With all the giggling, bickering, and playful commotion, the tense and serious atmosphere from the recent life-and-death battle completely vanished. Two beautiful, naked bodies, like large white fish, intertwined. Rin pressed down on the relatively shorter Jalter, their two pairs of jade spheres, of different sizes, pressed together, flattening each other into an oval shape.
Dark gold and emerald green beautiful eyes met in silent gaze, feeling each other's gradually accelerating heartbeats. Two pairs of pale cherry-colored lips slowly came together, and the two spiritual snakes within them tightly entwined, unwilling to separate for a long time... Hmm, Jalter is indeed French. Even though she never indulged in romance in the past, her kissing technique is surprisingly good. It's just still very clumsy, clearly showing she learned extensive theoretical knowledge from her parents but lacked practical experience. Don't worry, I will definitely help her become very proficient!
Touching and rubbing, both of them treated societal norms as a joke. Shameless and unrestrained witches, even though it was their first time doing such a thing together, they were surprisingly in sync.
However, with a major battle imminent, it was not advisable to draw blood, so no bleeding incidents occurred.
After the storm subsided, Rin, with a flushed face, said to the panting and dazed Jalter:
"By the way, Jalter, your close friend has arrived. Do you want to go see him?"
Jalter, whose mind was wandering and consciousness was hazy, didn't understand Rin's meaning.
"What nonsense are you talking about... In this world, besides you, I have nothing left..."
Rin, who had been inadvertently confessed to by Jalter, was instantly in a good mood. She couldn't help but quickly peck Jalter's lips again and explained:
"I'm talking about Gilles de Rais, the one whose obsession brought you into existence. He was also summoned in this Holy Grail War, with the Caster class. He answered the Holy Grail's call with the wish to resurrect Jeanne d'Arc. Aren't you going to see him?"
The name Gilles de Rais was indeed impossible for Jalter to ignore. Her slightly hazy eyes immediately cleared. Rin moved away, and Jalter sat up, falling into silent contemplation.
"Gilles..."
Gilles de Rais's existence was extraordinary for Jalter. Jalter was born from Gilles de Rais's obsession and prayer, combined with the charred body left after Jeanne d'Arc was burned at the stake, and from Gilles de Rais's consciousness, the idea of "Jeanne d'Arc should be like this."
Jalter was the ideal image of Jeanne d'Arc in Gilles de Rais's heart, and he was also the source of Jalter's birth. It would not be an exaggeration to say he was Jalter's father.
Rin would not interfere with the bond between them. She just sat by Jalter's side, accompanying her and letting her think slowly.
"...Sigh, forget it."
After a moment, Jalter sighed softly, rejecting Rin's suggestion.
"Why? He should have come to participate in this Holy Grail War for your sake."
Rin was a little curious. Jalter shook her head, disagreeing.
"Gilles seeks Jeanne d'Arc, but not me. In Gilles's heart, he hopes that Holy Maiden would be like me, but he knows better than anyone that the sacred, radiant Holy Maiden, who loved France to her dying breath and never regretted it, would never be like me. Comparatively, that naive Little Knight King should be more like Jeanne d'Arc than I am."
"...You actually hit the nail on the head. Gilles must have seen the battle just now through a scrying magic. He's probably already taken Saber for Jeanne d'Arc and is going to cause her trouble. Are you really not going?"
"No need. I don't like the look of that Little Knight King! It makes me happy for Gilles to go cause her trouble. Even if I met Gilles and he mistook me for that Holy Maiden, I wouldn't be happy, because I am me and she is she. I am Jalter, not Jeanne d'Arc."
Hmm, emphasizing her absolute independent existence, huh? Indeed, when she named herself, she had already drawn a clear line between herself and everything in Jeanne d'Arc's past. Her current concern for Gilles de Rais was entirely due to the connection between him and her.
Rin shrugged indifferently and said:
"Since you say so, then it's all up to you. However, he's probably going to do some heinous things later, like slaughtering children and making human art. Are you really planning to just stand by and do nothing?"
"..." Jalter fell into silent contemplation again. Although her face was expressionless, her dim golden eyes were filled with lament for her friend.
"...That's right, wasn't the moment of my birth the beginning of Gilles's absolute path to self-destruction?" As Jalter said this, Rin couldn't help but recall the burning French town, a manifestation of the soul, when she summoned Jalter.
"Whatever Gilles wants to do, let him. I am just a witch, not a hero of justice. As for exorcising demons and defending the righteous path, let those radiant heroes do it. I think some people would be very happy to do so. But Master, I still want to ask you for one thing."
Jalter had never asked Rin for anything so solemnly before. Rin, without even asking what it was, agreed immediately.
"Tell me, I will definitely do it."
"When Gilles's path of self-destruction reaches its end, please inform me. I will see him off on his final journey."
"Alright, I understand. Let's go see what's happening with Saber now."
Rin called the curious Jalter to the inner bedroom. In the spacious and luxurious bedroom, there was an exquisite and beautiful princess canopy bed large enough for ten people. Besides that, on a delicate dressing table, there was a cosmetic mirror floating in mid-air.
"This is a magic tool I asked my good friend Alice Kuonji to make, modeled after her sleeping mirror (fairy eye/familiar). Although it doesn't have powerful functions like easing physical laws or unfolding an otherworldly space, its ability to monitor and detect the entire Fuyuki is sufficient," Rin explained to Jalter with a smile, while playfully reaching out to the mirror and chanting a "spell."
"Magic mirror, magic mirror, tell me, where is the cute Little Saber?"
"Pfft!"
Even Jalter couldn't help but be amused by Rin's appearance, looking exactly like the witches in the fairy tales she had been reading recently.
Of course, if this were a fairy tale, it would definitely be an 18X series, because no fairy tale witch would cast spells completely naked in front of a mirror.
With a crisp snap of fingers, a truly magical engineering feat that activated the Magic Mirror, a silver mercedes-benz 300sl replaced the images of Rin and Jalter, appearing in the mirror.
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