Chapter Eighteen

Secret Meeting

The morning sun slowly began to rise over the country of Japan as a certain pseudo servant was slowly beginning to wake up due to the sun's rays hitting her face. It also didn't help that Artoria appeared next to her face as she lightly slapped her to wake her up. Lily let out a low groan of annoyance from the combination of the sun and Artoria as she slowly pulled herself up from bed.

"Good. You're awake." Artoria said before Lily looked down at the divine spirit beginning to float in front of her. "Midnight's not here, so it's safe for us to talk about."

"I…take it she's getting ready for class or something?" Lily asked in a groggy tone.

"Most likely. But she did leave you something to eat this morning."

"Of course she did." She said before pulling herself out of bed and making her way to the kitchen. "I suppose I'll eat it seeing how Mina ate her cooking last time and didn't get sick from it."

"Shouldn't you get your clothes on?" Artoria asked as she followed after Lily.

"School hasn't started yet. I doubt I'll be getting a visit from anyone other than Mina given how she's a Grand Servant and all." Upon making her way to the kitchen, Lily walks over to the refrigerator and opens it so she can pull out a carton of milk, opens it, and begins to drink all of the content that was inside of it.

"You just jinxed yourself upon saying that." She said after noticing Lily finishing up her drink and tosses that empty carton of milk in the trash.

"What do you mean by" Before Lily could finish her sentence, there was a knock at the door to her home as it caused her to deadpan at Artoria."Not a word, or else I will throw you out a window." She said before making her way to the front door of her house.

"Pretty sure you can't touch me unless I allow it," Artoria said with a small smug smile on her face.

"Doesn't mean I can't try and do it." The moment Lily made her way to the door, Mina quickly barged into her home and quickly shut the door. From the frantic expression on Mina's face from what Lily could see, it was not good. "...I take it that something happened on your way here?"

"Didn't you see the news!?" Mina asked as Lily pointed out the room they were in. "Oh, right….they should give you the means to let you know what's going on in the world." She said as she pulled out her phone and showed her a video of the news. Her eyes widen upon seeing what appears to be three highly advanced spacecraft floating in space over

"Astrologists have reported three unidentified flying objects floating around the outer hemisphere of the planet around five o'clock in the morning. It is unknown where these foreign objects originated, but what we do know is that a satellite had been hacked by one of them. If this is a terrorist attack by an unknown group of villains, the country of Japan will be on high alert until more information can be gathered."

"...You think this has something to do with the beast?" Mina asked as Lily shook her head.

"I doubt it. Especially seeing how they would've done something much bigger than this. Like destroying a heavily populated area or something." She said before looking over at Artoria who was watching the images of the three objects. "What's your take on this?"

"Hm, hard to say. I've never seen anything like this before. But I can say that they're not with the beast given how they're not giving off any form of malice or anything that you would be able to pick up from a distance." She said before noticing Kama appearing.

"They're servants from a lostbelt," Kama said as the trio looked over at her. "The problem is I don't know which lostbelt. Because I've never seen servants like those before."

"Okay, but why are they here?" Mina asked as she heard Artoria speak up.

"I can only guess that another Grand Servant has appeared in this world. I am hoping that he or she is on our side and not with a group of villains or worse."

"Then we'll have to find them first before anyone else does," Mina said as she was about to rush out the door, only Lily to stop her by grabbing her tail.

"Hold your horse pinky. First of all, we can't just up and leave. Especially in my case seeing how they'll hunt me down. Second, you're in no position to be doing stuff on your own seeing how you're new to the whole new body servant thing."

"But we can't just-"

"Rushing into a fight is a fool's death wish. We take our time, and wait until we're ready or the grand servant comes to us…which I have a feeling might be the second part."

"...Fine," Mina said as she felt Lily release her hold on her tail. "So what do we do now?"

"We just focus on your training. Specifically on how to use your magic circuits to increase your natural abilities." She said before heading off to her room to get dressed.

"You mean those glowing line things you made appear on your arm during the training session?"

"Yep. It's going to require a lot of concentration in your case seeing how you never did this before. So don't worry if you can't get it right the first time."

"Okay…so how do I activate them?"

"Um…that's a bit hard to explain. With how I do it, I just think of which part I want to enhance, flex the muscle in that area and then it just happens. Try doing that with just one of your fingers. If that method works, then you have your first assignment."

"And that would be?"

"Doing it with your other fingers at the same time. Afterward, Kama will teach you the rest." Lily said as Mina looked over at Kama, who was casually floating around the room.

