Your Name / What Is the Opportunity? ...

"It still makes me feel safe as always," the Shopkeeper's Daughter sighed, as if being protected by Mikaela was a given.

In the previous instances, when Mikaela saw herself being attacked, she would immediately protect herself and then crush the enemy with overwhelming force.

The Shopkeeper's Daughter was very touched the first time, but by the second and third time, she had become numb.

"Oh, this is our second meeting, isn't it?"

Mordred, leading dozens of Purification Knights, looked at Mikaela with a smile and said with some emotion, "We really are destined to meet."

"Do you believe in gravity?" Mordred suddenly exclaimed, taking off her helmet to reveal a face that bore an eighty percent resemblance to Artoria's. She calmly gazed at Mikaela and planted the King's Radiant Sword in the ground.

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Suddenly, Mikaela had a strange sense of déjà vu.

"The so-called gravity, although it sounds complicated, was discussed with me by Agravain before I came here. If nothing unexpected happens, the gravity of fate will lead you to a great battle with your Father King, because a true 'King Arthur' resides within you, and we, the so-called 'Knights of the Round Table,' are destined to die at your hands, after all, our hands are stained with the blood of the Round Table and innocent people."

"But I don't care about any of that. Whether it's the blood of the Knights of the Round Table or the blood of so-called innocent people, it has nothing to do with me."

At this point, Mordred paused for a moment, shook her head slightly, and chuckled, "I'm not like Agravain, who feels that everything is unfolding as if it were destiny."

"Although the two King Arthur fighting is a good thing for me and the others."

"I don't believe in fate. Even the prophecy made by that old geezer Merlin was just the result of my arrogance."

"Of course, Father King was also partly to blame. If Father King had been more patient in explaining the difference between a king and a knight back then, none of this would have happened."

"So..." Mordred raised his sword, pointing it at Mikaela, and said calmly, "Do you believe in fate and so-called prophecies?"

"I don't believe it."

Mikaela doesn't believe in fate or prophecy, because that's a Western concept. Despite his name, he's a pure Easterner in every respect.

"What a coincidence, I didn't believe it either, so I came to kill you." Mordred smiled, crimson lightning erupting from her body. She gave Mikaela a dangerous look and said, "Since there will be two King Arthur, let me kill one of them, and the prophecy and fate will disappear at the same time."

"No, you can't do it." Mikaela rejected Mordred; he was too weak and couldn't possibly harm her.

"How will you know if you don't try?" Mordred unleashed a terrifying aura, as if he would charge at you at any moment.

"Besides, Agravain would never say such things."

'Mikaela' seemed to have suddenly become half a different person. He looked at Mordred calmly and said in a nonchalant tone, "Agravain is a calmer being than anyone else. Even if the final outcome is destruction, he will never utter the word 'fate' because he also does not trust fate."

"Heh~ So you've come out, Arthur." Mordred sneered, causing her to stop her attack. She looked at 'Mikaela' and said, "Lying dormant inside someone else's body is not what you do."

"It's just a cooperative relationship."

"Mikaela" said calmly, "That's right. Just a moment ago, Mikaela allowed Artoria's consciousness to enter her body and communicate with Mordred."

After all, Mikaela has more important things to do right now and is too lazy to fight Mordred, so she might as well let Artoria take her place.

"Cooperative relationship? Forget it, I won't pursue it." Mordred was too lazy to think about the relationship between Mikaela and 'Artoria'. She said in a very cold tone, "Perfect, now that you're out, I also have something to say to you."

"Go ahead," 'Mikaela' wanted to hear what Mordred had to say to her after everything he had been through.

"Do you hate me?" Mordred asked calmly, as if it were a perfectly normal question.

No, I don't hate you.

'Mikaela' said calmly, 'Or rather, I have no reason to hate you at all.'

"Then why don't you pass the throne to me?" Mordred gripped her sword tightly, staring at 'Mikaela' and saying in a deep voice, "I am your only child. It is the right choice for me to inherit your kingdom, isn't it?!"

"You do not have the capacity to be a king."

Just like before, 'Mikaela' answered Mordred's question in a very cold manner.

"Yes, I am not qualified to be a king, but what about you? Have you explained to me what it means to be a king and what it means to be a knight?" Upon hearing the same answer, Mordred immediately became furious and went back into battle mode.

