Nobody knows how to be a villain better than me.

The girl took it without thinking, thanked her subconsciously, placed the water bottle on the socket, and reached out to unscrew the cap of the mineral water bottle.

However, just as she was about to pour out the water, her body stiffened, and she suddenly realized something, turning her head in astonishment to look at the figure that had appeared behind her at some unknown time.

"Who?"

"Don't be nervous, I'm your downstairs neighbor. I just moved in today and came up to say hello."

Samael blinked and spoke with a smile.

"Oh……"

The blonde girl suddenly realized, drawing out her words, but then her expression changed. She grabbed a baguette with one hand and a salted fish next to her with the other, baring her teeth and coldly questioning him.

"Come on! There's a supermarket downstairs, and you call yourself a neighbor? Do you think I'm stupid? Tell me honestly, who are you? What's your purpose? Did you steal my tonkotsu ramen?!"

Chapter Seventy-Two: Little Ai, Take a Few Steps

"I like fatty beef."

Samael smiled and innocently raised his hands.

"Oh, you should have said so earlier!"

Upon hearing this, the blonde girl with the ahoge immediately lowered her guard, patted Samael on the shoulder in a friendly manner, and casually pulled out two buckets of instant noodles with golden broth and beef from the corner and handed them to him, completely unaware that his answer was evasive.

As expected of the same breed, they're still so easy to fool...

Samael grumbled inwardly as he happily divided the spoils, his mind drifting to a picture of a silly girl in his dream, wearing a blue bowler hat and following him around calling him "Master."

Just as he was lost in thought, his outstretched hand was suddenly grabbed by the blonde girl with the ahoge (a cowlick on her head) opposite him.

"This smell..."

The face, so similar to Artoria's in her youth, moved closer with a puzzled look, sniffing Samael's hand like a puppy.

The tuft of hair on the girl's head seemed to receive some signal, and it began to vibrate violently like a radar, looking comical and amusing, while she muttered to herself.

"So it's Saber..."

"what?"

Because the voice was too muffled, Samael, who hadn't heard clearly at first, instinctively asked.

laugh!

However, a fierce blue-white sword light exploded in the night and came swiftly.

Samael instinctively stepped to the right and sidestepped.

A sharp sword flashed past, and a corner of the third floor was neatly sliced ​​open. The several-meter-tall reinforced concrete building fell from the break like pieces of butter, the cut as smooth as a mirror.

"Holy Sword, Reverse!"

Before the corner of the roof had even touched the ground, a deep, furious shout rang out again.

The hand gripping Samael tightened suddenly, pulling the target forward. At the same time, a strange, red-black sword light rapidly expanded in those vertical pupils.

"when!"

A piercing metallic clang rang out, sending up a chilling shockwave. Samael gripped the sword blade, its surface adorned with interwoven red and black light patterns, his face grim.

"You're going to...kill me?"

"All Sabers except me must die!"

The blonde girl with the ahoge (cowlick) had completely changed her previous cute and innocent demeanor; her pretty face was covered with a cold frost, and her dark blue eyes were filled with murderous intent.

"Especially you, the Saber God who brought the cancer of the stars, the first Holy Sword Wielder!"

As the girl roared, she released Samael's wrist with her other hand, and a golden-blue longsword appeared in her palm, which she swept horizontally in front of her.

Samir immediately raised his hand and flicked his finger at the shimmering blade of light.

"boom!"

A deafening roar, like muffled thunder, ripped the roof off the third floor in an instant, and the blonde girl with the ahoge (a cowlick on her head) was sent flying backward and crashed into the wall, with rubble and dust falling down in a flurry.

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, Samael looked down at the chipped fingernails on his left index and middle fingers. His dark, vertical pupils narrowed, and he gazed intently at the holy sword in the hand of the blonde girl with the ahoge, its two lights intertwined.

How could it possibly damage his divine body? Was it due to some kind of special attack, or was it caused by extraterrestrial forces?

"Kill! Kill! Even Saber can be killed!"

As if under a spell, the blonde girl pulled her hands and feet out from inside the wall, and violent magic surged and intertwined. The two holy swords, Red Sister and Gold and Blue, frantically gathered the surrounding ether, forming a band of light that stretched straight into the night sky.

