"Another one?" White tilted her head.
"Yes. Cromclay Petelgeuse, one of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors. Dealing with him would probably take quite a while."
Ciel had been sent out as support, but clearly, those above had not expected this to be a mission measured in years.
And Ciel had another equally time-consuming and labor-intensive mission.
White looked at Artoria beside her. "Joan. Artoria."
Artoria stood up, eager to get started. "Ah, understood. I'll help you deal with that True Ancestor. A round trip should take three to five days."
"...Huh?"
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"Cromclay Petelgeuse, one of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors, is an Ancestor whose Principle Blood Ring is 'a city, namely a kingdom.' This is the target we are to subjugate. I had originally planned to spend around half a year to a year slowly getting close to him, then find an opportunity to assassinate him. I mean... are you two really sure about this?"
On the plane, Ciel looked at White and Artoria beside her.
Though these two were "Saints," wasn't it a little overconfident to take on one of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors?
They had made absolutely no preparations.
No, this was practically a spur-of-the-moment trip.
Yes, they had simply set off without a second thought. There was no logic to it whatsoever.
Ciel was still very young at this point, quite different from the "senpai" she would become in the future, and her personality was far more immature as well.
"Um... the other party's Principle Blood Ring can practically be called an entire kingdom. He possesses a phase-shifting isolation barrier with a maximum coverage range of thirty kilometers. It can preserve an entire city exactly as it is, isolate the inside and outside of the city walls,