"Okay…can't be that hard," Mina said before focusing her attention on her finger. A stern expression appeared on her face as she tried to concentrate on making a circuit line appear. Though that concentration was shattered as she and Lily felt a tingling sensation flowing throughout their bodies. The moment the sensation passed, Lily made her way back to where Mina was. The pink girl noticed that Lily had her uniform on, but her shirt was unbuttoned, and her tie hanging around her shoulder.

"You felt that too, right?" Lily asked as Mina nodded frantically. Before the girl could speak, they both heard a knock at their door, causing them to look over at the door before looking at each other.

"Sounds like the grand servant is here…I wonder if this might be an occurring pattern~?" Kama asked as Lily rolled her and made her way over to the door. The moment she opened the door, she was taken off guard by seeing Mineta and a tall woman carrying him in her arms by a plushie. Though what got her focus more on Mineta was his appearance. Instead of the boy with balls on his head and perverted disposition, there stood a boy with wolf-like ears and tail, wearing a black long sleeve suit with glowing lines going along his arms and chest, a cloth wrapped around his hips that look like it was made out of lion, puffy looking dark blue pants, dark brown gloves and boots, his hair was shoulder-length, and his build was a bit more feminine than masculine for a guy. It took only Mineta clearing his throat to get her to break her from being dumbfounded.

"So…I take it this is how you were able to get us the victory over Shoji and Todoroki? You had help with your friend~?" Mineta said before noticing that Lily's breasts were exposed, but she did have some kind of tape-like cloth covering her nipples. "Um, you might want to cover up so no one else sees them." He said while looking away as the bunny girl rolled her eyes and motioned for them to come inside.

"So, I take it that you know about what I am. Especially seeing how you accepted the same deal that Mina and I did."

"Oh yeah~," Mineta said with a smug grin on his face. "Artemis told me everything. How you two are grand servants, the sudden changes to Mina's body, how awesome Lily was during her fight with Iida, Bakugo, and Todoroki, and those gemstones you used on me. It all makes sense now." He said before his smug grin was replaced with a pouty but adorable expression. "You didn't have to lie about being able to change a person's appearance and quirk."

"I would've ended up being blamed for it anyway even if we tried to do the whole quirk evolving thing or think of a better lie. I mean I am a threat to this society after all. So it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't believe me if I told them the truth."

"Well not without enough proof. But that might be hard seeing how the whole magic thing would end up being under the category of a quirk." Kama said as Mineta looked over at Kama, then back at Mina before looking over at Lily and Artoria.

"How come your servants are small while mine is big? Not that I'm complaining or anything about how Artemis looks."

"We can change our size to suit the host we are living in. We just figured that being small helps in not being noticed by other people." Kama said as Artoria nodded.

"Makes sense," Lily said before looking over at Mineta and Artemis. "Is there a reason why you're in your adult form?"

"Personal reason." She said before picking Mineta up and holding him in her arms like a doll. "But I just enjoy holding my beloved in my arms and never letting him go~!"

"...Should we be worried about this?" Mina as Lily looked over at her with a raised eyebrow. "I mean, aren't you worried that they might…well…you know?"

"Making out in public, having sex in private, or something lewd and perverted?" Lily asked as the pink girl nodded. "I mean to each their own to what they do in private."

"But-"

"Look if he's happy, then it shouldn't matter what they do in private. Plus I'm pretty sure Mineta won't do anything that would piss that servant off. I mean, look at her." Lily said as she pointed a thumb at the archer servant who was floating about with Mineta in her arms. "Does he look like the guy that would piss her off…not to mention what girl would find Mineta interesting given his reputation before I came to this school?"

"...I mean…you make a valid point. Even with Mineta's sudden change, what girl would want to go out with him?" Mina said as she looked over at him and Artemis. "Plus you and her can keep him under control if he acts up again."

"See, it's a win. Mineta gets a future wife, and we get to know that we can have a friend who isn't a pervert to the point of physical harassment." Lily said before speaking up to Mineta and Artemis. "Yo, lovers. Not to ruin the little special moment you're having, but we need to talk about something."

"What about?" Mineta asked as he felt Artemis float over to Lily and Mina.

"So far there are three Grand Servants that made their appearance," Lily said as she pointed to herself before pointing to Mineta and Mina. "I'm a lancer, Mina's an assassin, and Mineta's, whom I'm guessing is an archer?" She asked as Artemis nodded. "Okay good. So if my memory is correct, then we have four more Grand Servants to make an appearance in this world."

