Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

For example, her current magic is a combination of two different periods.

For example, she can now use both the Noble Phantasm "All Laws Can Be Used to Break the Rules" and the Noble Phantasm "All Flaws Can Be Repaired".

Moreover, she possesses a unique understanding and extremely high level of skill in both offensive and healing magic.

Furthermore, her experience from her witch days has made Medea less naive than a young girl.

However, the downside of having both periods coexisting is that her values ​​and experiences are constantly clashing when faced with such situations.

This isn't the first time either.

She was also struggling with this when she was with her previous Master, but ultimately, thanks to the continuous efforts of her previous Master, she reached a compromise between the two periods that leaned more towards the witch period.

Therefore, as a traitorous witch, she betrayed her previous Master.

This time, after some hesitation, Medea straightened her clothes and slowly stood up. Feeling the discomfort in her body, she slowly walked towards Roland's location.

Perhaps it was what happened last night and what Roland just said that touched her.

It's also possible that because she lacked trust in others, she carried the expectation of 'wanting to trust others' in both periods.

This time, she reached a compromise between the two periods, leaning more towards her teenage years.

Having gained experience as a witch, she wouldn't make the decision to give everything so easily again, but at least she intended to see how it went.

As a young girl, she decided to try to believe.

Then, she would use her experience as a witch to judge whether her second Master was worthy of her trust.

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3. Medea and the Magician

"This needs a little tidying up... never mind, I'll do it."

"Don't put anything in this spot. I need this spot to be empty when I set up the barrier later."

"Let's put in some extra effort. Although this place is small, it's still a temporary base that we'll be using for a while. What kind of magician would we be if we didn't even set up a base?"

"Alright, you can't be of much help here. You... um, go cook. Leave the workshop matters to me."

Medea pushed Roland into the kitchen, then closed the kitchen door and went to set up a makeshift base.

Although Medea, after being temporarily taken home by Roland, observed the surroundings and still preferred Ryudouji Temple as the location for her magic base, she seemed to find a new motivation after hearing Roland say that this was his 'home'. She completely stopped mentioning Ryudouji Temple and began setting up the base directly in Roland's less than 100-square-meter home.

To be honest, Roland was quite surprised by Medea's appearance.

Even though Medea had already explained her true name and that she was now a combination of the young Medea and the witch Medea while they were on the road, Roland still felt a little emotional.

Roland was quite accepting of Medea's condition.

Because he had played the game FGO.

He knew very well that Medea on the Argo was in this state in FGO—except that the Medea on the Argo chose to use her teenage self as the subject, while the Medea who signed a contract with Roland now is closer to her witch self.

But this is a matter of choice; both are possible, so there's nothing strange about it.

What truly impressed Roland was Medea's attitude towards him.

Is she... being too good to herself?

Of course, it wasn't that Roland was deliberately being unreasonable. Rather, after confirming Medea's situation, although his thoughts were in turmoil, he still had his own plans and schemes.

For example, what should he do if Medea caused a ruckus? What should he do if Medea stood by and watched coldly? What should he do if Medea betrayed him? But he never expected Medea to be like this.

She is trying to trust herself, and she is also observing and testing herself.

Roland wasn't a man of impeccable character. He had his bottom line and wouldn't touch what he shouldn't, but he still had quite a few relationships with women.

Therefore, he won't be upset about it like a self-centered child, nor will he tacitly accept it and be indifferent like a typical straight man.

After all, given what happened last night, Medea's observations and tests are quite clear if you think about the reasons carefully.

You can tell from her attitude; after all, she hasn't done anything and is still trying to trust you.

So even if her attitude is bad, she is actually expressing her plans for what happened last night—that is, she is already trying to accept you.

Moreover, Medea's attitude wasn't bad.

So her plan is already very clear.

Ultimately, it's because we've only just met and aren't familiar with each other yet.

So it's a test, but also a process of getting to know each other.

In addition, Roland could tell that Medea wanted very little... so this test was exceptionally simple.

She trusts you, and she needs you to trust her too.

She won't betray you, and she needs you not to betray her either.

That's it.

Thinking about this, Roland, who was cooking, felt a moment of daze.

He was rarely bound by the ropes of complex schemes, but Medea's simple and decisive swiftness caught him somewhat off guard.

