Type-Moon: Root Seiko

"..."

The two remained silent for the time being.

They stood side by side silently, sharing a sweet drink.

"Should I call you master?" Artoria spoke first.

This made Luo Zhen choke.

As he questioned her, Artoria casually looked away.

"After all, I am your heroic spirit now, and we have even merged?" Her voice rose at the end. "Moreover, I am a drifter brought by the supernatural, and I have nowhere else to go but here."

"If my spirit origin is destroyed, then it's complete annihilation, and there's nowhere I can go back to."

She looked at Luo Zhen with a deliberately calm demeanor, saying, "You now hold the power of life and death over me."

"In order to beg for survival, I have to acknowledge you as my master, right?"

"Are you going to listen to my answer again, and then repeat it to Orange?" Luo Zhen looked wary.

“You can order me not to speak,” the Knight King sister blinked. “Try it. If I disobey, you can punish me as my Master. You have so many Command Seals anyway.”

Hiss... Luo Zhen has encountered a master.

Having shed all burdens, Artoria, who is neither a king, nor a god, nor a local Heroic Spirit, is terrifyingly powerful!

Luo Zhen even suspected that she might have been possessed by her witch sister.

What should we do then?

To be more reserved, to act like a true gentleman.

Or should we be more direct and confront our own desire for honesty?

"……(laugh)"

Artoria noticed Luo Zhen's dilemma and smiled beautifully.

"Artoria," Rozen said fiercely, "I command you with a Command Spell... Ah, excuse me, wait a minute."

Luo Zhen was still considering what orders to give when the phone rang.

Orange contacted him, saying that another singularity was ready and that he should hurry up and not waste any time.

This is really harsh on her; Miss Orange is treating her younger boyfriend like an ox.

She was well aware that the spiritual vein stagnation points here had been brought under control, and that the puppets left behind were keeping an eye on things.

There was no other way, so Luo Zhen packed up his thermos.

"Let's go, Artoria, Orange's urging us..."

Before Luo Zhen could finish speaking, he felt a warm, moist sensation on his cheek that was even sweeter than the sunshine.

Artoria kissed Luo Zhen's cheek, a kiss that was pure and unreserved.

"Rewards, loyalty, friendship. It's up to you how you choose to interpret it." The Knight King's eyelashes fluttered.

"Tip: If you want to see my heart again, just use my spirit origin anytime. I have no objection."

“My former knights all said I didn’t understand people’s hearts, and I’m aware of that myself… so it’s more convenient to just look directly. I also saw your heart, fair and just, and I really like that feeling.”

"...So, how can you say you don't understand people's hearts?" Luo Zhen rubbed his face.

He was completely convinced.

This older sister is absolutely adorable; I must make her my wife, sister, and mother.

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After a while.

Rōjin and Artoria rode together again, with Rōjin carrying her large and steady as they reached the next siltation point.

This place is great; it's right on the Kawakawa Bridge in Fuyuki City.

The point where the spiritual vein accumulates is right in the middle of the river.

Therefore, the Orange Civil Engineering Team did more than just send mannequins to the upstream dam to make adjustments and reduce the water flow as much as possible.

Then, with Ishtar's (who was offering magic) help, she threw a Noble Phantasm into the river, shattering the riverbed and revealing the entrance to the siltation point below.

After Luo Zhen arrived.

As soon as he dismounted, the goddess floating on the celestial vessel plunged straight down:

"My Rose Stone~ You must have missed me, right? A mere mortal woman can't satisfy you, so let me... Hmm? Wait, why do you smell so strongly of other women?"

"How should we arrange things this time?" Luo Zhen pressed down on this goddess who was talking to herself and putting herself in the position of catching someone cheating. Anyone who didn't know better would think she was the empress.

Joan of Arc raised her arm: "Me! This time I'll go with my Master!"

She was like a diligent and studious student, earnestly wanting to be the class representative.

Unfortunately, it was born a wild boar.

