"Don't call me Caster." But the moment Matou Zouken finished speaking, Skadi cut in. "I went to all this trouble to disguise myself. Aren't you just making me blow my cover? Just call me by my name."
"But if we say your true name—" Matou Zouken still felt there was a problem.
"It's fine," Skadi said. "In this era, no one should recognize me."
"Hmm...?" Matou Zouken was greatly surprised. "Could she be—a Heroic Spirit from the future? But Heroic Spirits from the future have no fame, so her strength..."
Matou Zouken's thoughts were completely laid bare in the stage's inner monologue.
Since she was a "blank slate," they might as well make the best use of that blank slate.
A target like this, if used properly, was not without benefits. For example... making people think the Matou Family had withdrawn from the battle, then swooping in at the end to reap the rewards...
"If that is the case, then Miss Skadi, please rest well tonight. This old man shall take his leave."
—Since I've already made my plans, I should go make preparations on Kariya's side first.
Only after Matou Zouken left did Matou Sakura trot over to Skadi.
"Skadi older sister!"
"Sakura."
Skadi blinked.
Matou Sakura smiled at Skadi.
"—I've been wondering about this since earlier." Skadi lowered her head and looked at the floor. "That old man... didn't seem to notice these?"
The floor was blue.
In an instant, the scene changed.
The entire room became a vast space covered in strange blue marks.
"...Abyssal Marks. Why didn't that person notice them just now?"
[Holy shit]
[Oh my god]
[So there was a cognitive filter on earlier]
[Damn, Old Worm got played from the very beginning?]
[Sea Creatures seem like they can mimic insects, and Matou Zouken