New Servants and Existences That Are Not Servants

"Give my darling back, you filthy dog!!!" Artemis furiously pulled out her bow and fired at the demonic wolf.

Boom—

Then the arrow exploded.

The demonic wolf was undoubtedly blown to death, but Orion—

"AAAAAHHHH WHY AM I SO UNLUCKY—"

Ah, he got blown away.

"Darling, aaaahhh—"

Artemis hurriedly chased after him again, while Doris followed behind with a smile on her face.

But suddenly, she could no longer smile.

A magical energy reaction had appeared within her senses.

Fujimaru Ritsuka's group was making their way through the forest, chatting as they considered how to proceed through this Singularity.

Suddenly, a strange sound reached them.

It sounded like a rather shrill scream?

"Boss, Mash, did you hear something?" Fujimaru Ritsuka asked curiously.

Smack.

Before anyone else could answer, something slammed into Hijikata Toshizo's face.

"Uwah!" Mash jumped in fright.

Hijikata Toshizo silently removed the thing from his face and silently stared at it.

"A teddy bear doll?" Lawrence rubbed his chin, looking curiously at the little bear doll.

"What a strange teddy bear doll. It's different from the ones those nobles have—so ugly," Francis Drake remarked in surprise.

"But it's so worn-out. And what's this wet stuff on it?" Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at the tattered teddy bear doll with distaste.

Hijikata Toshizo tossed the teddy bear doll onto the ground and wiped the unknown liquid off his face with his clothes.

Mash pinched the bear by one ear between two slender fingers and lifted it from the ground. "Would a teddy bear doll normally appear in a place like this?"

The group exchanged glances.

Sitting on Asterios's shoulder, Euryale frowned slightly. "I feel an unpleasant gaze."

"Me too," Fujimaru Ritsuka said.

"Same." Francis Drake looked around.

"I agree. It's really uncomfortable." Mash pressed her lips together.

Lawrence:

The problem was