Eiji certainly knew of the Assassin hiding in the distance while they were talking in the front yard.
However, he pretended not to know and deliberately let him go so that he could report what he had seen to Tokiomi.
By now the people in Tokiomi's group must also know about the other servants living in Aoi's parents' house.
They would most likely attack this place later tonight. Especially Gilgamesh, although his class was Archer which was arguably slightly lower than Saber, his Noble Phantasm made him the strongest servant in the Fourth Holy Grail War.
[Of course the King of Heroes can't be compared to me, I'm looking forward to his arrival tonight just because it will entertain me.]
The heroines were stunned for a moment.
Many of them had no idea how powerful the King of Heroes was.
But Medea who was now setting various magical traps around the house knew who the person Eiji was thinking of was.
She now understood why her master told her to do this.
"Eiji, you know the King of Heroes will attack this place later tonight. That's why you're making preparations. Should I make some Bounded Fields too?"
"Um? Don't do that and you've misunderstood, Medea."
Eiji stood not far from the beautiful blue-haired witch, he shook his head.
"I just want to improve the defenses of this house and create some obstacles for anyone who tries to enter by force."
"Actually, I can do it myself but my magic is too powerful so I'm afraid it will instantly kill the enemy."
"Isn't that better?" Medea was confused by Eiji's way of thinking and a little annoyed. In his eyes, didn't that mean that the magical traps made were not too strong and weak?
Actually that was a fact, although the traps were very strong for people in modern times.
But for servants? It wasn't enough to kill them, especially the King of Heroes like Gilgamesh.
"No, my entertainment would end too soon and I don't want that to happen."
"....."
You consider the enemies who will attack tonight as entertainment?
If it was anyone else, Medea thought he was overconfident and arrogant. But Eiji... She had to admit that he had the power to not take his enemies seriously including her.
She had underestimated Eiji too much before and ended up like now.
But the King of Heroes of the Archer class was very strong, she herself had seen his power through Berserker's memories in the battle last night.
She used her magic to do that so that she wouldn't miss information about the other servants.
"By the way Medea, how did you know the King of Heroes was coming tonight?"
Eiji narrowed his eyes slightly, he continued to maintain the persona that he didn't know Medea and the other women could hear his inner voice.
Medea panicked but on the surface, she snorted and proudly said, "I got that information using magic from the Age of Gods and I think you know too."
"You just guessed?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"W-Why would I lie to you? You're my master and I live off your magical energy supply."
Speaking of Eiji's magical energy, it was greater than hers and very powerful. Medea felt that her current self was three times stronger than she was before.
Compared to Counter Force, Eiji was not stingy in giving her a lot of his magical energy, she didn't know whether to be happy or cry for provoking someone as strong as him.
Still, she hoped he didn't know she could hear his inner voice!
"Makes sense, you're a powerful Magus from the Age of Gods, you're at least capable of using spells for divination or something."
Eiji walked over and placed his hand on Medea's shoulder, he looked at her with a smile.
That smile made Medea blush, she hated handsome men but an overly handsome man like Eiji made her defenses weak.
She didn't even dismiss his hand from her shoulder, and even let him squeeze it a little.
Perverted man!
Is this what you call promising that you will treat me well? Liar!
Medea complained in her heart even though she did not resist.
Her body was more honest than her heart.
"Ehem! Sorry to bother you two."
Seeing Eiji and Medea so close to each other, Artoria who walked out of the house pretended to cough and said with some annoyance.
[Is Artoria-chan jealous? Yare-yare.]
I'm not jealous!
The younger Knight King glared at her master.
Feeling her shoulders stop being held, Medea was relieved and gave a thumbs up to Artoria in her heart.
"What are we doing that you're bothering us, Artoria? You're not bothering us at all."
[I've wooed Medea enough for now and will continue later.]
Eiji's inner voice made the two women in the place stare at him flatly.
"I'll continue my work." Medea went to the other side to make another magical trap.
She was a little embarrassed to know her master had such intentions for her. But, there was no rejection in her heart.
There were only two people left in that place.
"So what do you need from me, Artoria? Let me guess, you want to talk about Lancelot, right?"
Eiji knew his guess was right because at this moment, Artoria widened her green eyes and nodded.
"You're right, Eiji. Can you give me some advice on what I should do with him?"
"Before Lancelot was corrupted by Sakura, he was already crazy because of the hatred in his heart. I—"
Before Artoria recounted the history of her and Lancelot, especially about his betrayal where he fucked her wife, Guinivere.
Her master interrupted her and said, "I know, you basically want to know how to solve Lancelot's hatred problem. He doesn't actually hate you, but hates himself."
"Why? In the past, I had already forgiven him and thought it was no big deal. Guinivere and I only married for political gain."
"....."
Eiji had a strange expression, it seemed that Artoria of the Saber class was still having trouble understanding the real reason why Lancelot had gone crazy.
[It's Merlin's fault, he only taught Artoria to be an ideal King in Britannia and didn't teach her about how complicated human emotions are.]
