Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

After all that back and forth, Roland had originally intended to check his situation a bit, but in the end everyone gathered in the backyard of the Ghost Mansion, watching Medea set up the venue while discussing the matter.

"Master is quite motivated, but it won't be easy to fight that King of Knights."

Cú Chulainn leaned against the courtyard wall and spoke to Iskandar beside him, who was sitting in a chair that Cú Chulainn had specially brought out after hearing the news, wearing a white T-shirt with 'Grand Strategy' printed on it, arms crossed, responding.

"That's the kind of courage you need. If you want to gallop towards the distance, you can't be bound by anything—reason, logic, traditions... Although those who aren't condemned by these things are usually a bit dim-witted, I prefer such fools to cowards."

They made no attempt to conceal their voices, especially Iskandar, whose loud voice could be heard clearly even from the back gate of the mansion, which was separated from the wall by an entire backyard.

So after hearing their conversation, Bazett frowned slightly and spoke up.

"That's what they say, but fighting a Servant, especially one like Artoria, is a bit unwise—if you want to verify something, then you should just come to me."

Roland, Medea, Bazette, and Aozaki Touko were all at the back door of the mansion.

Medea was setting up the barrier, while Roland watched from behind her, silently memorizing the barrier spells.

Neither of them responded to Bazett because they were both busy. However, Aozaki Touko met Bazett yesterday when he helped her move, so she was able to join the conversation.

"Oh~ the way you put it, using this kind of sentence structure, doesn't sound like you're worried at all. It sounds more like you have other thoughts on your mind."

At this moment, Aozaki Touko is wearing glasses, which gives her a big sister-like feel, like the morning sun, very warm and comfortable.

But as she spoke, Aozaki Touko also took off her glasses.

In that instant, the morning sunlight transformed into the cold moonlight of night. Aozaki Touko's cold gaze was so intense that Bazett couldn't help but look over—and then she met Aozaki Touko's somewhat disdainful eyes.

"You're talking like a dog that's been abandoned by its owner."

Tsk!

Bazett and Aozaki Touko met yesterday.

So she also learned that Aozaki Touko had a dual personality; when she wore glasses, she was gentle and approachable, but when she took them off, she was cold, rational, and sharp-tongued.

When she first saw Aozaki Touko switch personalities, she felt that Aozaki Touko was doing it on purpose. And after they got to know each other better... well, even though Bazett knew that Aozaki Touko had a dual personality, she still felt that Aozaki Touko was doing it on purpose!

But just as Bazett frowned slightly with a serious expression, Aozaki Touko put her glasses back on. After that, no matter what Bazett said, Aozaki Touko would very maturely go along with her in the manner of an older sister.

This will soon make Bazett realize that he is really being unreasonable, and he will gradually stop getting angry.

It's like punching cotton!

It's incredibly painful!

Aozaki Touko just smiled and didn't say anything when she saw Bazett's expression.

When she teased Beo before, Beo would never be so cooperative, nor so gentle, and would even resort to violence if she couldn't win an argument. So now, Aozaki Touko feels that teasing Bazett is much more interesting than teasing Beo!

It just so happens that Beo ran off with Artoria.

“Bazette”.

"Ok?"

When Bazett heard Aozaki Touko suddenly call his name, he looked over in surprise.

Although she had just been teased by Aozaki Touko, Bazett wouldn't refuse to help Aozaki Touko if they were already acquainted and she really needed assistance.

She's just that kind of unexpectedly warm-hearted person.

But after Bazett turned her head, she heard Aozaki Touko say something with an incredibly gentle smile.

"Beo is gone. You'll be my familiar now. Don't worry, I'll work hard to earn money to support you."

Um! ?

Bazett was visibly stunned for a moment, then she subconsciously distanced herself from Aozaki Touko and stared at Aozaki Touko with an expression as if she were checking her composition.

Seeing her like this, Aozaki Touko couldn't help but laugh out loud. After hearing her laughter, Bazett realized that he had been tricked by her again, and walked up to Aozaki Touko in a bit of anger.

"So, you were just kidding me when you said you had a split personality! Look, your personality is pretty awful even when you're wearing glasses!"

"Hehe...who knows~"

"You bastard...!"

Seeing that Bazett was really getting angry, Aozaki Touko quickly apologized and said a few nice words. After Bazett calmed down, she stopped joking with her and instead gave her a serious analysis.

"Leaving aside your own thoughts, although I haven't known Roland for long, I know he's not the arrogant type..."

At this point, Aozaki Touko also looked at Medea and Roland, who were not far away.

"...Since he really said that, it means that he might really need to find Artoria to test certain spells."

"That's it."

As Aozaki Touko was analyzing the situation, an unfamiliar voice suddenly rang out beside her.

The voice startled Aozaki Touko, and Bazett's gaze immediately pierced her.

The two women were somewhat wary, but Roland, who was also looking over, recognized them at a glance.

"Bai Mao, it seems you really have changed."

