A Villain's Journey Begins in the Type-Moon World

"Huh? What's with these two... and this dragon?"

As she got closer, Mary saw a man and a woman lying on the mound of earth, along with a reptile that looked like a turtle, and asked them what was going on.

“They are both Servants. One is Siegfried, the dragon slayer I mentioned to you before. The other is the antagonistic Servant, Saintess Martha. That dragon is her mount.”

Wang Chong offered an explanation.

"Roar……"

At that moment, Albion stared intently at the unconscious Tarasque and then let out a deep dragon roar.

It was this dragon's roar that immediately roused Tarask. The moment he saw Albion, the oppressive fear from the superior made him tremble, and he lay prostrate on the ground with his head down, not daring to meet Albion's gaze.

"Roar!!"

Seemingly still dissatisfied with Tarask's performance, Albion roared at Tarask with an even deeper dragon roar. Tarask was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly, whimpering, indicating his fear and submission.

"Ugh... my head hurts so much... Tarask?"

Seemingly sensing the fear emanating from Tarask, Martha awoke from her unconsciousness. Hearing Tarask's whimpering, she was about to look towards the source of the sound when she heard a familiar male voice:

"you're awake."

"!! It was you! You were the one who gave it to...!!!"

Upon hearing Wang Chong's voice, Marda immediately understood what had happened; she had been kidnapped.

But just as she was about to get up, she found herself bound in a very unsightly manner by black mist chains, like a turtle waiting to be slaughtered.

Even Mary blushed slightly upon seeing this modern art form, Tortoise Shell Binding. However, after hearing Wang Chong explain that the other party was an enemy Servant, she didn't say anything, only wanting to see what Wang Chong planned to do next.

"Hey, once I'm awake, I like to move around a lot."

Wang Chong walked up to Marda, patted her face, and said, "Since you've lost, you should be prepared for defeat. Don't you think you look terrible right now?"

"Gulp... If you've got the guts, kill me! What kind of hero treats me like this!" Martha's face flushed red with anger. No one had ever dared to slap her face like this before, and she was furious.

When did I ever say I was a hero?

Wang Chong shook his head, then scanned her up and down with a very arrogant gaze, clicking his tongue repeatedly, "A dignified Holy Maiden, forced to do things against her conscience in this era, how do you feel now?"

"Tch! Mind your own business!" Martha turned her face away. She had already realized that the other person was deliberately trying to humiliate her, so she stopped looking at him.

Chapter 23 Usurper

"What a stubborn saintess. I wonder if your body is as stubborn as your mouth."

As Wang Chong spoke, he began taking things out.

A sharp, pointed shadow appeared on Martha's face. The moment Martha saw it, her eyes widened, and she shouted, "You... what do you want to do!"

"My Noble Phantasm is very powerful, please bear with it."

As Wang Chong spoke, he plunged the treasure into Martha's body.

"what--!!!"

A bloodcurdling scream suddenly echoed through the valley.

……

Orleans

Jeanne Alter suddenly opened her eyes because she felt that her connection with a Servant had been severed.

"Dead? No... this is more like... um?"

Just as Jeanne Alter was pondering, a familiar footstep reached her ears.

"Why are you back so soon? Have you taken care of the dragon slayer?" Jeanne Alter asked.

"I'm sorry, Lady Joan of Arc, things have taken a turn for the worse."

Entering the main hall was Gilles de Rais, who had returned in a hurry. He gave a brief account of everything that had happened in Lyon.

"..."

After listening, Jeanne Alter's expression became somewhat uncertain, and Gilles de Rais, seemingly sensing the atmosphere, did not say anything more.

After a long silence, Jeanne Alter said coldly:

“Now that those two have escaped, what are you still doing here, Gil? Send out familiars, zombies, or dragons! Turn over every inch of the surrounding land! Find those two! Do I need to teach you this?”

“Yes, Lady Joan of Arc, but… I have another matter to ask. What is Rider’s current situation? It’s very possible that something has happened to Rider, or that he may have followed the enemy.” Gilles de Rais asked.

"...Rider is fine, he's still alive. However, he's probably still heading in the direction of Lyon. He hasn't gone anywhere else."

Jeanne Alter pondered for a moment, as if sensing Martha's location, before saying:

"If she went after the enemy, it means those people haven't gone far. Jill, dig three feet into the ground and kill those two guys. We can't allow any more foolish changes to happen in this country!"

"Yes, Lady Joan of Arc..."

Gilles de Rais bowed and left, leaving only Jeanne Alter in the hall once again.

