How come the Ace of Cups isn't considered the Holy Grail?

White Dragon paired with Avengers.

That makes sense, absolutely makes sense...

You've really found a path we never imagined...

[The countdown to teleportation has begun.]

【5、4、3、2、1……】

The countdown ended, and Yuto, having vented most of his grievances, skillfully closed his eyes.

Since everything would go black during teleportation anyway, he might as well just close his eyes.

With that thought in mind, You Du closed his eyes and waited for the teleportation to complete, but after a while, he still didn't experience the feeling of falling from a great height.

Huh? The system is lagging again?

Or has it repented and decided not to let him appear in the form of a ropeless bungee jump this time?

Feeling a bit strange, Yuto opened his eyes and saw a girl in a nightgown with golden braids leaning against the mirror, looking at him nervously and warily as this uninvited guest who had suddenly appeared in the room.

This face looks kind of familiar...

Yu Du carefully examined the girl's face, which was clearly beautiful but inexplicably gave him the feeling of having an ordinary face, and then looked around the room.

F/A... blonde braided girl... a very familiar, generic face...

Suddenly, a guess flashed through his mind like a thunderclap.

Oh my god, Saber face!

Could he have stolen Joan of Arc's place?

Why should he, as an Avenger, be the referee in the Holy Grail War?

Whose brilliant idea was this, coming up with on a whim?

Chapter 128 The work of a referee must begin with finding their place of work...

Leticia is very nervous now.

As a devout believer, she simply sat in front of the mirror and performed her usual bedtime prayers.

As a result, this seemingly trivial matter, which was as commonplace as eating and drinking for her, turned into an unexpected event today.

I don’t know if it was because she mispronounced a word while she was praying, but when she finished praying and was about to undo her braids and go to bed, a bright red thing that looked like a magic circle suddenly appeared on the floor of the room.

Startled, Leticia saw the magic circle suddenly burst into a dazzling red light. After the red light faded, a strange man appeared in her room.

Thief? Robber? Or a pervert?

Countless tragic scenarios flashed through Leticia's mind. She even wondered if this man was a demon she had inadvertently summoned from hell—a somewhat fantastical conjecture.

But in her mind, the most likely possibilities were still robber and pervert.

The strange magic circle from before must have been there to conceal his movement as he entered the room, which is why it suddenly emitted such a bright light!

Even though she saw the man standing there motionless with his eyes closed, Leticia pressed her back against the wall and didn't dare to breathe, moving very slowly toward the door, afraid of making any noise that might wake him.

Waaah... Lord, please come and save your poor lambs...

However, the Lord did not respond to his poor believers. On the contrary, by sheer coincidence, just as Leticia was praying to her Lord in her heart, she saw the strange man open his eyes and look into her eyes.

Leticia: "!!!"

"Help—uh!"

Leticia, who immediately turned and ran towards the door while calling for help, was caught and brought back. Yuuto, realizing that she was about to scream, quickly covered her mouth.

"Calm down, girl, I'm not a good person—oh no, I'm not a bad person!"

After saying that, Yuuto looked at Leticia, who was under his control, and saw that she was becoming increasingly terrified, with tears welling up in her eyes. He paused for a moment, realizing that his explanation seemed somewhat weak and powerless.

What kind of good person would cover a young girl's mouth and pin her against the wall in her room late at night?

"Well... anyway, calm down first, give me a chance to explain, and blink if you accept my suggestion."

Leticia blinked obediently.

How could she dare not accept it?

"very good!"

You Du released his hand from her mouth, and at the same time, he casually wiped his hands with the other person's nightgown.

He wasn't sure if it was saliva or snot, but he figured he might as well return it to its owner...

Leticia: "..."

Okay, now the possibility that the other party is a pervert is lower than the possibility that they are a robber.

"Let me introduce myself again."

Seeing that Leticia really had no intention of calling for help, Yuuto nodded in satisfaction and moved a few steps away from her.

"Servant Avenger, I have been summoned to serve as the referee for this Holy Grail War. Now, tell me, are you my Master—wait a minute."

Will the referee... have a Master?

Yuto had only gotten halfway through his standard opening remarks when he realized something was wrong and stopped talking.

Come to think of it, the Joan of Arc in the original series was merely using this young girl's body, and the Command Seals on her back were originally Joan of Arc's own as a Ruler.

So that means he, who has now replaced Jeanne d'Arc as the referee in this Holy Grail War, shouldn't have a Master either...

However, he seemed to sense a tiny bit of magic emanating from the other party; though it was very little, it was definitely there.

Is it because his class is Avenger instead of Ruler that he was assigned a Master?

Let's check if she has any Command Seals on her back.

Thinking this, Yuu glanced at Leticia's fair hand and spoke to her, who hadn't understood his self-introduction and was awkwardly clutching the hem of her nightgown.

"Could you turn around and face away from me?"

Leticia: "...?"

"!!!"

Buho!

This guy is a freak!

……

Finally, after Yuuto explained the basics of the Holy Grail War and the Holy Grail War to Leticia and summoned a Gem Knight with a card, Leticia finally believed him.

So, after communicating, the two solved the problem of how to see the Command Seals on their backs by looking in a mirror.