Luo Zhen always felt that she would be the kind of lovable, silly girl who, despite studying very hard, just couldn't seem to grasp the material.

What a pity... Luo Zhen subconsciously rubbed the silly girl's head, making Jeanne d'Arc squint her eyes in enjoyment without knowing what was going on.

Irisviel asked Artoria with concern, "Is everything alright?"

"And Artoria, you seem quite happy? What good thing happened?"

"Hmm, that's a very good thing." The Knight King said with ease.

This made Jeanne d'Arc, who was being touched by Ryougi, also smell it; the Boar Saintess had never been so perceptive!

She grabbed Luo Zhen's hand: "Master, let's set off quickly."

"To ensure everyone's safety, Miss Artoria, please stay and protect us. My Master and I are confident we can defeat any opponent!"

"It's good to have confidence," Luo Zhen reminded, "but don't squeeze so tightly, my arm isn't getting enough blood."

Why is this silly girl jealous? Luo Zhen couldn't understand it.

She was the first Heroic Spirit to merge with him, and all his fantasies came true through her. How could he not want her?

But as the saying goes, you can't see into someone's heart.

Joan of Arc didn't feel Luo Zhen's doting affection at all; he had to show it!

Therefore, she insisted on dragging Luo Zhen along with her as they jumped off the Kuachuan Bridge, as if they were going to commit suicide together.

"Take care." Orange and the others waved goodbye from the bridge.

Then, should she repeat to Orange and the others what Luo Zhen said when he confessed to her...? Artoria thought happily.

This life is so enjoyable that Miss Knight Wang wants to protect it no matter what.

Chapter 113 The Saintess Deserves Happiness!

Having already conquered the siltation point twice before, Luo Zhen was even more adept at it this third time.

He summarized several experiences.

First of all, the spirits within the stagnation points all have malfunctioning brains.

Their spiritual foundations were mostly ruined by the "sizzling" and their spiritual veins were thoroughly drenched by "all the evils of this world," making communication impossible.

Secondly, they were all trapped in their obsessions from their previous lives.

In order to get them to cooperate in controlling the spiritual veins to absorb magic power, they were all drawn out by their obsessions from their previous lives, and they kept doing the same thing over and over again.

From these two perspectives, it's truly remarkable that the corrupted Saber King Arthur was able to jump out of the stagnation point and attack Ryougi and the others based on his violent instincts.

So this third time was no surprise.

When Luo Zhen and Joan of Arc jumped into the deep cave at the bottom of the river to commit suicide, they were prepared to return to some ancient setting...

"Wait a minute, why isn't this going against the grain?"

Luo Zhen held Joan of Arc's hand, looking at the real-life monster movie in front of them without any special effects.

They were still in Fuyuki City, right next to the Miwa River.

But at this moment, in the Weiyuan River, there stands a gigantic, fleshy monster.

Countless eyes of varying sizes were embedded in the writhing mass of flesh, while thick tentacles randomly pierced into the surrounding buildings, pulling out civilians, dissolving and devouring them, turning them into nourishment.

The writhing, fleshy monster had grown to over a hundred meters long and was still absorbing nutrients, continuing to grow.

In the air, fighter jets continuously launched missiles and strafed the enemy with their machine guns.

But the missile bombardment was barely a tickle to the sea monster made of huge chunks of flesh, while the bullets from the Vulcan cannon were practically feeding it nutrients.

Further afield at the estuary of Fuyuki City, one can even see the US military fleet stationed in Japan setting out.

I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky.

This time, the fleet, including the aircraft carrier, was not completely wiped out by the lasers emitted from the strange pyramid.

It was just that a large number of small sea monsters that had never sailed downstream into the ocean bit through the steel plates of the warship, devoured all the crew members alive, and also digested the metal along with it, bringing it back to the mother ship.

"Master! I'll go and destroy that monster right away!" Jeanne's eyes flashed like lightning.