The two new Servants were on opposite sides of the fun spectrum. Pardofelis immediately found kinship with those like Queen of Sheba and Caesar which was all that needed to be said about her character. She liked money and quickly set up a shop for herself to sell some knick knacks along with some other weird oddities.

Where she got all the stuff to sell, Ritsuka had no idea; so long it wasn't stolen from anyone though, he had no issues with her. She also tried some quick schemes to get more QP but that went nowhere.

As for her relationship with her two fellow MOTH soldiers already here, Pardofelis occasionally tried roping RITSUKA into her schemes but fortunately, he escaped any punishment. Sakura was usually around to give Pardo a stern warning whenever something like that happens. Either way, they were friendly enough. As for his own relationship with her, Ritsuka found her fun to hang around most of the time.

Mobius on the other hand… well, she was more "fun" than fun.

"Stay away from her," Sakura immediately advised him the second she learned Mobius was now in Chaldea.

RITSUKA, while not as blunt, shared similar sentiments. "Mobius is one of those unscrupulous people I mentioned before. I won't say she's truly evil or bad… just a bit hard to be around. She'll have humanity's best interest at heart though so that's a positive."

Just from being around her, Ritsuka could get what they meant. Her calling him a "test subject" when she was first summoned already raised some red flags; definitely one of the weirder titles he's been given though she has since swapped to the more unnerving "lab rat". Her preferred group to join were other scientific-minded Servants— expressing interests in the technology levels of this world as well as magecraft. "To be able to summon copies of a hero's soul after their death and command them like a pet… I never envisioned such a thing might happen to me," Mobius shared with a viperous grin as he showed her around Chaldea (with Sakura's supervision).

"You guys aren't pets," Ritsuka laughed off. "The others say you're dangerous and I'm inclined to believe them, but I do hope you'll get along with everyone here— myself included."

"The blunt sort, aren't you? And somewhat naive too." A small chuckle escaped the Caster before she told him she'll do her best albeit rather dismissively.

"—ua? Well… as far as I know, she was alive."

Not too long after, Ritsuka again stumbled onto his counterpart in a conversation with his fellow soldiers. He didn't bother hiding this time though and tried to ease himself into the conversation. "Oh, it's you guys," he smiled as he joined the three. "Am I interrupting something?"

"Not really, I was just wondering about what happened after I died again," answered RITSUKA before looking back towards Pardofelis.

The new Assassin gave a hesitant look as she eyed Ritsuka but eventually resumed where she left off. "Well, as I was saying, I believe Hua was alive when I died but with who we were facing…" Pardo trailed off with a sigh before looking pointedly at Sakura. "The only thing I can confirm is who died before me— and that's you, Elysia and Kalpas."

It was brief, but Ritsuka noticed Sakura's eyes widening at the news as she muttered those names.

RITSUKA's reaction was more vocal— "Elysia and Kalpas too? That's…"

"...How did Elysia die? Was it against the 11th?" Sakura suddenly asked.

"No, she… well, she's actually… Oh, how do I say this…?" Pardo sighed again, exhausted by the obvious complexity of the topic. Ritsuka naturally had questions of his own but felt like they deserved to have theirs answered first.

Fortunately, Pardofelis was saved by the most unlikeliest of suspects— or the most likeliest seeing as she was the only other one with answers. "There's no need to beat around the bush. Elysia was a Herrscher," Mobius proclaimed as she suddenly joined them, carrying a rather large box in her hands. Though the box would occasionally shake and he could have sworn a muffled voice was coming from it but he didn't get the chance to inquire about it.

"You mean Elysia was the final Herrscher?!" a shocked RITSUKA exclaimed.

"No, quite the opposite in fact; she was the first Herrscher."

"...What?"

"This is what I meant," grumbled Pardo but Mobius was already on to the next topic.

"And to answer your other question, only four Flamechasers returned from their final mission: myself, Eden, Kevin, and your precious Hua," Mobius revealed. However, as RITSUKA let out a relieved sigh at Hua's survival, she continued. "Su and Aponia stayed back, leaving 6 of us by the end but~"

"But? Don't beat around the bush, Mobius," Sakura glared at her only for the scientist to let out a short laugh.

