"Well something on my face or do you just like looking at it?" asked the man with crossed arms looking at the woman who was staring at him. The woman made a sour expression on her face at the man's words "For a mortal, you are quite cheeky" the comment only made him flash a sly smile at her.
"Seriously, I think we got off on the wrong foot" after saying these words he refers to holding his holy shroud in his torso "Nameless Heroic Spirit, and you must be Dog's teacher" his smile grew as he looked at her in the corner of her eyes, her eyes narrowed "Do you know Satenta?... and yet being impudent you insult my student in my presence" she states as she points her crimson spear at the man's neck "Tell me your name now mortal or…" even with her words the man's smile grew even bigger as if he was mocking her.
"What a temper, be careful we don't want a pretty face like that to end up with wrinkles," he says with sarcasm in his voice and one of his fingers moving the spear away from his neck. Her eyes widen in surprise at his words "Youu...", she was looking the man up and down as her drew conclusions, his clothes were strange he wore two red shrouds one on his torso connected by a rope in front and a metal plate behind and the shroud that was on his waist also had a plate of metal holding her, even though the two shrouds were separated, the two together gave an illusion of an overcoat. And not to mention his armor, it didn't seem resistant and she didn't recognize the material, almost giving an illusion of an ordinary shirt and that confused her … she did NOT LIKE to be confused, yet the mortal had the nerve to praise and insult her at the same time, it only made her curious about him. Is he not afraid of life?
The Carmesim-haired woman was about to talk to that man when a voice caught their attention.
"SENPAI, don't run through the halls you'll get hurt," the purple-haired girl said running after her.
Someone turned the corner running and saw the two, this girl looked young and had orange hair, and her clothes looked more like a uniform than a normal outfit.
"Scathachhhhhhh there you are, why did you disappear I was showing Chaldea, and" She was interrupted "and how important is our work to save humanity yes yes child I understand the only problem is I got bored I decided to explore for myself" her answer had a face of indignation from the girl "I'm not a child, I'm 16" her answer made everyone in the room look at her and all that went through their minds was that this was the answer that a child would say.
She cleared her throat "Well, I see that the two have already met, that makes things easier, Scathach this is Nameless or Archer you will be companions in the missions from now on" she said with a smile looking like she had practiced that the purple-haired girl gave an approving thumb.
Scathach raised an eyebrow, and looked at the man who was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, they were the only servants summoned in the Chaldea which explains the reason for her to go towards him since only a servant would have an amount of mana to notice.
"Master, don't worry we will be best friends" finally the man spoke with all his sarcasm.
Scathach just watched the predicament she got herself into... well now that was it at least she had something to entertain herself until her return to Shadow Island
"Of course, SENPAI, I hope we get along well" she replied with her best smile.
Heard a noise of laughter from the two girls, but the man just kept smiling.
Well, Scathach would now have something to do with his immortal life for the time being, at least until his return to the shadow island sooner or later.
-1-
"Is there something on my face?" Nameless said as he sat at a window watching the snowfall.
"Well, SENPAI, if we're going to work together it's better to know who's got my back" she commented a little irritated that he was talking without paying attention to her as if it wasn't worth his time. Who does he think he is, he is only HUMAN.
That got her attention "Oh afraid that some arrow ends up hitting her in the back?" He commented finally looking at her with a smile on his face.
She smiled behind her mask "You couldn't even if you tried"
"I'll keep that in mind," he commented causing Scathach to raise an eyebrow.
"That aside, knowing who you're fighting by your side is always useful, and it builds confidence," she said with a tone of superiority drawing the man's attention "Before I was summoned I was trying to KILL the Master, and her servant," he said with a smile showing sarcasm, causing Scathach to widen his eyes.
That archer was not an ordinary servant different from other servants when they returned to the throne they did not remember what happened
however, that guardian remembered all the invocations he was calling. A flash of memory hit him, he was holding the servant of the saber class by the throat the two were in a precarious state, the saber barely had her armor and her dress was almost torn completely she held the man's wrist so she wouldn't die without air. The man was without his shroud it was all destroyed and his armor was cracked but he was in a better state than the warrior and had a look of hate on the archer's face, but what wasn't right about the situation was that she had a smile on her face. He looked up in surprise to see mud falling on both of them, he was about to drop the saber and walk out of the way but she noticed his hesitation and advanced on his face their lips connected, and with an iron grip she held him while the mud consumed them both
All he heard before the mud hit them was "MINE".
