"How do you feel, Avenger? This church was built in your honor, you know."
Rin smiled at Jalter, who was frowning as she scrutinized the Saintess Jeanne Church.
After observing for a while, the Jalter snorted dismissively, "Building a church to commemorate someone after they die, even if you chant 'Jeanne' ten thousand times, not a single sound will reach her. And..."
Her battle flag pointed to a portrait of Jeanne nearby, "She and I are not the same person, not even parallel counterparts, Master. Aren't you quite clear on that?"
Rin nodded, "Indeed, the relationship between you and the true Jeanne is like a new life cloned from her cells; although similar, there's no necessary connection. Alright, this isn't the place to talk. Let's leave first."
"It's about time we did." As she spoke, a ball of black flame ignited in Jeanne's left hand and, before Rin could even speak, she threw it directly at the outer wall of the church. The wall silently burned into nothingness, like snow scorched by intense fire.
When the wall had opened enough for them to pass, Jeanne raised her hand to extinguish the flames. "Let's go, Master."
"Avenger, you... sigh, let's go."
"The walls of Saint Joan of Arc Church spontaneously combusted for no reason." It probably won't be long before another entry is added to "Unsolved Mysteries of the World."
Standing in the plaza in front of the church, the dark saint stood motionless, gazing at the modern high-rise buildings surrounding her, lost in thought.
Is it the feeling of returning to France again?
Rin looked at the Avenger Witch, who had not moved for a long time, and couldn't help but sigh for her.
"Master."
"Yes, I'm here."
"Where... is this?"
"Eh—!?"
Rin ran back to the hotel, dragging the bewildered Dark Saintess. Seeing Jalter's curious expression all the way, Rin immediately realized something was wrong.
The curious Dark Saintess poked at the hotel room's television and asked Rin, puzzled, "Master, what is this? Is it a mirror?"
"That, that's a television... Avenger, don't you have any knowledge of the modern world?"
"Why would I have something like that? Also, Master, what do you mean by 'modern'? Has it been many years since that idiot's death?"
The 'idiot' the Dark Saintess referred to was the true Jeanne.
T7
"Didn't the Holy Grail grant you appropriate modern knowledge before you manifested?"
"The Holy Grail? The one mentioned in the Bible? If it's something related to God, I wouldn't mind smashing it. How could I accept a gift from that thing?"
"..."
Next, through a series of conversations with Jalter, Rin finally understood that this Dark Saintess had absolutely no connection to the Holy Grail. Even though she was an existing Heroic Spirit, she had no connection to the counter force whatsoever. She was an existence completely contracted to Rin, a Heroic Spirit belonging only to Rin.
Therefore, everything about her also needed to be provided by Rin herself, including knowledge... "What?! You said this is France! Read the words? Sorry, because of that idiot, I can only barely write the name 'Jeanne d'Arc' like her."
"..."
"So, it's been over 500 years since that idiot was burned to death. To be burned as a witch and then posthumously honored as a saint, how disgusting are these humans?"
"..."
"Me? My memory only goes up to being burned to death, then being tied to that iron contraption you just saw. I don't know how much time passed, then I heard Gilles' cries and your summons, and then I was here."
Rin turned her head to a corner Jeanne couldn't see, tears streaming down her face, realizing that the path of education was still long and arduous... Three days later... Rin, with a dark expression, sat in the airport waiting room with Jalter, who was dressed in black casual clothes, waiting for the flight to Japan. Rin clasped her hands under her chin, silently looking at the ground, while the Saintess next to her curiously surveyed the waiting room for the first time, and... ate the hamburger Rin had just bought for her.
"Acerbic, harsh, sharp-tongued, a poor student, a tsundere, a member of the FFF Brigade, Spartan thinking, late-stage Chuunibyou, and on top of that, a foodie..." Rin's expression, hidden by her bangs, was full of regret.
The reason they stayed in Rouen for three more days was to teach this ignorant Saintess various basic modern knowledge. Rin was on the verge of collapse for three days of teaching. Not only did she know nothing, but Rin also couldn't help but be in awe of the Saintess's learning ability. She suddenly remembered... Jeanne's inherent attribute was: poor student!
On top of retaining her original attributes, she had also gained the new, further developed attributes listed above.
Rin was truly fed up with this Saintess who would just burn, burn, burn at the slightest disagreement. After three days, she finally taught her the basic knowledge, so she decided to immediately return to Japan to prepare for the Fourth Holy Grail War.
"Hey, Master."
"What?"
"The Holy Grail War you said you're participating in, any historically famous person could appear, right?" the Black Saintess said while eating.
"Yes, that's right," Rin replied.
"Then, that idiot who formed me could also appear, right?"
"Hmm... theoretically, yes."
"Therefore, I've decided to have my own name!" the Black Saintess announced seriously. Rin was momentarily stunned, looking at the girl beside her in confusion.
"Master, please call me Jeanne from now on."
"Jeanne?"
"Yes, I chose this name for myself; it belongs only to me. Why should I inherit Jeanne's name when I am an independent existence different from her? And Avenger is a class name, and I am not purely an Avenger, so please call me by my name from now on," the Black Saintess said, looking at Rin earnestly.
Rin looked at her, then opened her consciousness-level parameter sheet and found that the True Name field had changed from Jeanne (Alter) to Jeanne, which proved that she had acknowledged this name herself.
"Alright, Dragon Witch Jeanne, come with me to Fuyuki, and let's shatter the Holy Grail together."
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