A Basic Lesson for the Director

"But Artemis won't work, she's a god, unless you're planning to summon a weakened Servant, which is also an avatar."

Mephistopheles laughed, "No, quite the opposite, Artemis's summoning is the simplest."

"The simplest?!"

"Well, actually, because of this Singularity adventure, I've roughly determined some things about Artemis, so summoning her in her true form is actually the simplest thing to do. Although I can't do this right away, it certainly won't take too long!"

Seeing Mephistopheles's confident expression, Olga Marie could only nod, then whispered, "I want to learn too!"

"Huh? What did you say?" Mephistopheles blinked and leaned closer to hear. "It was too quiet, I can't hear you."

"I said, I want to learn too!"

"No spirit!"

"Are you in a movie?!" The heavy document slammed directly onto Mephistopheles's head.

After leaving Olga Marie's side, Mephistopheles walked down the corridor and saw Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight coming towards him.

"Mephistopheles!" Ritsuka Fujimaru greeted Mephistopheles happily, while Mash Kyrielight asked with some confusion, "Where did Mephistopheles- senpai go?"

"Just came from a two-faced brat," Mephistopheles said, shrugging. "And you guys? What are you planning to do?"

"Mash Kyrielight said she'd make some delicious steamed buns and wanted me to try them," Ritsuka Fujimaru said.

Mash Kyrielight then invited Mephistopheles, "Mephistopheles- senpai, would you like to try some?"

"No need, I have other things to do. You can go on your own." Mephistopheles smiled, said goodbye to the two, and continued walking forward, soon arriving at the summoning room inside Chaldea.

This place has been restored, and the power of Magecraft and technology converges here, making it easier to summon Servants. If one relies on the power of the Holy Grail, then one can perform almost unlimited summons. Even without Holy Relics, there is still a chance to summon top-tier Servants.

Naturally, the Holy Grail is with Mash Kyrielight.

However, Mephistopheles himself does not need the Holy Grail, because Mephistopheles does not lack the magic power supplied by the Holy Grail.

Mephistopheles summoned the four archangels again and then poured the magic they brought into the summoning system.

With the input of magic, the summoning circle began to work, and Mephistopheles began chanting the incantation.

"I declare that you are beneath me, that you entrust my destiny to your sword, that you obey the call of the Holy Grail, that you obey this will and reason, answer me! I swear here that I am the good of the world, that I will rid the world of all evil, that the three great incantations that bind you come from the Counter Force Wheel! Guardian of the Scales!"

He recited the incantations fluently. Mephistopheles had no relics, no guidance; all he wanted to do was see what he could summon.

Incidentally, I should also consider whether it's feasible to use the power of the four archangels to replace magic.

Mephistopheles smiled as he watched the True Magic circle begin to glow and the powerful energy surging from it.

He knew he had succeeded.

A figure emerged from the True Magic circle. Mephistopheles stared at the figure for a moment, then smiled and raised his hand, "Oh, we meet again."

It was a figure in black, with a slender build, a witch, and an enemy of Mephistopheles.

Black Jeanne!

She smiled slightly when she saw Mephistopheles.

"Servant, Avenger, has answered the summons. I didn't expect it to actually be you who called me out. Here, this is the contract."

A magically imbued written contract appeared before Mephistopheles, covered in a long, flowing script. Mephistopheles glanced at it quickly and asked, puzzled, "Are you signing a job contract?"

"Of course, I am a free being now, so I won't be controlled by anyone!"

Upon hearing Black Jeanne utter those words, Mephistopheles nodded secretly.

It seems my verbal therapy worked quite well last time. Look at his energy now, so much better than last time. To put it bluntly, last time he seemed like a mental patient.

However, Mephistopheles was still somewhat surprised that he had summoned Black Jeanne on his first summoning attempt.

"If I remember correctly, Black Jeanne is considered quite powerful among Heroic Spirit. Does this mean I got an SSR right from the start?"

As he thought about it, he signed his name on the contract.

Then, the contract spontaneously combusted, and the burning flames shifted and eventually landed on Mephistopheles's hand, transforming into Command Spell.

From this point on, the contract was formally established.

Mephistopheles looked at Black Jeanne, scrutinizing her from head to toe, which caused Black Jeanne to involuntarily take a step back. "What are you looking at? Why do you suddenly seem like a pervert?"

"What are you talking about?! I was just observing your condition!" Mephistopheles said somewhat displeased, then took out his sword Durandal from the side and handed it to the other man, "You can take this sword from now on."

"Isn't this the sword that girl was holding?" Black Jeanne immediately recognized the sword. Last time, Jeanne d'Arc wielded this sword and demonstrated her formidable strength.

"Hmm? Isn't this her Noble Phantasm? Or have you found the prototype of this sword?"

"This is the sword she was holding last time; I made it. But since you also have the identity of the France Witch, this sword might be effective for you too."