"Mor.. Mort.. Mortal hey Mortal can you hear me" she said in frustration as she snapped her fingers to get her attention.
He had disconnected from reality again "Do all the Gods in your region speak screaming or just you" that was not the answer she expected.
"You are very disrespectful to those above you, don't you fear death?!" She stared at him with her blood divine eyes.
"Not at all" he replied lazily "besides, it's not something you need to worry about as long as I'm a servant of the Chaldea I'll be your ally, I promise I'll try not to hit you," he said winking at her as he looked back at the window.
But those words caught her attention 'as long as' she can't tell after all it's been a while since she not interacted in society, did he plan to leave Chadea?!.
…
"You're still staring"
"Oh you're arrogant mortal, Do you think you're worth it?" she said directing her spear at him until a clang of metal on metal, it surprised her not by the sound but by what he used was a crimson spear that was… "Nowadays I feel pretty important," she says looking at her from the corner of his eye.
She just stared at the two connected spears "What are you… where did you get that?!" She said not angry, just confused. She looked and looked at the spear and that presence was that Gae Bolg?! …
No, but it looked so much like the spear that it was...
"A copy" and simply the crimson spear disappeared into particles of light
"I don't think it's very polite to threaten your SENPAI like that, after all, we haven't even started to enter the singularities yet. I don't think the master would approve, you would break her heart" he comments as he leaves the window and starts to leave through the cold corridors of the Chadea.
After hearing these words and snapping out of her shock Scathach blinks and relaxes…that man until she yells at him "Archer if you use that weapon one more time I will end your existence" however all she gets is a lazy nod as he begins to leave through the icy corridors of Chadea.
-1-
"You know, you should try it even made by humans is acceptable," she says with one hand on his cheek and the other pointing the spoon at him. Scathach appeared to be eating some kind of candy when he arrived in the kitchen.
"I'll pass" he replied leaning against the wall with his arms crossed "and besides, servants don't need to eat" even if he wanted to eat the food or drink would taste like iron, and blood is not a pleasant taste.
"Just because you don't need it doesn't mean you shouldn't" she points the spoon at him "and besides it's quite tasty," she said with a smile, that even surprised the archer as the divine woman with a huge ego and an air of superiority acting rather childish was not something he expected.
Since her summoning, they've done short missions together, even though Scathach has always argued with him for showing disrespect towards her and all of them were very effective together. So they ended the missions very quickly, the master joked that all she and Mash needed to do was account and wait for everything to be resolved.
"I'll still pass" he replied looking away
"Much more for me" she went back to eating the dainty.
Now that Scathach noticed that the archer was without his shroud and this allowed her to analyze him better she noticed that he had a well-developed body even with his armor she noticed how it hugged his body and his arms were quite muscular perhaps he seemed to be bigger and more muscular than Satenta who even having a developed body preferred to prioritize speed since too much muscle could get in the way and beyond but his divine side still gave him a lot of advantage against his opponents. But that man seemed to be in peak physical form, even in his time it would be difficult to reach that state, a pity that he was limited by being human, in her missions, she liked to hide runes next to him to teleport to close combat instead long distance
Just to observe his skills, and she was curious about his way of fighting it was strange suicidal 'ROBOTIC' as she would call the expression at this age, it confused her and she DIDN'T LIKE IT.
"You are looking," she said with a smile on looking at her.
This caused Scathach to wake up from her trance "Oh please do you think someone like me would look at a mortal that way" she commented with a snort but the man just smirked "I never said anything like that" that comment pissed her off he had used your words against her.
"Well that aside, what do you think of all this?" He speaks without interest.
