Lily's Decision / Hector and Achilles

By the way, I just wanted to ask, did your razor blades just fall from the sky? QAQ

Bonus chapter coming later Orz

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Chapter 213. Lily's Decision

"Lily?"

Looking at the girl dressed in emerald green who had come before her, Lily blinked in confusion.

Achilles was also completely confused and asked the girl.

"Boss, do you know [Red] Caster?"

However, the girl ignored his kung fu. When she saw that Lily didn't seem to recognize her, the girl seemed a little anxious.

"I am Atalanta."

"Atal... Lant?"

After the girl gave her real name, Lily paused, a look of realization flashing in her eyes—

Atalanta, the princess of Arcadia, is also a famous heroine in Greece mythology, renowned for being the first to shoot an arrow that slayed the Calydonian Boar. Her connection with Lily begins after she is summoned to the Argo ship teeming with Greece heroes...

"Oh, I'm sorry, miss, did you scare my Caster?"

Atalanta watched Lily nervously, who seemed lost in memories. Suddenly, a voice reached her ears, and at the same time, an unfamiliar figure appeared in front of Lily, blocking the girl's view.

"Are you Caster's Master?"

The girl's pupils constricted instinctively the moment she saw the unassuming man before her. Her keen instincts, usually reserved for hunting wild beasts, had completely failed to notice when he had appeared beside her.

"Hey, you better watch yourself!"

At that moment, the Achilles also appeared in front of Atalanta, reaching out to protect the girl behind him.

"Oh."

To the surprise of Achilles himself, the other party did not seem to back down an inch because he was a Servant. Even after he had warned him, the Master of Caster [Red] remained calm and composed.

"Atalanta-- "

At this moment, Lily, who had been shielded behind Wang Xiaoming, suddenly stepped out and gave the girl standing next to Achilles an apologetic look.

"Although I have some impression of you, it's only based on the rumors about the huntress. So, I'm sorry..."

As the princess of Colchis, who had never experienced the outside world, Lily naturally had never met the person who would cause her to fall into Witch...

Therefore, Lily had no real sense of her experiences on the Argo before her death.

However, having already foreseen her future fate, she couldn't remain indifferent to the friends she would make before her death... This put Lily in a difficult position.

"I should be the one apologizing."

After taking a deep breath, Atalanta smiled at Lily in front of her.

As Heroic Spirit Atalanta should have realized this when she saw Lily appear in the Holy Grail War in this state, but perhaps she subconsciously ignored it because she was seeing a friend.

The Lily before him wasn't his friend, but a girl who hadn't yet met him. Even so—

"It's so good to see you again, Princess Medea. I am Archer of the Red Faction, Atalanta."

Atalanta had no idea how many people were utterly shocked when she revealed Caster's real name.

"She... she, Medea? The legendary betrayer... uh..."

The words that Achilles had blurted out in surprise were swallowed back down by Atalanta's elbow.

"Ah... I'm sorry."

After realizing his slip of the tongue, Achilles immediately apologized to Lily. Even so, he still couldn't believe that the girl before him, who "could make people unconsciously smile just by standing there," was actually the Witch from mythology...

However, the people present did not know that the Semiramis Red Faction to track down Wang Xiaoming and his group using familiars, had his wine glass slip from his hand when he heard Lily's real name.

The crisp cracking sound snapped the somewhat dazed Semiramis back to reality. Looking at Lily in the Projection again, Semiramis's lips curled into a cryptic smile:

"[The betraying Witch]... How interesting."

However, Lily, as the person involved, was clearly unaware of all this. After hearing Atalanta's solemn introduction, she gave her real name with a hint of panic:

"I am Medea, the Caster of the Red Faction. It's a pleasure to meet you, Atalanta."

"Yes, me too..."

"Cough!"

A familiar cough interrupted Atalanta and Lily's conversation. Atalanta looked in the direction of the sound and saw Achilles frantically giving her meaningful glances.

"Is it the Red Faction that wants us to go?"

Wang Xiaoming also witnessed this scene, suddenly asked a question.

"That's right..."

Atalanta, the one being questioned, nodded somewhat awkwardly.

With the decisive battle between the Red and Black factions imminent, and having lost their Berserker, the Achilles and the Red Caster volunteered to come after learning of the Red Caster's whereabouts.

However, neither she nor the Achilles had a good impression of this Caster they had never met, nor of her Master. After all, deserting in the face of battle was considered a rather irresponsible act by these heroes.

So before coming, Atalanta had already discussed it with Achilles, and they decided that they must bring Caster and her Master back with them this time.

But after meeting Lily, Atalanta felt that she was about to become the very thing she hated—she simply couldn't bring herself to let her friend go with her to the battlefield where the final battle was about to begin.

At that moment, Atalanta suddenly heard Lily's voice.

"Hey, Master, I want to go!"

Lily suddenly turned to look at Wang Xiaoming and said to him.

Have you made up your mind?

