I'm sorry for the long wait. I had a mix of writers block and procrastination. A big thank you to my friends wildcrazything for editing this chapter.
Night had fallen. A chill had rose in the air as the mist formed in the forest around the Einzbern's Castle.
Near the entrance of the forest, Caster appeared from a ripple in the air, as she entered the forest Caster checked her sides to see if Gilles de Reis had already appeared.
'Have we been noticed yet?' Caster asked.
Sae and Yae appeared beside her, now dressed in a white Kimono with a red obi.
"It doesn't look like it," Sae replied, as she held her hand to her forehead, "It seems like they're distracted by a debriefing from Sabers true Master," she added.
"True Master?" Caster echoed.
"Oh yes," Sae said, "I meant to mention it earlier. Aoi overheard Saber and Irisviel talking to each other after we left yesterday,"Sae informed her mistress.
Caster hummed in acknowledgement to Sae's information.
'So, the silver hair woman who was with Saber the other time was a decoy so her true master could work in the shadows'
It was against the rules of the Grail War for masters to fight each other, that's what servants were for, if Caster had learnt anything from her life it was that rules were always broken.
Caster began to carefully move around the forest, looking for the place where Gilles would kill the first child. The place wasn't that far away from where she entered the forest, Caster jumped up into a nearby tree then she set up a bonded field to conceal herself from anyone who would pass her. Caster quietly waited for Gilles to appear.
'Gilles has arrived in the forest,' a familiar whispered through Caster's mind.
'Won't be long,'
Nine minutes later a child came running through the trees, a couple of paces behind the child was Gilles de Reis, the look on Gilles' face angered Caster, it was calm, like he was out on a leisurely walk. Then in an instant Gilles demeanour change, he lurched at the boy, reaching out for him. Caster quickly pulled out some hair then jumped at Gilles.
"Gilles de Reis!" Caster screamed at the man as she attacked him.
Gilles fumbled back from Casters attack flailing his arms around as he moved, the attack brushed pass Gilles, ripping the side of his clothes. Caster turned away from Gilles and sprinted to the boy that he was chasing. She scooped him up into her arms then she sent a rush of mana to her legs to aid her in jumping back into the trees.
The boy in her arms began to panic and started thrashing around, Caster immediately stroked the boys' hair whilst whispering calming words to him.
"Everything is fine now," Caster began to whisper, "I won't hurt you or let you get hurt." she continued.
The boy stopped thrashing around then stared at Caster, she in return gave him a soft smile, the boys' tears started fall again but this time in relief, he grabbed hold of Casters shirt and cried his heart out. Caster just let him cry it out, rubbing his back and whispering encouraging words to him.
The moment was ruined by the madman below them.
"You witch!" Gilles screamed, "Have you come to ruin my moment with Jeanne!?" He screeched.
"Your moment?" She echoed. "By your moment, do you mean killing innocent children! Don't think that Jeanne would like that!" Casters anger spilled over. She held the boy closer to her as she spoke.
"How would you know what Jeanne wants! You are a witch who knows nothing," Gilles bellowed.
"Your right, I don't know anything about Jeanne d'Arc," Caster confessed, "But, a woman who wanted to free her countryman from the English, so they could have a future, that kind of person wouldn't want children to be killed in her name," she expressed.
Her words seemed to enrage Gilles more, he grabbed his head then pulling out his hair.
"Be quite! You witch!" The madman screamed. Gilles reached into his cloak to pull out Prelati's spellbook. He open up the book and began to summon many demons. Caster jumped back to the tree behind her.
Caster looked down at boy in her arms. Tears trickle down his cheeks, he was scared but it won't be long before until he was safe.
"Just wait a little bit longer. I'll have you in safety soon," Caster whispered to the boy. "Just hold on tight,"
Caster jumped from the tree in mid air she pulled out a bottle from her bag. She turned and thrown the bottle at Gilles and his demons.
"Leig seached!" Caster yelled.
The bottle exploded, surrounding the area in smoke. Caster used the smoke to put some distant between them. Once there was about five to seven meters between them, Caster jumped down to the ground and began to run.
The boy looked up at Caster to see her topaz eyes were glowing. The boy was amaze at the pretty site but his eyes drawn away as saw one of the demons about to attack.
The boy didn't even need to yell as Caster perfectly dodge it and following it up with attack. One demon decide to jump at Caster but she quickly span around slice the demon into three. Where the demon had been cut the wounds began to burn away.