"The singularities? Nothing I care about, I didn't expect the threats against humanity to be so pathetic I'm still waiting to get scratched so far I've only been disappointed" this wasn't something she would have given much thought to, as long as she didn't go back to that island, living with no purpose and just existing waiting for something to happen that something finally to break free of that immortal life until then she didn't mind serving Chadea.
"I have to agree, however, it seems that the singularities are becoming more unstable in the beginning it was just small changes in the worlds but little by little it is escalating, I would not be surprised that in a short time even servants we will have to face," he says looking at the wall.
That caught the attention of the crimson-haired warrior "I hope so" she commented with a smile on her face "and besides that, you are afraid?" she looks at him with a strange smile on her face. All her time in this place that man didn't show much emotion other than sarcasm and cynicism. Seeing him scared would be fun.
He finally looked at her "Oh be careful what you wish for, master has noticed that too she is considering summoning more servants, if things get complicated in the future we will have support. I agree with her decision for a young girl she has a sense of what's at risk"
"More servants in … I don't think we must be enough I'm am enough, besides but where would the girl get mana to handle so many servants. No matter how privileged the mages of this generation were born in their magic circuits, compared to the era of the Gods it's pathetic" she comments with all her arrogance.
"Look at you worried about her who would say care about her, answering your question it seems that Chadea's magical core will sustain the servants she will only be the conductor even though she is talented it would kill her" the archer remembers Da Vinci's explanation, I couldn't say, seemed very proud of the feat of inventing the magical core of Chadea.
"That thing the man with breasts talks about so much" she put the spoon to her chin thinking she heard the man whisper "Man with breasts?!" That's why you were talking about what is name ? Vince something" she glared at him.
"Da Vince and very different from you I talk to other people" he teases her, since her invocation the man without a name was the only one that Scathach interacted with even the master she gave few words as if they weren't worth her time.
"Define talk" she teased him back
"Besides, I see no reason to interact with those who aren't worth my time, you should do the same" that caught his attention whenever when he 'talked' to someone no matter how rare the situation was, she just show up and simply scares the people around him, she was being past and aggressive mostly with the female staff.
"You're just jealous that HE has bigger breasts than you" a smile appears on his face.
The woman's eyes widen and she gets up violently from the table 'BASTARD' all that came to Scathach's mind was while she stared at the man's cynical smile.
They both heard the sound of someone plugging their throats.
"Ah the shield girl"
"It's Mashu Miss Scathach" she corrects the goddess "Senpai is calling both of you to the summoning room"
The nameless man said "Then she will try to summon new servants, the child doesn't waste time"
"With the magic core created by Da Vinci, we don't have to worry about the absurd consumption of mana that it will cause her" Mashu comments with her hand on her heart looking relieved "besides that Da Vinci and the Doctor started to pick up strange signatures of mana that is wanting to graduate, everyone wants to be prepared when the singularity will be created"
"I'm fine with that as long as it makes my job easier" he starts to leave the kitchen
"We don't want to keep master waiting"
"Of course Mister Archer, aren't you coming Miss Scathach?" Mashu catches his eye.
Scathach looks at the table and noticed that she had already finished with her dainty and looks back at both of them "I still think it's a waste of time" this comment left the girl in purple confused as the goddess walked past her.
"Why do you say that? With more servants that wouldn't be a good thing," she moves her head to the side confused
"It's just that she's jealous that master won't use her on missions anymore if she summons better servants" he whispers in her ear getting an "Ohh" from the girl only to hear a scream from the hallway.
"ARCHER I WILL SEW YOUR TONGUE"
He yelled back "YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO SEW" he looked at the girl next to her "Come on" she nodded.
-1-
"Ah you're here, I'm glad you're coming to accompany the summoning of new servants," said the 'woman' with a staff.
Scathach raised an eyebrow "why are you so excited? The Chaldea has summoned servants before" Scathach was referring to her and the archer.
The mage looked a little embarrassed "Well that's different, you two were summoned by the master, if this works it will be an amazing innovation. Imagine servants without a master and not worrying about the mana pool" Da Vinci said excitedly, but still need a plumber.