Crimson lightning covered his entire body. Mordred revealed a rather ferocious smile as he stared at 'Mikaela' and said, "Yes, you didn't explain, or rather, you didn't bother to explain to me. After all, I am your only disgrace, aren't I?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Mordred vanished from her spot and appeared before 'Mikaela' like lightning, the King's Radiant Sword in her hand radiating a chilling destructive power.

"Click".

The instant Mordred disappeared, 'Mikaela' also crushed a card, transforming into Artoria Altera.

"Clang--!!!"

The sight of Excalibur clashing with King's Radiant Sword felt somewhat familiar.

"Wow, they've started fighting."

Beside them, the Shopkeeper's Daughter silently hid behind the Oath of Judas, saying with a hint of helplessness, "It's a pity there's no popcorn or cola here, otherwise I could have enjoyed a close-up battle between Servant like in a movie."

'You've changed a lot. You used to be quite cute, even though you weren't very noticeable.'

Oath of Judas was to protect the Shopkeeper's Daughter, and she clearly knew her as well.

"Haha~ Can you please stop talking about how you have no presence?" The Shopkeeper's Daughter gave an awkward but polite smile. Sure enough, when she ran into acquaintances, this joke was always brought up.

In that world, even without superpowers, was she practically invisible? That's truly tragic.

'OK~ The Shopkeeper's Daughter who has no presence~ By the way, what's your real name?' Oath of Judas ignored Artoria, who was fighting Mordred to the death, and instead focused on asking about the Shopkeeper's Daughter's real name.

"Well, it's not a secret, my name is..."

Chapter 374 What is the Opportunity?

Mikaela completely ignored Artoria's battle with Mordred, and even the Shopkeeper's Daughter 'Oath of Judas was ignored by him.

While the fighting outside was intense, Mikaela began to study her own thoughts in her mental world.

The Shopkeeper's Daughter sees herself in a feminine body, so the question arises: why did she want to become a woman?

Is becoming a woman a necessary choice?

Or was becoming a woman merely a side effect?

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These two questions alone made Mikaela fall into deep thought. He wouldn't object to simply becoming a woman.

After all, she has transformed into a woman countless times.

Mikaela has transformed into women of all ages—young girls, lolis, teenage girls, mature women, and older women—and he hasn't shown much aversion to it.

Because it's just a physical appearance, Mikaela doesn't care about physical appearance the most. The side effect of her transformation was that she became more beautiful overall, but shorter.

These aftereffects are visible to the naked eye, but does Mikaela care? Of course he doesn't care about these aftereffects.

Becoming more beautiful or shorter is acceptable, since he is still male in his original form.

He could become a woman completely. Although Mikaela didn't object to it, he felt it would be better to avoid it if it could be avoided.

That's right, if it can be avoided, then it's best to avoid it.

As mentioned before, no matter how Mikaela changes his appearance and demeanor, his hair will not change, and that's all that matters.

There's something in his lower body that remains unchanged, something that can't be assimilated by his transformation ability; those are probably just his hair and that thing.

If he went back to see his mother and father and found out that their son had become a daughter, how big would the psychological trauma be?

That's why Mikaela hesitated for a moment. Every time the Shopkeeper's Daughter encountered her, she had become a woman. They must have had a reason for abandoning their male identities.

Mikaela doesn't know why he's doing this, so he's not in a hurry to become a woman.

Perhaps they discovered something, so they decisively became women, integrated into daily life, and waited for some opportunity to come.

Unlike them, Mikaela didn't discover anything; instead, she learned about their current situation from the Shopkeeper's Daughter.

"What's wrong?"

At that moment, Hozuki suddenly appeared beside Mikaela, and looked at her with a puzzled expression, asking, "Have you run into some trouble?"

Just now, Hozuki wasn't in Mikaela's consciousness space. She encountered some minor problems there, and she went over and chased away a certain blind, invading human territory great monster.

So at this moment, she had no idea what Mikaela had just encountered.

Upon discovering that Artoria was controlling Mikaela's body and fighting Mordred, while Mikaela herself was contemplating in her consciousness space, Hozuki was quite worried about her condition and came to inquire.

"Just a little trouble." Mikaela at Hozuki and chuckled, "It's alright, I'll figure it out soon."

"A minor problem? Judging from your expression, it doesn't seem like a minor problem at all."