"It was indeed the Master, and that feeling of being disconnected... it was definitely caused by the Master's Noble Phantasm."

At that moment, Jeanne Alter's gloomy expression suddenly disappeared, replaced by a slightly thoughtful look.

"It seems something has happened to Siegfried, otherwise the Master wouldn't have intervened... But that shouldn't be the case. According to the original plan, Martha should have used her rationality to hide Siegfried."

"And now the Master not only wants to save Siegfried, but has also kidnapped Martha... Although I feel that Martha being kidnapped is very likely due to the Master's true nature acting up again, there may be some other reason."

As Jeanne Alter pondered, she turned back to look in the direction Gilles de Rais had just left, her gaze turning somewhat dangerous.

“Jill… he’s hiding something from me. Siegfried’s condition, he only said he was seriously injured. Is he always the same, hiding things from me… or did he discover something?”

After thinking it over, Jeanne d'Arc Alter started to have a headache. She wasn't good at using her brain, but after spending a long time with Wang Chong, she had developed this kind of alert instinct through observation and exposure.

"Never mind, since Master is here to protect me, I don't need to worry too much. I just need to play my role well... Like what Medusa said again? I forgot... Anyway, let him worry about it! Consider it punishment for my philandering Master."

With that in mind, Jeanne d'Arc didn't pay much attention to it. She had already covered up Martha's situation for Wang Chong, which was the only response she could currently give to the unexpected turn of events.

However, it must be said that this time, Jeanne d'Arc Alter's thinking actually aligned with Wang Chong's, who was thousands of miles away.

……

"Alright, the connection has been severed and transferred to my side. And I've also purified the berserk state within you. You can now do whatever you want."

Wang Chong took the treasure "Lulu Bulei Card" (a talisman that can break all laws) out of Martha's body.

While Caster's Noble Phantasm has the effect of usurping Servant contracts, it may not be 100% successful in the special Holy Grail world of FGO.

As the master of the singularity, he might even be able to use the power of the Holy Grail to directly eliminate the effect of the talisman that can break all laws.

Fortunately, since the current Singularity Masters are all "traitors" planted by their own side, there is naturally no resistance in this regard.

"You're a Master too?"

After carefully sensing the powerful magical energy Wang Chong was transmitting through the master-servant contract, Martha realized that he was not a servant at all, but a real person with flesh and blood.

Now that the misunderstanding had been cleared up, Martha's gaze towards Wang Chong was no longer as hostile as before. She stretched her limbs and said frankly:

"Truly, the younger generation is formidable... It's incredible that a legendary figure like you would emerge after thousands of years."

"You flatter me, Holy Maiden," Wang Chong said with a smile.

"Don't use titles like 'Saintess' anymore. Now that you've become my Master, just call me Rider or Martha."

Martha finished speaking with a somewhat nonchalant air, then looked at the two people behind Wang Chong and couldn't help but ask, "Who are these two?"

"Hello~ I'm also a Rider, but I prefer everyone to call me Marie, Marie Antoinette..."

Mary continued to introduce herself with great enthusiasm, and expressed that she knew about Martha's covenant story, asking with great excitement about the details of subduing the evil dragon Tarasque.

Fortunately, Martha also showed an unusual older sister demeanor towards this very enthusiastic young woman, chatting with her at length.

As for Albion, she ignored the two women and followed Wang Chong to a man who exuded an aura of disgust.

"Sniff... Roar..."

Seemingly sensing the scent of his own kind emanating from the man, Albion's face instantly turned ferocious, his golden vertical pupils fixed on the other man, about to unleash a dragon's breath.

"Waaah!"

However, Wang Chong was clearly able to sense Albion's movements, and he pressed his large hand down on Albion's head to suppress her ferocity.

"Listen to me, don't go near him yet."

Wang Chong gave instructions.

Albion nodded and finally obeyed Wang Chong's order, finding a large rock at random and lying down to rest.

"This child..."

This commotion clearly caught the attention of Martha and Mary. Martha frowned slightly and asked a question.

“Albion is a dragon! Isn’t that rare? A dragon that can change its appearance,” Mary said directly.

“No wonder I sensed an inhuman aura emanating from her…” Martha suddenly realized, then said, “However… if that’s the case, this child’s aura is a bit too strong.”

"Hmm? Too strong? Mary doesn't feel anything. I just think Albion is quite cute," Mary asked with a smile.

