Chapter 184: The Sinful Man Mochizuki Eikou
"The little sister I love most, stolen away by such a despicable human..."
Watching those two affectionate figures, Castor's mind nearly fell into chaos.
"Again and again, and right in this Holy Grail War of Love, the love between me and my sister loses to a guy like this?"
Hearing these words, Eikou quietly let out a sigh.
"I once asked you a question, Castor: what is love? Do you think the love between you and your sister is higher than the love between me and Yu Ji-senpai?"
Castor glared fiercely at him with blue eyes,
"Is there anything wrong with that, human? We are eternal gods, we have shared an almost endless span of companionship—how could we lose to you! Impossible!"
"Yet the fact that you lost to me is real." He spoke calmly. "I only want to know what you think now."
"That is nothing but pure sophistry, human! You've only relied on shady tricks to win until now—there's not a shred of love between you two! You aren't even her husband!"
Eikou smiled: "That's not entirely wrong, but the blood-bonded love and inseparable shadow of you two still lost to a pair who aren't even lovers like us. We've overcome many hardships together, tolerated many flaws—I won't allow you to belittle us like that."
"Tch..."
Castor pouted unhappily, his handsome face turning aside.
He seemed to want to spit more venomous words, but his body had already begun to fade, dissolving into specks of light like falling stars.
" What is this...?"
Castor looked doubtfully at his own body.
Eikou didn't really understand either, only guessed: "Maybe because your partner was taken away, this game just eliminated you."
"What, I was actually defeated by a human, what a humiliation—"
Before the words were finished, he had already turned into golden motes of light and disappeared.
"You really do carry such deep prejudice..."
Eikou shrugged at the vanished Castor.
[You have successfully defeated Saber Dioscuri.]
[To be precise, you defeated the elder brother Castor with Avenger compatibility, and then conquered the younger sister Pollux of the Saber class.]
[Although Castor has left the field, Pollux, who shares the same Spirit Origin, has not disappeared.]
[And according to the game rules, once you have successfully conquered Pollux, she will obey you unconditionally.]
[Saber Pollux, Getto daze!]
"..."
Eikou ignored the system that was gradually turning into a Pokémon system, and turned to look at Pollux.
Ordinarily, once Castor vanished, she—who shared the same Spirit Origin as her brother—should also have disappeared.
"It seems Castor's Spirit Origin has only been temporarily sealed by this game, but he must still be somewhere nearby, because his sister's Spirit Origin cannot exist independently."
That was probably the case.
"Though it doesn't look serious, we should still quickly finish conquering this singularity. Normally, if the two of them are separated too long, the Spirit Origin will sooner or later encounter problems."
He said this.
"So that's it, you even intentionally worry about my body? Hehe, you're so considerate."
It was clear that in Pollux's eyes, the little hearts within were growing deeper.
Eikou felt a bit uneasy.
Fortunately Yu Ji stepped in at that moment, firmly tugging his ear and questioning: "Kouhai, is this another of your strange strategies?"
"Mm-hmm, you could put it that way," Eikou said. "Though the process was really messy, the final result is pretty good, isn't it? We not only defeated the twins, but also gained the help of one of them."
"You really are..."
Her beautiful ruby-like eyes glanced at him,
"Good thing we're only pretending to be lovers, watching you confess every few steps is exhausting just to see."
"Senpai, don't be too sad, it only makes me feel more guilty." Eikou said, pretending to be serious.
"Go die."
...
[Your team has received support from Saber Pollux.]
[You continue forward, searching for the three wives who are controlling the Singularity.]
[Besides Siegfried, you now also have Professor Moriarty, making travel much faster and more convenient.]
[Please perform a Luck check.]
[Check failed. On the way you once again encounter a couple fighting over the Holy Grail, Saber Jason and Caster Medea Lily. Their vehicle is none other than Heracles in Bersercar form (temporarily summoned by Jason's Noble Phantasm).]
"This ends here, the Holy Grail belongs to this young master!"
The captain of the Argo, Jason—a blond man with an unpleasant smile strikingly similar to Castor's—blocked their path.
"Don't blame me for not warning you, on our side we have the great hero Heracles who's absurdly strong, you absolutely, absolutely cannot be his match. Be sensible and give up quickly; I love nothing more than winning without a fight!"
As he spoke, Jason glanced at Pollux in their group.
"Why is Pollux in your team—no, I must ask… why is only Pollux in your team, where has Castor gone?"
"Sigh…"
Eikou didn't answer the question, only exhaled a quiet sigh.
"Not only two Servants, but also Heracles temporarily summoned by Noble Phantasm—depending on the situation he might even summon crew members like Atalanta or Caenis next…"
"In that case, we'll have to use the old trick again, to deal with the enemy in the most effective way."
"Jason, don't you want to know where Castor is? No problem, I'll let you meet him immediately."
[In less than a minute, you swiftly cleared the 'Argo dungeon.']
[You repeated the old trick, right in front of Jason, successfully snatching away Medea Lily using the same method as before.]
[Losing his lover, Jason was forced to leave the field before he could even act, amid an unbelievable, tragic scream.]
"Sorry, Jason…"
Eikou covered his face in embarrassment.
Meanwhile, Medea Lily and Pollux happily leaned against his chest, long since bewitched by him to the point of utter infatuation.
All of it was for victory! All of it just to win!
"You really are a walking Love Potion…" Yu Ji said irritably.
The one small blessing in this misfortune was that these people were surely all summoned by the Holy Grail, so whatever happened here probably wouldn't affect his social standing back at Chaldea Academy.
Otherwise, once he returned to school… who knew how hellish that scene would be.
"But still, I'm really sorry—I truly am a man steeped in sin…"
He let out a heavy sigh.
"Haiz, Eikou, you really are…"
Seeing his pained expression, Yu Ji couldn't help asking in a worried tone:
"Deep down, aren't you secretly enjoying this?"
"Of course not!"
[Caster Medea Lily has successfully joined your party.]
[Your wife-team is growing stronger, having eliminated most of the rivals along the way.]
[Now, you can go challenge those three Gym Leader wives!]