bike." Naruto stated as he transformed it into a golden bike. "This bike will be able to handle you, no matter how fast you push it." Naruto stated to Medusa with a nod of his head. Her small smile turned into a slightly larger one when she grabbed the handles of Excali-Bike.

"Excali... Bike?" Ravel didn't understand anything about what just happened.

Still, something was off.

"Is something the matter?" Medusa asked Ravel, since the girl wasn't making any move to start the race. She was sure the girl had some form of racing ability, be it using her wings to fly, or using her riches to get a car of some kind. She didn't mind any mode of transportation that Ravel used, she would just use a bike.

Ravel just shuddered.

"... Mordred, Nitocris, and Abigail all tested me on areas that made sense, even if the tests were kind of sadistic... what does this test exactly?" Ravel looked at Medusa unsurely. She couldn't imagine anything that this could prove to Medusa.

Medusa glanced in Naruto's direction.

"I don't get what you are doing either." He admitted, since he was just along for the ride pretty much. He trusted that his servants would all be fair and give Ravel tests that would figure out if she was worthy or not.

"Wait, you don't get it either?" Ravel was surprised.

Didn't Naruto tell his Servants what to do for the tests?

"It doesn't test anything, I support my Master in his choices. He told me to test you, but I won't doubt his judgement on you. I won't ignore his orders either and deny you a Test, so my Test will be a simple race. If you win, you pass, if you lose, you fail. Now please, I would like to start this race." Medusa put her leg over the bike and sat down.

She had no ulterior motive to the test, it was as simple as the fact that Naruto expected her to test Ravel. She had no real reason to deny the girl or approve of the girl, and she was sure the other Servants would be far harsher on Ravel than they needed to be. She would offer the girl a test that would be passed or failed with very easy to understand conditions. Ravel seemed like an intelligent and good young girl, not something that she didn't approve of, but she was also a demonic being which she could understand had their faults by nature, which she didn't approve of.

She was equally split down the middle.

"Oh-okay, then... sure lets start the test." Ravel's flaming wings came out of her back and through her clothes, magically not ripping them or burning them. She touched her fingers to the ground, before she glanced over at Medusa. "I'm ready whenever you are." Ravel stated to the grown woman.

Medusa nodded her head.

"Since my class is Rider, would you like a 5 second head start to even the playing field slightly?"

"No head starts, Ravel will beat you or lose to you using her own skills and nothing more. It doesn't count if you are too kind or harsh to her." Naruto stated to Medusa. He approved of her simple test, since she was just doing it to follow orders. Yet, she gave very clear conditions for passing and failing, so to keep completely impartial to the outcome of the test he would need to make sure that both players started at the same time.

Ravel nodded her head.

"He's right, it won't mean anything if you let me win. After what I've gone through with Mordred and Nitocris, and the spanking Mother gave me for what Abigail did... I refuse to allow you to go easy on me." Ravel have a fire in her eyes. After the last 3 days of nightmare tests, this one was so simple and easy to follow. She was more than happy to fly with all of her speed and ability.

Medusa nodded her head.

"I will accept that."

"GO!" Naruto shouted as he snapped his fingers.

Medusa was gone, and Ravel was knocked off of her feet by the sheer speed that Medusa took off into the distance with. A cloud of dust was following Medusa as she ripped up grass and dirt alike with no hesitation in her speed. Ravel had been completely blown away to the point that she had to sit back up and get herself ready again.

"What!? She did THAT on a BIKE!? I SHOULD have taken the 5 second head start!?" Ravel grabbed her head in shock.

"Regretting your choice?" Naruto asked Ravel with a small grin forming on his face.

Ravel shook her head.

"I still won't lose!" Ravel shouted as she took off and chased after Medusa, with Naruto clapping his hands in respect for her determination.

"She's so going to lose this one." Naruto stated to himself once he was by himself.

-Later-

"I lost!" Ravel shouted in anger when she saw Medusa waiting for her back where they started. It hadn't even been close, she had been eating Medusa's dust the entire race, to the point her body and clothes were both dirty and covered with the stuff. She had tried her very hardest to fly as fast as she possibly could, but even using a bike it would seem that Medusa had a far greater speed than she could ever hope to match with her natural abilities.

Medusa walked forward to Ravel and extended a hand to her.

"You did very well, and you did try your best. It was fun, and I hope to race you again when you get faster. I wish I could pass you, but since the condition for passing was defeat me, I am forced to fail you." Medusa regretfully stated to the girl.

As much as she would like to give Ravel a "Pass" it was not meant to be, the girl had failed the test of speed. Medusa could tell that if she tried to pass Ravel on the condition that she did very well, then Naruto would reject it.

Ravel took her hand gently.

"No... don't be sad, you..." Ravel huffed out a breath of air, annoyed with herself and not the test. She smiled at Medusa, and nodded her head. "No, I failed the condition you set. You didn't hold back and give me an easy win, thank you for testing me so seriously. I simply wasn't fast enough in the end-" Ravel paused at the end of her sentence when she felt a hand on top of her head.

She was surprised when she saw Naruto there with an unsure look on his face.

"That was a good answer you gave, I like people who honestly try their best. It's going to get harder from here on out, so keep doing your best."

Ravel was a little surprised.

"You... want me to do my best, but you-" Ravel didn't get to finish her sentence before Naruto walked away as quickly as he could. She looked towards Medusa, who was now visibly smiling in Naruto's direction.

She didn't know what to think.

From what her brother's familiar had spied on, Naruto was extremely antisocial with the opposite sex and didn't really show any desire to support any of them but that nun girl. She had done her research on his personal history, and knew of the false accusations against him and his bad past with girls that stretched on even before that incident.

"Master does not hate girls, he doesn't trust girls. He had his heart broken and has suffered many betrayals. He can see you are being honest with your intentions, so he is giving you a chance... because no matter what, deep down he is a very pure boy. He's been hurt many times, and it causes him to wear an angry mask. It takes a special kind of person to give him hope in trusting others." Medusa stated as she placed her hand on Ravel's shoulder and squeezed gently on it.

Ravel was surprised.

"What did I do?" Ravel asked, since she didn't think she had done anything all that special to really earn him dropping that mask for a few moments.

"He can see how honestly you are trying. More than anything else in this world, Master respects people who are honest and hard working. He has seen how hard you are working to prove yourself worthy for him. He doesn't trust you yet, but he has hope that you are different than others." Medusa turned Ravel to face her, and she dropped her smile.

Ravel blinked in surprise.

"... That... you look pretty mad right now."

"I'm not angry, but this is a warning to you. He is a very pure boy, and his heart has been broken and hurt many times in his life. His heart is both strong and fragile, he hardened his heart so others can't hurt him. If he opened his heart to you, and you break it... I will break your entire family." Medusa gave a short and very serious threat to Ravel.

Ravel nodded, not scared.

"I won't break his heart, I'll do more for his heart than any other girl. Even that nun girl he likes, I'll be the one that shows him that he can open his heart to love. This marraige might be political and based in logic, but once we are married I will do my best to love him, and do my best to make him love me." Ravel stated to Medusa strongly. The woman let go of her shoulders and backed off of her, since she didn't need to stay threatening anymore.

Medusa started to fade away as she undid her summoning.

Rider's Test, Failed.

Chapter End!
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Saber - Pass
Archer - Undecided
Lancer - Undecided
Assassin - Undecided
Berserker - Undecided
Rider - Fail
Caster - Fail
Ruler - Undecided
Foreigner - Pass