"What, you are Miss Scathach afraid of being set aside, don't worry about it you are very helpful miss and we like you even if you are hard to handle," she said waving in the god killer's face only to receive a flick on the forehead.
"Ah Mashu, Scathach is being mean again," she said hugged the purple-haired girl.
"It's okay senpai, it's okay" Mashu rubbed her head.
All Scathach thought was that this was a waste of time they didn't have a problem until now, why would it change even if there was a bigger threat she took care of even being a servant and inferior to her original divine form the god killer still had confidence in her abilities. no human or divine enemy that would escape her spear.
The Nameless man approached Da Vinci "Do you think this will work, summoning servants without needing a stabilizer to maintain in this world?" He said next to Da Vinci until the wizard turned to face the Archer at a speed that looked like he would break his neck "Who do you think I am, you're looking at the wizard, scientist, mathematician, draftsman, and cutest girl of all of course, it's going to work me and the Doctor made the calculations the MAGIC CORE of Chaldea has the amount of mana to use the stabilizer for the servants and since the mana is recycled we won't worry about the servants spending too much mana and end up killing the master" he put the staff touching the head "Well it's still not perfect, we still need the master to be the mediator after all the core supplies the mana the seal's accuracy need a living being" Da Vinci said while looking her master's antics interacting with Mashu and Scathach.
The wizard noticed the archer looking at the core that looked more like a projection of planet Earth
…
An image of a bloodied man with dead eyes pierced by several different weapons holding the planet Earth, little by little his hands were closing on the planet until
…
"Archer" Da Vinci caught his attention by touching his cheek with a finger, the man uses his finger and slowly pushes it away from his face "yes ?" he replied to the mage looking into his eyes.
"No, it's nothing you looked disconnected for a second," said the mage as he eyed him sideways.
"Well, since you're like this I can't hide it … I was fascinated by your body, it's so fantastic that it took me out of reality" he tried to take my attention away from the situation, one of the things he had 'talent' so you could say that the man had.
The Mage's eyes widened in surprise and looked at the man " Whatt … you Has no shame even knowing that I am..." Da Vinci was interrupted "Always on a way," he said whispering in his ears "With that curvy body… I can't resist …" said the man looking at the magician "I never expected that great genius Da Vinci would want to be summoned looking like Mona Lisa" Da Vinci was holding his breath "Now I'm curious, snore?" For a moment his breathing stopped but the mage replied almost as low as a whisper "Why do you want to know" the man's smile grew, who would have thought messing with people was his favorite hobby "I don't like people who snore" he said moves from his head to check the mage's backside "Tell me, your back can hold a lot of weight?" he said in his ear" Da Vinci closed his eyes and held the magic staff deep and in a whisper the magician replied "I never tried..." the man was loving teasing one of the greatest scientists ever born in the world and the fact that the magician likes the same gender made the provocation easier but were interrupted by a clang of metal hitting the ground.
"We're interrupting something," the god slayer said as she looked at the two and her gaze resembled that of an animal watching from a prey her pupil dilates and returns to normal as she watches the two.
The archer saw the woman, his master, and Mashu had their hands over their mouths and their faces were red, they must have heard the conversation he had "We were just discussing the circumstances of the servants summoning" a half-truth he gave a half smile and eyes for the wizard "Right, Da Vinci"
The mage opened his eyes "YES! … I mean yes that was it" He was holding the staff using support and his legs felt weak.
"Then let's get this over with," said the goddess as she walked to the summoning place, the master and Mashu took one last look at the two before leaving and following her.
"Let's go then" he just walked towards the place of invocation but the magician's legs collapsed, it seems that the staff was not very efficient support. The mage was in trouble for the archer's words and his head simply fantasized about his words, one thing Da Vinci knew with that skirt problem below his would not calm down, walking with that elevation in a skirt wouldn't work.
-1-
"Just go up there and do the ritual as if you were going to summon a servant, it doesn't change much" Da Vinci replied to his master
She just nodded her head and simply started making the core of the magic core begin to rotate and expand lighting up the whole room, three circles were made around the core until a 'mini explosion' happened to leave a mist, and everyone looked on. with expectations until.
