I'm in a mess, starting with a meteor shower!

"Of course, you don't need to be disappointed in yourself because of this. I'm just telling you that the Holy Grail War is not something you can just participate in casually. Doing so will only waste your life. Besides, if you still want to train yourself to break through your limits, as your ally, I will continue to help you."

Ais, whose expression had been gloomy, immediately looked up at Fujimaru Ritsuka, her eyes regaining their light.

"What's the meaning?"

"The meaning is simple: if you still want to challenge Servants, I can continue to summon them for you, but you can only summon them once a period of time. After all, summoning Servants and fighting consume my mana, and I can't just use my mana to train you all the time."

See, I've said all that, so you Loki Familia should at least show some appreciation!

As soon as Fujimaru Ritsuka finished speaking, Riveria and Finn spoke up towards her.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Savior, for going to such lengths for Ais."

Riveria raised Ais as her daughter, and her gratitude towards Fujimaru Ritsuka is genuine.

As for Finn, as the leader of the Loki Familia, he was happy to see Ais, the main damage dealer of the Familia, grow beyond her limits.

"[Savior], I swear in the name of the leader of the Loki Familia that, on the basis of the alliance between Loki and the God of Astrea, our Loki Familia will add an additional covenant."

Finn looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka seriously.

"Without violating the moral code of our Loki Familia, our Loki Familia will follow the Asteria Familia in all aspects."

This directly places the Loki Familia in the position of followers of the Asteria Familia.

This leader is really willing to go to great lengths for Ais.

But this is exactly what Fujimaru Ritsuka wanted, so that the Astrea Familia would take a dominant position in the alliance.

He extended his right hand toward Finn.

"Then, I wish us a pleasant cooperation."

Book 1: Chapter 139. Loki: Everyone Look at Me

After confirming the deepening of their cooperation, the Asteria Familia and the Loki Familia returned to Orario together.

When they arrived at the city gate, the military police had been waiting there for a long time.

The god Ganesha himself was present, standing at the very front of the procession. When he saw the two great clans returning, he took the initiative to go up and greet them.

"Loki! Astrea!"

"Yo! Ganesha."

Loki waved and grinned, while Astraea nodded with a smile.

Seeing Loki and Astrea's calm demeanor, Ganesha's tense mood eased slightly. If these two great gods weren't nervous, then nothing serious must have happened.

But on the surface, as the head of the military police, he still had to ask.

"You came back from over there, do you know what happened there?"

Loki naturally knew why Ganesha was there, and he spoke with a grin.

"Looks like there was quite a commotion just now."

"How could it not be big? The entire Orario felt that tremor, and that pillar of light shot into the sky."

Ganesha stared at Loki speechlessly.

"What exactly happened? Did a powerful monster appear outside Orario? And you two Familias teamed up to defeat it?"

The military police were aware that the Loki and Asteria families had left the city together, but that was all they knew. They didn't care what the two families were doing outside the city.

"Oh no, no, for us to join forces with the Familia of Astrea to fight such a monster, how powerful must it be? If such a monster appeared outside Orario Castle, it would be terrible."

"What happened just now?"

"It was someone from our clan who had a brief sparring session with Brother [Savior] outside the city."

Loki told the truth directly.

Anyway, it's not a big deal, so there's no problem saying it. Especially since Ais is going to ask Fujimaru Ritsuka for help summoning Servants for battle later. You can't hide it once, let alone twice or three times. Not to mention that Loki is going to announce to the world that the two families will be unbreakable allies from now on.

"A friendly spar?"

Ganesha frowned; he didn't see this as a friendly sparring match.

“Loki, as we agreed before, your Loki Familia is prohibited from participating in the attempt to seize Fujimaru’s advisor.”

In his view, this was clearly Loki secretly challenging Fujimaru Ritsuka, trying to bypass the main body and steal her away from him.

"You've really misunderstood. We really didn't initiate any challenge. It was just a private sparring session between Ais and the 'Savior'."

"Fist of Fury?"

Ganesha was taken aback.

"real or fake?"

"Or why don't you ask the 'Savior' guy?"

Ganesha looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka, who nodded. Loki hadn't mentioned summoning Servants, only sparring, so there was no need for Fujimaru Ritsuka to reveal herself.

After receiving a nod of confirmation from Fujimaru Ritsuka, Ganesha looked at Loki again.

"And what about Miss Sword Princess?"

"Well..."

Loki awkwardly stepped aside, revealing Ais, who was being supported by Lefia behind him.

hiss--

Ganesha immediately gasped, and not only him, but the other adventurers and military police members watching behind him also gasped.

Because this Sword Maiden looks so pitiful.

As a Level 5 member of Loki's Familia, Ais is a star in Orario, especially since she has fairy blood, which makes her appearance far superior to ordinary people, possessing a beauty that is close to that of a god.

But now, on that beautiful face that everyone used to envy, a deep fist mark is clearly visible, and the whole face is even distorted because of this fist mark.

"This...."

Seeing Ais's pitiful state, Ganesha couldn't help but move closer to Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"Fujimaru Advisor, do you have any personal grudges with Sword Princess?"

"no."

"So...you went that far?"

As for sparring, Orario adventurers spar in private all the time, but very few people directly slap someone in the face, especially someone with such a delicate face as Ais. It's practically ruthless to destroy a beautiful flower.

"Well..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked embarrassed. It was a clone that hit her. Who knew that the clone would attack Ais's face right away?