"Unfortunately, Eden and I elected to not enter the cryosleep chambers. Little Griseo had long since left thanks to Project ARK and from what I heard, Aponia had plans of her own for how she wanted to go out," Caster further elaborated. "So it's more accurate to say only three Flamechasers will be moving on to live in the next Era."

There were a lot of names Ritsuka didn't know but he got the gist of it. He thinks… "But you succeeded in your mission, right?"

"Yes, but it was a more bittersweet victory considering all that happened. In the end, what we really did was leave the problem for a future generation to solve," she replied. "But let's not worry about that, Lab Rat. That matter is of no importance here."

"If you say so..." Though he does wish to know more, he could do so another time. Right now, he was interested in something. "And… Can I ask what's in that box?"

"Hmm? Oh, right. This is for you; a small gift for allowing me to be here." Ritsuka would believe her if it weren't for the devious grin on her face.

…Then again, that might as well be her default expression.

Meanwhile, Sakura was naturally against it. "Don't. It's a trap."

"Do you truly have little faith in me, Sakura?" Mobius's smirk only grew though without a hint of being offended in her voice. "But I promise you, what's inside is completely harmless… to him anyway."

The box shook again and a small "Let me out already!" came from inside this time. More strangely though... "Why did that sound like me?"

"...Is that what I think that is? How did you make one?" Sakura's eyes widened again as she realized what the gift was. The others did as well.

"Yeah, I don't think Chaldea has the stuff needed for them," RITSUKA agreed, also staring at the box in shock.

"That's a small problem for someone like me; I just made a few substitutions and got help from a few others," Mobius smugly replied.

"Oh, so that's what you were looking around my shop for," Pardofelis said as realization dawned on her face.

"What? What's in the box?" Ritsuka couldn't take it anymore; he needed to know what the gift was.

Fortunately, Mobius simply handed him the box and told him to open it. Taking a deep breath, Ritsuka slowly cracked the lid— "FINALLY!" —only for it to spring wide open as a tiny version of himself flew out of it. "Phew! I thought I'd suffocate in there…" The mini-Ritsuka sighed before turning and glaring at Mobius. "Would it have killed you to poke a few more airholes in there?"

"Don't be overdramatic; you don't need to actually breathe, nor was the box airtight," Mobius scoffed. "In any case, this is what's known as an ELF in our world— short for Equipment: Living Forms. I thought with how stretched out you get, you'd appreciate having a little helper."

"Nice to meet you, Chaldea's Master!" The so-named ELF cheered as he extended a handshake.

"Nice… Nice to meet you too." It was a bit odd to shake the tiny hand of what was essentially a chibi of himself but he could get used to it. It was a sentiment shared by RITSUKA too judging from the look on his face.

However— "Sorry, but I'll have to ensure this ELF is truly harmless." "Ack!" His ELF self was snatched out of the air by Sakura, who put on an unreadable face as she held the mini him close to her chest like a doll. "I'll keep him with me until I can confirm he'll be of use to you."

"Don't I get a say in this?!"

"I thought being sneaky was your strong suit," Mobius snickered, having easily seen through her intentions.

Meanwhile, the other new Servant immediately saw a business opportunity. "Psst, Mobius, think you can make a few more for me to sell?"

"I thought that sort of stuff is illegal now?"

"Illegal in our world; there exist no such laws here~" Pardo replied to RITSUKA with a grin.

Mobius, though, quickly shot down that idea. "I don't have that many cores left and I'd rather keep them to myself."

"Aww…"

Ritsuka, on the other hand, shuddered as he could already envision what was going to happen once the others found out about the EL— "Wait just a second, missy—!"

…Oh boy.

A/N: Can Mobius actually make an ELF? IDRK but for the sake of comedy, she can. Anyway, add another Ritsuka to the list of Ritsukas running around though technically. Does it really count when its an ELF? Again, IDRK but whatever makes things more fun lol. Anyway see you all next time~