A True Ancestor. His friend had fought and bested a True Ancestor, and the Princess of the True Ancestors no less! Well, the woman was summoned as a Berserker and her Master's incompetence allowed Hakuno to gain the edge in guiding Enkidu to victory but still. His friend had faced a formidable enemy and thus won Hakuno's belief in them in being the strongest. It seems that he'll have to outdo his friend and equal if he is to prove he is the king of all heroes. As he pondered how, he gazed at the sleeping girl in front of him. Sitting in that bean bag and wrapped in a blanket, she slept peacefully. The dyed black hair felt strange to him when she first rose from the black mud of imagery waters.

It hid her cedar brown hair with few strands of golden wheat that he found interesting. Well, at least it helped improve her rather plain look before the black dye caked her hair. He'll see it again soon, the king had patience for it while hearing about the next match against the Harway Assassin. It was also the first he heard of his contractor having another Servant but that was worthless tidbit of information in comparison to Enkidu's skills with dealing with an unseen enemy. How the Berserker overcame the impossible odds and won against a bloodthirsty killer.


Gilgamesh was in a good mood the next 'morning', hearing Enkidu's contractor talk about how powerful they were and handling an unusual Assassin that nearly killed her was nothing of pride in his friend. Especially when Hakuno said Enkidu made a final stand against the culprit responsible for kidnapping her to the Far Side against powerful programs. Taking down hundreds and frustrating the culprit before being overwhelmed and defeated while buying Hakuno precious time to escape. Even then, Hakuno vowed to repay the favor of giving the culprit what for, for doing that to her Servant. Gilgamesh can see the bond the two made and even then, the King of Heroes definitely wanted to pay the culprit for what she did to his friend. So, he was more lenient to Kishinami knowing that a possible reunion with his beloved friend could be possible thanks to her.

It was a calm morning, with Hakuno examining and maintaining her gear and Gilgamesh observed the unusual katana in more detail. A soul inhabited the blade, one with a mere wyvern, greater than the mere fledglings of dragons but still a wyvern. The blade held an intent and protective wariness of him for its owner akin to a mother protecting its young. While definitely a worthy piece to add to his collection, sentient weapons like that were a risk to own if they hold hostility to those they deem unworthy of their edge.

Other than maintenance gear that was slightly worn from time via usage, Hakuno had her wallet of paltry Sakurament, several canisters of drinking water, food containers that have been emptied, and a grimoire. That book was what caught his attention the most, for that thing wasn't written by human hands and reeked of black magic. Judging from the edges of the pages and the worn cover, it was apparent his current contractor had read it over many times with fondness with how she handled it.

"A magus in this day and age?" Gilgamesh questioned with a raised brow. "I thought those tacky fools went extinct ages ago."

Hakuno blinked out of her organization to look at him with a head tilt. "Not really a magus. My whole life was that of a regular human until I learned I was part of a mage's bloodline. Not that it matters, the old families went extinct because of their stagnant ways while modern ones became wizards (spirit hackers). I'm actually a treasure in this day and age because I'm the last of the old magus with the quality of my circuits being the main priority of some...unpleasant groups back on Earth." she explained, looking a bit concerned about something while Gilgamesh frowned at that.

His clairvoyance showed just how valuable this girl truly was. These major corporations are spending billions to try and capture her for their own ends. But she resisted in each possible timeline, bearing resemblance to a certain woman that rejected his advances at every turn. It was here again, a beautiful flower facing off against many adversaries while in bloom. The King of Heroes was amused, for you don't meet a girl like Hakuno nor Artoria every summoning. But unlike the King of Knights, this girl had a fire in her, a passionate flame that won't dim and a resolve that won't break. It brought back pleasant memories of the king's subjects in his time and how they lived.

"Now that everything is accounted for, shall we find something that can be considered an actual meal?" the Kishinami girl asked with a smile.


