On how PhDs become human evil

"That's true."

Bai Jie sighed.

"Alright, I understand the situation. In short, I'll be relying on you for help in this Holy Grail War, Mostima. Do you need me to pay you the same way as before?"

"Haha, this isn't Penguin Logistics, so forget about the payment."

Mostima waved his hand.

"But Doctor, there's something I've always wanted to ask you."

"what's up?"

"How far have things progressed between you and Ah Neng?"

Even though she knew that Exusiai had grown up and become a true angel, she still couldn't rest easy about her. After all, Exusiai was the younger sister of her best comrade-in-arms, and she had an obligation to take care of her, even though Exusiai had found a man who could take care of her for the rest of her life.

With a smile, Bai Jie said, "Although we haven't registered our marriage yet, A-Neng is already my wife, right? Once I've finished everything I need to do, I plan to marry her and Chen and the others together."

"Hey? Getting married? You've already thought about this step?"

"After all, it's been almost a hundred years. It's time to give them an explanation."

Bai Jie also thought it was time to hold a wedding for Chen, Kal'tsit and others who had been with him for nearly a hundred years. Although they all said they didn't care, they still needed to be given a proper title.

(Chen, Kal'tsit, Cecilia, Talulah, Frostnova, Skadi, Exusiai, Kiana, Rita... there seem to be quite a few people.)

Bai Jie, who was thinking this way, did not take the reserves into consideration at all.

Hearing Bai Jie's words, Mostima nodded in satisfaction, then smiled and pointed behind Bai Jie: "Then Doctor, can you tell me why there are other women in your bed?"

P.S.: In Devil May Cry 5, my highest score with Nero is S, and I often get SS with V. What does this mean? It means I'm better at taking it easy in the back than rushing in! Also, V is seriously so cool!

Section 446.4. The Goddess from Another World

Mostima wasn't angry, because she had been to the Honkai world before and was aware of Kiana's existence.

It was precisely because Mostima knew of Kiana's existence that she was puzzled—how did Bai Jie end up with Kiana? And judging from their appearance, they had clearly just finished running. When did Bai Jie become so nice to Kiana?

(Yes, I was just keeping an eye on Exusiai's man, I'm definitely not angry, definitely not.)

Instead of showing the panic she expected when Mostima questioned him, Bai Jie calmly replied, "That's my wife, Kiana. You know her, right?"

They actually admitted it so honestly?!

Mosti Ma Chao was shocked!

(No, no, no! This script isn't right! Why isn't he panicking at all? I caught him on a date with his mistress, so shouldn't he be terrified and begging me not to tell anyone? Why isn't he panicking at all, and even openly admitting that it's his wife!?)

After nearly a century apart, Mostima felt he could no longer figure out Bai Jie's personality. He used to be so easy to understand.

“Uh… Mostima, you don’t actually think that Kiana and I went on a date behind Exusiai’s back, do you?” Bai Jie suddenly realized what Mostima was thinking. “You’re overthinking it. Exusiai and the others know about Kiana and me. I already told them about this trip.”

"Huh?"

Mostima paused for a moment.

"Wait, Doctor, you mean... Exusiai and the others allow you to be with Kiana?"

“Yes.” Bai Jie nodded. “Kiana and I are just sworn siblings. We’re not related by blood, so why can’t we be together?”

Even though in another Honkai world she is his daughter.

Mostima felt she needed to reshape her views on relationships. Exusiai and the others not only weren't jealous of Bai Jie and Kiana being together, but they even allowed them to go on dates and trips together? When did they become so generous? Mostima remembered that they were fighting tooth and nail for Bai Jie's position as his official girlfriend before!

What she found most unacceptable was that Bai Jie and Kiana didn't fight when they got together.

In response to Mostima's shock, Bai Jie simply sighed softly: "Well, decades have passed, and they've changed a lot, as have I. Although I didn't like that girl before, I've come to terms with it now."

"You mean turning over a new leaf by making her your wife?" Mostima said, both amused and exasperated. "I must say, Dr., you really are so different from what I remembered. I almost didn't recognize you."

