The world of Type-Moon starts with saving Altria!

After all, it's better than telling others that you are a cat that longs for Ian's magic power, right?

"Ian Pendragon…Merry Pendragon."

"Eh!"

Sayaka's eyes trembled, a tremor that only occurs when one understands something extremely shocking.

"With that name...are you really married?"

"Ah."

Mary answered again, and then said something extremely terrible with a deadpan expression.

"On our wedding day, he took me... wuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwu——"

"Anyway, she's right." Ian covered Meili's mouth and said, "You are right to understand her as my wife, and you are also right to understand her as not my wife."

"Both explanations are completely valid. Either one is fine. Just choose the one you find acceptable."

"..."

Sayaka's eyes were a little lost at first, but after hearing what Ian said, she chose the latter without any hesitation.

"Then just pretend you're not married!"

"but--"

Sayaka looked at the wound on the man's arm and it was obvious that she was concerned.

Or rather, from the moment the "misunderstanding" was temporarily resolved, she had been staring at the wound like this, obviously feeling guilty for hurting Ian.

"Are you really okay—even after being stabbed by my dagger?"

"..."

Ian was silent for a moment before responding to Sayaka.

"If you say you're completely fine, that's definitely impossible. After all, you know how sharp your weapon is much better than I do."

"But... if it's what you expected, a poisoning attack and some side effects, then there really aren't any."

"You don't have to feel like you've really done anything wrong, and you don't have to apologize to me over and over again for it."

The man said this and looked at Sayaka.

"As long as you answer my questions truthfully, that will be the best way to resolve all previous misunderstandings."

"..."

After listening to Ian's words, Sayaka finally felt relieved.

She nodded quickly and gave her "permission" very seriously.

"So--"

"Please tell me what you want to know, Master Ian. I will do my best to answer your questions. This way, we can completely resolve the misunderstanding between us!"

"Okay." Ian likes this kind of obedient girl the most.

This means he can get the most accurate answer possible without worrying about the other person giving him the wrong information.

"first--"

The man looked at Sayaka's hands, which had been wearing gloves at some point.

"Why are you wearing gloves now? Are there any secrets about your hands that we don't know?"

"Eh?"

"Did you notice?" Sayaka felt a little embarrassed, but did not hide the reason why she did so.

"I think I've already said it once—"

"You are the first person who can withstand my poison, so..."

"So your hand is a means of knowing 'poison'?"

"Yes." Sayaka nodded, and then carefully observed Ian's reaction. "Although it may sound absurd to you, this is the truth... Even a simple touch with my hands can spread the poison to others, so I must wear gloves like this."

"And...even gloves must be changed regularly. Otherwise, the gloves themselves will become poisonous."

"..."

It's not that the dagger itself is poisonous, but that Sayaka herself can turn whatever she holds into "poison", so the dagger becomes a "poisonous" thing.

There is nothing wrong with this statement.

"So you're taking care of us?"

"Yeah." Sayaka nodded hurriedly, afraid that Ian wouldn't see her reaction. "After all—I did cause you a lot of trouble just now."

"Not even close..."

The assassin girl looked at Mary, looking embarrassed.

"It hurt Miss Meili."

"..."

"That's good to know." Meili's tone was not polite. "But since you explained it clearly, let's just pretend it never happened."

The Flower Magician did like to be treated in a special way, but that was only for Ian.

She would never accept any "harm" done to her by others.

"That's great." Sayaka breathed a sigh of relief. It was hard to imagine that she was an Assassin full of murderous intent just a dozen minutes ago.

"Wait a moment."

"I still have questions." Ian stopped Sayaka who was relaxing.

"I remember--"

"When you first met us, you said, 'All British knights must die,' didn't you?"

"Now...isn't it time to explain what this sentence means?"

"..."

Meili didn't say anything, but walked out silently from behind the man and stood in front of Sayaka.

It can be seen that she was also very curious about why the other party would say such words at that time.

"This one……"

Sayaka looked a little embarrassed.

Her feet in coarse cloth boots rubbed restlessly on the floor of the house, and it was obvious that she was a little embarrassed to explain why she did that.

Ian certainly understood this, and he quickly spoke:

"fine--"

"Now the misunderstanding has been resolved. No matter what the reason is, there is no problem. We just want to find out what happened."

"so……"

Ian took Sayaka's hand, proving once again that her poison was nothing to be afraid of for him.

"Speak boldly."

"..."

Looking at her hands connected with Ian, Sayaka gradually became shy from her previous embarrassment.

Even Ian couldn't connect this shy girl with the vicious assassin from before - there was no way they were the same person, right?!

"I understand."

Sayaka nodded and started explaining right away.

"From what you just said, you should have seen those 'British soldiers', right?"

"..."

Ian couldn't help laughing when he thought of those imposters.

But he knew this was not the right thing to do at the moment, so he nodded.

"Well, and then...?"

"And, weren't you with them at that time? I thought... you were also 'British soldiers', so I wanted to take action!"

"..."

In a sense, what Sayaka said was true.

Ian is indeed a true British Knight of the Round Table, and for various reasons, Mellie has also "played" or "obtained" a similar title.

But that's not something to bring up now.

"Then why do you want to do it?"

"All of this... there must be a good reason, right? It can't be that you had these thoughts just because you saw their appearance? That's a bit too scary."

"Of course not!"

Sayaka defended herself.

"I'm not the kind of Hassan who would do anything rash!"

"I do this for a reason!"

Sayaka bit her lips, looking very dissatisfied.

"them--"

"But they took my Hassan companions away!"

"what?"

780. Hassan's Secret Love / The Ruthless Red-Haired Archer (4k)

"..."

Sayaka's words made Ian realize that the situation was not as simple as he had imagined.

It can even be said...it's a completely reversed situation.

It seems that she, as an Assassin, is attacking the "British soldiers", but the truth is the exact opposite.

"Not the perpetrator, but the victim—"

Ian now finally understood why he had felt that strange sense of disharmony before.

but--

Although the man explained his feelings clearly, it was a different story for Mary next to him.

She just looked at Sayaka in front of her and asked a very important question, which could even be said to determine their respective positions.

"Your name is Sayaka, right?"

"Yes, that's right, Miss Maylie."

"And you're an Assassin, right?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Then the question is--" Meili looked at Sayaka in front of her. Although she had no expression on her face, she revealed an air of interrogating the other person.

This was something she absolutely couldn't do in front of Ian.

"If you're an Assassin, then there must be a lot of Assassins among your companions, right? Why were you captured so easily?"

"Hey, this..."

Sayaka was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ian and nodded.

"I don't know...but they were definitely captured by those people."

"..."

Meili crossed her arms over her chest, and it was obvious that she didn't believe what Sayaka said.

"Do you really not know, or do you think we shouldn't know?"