She watched Shirou's back and felt a quiet fury burning within her.
"This is the King's mercy.
Come—choose a stake to hang your corpse on, vampire."
Volume Five 219: This Is What a Monster Father Is! Listening to Shirou
"Sorry, Ruler. As you can see, my soldiers are fighting the enemy fiercely below.
If there's nothing else, could you please stop disturbing me?"
"Red" Assassin Semiramis faced the Ruler who had entered the Floating Garden.
"Of course I wouldn't have come to see you if I had nothing to discuss."
Jeanne frowned as she studied the woman before her.
Half of Assassin's black evening dress had already blended into the night, while her skin was so pale that it seemed eerie.
Semiramis's appearance reminded Jeanne of the witch from a storybook—
Could she be the mastermind? No, she couldn't jump to that conclusion so easily.
"I suspect that you violated the rules in this Holy Grail War."
"Suspect?"
The Assyrian Empress wore a mocking expression. "Did your god tell you through 'Revelation,' Saintess?"
"..."
Jeanne's forehead twitched slightly. She steadied her emotions and said:
"If your conscience is clear and you believe that you have followed the rules of the Holy Grail War completely, then let me meet your Master."
The mockery in "Red" Assassin's eyes instantly turned into wariness.
The Ruler observed her reaction and became certain once more that her intuition had not been mistaken.
"...Unfortunately, my Master is busy.
Besides, he is timid by nature and unwilling to meet other Servants. That applies even to the Ruler."
"I wasn't asking for your opinion."
After Jeanne said that, Semiramis assumed a battle stance.
As if suppressing her opponent, Ruler pointed her flag at her and said:
"'Red' Assassin, you should know that doing this is futile.
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