章節 123: Reunion
After a bit of fun together, and another shower, Kuroka and Drako were ready to go to the airport.
"We're gonna be late-nya!"
Kuroka was anxious as the flight was due to arrive in ten minutes, and the airport was about 50 kilometres away. Normally, it could take more than half an hour by car to get to the airport, and that's if you're lucky with the traffic.
"Don't worry about it. I have a special toy for the occasion."
"Huh?"
A light shone and [Golden Drive], Drako's new Noble Phantasm, appeared on the road. It was a big golden motorbike, and there was enough room for two or three people.
Kuroka stared dazedly at the bike that had appeared out of nowhere.
"What are you waiting for? Come on!"
Drako got on the bike and dragged Kuroka with him.
"Hug yourself, I don't want you to fall off the bike."
Kuroka sat behind Drako and did as he had instructed, circling the figure of her man from behind. Drako, who for some reason knew how to ride a motorbike (probably from his past life, though he could not remember if this was so or not), accelerated.
The speed not only took Kuroka by surprise, as she held on to Drako even tighter, but Drako himself. Even if Drako did not use the top speed of 2500 km/h, 20% of it was already enough to cause a stir throughout Japan. Fortunately, Drako could use [Stealth] to hide his presence.
And so, Drako and Kuroka were not late to the airport.
When they arrived at the airport, Drako made Golden Drive disappear. Looking at the time, there were still five minutes until the designated landing time arrived.
Of course, flights can be delayed a bit, and, in the end, they had to wait an extra five minutes. They were waiting at the airport gates, as this made it easier to make contact with the new arrivals.
To the relief of the anxiety Kuroka was feeling, three figures left the airport. Two blond girls and another white-haired girl, three beauties.
"Shirone-nyaa!"
"Kuroka-neesama!"
Kuroka and Shirone rushed out at the very moment they met. They jumped up to embrace one another, and both fell to the ground as they laughed. Drako covered his face as he saw the shameful public act the sisters were performing.
Mordred completely ignored the pitiful spectacle Kuroka and Shirone were putting on and headed straight for Drako.
Mordred stood in front of Drako, and the two looked into each other's eyes.
If it were not for Mordred feeling the connection between her and Drako, she would never be able to recognize him as the same Master of the past.
He...
He had become a fucking hot man!
Now that Drako had grown up, he was more than a head taller than Mordred. Once it was Mordred who bowed her head to look Drako in the eye, but now things had changed.
Mordred stood a step away from Drako and...
...punched him in the shoulder!
"Good to see you, Master!"
Of course, Mordred had struck him friendly, but her strength was so immense that Drako had to take a step back. Even with Drako's sudden rise in stats, he was no match for Mordred at all.
"Yeah, I'm glad, too."
Drako revealed a slight smile as she saw Mordred's happy face. Acting on instinct, he stroked Mordred's head.
Soft.
If Drako had to choose one word to describe the sensation he felt as he stroked Mordred's hair, it would be "soft".
"Master?"
Drako came to his senses when he heard Mordred's trembling voice and withdrew his hand.
"I'm sorry... it's just that you're so cute, I couldn't help it."
"Nice..."
Drako was cursing his infinite stupidity. Did he just call Mordred cute? There was no question, he was dead.
To Drako's surprise, Mordred did not act on the spot and just stood there shaking as she stared at the ground. Was she so angry that she could not act?
On the other hand, Mordred was lost in thought.
"Master said to me, dear... what is this feeling? Why is my heart beating so fast?"
Mordred, who only knew the cruelty of war, did not know what love was or anything like it. She had never received anything like that from Morgan or Arthur, so her life had been based on getting the approval of one of them. It was impossible to achieve that with Morgan, and Arthur rejected her too, so all that remained for her was hate. In this new life, Tiamat had already shown her some motherly love, but this was the first time she had received the affection of a boy. Moreover, this boy was the Master she was so grateful for.
To Drako's surprise, Mordred recoiled as she gave an embarrassing laugh. Drako was stunned and could not believe what his eyes were seeing.
Was Mordred blushing?
"Look, Master. This is the girl from the holy grail, Valerie Tepes. Not only does she have one of the 13 Longinus, but she is also a great beauty!"
Mordred pushed Valerie, who had followed her closely and placed her in front of Drako. Mordred was very embarrassed and confused at this point, so she wanted Drako to focus all her attention on Valerie.
Just as Mordred wanted, Drako focused on Valerie. She was a young girl, about the same age as Natsume and Lavinia. She was blonde, and her eyes were red as blood. As a half-vampire, her complexion was very pale. Although her look seemed empty and a little devoid of emotion, she was beautiful, very beautiful.
Valerie Tepes was a Dhampir, daughter of the head of the Tepes faction and a human concubine. She is the third descendant, but she is the only daughter. According to what she knew from mental conversations with Mordred, Valerie has already been the queen of the Tepes faction, a male-dominated vampire faction.
That meant Rizevim was already acting, which was strange for Drako. There was still plenty of time for Rizevim to start acting, as his motivation came after Ophis lost some of his powers and the Chichigami spoke to Issei.
Primarily, Rizevim's goal was to go to war with the gods of the other world, the world to which the Chichigami belonged. Did Rizevim know anything about the other worlds at this time? Drako came from another world, was it possible that Rizevim realized something?