Black Jeanne Alter shook her head. "You keep it. This sword doesn't belong to me, and I won't get used to using it."

Seeing that the other party had said that, Mephistopheles no longer insisted and retrieved Durandal: "Alright, then I'll see if I can get you a new weapon later, otherwise, with your current strength, you're still a bit lacking."

Black Jeanne's face darkened.

"But don't worry, everyone is in training now, so you can too. You'll definitely catch up with everyone quickly."

Black Jeanne's face darkened further.

"My magic power is sufficient. Oh, right, I can also give you some items to replenish your magic power. That's certainly possible; it will allow you to exist on your own for a long time, without even needing to rely on your Master."

Black Jeanne frowned. "I'm just a Servant now, and my original body hasn't descended. I shouldn't need the ability to act freely without my Master, right?"

"Just in case, for example, if I'm suddenly drugged, knocked out, captured, or even thrown into a time warp, making it impossible for me to supply you with magic, then having a similar item would allow you to continue doing what you want."

Black Jeanne wanted to say, "With your strength, who could do this to you?", but Mephistopheles looked like a seasoned victim, even muttering to himself.

"That's right. In order to prevent you from being thrown into other dimensions, we still need to get you an item to replenish your magic power. After all, this isn't the first time something like this has happened, and there's always a chance something will go wrong! At that time, you'll also have to assist Mash Kyrielight and Gudako. I mean Ritsuka Fujimaru."

Chapter 166 Basic Instruction for the Director

"Let me introduce my Servant, Black Jeanne!" Mephistopheles happily introduced his new Servant to everyone.

Many people showed surprise upon seeing Black Jeanne.

"This isn't that..." Mash Kyrielight said, then immediately realized that just because someone was an opponent last time doesn't mean they are now. Moreover, the fact that the opponent could even be summoned as a Servant meant that this person had transformed from a fictional being into a real Heroic Spirit.

"But how is this possible?!" Romani looked at Black Jeanne with a puzzled expression. "It shouldn't be like this. It's completely without any basis. The legend itself only exists in a revised history and has long been erased. Why would a village of Heroic Spirit be born?"

Mephistopheles chimed in, "Do you think it's possible that because she was already born, she was recorded? After all, in a way, her birth was like creating a Heroic Spirit out of thin air using the power of the Holy Grail, and the existence of Heroic Spirit themselves would be recorded."

Romani shook his head. "But it's still too amazing. If it's really like this, we might be able to update our theory on the formation of Heroic Spirit. No, in the current situation, it's necessary to update it."

Black Jeanne looked somewhat uneasy at the group of people around her. Although she possessed Gilles's memories of Jeanne d'Arc, who had created her, and some of Gilles's imagination, she had a certain ability to communicate.

However, as a product of Gilles's hatred, she still didn't reach the level of a normal person, or rather, the level of a normal adult, in terms of how to communicate with people.

She felt like a child, and was even a little afraid of the people around her.

Especially now, listening to these people talk about their problems, this feeling of fear has become even more obvious and intense.

Mephistopheles agreed with Romani's words, "It's definitely worth updating. Perhaps we can use this theory to create Heroic Spirit unique to this place, thereby strengthening Chaldea's power."

Upon hearing Mephistopheles's words, both Romani and Olga Marie's eyes immediately lit up. Olga Marie even exclaimed, "We have quite a few Holy Grail now. If there's a real need, we can certainly create the special Heroic Spirit we require..."

Romani pondered for a moment and then shook his head, "However, it's probably unnecessary, because the strength of Heroic Spirit must have an upper limit. Even if they could be created, it would be very difficult to summon them. For example, someone of Artemis's caliber would be completely impossible to summon. If they wanted to come down, they would inevitably be subject to restrictions."

Olga Marie nodded slightly upon hearing this. "Yes, if it's just an ordinary Servant, then we can just summon it directly. The opponent even has enough combat experience, which is incomparable to a Servant we create out of thin air."

Thus, the once promising plan was instantly scrapped, and the Chaldea Servant mass production plan was immediately relegated to the cold storage.

Mephistopheles could only shrug at this. Even if a new individual is created, the birth of that individual will be linked to the creator's own knowledge. Because Gilles was familiar with Jeanne d'Arc, he created Black Jeanne. Therefore, if you want to create an extremely powerful being, your own knowledge must be solid.

However, if the created being is too powerful, its potential will be limited by the restrictions on summoning Servants. The summoned being might be similar to the current Black Jeanne Alter, or perhaps only at the level of Artoria.

If that's the case, why not summon someone like Artoria? Those people have more combat experience.

So Mephistopheles put that plan aside and looked at Black Jeanne, noticing her somewhat nervous expression, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly feel like I'm..." She carefully considered the modern common sense that the Holy Grail had given her, and gave a description, "I feel like an experimental subject."

