Welcome back everyone to the start of chapter 5 of the story. How has been your 5th anniversary of the game? Got your Castorias? Salt instead? Cry in the bathroom like me? (n-not that I did that. It would be stupid,of course).

Now with that said and done, let's start it!

DISCLAIMER: All the Nasuverse characters belong to Nasu and are property of Type-Moon, with the exception of the OC's that belong to me, the author


The dragon witch, supposedly Jeanne D'arc, observed the girl in front of her, analyzing her opponent. She could tell that her fighting pose had flaws and easy opening that the dragon witch could use to her advantage. And another factor playing in her favor.

Fear. Even if it was a tiny fraction, Jeanne Alter could feel the hesitation of her opponent to fight. She smirked. "Heh! Stupid little girl. You don't have anyone here to save you if you mess up, right?"

Meanwhile, Nala's heart was beating fast. This 'Jeanne D'arc' appeard to be stronger than the wyverns she had just fought. Nala's mind in that moment was covered by doubt. Questioning if she could really take on against this adversary.

If it wouldn't be better to just ran away.

"N-no! Shut up! Don't think that now! Focus on the enemy in front Nala!" The girl shaked her head, trying to get concentrated. "I-I bet she's just show-off. If I remain confident and serious, I'll probably finish her off in three minutes!" Nala proceeded to take a deep breath and aim her eyes at the hilt of her sword she was wielding right now. "Y-yeah. I'm strong after all. I need to. For Peko-"

"You're opened."

As if she had just teletransported right next to Nala, Jeanne Alter quickly raised her sword, ready to cut Nala down. With little time to react and caught by surprise, Nala instinctively swung her sword, blocking Jeanne Alter's attack just in time, but the heavy clash of the dragon witch's sword caused Nala to lose her balance, making her completely exposed and at the mercy of Jeanne Alter's possible attacks.

Seeing another opportunity to continue her assault, Jeanne Alter attacked Nala once again, aiming for the abdomen. Luckily for the girl, the sword only cut slightly the right side of her abdomen, despite of being a notorious cut. Shortly afterwards Nala fell to the ground, feeling a sharp pain from her cut.

Fear struck the girl's eyes when she felt a liquid touching her hand in the area of the wound. Slowly getting up, Nala watched her now covered hand in blood, as it wouldn't stop trembling. "I-Is this...m-my blood?" Nala muttered in shock and fear, sweat dropping from her face and her breathing getting heavier. An underwhelming sensation filling her body. She was scared.

Jeanne Alter on the other hand watched amused, smilling evilly at Nala's shocked state. For her this was a nice pleasure. In her mind, this battle would be easy, not even challenging. She had Nala in the palm of her hand.

The dragon witch laughed sadistically, without taking her eyes out of Nala. She pointed her sword, now painted by Nala's blood, at the opponent. "Oh, this is going to be fun."


"You're Jeanne D'arc? The REAL Jeanne D'arc?!" Ritsuka asked in surprise as he, Mash and Peko were standing in front of a historic figure so wordly renown, that they've seen multiple times in books, movies, documentaries but never before in person, as that would be impossible for a normal human being of the modern times.

At least Ritsuka and Mash had heard about the saint before.

"You know who she is?" Peko made a question to the two, never before having knowledge of Jeanne D'arc.

"She's a saint and a warrior. One of the most popular female figures in the entire history." Mash slowly raised her shield, being cautious of the situation. "So, are you the one that has been causing this?"

Jeanne D'arc, seeing the pose of the shielder, quickly tried to explain things. "Oh! N-no, I'm not the one behind this! Despite of what it looks like, I was summoned here just some few hours ago." The saint explained, making the trio confused and Mash to lower her shield.

"Huh? Now that's strange. Care to explain?" Ritsuka wanted a clarification of the current situation. Get a grasp of what was happening.

"Sure." The saint replied. "But first, who are you? I think it would facilitate our interactions if I get to know your names." She smiled at three.

Feeling that they were with someone of good intentions, Mash lowered her guard definetly alongside Ritsuka and Peko.

"Right, that's one of the things we should've done first. My name is Mash Kyrielight. Greetings, Jeanne D'arc."

