Or, why don’t you find another savior?

The second one is an assassination weapon worthy of her name as Assassin.

“…The slaughter is here, Maria the Ripper!”

"Divine Saber!"

Assassin was no fool. She knew clearly that Shiomi was not easy to deal with, so she used the poisonous fog created by her first Noble Phantasm as a cover, quickly sneaked near Sakura, and activated her second Noble Phantasm, intending to use the Noble Phantasm in her hand to tear this pitiful girl into pieces on the spot.

However, in response to the sound of her activating her Noble Phantasm, as the dagger approached Sakura, whose movements were disrupted by the sudden increase in the toxicity of the thick fog, lightning suddenly struck and landed all around Sakura.

Sakura performed a great magic.

One of them hit the approaching Assassin, causing the dagger, which was a means of attack by a Noble Phantasm, to be disrupted from being able to be fatal, and only grazed Sakura's shoulder.

"How, how is it possible..."

Assassin struggled to retreat, avoiding Shiomi's subsequent thrust. She didn't expect her Noble Phantasm to be broken.

The severely wounded Assassin immediately retreated into the fog.

Shiomi couldn't leave the injured Sakura behind to give chase.

He squatted down, put his hand close to the wound on Sakura's shoulder, and the light of healing magic lit up.

The pain gradually subsided and Sakura's expression relaxed again.

"dad……"

"Don't talk for now. Assassin's barrier hasn't been completely removed yet. Focus on using your magic to strengthen your resistance to the toxicity of the fog." Xijian comforted in a gentle voice.

"...No, I mean, I might already know Assassin's real name." Sakura said, "She should be...should be..."

But incredibly, Sakura found that she could no longer remember Assassin's appearance, and related clues began to become unclear, even the name of the treasure began to become unclear.

"It must be Assassin's ability." Shiomi also felt the same sense of forgetfulness, but he had a plan to deal with it.

The Fourteenth of the Original Runes, the Rune of Knowledge.

Assassin used his ability to erase all the information they knew about her, but Shiomi used Rune to keep the remaining clues.

"…It's Jack the Ripper."

Then, Sakura and Shiomi said Assassin's real name in unison.

"This era happened to be the time when Jack the Ripper was active." Shiomi thought for a moment, "But she is a Servant..."

"It seems that the distortion of the singularity has begun to appear." Sakura's wounds gradually healed and her strength gradually recovered.

Shiomi held Sakura's arm and helped her up.

"Can you stand still?"

"I'm still a little dizzy. Maybe Jack the Ripper's weapon is poisonous." Sakura leaned gently against Shiomi.

"If you really can't stand steadily, I can carry you." Xi Jian laughed, "Don't be embarrassed just because you've grown up."

Sakura's eyes suddenly lit up, "Is it really possible?"

"When have I ever lied to you?"

Just as Shiomi carried Sakura on his back and was about to go find a suitable base, the sound of armor walking on stone slabs was heard in the thick fog.

"The fighting atmosphere just now came from this side..." A knight in white armor appeared from the fog.

Then the three of them opened their eyes wide.

Chapter 19: The Rebellious Knight Reappears

"Maud..."

"…Reid?"

Even though more than ten years had passed, Sakura would never forget what happened in the Fifth Holy Grail War, fighting alongside the Servant named Mordred for just a few short days.

Even though she was defeated in the end, Sakura never thought that it was because Mordred was not strong enough. She only blamed herself for not being as strong as her father and surpassing even the King of Heroes.

"...Hey...Isn't this my mother's male lover?" Mordred showed a look of disgust, but his tone was unexpectedly kind, "By the way, why are you here too, Master?!"

"Huh?" Sakura was stunned.

Xijian was also stunned.

He even forgot to care about Mordred's extremely rude behavior of calling him "the queen's male favorite". He was now more surprised that Mordred actually knew him and Sakura.

"Saber... remember us?" Sakura asked.

Generally speaking, the memories of a Servant after their advent are not brought back to the Seat.

Even if the same Servant is summoned repeatedly in the Holy Grail War several times, it will not remember what happened before.

