Chapter 61: Servant Mochizuki
"Mochizuki Eikou!!!"
Eikou tried to run away from her, but she quickly grabbed him.
He froze for a moment, wondering why even she knew who he was.
No need to guess — it was definitely because of that stupid haunted house video again. He was so tired of it that he didn't even feel like complaining anymore.
"I'm not the Mochizuki Eikou you know,"
He hurriedly explained.
"I… Ehmm, I am a Servant from the future, a form of existence known as Servant Mochizuki, who made a contract with Alaya to save five hundred lives, and in return became a Slav— I mean, Servant. Mochizuki is the Servant dispatched by Alaya, specializing in dealing with suspicious individuals who recklessly trespass into girls' hot spring baths."
"What kind of ridiculous setting are you trying to make up? You're the suspicious intruder in the hot spring right now!!"
"That's right,"
Eikou grimaced painfully.
"I, Servant Mochizuki, was summoned precisely to eliminate my past self. That shameless guy dared to sneak into the hot spring where girls were bathing. I intended to unleash Unlimited Bonk Works to teach him a lesson, but in the end, he persuaded me instead."
"Wouldn't that just increase the number of perverts… No, wait! From beginning to end, there's only been one pervert — and that's YOU!!" Black Jeanne roared.
"You said it yourself, everything was done by Servant Mochizuki, so from now on don't trouble Mochizuki Eikou anymore!"
With that, he tried to turn and run again, but was immediately yanked back by Black Jeanne's Strength A.
"..."
Black Jeanne couldn't help feeling that although everything he said was stupid beyond belief, his ability to throw others' thoughts into chaos was astonishingly strong.
"Your identity was exposed a long time ago, stop acting or I'll burn you alive right here!"
She gripped him tightly with one hand, while the other was hidden behind her back as if concealing something.
Her pale golden eyes stared at him with icy coldness.
"Tell me the truth — what the hell is going on? Why did you appear in the girls' hot spring bath area?!"
"Even if I tell you the truth, you won't believe it..."
Eikou sighed and spoke honestly:
"I didn't do anything wrong, it's just that the staff messed up the bathing schedule and accidentally let the girls in. To be precise, I'm also a victim."
"That sounds even more absurd than the Servant Mochizuki nonsense!!" Black Jeanne said angrily.
"This is the first honest thing I've said to you!"
Eikou said, sweating all over.
"Haiz, I knew it… no matter how I explain this, it won't make sense..."
"I'll take you to the police, then you'll know what 'explaining clearly' really means."
"Let me go, I'm innocent! How could I possibly do something like…"
Clang!
Perhaps because Eikou was struggling too violently, Black Jeanne's other hand — the one she had been using to hide something — could no longer hold on.
A black helmet suddenly fell from behind her back, hitting the changing room floor with a heavy clank.
Both of them simultaneously looked at the fallen helmet.
"!"
Black Jeanne instinctively lunged forward, trying to hide the helmet.
But it was too late — Eikou had already seen its shape.
It was unmistakably the helmet of Sir Lancelot!
"..."
"..."
Black Jeanne clutched the helmet tightly like she was hiding evidence, then slowly turned her head back.
What greeted her was Eikou's gaze full of suspicion.
"Jeanne Alter-san, now it's your turn to explain to me — why is Lancelot's helmet in your possession?"
"..."
The Dragon Witch said nothing, her expression slightly awkward.
Eikou crossed his arms in front of his chest and spoke in a tone as if interrogating:
"Don't tell me you were also sent by Alaya as some kind of guardian, like Servant Jeanne Alter from the future. I won't believe that stupid excuse."
"Who would be stupid enough to reuse your excuse?" she snapped. "And so you do know that reason was idiotic, so why did you even use it in the first place, idiot?!"
"Stop changing the subject. Hurry up and explain what's going on here. Why is Lancelot's helmet in your hands?"
Eikou continued seriously:
"We said before that there was something strange about that new Lancelot. Turns out the 'person inside' had already been replaced by you, the France class. If that's the case, then all the suspicious points from before make sense now. Today, the one pretending to be Lancelot was you, wasn't it?"
"No! I don't even understand what you're talking about." Black Jeanne spoke with a guilty tone.
"Stop pretending. Lancelot didn't watch hentai married woman today, and he didn't go crazy over Artoria. How could that be normal?!"
"Doing those things isn't normal either! Why are you suspecting me? Like I'd waste time pretending to be Lancelot!"
Black Jeanne deliberately acted annoyed.
"Of course it's because of course credits."
Black Jeanne froze.
Eikou, while putting on his shirt, said:
"I already heard Jeanne white version say it earlier. You've been absent from class all day today, your grades are in danger of failing, and yet here you are with Lancelot's armor in the hot spring changing room… I can only draw one conclusion from that."
"You—"
"Who sent you? Are you secretly infiltrating my class as a spy?"
"..."
Black Jeanne fell silent. She bit her lip lightly, her beautiful pale face showing clear unwillingness.
This guy obviously looks like an idiot, but he's sharp when it matters. Why is he so hard to fool at times like this?
"No, wait, are you trying to throw me off on purpose? Right now it's not you interrogating me, it's me interrogating you!"
Black Jeanne hurriedly pointed her finger at Eikou, trying to regain her arrogant attitude, like an authority figure questioning a criminal:
"Compared to me, your problem is much more serious, you shady pervert sneaking into the women's hot spring changing room!"
"I told you I'm the victim here, while you really are a spy!"
Eikou didn't give an inch.
"Pervert!"
"Spy!"
"If you dare call me a spy, then I'll accuse you of sneaking into the women's hot spring!"
"On the contrary! If you dare accuse me, I'll print flyers about you being a spy and paste them all over the school!"
The two of them pointed fingers at each other and shouted.
But it seemed they both felt this was childish, so they simultaneously lowered their hands and sighed.
"Forget it, let's stop this elementary school-level argument…"
Eikou said, sweat beading on his forehead:
"Anyway, since we both have dirt on each other, how about we each take a step back and pretend nothing happened tonight, okay?"
Black Jeanne hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Fine, let's call it a truce…"
"...Good. From now on, we don't invade each other's territory, and neither of us brings this up again."
Both nodded, acknowledging a non-aggression pact between Britain and France.
"...Well then, goodbye."
With that, Eikou calmly put on his outer coat and turned to leave with an air of composure.
"Goodbye."
Black Jeanne also acted as if nothing had happened, turning back toward the hot spring.
However, in the very next second—
Neither of them hesitated as they both spun around, he grabbing a bar of soap, she snatching up a washbasin.
"Too naive!" x2
Both launched surprise attacks at the same time.
"Idiot, how could I let you leave here alive with the secret, DIE!!" x2
The two shouted in unison.