"Uh… ignoring me?" Tamamo-no-Mae felt conflicted.
She had braced herself for a brutal beating, only to be completely disregarded.
Instead, the other party casually strolled through the campus—
Like a parent visiting their child's school.
Hmm… Was She trying to see the place where Nameless had lived?
After a while, the overwhelming pressure finally faded away.
Tamamo-no-Mae wasted no time retreating to her office, swearing not to step outside again!
At the marketplace.
Cú Chulainn glanced at the towering figure beside him. "Who would've thought that Nameless could even defeat the Almighty God Zeus? That guy's ridiculously strong!"
Even his own teacher, who boasted that "a single spear thrust at its peak could slay even a god," wouldn't have been able to so much as scratch Zeus.
After all, the gods his teacher had slain were all minor deities, their names long forgotten.
Truly worthy of being humanity's sole Master, the guardian of human order.
"Indeed, he is strong."
Heracles wiped his forehead with a towel.
Having just finished a day of manual labor, he was slightly sweaty.
He gazed at the gradually calming sky.
Anyone could tell from the Almighty God's final curse that a series of calamities was still to come.
Enemies terrifying enough to destroy humanity would drag Souma into brutal battles.
Only Grand Servants and Beasts of Humanity could stand as his allies.
Heracles hesitated.
He only wanted to be an ordinary father, working to support Illya.
But now, if he didn't fight, everything would have to be entrusted to Souma.
That thought weighed heavily on him.
"A Grand Servant, huh…"
Heracles sighed softly.
He did qualify as a Grand Berserker—
[No emotion, no reason, no fear—utter madness, primal savagery!]
If he fought to the point of frenzy, it would completely shatter his peaceful daily life.
Cú Chulainn patted his shoulder with a grin. "Cheer up. No matter how strong the enemies are, there are plenty of heroic spirits around. Wanna go to Souma's place for dinner tonight?"
"Uh…"
Heracles was momentarily speechless.
Just talking about the earth-shattering matter of saving the world, how did you suddenly switch to freeloading meals?
Speaking of which, this guy frequently mooches meals, so why hasn't he recognized that Souma is Emiya yet?
Probably an aftereffect of freeloading?
"Hehe, after narrowly surviving the Fuyuki City disaster, we definitely need to celebrate properly. That guy's cooking could probably even conquer a Beast of Humanity!"
Cu Chulainn's mouth watered uncontrollably, his dog-like eyes gleaming brightly.
Just the thought made it hard to resist.
"..."
Heracles couldn't help but agree.
That guy was more suited to being a Grand Housewife than a Grand Archer—his cooking and homemaking skills were absolutely peerless.
He had completely conquered Illya's stomach, making her swear to marry no one else.
Leaving this old father with a faint sense of melancholy.
Just then.
A tall, blue-haired woman walked into the marketplace, gazing at the two with a gentle smile.
A single glance was enough to send chills down Heracles and Cu Chulainn's spines.
Goosebumps erupted across their bodies as their very souls trembled in terror!
An invincible, monstrous existence!
This instantly confirmed her identity to Heracles—
The Beast of Humanity, Tiamat!
The two exchanged glances, their faces filled with utter disbelief.
Aside from being granted special permission by Alaya to descend and assist Souma in battle...
Why was she able to walk freely in the human world?
Fortunately.
She paid them no mind, calmly passing by without a second glance.
Cu Chulainn took a deep breath. "Fuyuki City is getting scarier by the day—even Beasts of Humanity can stroll around casually now!"
"So, are you still going to eat?" Heracles asked.
"Uh, not for now, I guess."
Cú Chulainn cleared his throat.
That terrifying Beast of Humanity had just walked past him, nearly scaring him out of his wits. He needed some time to recover.
So horrifying!
But why had that person come to this ordinary market?
...
In the supermarket.
Rin was staring intently at the beef in front of her, clutching a discount coupon in her hand.
She was craving meat.
How could it be that despite being a renowned genius magus and a powerful goddess in her past life, her financial luck was absolutely zero?
