Chapter 39: Train Zeppelin Part 1
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3rd Pov
Lord El Melloi II sat on his seat with the other three, his focus shifted to finding the possible suspects present in the train who stole his relic of Iskandar. Suddenly the gate of the compartment opened garnering everyone's attention, a black-skinned man with white hair, and a white beard entered the compartment, and the moment he entered the situation got tense. Everyone glanced at the man who just had entered nervously as from his clothes anyone can tell he belonged to the Church.
"No way, why the church would send someone here?", Waver muttered tensely, his voice was low but was heard by everyone present inside. "Aren't they ones who hate the clock Tower?", asked Gray and Waver gave her a small nod as a reply. The priest seeing all this just sighed, "Calm down everyone, I am not here to look for any trouble as you can see from my invitation card, I am here to join the auction as well", he said, as he showed his invitation card to everyone. Then he glanced at Waver and asked," Is that all right?", Waver nodded and apologized to him.
He sat down back on his seat, only to be surprised the next moment, as a pink-haired lolita wearing an eyepatch entered the compartment and looked at El Melloi II with unhidden desire," Are you kidding me?! Professor is here and I didn't know of that till now?", she exclaimed," Why are you here?", said Waver his voice almost in desperation.
She took out her invitation card and said," Oh! You see my family usually goes pretty hard on a big auction like this so we are invited every year", Waver clicked his tongue and muttered," I should have known this as well", then his eyes fell on the place where Neo and that Saber like person were sitting together,' Where are they? ', he thought only to be interrupted by the extra cheerful pink haired girl aka Yvette who wants to be his mistress.
(A/N: He might be gay, to refuse some hot woman students of his who are in love with him including this cute Lolita and gray. His mind is always on Iskandar, I wonder if that count as him being gay, since he is like Gilgamesh, who is Artoria/Enkidu Sexual)
Not long after a blonde-haired girl wearing a cloth that covered her both eyes came inside along with a man and introduced themselves as the main auctioneer Leandra and the train's conductor Rodin. After that, the train departed from the station and he went to his private chamber to relax after being unable to find any suspects who might have stolen the Iskandar's relic.
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A brown-haired man, who was none other than Kairi Shisgou himself, the famous mercenary necromancer, entered the building, his eyes fell on a blonde girl sitting on the chair by the table, drinking tea from a cup, beside her stood a woman who was a homunculus as appearing from her mercury colored skin, and droplets of mercury floating around her.
(A/N: He is the same guy who is the master of Mordred in Fate Apocrypha)
He said," To think I would be called out on such a fancy place, I am pretty surprised Lady Reiner", she replied," My dear brother frequently visits this establishment, and I do find the sandwiches here rather tasty", Kairi sat on a chair in front of her and asked," So, what would the sister of a Lord wants from a Freelance Mage like me?".
" You see my brother's relic for the Holy Grail War was stolen recently", she said surprising him," Wait? Someone stole his ritual item needed for the summoning?", she nodded and replied," That's right, the mantle of Iskandar, King of Conquerors", her words made him whistle," That's a pretty nice thing to have", she smiled and said," Indeed, it was something especially obtained for himself".
" Having a relic of that caliber, he could have formed a magical bond with King of Conqueror himself, at the very least he could have formed a magical bond with one of his subordinates", he said amazed, not knowing how weak Iskandar is in grand scheme of things. He continued," Now that's something any necromancer would love to get their hands on."
She took a sip of the tea and then said," To get it back, my dear brother even went as far as boarding on the Mystic Eyes collection train", he frowned hearing her words and said," Wait you are not telling me to back him up, right?", she shook her head and said," Of course not, from what I have heard it is impossible to board that train without an invitation card, all I need you to do is to find some clues about the preparator".
" I get it, you want me to play detective right?", he said, she nodded," Yup, since the culprit who stole the relic was skilled enough to steal it from a Lord's vault, I need the help of someone who can handle if the situation gets rough", she said," I get it till here, but why not solve it within Modern Magecraft theories?", he asked her with a questioning gaze.
"It's pretty simple since an insider will be the most suspicious, isn't that always the case?", she said explaining her reasons, he replied," Pretty much", then she said," Oh, and to help I will lend you an assistant, a quite capable one at that", a woman came inside the room, he glanced at her, and remembered that she was Luvia Edefelt.
' Well my dear big brother, I will make sure to make you pay for the effort I put in helping you ', she thought mischievously, everything was going according to her plan or what she supposed it to be unknown to a very big factor that was changing the destiny of this world with its presence alone, after all, there was an extra True Magician present in this world.
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" So your name is Neo, sir?", asked Gray, glancing at the handsome man in front of her, he nodded taking a bite of the cookie in his hand and said," Indeed, Miss Gray, as I said your professor and me used to study together in the Modern Magecraft department ten years ago, at least before it got closed off, we used to be friends though I don't know if he remembers me now".
" Don't worry Sir, the memory of Professor is quite exceptional, I am sure he remembers you", she said, Neo laughed lightly before saying," Well, I doubt he does remember me now, considering all the things went through, especially in the fourth Holy Grail War", hearing the words ' Holy Grail War ', she flinched, hesitation appeared on her eyes as she glanced around and then asked him in a low tone," Sir, do you know what happened in the Fourth Holy Grail War?".