Seeing the determination in Lily's eyes, Wang Xiaoming asked her again for confirmation.

"Um."

Lily nodded vigorously to show her determination.

We can no longer stand by and watch.

Both Atalanta and Mordred are friends I care about. Although I can't offer them much help in battle, I still want to do my part for them.

Seeing that Lily had made up her mind, Wang Xiaoming smiled and patted her head, saying:

"Then let's go."

There was no particular reason; she simply wanted to go, nothing more.

"Rest assured, I will protect Lily's safety on the battlefield."

Seeing that Lily had decided to go to the battlefield with him, Atalanta was overjoyed and also made a promise to Wang Xiaoming.

"Then I'll have to trouble you."

Trying to make his answer sound less perfunctory, Wang Xiaoming turned his gaze back to the tall young man in front of him.

"Then, please take care of me from now on, Rider."

With a meaningful expression, Wang Xiaoming greeted the Achilles in front of him.

Seeing that the Master of the Red Caster still had the same calm and composed expression, the Achilles became very annoyed.

Is it because I didn't give my real name?

For some reason, Achilles suddenly looked forward to seeing the surprised look on this human's face after learning his true name, a human who didn't know how to respect heroes.

He just didn't seem to notice that the Caster's Master in front of him kept glancing at his left ankle...

Thanks to [Xiao Ye SAY] for sending me the 66 blade Orz

Wishing you 66 too!

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(Vomiting blood)

Chapter 214. Hector and Achilles

It was nearing dusk, on the outskirts of Sighisoara.

"Amazing!"

As Wang Xiaoming and Lily, accompanied by the two Red Faction Servant, arrived at the Red's headquarters, their eyes widened in astonishment upon seeing the aerial fortress suspended in mid-air.

After all, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon was one of the Seven Wonders of Ancient Human History, and even Lily, a princess from the Age of Gods, had to marvel at the grandeur of this architectural wonder.

Recovering from her shock, Lily suddenly turned to Wang Xiaoming and said, "If Saber came too, she'd probably be just as surprised as I am."

This time, Mordred) and her Master, Kairi Shishigou, did not come with Wang Xiaoming and the others.

"We've gotten used to going it alone, so let's meet up in Trifas."

After leaving those words, Shishigou and Saber waved goodbye to Wang Xiaoming and the others. Since the two [Red] Servant had not received any message related to Mordred, they simply swaggered away from the sight of this unruly master and servant pair.

However, Wang Xiaoming still understood and read a hint of warning in the Shishigou's meaningful look at the end.

Looks like there's a lot of trouble going on here.

Because of his previous slacking off with Lily, Wang Xiaoming, who had no information whatsoever about the specifics of the Great Holy Grail War, felt a sense of urgency for the first time.

"Alright, let's go in quickly. It's never too late to see this."

Just then, the impatient urging of Achilles from ahead interrupted Wang Xiaoming's thoughts.

Looking up at the tall figure walking ahead, Wang Xiaoming's lips curled into a strange smile. He then took Lily's hand and followed.

[But with this hot-blooded idiot around, maybe I don't need to worry too much?]

Even though the Achilles hadn't revealed his true name before, Wang Xiaoming knew it the moment he saw his face. It was a memory etched deep within his Spirit Origin, something he could never forget.

--Achilles,

This great hero from Greece was also the one who personally killed Hector, the one who had given him his Spirit Origin.

Although Hector, with his magnanimous nature, probably didn't harbor any thoughts of revenge against Achilles for killing him.

After all, as the only great human hero in this war, Hector understood better than anyone that the entire Trojan War was nothing more than a drama staged by the gods on Olympus for their own amusement.

Whether it's ourselves, Achilles, or anyone else, we are all actors in the eyes of those gods. When the curtain falls, everyone must end their performance.

Hector, unwilling to witness the drama end with the fall of Troy, single-handedly extended its duration by ten years...

Wang Xiaoming, who perfectly inherited Hector's Spirit Origin, naturally understood this better than anyone.

As Wang Xiaoming and Lily entered the throne room, they were greeted by a young man with brown skin, silver-white hair, and an approachable smile, all of which made people subconsciously feel a sense of goodwill towards him.

The young man walked up to Wang Xiaoming, smiling, and extended his right hand.

"Nice to meet you. I am Shirou Kotomine, and I am the supervisor for this Great Holy Grail War."

The moment the white-haired priest spoke, the name he gave startled Wang Xiaoming, but he quickly realized what he meant, blinked, and then extended his right hand in return.

"Tsukasa Kadoya, that's all for your self-introduction. I think you've already investigated everything else, right?"

"It may be somewhat rude, but as you said..."

The boy admitted his actions with a shy expression, then turned his gaze to Lily, who was standing next to Wang Xiaoming.

"Regarding your Servant..."

Before the young man could finish speaking, Lily was pulled to the other side of the room by Atalanta, who seemed oblivious to everyone else. Helpless, Lily, who had been singled out, could only give him an apologetic smile.