Why fight the Holy Grail War? Let's play cards!

The servants summoned by Chaldea basically all have past experiences, and the servants summoned by Jiang You's cards also have similar effects. This is very convenient and saves the effort of getting familiar with them again.

"Hmm! Is this what they call fate? I can rest assured knowing someone I know is playing as a performer!"

Nero looked at Gudako in a circle, then excitedly concluded: "Hmm! As expected of my player, you look much more mature than before! Please tell me in detail what happened after you parted ways. I'm very curious!"

"We'll talk about your Majesty's subsequent experiences later. Before that, we must finish the work at hand."

The activation of the summoning circle requires the consumption of Chaldea's magic power (electricity). Although Chaldea is now starting to get back on track, it does not have so many resources to squander.

Nero was reasonable most of the time, so she wasn't too anxious about the matter and nodded.

"No problem, but don't keep me waiting too long."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Gudako turned to look at the projection in the control room. "Dear Da Vinci, how many more summons can you make?"

"Given Nero's mana consumption... he can probably do it twice more. To be on the safe side, I can only summon him once."

Da Vinci glanced at the data panel in his hand. Nero's consumption of magic power was not that high, just the level of a regular Heroic Spirit. In order to ensure the supply of Noble Phantasms and emergency magic power, he could only let Gudako summon another combat unit.

"Okay, let's do it again!"

The feeling of drawing cards made Gudako unable to stop. For her, it was not only a boost to her combat power, but also a chance to reunite with her old friends. She chanted the summoning spell once again.

"By the way, shouldn't you remind Nero that she should come out too?"

Jiang You looked at Nero who was observing Gudako with great interest, and saw that Nero had almost stepped into the summoning circle.

"Senior, she is too impatient!"

It was too late for Matthew to stop it now, as the summoning circle suddenly lit up.

"So will the Servant that appears be Caligula, Caesar, or even the God Ancestor?"

Jiang You was also quite interested in this scene. There were quite a lot of servants related to Nero, and maybe he could even summon Beast Nero.

Then, a girl appeared in the summoning circle in a fallen posture. She had chestnut hair, a slightly silly expression, and most importantly, she was wearing a school uniform.

"Hmm! Unknown Servant, you will now fight alongside me for my Servant. I am Nero Claudius, the former King of Rome! Now, please state your name!"

Nero pulled the girl up. For some reason, she always felt that this girl had a deep connection with her.

"Me? My name is Hakuno Kishinami... I'm just an ordinary student at Tsukiumihara Academy."

Zabiko was lost in thought as she watched the little girl claiming to be the ancient Roman emperor. She glanced at Gudako, who was wearing a "uniform" beside her. Gudako looked about her age and was also wearing a uniform, so she must be a student from another school. She pointed expressionlessly at Nero, who was wearing a strange outfit, and asked, "Is this what they call chuunibyou?"

"Chuunibyou!"

Nero at least had some modern knowledge.

"You, you actually dare to say that about me!"

"What the hell, the Moon King?!"

Jiang You was shocked. Although FGO did pull the protagonist next door over to be used as a servant, that was also due to the plot. How could this person be summoned out?

Now that I think about it, Zabiko and Gudako do have quite a lot in common. Add in the factor of Nero, and it wouldn't be surprising if she were in the card pool.

"Moon, Moon King!?"

Matthew was horrified.

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Chapter 398: Are all the heroic spirits working for nothing?

"Moon, Moon King?"

Humans are bound to the earth by gravity and have not been able to break through the atmosphere until today. Settling on the moon is even more absurd.

Matthew didn't expect to hear this name from Jiang You, but considering that Jiang You was unanimously recognized by everyone as having a very advanced clairvoyance, and his expression of surprise that did not seem fake, she immediately believed his identity.

"Hmm...it seems like the other party hasn't reached that stage yet."

Jiang You took a look at Zabiko's uniform and her reaction. It should be the beginning of the story.

"That's pretty impressive! I can't even imagine how powerful someone would be if they were crowned the king of a planet!"

"I'm afraid I'll disappoint you, Zabiko... aka Hakuno Kishinami. Her experience is actually somewhat similar to your predecessor's. A large part of her strength comes from the Heroic Spirits that gather around her. Right now, she's probably just an ordinary high school student."

In Zabiko's case, she didn't even know the existence of Heroic Spirits, so there were no Servants around her. Gudako really chose a good time.

