Chapter 7: The Glorious Countryside
"So, we have to fight the great heroes of old and demons while being aided by other dead spirits to ensure that humanity isn't wiped from existence?" Siegward spoke slowly to Ash as he recounted the undead's explanation to the newly summoned servants.
Ash nodded "That is the basic situation. The first 'singularity' had Havel. The original one."
"Oh...oh dear…"
"Yeah, no kidding." Cu shook his head "Guy hit like a building and looked like a cliff."
"Sounds weird." Astolfo tilted his head "Was he an actual rock?"
The other three servants looked at him then back at each other.
Siegward scratched his helmet "I did hear that the warriors of Havel adorned themselves in armour made from stone."
Cu shrugged "May as well have been a rock. Especially that Noble Phantasm of his."
Ash nodded "When you think about it, it doesn't seem surprising that a man with the title of 'The Rock' could coat his body in stone."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Astolfo waved his hands "The guy could actually cover his body in rocks?" as the three nodded he grinned "Talk about getting hard."
There was a silence before Cu grimaced "You confuse me...so very, very much."
"I don't understand. Was that a joke?" Siegward tilted his head and turned to Ash, he simply shrugged in response.
"The humour of this place eludes me." Ash turned back to Astolfo and looked him up and down "How old are you anyway?"
Astolfo gasped and then shook his head "Tut, tut, tut. Don't you know it's rude to ask someone their age?"
"Is it? Asking such a thing is pretty common in Lothric. Lets you know how much time has passed."
"What? You don't have calendars or something?" Cu raised an eyebrow at the pair of undead.
"What would be the purpose of counting days when everyone is working along a different timeline?" Ash tilted his head and Siegward nodded.
"Eh?" Astolfo's eyebrows shot up his forehead and Cu scrunched his face up in confusion "What's that supposed to mean?" the Rider asked, face full of intrigue.
"Time in Lothric is...complicated." Siegward answered "It's strange. I could start a journey to Boreal valley from the High Wall which would take perhaps a day for me." He gestured to Ash "For my friend here, he wouldn't see me for maybe weeks."
"Oh…" Astolfo nodded his head slowly "That is weird...what about birthdays?"
"Guys!" Ritsuka ran into the cafeteria and the four servants turned to him "Doctor Roman has found our next singularity!"
"I suppose the birthday surprise will have to wait until next time." Siegward joked then let out a boisterous laugh when Astolfo pouted.
"Those two are weird about each other." Cu whispered to Ash, the Saber servant looked at the pair and nodded his head.
"It's good Siegward is making friends." Ash chuckled to himself "He deserves them."
Cu shrugged "He doesn't seem like a warrior to me though."
Ash let out a laugh at that and patted Cu on the shoulder "He doesn't does he?" he shook his head while his laughter died down "But he could very easily kill me."
Cu's head rapidly shot between Ash and Siegward, the latter laughing along with Astolfo as they followed Ritsuka down the hall to the command centre "You're serious, aren't you?"
Ash nodded "The Knights of Catarina and some of the finest warriors to walk the land, their armour notwithstanding."
"Doctor!" Ritsuka shouted out ahead of the servants as he entered the command room "I brought them!"
"Good, Fujimaru." Roman nodded as the four servants entered the room "Nice to see you again, Cu Chulainn."
"Eh? Who are you again?" Cu tilted his head and smirked, clearly remembering the man but deciding to pick on him.
Roman recoiled as if struck "Why is everyone so cruel to me?" he said to himself while shaking his head.
"It's okay Doctor." Mash patted him on the back "Myself, Senpai and Ash-san remember you."
"Who am I supposed to remember?" Ash tilted his head, clearly having fun with this.
"Oh no!" Astolfo gasped "They've both got amnesia! Onion man, this is terrible!"
"Indeed…" Siegward spoke darkly "While I can't speak for the blue one, I fear Ash may be going hollow." he responded dejectedly, his sword manifesting in his hand "Have no fear, Ash! I shall free you from your suffering!"
