My mother's love song

What an incredible person... At that time, Yui Masayuki thought secretly.

Now, the boy appeared again, making her swallow a breath.

Just because of the youthful atmosphere.

This is completely different from the boy who stared at his butt frivolously when he first met me.

From what Jing Zhengxue thought, he seemed like some kind of existence that came naturally.

Although there was a group of gorgeous and noble beauties sitting around the young man, his appearance was even more outstanding.

It was an inhuman appearance that transcended the narrow categories of male and female. The two opposing words "divine" and "devilish" popped up in the girl's mind at the same time.

"........."

As he looked at Rhodes from a distance, Yui Masayuki's cheeks felt inexplicably hot.

Woo... strange, I feel so strange today.

The girl forced herself to suppress the throbbing in her chest and began to think.

He appears here, could he be a Servant...?

No, a servant shouldn't receive such courtesy, right?

Yui Masayuki didn't expect that Tsuchimikado Yasuhisa, a shikigami user, would be so respectful to a servant.

The surrounding noise and the strange cry of the Onmyoji brought the girl back to reality. As soon as she returned to reality, Yui Masayuki almost screamed.

Rider took the seat of honor and drew his Ōdachi towards the young man.

The huge warrior in full armor cast a shadow on the ground that covered Rhodes and the women around him.

In an instant, all the women present scattered, lifting their skirts and screaming. Only the young man was still holding the wine cup, sitting calmly in front of the low table.

"That's too much... I'm having a great time here."

Rhodes raised his head lazily and looked at the warrior who ruined the banquet.

“You actually drew your sword against me, are you kidding me, Rider?

After becoming a demon, have you forgotten who you swore to protect?"

A smile appeared on the boy's face.

It was a smile that looked quite evil, yet quite charming.

"Sit down and have a drink with me. If that's the case, I can forgive your offense."

"Don't talk to me in that familiar way!"

Rider waved his hand and knocked away the wine cup that Rhodes handed over.

From deep within the mask of the samurai armor, a hostile gaze was cast.

"You have the same scent as me, so you won't complain even if you are beheaded."

Rider simply said this and raised the large sword wrapped in purple lightning high above his head. Up to this point, Rhodes was still sitting at the table.

“I see, there is no memory of me…it is actually the spirit base of my teenage years.

Tsk... I really can't expect much from a ritual created by a half-baked Onmyoji."

No wonder it was Rider instead of Saber, Rhode muttered.

The famous Genji warrior seemed unwilling to listen to any excuses, and felt no guilt for killing an unarmed child.

No, Rider simply felt a strong sense of danger from Rhode.

This is the rational conclusion drawn by Minamoto no Raikou, who was raised as a humanoid weapon by his father since birth.

At this moment, Rider sensed something from the boy's gentle eyes looking back at him.

A warm current rippled through Rider's chest, and her arms, which were gripping the hilt of the knife, began to tremble.

“…Is it a sorcery?!”

Rider roared with gnashing teeth, and rejected the distracting thoughts in his heart.

Humph, are you trying to win my sympathy?

But unfortunately, I don’t have such boring things as motherhood!

"Aha!"

With a loud shout, Minamoto no Raikou swung the large sword down without hesitation.

He was determined to destroy the entire house, including Rhodes and the tatami mat under him, in one fell swoop!

"………………!?"

He swung the sword.

Rider poured all his strength into it.

However, the Odachi did not actually fall, but stayed in the middle of the front of the samurai's body.

There was only one reason why this happened. Rhodes blocked Rider's heavy blow.

He didn't use any weapon, but rather his fingers, or to be more precise, his nails.

The boy's nails touched the sharp blade just right, and miraculously blocked the powerful blow.

Rider felt as if his sword had chopped into an iceberg, with the blade sunk into the ice and completely unable to move.

"...What, uh..."

Rider showed an expression of disbelief, and so did his Master.

Yui Masayuki was also a martial artist, so she was naturally well aware of how superb the level of Minamoto no Raikou's strike just now was.

But Rhodes took it lightly with his fingernails.

There was no sense of magical fluctuations in the air. It wasn't that he used any witchcraft, but simply used skill to catch the sword blade!

Not to mention ordinary swordsmen, even for the legendary unrivaled swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, the anecdote is just about catching a fly with chopsticks, right?

What level of sword can achieve this?

Yui Masayuki held his breath and stared at the boy silently, unable to take his eyes off him.

After taking Rider's sword, Rhodes launched a counterattack.

