Stray Chapter 4: The Witch of Betrayal

Why can I be sure that the one I summon must be a caster?

Because if Xia Ran's information is correct, there will be only one vacancy left now——

For example, in front of him, Matou Kariya, this man summoned the Berserker by adding a maddening incantation, and his real identity was Lancelot, the legendary Knight of the Round Table in ancient Britain.

And Emiya Kiritsugu used the scabbard of the legendary King Arthur's holy sword excalibur to successfully summon the legendary King Arthur, Arturia Pendragon, and of course occupied the rank of saber.

Everything is wrong in this world, Tohsaka Tokiomi summoned the protagonist in the oldest human epic poem, Nasuka, known as the "King of Heroes" through the snake molting fossil of the world's first molting snake. Mish, locked the archer class.

The camp representatives of the three imperial families have respectively determined the seats of the three cavalry servants.

Immediately after, Weber Velvet, who is still a student of the Clock Tower, accidentally summoned Iskandar, the legendary King of Conquerors, who naturally occupied the rank of rider.

Then it was Tosaka Tokiomi's disciple, Kotomine Kirei summoned the nineteenth "Hassan Sabah" who was an assassin class, and acted in cooperation with Tohsaka Tokiomi. This was also certain.

Finally, the unlucky man from the Clock Tower, the first-level lecturer of the seances, the ninth-generation head of the Archibald family, Kenneth Elmelo Archibald, chose to increase his popularity Participated in the Holy Grail War and summoned the lancer.

The real identity of the latter is the chief warrior of the Irish Knights of Fiona, known as "unparalleled in the world" in Celtic mythology - "The Shining Face" Diarmuid Odina.

Since then, six of the seven cavalry servants have been confirmed, and only the caster class is left unclaimed, and even the number of masters participating in the competition is not enough.

In the original trajectory of fate, it was because of this that the Great Holy Grail could only pull Ryunosuke Amino, who didn't know anything at all, to make up the number, so that this murderer could summon Bluebeard, who had the same smell.

Since Xia Ran was able to successfully cut off his beard at this time, naturally there was only one last choice left, and that was the unclaimed caster class.

It can only be said that this is really an exception among exceptions. Everyone else is selected by the Great Holy Grail and will only begin to summon after they have obtained the qualification of master. But he started to summon before being selected for qualification.

No way, the Great Holy Grail was worried that there would not be enough people for the ceremony, and now someone took the initiative to sign up and fill in the vacancy of the last place, how could they refuse?

However, Matou Kariya is not clear. It can only be attributed to the mysterious magician in front of him who has done his homework and mastered particularly confidential information... Think about it, even the Matou mansion can God unknowingly came in and assassinated the contemporary family owner.

Such a person is very suitable to be a ninja at first sight, and it is not a problem to engage in intelligence work.

Xia Ran did not explain to Matou Kariya either, because the summoning formation had already activated itself, and an impact force passed through his body, almost as if his whole body was burned by a high-voltage current.

The powerful magic power flowing in his body is being pulled by this mysterious ritual. With his blood flowing through the whole body very quickly, it penetrates every specific part of the body almost instantly, and it is like a broken bamboo. A pseudo-mystery unique to the magician of the world.

As if it is a pseudo-nerve, it branches into lines connecting the core all over the body, similar to the pipeline of the human body's internal circulatory system, which is used to transport magic power, and can also convert vitality into magic power.

This is a pleasant surprise. Xia Ran never imagined that just by summoning the servant, he could directly open up the magic circuit in his body. The pseudo-mystery of "two blood vessels".

If you apply the terminology of martial arts style, it is probably that the Great Holy Grail is opening up his two channels of Rendu and eight channels of Qijing...

Probably because of the different systems, strictly speaking, Xia Ran is not a qualified magician in this world, and the Great Holy Grail has also made such a judgment, so he is ready to help him improve.

Speaking of which, Yuyu Ryunosuke seems to have enjoyed such treatment in his original fate. After all, it is the same reason. If the number of masters in the entire Fuyuki City is insufficient, then the Holy Grail will lower the judging standard, take potential quasi-magicians into consideration, and even actively improve their magic power to meet the standard.

A book is long, and a book is short. The magic power flows out of Xia Ran's body after circulating through the magic circuit that has just opened in his body, and is then sucked in by the summoning array. This is probably a necessary step to sign a contract?

The next moment, a wind blew, and the air in this closed space began to flow inexplicably, turning into a violent whirlwind.