Normally, Zabiko and Nero had a good rapport, but her first words instantly wiped out Nero's pre-existing impression of her. After all, Zabiko was now a "colleague" rather than a "servant," and Nero had no tolerance for her now. "I am the great Roman Emperor. Since we are both Servants, let's talk with weapons! I will defeat you magnificently, and I demand your sincere apology!"

Zabiko thought the cosplayer had a rather explosive temper, and the flaming sword seemed real. She sensed something was amiss and instinctively glanced toward the nearby exit, ready to flee.

Gudako immediately tried to smooth things over. After experiencing so many singularities, she understood that Heroic Spirits had erratic tempers, and conflicts were inevitable. This was when she, the Master, needed to step in. "Your Majesty, Nero, please calm down. She doesn't seem to understand the current situation. Besides, if you want to fight, we have a simulation program here, so we can let loose, right?"

"Since the player has said so, I will be patient for a while."

Nero was obviously still reluctant, "I want to see where this Servant came from!"

Because Chaldea's summoning circle is essentially linked to the Heroic Spirits through Chaldea, Zabiko's panel also appeared on Roman's display.

"Moon Cancer? We just saw the first appearance of a Foreigner, and now a previously unrecorded class has appeared. It seems we still know very little about the existence of Heroic Spirits."

"Foreigners can roughly guess what they represent, but the Moon Cancer job description is really useless as a reference."

Leonardo felt quite distressed when looking at Zabizi's panel.

"Except for Luck being B, it's really rare to see a panel with all E's. Just looking at these stats, I'm afraid it's hard to form a combat capability. There's even no Noble Phantasm displayed. So, is it that it doesn't exist... or is it hidden?"

"..."

Roman scanned Zabi's body and found a surprising result. "It's not that there's nothing special about her. Her magic power composition... is very similar to Jiang You's!"

"Looks like Jiang You?"

Da Vinci glanced at the data report Roman pulled out. It did have some similarities with Jiang You. "Hmm, her magic is also heavily digitized. And judging by her attire, she looks like a modern person. I can't rule out the possibility that she's a future Servant. Perhaps future Servants will all have similar situations?"

"Jiang You had called her 'Moon King' before, so I think they must know each other. The reference agency does have some connection..."

There was too little information for Roman to come to a conclusion directly, and Jiang You was unwilling to reveal his specific identity. Now all the situations were just speculations.

"Why not just ask him directly? By the way, we should also hold a welcome party. Chaldea has a new combat force, so it's a good thing no matter what."

Jiang You had originally planned to leave. He hadn't finished his daily duties at Moyi yet, so he had to report back and check on the training. But seeing Zabiko made him unable to move. Isn't this a clear sign of a new scenario? It's unclear if Zabiko can return to her original location after being summoned this way.

"Actually, there's no need to be so troublesome. I can't stay here for too long. I still have to work at the convenience store."

When hearing that Chaldea was going to hold a welcome party for Zabiko and Nero, Nero said, "My welcome party must be grand enough!" and ran to the venue and started to mind his own business, while Zabiko shook her head and refused.

Apart from her student background in Mooncell, Zabiko doesn't have any detailed additional settings. However, after someone appears, the entire SE.RA.PH is transformed into a complete world, so Zabiko's background setting in the virtual world is also completed. As an "ordinary" high school student living alone, it is normal for her to work part-time during the holidays to make a living.

"Working? Does Valhalla still need workers?"

Gudako asked a rather illogical question.

"Hall of Heroes isn't a real place. It's a general term for an area where the souls of heroes are stored."

Roman gave Gudako a brief explanation so she could quickly understand. "So, working part-time is impossible. So, this Miss Kishinami... she must have been summoned here as a living person. This explains why she has no Noble Phantasm and her appearance is so low."

"Can the summoning circle summon living people?!"

Gudako seemed to have opened up a new world.

"Theoretically, it's impossible..."

Roman didn't say it absolutely, although he didn't know that a certain Knight King was also summoned in the form of a living person.

"But there are exceptions to everything. Isn't she standing right in front of you right now?"

As he spoke, Roman looked at Jiang You again. If Kishinami Hakuno was a living person, then Jiang You, whose magic form was extremely similar, might also be a servant that appeared in the form of a living person. Although whether it was or not had no effect on the result.

"You mean, I was summoned as a Heroic Spirit?"

As expected of Zabiko, she quickly accepted the setting of this world.

"So this isn't my original world... Then what about my salary? Will I get paid for working for you?"

"Eh?"

This was the first time that Gudako encountered such a situation. Usually, the heroic spirits who appeared beside her were fighting to save the world, or they had long since gotten rid of such low-level interests as wealth.