"Well, I'm almost a hundred years old, so of course I'll change."

"But you've changed too much!"

Mostima said he wanted some peace and quiet.

——————————————————————————————

Just as Bai Jie summoned Mostima, the local tyrant of Fuyuki City... I mean, the current head of the Tohsaka family, also began the ritual of summoning a Servant.

Rin Tohsaka carefully arranged the gems she had saved up, looking at them with immense heartache. These were gems she had painstakingly bought with her own hard-earned money. Although they weren't high-end items, they were still incredibly expensive. Now, she was going to use them all for a ritual.

"Waaaaah... My expenses are going to be cut again next month, I might even have to eat dirt..."

Ten years ago, the Tohsaka family was a powerful and wealthy clan. While not exactly the richest, they were certainly quite well-off. However, during the Holy Grail War ten years ago, with the death of Tokiomi Tohsaka, the Tohsaka family rapidly declined. The young Rin Tohsaka at the time was simply incapable of protecting the vast Tohsaka family business. Even the tuition for her studies at the Clock Tower was something she had to painstakingly save up. For a young lady from a wealthy family, Rin Tohsaka's life was truly miserable.

Looking at the magic circle on the ground, Rin Tohsaka's thoughts drifted back to that night ten years ago.

"Father, today I will also participate in the Holy Grail War. What you were unable to accomplish, I will complete."

Gripping the ruby ​​necklace tightly, and calculating the peak of her magical power, Rin Tohsaka began chanting the incantation: "Fill yourself, fill yourself, fill yourself—wait, wait, wait?"

Before Rin Tohsaka could even finish the first line of her incantation, the magic circle suddenly burst forth with a dazzling crimson light, and intense magical energy surged from within it.

"Crack crack crack crack crack crack crack!"

A chilling aura spread through the basement, making the already somewhat cold space even more frigid. Rin Tohsaka, who was only wearing a red dress, immediately began to shiver.

"This is...cold energy? No, this isn't just simple cold energy!"

Although it appeared to be cold air, Rin Tohsaka keenly noticed something: some of the magical specimens placed in the basement had turned into sand, which was definitely not something that could be caused by cold air.

"Wow, curse power... no, a similar power exists in the atmosphere. It seems the spell was successfully activated. That kid named Nagumo Hajime is actually quite useful."

A young girl—no, I should say a loli servant—appeared in the magic circle.

Purple snake eyes swept over Rin Tohsaka, and the silver-haired girl wearing a small hat said, "Little girl, are you my Master? I see. I can sense some pretty good potential. As my Master, I'll barely give you a passing grade."

"You... what kind of Servant are you?"

"Ask for my name? Of course, introducing yourself is the first thing to do after meeting. I'm still not very familiar with communicating with humans."

"My name is Athena, the goddess of wisdom, the king of the Mediterranean, the ancient serpent, and the eternal virgin goddess."

Athena.

This name is very familiar to Rin Tohsaka; in fact, anyone who knows even a little about mythology would know this name.

She is one of the twelve Olympian gods in Greek mythology, the daughter of Zeus, the king of the gods, a goddess of wisdom, and the guide of many heroes. In terms of Servant rank, she is undoubtedly a divine Servant, an existence that would normally be absolutely impossible to summon.

Why did I summon a goddess?

Rin Tohsaka asked herself this question in her heart.

"Are you wondering why I was summoned, witch?" Athena laughed. "There's something I need to explain. I am not a Servant as you know me, nor a Heroic Spirit, but the goddess herself—a goddess from another world. Now you should understand."

"And during my journey to this world, I happened to encounter you performing a summoning ritual, so I took advantage of the situation and used your power to come to this world."

"In other words, it's just a coincidence, understand, witch?"

P.S.: I'm really into Devil May Cry 5, sorry guys, the second update will be a little late.

Section 447.5. I'm so happy to have written a filler chapter.

Bai Jie got up very early the next morning.

According to the rules of the Holy Grail War, after a Master summons a Servant, they need to register the Servant with the local church.