"I answer your call, I ask you are you my master" a cold and authoritative voice spoke" a woman appeared with faded yellow hair a black dress, and black armor even with black marks she still showed such beauty and elegance.
All except the archer and Scathach were smiling and cheering but Scathach and the archer had different reasons for not being satisfied.
'Looking through her mask' the servant gives a smile and licks her lips she walks up to the man who caught her interest and ignores the call of the two girls "It seems fate has brought us together again man of the bow" she says with a smile though all she got was a lunge from him holding her throat with unnatural strength her just smiled. This action surprised everyone in the room, all that came out of that black knight's mouth was " Strong, you always liked it violent isn't it" she says while holding his wrists with both hands so as not to be fully informed.
"What are you doing let go of her now ARCHER" the orange-haired girl screams and runs there but the man didn't hear a single word that was meant for him, he just looked at that servant with hate and contempt.
He kept squeezing harder and harder until the point of the neck armor started to crack until… he felt his body not responding to itself and let go of the woman who held her throat catching her breath, the man looked at his master and saw with an outstretched hand and a seal missing.
"ARCHER WHAT ARE YOU..." her words died in her mouth as she took a better look at the servant... looking at the archer and the sword servant, she simply had a Fuyuki dejavu and saw the vision of a corrupted archer and the knight together in Fuyuki's fire looking at her as if she were less than trash.
"Why interrupt girl ?… we always solve our problems alone and then we end up having rough sex, we don't need your help … if I run out of my pleasure you will pay dearly" the woman after recovering gave her an icy 'look', giving a chill on the girl's spine.
"I just thought" She was interrupted "Don't intrude again," she said in an authoritative voice "Right my GUARDIAN" she just licks her lips but he just looks at her with disdain.
The archer just moves to leave the room. The servant of the sword tries to follow him but a crimson spear stops in front of him preventing him from going with him "Where do you think you're going?, don't you think it's rude to leave without introducing yourself and ignoring everyone young knight" but she just 'faces' her and says "Get out of my way or I'll shoot you myself" her black sword comes out she hits the spear but Scathach elegantly replaces himself and enters a battle position with the spear the two only touch each other stare.
"STOP! STOP!, please no fighting here if this place is a walking power source if things were damaged here everything could end up going to heaven" Da Vinci said worriedly as he looked at the two.
The two look at the wizard… it made him very nervous.
"Ehh how about we go get something to eat it might help improve our relations" Mashu suggested trying to bridge the gap between the new servant and the Chadea
…
"I find that acceptable" the black knight drew back his sword, it surprised everyone how easy it was to convince her 'easy' was the thought that came to everyone's mind.
"Lead the way child" Mashu winked "Of course follow me," she said while smiling at her senpai who just nodded her head.
Scathach just watches them leave … "Can you explain to me what happened here mage" the goddess addresses Da Vinci who just sighs.
"In the first singularity, the servant Saber was the cause of it happening, it seems that she defeated all the servants of the place and corrupted them at least most of them the archer was one of them, it seems that she was using him as her bodyguard. I don't understand his reaction to that singularity they seemed to be joined by the hips as if they could read each other's minds, a reaction like that is still confusing" the mage just scratches his head in confusion.
'defeated everyone in…' was Scathach's thought as she looked at the planet-shaped core in front of her…
'Wait did she say rough sex!?'.
-1-
As the group walked through the corridors the knight in black armor watched the place was nothing to notice the place looked more like a hospital than anything else the difference being the symbol of Chadea.
However, she got a pleasant surprise after the events in Fuyuki the corrupted servant wouldn't expect to meet that man, at least not so soon... it left her with
a smile on the face the saber remembers after he had corrupted how ruthless he was. Then he just took control of the situation the saber had created, she was unfocused not knowing what to do after the war was over, and restarted until the man showed her, she just followed his orders a similar dynamic of master and servants and she did what he said, protected the grail until the girl with a shield servant and staff ended the singularity ended the moment she was feeling, what makes her think the naive girl was so close... it would only be a second but she doesn't think so that the archer would be happy with that action… well, it was hard to know what he thought.
