The Master and the Lancer sat by the sofa before Liam twiddled his fingers before he smiled. "I...should've guessed that you would learn of me." He spoke with a silent and tingling voice. "I...I'm sorry for not talking about it."
The Lancer scoffed at her Master. He was still a fool. "It's alright, Liam. It's just that how you've been living that troubled me. You could've told me at least. That way...I could at least assure you." Liam gave a mute nod before he turned to her.
"Thanks...Scáthach-san…" He hugged the servant before slowly crying out tears of sadness from his past life.
"There there, Liam...just let it all out…" Liam let out a choke as he was embraced by the Lancer with a few pats to his back. "You didn't deserve to shoulder all those pain. You might have been a horrible person in your last life, but...no amount of horrible people would deserve a punishment in their next life."
How can one still remain sane after all those killings and deaths? Liam...surely was a broken soul, no doubt about it.
I don't need your pity.
It's not pity...it's...concern...I'm concerned about how you're living! You...you, idiot! Idiot! Don't you know how worried I was!?
Asuka…
Baka...I...I just want you to be happy! Just like how you made me happy! I want to repay you! How...what can I do?
...Stop worrying about me. If you don't worry about me...that'll make me a lot more content and happy than I am. Alright? I'll be back, I won't leave you alone...got it?
Yes...yes, I'll…I'll try...Just...promise me…
...I promise, Asuka…
Scáthach saw a faint memory of him, her connection with him was...compatible. A whole new level of compatibility between Master and Servant. "Promise me…" She spoke. "Promise me you won't end up like what you were before."
…
Liam stayed silent before he uttered. "Yes. Yes, I'll...I won't end up like myself before...thank you, Scáthach...I needed that…" He gave an appreciative smile at the woman, who merely reddened in embarrassment.
"Yes...yes, it was nothing, Liam." The woman smiled back at her Master, who got rid of the evident tears on his face. He was beginning to act like most humans. But it wasn't enough to make him fully human.
Liam just got a mail of fifty thousand yen from Azazel that he left behind his seat, figuring what he could do with it after the note said that it was as insurance if he didn't get a lot of money. He figured it would be best if he bought clothes for himself and his Servants. And it would be embarrassing...considering...well...nevermind that actually…
"Alright…" Liam opened the door to the department store. "Best we buy some clothes then head back."
"This place is huge." Ezio muttered to himself as he saw the upper floors.
"Agreed...I have never seen anything like it." Arthur added in. "Truly this place is really interesting. Technology has gone far at this point."
"Alright, I think it's best that we buy everything that is deemed critical and important." Liam clasped his hand. "We have a limited budget, so...maybe five sets of casual clothes and three sets of sleepwear is enough."
Jeanne just stared blankly at the indoor of the building, she wore a white blouse with a short black skirt, a pair of black stockings and a pair of black flip flops. "Woah…"
"Umm, Julie-chan?" Liam flicked his fingers in front of the woman, snapping the Ruler from her daze.
"U-Um, yes, L-Liam?"
"Are you alright or-?"
"No, I'm fine, thank you for your concern, but I'm okay!" The Ruler frantically tried to assure her Master.
"Well...if you say so." The man smiled. "Alright! Try not wasting any excessive amount of money…" And the shopping spree begins...sadly...
"Alright...I think this is overkill." Liam stated as he looked at their purchases. "What happened to the 'Five casual set and three sleepwear' rule?" Jeanne was looking at the dump of clothings, she did pick up a set or two than the rule, but...it was totally overkill with a dump of actually maybe fifty sets of clothing? The number were too high to even be counted.
"Non-existent." Scáthach shrugged, causing Liam to deflate.
"Really?" The woman merely scoffed before putting her hands below her breasts. Liam sighed at the Lancer as he looked at the pile of clothes. "If we don't have that much money, we're throwing out some of them."
The Servants merely shrugged, they were waiting by the cashier as their shopping cart was fitted with a pile of clothes that fully filled it to the brim. "I mean, is this even necessary?"
"Yes, Liam. It is necessary." Ezio answered nonchalantly.
"And I thought we could go to the local fun fair." Liam whispered to himself, causing his Servants to look at him with tension.
"What?" They asked in unison.
"We could go to the fun fair?" Liam swallowed a lump of saliva before the Servants looked at each other and basically took out the unnecessary clothings.
"Done."
"...Okay then...umm…" Apparently, fun fairs are their weakness...or so they say...
Liam was by the fun fair's roller coaster's entrance. Scáthach said that she wanted to ride in it and there were a few things that he had to consider. She was a Godslayer...no, not that part. She never went to high places. She never went on a ride...and…
Why him of all people!?
"Liam. Are you nervous?" Liam gave out a comical ghostly breathe.
"Scá-I mean Asuka...I...have never rode a roller coaster." There's that reason as well. He was never fond of roller coasters, the idea made him really sick. Why the hell is this a thing?
And of all attractions, this must be the one they must go on first? Why did he agree to this again?
"Next in line!" Oh boy. The Master and Servants got to their seats, Liam with Scáthach, Ezio with Atalanta, much to their annoyance and Arthur with Jeanne.
"I swear this is something I'm going to regret." The male swallowed his concern down his throat.