5th Year Anniversary in Fate/Grand Order draws to a close with Castoria banner. Here we go fellow Masters. Do you have enough resources in stock?

Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak is out! Some old and new monsters and gear abound, and I intend to have a minor crossover with MH in the future like I did in Cypher/EXTRA. Ya know...I kinda want to see a Velkana inspired outfit for Morgan's Winter Queen theme. It'd be gorgeous! Rajang styled outfits for either Artoria or Gawain for giggles, Gore Magala for Oberon-Vortigern just because, Zinorge theme for Gareth, etc.

Reason why I bring it up? Because there was a crossover event in one of the older MH games that did it for Fate/Stay Night armor and gear and then Hakuno and Morgan's seiyuu, Yui Ishikawa appears voicing as a major character named Dame Fiorayne in the JP voice settings. I honestly didn't expect that, but it makes another crossover with MH and Hakuno even more tempting. Plus, the Hestia Familia get some badass gear! What's not to love about it?

Ritsuka Fujimaru did not like this Servant at all. He was always challenging Arthur, picking fights with the Round Table and it took her Command Spells to subdue him long enough for both Romulus and Quirinus to make him behave. He refused to acknowledge her as his Master and threatens her whenever she tries to bond with the man.

He kept going on and on about 'reuniting with his beloved Violet, Hakuno.' Whom she speculated was his former Master. Only for Gawain to deny it in an instant and made Ritsuka apologize for what was deemed a rather nasty insult to him.

"So Romulus, any idea why he's like…this?" the Last Master of Chaldea asked, gesturing to Lucius Tiberius who was eating alone in the cafeteria with an irate look on his face. The Crimson Divine Father folded his arms and his red eyes narrowed with sternness and a ravenous storm behind them.

"This boy is Rome, and at the same time not Rome. He is tainted by the actions of magi who implanted a fractured core of the wind god Zephyrus in him as a child. He follows a tainted view of Rome, reveling in slaughter and conquest for the thrill of it. The fractured core within sought to reunite with Flora." The founder of Rome explained as Ritsuka noticed Tamamo, Emiya, Gawain, Karna, Jinako, Andersen, and especially Kiara herself of all people glaring at the Avenger with scorn and contempt.

"The girl he has mistaken for Flora has quite the friends. A bond that transcends worlds, thus is Rome." Romulus declared. Nodding in approval of the other Servant's unspoken unity. But this gave Ritsuka a chance to gather them together and figure out what is with their own hostilities with Lucius.

/Library/

"You're expecting us to explain our story involving that murderous hobo in a different scene?" Andersen demanded with an annoyed expression before sighing and giving a glare. "I'd personally never wanted to see that miserable wreck of a character ever again if I could help it. He is a bear wearing a human skin and enjoys striking out at anything with his claws and claim anything as his. Wealth, women, food, all he believes is his as he thinks his rulership is what makes him a god. He's so lacking in his own character development that it makes the cow here decent." Hans ranted.

"You could have left me out of it, Andersen." Kiara huffed with her arms crossed. "But I agree that we all never wanted to see Lucius Tiberius ever again."

"Uwah, the perverted stalker is after Hakuno again, trying to brainwash her so he can marry her and find a way to make her bear his children…" Jinako muttered with a disgusted look on her face while Gawain slammed his fist into the table, breaking it in two.

"That man does not deserve the right to have Hakuno as his other. What he attempted to do with her is unforgivable and barbarous even amongst the invaders from Rome." Gawain hissed out with contempt dripping from every word.

"That man is blinded by obsession, no reason or logic will sway him until he has what he wants." Karna clipped in his observations. "I'd believe he'd summon himself out of the Throne to pursue her across worlds."

"That's the worst type of yandere-level stalking I've ever seen! Even Kiyohime's persistence isn't that bad!" Jinako retorted.

Ritsuka shuddered at the mention of the Berserker, and was certain that the girl was watching from behind a bookshelf right now…waiting…

But now it gave insight into Lucius' character. And it seems the Sword Emperor inherited the worst traits of the Roman Empire. Conquest, wars, and kidnapping girls to marry them so they may bare his children. Even the Roman's had standards when it came to the Rape (is read as Kidnapping) of Sabine Women as they reasoned with the women. But Lucius attempted to brainwash this Hakuno into marrying him against her own will. Something that just crossed the line with the Master as she was considering burning him into a Rare Prison.

But the problem was that he had promising stats and a very formidable Noble Phantasm at his disposal, so she needed both versions of Romulus to keep Lucius in check. Especially when she begins to start improving the Avenger's Saint Graph and go through Ascension.

*Roundtable Room*

"What is it that you have brought us here, Merlin?" Artoria Pendragon (Saber) and her Lily counterpart along with Sir Tristan, and Sir Lancelot (Saber), Arthur Pendragon, Sir Percival and Artoria Avalon were there as the Magus of Flowers was uncharacteristically serious.

