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Girl and Dragon: Chapter Seven - Solution Regarding Jeanne Alter

"By the way, where did those two brats go?" Miss Jeanne asked Cecilia.

"Those two seem to be unable to keep up with our speed." Cecilia quickly answered Miss Jeanne's question. After all, the two of them hadn't learned the Ripple Breathing Technique, so it was understandable that their endurance wasn't as strong as Miss Jeanne's and Cecilia's.

“I see. But it seems there’s no way to help them both. After all, Ripple Breathing is selective.” Hearing Cecilia’s explanation, Jeanne quickly realized why the two of them couldn’t keep up with Cecilia: “However, it should still be possible for Mashu, if her body were in better condition.”

"Mashu, that child, it is indeed possible, but Mashu's body is probably not growing right now, so the possibility you mentioned is probably nonexistent." After listening to Jeanne's words, Cecilia thought for a moment and then said this to Jeanne.

"I'm telling you, you two bastards, can you please stop ignoring me?" However, a discordant voice soon broke in during the discussion between Jeanne and Cecilia, and this discordant voice was naturally the prototype of Jeanne, Joan of Arc Alter.

"Ah, so you're awake." Hearing this voice, Miss Jeanne realized that Joan of Arc Alter had awakened from her coma.

"I could have told you two when you were flirting, you bastards!" Joan of Arc Alter said, commenting on Jeanne's quick thinking.

"What, still want to fight? I'm ready to fight anytime now," Miss Jeanne asked, hearing Joan of Arc Alter's malicious tone.

"...No." After a few minutes of silence, Joan of Arc Alter gave Jeanne's answer: "Because I can't beat you."

"So that's why she's so obedient—she can't beat Jeanne. But it seems she's only synchronized with Jeanne's strength; her thought process is almost entirely different." Cecilia looked at Jeanne Alter, whose head was tilted to one side, and finally gained another piece of information.

“Those things are not important. What is important is why you look exactly like me, and why you are not that saint.” Joan of Arc Alter did not answer Cecilia’s question, but instead asked Jeanne.

“No, she’s just pretending. Because she doesn’t have her own experiences, her personality has been influenced by mine.” Miss Jeanne stared at Joan of Arc Alter, repeating Joan of Arc Alter’s words in her mind, and soon, Miss Jeanne gave her analysis.

"Huh? That's terrible. According to you, Jeanne, you've lived for almost three hundred years. If you put three hundred years of memories into her body all at once, won't that cause her personality to be completely destroyed?" Cecilia only took a few seconds to realize everything that Miss Jeanne said and the possible consequences.

"It's alright. Her fainting spell just now was probably partly to process my memories so as not to affect her personality. However, it seems she was still affected. Although there's still a bit of a difference between her and my personality, it's impossible for such a large amount of memories to overwhelm the original body's memories without being affected. But if we take it slow, there's a chance that nothing will go wrong." Miss Jeanne said this while staring at Jeanne Alter sitting on the ground.

"You've been discovered, but that's to be expected. After all, I've learned from your memories how perceptive you are about these things." Having confirmed that she had been discovered, Joan of Arc Alter no longer intended to hide it. After all, Joan of Arc Alter had no reason to hide it anymore, since she had already used the influence of Jeanne's personality to analyze her birth to some extent.

"So, after seeing my memories, do you still intend to be my enemy?" Jeanne asked, looking at Joan of Arc Alter, her words filled with pressure.

“That’s all, after all, we couldn’t beat them anyway.” Jeanne Alter looked directly at Miss Jeanne and answered her question in this way: “Moreover, I will help you deal with the singularity, provided that you give me the spirit core you have, after all, I don’t want to just disappear like this.”

"Wow~ It really is Jeanne's personality that has a great influence on her. After all, Jeanne, you basically won't take any action without a real benefit." Cecilia listened to Jeanne Alter's words, looked at Miss Jeanne, and then looked at Jeanne Alter sitting on the ground, and finally made this deduction.