So, without realizing it, Roland also abandoned his original plans and began to think about how to respond to Medea's purity.

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Magicians and sorcerers in fantasy novels are two completely different kinds of beings.

They are fundamentally different.

In fantasy novels, mages are combatants who manipulate magic to fight. In modern warfare, they would be special forces soldiers who are proficient in the use and assembly of various weapons and can even drive and maintain various vehicles.

Magicians are researchers; in modern warfare terms, they are scientists who specialize in researching weapons technology.

That's why in the original Type-Moon storyline, there are many seemingly powerful magicians who die or are defeated easily in battle, because they are researchers, not combatants.

Those who excel at combat are those who are good at fighting; those who are not good at combat and instead stay in one place studying magic are the majority of magicians.

Therefore, most magicians, if given time to prepare, will set up their battleground to some extent before engaging in combat.

If someone stays in one place for a long time, they will likely transform their residence into their own 'workshop'.

The workshop is used to gather magical power, and the gathered magical power is used to set up various spells and costumes in the workshop, thereby enhancing the workshop's combat, reconnaissance and support capabilities.

Therefore, it might not be difficult for you to kill an ordinary magician alone outside.

But if you give him time to prepare, and then try to break into his 'workshop' that he has been preparing for a long time, that becomes a very difficult task.

During the Fourth Shinobi World War, if Kiritsugu Emiya hadn't directly destroyed Kenneth's "workshop" from the outside, then Kenneth's stronghold, which housed eight magical furnaces and utilized the magical power of all eight furnaces to maintain countless spells and Mystic Codes, would have been an insurmountable wall for Kiritsugu Emiya.

That's how battles between magicians go.

It's not about the fierce battles between warriors, but the art of using magical resources.

To put it simply, the battle between warriors is like a fighting game, or online PVP, while the battle between magicians can be like a tower defense game.

This is one of the reasons why magic that can cover the enemy's territory and instantly set up one's own territory is such a high-level magic.

As a true-blue magician, Medea was naturally adept at setting up battlegrounds.

She was so skilled that in the time it took Roland to cook a meal, she easily gathered enough magic power in this house, which was not a sacred place but only close to Ryudou Temple, a supreme sacred place, and then built a 'temple' that was more advanced than the 'workshop' used by modern magicians.

Such a 'temple' far surpasses a 'workshop' in its ability to gather magical power.

It is the cornerstone that allows Servants like Medea, who are not particularly outstanding in inherent magical power, to use higher-level magic more easily.

If a 'temple' that gathers so much magic were fully set up, the number of spells and mystical items that could be placed there, provided that resources were used efficiently, would be terrifying—and if Medea also had a magic furnace to use, it would be even more terrifying.

If Roland were to sell such a 'temple' to other magicians, they would probably all be scrambling to buy it.

Medea set up such a 'temple' not only to prepare for the Holy Grail War, but also for other reasons.

She has decided to start trying to trust Roland, and she will make plans for Roland's future.

So while she was eating, there was a grain of rice stuck to the corner of her mouth. Then, when Roland was about to remind her of this, Medea, who was completely unaware that she had a grain of rice stuck to her mouth, revealed her plan.

"Roland, although we still need to make more preparations for this Holy Grail War, these are currently my tasks."

"While I'm preparing, you'll learn magic from me."

"After all, you may not know it yourself, but the amount of your inherent magic power is astonishing, much more than mine. And it feels like you also have a considerable number of magic circuits—it would be such a waste for someone as talented as you not to know any magic at all."

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4. Roland's magical talent

Roland was very surprised to hear Medea's words.

After all, although Medea is not an outstanding Servant in terms of the amount of inherent magical power, her lack of outstanding power is compared to the other divine magicians of the same era.

It's important to know that Medea learned magic from the goddess Hecate, making her a true divine magician.

The magicians she compared herself to were those who were somewhat related to gods in mythology, or were simply gods. Compared to those monsters, her inherent magical power was not outstanding, but compared to modern magicians, it was a different story.

Although Roland didn't know exactly how much of her inherent magic power was among modern magicians, it certainly wasn't unremarkable.

And someone with more magic power than her can already be considered a genius.

As for magic circuits and attributes, Roland had Medea check them using her methods after dinner.