An hour later, on the outskirts of London.
After formally saying goodbye to Meredith, Le Fay arrived at the previously agreed upon meeting point.
"Huh? Brother, why are you dressed like that?"
Looking at Arthur, who was wearing casual clothes, a hint of confusion flashed in Le Fay's eyes.
As the heir of the Pendragon family, Arthur was usually very particular about his appearance. Whether it was for formal occasions or daily training, he always wore a suit. This was the first time Le Fay had seen him wearing ill-fitting casual clothes like this.
Arthur pushed up his glasses and said, "I fought a pig, and my original clothes are unwearable."
Le Fay tilted her head. "Pig?"
Arthur nodded. "Yeah, you don't need to worry about it."
He couldn't possibly say he couldn't beat a pig, right?
Recalling Tatsuma's performance during the fight just now, a hint of melancholy flashed in Arthur's eyes.
Instead of training the pig, he was trained by it, and even became a whetstone for the other party to steal all his swordsmanship.
It was simply a great humiliation!
However, after this battle, Arthur understood what it meant that there were always people better than you.
In order to regain dignity when they meet next time, he was going to learn from Tatsuma and find some whetstones for himself.
"Let's go, Le Fay."
"We should go see Cao Cao."
...
"Tatsuma, you're back."
Rias put down the documents in her hand and looked forward.
"How was the exchange? Did you run into any trouble?"
Tatsuma said, "I ran into a siscon."
"A siscon?"
Tatsuma replied with a relaxed tone, "Yeah, already dealt with."
In terms of strength alone, Arthur wasn't weak. He could even be said to be the strongest enemy he had encountered so far. Even Siegfried, who had entered Balance Breaker before, was still a cut below Arthur.
However, compared to a week ago, Tatsuma's improvement was even greater.
After entering the Balance Breaker state, he could easily keep up with Arthur's sword swings. Coupled with Immortality as assistance, taking down the opponent was practically a foregone conclusion.
And after defeating Arthur, Tatsuma gained another red trait.
[Holy King's Sword (Red): Swordsmanship talent +1000%, can use any Holy Sword regardless of conditions, physical stats slightly increased when holding a Holy Sword.]
The effect of the Holy King's Sword could be said to be almost identical to the Demon Sword Controller. It's just that one leans towards Holy Swords, while the other leans more towards Demon Swords.
Tatsuma didn't have a Holy Sword in his hand, so he threw [Holy King's Sword] into the warehouse, planning to take it out and equip it later when practicing swordsmanship.
"Oh right, Rias. Things have been settled with Meredith."
Tatsuma remembered the main business and briefly recounted the conversation from the restaurant not long ago.
"If nothing unexpected happens, Meredith will be staying with us. Due to her past experiences, her personality is a bit special, so you need to be mindful."
Rias nodded in reply. "No problem."
She was already used to taking care of problematic children.
If she had to say, apart from Tatsuma, the few Peerage members around her all had some degree of issues. Adding another Meredith was nothing in Rias's eyes.
After chatting with Tatsuma for a while about Meredith and getting a general grasp of her situation, Rias changed the subject and asked, "Tatsuma, are you free this afternoon?"
Tatsuma nodded. "Yeah, why?"
Rias said, "If you have time, let's go out on a date this afternoon. We can walk around and look for someone along the way."
Tatsuma asked, "Look for who?"
Rias said, "I'm not entirely sure about their specific identity, but they suddenly appeared two days ago."
"Since they appeared, they have been attacking the Gremory Devils and the humans we have contracts with every day. Their methods are very cruel."
"You're good at large-scale sensing. With your help, we might be able to find them."
Tatsuma readily agreed, "No problem, leave it to me."
Due to various reasons, Cursed spirits or stray Devils occasionally appeared in Kuoh Town and its surrounding areas. This wasn't the first time Tatsuma had taken on a request like this.
However, just as Tatsuma and Rias were about to set off, a red light suddenly appeared in his arms.
"Hmm?"
Tatsuma stopped in his tracks, took out a business card, and scanned the information on it.
"Rias, the date and searching will have to wait. I've got a private request here."
Rias, who had roughly guessed what was happening the moment she saw the red light, sighed.
"You're just a rookie Devil, yet you seem busier than me."
"If possible, try to be as quick as you can. The movie tickets I bought are for two in the afternoon."
"Two in the afternoon? That's plenty of time."
Tatsuma's gaze swept over the clock not far away, and he made an OK gesture.
Injecting demonic power to activate the postcard, a teleportation Magic circle appeared under his feet.
The next second, the surrounding scenery constantly changed, and Tatsuma arrived in a room filled with a sense of technology.
"Ah, you're here."
A voice sounded from not far away.
Tatsuma turned his head to look, and Shigeo's figure appeared in his line of sight.
"Tatsuma-san, long time no see."
"Do you still remember me?"
"Of course I remember. After all, powerful espers like you are rare."
After replying, Tatsuma looked at the blonde youth standing not far away.
"What's the matter this time? Did this guy cause trouble again?"
"Uh... don't misunderstand." Teruki instinctively took two steps back.
He still clearly remembered the time Tatsuma taught him a lesson.
"We summoned you this time because we want to ask for your help in saving someone."
"Saving someone?"
"Yes, my younger brother was kidnapped by an organization called Claw."
Shigeo quickly recounted what happened today.
"Besides my brother, several other espers were also captured. If possible, I'd like to rescue them all together."
"No problem." Tatsuma immediately agreed.
"Thank you, Tatsuma-san." Shigeo quickly thanked him.
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