Although it was a counterattack, it was no more than a snap of the fingers.

Rhodes merely moved the tip of his finger that was against the sword, and the eight-foot-tall warrior leaned back and staggered back several steps.

What kind of divine skill is this? Yu Jing Zhengxue was stunned.

Rider quickly stood up and regrouped, only to find that the boy had his back to him this time.

"..."

The back figure seemed to be telling him to chop it off if he wanted to.

Clang.

A discordant sound echoed in the silent space, and the large sword that Rider was holding tightly fell to the ground.

"I'll take my leave first."

The young man then swaggered out of the room, leaving only Rider and his Master in a daze.

After a long silence, Rider uttered a name whose origin even she herself did not know.

"Are you...Rod...?"

Rider felt his cold chest gradually warming up as he repeatedly murmured this strange name.

Chapter 927 Every beast was full of confidence before meeting Rhodes~

The moonlight is beautiful tonight.

Rod sat on the eaves of the Edo main castle tower, calmly overlooking the entire city.

"According to the report from Lord Tsuchimikado, the last Command Seal of the Waxing Moon Ceremony has appeared."

The silver-haired girl sitting next to the boy with a dignified and graceful posture is Rider's Master Yui Masayuki.

While pouring wine into Rhodes' glass, she reported to him about the situation of the Holy Grail War.

After the attack on the shogunate residence the day before, Yui Masayuki was given an additional order to follow during the Waxing Moon Ceremony.

As an apology, she was asked to be at Rhodes' disposal at any time.

Originally, Yui Masayuki thought that all he had to do was to convey the information about the Full Moon Ceremony to this mysterious young man, but he didn't expect that he would even be able to pour wine for him.

Haha, why did things turn out like this...

It's the first night of the Waxing Moon Ceremony. I was supposed to be traveling with Rider tonight, but I was asked to pour wine for him!

The girl bit her plump red lips in resentment: But isn’t it a blessing that the other party didn’t take out his anger on me…

By the way, all the men in this country like to have women pour wine for them. What a bad taste.

Yui Masayuki glanced at the boy secretly, suppressed the urge to sigh, and continued.

“The last petitioner [Master] was a ronin who settled in Edo.

His name is Miyamoto Iori. He lives with his stepsister and usually does jobs like bodyguard.

According to the ninjas' investigation, Miyamoto Iori himself had no experience with Yin-Yang magic or Western magic, and being involved in the Full Moon Ceremony was probably just a coincidence.

And about his last name... Miyamoto, the ninjas found out after investigation that he was the Miyamoto Musashi."

"I want to listen to the piano."

The boy suddenly interrupted Yui Masayuki's report.

"what……?"

Unable to understand what he meant, the girl asked blankly, "You just said... koto? Is it a six-string koto?"

Rhodes drank the wine in the glass, then looked up at the moon with a look of nostalgia on his face.

"In the capital of the Heian period, there lived a woman named Momiji who was an excellent zither player.

She is not only talented but also beautiful, and is loved by everyone.

However, it is precisely because of this talent and beauty that she ended up with a tragic end... Is this what is called "beauty is short-lived?"

He even knows Chinese idioms, this kid...

Yui Masayuki said with some admiration: "It must be the ghost girl Hongye, I have heard of that legend."

Rhodes nodded slowly: "I was thinking, it would be nice if I could hear Hongye's piano music now.

Drinking under the moon with a beautiful woman in samurai attire, while listening to my beloved wife in white wedding dress playing the koto... huhuhuhu, how elegant. "

Rhodes smiled and swallowed another half glass of sake.

I don't plan to drink with you, I'm just pouring wine for you, You Jing Zhengxue complained in his heart.

Also, don’t call a ghost girl from hundreds of years ago your wife without permission.

"You actually want to listen to the music played by the legendary ghost girl. You are really a bold person. Be careful or you will be eaten."

After the girl said this jokingly, Rhodes turned around seriously.

"Is this so-called 'ghost' more terrifying than the runaway Minamoto no Raikou?"

Yui Masayuki was speechless for a moment.

Gu...are you still holding a grudge?

Anyway, I am an incompetent caster who failed to control my servants and ended up causing a disaster!

But the girl probably understood a little bit.

For this mysterious young man, the information about the Master of the Waxing Moon Ritual is of no importance at all.

After all, he is a superman who can easily suppress Minamoto no Raikou, so is he absolutely confident?

Or

To him, all human beings in the world are insignificant?