"I'm Ritsuka Fujimaru. Nice to meet you." The master of humanity gave a friendly smile to Jeanne.

"And I'm Peko. I-It's nice to meet you too M-Miss Jeanne D'arc." Peko introduced himself by last. Jeanne noticed a bit of the reluctancy on the boy's voice.

"Don't need to get nervous Peko." The saint walked torwards him. "I won't do any harm to you. I'm not the dragon witch everyone is talking about." She gave him a warm smile. "You can trust me."

"S-sure..." Peko said shyly, not because he wasn't trusting of someone they had just knew, but the words that Nala said to him were still echoing inside his head. He was starting to regret the decision of coming to this Singularity.

"Well, it's about that 'dragon witch' part we would like to get explained." Ritsuka said torwards Jeanne.

"Ok. I'll explain to you." Jeanne rested her back against a tree and sit down, with Ritsuka, Mash and Peko sitting on a fallen trunk. Fou was also present, resting in Mash's lap.

"So, as you've probably figured it out, there's a dragon witch using my name and going around killing people over all of France. But it can't be me because I've only been summoned from the Throne to here just some couple of hours ago." She explained to the group.

"What's the Throne?" Ritsuka and Peko in unison, looking directly at Mash, expecting she would have the answer for that.

Mash rubbed her head, being caught off guard by the question. "Huuuh...Well,it's..."

"It's the place were all Heroic Spirits gather after death. My presence here can be simply assumed as some kind of resurrection." Jeanne answered in Mash place.

"Yeah! That's exactly it!" Mash thanked Jeanne.

"Heroic Spirits? Are they like, warriors like you?" Peko asked the saint.

"Yes, that's true indeed. Not the hole truth but still correct." Jeanne responded again.

"Oh, so that means CĂș and that lady we fought in Fuyuki were also Heroic Spirits?" Peko tried to guess, remembering the previous events that happened in that place.

"Yep! You're correct Peko." Mash was happy that the boy could understand things that could end up being difficult for someone like him.

Jeanne continued her previous explenation. "And like I've told you before, my class is Ruler, wich allows me to gain certain type of abillities that differ from the normal classes of servants."

"There are classes? Like some type of system?" Peko didn't get teached on the subject, so he was hearing all of this for the first time.

An hologram of Romani appeard before anyone could say anything. He has been hearing the conversation silently. "Please no more questions now or we won't get out of this till tomorrow." He told Peko. "I'll make sure to fill you in about that stuff later."

"Oh! Okay then." Peko replied.

"Hey doctor! You were listening this whole time without introducing yourself to the lady here? Now that's just rude." Ritsuka called Romani out, demanding the doctor to introduce himself to Jeanne, smilling while telling him so.

"Hphm! Y-yeah you're right! Were are my manners?!" Romani rubbed his head comically. "My name is Romani Archaman. I'm Chaldea's doctor and at this exact moment the director. Pleasure to meet you!"

Jeanne giggled at the doctor's antics. "It's a pleasure to meet you too Romani. As I suspected, you guys then aren't originaly from here. That explains a few things."

"Yeah that's true." Mash confirmed even more Jeanne's speculation. "We aren't from this time. We've come from the future you could say."

Jeanne looked interested. "Hmmm, I see. But first, I still have to explain my situation here to you."

The group nodded silently, letting the saint proceed on her story.

"Good. So, as I was saying-"


"-you're really weak huh? Miserable I'd even say." Jeanne Alter dust off her shoulder as she mocked Nala's useless efforts. Some minutes had past since the fight had started, and Jeanne Alter made sure to enjoy it by tormenting the girl in front of her. Whatever Nala tried to do, Jeanne Alter would easily block every hit she tried to land on the dragon witch. In contrast of Jeanne Alter not even sweating and toying with the enemy, Nala was now with more small cuts in her body.

"It hurts,it hurts,it hurts! I-I wan't to...give up so badly. I'm n-no match for her." Nala was shivering in fear, her legs feeling like they couldn't keep on anymore. She didn't want to admit it but this battle was over even before it had started. Nala's sword skills were nothing to her adversary. The fear that rubbed her in the beggining was now clear to see.