“Spirit Origin…” After listening to Jeanne Alter’s words, Jeanne touched her chin slightly and continued, “Not now. After all, you are much more dangerous now than you were before, especially in terms of intelligence.”

"It's a natural result, though I didn't really expect it anyway." Joan of Arc Alter didn't react much to Jeanne's words, since she already knew what Jeanne would say before asking the question.

"Oh dear, there's someone who's seen my memories. This is quite troublesome." Listening to Jeanne Alter's words, Jeanne quickly understood why Jeanne Alter could guess the answer she was about to give. After all, Jeanne couldn't possibly deduce without any clues.

Therefore, considering this, it is normal for Joan of Arc Alter to be able to deduce what Jeanne wanted to say.

"So, what do you plan to do with this little guy now, Jeanne?" Cecilia asked, hearing Jeanne's slightly helpless words.

"Now, of course, we'll see how this girl performs. What else can we do but kill her?" Miss Jeanne answered Cecily's question quickly.

“That’s true. We can’t kill him on the spot. We can only determine the danger this guy poses before handing him over to Chaldea. After all, although Chaldea’s summoning system was destroyed, their mana supply system is still intact.” Cecilia quickly made a suggestion while looking at Miss Jeanne.

"That's a good suggestion, let's do it that way." Naturally, Miss Jeanne readily agreed to the suggestion.

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Chapter Two done. I wrote this chapter pretty quickly. I have an early class tomorrow. Time to sleep. Goodnight.

Girl and Dragon: Chapter 8 - Updated late due to internet outage

Several hours later, Mashu and Sirin also arrived at Miss Jeanne's location.

“EMMMMMMM, Jeanne, who is she?” Of course, this was the first question Sirin asked Miss Jeanne upon seeing Joan of Arc Alter.

"Her? She's kind of my past, I guess?" Miss Jeanne answered Sirin's question casually, but even so, she added "roughly" at the end. After all, Miss Jeanne's earliest memories had disappeared, so she wasn't sure whether Jeanne Alter was her past or not.

"Is she Jeanne-san's past?" Unlike Sirin's complete indifference, Mash seemed quite concerned about Jeanne Alter.

“I don’t know. I’ve had amnesia once, so I’m not sure if this guy is my past. But you can’t really call it the past; it’s more like the starting point of my memories.” Miss Jeanne looked at Joan of Arc Alter and explained in this way.

"But if we follow what you said, Jeanne-senpai, shouldn't this singularity have been resolved by now?" Listening to Jeanne-senpai's explanation, Mash felt like she understood, yet she didn't quite understand. But for Mash, understanding wasn't necessary. After all, these things weren't Mash's concern. What Mash should be concerned about was that the singularity hadn't been resolved yet.

If I remember correctly, it should be in...

“It’s with Gilles. I don’t plan to put the Holy Grail into Fafnir’s body yet, so it should still be with Gilles for now,” Jeanne Alter quickly interrupted Jeanne.

“EMMMMMMM, it seems that a flood of memories can indeed lead to personality overwriting or influence. After all, if I remember correctly, just a few hours ago this guy was shouting about killing everyone in France.” After hearing Joan of Arc Alter’s interruption, Miss Jeanne paused slightly, then looked down at Joan of Arc Alter.

"More or less, but like you said, I feel like I'm recovering a little bit now, so I need to take this opportunity to write down the analysis and what I need to do next. After all, if I went back to my old personality, I'd probably still fight you." Jeanne Alter looked at Miss Jeanne, pressed her temples slightly, hoping that her current personality could last a little longer.

"Is that so..." Hearing this, Miss Na felt as if she had grasped a little bit of something, but if it was only this little bit, Miss Na still couldn't be sure whether her guess was correct.

"What's wrong? Did you notice something, Jeanne?" Looking at Jeanne's face, Cecilia quickly realized that Jeanne had deduced something. However, if Jeanne had indeed deduced something, she would have asked directly, since Cecilia knew Jeanne's situation very well.

