The night wind stirred up dead leaves, and the courtyard fell deathly silent. Emiya Shirou glanced at the Command Seal on his hand, then at Su Xiao. The magic circuits within his body were already connected to the Command Seal, which was in turn linked to the man who had stepped out of the summoning circle.
Emiya Shirou was clearly not an idiot. He immediately realized what was going on. The man who had appeared later, wearing a long leather coat with a long blade hanging from his waist, seemed to be an ally?
The bewildered Emiya Shirou might not yet know what the ally he currently trusted would do shortly afterward. Clearly, Su Xiao and Emiya Shirou were terribly incompatible, complete opposites. However, Su Xiao had no habit of slaughtering civilians, and he and Blood Gate were irreconcilable enemies.
"Kid, so you're the seventh Master. I really underestimated you."
The Lancer holding the blood spear spoke. He was the Lancer-class Servant of this Holy Grail War, one of the seven Servants, named Cu Chulainn, the famous hero from Ulster in Northern Ireland, the 'Child of Light.' Compared with that title, however, more people called him the 'Hound of Chulainn.' Some even affectionately called him Brother Dog. Cu Chulainn himself had once said that he would never harm any canine creature.
Cu Chulainn's looks were absolutely among the best of the Servants in this Holy Grail War. Although Lancers generally weren't very impressive, they were all more handsome than the last. The previous Lancer to die at Su Xiao's hands had ultimately been sent by his Master to deal with Su Xiao because of an entanglement involving the Master's fiancée—and had died horribly as a result.
Cu Chulainn glanced at Su Xiao, unable to tell what legend Su Xiao came