"Also, where's the brat that said it would defeat me?" Jeanne Alter grinned. "Did she ended up hiding? Scared of the big mean witch?" Jeanne Alter laughed. She made sure that every step she took, Nala could hear it. "You're just a sad little girl trying to be something you aren't."

Nala was slowly retreating. Retreating from the monster she was seeing. "S-stay away from me!" She shouted, her face getting more desperate.

"You defeated some group of giant flying lizards and tought that was enough. Hehehehe, you're laughable." The dragon witch's shadow grew bigger and bigger, eventually covering Nala, whose legs had now given up. Jeanne Alter was right in front of her, intimidatingly showing the gap beetween the two.

"Now, I'll-"

Without warning and in despair, Nala quickly swung her sword torwards Jeanne Alter's face, however the witch was able to block it without much effort.

"Pff. Predictable."

In a mix of anger and despair, Nala started a full on assault on Jeanne Alter, not caring about being careful anymore.

"WHY?! Why I can't land a hit on you?!" Nala yelled as high as she could. Her blows were just being random, in false hope of successfully landing a hit on Jeanne Alter. But the witch continued to parry it.

"Heh. Looks like she already reached her limit. Better end her existence he-"

Thinking about killing Nala, Jeanne Alter didn't pay attention for a second, being caught by surprise as she spotted Nala's sword in front of her eye, right about to pierce it. Luckily for the dragon witch, she reacted fast enough to move her head just in time to Nala's sword to miss her eye but still land a cut on her face.

"Tsk!" With instinct, Jeanne Alter proceeded to quickly kick Nala in her stomach, making space beetween the two.

"Gyaa!" Nala landed a few feet away from Jeanne Alter, hitting hard on the ground.

"Damnit, that brat! I could've lost an eye right now!" Jeanne Alter touched her recent wound, the tought of letting Nala to get a hit on her making the witch angry.

Calming down a bit, Jeanne Alter looked at her hand, as if she was analyzing something. "Hmm. This girl..."

"Hey brat! Tell me your name!" Jeanne Alter ordered Nala, being now a bit curious of her identity.

"Na..la. A-are you...really Jeanne D'arc?" Nala asked weakly, trying to get up from the ground.

Jeanne Alter was confused by the question. "Huh? I've already told you! Are you deaf or something?!"

"Are you the one...whose committing these atrocities?" Nala asked once again, using her sword to help her getting up.

"I-I can't run away...not now. She's a danger to everyone." Nala briefly tought of Peko as well as Ritsuka and Mash.

"Well, what do you think idiot? Of course I am the one behind all this!" Jeanne Alter answerd Nala, annoyed by the girl's question. She wasn't understanding what Nala was trying to get out of this questions.

"If that's true...then why did you saved your mother?" This question in particular took Jeanne Alter by surprise. "If you hate this country and everyone so much...why you saved your mother against that wyvern?" Nala repeated the question, wanting to know if the person she was fighting was the true Jeanne D'arc or not.

"You still have empathy in there right? You were once that good person your mother told me, isn't that true? Then, you still care about people! You still care about your family!"

"Oh, I see what you're trying to do." Jeanne Alter gave a serious look at Nala. "If you want me to give an answer, I'll give you the answer."

The dragon witch smiled evily at Nala. "Don't get me wrong brat. I saved my mother, not because of love, but because I want to see her suffer a while longer." She lied, knowing that Nala wasn't aware that there was two Jeanne D'arc at this moment in the Singularity.

"Huh?! B-but why?" Nala asked in shock.

"Simple. I wanted to mess with her head. You saw how confused and lost she was, right?" Jeanne Alter giggled. "Not knowing if her daughter that recently died is now back to kill them all or she's still that good girl that she thinks of. She will be in constant pain by that doubt."

"Y-you're a monster! How can you do that to your own mother?!" Nala got even more scared of Jeanne Alter. A person that didn't felt bad about hurting others, even relatives, was truly terrifying.

"The moment she also let me to die on that day, she stopped being my mother! I'll kill everyone who did nothing but watch me perish! And that includes that hag that calls herself my mother!" Jeanne Alter said in anger, her voice with a serious hint of danger.