"Don't worry Cu!" Astolfo joined in, his Lance manifesting in his hand "I'm sure if I hit you on the head enough times, you'll remember this plain looking guy!"
"Oi, oi, oi!" Cu and Ash shot back as the two servants approached "What do you think you're doing!?"
"Pffft!" Astolfo broke down laughing, Siegward joining in immediately after. Their weapons disappeared. "Did you see their reactions, Onion man?"
"Indeed! What frightful expressions!" The Catarinan let out another laugh.
"Ahem." Ritsuka cleared his throat, the servants turned their attention back to the rather amused looking group.
"Apologies." Siegward's laughter died down. "You called us here for a reason?"
"Right, right." Roman nodded as he composed himself "We've detected the first singularity. It's in 15th Century France, I've already explained to Fujimaru and Mash the basics of what they'll need to do every time they Rayshift into a singularity."
Ristuka nodded his head.
Roman turned back to the Servants "We'll be Rayshifting you into the era, your job will be to aid Fujimaru as he seeks out the Holy Grail." he then turned to Ash "On a less serious note, Da Vinci sent me a message. She says she's still working on the Director's soul, but she should be able to have her in a puppet body in a few hours."
Ritsuka and Mash let out a breath and smiled and felt relief.
"You lot should probably head down to the Rayshift chamber. You'll be heading down there immediately."
"If I may interject." Siegward raised his hand and looked at Roman.
"Yes?"
"Did you say 'Coffins'?" To his side, both Cu and Astolfo nodded their heads, confusion visible on their faces.
Ash shrugged as he turned to the three "Apparently that's just what they call them."
"Rather a morbid thing to call them isn't it?" Siegward tilted his head.
"I suppose, but I don't understand enough about this place to comment about it."
"So...We just step into these things?" Ash turned away from the open Coffin and looked at Mash and Ritsuka, who were already inside them.
"Yes, Ash-san." Mash nodded, then gave him a small smile "It's perfectly safe."
"Well...as long as it's not underground." Ash mumbled before walking into the coffin and the door to it closed.
"Starting unsummon program. Initiating Spiritron Conversion." A voice called from outside "Commencing Rayshift in 3...2...1"
Ash felt a tingling sensation run through his body. One moment he was in a claustrophobic tube. The next he was standing in the middle of a pasture.
He looked around and saw nothing but open fields with a few trees in the distance, he then stared up at the sky and smiled behind his helmet.
"Ah...The Sun." He whispered out before stretching his arms above his head in a manner that had his body turn into a 'Y' shape. Whatever else he was, he was still a Sunlight warrior. Praising the Sun was as natural to him as breathing was.
"Well...this is certainly amazing." Siegward called out from behind him, Ash turned to see the rest of the group looking around "Haven't seen this much grass in...well ever really."
"What? No countryside where you're from?" Astolfo turned to him with a curious expression.
"I'm afraid not." The onion shaped helmet shook, one could hear the sadness in Siegwards voice.
"That's a shame." Astolfo replied back before his mouth split into a grin "At least you're here now!"
Siegward nodded "I suppose so." he hefted his great-sword onto his shoulder "We should probably join up with Ristuka and Mash."
"Yep!"
Ash along with Astolfo and Siegward jogged over to Ritsuka and Mash who were already having a conversation, Cu was standing near them idly twirling his spear.
"Fou!" The group stopped and looked down at the small white squirrel at the base of Mash's feat.
"We could bring pets?" Astolfo turned to Mash with a quizzical expression. The Shielder Servant winced.
"Fou just likes to go where he wants." Mash scratched the back of her head, as if that answered anything.
"He's kinda cute though." Astolfo remarked while crouching down and petting the small squirrel's head.
"Sooo…." Cu drawled out, drawing the others attention away from the squirrel and to the Lancer servant "Any idea where we're headed, Master?" he raised an eyebrow at Ritsuka, the person in question froze on the spot.
