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Kisaragi Rin nodded, comforting the several Servants.
"No need to blame yourselves. Time Stop is indeed a difficult ability to predict."
"Was it that space, which is why Master was able to act after the Time Stop?" Medea, ignoring the emotions of the other Servants, stared intently at Kisaragi Rin, continuing to ask what she wanted to know.
"Exactly."
The expected answer, however, made Medea feel a bit dizzy, and her ears hidden under her hood grew hot.
Kisaragi Rin had taken Medea to the Workshop space last night, and everything there had made Medea feel as if her brain had crashed.
Though called a space, Medea felt that the Workshop was something beyond a Reality Marble, beyond a divine realm; its fantastical abilities felt less like technology and more like the magic of the Fate World.
Protected by the Workshop, unaffected by Time Stop?
If so, why did Kisaragi Rin still come out of the Workshop?
That was a Berserker with the highest stats, filled with killing intent, an unstoppable Berserker!
Didn't he know what his opponent was?
Knowing that no one could help him during those seven seconds of Time Stop, knowing that no matter how powerful Berserker was, he couldn't harm him if he returned to the Workshop, knowing that they were just newly acquainted Servants…
"Even in such a life-or-death crisis, Master didn't betray himself…"
Kisaragi Rin's appearance at the end of the Time Stop was etched in her mind. Medea wanted to get closer, but she was blocked by Lily, who was in Kisaragi's arms.
"Why did you stay to fight Berserker? Wouldn't it have been simple to just go back to the Workshop?"
In an uncontrollable emotional outburst, Medea bit her lower lip and pulled Lily aside. Her face, hidden beneath her hood, drew close to Kisaragi Rin, her blue eyes filled with earnestness.
When Medea asked this question, Saber, Medusa, and the recently pulled-away, displeased Lily all stopped and looked at Kisaragi Rin, awaiting his answer.
"As your Master, isn't it natural for me to step forward when you are in crisis?"
"It was just seven seconds of Time Stop. I'm not some useless Master."
Hearing such an answer, Medea pressed her palm against Kisaragi Rin's body. Her elven ears trembled uncontrollably beneath her hood, mirroring her emotions. Finally, Medea's heart raced as she stood on tiptoe.
Kiss!
The sound of contact with Kisaragi Rin rang out, but it wasn't Medea. It was the adult Lily, who had pushed Medea aside and leaped into Kisaragi's arms.
The adult Lily made no effort to hide her feelings. Her Lotus root arms wrapped around Kisaragi Rin's neck, and as she kissed both sides of Kisaragi's face, she said, "Master, that kind of talk is really too much."
"I know, Lily, quickly get down."
Kisaragi Rin said helplessly.
So many things had happened in just one morning, and there was still too much to deal with.
"…Mm." Lily hummed softly, then kissed Kisaragi Rin one more time before releasing her arms.
Standing on the ground, stared at by the others, a hint of shyness appeared on Lily's face.
Medea watched all of this, somewhat dumbfounded, her chest heaving violently. She clenched her fists, forcefully suppressing the urge to use magic to obliterate her younger self.
Kisaragi Rin looked around: five stone statues of Steve Rogers, an Esdeath bound by magic, the true face of the high-level player yet to be seen, and Esdeath herself, whether she was created by the pursuer or another player, was unknown.
Honoka Academy, which looked like it had been hit by a typhoon, a meteorite, and a cold snap, also needed to be dealt with.
Kisaragi Rin rubbed his left arm, which had recovered completely. Two Command Spells remained on it, not disappearing even after his arm had collapsed.
"I was a bit careless. It was fine before when I used Black Flash because the Demon King Bloodline restored my physical injuries. Now, a direct Black Elbow causes terrifying damage to the body."
Without the protection of the Bloodline, the moment he unleashed Black Flash himself, even with Kisaragi Rin's endurance, he felt intense pain in his fractured left arm. His physique simply couldn't withstand the full power of a single Black Flash.
To leverage 100,000 units of power with 100 units of strength, one must also be able to withstand it.
Because he couldn't be distracted while unleashing Black Flash, the Banner of Demons had fallen to the ground. Kisaragi picked it up and handed it to Medea, saying, "Medea, take this equipment for now. You can exploit the Banner of Demons's effects better."
"I understand." Medea shyly accepted the Banner of Demons and tucked it into her cloak.
"Saber, Medusa, please go and destroy the surrounding area. At least don't let these traces be too obvious."
Medusa immediately went to do so. Saber glanced at her Master, Yukinoshita Yukino, and seeing no objection from her, followed Medusa.
Saber wasn't too worried about Kisaragi. In her heart, she felt admiration for him, being able to single-handedly and unyieldingly confront Berserker during the Time Stop.
"If there's really a chance, Chef Master should become a Knight of the Round Table."
Saber glanced at her Sword of Promised Victory, unleashing a beam of light to destroy the few remaining buildings in the vicinity, concealing the traces from mortals. The simplest way was to bury everything.
By the time they excavated the traces beneath, they would likely find nothing, and by then, this Holy Grail War would probably already be over.
Kisaragi Rin took the five Steve Rogers into the Workshop. He knew without a doubt that the real Steve Rogers hadn't died either.
Since the pursuer knew to have Hydra Captain impersonate him, how could Steve Rogers possibly send all of his individual selves?
However, Kisaragi Rin already knew how to obtain information about the enemy: through Esdeath.
The pursuer didn't know that Kisaragi possessed the power to seize other players' Servants. Through Esdeath, he might be able to obtain a lot of interesting intelligence.
The current problem was, even if he seized ownership of Esdeath, how could he restore her sanity from the Berserker class?
While Medusa and Saber were dealing with the traces of the battle, Medea secretly pulled away Lily, who was clinging to Kisaragi Rin, and, masking herself with magic like a wicked woman, began to take advantage of Lily.
Kisaragi Rin walked towards Esdeath, who had almost killed him. Yukinoshita Yukino, seeing no one else nearby, also walked over and asked with a subtle tone, "You wouldn't have done that on purpose, would you?"
"Miss Yukinoshita Yukino, are you perhaps too prejudiced against me?" Kisaragi Rin shrugged, pointing in Esdeath's direction, "I don't have the ability to foresee everything. All I have is correct judgment and my own abilities when facing choices. When Berserker arrived with Time Stop, I should have stayed, and I had the ability to stay."
Being too familiar with Kisaragi Rin, such upright words had little effect on Yukinoshita Yukino.
She kicked at the broken stones beneath her feet, narrowing her eyes slightly, and said somewhat haughtily, "Although that's the truth, I still intend to unilaterally doubt you. Let's just call it a stereotype."
"…A stereotype?" Kisaragi Rin reached out to flick Yukinoshita Yukino's ahoge.
Her ahoge trembled wildly. Yukinoshita Yukino turned her head and smacked Kisaragi Rin's arm in retaliation with dissatisfaction.
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