"But first..." She looked deadly at Nala. "I'll make you regret for trying to push personal topics into me."


"So you're telling us you've made an incomplete summon?" Mash asked to the saint. They've just ended hearing her explanation.

"Yes. Normally, I would be able to use my ability, True Name Discernment to discover the other servants names that ended up in this Singularity, as well. But I'm weakened, lacking many of my powers as a Ruler." Jeanne said sadly.

"Perhaps that means there's another Jeanne going around." Ritsuka pondered, gaining everyone's attention.

"Yeah. That makes sense." Romani who stayed to hear the conversation, agreed with Ritsuka.

"If there's two Jeannes, then that explains why the Jeanne here is not at her original power." Peko commented. "The whole summoning system is probably confused with the existence of two Jeannes, even more if they are of the same class." He concluded.

"That's what I also think of." Ritsuka smiled at seeing he and Peko tought the same thing.

"Wow. You two learn things fast." Mash also smiled at her friends, happy that they reached to a conclusion fast.

"I ain't sleeping again during crucial explenations like these." Ritsuka replied, refering to his arrival at Chaldea.

"Then, do you all think this 'Dragon Witch' is the second Jeanne D'arc? The one who controls the wyverns we fought back at the village?" Romani asked to the rest.

"To be real, it's our best guess and the only one that we have as well. It makes too much sense for not to be it." Jeanne said to the doctor. "And last thing I've heard of her, is that she is now occupying Orleans after massacring everyone that was present in that region."

"Oh, that's bad. If this second Jeanne destroys all of France bit by bit, humanity will collapse." Mash said apprehensively.

"How so?" Ritsuka asked.

"France was very important to the evolution of what is the modern society today, Ritsuka." Romani told him. "If France ends up being destroyed, many progress and evolution that we know today will cease to exist. Civilization will hardly evolve, ending up in extinction some centuries later. Wich means the present you and I live right now will dissapear."

"France is really important to humanity heh?" Peko wondered, amazed how important a location can be to an entire planet.

"Yeah, that's true. It's a country with a very long history after all." Mash said next to him. "When we come back I'll tell you more about it." She smiled to the boy.

"That'd be great Mash." Peko smiled back.

Ritsuka turned around to talk with Jeanne. "As you've heard now, our objective as people from Chaldea is to prevent this dragon witch from taking over France that would lead to the end of humanity." He explained to her.

"Oh, I see you're in a journey then." Jeanne said. "Well, I'd say it will be a long one for all of you. There's a way I can help?" Jeanne stretched her arm to Ritsuka.

"Heh sure." Ritsuka smiled at the saint. "But, let's help you first." He grabbed Jeanne's hand, forming in a way, their alliance.

"Thanks, Ritsuka Fujimaru." Jeanne gazed at Mash and Peko. "You two as well, Mash Kyrielight, Peko."

"The pleasure is ours Miss Jeanne." Mash said to her. However, she noticed that Peko looked a bit worried. "What was it Peko?" She asked.

"Humm, don't you think...that Nala is taking a long time to get back?" That phrase made Ritsuka and Mash and by extent Romani, to get serious as well as concerned. Peko was right. Nala should have met up with them by now.

"Hm, I'm sure the soldiers probably decided to make her an interrogation." Mash tried to find an explanation for Nala's lateness, wanting to decrease Peko's worriness as much as possible.

"Yeah, she's a kid that knows to fight after all. I'm sure they're curious about her. She will be back soon." Ritsuka said as well, joining Mash's narrative.

"B-but...what if she lost to that wyvern-"

"That wouldn't be the case." Jeanne said, standing besides Peko. "Of what I saw, she's a decent fighter. Plus the soldiers at her side, I'd doubt she would have lost."

"That may be but...I want to make sure she's alright!" Peko's voice was firm. "I want to at least know she's safe." He told the rest of the group.

"Well, I can contact Nala." Romani informed them. "Some couple of seconds and I'll see what's her situation."

"Oh, thank you doctor!" Peko felt grateful upon hearing Romani's words.

"No need for that Peko! Just doing my job." He showed a smile to the boy. "I'm going to contact Nala now. Stay still!" Romani's hologram dissapeard right in front of them.


