Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

Especially since this is Ishtar.

She's different from Ellie; she's the kind of person who's rarely been rejected growing up, making her a beloved goddess.

This also makes her more likely to overlook already small possibilities.

Moreover, she felt that her request was not excessive. For a god to seal the consciousness of a human was a very simple matter. If she hadn't merged with half of Rin Tohsaka's body and couldn't control Rin's body to seal her own consciousness, she wouldn't even need anyone else's help.

So it was such a small request, and when he asked, he restrained himself from calling the other party "Insect God," and he even promised a reward.

Why should they refuse me?

but

"I'm sorry, goddess Ishtar, I refuse."

Eh! ?

Ishtar was visibly taken aback upon hearing Roland's response.

Rin Tohsaka then realized what was happening.

Her initial goodwill towards Ishtar was largely wiped out by Ishtar's single sentence.

So before Ishtar could even retort after hearing Roland's rejection, she found herself losing control of her body, and then Rin Tohsaka's voice came from the direction of her body.

"Looks like I need to seriously reconsider my attitude towards you, you useless goddess!"

"Why...?"

Ishtar had never imagined that Rin Tohsaka could suppress her so easily, and that she would be suppressed without any resistance!

Then Rin Tohsaka smiled and mentally explained the matter of the gods and their followers to her.

Ishtar found Rin Tohsaka's explanation absurd!

It's not about the titles "gods" and "followers of the gods"... After all, Ishtar received a lot of modern knowledge from the Holy Grail when she descended, and she knows that whether it's modern or contemporary, humans always like to use the word "god" to describe things.

She had never heard of or had any recollection of this group of gods or anything similar in essence, which meant it was invented by later generations.

It's normal to have a name like that.

What she found truly outrageous was that she had actually become Rin's servant!

This is something she cannot accept!

So after Ishtar tried to resist for a while, she found that things were indeed as Rin Tohsaka had said, so she calmed down and began to mobilize the power of the Divine Core.

Rin Tohsaka said that gods must never harm gods, but Ishtar didn't believe her.

Something she had never heard of before must have some kind of limit.

So she wants to gather her last strength to fight back now.

Otherwise, she would know that Rin loves to sign all sorts of contracts with her, and it would be too late once she had signed a bunch of messy contracts!

When Ishtar activated her divine core, a massive amount of divinity unfolded within Rin Tohsaka.

Ishtar is by no means a weak god.

She has administrative authority over Venus, Mount Ebif, the Bull of Heaven, Sky Boat Maana, and Seven-Headed Warhammer Sheeta.

Even authority includes, but is not limited to, love, war, beauty, harvest—and even a shining crown. Even the Bull of Heaven, when manifested, is part of her original authority.

Therefore, she unleashed her divinity on a scale that was quite terrifying.

This allowed Ishtar to secretly glance at Roland beside her while mobilizing her divine core and unleashing her divine power.

She was still resentful that Roland had just rejected her.

Now she couldn't wait to see Roland, this insect god with a weak divine scale, tremble under her divinity!

But in reality, Roland, as the center of the pantheon, was the supreme god of all gods, and Ishtar could not harm him.

Secondly...

After Roland discovered Ishtar's divinity, he did not feel suppressed at all.

On the contrary, his divinity seemed to have been provoked. When he discovered that Ishtar was deliberately displaying her divinity, he suppressed it and Roland's golden eyes immediately ignited.

Then Ishtar, like Hercules before her...

No, Ishtar, who possesses a divine core and is not in a berserk state, has a clearer understanding than Hercules!

The moment Ishtar met Roland's eyes, which were like golden abysses, a paradox seemed to be born in her mind, and Ishtar's reason uncontrollably began to calculate this paradox.

The damage that occurred in that instant almost completely evaporated Ishtar's sanity!

Rin Tohsaka originally intended to use the Divine Contract to forcibly command Ishtar, but before she could even issue the command, she felt Ishtar's consciousness shrink and weaken considerably!

Then, the divine core, having lost Ishtar's control, instantly relinquished its divinity, restoring peace to everything around it.

Ishtar stopped, and Roland also turned off his golden eyes and asked Rin Tohsaka a question.

"You suppressed her using a divine contract?"

"without..."

Rin Tohsaka pressed her temples, looking somewhat troubled.