"You can't do your work for nothing, right? Are all Heroic Spirits working for free? Or is Chaldea some kind of shady organization?"

Zabiko asked with a calm expression.

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Chapter 399: Why fight Karazhan if you haven't graduated from Karazhan?

This topic made the people in Chaldea not know how to respond for a moment. After all, weren't the summoned heroic spirits supposed to be here to save humanity?

"At this time... shouldn't Ms. Hakuno be anxiously asking how to get back?"

Gudako put herself in Zabiko's shoes and thought about it. If the same thing happened to her, she would definitely be anxious to go back.

"Okay... then could you please take me back?"

Even so, Zabiko didn't seem anxious at all.

"This kind of thing...I'm afraid it's not that easy."

Da Vinci replied that it was already counterintuitive for Heroic Spirits to be able to summon living people. Chaldea did have the ability to repatriate Heroic Spirits, but that was a technology that sent servants back to Valhalla, compressing the remaining magic power of the Heroic Spirits into a magic prism.

But even though Zabiko's body had been transformed into a large degree of magical energy, she was still a living human being, and there was no way she could return to the Throne of Heroes. What she got after being compressed was not a magical prism, but a can of flesh and blood.

"So what's the difference between working here and working at a convenience store?"

Zabizi was quite open-minded.

"Aren't you in a hurry..."

Gudako asked again, this was not a long journey, but they were being pulled into another world.

"Summer vacation is still long. I have plenty of time to wait and find a way back." Zabiko held her chin. "If there's a way to get here, then there must be a way to return to my original world. I don't know much about magic, so I'll leave it to you."

"Returning to the original world, this question involves moving to a parallel world..."

Roman in the projection found a solution and looked at the only male servant present.

"In theory, only the Second Law can do this, but the Second Law's magician can travel through all parallel time and space, unless he appears himself. However, we do have a special Servant here, perhaps he can help you."

Seeing everyone's eyes turned to him, Jiang You knew they were counting on him. To avoid excessive expectations, he could only explain his abilities in detail: "Now I really need to introduce my time travel mechanism to you. Although I can travel between parallel worlds, I don't think I can actively travel to a new parallel world. I need someone in that world to agree to my travel in order to have the permission to travel to a new world. Matthew, do you remember that I recognized you the first time you met me, but it was only after I asked for your opinion the second time that I successfully came to your side."

"Now that you mention it...that's true."

Matthew recalled the situation at that time. If Jiang You could come here so easily, there would be no need to summon her through a duel.

"So, the current situation is that I want to send Zabiko back to her world. First, I need to get her back to her world. Then I need to get the coordinates there so I can send her back. But she can't go back now, so..."

Jiang You spread his hands. This thing is like you have to graduate from Karazhan to fight Karazhan. There is no solution.

"Unless I've already been to her world once. But that's obviously impossible."

"Then is there any way to contact the people in Miss Kishinami's world... and what is Zabiko's name?"

Matthew really wanted to help, but Jiang You's address to Hakuno Kishiba also made her curious.

"It's a bit troublesome to explain, so just treat it as a nickname."

Jiang You had no way to explain that it was a reference to an option in the game. Just like Gudako's nickname which was derived from the transliteration of the game, both of them were things that could break the fourth wall.

"pet name?"

Zabizi glanced at Jiang You. Although her hunting range was very wide and Jiang You's appearance was within her strike zone, his unrestrained and self-familiar manner still made her silently distance herself from him.

During everyone's discussion, Nero also figured out Zabiko's current situation. She couldn't continue to be angry at an ordinary high school girl who was not a Heroic Spirit.

"Hmm! Then let's save Renli while helping this little girl find her way home!"

"I think if we only look at your appearance, you look more like a little girl, right?"

Nero was not angry this time. She puffed out her plump chest, raised her hand and patted it, causing a surge of waves.

"My charm needs no proof! Compared to me, Ru is just a little girl!"

Jiang You commented that Yao was still taller, but that wasn't quite right. Nero, at just over 150cm tall, had a far greater visual impact. Zabiko's gaze was glued to him. He truly lived up to his unanimous approval as an uncle. A true charmer, he was universally admired by all the Masters.

"Look, even you are captivated by my charm."

Nero paid no attention to Zabiko's gaze, which was perfectly natural. If she had, the front of her skirt wouldn't have been transparent, revealing her snow-white thighs and undergarments. Instead, she took a few steps closer to Zabiko, boldly (?) displaying her charm.