Unless it's someone like Altria who signed a contract with the world before death and froze her time at the last moment of her life, and not someone who came from the Throne of Heroes.

"Oh, yeah..." Mordred seemed to have just reacted, looking puzzled. "Ah, that, I don't know what happened. I remembered this when I saw you guys. I didn't realize it before when I was here."

Sakura looked at Shiomi's profile in confusion, while Shiomi tried to analyze the possibilities.

"It's probably the correction given by the inhibitory force that summoned Mordred to this singularity. Since Sakura and I came here, it seems that the inhibitory force will help repair the singularity... or something like that?"

"You still like to say things that people can't understand as always, magician!" Mordred had already come in front of Ximian, stretched out his hand to pat his shoulder, and grinned.

The Sword Knights were no longer on guard as they had been during their previous patrols up to this point, and instead felt a sense of familiarity as if they were meeting old friends again.

"It would be great if you could remember it." Sakura was also very grateful.

At this time, Mordred saw Sakura being carried on his shoulders and asked in confusion: "Master, what happened? Why do you have to be carried on someone's back?"

"We just encountered Assassin and a little battle took place." Shiomi shook her head, "Due to the lack of intelligence, Assassin used two Noble Phantasms to coordinate with each other and injured Sakura."

Mordred's expression became serious. "Assassin? Have you met Jack the Ripper?"

"Do you already know the real name?" Xijian asked.

"Yeah, I encountered him several times while patrolling the city. He was a little bastard who liked to use the thick fog to attack." Mordred said, "This city is full of thick fog, which is consistent with the anecdote of that guy. But it doesn't work on me."

She has excellent resistance to magic. Assassin's magic mist cannot affect Mordred, and the second Noble Phantasm that requires close combat will be hindered by the red lightning released by magic, just like what happened to Shiomi just now. Even the first Noble Phantasm will be hindered.

It can be said that their compatibility with each other is extremely poor.

"I see." Shiomi looked at Mordred, "So, the Holy Grail War is taking place in London right now?"

From what Shiomi knew, it was impossible for such a magic ritual to take place in London, the capital of magicians.

On the one hand, it would cause confusion at the beginning because too many magicians knew about it, and on the other hand, the Magic Association would not allow this behavior.

After all, below the clock tower is the tomb of the spirits, Albion, where, after two thousand years, there are still many mysterious treasures with unknown contents.

Therefore, Shiomi used the successive appearances of Assassin and Saber as references and preliminarily inferred that a Holy Grail War that did not exist in history might have occurred here.

"No, not at all." Mordred denied it flatly.

"what?"

"It's better to say that no magician summoned me from the beginning." Mordred said solemnly, "When I came here, I already knew that I was not summoned by the Holy Grail..."

Xi Jian's eyebrows jumped: "It has nothing to do with the Holy Grail?"

Summoning Servants outside of the Holy Grail War is not without precedent.

Dr. Hartress was a ready-made case about ten years ago.

However, Dr. Hatteras summoned Hephaestion to exploit some loopholes and achieve special results.

Now, Assassin and Saber, who have nothing to do with the Holy Grail War, have appeared in the London singularity one after another. Shiomi feels that past experience can no longer be used as a reference for things to happen.

"Really? Could it be that the summoner deliberately concealed his existence?" Sakura also confirmed the details again.

"I don't know about that. At least I don't feel that I have established a magical channel with anyone, Master." Mordred replied Sakura with a smile.

"...Don't call me Master, I don't have a contract with you now." Ying was a little embarrassed, "Just call me Ying."

Shiomi suddenly said, "It's not impossible. If my guess is correct, Mordred is a lone Servant, similar to the one who lost his Master in the Holy Grail War, except that he didn't have a Master from the beginning."

"I'm fine." Mordred held out his hand. "Anyway, the magic power now comes from this land, and fighting is not fun. If there is a trustworthy master contract, I can let go and fight."

With her usual clean and cheerful attitude, coupled with the fierce battle she just experienced, Sakura also felt that it was necessary to establish a contract with Mordred at the singularity.

So Sakura got off Shiomi's back, stood on the ground, and stretched out her hand to lightly high-five Mordred.