"It was an accident, it was an accident."

"This accident is just too much..."

"Oh dear, Ganesha, that's not the point, that's not the point, you know?"

Loki interrupted, and she stepped forward, raised her hands, and shouted.

"Come on everyone! Look at us! We have something to announce!"

Loki's shout drew everyone's attention to her.

"From this day forward, Loki and Asteria are allies. From now on, the Loki Familia and the Asteria Familia will be an unbreakable alliance!"

The announcement of the alliance immediately caused a huge uproar.

All the adventurers present were visibly shocked.

The alliance between the Loki Familia and the Asteria Familia is a huge deal. Loki and Freya, both of the Twin Kings, are well-known friends, but even as friends, they have never discussed an alliance, and there is even a subtle rivalry between their families.

But now Loki has actually allied with the Astrea Familia!

The focus of everyone's attention suddenly shifted from Fujimaru Ritsuka slapping the face of Sword Princess Ais to the alliance between the two sides.

"Why did the Loki Familia ally with the Asteria Familia at this time?"

"And they formed an alliance after sparring with the [Savior]?"

"Does this sound more like the private challenge that Ganesha was talking about?"

"Yeah, yeah, could it be that you secretly challenge the [Savior], and if you win, you get the [Savior], and if you lose, you become friends?"

Loki listened to the adventurers' discussion, completely bewildered.

Oh wait, how did we end up talking about private challenges again? We didn't!

"let's go."

Seeing that everyone's attention was on Loki, Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't stay any longer. She led the Asteria Familia away to explain further.

When Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others returned to their clan's base, news of the alliance between the two clans spread throughout Orario.

On the pleasure street, Ishtar, who was staying in her clan, also heard the news.

"What did you say? Loki and Asteria have allied themselves?"

"Yes, Lord Ishtar, Loki is performing rituals at the city gate!"

Upon receiving confirmation, Ishtar's expression immediately darkened.

"What does Loki mean by this? Why did she choose to ally with Astrea just when I'm about to fight her? Did she invite trouble?"

"Lord Ishtar, what should we do? What about the later war games...?"

Ishtar frowned. She didn't know the true nature of Loki's alliance, but that didn't stop her from thinking the worst.

The Loki Familia is incredibly powerful, and once they form an alliance, they will definitely provide a lot of help to Fujimaru Ritsuka. If she loses the underwater battle that she was originally confident of winning, then everything will be over.

"No, I have to do something."

Ishtar turned his gaze to the retinue in front of him.

"Go to the dungeon and contact Ikeros for me. Tell him I need his help!"

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Volume 1: 140. Sword Princess Ais is actually a masochist!

The news of the alliance between the Loki Familia and the Asteria Familia sparked far more discussion in Orario than Loki had imagined.

In particular, Ganesha suspected that Loki had secretly challenged Fujimaru Ritsuka, hoping to gain ownership of her through this method.

These two events combined made it impossible for Loki to clear his name no matter how he explained, because it was just too strange.

Why did your clan form an alliance with Fujimaru Ritsuka after sparring with her? That seems too deliberate.

But Loki couldn't say that this was to help Ais break through her limits and achieve the great feat of reaching LV6. After all, this kind of good thing was enough for Loki's family alone; if others found out, things would get out of hand.

Loki was thus caught in a dilemma where he could not prove his innocence and was questioned by a group of his clansmen.

Even Freya, Loki's usual friend, made a special trip to ask him what was going on, and Loki didn't know what to say.

Then, the situation was finally clarified two days later.

The star adventurer, Sword Princess, whose face was distorted from being beaten, immediately took a large dose of panacea after returning to her Familia to heal her injuries in the shortest possible time, and then went to the Familia of Asteria to launch a challenge.

Then, people saw Ais again at the city gate, her head beaten into a pig's head.

Now everyone believed that this was indeed not a private challenge, but simply [Fiora] challenging [Savior] on her own.

However, this "Savior" truly showed no mercy, seemingly ruthless towards Orario, who possesses the enviable beauty of the "Sword Princess"! She slapped him in the face without hesitation! She showed no tenderness whatsoever!

This behavior struck Orario's adventurers as outrageous. Didn't the "Savior" show any mercy? If it were any other Familia, even if they could defeat them, they probably wouldn't have gone to such lengths. This was the "Sword Princess," after all. Shouldn't they have given her a gentle lesson and built up some goodwill? Maybe then they could have won her over.

But when Ais returned from outside the city a third time, covered in blood but with a smile, everyone was even more confused.

The "Savior" showed no mercy, but why is the "Fierce Girl" still smiling after being beaten to a pulp?! Could it be that the "Fierce Girl" has some kind of special ability?

So the rumors that Loki's Familia was secretly challenging Fujimaru Ritsuka disappeared, because new rumors took their place.

The Astrea Familia's "Savior" is a sadist who enjoys beating women, while the Loki Familia's "Sword Princess" is a masochist who enjoys being beaten by the "Savior."

"No, who is spreading this nonsense? How did they come up with such a strange interpretation?"

In the Astrea Familia's reception room, Fujimaru Ritsuka, sitting on the sofa, was utterly speechless. God the hell, the idea that he liked hitting women? That was done by his own acting-loving clone! His clone was striving to perfectly recreate Mordred's personality, so he perfectly replicated Mordred's maniacal fighting style! How did it become that I liked hitting women?!