Kirei sat on the couch as he was sitting with his eyes closed as he wondered about how this will go. He doesn't know if the members of the Yggdmillenia are the only ones who are participating in the ritual, or if they had just created the grail and had counted on Magus participating.
Artoria was eating some burgers that he bought for her while Maria was keeping an eye on the Servant who ignored the existence of the child as she was enjoying the food that she has in her hand due to the fact that there weren't anything like that in her time.
"Since this is not a proper Grail that was created by the three great family in Fuyuki, we do not know the particulars of how this war will go. Perhaps all the Servant classes won't be in the war so we must be cautious about it." Kirei said to the two as they heard him loud and clear.
"Hmm. It would stand to reason that if they had the option of removing a class, then it would be the Berserker class due to how unpredictable it is. Do you think the other masters would be from the Yggdmillenia clan that you spoke of?" Artoria asked the priest as the man closed his eyes.
"Perhaps. And as for the matter of the Yggdmillenia clan. I do not think they would do so, as losing their members would be detrimental to their power as a whole. Darnic, who is the highest authority of the clan, wouldn't try to diminish his own clans power. Though that is not a concrete conclusion." Kirei said as he furrowed his eyebrows.
"So you do not have any idea about it." Artoria said with a tone of finality when she said that.
Maria glared at the servant when she heard that while Kirei simply nodded his head at that.
"I possess far too little information to reach a conclusion. At any case, we can only wait and see how this will be." Kirei said to her as the knight nodded at that.
"What do you propose we do until the war starts?" Artoria asked him as she looked at him after finishing her food.
"For starters, not eat constantly. We do not have the money to feed you." Kirei said to her calmly.
"Are you insinuating that I'm a glutton?" Artoria asked him with narrowed eyes.
"I never accused you of being a glutton your majesty. I just made the observation that you enjoyed the food that you had and would probably want more to eat." Kirei said to her without breaking eye contact.
The two were silent as they looked at each other as Maria was ready to fight in case it came to blows. She doesn't care if she will die against the servant, she only cares about the fact that Kirei will stay alive if she does this.
"Hmph. Very well, at least you have some backbone." Artoria said coldly as she started on the rest of the food.
'I guess not feeling much emotions has helped me here.' Kirei thought to himself as he was inwardly glad that he had brought a good amount of snacks to sate her appetite.
Thankfully for Kirei, the rest of the day was peaceful as Artoria explored the town in spirit form as the two of them slept, while he put Artoria on guard duty since she didn't need sleep. She also understood the role she has to play so she agreed to it quite easily as well.
The next day however, at around ten and a half, Artoria stood up with her sword in hand as Kirei and Maria looked at her as they were alert.
"I can feel a servant." Artoria said to them as she looked out of the window.
"Then please get out of the house using spirit form and then engage." Kirei said to her as she nodded as she quickly did the order.
She normally wouldn't have listened so quickly, but considering the situation involves another servant she was not about to defy her Master. She entered spirit form and dashed out of the building as she ran towards the place where she had felt the energy as she appeared while donning her visor as she charged.
But her eyes widened when she had to dodge arrows as she zigzagged around as she ran towards the enemy but had to abandon that approach when she was soon bombarded by more arrows. Thankfully, the place didn't have people at the moment so she didn't have to worry about unnecessary loss of life.
[I am facing an archer. They seem to be powerful since they are able to attack relentlessly.] Artoria said through the mental link to Kirei.
[I see. Try to get as close as you can and get an idea of their abilities. If they are too much then retreat, the Archer class is a good counter for you.] Kirei said through the link as she clicked her tongue.
[Don't underestimate me.] Artoria said as she dashed towards the enemy servant.
She drew on more mana from her master and increased her speed as she shot towards the servant as she broke the sound barrier as she managed to get near the Servant.
"Found you." Artoria said as she glared at the female Archer Servant.
"Don't think that you accomplished anything by it." The archer servant said as she drew her arrow and shot it.
It was an arrow that broke the sound barrier and would've hit the saber servant due to how strong and fast it is. But Artoria was able to dodge the strike, after all, she also had a great bowman in her ranks during her time as king and so she is familiar with the usage of arrows and was able to predict the direction in which it would go.
The archer servants eyes widened when she saw that but she wasn't deterred by it as she shot arrows with slightly lesser strength due to the need for a barrage.
However, Artoria wasn't a slouch either as she used Mana burst and shot a beam of energy at the archer who had to dodge as the building she was standing on had it's top destroyed by the attack.
But that was the respite needed for the saber to charge at the Archer as she jumped to another building, only for Artoria to chase after her as the archer grit her teeth.
"By Hades, you are persistent!" The archer shouted as she kept on shooting arrows as she ran since she needed her advantage back.
"And you're annoying!" Artoria growled out as she dodged yet another arrow, though a few did manage to hit her, but she wasn't going to stop now.
But then both servants widened their eyes as saber jumped to her right while the archer jumped to the left as two iron maidens fell where they had just been to the surprise of the two servants.
'An ambush?' Both servants thought to themselves as they jumped again as spikes of blood came to attack them from below.
Kirei who had been watching this with her Magecraft watched impassively at the proceedings of the battle as he kept his cool as Maria watched with wide eyes at the destructive power of the servants.
'This will be interesting.' Kirei thought to himself as he watched the battle.