As they talked, Tia and the others arrived outside the woods to wait for the car.
While waiting, Tia suddenly realized Gudako had called someone "Dad," and her face showed awkwardness and unease. She couldn't help but want to push Gudako toward the side of chaos and evil.
"Akitaka, where is the Mifune's Mother that Father mentioned?" Ryougi Shiki asked Akitsu Murasaki in the mansion.
"I don't know, but I can send people to look for her right away."
"Okay, go quickly."
"Yes!"
Meanwhile, outside the woods.
Gudako asked directly, "Who is Mifune's Mother?"
"She is someone with absolute future sight. She can see the future and, to some extent, avoid bad things from happening," Tia explained quickly.
After a while.
"We're here. It's inside," Lancelot said after stopping the Hummer.
The group arrived in the Hummer at the alley where they had found Mifune's Mother before. Lancelot parked the car, and everyone got out.
"Sounds like she's a really powerful person. Why would she be in such a remote place?" Katsushika Hokusai asked, puzzled. "I thought someone so famous would be invited by many powerful people to predict their future. I didn't expect she'd be hiding in such a small place. But thinking about it, Dad also moved a lot for various reasons. Hmm~ I can kind of understand."
"These days, fortune-telling is like roadside divination. It's all a scam, and nobody believes it. Most people are seen as liars. You're lucky if you don't get beaten up," Gudako said, being a modern person, she knew very well. "So, even if the Mifune's Mother in there is real, she wouldn't dare to come out openly."
"Oh? Is that so? In the past, fortune-tellers could often be seen on the streets," Katsushika Hokusai murmured.
As they talked, the group followed Tia inside.
Soon, they arrived at the place where they had last seen Mifune's Mother.
Mifune's Mother had the same setup as before.
However, since it was getting dark, the already gloomy alley looked even darker, with almost no light shining in.
At the end of the dark alley, there was a table covered with a dark red cloth. On the table was an iron box, and nobody knew what was inside. In the center of the table was a crystal ball, and Mifune's Mother was dressed in black, still looking like a complete witch.
On each side of the table, there was a white lampshade. The light coming from the lampshades still made it impossible to tell if there was a candle or a light bulb inside, but it definitely made the end of the dark alley brighter.
"This old woman looks so gloomy," Mash said.
It wasn't that Mash was scared. After experiencing so much, how could she be easily scared? She was just making a casual comment.
"So many people have come this time. Is that little brother who wanted to save the world here again?" Mifune's Mother said directly when she saw Tia and the others, "Come in, let me see your futures."
This time, Mifune's Mother even offered to show Tia and the others their futures.
"Can she really see the future?" Mash asked.
"Is she that amazing? Does that mean she's like King Gilgamesh!" Gudako also said.
Tia really couldn't say at this point whether Gilgamesh's Clairvoyance EX or Mifune's Mother's absolute future sight was stronger.
"You shouldn't speak badly of that king, young lady," Mifune's Mother chuckled immediately after hearing Gudako's words.
"What's there to be afraid of? King Gilgamesh is a very good and wise king," Gudako's impression of Gilgamesh was still based on the wise king version from the Seventh Singularity. She didn't know how terrible Gilgamesh was during the Fourth War and the Fifth War, especially the Gilgamesh in the Fifth War.
"Yeah, King Gilgamesh wouldn't get angry over such a small thing," Mash also said.
"Ahahaha~~ You two young ladies are so funny. If that king heard this, he would definitely be very happy!" Mifune's Mother couldn't help laughing loudly.
However, Tia couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Aren't you afraid that Gilgamesh is watching nearby right now? After all, he's now a Grand Archer, self-sufficient in magic power, free from masters and restrictions, and can go wherever he wants. He might be watching and listening to everything right now. With Gilgamesh's personality, who knows what he'll do to this Mifune's Mother.
Speaking of which, Gilgamesh's Clairvoyance EX against Mifune's Mother's absolute future sight seems suddenly very interesting.
"It seems this king heard some trash hoping for this king to appear."
At this moment, a familiar and very annoying voice appeared in everyone's ears.
Looking towards the sound, the group saw Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh was standing directly on the roof of the alley. Tia and the others had to look up, which made it difficult to see. Tia couldn't help but frown and wanted to retort.
"King Gilgamesh!" Gudako was extremely excited when she saw Gilgamesh.
"King Gilgamesh!" Mash also looked very excited.
Tia was speechless. It seemed these two really thought this Gilgamesh was the wise king version from the Seventh Singularity.
"Hmm? A normal person with almost no magic talent, and a Pseudo-Servant? Why do you seem so familiar with this king? When has this king met you?" Gilgamesh looked at Mash and Gudako, not calling them trash, but expressing confusion.
It seemed, as Gudako had said, that the Servants who personally participated in the Fourth War had their memories erased. But since Gilgamesh and the others came from Chaldea, they retained information about the Moon Holy Grail War, and even things like the Moon Cell. In other words, Gilgamesh only had his Chaldea and Lostbelt Fourth and Fifth War related memories erased, since Chaldea's summons were officially recognized as strange summons, and they all remembered the memories of being summoned in the past.
No wonder Alexander the Great had expressed a sense of deja vu, and Emiya Kiritsugu even knew the plot of the Fourth War. They all had their Chaldea-related memories erased.
However, Emiya Kiritsugu's existence was special. He was a Pseudo-Servant, a future Servant Emiya Kiritsugu possessing the Caster killer Emiya Kiritsugu from this Lostbelt. And according to Irisviel, she accidentally learned that the future Kiritsugu would become a Servant. So, how exactly did that "accident" happen?
(End of chapter)
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