Next, Shen Er, what's your business?

Chapter 896 The Betrayed Witch

Why save?
If the Matou family were ordinary people and had nothing to do with mystery, Caster wouldn't be surprised.

But the Matou family are not ordinary people.Not only is it not, but it is also a participant in the Holy Grail War and has already summoned servants, which is very strange.

The theme of the Holy Grail War is fighting.Fortunately, the master, there are many ways to protect oneself, such as cutting off the contract and using up the command spells, or directly taking shelter of the church, but the servants who are not on your side can only die.

Although there is no stipulation in the Holy Grail War that a master can only make a contract with one servant, under normal circumstances no master will contract two servants at the same time, for two reasons:
One, magic power supply.Maintaining the existence of servants requires a lot of magic power. Ordinary magicians have to do their best to provide a servant (except for those with self-returning magic like Artoria), and it is difficult for even a first-class magician to support two servants. The magic power of the servant is consumed, unless extraordinary means such as sacrificing life or devouring the soul are used.

Second, the last wish.At the end of the Holy Grail War, only the wish of a pair of masters and slaves can be fulfilled, one master and two slaves, how to choose in the end?
In Caster's opinion, it is the most convenient and normal way to kill him while he is weak.

Of course Shinji knew this truth, so he turned to Sakura who was packing up the cups and plates, and asked.

"Sakura, why did you save her?"

"When I saw her lying on the ground alone, I couldn't help but..." Sakura lowered her head involuntarily, and replied in a low voice.

"I can't help it...you—" There was a strange flash in Caster's eyes, which quickly turned into anger again, "—are you pitying me?"

"I..." Sakura shrank her shoulders, not knowing how to answer for a while.

"Yeah, we are pitying you."

She didn't say it, someone said it for her, it was Medusa, her follower.

"Rider, stop, stop talking."

"No, I'm going to say it."

Sakura hurriedly stopped, but Medusa didn't listen.

Although they didn't get along for a long time, the relationship between Medusa and Sakura has become very good. Medusa protects Sakura everywhere, and she deserves to be a golden partner summoned by sex.

"You lost your master, you got injured again, your magic power was exhausted, it was difficult to walk, and you made those ugly noises all the way - aren't these pitiful?"

"You... you all heard?"

Caster obviously recalled what he said, and his long ears twitched.This is the only difference between her appearance and modern people. Her ears are very long, like an elf in a fantasy novel.

"Yeah, I heard it, I heard it very clearly, every sentence."

"Hmm!" Caster's momentum dropped instantly.

"Everyone calls me a witch, and it ended up like this again, I clearly—"

"Enough, stop talking."

Changing Caster this time panicked.It's one thing to reveal your true feelings before you die, but it's another thing to be recounted in person after you recover.

"—I just want to go back to my hometown."

Medusa is still relentless.

"That's enough, I told you to stop talking!" Caster, who was provoked, became angry and blurted out, "Obviously I don't know anything..."

"How would we know if you didn't tell me?"

"If I told you that I killed my Master with my own hands, and that the injury was to break the contract with the Master, would you still feel sorry for me?"

"..."

Caster's roar made Medusa fall silent.

Sakura, Fujino, and Kirie also showed surprise on their faces. According to Yustissa's monitoring, it took less than a day for Atram to summon the servant, and killed his master in such a short time?
Only Shen Er, who knew the details of the caster, remained calm: "There is always a reason for killing, and you don't look like the kind of lunatic who just kills for fun."

"Hehehehe, you are wrong. I have always been called a lunatic, a betrayed witch, and I don't need a reason for my betrayal." Caster's voice was sharp, and the quiet and pure impression he gave people before was gone.

"The betrayed witch... I see, you are the princess of Colchis."

Combining the knowledge bestowed by the Holy Grail and certain characteristics of Caster, Medusa determined her identity.Colchis is a country in Greek mythology, where the famous Argonauts found the Golden Fleece, and the princess of Colchis is Medea, the wife of Jason. A witch whose own family betrayed her husband again.

"Do you regret saving me?" Medea asked coldly.

Before Medusa could answer, there was laughter in the room, Shinji's laughter.

"What are you laughing at?" Medea tightly grasped the quilt with both hands:

"I laugh because of your Master, Atram Gariasta."

"You know him?"

"I know him, but not very well. I heard from Sakura that his workshop caught fire at the end. Did you do it?"

"That's right, it was me, and I burned him to death in the end."

"When that guy was in England before, he compared one of his own magic tricks to the flame you used to burn your love rival to death, and then he himself died under such a flame. Do you think it's funny?"

However, except for Shen Er, no one else in the room smiled, Medea was not in that mood, and the others couldn't laugh.Shen Er rubbed his nose and said in a somewhat uninterested manner.

"If your master is someone else, I might really regret it a little bit. Atlam can only say that he has suffered on his own. That guy has a bad mentality. He is arrogant and inferior at the same time. Specifically, he can't see others He is better than him. Seeing you as a magician from the Age of Gods, his mentality immediately collapsed. He must have done a lot of excessive things-maybe he was born in the Middle East, and he looked down on women. Although you said that betrayal does not need a reason , but you have a wish that you want to realize, and you know the result of losing your Master, I don't think your so-called 'betrayal nature' is more important than your wish."

"..." Medea was speechless.

"And those women and children. If you are really crazy, why did you let them go? They have something to do with you? Impossible, then the answer is obvious, you are not as bad as you say, and neither are we Regret saving a woman who saved so many lives—does that answer satisfy you?"

Shen Er smiled and looked at Medea, but Medea lowered her head and looked at her palm, not looking at Shen Er.

"You, what are you going to do with me?"

"Let you go—it's impossible. You can stay in this world without disappearing because of the effect of the studio, and you will dissipate because you lose your possession after leaving here. Even if you find the possession and the source of magic power in time, I also don't want one more opponent for the Holy Grail. So, I have a proposal—come and help us."

PS: The UBW animation on mana consumption is very clear. Shirou’s inherent barrier has reached its limit when Rin drags a fool. Shirou himself still has 27 magic circuits to supply demons, which shows that the consumption is huge.

(End of this chapter)