Mashu said with a flushed face.
Ritsuka took a deep breath and secretly made up her mind.
Next time—if she ever faced such a dangerous situation again, even if others looked at her like she was a monster, Ritsuka decided that she would use the ability she had been born with.
For Mashu, so that Mashu would no longer be hurt, and so that everyone in Chaldea could survive, she was willing to devote her strength.
As a Master, she had to join the fight as well!
Watching the deep bond between master and servant, Sajyou Ayaka, who had always been little more than a transparent bystander, stood there dejectedly.
Although she was also a Master of Chaldea, she could not summon a single Heroic Spirit, so she could only become part of Chaldea's support staff.
Watching everyone fight with their lives on the line while she could do nothing at all left Ayaka feeling miserable and tormented.
And for some reason, she had a very favorable impression of Ritsuka. She had even seen the shadow of her older sister in her, which made Sajyou Ayaka feel genuinely bewildered.
If possible, she wanted to struggle alongside everyone else and fight on the front lines instead of being protected by them.
But what could she do without a Heroic Spirit?
"Phew... I was saved! I was saved! Big Brother Merlin, I survived! I really am amazing!"
Merlin crawled up from the ground. His clothes were almost completely torn apart, his hair was as messy as a bird's nest, wounds covered his entire body, and he barely had any teeth left in his mouth.
After Primate Murder had gone berserk, its attacks had been fiercest against him. If Merlin had not had a few tricks up his sleeve, he would have died