Return to Black Faction

When Jeanne had parted from Shinobu, she wasn't sure why, but she felt quite lonely somehow.

'What is it? Have you fallen for him?' Shinobu asked.

'Shinobu!!!'

Jeanne was very embarrassed when Shinobu suddenly asked her this kind of question.

'Jeanne, that guy's charm is dangerous. He's like an anaconda, once you have given him a chance, then he's going to enter your heart, eating you without leaving anything behind.'

Jeanne was startled and asked, 'He's not that dangerous, right?'

'....He's not that dangerous if you're alright to share him with someone else, but are you ready to become my sister, Jeanne?' Shinobu asked.

'SHINOBU!!!!'

Somehow even though the Holy Grail was about to begin, Jeanne couldn't concentrate on this war at all, or rather she was more cornered about the new feeling within her heart at this moment.

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Trifas, Romania.

The moment Haru returned to Trifast, he received a parchment from the Yagdmillennia's familiar and after he read the content which congratulated him and told him to return. He knew very well that it was from Darnic. He raised his eyebrow and it seemed that they had already known how he had returned back safely after he fought against several servants of the Red Faction.

However, he could tell that they didn't know the details of the battle and thought that everything was done by Raikou since if everything was known by Yggdmillennia, then the barrier that was set by the Red Faction was simply useless.

Though, he had to admit that he was a bit amazed by the power of Yggdmillennia to gather information.

"Let's go, Berserker."

"Yes, dear."

"....Berserker."

"Yes?"

"When we're together, I am alright when you call me dear, but when we...."

Haru looked at Raikou who looked at him with a gentle smile and decided to give up.

"Well, just call me whatever you want."

"Yes, dear!"

Raikou smiled and hugged Haru directly, ignoring all the homunculus which was patrolling within the castle since, in her mind, the existence beside her master was simply a bug.

Haru started to think that this "Mad Enhancement" of Raikou was a bit weird, but he wasn't sure how to explain it.

Even though Raikou's "Mad Enhancement" was the highest rank which was EX, on the contrary, she was sober, though, she acted quite weird sometimes.

But then again, the existence of the Harem Protagonist was very cheating so even Raikou who had "Mad Enhancement" was tamed by him.

The door of the hall was opened, and Haru and Raikou entered the hall together.

The moment both of them entered, all the masters and servants couldn't hide their surprise since both of them were really able to return safely after their raid to the headquarters of the Red Faction.

When everyone was surprised, both Lancer of Black and Darnic were very happy at this moment.

"Very good! I have to give you praise, Young Man, Berserker!"

Lancer of Black looked at both Haru and Raikou with appreciation.

"Aside from Saber and Archer, it seems that we have another great commander within our faction, do you want some reward?"

Haru looked at Lancer of Black and had already known the name of this servant was Vlad III who was known as the Dracula and the King of Wallachia which was Romania in the past.

Vlad III was a king so even if Raikou had been rude from the beginning to the end, and even sent out a killing intent toward him, he didn't care since with Berserker in the Black Faction, the strength of this faction became even stronger.

However, Raikou didn't care much about Vlad III's offer.

"I am not a commander in your country, King of Foreign Land."

Raikou smiled and ignored Vlad III since all the people beside her master were insects.

"Although I am flawed, I was once a commander in my country and it is impossible to serve the King of Foreign Land."

Then Raikou looked at Haru with a shy smile.

"As for a reward..."

Raikou covered her mouth, trying to hide her shyness while giggling happily.

"...."

Haru was speechless but didn't say anything.

Everyone looked at Haru and could see that he didn't seem tired. His appearance was also very spirited and healthy which made some people jealous.

"Kasugano-kun."

"Yes, Mr. Darnic."

When Darnic called his name, Haru tried to present himself as best as he could, though, everyone could tell that he was very tired.

"I know that you're very tired, but can you tell us your experience fighting against the servants of the Red Faction?" Darnic asked.

"Yes, Mr. Darnic."

Haru nodded since he didn't care much and whether they knew about his experience or not, it didn't really matter.

No one said anything and listened to his story, telling them how Berserker had fought against both Archer of Red and Lancer of Red.

Haru didn't tell them that he was the one who fought both servants and told everyone that it was Berserker who had fought them. He mixed both truths and lie together, and his expression, fascination, and his identity as Darnic's admirer made them not think that he would be lying to them.

"I see... You have done well."

Darnic couldn't help but praise Haru well.

"Thank you very much." Haru nodded.

"Do you know the identity of the two servants?" Suddenly Gordes asked.

Haru shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"I see."

Darnic nodded and said, "I want to tell you to take a rest, but there is something that we need to talk about beforehand."

"That's alright, Mr. Darnic. I am not tired." Haru shook his head and asked, "Is there something that you want to talk about?" Before Darnic answered him, he could tell that among the servants on the Black Faction there was someone missing.

"Oh? Where is the Rider?"

Haru could tell that Celenike's mood was very bad, especially from that disgruntled expression on her face, however, he wasn't that surprising considering Celenike's personality and Astolfo's personality were simply a disaster.

When being mentioned by Haru, Celenike's expression became worse, but she didn't say anything since her servant really lacked common sense.

Astolfo was that kind of existence and he lacked common sense which was why it caused him and his master a lot of trouble.

In Astolfo's legend, he met a lot of trouble because of his lack of common sense and curiosity so it wasn't that surprising for him to show such randomness.

"Hmph!" Gordes snorted and said, "A weak servant without strength, even if he's here, there's nothing that he can do."

Gordes's words weren't wrong, but it was something that shouldn't be directly told.

In this Holy Grail, not only the Gordes, but even all the people here could tell that Astolfo was the weakest servant among the Black Faction.

Even Caster, whose body was weak, was better than Astolfo since Caster was able to create a lot of golems to help the war, however, Astolfo could do nothing.

Besides his pretty face, Astolfo was simply useless after all.

Some wise people often told to not offend to a woman and it seemed that sentence was simply right.

"Rider's performance can be determined by his status, he has a lot of useful Noble Phantasms that can be used in a lot of situations."

Celenike then looked at Gordes and snorted.

"I am more worried about Saber, such a powerful servant is being wielded by a useless master, it is simply outrageous!"

"Use... Useless master?!" Gordes instantly became furious and pointed his finger against Celenike. "Were you saying that I am useless? You dare to call me useless?!"

"Saber is wasted on your hands." Celenike looked at Saber and asked, "Saber, what do you think? Are you happy to serve such an incompetent and arrogant master?"

"..."

Saber was silent.

"Hmph!" Gordes sneered and said, "It's useless! I have used my Command Spell to forbid him to talk."

"..."

Everyone was speechless when they heard Gordes's words.

"Stupid."

Celenike held her forehead while shaking her head.

Forbidding his own servants to talk by using his own Command Spell, even an idiot was better than Gordes.

There were of course a lot of problems with this command.

With this command, Saber might not reveal his own name, however, without talking, there was no way for both Gordes and Saber to communicate with each other unless they talked to each other in their minds.

Haru shook his head and didn't care much about Gordes.

"Good."

Darnic also went forward to stop the dispute. "Kasugano-kun, this time, I want you to help to solve some matter." He smiled and said, "I hope that you'll be able to help the Assassin.