Su Luo: Alright, you can come over now.
Wang Xiaomei: Got it. See you in Fuyuki City!
Inside the castle hall.
Irisviel and Artoria were also there, accompanying Su Luo as they welcomed his friends.
Su Luo had already explained things to them.
They were all people from other worlds.
And the reason Su Luo had turned the Holy Grail War from a game where seven Masters fought one another into a showdown between seven Masters and another seven Masters—
His main purpose was to let his friends participate in the Holy Grail War as well.
To experience the unique features of this world.
The next moment, Wang Xiaomei and the others appeared out of thin air.
Irisviel, Artoria, and the others could not help showing a trace of surprise in their eyes.
After all, this was the Einzbern family's castle, and numerous Magecraft Barriers had long been set up around it.
Entering the Einzbern castle silently without triggering any barriers was an extremely rare occurrence.
Fortunately, after Su Luo's earlier explanation, they quickly calmed down.
"Hello, ma'am. My name is Wang Xiaomei. Please take care of us over the next few days," Wang Xiaomei said politely, bowing to Irisviel.
She was not the strongest among the group members.
But she was the Group Owner of the Chat Group, so it was only proper for her to take the lead in this sort of matter.
"Oh my, being called ma'am is still a little too soon for me." The moment Irisviel heard Wang Xiaomei's form of address, a blush instantly spread across her pretty face.
Seeing Irisviel cup her cheeks with both hands, looking shy and bashful, Wang Xiaomei shot Su Luo a puzzled look.
"She and Kiritsugu Emiya are merely partners." As Su Luo explained, a teasing smile appeared on his face.
And she had the nerve to remind him not to take the original plot seriously before the last mission. Hadn't she taken those plots seriously herself?
Wang Xiaomei understood the meaning behind Su Luo's smile and immediately gave an awkward laugh.
"Everyone, breakfast will take a little while longer. Su Luo and I can show you around the Einzbern castle first," Irisviel said with a smile.
"No need, no need. We came here to participate in the Holy Grail War, so we should summon our Servants first," Wang Xiaomei declined with a smile.
"Huh? But this isn't the best time to summon Servants." Irisviel paused. Thinking that Wang Xiaomei and the others came from another world and did not know the conditions and rules for summoning Servants, she proactively began explaining them.
But Su Luo stopped her in time.
"Illya, with me here, summoning Servants doesn't need to be so troublesome." Su Luo smiled helplessly.
He did not explain further. He simply led everyone to an open area outside the castle, planning to demonstrate it for Irisviel himself.
In the courtyard outside the castle, Su Luo had Wang Xiaomei and the others form a circle before turning to Melly.
"Melly."
Melly nodded and lightly tapped the ground with her staff.
In an instant, a crimson magic circle appeared beneath Wang Xiaomei and the others' feet, blooming with scarlet light.
At the same time, Command Spells appeared on the backs of Wang Xiaomei and the others' hands.
Faintly, a noisy sound of fighting also echoed in their minds.
It took quite a while before the commotion in their minds finally ceased.
And as the red glow of the summoning circle faded.
Five graceful figures appeared beside Wang Xiaomei and the others.
The lineup was as follows:
Wang Xiaomei/Morgan (berserker)
Frieren/Semiramis (assassin)
Lumine/Medusa (rider)
Kaguya Houraisan/Ishtar (archer)
Saeko Busujima/Mordred (saber)
In an instant, the courtyard became far more lively.
Morgan, Semiramis, and Medusa were relatively manageable.
They were naturally the cold and arrogant type, and did not talk much.
But Ishtar, the tsundere goddess who seemed to have come from Singularity F, was not nearly so restrained.
She ignored her Master, Kaguya Houraisan, and walked straight up to Su Luo.
"I am the goddess Ishtar. Magus over there, are you interested in becoming my Master?"
The moment those words fell, she instantly drew deadly stares from the other women.
Especially Kaguya Houraisan.
Although she had anticipated this from the very beginning, and had even thought that she would not mind if it were Su Luo.
When Ishtar abandoned her to flirt with Su Luo, she finally realized just how unhappy she was.
And that displeasure was not directed at Su Luo. It was directed at the Servant named Ishtar.
I'm clearly your Master. Is it because Su Luo is a [Grand Caster Succubus] that you're going to abandon me, your original partner?
The other four newly summoned Servants had also been drawn to Su Luo, but at least they still stood beside their Masters in form.
Only you, you idiot goddess, decided to take the initiative. Then don't blame this Hourai Person who already got a head start for whispering sweet nothings into Su Luo's ear!
A sharp glint flashed through Kaguya Houraisan's eyes.
"She is your Master for now. If you perform well in this Holy Grail War, then after it ends, it's not as though I can't become your Master."
Su Luo pointed at Kaguya Houraisan behind Ishtar. While soothing Kaguya Houraisan with his eyes, he dangled an empty promise before Ishtar.
Ishtar did not realize Su Luo was merely dangling an empty promise. Upon hearing his words, she immediately became full of motivation.