"Ironclad Cavalry - Switch! Pseudo-Spirit Origin Unfolds, originating from the smallest, expanding to infinity—Galaxy Meteor, Azure Galaxy!"

Accompanied by a deep chant, countless starlight descended and gathered on that petite figure, forming crystal-like armor plates. The reflection of the stars within her chest became the furnace core, and the etheric particles summoned by the two holy swords resembled a galaxy cascading down from the void.

A god-level being who descends? How could that be?

Countless mysteries gathered and surged in Samael's mind, causing him a moment of confusion.

"Get down!"

Just as Samael was lost in thought, a low warning came, and at the same time, a beam of red lightning shot out and struck the blonde girl with the ahoge (antenna-like hair sticking up) who was frantically accumulating magic power.

"Boom!"

The deafening roar instantly leveled the remaining third-floor walls.

Under the pitch-black night, a gray-haired, golden-eyed girl, dressed in a red and black hooded cloak and light armor, resembling a Jedi Knight, stood in mid-air, holding a red and black lightsaber in one hand and red and black lightning wrapped around the other.

"That's shameless! They actually launched a sneak attack!"

The blonde girl with a cowlick, encased in crystal armor, rubbed her smoky head, turned her head and angrily accused him, then raised the two holy swords in her hands again, attempting to restart the interrupted Noble Phantasm.

At that moment, heavy footsteps approached from downstairs, and Diana and her two companions, who were clearly a step behind, also came running.

"Information file: HG74M403B, security protocol; release..."

At the same time, the grey-haired, gold-eyed girl dressed as a Jedi Knight raised her hand again, muttering to herself.

In an instant, a beam of colorful, high-speed particles shot through the blind spot behind the blonde girl with her ahoge (cowlick), blasting her into the building with lightning speed.

"Follow me, quickly!"

A cold, deep murmur echoed in his ears. A fair hand emerged from the billowing smoke and dust, suddenly grabbing Samael's wrist and pulling him off the high-rise building without a word. The figure writhed and disappeared into the thick darkness of the night.

The waning moon sank below the horizon, the long night gradually faded, and the faint light of dawn pierced through the thin mist, shining into an old shop.

A gray-haired, golden-eyed figure squatted beside the container, rummaging through it.

"What are you doing?"

Samael, standing in the corner, looked around before his gaze fell on the busy kidnapper in front of him.

The girl turned around, swallowed the chestnut paste and fruit she was holding with a gulp, and answered seriously.

"The battle has taken a heavy toll; now is the time to replenish our sugar reserves. Sugar is power!"

She was holding about a hundred boxes of various Japanese sweets and confectionery in her arms, and her golden eyes were unconsciously searching for new targets.

Samael looked at the almost empty shelves, then at the girl's still-satisfied expression and her perfectly flat stomach, and couldn't help but raise his hand to his forehead, inwardly cursing.

As expected of the same breed, it continues the excellent tradition of inheriting the Wangwei brand...

Glancing at the bright sky outside the window, Samael casually asked, "By the way, what's your name?"

The gray-haired, golden-eyed girl turned around, looked the man in the corner up and down, and remained silent, her brows slightly furrowed as if she were thinking.

"You saved me last night, so to express my gratitude, you should at least know my name, right?"

Samael added with a harmless smile, half-jokingly.

The gray-haired, golden-eyed girl nodded, slightly lowering her guard, and spoke in a deep voice.

"Xiao Ai, you can call me Xiao Ai..."

"Okay, Xiao Ai."

Upon hearing this familiar address, a subtle smile appeared on Samael's face.

Xiao Ai frowned slightly, but did not correct the strange suffix. She continued to fill her stomach with half of the high-grade Japanese sweets she had collected, and piled the other half in the corner.

Accompanied by the sound of mechanical friction, a small robot resembling an ancient helmet emerged from the shadows and packed the wagashi (Japanese sweets) on the ground into a portable storage box.

Samael glanced at the small robot at work out of the corner of his eye.

The strange metallic structure contained a power core-like reactor inside, and the magical energy seemed somewhat familiar.

