The world of Type-Moon starts with saving Altria!

After understanding this, Ian took a deep breath.

Although it was indeed a very comfortable thing to have Atalanta refresh his Noble Phantasm wholeheartedly like this, the man was not so confused about priorities.

You can’t let your second brother control you.

Otherwise, it will become the boss!

He stroked the cat girl's soft hair, and spoke softly as she looked back at him.

"Atalanta, now..."

The man explained the current situation clearly to the cat girl in front of him within thirty seconds.

Although she was completely immersed in the pleasure of being trained, Atalanta reacted in an instant.

"That--"

"What should I do now?!"

"Of course we should go and take a look together." Ian answered without hesitation, "No matter how you think about it... this is not a normal situation."

"..."

Atalanta's cheeks turned red as she looked at the rope tied to the collar in the man's hand.

She lowered her head and nodded after a while.

"Well... let's go then."

"..."

Ian thought about it for a moment before he understood what the cat girl meant - she was naked and willing to be led over by him like a pet.

This is a sign that both body and mind have completely surrendered to oneself.

The man who realized this smiled, then lowered his head and rubbed her head.

"Go change your clothes first."

"I don't like people seeing my little kitty like this."

Even though the person in front of her was a Servant like herself, Atalanta felt that his words were more like orders than those of her Master Jeanne d'Arc.

She wagged her tail and nodded.

"I know~"

A few minutes later.

Atalanta and Ian, who have returned to their roles as Archers, are rushing through the night streets of Jura.

Like dozens of cities that have been saved in the past, few people dare to hang out in Jura late at night.

The reason is also very simple.

Everyone was afraid of the ruthless Dragon Witch, fearing that they would be discovered by her and burned to charcoal alive.

In comparison, it is much safer to hide at home like this.

But what they don’t know is that hiding at home is also a dead end - it’s just a little late.

When the Dragon Witch is determined to kill, she will never let anyone escape.

But these are not what Ian and Atalanta should consider now.

At this moment, they had only one common thought in their minds: to rush to the side of the seriously injured servant as soon as possible.

In the passage from outside the city to inside the city, the man saw the figure he had just seen on the city wall.

It was a mature woman in a blood-red robe.

Scattered around her were the mask that was supposed to be worn on her face, and a rather delicate scepter.

At this moment, she was leaning against the wall of the passage, covering her abdomen, gasping for breath, and looking dying.

Being able to come back here is probably a miracle.

"Camilla?!"

Atalanta recognized the dying woman at a glance.

After greeting her, the cat girl probably thought that Ian next to her might not know Camilla, so she added another sentence.

"Ian... She is also one of the Master's servants, and her job is Assassin."

The man's face was calm, but he already had a lot of thoughts in his mind.

it is as expected.

It was exactly the same as what I had just guessed.

It seems that the similarity of magical performance can indeed be used as a basis for judging whether a Servant belongs to the same Master.

But then again——

If this is true, including the Caster (magician) mentioned by Jeanne d'Arc herself before, the number of Servants she controls in this Singularity Holy Grail War is at least three.

This is completely opposite to the requirements of "Holy Grail War - Magician - Servant" recorded in Ophelia's book.

Perhaps because she heard a familiar voice, the woman called Camilla by Atalanta took a long breath and spoke weakly:

"It is you……"

"Yes, it's me." The cat girl was nervous when she was recognized.

Although she never showed it on the surface, she was very clear about it, both to Ian and to Camilla in front of her.

This cat girl seemed to be getting along well with him - that was almost like being friends.

Hearing the answer, Camilla forced a smile and continued speaking intermittently.

"Atalanta...I was careless."

"Please... help me... tell the Master... that I... have been defeated."

"It should... be disappearing soon."

"Eh?!"

Hearing this, the cat girl immediately realized how Camilla was in this state - that was the damage left over from the battle!

But she didn't have time to ask any more questions and just kept comforting the woman in front of her.

"It's okay! I'll call the Master now!"

"No need..." Camilla stopped Atalanta, "I know my situation... I'm lucky to be able to come back here and meet you."

"Don't say such things!"

The considerate cat girl was so anxious that she was about to cry.

but--

This cannot prevent Camilla from disappearing.

She looked at Atalanta in front of her and said the last words with all her strength.

"Tell the Master... the other one is very powerful... be careful."

After saying this, Camilla's body gradually faded away, and finally disappeared like a firefly.

Assassin is confirmed to be out at this point.

"..."

Atalanta watched all this and collapsed to the ground.

The pleasure I got from being taught by a man tonight was gone, replaced by the pain of witnessing the death of my companion.

The cruelty of the Holy Grail War was now revealed before her without any concealment.

"how so……"

The cat girl kept repeating these words while shaking her head from side to side.

This was her first time experiencing this and she seemed completely unable to accept it.

Ian watched this scene and gently hugged the cat girl.

He felt that he shouldn't be sad about Camilla's death, but at this moment he couldn't control his body.

The Holy Grail War...it really is a cruel thing.

Let’s go back to an earlier time.

In a forest about a hundred miles away from the city of Jura.

The group, led by Jeanne, were sitting around a burning bonfire.

Several fish were roasting in the pale yellow flames.

This should have been a relaxing gathering, but it seemed quite heavy at the moment.

because--

Several girls witnessed too many cries from France along the way.

Cities were burned and buildings destroyed.

The land that was charred black by the dragon's rage constantly radiated despair, silently chanting a poem full of tragedy.

"This other Joan of Arc is so abominable!" Mordred stamped his feet and shouted, "How can you burn everything you go to?!"

“I wasn’t so exaggerated at first!”

"If this continues, she will burn down everything here!"

Mordred's complaint was also what everyone present was thinking.

Fujimaru Ritsuka continued, "Indeed...if this continues, everything will be burned to ashes."

"but--"

"Did you guys discover something?"

The half-baked Master glanced at the other girls present.

"Although the city was burned to ashes... there wasn't even a single body left."

“It was almost as if everyone had evacuated early.”

"Eh?"

After Fujimaru Ritsuka said this, Mashu also found some things in her memory.

"Ritsuka, if that's the case...we saw a lot of people fleeing along the way, right?"

"Could it be——"

"Aren't they survivors, but escaped from the city in advance?"

"I think that's possible." Fujimaru Ritsuka confirmed Mash's statement.

"After all, every time we encounter them... we will soon encounter a city that has been burned to ashes, right?"

"Yeah, that must be the case!" The pink-haired girl agreed.

The harmony between the half-baked Master and the half-baked Servant made the atmosphere a little more relaxed.

But Mordred thought of something.

She grabbed the grilled fish on the campfire - it was the fish that Joan of Arc had caught herself in the river.

She took a bite and then said:

"That--"

"If you say so, there must be someone helping them secretly, right? Otherwise, how could they run ahead every time?"

"But who would do such a thing?"

"No...it should be said who dares to do such a thing. You know, the other Jeanne d'Arc can control a dragon."

"If we organize a large group of people to escape like this again, she will be very angry, right?!"