[Fate] Falling Sun

Although Mio planned to hang out for a while in the evening to see if she could have the opportunity to obtain information about other masters and servants, but because of Ryunosuke Yusheng's disturbance just now, she didn't have much thought to pay attention to the things around her.

"Mio, let's go back today." The spiritualized Karna finally opened his mouth. After his master had tripped over a stone for the eighth time, he felt that this could not go on.

"Huh? It's so early? It's only eight o'clock..." Mio suddenly regained her composure and replied in a low voice.

"I don't think you are in a good state right now, so it's better to go back first." After saying this objectively, Karna paused for a while, and then continued: "It's hard work to be too popular, you don't have to force it."

"Wha... Lancer, what are you talking about!" The black-haired girl's cheeks flushed instantly, and her walking speed also accelerated.

"No, I'm telling the truth." Even without special observation, he can understand that his master is indeed of that type of popularity preference, which is beyond doubt. "What an enviable talent." He praised sincerely.

"...Well, I sounded like I was turning a corner and mocking me. Is it my illusion?" Probably because she couldn't see the expressions of her own servants, she couldn't tell what kind of words this was. Intention, I can only say this in a dull voice.

"Sorry, I probably said the wrong thing again... Please don't worry about it." Originally, I wanted to praise the Master, but it seems to be completely opposite... It seems that I haven't done enough practice?Karna thought a little puzzled.

"Forget it, I'll just listen to you." Mio stopped, it was really not a solution to keep her mood fluctuating. "I have something to ask you when I go back, let's go." Then he walked towards home.

***

After taking a bath, Mio wore black-rimmed glasses, her slightly damp long black hair was tied into a ponytail, and her slender body was wrapped in a bathrobe.However, the girl has always lived alone, and she didn't find any problems with this appearance in front of others.

The girl who always wears glasses only after taking a bath, her dark pupils usually look the same as other people, but after wearing the glasses, they show a sky-like azure blue color.

──Is this also magic?Such discoveries were known from the first day they were summoned, but never had the opportunity to ask.However, Karna didn't think it was an important issue, and he never really cared about it.

"...What do Lancer think about Ryunosuke Usui?" Mio pushed the heavy black-rimmed glasses. In fact, the dim light in the room made it impossible to see the mysterious blue of the girl's pupils.

"If Mio likes it, I don't have any opinion." The answer was non-judgmental, but the next second the girl in front of her bit her lips tremblingly, as if she had hit a landmine by mistake and aroused her dissatisfaction.

"I'm not asking this...! I'm referring to the alliance, the alliance!" It was a complete mistake for the confession scene to be seen by one's followers!No, that was a scene that even she herself could not predict, and now it is completely treated as a joke after dinner.

Although Karna himself did not mean to tease, but because it was too straightforward, it led to misunderstanding.

"...In that case, from a personal standpoint──I don't think Ryunosuke Yusheng is a trustworthy partner." The white-haired young man said flatly, his pale and thin cheeks made his light-colored glass-like eyes appear Sharper.

Yusheng Ryunosuke exuded a very dangerous aura.

Like a wild beast, more like a cheetah planning to hunt a rabbit, as long as he catches the opportunity, he will instantly tear up the prey and devour it.

"Is this intuition?" The girl was still a little curious, how did Lancer see through the other party's thoughts?

"No, this is an inference based on actual actions." The young man's thin lips, which were almost bloodless, pursed in a straight line. "If I hadn't shown up at that time, I'm afraid he would have attacked you."

The black-haired girl's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Stay away from that man—the obsession with those eyes has reached the point of madness." At this time, Karna spoke earnestly like a father.

***

The news of the day after day always reported the incident of the Fuyuki murderer.

There have been 42 homicides, but the murderer has not been caught yet.And in Fuyuki City, where the Holy Grail War is going on, the church issued an arrest warrant to all the contestants to "Destroy CASTER", and the reward was to get an extra Command Spell.

Caster was hunting children and women all over the place. Since this action was already too public and violated the rules, the church rarely used this order.

And the magic families Tohsaka, Matou, and Einzbern in this land are of course obliged to carry out this command, and there is no reason not to do so, whether it is based on ethics or rewards.

The only ones who are still standing still are the Assassin team that has not appeared so far.

──Keng.

With just one blow, the golden staff in Lancer's hand, which looked like a magic weapon, easily wiped out the multi-legged monster running out of the underground waterway. people bothered.Although that agile skill doesn't look like a Caster class.

This was the first time that the girl saw her servant fighting. Karna's movements were not superfluous, simple but full of strength and beauty, dancing in the night like a gorgeous golden bird.

The random tentacle creatures really bothered Mio. These strange creatures would always attack children or women in the dark. It was like a new urban legend.

"Mio, go back." The cold tone only conveyed one thing, "...To be honest, you shouldn't be involved in this operation." But he couldn't guess his thoughts at all.

"...Why? Lancer." Although the girl dodged a little flustered just now, but as a dodgeball player, she can definitely win the championship.

"Let's ask—what is your purpose in this Holy Grail War?"

"...to survive."

"Then why did you participate in this plan to hunt down Caster?" The white-haired young man looked down at the girl who was much shorter than him. "If you hide in the appearance of an ordinary person, you will not be discovered by other groups anyway. But if you fight under this kind of action, you will undoubtedly expose your identity."

