My mother's love song

"You are Ruler, right?"

The voice came from above. Rhodes looked up and saw a girl emitting a dark aura.

She has gorgeous long silver hair and cold golden pupils that hide blazing flames.

She was dressed in black, seeming to blend into the night.

Although the girl has impeccable beauty, she gives people an extremely dangerous feeling.

Rhodes looked up at the dark girl standing on the high wall.

He stared blankly for a long time before speaking as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"Lancer, are you here to kill me?"

After the young man said this, the dark spearman revealed a charming, twisted and moving smile.

"It's great that you understand. It also saves me the trouble of explaining... although I don't intend to explain anything to you at all."

What an irony.

By the way, in the first battle of the Holy Grail War in Romania, Lancer Karna attacked Jeanne, the Ruler.

Has it been so long?...

Rhodes sighed softly with nostalgia.

At the same time, the dark spearman from a high position announced his true name to the world.

"Listen carefully, my real name is Jeanne d'Arc! Jeanne d'Arc Alter!

The fallen saint devoured by the curse, the witch of vengeance engulfed in flames, Jeanne d'Arc Alter!

In order to make people understand my hatred, I came back from hell! Ahahahahahahahahaha!"

The girl who called herself the Blackened Saint burst into laughter.

After a long time, the loud laughter swaying in the night suddenly stopped.

Lancer stared at Rhodes murderously and sneered.

"Joan of Arc Alter or something...

This is all nonsense, just a fantasy setting to establish me as a Heroic Spirit.

Leticia, this is my real name! Don’t tell me you don’t remember who it is, okay? "

Chapter 931 Hei Zhen: It seems like you really are going to be burned to death by me, dear~

"What on earth is going on... They attacked the Ruler of the Judgment Ceremony. Is Lancer crazy?"

In order to find Rod, Yui Masayuki led Rider to search in Edo Castle.

Originally, the daytime during the waxing moon ceremony should be used to conserve energy for the nighttime battle, but she had to rush around the entire day because of Rhode's unauthorized actions.

It was not until nightfall that Yui Masayuki learned from the shogunate's Oniwabanshu that a boy matching the description had been found near Yoshiwara.

Then, on the way to Yoshiwara, Yui Masayuki and Rider saw an extremely rare scene.

Rod was leaping and flying above the wooden houses of Edo, and Lancer was chasing after him.

It was a one-sided chase. Rhode ignored the scolding of the spearmen behind him and did not fight with them. He just kept running.

Then, the silver-haired woman, who was covered in black, raised the ferocious-looking spear in her hand, and shot out a spear wrapped in flames from the void behind her, sniping straight at the boy's back.

It was a magic spear made of a refined curse, and it flew forward with the force of a cannonball.

However, Rhodes, running in the darkness, seemed to have eyes on his back and sensed the spearman's attack in advance.

He did not dodge drastically, but simply calmly turned his body and elegantly dodged the blow that was approaching his heart from behind.

The dodged magic spear did not continue to move forward as expected, but exploded at the moment it was parallel to Rhodes' body.

Suddenly, there was a shocking explosion in the space around the young man, and the abandoned wooden house where he was standing was disintegrated, turning into countless fragments that burned and exploded.

After the explosion, Rhodes' figure was engulfed by the flames filled with ferocious demonic power and disappeared.

“Killed…?”

Yui Masayuki held his breath, his clenched fists covered in sweat.

"How can it be."

The tall and sturdy warrior Rider Minamoto no Raikou appeared behind the girl and said.

"See clearly, Master."

Yu Jing Zhengxue took a closer look and finally found a figure in the burning house.

The next moment, Rhodes appeared again under the moonlight.

Clearly, it was an explosion that was enough to kill an ordinary Heroic Spirit with a direct hit, but in Zhengxue's eyes, not only was Rhodes seriously injured, but not even a corner of his clothes was ignited by the flames.

"Lancer's attack didn't work... Is this also Ruler's class ability?"

Not

The girl immediately rejected the idea.

Even the Ruler chosen by the ritual is a heroic spirit composed of magical energy, and it is impossible for him to ignore the damage caused by magical energy.

This is Rhodes' own power.

Does it possess some kind of protection related to "water"?

Yui Masayuki's limited knowledge of magic made it difficult for her to understand, but for some reason, the moment she saw Rhode was unharmed, she felt relieved.

After that, the moonlit chase between Lancer and Ruler resumed.

When Yu Jing Zhengxue came to her senses, Rhodes, whom she was looking for, had already fled to an unknown place.

"Master."

Just when she was feeling annoyed and cursing Rhode in her heart, Rider asked a question out of the blue.