"It's just that I had doubts about your existence, and then I'll give an explanation." Mephistopheles smiled, comforting the other party. "Besides, the fact that you can appear and stabilize yourself means that your existence has been permitted by the gods, doesn't it?"

"God?"

"You also believe in the almighty and one Lord, so you should understand what I mean."

Black Jeanne looked at Mephistopheles without speaking. She knew what he meant: even if she was a false existence born from the desires of some people, she still shared the same faith as Jeanne d'Arc, believing in the one true God.

While she was in the Singularity of France, the man before her took on her sins through the actions of the divine child, making her like any other human being in this world, someone recognized by the divine child.

Therefore, she is naturally recognized by the gods.

Since we've already been defined as human beings, perhaps we don't need to consider so much. We can just act like a human being, or rather, think in our own way.

After all, she is a human being now.

This was said by Mephistopheles himself, and she believed Mephistopheles, so she was certain that she was human.

Moreover, she believed that it was precisely because of this relationship between the two that she was able to be contacted in that almost random Servant summoning, allowing her to come here.

After all, Mephistopheles's very existence is that of a divine child who bears the sins of himself.

Mephistopheles himself is a relic capable of summoning himself!

Thinking of this, Black Jeanne couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement, and even her breathing became slightly rapid.

This mysterious conceptual connection stirred a sense of excitement within her.

At this moment, Ritsuka Fujimaru spoke up.

"Great, now we have two permanent Servants!"

Leonardo da Vinci raised his hand. "I'm a permanent resident too!"

Mash Kyrielight immediately explained in defense of her Master: "You can't go to the Singularity by yourself, so you were obviously referring to the resident Servants who are investigators!"

"That's true, I can't go directly to the Singularity in my current state." Leonardo da Vinci nodded, then said to Black Jeanne, "So you are now truly Chaldea's second Servant Investigator!"

Black Jeanne looked at Mephistopheles with some confusion. "But isn't Mephistopheles a Servant too?"

Everyone looked at Mephistopheles.

Mephistopheles shook his head helplessly. "Although I have some characteristics of a Servant, I am not a Servant. It's a special kind of legacy. I am a real human being, I mean, a human body."

"He actually..." Romani was trying to figure out how to explain, but Olga Marie spoke up at this moment, "You are now Master and Servant. Even if he doesn't say it, you will find out what's going on yourself later, after all, you are now connected."

She chuckled as she spoke, then added, "Besides, Mephistopheles isn't the type to keep secrets to himself. Or rather, some things that we would consider necessary to hide might not bother him at all. You can just ask him what's going on."

Because of Mephistopheles's report, everyone knew that Mephistopheles had come to the Holy Grail War in another world as a Servant, so they could understand his Servant characteristics.

However, this was something Black Jeanne couldn't know, and since Mephistopheles hadn't mentioned it yet, they didn't bother to either.

After all, this was Mephistopheles's private matter.

Black Jeanne Alter looked at Mephistopheles with suspicion, her eyes clearly questioning him.

Seeing Black Jeanne looking at him, Mephistopheles picked up his teacup, took a sip, and began to recount his experiences.

After experiencing Mephistopheles's drastically simplified version of himself, Black Jeanne finally understood why Mephistopheles possessed the qualities of a Servant. She looked at Mephistopheles in surprise, a look of envy on her face.

"I thought my own birth and my own experiences were already quite extraordinary, but I never imagined yours were just as extraordinary!"

There was even a hint of agreement in that expression.

"It's alright, there are still many strange things about me, you'll gradually learn about them later," Mephistopheles said. He and the current Black Jeanne were in a subordinate relationship, and as long as he didn't seal off his own consciousness, Black Jeanne would inevitably know about the past.

But Mephistopheles was too lazy to block it; after all, these weren't anything shameful, so it didn't matter if they knew.

Just like Olga Marie knew, she knew, so what, it wouldn't affect anything anyway.

Inside the room, Black Jeanne was staring at the delicious food in front of her, frantically moving the spoon in her hand.

Although Chaldea is located in the polar region and is currently cut off from the outside world, its internal supplies are actually quite abundant, enough to last for at least several years until all the Singularity have been explored.

Canned food is undoubtedly one of humanity's greatest inventions, and Chaldea is no stranger to it. There's an all-around variety of canned goods, from desserts to fruits, vegetables, and meats—you name it!

At this moment, Black Jeanne had a can of tomato and beef stew in front of her. She liked the taste so much that she completely ignored the other two people in the room.

The other two people in the room were Mephistopheles and Olga Marie.

Olga Marie was holding the thin notebook Mephistopheles had given her, looking at its contents.

The content was very simple, and clearly only introductory True Magic knowledge. Looking at this knowledge, Olga Marie asked in surprise, "Are you planning to become a teacher in the future?"