Roland spoke up directly, which surprised Aozaki Touko and Bazett.

After all, Bai Mao has changed quite a bit.

Previously, Bai Mao always wore all black, making her look like a shadow. But now, Bai Mao has long purple hair, and although her large purple eyes are somewhat lifeless, they are still very beautiful. Her skin is slightly brown, and this, combined with her black robe and the glimpses of her shapely figure beneath it...

This girl looks like a beautiful young woman, who would recognize her as Hundred-Faced Hassan!

This is not to blame Orange and Bazett. In fact, even Roland, the only transmigrator in his previous life who was not dressed in all black, could not recognize him by sight alone.

Instead, the Command Seal of the Hundred Faces was on Roland. Roland knew she was the Hundred Faces through the contract, and then he vaguely realized that the appearance of the Hundred Faces was the mature version of the little Hassan in the data.

Bai Mao was also aware that his Command Seals were on Roland, so it was impossible for Roland not to recognize him.

However, Bai Mao pretended that nothing had happened. When she saw that only Roland recognized her, she gave Roland a smile that looked like it had been honed a thousand times and was perfectly proportioned.

"Yeah, after all you've helped me so much, if I were to dwell on the past, wouldn't that be letting you down? — But since you said those things to me before, I'm going to be relying on you from now on~"

Hearing her say that, Roland smiled but didn't say anything. Instead, he turned his head away and continued to look at Medea.

Sure enough, as soon as he turned his head, he saw Medea looking at him. But as soon as their eyes met, Medea turned away like a startled rabbit, trying to pretend that she hadn't done anything. But Roland, who had six eyes, immediately noticed that even the barrier spell she was drawing was crooked.

Bai Mao witnessed this scene, which made her shake her head slightly. Then she continued to follow up on what Aozaki Touko had just said.

“Roland won’t do anything completely meaningless, and although you all don’t think highly of Roland, Artoria won’t unleash her Noble Phantasm during the match, and she won’t even use the Holy Sword, she’ll only use a wooden sword. So I think that even if Artoria wins this match, it probably won’t be an easy victory.”

"Oh?"

After learning that the beautiful purple-haired girl beside him was Hyakko, Bazett's previously sharp gaze softened with a hint of apology, but Aozaki Touko naturally struck up a conversation with her.

"Although I agree with you on the assessment of Roland, Bai Mao... modern magicians are not as good at fighting as you imagine, especially in direct combat."

“I don’t deny that Roland is a very powerful magician—when I fought him before, I couldn’t see through his spells at all, and his divine array far exceeded my expectations.”

"But his duel with Artoria... I think it's because Artoria has strong magic resistance and high attributes that Roland asked her to test some spells, just like I sometimes ask Beo to test spells."

"It was just a magic test. Giving him too much praise will only put a lot of pressure on him."

"A miracle is called a miracle because it is rare. You've all had too high expectations."

Upon hearing Aozaki Touko's words, Hyakumao did not respond directly but instead asked a question.

"So, how long did it take you to reach your current level?"

The question about Hyakume left Aozaki Touko somewhat dazed.

how long?

From a young age, she held herself to the standard of a 'future magician,' and began to work hard to learn about magic from that time on. Even after being abandoned, she never gave up on magic until now.

"...It's been decades, hasn't it?"

After a moment of confusion, Aozaki Touko gave the answer.

Bai Mao smiled when she heard her say that.

She knew about Roland's experiences, and Roland had no intention of hiding anything. He had mentioned the reason for his participation in the Holy Grail War during the Holy Grail Q&A session. It just seemed that Aozaki Touko's attention was drawn to the gods at that time—so Hyakko brought up something that Aozaki Touko hadn't noticed before.

"If I told you that Roland hadn't even activated his magic circuits before participating in the Holy Grail War, knew nothing about magic, and had absolutely no magic crests—and that he reached his current level of magic in just a few days, would you still think our evaluation was too high?"

Aozaki Touko had always been very composed.

Whether joking with Bazette or discussing the match.

Because, just as she said, she knows magicians too well, especially modern magicians, which is why she feels that others have a bit too much expectation.

But if what Bai Mao said is true...

The thought of this possibility made Aozaki Touko straighten up, her expression solemn, like a believer waiting for the prayer to begin.

She began to take the upcoming competition seriously.

Medea had finished her preparations, and Artoria and Beo came out of the mansion. Roland went straight into the venue.

As Aozaki Touko watched both sides enter, she gave her answer when Medea dragged Beo to the side.

"Not high... I can tell you this from the perspective of someone whose life has been intertwined with magic since birth—not only is it not high, but your evaluation is even a bit low."

“If what you say is true, then Roland doesn’t need to do anything to prove himself. We can just sit here and watch him, which is the same as witnessing a miracle.”

“If I had known this earlier, I would have said directly that Roland might win—after all, he himself is a miracle, so why shouldn’t we believe that he can create some more miracles?”

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