My mother's love song

The big snake, which had swallowed Rhodes whole, spat out its tongue with satisfaction, twisted its body, climbed up the wall, and left the deserted alley.

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Late at night at the Edo Yokosuka Port, there was a large three-masted sailing ship docked, which had a completely different exotic style from the other ships.

It is the galleon that is a symbol of prosperous commercial trade during the Age of Exploration.

For the Tokugawa shogunate, which implemented a policy of isolation, this was one of the few foreign merchant ships allowed to dock at Japanese ports.

The owner of the merchant ship was Frederick Koyet, a Dutch merchant and Swedish nobleman.

Because the Dutch government had good relations with the shogunate, he was granted special rights to do business here.

Today, it is his eldest daughter who manages the family trade in Japan.

In the luxuriously decorated captain's cabin, a young woman in her early twenties was sitting on a chair.

She has bright and strong chestnut long hair, and her confident aristocratic profile is full of exoticism, exquisite and charming.

What is striking is that there are some mysterious and magical patterns on the girl's fair thigh skin, which makes her graceful and charming body reveal a dangerous charm.

To make an analogy, yes, she is like a witch.

Dorothea Coyet, the daughter of a wealthy Dutch tycoon, is a magician who once studied in the Clock Tower.

After the waxing moon ceremony was held in Edo, Dorothea Coyette, who had a close relationship with the shogunate, naturally became one of the seven petitioners.

If we were to sum it up in one word, her role in the Waxing Moon Ceremony is "Kenneth's Role".

In terms of her knowledge and skills as a magician, she is undoubtedly the best among all the masters.

The masters of the Ceremony of the Waxing Moon were basically laymen in the art of magic and could not be compared with her, an orthodox Western magician.

What's more, Dorothea's quality as a magician is one of the best in the Clock Tower.

He was born with excellent magic circuits, and even though he was playing away from home, he had overwhelming financial and military resources, but "Kenneth's Campaign" did not refer to these.

This is different from Tsuchimikado Yasuhiro who held the ceremony for his own selfish reasons.

Unlike Miyamoto Iori who stood up for the peace of Edo.

Different from Zheng Chenggong and Yui Masasetsu, who hold lofty ideals and great justice.

Chiemon, who attempted to open the gates of hell and destroy everything on earth... is of course different.

For Dorothea, the waxing moon ceremony was just an ordinary stage in her life.

In order to add glory to her noble resume, she decided to participate in the magic ceremony held in Edo.

Unlike other Masters, Dorothea had no intention of sacrificing everything of her family and herself for this ceremony.

However, this girl is also fundamentally different from Kenneth.

She is a woman who puts her duties as a wealthy person and her noble self-esteem first.

Dorothea Coyette would not hesitate to sacrifice her life to fulfill her duty.

"The only thing left is the information on the Berserkers, which we still don't know... Well, it's not easy to investigate Yoshiwara after all."

Just as Dorothea was thinking about the next strategy, the magical power in the cabin surged.

Then, a giant man over two meters tall appeared out of nowhere.

The Heroic Spirit, whose body was mostly wrapped in a cloth filled with magical energy, bowed respectfully to Dorothea.

"Princess [Hime]."

Dorothea frowned slightly when she heard this name, and said with an unhappy look on her face.

"Didn't I tell you I'm not a princess?

Please call me Lady, yes Lady."

"I'm terribly sorry, I don't really understand foreign cultures." The assassin immediately bowed his head sincerely.

Dorothea said, "No need for excuses. Come, practice. Miss, please tell me."

"My lady," the man responded cautiously.

"You don't need to add 'sama'. The word 'young lady' itself already implies respect."

"I see……"

Then the man lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

Perhaps he was originally a taciturn Heroic Spirit, and the overall atmosphere he gave people was indeed such that the magus, as the Master, had to take the initiative to guide the conversation.

"It's so late, what's going on? It should be Lady's rest time now, Assassin."

Assassin said, "The snake I sent out has captured Ruler, Miss, what are you going to do with him next?"

"…………"

Dorothea was stunned when she heard the Servant's words.

"You said, he was caught...?"

The assassin nodded. "Yes, the snake I sent followed Ruler and swallowed him up when he was not paying attention. It has now returned to our base."

Dorothea was stunned.

She covered her slightly twitching forehead speechlessly and sighed deeply.

"I say, Assassin..."

"exist."

“I asked you to ‘invite’ Ruler to visit our domain, didn’t I?

Why did you use such brutal means and let the snake swallow him whole!?"

"No, I thought the "invitation" that the young lady meant was kidnapping... and the atmosphere at the time was also like that."

Assassin recalled Dorothea's expression at that time. No matter how he looked at it, it revealed an evil aura.

