My mother's love song

"I lost..."

Atalanta stared at the bright moon in the night sky with empty eyes and said, "As a hunter, I failed to stay alert... and was killed by the prey. It is a lifelong shame."

"It can't be helped. Your prey is the most cunning and shameless guy."

Rhodes lay beside her and looked at the stars in the sky with her.

He began to tell Atalanta all about himself.

He told her everything about his origins and experiences without reservation.

Atalanta just listened in silence, sometimes showing a surprised expression, sometimes showing a sad expression.

Now she understood a little bit why Rhodes left her at that time.

"Well, he is indeed still a hopeless scumbag and the enemy of women."

Atalanta crossed her arms and concluded, "Go die now."

"I will probably live many, many more years."

Rhodes smiled bitterly and said, "When all is over... I want to take you back to me. Ata, will you still be willing to be my wife then?"

"do not know."

"You don't know, but you are willing?"

Rhode glanced at the girl beside him. The cute animal tail was swaying happily from side to side on the grass. The answer was self-evident.

"Ata, I have gradually mastered the knack of understanding Ata's thoughts. I will not let you say everything in the future."

"…It's so noisy, what a liar."

Atalanta blushed, pursed her lips, and tilted her head with trembling animal ears to the side and leaned on Rhodes' shoulder.

Then she asked softly.

"Rod... Can I trust you this time?"

"Ah."

Atalanta said darkly, "If you lie to me again, I won't chase you anymore."

I'll just die.

"Ah."

I won't let you die.

The two were speechless for a moment.

It was Ata who broke the silence.

"And then, that..."

The girl's beautiful eyes were tinged with a layer of gorgeous color, and she whispered in Rhode's ear: "Do you want to continue what you just did?"

Rhodes was stunned: "Huh?"

Could it be that what happened just now is...

Rhode's gaze involuntarily shifted to the girl's undulating body curves.

“Oh… so that’s it…”

Seeing him like that, Atalanta explained hurriedly.

"We are already husband and wife anyway."

It wasn't that Atalanta suddenly got in the mood or anything.

Even though she was a lifelong virgin, she could understand the best way to lock a man down.

The female hunter suppressed her burning cheeks and whispered, "If Rod wishes, I, I want to give you my purity. Are you willing..."

"Lady Artemis is watching."

Rhodes interrupted her and pointed at the bright moon in the night sky with his chin.

Atalanta was stunned for a moment, then nodded as if relieved.

"That's true. Lady Artemis is watching...so let's wait until everything is over."

Although she had already forgotten the vow of "lifelong chastity" she had made to Artemis when she lost the race to Rhodes, but if they did it in front of the Moon Goddess for the first time...

Not only will my conscience be troubled, but I will definitely be cursed by the goddess!

"No, no, no... Artemis is not as petty as my mother. She won't be cursed."

"What do you mean?"

Rhodes smiled mysteriously: "Nothing."

I'm just talking about the historical Atalanta.

"Although I can't do that in front of Lady Artemis, but..."

Atalanta frowned. "But what?"

Rhodes swallowed and said, "As long as you remain pure, it will be fine, right?"

"?"

Atalanta blinked her big eyes. The pure girl obviously couldn't understand the man's slightly sophisticated words.

But she soon understood.

Rhodes stretched out his fingers and gently touched Atalanta's lips...

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Chapter 391 Rhodes's Fury!

It was a late night with a clear sky and crisp air.

Rhodes stroked Ata's ears with his left hand while stroking her furry tail with his right hand.

The Greek huntress, who was usually as swift and fierce as a lioness, was now as docile as a cat lying on her owner's lap.

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"..."

Atalanta raised her beautiful eyes, which were filled with a layer of mist, and after seeing the relaxed expression on her husband's face, she returned to her work.

"……call."

The young man sitting under the starry sky narrowed his eyes slightly and exhaled a breath.

I am probably the happiest man in the world, Rod thought secretly as he looked into the distance.

Ah... I'm so happy that I feel like I'm hallucinating.

With his mind distracted, Rhodes saw from afar a shining beam of light appearing on the horizon in the north.

"Huh? That couldn't be..."

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Half an hour ago.

At the same time that Semiramis's Hanging Garden broke through the castle of Milenia and took away the Greater Holy Grail, Black Rider also betrayed the Thousand Worlds Tree and joined the Amakusa camp.

His Master was still unaware of this.

Avisbronn connected the telepathic channel and sent a telepathic message to the former Master Roger.

Although the connection between Master and Servant has been severed, with the help of magic props, it is easy to conduct such long-distance communication.

"Roche, can you hear me, Roger?"

"Old teacher!? Great, great! So you're still alive!"

Even though what was heard were just thoughts, one could clearly hear Roger's wavering and even sobbing voice.

That's only natural.

Because from his perspective, after all, the contract between him and the Servant was suddenly severed, so it was no wonder that he was shaken to this extent.

"What happened"

"Although I can't explain the details of what happened right now, you can rest assured. You are still very important to me. Regarding the next battle, I want to entrust you with an important task to complete."

"Yes, yes, teacher! What is the mission?"

The Black Rider leaned against a golem and glided across the sky garden while calling out to his Master via telepathy:

"I'm sorry, but I wanted you to help me get the [Core] out of my workshop. It seems like now is finally the time to activate the Noble Phantasm."

"……I see!"

After responding hastily, Roger stopped talking.

Next, if the Black Archer arrived at the Fortress, Roger might know that Rider had betrayed him.

But even so, Roger would probably still come here as he ordered.

Rider was convinced. Even if he really believed that he had betrayed him, the boy who admired him would definitely come over.

Rider couldn't help but smile bitterly at his own thought.

I hate humans and children, but at this last moment I have to trust others.

Life is a series of ironies and betrayals. To realize your dreams, you must always overcome great obstacles.

However, despite being pessimistic, Avisbronn did not stop moving forward.

Craftsmen always inject themselves into what they create, which is soul, belief, dignity and technology.

But what he injected was something different, that is, faith.

So, with neither soul nor faith, he cares about nothing except continuing to create puppets.

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The Sky Garden begins to retreat.

The Lion Jiejieli ran swiftly with an agility that was contrary to his appearance, and prepared to escape from the Sky Garden together with the Red Saber.

“Ahh, damn, it really isn’t going that smoothly…!”

"Hmm? Master, why do you need to sigh?"

"Of course I have to sigh! Damn it, there should be a limit to the amount of fouls a Servant can commit when acting as a Master. And he's a Ruler? A survivor of the Third Holy Grail War? Ahhh, this is terrible!"

The red Saber who was walking side by side with him disagreed: "Isn't it better to be simple and clear like this? Anyway, we just need to regard everyone as our enemy!"

The floor shook and the sky garden had begun to rise.

"Okay, Master, we need to get out of here!"

"Hey, wait a moment."

Before he could answer, Saber Crimson released a strong wind that blew up Shishizhe's body, and the two of them escaped from the rising aerial garden together.

"I said, you are too reckless!!"

"Hahahaha! It's nothing, it doesn't matter. You can't not trust your servant!"

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The agreed location is the lake at the northernmost part of the almost completely destroyed Tulifas Forest.