[15 Minutes Later]

The King of Heroes just stared at Hakuno…just stared at the massive piles of plates cleaned of all food while the school cafeteria NPCs were working overtime. "Mongrel, you best cease this gluttonous attitude before you either puke or get fat. Especially the latter." Gilgamesh growled, causing Hakuno to pause from eating and looked at him disapprovingly.

"You can probably relate to not eating anything you consider good for a long time while exhausting your magical reserves to the bone, can't you?" she asked him flatly. Truthfully, he doesn't but since she's going to burn those calories into magical energy it was forgivable since she had quite the reserves within her and this feast was decent enough to help restore a small portion of her depleted reserves of magical power. But that won't help with the paltry amount of funding this girl had sacrificed for such a meal. He heard her lament of being a broke student due to the fact that the only way of getting money is by defeating enemy programs since this side of the Moon won't take the Near Side's currency. Just thinking about it wanted to make Gilgamesh cry in pity of this poverty (Hassan) girl but he had a feeling this girl would take offense to that, and he's not that bad since her actual account on the Near Side was actually impressive, if only to fill a decent corner of his treasury if it were real money.

"Now that food is out of the way," Hakuno spoke up, wiping her face with a napkin. "We should begin exploration of the 'Sakura Labyrinth' as Leo called it. From what he described from an earlier scouting expedition, there might be other Masters that survived the black tide during the incident down there. He believes that some of them can be of help, and I can think of two girls that can fit the description." Hakuno beamed, recalling two certain girls she's quite acquainted with.

Rin Tohsaka and Rani VIII, the two of the best female Masters in the Moon Holy Grail War before the Incident.


*Student Council Room*

"Good to see you recovered well, Miss Kishinami." Leo greeted from his seat while Hakuno took her own on the other side of the table as they began their debate with Sakura on standby. "The first level of the Sakura Labyrinth bears resemblance to traditional western homes with a mixture of Japanese city designs, which is unusual in terms of how Japan used to have things." he noted while Hakuno raised a brow. She was from the year 2000, and even she knew some things had changed since her cryo sleep.

"There are some western homes in Japan, but they weren't exactly popular with Japanese back in the early 21st century. Usually, foreigners or old mage families that moved to Japan have these kinds of homes. Is there something significant or related to someone on this floor exactly?" Hakuno asked while explaining something that was buried in the past while Leo looked surprised by that tidbit of information.

"Tohsaka." a new voice, silent like the grave and a tone that would usually send chills down one's spine if they weren't strong of will. Hakuno knew this voice anywhere, the assassin of the Harway's, Leo's older brother and Hakuno's last opponent before the Incident occurred. Julius Harway, the Cleaner.

"...Julius." Hakuno greeted him politely with a nod, a nod in return from Julius as he stood on the side. "Is there anyone else able to help us leave the Far Side?" she asked.

"Actually, some Masters and the VIP crew have found a place in this town and are setting up shop for us to assist in this task. For now though, Hinata-san wanted to meet with you at her bank in town. Once you're done, there are some Masters in the school you can try asking for any information they've come across or if they are willing to help us out." Sakura provided some information that actually surprised the Master, in a positive way.


*Sunwave Bank*

"Welcome! We've just opened and are ready to provide support!" greeted one Hinata Hyūga with a cheerful smile and bow as NPCs were clapping with the cutting of the ribbon and the opening of the bank.

"You know this woman, Kishinami?" Gilgamesh questioned his Contractor with a raised brow. There was some interest in the woman, but Hakuno ignored it since he won't be able to charm this girl at all.

Hinata Hyūga, a version of her that had become a being known as Cypher that came here along with Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki from other worlds and had made an impact on her destiny. They were good friends that helped her out a bit as a special VIP guest in order to save the Earth from dying and the arrival of them when that scenario was to happen. "I'm here to do some business. Mind opening an account for me?" Hakuno requested while presenting the last five Sakuraments in her wallet.