In the battle with this Heroic Spirit just now, she had already discovered that the Heroic Spirit in front of her had a lot of combat experience, but she didn't understand the way of fighting between Heroic Spirits and Heroic Spirits at all.

He still seems to have treated his opponent as a human according to his previous experience, and every move is an attack on the most vulnerable part of the human race. Instead of attacking the core of the Heroic Spirit.

"Captain! That's Saber, it's the character in it. The treasure in her hand is the sword in the lake excalibur! The reason why she couldn't see it was because she used the Wind King Enchantment. ”

(PS: In some literary works, the sword in the stone is set as a broken steel sword, that is, a sword in the lake.) For example, "History of the Kings of Britain" and "The Death of King Arthur". The premise I'm using here is that the Sword of the Lake is a sword that King Arthur acquired from the Elves of the Lake under the guidance of Merlin. If you don't agree, then you're right. ）

Durmstrang student Alai Fields, who was casting a spell with Hermione, hid behind the stone pillar and shouted a reminder to Blackbeard.

"Huh?"

Artoria's face changed, and her turquoise eyes instantly erupted with endless killing intent.

She has experienced countless Holy Grail Wars, and it is the first time she has encountered the situation of being spotted by the enemy in the first battle.

This enemy must be dealt with as soon as possible, and he must not be allowed to reveal my secrets to the other masters!

Artoria frowned, raised the lake sword in her hand and rushed towards Durmstrang's Alai Fields.

"Haha, that's it. I said how it feels familiar, but I can't figure out who you really are. ”

Upon hearing Alai's reminder, Blackbeard immediately recalls a scene read aloud by Ravenclaw's ghost, Lady Gray, at the Ghost Halloween party.

The heroic spirits appeared, and Blackbeard felt a little more emotion in his heart for Arthur's creativity.

However, now was not the time to reminisce about the past, and when he saw that Artoria wanted to attack his master, he immediately raised his right arm to shoot a wave of anticipatory shots at Artoria's trajectory.

Rumble!

The black lead projectile slammed into Artoria's sword in the lake, nearly breaking the Wind King's barrier.

"Captain, though it seems cowardly. But I think we can get a sigh. Fighting Saber is a very unwise choice. Her master wasn't the waste coyote. Hermione was a very good Hogwarts student. ”

He was about to raise his head to attack Hermione, but was nearly hit in the head by a flying rock. Although Alai Fields was a senior at Durmstrang, he was a well-known poor student in the whole grade.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to go to the classroom alone in the middle of the night without sleeping.

Now that he found that his spell could not suppress Hermione, he glanced at Artoria, who wanted to kill him, and his heart instantly retreated.

"My sailors, this is not a sign of cowardice, this is a tactical retreat!"

Blackbeard laughed, and used his hand to help Artoria block Artoria's attack again, then raised his right arm and yelled loudly.

"Sailors, sail for freedom!"

"Storms and rains, flashes and thunders, are calling us."

"Divide the sky and the sea, the light and the dark, the life and the death, the unreachable other side!"

"Set sail, my Queen Anne's Revenge!"

The moment Blackbeard sang the words of Noble Phantasm liberation, a huge tidal wave filled the entire space.

The suffocating, powerful waves slammed on Hermione's body in an instant, directly knocking the unprepared Hermione unconscious.

Let her be like a lone sail in the sea, "floating" out with the waves and waves to the rear.

Artoria looked at the head of the huge sailboat that appeared in front of her, her face was gloomy, and she was about to cast her treasure to fight against it, but she noticed that her master had fainted, and quickly turned around and went to Hermione.

Seeing that Artoria had retreated, Blackbeard appeared in front of Alai, grabbed him by the shoulders and jumped aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge.

Then, regardless of whether Artoria would attack him or not, he gave the order directly to the sailors on the ship, and he was all right.

Queen Anne's Revenge is a treasure against the army.

It couldn't exert its true strength in this small corridor, and the reason why it took a lot of magic to liberate it was that Blackbeard wanted to intimidate Artoria and then retreat.

"Damn! Let him escape! ”

Seeing Blackbeard flee with Alai, Artoria let out a low roar. But looking at Hermione, who was in a coma in her arms, she gave up chasing the mysterious rider.

