The Infinite Journey of a Certain Flame

In this encounter, neither of them seemed to have gained an advantage.

"As expected, Miss Saber, you are more skilled in close combat." Kiana glanced at Saber and then smiled gently.

Although she wasn't good at simulating combat with a wooden sword, she had picked it up from playing with Mei a lot.

Then there's the experience gained from long-term practical experience.

Therefore, she has a very powerful set of offensive habits.

Saber's defense is even stronger.

This is mainly due to her long-term practice in swordsmanship.

Therefore, their swordsmanship was roughly equal.

"I don't mind if you use magic, but I don't want you to use magic to hurt my friends," Saber said coldly, looking at Kiana.

"Magic? Heh, that's not magic. You can call it Honkai energy." Kiana looked at Saber with a smile.

She found Saber to be getting more and more interesting.

Seeing that Kiana seemed to be toying with her, Saber snorted coldly.

"In short, don't cause any trouble for Irisviel."

"Okay, okay! In that case, let's begin."

After saying that, Kiana once again swung her wooden sword and thrust it at Saber.

Seeing Kiana attack again, Saber also wielded her wooden sword to meet her.

"Clang!"

"Clang clang!"

The sounds of swords clashing were incessant.

The two of them went back and forth, attacking each other.

For a moment, both girls put their full strength into it, wanting to test each other.

"Clang! Clang!"

"Clang! Clang!"

The two girls went back and forth, neither gaining the upper hand.

However, they were both well aware of each other's strength.

Therefore, in this sword fight, neither side could gain the upper hand.

"Huff~"

Finally, both of them were panting heavily and stopped.

"It seems to be over."

Saber looked at Kiana and said in a low voice.

"Huh? What?"

Kiana asked, puzzled.

Saber didn't speak; she stood quietly in place, calming the turbulent emotions within her.

A moment later, a voice that was quite familiar to the two of them came from the corridor.

"Kiana~Saber~ Breakfast is ready, you guys... huh?"

Mrs. Irisviel, dressed in a fitted home sweater, walked gracefully in and was taken aback to find the two of them facing each other.

Eh?

Why are these two fighting each other with wooden swords so early in the morning instead of getting some rest?

Could this be a habit of the followers?

"Sorry to bother you."

The white-haired, red-eyed, intellectual-looking woman smiled awkwardly: "But it's time to have breakfast now. Why don't you continue after you've finished eating?"

"Uh...we..."

Saber's expression turned somewhat awkward upon hearing Irisviel's words.

Kiana, on the other hand, remained calm, as if she felt no embarrassment whatsoever.

"Huh? What are you doing?" Irisviel looked at the two of them curiously and asked, "Are you playing some kind of special game?"

"Ahem, well... we were just sparring, it's nothing." Kiana glanced at Saber, then looked at Irisviel and said with a smile.

"Oh, is that so!"

Irisviel feigned a sudden realization and exclaimed, but her eyes gleamed as she looked at Saber.

Saber nodded slightly.

"By the way, are you free to go shopping with me today?"

Irisviel looked at Kiana with a smile and asked softly.

"shop?"

Kiana was speechless for a moment upon hearing this.

"Yes!"

Irisviel nodded, then said softly, "Didn't you say that the clothing here is different from that of other countries? I've been wanting to buy a few clothes anyway, so how about we go shopping during this time?"

"Oh, no problem, no problem," Kiana quickly replied.

"Well then, it's decided then. Saber, what about you?" Kiana looked at Saber and said with a smile.

Saber glanced at Kiana, then looked at herself, her nominal Master.

After much thought, she slowly posed a question: "Irisviel, I think you should be aware that we are engaged in the Holy Grail War. If we were discovered by other Servants on the streets..."

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay."

As Irisviel spoke, she put her arm around Kiana's slender waist, smiling proudly as she said:

"We have the Arbitrator backing us up. Even if some other ill-intentioned people try to harm the girl, Kiana will surely stand by our side and drive them all away, right?"

Upon hearing this, both Saber and Kiana were stunned.

Saber stared at Kiana for a long time, then simply shook her head and remained silent.

Kiana, on the other hand, smiled helplessly, inwardly complaining:

"Don't try to sway me. I'm a referee, not a participant."

However, no matter how much Kiana complained, she had no choice but to nod in agreement under Mrs. Irisviel's enthusiastic offensive.

So, after breakfast, the three incredibly beautiful women walked hand in hand onto the street in the early morning.

However, faced with the deserted streets, Saber and Kiana both sensed something was amiss...

This Ruler is so fair! (F/Z): Chapter Nine: Lancer's Inescapable Fate

冬木市

On the wide street, there were a few scattered pedestrians; although there weren't many, there were at least some people.

However, even among some people, Saber and Kiana, as participants in the Holy Grail War, could clearly sense it by observing the expressions and movements of these pedestrians.

These people were clearly given some kind of magical guidance.

Their actions were not deliberate, but they were certainly quite meaningless.

If only one or two people are like this, that's fine.

But if everyone on the street is like that, then even if there are no ghosts, there are ghosts.

"Someone actually used suggestive magic on an ordinary person?"

Artoria walked slowly down the street, feeling puzzled and disgusted by this behavior as the King of Knights.

Of course, what might make her even more uncomfortable is that she has no way, or rather, no authority, to get these people out of their current situation.

After all, Fuyuki City is far from being as calm as it appears on the surface, and all unusual behavior can be traced back to the Servants and Masters participating in the competition.

No one can be sure whether this is a trap set by one side against them.

Therefore, Saber had no choice but to suppress her intention to attack and focus her attention on Kiana beside her.

At this moment, she was dressed casually, her long hair cascading down her back, which, combined with her deep blue eyes and exquisite features, enhanced her overall charm.

However, even so, her calm and aloof demeanor still made the surrounding pedestrians feel intimidated.

"Saber, what's going on with these people?"

"You...didn't you even notice?"

Saber looked at Kiana with some surprise.

She had assumed that, given the Judge's magical abilities, he would quickly figure out why these people were reacting this way.

But in reality, this adjudicator's understanding of magic... doesn't seem to be particularly impressive?

So what exactly is her power, the power known as 'Honkai Energy'?

"Uh, why do I have to know? You need to know that there are many unknowns in this world."

Kiana smiled somewhat reluctantly.

Although it's a little embarrassing to say this in my capacity as the adjudicator, I have to admit it...

I had absolutely no idea what magic was.

Is it some kind of special ability similar to Honkai energy? Or something else entirely?

In short, this kind of behavior is capable of giving hints to humans in order to achieve something like control and influence.

It's truly unbelievable.

For Kiana, a complete novice, magic has always been an incredibly peculiar concept.