It's better to be safe than sorry. He first drank a bottle of antidote, then a healing potion, and finally, with the combined help of Tiger's 'healing horn' and the 'secret medicine' that Alu brought, the wound on Lancer right arm was gradually healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. At this time, Lancer finally had extra time to care about the strange arrow that he had forcefully pulled out of his arm.
"Cursed Arrow
Rank: C
Status: Usable (Acquire a special quest)"
Quest?
Besides 'main' and 'side' quests, there was also a 'special quest' category?
After hesitating for a while, Lancer directly chose 'Use'.
"Snap~!"
He directly broke the black arrow in half with his hand, and then he acquired the so-called 'special quest'.
"Special Quest - Atalanta's Obsession
Rank: ???
Quest Description: Children are the treasures of the world
Quest Reward: Atalanta's Reward"
If the 'Revival of Yggdmillennia' quest he had received before had left him at a loss, then this time's quest left him completely dumbfounded, because no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't understand this quest.
What did that quest description mean? Was there no specific goal?
The Clock Tower welcomed a group of 'special' guests today.
Sisigou Kairi, who was walking at the front of the 'team', had an extremely awkward expression.
As a mercenary, Sisigou Kairi considered himself to be very thick-skinned. After all, what he did was not something to be proud of in the first place, and he had naturally encountered all kinds of people. However, at this time, facing the murderous aura of so many magi, he could not be as calm as he usually was. After all, even if most of them were rookies, a large number of ants can still kill an elephant...
'Sigh, this quest is really something else.'
Originally, after Sisigou Kairi delivered Fiore's 'demands' to the Clock Tower, he thought that this matter had nothing to do with him, but then the development of the matter went a little 'out of control'.
Among the seven Servants on the red side this time, one was sent by the Holy Church as a 'Supervisor', and the other was Sisigou Kairi as a mercenary. So what about the remaining five?
Fiend von Semper.
A first-rate lecturer at the Clock Tower. One must know that a person who is qualified to become a first-rate lecturer at the Clock Tower has at least a Color-level strength, and what is more important than strength is their specialty in research. It can be said that he alone is enough to affect the teaching progress of an entire school.
In addition, the other four —————— Rotweil Berlinsky, the Panter brothers, and Jin Lam were also not weak hands. Although they were all hired by the Clock Tower, they were not mercenaries in the true sense, but elite magi from various families under the Clock Tower. In terms of combat power, they were even stronger than Fiend.
It can be said that any of them was enough to support a medium-sized family, but these five magi all died in Romania. It is not hard to imagine what the students, clansmen, and friends of the four would do when they saw or heard that everyone had died, but only the mercenary Sisigou Kairi survived.
'Sisigou Kairi betrayed the Clock Tower and surrendered to the Yggdmillennia family, which is why he survived.'
This rumor, which no one knew when it first appeared, had already spread throughout the entire Clock Tower in less than a day, and the more troublesome situation was that this statement was not completely wrong. After all, he did choose to surrender in the end, but how should he explain that he made this choice while being surrounded by four Servants?
It was obvious that no matter how he explained it, it would only make things worse, so he simply chose not to explain. But the only thing to be thankful for was that even though news that was unfavorable to him was spreading all over the Clock Tower, at least those 'Lords' chose to believe him.
"You guys can handle the rest yourselves. My 'mission' is considered complete. If we are fated, then see you again."
In front of a certain room, Sisigou Kairi simply said a sentence and then turned to leave, but at this moment, a metal glove blocked his path.
"Mr. Susugou, I wonder if I can ask you for a favor after this is over?"
"?"
"Don't worry, it's just a normal commission."
Looking at Lancer in armor in front of him, Sisigou Kairi hesitated for a while and then nodded.
Sisigou Kairi purpose for participating in the Holy Grail War was actually very simple. He hoped to be able to sever the terrifying curse that was attached to his family, but unfortunately, he failed in the end. However, failure does not mean giving up. He still tried to find someone who could solve his 'special situation', and Yggdmillennia was one of the few families with the best homunculus technology among all the existing magus families after the Einzbern family was wiped out. It was not a difficult thing to understand why he would accept their commission.
Although he didn't look like a good person, and in reality, he wasn't a good person either, a 'secret' was buried deep in Sisigou Kairi heart that very few people knew about. Besides himself, the only person who probably knew about it now was his somewhat reckless Servant.
The Sisigou family had rapidly declined after going to the East, and at that time, their family made a decision to form a contract with a terrifying existence. As for the specific situation, he was not clear, but he knew that with the completion of the contract, the once-declined family gradually prospered again, but no one had expected that the price of this prosperity was the 'future' of the family.
By the time it was passed down to his generation, he was the only direct heir left in the family, and when he planned to pass on his Magic Crest to his adopted son, an 'accident' that no one had expected happened.
The 'Magic Crest' that he possessed was as if it carried a deadly poison. The recipient died on the operating table as soon as the transplantation began because he couldn't bear it. From that day on, the most excellent heir of the Kotomine family died, and all that was left was a mercenary named Sisigou Kairi.
This was also why he was always able to agree to Mordred's unreasonable requests with a smile, because he could always see the shadow of his adopted son in her.
Without a doubt, with the end of the Holy Grail War, he also lost this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but his heart, which had been frozen, was gradually melted by Mordred's smile. Especially on that day, after he told her his story, that tomboy, who was always carefree, actually comforted him for a rare moment.
'I think your adopted son would not resent you. After all, your original purpose was to hope that he could inherit your legacy. This is just a tragedy that was buried by your ancestors, and no one wanted to see it. So, partner~ just keep working hard~ It's the same as me, even if I didn't get the Holy Grail this time, I will not give up~! Let's continue to fight side by side next time if we have a chance~'
Even though he knew that hope was slim, since he no longer cared about his own life and death, why should he give up so early?
'She's clearly a tomboy who doesn't even want to wear a skirt...'
Perhaps because he felt that he had regained hope after remembering the 'child's' comfort, the 'shy' him also complained in his mind, but the smile on his face at this time proved that his Holy Grail War was not without any gains this time. At least he had a new 'partner', and he had also gained the motivation to move towards hope again.