Wait, King Arthur won the Holy Grail War? What wish did she make?! Did she change history? What exactly is going on?
Although very puzzled, since Red A is pretending to have lost his memory, he can't ask. Besides, he's just a Servant, and even if he asks, Rin Tohsaka might not be willing to answer. He can only find a way to figure out what happened in the last Holy Grail War during the upcoming one.
Right now, Red A is carrying Rin Tohsaka, taking advantage of the night, searching for other Servants in Fuyuki City.
Tonight is the first night of the Holy Grail War, and they want to gather information about the other Servants and Masters.
"Hey, Master, do you have any information on the other participants in the Holy Grail War, both Servants and Masters?"
Helpless, Red A chooses to change the subject, while also gathering information, wanting to see what differences there are from his memories.
"Hmph!"
Rin Tohsaka understands that Red A is changing the subject, but right now they are outside searching for other Servants and Masters, so she needs to prioritize. Now that the Servant has already been summoned, she can't return him, so she can only let it go for now.
"I don't know about the other Masters, but I can be sure that in this Holy Grail War, besides our Tohsaka family, that child from the Matou family will definitely participate. She should have already completed her Servant summoning."
"She?"
Red A roughly knows who it is. The child from the Matou family should only be Sakura. But he remembers that Sakura was only responsible for the summoning and didn't act as a Master. Matou Shinji was the Master, and that shouldn't have changed.
"Master, do you know her?"
"You could say I know her."
Speaking of Sakura Matou, Rin Tohsaka's expression is a bit awkward.
It's more than just knowing her; she's her own younger sister. It's just that they're not very close now. When they meet, she just calls her 'senpai,' which makes her feel awkward. And most importantly, her combat power explosively overwhelms her. She will definitely not admit to being surpassed by her younger sister.
"Then there's the Einzbern family. They will definitely send someone to participate as well."
Ilya, huh? She will come to participate, and the Servant she summons is Berserker Heracles!
Red A recalls the Servant that Ilya summoned in his memories.
"What about the others?"
"I don't know about the others. After all, the Three Families are the ones I'm most familiar with. The rest are wild mages chosen by the Greater Grail, and I don't know which wild mages will be selected."
"Then where should we go? Should we go find that Matou family or that Einzbern family?"
"We're not going to either. Father said that we, the Three Families, should avoid conflict as much as possible in the early stages. Let's go find the others first."
Because of the changes in the world line, there is no node of the Blood Fort Andromeda in the school this time, so they don't need to go to the school to remove the magic node.
But after circling around Fuyuki City, they still ended up at the school rooftop, and there they encountered a man in a blue bodysuit. That's right, it's the spinning blue lancer!
Subsequently, Red A and the blue lancer started fighting. As a result, the battle was interrupted when a student from the school accidentally discovered them. The lancer then went to deal with the student who had accidentally interfered. Rin Tohsaka knew the student and felt it wouldn't be good for him to lose his life, so she stepped in to save him.
As a result, after the student confusedly returned home, the lancer came knocking.
Then, while being chased by the lancer, he accidentally summoned Saber, the last Servant who hadn't appeared in this Holy Grail War.
Just as Saber was protecting him and fighting Lancer, Rin Tohsaka arrived at the scene with Red A, and suddenly three Servants were gathered in the courtyard.
Lancer felt that he had offended two people at once and that it wasn't suitable to continue fighting here, so he prepared to run away. But just as he jumped onto the wall, a leg suddenly appeared and kicked him off the wall.
Having been kicked off, Lancer did a flip in mid-air, landed steadily, and immediately glared at the wall.
"Who's there!"
Everyone present simultaneously locked their gazes on the blue figure wearing a hood on the wall.
Especially Saber, when she saw the figure, her pupils suddenly shrank, because she was very familiar with this figure!
Under everyone's gaze, the blue figure slowly removed the hood from his head, looking at everyone with a smile.
"I am the Caster of this Holy Grail War, Arthur Pendragon."
740. Yo, aren't these my fans?
"Caster, your magical abilities are very powerful, but considering that other Servants in the Holy Grail War may have some hidden tricks, especially those Servants with strong close combat abilities, it's best if we don't expose your identity for the time being."
"Ah? Not expose my identity? Then how are we going to participate in the Holy Grail War?"
"It's very simple, Caster. You hide behind the scenes and pretend to be a Master, while I step forward and pretend to be the Caster of this Holy Grail War. That's how we can do it."
