"You are—" Astolfo's eyes widened at the sight of the person before him, but he did not show any wariness.
Although Astolfo's Unique Skill, "Rational Evaporation," made him excessively "innocent," it also granted him A-rank intuition. He did not know why, but he instinctively felt that Jeanne was not a bad person.
"So you're the so-called Ruler?"
"Huh? How did you know?"
Sieg successfully drew Astolfo's attention with a single sentence. This cross-dressing big shot was arguably the easiest Servant on the Black faction to fool.
He casually explained, "Berserker told me."
"I see!" Astolfo nodded as though it were only natural. It had clearly been an extremely perfunctory answer, but he believed it.
"That's right. As you can see, I am the Servant Ruler. My true name is Jeanne d'Arc," Jeanne said with a slight nod, revealing her true name before asking, "Are you the Master of the Black faction's Rider?"
"No, I'm not." Sieg honestly shook his head.
"You're not?" Jeanne's brows furrowed faintly. "Then can you tell me what happened here?"
"Ah, I can. I'll tell you..." Astolfo gestured animatedly as he explained Sieg's situation to Jeanne. In the end, he asked, "Um... this may be abrupt, but I won't be able to take care of him after this. Could you take care of him and give him his freedom?"
"Yes." Jeanne nodded solemnly. "Just as I have the duty to ensure the fairness and impartiality of the Holy Grail War, I also have the duty to prevent those unrelated to it from being drawn into the conflict."
"Ah, that's wonderful!" Astolfo cheered. Then he waved at Jeanne and Sieg. "I've been gone long enough. I'm still a Servant of the Black faction, so I need to go back. Bye-bye!"
"Ah, thanks for helping me get this