Chapter 171: Kriemhild-sama Love is War: She Wants to Make Me Confess
"...What did you just say?"
Kriemhild stood there, stunned, unable to believe what she had just heard.
"I didn't hear it clearly just now, say it again for me!"
Eikou was intimidated by her gaze, hesitated for a moment, and stayed silent.
"Forget it, just pretend I never said anything..."
"No! You— you shameless, thick-skinned murderer— you were clearly confessing to me just now, you wanted me to be with you, didn't you?"
"Then didn't you hear it quite clearly already?"
The vengeful queen looked as though she had been gravely insulted. She clenched her silver teeth and suddenly drove the Balmung sword forcefully into the ground.
Her beautiful brows furrowed as she scolded him angrily,
"This is truly beyond words! I am obviously the avenger who's been chasing you all this way, and yet you dare to confess to me— to a Berserker who only lives to take revenge on you? This is clearly meant to embarrass me! I order you to take back what you said right now, don't turn the revenge play I've so carefully prepared into a farce!"
Seeing her brimming with murderous aura and majestic fury, Eikou felt a chill run through his heart.
Great success had absolutely no effect— she wasn't shaken in the slightest.
If anything, she was even angrier!
He had burned through all the dice he'd accumulated up to now, only to end up like this— what a heavy loss.
Moreover…
Just from a few brief exchanges, Eikou already understood how troublesome this woman was, with a gravity like a black hole from which even light couldn't escape!
Wouldn't getting cut down by this crazy woman actually be better than dating her?
"Ahhh, really, why do humans say such weird things before they die…"
Kriemhild muttered curses like a resentful wife as she raised the great sword Balmung again, ready to strike.
But then, she hesitated.
[You activated the skill chain, 「Disaster With Women」 + 「High-Speed Divine Words」— judgment effective, check result: great success!]
[At this moment, your Disaster With Women constitution plays an extremely crucial role. Although it brings you calamities involving women, it's also extraordinarily advantageous when negotiating with certain girls!]
[And with your 「High-Speed Divine Words」, the sincerity in your voice deeply stirs Kriemhild's thoughts, awakening her reason and making this Berserker start to consider your proposal.]
[She falls into deep thought.]
The great sword Balmung once again hovered in midair, not yet descending.
Her beautiful, cold face showed a hint of contemplation.
Meanwhile, Eikou's palms were already soaked with sweat.
To confront head-on a crazy woman possessing such a high-level Noble Phantasm was absolutely impossible— he could only wait for the system's great success judgment.
[Kriemhild begins to think: Would striking him down with a single blow truly bring the joy of revenge? Would it really satisfy her?]
[But she is a Servant famous for vengeance, her very existence meant for revenge! If she forgives him, even her soul will become unsettled!]
[Suddenly, with the astonishing wit of a Berserker, she comes up with a brilliant idea.]
[Great success 「Disaster With Women」 is in effect...]
"So then…"
Her beautiful eyes fixed on him seriously.
"Was that confession of yours just now real… Do you truly want to date a Berserker like me?"
"You mean… you agreed?" he asked in surprise.
"How could I possibly agree? Think about it with your brain for a second!" Kriemhild shouted.
"Then why bother asking me?"
"Don't you dare talk back to me!"
Eikou immediately felt a headache coming on. He shrugged and tugged at his collar, exposing his neck.
"Big sis, if you really want to kill me then just do it. Stop startling me with all these questions!"
Even so, he still couldn't understand why simply playing one cuckold game had brought such a life-threatening disaster—accidentally killing a virtual Siegfried in a game, and now in the real world he had to pay with his life?
But once he'd gotten tangled with this troublesome woman, he figured it might be better to just get it over with.
"If you want, then hurry up and do it, so I can go down and meet Siegfried. Later I'll sit with him at the Throne of Heroes and chat to kill time, how about that?"
"You… you still want to meet my husband?!"
"Not only that. After I die I also want to meet Tristan once, maybe drag him along too, all because that bastard made me play this damn game—otherwise none of this would've happened!"
"I agree to date you!"
"What kind of punishment play is this now? Just end all this suffering already!"
"I said I agree to date you!"
"?"
Eikou was suddenly dumbfounded.
Kriemhild stepped right up to him with quick, forceful strides, then bent down so their eyes were level. Her black-stockinged legs pressed together, gemlike eyes staring intently at him.
"…I just thought it over. Killing you like that would really be too easy for you. In the end it's better to date a piece of trash like you!"
She spoke with force, her beautiful, melancholy face breaking into a fiercely charming and enchanting smile.
"You realize it too, don't you? I'm the kind of broken, twisted woman who's completely messed up. Dating me will definitely be a huge loss for you! If you truly love me, a Berserker bent on revenge, then you'll face the most painful, despairing fate in the world…"
"W-What are you talking about?" Eikou was a little dazed.
"Don't you get it? I was born for revenge, unable to eat or sleep except for vengeance, an eye for an eye—that's my way of existence. If I don't thoroughly reenact the heavy sins of your past, how could it be called revenge?"
"So, even though I'm not exactly willing, just for this Holy Grail War…"
"Since you cheated with my husband, then I will cheat with you. Only then is it truly revenge!"
"???"
Ayo wtf, big sis, what kind of crazy logic is that!
Yet inside the chaotic thinking unique to a Berserker, there was somehow a trace of straightforward logic…
But honestly, by that logic, you—the one who got cucked—should be cuck-revenging me by conquering Yu Ji next to me, right?
Eikou's heart shook violently.
"You two…" Beside them, Yu Ji couldn't help speaking up. "Your behavior is truly incomprehensible. What on earth are you doing?"
"Don't worry if you don't get it. I have no idea what the hell is happening myself."
He patted his forehead, suddenly wishing this was all just a dream.
[Through the resonance of the two great successes, High-Speed Divine Words and Disaster With Women, Kriemhild intends to use the title of lover to take revenge on you.]
[Kriemhild has successfully joined your team, becoming your ally.]
...
"...Diarmuid, this scene is kind of a brain killer."
Finn watched the live image of the scene. He had to bite his thumb to absorb the wisdom of the salmon before he could even try to understand what he was seeing,
(Note: Finn's second Noble Phantasm, Fintan Finegas—the anecdote of the wisdom granted to him from the oil of the Salmon of Knowledge becoming a Noble Phantasm. Because a bit of that salmon's fat remained on one of Finn's thumbs, it's said that licking it quickly will grant great wisdom.)
"If I'm not mistaken, the Servants summoned by contestant Eikou actually know each other, and moreover confessed on the spot."
"In other words, the Mochizuki team's situation now is a love triangle—where everyone's already married—which makes me both jealous… no, wait, this whole thing is just way too against all morals!"
"My King," Diarmuid asked seriously, "this is a Holy Grail War specifically for couples—can they even be considered a couple with a lineup like that? Should we revoke their eligibility to participate?"
But Finn shook his head.
"They're certainly still a couple. Love isn't limited to a pure one-to-one form. Among the free-spirited Celtic warriors, loving many women was normal. You love my wife—wouldn't that also count as a kind of love?"
"Uh..."
Diarmuid flushed, at a loss for words.
Finn's eyes suddenly grew thoughtful as he bit his thumb in contemplation.
"The key point is whether what they share is true love. Let's confirm that clearly later."