"Umm…" Ritsuka released a noise of confusion before turning away "Doctor, where in France actually are we?"
"From the Co-ordinates we sent you, Eastern France. Or more specifically Domremy." Roman replied, earning a few nods from the group who actually knew about France. Siegward and Ash merely turned to each other and shrugged before Ash looked up.
"Huh...just out of curiosity, is the sky supposed to look like that?" Ash brought the group's attention to him as he was staring up into the sky, the rest soon followed with Mash and Ristuka letting out noises of surprise.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Roman called out "Why are you all staring at the sky like that?"
"I'll send you visuals, Doctor." Mash replied.
The Chaldea group were staring up at a ring of light in the sky, easily occupying the entire view.
"This is…" Roman called out from his end of the video "A ring of light? No, some form of Magecraft. There are no records of such an event in 1431, this must be related to the disappearance of Humanity in the future." He then hummed in thought "We'll analyse it further on our end."
"Very well. Senpai." Mash turned to Ristuka "We have our orders, make contact with the locals and set up a summoning Circle."
"So...We're moving on from here?" Siegward spoke out, he received a nod from the others.
"It's nice to be back in Francia." Astolfo hummed to himself "A shame the other paladins aren't here. I know that Roland would love to be back in the countryside."
"Oh?" Siegward turned to him "An outdoors man was he?"
"Yep!" Astolfo responded, a massive grin on his face "He would always sprint through the fields naked, it was actually a real hassle trying to stop him."
"...I see."
Cu sent Ash a look of confusion while the latter simply shrugged.
"Right!" Ristuka brought himself back to the centre of attention after finishing his conversation with Mash "Lets go and try and find people!"
"Meh…" Cu grunted "With my luck we'll never run into anyone."
Ash grunted as he floored another French soldier with a punch to the face "Perhaps we should have allowed Astolfo to greet them, seeing as how he evidently has a history with the country."
Mash blushed while also bashing another soldier away with her shield "I wasn't...I was just saying hello!"
"In English." Cu dryly replied as he snapped the blade he caught in his hand and pushed the owner away "To the people who are currently fighting a war...against the English."
"Sorry! Wait...English?"
"Huh? You all sound like you're speaking French to me?" Astolfo spoke up as he tripped a person over.
"French?" Siegward turned to the group, ignoring the sword which bounced off his armour "You're all speaking Catarinan to me."
"I feel as though we are ignoring the Physician attempting to communicate with the soldiers by telling jokes." Ash spoke as he turned his attention to another soldier, the man froze under the stare of the knight before shouting to the remaining forces who were picking themselves up.
"Cours! Les fous sont imparables!" At his shout the soldiers broke off in a mad sprint away from the Chaldeans.
"Well…" Roman spoke up "That could have gone worse…"
"Ummm…" Astolfo awkwardly scratched his head "He called us crazies…"
Siegward coughed and scratched his helmet "Should we...follow them?" He turned to Ritsuka and tilted his head in a questioning manner.
"They're the only people we've encountered so far." Rtisuka replied "And if they're running, that means they've got somewhere to run to."
"Follow'em back to their camp then." Cu nodded to himself "A sound plan."
Ash turned to Roman's hologram and tilted his head "Just one further question...How does one use the 'back of the blade' while wielding a shield?"
Roman let out an embarrassed sigh and cut the link, Ash turned to Mash expecting an answer, the girl only nodded in a sagely manner.
"I didn't know you could do it either." She hummed to herself "I've learned something today."
"Rider?" Ristuka turned to the pink haired boy.
"Mou!" Astolfo pouted "I told you to call me Astolfo when we're in private!"
Ristuka blushed and looked away before coughing "R-right...Astolfo...can you greet the Soldiers next time we run into them?"
"Of course, Master!" Astolfo grinned and draped an arm over Ritsuka's shoulder "Just leave it to me!"
The group marched on foot in the direction of the soldiers retreat, the group using this as a moment to talk amongst themselves to stave off boredom.
