When the group arrived at the cafeteria which was crowded with people, both Servants and Chaldea staff, they were quickly greeted by a few of them who noticed their arrival.
"Yo, Master! I see you came with Mash and the young Father!"
"Ah, good morning, Mordred-san."
"Did you come here with the others of the Round Table?"
"Yeah, like always... Oh yeah, something really funny happened just before you came! My stupid brother tried to sneak off in the kitchen so he could cook something for Father, but he got his ass kicked by... huh?" Mordred started talking excitedly to the girls before stopping when she noticed a certain individual staring at her, causing her to blink for a few seconds. And then, she screamed while pointing her finger at him.
"What the fuck are you doing here?!"
Her loud scream caught the attention of everyone in the cafeteria, making them all turn to the group who quickly became the new topic of conversation in the room, Kay in particular.
"Oh, look. It's Fujimaru and Mash."
"Hey, is that the rumored new Servant with them?"
"Wanna bet on his identity?"
Just as talks started to heat up across the room, a few Servants could only watch in shock as they all recognized Kay, despite his youthfulness. However, they decided to keep their mouths shut, not knowing if it was the same person they once met during a Holy Grail War. Meanwhile, Kay only looked at Mordred with a nonchalant expression, making the young knight growling at him.
"What? Do you have something to say to me, huh?!"
"Two things. First, lower your voice, I can hear you very well. Unless you like the sound of your own voice, don't raise it, you'll just bother everyone. Second, watch your tone. You're supposed to be a knight, not a ruffian."
"And you really think I'd listen to–Kyah, I'm sorry!" Mordred began to shout before letting out an unintentional shriek and quickly apologized when she saw Kay narrow his eyes at her, which made a lot of people widen their eyes in surprise at the scene happening before them.
"Mordred apologized that quickly... just who is that man?"
"Did you hear her scream? Kyah~!"
"Hey, I hear you assholes!" Mordred shouted at the spectators, yelling at them with a bright red face. However, instead of scaring them off, they just thought it was cute of her to act like that to hide his embarrassment, making them smile, which only embarrassed Mordred further. "Damn it...!"
"What is happening here?" Hearing a regal voice coming from behind her, she looked behind her to see Artoria, wielder of the holy lance Rhongomyniad, walking in her direction followed by the rest of the Round Table.
"Father! Just look who just got summoned... Father?" Mordred started to say before she blinked in confusion when she saw Artoria stop in her tracks, her eyes wide open as she only stared at Kay in shock.
"Brother... is that you?"
Even though she only whispered those words, everybody present in the room could hear them clearly,
"Is this really... Sir Kay?" Lancelot asked Gawain who slowly shook his head, looking at Kay with a frown.
"I don't know. He seems... completely different from the person we know. Perhaps, just like Sir Bedivere and our King..."
"He must have come from a parallel world, is what you're trying to say, Sir Gawain." Tristan said, earning a nod from the Knight of the Sun as they all watched Kay approach Artoria after dropping off the children he was carrying in his arms.
"It looks like you've been doing well, Artoria."
"Yes, my stay in this place has been fortunate. What about you, Brother? What do you think of Chaldea?"
"It is quite noisy, that's for sure, but it's not really that bad. But still, you sure have grown a lot, Artoria. You're almost as tall as me. I guess I can't treat you like a child like I used to."
"Yes. If anything, I believe that I should be the one treating you like one, since I was summoned at a later stage of my life than you. Perhaps, you should call me "Big sister" for a change?"
"If it makes you happy, I'll think about it."
As he said that with a smile which was shared by Artoria, he felt his shirt being pulled from behind him, he turned back to see Artoria Lily pouting at him, seemingly displeased.
"Brother, I know that you want to catch up but have you forgotten your promise?"
"Don't worry, I haven't." Kay said as he gave her a headpat which made her smile, before he turned to his sister's older self with an apologetic expression on his face. "Sorry, Artoria, but I have a little arrangement with her, so can we talk later if you don't mind?"
"Ah, yes. I don't mind…" Artoria said as she glanced at Artoria Lily who noticed her gaze and, while giving the King of Knight a smug smile, proceeded to hug Kay's arm before her eyes. Seeing this, Artoria glared at her younger self who did the same and Ritsuka could only blink, somehow seeing some sparks happening between the two of them.
But after rubbing her eyes, she then looked at the scene before her to see that nothing happened.
'Am I imagining things?' She couldn't help but thought as she looked Kay walk in the direction of the kitchen with Artoria still hugging his arms and the two children following him like chicks do with their parents.
"Hey, wait!"
But then, all of a sudden, Mordred caught Kay's shoulder with her armored gloves, stopping him before he looked at her.
"What can I do for you?"
"Fight me right now!"
"Before I refuse, can I ask why?"
"Because of you, I made a fool of myself and others laughed at me, so you better take responsibility now! And I'm warning you, I won't take no for an answer!"
Ritsuka could only shake her head at Mordred's irrational logic, but before she could put a stop to it, she suddenly shivered when she felt some bloodlust being emitted, even though it wasn't directed at her but at Kay.
"Interesting… I hope you don't mind if I join the fun."
"You can't be serious…" Ritsuka heard Kay mutter as he looked in horror at the person who walked in their direction, licking her lips while holding two Gae Bolgs in her hands.
'Why would the Queen of the Land of Shadows wanted to fight him too?!'