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

After saying goodbye to Gudako and Zabiko, Jiang You came to his own transit world.

"Bubbles, where did you throw Tiamat?"

As soon as Jiang You entered the door, he found Bubble flipping through a book. Jiang You didn't know what she was flipping through. Strictly speaking, this library was her way of materializing the knowledge in her mind. People who came here to study (although there were none now) were actually learning the knowledge she already knew.

"I thought you would never remember."

Bubble couldn't see anything about Jiang You, so it was still very interesting to her.

"Honestly, I don't know. My original body set up a filtering system for the passage here. It was for your own good. The companions you brought with you were greatly affected, so allowing only you in was actually a form of protection. In theory, the filtering system should have allowed them to bounce back to their original world."

"Then Tima should still be in the timeline of World War Five. Where is she?"

Jiang You asked, there was no sign of his mother during the five battles, so where did he send her back?

"Don't worry. Because you're the master of this dimension, this concept isn't very stable. And Tiamat, as the pinnacle of this world, has a certain degree of resistance. She chose to force her way in, causing the filtering concept to deviate, randomly ejecting her to another world."

Bubble spread his hands helplessly. "The coordinates of the pop-up are related to the magic power and direction she used at the time. I'm sorry, I didn't record the data at the time, so I don't know."

"You are too cheap!"

Jiang You wondered what your status as an Outer God was like?

Bubble stared at Jiang You. His abilities had been greatly affected by being around him, and he hadn't realized that he was the culprit.

So Jiang You could only wave his hand to summon out a separate room and then summon Tima out.

"Hmm... where is this place? Jiang You (???), have you forgotten about me, your mother?"

As soon as Tiamat landed, she stared at Jiang You with a scrutinizing look. At that time, Jiang You said that there was a very difficult opponent, so she hurriedly followed him. As a result, after opening the door, she didn't know where he was. Jiang You didn't come to see her for several days, which made her a little angry.

"Bad boy!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Something happened, and I have great confidence in your ability, so I didn't come to you the first time. Please forgive me!"

In short, both good words and excuses should be said.

"Liar!"

Ti Ma easily exposed Jiang You's lie, but mothers are usually quite tolerant of children who make mistakes for the first time. "Mom is not so easy to fool. I forgive you this time. But I won't allow you to do it next time! So, are you done with the previous things? Is it okay without Mom's help?"

"It's been resolved. To be exact, he's not an enemy, but just a friend who came to see me..."

Jiang You didn't know how to describe his relationship with Paopao. He couldn't say she was his daughter. Yuge became Tima's granddaughter. This generation relationship seemed weird no matter how he looked at it.

Next, Jiang You briefly recounted to Tima what had happened during this period.

"An alien god? And you said his true name is 'Azathoth'?"

Ti Ma moved closer to Jiang You, and observed Jiang You carefully from beginning to end with her eyes, which made Jiang You feel uncomfortable.

"Hmm... covering it in this way... is it appropriate... not very appropriate. Jiang You, remember, to me, you are Jiang You, not some Azathoth. My child, you cannot be replaced by anything else. It's better to have your own name."

Jiang You didn't quite understand what Tima meant. She seemed to realize that Azathoth's spirit base was just a disguise. Logically, shouldn't this be her own setting? Bubble had even come to verify it. But regardless, it was a good thing that Tima had overlooked the issue of leaving her out for several days.

"So where were you thrown to, Tima? It seems there's no news of you in my world."

Bubble didn't know either, so Jiang You had no choice but to ask out of curiosity.

"I squeezed out of a summoning circle with a little blonde girl."

Tima touched her big horn, looking puzzled.

"She used the skill called [True Name Seer] on me, and she was so frightened that she attacked me."

"Blonde hair? Real name seen through?"

Jiang You knew who it was with just a thought. He had all the cards for this person, but he had no chance to use them. "Is this Servant called Jeanne d'Arc?"

"Yes, such a violent child certainly needs to be taught a lesson!"

Tia waved her fist, but her long sleeves covered it tightly, making her look like she had just bought a cute thing.

"I went up and knocked her down in one go. This girl is also very straightforward. She took out her sword and wanted to attack me with her Noble Phantasm. I had no choice but to seal her ability."

To Tima, a servant like Jeanne, who is only a first-rate goalkeeper, is too weak.

"Red Lotus Saint, it seems you are really anxious. After all, your current spiritual base is Beast, so it's no wonder."

Jiang You thought that even if Joan of Arc was released successfully, she would not be able to cause much damage to Tima, so she could only blow herself up.

"Choosing a Servant based on their Spiritual Base is too one-sided!"

Ti's mother puffed up her cheeks. "So I gave her a good lecture, and she finally admitted her mistake. But words alone were too weak, so I asked her to write a letter of apology!"

To Tima, Jeanne was a rebellious child, and she had only learned how to write a self-criticism letter during her time in Fuyuki.