The knight was brought out of his thoughts when he heard a snap of fingers in front of his face.
"Ah you 'woke up' I was getting worried, we're here" the saber raised an eyebrow behind the mask and saw the place, just an ordinary dining hall in her vision… again she wasn't impressed.
"The Chadean cooks prepare the best food you will love it," Mashu says with enthusiasm only to be stared at by an expressionless face it made her nervous, "Better even be," the knight says as he sits in one of the chairs.
Master and Mashu stare at each other for a second...
"Don't be like that children, nothing you do will satisfy that servant" a voice caught everyone's attention, it was the nameless man leaning against the wall watching them.
This brought a smile to saber's face even from the back and without seeing him she can feel a familiar energy a sacred energy within him "That's not true, and you know it" his smile widened "What are you waiting for it was me Promised food, hurry up" she puts her hand on her cheek in boredom as they stare at them, the two quickly go talk to the cooks.
Saber sensed him approaching "What do you want to do here, the same as you did in Fuyuki?!" He speaks close to your ears
"I just did what you asked me to do Sh—" she says as she has already removed her mask and looking at him over her shoulder with a gentle smile on her face, the name in the man's ears comes out tearing his eardrums he couldn't hear her complete that name... he stood there looking at her his expression softened "if you hadn't CORRUPTED everyone ... Corrupted me the whole situation never would have happened to begin with," he says looking into her eyes, that green glow had faded to something faded her skin was pale and she had marks of corruption on his face and … body he knew the Grail's mud didn't 'corrupt' itself it just reinforced what's already there … it included him too. His whole existence he told himself that he had no regrets, and that he didn't hate humanity but look at the situation he was put in it left a sour taste in his mouth which was ironic as he didn't just taste iron, metal and blood.
"Don't be angry, I just did what my master ordered him as a good servant I carried out his wish" she speaks in a meek voice as she rests her head on his arm "And no matter what happened in the past we are here I am to help you then.
"please don't be angry, I don't think I could stand my stay here if you hated me" she held the holy shroud in his arm.
"I..." no matter what happened no matter how far she had fallen this servant was still Artoria Pendragon and this man would never achieve hatred no matter how hard he tried.
"I can't believe after all that show just sweet words from a pretty face and you already surrender that's pretty pathetic man with no name" the goddess's voice catches their attention when they notice that she was already sitting in front of both of them.
The sword servant just looked on coldly "What you want here, spearwoman your presence is not necessary" hearing those words gave a smile on his face from under the mask "aggressive, well I like this mortal, besides it's not good the teammates get along" she says sarcastically looking at the corrupted servant holding the man's shroud "it's not necessary–" the man sits in the chair next to her calling her attention "Well, she's not wrong I think we can make one effort" he says with a tired expression and combing his hair back with his hand, the saber looks at him and smiles "If you say so then it's done … I like your wild hair better" she says smiling sweetly at him just heard him mumble 'it won't happen' he looks towards the kitchen and shouts 'bring two more plates child' really the goddess had a gift for always appearing when he was talking she just appeared.
"Well, not that I need help but I hope it doesn't get in the way it would be annoying to have to fix your mess," she says as she removes her mask saber raises her eyebrow "Oh I would say you're afraid of being considered obsolete and being traded" she snaps the goddess "Hm is serious that it was not a court cake in the past life to make these kinds of jokes" and inside her arrogance showed.
The Ranger just sighed he knew this was going to be a disaster, a dysfunctional team like that was a recipe for the ground getting their egos together he didn't see much future in it and it wasn't like he was doing his best to improve the situation, one thing the man was sure this was better than his previous 'JOB' he was sure … looking at the two maybe by a miracle it would work.
"Here the cooks made the best dishes for you" the master and Mashu put it on the table hoping that something as simple as food would ease the servants' conflict food always brought camaraderie"
The goddess's hand holds the knight's wrists "I want that, choose another" the servant of the sword retorts "the strongest choose has always been like that in the world so why change now" a smile came on Scathach's face "I agree then leave" the two face each other.
Maybe it wasn't all the archer, master and Mashu thought.