"More or less, but I'm not so clear about the speculations about parallel worlds, Valhalla, and the outer world, so for now I can only come up with a backup plan. And..." Miss Jeanne looked at Joan of Arc Alter's face and said this at the end.

"What do you mean?" Joan of Arc Alter, whose personality was still being affected, quickly realized what Miss Jeanne was talking about. Or rather, among the people here now, only Cecilia and Joan of Arc Alter could keep up with Miss Jeanne's train of thought.

"That's pretty much what you mean, my future trump card, Jeanne Alter~" After hearing Jeanne Alter's words, Jeanne Alter understood that Jeanne Alter had figured out what she wanted to do. Even with Jeanne Alter's explanation, Sirin and Mashu still didn't understand.

"...Hitting yourself? You really have a twisted sense of humor." Joan of Arc Alter looked at Miss Jeanne and said this helplessly.

"After all, you've synchronized my information, so if I have to fight another version of myself in the future, I'll have to let you take the field. After all, I don't have a Noble Phantasm, so I can't defeat you. Of course, you're a backup plan. After all, the Godslayer Armor I'm wearing now can already balance the power gap between us. But what I'm worried about is what will happen when we can no longer use this Godslayer Armor to maintain balance." Jeanne stared at the vertical pupils that were the same as hers and said this to Jeanne Alter.

"..." After listening to what Miss Jeanne said, Joan of Arc Alter remained silent, pondering the possibility of what Miss Jeanne had said. Just as Joan of Arc Alter herself had said before, she no longer had much time to think about this issue, after all, the influence of her personality was being corrected little by little.

"...Hmm~ Becoming your trump card will allow me to obtain your Spirit Origin and prevent my disappearance, right?" Jeanne Alter asked this question. However, in Jeanne's view, the moment Jeanne Alter asked this question, she had already agreed to Jeanne's proposal. After all, the current Jeanne Alter does not have the Holy Grail, and the fact that she is still alive and talking to Jeanne is basically due to the part of her existence that Jeanne brought with her and the reason that she draws magic power from another version of herself.

Even if all of this is done, the time that Jeanne Alter can exist is almost up to its limit.

"Pretty much, so, will you become my trump card?" Miss Jeanne asked Joan of Arc Alter.

“According to your usual practice, we should sign a magic contract first, but considering that we both know each other well, this step can probably be skipped,” Jeanne Alter said, looking at Miss Jeanne and offering her final suggestion.

“Since you know her so well, you should also know that this is impossible,” Miss Jeanne said, staring at Joan of Arc Alter.

“That’s right, then let’s sign a magic contract.” Jeanne Alter listened to Jeanne’s words and finally said this with a hint of helplessness.

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In short, Chapter Two will be uploaded soon.

Girl and Dragon: Chapter Nine - Uploaded Soon as Promised

After signing a contract with Jeanne Alter, Jeanne finally passed on this hot potato (referring to the broken spirit origin) to Jeanne Alter.

“Next, we need to deal with this singularity,” Miss Jeanne said, looking at the unusual situation in the sky.

“But the route is no longer following your memory. So what are you going to do, Jeanne?” Cecilia asked Jeanne, standing beside her. Her words directly pointed out that Jeanne could not find Gilles de Rais.

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. It's only about 300 kilometers from here at most," Miss Jeanne quickly replied to Cecilia's question, though whether that answer would actually solve the problem was another matter.

“What I want is an answer, not some so-called change of topic.” Cecilia, however, immediately noticed Miss Jeanne’s intention to change the subject.

"Have you forgotten what I lost on my way to the Imaginary Space?" This time, Miss Jeanne finally got to the point regarding Cecilia's question.

"Honkai reactor...you mean you want to completely immerse this place in Honkai, right? Although that's one method, and everything here will be reset, doing that would be going too far." After hearing Jeanne's words, Cecilia realized in just a few seconds what Jeanne was thinking, although she guessed wrong on some details.