Finally met a very reliable master, Artoria didn't dare to let her be injured so quickly and couldn't participate in the next battle.

When the Queen Anne's Vengeance vanished, the waters in the corridor receded.

Artoria hugged Hermione in deep thought.

How did the Master know about his Noble Phantasm, and why did he know so much about himself?

Not only the master, but also the rider seemed to recognize him.

But... Artoria has no recollection of fighting the rider.

It stands to reason that the Heroic Spirit is summoned to become a Servant and does not have the memory of the last Holy Grail War.

Because normal Heroic Spirits are the existence of heroes before death, and they are classified as Heroic Spirits after death. It is not the Ontology that participates in the Holy Grail War, but the offspring of a certain characteristic of the Ontology at a certain time.

Different occupations and age groups will affect the personality of the Heroic Spirit as a Servant, and after the child dies in battle as a Servant, it will return to its original body without any memories of the Holy Grail War. (ps:The early fate world setting,The latter one was eaten without memory.,If you have any objections, you're right)

So, this rider can't have a memory of her.

"Is he like me? But if that's the case, I should have a memory of him. Nor did I meet anyone before me, I didn't have muskets or such advanced ships in my day. ”

Artoria snorted. As a Heroic Spirit, she was summoned to the Holy Grail Battlefield, but she actually disagreed with other Heroic Spirits.

She was on the Hill of Kamran, where she was wounded by Mordred's thorn as she lost the protection of her scabbard. (The Sword of Kings, the Sword of Peace used in ceremonies and to manifest the way of knighthood, is placed alongside the Excalibur Sword in the Lake.) ）

When he was dying, he sensed the voice of the world's suppressive force, and made a wish that he would do it all over again, not to pull out the sword in the stone, and let the sword in the stone re-choose a new king to lead Great Britain to prosperity, and become a servant as a living hero to join the Holy Grail War.

So Artoria is different from other Immortals, she does not enter Valhalla, but participates in the Holy Grail War in her main form, and whenever the Holy Grail War ends, she immediately returns to Camran Hill and enters the next Holy Grail War at the same time.

In other words, Artoria participated in the Holy Grail War as a living person, so she can remember every Holy Grail War.

So, if that rider really has a memory of his own, then he has either met him before, or he is also participating in this Holy Grail War as a living person, just like himself.

But that doesn't make sense!

Artoria, who is fictionalized by Arthur, is trapped in a paradox-like loop.

"Ahem... I'm not drowning. ”

Hermione, who coughed up a mouthful of seawater, opened her eyes with difficulty, looked at Artoria and said.

"No, you're still alive. After freeing the Noble Phantasm, Rider ran away with his Master. ”

Artoria shook her head, threw the incomprehensible conjecture out of her mind, and said in a deep voice.

"Merlin's beard, I didn't expect the Holy Grail War to actually appear in the real world. No way! I'll have to ask Arthur about it! ”

Hermione hurriedly stood up, straightened her messy wizard robes, and spoke.

"Wait, Master! The Holy Grail War was held in secret. You can't tell outsiders, otherwise you will implicate an innocent person and make him lose his life. ”

Artoria stopped Hermione with a serious face.

"Ahh But... Arthur he..."

Hermione was about to explain that Arthur was the author of "The Holy Grail War of the Magicians", but Artoria's face changed, and she raised the sword in her hand and looked into the distance with a wary expression.

Hermione saw that Artoria was like a great enemy, and quickly turned around and looked into the distance.

I saw a scarecrow made of countless colorful lollipops come out of the shadows, and instead of attacking the two, he greeted them with a shrill voice.

"I am the Apostle of the Last Days, and now I will take your lives!"

The hoarse and harsh voice, accompanied by terrifying sound effects, made the dim and damp corridor extremely terrifying.

But when Hermione heard this, her face changed, and she immediately said angrily.

"Huh? Peeves! I hear your voice, don't pretend to be a ghost, you come out for me. If you don't, I'll tell Professor Snape about your sneak run to Durmstrang. ”

Even when this candy scarecrow spoke, he deliberately lowered his voice. But Hermione could still make out it was Peeves' voice.