"We're about to enter a new Lostworld after the upcoming Singularities. One that reveals just how bad the Alien God has affected this world's future." He said with a focused expression. "The consequences we've come to face in this Lostworld will affect human history in a critical moment. One shall stand and one shall fall, only one absolute history will triumph."

"It can't be…is there no way to prevent this?" Lily asked, looking worried and sad.

"Well, that is where you actually come in Artoria Lily!" Merlin replied in his usual carefree mode, causing the others to sigh, already feeling that Merlin is up to no good again. "I've decided to recite an old line from a classic novel, that will significantly herald a good ending!" he said with a smile.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall the blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

"That's from Lord of the Rings, Merlin." Arthur noted with a cupped chin. "Rather, the blade that was broken was known as Narsil that belonged to a royal lineage that broke in battle was reforged for a descendant that helped bring peace to the realm. What does Lily have to do with it?" he asked. Merlin merely smiled and pointed at a certain sword, a sword that should not exist anymore.

"Merlin, are you saying…?" Artoria realized as the others looked at Lily with surprise.

"She's going to help reforge the remains of Caliburn into a new sword!" Merlin beamed as Lily looked beet red in the face.

"Hold it Merlin," Artoria Avalon spoke up, narrowing her eyes warily at the incubus. "What game are you playing at? For 'The crownless again shall be king.', there are no descendants of Uther's bloodline." She demanded before pausing and thinking again. "Unless there is one…!" she realized, getting the gathered members chatting in confusion while Merlin smiled like nothing is wrong with the world.

"Merlin."

Except with the original Artoria speaking up in a tone that hints something dangerous within. "I did not have any children, and all my sister's children have perished with the fall of the Roundtable. What are you hiding?" she demanded in a rather serious tone that demanded no nonsense.

"Ah, Artoria, did you really think Morgan didn't have anymore kids after the Battle of Camlann?" Merlin grinned teasingly as Artoria widened her eyes at the revelation.

"So I'm helping in reforging the original Caliburn for a descendant of Morgan that is worthy of being king?" Lily asked while Merlin laughed at that. It's best to not say it's Morgan's daughter and not a descendant because that would be a rather hectic family reunion with both Arthur here and all the other Artorias in Chaldea.

"That's right! Thanks to Morgan's actions, the Pendragon bloodline preserves still, and that means a certain sword must guide them to being the perfect king!" he confirmed.

Artoria Avalon narrowed her Fairy Eyes. Suspicious because she noticed that Merlin was hiding something important from them and was probably waiting for the right time to catch them off guard with a surprising revelation.

"Judging from the way you're talking; you've already met them?" Arthur questioned.

"That's right! If things go well, we'll have several powerful allies to aid us against the Alien God if she decided to invade the Lostworld. So we must make sure to make good impressions with them and the locals." Merlin beamed.

"Limbo is one of the Servants that snuck into the Lostworld." Artoria Avalon spoke up with a flat expression as Merlin froze and rigidly turned to her. "Edison, Fish-eyes, Jeanne Alter, Ereshkigal and Ishtar went in after Gareth jumped in."

Now all the color drained from Merlin as he screamed. Everything about the alliance with Hakuno and the Hestia Familia was now going to be moot as everyone will be their enemy in the Lostworld. Of all the rotten luck to have.

"Hm…That would explain where Gareth is this whole time. I will go. She needs proper nourishment as one of the youngest members of the Roundtable." Percival said as Merlin snapped out of his funk.

"Make sure to help Morgan's descendant out! There's some villains out there that seek to use their power for sinister purposes!" Merlin warned. As the Knight of Doves left in their attempt to enter the Lostworld, Arthur himself looked at Artoria. The female King of Knights might have reservations, but he knew her since they were the same. Artoria would no doubt try and claim the descendant of Morgan as her responsibility, and perhaps ensure that the person in question does not become like Morgan le Fay.

For Arthur, it troubled him deeply how this world was vastly different from his own in certain aspects. For the mother of Mordred, Gawain, and Gareth in his world wasn't Morgan, but another sister whose skill in magecraft rivaled Morgan's…Morgause.

Even now, from what he had heard of this world's Morgan, she was the blend of the two sisters as one composite entity. And he decided that he will believe in this world's Morgan and repay the kindness of the sister he knew when she helped escorted his dying body to Avalon by protecting her legacy. He quietly made his way out of the room, unnoticed as Merlin's antics have drawn everyone else's attention as he followed Sir Percival.

His Instincts were kicking in and he was not one to ignore them. Something terrible was happening in the Lostworld and he best explain the situation to his sister's descendant and clear up any misunderstandings before the others that entered earlier cause any problems. Lucius is the least of his problems to deal with as he had a feeling that something evil was drawing close in that world.

A/N: Here's a fun fact. Morgan le Fay was nowadays a person of both good and evil. But originally, she's good and a healer. Morgause was the sister that vied for the throne and mother to Gawain, Gareth and Mordred. Since the two sisters had similar names, Morgan le Fay was made into a composite character in later works. You are probably wondering why I'm going on about this, right? Guess.