No, it must not be that either. Unless... it wasn't Rizevim who was taking care of Valerie. Maybe Euclid Lucifuge had been plotting Valerie's older brother for years before the show started. Then he encouraged his Lord Rizevim to get involved.
For now, Drako had to take care of Valerie. For now, she could stay and live in the apartment building that now belonged to Drako.
"Nice to meet you, Valerie. My name is Drako. I hope we can get along."
Drako extended his hand to Valerie in the form of a greeting. But...
But Valerie didn't take Drako's greeting, and she took a step back. The look in her eyes revealed that she was scared.
Drako was... relieved to see this.
Relieved, yes. This is because if Valerie could still show these kinds of expressions, it meant that those bastards had hardly experimented with her. Based on the [Fate Points] he got a while back, she must not have brought back to life any of the [Evil Dragons] already dead. While it's a shame that she couldn't receive the experience of those dragons, it's more satisfying for Drako to know that her actions had saved Valerie from the cruel fate that awaited her.
"It's not bad to be afraid, Valerie. It's okay, it seems like you've been through a lot. For the moment, why don't you come with us? I can say I know a little bit about your situation, and I know you have nowhere to go. Luckily, I've acquired a place where many people can live, so your presence is not a nuisance at all."
Drako tried to sound as gentle as he could, to calm Valerie's fear or caution of him a bit.
"Valerie, this is my Master, that boy Shirone and I told you about. You don't have to be careful with him. Even though he looks like that, he's a good man."
"What do you mean by that, Mordred?"
Drako wasn't about to let go of Mordred's words. Drako wasn't vain, but he was clearly attractive. Why would she criticize his appearance?
"Nothing, nothing at all!"
Mordred stuck out her tongue and separated from Drako and Valerie, heading for Kuroka and Shirone to separate them and make a fool of them. Drako watched as Mordred forced the sisters apart with a smile, but he did not notice Valerie looking at him.
The former Tepes queen was studying Drako, analyzing and discovering what kind of person he really was. Could she trust him? She didn't know. Valerie didn't even trust Mordred or Shirone. As much as they saved her from that hell, Valerie didn't know what they intended to do. They couldn't save the porter of a Longinus without motive, wasn't it?
Before Mordred went to separate the sisters, they were talking while lying on the ground.
When Shirone calmed her excitement a little, she realized a detail she had overlooked.
The smell of her sister was the same as always, but there was another smell that did not belong to her in her body, a smell she recognized as well. Besides, her sister seemed to have grown a lot in these six months.
"Kuroka-Nee-sama,,"
"Nyaa?"
"Why can I smell Drako-nii on your body?"
Shirone looked at Kuroka with suspicious eyes.
Kuroka did not hide, she showed a beautiful smile to her younger sister.
"Your Nee-sama is already quite a woman, Shirone."
Shirone blushed instantly. She was small and innocent, but that did not mean that she was not knowledgeable about grown-up matters.
"I see..."
Shirone wasn't entirely surprised. She knew the deep affection her older sister felt for Drako, which Shirone also shared, and considering all the time they spent together, they were bound to end up together sooner or later. Shirone felt how happy her sister was at this moment, and that made her happy too.
Kuroka's happiness was Shirone's happiness, and Shirone's happiness was Kuroka's happiness. That's how close the relationship between Kuroka and Shirone was.
"You two! Stop making fools of yourselves and get off the floor!"
Mordred approached the sisters, separated them and made them get up. With her strength, carrying the two sisters with one arm was no problem.
The trouble came when Mordred set her eyes on Kuroka. She opened her eyes in disbelief, as if she could not believe what she was seeing.
"You...?!" Mordred pointed her finger at Kuroka.
"Is something wrong, sensei?" Shirone asked Mordred.
Kuroka smiled provocatively at Mordred. Seeing Mordred's reaction when she saw that Kuroka had also become the Servant of Drako was a moment not to be missed.
"You're not a Heroic Spirit, how can you be a Servant?"
"My husband is a miracle worker, he can do anything."
"Tch... What kind are you?"
"Caster."
It had been a blow to Mordred's confidence to discover that Drako had a new Servant. Was Drako not satisfied with her? Was she a bad Servant? She thought quickly of what she might have done wrong, and fastly remembered that she nearly killed her Master and the two Nekoshou on the first day she was summoned. Did Drako hate her for the mistake of so long ago? Was Drako going to discard her now that she had a new Servant?
But... Kuroka was a Caster. It was common knowledge that Saber and Berserker were the most powerful of the original seven classes, while Caster and Assassin were the weakest.
Assassin was indisputably the weakest. They did not specialize in fighting Servants, but in killing Masters.
Caster, on the other hand, was not weak. The problem was that many of the other classes came with the skill [Magic Resistance], so the potential of this class was very low.
Berserker was harder to control than Saber, so the latter was considered the strongest.
If Drako wanted to win the Holy Grail War, he was going to need the help of Mordred who is from the Saber class. It wasn't smart to get rid of her.
Maybe Mordred had misunderstood Drako's intentions by making Kuroka his Servant? Maybe he didn't want to get rid of Mordred? Yes, that must have been it. Drako wasn't going to call her cute if he wanted to get rid of her.
Mordred eased her anxiety a bit when she came to that conclusion.
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