She practically wanted to go search for the Black Faction's Servants right away.
Morgan and Semiramis looked thoughtful. Although they could tell there was a hint of empty promise in Su Luo's words.
That did not stop them from considering how they could distinguish themselves in the Holy Grail War and help Su Luo and the others seize the Holy Grail.
It was also at that moment that Mordred, who had originally been surprised to see two Artorias in this Holy Grail War, as well as her own mother Morgan.
Suddenly realized that one of the Artorias seemed to be a Servant of the Black Faction. Furthermore, the Black Faction's Artoria wielding the Sacred Sword was someone she loved deeply and hated to the bone.
By comparison, she liked the King of Lions beside Su Luo much more.
She had a composed and mature temperament, with the imposing majesty of a king even without anger.
She also did not seem to be the sort of perfect king Artoria was. She had her own selfish desires.
She was exactly the King Arthur of Mordred's dreams.
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And now, she and the King of Lions were part of the Red Faction—in other words, they were Su Luo's Servants.
Artoria, meanwhile, was a Servant on the Black Faction's side.
Didn't that mean she had a perfectly legitimate reason to beat up that "father" of hers who did not understand human hearts? And she could fight shoulder to shoulder with the "father" of her dreams, too.
This was simply too amazing!
At that thought, the Father-Killer Sword in Mordred's hand began to stir restlessly.
Just then, Morgan reached out and stopped Mordred, saying in a deep voice, "Do not be rude, Mordred."
"Since Black Faction Servants have appeared in our Red Faction camp without any fighting breaking out, the Masters must have their reasons. Do not ruin their plans."
As she spoke, Morgan looked toward Su Luo.
From the moment she descended, she had noticed the Black Faction Servants standing beside Su Luo and the others.
However, seeing that Su Luo and the others got along very well with Irisviel and showed no intention of fighting, Morgan and the others did not interfere.
Now, Mordred, that reckless fool, wanted to attack without even considering the reason. As her nominal "mother," Morgan naturally had to stop her.
So that Mordred would not cause trouble and bring problems down on Su Luo.
At that, Mordred could not help looking at Su Luo as well.
"Although she belongs to the Black Faction, if we really count things up, Illya is also a Master standing with our Red Faction," Su Luo explained with a smile.
"Huh? I thought Miss Illya was also a Master from our Red Faction." Wang Xiaomei looked surprised.
After all, she had calculated it earlier. Irisviel, Su Luo, and the five group members made exactly seven Masters.
"I took up two slots myself. Didn't I mention that in the group before?"
As he spoke, Su Luo raised his arm and showed Wang Xiaomei and the others the Command Spells on the back of his hand.
"Alright, I forgot." Wang Xiaomei smiled somewhat awkwardly.
"Then how should we proceed with the mission?" Saeko Busujima asked.
"For now, rest. The Holy Grail War will not begin until tonight."
"You can use this free time to get to know your Servants better, and perhaps learn some swordsmanship or magecraft from them."
"That way, even if you do not bring your Servants back with you, your own strength will still improve." Su Luo smiled.
Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement with Su Luo's idea.
For instance, Saeko Busujima could learn swordsmanship from Mordred and improve her skill with the blade.
Meanwhile, Frieren could discuss magecraft with Semiramis, Morgan, Melly, and the others, learning this world's magecraft knowledge to draw on its strengths and make up for her weaknesses, refining her own magic.
But at that moment, Frieren said somewhat regretfully, "So I summoned an assassin. I thought I would summon a caster."
Yesterday, she had looked through the group files related to the Type-Moon world.
But there had simply not been enough time.
She only remembered matters related to the Holy Grail War, such as the Servants' seven classes. She did not know who the Servants were or what abilities they possessed.
Originally, she thought that as a mage, she should be able to summon a caster, so everyone would not feel too unfamiliar with one another during the mission.
At the very least, they would have common topics to discuss.
Yet she had unexpectedly summoned an assassin.
Could it be because she had hidden her magic power all year round?
"Although my class is assassin, I know a thing or two about magecraft as well." Hearing the regret in Frieren's voice, Semiramis could not help raising an eyebrow.
She was the proud empress.
Although Frieren had not meant to express disappointment in her, Semiramis felt as though Frieren was looking down on her.
Even if her class was assassin, who said an assassin could not use magecraft?
She would not claim that her magecraft was exceptionally powerful, but teaching the woman before her, who looked like an Elf, should not be a problem.
Frieren was somewhat surprised by this, but as an Elf who had lived for an unknown number of years, her surprise vanished in an instant, and she quickly calmed down.
Over the following period of time.
Everyone became busy.
Wang Xiaomei, Saeko Busujima, and even Lumine trained with their Servants.
Frieren exchanged magecraft knowledge with Semiramis and Melly.
As for Kaguya Houraisan, she went to Su Luo to replenish her "energy," while also taking the opportunity to whisper sweet nothings into his ear.
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