"Okay, but where will they appear in this world?" Mina asked as Lily shrugged.

"That's the issue. I don't know. Just like what happened with you and Mineta, I can only sense them if they're within range of me. Long distance-wise, not so much. So I suggest we all keep an eye out and inform each other if they sense a grand servant nearby."

"Problem with that," Mina said. "I know Mineta and I can keep in contact with each other, but we can't with you due to not having a cellphone."

"Crap…not to mention you guys can't sneak onto the campus without the dog and ghost patrolling and keeping an eye on me. That would mean I would have to wait for you guys to come to me on a school day or until you can get me a phone of my own."

"We can help with that," Artemis said as the trio looked over at her.

"...We?" Mina asked as she soon noticed digital columns appearing near the front door of Lily's home. In a matter of seconds, a woman with long orange and yellow colored hair with golden amber-colored eyes wearing a sleeveless white shirt, blue baggy pants, and white shoes appeared. Next to her was a woman with long blonde colored hair with pale purple-colored eyes wearing a cream-colored shirt, olive-colored pleated dress, and black shoes with lime-green colored socks on."...Um…who are they?"

"Greetings, Grand Servants of this world," Demeter said as she bows to them. "I am Demeter, Caster class servant, and one of the twelve machine gods of the former lostbelt of Olympius. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"I'm Aphrodite." She said before pulling out a cigarette and beginning to smoke. "Same as with Demeter. I'm from the former lostbelt of Olympius, one of the twelve machine gods, and I'm an assassin servant."

"...Were they summoned along with Artemis, or do all Grand Servants have the ability to summon more than just?" Mina asked before hearing Artoria speak.

"That depends on the type of divine spirit or heroic spirit the servant is. I fall under that category of being able to summon other servants into this world thanks to the holy lance." She said which took Lily by surprise.

"...I'm sorry what?"

"You're able to summon the knights of the round table to assist you."

"And you didn't tell me this sooner?"

"I had to test you and see if you could survive on your own during the past ten years you were on the streets. Not to mention, you weren't ready to be able to perform the summoning." She said as Lily deadpans at her. "Trust is earned, not given, Lily."

"Yeah, fuck you. Mind telling me how to summon the knights?"

"At the moment, no. Mainly because you're trying not to give them more ammunition to haul your butt to jail, or worse." Artoria said as Lily rolled her eyes and buttoned her shirt up.

"If I can continue, we can help you with your communication problem," Artemis said as Demeter extended a hand towards the trio of grand servants as devices that resembled that of an iPhone appeared in front of them. From what they could tell, each phone had a color theme that matched them as they took it, and examined them.

"Your communication devices. We based them off of this planet's communication device called an iPhone." Aphrodite said as they all stared in awe at the alien technology. "This phone allows you to download information and store it on the device, scan other devices for personal information, recording, listening to music, etc, etc. You can also talk to each other without having to worry about other people listening to your conversation."

"Specifically, it creates a soundproof barrier around you. You can hear what's going on outside of the barrier, but people outside of it can't hear you unless the conversation you're having ends." Demeter said as this took them by surprise.

"...Okay I know you guys were cut off by the universe because of how the lostbelt works and all. But holy crap you girls are freaking awesome!" Mineta said as he felt Artemis pull him in close to the point where his face was in between her breasts.

"We appreciate the compliment," Artemis said as Demeter smiled at the moon goddess's reaction while Aphrodite rolled her eyes.

"Okay, well that's taken care of, there's also another matter I would like to talk to you both about," Lily said as Mina and Mineta looked over at her. "I know Mina has nothing to worry about with her parents, seeing how they're overseas and whatnot." She said before turning her attention onto Mineta. "But have you told your parents about what happened to you? You know the sudden change in appearance, The Evils of Humanity, or Artemis for that matter?"

"Two out of the three they know about," Mineta said as it caused Lily to freeze up in a panic. "They know about my…well girlish appearance which I had to lie about, and they know about Artemis…Due to her appearing next to me. It was hard thinking up a lie that didn't involve my situation. So I had to do the next best thing that I know might be the end of me…I had to say that Artemis was my online girlfriend that I've been talking to since Middle School."

"...And they bought it?" Mina asked as Artemis spoke up.

"I'm a bit surprised that it worked…then again given what I was about to look up in Mineta's mind, it makes sense," Artemis said before placing Mineta down. "His moms are…rather interesting to say the least. Playful, perverted, and always trying to look after their child."

