Atalante, The Archer of Red

(1 out of 3 chapters this week)

Melusine with glittering eyes looked at Ren who was looking back at her with some confusion. Why does this dragon girl look so happy?

'Unbelievable! So this is Her Grace's legitimate husband! Truly the one who made her change like this!'

The newly summoned Lancer already saw through her Master. As a Dragonkind she sees the world differently, she can view things through different kinds of lenses. So she easily noticed how well her Fairy Queen was.

Much better than the cold self she was when she ruled Fairy Britain. So this means her husband is truly good to her!

This was enough for the newly summoned Lancer!

"Our Grace, what is our next move? Do you truly need the Holy Grail? As the summoning was linked to war for the cup." Melusine curiously asked. She doesn't see her Queen caring about this cup. She isn't that kind of a fairy.

"No such thing. The Cup is something my husband already has. The reason why we are part of this war is that we need to stop a certain Magus from winning. The rest doesn't have meaning for us." Morgan explained with a plain voice.

"Oh… I see. As expected from my Queen! Then I shall return to my duties as your knight." Melusine happily agreed and swiftly went to her Queen's side.

"Since Lancer is summoned I should proceed to summoning my Archer."

Ren spoke after seeing the interaction between the Fairy Queen and the Dragon girl.

"By all means, Husband."

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The newly summoned Lancer looked at the group her Queen was hanging out with.

"These two are Red Dragons. The King Arthur's of Panhuman History. They are from Round Table."

The white-haired girl's eyes widened for a second. There is no way! These are THE Kings of Round Table!? The Kings of Knights!

She has heard much about them! She even holds the Saint Graph of Lancelot! Will she get a chance to meet him!?

"My—Queen. How did you end up in the Panhuman timeline? You are not even a Servant!?" The Fairy Queen's Knight was confused, to say the least!

"I was one. I am my Husband's first Servant. We won the Grail War together, he then brought me back to life and then…we married."

"...Wow…"

"Is it just me, but Morgan is bragging to her knight." Alter whispered to her regular version.

"...If I didn't see this with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed."

The pair of Sabers whispered to each other while Morgan explained the 'ritual' of marriage to her knight. It's something that didn't exist in Fairy Britain.

While at the back Gray was looking at Melusine with a confused look, this girl is barely higher than her. Is she truly a Dragonkind? So strange, she could sense this aura radiating from her but the girl's size…

It's just weird.

"Don't underestimate this girl. She is a genuine deal." Ereshkigal softly said to the grave keeper girl.

"Dragons are beings of pure energy, this girl's size can change."

"...I understand."

After telling a few of her experiences to Melusine their time to talk was over as Ren was ready to summon his Servant.

As the chant was done the circle glowed and white light once again consumed the basement.

Once the light settled down in the middle of the circle, a girl with blond and green hair was standing. She had a bow in her hands.

The bow was nearly as big as half of her body. It was radiating a godly aura.

However, what got everyone's attention was the girl's cat ears and a lion tail.

"Servant Archer, have accepted your summons, are you thou my Master?"

The newly summoned Servant asked Ren who showed the Huntress his intricate command seals.

The Servant's eyes widened for a second but she formed a contract regardless.

"Then the contract is sealed."

"...Hmm, so this is My King's Servant." Melusine hummed with curiosity. The lion girl who looked at Lancer frowned as she smelled something odd from this Servant.

"...You are not a human."

"I am a Fairy and Dragon hybrid."

The answer only made the Archer frown even more.

"Atalante, there are things we need to discuss about this war."

Ren said that as he collected the relic, there was no way he would leave that in the open. Morgan's staff and Atalante's piece of bow are his earliest items which he has a special bond with.

"...Then I shall listen to what you have to say, Master."

The group proceeded to walk upstairs. In the newly built living room, everyone took their seats.

With a hand motion, Ren summoned some snacks and drinks, he specifically summoned some beautiful-looking apples to his new Archer.

The Lioness's ears twitched for a second when she saw the fruits. For a moment she had a look of suspicion but after inspecting and tasting the apple she took a proper bite.

Her eyes glittered as the Huntress's taste buds exploded from incredible taste.

While Atalante was having a meltdown from incredible apples, Morgan was teaching Melusine all about being British. This means tea and biscuits.

The Dragon Girl was all about testing out new things. This was Saber all over again who was learning the ropes of modern society.

Ren watched with amusement for a while before starting to explain to the lion girl.

"I think we should start from the very beginning. The reason why my wife and I are part of this war is to stop a certain individual from making his wish as his wish will cause a purge of this world."

His Archer snapped out from her food-induced euphoria and looked seriously at him.

"I see… and your wish? Do you have one?" The Huntress asked seriously. Her instincts are telling her that this guy is VERY dangerous. She doesn't know if she could potentially even beat him.