I don't know when the drawn magic circle started to emit a faint phosphorescence, and along with the stronger and stronger whirlwind, the light also shined and became stronger and stronger,

Finally, lightning thundered, and the wind and clouds were rolling. When the wind pressure was so strong that people couldn't open their eyes, the circuit in the summoning array was connected with the non-human place, and the dazzling dazzling overflowing from the continuous flow In the light, a mysterious figure appeared.

Then——

"May I ask, are you the master who summoned me?"

In the middle of the summoning formation, which was basically scripted and rigged, there appeared the silhouette of a slender woman wearing an indigo-purple hooded cloak and purple robe, her true face hidden by the hood.

Xia Ran narrowed her eyes slightly, feeling inexplicably shipping, but she felt a headache because of it.

How could it be her? ! Could it be that this is because in the Holy Grail War, the order of appearances is actually determined, and it is not a completely random summon, at least when he does not prepare the holy relic to accurately designate the summon, it is not completely random?

So, even if you just pass the blue beard that doesn't match the compatibility, you just skip the blue beard and go to the next sorted number?

And then, Caster, who was supposed to appear in the next Holy Grail War, was summoned by himself?

Forget it, this is probably the most useful card for him. If such a caster is summoned, Xia Ran even dares to have a hand in the Great Holy Grail. After all, in terms of technical reserves, he The basic conditions have been met.

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In the middle of the night, in the reception room of the Matou family mansion, two people sat opposite each other on the sofa. It was Xia Ran and the caster who had just summoned.

—Medea.

Excellent magician of the age of gods, the real body is the unfortunate Princess Colchis in Greek mythology. Although she has not accomplished any great things in mythology, and her evaluation is very low, her skills as a magician are undoubtedly the highest. bit.

As the daughter of Aietes, the Greek king of Colchis, she was also a sorceress who was taught by the goddess of magic Hecate. The magic has power close to the realm of magic.

But unfortunately, there is no real master of any of the five magics, so Medea is still a magician, and may be regarded as a magician who is infinitely close to a magician.

Although Xia Ran had an idea before, he didn't expect that he would actually draw such a card. He carefully looked at the witch in front of him, but there was nothing to look at. The other party wrapped himself tightly. , under the hood, only the white chin is exposed.

Frankly speaking, she is indeed very similar to the magician in Xia Ran's impression.

"Master, are you curious about me?" Medea sat leisurely on the sofa, and at this moment finally spoke in a lazy voice.

"Yes, after all, I asked myself about the Greek mythology or I have read it all, so you are not so ignorant, and you are one of the famous people..." Xia Ran said very calmly.

"Oh, that's not a good reputation... You should know what I have done in the legends?"

caster smiled self-deprecatingly and said this meaningfully.

"Of course I know that." Xia Ran nodded calmly.

"Then are you not worried?" Medea's mouth under the hood showed a faint smile, "I am a witch known for betrayal, wouldn't you consider me betraying you? possible?"

"Worrying is naturally worrying. I said nothing at all, and you certainly don't believe it. But since they have been summoned, what can be done? You can't just give up this time just because you are worried about your betrayal. the Holy Grail War?"

Xia Ran's expression is still calm, and she is not afraid of her frankness on this sensitive topic——

"Besides, I didn't prepare any holy relics in advance, but I still summoned you, which at least shows that the compatibility between us should be relatively compatible... I don't deny that I will be against you because of the information I know. There are some preconceived impressions, but I hope you understand that I am willing to try to trust you."

Medea was stunned for a moment. This answer was not what the obsession in her heart was expecting to hear, but it was more sincere.

"Although I'm only talking about this now, it's like getting on the bus first and then refilling the ticket, but I still want to ask... Are you willing to make a contract with me and become my servant?"

At this time, Xia Ran had already stood up from the sofa and reached out to the caster in front of him, as if he was a gentleman who politely invited a lady to dance at a ball.

"I've heard your story, I wouldn't say anything about trusting you directly and unconditionally, that's definitely impossible. But what I can promise is that as long as you don't hurt me in the first place, I will never betray you. ."

He knows that if he wants to brush the favorability of the woman in front of him, the most effective way is to be honest. Lies will only attract bad feelings, even if it is a so-called white lie——

Because it can only be when the two sides have established trust, and she will feel the goodwill in it, and can understand some dishonest statements and concealed things, but it is for her own good. Not betraying her...

But until then, if your favorability isn't enough, don't bother with any good or bad lies.

Maybe you lied and said you didn't know her legend, because you wanted to skip this topic, and everyone wouldn't be so embarrassed... Maybe you lied and said that you absolutely trust her unconditionally, because you think it's a tacit understanding of both parties If you are in a situation like this, commercial touts should not be taken seriously...

However, in Medea's eyes, all lies are indistinguishable, they are all to deceive and further use her.