"Wait, two moms…that means. You have gay parents?" Lilu asked as Mineta nodded. "Huh…You know it would make sense as to why you creep up on girls then you do with boys."

"Wait…Mineta has parents?" Mina asked as Mineta deadpans at her while Lily laughed a bit. "What? I mean who would give birth to someone like him?"

"Um, I'm right here you know?"

"Right, sorry. But in fairness, this was before you decided to change. So you can't blame me for that comment."

"Whatever. Look, the point is that I was able to lie to both my parents about what happened, so we're in the clear for the time being."

"Okay, that's good. I prefer to keep all this a secret. At least until either one of the beasts shows up, or we're forced to talk about it." Lily said before hearing Mina speak up.

"Mainly because they either wouldn't believe us, brush it off like it's nothing, or some other reason, right?" Mina asked as Lily nodded.

"I also like to add that we should have secret meetings before and after classes. Mainly so we can go over a few things about the concept of magic. I know you two will have Kama and Artemis to help you, but it's good to have someone in the physical to teach you for the most part."

"So like a small little study group…just with magic?" Mineta asked as the bunny girl nodded.

"For the most part. The spirits that you two have will teach you their specific magic, but if you want to use gemstones as I do, then I'll have no problem showing you how I make them."

"Seriously, you're the greatest big sis!" Mineta yelled in excitement as Mina raised an eyebrow at Lily with a sly grin on her face.

"Sis? Since when are you two related~?" She asked as Lily blushed a bit in embarrassment.

"W-Well we're both degenerates. We degenerates have to stick together."

"She's going to enjoy being called that by Mineta, isn't she?" Mina thought before hearing Kama speak up in her head.

"I wouldn't be surprised by that," Kama said before hearing Lily speak up again.

"I would like to warn you guys as well." She said before her expression changed from relaxed to serious. "Upon accepting this role as Grand Servant your normal life will no longer be normal. Well normal then how it is now. We were picked by the planet to save it from this evil. That means no matter who or what gets in our way, we must take down the beasts."

"You mean…do we have to kill people like how you did?" Mina asked as Lily quickly shook her head.

"What? No! I only killed the ones that are true villains." She said as Mina and Mineta raised their eyebrows at her. "Artoria can read people's minds so long as I'm within range. With her help, I only went after the ones that committed crimes that range from murder, rape, child molesting, sex trafficking, and abusive relationships be it with lovers or family."

"Wait…so all those people that you killed?"

"All five hundred people were true villains that fell under the category of unforgivable crimes. The rest I let go because they only committed crimes that were petty, like stealing, beating the crap out of a person but letting them live, hollow threats, etc, etc." She said before noticing the shocked expression on Mina and Mineta's faces. "What? I may be a killer, but I still have some morals and values." She said as Mina and Mineta looked at each other before looking over at Artoria.

"I only taught her how to fight and kill if needed. What she does with them is up to her so long as she does her duty as a grand servant."

"Okay…well it's good to know that you won't just kill any bad guy off the bat," Mina said.

"Or mindlessly killing people for doing small criminal-like things," Mineta said as Lily deadpans at them.

"...You two seriously thought I would kill anyone doing small criminal-like things that wouldn't be much of a big deal?"

"In our defense, we didn't know you better. Plus we just kind of went by how the news portrays you. Sorry." Mina said as Lily rolled her eyes as she placed the cell phone-like device into her tail before starting to head over to the door.

"It's fine, let's just get to class before one of the teachers comes and escorts me to class."

"What about the food on the table?" Mina asked as the bunny girl walked back into the kitchen, reaching into the refrigerator, pulled out two pieces of bread before closing the door, and walked over to the plate of food. From what she could tell, it was eggs and bacon.

"Might as well eat on the run," Lily said before placing the eggs and bacon on the bread to make a sandwich breakfast. Once she pressed the top bread down a bit, she quickly began to make her way back to the door while motioning for the others to follow. "Hoping Aizawa doesn't say anything about Mineta's sudden change."

"I doubt he'll say anything seeing as it's Mineta," Mina said before following after Lily along with Mineta, who rolled his eyes at Mina's comment. Though he stopped upon realizing that the servants were still in Lily's house. Just as he turned around, he noticed the servant disappearing within seconds. Well, all except for Artemis who was following after him.

"Aren't you going to vanish or something?"

"I wouldn't worry. We servants can make ourselves invisible to anyone. That way you don't have to worry about me not being by your side~"

"Huh…well if you're okay with it, then I guess I'm okay with it as well." He said as Artemis smiled upon hearing this and continued to follow after Mineta.