She is still trying to grasp the idea that he even needs her. Just from his companions and her senses, she can tell that almost all of the companions he has are Servants or Ex-Servant-like existences.

"No. I am a winner of a Grail War in another timeline. My wish is granted, I am here to save this timeline from a purge on behalf of Gaia and Alaya."

"!"

Her eyes widened for a second as her mouth opened and then closed. This was not expected! Such things could even happen? The information she received from the grail tells her that Gaia and Alaya are presences that govern certain things.

This is completely unexpected!

"...Then…I can have the wish for myself?" To her wish, he simply shrugged.

"By all means. It's not like I need it, or my wife needs it." He shrugged and looked at Morgan who just waved her hand, as if it didn't bother her, as at this moment she was talking with her Knight.

"As you can see she doesn't mind."

Atalante nodded and sighed to herself, This sounds far too good to be true.

But she will accept it.

"Very well, then I accept, you will have my assistance. Not that you need help in the first place."

She hinted at the fact that this guy is monster mana-wise. She can sense that he can easily sustain entire armies of Servants.

Her reserves are overflowing even now, making her parameters rise by a stage just from this overflow.

Whatever being he is, he shouldn't need a Servant to win the Grail war for him.

Maybe that's why he summoned an Archer? To snipe Masters from a distance? While he takes care of Servants?

By this point, she could only speculate.

"Maybe, maybe not. This is a Great War. There should be a wide selection of enemies to face." He smiled at her.

All she could do was roll her eyes and look away. As if she buys such a simple excuse.

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After summoning his lion girl the group was set for war.

The pair of Sabers went to explore the village. Since they don't radiate Servant-like mana they have an easier time exploring the village.

While the Sabers explore the village Ereshkigal and Morgan start to teach things about the Holy Grail War to Gray. Since they are in such a situation it would seem it's a good time to do that.

This time around Melusine would be there as well as she is the Servant of Morgan. This only leads Ren and his newly summoned Archer.

The Huntress is in her spirit form following him like a proper Servant should do.

Though she never expected him to make another Servant manifest just like that.

Her eyes widened when she saw a fully armoured being just appeared like that!

The thing was she didn't even sense him! What kind of power is that!?

'He is not human? Something else entirely!?' She could not pick up any sort of smell from it. Only bloodlust and hunger for war.

"Impressive isn't he? This is the Berserker Class Servant I acquired in my first war. His true name is Lancelot, the Knight of the Lake. Morgan and I modified him and turned him into a Fae Knight. A human and Fae hybrid. Now I am going to empower him even further for this war. Morgan created this Fae territory which I can use to empower Lancelot further."

He explained to her, knowing full well that his Lion girl was following him all the way.

"...Do you even need me in the first place?" She asked him with some annoyance.

"Hmm, I don't have an Archer so I do need a ranged fighter. Say, Atalante, your Tauropolos bow originally was a Divine Construct?"

His random question somewhat got her off-guard, it came out of nowhere.

"...No? I don't think so. While Goddess Artemis gave it to me it wasn't constructed by God Hephaestus. So it should be just a blessed bow."

He listened to her explanation before a ripple in space appeared next to him. A weapon slowly came out. It was a bow…her bow.

The Wizard Marshall picked it up and inspected it.

"...this…just who are you, Master?" The Huntress could control herself and asked him with a baffled voice.

"I am a Wizard, Atalante, someone who is good at miracles."

"..."

"What do you say? I will give you a Divine Construct for a bow. Should he be a good gift for my Archer."

"..."

'What is his game!? He said he is a Wizard, my knowledge of these beings is limited, I died long ago. Whatever I know comes from the Holy Grail. Not that the Holy Grail is good at explaining. Wizards are beings who wield True Magic, a form of magic which appeared in modern times.'

"And what do you want in return? A Divine Construct is something only a selected few can wield. I don't think my Saint Graph could even handle such a thing."

He simply smiled at her.

"So you are interested. I could help you achieve such power, aren't you interested?"

"...Maybe, depends on the price for such power."

Ren smiled even more, the Huntress was quite suspicious of him. This girl is quite a cynical one.

"Price? The price is this." He showed his command seals.

"The change of contract. You will be my Servant past this war."

Her eyes widened as she was confused. This guy makes no sense to her. There should be a greater goal he is working for.

"...Your wish is that children don't experience what you had to go through in your life. Is that right?" He said that with a plain tone as his gaze went to the lake. The greenish-blue particles are very beautiful indeed!

"...How do you know that?"

"I am a Wizard, Atalante. Past, now and the future are the same to me. I know you, I know the times you were summoned in other Holy Grail Wars, even the times when you were summoned to help save the world."

Her eyes trembled for a second. This guy knows far too much! Still, she kept a cool face regardless of what he said.

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