"Sooo…" Astolfo spoke as he skipped his way over to Ash "You're friends with the Onion guy?"
"Siegward?" Ash turned to the pink haired boy and nodded his head "Indeed. We travelled together, briefly. I've no shame in saying he is likely more skilled in combat than I."
"Really?" Astolfo sent a glance back as the Onion knight, who was busy speaking to Cu about something they couldn't quite hear. "Huh...how does he move in that armour?"
"I wore a set of armour like that myself, it is surprisingly flexible when the need arises."
"Oh?" Astolfo gained an intriguing gleam in his eye "Why do you need to be flexible?"
"Because it is best to avoid being punched by a tree twice the size of a house."
"I see, I see…" Astolfo nodded his head and looked thoughtful for a few moments before he stopped and his eyes went wide "Wait! What was that about a tree!?"
Ash didn't reply as they crested the hill, merely held up his hand and signalled the group to stop before calling back "Master, I would suggest you bring yourself and the others up to the front."
Astolfo walked up beside Ash and gaped, there in the distance was a fort. Given the damage it could have easily been mistaken for an ancient ruin, however the burn marks on the ground and the damage to the outer walls were still fresh.
"What's wrong A...Oh…." Ristuka trailed off as he came to a stop next to the undead, the others quickly joining them.
"This...This isn't right…" Mash spoke out in disbelief as she surveyed the damage in the distance "We should be in the respite periods of the hundred years war…"
Cu scoffed, "Clearly someone didn't get the memo."
Ash said nothing before turning to the Onion Knight "You can see it too, can't you?"
"Indeed." Siegward replied, his voice had lost its jovial nature and quickly drew the others attention to the two servants.
"Ash-san, Siegward-san? What's wrong?" Mash called out to them, a look of concern on her face.
Ash crossed his arms and turned to her "Look at the damage...specifically the patches burned grass." he gestured to the streaks of blackened earth which surrounded the fort and climbed up its walls "What does it look like?"
Mash squinted her eyes as she stared at them "It...it looks like a trail…"
"Indeed." Siegward nodded "I know not if you have them...but these are the clear signs of a wyvern attack…"
"Wyvern?" Ritsuka turned to the pair with an expression of shock "How can there be wyverns in 15th century France?"
Ash shook his head "My knowledge of your world's history is limited, Master. It may not be Wyverns...but worry not." He turned to Rituska and nodded his head "Myself and Siegward are more than capable of dealing with creatures of mystic origin."
"Yeah...my teacher would also take me out to hunt phantasmal beasts." Cu smirked, then slapped Ristuka on the back with enough force to almost floor him "So don't worry about a thing, Master."
"So...should we have a little look at the fort?" Astolfo asked, Ristuka turned to him and nodded.
"The French soldiers went here, and it's our best lead so far." He turned to the other Servants "I want Mash in front and Ash just behind, Siegward and Cu take the flanks and Astolfo takes up the rear."
"That's easy, I've always been told I'm good from behind!"
The group turned to look at the pink haired boy, the individual in question merely rocked on his heels while grinning from ear to ear.
"Lets...let's just go." Rituska drawled out, with Cu rapidly nodding while still shooting Astolfo a look of confusion and Mash turning a bright shade of red.
Ash and Siegward turned to each other and shrugged, neither one fully understanding what had just transpired.
The walk to the fort only unveiled the amount of damage it had sustained, despite the burn marks along the ground the outer wall had sustained much of its integrity, the same could not be said for the interior. The majority of the buildings within the fort had been levelled and it served its role as a shelter for the wounded and the dead rather than a defensible location.
"This is…" Mash breathed out as she took in the damage "...This is awful…" Ritsuka nodded next to her as the other servants joined them.
Roman flashed up next to her, a solemn look on his face "The interior is completely destroyed...the outer wall is more or less intact but…" he sighed heavily "...You couldn't possibly call this a fort."
"This amount of wounded…" Cu pointed out with frown as he gestured to the group of wounded soldiers huddled under a makeshift tent just past the gate "Most of these guys have been in a scrap pretty recently."
