Chapter 208: Red-Haired Bard T?
[You and Medusa Lily have signed a temporary Master–Servant contract.]
[Medusa Lily, GETTO☆DAZE!]
[By subduing a ownerless Servant, you all gain a certain amount of experience.]
[You and Artoria level up by one rank, partially restoring your skill levels.]
"Please take care of me from now on,"
Eikou slightly bowed, gently greeting Medusa Lily who had just joined the team.
"What should I call you? Is it better if I use your codename Lily, or call you Medusa?"
"...Just call me Lancer."
Medusa Lily replied softly.
"Uh, we already have a Lancer in our team—Artoria—so using the class as a codename might cause confusion."
"Then..."
The purple-haired girl, gloomy and shy, lowered her cat-eared hat slightly and mumbled:
"You can just call me Anna."
"Hm,"
Eikou raised an eyebrow and let out a small laugh, "Alright, then from now on I'll call you Anna. Since our goal is to win the Champion of League, let's work hard together, okay?"
"Umu."
Anna only obediently nodded, then said nothing more.
Medusa Lily, or in other words Anna, was just as her first impression suggested—she wasn't the outgoing or talkative type of Servant.
Beep beep.
Eikou felt a vibration; the Servantdex in his pocket was reacting again.
[Medusa Lily Lancer (Anna)]
[Youngest of the three Gorgon sisters of Greek mythology.]
[Not especially… lacking anywhere.]
"Who asked whether she was lacking anywhere, huh? Can't this useless Servantdex display some more useful information?!"
Eikou complained speechlessly, almost wanting to throw the thing away.
[Being pressured by you, the Servantdex reluctantly displays more personal information.]
[...Her appearance resembles her two elder sisters, manifested in the form of a petite, youthful girl. A rather unique form of Divine Servant.]
[Often bullied by her two sisters, and because of an offhand joke—'Anyway, just go win the Champion of League first'—she was forced to set off on a journey.]
[She seems to have the potential to grow... but she herself doesn't seem to want to.]
What does this even mean, could it be that Anna, as a Heroic Spirit, still has the ability to develop her body?
Eikou had never heard of such a thing; normally, once a Spirit Origin is summoned, its basic form should be fixed.
But thinking about it again, this was Singularity Master GO, a world modeled after a famous Nintendo IP, so it wasn't strange that Servants here could grow or evolve.
[You continue on your journey.]
[...]
[The road to the next Gym is unusually quiet; you don't encounter any Servant without a Master jumping out of the bushes, nor any Trainer rushing to challenge you the moment eye contact is made.]
[The journey is peaceful to an abnormal degree.]
[Such excessive peace is not a good sign for you, because according to the traditions of this rule set, being challenged by Trainers on the road is an important source of experience and prize money.]
[...]
[Wait!]
[Red-Haired Bard T – lover of married women – suddenly appears!]
[Since your eyes have met, you can only accept a Servant Battle!]
[Red-Haired Bard T sends out Saber Gawain.]
[This is bad, both of your Servants are Lancers who are class-disadvantaged against Saber; class disadvantage at a time like this is extremely bad!]
[You are forced into an extremely dangerous confrontation; this battle is likely to be a tough one!]
[You send out Artoria Lancer.]
[...]
"Is… is My King?!"
[Gawain clenches his fist and enters battle stance.]
[He immediately punches Red-Haired Bard T, sending him flying!]
[You win the battle, and obtain 1000QP for travel expenses!]
[You gain a small amount of experience.]
[※ When conducting a Servant Battle, not only must you consider class advantage, but also personal relationships between Servants.]
...
"I've already come all the way to a Singularity, how come you two are still…"
Eikou crossed his arms helplessly, looking at the two Round Table Knights who were shirking duty in front of him.
"Let me guess, you two aren't the ones I know from school, but rather a different Gawain and Tristan summoned by the Singularity?"
"That is correct, but before coming here, we checked the records on the Throne of Heroes, so we know of your existence."
Gawain answered seriously: "Indeed, fate truly ties us together quite deeply, Sir Eikou."
"That's right, Sir Eikou and I are even soulmates who once lay under the same blanket watching 'Yuki-onna 2' together."
Tristan, whose face was bruised from being punched, chimed in.
"Who watched that thing under a blanket with you?! There's no such record on the Throne of Heroes!"
Eikou angrily retorted, then finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, whatever, at least I've met some familiar faces. Let me ask you two, has this road been this peaceful from beginning to end? No trouble at all?"
"Not exactly."
Gawain replied. "Not long ago, a young silver-haired girl passed through. She cleaned up all the Trainers along the road. Tristan and I are among the lucky few who escaped."
"So that's how it is..."
Eikou frowned uneasily.
It seemed Caren had gone ahead, and with her obsession with money, she definitely would have swept up all the QP along the way.
Hm, I have to catch up with her progress as soon as possible.
"And there's also another rumor."
Gawain continued to share information.
"When you pass the first town and go straight north to the second, you'll encounter a Divine Servant without a Master. It's said she possesses extremely powerful abilities. As long as you form a contract with her, your team's strength will increase dramatically at once!"
"Is that true?"
"In Pokémon terms, she's basically the Legendary mascot Pokémon of each version."
Tristan added.
"Understood."
Eikou nodded, temporarily committing this information to memory.
But he immediately realized: if Tristan and Gawain knew, then Caren definitely knew before them.
Not to mention the other Trainers in the game—everyone would want to fight over this "Legendary Servant." When the time came, the competition would surely be extremely intense.
He had to find a way to catch up to Caren, otherwise he would be left behind from the very start!
"Something this big happening, as Trainers we also want to go take a look at that Divine Servant. What if she turns out to be a new form of Our King? Or perhaps a married woman Goddess?"
Tristan said.
"Therefore——"
Gawain slowly opened his mouth.
"If you don't mind, please allow us to accompany you, Sir Eikou!"
The two Round Table Knights shouted in unison.
"No!"
Eikou immediately shook his head, firmly rejecting their request.
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