"But she didn't want to!"

"I think I know the reason... She seems to be illiterate?"

If Joan of Arc had her husband write the apology, she would probably prefer to be burned again.

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Chapter 474: It seems that Ti Ma is speedrunning FA.

"Ah? This child can't read?"

Tim's mother was shocked by Jeanne's education level, as she looked like a very well-educated child.

"That shouldn't be the case. Isn't her class Ruler? And she's also a Saint. Shouldn't she be a child blessed by God?"

"There's no connection between the two, right?"

Jiang You probably understood what Tima meant by that she would be trained as a key figure by the Church. However, Joan of Arc was not a saint during her lifetime. As for why, one would have to ask her country's flag. "Her status was posthumously conferred. She was even accused of being a witch during her lifetime."

"It sounds so complicated. Humans are really complicated creatures..."

Tiamat had no way of understanding the cause and effect relationship.

"One more thing. Because it took up her summoning ritual, look at this..."

With that, Tima began to shed her clothes. Jiang You jumped, thinking this was another game of escaping the law. Fortunately, Tima turned around in time, her back facing Jiang You. Half a red Command Seal covered Tima's back like wings, symbolizing the Judge of the Holy Grail War. Because the Holy Grail War on the FA side was not a legitimate one, the Heroic Spirits had also sent someone to interfere (and blew the whistle).

"Timo, you... have been designated as the referee of the Holy Grail War?"

Jiang You really didn't expect such a result. Half of Joan of Arc's rights were taken away by her mother.

"Yes, actually, it was because the simultaneous summoning had some impact on both me and the child."

Tima was very clear about her situation and didn't need help understanding it. She put her clothes back on and spread a small area of ​​her primordial sea beneath her, reaching in to fish something out. "And the effect on her is this... well, it's a little too deep, I can't reach it. Her immature body is also quite troublesome... Jiang You, come and help."

Jiang You hesitated as he looked at the sludge-like black, sticky liquid. Although he knew what it was and it didn't smell like anything, he still felt a bit suspicious. Under Tim's repeated urging, Jiang You reluctantly put his hand in. Unlike what he had imagined, the feeling inside wasn't sticky, but rather a pleasant warmth.

"A little to the left, then down... down, that's her, get her out."

Tima directed Jiang You's movements, and soon Jiang You was holding a hard, furry thing, like a solid sphere covered with a layer of skin and hair. The feeling of not being able to see what he was holding made Jiang You almost shiver. He quickly realized what this thing was: it was a human head.

Fortunately, Ti Ma didn't have such a bad taste. Jiang You grabbed the head and pulled it upwards, and found that the weight was about that of an adult. Although it was lighter, at least it was not a corpse.

Realizing it was a person, Jiang You sped up his movements, and soon, a silver-haired girl's head was pulled out of the primordial sea. The face looked very ordinary—of course, that's the kind of ordinary Altria looks like. Jiang You initially thought it was a student who had died from overwork, but when he lifted it up and saw the chest, he realized it was Jeanne d'Arc. But it was the black one.

"Black Zhen?"

Jiang You never dreamed that this thing would appear in this way. Because this guy had a considerable role in 1.5.1, he should have been a permanent servant of Chaldea.

Of course, that's not entirely true, because her initial appearance was just some nerdy character's creation based on their own impressions. Jeanne d'Arc doesn't even have a dark side (the setting, if you're referring to the Fantasy version... hard to say). Her official appearance in Chaldea was also a comedic event (Type-Moon Love Story, but the heroine is Jeanne d'Arc, and various male servants are available as capture targets, though they're still just fights). So, how did this thing even appear in Chaldea? Although it's a bit ridiculous that Tima pulled this thing out of the black mud.

"The dark Jeanne d'Arc?... Well, this child does exist in the form of an Alter."

Tima felt that this way of naming was somewhat perfunctory, but it seemed to be the most appropriate.

"Theoretically, the summoning ritual can only summon one Servant, but it's not absolute. Because my spiritual base is larger than hers, the result of the summoning is that she becomes my subordinate Servant. The principle of her manifestation is that my primordial sea serves as the base to envelop her spiritual base, although I have no control over her."

Jiang You nodded in understanding. Mary and Anne were a similar example; they shared a spiritual base, but there wasn't a master-slave relationship between them. Tima and Jeanne were more like the Dragon Lady and the Nine-Patterned Dragon, a forced fusion that resulted in someone being turned into a weapon. Bubble had connected the door to the teleportation array, truly worthy of being the controller of the Silver Key.

"So, my primordial sea recorded her spiritual foundation, and then this spiritual foundation absorbed the obsession of a certain ownerless person, and became what it is now... This child, to be precise, is the daughter of me and that child."

Without hesitation, Tima said something that was quite challenging to ethics (?).

“…Please don’t describe it that way.”