"Les voici a nouveau!" The group turned to see a French soldier pointing at them with a panicked look on his face, instantly the surrounding soldiers scrambled to their feet and grabbed whatever they could to use as weapons to defend themselves.
Ash stared at the rather pitiful force in front of them, most were barely on their feet while the more injured simply remained on the ground.
"Rider, you're up!" Ristuka shouted to the pink haired boy who saluted him and ran up to the French soldiers.
"Bonjur!" Astolfo called out with a smile on his face "Désolé de vous avoir surpris plus tôt, moi et mes compagnons de voyage ne vous voulons aucun mal!"
The French soldier paused at them before letting out a breathe "Toi... tu n'es vraiment pas là pour nous faire du mal?"
"Non!"
"Hmph...That was easy, seems they are more rational now..." Roman whispered out to Ristuka before frowning to himself "Or rather...they don't have any fight left in them."
"Um...excuse me?" Mash shuffled up to the French soldier, who was looking far more relaxed as he signalled the others to stand down.
"Oui madame?" He looked at her with thinly veiled confusion.
"Why are there so many injured? Didn't Charles VII sign the peace treaty?"
The Soldier scrunched his eyes at her before they widened and his shoulders dropped "You...you don't know do you?"
"Know? Know what?"
The Soldier gulped before turning to the group with an expression of pure fear "The King is dead...He was burned by the witches' flames."
"...What?" Mash's eyes widened at that as she turned to see Ristuka sporting a similar expression of shock "What do you mean burned by Witches flames?"
"It is Jeanne D'arc...she's risen from the dead as the 'Dragon Witch'" He sputtered out at once, both Ash and Siegward stilled at the mention of both returning from the dead and dragons.
"Jeanne D'arc...is a witch?" Mash gasped, Astolfo behind her turned sullen while Cu frowned.
"England retreated months ago...but for us…" He gestured to the wounded soldiers behind him "We've nowhere to go...we're tra-" he froze as he saw something behind the group. His face contorted into one of panic as he turned back to the soldiers behind him "Ils sont là!"
The Chaldean group frowned at the man's sudden shift in behaviour before turning around and seeing what had him so panicked.
Roman shouted out to the group immediately "You've got incoming! From these readings it's skeleton soldiers!"
"Skeletons?" Siegward turned to Ash and tilted his helmet, the Ashen Saber shook his head.
"Worry not, Siegward." He pointed his sword at the approaching force "They are rather pitiful compared to their brethren in Carthus."
"I suppose that's good news then!"
"Master, order?" Mash turned to Ristuka who gave her a serious look.
"Deal with the skeletons and ensure none get past."
"Finally...I was getting bored sitting on my ass." Cu grinned feraly and stopped twirling his spear. Behind him Astolfo, Siegward and Ash all drew their swords and Mash shifted to stand protectively in front of Ristuka.
"Go!" At his shout the Servants rushed forwards towards the skeletons at inhuman speeds.
Ash immediately shoulder barged a skeleton into dust before spinning his blade round to slice through another one, the falchion it held up to protect itself doing little as the blade effortlessly shattered the sword and split the skeleton in half. When another attempted to flank him, Ash simply held up his hand in the general direction of the skeleton and without looking let loose a combustion which incinerated the would be attacker.
Siegward meanwhile was demonstrating far more grace than one would have expected from a man wearing such bulbous armour, effortlessly dancing around the strikes and slashes of his opponents. Whenever he would lash out it would only be one strike, one strike being all he required for his sword to demolish his foes.
Gripping Storm Ruler with two hands with the tip pointing downwards, Siegward proceeded to drag the blade upwards at lightning speed towards the skeleton in front of him. Performing an uppercut move with the sword, the skeletons' remains were flung into the air with the small blast released was enough to stun the skeleton behind the one Siegward had destroyed. Seizing his chance Siegward performed a role and simply crushed the skeleton under his own armour.