"Bring him back to me, by any means necessary!"

It was as if she was hinting at herself like this at the time, wasn't it?

"..."

Dorothea now deeply felt how different her thinking circuits were from Assassin's.

She completely forgot that being a ninja is a profession that involves doing shady jobs for the master.

She is very interested in the Japanese culture called "Ninja", and it is for this reason that she used the Holy Relic to summon Assassin.

Although the combat power of the assassins is said to be the second to last in the Waxing Moon Ritual, the one summoned by Dorothea is an exceptional one among all Assassins.

Undoubtedly the strongest assassin, he is also a [Servant of the Gods] from the ancient Age of Gods, before the concept of "Ninja" was born.

Yes, despite his rather plain appearance, Assassin is a genuine god.

Both its history and combat capability are superior to the Three Knights, but because its existence is too old, its thinking circuit is far behind that of humans of this era.

...Is this what they call "there is always a price to pay for every gain"? Dorothea thought sadly.

At least, this guy's strength is unquestionable.

Saber, Archer, and Rider were all strong enemies, but she didn't think Assassin and his snake army would be defeated by them.

Dorothea took a deep breath and said, "Forget it, bring Ruler up here. I want to apologize to him in person."

Soon after, a large white snake came through the cabin door.

The snake opened its mouth at Assassin's signal, but before it could spit out the contents, a hand stretched out from its mouth.

"..."

Under Dorothea's half-open mouth, two hands stretched out from the snake's mouth, grabbed the snake's jaw, pried it open and tore it in half, and then Rhodes crawled out.

After landing, the boy ignored the master and servant present and shook off the mucus on his body as if no one was around, while complaining, "It's so dirty!"

"My Servant does not know etiquette and has caused you to have an unpleasant experience."

Although Dorothea was stunned by Rhode's action for a moment, she quickly grasped the situation and knelt down to perform the noble salute by grasping the hem of her dress.

"Master Ruler, please allow me to introduce myself.

I am Dorothy, the magician from the Clock Tower."

A sudden "thump" sound in the room interrupted the female magician's self-introduction.

"?"

Dorothea looked in the direction of the voice in confusion and found that her Servant Assassin had fallen to the ground.

This terrifying assassin, who was always silent and trembling, stared at Rhodes with wide eyes and fear, and let out a cry that was almost a scream.

“W-why…why…why…why are you…here…!?”

Rhode said "Huh?" and turned his gaze from the female magician to Assassin.

"…………!!!"

The assassin's body couldn't stop shaking violently.

He was supposed to be a man who could command a demon snake, but now he was trembling like a rabbit being stared at by a snake.

Rhode stared at Assassin's face for a while, and then finally remembered something.

"Who am I thinking? Isn't this the kid from Ibuki's place..."

The moment the assassin saw the boy's charming and evil smile, he felt every cell in his body boiling and trembling with fear.

"Sanlang, you really know how to help me sober up."

"……………………"

Assassin Koga Saburo's eyes went dark.

Chapter 935 The most miserable episode: Minotaur in person

"What...what happened? What happened?"

Dorothea looked at the unconscious Koga Saburo in astonishment, totally not understanding what was happening.

Could it be that Assassin was attacked by Ruler?

She did not see the boy make any aggressive moves. More importantly, Assassin himself also possessed an unimaginable defensive power.

“Tsk, after all these years I thought you would have improved a little bit, but it turns out you’re still as timid as before.

You fainted in front of your master. Can you still be called a ninja? Don't make me laugh."

Rhodes glanced at the assassin with a look of boredom, then spoke to his Master with an apologetic look on his face.

"I'm sorry, this child has been very timid since he was young. I will teach him a lesson in the future."

"……Well."

Dorothea was speechless after seeing Rhode take over the role.

Of course, the Clock Tower's top student lady was not stupid. She had vaguely sensed the fact that the two of them had known each other in their previous lives through Assassin's reaction and Ruler's words.

In other words, Ruler, like Assassin, comes from the Age of Gods, no... maybe even an older character?

Dorothea was shocked by this discovery.

She originally thought that her Servant would be the oldest Heroic Spirit in this magic ceremony, but she never expected that Ruler would be even older.

However, since he was a Heroic Spirit summoned as a judge after all, all of this seemed to be acceptable.

When she thought that the other person was an ancient and noble figure, Dorothea's nerves as a noble in her bones tensed up, and cold sweat unconsciously flowed down her cheeks.

Just as she was about to bow and introduce herself again

"Please forgive me! Lord Snake God! Please forgive my Master!"

The unconscious Koga Saburo suddenly opened his eyes, threw himself on the ground, hugged Rhodes' legs tightly, and wailed for mercy.