Because he knew about Lancer departure, Cu Chulainn pulled him along to drink. According to him, after Lancer was gone, there probably wouldn't be anyone to drink with him for a long time. Lancer naturally wouldn't refuse.
But when both of them were drunk, Lancer took the initiative to leave, because there was one more thing he had to do.
"Master."
There was no such thing as day and night in the Land of Shadows, so people who stayed for a long time wouldn't even notice the change in time. But Lancer knew that there was less than an hour left until his departure.
The woman Lancer called 'Master' was, as always, sitting elegantly in a chair, looking at the garden she had built.
"Is something wrong?"
"I... want to have a match with you, Master."
When Lancer said his 'request', the garden became completely silent.
"If it's just a match, don't we have one every day?"
"Although I've been sparring with 'Master', I want to know your true strength as the 'Queen of the Land of Shadows'! Only by knowing it can I surpass it!" "Aren't you afraid of losing motivation because of that?" "I am! But I believe in myself! If this defeats me, then what right do I have to be your disciple!"
Before, Lancer had been conflicted about what he should do in this continuous 'transmigration'. He had recently figured it out. He just had to live! As for the rest, as long as he didn't regret it, it would be fine. But for 'spear techniques', which he had only seen as a life-saving straw in the beginning, he became more and more obsessed with it as he delved into it. Especially after this systematic guidance from Scathach, many things that he had only half-understood before were gradually understood. At this moment, he seemed to be looking forward to the 'transmigration', because he could constantly travel to other worlds and constantly challenge himself!
Looking at Lancer determined expression, Scathach showed a smile.
That undisguised smile made Lancer stare blankly.
Although Scathach was a first-class beauty in terms of both looks and figure, the elder's aura and her identity as a teacher made him not have any wild thoughts. But at this moment, looking at her smile, he actually had a feeling of being moved?
'No! Calm down! The Master is the teacher who taught me how to use a spear!'
Although Lancer expression was still incredibly determined, it was clear from his slightly trembling lips that he had been swayed.
But Scathach herself didn't seem to care about this. Instead, she waved her hand and summoned her 'Gae Bolg'.
"I was wondering if you would come to me, but I didn't expect you to drag it out until the very end. Alright, if that's the case, then get ready!"
Although he knew that holding a weapon wouldn't make any difference, he still held the 'Gae Bolg' that Scathach had given him and stared straight at the other person.
He was going to engrave this strike into his mind! This would be his goal for a long time to come!
When Cu Chulainn arrived at Scathach's garden, drunk, he saw Lancer with his upper body naked, and Scathach was squatting in front of him.
Immediately, his not-so-much drunkenness was thrown out of the Land of Shadows. He stared at the two of them with wide eyes.
I was here first...
Ahem~ In reality, Cu Chulainn was simply surprised as to why Lancer had passed out. Could it be that this guy, who didn't even dare to flirt with girls before his encouragement, suddenly became bold and made a move on the Master?
If that were true, he might have burned two extra stacks of joss paper for Lancer to show his respect, but it was clearly impossible.
"Teacher... what... is going on?"
"Nothing, this is his 'reward' for not falling down from my strike."
Although he didn't fall down, he did pass out.
At the same time, as Scathach spoke, she was using her staff to carve a strange 'pattern' onto Lancer shoulder.
Scathach's words made Cu Chulainn show a look of sudden realization. After all, he also had something similar, which was the blue 'tattoo' on his shoulder. But what he found strange was what Lancer was? He didn't seem to recognize it?
"What kind of flower is that?"
"The cluster amaryllis, the only flower that blooms in the underworld..."
It was clear that Cu Chulainn, who had never been to the underworld, didn't know what Scathach was talking about. But for him, he thought the flower looked quite nice.
As the flower was tattooed on his shoulder, Scathach also took out her staff.
"The dead cannot leave the Land of Shadows, this is the rule of the Land of Shadows, and it is also my duty. But judging by your appearance, you don't seem to plan on leaving."
As Scathach spoke, as if to herself, a blue figure appeared in front of her.
At this moment, Esdeath no longer showed the madness she had when she was possessed by the 'Demon's Extract'.
"'It' will belong to my disciple from now on, so as a price, let me grant you a body that can move freely in this Land of Shadows."
With Scathach's strength, she could easily destroy the fragment of Esdeath's soul, but it was clear that she didn't do so, because she disdained doing so. Of course, if someone were to actively seek death, she wouldn't be merciful.
But it was clear that Esdeath was not that kind of person, or rather, when facing a powerful being, a being she couldn't even look up to, she wisely chose to listen to the other person's arrangements.
With a gentle wave of her hand, Esdeath's soul fragment disappeared, and she placed her hand on Lancer broken arm.
There was no doubt that with Scathach's ability, she could make Lancer arm grow back, but Lancer himself had never mentioned it, so she wouldn't meddle. However, helping him deal with the 'residual problems' was fine.
The situation with Lancer right arm was very special.
His previous arm had been completely destroyed by Esdeath, or rather, by Esdeath possessed by the demon. But then, Lancer 'Teigu' absorbed all the demon's blood that Lancer had killed, which meant that Lancer himself had part of the 'Demon's Extract's' ability, and it was the kind that had been filtered by Lancer original Teigu.
And the right arm, as the first part to absorb it, was naturally the strongest part of the ability.
At this time, Scathach carved the Rune character 'i', which represents 'ice', into his right arm.
(Because it is impossible to type out the Rune character, it can only be represented by a placeholder. In the picture, the third one from the left in the second row is the Rune character for 'ice'.)
"As my disciple, you must continue to work hard. I await the day you defeat me..."
With Scathach's 'blessing', the 'Rune character' on Lancer right shoulder and the cluster amaryllis tattoos on his left scapula and left shoulder also began to glow with a halo.
On the other side, Cu Chulainn was full of curiosity. After all, with his strength, it wasn't a problem to simply use Rune characters, but to engrave them on a person's body and make them constantly effective was something he couldn't do.
And under the gazes of the two, Lancer body gradually faded until it completely disappeared in the end...