Her curiosity was piqued and the question that had been bothering her for years came out of her lips in a sweet tone, Neo nodded and said," As far as I know, he was paired with Iskandar, King of Conquerors, the Rider-class servant", she suddenly asked interrupting him," Rider-Class servant?"
He nodded and said," Well, you don't know about the Holy Grail War system right, let me explain it for you", she wanted to refute, and tell him she just wanted to know what happened with Waver, but in the end, she listened carefully about the Holy Grail War system, once Neo had done explaining her the basics he moved on," So like that, seven servants were summoned, out of which the Archer was the strongest".
" Sir, as you explained to me shouldn't the Saber be the strongest?", she asked him, he replied," Well in general situations it should be true, Saber should be the strongest, but while the class itself is strongest, servants are an entirely different thing, if one was to summon a less famous and weak servant, then the class would barely make up for it, in this situation the Archer summoned by his master, was the strongest Heroic Spirit or so I know".
"Strongest Heroic Spirit?!", she said shaken a bit, but soon she calmed herself down and looked around nervously, finding there was no one she sighed in relief. Then she looked at Neo who said," Yes, while the strongest won't be an appropriate word as there are servants who can defeat him, he is ranked highest of every Heroic Spirit summonable in a normal Holy Grail War, for he is the King of Heroes, Gilgamesh".
"King of Heroes, Gilgamesh", she muttered in a daze, as if thinking something in her mind," What are you doing?", she flinched as she heard the voice of the professor, she stood up and turned back to see her professor, Waver Velvet giving Neo a scrutinizing look," Who are you, Sir?", he asked in a formal tone.
" No, just call me Neo", he replied, Gray quickly said," He told me that he is your old friend Professor", as an attempt to divert his attention," Neo? Hmm, I don't remember anyone with this name", he said as he looked at Neo with frown and caution, who smiled to his wary look and said," As I thought you had forgotten me, well we weren't close friends perse, but still to completely forget me, you are truly Waver Velvet".
Waver flinched by called his real name, as he was used to being called by his title of' Lord El Melloi II ', also from his tone which slightly seemed as if he was mocking him he realized that the man in front of him knew that he used to be quite clumsy in the past. " Can you tell me more about you?", Waver asked with slight suspicion aroused in his mind towards this mysterious man who claimed himself to be his old friend.
" Well, I am a handsome man with multiple wives, that's all about me", Neo said in a joking tone, Gray blushed on hearing that he had multiple wives, while even Waver was a bit weirded by it, he wasn't too surprised as it is common for mages to have multiple spouses, one being the main wife, and other the mistress, as it not only insures that children bearing Magic Circuit are born but also promotes the birth of exceptional children, though not many mages can exercise this as it is required to have quite a talent and prestige to secure multiple spouses.
" Well, changing the question, how do you prove that you were my friend, as I believe my memory while not the best, to be quite good", Lord El Melloi II asked him, Neo came near him surprising Gray who became cautious, and was ready to summon ADD, Neo muttered in a low tone," Well, I know about some of your embarrassing secrets, like how you once destroyed a magical item in the library, and how you once saw Miss Catherine nak-".
"Enough!", said Waver interrupting him, as he was quite embarrassed being reminded of his shameful past. Then he glanced at Neo and sighed," Well, I am sorry to say, but I don't remember you, and knowing well what happened years ago, I might have really forgotten about you", he said. Neo replied with a shrug," Well don't worry, we weren't that close friends, and I am here to purely enjoy the trip".
Waver narrowed his eyes at the choice of Neo's words and replied," I see... Also who was that woman sitting with you yesterday?", he asked her about the blonde woman that was uncannily similar to Saber who was with him yesterday, Neo replied," Who will it be? If not my cute wife, her name is Artoria", Waver froze hearing the name," Ar-toria?", he asked in self-doubt.
" Yes, anyway, I have to take a leave, see you later", Neo said before leaving the compartment to go to his private chamber, Gray sighed in relief and then glanced at Waver who was in a daze," Professor?", she called out his name breaking him out of his daze, he glanced at her and asked," What were you talking with him, tell me everything from the start".
Gray hesitated for a bit and then told him everything not hiding the Holy Grail War part as she knew lying to him was just plain stupid, in the end, Waver sighed deeply and thought,' Is he the one who stole my relic? Well, everything points out that it was him, but still, my mind and intuition tells me it isn't him, everything he said wasn't a lie, he really knew about me or so his facial expression showed, now unless he fooled me with such an accurate facial expression that would take years for someone to master, he shouldn't be the one who stole my relic but rather another mysterious person, whom I seem to not remember or-', he stopped and sighed.
" Well let's go", he said to Gray, who looked at him nervously fearing he would reprimand her for asking something about Holy Grail War from that stranger but seeing he didn't intend to do something like that she breathed in relief, meanwhile a torrent of questions filled Waver's mind,' King of Heroes, Gilgamesh, so he is the one who killed Iskandar, even I didn't know about it ', he thought as his eyes narrowed, this meeting only left more questions in his mind rather giving him any answers.
To be continued...
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P.S.: I hope you liked the chapter)
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