Elsewhere.
"I thought... Heroic Spirits would look more distinctive?"
Robin looked at the Servant she had summoned, visibly surprised.
The woman before her wore an evening gown and looked like an utterly ordinary village girl.
She answered helplessly:
"This does not seem to be my original appearance either, but I am sorry. I can only meet you in this unremarkable form."
"Thank you for summoning me. I am... Caster."
"...Naturally, I hope to be honest with you."
"However, whenever I try to speak my true name, it becomes this—***."
"Huh? How can you swear?" Robin asked in confusion.
"This is a wholesome game. Swearing is not allowed."
"No, I am not swearing." The woman gently shook her head.
"It is a dissonant note. I was merely trying to tell you my name, but as you can see, it gets censored."
"Because my name was registered as a trademark, and the copyright has long since left my hands. I am sorry, Master."
"Please just call me Robin," Robin said seriously.
"I am not used to being addressed like that..."
"To be honest, you remind me of someone a friend once told me about. Her name was Kenis..."
"Is that so?" Caster sighed.
"I never expected that the friend of someone as important as you would know someone as ordinary as I am now."
"Miss Robin, I am afraid I may not be of much help in this Holy Grail War."
"I am merely an outdated artist active during the age of dreams, a piece of dead skin that withered and fell away amid the entertainment industry's rapid turnover."
"I... once created brilliance as well."
"As for who I am, perhaps you can find the answer by flipping through old magazines long forgotten."
"I remember they once called me the [Eternal Silver