When Shirou Kotomine arrived, "Red" Assassin was sitting on the throne, reprimanding Lancer for failing in his first battle.
Not only had he failed to complete the mission of assassinating Ruler, but he had also fallen behind in his battle with the enemy, ultimately having to expend a Command Spell to forcibly teleport himself back...
This left the assassin extremely displeased, and anger drained the color from her beautiful face.
"Red" Lancer—Karna—paid no heed to her scolding, standing there expressionlessly.
Thanks to the self-regeneration effect of his golden armor, the injuries he had sustained in his battle with Shirou that evening had already healed completely.
"All right, that's enough."
Shirou Kotomine interrupted Assassin's lecture and walked over to the throne like a servant.
"Master, you're here."
The woman immediately reined in her anger, then glared fiercely at Lancer.
"Thank you for your efforts tonight, Lancer. It's all right now. You may withdraw."
After ordering Karna to leave, the young priest turned to Assassin and asked, "How are things?"
Shirou Kotomine noticed a gray pigeon perched on Assassin's shoulder.
Assassin—her true name was Semiramis, the oldest poisoner in the world.
The man she had poisoned to death was her husband, King Ninus, who had stolen her away from her first husband, Onnes.
After poisoning her second husband, she ruled Assyria as Empress for several decades.
According to legend, Semiramis was abandoned by her mother shortly after birth and raised by pigeons.
As a Servant, she could win over every pigeon within the boundaries of an entire nation and use them as familiars—
This was because although she was an assassin, she was also a spellcaster.
Semiramis possessed "Double Summon," an extremely rare skill that allowed her to simultaneously retain the Assassin and Caster classes.
"We've received word. It seems our Berserker