“This requires special training to perceive, so it’s normal that you can’t sense it. However, the strength I’m referring to isn’t about quantity, but quality. In other words, this child’s status is a bit too high.”

Martha's eyes were fixed on Albion, and she even murmured involuntarily, "Even more..."

"Martha, can you tell me what exactly happened with Siegfried? Why were you able to discover and surround him so quickly? And why didn't he have any Noble Phantasms?"

Just then, Wang Chong's voice suddenly came, drawing Martha's attention to Siegfried. Wang Chong was performing healing magic to improve Siegfried's condition.

"Not long ago, we suddenly received orders from Gilles, saying that they had found the whereabouts of a suspected Dragon Slayer Servant and wanted to eliminate him in advance to prevent future troubles..."

Martha began to recall, giving a general account of what she might know.

However, to Wang Chong's disappointment, Martha's retelling did not contain any useful clues. Even the other party did not know why the other's treasure had disappeared. All they knew was that when they arrived, they found the other party holding a broken sword, lost in thought.

As for what happened next, it was roughly the same as what Wang Chong had thought. Martha's original idea was to preserve Siegfried, the dragon slayer, as a seed to fight against Fafnir.

However, after witnessing that Siegfried had lost his Noble Phantasm, which was capable of fighting dragons, Martha abandoned the dragon slayer.

She pinned her hopes on whether a new Servant capable of opposing Fafnir could emerge after Siegfried's death.

Chapter 24 The Unknown Enemy

“Even if you save his life now, it will be in vain,” Martha said in a deep voice. “According to the predetermined fate, Siegfried is the only one who can deal with that evil dragon, but now he has no Noble Phantasm…”

"Even without his Noble Phantasm, Siegfried still has his place. At least what happened to him tells us that the anomalies in this world are probably not as simple as we thought, and there is another force at play."

Wang Chong said in a deep voice.

"You mean, the real enemy isn't that mad 'Joan of Arc'?" Martha asked, puzzled.

“Of course, because that ‘Joan of Arc’ was originally my follower,” Wang Chong replied casually.

"What did you say?!" Martha's expression changed upon suddenly learning the truth, and her gaze toward Wang Chong became dangerous once again.

Wang Chong, however, did not pay attention to the change in Martha's eyes. He knew very well what Jeanne d'Arc Alter would do in order to put on an act, which would naturally be intolerable to the saint Martha.

And as Jeanne Alter's Master, she felt like the "mastermind" behind that cholera-ridden world.

At that moment, Wang Chong explained the original trajectory of this singularity, his deliberate disruption of cause and effect, the placement of his two Servants, Jeanne d'Arc Alter and Atalanta, and all aspects of his plan.

After hearing Wang Chong's explanation, Martha's expression softened again. Although her eyes still held a hint of doubt, she had begun to ponder the connection between the two.

"So, Gilles is the real mastermind? He was originally going to personally create a Joan of Arc doll for complete revenge to wreak havoc on the country, but now it has been replaced by your Servant."

Martha slowly combed her hair, then said, "But even so, those people..."

"Leaving aside anything that happens inside the singularity, everything will return to normal after the singularity is resolved. Besides, how do you know that Jeanne Alter and Atalanta didn't hold back?" Wang Chong asked.

“…I see.” Martha suddenly remembered Atalanta’s strange behavior of always coming home late, and it seemed that she already had the answer in her heart.

Wang Chong, seeing through Marda's thoughts, slowly said:

“If we weren’t worried about being discovered by Gilles, I reckon Jeanne Alter and Atalanta could have done even more. Now is not the time for sentimentality; resolving this singularity is the most crucial thing.”

“Then why not just deal with Jill directly… No, that’s not right, Jill isn’t the ultimate mastermind. The guy who gave Jill the Holy Grail is… Who exactly is that guy?” Martha murmured.

Wang Chong quietly observed Martha's performance. He deliberately omitted the part about his transformation into Rafe and did not directly tell Martha about the situation of the Demon God Pillar forces, just to test whether Martha knew any inside information.

After all, both the Holy Grail and King Solomon had an inexplicable connection with that dove. Martha had once followed the Dove Prince, and he couldn't believe that this saint was completely unaware of these matters.

It's unclear whether Martha was just putting on a good act or if some power had erased that part of her memory, but Martha truly showed no knowledge of the Demon King.

"It's alright. We'll see if we can force out the pillar hidden in this world, and maybe then we can test Martha's reaction."

Wang Chong secretly noted it down. Now that Martha had become his follower, he could control her reactions and changes. He could detect even the slightest thing that was not right.