Astolfo was using his high agility to simply weave in-between his opponents and perform quick thrusts and slashes to deal with opponents. Cu was being Cu and simply using his monstrous speed to simply disappear and reappear amidst his enemies and lash out with his lance at speeds the skeletons couldn't react to.
The few that got to Mash were bludgeoned with her large tower shield.
The entire skirmish lasted barely a few minutes.
Once satisfied that the danger had passed the servants relaxed themselves, although they still kept their blades out in case more forces arrived to deal with them.
"Master, enemies defeated." Mash turned to Ritsuka with a small smile, the latter gave her a small thumbs up.
"You...you beat them…" The French soldiers gaped at them, with the one who had spoken to them earlier almost rushing up to them with a look of disbelief.
Mash gave him a small smile "We're just used to it. Could you explain from the start though? You said Jeanne D'arc was resurrected?"
"R-right." The soldier stuttered before his face turned serious "I was a part of the Siege of Orelans. Her hair and skin were different but there can't be any doubt. We'd heard she had been captured by the English and burned at the stake but…" he gulped "She made a pact with the devil and was brought back…"
"The Devil?" Ritsuka spoke out, the soldier turned to him "You mean like with those skeleton soldiers from earlier?"
The soldier shook his head "Non Monsieur...those we can at least handle...it was-"
"AHHH!" The group turned to the scream only to see a vague shape swiftly lift a man out of the tower on the fort and carry him off.
"Oh no! Dammit, they're back!" The soldier shouted out then ran back into the fort screaming to everyone else "Dragons! Aux armes!"
More of the shapes descended upon the group, as they came closer it swiftly became more apparent what they were.
"Wyverns!" Ash shouted out and swiftly rolled to the side to avoid a stream of fire aimed at him.
The next wyvern approaching them was knocked out of the sky by a bolt of lightning aimed at its chest, the creature screamed as burnt scales began to peel away to reveal charred flesh. Its screams were cut short when Ash seized upon the opportunity and decapitated the lizard while it flailed along the ground.
"Good thing I learned Miracles…" Siegward sighed aloud before turning to find a new target.
"Master!" Mash jumped in front of Ritsuka and held out her shield to block a stream of fire.
The wyvern, completely focused on Mash and Ristuka, didn't see the black orb of fire sailing towards its head until the ball engulfed it. The creature thrashed around as its head began to burn and melt before it dropped out of the sky.
"Soldiers!" A woman's voice called out amidst the panic "Douse yourselves in water! It will provide you temporary protection against the flames!" The woman ran into the front line, wielding nothing but a banner with a sharpened tip at the end "With me!"
Ash turned to get a good look at the voice, the woman herself had a long golden ponytail which extended down to her knees, was kitted in a dark cloth with a steel plate torso and gauntlets and a long black waist skirt which extended down to her ankles. Ash saw that her face had mild similarities to the Saber he had previously encountered although this woman lacked the hostile aura about her.
"This is…" Mash turned to the woman in confusion before she refocused on protecting Ritsuka.
"Oh!" Roman shouted out "This woman is a servant, however her energy is really weak…"
"Talk later!" Cu grunted as he sped away from a fireball which had been launched at him "Fight now!"
One of the wyverns descended to the ground in an effort to fight the mysterious Servant, the endeavour itself was rather fruitless as the second it snapped at her she merely sidestepped the lizard and plunged the pointed tip of her standard through it's skull, killing it instantly.
"Siegward!" Ristuka shouted out from behind Mash "Protect the Soldiers!"
"Right!" Siegward responded before rushing off to where a number of wyverns had discovered that the nearby humans were a far easier target.
Pulling out a chime, Siegward charged up a lightning spear in his hands before launching it at an unsuspecting Wyvern. He inwardly smiled that miracles were as effective against Wyverns here as they were in Lothric.
"Rider!" Ritsuka shouted "Provide air cover with Ash!"