Caster shifted the boy in her arms as he continued to cling to her.
"We're nearly there," Caster whispered.
"Where?" the boy's small voice asked.
A demon from behind launch another strike but Caster didn't care as it just brushed by her, ripping her shirt. Caster the jumped back into the tree tops. The demons went to follow but were immdendty cut down by the King of Knights.
"Are you alright Caster?" Saber asked, not looking back at her.
"I'm fine," Caster said as she put the boy on the ground. She wiped away the boy's tears from his face. "Everything going to be fine now," she told him. "I'm going to hand you over to my friend and she going to take you to police," she informed him, giving him a soft smile as she spook.
The boy's eyes widen at the hope of finally be able to get out of this hellish nightmare. Caster smiled at the hope in his eyes then turned away from him and place her hand on the ground in front of them.
"Come fore from the land of the dead, manor of eternal sleep open your doors, to allow this innocent soul to pass through," Caster recited her spell.
A door formed in the air. It slide opened to revile Kirie waiting painterly. She smile at the boy before she offered him her hand.
"Come on. It's time to go home," Kirie told him.
The boy hesitated for a moment before he left Caster's. side, he took Kirie's hand. Kirie stepped back into the house that lay behind the door.
With her first task do Caster to eliminate Gilles de Rais.
Caster join Saber's side, who hadn't moved from her place.
"You have ruin everything!" Gilles screeched at Caster when came.
"Yeah, it's seem I'm good at that," Caster deadpan.
Saber briefly flicks her eyes to Caster before she force them back to the madman. Both women stood still waiting for Gilles de Rise to make the first move. He let a scream of frustration as none of his plans had failed.
"I will make you pay! You witch!" he threatened Caster.
The demon lunch themselves as Saber and Caster. Saber easy slash though them whist Caster ripped through to middle of the demons but there was still about fithteen demons between them and Gilles de Rais. The two servants ready themselves to attack the last of demons in front Gilles the demons from Saber regenerated. This turns of events wasn't façade.
"What is this?" Saber question.
"These are the type of demons that will keep of demons that will keep of regenerated as long as steady mana supply," Caster explained. "Unfortunately for us his Nobel Phantasm, the grimoire he's holding has large mana stored in it. It will last a while,"
Saber scanned the demons surrounding them, her eyes stopped on demons that Caster had defeated. They seem to to not be regenerating, actually where they had been cut it was burning.
"I guess you already have a plan?" Saber queried.
"Yes," Caster replied. "We need to destroy that grimoire then he been left defenceless," she clarified.
Gilles laughed at Caster's plan in his madness he couldn't see a way for the two servant winning against him and his endless army of demon.
"Hahaha! You wouldn't be able to touch me witch," he bellowed.
The two servant ignored his rambling lunch themselves at him. Gilles stumbled back to put some distant between them then processed to summon more demons. Saber and Caster hacked away at the demons with no success. Their back away to figure out a new plan.
"This is getting us no where," Saber commented.
"The only way to end this battle is to destroy the grimoire,"
Saber gritted her teeth. It was stalemate. It didn't look like there was any way for them to win. Saber look back at Caster knowing she likely had a plan.
"What's the rest of the plan?" Saber asked.
"He can't summon demons if he's tied up," Caster vaguely hinted. 'Are you nearly finished?' She telepathy asked Kirie.
'Nearly. Just one more rope,' Kirie replied.
With no other word the female servants continued to fight the demons until Caster could execute her plan. Saber and Caster tried keep on top of all the demons was tougher the needed to be, both servants couldn't use the full extent of their power. Saber due to her injury, Caster reason was she didn't want to hit Saber.
'I'm ready,' Kirie signalled.
Caster slightly turned her head and nodded to Saber. Saber notice Caster's signal and took a step back. Caster moved to be directly in front of Gilles. She join her hands together, the hair on her fingers intertwine. Caster flick of her hands towards Gilles and his demons.
"Now Kirie!" Caster shouted.
Suddenly ropes wrapped around Gilles' neck, his mid torso, arms and legs. The ropes restrict Gilles' movement, making hard for him summon any more demons.
Caster strike in the middle of demons then untwine her hands, moving them quickly from each other, ripping through the demons causing a opening for Saber. She dated past Caster through the mass of demon bodies. She rise a sword ready to strike Gilles. Saber slice through the grimoire destroying it and damaging the right side of Gilles' body. With the grimoire destroyed any remaining demon busted into blood.
