Certain...

To better understand a Servant's capabilities, a Master usually had to observe them with the naked eye to confirm their abilities.

After a Servant's capabilities had been converted into data, the resulting values appeared as shown above. As Mashu had said, so long as one was a Master, one could confirm them.

The alignment indicated the faction a Servant tended toward. Strength, Endurance, Agility, Mana, Luck, and Noble Phantasm were just as their names suggested, representing the Servant's physical strength, the amount of damage they could withstand, the speed of their body and reactions, the amount of mana they could manipulate, the quality of their luck, and the power of their Noble Phantasm. Like Noble Phantasm ranks, they were generally divided into five ranks: A, B, C, D, and E. A was the highest, E the lowest, while values outside the standard scale were classified as EX. They could also have multipliers such as "+."

As for Class Skills and Personal Skills, they were both special abilities belonging to a Servant.

The difference was that Class Skills depended on a Servant's Class, while Personal Skills depended on their abilities during life.

For example, Servants of the Saber, Lancer, and Archer Classes were generally granted the "Magic Resistance" skill, giving them a certain degree of resistance to magecraft. They were therefore also known as the Three Knight Classes. Servants of the Rider Class were generally granted the "Riding" skill, Caster had "Item Construction" and "Territory Creation," Assassin had "Presence Concealment," and Berserker had "Mad Enhancement."

These all belonged to Class Skills. Servants who obtained that Class generally possessed the corresponding skills.

Personal Skills, meanwhile, were abilities possessed during life. In Archer's case, his "Projection Magecraft" and "Clairvoyance" were abilities he had possessed during life, so they belonged to his Personal Skills. Caster also possessed "Rune Magecraft" as a Personal Skill. Some powerful Servants even had skills whose effects could rival those of Noble Phantasms, which was astonishing.

For that reason, Luo Zhen could likewise confirm Mashu's values and clearly observe her capabilities.

"Then the more outstanding a Master's abilities are, the more of a Servant's abilities they can analyze, right?"

Mashu looked at Luo Zhen with a hint of hope in her eyes.

"If it's you, Senpai, then you can definitely learn a Servant's values to the greatest extent possible."

That was indeed the case.

Just as Mashu had said, the greater a Master's abilities, the more of a Servant's values they could confirm.

In Luo Zhen's case, he could see the alignment, values, Class Skills, and Personal Skills. This alone showed how outstanding his abilities as a Master were.

Nor was this the first time Luo Zhen had seen Mashu's values.

After all, understanding a Servant's abilities was the first thing a qualified Master ought to do. Luo Zhen had already confirmed Mashu's values when Archer attacked.

However, when Luo Zhen had first seen Mashu's values, he had been rather puzzled.

"It's one thing that the Noble Phantasm's rank couldn't be confirmed, but I didn't expect even the ranks of her Personal Skills to be impossible to determine."

But now, Luo Zhen understood.

The reason he couldn't confirm the Noble Phantasm's rank was that Mashu still couldn't use her Noble Phantasm.

The reason all the Personal Skill ranks were uncertain was that Mashu had yet to completely master the power of a Servant. In other words, she still had tremendous room for growth, which had led to this situation.

Even the rank of the Class Skill "Spirit Origin Inheritance" was displayed as a question mark. This proved that Mashu still had enormous potential and a great deal of uncertainty.

What truly concerned Luo Zhen, however, was Mashu's Class.

—"Shielder."

This was an unorthodox Class distinct from the seven major Classes. Only Servants who failed to meet the requirements of the basic Classes could obtain it after fulfilling certain conditions. Like a bug in the system, it was an exception among exceptions.

A Servant with an unorthodox Class was not necessarily stronger than one with a standard Class, but they were often extremely special. They might possess abnormal values, unexpected skills, or an astonishing Noble Phantasm.

And the Servant who had transferred their power to Mashu was clearly one of them.

Shielder.

Shield Soldier.

Luo Zhen didn't know much about this Class, but he could more or less guess that only Servants who possessed skills and Noble Phantasms designed to protect themselves and their allies, such as shields, could obtain it.

In other words, Mashu was a Servant specialized in defense.

That much could also be seen from her values.

"Her Endurance is the highest possible rank, and she has so many skills for protecting her allies. It's no wonder she obtained this Class."

It was precisely because her defensive power was so outstanding that Mashu had been able to completely withstand even an attack from a monster like Berserker despite being a half-baked Servant.

Even so, that still couldn't hide the fact that Mashu was unable to use her Noble Phantasm.

The shield in her hands was currently nothing more than a relatively sturdy shield. It had yet to display the power of a Noble Phantasm.

If its power were unleashed, it ought to have an astonishing effect like the mage-spear Caster had possessed during life—something that could guarantee a hit to the heart, for example.

To unleash such an effect, however, one had to release the Noble Phantasm's True Name.

After all, famous weapons all possessed names of their own, just like the Heroic Spirits who wielded them.

Only after its True Name was released could a Noble Phantasm display its true power.

And that was the problem.

Mashu didn't even know the True Name of the Heroic Spirit who had granted her power, so how could she know the True Name of her Noble Phantasm?

That was why Mashu hoped Luo Zhen could analyze it for her.

Unfortunately...

"No matter how you look at it, if a Servant's True Name could be analyzed through a Master's abilities alone, then there'd be no point in hiding it."

Luo Zhen spoke with a wry smile.

With Luo Zhen's abilities, the values he could analyze had already reached their maximum extent.

As for the True Name, it was impossible to learn it through a Master's abilities alone.

Otherwise, no matter what kind of Servant they faced, a Master could instantly learn the effects and weaknesses of their Noble Phantasm. That would simply be too unreasonable.

"...Is that so?"

Mashu began to look disappointed.

Her disappointment wasn't directed at Luo Zhen, but at herself.

"I'm sorry, Senpai. I pushed my problem onto you." Mashu spoke sadly. "As expected, Senpai should be with someone more capable..."

This time, Luo Zhen didn't let Mashu finish.

"If you keep saying things like that, I'm going to get angry."

Luo Zhen spoke with unusual seriousness, making Mashu hastily close her mouth.

Seeing that, Luo Zhen's expression softened slightly. He reached out and patted Mashu on the head.

"Don't worry."

Luo Zhen pursed his lips, then smiled.

"If I'm the greatest Master, then you, who contracted with me, definitely won't remain a half-baked Servant forever."

"So trust me. Leave it to me, and everything will be fine."

In the end, Luo Zhen didn't offer meaningless comfort. Instead, he made a firm promise.

"Senpai..."

Mashu stared blankly at Luo Zhen. As she looked at the confidence on his face, the loneliness in her heart gradually faded.

That was right.

Trust him.

As long as she trusted the person before her, that was enough.

So she would entrust everything she had to him and dedicate it to him.

She would dedicate it to this Senpai who had always led her forward.

If she did that, they would definitely be able to overcome every obstacle.

Definitely...

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