The Holy Grail War is a modern mythological war, and it is impossible for it not to cause a great commotion. In order to avoid bringing too much chaos to the surface world, the Holy Church has taken on the task of monitoring the Holy Grail War, watching for any violations by the Masters and Servants.

More often than not, the Church can only handle the aftermath, such as describing the explosion caused by a Servant's Noble Phantasm as a gas explosion.

Bringing Mostima to the church, Bai Jie didn't knock and just strode in. After all, it wasn't a worship day, and it was a time when no one came to church.

Is anyone home?

Bai Jie barged into the chapel, completely unconcerned about breaking the church's quiet atmosphere, and asked loudly.

Beneath the cross in the chapel, a priest in black slowly stood up and turned to look at Bai Jie: "I've been waiting for you. One of the seven Masters, I am the head of the Holy Church and the monitor of this Holy Grail War, Kirei Kotomine."

Kirei Kotomine?

Bai Jie looked at the priest in black before him and felt for a moment that he had seen him somewhere before.

"Ah, I remember now!" Bai Jie suddenly opened his right hand and clenched his left fist and tapped it. "You're the priest I hung up and beat up ten years ago. I didn't kill you? You're really tough."

"I never expected that after ten years, Prince Prodigy would still remember me. It's truly an honor." Kirei Kotomine gave a wry smile, then looked at Mostima. "Is this your Servant for this Holy Grail War? Not the Queen from ten years ago?"

"Does it matter to you who my Servant is? The class is Caster, but I won't tell you the true name, lest you try to cause trouble behind the scenes again."

Although he couldn't remember it very clearly, Bai Jie still vaguely remembered that ten years ago, Kirei Kotomine was planning to do something not so good with Gilgamesh. With Bai Jie's abilities at that time, if they had actually succeeded in causing trouble, he would have had no choice but to run away.

Ten years later, although Bai Jie now has the ability to handle everything perfectly, he came to this world to accompany Kiana on a relaxing trip and didn't want to waste his energy on some trivial matters.

Despite Bai Jie's sarcasm, Kirei Kotomine remained unfazed and said, "Rest assured, my current identity is merely that of an observer of the Holy Grail War. I will not do anything that an observer should not do."

"That would be best—let's go, Caster."

After watching Bai Jie and Mostima completely leave the chapel, Kirei Kotomine closed the Bible he had been reading halfway through and turned to go to the back of the chapel.

Entering a dark room, Kirei Kotomine looked at the man sitting on the sofa at the far end of the room: "That man is back, Archer. I never thought he would be chosen by the Holy Grail again after ten years."

"You're back."

The man—Gilgamesh—swished a cold smile as he swirled the wine glass in his hand: "Very well, it's good that he's back. It saves me the trouble of searching for him again. It's time to settle the score for that contest from ten years ago."

Gilgamesh was an arrogant man. Even the other Servants who were also heroes were just a bunch of lowly bastards in his eyes, let alone modern humans.

However, Fafnir is different. In the Holy Grail War ten years ago, he almost completely outmaneuvered Gilgamesh. If Gilgamesh hadn't unexpectedly joined forces with Kirei Kotomine to kill Tokiomi Tohsaka and make Kirei Kotomine his Master, Gilgamesh would probably have become the first Servant to leave the stage after Caster.

Gilgamesh's personality, Tokiomi Tohsaka's personality, the relationship between master and servant, the actions the two might take... Ten years ago, Bai Jie, with his almost precognitive vision and reasoning ability, cornered Gilgamesh and Tokiomi Tohsaka. Unfortunately, Bai Jie failed to take Kirei Kotomine into account, causing all his plans to fail.

Gilgamesh was very satisfied with Bai Jie's performance. Apart from Enkidu, he had never appreciated anyone so much. That was why Gilgamesh decided to personally defeat Sirin and Bai Jie ten years ago, and in the name of the king, he bestowed defeat upon Bai Jie.

However, the Fourth Holy Grail War ended inconclusively. Dissatisfied with the outcome, Gilgamesh chose to bathe in black mud and remain in the world for another ten years, with the aim of fighting against White Gage once again.