Hermione was full of hatred for the ghost of Hogwarts Castle that was fond of playing tricks on students. Because she remembers, it was Peeves who tricked her into the bathroom on the second floor and let Myrtle take control of her body.

"Hmm, isn't this our jack-of-all-trades lady? I didn't expect you to become a participant in the game and summon SSS-level Heroic Spirits. That's amazing! Would you be interested in playing a gorgeous prank with me?"

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Seeing that Hermione recognized hermione, the candy scarecrow stopped pretending, and after slapping the hands and dropping countless lollipops, he shrieked at Hermione.

"Hmph, sure enough, it's your prank. I'm going to Professor Snape right now! Hermione snorted coldly.

Because the word "prank" makes her especially angry, and her body being taken away by Myrtle is a prank by Peeves.

"I'm not afraid of Professor Snape, I'm just a doppelganger of Peeves, and I'm participating in this Holy Grail game as an assassin. Professor Snape couldn't control me. ”

Seeing that Hermione was annoyed by what he had said, the Candy Scarecrow happily danced the traditional Aegran dance, and in an instant more lollipops fell from his body.

"You actually think of the Holy Grail War as a game. Do you know that you are insulting all the Heroic Spirits who participated in the Holy Grail War?! ”

Artoria memorized everything Hermione and Peeves had said, and it was the only way she could quickly understand the world. But when she heard that the scarecrow in front of her actually regarded the serious Holy Grail War as a game, she couldn't help it anymore and said angrily.

"Oops, it's a virtual Heroic Spirit, and I don't understand the current situation at all. Looks like I'm going to have to give advice to George and Fred. ”

After hearing Artoria's angry rebuke, the candy scarecrow stopped, scratched his head with his hand, and said in distress.

"You!" Seeing that the servant was still a child, Artoria angrily tried to attack him.

"Wait! Artoria. Seeing this, Hermione quickly stopped Artoria and then asked the candy scarecrow.

"You mean the Wesley twins? Is this their prank? ”

"No, no, no, this is the game, a seven-player survival challenge based on Arthur's The Holy Grail War of the Magisters. As long as the other six participants are defeated, the winner can receive the Holy Grail to make a wish. Of course, this Holy Grail is not the Holy Grail of the Holy Grail, not so powerful. ”

"But..."

"But what?" Seeing Peeves start acting as a Riddler, Hermione's face was slightly angry.

"But... It's still possible to turn Miss Know-It-All into a fox. 桀桀 ~ Jack-of-all-trades fox! 桀桀~"

With that, the candy scarecrow began to dance again, throwing out a large number of lollipops once again.

"All petrochemicals!"

Hermione was furious and immediately unleashed a full-body restraint spell at the candy scarecrow.

Swish!

The candy scarecrow, who had been spelled by the full-body bondage spell, suddenly seemed to lose support, and the lollipops on his body were scattered all over the ground.

"Peeves! Come out quickly, I know it's nothing more than your prank. ”

Hermione looked at the pile of lollipops in front of her and snorted coldly. She didn't think one of her full-body binding spells would repel Peeves.

"Sure enough, it's Miss Know-It-All, if you can become your servant, it should be easy to win this game... But my current master is also very good, and I will not betray him. ”

"You want me to show up... Haha, then it's up to you to find me. ”

After the candy scarecrow under his control was dispersed by Hermione, Peeves stopped talking in that sharp voice, and directly sent a war letter to Hermione in his original voice.

“？？？”

Hermione hadn't yet understood Peeves' words, but Artoria was already in front of her. At the same time, the hallway they were in changed.

Under the vibration of countless lollipops, the corridor instantly turned into a huge candy house, in addition to these lollipops, there are also huge cake soldiers, white chocolate strawberry soldiers, and colorful chocolate giant frogs.

In the distance, there was also a huge carousel, slowly getting bigger and bigger. It wasn't that the carousel was really getting bigger, it was that it was hurtling towards the two Hermione.

The Ferris wheel above the sky shimmered with the colorful neon of the night, and strange beans fell like a torrential rain, standing on the ground made of cream, making a dull sound.

"Host, this is the enemy's inherent barrier! We're in danger..."

Artoria used the Wind King Enchantment to smash several strange beans above her head, and looked at the lollipops around her who were laughing weirdly, and her expression became serious.