Skadi, returning to infinity

"But those people didn't have good intentions or purposes; they did it out of extreme selfishness."

"To cooperate with them is tantamount to making a deal with the devil, and an unfair one at that."

“I’m worried that Kiritsugu Emiya will eventually suffer a backlash, and that would be a bad outcome.”

Skadi said this, looking at Irisviel, waiting for her reply.

"Although I also have a bad feeling about them, that's just your side of the story."

"Abandoning support for your allies because of your words... you're not very trustworthy."

Artoria answered from the side.

She herself refused to cooperate with those two people, but Kiritsugu Emiya, as her Master, had already agreed to cooperate with them.

Regardless of the reason, as long as the other party doesn't do anything unacceptable during this period of cooperation, they are allies.

Especially given the current unpredictable situation, having more allies would make it easier to win the Holy Grail War.

She was not an inflexible stone, nor was she someone who couldn't adapt; she simply held higher ideals than most people imagined.

Moreover, everything requires evidence, so judging the other party as having a problem when neither of them has done anything yet.

Artoria could not accept, nor could she accept, this kind of thing.

Even though the girl in front of her had just been acknowledging her and earnestly trying to persuade her, Artoria wouldn't easily believe her words.

“I know, that’s why I didn’t advise you to refuse to cooperate with them.”

Skadi pouted innocently, and her words left both Artoria and Einzbern speechless.

Yes, Skadi only listed the consequences of cooperating with those two people; she didn't mean for them to stop cooperating with them.

They were being too sensitive; just because these words came from Skadi, they inexplicably wanted to oppose her.

The result was this awkward situation, which left them both somewhat embarrassed.

"I'm just reminding you; I'm not demanding that you cooperate with anyone."

"I am not qualified, nor would I do such a thing."

"However, unequal cooperation often ends up with a heavy price to pay."

"Artoria, I hope that when I see you next time, you will understand what a king truly is."

"I also look forward to seeing you again, Madam, still as radiant and beautiful as ever."

Skadi probably felt that if the conversation continued like this, the two would have a major disagreement.

So she stopped the conversation at the right moment, stood up, and bowed to the two of them.

After leaving those two sentences, she went to the counter to pay and left.

“She’s strange,” Irisviel said, looking at Artoria.

"...It's strange." Artoria watched Skadi leave, and only answered after hearing Irisviel's words.

Is she a good person?

Irisviel suddenly asked a strange question.

"Judging from her answers to your questions, Madam, she is not a good person."

Skadi's answer flashed through my mind. If she were truly a good person, why would she say that?

"Is she a bad person?"

Irisviel asked another question.

"...He's not a bad person."

Skadi simply gave her answer without actually doing anything.

Judging her solely by her answer and labeling her as a bad person would be far too one-sided.

Moreover, she had just answered this question, which led Skadi to leave for that reason.

Now, when this issue is linked to Skadi, Artoria simply can't bring herself to label her in any way.

"Neither a bad person nor a good person?"

"So, did she come to see us simply to gather information, or did she have some other purpose?"

Irisviel asked Artoria a question, and then stood up without waiting for Artoria's answer.

“Saber, answer this question later. Don’t stay here.”

"Let's leave and go to a beach further away..."

She seemed to have her own ideas, but she didn't really want Artoria to know.

"Hmm." With many thoughts flashing through her mind, Artoria couldn't be sure what she really felt for Skadi.

PS: Update 7/10

Chapter 64: Miss Skadi, would you be interested in joining us?

Skadi didn't go home after leaving the cafe; instead, she walked slowly along the road.

Finally, she arrived at a beach, sat on a rock, and let the wind blow through her hair.

"Miss Skadi, do you have time to talk now?"

Aizen's voice appeared again. He sat down on the rock next to Skadi and looked at her.

"If you're looking for a collaboration, forget it."

"I will not cooperate with the Extreme Adventure Team."

Skadi didn't know Aizen's purpose for coming, nor did she want to guess it.

So she gave Aizen a reply, telling him to put an end to the idea of ​​cooperation.

"Haha, Miss Skadi, please don't worry, I'm not here to ask you for a collaboration."

Aizen smiled and shook his head, revising some of the original lines.

"I'd like to know, Miss Skadi seems to have a very deep misunderstanding about our Extreme Adventure Team? What could be the reason for that?"

"Although I am not sure what kind of person you are, Miss Skadi, the fact that you are a Class C Agent is undeniable."

"As long as you can come back alive from the first mission, you will be promoted from the lowest-level D-rank agent to a C-rank agent."

"Upgrading further is difficult, but as long as you have the ability, you will achieve it sooner or later."

"Therefore, even if we take the record of the longest number of times an agent has been stuck at C-rank in the game of gods and apply it to Miss Skadi, we can still understand her situation."

This mission world is at most Miss Skadi's fourth mission world.

"Moreover, judging from Miss Skadi's demonstrated methods and abilities, she is definitely not an ordinary person. This is probably Miss Skadi's..."

Two mission worlds, perhaps.

"And all the mission records of the Ultimate Adventurers, including the agents they encountered, the agents they captured, the agents they killed, and the agents they offended..."

The agents are all documented.

"None of them resemble Miss Skadi."

"This similarity, whether analyzed from the perspective of appearance, personality, skills and abilities, does not reach 30% effect in any aspect."

"Unless Miss Skadi is a super strong person who has experienced dozens of mission worlds, possesses countless abilities, and can hide herself, it's impossible."

They're hiding it from us.

"So I'm pretty sure that we didn't directly offend Miss Skadi before this mission world."

"If we harm or kill one of Miss Skadi's friends, we are willing to apologize."

"If not, simply because we met in this world, Miss Skadi harbors boundless malice towards us..."

"I want to know what the reason is."

Aizen immediately began to analyze the information he had gathered for Skadi.

He wasn't just analyzing things for Skadi; ​​he was putting pressure on her, openly telling her that he possessed a vast intelligence network capable of monitoring...

Every action of all the agents in the Gods' Space.

Whether this is true or not is unknown, but anyone who can understand the meaning behind his words will know the implied threat.

This negotiation tactic is typical of seasoned politicians; they want to save face, maintain substance, and warn the other party not to get in their way.

"Hmm? Do you want to know?"

Skadi didn't look away, but instead rested her chin on her hand and looked at him, answering with a half-smile.

Yes, can you tell me?

Aizen couldn't figure out why Skadi harbored such malice towards them.

"Well, I'd like to know, what makes you think I have malicious intentions towards you?"

"I don't think I've expressed my opinion at all from beginning to end."

"Whether I have a bad impression of you, or whether I've done something to harm you, you're the one telling me all that, without telling me what I actually did."

What happened...?

"Isn't this a bit strange?"

Skadi looked at the other person without answering, and instead asked a question in return.

"You turned Rize Kamishiro, didn't you?"

Aizen stared at her. The girl's smile was strange, but he could tell that Skadi was serious.

"Huh? Who is Rize Kamishiro?"

Skadi looked at Aizen with innocent eyes, and after thinking for a while, she still couldn't figure out who Rize Kamishiro really was.

Aizen's eyes narrowed slightly; something was getting interesting.