What... is that?
Watching a vehicle like an all-terrain vehicle approaching at high speed from a distance, wrapped in a cloud of dust, Bedivere couldn't help but blink in confusion. And Tristan, not far opposite him, seemed to have sensed something and frowned slightly.
Two more Servants and two humans? Sad, too sad, the number of times I have to pluck the strings is going to increase...
At the same time, on the all-terrain vehicle specially created with magical tools, Mash, who was tightly gripping the handrail, seemed to have noticed the situation ahead and quickly reminded, "Um, Senpai, Miss Manaka, there seems to be other Servants ahead. Should we stop?"
"Don't worry about them. We just need to find Rei. If they dare to block us, just run them over, Da Vinci." Sajyou Manaka's voice was a bit cold, her eyes still having a kind of empty feeling.
And hearing her order, Da Vinci, sitting in the driver's seat, could only give a dry laugh, not daring to express any opinion. After all, she had been forcibly signed into a Servant contract by the girl. If the other party wished, she could even directly command her with a Command Spell.
"W-wait a minute, Manaka-chan. Although finding Mr. Rei is indeed our most important task right now, the information we can gather on our own is limited. Since we happened to run into Servants from this singularity, if we ask them, maybe we can get some clues about Mr. Rei." Ritsuka said hurriedly. Although they had rushed to the Sixth Singularity this time because Manaka said she seemed to feel Rin Aosaki was here, since they were already here, as the Master of Chaldea, she also had to prepare to restore this singularity, hoping to grasp some intelligence.
However, after she said this, Manaka didn't answer immediately, but stared at Ritsuka for a while, making her feel a bit creeped out. After a few seconds of thought, she said, "...What you said does make some sense. Then let's ask. If they refuse to answer, use a more forceful method to make them talk, Da Vinci."
"Um, let me just remind you, Master... my class is Caster..." Even at this distance, Da Vinci could feel the slightly troublesome aura from the two knights in the distance. The Universal Genius's eyebrow twitched rarely.
"So what? Don't tell me, in your current state, you can't even deal with one or two Servants?" The petite blonde girl's empty gaze seemed to carry a kind of disdain, which made Da Vinci speechless. She could only mutter in a low voice, "Probably... not impossible..."
Indeed, after signing the contract with Sajyou Manaka, Da Vinci felt her state had reached an unprecedentedly excellent level. In addition, before coming to this singularity, Manaka, completely unconcerned about the consumption of magical energy, had applied countless strengthening spells on her, almost maxing out all her stats. But she was, after all, a researcher by nature. To have her fight two Servants right off the bat was a bit of a sudden change.
But this state was too rare. After being troubled for a few seconds, Da Vinci threw it to the back of her mind and instead began to get eager. Of course, the best situation was still if they could accomplish everything through dialogue without fighting.
While the few of them were talking, the vehicle had already arrived next to the two confronting Round Table Knights. To prevent Manaka's words from being too direct and angering the two knightly figures, Ritsuka was the first to speak after getting out of the car. "Although it feels like we're interrupting your business, but... excuse me, could we ask if you two have seen a..."
However, before Ritsuka could finish, Manaka had disappeared from the car at some unknown point, appearing in a flash in front of Bedivere, which almost made the young knight jump. And just as he was showing a puzzled expression, Manaka suddenly spoke.
"You have the scent of that child on you. Tell me, where is Rei?"
Although the girl before him was far shorter than him, facing her gaze, Bedivere inexplicably felt as if he were being looked down upon.
"...I'm sorry, I have not heard of this name. Are you sure you haven't mistaken me for someone else?" Although he didn't quite understand her words, Bedivere still shook his head and said truthfully.
"You're lying. You clearly have the scent of that child on you, yet you tell me you don't know. You must have seen Rei, and you were with him not long ago."
"That child is the type that you won't easily forget once you've seen him. Black hair, very fair skin, though his eyes can't see, his pair of golden eyes are very beautiful. He might be holding a strange long spear. He looks very handsome when he smiles, his sleeping posture is always very peaceful at night, he always gives thanks before meals, when he takes a bath he usually..."
The girl recited a series of a certain youth's characteristics as if chanting a spell. Her pressing aura made Bedivere involuntarily take a step back, clearly intimidated. And listening to her words, although the first half of the description of Rin Aosaki was fine, the further it went, the more Ritsuka felt that it was a conclusion that couldn't be drawn from simple observation.
By the way, how did you even sniff out Mr. Rei's scent on this knight, Miss Manaka?! Your level of yandere is a bit too terrifying!
Even just standing by the car, Ritsuka could feel a pressure, let alone Bedivere who was facing her questions directly.
"So, I'm giving you one more chance now. Tell me where that child is."
"Th-that, although the name is not quite the same, you must be talking about Lord An, right? That lord was indeed with me not long ago, but we were separated due to an attack from the Holy City..."
Subconsciously using a respectful title, to be honest, Bedivere had never met someone who could bring him this kind of pressure from another level. And, although the name was a bit different, the characteristics described by the blonde girl before him did indeed match the Rin Aosaki he knew, which made him involuntarily say everything.
"An? Is he using a fake name? As expected, that child knows how to protect himself." A smile appeared on her previously expressionless pretty face, and her empty eyes showed a bit of light, but she immediately questioned, "Although there are still many things I want to ask you, first tell me, what's this about being attacked by the Holy City? Was that child attacked by someone?"
Bedivere didn't know where to start. He instinctively looked at Tristan, who was still standing not far away, seeming to be observing the situation. And Manaka, as if understanding something, narrowed her eyes, turned her head to look at the red-haired knight, and said with a light smile, "Did you attack that child? Speaking of which, you give me a very uncomfortable feeling, like you're stained with the scent of some stray cat... In any case, deal with him first, Da Vinci. One person to provide information is enough."
"Ha... it feels a bit chaotic. But I'm sorry, I can't resist that person right now, Mr. Knight." Da Vinci scratched her face with a bit of distress, walked forward, and looked at Tristan, who had already placed his hand on the strings of his harp-bow, and smiled. "Although this is not my intention, I hope you can hold on."
As her words fell, the magic staff in Da Vinci's hand suddenly began to deform and expand. In an instant, countless magic cannons, like an exoskeleton armor, enveloped her body, all muzzles aimed at the red-haired knight!
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