Gilles struggled against the ropes holding him in place. Saber went to make one last swing at Gilles de Rais to end his temporary existence but it seem fate had different plans as. Gilles dematerialise away.
Saber growled that Gilles cowardly escape, Caster gritted her teeth as she fail to see Gilles escape.
"Do not worry," Saber told her. Saber moved to stand in front of Caster. "We will defect the other Caster," She tried. To reassured Caster but didn't make a different to her as fail to finish Gilles. Caster stared at the ground feeling disappoint, she then felt something been place on her head. Looking through her bang Caster looked at King of Knights patted her head. A blush covered her cheeks. "Do not be disappoint Caster. You may not able to defect Gilles de Rais but those children are safe because you,"" Saber praised her.
Saber's words easy Caster. Saber took her hand from the albino's head.
"It seem's that I've miss the battle," a new voice said.
Lancer materialize a few meter away from the females servants. He held both spear ready to fight.
"It only end a few minutes ago," Saber informed him.
"You let him get away?" Lancer rise an eyebrow, knowing that Saber. Wouldn't Gilles get away easily.
"He runway," Saber answered.
"Coward," Lancer muttered.
"You both should get going," Caster interrupted. The servants looked at her. "Your Masters are in danger," She informed them.
Lancer looked away from Caster and Saber stared at Caster then turned her glance to Lancer.
"Go Lancer,"" Saber said. "I'm certain the danger is form my own Master," she told him. "Go to his side,"
Lancer gave Saber a small bow. "Thank you King of Knight and you to Caster," He thanked them before dematerialize.
"Irisviel is south of the Castle. Her wounds are bad," Caster said.
Worry cross Saber's face. "Thank you, Caster" she hastily thanked as dash off to save to Irisviel.
With everything done, Caster left the Einzbern's forest. She rematerializes on an roof opposite the police station that found early that day.
The children that she had save where safety inside waiting for their parents to pick them up. As she was about asked her familiars how everything was going, when felt someone appear behind her. Golden dust swilled around then it came to gather to form Archer.
"Archer," Caster greeted him.
"It look like you plan succeed," Archer commented.
"Were you hoping that I fail?" Caster inquired.
A smirk cross Archer's face. He turned his glaze to the albino woman and she met it.
"I would like to the look despair on your face when you couldn't save those children," He confessed. Caster glanced back at the station. "Why do you protect the children?" He asked.
"I've been told that I'm quite a motherly person," Caster started. "I was forbidden from seeing my mother after I turned four. When I was old enough to look after other children, I decided that I didn't want them to feel the same pain that I had to suffer," she revealed.
Archer studied her face. Her topaz eyes were fill with a deep saddest. It was suddenly disappear as woman's voice rant out the night air.
The servants force was turned to the police station as a woman closely followed by a man ran to it. From inside the station the young boy who Caster had personal saved came out. He ran to the woman's arm, who was most likely his mother. She lifted him up into her arms, holding the boy close to her. His father followed suit wrapping his arms around both of them. A small smile crossed Caster's face, knowing that she was able to reunite the family brought her brief happiness.
"So you want to become a mother?" Archer's voice interrupted her thought.
Caster looked at Archer.
"Yes," she confirmed, leaving out the part about her already being a mother. "Since I was denial the right to have one, I decided that I should just make my own," she added on.
She immediately regretted adding on that last part as she saw an smirk form on Archer's lips.
"How many children would you like?" He asked moving closer to Caster.
Caster tried move away from him but he was faster then her. He took a hold of her arms pulling her closer to him. A hand was placed on Caster's hip. She couldn't look Archer in the face as she answered him.
"I-I don't know," she stuttered. "It's something I've hadn't thought around it. I'll probably talk about to who ever I marry," she admitted.
Caster place her hands on Archer's chest and tried to push away but Archer's grip was tight.
"I guess we should start talking then," Archer said. He lifted Caster's chin to see her red face. "I'll been happy to give many children, it's very pleasurable," Caster's face went redder.
"I-I," she stuttered again. She then became flustered. It took a few moment before she talk somewhat calmly. "I would like to at least have one daughter and one son," Caster answered. "I should returned my Master now," she quickly change the topic.
Archer let annoyed huffed then go of Caster. She bowed head before dematerializing to returned to Hashimoto residence.