"Eh? Is that okay? Master, your situation will be very dangerous. Those are all Servants, you know."
"It's okay, don't worry. I'm your Master, trust me!"
"Okay, Master!"
After being pressed on the shoulders by Wang Xiaoming, who got close to her face to persuade Medea for a while, Medea, who looked very mature and had a great figure but was actually a pure girl, was convinced with a red face. Thus, Wang Xiaoming appeared as Caster once again in the Fifth Holy Grail War.
Slowly taking off the hood on his head, Wang Xiaoming looked at everyone in the courtyard with a smile.
"Servant Caster, Arthur Pendragon, you should all be participants in this Holy Grail War."
Wang Xiaoming greeted with a smile, but it shocked the people below.
"Caster!"
Saber had seen Wang Xiaoming during the Fourth Holy Grail War. From beginning to end, she watched Wang Xiaoming display great power, watching Wang Xiaoming directly break through the Holy Grail War alone. If it weren't because the other party had already gathered the conditions for summoning the Holy Grail, she, Saber, would probably have been directly killed by Wang Xiaoming.
"It's actually King Arthur!"
Rin Tohsaka even cried out directly. She had heard her father say countless times that in the last Holy Grail War, King Arthur had displayed great power and single-handedly broke through the Holy Grail War, and he was also a Caster!
She didn't expect that in the Fifth Holy Grail War, he would appear again, and still as a Caster! Is this considered lucky or unlucky? He was actually summoned, but he didn't occupy the Saber class when he was summoned?
No, that's not the point. The point is that King Arthur has been summoned, and like last time, he's still a Caster! No, no, the class is useless for King Arthur. That thing can't restrict this ruthless person at all.
Her father told her that King Arthur was proficient in assassination. King Arthur himself said that he often assassinated the leaders of the enemy in Britain to increase the chances of winning the war. In the last Holy Grail War, King Arthur assassinated several of them.
A Caster, holding a two-handed greatsword, and then going to sneak and assassinate. If her most admired father hadn't told her personally, she would never have believed it.
It's over. She didn't summon King Arthur, but someone else summoned King Arthur. This is impossible to play!
What to do? Although he's a Caster this time, I'm just a seemingly frivolous Archer. There's no way I can beat him!
"Arthur King?"
Red A was also dumbfounded. He looked at Saber, who was also staring at Wang Xiaoming, and then back at Wang Xiaoming.
What's going on? Isn't Arthur King the blonde next to me? I know her better than anyone. Why is the one above also Arthur King, and a man at that? How did Arthur King become a man?
Moreover, Saber seems to recognize him and acknowledge his identity as Arthur King. Could it be that he really is Arthur King?
Under Red A's questioning gaze, Wang Xiaoming looked at Saber.
"Oh? It's you, little fan."
Wang Xiaoming had a surprised expression.
"I didn't expect to meet an acquaintance after responding to the summons. What a fate."
"I don't want this fate."
Saber's face darkened. Her feelings towards Wang Xiaoming were quite complex.
In the last Holy Grail War, Wang Xiaoming appeared as Arthur King and immediately erased her identity as Arthur King. She was indeed Arthur King, but the opponent was an even stronger Arthur King. Even if she claimed to be Arthur King, no one would believe her. Knowing that she couldn't win, she couldn't very well say she was Arthur King. People would see two Arthur Kings, and she was occupying the Saber class, only to be taught a lesson by a Caster Arthur King single-handedly.
If he said something like, 'So there's a difference even among Arthur Kings,' she would really lose face.
It was better not to say she was Arthur King and be called his fan by Wang Xiaoming. At least a fan losing to an idol wasn't shameful, better than being Arthur King and completely unable to beat the opponent.
But besides that, Saber was also quite grateful to Wang Xiaoming because Wang Xiaoming saved Irisviel. In the last Holy Grail War, Wang Xiaoming captured Irisviel and Saber, but didn't kill them. He even helped Irisviel replace her heart, giving her a normal heart and turning her from a destined-to-be-sacrificed Lesser Grail into a human who could live a normal life.
This act made Saber, who had vowed to protect Irisviel, very grateful.
So, Saber had both resentment and gratitude towards Wang Xiaoming, especially now, in the Fifth Holy Grail War, when he had responded to the summons once again!