[Artoria didn't take Lancelot's betrayal seriously. But Lancelot was the opposite and the people around her felt the same way.]
[I suddenly had the urge to punch Merlin in the face.]
Who is Merlin?
The heroines who don't know the legend of King Arthur are curious.
But one thing was certain, he must not appear in front of Eiji because if he didn't— he would end up miserably.
Merlin: "....."
Far away in an unknown place and time, he suddenly felt a chill all over his body.
What was going on?
Someone seemed to have malicious intentions towards him.
Hearing the name of the man she knew very well mentioned, Artoria was surprised and a little amused in her heart.
If Eiji had to answer those women's questions. He would only say Merlin was a mentor and adoptive father figure to Artoria.
In the Fate universe, he was also often described as a powerful Grand Caster, an accomplished clairvoyant, and the behind-the-scenes mastermind who orchestrated Artoria Pendragon's birth and ascension to the throne as King of the Knights.
Without him, Artoria of the Saber and Lancer classes would probably not exist.
Wait, doesn't that mean he can be called his father-in-law?
Even so, Eiji still wanted to punch his face because if not for him, or rather his incomplete teachings and prophecies, his two Artoria would not have suffered so much.
[Artoria (Lancer): Merlin? I broke his prophecy that spoke of my death and lived longer after saving Britannia. But punching him in the face? Even though I wanted to, I was unable to do so.]
[Rias: Oh, why? Is Merlin that strong?]
[Sona: He's stronger than the King of Knights? That would be surprising if true.]
[Utaha: I'm also curious, in the legends of King Arthur that I know of, there are several versions of that.]
[Selina (Trinity Seven): Artoria-san, please tell us the truth!]
[Artoria (Lancer): Merlin isn't that strong, but his flowery magic makes him hard to touch. He often suddenly appears near me, appears in my dreams and leaves without me being able to stop him.]
From what Artoria Lancer said, Merlin seemed to be an annoying person.
"Lancelot was very loyal to you but he couldn't control his lust for Guinivere and did it with her."
"He regretted giving a green hat to his king and wanted you to punish him severely, Artoria. But you didn't even punish him and let the matter go."
"Lancelot went mad with guilt and warped his hatred for you. That's why he became a Berserker."
When Eiji said that, he suddenly remembered a certain Fate fanfic he had read in his previous life.
In that fanfic, the MC (main character) replaced Artoria to lift the sacred sword from a stone and became the King of Britannia who was stronger than him.
But I don't know what's wrong with his brain. He was married to Guinivere and even though he knew she had cheated on him with Lancelot, he didn't punish them and let them be together.
That's so disgusting.
He didn't even refuse the poison that Morgan made and Mordred gave him. The reason? It was because he didn't want to disappoint Mordred (she didn't know the drink was poisonous) and even though the MC knew, he still drank it.
What nonsense is that?
Can't you just tell her that the drink was poisoned?
He then dies and is summoned as a Servant in Fate/Stay Night.
That was a really stupid transition.
[Host, calm down. Your bad habit is starting to relapse again.]
Ah sorry, I got carried away, Miss System.
Fortunately Eiji activated his god-level acting skills so Artoria didn't see his disgusted expression.
"So Lancelot wants me to punish him? Even if I wanted to do it in the past, there's no way I would have killed him because I needed his power in the war."
"What about now?"
"Now?"
Artoria had a question mark over her head.
Eiji's current smile somehow seemed evil, it was probably just her hallucination.
"Yes, you can punish him to free him from hatred towards himself and you."
"That's... How exactly can I do that?"
"Leave it to me, you just need to follow what I say."
Artoria had a bad feeling about this, her instincts told her. But in order to make up for past regrets even though she knew it was too late, she wanted to give it a try.
Eiji told her how and moments later, face hot, she blushed.
She also suspected that Eiji just wanted to take advantage of her.
Should she do it?
....
Inside the Imaginary Room.
Eiji was the master of the place so he could do anything including disabling Mad Enchanment skills with just his will.
Lancelot's sanity was suddenly restored, although All the World's Evils made him unable to control his body as he wished, he could see through his own eyes.
He had memories of him being summoned to modern times and participating in the Holy Grail War.
And he even saw again his King, Arthur who was walking with a man on the street at night.
However, hadn't that already passed? Why was he now back on a residential street and standing under the yellow light of a lamppost?
"Arthuuur!"
His mouth spoke on its own even though he also wanted to call out his king's name, he didn't want to do it while roaring.
"Lancelot?"
His king recognized him despite his appearance.
Lancelot was so moved that his nose hurt. However, his body walked over with killing intent.
No, what was he doing?!
After his sanity returned, he certainly no longer hated Artoria and only hated himself.
"Master, leave the enemy to me this time. I recognize the Berserker's identity, he is one of my knights, Lancelot."
Artoria summoned her Excalibur and asked her master for permission.
Lancelot was again touched, his king called him her knight. She even pointed her sword at him. Instead of being sad, he was happy.