"Right!" Astolfo grinned "C'mon Hippo-kun!" the Hippogriff materialising in front of Astolfo who quickly mounted it "Hey, Ash! Master says to hitch a ride!"
Ash turned to the boy and almost did a double take when he saw the beast before grumbling to himself and swiftly running over to the Hippogriff and mounting it as well before it took off into the air.
"Lancer!" The servant turned to the Master, who then pointed at the woman who had arrived "Aid her in dealing with any who land!"
"You got it!" He grinned and ran towards the newly arrived woman.
Ash frowned behind his helmet as the Hippogriff chased after the wyverns in the air, he very much despised flying he had come to realise.
"Hey...don't suppose you have any non-fire related spells?" Astolfo turned back to him and gave a nervous smile "Hippo-kun doesn't like fire."
"...I'm afraid I do not." Ash replied as they closed in on a Wyvern flying away from them.
"Oh…" Astolfo frowned for a few seconds before turning back to him with a wide grin "I'm sure we'll figure something out!"
Ash didn't reply, merely stared at his sword and then at the wyvern they were closing in on before making up his mind. Drawing his arm back he proceeded to throw his blade through the air at the lizard. After a few moments the blade sank to the hilt into the spine of the wyvern, it briefly released a cry of pain before going limp and crashing into the ground below.
"Woah…" Astolfo let out a breath before turning back to Ash with a smile "That was pretty amazing...but what were you gonna do if you missed?"
Ash stared at the boy before shrugging "Probably something that your...mount would have disagreed with."
"Huh...guess that's fair enough...want to go and get your sword?"
"I would very much appreciate that, yes."
"Master." Mash looked around at the dozen dead Wyverns before letting out a sigh of relief "It seems we've dealt with the enemy forces."
"That's good...Nice work guys!" Ritsuka shouted out to his servants, Cu merely gave a mock salute while Siegward marched back over from the fort.
"Well...I've had experience with these sorts of things." Siegward chuckled to himself before looking around "Where are Ash and the boy?"
"Here!" They looked up to see Astolfo running towards them with Ash trailing behind him "Figured it would be easier to walk back after landing." he gestured to the Saber servant behind him "This guys is awesome! Just chucked his sword at a wyvern in their air!"
"Really?" Siegward tilted his head before turning to Ash "What were you going to do if you missed?"
"That's what I said!"
"Alright, alright!" Roman let out an exhausted sigh "That's enough, you did a fine job guys. I was watching with sweaty palms and sweets in my hand."
"...What?" Mash's voice was dangerously low as she turned to Roman's projection "Doctor...where did you get those sweets?"
"Hmmm? Oh I found them in the Command Room next to the tea. They're really nice too." Roman smiled and he placed another sweet into his mouth.
"Doctor...those were for Senpai." Mash's eyes narrowed "I was planning on giving them to him after this Singularity, who no doubt fought bravely on the front lines…"
"Oh...You're such a thoughtful person Mash." Roman nervously smiled "I'm sure Fujimaru appreciates the gesture!" He finished with a nervous laugh while placing another sweet into his mouth.
Ritsuka shook his head at the display and turned to see Cu and the woman walking up to them, the woman looking somewhat uncomfortable while Cu was no doubt flirting with her if his expression was anything to go by.
"Non...it's her!" The French soldiers nearby began to panic as the woman came closer "It's the Dragon witch! She's come to kill us! Run!"
Instantly the mood changed and the woman found herself at the centre of attention with varying degrees of suspicion directed at her.
"My thanks for your aid…" Ash eventually spoke, his grip on his sword tightened "But may we ask for your name?"
"Ah, Of course." The woman smiled at him anxiously, still affected by the reactions of the soldiers "My Class is Ruler. My true name is Jeanne D'arc."
AN: Singularity is a go!
Siegward and Astolfo, good pair. Think they'd be pretty good friends seeing as how aloof they both are.
As far as future servants go? Yep, were gonna have guys from all the Dark Souls games in this.
As far as the events go? I'm doing all of them.