Snowfield, Snowfield City, Central Hospital.
The fire line of [Burn to Death] focused on Arcueid.
7.62mm bullets, which would be enough to tear apart a human body with a single touch, licked every inch of the vampire's slender limbs.
But, it had no effect whatsoever.
The space around her was distorted.
The distorted gravitational field prevented the bullets from even touching her, and even if they accidentally hit, they would be deflected.
Even without deploying any barriers, her fleshly body.
Could still withstand a hail of bullets.
"Haa…"
Ciel took a deep breath.
This feeling of fighting an unreasonable monster was, in some ways, strangely familiar to her.
Therefore, Ciel was even more convinced.
The person in front of her was the unreasonable vampire idiot.
"Truly… seeing is believing… that Princess… is truly a monster among monsters…"
Jester watched in stunned silence.
He dared not act rashly in this situation.
One must know that even high-ranking Dead Apostles like Jester had to avoid being directly hit by [Burn to Death].
He had just manipulated the atmosphere and blood to form obstacles, in order to block the bullets from touching his flesh.
But, Arcueid didn't dodge.
Perhaps she hadn't thought of it, or perhaps—she hadn't even entertained such a thought in her mind.
Just as Jester was about to change his course of action, to act in a more concealed manner so as not to be caught up in the battle between the Executor and the True Ancestor Princess, a torrent far more intense than these rushed in from afar.
"Roar!"
The roar, filled with curses and resentment, echoed throughout the city.
Even those within the bounded field heard it.
Hearing that sound, like the earth itself was crying out, Jester's eyes widened, and Arcueid showed a look of surprise.
Ciel and the female assassin felt as if their souls were being shattered.
It was as if time had stopped at this moment.
"What's going on? That aura… it's so mixed, neither human nor beast… is it something created by those gods? Those ancient fellows, they really do as they please."
Arcueid read the memories of the land.
Soon, she learned of Humbaba's existence through the aura, and roughly understood the essence of this divine beast.
"This Holy Grail War… even has Servants of this caliber?! This is no longer a matter of supervision or not, but a major problem that could bring disaster to the world if we're not careful! What exactly are those guys planning by excluding the Church…"
Ciel didn't have Arcueid's level of perception.
But, she could also understand from that roar how terrifying the owner of that voice was.
Its caliber had probably already transcended humanity.
It was a matter within the realm of the gods.
"[Delusional Heartbeat (Zabaniya)]"
While everyone was stunned by the roar.
Only one person's goal remained unchanged.
The female assassin's eyes flashed with a cold light as she stared at Jester, the joints of her shoulders twisting and deforming, extending out to stab.
As swift as the bullets of [Burn to Death].
So fast that even the naked eye couldn't capture it.
Even the roar of the beast from the Age of Gods couldn't stop the female assassin's killing intent towards Jester.
This showed how much she hated Jester.
Even if it meant being crushed to pieces, she would kill him.
"——Damn it!"
Jester had just recovered from the roar and couldn't evade.
Even he himself believed that he couldn't dodge this Noble Phantasm, and his third life was about to be lost here.
"Hey hey, that's too rude, isn't it? I didn't say you could launch a surprise attack without permission, did I?"
Arcueid raised her arm.
A compressed magecraft block was launched.
Flying out far faster than a twisted arm could move, it deflected the attack and saved Jester's life.
"Ugh…"
Jester immediately jumped back several meters.
His face was full of confusion.
He had no connection with Arcueid; he would have been lucky not to be hunted. Why would she save him?
Jester wasn't the only one confused.
The other two were as well.
"Arcueid! You don't know that vampire, do you!"
"No, I'm meeting him for the first time."
"Then why did you save him? Don't you know he was trying to extend his poisonous claws towards children whose minds haven't matured yet?!"
"Oh, is that so? I just found out…
So, what does that have to do with me? They're just human children; it's none of my business, right?"
Arcueid's words left Ciel stunned.
It was very simple and easy to understand.
The True Ancestor princess in front of her wasn't even human. Telling a True Ancestor to respect the old and love the young was a joke, wasn't it?
Arcueid herself dared to slaughter the old monsters of the Millennium Castle.
She could easily crush newly born Dead Apostles like infants.
What else could it be but wishful thinking for Ciel to talk about these things with a True Ancestor who wasn't even human?
She was also briefly silent because she realized this point.
Although it was very unreasonable and infuriating, this logic made sense to Arcueid.
Arcueid was a lively and lovely Princess in front of Moran.
But when facing others, she only seemed to have no problems on the surface. In essence, she was still a True Ancestor who could never be compared to humans.
She had no sympathy for humans.
She only refrained from useless killings to maintain the beauty that Moran loved.
It was definitely not because of common empathy.
To expect a True Ancestor to empathize with humans.
That was a big joke in itself, no different from asking a tiger to sympathize with the lamb on plate.
Arcueid was not such a hypocrite.
"Then why exactly did you save this vampire? Isn't it your duty to slaughter vampires?"
"Hoh, it seems you really want to kill him, Ciel. Interesting. In that case, I can't let you have your way."
"…What?"
Arcueid revealed an extremely cheerful, teasing smile.
As if she was enjoying this scene.
Her expression was like that of someone playing with ants in the palm of their hand, with a very strong sense of amusement on her face.
At this moment, Ciel understood.
Arcueid's actions had nothing to do with Jester himself; she simply wanted to anger Ciel.
In order to retaliate against Ciel and Noel for running off.
This True Ancestor princess was completely unreasonable!