As an ordinary person, even if Mio walks on the street, it is difficult for other magicians to find out that she is the Master.But if he acts with Lancer, the chances of his identity being exposed are very high—no, he will definitely be discovered.Just like now, there may be magicians' eyeliner hidden in the corners.

However, there was another reason why Karna made this suggestion, but he never had the chance to tell Mio.

"However, there are some things I can't bear—I don't want to find out that I have one less classmate when I go to class tomorrow." The news report is not about the sky high and the emperor far away, but something that actually happened in this city.The black-haired girl raised her eyebrows, and her eyes revealed a righteous and firm determination.

"A sense of justice... But that is a power that can only be exercised by a powerful person." Karna analyzed the reality of the situation too objectively, but ignored the temper that all human beings have.What's more, he ruthlessly poked the sore spot in the girl's heart.

The thing that Mio has always cared about is actually quite simple──

That is the ordinary self who cannot provide any power.

"...Lancer, I thought that the hero of giving can save the suffering people from suffering." Mio rarely felt that her anger rushed up, although she usually has a tempered temper due to a lot of part-time jobs. However, she was still repeatedly poked by Karna, and she wondered whether her patience had declined or the fact that the son of the sun god was a nuclear bomb.

"I misjudged you... so you are just troublesome, right? I thought you could understand my thoughts." Although the angry girl didn't yell, she turned and ran away.

"Karna, you are not talking too much, but talking too little. 』

"Remember to finish what you want to say and convey it to the other party's ears well?" 』

"─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Scream!

Sensing the danger, Karna immediately used a sprint to move 50 meters, but there was no trace of the girl when he turned the corner, as if he had suddenly disappeared from this world. "Mio!" The white-haired youth's Wannianyihao expression finally broke the ice, and was replaced by a slightly anxious expression.

At this moment, as if it was agreed, groups of tentacle creatures crawled out of the gutter cover again, as if to delay Karna, this time the number was more than before.

"........." The golden bird in the dark night didn't take a second look, charged up and swung his gun, and these alien creatures that had just climbed into the world were immediately wiped out.Karna calmed down quickly, because he could still feel the contract connection with the Master.Then he expanded his perception──after a few seconds, he confirmed the location of the Master.

The God Son of the Sun rushed over without hesitation, analyzing the next possibility in his mind—since he didn't kill his Master immediately, there are a few more possibilities.

He had to find Mio as soon as possible before the situation got worse.

***

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…

Ryunosuke Uyuu patted Caster on the shoulder while comforting him. It is said that he was going to meet Joan of Arc who became Saber but was rejected, and he was feeling very difficult to come.

And Mio was waking up slowly under the sound of such a conversation, and then she was so frightened by the child and woman sleeping beside her that she almost screamed.

Where is this place?

The sense of crisis made her dare not make any sound. After realizing that she was tied up with a rope, the girl began to observe the surrounding environment—this place seemed to be a natural cave, but the air felt suffocating and only the light from sporadic candles. And a large number of children and young girls are concentrated here, it is like a refugee concentration camp.

Could this be Caster's base camp? Just as she was thinking this, a man's voice suddenly floated down from her head.

"Welcome, I didn't expect to catch you by mistake~ I think this must be a fateful encounter?" Ryunosuke's dark eyes were full of smiles, as if he was very happy to see Mio Amane who was sitting on the ground.

"Senior Yuyu..." The black-haired girl's eyes were full of fear, she was almost sure that Ryunosuke Yuyu's Servant was not Caster, and he was the Fuyuki murderer who committed 42 cases.

What Karna said was absolutely right, this guy is a very dangerous person at all.

"Huh? What's the matter? Why are you so scared. Don't worry, I'll let you out later." Yu Sheng said with a smile, giving people a sense of peace of mind── an illusion, yes, this is definitely an illusion .How could the people who found Caster's base camp still have a chance of getting out alive.

Mio couldn't help shivering, hating herself for being so powerless.

──Karna was indeed right just now, only those with power have the right to exercise justice, she was too angry to refute, but this is an unshakable fact.

"By the way, do you have an answer to the proposal I mentioned last time? Do you want to join us? It's definitely very interesting!" Yu Sheng squatted down to chat with her.

"………………………I………"

"It seems that I haven't thought it through yet? But Mio, you are not a magician like me, are you? If this continues, your servants will disappear?" He narrowed his eyes, and the smile on his lips widened.

"...What did you say?" The black-haired girl's eyes widened.

"Huh~ Don't you know? You are not a magician, do you know how to make a magic offering? Or, do you already know how to connect the magic power and transmit it to your followers normally?" The young man tilted his head with a smile, appreciating Looking at her astonished expression.

"Why..."

"Ah~ I really don't know. It is precisely because of this that so many souls must be ingested to maintain the magic power." He stood up, spread his hands and twirled around—those sleeping people are the source of Caster's magic power.

──Why did Karna never say this?

The girl's face turned pale in an instant, and her originally rosy cherry lips trembled.

"Then please stay here for a while and think carefully~ I'll be back later!" The young man pampered the girl's head and went out with Caster.

The black-haired girl's face was almost wrinkled, and the frowning between her brows looked really pitiful. No wonder Ryunosuke Yusheng told her these things on purpose to please him.

The only time to escape is now.

Mio told herself this, and planned to get up and look for something that could untie the rope on her body.

And in this quiet space, a man wearing a dark red coat and a hood covering his face suddenly appeared from a corner.He raised his right hand slightly, and a dagger slipped out of his sleeve, and he held it firmly.

Then it slowly moved towards Mio──without making a sound.