"I hadn't even had a chance to use it before it stopped on its own, apparently because of the divinity you just released... Now it's yelling loudly in my head—saying that someone like you shouldn't even exist, that your divinity is completely abnormal, and so on..."

Upon hearing Rin Tohsaka's words, Roland pondered for a moment.

Roland was aware of his divine anomaly.

When Ramedea joined the pantheon, Medea had told him about related matters.

However, he originally thought that he should be considered a god from beyond the heavens, just like the mechanical gods in the Greek pantheon.

But seeing the effect now, he had a feeling that he might not be an extraterrestrial god, but rather the extraterrestrial god mentioned in Abby's story...

However, Roland still didn't quite understand this matter. Then, seeing that Ishtar seemed to have a weakened Sanity, Roland didn't ask anything at this moment. He just silently remembered this matter and nodded to Rin Tohsaka.

“I understand now… By the way, after you’ve calmed Ishtar down, go straight to the hall downstairs. If you get lost, ask the maids; they know the way.”

“After all, Ishtar just unleashed her divinity, and the others were probably alerted as well... Now that you're awake, I should talk about the Holy Grail War. So I'll go and call the others to gather in the hall. You'd better hurry.”

Upon hearing Roland's words, Rin Tohsaka nodded first. Then, having just woken up and not yet aware of Roland's situation, she was already somewhat reluctant to continue participating, given that Roland had saved her life, coupled with Ishtar's special circumstances and her previous relationship with Gilgamesh.

But since she hadn't decided to give up yet, Rin Tohsaka glanced at Roland with suspicion.

"Regarding the Holy Grail War... are you considering how to deal with that Gilgamesh?"

Hearing Rin's question, Roland shook his head.

"No, what I'm about to say comes before dealing with Gilgamesh, which is to announce the end of this Holy Grail War."

......

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42. Illya's Redemption

After Rin Tohsaka had temporarily calmed Ishtar down, at least preventing her from screaming in her head, she arrived at the Einzbern Hall, led by the homunculus maids of Einzbern.

By this time, Roland and the others had all gathered around an elongated conference table.

Once Rin Tohsaka was seated, Roland, who was in the main seat, spoke up.

"Alright, everyone's here—so before this strategic meeting, I declare that this Holy Grail War can be declared over the moment we form an alliance!"

Ok?

Rin Tohsaka and Illya, who joined later, were a bit slow to react. They had recovered somewhat, and then Ishtar, who had temporarily given up resisting after making countless contracts with Rin Tohsaka, was also somewhat confused when she didn't see Gilgamesh.

But it seems that Medea and the others understood Roland's meaning after doing a simple math problem.

However, it was precisely because they understood that they developed even greater doubts.

This silenced them, and they waited for Roland's explanation.

On the contrary, the most straightforward Bazett couldn't understand Roland's words, nor did she understand why Orange and the others looked like they understood but were frowning. She wasn't even a newcomer yet—so she simply asked directly.

"Roland, why do you say this Holy Grail War is over?"

When Roland heard her ask that question, he initially thought Bazett was deliberately playing along. However, when he looked over and met her gaze, he realized that Bazett genuinely didn't seem to understand...

This made him shake his head slightly, and then he explained it to her in the simplest way possible.

“Bazett, you were one of the Masters before, so you must be familiar with the basic rules of the Holy Grail War, which is that seven Masters summon seven Servants, and after the other six groups are eliminated, the remaining group will become the winner and gain the right to make a wish to the Holy Grail.”

"Now let's do a simple math problem."

"Caster is Medea, Assassin is Hyakko, Saber is Artoria, Lancer is Cú Chulainn, Rider is Iskandar..."

Roland first mentioned those things Bazett was familiar with, then his gaze fell on Illya and Rin Tohsaka.

"After that, Berserker is Hercules, and finally, I didn't let Hyakko keep it from you, and I'm sure some of you have guessed it already, the goddess possessing Rin Tohsaka's Master, Ishtar, is the Archer of this Holy Grail War."

Um! ?

Upon hearing that Ishtar was a deity, everyone's gaze inevitably fell upon Rin Tohsaka.

They really didn't expect that a goddess would sneak into this Holy Grail War!

However, Roland invited Rin Tohsaka to the meeting, and he had mentioned that Rin Tohsaka had also joined the God Group when they rescued people, so they trusted Roland's judgment.