"My king, I take my leave."
"Granted."
The four Master-Servant pairs left the audience hall one after another, and Darnic departed as well.
Apart from the homunculi standing by, only Sovell remained in the spacious hall. Now, he no longer concealed the joy in his eyes, letting it shine openly.
A few minutes earlier, Sovell had exchanged a glance with Saber.
Even though their eyes had met for only an instant, Sovell had clearly felt a brief fluctuation in his bloodline.
That fleeting fluctuation had not been intense, but its existence was an undeniable fact.
Coupled with that Saber's attire and the Holy Relic his Master had used-a bloodstained Linden Leaf-
The black Saber's true name was all but obvious.
The eldest prince of the Netherlands, the possessor of the Nibelungen treasure, and...
One of the most famous dragon-slaying heroes in human history.
Siegfried.
Also known as Siegfried.
Sovell had already heard of his epic back in the fifth century.
Legend held that, armed with the treasured sword Balmung, he had slain the evil dragon Fafnir single-handedly and bathed in dragon blood.
Except for the spot on his back covered by that Linden Leaf, his entire body had been infused with the dragon factor, rendering him impervious to blades and spears.
And then there was the cloak of invisibility, which granted him the strength of twelve burly men whenever he wore it...
A great hero like Siegfried was undoubtedly one of the strongest Servants in a conventional Holy Grail War.
And Sovell, the last descendant of [Primordial], was likewise a dragon Heroic Spirit of the highest caliber!
The strongest Dragon Slayer versus the strongest Dragonkin.
Just imagining it was worth the price of admission!
The only pity was that, until the Red Faction had been wiped out, the two of