"...Do you think I'm such a heartless person?!" After hearing Cecilia's words, Miss Jeanne immediately expressed her incomprehension. However, Cecilia's guess was not entirely wrong, since Cecilia's way of thinking hadn't changed yet. So, from a certain perspective, Cecilia really didn't know what Miss Jeanne wanted to do.

“...very similar.” Cecilia replied to Miss Jeanne after glancing at her and then at Joan of Arc Alter.

"Hey, hey, hey, we can't even be sure if she's from my past yet!" Miss Jeanne looked at Cecilia's actions with a hint of annoyance.

"Exactly, whether you'll become my future is still uncertain, okay? Besides, you should have figured out why your Master killed you, right? So, I'm destined not to walk the same path as you!" Jeanne Alter said this after slightly tossing her hair, her words full of disdain for Jeanne's future. But such disdain is normal, after all, Jeanne threatened her Master's life, forcing her Master to kill her. Any Servant would feel that Jeanne is no good.

Although it's not entirely Miss Na's fault that this matter is right.

"So, after all that, Jeanne, what exactly are you going to do?" Cecilia interjected, stopping Jeanne and Joan of Arc Alter from taking the conversation further as it veered off course.

“That’s the one, I have the Herrscher Gem now.” Jeanne said, looking at Sacilia.

"Hmm, and then?"

"I'm practically a Herrscher now, right? So that means I can control Honkai Beasts, right?" Jeanne's words unfolded little by little, until Cecilia finally understood what Jeanne wanted to do.

"Could it be that you want to?" Upon hearing this, Cecilia finally understood what Miss Jeanne wanted to do.

"Pretty much. I plan to use a Honkai Beast to find Gilles de Rais." After confirming that Cecilia knew what she wanted to do, Miss Jeanne finally revealed the secret.

"No, Honkai Beasts will attack humans unconditionally, so from that point of view, you can't do that." After confirming what Ms. Jeanne wanted to do, Cecilia thought for a moment and then rejected Ms. Jeanne's proposal, even though in a sense, this proposal was indeed the most efficient one.

However, no matter how effective this proposal is, Cecilia and Jeanne, as detectives, must not cross the line of indiscriminate killing.

“That’s true, you would absolutely never agree to this proposal.” Miss Jeanne looked at Cecilia and said finally, “After all, I don’t have the ability to tell those two foolish daughters such a fact.”

"If you know that, then don't come up with such a plan, you idiot." After hearing Miss Jeanne's words, Cecilia finally reached out and flicked Miss Jeanne's forehead.

Meanwhile, Celine, who was watching from the side, had an expression that said, "These two are at it again."

However, after Cecily rejected Miss Jeanne's proposal, the question then became: what method should be used to find Gillespie?

“If we’re looking for Gilles de Rais, I do have a plan. After all, judging from her memories, the saintess should be here at this singularity too. If she’s here, then we can have her find Gilles. After all, her ability to reveal things is always pretty overpowered.” Stroking her chin, Jeanne Alter finally offered a seemingly reliable solution.

"...Jeanne, I don't think I'm fully awake."

"I don't think I'm fully awake yet, I should go back and take another nap." After hearing Jeanne Alter's proposal, both Jeanne and Cecilia said they were still sleepy, and the reason was that the proposal was put forward by Jeanne Alter.

After all, although Joan of Arc Alter was very clever and her proposed solutions were excellent, in reality, they did not conform to the idea that her personality had been influenced by Jeanne's memories. After all, none of Jeanne's proposals were without flaws, while Joan of Arc Alter's proposals were more conventional than Jeanne's, which made them unacceptable.

“Hey, I’m telling you, although I was influenced by that bastard, my consideration is indeed the best solution!” Jeanne Alter looked at the two of them and asked.

“Now that you mention it, it’s not entirely unacceptable. After all, prioritizing efficiency is one of my habits,” Miss Jeanne said, pausing slightly as she looked at Joan of Arc Alter.

"Then hurry up and find that saintess. She shouldn't have gone too far, judging from the time you arrived here."

"Okay... no, I'm the leader, why should I take your orders?"

"Because you're too wild."

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