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Chapter 18 - chapter:18 The Emotional Choice!!

"And one that I'm going to enjoy." The Lady of the Shadows smirked before the roller coaster went off.

"Shut it!" Liam continued laughing as he fell over, Scáthach was fuming in her annoyance and embarrassment.

"I-I made the best of all decision! And how you screamed on the first drop! Oh God!" Liam laughed as the Queen of the Shadow Land merely blushed in embarrassment, while shaking.

"Shut it, Liam." She tried to rally the Master, who still laughed at her. The other Servants were shaking by their feet, Ezio being the only one to actually not get frightened by it from his experience with freerunning and some other memorable memories.

"W-Why would people nowadays be excited by this sort of...attraction?" Arthur asked as he shivered from the ride.

Atalanta was puking her insides out in a plastic bag, while Jeanne was holding her head from the migraine that was currently occurring in her head.

"I don't know, but that sure as hell was fun." Ezio grinned as Liam continued laughing at the embarrassed God Slayer. The rest of the day was filled with other excitements however…

"Go for the big one, Edgar!" The six were by the cork rifle shooting stand and the two male Servants were currently

"Don't distract me, midget!"

"Ethan, get that one!"

"Well, I'll try…"

"Liam, you alright?"

"My...my wallet is going to be empty…"

"All in a day's time nonetheless." Scáthach chuckled at her Master's anime-style crying face. Ezio continued shooting his rifle before knocking over a prize.

"Yesssss, finally after five tries."

"Six tries." Atalanta corrected with a deadpanned tone.

"Shut it, midget. Let me have my moment." Ezio grumbled, Arthur fired his second shot and knocked over a prize. "Are you shitting me!?"

Jeanne merely cheered as Arthur sighed and put another cork onto his rifle before firing and knocking another prize. "It feels a lot like jousting…" The man commented as the stand's owner merely gave up the prizes.

The day was not like any other for the servants and their master. The fun was something they never experienced, but there was something missing that only Liam remembers.

"Remind us again, why we're in a reptile store?" Scáthach questioned her Master, who smiled before making his transaction of food, a cage, a pair of bowls and three small leashes.

"For my lil buddies that I got." He showed a trio of two foot long snakes, a light brown and darker brown colored ball python, an orange and maroon corn snake and a black king snake with white borders. "Aren't they cute?"

The five blinked at the snakes before Jeanne put her finger on one of them as it merely snuggled in with her finger. "I think they're cute." The maiden commented as she twiddled her finger with the snakes.

Atalanta sighed at her Master's quirks before giving in. The other two males just wandered around, looking at the other reptiles.

"Just be sure to actually be responsible." The Lancer merely sighed before she rubbed her temples.

"Of course." Her Master merely gave out a smile to the wine-haired woman.

By the time they finally got to the living space, Liam merely set out the three snakes to wander about for no reason whatsoever. He set the cage next to the couch, filled in a bowl of frozen mice with a bowl of water. The living room was not as nice as the private rooms, but to Liam, it was enough for him and that really concerned his Servants.

Liam changed his outfit to a black shirt with dark blue sleeves, fitted with a left breast pocket. A pair of black slacks with a pair of blue comfortable roofed sandals with a pair of black socks. He lied down on the couch, checking if the Servants were in their own room like a parent looking at his children before he turned the television on.

Re-evaluating, he had lost a lot of income to get clothes, his new scaly friends and their cage and needs, not to mention the fun fair, a lot of things were actually expensive. He had fun though...so it was fine. It's been a while, since he laughed like that…

His snakes climbed up the couch before they snuggled by him. "Hello, little fellas, care to join me?" The snakes hissed in response, Liam merely switched the channels to an Animal Channel. "You hungry?" The snakes merely hissed in response, looking at the time. It was...half past nine…

How long were they out?

Sighing to himself, he turned off the television, got his blanket out to cover both of him and the snakes before snuggling in.

Scáthach got out of her room before finding Liam asleep by the couch, snuggling with the snakes, who hissed silently. The woman sighed before she got down and rubbed Liam's hair, his hand shot out. "Scáthach, sleep in your own room…" Liam complained as he rubbed his eyes. "Seriously…"

"I...Forgive me, Liam. But I can't let you-"

"By this Command Seal…" The Lancer twitched her eyes as the Command Seals glowed upon the woman.

"At least...let me just accompany you…" Liam looked at the Witch, who gave out a look of genuine concern before Liam sighed, the seals began to dim down.

"Fine…" Liam mumbled before he got to a sitting position, his snakes still sleeping by his lap. The Lancer sat down by the couch next to her Master, who was rubbing the snakes' heads. "So...why do you always look after me?"

"Is it not obvious? You're more of a Servant than we are, this is the least I can do as your Servant." Scáthach replied, Liam pouted.

"I'm not a kid." He whined a bit.

"But you do act like one." Liam sighed at the woman, who raised an eyebrow at what the man was doing.

He took a deep breathe and followed a certain meme. "You got me there." Scáthach stifled a laughter, her Master was this gullible and for some reason has a hilarious voice tone, it was hard to take him seriously. "Don't hold your laughter back, it's not healthy for you."

The Lancer saw the man's face filled with happiness...the happiness that he once lost and now has it back. Because of her? "It's getting late. You should get back to your room." Liam smiled as he caressed the snakes' heads. "We still got work tomorrow, alright?"

Scáthach grimaced at her Master's wish before she shook her head. "Not without you, you need to get a room for yourself, Liam."

"My own room can wait, Scáthach. All I need is just to get some rest and hope for the best tomorrow...I don't need so much Servants…" Liam shivered, the Lancer sighed before getting one idea slipped into her mind, she began to lie down and sat her head next to Liam. "S-Scáthach-san?"

"You need to have some relaxation, just let it go, Liam." The Lancer smiled at her Master, Liam sighed before he caressed her head.

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