"Do you have any feelings for Ruler?"

"what?"

Yui Masayuki opened his mouth wide, and his fair and delicate face turned red.

“Huh? W-what… Rider! What are you talking about, Xia? Why, why are you suddenly talking about love?!”

"Please calm down, Master. I don't mean to ask you how you feel as a member of the opposite sex."

Rider lowered his head and said thoughtfully.

“For some reason, when I look at Ruler, I feel a pain in my chest… like it’s being grabbed.

This is very troubling to me, and if I leave it alone it might affect our actions during the waxing moon ceremony."

After hearing his negotiation speech, Yu Jing Zhengxue showed a stunned expression.

Could it be that the legendary cold-blooded and mysterious killer Minamoto no Raikou fell in love with a boy in his second life?

"Rider, when you were alive... did you have any special feelings for people of the same sex?"

"……homosexual?"

Rider was silent for a moment and then said firmly.

“No. I don’t have any special feelings for people of the same or opposite sex.

The only thing that is special to me is protecting the peace of the capital."

"You are indeed the same Minamoto no Raikou that I have heard about."

Yui Masayuki crossed his arms over his chest and nodded, "If that's the case, then your feelings for Ruler should be... well, admiration after all, right?

The unrivaled warrior met a martial artist who could rival him for the first time in this era, so he was naturally defeated by him... Rider? Are you listening to me?"

Rider turned his back to his Master and headed in the other direction of the alley.

Looking at his back that exuded fighting spirit, Yui Masayuki instantly realized the fact that "the enemy has appeared."

As an ominous aura drifted in with the wind, a strange change occurred in the space.

Skeleton soldiers wearing armor and holding weapons crawled out one after another from the ground in front of the two of them.

"……demon?"

Yui Masayuki frowned and asked, "Why would there be something like this in Edo Castle?"

In fact, this was the first time she had ever witnessed something strange.

Although it is a demon that is completely insignificant compared to the heroic spirits, it still feels very fresh.

Rider, who was born in the Heian period, seemed to be accustomed to such low-level monsters. He explained.

"Yes, this is what people often call a demon. It must have been attracted by the magical power that enveloped the Edo area."

The skeleton soldiers turned towards the two of them, and began to gather towards them with a creaking sound.

"Master, step back."

Rider drew the Ōdachi from his waist very slowly, but he appeared in front of the demons so fast that Yui Masayuki could not see clearly.

The next moment, those skeleton soldiers who were full of energy just now were burned to ashes by a flash of lightning and returned to the earth.

As expected of the legendary Minamoto no Raikou, the most powerful monster killer...

Yui Masayuki sighed as he walked towards the armored warrior.

“Thank you for your hard work, Rider…”

"It's not over yet."

Rider, who killed the skeleton soldier in an instant, did not sheath his sword, but looked ahead vigilantly.

"Are there any more enemies?"

Soon, the girl's question was answered.

The skeleton soldiers just now were just the appetizer. What appeared before them next was a gigantic skeleton warrior whose size was no less than Rider’s.

A powerful demon appeared, emitting surging and ferocious magic power and holding a huge sword with a blade over two meters long. It was completely different from the small fry just now.

"Is it possible that there are monsters of this level in this era? Perhaps they grew under the influence of the magic power overflowing from the waxing moon."

Rider said in a deep voice.

There are three Skeleton Warriors in total, and each of them probably has a combat power close to that of a Heroic Spirit.

At least, Yui Masayuki didn't think that his third-rate swordsmanship would be effective against them.

"Master, please find a place to hide for the time being."

Rider spoke to Masayuki while confronting the monster.

During this time, more skeleton soldiers emerged from underground, surrounding their leader and approaching them.

"I'm afraid this isn't a battle that can be resolved instantly. I'm afraid I won't have time to take care of you later.

These guys are very cunning, they might attack the Master when I am not prepared."

"I understand, Rider, you have to be careful."

Yui Masayuki is not the kind of samurai who likes to show off her strength. Having dealt with shogunate officials for many years, she understands the importance of being tactful.

The girl accepted the Servant's advice and was about to retreat when she seemed to sense something.

Not only Yui Masayuki, Rider also noticed something strange.

That is a threat far beyond that of the demon army led by the three skeleton warriors!

Rider raised his head and looked towards the sky.

Is there anything on it?

Yui Masayuki looked up in confusion, then opened his mouth in shock.

"Varied……"

In the moonlit night sky of Edo, a huge ship was flying in the sky.

It was different from the cargo ships produced by shipyards across Japan, and also different from the Dutch galleons docked at the Edo port. It was a ship with a square shape and was huge beyond imagination.