The sword went flying, landing with an impact, penetrating the ground. It took such a blow that it's wielder couldn't get a strong grasp in it, letting go out of their hands. After all, it's wielder was still inexperienced despite the potential. Afraid of the challenge, of the fight.

Nala, exhausted, in pain and injured, tried to run torwards her sword, only to fell to the ground due to the cut in her knee. Still, that didn't stop the girl to slowly and faintly start to crawl torwards the place were her sword had landed, using the rest of her strenght to reach there.

Jeanne Alter was right behind her, watching the girl crawling with a stoic face. "I have to admit. You ended up being a little more persistent than I tought you were." She said, still observing Nala. Her voice as stoic as her face. This girl altough not being a match for her, didn't run away from the fight, despite of the clear fright she had since the beggining.

"Unfortunately, you are lacking certain aspects of combat. Still an amateur." The dragon witch started walking torwards Nala.

"Cmon, I need...I need to reach the sword!" Nala shouted in her mind. But it was impossible. The sword was some distance away from her, and with the little progress she had made, Jeanne Alter was in no time right next to her again. All she was doing, was leaving a trail of her own blood behind.

"Truly, how dissapointing." Jeanne Alter prepared her sword.

Feeling the hopelessness she was in rising, Nala felt more and more afflicted. Anxiety and fear going through the roof. "Nononononono please don't do it! I-I don't want..." Tears started to form on Nala's eyes as she tried to crawl faster to get away from Jeanne Alter. It didn't matter in the end. Nala couldn't get away from her enemy, the fear she had of Jeanne Alter.

"Please...have mercy..." Nala begged weakly, being so low that Jeanne Alter probably missed it. Or she didn't care at all.

"It could be said you tried at least." Jeanne Alter raised her sword, ready to strike Nala down. Her shadow once again, covering the girl's body.

"No! I want to live! Help! Ritsuka, Mash, Peko, Dad ,SOMEONE!" Tears were flowing down her face. She was just a kid after all. One that was scared of something that every other kid would be. Death.

Nala couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't pretend to be strong anymore. So, Nala finally gave in to her despair.

"PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!!!"

She shouted, she shouted as hard as she could. A scream so loud that it could probably be heard by everyone on the other side of the village. It even startled Jeanne Alter a bit.

The sight of Nala crying while looking at the dragon witch with eyes of trepidaton only passed a sentiment on Jeanne Alter...disgust.

"You really are pathetic." She said with a dead tone in her voice. She descended the sword, right about to hit Nala, and possibly ending her life.

Yet, she didn't took Nala's life. Instead, she hit with the back of her sword on Nala's back of the head, putting the crying girl unconscious. "Urgh!.."

With the battle over, Jeanne Alter picked up Nala's unconscious body. "However..." She smiled at her to be soon prisoner. "... that doesn't mean you don't have value."

To be continued...


Phew! A bit of tension here on this chapter. I mean of course I wouldn't kill Nala,like she's one of the main characters. This is no Akame ga Kill dudes.

And I should say it now, but one of my main weaknesses as a writer is...(get ready for it) writing fights! (GASP how unexpected). Originally I was planning for this to be a whole chapter of the fight with bits of Ritsuka and friends here and there but I realized that would be kinda of a hard thing to pull it off for me.

So I decided in the end to make a 50/50 chapter with the fight and the conversation being balanced quite fairly. (I mean, for you, the reader some parts may have been quick of how interesting it was while others may have been slow of how boring it was to you.). In the end I just want to make the plot proceed naturaly. Not going way too slow or extremely fast. (Even thou I admit I might do a bit of that for these early Singularities.) I want to told the story as a way that it doesn't feel rushed or boring or anything.

So yeah, Jeanne Alter is totally evil and full on revenge mod. (So different from the Jalter we know and love today. How they grow so fast. Harem EX Rank is truly something.)

That's all I wanted to say and see you next time in chapter 6! Peace!

Random Note: I've recently played Stranger of Paradise (that CHAOS! meme game) And oh boy, it was quite the fun time. And I'll say it "unironically", that it's protagonist, Jack, may have become one of my favourite mc's of the entire FF franchise. Chaos/10, would play it again.