"The Servant AUX robot 'K6-X4,' or you can call it 'Black Knight' like I do..."

A cool voice came from behind. Xiao Ai swallowed the last wagashi on the shelf, stood up, dusted herself off, turned to look at the man behind her, and added quietly.

"Last night, it was this that helped you fend off that Saber assassin who wanted to kill you."

"Hey, you weakling human, what are you looking at?! Please, you're so weak."

As soon as Xiao Ai finished speaking, a female electronic voice with an extremely sarcastic tone came from the corner.

Samael glanced at the robot opposite him, who was speaking like a little girl, and couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

This is the first time I've been looked down upon by a robot.

"Bang~!"

However, before the electronic pet could continue to draw aggro, Xiao Ai, standing nearby, slammed her fist, encased in light armor, hard into the robot's head.

After a burst of sparks and lightning, the incredibly brave Black Knight immediately became docile.

"Sorry, its language module had some issues due to the crash and is currently under repair."

Xiao Ai withdrew her fist, which had left a dent in the cosmic alloy, and explained expressionlessly.

In fact, K6-X4 is a high-performance robot designed to support Servants in combat and navigation.

He's been her partner since he was old enough to understand things, and she even gave him the name "Black Knight."

However, it seems that because it is too intelligent, this guy has unique thoughts and likes and dislikes.

For example, it completely despises humans, ignores orders, has a bad temper, is sharp-tongued, and rarely shows itself in front of others.

Fortunately, due to their long-term interaction, this guy was relatively obedient to her and could fight alongside her.

If this guy hadn't unexpectedly fired a particle cannon at that Saber assassin last night, it would have been quite a struggle for him to escape in the chaos.

Samael paid no attention to this trivial incident and instead asked about the issues that truly concerned him.

"By the way, Xiao Ai, you just mentioned 'Saber Killer' and... 'plane crash,' could you tell me what that means? I'm a little confused?"

The ancient snake tapped its head, revealing a helpless, bitter smile, while its pair of dark, vertical pupils flickered subtly.

Xiao Ai hesitated for a moment, looked at the face in front of her, and finally nodded.

What they experienced did not seem to belong to the story of the stars beneath their feet.

In 2150 AD, an interstellar cruiser of unknown origin from another universe crashed on planet ■■■. This impact not only nearly wiped the race called humanity from history, but also brought a new group of guests to this galaxy. Creatures created by an unknown technology called "magic" greatly changed the shape of this galaxy.

Whether out of compassion or sheer accident, the human race, on the verge of complete extinction, came into contact with beings known as Heroic Spirits aboard cruisers. Through a contract, they became Fusion Servants—rebuilding their civilization in the form of Apophis.

In 2200, with the help of Servants, they successfully developed the first hyperspace engine, allowing them to view this tumultuous new world from a new perspective for the first time.

That is, Azure Galaxy - Servant Universe.

Because the Servant Universe achieved the materialization of the Third Law's souls very early on, all of humanity became Demi-Servants with spirit cores and spirit origins. Therefore, death is merely a resurrection or renewal somewhere in the Servant Universe.

In theory, aside from the primordial goddess Ishtar controlling the universe and changing its rules, no one dies in the Servant universe.

But she disappeared a long time ago.

This has created a drawback: the population of the Servant Universe is constantly increasing, resources are being consumed continuously, and it is quickly reaching the brink of collapse.

In the course of this destruction, a group called "Artoria Subspecies" proliferated, greatly encroaching on the space for other life forms to survive.

Soon after, a cosmic eccentric who called himself "Mysterious Heroine X" believed that the "Artoria Subspecies" were the cancerous cells that were causing the Servant Universe to collapse, and therefore began to eliminate the "Artoria Subspecies" on a large scale.

Since most of the "Artoria subspecies" are Saber class, she is also known as the "Saber Killer".

In her ongoing campaign against the "Altoria subspecies," she has saved ancient dynasties from crisis, resolved internal strife within the human unity organization, and driven away invaders from other universes...

In short, he is a rather dangerous person.

However, even though she kept eliminating the "Artoria subspecies", she could not stop the spread of this group, nor could she stop the collapse of the Servant universe.