It was like a punishment for him and he gladly accepted it.
However, a man called 'Master' by Artoria surprised him. He grabbed his king's waist and kissed him on the mouth in front of his eyes!
"Hmmm...!"
Artoria let out a muffled moan from her mouth, but she did not resist and followed Eiji's script.
Still, she couldn't help sinking into the sensation of that French kiss and moved her tongue awkwardly.
This was the second time she had been kissed by him.
To punish Lancelot, she would make him feel the pain of an NTR victim seeing his king defiled by another man.
This was Eiji's idea.
At first Artoria was hesitant of course, but saw Lancelot's body trembling in the distance and looked even angrier.
She was relieved that it seemed to actually work.
"Arthur! Arthur!!"
Berserker could only say her name repeatedly and growl. But in his heart, Lancelot was scolding Eiji like crazy.
Stop! How dare you defile the sanctity of my King, you seek death!
Ahh! Ahh! I'll kill you!
Get your filthy hands and mouth off her before I cut you down! No, I must cut you down right now!
Berserker, you are me. Don't just stand there, cut that guy down quickly!
"Hah... Hah... Master, why are you..." Artoria was panting with a blush on her cheeks.
Eiji had stopped kissing her and shamelessly put his hand on her ass.
The scene made Lancelot's face under his helmet appear green.
"My servant seems to care about another man, I was a little jealous so I kissed her."
"M-Master, don't do that here. You don't need to be jealous. Lancelot is the knight who betrayed me, I just want to kill him with my own hands. After that..."
Hearing what his king said, Lancelot felt uncomfortable.
He didn't mind being killed by her and thought it was a fitting punishment for him.
But why... Why did his heart hurt?
Not only that, how could his king say such a thing?!
Did her master force her?
Anger and reluctance surged in Lancelot's heart, he would probably activate his Mad Enchanment skill again if Eiji didn't forbid it.
"After that, what?" Eiji smiled amusedly.
Artoria bit her lip, "Don't pretend not to know! Master, please stop teasing me for now."
She felt something hard poking her stomach.
Was Eiji really acting? His reaction was too natural!
Even so, Artoria was strangely pleased. It meant her figure was attractive to him.
"Alright, kill him. Lancelot deserves to die at your hands, Artoria. He has given you a green hat."
Eiji reluctantly released the Knight King's trained ass.
Artoria's lips twitched. Do you need to mention the last part, Eiji?
"Graaahhh!"
Lancelot ran over with his sword in hand, he lunged at Eiji but his king blocked him.
"Your opponent is me, Lancelot!"
When their swords collided sparks flew and the ground beneath their feet shattered into pieces, Artoria pushed back Berserker.
With the support of Eiji's magical energy, her physical strength was currently very strong and no less than Lancelot's.
Lancelot roared, his body responding his killing intent to Eiji. But as expected of his king, she pushed him back and suppressed him in sword skills.
*Clang! Clang! Clang!*
Both their swords moved at high speed.
In a normal case, Berserker should have the advantage in a battle of strength like now.
But the current Saber, Artoria was like a mountain that could not be pushed back and stepped forward little by little every time Excalibur collided with Lancelot's holy sword, Arondight.
More than ten minutes later.
"Excalibuuur...!"
"Aaaagh! Arthuur!!!"
No way, I can't die and let you, my king be defiled!
Lancelot also roared in his heart.
In the corner of his eyes, he glanced at Eiji with hatred in his eyes. Unfortunately, he was now being suppressed by the golden pillar of light released by his king's holy sword, Excalibur.
*BOOOOM!*
Berserker/Lancelot's figure was swallowed by the attack and exploded. Above a wide crater shaped like a straight line several kilometers long, his spirit floated in the air.
Unlike before, his appearance also looked normal and he smiled at Artoria.
"My king, thank you for punishing me."
Before disappearing and returning to the Throne of Heroes, he left those words behind.
Artoria was surprised and glanced at her master excitedly, "Eiji, we did it! Lancelot let go of his grudge and returned to normal before going to the Throne of Heroes."
She looked at him softly, "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Eiji smiled, but it was a bit awkward.
How could it not be?
There was no way Lancelot's spirit would say that after he witnessed his king being defiled by him.
He just became even crazier and didn't die quietly. What they had just seen was actually just an illusion he had created in the Imaginary Room.
Lancelot's real soul was now in his inventory, he was keeping it to add to his collection.
[Host, this is not what a protagonist should do.]
Miss System, I'm doing this for Artoria. Now one of her regrets has been resolved.
I'm still a protagonist, okay?
[Really? You also didn't do it to increase her affection for you?]
I can't deny that.
Miss System fell silent.
Leme laughed, perhaps it was just her who was happy to know her contractor was using cunning means to conquer a woman.
This was not even the first time he had done it.
After this, she was looking forward to other conquests. For example Medea, how will Eiji steal her heart?
Medea: "?"
She had just finished making magical traps, but her butt was suddenly cold.
What happened?
By the way, where did Eiji and the Knight King go?