Hozuki half-squatted in front of Mikaela, reached out her small hand to touch Mikaela's head, and said with a very gentle smile, "Are you struggling with something? Tell me~ Maybe I can help you."

"It's not just me, everyone in that space cares about you~ well~ except for some guys who aren't in the space."

When the phrase "those who are not in the space" was mentioned, Hozuki showed a rather subtle expression, after all, she had just been one of those who were not in the space.

After all, not everyone here is like Kallen and Yae Sakura, who came as the dead; most people are still alive.

They have their own things to do, and they also have their own mission.

Like Hozuki, who is a great yokai who protects humans. Whenever humans are in trouble or a great yokai invades her territory, she will rush over immediately to reason with the other party.

The same goes for others, such as Shana, who, under the name of the Flame Nietono no Shana,' travels and fights alone with 'two souls in one body.'

Sakuya Izayoi is also serving her eldest and second young mistresses at the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

Abigail was also traveling and couldn't keep up with Mikaela's travels all the time.

King Hassan was even more peculiar; he would appear and disappear intermittently, but he would always silently appear at crucial moments.

"This is what happened..."

Seeing the sincerity in Hozuki's eyes, Mikaela silently recounted what the Shopkeeper's Daughter had said.

"I see, feminine?" After hearing this, Hozuki fell into deep thought. She couldn't imagine what it would be like if Mikaela became a woman.

After all, the other party is already beautiful enough. Although he is male, he keeps switching between male and female, and Hozuki has subconsciously regarded him as a woman.

But that's not the point! Mikaela has a history of transforming into a woman.

She didn't change much after becoming a woman; she just had a better figure and was more beautiful.

There was no increase in power or possession of any special abilities; she simply became a woman in a purely physical sense.

"To be honest, I don't understand these things either. Maybe those 'you' who became women were adjusting to something." Hozuki felt that she couldn't figure it out, so she could only offer her own opinion.

"Think about it, if it's just about becoming a woman, then why wait for an opportunity in a so-called Maid Cafe instead of going to a more secluded place, like the place where you went into seclusion, which is said to have abundant magic?"

Although Hozuki doesn't quite understand the power system of this world, she is still a great youkai, a terrifying existence at the top level among Servant.

She definitely has her own set of insights.

"Just like when you fused with the so-called Servant Spirit Origin, although the Spirit Origin is powerful, your body still needs time to slowly work its magic to fuse with it."

"They may have mastered some power, but not completely, so they are waiting for the opportunity to fully integrate."

After Hozuki finished speaking, Mikaela fell silent. He glanced at her with a subtle expression, never expecting that Hozuki, who always claimed to love peace and not want to fight but was actually the fiercest fighter, would have such insights.

"Thanks."

Although Hozuki didn't mention the key points, it still made Mikaela think of some key points.

That's right, since they've already become women, why haven't they gone back yet, but are waiting for some so-called 'opportunity'?

What exactly is this 'opportunity'?

Chapter 375 Ask Yourself

"What's wrong?! Didn't you eat enough, Arthur?!"

Outside, Mordred and Artoria were engaged in a fierce battle. In reality, Mordred was already at a disadvantage, but she spoke as if she had the upper hand.

In terms of overall strength, Mordred is much weaker than Artoria, although she is very strong and already belongs to the first-class Servant class. Now, with the blessing of the Holy Grail, she can even compete with top-tier Servants.

Hmm! Let's arm wrestle! In reality, Mordred can't even beat Arash, a third-rate archer. If they were to fight, Arash would most likely completely crush Mordred, and Mordred himself might not suffer any particularly serious damage.

"..." Artoria frowned, looking at Mordred with a somewhat unfriendly gaze.

What's wrong? I haven't eaten enough! That shabby place is a nice spot to chat, but there's absolutely nothing to eat there!

Thinking about how she hadn't eaten in that mental space and had been dragged out by Mikaela to teach this rebellious daughter a lesson, Artoria became angrier the more she thought about it, and she increased the force of her blows, slashing Mordred several times.

"Are you angry? Hahahaha." Mordred laughed wildly, but beads of sweat were faintly visible on her forehead. As Servant, her physique was naturally incomparable to that of ordinary people.

The two fought for nearly half an hour. Under normal circumstances, they could have fought for three days and three nights without any problem.