"There really is one..."

Looking at the three bright red Command Seals on Leticia's back in the mirror, which resembled a winged dragon, Yuuto rubbed his chin.

Damn it, is this the difference in treatment between Ruler and Avenger?

However, it seems that for someone with EX-level self-healing (magic power), this Master is somewhat dispensable...

"So, what are your thoughts after hearing all this, Leticia?"

After lamenting that Avenger wasn't as well-liked as Ruler, Yuuto turned to Leticia, who was already blushing and had put on her nightgown, and asked her a question.

"Are you going to stay here, or come with me to the Holy Grail War?"

After all, the other party was just an ordinary person who didn't know magic, and the magic power provided to him was not much. There was no need to force her to go to such a dangerous place if she was unwilling.

Of course, if Leticia wanted to witness this so-called Holy Grail War, then considering that the other party was his Master, he wouldn't mind taking her along to broaden her horizons.

Anyway, with his abilities, protecting Leticia alone, or even the entire city, would be no problem for him!

"I……"

After successfully clearing up the misunderstanding through communication, Leticia is no longer so afraid of Yudu.

Faced with the choice Yudo presented to her, Leticia, who had expected to firmly refuse, unexpectedly found herself hesitant.

Although she is a devout believer, she is also an ordinary high school girl. With the sensibilities that come with her age, she is naturally interested in supernatural things like magic and heroic spirits.

To be honest, if Yuuto hadn't told her about the dangers of the Holy Grail War, she probably wouldn't have even hesitated.

"Um... Mr. Yuwatari, are you also a Servant who participated in that Holy Grail War?"

"Me? I'm a little different. I'm in charge of supervising them to prevent them from interfering with the referees!"

Yuuto shook his head, indicating that he was different from the Servants summoned in the Holy Grail War.

The referee in charge of supervision?

Does this Holy Grail War even have such a position?

It feels surprisingly professional...

Leticia thought to herself, but at the same time, Yuuto's words made her make up her mind.

If she misses out on something so fantastical, she might regret it for the rest of her life.

"Since this is a refereeing case to protect ordinary people, then Mr. Yuwatari can't be absent! Don't worry, I'll go with you!"

"Hmm? Oh, if that's the case, you don't need to worry. Actually, even if you don't go, it won't affect my going!"

Leticia: "..."

Leticia's eyes twitched slightly when she was bluntly told that she was not important, and her face flushed red with shame and indignation.

Recalling the determination she had just made, she simply pretended not to have heard anything and changed the subject.

"Oh, speaking of which, Mr. Yuwatari, do you know where the Holy Grail War is held?"

"I think it was a city in France, called Tu, Tu, uh... what was it again?"

Leticia: "..."

Is this referee really reliable?

Chapter 129 An Unexpected Revelation

It turns out that the "Forget Correction" skill is quite useful; at least it reminded Yuuto of the city called Tulifas, which he had spent ages trying to figure out but couldn't, and—

This city isn't in France at all, it's in Romania!

"Unbelievable! How could you, as the referee of the Holy Grail War, even get the country where the Holy Grail War is held wrong?!"

In the back seat of the bus, Leticia, having finished packing her luggage, complained in a low voice to Yuuto, who was sitting next to her in a white trench coat.

After hearing Yuuto say that the Holy Grail War was in France, but not being able to remember which city it was in, she planned to take a nap and go find that city called Tu something tomorrow.

As soon as she lay down, she was suddenly awakened by the memory of Tulipas's travels in Romania. She packed her bags that very night and took a car to a nearby city with an airport.

Unfortunately, to get from France to Romania, you have to go through at least three or four countries, and the place where Leticia lives is a small city without even an airport.

If they wanted to travel to Romania by car... not to mention whether there would be enough cars to take them all the way, the time spent on the journey would be measured in days.

At that point, even Semiramis's Hanging Gardens might be raised up...

As for how Leticia, an ordinary high school girl whose financial resources are even below average, could buy two plane tickets... well, one has to admire the excellent public security conditions abroad!

You Du only spent a little time wandering around outside, yet he earned enough money.

"Well, there's nothing I can do about it. It's my first time being a referee, and I don't have much experience."

Yuuto casually brushed Leticia off the hook, while expertly inserting several magic traps into the Duel Disk.

He's almost made this a muscle memory, but unfortunately, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon family doesn't have many spell/trap cards to block attacks; almost all of them are used to Special Summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

Is this what they mean by "the best defense is the best offense"?

If I take down my opponent first, then I won't need to block their attacks... Is that what you mean?

Good, good, the White Dragon player's aggression is off the charts...

Seeing that he seemed to be busy with something she didn't understand, Leticia didn't want to disturb him. After looking at the card in Yuto's hand with some curiosity for a while, her attention was drawn back to the scenery outside the car window.

Take a bus, transfer, take a bus...

After experiencing the tortuous prelude to their journey, they finally boarded the earliest flight to Romania at dawn.

Leticia, on her first flight, was like a country bumpkin, constantly marveling at the airport scenery while closely following Youdu, afraid of losing herself if she wasn't careful.

It wasn't until Yudo led her onto the plane and into her seat that Leticia belatedly realized something.