This made Rin grit her teeth in frustration.
Even after the goddess sisters Ishtar and Ereshkigal merged with her, forming a three-in-one existence sharing one body, they had brought her practically no tangible benefits.
When the Almighty God descended earlier,
the only help the two goddesses could offer was to flee with her.
But the problem was—why the hell was their escape route leading straight to the Underworld?!
She was a living, breathing human—was she supposed to go to the Underworld and become a ghost?!
Don't get angry, don't get angry. Stay elegant. Keep smiling. The noble etiquette of the Tohsaka family must not be lost!
Rin maintained a faint smile on her face.
It was downright humiliating for a prestigious young lady like her to not even be able to eat whatever she wanted.
But alas, there was nothing she could do about it.
[Jewel Magecraft] required the consumption of countless gems.
The rarer the gem, the stronger the effect.
The Tohsaka family's inherited magecraft allowed her to use ordinary gems, which was already far more economical compared to other jewel magecraft practitioners.
But it still wasn't enough.
Ishtar couldn't help but scoff. "Hmph, if it weren't for that bastard Nameless stealing the most precious and beautiful gems from me, how could we possibly be broke?"
Back in the Singularity Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, that scoundrel Nameless had tricked her into signing an unfair contract.
He lured her into working for him with just a measly pile of gems,
while he monopolized a full 30% of the gems from [Gate of Babylon]!
"Tch, isn't it just because you're useless?"
Rin rolled her eyes.
She was honestly at her limit with her past-life self.
That infamous photo of Ishtar holding up a sign that read [I Am the Most Useless Goddess] had spread all over the internet.
And Rin had suffered the collateral damage.
Just then, she suddenly spotted a figure—both unfamiliar and eerily familiar—gazing at her with a gentle smile.
Before she could react, Ereshkigal in her mind screamed, "It's Tiamat!!!"
"What?! Tiamat is here?! Is she coming to kill us?!" Ishtar panicked instantly.
Back then, she and Ereshkigal had outright betrayed their mother and teamed up to attack her.
Such an act of filial betrayal could very well get them smacked to death with a single slap!
"She probably won't… After all, Tiamat descended to help Nameless, didn't she?"
Rin hurriedly tried to calm the two goddesses down.
Goddammit, these two really are useless goddesses who fall apart at critical moments. Completely unreliable!
And here she was, a mere mortal, having to comfort them!
"True." Ereshkigal nodded in agreement.
During the battle against the Almighty God Zeus, Tiamat had descended to assist Nameless in the fight.
She had provided him with an unimaginable amount of magical energy and life force.
Otherwise, Nameless would've long been turned into fireworks by Chen Gong!
Under the wary gazes of the three Rins, the figure smiled gently at them and said, "You have many friends. Get along well, get along well. May you always be happy~"
Huh?
The sister goddesses were utterly stunned.
Had Tiamat forgiven them?
This moved the two goddesses to the brink of tears.
As expected of Tiamat, always embracing all her children's mischief.
Rin also felt complex emotions, as the sight reminded her of her own gentle mother.
When you start school, someone carries your new backpack for you.
When it rains, someone holds the umbrella for you.
When you cry in grievance, someone wipes your tears—ah, that someone is your mother~
How touching.
So, why did Tiamat come to the supermarket?
Rin Tohsaka mused, "Why do I get the feeling Tiamat came out to buy groceries for dinner tonight?"
"Uh, could she be looking for Souma?" Ereshkigal sounded uncertain.
"Absolutely!"
Ishtar declared with conviction.
That bastard Nameless—they'd thought he'd become an ordinary high school student, having lost all his past memories.
Even when they met, he hadn't recognized them, everything seemed normal.
Yet, when the Almighty Great God Zeus attacked, Nameless instantly descended to battle him.
Souma, and you said you couldn't fight!
Why did we turn on the TV only to see you beating up the Omnipotent Great God?
Watching Tiamat's retreating figure, Rin asked the two goddesses, "So, should we go see Souma?"
"No!"