"What do you mean? Is there something wrong with this story?"
Durandal didn't expect Takatsuki to react this way. Takatsuki just shook his head: "There's nothing seriously wrong with the story. The main thing is that Otto told this story to prepare you in advance."
"What do you mean?"
"Can't say, can't say. Of course, if your wish is definitely to recover your memories, then I can also tell you the truth behind this story."
Looking at Durandal's somewhat angry gaze, Takatsuki smiled indifferently: "Don't look at me like that. I'm doing this for your own good. It's better not to know this matter if you don't recover your memories."
"..."
"Is it related to my past?"
"More or less."
Takatsuki looked at the Golden Fleece in the center of the magic circle and said to Durandal, "In this world, the story of Jason and Medea is different from what you know."
The story of Medea in the Moonlit World might be different from reality, perhaps to create a tragic effect.
Takatsuki had specifically researched it before, so he was very clear about it.
In this world, Medea falling in love with Jason was itself a conspiracy of the gods, struck by an arrow of love, whose purpose was for Jason to obtain the Golden Fleece.
And some events after that were similar to the normal myth: Medea killed many people for Jason, but the Greeks, dissatisfied with these actions, caused Jason and Medea to flee to Corinth. In Corinth, after Medea became pregnant, Jason became infatuated with another princess and abandoned Medea.
Subsequently, Medea retaliated against Jason by cursing his new wife to death, disfiguring Jason, crippling him, and killing their two children. She then began a long period of wandering, and died in a foreign land yearning for her homeland.
"Is love... really such a terrifying thing?"
"No, it's not. Love is still beautiful, but falling in love with the wrong person is a very terrible thing. Alright, enough talk, let's begin."
Looking at the magic circle in front of him, Takatsuki recited the summoning incantation he had prepared.
"Fill, fill, fill, fill, fill!"
"Repeating five times over and over."
"However, when it is filled, it is time for abandonment!"
"Set."
"Announce. Your body shall be under my command, my fate shall be upon your sword."
"Responding to the Holy Grail's call, obeying this will and reason, answer me! I am the one who accomplishes all good in the world, I am the one who gathers all evil in the world. Enshroud the three great words of power, the seven heavens."
"Appear, traversing the Ring of Suppression, Guardian of the Scales!"
"..."
A gentle breeze blew, Durandal's golden hair fluttered in the wind, and then she looked at Takatsuki: "Chuunibyou?"
"Ahem, as expected, I can't exploit this loophole."
Takatsuki looked at the Command Spells on his hand. Indeed, it had been judged that he already had a Servant.
"Durandal, you try it."
Although she had some doubts, she still walked to the magic circle and recited the incantation as Takatsuki had done earlier.
Unlike Takatsuki's attempt, which had no reaction, as soon as Durandal finished reciting "Fill" five times, the magic circle in front of them began to glow.
Seeing the magic circle react, Durandal was surprised for a moment, then composed herself and continued to recite the complete summoning incantation.
The magic circle emitted a dazzling light.
Just as Emiya Kiritsugu had said, summoning a Servant doesn't require much trouble, because the main body that summons the Servant is actually the Holy Grail, and what the Master does is merely anchor it and provide magical energy.
As the light slowly faded, a petite figure appeared before the two of them.
"Servant, Caster, Medea. Um, please take care of me!"
A small girl with purple hair and purple eyes, holding a staff, appeared before the two.
"??"
Durandal was fine, but Takatsuki was utterly bewildered.
"Uh… who are you?"
"..."
…
Takatsuki had not expected that using the Golden Fleece would not summon the treacherous witch. Can a Holy Relic even do that!?
After some conversation, the two finally learned the true identity of the young girl before them…
A young Medea, before she met Jason, still studying with Hecate.
"Um… did I cause trouble for Mr. Takatsuki?"
Compared to the future treacherous witch, the current Medea was completely an innocent young girl!
"It's fine, don't mind him."
Although he initially didn't have a good impression of Medea because of Otto's past words, after seeing this little girl, his original prejudices completely vanished.
"Durandal was right, it's my own problem. I originally wanted to summon your adult self to help dismantle the great holy grail."
Rubbing his temples, Takatsuki looked at Medea: "So, Medea, can you handle the task of dismantling the great holy grail?"
"Ah, um… I'm still very immature, still learning from Teacher Hecate, so I can't perform such a high-level magic ritual as dismantling."
"Sigh… then the plan needs to be re-customized."
The original plan, based on Medea the treacherous witch, could not be carried out by Medea at this young stage.
"Medea, what are your Personal Skills and Noble Phantasm?"
"Sigh…"
Medea looked at Durandal, as Durandal was supposed to be her Master, but Takatsuki had been the one asking questions all along.
"Durandal is also my Servant, so you can consider the three of us as one faction."
Takatsuki raised his left hand and showed his Command Seal to Medea.
"Eh? Is Master also a Servant? This… how is that possible, and isn't my current magic power provided by Master?"
Durandal nodded: "Yes, but my situation is special, I don't understand it either. Takatsuki knows, but he won't say. However, you can trust him; just tell him."
Medea nodded, seemingly understanding: "My class skills are Territory Creation and Item Construction. I am also proficient in many healing spells. Although I'm not good at combat, if it's healing, you can safely leave it to me. My Noble Phantasm is All Spells Must Be Healed, which can restore things to their original state, completely repairing them. As long as it's not death, I can basically restore anything."
"Is that all?"
Medea nodded.
It's even less than expected. Rule Breaker is gone. The current Medea is essentially a super healer.
"Sigh, never mind. The original plan is scrapped. I need to come up with a new plan. Before that, let's find a place to rest and eat something."
After a brief period of thought, Takatsuki completely abandoned his original plan of corrupting the great holy grail early. After all, the current Medea, apart from healing magic, could only serve as a mascot.