Jiang You felt like his brain was stuck. Joan of Arc was called daughter by Ti Ma, and Black Joan was the daughter of her and Joan of Arc. Was Ti Ma a Bethesda player?

"?"

Tima felt that she still couldn't understand humans.

"So why did you keep it until now and take it out?"

Jiang You thought that even if Ti Ma’s arms were not long enough, there were still many of her children in the Primordial Sea. Wouldn’t it be possible to solve the problem by asking them for help?

"Because I was quite busy before, and the spiritual foundation hadn't changed yet. Something seemed to have gone wrong with the Holy Grail ceremony that child was presiding over. I didn't have time to speak up before the battle began." Tim's mother didn't know much about the Holy Grail War. To her, the Holy Grail wasn't a pursuit at all. She even thought that 7v7 battles were normal.

"We met a kid from India on the way. He seemed to recognize my spiritual base and attacked me directly."

"Narga..."

Jiang You had almost forgotten the storyline of FA, and he would have to catch up later, though it seemed unnecessary now, as the appearance of Tima meant the storyline had completely gone haywire. Little Sun had almost no flaws besides a high mana drain, and facing the threat to all of humanity, it would be strange if he didn't take action.

"He should know something about Beast, since they have a similar guy over there. It's understandable. And then he was also beaten down by you?"

It is almost impossible for a single Servant to fight against Beast. Even for someone as strong as Little Sun, it is very difficult to hurt the complete and intelligent Beast Mother.

"Originally, this kid was quite tough, but he suddenly went crazy and almost completely abandoned his defenses, so I didn't dare to be too harsh."

Little Sun's golden armor (which could even resist Banana's Samsara Sword for a few seconds) and the God-Killing Spear couldn't exist at the same time. He risked his life to hurt Tima, "which resulted in me not being able to catch him and letting him get away. Really, Mom, do I look that scary!"

"I think it's a problem with your spiritual foundation."

Who would normally see a fully formed beast running loose on the street? Wouldn't Inhibition go berserk? It was strange, though. Tima had been running around in FA for so long, and why hadn't Inhibition jumped out and caused trouble? Logically, someone should have summoned a Grandmaster, just like in my first scenario.

"If you had the ability to disguise your spiritual base, they wouldn't have attacked you directly."

It's really unlucky for Tima. She met two servants who knew Beast right at the beginning. The other servants of FA probably had no idea about Beast.

"What a shame, Mom, I don't know how to do this."

Tima sighed. She didn't think about destroying humanity now.

"Well... let's see if Chaldea can help you then."

Although Chaldea's spiritual base switching needs to consider adaptability, Tima also has other personality classes in the game, so perhaps it can be done.

"Really? That's amazing. Come on, lower your head and let mommy touch your head."

Ti Ma stood on tiptoe and wanted to touch Jiang You's head. Jiang You also squatted down to make Ti Ma feel more relaxed. He was not in the right before, so it was naturally best to coax her now.

"Because the child ran away, the news of my appearance also spread. So the rules of the Holy Grail War became to defeat me."

Tima's face looked unhappy, not because she felt threatened, but because she was sad.

"Then the servants from both sides united and attacked me."

"..."

Jiang You wanted to say it again, "It's understandable," but he held back. He figured they were treating it as a proper Beast appearance. Speaking of which, of all the Holy Grail Wars, aside from FGO, Fantasy is the best place to defeat Beasts, given the abundance of Servants, including top-tier ones. But without a Grand Servant, it's likely to be a waste of time.

"What about Jeanne? Since she's been with you, she should know that you're not in that state of mind where you want to destroy humanity, right?"

Although Joan of Arc is a stubborn person, she fits the character of a saint and will not be hostile to Timothy, who only wants to watch the development of mankind.

"That child really spoke up for me... Well, Mom, I'm very happy, but we can't fall behind in self-reflection."

Tima said Jeanne still had some likable qualities, "But a Ruler-class Servant appeared on the other side, declaring to everyone that he was the true Ruler, and Jeanne was merely a creation of my own power of creation."

Jiang You thought about it and realized that this was indeed something Amakusa could do. This savior-crazed man probably took Tima's appearance as a revelation from heaven, and that he was here to complete the great cause of saving the world. The good news was that this guy wouldn't cause trouble for the time being, but the bad news was that he was probably even more crazy.

"Jean has the mark of judgement on her body, right? Only half of it, though."

Jiang You thought that there were indeed some problems with this thing being missing some parts, but these command seals were actually valid and should be able to be proven.

"Didn't she explain it?"

"She did explain."

Ti Ma said something that Jiang You had never expected, "She agreed with the other party's statement."

Jiang You slapped himself on the forehead. This village girl was indeed capable of doing such a thing. How did she lead the French to victory?

“…But what the other party said is also true.”

Tima blinked, feeling that there was nothing wrong with what Joan of Arc did. She was just too human-like, so she didn't seem human enough.

"Lying is not a good habit."