"I declare that your body rests on mine, and my fate hangs on your sword—"

"In the name of Saber, Knight Mordred hereby swears to acknowledge you as my Master, Sakura."

After Sakura became the Master of Chaldea's restoration of humanity, she was given Command Seals with slightly different abilities.

The Command Seal on the back of his hand lit up, and the contract was established again.

At this time, a mechanical sound rang out in the street.

Mordred summoned his silver sword and turned to the direction of the sound.

The steampunk-like dreamlike robot moved towards them, and its hostile intention was obvious at a glance.

"Those robots are—" Shiomi grabbed Sakura's hand.

He was worried that Assassin was still lying in ambush nearby, and he couldn't let Sakura get separated in the fog again this time.

"We usually call it Chaos Machine." Mordred explained, "It seems that before taking you to the base, I have to take a detour. It's been a long time since I cooperated with the Master, let me make a big fuss!"

Then, Mordred rushed towards the steam-mechanical soldiers like an invincible knight.

Shiomi, who had summoned the ash tree wand to prepare for a positional battle, suddenly relaxed.

Now just watch Mordred perform.

Chapter 20 Understanding the Situation

Half an hour later, in an apartment in London.

This was the base that Mordred had mentioned, but judging from the results, it seemed that she was not the only one living here. The owner of the apartment was a young man who looked about the same age as Shiomi, and he called himself Henry Jekyll.

Shiomi knew this name.

The protagonist in the famous novel "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" drinks a certain potion, which turns him into a violent personality, Hyde.

Originally, Shiomi thought that it was just a modern fiction, but it is obvious that such a person did exist in history.

More importantly, he is different from Mordred. He is not a Servant, but a person living in the era of this singularity.

"This way, we will be completely in harmony with the spiritual veins of this land, and Saber's contract will be fully effective."

Sakura said as she turned on the communicator, and on the projected screen was the figure of Morgan who was in charge of supporting Shiomi.

Mordred, who had just taken out beer from the refrigerator and was drinking it, was choked by Morgan before he could enjoy it.

——Although Shiomi was more surprised that this apartment already had a household refrigerator, which had only been available about ten years ago in this era.

Then Mordred learned that at the end of Fuyuki's Fifth Holy Grail War, although she was defeated by the King of Heroes and retired, Morgan and Shiomi were not defeated.

After digesting the situation, Jekyll explained the situation here to Shiomi and his party.

About three days ago, after an unexplained magic fog enveloped London, the city was completely cut off from the outside world. Coupled with chaos mechanical soldiers and magic puppets moving around in the streets, the entire city has been paralyzed in just a few days.

This is also the reason why Shiomi and Sakura rarely meet anyone on the street.

The magic fog is harmful to humans. Citizens either hide at home and dare not go out, or have fallen into a coma, and Jekyll is no exception. Therefore, the task of going out to investigate falls on Mordred, who came to this singularity three days ago and was taken in by Jekyll.

"I probably understand."

Hearing this, Shiomi had a general understanding in his mind. He was about to ask Jekyll if he had contacted the clock tower, but Jekyll continued to explain the current situation:

"I have been trying to find out the truth about the magic fog these days, but this morning, the friend who was investigating this matter with me lost contact. I cannot go out, so I asked Mordred to find Dr. Frankenstein for me—"

"Then, I heard people fighting on the road." Mordred pointed at Shiomi and Sakura with his fingers holding the beer bottle.

That's why she was there.

"I'm afraid he's dead." Morgan analyzed the most likely possibility calmly, "London has become a singularity, and the magic fog here is the work of the mastermind behind the creation of the singularity. If it were me, I would not allow anyone to pry into the inside story without permission."

"...Ah..." Mordred made an indescribable sound.

"Mordred, if you disagree with my analysis, please speak up," Morgan asked with a smile.

"No, no." Mordred denied it flatly.

Shiomi leaned on the armrest of the sofa: "But Jekyll said that Dr. Frankenstein could not be contacted until this morning. If we rush over to investigate now, in addition to confirming life or death, if the situation is really the worst, we can also trace the origins of the mastermind behind it."