Didn't you win the Fourth Holy Grail War? You should have already fulfilled your wish after winning. Why respond again!
If Wang Xiaoming knew what she was thinking, he would smile and reply: Because I have three wishes!
"I didn't expect that there would be acquaintances summoned together in the Holy Grail War."
Lancer was also nearby. He had heard Wang Xiaoming's Arthur King introduction, but he was only slightly surprised. After all, he was a demigod. What was Arthur King? In terms of age, he was even Arthur King's predecessor.
He was more curious about the fact that Caster and Saber were acquaintances.
"If Caster is Arthur King, then you... judging by your appearance, could it be that you are a Knight of the Round Table?"
Lancer asked Saber curiously. The Holy Grail War was about strength, but also about information. Being able to get the opponent's information first, even a second earlier, could affect the final victory, especially when it came to Noble Phantasms.
After Wang Xiaoming revealed his identity, Lancer immediately thought about Arthur King's information. So what was the Saber's identity, who was considered the most outstanding of the three knight classes in the Holy Grail War? He naturally wanted to know.
"I..."
"She's my fan, a child who likes to imitate me, not one of my Knights of the Round Table. As for her true name, it's better for her to say it herself."
Saber wanted to speak, but Wang Xiaoming introduced her first, causing Saber to feel like she had a mouthful of phlegm stuck in her throat, wanting to spit it out but unable to.
"Fan?"
Lancer looked at Wang Xiaoming and Saber and noticed that their clothing styles were indeed identical, both wearing blue knight armor, just one for men and one for women.
"I didn't expect that fans and idols could appear in the Holy Grail War. This is truly interesting."
After saying that, Lancer twirled his spear and adopted a battle stance.
"If that's the case, wouldn't I be eliminating both the fan and the idol today? This is truly exciting."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was greeted with the idiotic gazes of Wang Xiaoming and Saber beside him.
741. Wang Xiaoming's hands are itching, eager to fight.
Simultaneously beating up a fan and an idol? What are you talking about?
He (I) will beat me (you) all together!
"Lancer, you might have misunderstood something."
Wang Xiaoming stood on the wall, looking down at the three Servants in the field: the ancestral Saber Artoria, the righteous partner Archer Emiya Shirou, and the spinning blue spearman Lancer Cú Chulainn.
None of these three Servants could escape tonight. They were all going to get beaten up.
"Oh? What did I misunderstand?"
At this time, Lancer didn't understand how serious the situation was.
"It's not that you are fighting the idol and the fan at the same time, but that I, as the idol, am fighting all three of you at the same time."
"Hey, wait a minute, am I included in that?"
Red A expressed his opinion from the side.
"After all, you are also a Servant. If I'm not mistaken, you should be Archer."
"Oh? Why are you so sure? Couldn't I be Saber? Or even Assassin, or even Rider?"
Red A asked curiously, he was curious about this male Arthur King and wanted to extract information.
"First of all, my fan, although not as good as me, is still capable enough to be a Saber. As for Lancer, the spear in his hand is already obvious. So you can only be Archer."
"How can you say that? My weapon doesn't look like a bow at all, does it?"
Red A raised the twin swords in his hand, indicating that it wasn't a bow.
"Because in our era, pure archers couldn't survive at all. Every archer had to have at least Saber-level combat abilities in close combat. And because there was already a ranged bow taking up space, their close combat weapons were usually short swords. Look at you, although the bow isn't out, the twin swords have already proven your identity."
"As for Rider, not to be mean, but your stance shows that you've never ridden a horse."
Wang Xiaoming pointed to Red A's Kanshou and Bakuya, analyzing in a serious manner, leaving Red A dumbfounded.
"That's possible too?"
"Don't stand there daydreaming, Archer!"
Tohsaka Rin tugged on Red A's clothes, conveying a message to Red A through the Command Seal.
"Archer, when the fight starts, take me and run immediately, understand?"
"Huh?"
Red A was even more dumbfounded. This male Arthur King said he was going to fight three people at once. Even if the three of them weren't a team, it shouldn't be a problem to fight him alone, right? Run directly? Isn't that too much?
Or was Tohsaka Rin planning to...
"Withdraw, let them fight and get injured first, and then we'll attack from a distance to reap the benefits?"
Although Red A was very skilled in close combat, his ranged attack ability was also very strong. Nuclear Sword Saint wasn't just a joke.
